Swiss Efforts To Sidestep Axis Pressure Amid War Strain
Swiss leaders seek to dodge totalitarian influence as Axis powers threaten to squeeze imports and communications. Despite a Berlin trade accord extending to June, coal and iron imports persist, while rationing spreads to food, coal, and gasoline. Pro Nazi groups operate secretly. Swiss unity under a seven member federal council remains, even as war reshapes economics and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles §. Foltz, Jr
Switzerland
Cor
Associated—Democratic
Europe
Confedera
France
Germany
Italy
Berlin
Alps
Switerland
Federal Council
Government of Seven
New Camper Facilities Open at Westmoreland State Park
New facilities for tent and trailer campers have been completed at Westmoreland State Park near Montross along the Potomac River. The article describes sixteen trailer cut-ins, available electric current, laundry tubs, and modern sanitary facilities with hot and cold running showers for campers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westmoreland State Park
Montross
Potomac River
Swiss Press Censorship Tightens Before War
Swiss newspapers stop short of harsh editorials as censorship tightens. Prewar anti Nazi papers curb opinions and avoid sensational headlines after official communiques warn against displeasing neighboring powers.
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Tels
Son Missing Boy Found After Five Mile Mountain Shortcut
Mrs. Cornelius Donovan searched for her 8 year old son Richard after he vanished from a car in Santa Maria California. He reappeared hours later at the family home having hiked five miles over rugged mountains with a broken arm and fractured skull and was hospitalized for treatment.
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Santa Maria
Calif
Cornelius Donovan
Richard
Reposquet Canyon
Britain plans coup in Atlantic group report
An Italian radio report from Bern quoted Britain planning a coup on the Azores and Canaries as trump cards in the Atlantic. The announcer said Britain viewed the Azores and Canaries as strategic assets to use if complications arise in the Mediterranean and southern Europe.
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New York
Bern
Switzerland
Britain
Azores
Canary Islands
Atlantic
Spain
Portugal
CBS
Mediterranean
Europe
Funeral services set for J. K. Yowell in Berryville
James Kemper Yowell, 66, a Clarke county native long resident of Hagerstown Maryland, died yesterday after a long illness at 520 West Wilson Boulevard. He is survived by wife Rebecca Ann Page Yowell and five children, plus three brothers and a sister. Funeral at Boyce Episcopal Church with burial in Green Hill Cemetery, Berryville.
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Boyce Episcopal Church
James Kemper Yowell
Clarke County
Hagerstown
West Wilson Boulevard
John Page Yowell
Jennie Tucker Yowell
Culpeper County
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Yowell
Rebecca -Ann Page Yowell
Frank P. Yowell
Boyce
Floyd Hudson
Upperville
W. R. Rice
Berryville
Eugene Rautzahan
Rebecca Yowell
John S
William A
George Yowell
A. R. Thompson
Enders Funeral Home
Berryvile
Green Hill Cemetery
Bill for More Middies Blocked in House Debate
Rep Rich blocked quick completion of a Naval Academy midshipmen increase bill in the House. Chairman Vinson sought unanimous consent to advance a measure already passed by the Senate, but Rich objected delaying action to allow more debate.
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Washington
Rich
R-Pa
Naval Academy
House
Vinson
D-Ga
Naval Committee
Senate
Answers to Today’s Quiz Highlights Missing Clues
A list of multiple choice items reads like a quiz key with answers including colors white yellow brown and black, confirmations yes, and authors or places such as Ethelbert Nevin and Maine. The items reference Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and a Passover feast.
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Sudan
Iowa
Ethelbert Nevin
Maine
State Bureaus To Move Into Old Capitol Hill Building
Richmond August 28 A number of state departments now in rented quarters will be moved to the old State Library building this fall. The budget division and state planning board are allocating floor space in the old Capitol Hill structure to be vacated as the library supreme court and attorney general move to the new Broad Street building. Some offices will stay in the old quarters near the Central National Bank Building while others relocate to the old library. Departments still renting downtown include the Conservation Commission Unemployment Compensation Commission Bureau of Vital Statistics and others in the tax department along with the Game and Inland Fisheries and Alcoholic Beverage Control boards.
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Richmond
State Library
State Planning Board
Capitol Hill
Library
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Broad Street
State Auditor
Central National Bank
The
Conservation Commission
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
State Compensation Board
Tax Department
Fire at Blue Sunoco station near Berryville turnpike
Winchester firefighters were summoned to the Blue Sunoco filling station on the Berryville turnpike last night to extinguish a blaze caused by a short circuit in an electric sign. The fire was quickly extinguished and no damage resulted.
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Winchester
Blue Sunoco
Berryville Turnpike
Man returns boost after pension cut is restored
Fred Noys of Torrey sent back $1.25 to the Utah Public Welfare Department after the state restored a 20 percent cut in old age pensions. He said he was eligible for the pension when the cut occurred and should not receive the increase. welfare officials called the boost general and returned the amount.
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Salt Lake City
Fred Noys
Torrey
Utah Public Welfare Department
Police Court Clarence Garrett Fined For Disorderly Conduct
Clarence Garrett faced a hearing before Trial Justice Don ald Weems and received a fine plus costs totaling 10.25 dollars for disorderly conduct.
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Clarence Garrett
Donald Weems
State completes inventory tagging of 61000 items in Richmond
Field work for marking state owned property in Richmond nears completion with 61000 desks chairs book-cases typewriters adding machines and vehicles to receive blue insignia tags. The project uses 44400 cards and 60000 cross indexed records and aims to improve economy through strict property control under WPA supervision.
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Richmond
I. R. Vanderberry
State Budget Division
Commonwealth
WPA
Crops Show Improvement After Rains
Weather Bureau and Virginia crop reporters note favorable conditions for week ending August 24. Rainfall varied from 2.25 inches in Norfolk to about 1.3 inches in Holland. temperatures dipped slightly below normal. Corn cowpeas soybeans late hay lespedeza pastures improved. peach harvest quickened with Albemarle shipments peaking. Shenandoah Valley harvest began. watermelons cantaloupes and early apples moving. Eastern Shore tomato shipments rising. farm gardens slow to recover but expected to improve with continuing good weather.
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United States Weather Bureau
Extension Division
Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Norfolk
Holland
Aone
Wytheville
Woodstock
Albemarle
Shenandoah Valley
Nout
Lespedera
Realty Men Object To a Bar Ruling
The Virginia Real Estate Association protested a state bar committee ruling restricting real estate agents from performing certain legal acts. The petition claims four errors including rent collection, hiring attorneys for litigation, preparation of contracts and deeds, and concerns over public protection versus agent hardship. It argues the committee was technical and ignored long standing usage claiming no proven public harm.
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Richmond
Virginia Real Estate Association
State Bar
Committee On
R. E
Bar
Booker
The
Bar Committee
Real Estate Association
Three Injured In Shenandoah Crash Near Woodstock
Three persons were injured, one seriously, when a light truck driven by Lloyd Thomas of Monrovia Maryland collided with a car carrying Miller and Terrill Bushnell, brothers of Detroit. Thomas, with concussion and other injuries, was taken to Woodstock Hospital. The Bushnells, bruised and shocked, went to Beverly Farms near Mount Jackson after treatment.
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Woodstock
Lloyd Thomas
Monrovia
Miller and Terrill Bushnell
Brothers
Detroit
Thomas
Bushnells
Beverly Farms
Mount Jackson
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Westmoreland Park
Ture No. 4
Hungry Mother State Park
Marion
Fairy Stone State Park
Bassett
Virginia Conservation Commission
Braddock
Virginia
J. K. Yowell
Clarke
Bill
Goodrich Truck Tires
Easy Terms
Goodrich
Silvertown
Braddock & Boscawen
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
Cletrac
Fordson
Funeral Jones Funeral Home
Shenandoah
Pittsburgh
Fairfax Lane
Pepperell
N. Loudoun ST
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