Rev Roy Sloop Accepts Call To Virginia Church
Rev Roy Sloop, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Newport News Virginia, will assume duties October 1 and move his family this fall. He succeeds Rev L Hahn of Lansdale Pennsylvania. Sloop, son of the late Rev H E H Sloop, has served in Washington and Baltimore areas since 1930 and been active in youth work and Christian education. He previously led St Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hagerstown and English Lutheran Church in Baltimore.
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Newport News
L. Hahn
Lans
Sloop
Frederick County
H. E. H. Sloop
Gravel Springs
E. B. Smith
Albin
Harrisonburg
Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary
Washington
Baltimore
St. Mark's Evangelical Lu Church
Hagerstown
Church of the Reformation
Maryland Synod
Christian Education Committee
Wreck and legal notes from various towns and officials
Reports from Martinsville Tazewell Athens Tokyo and Detroit cover a plane crash bodies found in wreckage a high profile court figure Kilian in custody and a proposed reduced work week for Great Lakes seamen as part of ongoing labor disputes and state political actions.
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Martinsville
Here
Neghborhood
Detroit
Great Lakes
Lake Carriers Association
CIO National Maritime Union
Maddex Meets With 1946 Handley Grid Prospects
Coach Hunter Maddex met with about 45 candidates for Handley football last night to discuss the 1946 season. Two daily practices will begin next week, after classes in the evening when school opens September 9. Garland Quarles announced Otis Snag Sergeant will resume duties as assistant football and basketball mentor and head track coach after Maddox's Army service.
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Hunter Maddex
Handley
Garland Quarles
Otis “Snag
Maddox
U. S. Army
Sargent
Virginia to house UVA students in former Woodrow Wilson Hospital
University of Virginia officials plan temporary use of part of the Woodrow Wilson Hospital in Augusta County to shelter 600 to 800 students without Charlottesville accommodations. President Newcomb has not signed a formal contract with the War Assets Administration but expects a temporary area of the former hospital to be available.
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Charlottesvile
University of Virginia
Army
Woodrow Wilson
Blue Ridge
Augusta County
Charlottesville
John Lloyd Newcomb
War Assets Administration
OPA Moves to Restore Ceilings on Meats and Milk
Washington reports that OPA yanked ceilings on meats as new price tags loom, signaling higher prices for steaks chops roasts and hamburgers after the lapse of June 30 ceilings. An OPA rally in New York warned dairy prices may rise. Porter urged reimposition of fluid milk ceilings and subsidies while the decontrol board holds final say.
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Washington
OPA
Ceis
Clinton P. Anderson
Paul Porter
Congress
Anderson
New York
Paul A. Porter
Price
Answers to the quiz questions on Page 4
The listed correct responses identify Italy as the first answer and note that the Distinguished Unit Citation is an Army award while the Presidential Unit Citation is a Navy award. Other solutions include Bachelor of Music, a purpose to permit extensive repairs, Oak, Practicable, Washington DC, about 400 pounds, Piffieth, and Venezuela.
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Italy
Washington, D. C
Venezuela
Soviet Russia Invited To World Bank Meeting
The United States offered formal invitations for Soviet observers to join the World Bank and IMF meetings on September 27, signaling a possible easing of tensions. Secretary Snyder announced invitations would be sent, with White House and State Department backing, along with similar notices to six other countries and to UN affiliated groups. Moscow's response was awaited amid questions about joining the international financial system.
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Washington
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Snyder
White House
State Department
Australia
Haiti
Liberia
New Zealand
Venezuela
Colombia
United Nations
Fund
Moscow
Hatch proposes four year term for House members
Senator Hatch of New Mexico seeks a constitutional amendment to extend the House term to four years from two. He enlists college support and plans to introduce the bill in January to reduce divided government effects between parties in White House and Congress. He cites Wilson and Hoover-era examples and notes Democratic control after Republican deaths in 1931.
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Washington
Hatch
D-Nm
New Mexico
Congress
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Versailles
House
Hoover
Nazis Conspiring In Tehran Early In 42
London reports Field Marshal Lord Wilson cited a late 1942 Tehran plot by Nazi fifth columnists within the Persian cabinet, Parliament, and high military ranks seeking a German invasion. The scheme spanned 21 1942 to Feb 17 1943 and involved eleven generals and other senior officers.
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Tehran
Wilson
London
Iran
Henry Maitland Wilson
London Gazette Today
and Iraj
Investi
Zalidi
Isfahan
Allied action in 1942 halted German move on Persian Gulf oil
The article notes that swift Allied response in 1942 prevented a German advance from the Caucasus toward Iran and the Persian Gulf oil fields. It states that only two Indian infantry divisions and one Indian armored division were immediately available in Iran and Iraq in September 1942 to meet a possible invasion.
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Russian
Caucasus
Araxes River
Iran
Persian Gulf
Middle East
India
Far East
Iraq
Australian proposal to form data sub committee beaten
At the Peace Conference commission Australians push to create a sub committee to study Italian French frontier disputes was defeated. Beasley argued about unseen documents and lack of study while Britain Russia the U S and France moved to revive the talks as ministers meet. Belgium Brazil Greece the Netherlands and South Africa sided with Australia isolated.
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Paris
New Zealand
John A. Beasley
Mont Cenis Plateau
France
Britain
Russia
United States
Beasley
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Belgium
Brazil
Greece
Netherlands
South Africa
Elks Elect New Grand Lodge Leader in New York Meeting
Broughton Wis Daily Press notes the July election of a Grand Lodge head for more than 1,500 Elks lodges. Accompanied by Past Exalted Ruler H Earl Pitzer of Gettysburg Pa Lodge 1045 the officers traveled to Bedford Va on business.
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Wis
Daily Press
Elks Lodges
Grand Lodge
New Yorkty
H. Earl Pitzer
Gettysburg
Bedford
Elks National Home Visit Ends With Winchester Return
A brief note records a visit to the Elks National Home and mentions plans to return to Winchester, with the exact dates and participants not specified in the readable text.
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Elks National Home
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Japan
Gregorie Semenov
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John W. Rosenberger & Co
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Martinsburg
W. Va
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Broughton
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Business College
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Cammer Tire Co
Handley School
Chapman Motor Co
J. G. Holsinger & Son
Court Square
Adam Fall
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Pine Motor CO
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C & H Packing CO
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
County Court House
Loudoun St
Loudoun Street
Rose A. Grimm
Emma Grimm
Roy Duvall
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C. H. Grimm
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Cameron
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