Taft seeks 16 month service for selectees and guards
Senator Taft proposed raising the service limit for selectees reserves and national guardsmen to 16 months from 12. He told the Senate Military Affairs Committee the plan would maintain 1,272,000 trained personnel while adding 75,000 draftees monthly. General Palmer urged longer service to prevent disintegration of the army amid rising Nazi pressure. Opponents warned of breached promises to volunteers and constitutional concerns. Administration aides noted momentum after quick approval of a property seizure measure.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Marshall
Reynolds
D-Nc
George C. Marshall
Army
Nome
Palmer
John McCauley Palmer
Senate Military Committee
Adolf Hitler
United States
Steftf
Genehn
Pershing
Hitler
Ste
A. J. Muste
Fellowship of Reconcilation
Senate
Winchester warns on gun safety for youths after stray bullet incident
A public notice from Winchester stresses dangers of youths handling firearms without proper training. It cites recent accidents and a stray shot near Fairmont Avenue, urging parents to ensure instruction and proposing a permit system for responsible ownership. The notice notes air rifles can be dangerous at close range and suggests safeguards and education.
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Winchester
Fairmont Avenue
Camp Wa kanda Opening Directed by Rev Bailthis
The Montague Avenue Charge directs the Methodist Church youth camp Wa kanda with Rev Bailthis overseeing the children’s program. Camp activities begin Monday as detailed in page 2.
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Montague Avenue
Methodist Church
Mr. Bailthis
Wakanda
Berlin Angered By Soviet and British Accord
In Ankara Turkey July 21 German Ambassador Franz Von Papen reportedly said Berlin was angered by the Soviet British pact that delayed peace talks. He suggested Britain should accept German terms as soon as Russia is crushed and described a god given mission to seek peace between Germany and England. Turkish papers note Russian advances affecting German plans and a Caucasus grain harvest easing labor shortages.
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Anekara
Turkey
Franz von Papen
Berlin
von Papen
Britain
Germany
Russia
von- One
England
Europe
Caucasus
Roosevelt Urge Is Turned Down by Ways and Means
Washington July 22 The House Ways and Means Committee rejected President Roosevelts proposal to strike the average earnings method from the excess profits tax plan and endorsed a revised tax scheme. The panel also backed higher individual income surtaxes starting at 5 percent on the first dollar and a ration surtax rising to 6 percent on higher incomes.
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Washington
House Ways and Mégas Committee
Roosevelt
Cooper D.tenn
Aluminum Drive May Go Beyond Early Estimate
Americans donated aluminum scraps nationwide in a mass drive as officials raised targets from 20 million pounds toward 30 to 40 million. Donations ranged from household items to novelty pieces, with events at Tacoma Philadelphia Baltimore and Rockingham Park highlighting the effort.
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Associated Press
Lehman
New York
America
Tacoma
Wash
Nayass
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Rockingham Park
Salem
N. H
Lou Smith
Hitler
St. Louis
New York Giants
Lab
Texas
Mets
Shirley’s Estate Valued At 122000 In Richmond Will
Richmond July 22 An estate valued at 122540 left by Henry G Shirley Virginia highway commissioner who died July 16 shows to widow Mrs Sara B Shirley daughter Mrs Julian Shirley Patterson of Chapel Hill N C and son qualified as executor The estate includes 7800 91 in personal property 43840 in real estate Insurance and 2500 household effects will go to Mrs Shirley 15000 placed in trust for son Robert V Shirley and 1000 to Henry G Shirley II Remainder divided among Mrs Leon C Detreicher Augustus G Shirley Mrs Patterson and Alice G Shirley all of Richmond
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Richmond
Henry G. Shirley
Virginia Highway
Sara B. Shirley
Julian Shirley Patterson
Chapel Hill
N. C
Augustus G. Shirley
Pearburg
Shirley
Robert V. Shirley
Summit Point
W. Va
Leon C. Detreicher
Patterson
Alice G. Shirley
Will Improve 1.6 Miles of Streets in Stephens City
Stephens City Virginia officials announce that 1.6 miles of town streets will be improved once state equipment is secured. The project includes grading drainage and paving with about 100 tons of loose stone supplied by the M. J. Grove Lime Company.
Bargain Days Set By Winchester Merchants
Community Bargain Days will run Thursday through Saturday with 33 Winchester merchants joining cooperation to offer greater values amid rising prices. Participating stores will display pennants in windows and at entrances as the Star distributes 10 000 copies to the Winchester trade area in Virginia and West Virginia.
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Winchester
Winchesternouncements
Virginia
West Virginia
Hugh Ramey To Succeed Cowles At Gainesboro
Hugh G. Ramsey will replace J. E. Cowles as vocational agriculture teacher at Gainesboro High School. Ramsey, a Millboro veteran in Bath county, graduates from VPI in 1939 with agricultural engineering and is pursuing a master’s in agricultural education.
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Hugh G. Ramsey
J. E Cowles
Gainesboro High School
Cowles
Ramsey
Gainesboro
Millboro
Bath County
Forestry Service
V-P-I
Parsonage Purchase Planned by Market Street Church
At Market Street Methods Church a move to buy the Frank Gearing residence on Courtfield avenue Leicester for use as a parsonage was approved by the congregation and the church official board. Final approval rests with the Winchester district locations and grounds committee. The 9 room brick house with double garage sits on an 80 by 125 foot lot.
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Market Street Methods Church
Frank Gearing
Courtfield Avenue
Leicester
Winchester ‘District
Gatland Hopkins
W. W. McIntyre
D. D
John Rosener
T. M. Swann
Braddock Street Church
Julian Owen
Front Royal
W. D. Sheets
White Post
Russell, Boyer
Fruit Producers Obtain Charter for Virginia Cooperative
Blue Ridge Fruit Growers' Cooperative, Inc. has secured a charter from the State Corporation Commission with maximum capitalization of 25000 dollars. Organized under the 1922 agriculture cooperation act, its principal office will be in Sperryville. The cooperative will market store and process member agricultural products. Officers include R Graves president and J Kelly secretary treasurer, with Miller and O Bannon among directors.
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Richmond
Blue Ridge Fruit Growers’ Cooperative, Inc
State Corporation Commission
Agriculture Cooperation Association Act
Sperryville
R. Graves
Syria
Ae R,w. Miller
Epee L. J. Kelly
Edenee
Ce Graves
Miller
James
Her
Pes
Jim Wie
Huntly
O'Bannon
Paca
Ina Cecil Coppage
Store to Close Wednesday for Employees'
Notice from printing company announces temporary store and printing room closure on Wednesday for employees annual sans event.
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Sans, Printing CO
Moscow Bombing Report Triggers German Claims of Soviet Breakup
The Nazis claim major raids on Moscow and the eastern front left Moscow aflame and Soviet defenses shattered in places. Soviet reports acknowledge bomb damage but downplay Soviet losses, noting deaths and fires while disputing German unity.
Moscow Survives Bombing in Harmless Raid Night
Reporter Henry C Cassidy describes a night raid over Moscow by the German air force. Home guards and residents fought fires, sheltered, and watched the skies as the attack proved comparatively harmless with only one house burned and life continuing through dawn.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
London
House Committee
Nazi Comments Rap Roosevelt
Berlin reports the authoritative Dienst aus Deutschland says Roosevelt seeks to extend army draft service and strengthen Western Hemisphere bases, urging Congress and Bolivia to expel the German minister. The German service calls the president’s message senseless and says the Axis poses no threat to the hemisphere.
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Berlin
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Roosevelt
Reich
Europe
Stooges
Congress
Army
Washington
Bolivia
la Paz
Dienst
Notice of barber shops closing Wednesdays at 1 00 P M
All undersiewed barber shops will close each Wednesday at 1 00 P M during the summer months. Listed are names including H FT Carver Ed Shirley C A Lockbaum Passuccii M Lee Carpenter RH Carpenter JG Rogers Harry E Anderson CL Hoover Frank S Miller Elmer Laing SB Grim HR Grim RH Miller CC Oates HL Meerick WM LaRue JF Hin and William Lewis.
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H. FT Carver
Ed. Shirley
C. A. Lockbaum
C. Passuccii
M. Lee Carpenter
R. H. Carpenter
J. G. Rogers
Harry E. Anderson
C. L. Hoover
Frank S. Miller
Elmer Laing
S. B. Grim
H. R. Grim
R.H. Miller
C. C. Oates
H. L. Me
Oldest contractors advertise hanging wallpaper and painting
Gardner B. Hillyard offers wallpaper hanging and painting services at 41 E. Piccadilly St. Estimates cheerfully furnished. phone 5220.
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Gardner B.hillyard
E. Piccadilly St
War Today Sparks Telegrams From Front Lines
German warplanes blast Moscow and fires blaze near the Kremlin as Hitler's staff claims Red armies are torn into disjointed groups by breakthroughs while Soviet reports say Reds hold three main sectors. London radio notes imminent Japanese moves and large mobilization across Japan as Germany demands Bolivia expel its charge d affaires. RAF attacks Nazi coast from Denmark to France with raids on Lowestoft Aldeburgh and Falmouth.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
DNB
Leningrad
Smolensk
Vitebsk
Torbov
Berlin
Luftwaffe
Hitler
Highmand
Kes
Bucharest
Helsinki
Finland
Kremlin
Moskva River
Red Air Fleet
R.A
Channel
Denmark
France
Lowestoft
Aldeburgh
Falmouth
Germans Propose Prisoner Exchange via Neutral Means
London July 22 British undersecretary Richard K. Law said Germany offered to exchange prisoners by ambulance planes but found it impractical. Germany proposed a counter plan for repatriation by hospital or other means coordinated with neutral nations. Neutrals are being approached, with Italy negotiations less progressed due to few prisoners earlier this year.
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London
Richard K. Law
Foreign Ministry
Law
Italy
Jones offers to buy Russian strategic materials for war aid
Bulletin from Washington reports Jesse H. Jones the federal loan administrator offered to purchase any strategic materials Russia might sell to the United States to help pay for war purchases.
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Washington
Jesse H. Jones
Federal Loan Adinistrator
Russia
United States
Bomber and RAF Plane Collide Over Britain. Crews Killed
An air ministry communique reports a German bomber and an RAF plane collided during the night over Britain, both crews killed. Another aircraft crashed in the city of Lincoln.
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London
Britain
Air Ministry
Lincoln
Hopkins With King
Harry Hopkins the United States lease lead administrator met King George and Prime Minister Churchill at Buckingham Palace in London on July 22. The audience highlighted Anglo American wartime leadership and alliance.
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London
Harry Hopkins
United States
George
Buckingham Palace
Churchill
Britain Receives 425 Million Dollar Loan To Aid War Pay
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation authorized a 425 million dollar loan to Great Britain approved by President Roosevelt and Jesse Jones. Funds will be disbursed at about 100.6 million monthly, interest set at 3 percent, matures in 15 years with possible extension. Collateral earnings expected to amortize the loan.
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Washington
Federal Loan Agency
Great Britain
United States
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
R.F C
Friendship to Send Reel Team to Staunton State Meet
Friendship Pire Company will represent in the reel races at the State Firemen's convention in Staunton, August 12 to 15. Candidates practice each evening, coach E. Jones leads the team, with the late Fred Forney having coached the victorious squad in past years.
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Friendship Pire
Staunton
E. Jones
Friendship Reel
Fred Forney
Winchester News copy shown by local carpenter and trombone player
City and County Brevities note William A. Stultz exhibited a yellowed Winchester News issue from September 4, 1874 at The Star office. The item, issue 10, Volume 10, carried ads including John Robinson Circus and a Maryland General Assembly photo from 1917. local residents Green, Shiner, Brown, and Crisman reported moths and memorabilia sightings.
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William A. Stultz
Charles Street
Star Office
Winchester News
Henry and Company
Loudoun Street
Rouss Avenue
Huff
John Robinson Circus
New Serial Begins In Star Tomorrow
The Winchester Evening Star announces a new West era serial Castle of Contentment by Lorena Carleton. It follows Ylena Varanoff arriving at Madera to find a colorful frontier with ranches cowboys and luxury life, as whispers of romance stir the town.
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Winchester Evening Star
Lorena Carleton
Ylena Varanoff
Madera
Yilena
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Zaap
DIAL
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H. G. Balthis
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Market St. Church
Heart of
High Command
Mose
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London Radio
Japan
Bulletins
Hopkins With King
J. O. J. Green
Cameron Street
Maryland General Assembly
Billy Brown
Lee Brown
Billy
Jessie Crisman
Star Tomorrow
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