Marshall urges longer active duty for selectees and reserves
Gen. George C. Marshall testifies before the Senate Military Committee on July 9 in support of extending active service beyond one year. He warns the one year limit could deplete trained forces, complicate shipping, and risk national security if a larger expeditionary force is needed. He notes Iceland deployment choices and draft rules as factors shaping the current issue.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Ocea
Congress
Iceland
Marshall
Senate Military Committee
National Guard
General Marshall
Hawaii
Alaska
City Clock Risks Collapse At City Hall Tower
Citizens say the old town clock atop City Hall has not run for months due to worn cables bearing heavy weights. If the cable breaks while the weights descend the tower floor, the clock could crash through to the lobby near the Charles Broadway Roche statue, a scenario feared by locals.
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City Hall
Charles Broadway Rouss
Police Desk Clerk Has Hectic Day As Youths Storm Office
Kenneth Brengle, a clerk at Winchester police headquarters, spent the morning examining and issuing bicycle permits as the city opened tag sales. By 2:30 pm, 38 permits had been issued. the queue extended with children ages under 14 awaiting inspection while Sergeant Francis Punk and Officer Carlton Manual assisted.
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Kenneth Brengle
Winchester
Commissioner of Revenue
C. P. McVicar
Haines
Gus Haines
Brengle
Brenglen
Francis Punk
Carlton Manual
Funk
Billy Junior Johnson
Billy
Sheriffs Open Annual Meeting In Winchester Tomorrow
Charles C. Curtis of the Virginia Sheriffs Association arrives in Winchester to finalize plans for the two day convention at the George Washington Hotel. About 150 sheriffs deputies and guests are expected with a banquet featuring Colgate Darden Jr and William M. Tuck speaking. FBI sabotage demonstration also on the schedule with judges and state officials attending.
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Charles C. Curtis
Virginia State ‘Sheriff's Association
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
William M. Tuck
Halifax
Philip Williams
Walter McCarthy
Alexandria
Burr P. Harrison
FBI
Time For Codling Moth Spraying Time For Codling Moth Spraying
Entomologist W. F. Hough explains July spray timing for codling moth in orchards. Two applications starting around July 15 and July 29 using bluestone lime and lead arsenate recommended. a single July spray may suffice where moth activity is light, but two applications yield better control.
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W. 5. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Milquetoast Seeks Freedom in Divorce Case
Elvin F. Schaeffer testified in Camden New Jersey on July 15 that for more than ten years he was not allowed to whistle sing or play his concert in his own home. He said his sole pleasure was driving the car with his wife always in the back seat directing him.
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Camden
N. J
Elvin F. Schaeffer
President Seeks Daylight Saving Legislation For Defense
President Roosevelt urged Congress to enact daylight saving time on a regional or national basis with year round or partial duration as needed for national defense. He cited a potential annual saving of 786,282 kilowatt hours and flagged a severe power shortage especially in the southeast, sending letters to Speaker Rayburn, Vice President Wallace, and eight southern governors including Virginia Tennessee North and South Carolina Georgia Mississippi and Florida.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Rayburn
Wallace
Albania
Virginia
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Florida
New England
Middle Atlantic
North Central States
Nates
Eee Ense
Dae aGien
Neutrality Act Repeal Advocated By Carter Glass
Senator Glass of Virginia urged immediate repeal of the Neutrality Act to restore freedom of the seas for American ships. He argued the measure, passed to curb fear of Hitler, should be scrapped and U S ships should aid Britain, warning that the nation may already be at war and must respond to German moves.
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Washington
Glass
D-Va
Hitler
Senate
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Administration
Roosevelt
September 8 Set for Opening of Winchester Frederick Schools
Frederick county and city schools plan to reopen September 8 with a teachers meeting to start the year. Bus routes must be reworked due to a new building at Clear Brook, easing congestion at Stephens City. Round Hill faces crowded rooms, prompting calls for a county high school building. A county census will guide transportation plans amid new housing and road growth.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Leslie D. Kline
Frederick
Garland Quarles
Kline
Colonial Brick Workers Vote For Organization
Employees of the Colonial Brick Corporation voted yesterday to form a brick and clay workers local and will seek certification as their bargaining agent. Miss Muriel Ferris of the NLRB supervised the election and a conference with company executives is planned for Thursday.
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Colonial Brick Corporation
Muriel Ferris
NLRB
Brick and Clay Workers
Yard Party at Stephenson M. E. Church
A yard party at Stephenson M. E. Church planned for July 17 with rain date the following night noted. The fragment references dates 6-16 and 7-15-16-1p-31.
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Stephenson M. E. Church
Carpers Valley
Churchill declares British Russian alliance as joint war effort
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Churchill says a new British Russian pact for joint action against Germany is an alliance and asserts Britain seeks no advantage in Syria. He notes Britain and Free French control of Syria and Lebanon was gained in a cordial armistice and that the move shows French support for shared aims.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Germany
Syria
Lebanon
Britain
Farmer husband and wife die in Hanover County tragedy
Montpelier Va July 15 Mrs Early Smith found dead with throat slashed in her Hanover County home after her 30 year old tenant farmer husband is discovered nearby with a shotgun death. Coroner Dr Edwin Vaughan rules murder and death by own action. Four children under eight survive Elsie 8 Earl James 5 Emma Anne 3 Robert Abner 2. Double funeral planned at family cemetery in Tyler.
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Montpelier
Early Smith
Hanover County
Edwin Vaughan
Hanover
Smith
Thomas Martin Waldrop
Waldrop
Ahaunt
Mrs. Smith
Elsie
Earl James
Emma Anne
Robert Abner
J. B. Smith
Tylers
Federal grand jury indicts 29 in seditious conspiracy cases
In St Paul on July 15 a federal grand jury named twenty nine individuals in indictments charging seditious conspiracy and advocating insubordination and overthrow of the United States government.
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St, Paul
United States
Locomotive boiler explosion kills three on freight train
Three crewmen died when a Delaware and Hudson Railroad freight train locomotive boiler exploded today at Cobleskill New York. The blast derailed 11 cars and tore up both main tracks for a distance. Local crews and investigators began examining the wreck and cause.
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Cobleskill
N. Y
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
US Consulars to Wind Up Affairs by Midnight
Berlin dispatch reports that United States consular officials in Germany and most occupied countries must finish business and depart for home by midnight tonight.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Allies Enter Beirut as British Free French Troops Move In
British and Free French troops entered Beirut Lebanon today according to a Reuters dispatch from Haifa. The report notes the capital was opened to these Allied forces amid ongoing operations in the region.
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London
Beirut
Lebanon
Reuters
British News Agtmcy
Haifa
War Today Dispatch Reports Red Army Offensive Across Dniepr
Associated Press outlines a major Red Army push across the Dniepr toward Kiev, claiming three German Romanian regiments annihilated while Soviet forces reportedly dissolve and Nazi operations advance. Churchill speaks of a real Britain Russian pact as RAF bombs Bremen and Hannover.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Central Front
Dnepr
Soviet High Command
Kiev
Berlin
Rome
Republic Steel to Sign If C SO Shows Majority
Republic Steel agrees to sign a contract with the steel workers organizing committee if the CIO union shows a majority among workers at 11 of 15 plants. The settlement also covers all outstanding unfair labor practice charges and involves a membership card check against payroll to guide bargaining. The plan awaits Third Circuit approval and hinges on NLRB certification of locals.
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Washington
Repeat Steel Corporation
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
C.S.O
Labor Relations Board
Republic
S.W.O.C
Tom Girdler
C.I.O
Cleveland
NLRB
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
C.I.0
Little Steel
Idea Is Said To Be To Gain Free Hand To Deal With Soviets
The Moscow government denies plans to evacuate the capital while Ribbentrop meetings suggest Hitler seeks a western peace to free his hand against the Soviet Union. Lozovsky says Moscow will not move. Russian offensives push west of the Dnieper with gains near Kiev and Rogachev as German forces claim resistance wanes.
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Moscow
Associated Press
British Press Association
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
West
Ribbentrop
Hitler
Russia
Press Association
Britain
S. A. Lozovsky
Mohammed Saed
Foreign Office
Lozovsky
Germany
Izvestia
Rogachev
Dnepr
Minsk
DNB
Dvina Dnepr
Great Progress In Defense Work Reported By Patterson
Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson told a Senate committee that the past year showed great progress in American defense production though he cautioned the nation is not yet fully armed. He projected increased disruption of peacetime industry as more of the economy shifts to war and urged expanding defense orders. Security agencies expect a larger defense share, reducing civilian output and prompting substitutions in nondefense goods.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Senate
Europe
Patterson
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
America
War Department
Navy Department
Winschester pilot earns private license first in class
Samuel Athey Jr of Orleans Va became the first in the Winchester non college C P T class to solo and finish his course earning a private pilot license. Eight others are nearing completion as Lions Club members celebrate ten years perfect attendance with gold emblems.
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Samuel Athey, Jr
Orleans
Winchester
Temperatures Not To Be Extreme This Week
The period from Tuesday July 15 to Saturday July 19 shows the Middle Atlantic States experiencing showers mainly light on Wednesday and Thursday. Light to moderate showers end the week with no extreme temperatures indicated and a slight rise Wednesday. average temperatures near normal for the rest of the period.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic States
Disposal Meeting At City Hall In Berryville Avenue Area
Citizens of the Berryville avenue Shannon Hill sections plan a joint Sanitary and Sewer and Water meeting tonight at 7 30 at City Hall to present sewer options to the city council. About 45 property owners have been served notices to correct unsanitary conditions and must seek sewer solutions.
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Berryville Avenue
Shannon Hill
Sanitary
Sewer and Water
City Council
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Allen Hawthorne
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Ron” Ridgeway
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