Halifax Pan Americans Seek U S Lead On Economy Defense
Delegates from American Republics formed commissions at a closed meeting to address hemisphere defense and economic issues. The United States joins on the peace commission to study continental defense and Europe’s status in the western hemisphere while Hull was to outline policy in the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Starkee
United States
Hull
Addres
Eli Hull
Stadeclam Bate Cordell Hull
Frederico Laredo Bru
Cuba
Crete
License Issued To Private Ward And Dorothy Funkhouser
Private Ward of the Winchester police force and Miss Dorothy Virginia Funkhouser of 25 East Piccadilly Street receive a license. Ceremony plans are kept secret with no information about the whereabouts of the couple. Ward has served several years in the force. Funkhouser is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Punkhouser and a Woodstock native.
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Elwood Johnson Ward
Winchester
Dorothy Virginia Funkhouser
East Piccadilly Street
Penn
Ward
Ae Force
Go A Ward
Edinburg
Punkhouser
James W
Woodstock
Mountain Drive Pleasures Highlight Craig County Route
Peter's Mountain offers scenic mountain driving with rhododendrons at their peak past higher elevations. The long route winds through Craig County with lush blooms visible along the valley and hillsides last week.
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Craig County
Peter’s Mountain
Short War Hopes Fractured by Tooth Repair Delay
A man in Canada hopes for a brief war but faces a snag after sending his false teeth to the United States for repair. With monetary restrictions in place, he must pay for the overhaul across the border, while the dental firm won t agree to free return of the teeth.
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Merte
B. C
Sete
United States
Girl Of 15 Fires Shot Into Father in Maryland Drink-Fueled Incident
In Chestertown Maryland on July 22 a 15 year old girl Elvira Esling fired a .22 rifle at her father John Esling a 50 year old tinsmith after he allegedly assaulted the family and threw dinner from the table. The father was wounded and hospitalized. Elvira was taken into custody by Sheriff Robert E. Lee who described the incident as a drunken brawl pattern in the home.
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Chestertown
Robert E. Lee
Elvira Esling
Bal- Rock Hall
John E. Esling
Kent-Queen Anne’s Hospital
Lee
Elvira
Lee Thee
W. and W. Tracks Reopened After Mountain Runaway
The Winchester and Western Railway lines near Gore were cleared after a wreck involving a locomotive and five sand cars sent a slide down a mountainside by the Virginia Glass Sand Mine. About 700 feet of track were rebuilt and service resumed with the first load hauled.
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Winchester and Western Railway
Gore
Virginia Glass Sand
Huge Defense Bill Moves Through Capitol Debates
Congress returns to a heavy agenda as defense measures dominate action. A defense bill estimated around 15 billion dollars would expand armament programs with hearings on requests from Roosevelt and the War and Navy Departments. The Defense Commission seeks 25 million to 65 million for TVA expansion to boost defense material plants.
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Washington
National Defense
Capitol
Congress
Senate
House
Chicago
Woodrum
D-Va
Roosevelt
Navy
War Department
National Defense Commission
Legislative
Burke-Wadsworth
National Guard
Rules Committee
Defense Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
British Help Italians Landed in Alexandria With Clothes
Survivors of the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni were landed at Alexandria by British warships and given clothing. The 544 men marched to a suburban station for a special train to Cairo for the war's duration. An Italian sailor died of wounds and was given naval honors. others were buried locally.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Bartolomeo Colleoni
Cairo
Sydney
Gold An Advocate Of Tree Removal
Phil H. Gold of Winchester champions the marginal apple tree removal under the 1941 Federal Conservation Program. As chairman of the Virginia Applemen's Committee he urged soil conservation benefits for the apple industry. The voluntary program pays $15,000 per acre to remove unprofitable trees with inferior fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil H. Gold
Winchester
Gold
Virginia Applemen’s Committee
Omps Named to Frederick County School Board Seat
A Frederick County School Trustee Electoral Board elected A L Omps a 64 year old retired farmer from Stephenson to replace J P Thwaite as Stonewall district school board member. Sedgwick was absent due to illness. A site decision for Clearbrook Bruce town Elementary is to be discussed tomorrow. Omps to arrive in Winchester this afternoon to qualify.
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Frederick County
Division of
Leslie D. Kline
A. L. Omps
Stephenson
J. Pred Thwaite
Stonewall
Omps
Berkeley County
W. Va
Stephenson Methodist Church
Sedgwick
Jonas O. Chamberlin
R. L. Smith
George Sedgwick
Memorial Hospital
Clearbrook
Brucetown
Kline
Winchester
Ewell Chapman Injured In Saw Mill Accident
Ewell Chapman 46 of 122 East Monmouth Street was almost leg severed when caught in a buzz saw at a Loudoun county mill. He dragged clear, fellow workers applied a tourniquet, and he was rushed to Memorial Hospital where doctors amputated the leg below the knee.
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Ewell Chapman
Monmouth Street
Loudoun County
Memorial Hospital
Chapman
Winchester
Hamilton
E. P. Landers
Champman
Speedy Ships Fitted for Marine Corps Expeditions
Four World War II destroyers are being refitted as high speed transports for the Marine Corps to shore advance forces anywhere, signaling a push to create a rapid expeditionary force. The Marine Corps strength is about 28,000 with a 34,000 goal, and two new defense battalions are forming.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Fleet Marine Force
Maces
House
Latin America
United States
Parris Island
S. C
Ree
Guantanamo
Pauley Extradited for Trial on Lottery Fraud Charge
Ted Pauley, charged with fraud in a lottery scheme, was brought from Gainesville, Georgia, by City Sergeant Taylor Barr to Winchester for trial. He waived extradition and a hearing date had not been set. Authorities say a fictitious ticket led to a $525 loss at a December benefit for the American Legion Post 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Pauley
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
Winchester
Pauley
Gainesville
Taylor Barr
Legionnaires
Wanted Machinist With Lathe Experience
Classified notice seeking a machinist with small lathe experience. Applicants must state age and qualifications in the first letter and send details to P. O. Box 603. Listed in a page of classified ads with a 7 20 date stamp.
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P. O. Box
Welltown Church Benefit at Church on July 31
A Welltown church hosts a benefit event on Wednesday July 31 to raise funds for church needs. Organizers list July 31 as the main date with activities to support the congregation.
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Welltown Church
Wed
Benefit Church
Price Sale at The House Furnishings Shop
Having bought the entire stock I will sell at price rugs and 100 pairs of curtains plus porch shades remnants and floor coverings. W. B. Snider & Son announce sale actions.
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W. B. Snider & Son
Nazi Invasion Of Britain May Be Launched Any Hour
Heat wave grips the valley for the fourth straight day as residents endure high temperatures. A Winchester Laboratory high of 97 topped yesterday with heat likely to rise further. scattered rain offers faint relief. Temperature readings compare steady rises from dawn to afternoon across the region.
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Britain
Winchester Research Laboratory
Better Lending Power Is Asked
President Roosevelt urged Congress to raise the Export-Import Bank lending authority by 500 million dollars to assist Western Hemisphere neighbors. He linked this to Pan-American talks and stressed avoiding a disorganized cut-throat market while supporting mutual trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Rio Grande
Western Hemisphere
United States
Large bass and fishing notes from Shenandoah county
Continued on Page 3 reports sizable catches from Irvin Orndorff Maurertown Clark Cooper and Claude Derflinger along Shenandoah and North Branch with bass weights from 3% to 4 pounds. A bay outing with Capt Tom Boyd Deputy Sheriff Bob DeHaven yielded over 260 fish while Castleman’s heat relief boat outing ended with a capsize and minor illness.
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Shenandoah
Irvin Orndorff
Maurertown
Shenandoah County
Tom Boyd
Bob DeHaven
C. P. McVicar
Dowell Fogle
Walter Shade
Halifax Rebuffs Hitler Peace Offer Defends Freedom
London July 22 AP Lord Halifax foreign secretary declares Britain will not stop fighting until freedom is secured for ourselves and others. He warns the struggle may cost everything but rebuilding a free Europe is worth the sacrifice. Nazis threaten a possible invasion after Britain’s no compromise reply.
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London
Lord Halifax
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Hitler
Reichstag
Halifax
Europe
Germany
Britain
British Commonwealth
United States
Associated Press
England
Berlin
Churchill
Bullitt Says U S Ties to Petain Regime Stay Same
Ambassador Bullitt, briefing President Roosevelt in Hyde Park, asserts the U S relation to the new Petain government is exactly the same as with the former French regime. He says no question of American recognition has arisen because ties with France were never broken. Roosevelt returns to his Hudson River retreat after a week of hot weather.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
C. Bullitt
Roosevelt
France
Petain
Marshal Henri Petain
Nazis Claim Massive Luftwaffe Assault Across England and Chanel
German high command says waves of Nazi bombers hit airdromes ports factories and oil tanks on the island and in the English channel dive bombers struck lighthouses and ships while a tanker and four merchant vessels totaling 40 000 tons were sunk Britons report HMSS Brazen destroyed three attacking planes as she sank after bomb blast RAF fighters reportedly inflicted damage on northern and western Germany during night raids and German losses rose to about 80 planes in a major clash over the channel.
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High Command
English Channel
Royal Air
Germany
Midlands
England
Scotland
Brazen
Halifax
Hitler
Fuehrer
Britain
Channel
Stephenson Benefit Yard Party Planned by Ladies Aid Society
A yard party fundraiser is set for Wednesday, July 24, hosted by the Stephenson Benefit Ladies Aid Society, with proceeds aiding community efforts and planned for the following evening.
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Stephenson
Ladies Aid Society
Golden Glow Coffee Shoppe Offers Winchester Skyline Novelties
The Golden Glow advertises a full line of weekly and monthly novelties from Winchester and Skyline. The notice appears in a 7 18 18 10e styled listing.
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Golden Glow
Winchester
Skyline
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P. H. Gold
J. Fred Thwaite
Loudoun
Edward E. Bombar
Weems
Buckton
Clark Cooper
North Branch
Claude Derflinger
Riverton
Claude
Francis Punk
Funk
Henry Rodgers
Boyce
Gertrude Newlin
Castleman’s
Given Bullitt
Hudson
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