Red Cross Roll Call Reaches 2002 Members in City and Frederick Co
The Winter Frederick Chapter reports 2002 members secured in its annual Red Cross drive across city and county areas. The total includes small increases over last year, with late reports possible to surpass initial goals while noting some shortfalls in earlier targets.
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Red Cross
City and Frederick Co
Frederick
the Cross
Annoynd
Holiow
Secenetses
Dohn Kerr
Gisize & Brocce
Bros
W. Rosenberger
Weewene
Woolen Co
Woolen
Frederick County
Pike
Dietown Teree
City
Mnwood
Court Docket Reports City Cases Before Trial Court
City cases heard today by Trial FP L Largent Jr include Sam Walker with 10 days and costs. William H Green and Cliff Lofton charged with drunkenness with fines and confinement. Charles A Carper cited for reckless driving with 10 dollars costs. Al Shryock listed with drunkenness and 15 days in state farm.
Boy Scouts Plan Shawnee District Name Change
The council considers renaming the Shawnee district from Central to Shawnee to boost spirit and sectional identity. A Boy Scout troop for Negro boys is forming in Clarke County with training plans. over 50 adults show interest in adult training and court of honor for Shawnee troops. Scouters include Dr. W. Naff and Haroldne with others attending the November 28 board reviews and Handley High School event.
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Central
Shawnee
Te Mt. Ees Dantes Eves
Clarkety
Presbyterian
Mark Street
Braddock Street
Ben Arthur
cElligott
Handley High l
Vailable
Berkeley Springs
Martinsburg
Charles Town
Winchester Kiwanis
W. Naff
Haroldne
Sully, Jr
E. B
Labor Group To Consider Bill In Senate Labor
Vice-President Wallace announced that the House anti-strike bill would go to the Senate Labor Committee not Judiciary. Senator Hill said the Labor Committee would begin quick consideration and aim for a Senate report before Monday. There are reports President Roosevelt urged study of Canadian labor laws before action on defense strike curbs.
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Washington
Wallace
House
Senate Labor
Judiciary Commitment
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Connally
Hill
D.-Ala
Labor Committee
Roosevelt
White House
Bridge Collapse Halts Hartford Span Workmen Missing
A section of the Hartford Connecticut river bridge collapsed during placement, with at least three workers missing and five others rescued with broken legs. Eyewitnesses reported girders and a 167 ton crane fell into the river as responders scramble to locate pinned workers.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut River
Eye-witneses
Hardford Times
Viscose Workers Voting On Wages
Sixteen thousand American Viscose employees are voting this week on whether to extend the contract to March 1, 1942 or longer and include wage increases offered by the company. Local union leaders run the vote at plants in Marcus Hook and Lewistown in Pennsylvania Meadville Parkersburg Roanoke Front Royal and Nitro.
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Wilmington
Del
American Viscose Corporation
George M. Allen
Allen
Marcus Hook
Lewistown
Meadville
Parkersburg
W. Va
Nitro
Roanoke, Va
Front Royal
Examinations Open for New Civil Service Posts
The United States Civil Service Commission announced several new exams. Positions include explosive chemist $26000 to $5600 a year, chemical engineer $2600 to $5600, physicist $2600 to $5600, airport traffic control examiner $3600, airport traffic controller $2000 to $3200, radio monitoring officer $2600 to $3200, senior floriculturist and senior plant pathologist $4600. Full details from Herman Lee secretary at the Winchester Postoffice.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Herman Lee
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Winchester Postoffice
Senate Poised to Soften House No-Strike Bill
Senate expected to relax key provisions of the Smith draft as it debates the defense labor curb. The House passed a far reaching measure 252 to 136, with cooling off periods and bans on strikes during defense emergencies, while Senate leaders anticipate milder terms after conference talks.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate House
Rep. Smith
D.-Va
Smith
National Defense Mediation Board
Communist Party
Young Communist, League
Bund
Ball
R.-Minn
Taft
Ohio
Pepper
D.-Fla
Rome
Labor
John L. Lewis
Bomb targets Detroit lumberman Patrick Currier home
Patrick J. Currier, head of Currier Lumber Company, said the American Federation of Labor are to blame after a black powder bomb blasted his Detroit residence front door and shattered windows. Currier, in New York with his wife, reported no injuries among family or guests. he posted 1000 dollars reward for the perpetrator. Currier had lost a government bid to build prefabricated homes for a defense project, a decision he linked to Sidney Hillman and labor pressure.
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Detroit
Patrick J. Currier
Co. I. O
Currier Lumber Company
Currier
New York
American Federation of Labor
Wayne
Mich
Collette
Claire
Michael O’connor
Madeleine O’connor
May Williams
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production
Free Flying Course At Airport Sees 24 Enrolled So Far
Valley Airways Inc reports 24 applicants for the free flying course at Winchester Municipal Airport as Lieut George Schecter aims for 75 enrollments by mid month. Applications are accepted at the Chamber of Commerce or the airport, with the course already in its third year and training ongoing. The registrants include Eugene Grimes, Boyd Headley, Carl Chaplin, Guy Glenville Hinton, and others from Winchester and nearby towns.
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Oigram
Valley Airways, Inc
George Scheder
Schecter
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Municipal
Eugene Grimes
Boyd Headley
Carl Chaplin
Guy Glenville Hinton
G. F. Cowger
Gabriel Ensogna
Chester Luttrell
Everett Holsinger
John E. Webber
Melvin Estes
Douglas Albert
Franklin Farmer
Russell H. Dunlap
Bill Pollard
Winchester
Marshall Gall
Commons Favors Churchill Plan To Draft Woman
London reports the House of Commons approved Churchill’s plan for nationwide mobilization including women by 326 to 10. The bill would draft unmarried women 20 to 30, raise the conscription age for men to 51, and cut exemptions, amid a Laborite bid to nationalize industries. Bevin defended the policy as essential to winning the war, promising to act on merits any further requisitions.
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London
House of Commons
Churchill
Independent Labor Party
Benet Bevin
Bevin
Tri-County Odd Fellows To Meet In Front Royal
Leroy Bendheim grand high priest of Virginia will speak at the Tri County Odd Fellows meeting in Front Royal Tuesday night at 8 o clock The program will be brief and entertaining A social hour will follow with Odd Fellows from across the association expected to attend
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Leroy Bendheim
Virginia
Front Royal
Tri- County
Odd Fellows Association
George Sloat
Marines Launch Winchester Enlistment Drive Trailer Visits Frederick County
Six U S Marines stationed in Winchester for three days with their recruiting cruiser conducted an enlistment drive in Frederick County for ages 17 to 30. A dark-green trailer toured the business district in Frederick while Sgt Charles E Stuart called the first day reasonably successful as locals inspected the equipment. A Marine station wagon departed Frederick for Washington with Western Maryland youths to take final tests in the capital today.
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United States
Winchester
Frederick County
Frederick
County Court House
Charles E. Stuart
Winchster
Washington
Maryland
Stuart
Marine Corps
Mrs Huff 70 Died Today at Memorial Hospital
Mrs Amanda Elizabeth Huff, 70, of 310 South Cameron Street, died at Memorial Hospital at 4 this morning. Widow of Charles Huff, she was born near Gore and was a native of Frederick County. Survived by three sons Cecil E J H and William Huff and 11 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending at Omps Funeral Home with interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Amanda Elizabeth Huff
South
Cameron Street
Memorial Hospital
Charles Huff
Omps
Mount Hebron Cemeery
Nice Commission For Contracts
The House Military Committee heard that Leon K. Shanack earned 23527 in commissions on about 103000 in work for the United States and the Netherlands. Jack Greene testified that Shanack’s commissions arose from work by Transcontinental for Breeze and Brewster Aeronautical, with Rep. Faddis noting Mario A. Besozzi did not pursue orders himself. Greene said Besozzi is a machinist, not a salesman, limiting his ability to obtain contracts.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Leon K. Shanack
New York
United States
Netherlands
Jack Greene
Transcontinental Machine and Tool Company
New York City
Shanack
Transcontinental
Breeze Corporations
Newark
N. J
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Long Island City
N. Y
Faddis
D.-Pa
Greene
Mario A. Sbesozzi
Transcontiental
Besozzi
Yugoslav Guerrillas in Rudnik Cause 600+ Casualties
Moscow radio reports Yugoslav guerrilla fighters defending Rudnik have inflicted over 600 casualties on German and Italian troops besieging the town.
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Moscow
Rudnik
Mrs Renner Injured In Auto Crash And House Collision
Mrs Samuel Renner of 695 Woodlawn avenue was treated at Memorial Hospital for cuts and bruises after a collision at Pine street and Woodlawn yesterday around 1 50 pm. T G Boyer of 952 Woodlawn avenue also had slight injuries. Both cars were moving in the same direction. In an unrelated Millwood incident a car from Illinois left the highway and crashed into a Mason family home injuring no one but visibly damaging the dwelling.
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Samuel Renner
Woodlawn Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Pine Street
T. G. Boyer
Millwood
Illinois
Mason
R. W. Buckner
Clarke
Sixth Army Corps Convoy Travels North Through Winchester
A Sixth Army Corps military convoy of about 1,900 vehicles, with engineers, infantry, anti-tank artillery and medical units, passed through Winchester around 10 this morning en route north after maneuvers in North Carolina. Most troops dispersed near Staunton last night. leaders planned two groups with a six hour gap between heads. Military Police directed traffic at Braddock and Loudoun streets.
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Sixth Army Corps
North Carolina
Winchester
Smarcae dl
Staunton
Braddock
Loudoun
Germans threaten Belgian patriots with punishment
Berlin reports sixty one persons face the strictest court martial after the dissolution of the Belgian National Legion. German authorities found ammunition arms and anti German propaganda in surprise raids on the region named by the Brusse iler Zeitung with support from former Belgian officers.
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Berlin
Bruesseler Zeitung
Fresh Jap Moves Increase Tension
Tokyo reaction to Hull's statement described as shocked and pessimistic. Japanese officials warned of an unbridgeable gap with the United States and Britain over East Asia policy, signaling rising risk of war. Domei summarized press mood as extreme pessimism about Washington negotiations.
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United States
Britain
Japan
East Asia
Domei
Tokyo
Hull
Washington
Nichi Nichi
Washington” Dispatch
Answers to the Daily Quiz and Miscellaneous Items
A collage of quiz answers lists figures and phrases including Oliver Cromwell Virginia Dare and a set of trivia clues. The page also mentions Sage on page 4 and ends with names such as Beethoven Bach and references to deaf dumb alphabet and the Duke of Windsor.
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Oliver Cromwell
the Duke of Windsor
Virginia Dare
Soersica
Beethoven
Deat
Bach
Wedding Bell Figures Hit Five Thousand This Year
In the county clerk and city clerk offices combined, 4 537 couples have obtained marriage licenses so far this year. The total for the year is expected to approach 5 000 marriages.
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the Court of the Trial Justice
Labor Group
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
Haldeman
Scheder
Commons
Tri-County Odd Fellows
Rouss Avenue
Huff
Nice Commission For
Joudy Linen Shop
N.main
Miles
Ford
Chevrolet
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Lovett Brothers
Montgomery Ward
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