Price Fearing Bootlegging If Tax On Rum Is Raised
Virginia Governor James H. Price warned that higher federal liquor taxes may revive bootlegging and crime. He spoke at the 83rd annual Conference of State Governors amid talks to remove overlapping state and federal tax burdens. Oregon Governor Charles A. Sprague backed strong naval action against Japan and urged continued aid to China with no appeasement or precipitate war moves.
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Boston
James H. Price
Virginia
Price
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Oregon
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Conference of Governors
Southeast Asia
Orient
China
Philippine
Panama
Four Subs Down in Baltic Sinking by Soviet Warships
Radio Tass reported from Moscow that four German submarines were sunk in three days by Soviet warships in the Baltic Sea.
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New York
Tass
Moscow
Baltic Sea
Red Cross and Officials Urge Safe Fourth of July
Winchester leaders including state officers E B Mitchell and B E Williams announce a round the clock safety push for Fourth of July weekend. They warn hundreds may die from fireworks drownings and reckless driving and urge strict observance of safety rules and courtesy.
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Red Cross
E. B. Mitchell
B. E. Williams
Winchester
171 Register Here 19 Will Report July 11
Winchester and Frederick county report lighter enlistment than expected with 171 men registered. Nineteen men are ordered to report at city hall on Friday July 11 at 9 30 a m and will be sent to Roanoke for induction.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Frederick County Selective Service Board
Winchester Selective Service Board
City Hall
Roanoke
Benjamin Mollock
Harry C. Baker
Frank Avery Miller
Melvin Anderson Sirbaugh
Earl William Lake
Frank Paul Nitsche
Hollie Brokenberry McCormac
George Shirley Whitacre
Thomas Stover Clark
Prince Boyd Perdue
Wilson Riley Combs
Joseph Alphonse Schroth
Norman Fritts
Birmingham
Esten Hollis Tevalt
Hederick Davis Koontz
Robert Samuel Aleshire
Robert Gorman Gibbons
Ralph Wildesen
Mulvey
Carlton Isaac Printz, Jr
Clarke County weighs Scaleby estate purchase for high school
Clarke County School Board contemplates buying Scaleby, Kenneth N. Gilpin’s estate, for a consolidated high school. No comment now, decision expected soon to aid possible Boyce school plans and county congestion needs. Carr re elected chair, Iden vice chair, Hardesty clerk.
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Berryville
Clay Carr
Clarke County School Board
Scaleby
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Clarke County
Clarke Board
Boyce
Gilpin
C. H. Iden
John C. Hardesty
Mr. Hardy Shows Little Improvement
W. G. Hardy, who had a stroke on June 20 and was moved to the hospital for treatment, remains unimproved. He is a member of the City School Board and is employed as a bookkeeper for the C. Lt. Rob Ice and Coal Storage Co.
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W. G. Hardy
C. Lt. Rob
Mr. Cammer Slowly Recovers at Home
Mr. Cammer is recuperating slowly but satisfactorily at his home. He is allowed no visitors by his physician and is expected to remain without visits for several weeks.
Safe Driving Emphasis by Officers Over Fourth
Police urge careful travel this Fourth, pledging continuous highway patrols from now until late Sunday to minimize accidents in the region. The note stresses drivers to slow down and drive safely during the holiday period.
Wavell Praised For Noble Work In Middle East
Prime Minister Menzies told parliament that General Sir Archibald Wavell has performed noble work in the Middle East. He noted wartime transfers and praise for Wavell amid strategic efforts in the region.
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Wavell
Canberra
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
Australian
House of Representatives
Archibald P. Wavell
Middle East
Menzies
Clarke County Beauty Queen to Represent County
Princess Miss Kackley daughter of Trial Justice Loring Kackley of Berryville will represent Clarke county at a Fourth of July Celebration in Front Royal Friday. She attends Western State College Bowling Green Ky and won a Miss Clarke County cup in a Berryville High School beauty pageant in May 1939.
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Kackley
Loring Kackley
Berryville
Clarke County
Western State College
Bowling Green
Commercial Department
Berryville High School
Twenty Six Men Registered In Clarke Co
Clarke County residents registered for selective service total twenty six men with twenty one white and five colored. Names include White group Spencer Allen Welch Oscar Polk Hamilton Jr John Michael Myers Phillip Quinton Longerbeam George Robert Owens William Richard Lee Ernest Franklin Grimes Kenneth Stewart Shenk Beverly Thomas Huff Charles Willanger Gudate Robert J ne Clay Lee Edward Franklin Chapman Robert Lee Wynkoop Charles Iden Hammer Olivia Claywood and Marion Colored James Clay Howard Leonard Robinson William Dangerfield Johnson Raymond Iden Samuel Resse Alexander.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Spencer Allen Welch
Oscar Polk Hamilton, Jr
John Michael Myers
Phillip Quinton Longerbeam
George Robert Owens
William Richard Lee
Ernest Franklin Grimes
Kenneth Stewart Shenk
Beverly Thomas Huff
Charles Willanger
Gudate
Robert J ~Ne Clay Lee
Edward Franklin Chapman
Robert Lee Wynkoop
Charles Iden Hammer
Olivia Claywood
Marion
Mrs Nulton And Mrs Wright Injured In Auto Mishap
Mrs L M Nulton wife of Admiral Nulton and Mrs Joseph Cake of this city were injured in an automobile accident between Front Royal and Mount Station. The Admiral says Nulton has a cracked collar bone and possible rib fractures, while Mrs Wright suffered shock and a wrist injury. The crash occurred about 4 30 pm and both women returned to Winchester by taxi for hospital treatment and X rays.
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L. M. Nulton
Admiral Nulton
Joseph Cake
Front Royal
Remount Station
Nurton
Winchester
Wallace
Admiral Nulhope
Local Cleaners To Close Friday And Saturday
Announcement: Pingley and Carper Dry Cleaning and Seal and Connor Dry Cleaning will close Friday and Saturday due to a Virginia governor declared legal holiday. Yeakley notes these closures affect Thursday sales and hats.
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Virginia
Pingley & Carper Seal & Connor
Friendship Fire Co to vote July 3 on 2nd lieutenant
The Friendship Fire Company holds its regular meeting Thursday July 3 at 8 pm. Election of a second lieutenant is on the agenda and plans are made for the Virginia State Fireman's Convention to be held in August at Steunton, WM. Capt. ARG Arg enbrig?
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Friendship Fire Co
Virginia
Steunton
Argenbrig
City WPA program cut extends to July closing of street work
Winchester Common Council learns WPA street project will close July 5 affecting about 20 workers and 10 sewing room workers. City seeks funds to rebuild sidewalks but officials doubt quick approval. Other street projects largely finished, leaving fewer streets to improve amid curtailment.
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W. P.A
Winchester
Common Council
Grant
Philip Smith
Staunton
Smith
W.P.A
Richmond
W P.A
W.P. A
Chesnut
Greenwalt Avenue
Cameron
Bond
Co. D. Barnett
C. R. Anderson
Miller Chemical Company
E. E. Baker
B. H. Hamman
Miller Street
Baker
Dunlap Street
Berryville Avenue
Standard Oil Company
Dr. Anderson
Rioting After Pool Incident Sparks Philadelphia Clash
A 14 year old black youth was dunked by white youths at an Athletic recreation center pool triggering hours of race violence in North Philadelphia. Police used fifty cars and hundreds of officers as crowds gathered while most injuries occurred during a free for all.
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Philadelphia
Athletic Recreation Center
Megro
Howard P. Sutton
Star Not Published on Independence Day 1941
The Star announces it will not publish on Friday July 4 1941 Independence Day a legal holiday observed by the Evening Star readers and advertisers.
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the Star
THE
Evening Star
American Eagle Squadron Bags Three Nazi Planes
London reports American fliers in the Eagle squadron credited with three of 17 German planes shot down by the RAF in daytime raids on northern France. RAF daylight sweeps cost two bombers and seven fighters. heavy activity and many squadrons over the Channel continue into the afternoon. Docks at Cherbourg and Brest were bombed in overnight raids.
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London
Eagle
R.A.F
France
RAF
Channel
Res
English
Brest
Air Ministry
Cherbourg
Drafting of Huge Federal Tax Bill Completed
The House Ways and Means Committee finished the preliminary drafting of a 3.504 billion tax bill in Washington. They tentatively raised the capital stock tax from 1.10 to 1.25 per 1000, aiming to gain 18 thousand dollars, and proposed a 10 percent manufacturers excise tax on cutlery yielding about 6 million dollars. The withholding tax on nonresident aliens and foreign corporations would rise from 16.5 percent to 27.5 percent, with Treasury estimating 20 million dollars additional. They also tentatively revised the plan to exclude bona fide merchandise vending machines such as pinball and gambling devices.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Cooper
Dtenn
Treasury
Tentacer
Marines Take Guard Duty at U S Embassy in London
Fifty one United States Marines arrived under Captain John B. Hill to relieve London police at the American embassy. They will be housed briefly outside London then stationed near the embassy. Survivors from the Maarsden rescue are expected soon after the ship was sunk en route to England with marines and Red Cross nurses onboard.
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London
United States
John B. Hill
Maarsden
Red Cross
England
United Navy
Treasury June 30 Status Shows Debt and Receipts
The Treasury's end of year figures report receipts of 30,922,729.62 dollars and a gross debt of 48,961,443,535.71 dollars. The day’s increase amounts to 110,013,536.91 dollars.
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the Treasury
German Forces Claim Major Soviet Collapse in Baltic Push
War Today reports German high command claiming a large Soviet defeat in Bialystok with 100000 troops captured and 400 tanks and 300 field guns seized or destroyed. Finland and Germany announce swift advances into the USSR with hundreds more Soviet tanks reported. Nazis say drives toward Moscow and Leningrad are halted as Finns surround Viipuri and Riga is reported captured.
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Associated Press
Bialystok
Ussr
Finland
Galicia
Moscow
Leningrad
Viipuri
Riga
Knox Says No American Ship On Atlantic Patrol Engaged In Convoy
Secretary Knox told a press conference that no American vessel on Atlantic neutrality patrols had convoyed, fought, suffered crew casualties, or lost equipment. He declined to answer questions about congressional criticism of his call to seize the moment to rout the German menace from the Atlantic. Senator Wheeler urged his removal over the speech. He also denied any convoy activity and called reports of it absolutely untrue.
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Washington
Knox
Atlantic
Navy
Congress
United States
Wheeler
D.mont
Shower Ends Hottest Summer Day At Winchester Lab
A thunder shower cooled the intense heat this afternoon after the day’s peak of 99 degrees at the Winchester Research Laboratory between 2:10 and 2:15 pm. The temperature began dropping just before the shower, which included sharp lightning.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Hitler Forces Smash Through Soviet Lines
German high command claimed a blitz in Kaunas region with heavy Soviet losses including 94 armored cars 250 guns 28 anti aircraft guns and 81 tanks. The reports cited CBS broadcast and Reuters dispatches from New York and London July 2.
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Hitler
Soviet
German Drive Encircles Soviet Armies east of Bialystok
Associated Press reports a major German offensive encircling large portions of the Red Army east of Bialystok with heavy losses. Berlin claims 100000 Red Army prisoners and 400 tanks plus 300 field pieces seized or destroyed as fighting rages across Galicia and Lwow toward Minsk and Estonia.
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Adolf Hitler
Russia
Bialystok
Lwow
Poland
Minsk
White Russia
Estonia
Carpathian
Galicia
Fuehrer
Infantry maneuvers to Occupy A P Hill Reservation in Caroline Va
The 116th Infantry and other units of the 88th Brigade begin eleven days of drills at the A P Hill Military Reservation in Caroline county Virginia starting Monday. Winchester company members I and Headquarters Detachment will participate. Walter Bursey Roy Kline fished the opening day of the season landing several bass including a three pounder. Game Warden F W Pingley reported perch catches but no bass. A mossy North Branch Shenandoah hindered early fishing. Russell Clem found a dead doe after an auto strike on US Route 11 near Stephens City. Sheriff Bywaters alerted Game Warden Pingley.
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116Th Infantry
88Th Infantry Brigade
A. P. Hill
Caroline County
Winchester
116Th
Walter Bursey
Roy Kline
Bentonville
Walter
F. W. Pingley
Bursey
Kline
Russell Clem
Stephens City
Bywaters
Japan Adopts Internal Policy in Face of War Crisis
Tokyo reports a government decision to cope with the German-Soviet war crisis. Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka warned of a grave global emergency while Imperial Conference officials vowed action over words, stressing internal measures and national unity amid mounting pressure from Germany, Russia, and Axis allies.
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Tokyo
Ppb Arplaiagernment
Yosuke Matsuoka
Domei
Russia
Japan
Eugen Ott
Mario Indelli
Matsuoka
Constantin Smetanin
Satake
Germany
East Asia
Carolina Editor Found Hanging in Mexico City Hotel
Wilbur J. Cash a 40 year old editor and author of The Mind of the South from Charlotte NGC was found hanging in a room at the Hotel Reforma in Mexico City. He had arrived with Mrs Cash to spend a year there and pursue a Guggenheim fellowship and write a novel about life in the south. His wife said he suffered from a nervous disorder due to the strains of writing. Police said Cash committed suicide.
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Mexico City
Wilbur J. Cash
Charlotte
Ngc
Reforma
Cash
South
Alvaro Basail
Radio Police
Bond Brothers Buy Baker Property
H M Bond and Allen Bond bought Baker and Company real estate long occupied by Ralston Purina Co Southern States Winchesterrine Inc and Valley Service Station Inc A video deed from Shenandoah Valley National Bank and Trust Co to the new owners for 20000 was filed with the clerk of the portion court The Baltimore and Ohio Way is excluded Yard party Ridgeway July 3 1928 chicken 35c at 8 Paynes Chapel
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H. M. Bond
Allen Bond
Baker and Company
Shenandoah Valley National Bank and Trust Company
Ralston Purina Company
So0ern States Winchester Rine Inc
Valley Service Station, Inc
Baltimore and Ohio Way
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Dorothy Jane Kackley
Clarke Co
Nulton
Yeakley
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DIAL
Willis Real Estate
Murmansk
American Eagle Squadron
Constanta
Black Sea
Stockholm
Reuters
Berlin
Aftonbladet
CBS
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Shenandoah River
Case
Cabine On Se
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Baker Property
Ridgeway
Thurs
Paynes Chapel
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