Winchester Not A Problem City Says ABC Officer
Howard G A Siple Richmond hearing officer for the State ABC Board warned local beer and wine licensees about lax observance of regulations. Charges were aired against Skyway Grill Apple Blossom Restaurant and Charlie Cleveland Restaurant. Transcripts will be reviewed in Richmond. The Apple Blossom faced disorderliness and sale to intoxicated persons. others faced only sale to intoxicated persons. Siple urged, When in doubt, don't sell. He called this not a problem town and noted inexperienced staff cause violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard G. A. Siple
Richmond
ABC Board
Skyway Grill
Apple Blossom
Charlie Cleveland
ABC
Siple
Virginia
Norfolk
Richenond
Unprecedented Peace Budget Sought by President in Peacetime Plan
City finances show a decade of gains as Treasurer Baker lauds a 1933 budget rule and a $41,290 emergency fund. He notes 1940 ended with $87,083 cash and a $27,000 transfer to 1941, reducing tax rate pressures.
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W. A. Baker
Baker
More Taxes Proposed to Fund Total Defense Budget
President Roosevelt urged Congress to raise new taxes to support a total defense budget and a record 1942 deficit. Officials expect $1 to $2 billion added to the base tax take, with tighter excess profits taxes likely. The plan calls for $17.49 billion total outlays and a defense-focused deficit of $9.21 billion for the year beginning July 1 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Congress
Tobruk Besieged as Axis Forces Tighten Trap
Allied reports say Tobruk in eastern Libya remains cut off with 30,000 Fas cist troops under siege by the British army of the Nile. Sea blockade and tank encirclement hinder reinforcements as Greece and the Balkans theater unfolds and British aid for French children moves through the blockade.
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Italy
Libya
Tobruk
Bardia
Britain
Ireland
Germany
Balkans
Hungary
Rumania
Nerettyo Ujfalu
Rumanian Transylvania
R.A
Mussolini
Fascist War Bulletin
el Adem
Bulgaria
Romania
Balkan
Gibraltar
Roosevelt
France
London
City hall clock repair costs approved for 213.50 dollars
Frederick county courthouse tower clock will receive first major overhaul since 1900 after council voted 213.50 dollars for repairs and new 1060 pound cables. Weighs sit 40 feet above tower floor as weights risk collapse if cables fail. City manager notes potential safety and historic value.
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Frederick County
Connes
O Sullivan Rubber Company Overhauls Leadership at Gettysburg Plant
The O Sullivan Rubber Company will end operations at its Gettysburg Pennsylvania plant and source higher grade goods from its Winchester facility. Longtime president R J Punkhouser resigns to focus on Victor Products Company as Earl Bunting becomes new president of O Sullivan with plans to relocate residence.
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O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Gettysburg
Winchester
Victor Products Company
R. J. Punkhouser
O'Sullivan
Victor Product
Hagerstown
Earl Bunting
Washington, D. C
Earl Bunting & Company
Funkhouser
George Washington Hotel
Bunting
O'Sullivan Company
J. K. Wheeler
The
Victor Products
A.C. Hayes
Fonbiooee
Mtott
Relay of the
Hoffman
Four Killed As Auto Rams Train Near Uhrichsville
Four high school students were killed and a fifth injured critically when their car collided with the Pennsylvania locomotive St. Louisian west of Uhrichsville. They were returning from a Future Farmers meeting. The dead were Eugene Blickensderfer 17 Ray Dean Dunlap 16 Richard Eugene Wright 17 and Forest Carl Petry 16.
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Dover
Pennsylvania
St. Louisian
Uhrichsville
Future Farmers’ Association
Eugene Blickensderfer
Ray Dean Dunlap
Richard Eugene Wright
Forest Carl Petry
Baden-Powell Dead in Africa at 83
Lord Baden-Powell founder of the Boy Scout movement dies at his Nyeri home in Kenya Colony at age 83 after months of ill health from heart attacks. He spent the last 30 years promoting peace and youth development and had earlier visited the United States as a scout advocate.
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Nairobi
Kenya Colony
Lord Baden-Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Nyeri
Kenya
John Smith
Baden-Powell
United States
Num
Boy Scouts of the World
San Francisco
Germans belittle Roosevelt stand
Berlin dispatch notes the German afternoon press denounces President Roosevelt's Congress message as historically inaccurate and unlikely to affect the war. German papers claim Britain's doom is sealed and US aid will arrive too late, with critique of aid links to British debt and imperial motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
Deutsche Allemeine Zei
America
Navy Divided Into Three Major Fleets
Secretary Knox announced a full reorganization of the United States Navy into three fleets Atlantic Pacific and Asiatic to become effective February 1. President Roosevelt also authorized a 42000 increase in naval manpower and Rear Admiral Husband E Kimmel will be commander in chief of all fleets.
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Washington
United States Navy
Knox
Roosevelt
Husband E. Kimmel
General Annibale Bergonzoli Flees Libyan Camp
British headquarters report that General Annibale Bergonzoli, commander at Bardia, known to the British as General Whiskers, escaped from the captured Italian base in eastern Libya and remains missing.
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Catro
Egypt
Annibale Bergonzoli
Bardia
General Electric
Libya
Clearance sale notice from Margaret L. Hodgson
An auction or sale notice advertising items priced at $1.00 and $1.95 with values up to $7.95. The header cites Margaret L. Hodgson as the party associated with the sale.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Bingo at Sarah Zane Fire Hall Tonight
The event at Sarah Zane Fire Hall offers 20 games with 20 prizes including a $100 grand prize. It runs Thursday January 9 at 8 30 p m with admission one dollar.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
City Seeks Bids for Trucks and Road-Supply Materials
The City will accept sealed bids until noon January 20 for trucks and the year's supply of sand stone cement gasoline oil and kerosene. Details and specifications available at the City Manager's Office. S L Grant City Manager.
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S. L. Grant
Leahy Presents His Credentials in Vichy France
Admiral William D. Leahy presented his credentials as United States ambassador in Vichy France and delivered a personal letter from President Roosevelt to Marshal Petain. This marked the first ambassadorial contact since July 11 when William C. Bullitt left France. Leahy said the letter remained private unless Petain chose to release it.
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Vichy
Frince
William D. Leahy
United States
Roosevelt
Marshal Petain
France
William C. Bullitt
America
Leahy
Marshall Petain
Justice Black Resting Comfortably in Hospital
Associate Justice Hugo L. Black, 74, remained under observation at George Washington University Hospital and was reported resting comfortably. He had gone to the hospital yesterday on his physician's advice after reporting fever and chills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
George Washington University Hospital
Black
S. V. A. Grounds May Become Park
The Frederick city council finance committee chaired by W. P. Anderson was tasked to negotiate with the School Board of Frederick County to determine if Shenandoah Valley Academy grounds on Amherst street extending south to near the academy can be acquired for a park. The School Board reportedly is open to the proposal and the Winchester Playground Association has used the grounds for summers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
W. P. Anderson
Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Amherst Street
Winchester Playground Association
Roosevelt asks for 1942 Agriculture Department budget
President Roosevelt asked Congress to provide 1 013 905 493 for Agriculture Department activities in the 1942 fiscal year. He urged authority to obligate up to 162 million more to supplement parity payments. The budget includes 596 711 840 for benefit payments under crop subsidy programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Treasury
Department
A.A.A
Roosevelt asks for 11 billion for second year defense
President Roosevelt informed Congress that 10,811,314,600 is needed for the second year of the total defense program. The request lifts the total armament cost to 28,480,000,000 and covers greater airpower, a Navy with doubled manpower, and expanding the Army from 250,000 in 1940 to 1,400,000 in 1942 with modern equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Essentials of Total Defense Budget of U S
President Roosevelt laid out a sprawling budget in one document totaling 1,071 pages. Key figures include a spending total of 17.49 billion for next year and 13.2 billion this year, defense near 10.81 billion next year, revenues about 8.28 billion next year, and a public debt rising from 45 to over 58 billion by June 1942.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
Greece
China
Treasury
Senate
House
Army
Navy
Boy Killer With Prison Diploma Seeks New Start
Herbert Niccolls, who killed at age 12, earned a high school diploma in prison and won executive parole from Governor Clarence D. Martin. at 21 he will work as an apprentice in a machine shop as doctors cleared him physically and mentally. He expressed gratitude and surprise at rejoining the world after nine years behind bars.
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Seattle
Herbert Niccolls
Niccolls
Clarence D. Martin
Herbert
Idaho
John Wormell
Asotin
Wash
Wormell
Martin
Walla Walla
Medical Lake
Niccolis
Forecast of Things To Come On Defense Costs In 1942 Budget
President Roosevelt outlines defense spending since 1940 and warns costs will rise as new production comes online. He urges patriotism and higher taxes without specific levies, noting defense appropriations total about 28.48 billion and non defense cuts of 600 million. The article also mentions a factory building program and warnings about ultimate costs still developing.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Martin
Bingo Night at New Eagle Home Wednesdays at 8 PM
Play bingo tonight and every Wednesday at 8 p m at New Eagle's Home located at 211 N Lou doun St. Join neighbors for a weekly game night. Proceeds or specific prizes are not listed in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Eagle’s
Loudoun St
Police Dept Vacancy Applications Open
Application for vacancy in the police department will be received at police headquarters. Applications must be in by Thursday January 9. Co W Hollis Chief of Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurs
Co. W. Hollis
Hats F Dollar: Mary S Yeakley Ruling Note
A fragile OCR readable fragment shows a reference to hats priced at one dollar and a person named Mary S Yeakley aged about 19 11. The text is incomplete with no clear event or full context.
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Mary S. Yeakley
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City
Millstone
Other Council
Associated Press
Africa
Boy Scout Organization
Evening Star
Winchester Evening Star
People’s Paper
Whiskers
Justice Black
U.S
Ckerman & Sons
E. Saxer
J and Main
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