Guatemala Seeks Exemption for British Honduras
At the Pan American Conference in Havana on July 24 delegates from the United States and Latin American nations proposed inter American measures to curb subversive fifth column activities and to strike a strict pact rejecting diplomatic immunity. Guatemala claimed sovereign rights over British Honduras and urged honoring claims in any future sovereignty change. The U S plan favored restoring governing power or granting independence to any territory placed under trusteeship amid European war threats.
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Havana
United States
Can
Britain
British Honduras
Americas
Commission For Peace Maintenance
Cordell Hull
Mauricio Nabuco
Brazil
Narciso Garay
Panama
Hull
Ae Oley
Bingo Tonight at New Eagle's Home
Play bingo tonight at 8 p m at New Eagle's Home located at 211 N Lou doun St. on Wednesday evening. Tickets and prizes described in local notices.
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New Eagle’s
Loudoun St
Relief Ph Yard Party Benefit for Methodist Church
A brief notice advertises a YARD PARTY at Relief Ph on July 26 to benefit the Methodist Church. The item mentions The Golden Glow Coffee Shoppe carrying magazines and novelties and promotes a dinner time delivery of summer desserts and homemade ice cream from Colonial Kitchen at 31 E Piccadilly St with phone 542.
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Relief
Golden Glow
Winchester
Skyline
Colonial Kitchen
E. Piccadilly St
Phone Building Begin Work In Winchester
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company breaks ground for a new office building on the Noonan lot at North Braddock street as part of a 400000 dollar improvement program. Officials present include Dr. C. R. Anderson C P McVicar chamber leaders Andrew Bell R Gray Williams and L J McElligott. A building permit application was filed with City Manager S Lee Grant for a projected 60000 dollar structure.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Noonan
North
Braddock Street
Dr. C. R. Anderson
C. P. McVicar
Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Bell
R. Gray Williams
L. J. McEiligott
Winchester
S. Lee Grant
Stephenson Church Benefit Tonight Rain Plan
The Ladies Aid Society hosts a benefit at Stephenson Church on Wednesday July 24 with a rain contingency for the next night. Proceeds support church work and community aid programs.
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Stephenson Church
Ladies Aid Society
Rains, Lightning Hit Winchester Area Delivers Relief and Damage
Heavy rains brought relief to sweltering areas near Winchester as more than three quarters of an inch fell amid two afternoon showers with severe lightning. A farm near Stephens City reported small hail and one dwelling suffered minor damage from a chimney strike. Power lines and linesmen faced outages from blown fuses, while a Kernstown man was injured when a bolt frightened a team of horses. A church pole was struck in Loudoun Street with little damage. In Washington, Secretary Knox said skilled interior workers would be moved to shipyards, and draft plans would not pull men with dependents from peace time training obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Stephens City
P. B. Stickley
Stickley
Northern Virginia Power Company
Power Company
Clarke County
Farmer
Kernstown
Leo Wisecarver
Wisecarver
Mr. Wisecarver
Robert Hockman
H. L. Gruber
Shawnee Avenue
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Washington
Knox
Army
Sidney Hilman
National Defense Commision
William E. Shedd
House Military Committee
Shedd
Tremors Felt In Trebizonde And Kelkit Turkey
Earth tremors were felt during the night at Trebizonde on the Black Sea and at Kelkit about 100 miles south. No casualties were reported.
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Instabul
Trebizonde
Black Sea
Turkey
Kelkit
Rumania Confiscates British Oil Firm Astra Romane
Bucharest reports the Rumanian government has confiscated the Astra Romane Oil Company the largest British owned oil concern in the country. Oil Commissar Gheron Netta named a deputy to run the firm after a government order cited failure to provide production information under national law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Rumania
Astra-Romane Oil Company
Gheron Netta
Royal Dutch Shell
Secret Lords Debate Churchill Foreign Policy Hour
The House of Lords met in secret to discuss Churchill era foreign policy amid protests from Labourite Baron Addison. The dispute centered on the controversial Burma road closure agreement with Japan and the need for open parliamentary debate.
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London
House of Lords
Churchill
House
Dominions
Viscount Caldecote
Baron Addison
Laborite
Japan
Burma
Addison
Falls 75 Feet Injuries Largely Minor in Quarry Incident
Mrs. Flossie Jenkins of Oranda fell 75 feet into a National Gypsum Company quarry at night. She landed feet first in mud, prompting quick rescue by nearby lime kiln workers. A Strasburg doctor treated facial cuts and possible rib fractures before she was hospitalized at Woodstock.
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Flossie Jenkins
Oranda
National Gypsum Company
Jenkins
Strasburg
Woodstock
Germans Tighten Grip On Britain Claim More Losses
Berlin reports Nazi air and sea raids hitting southern England and striking rail lines and roads. In 48 hours German units claim to have sunk 31 000 tons of merchant shipping and a British submarine plus two patrol boats and a minesweeper.
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Berlin
Britain
High Command
Coffey Catches Open Lead in Rain-Delayed Round
In Chevy Chase Maryland the 20th Maryland Open saw three pros post two over par 142 to tie for the lead after rain forced a postponement. Coffey of Winchester Virginia slipped to 73 while Al Houghton Beaver Damshot 71 and Cliff Spencer Potomac House of Lords posted 72 as Coffey narrowly missed a playoff clinching putt on 18. The playoff was set for the afternoon.
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Chevy Chase
Columbia Country Club
Coffey
Winchester
al Houghton
Beaver Dam
Cliff Spencer
Potomac House of Lords
Jodya
Pauley Hearing Set For Friday
Ted Pauley faces a trial in Justice Donald Weems court on next Friday at 10 a.m. charged with feloniously obtaining 525 dollars from Robert Y. Conrad Post 21 American Legion during a raffle of a car at a benefit event.
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Ted Pauley
Court of Trial
Donald Weems
Pauley
Robert Y. Conrad
Post No. 21
American Legion
Maryland in Technicolor at Hables Palace Theatre
Current popular feature Maryland in Technicolor playing today and Thursday at Hable's Palace Theatre. A must see film praised for vivid color and engaging story.
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Maryland
Hable’s Palace Theatre
Hats 50 and 1.00 Mary S Yeakley
Big Gore Picnic set for Saturday July 27 features a softball game between Dr. Pepper Bottling Works and Va Woolen Co at 2 pm a beauty contest at 4 pm with Frederick Co School Band performing If rain occurs the event moves to Saturday August 3rd.
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BIG Gore
Dr. Peppers Bottling Works & Va. Woolen Co
Frederick Co
Guardsmen Readying Northward Training Tour In August
About 104 Winchester officers and enlisted personnel plus 46 Berryville and Clarke county guardsmen head to Rensselaer Falls New York for intensive field training from August 5 to 25. First Lieutenant Hollis coordinates the move with units trekking by rail or road and returning by August 24.
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Winchester
Berryville
Clarke County
Rensselaer Falls
N. Y
Lawrence C. Hollis
St. Lawrence River
Hollis
National Guard
Indiantown Gap
116Th Infantry
Paul Hartman
Coe’s Woods
91St Infantry Brigade
Graham Dougherty
Pennsylvania
New York
Exiled Strasser and Grynszpan Reported Captured
Otto Strasser once foe of Nazism and Herschel Grynszpan accused in the Munich plot against Hitler were said to have fallen into German hands during the conquest of France after being taken from Paris.
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Berlin
Otto Strasser
Gestapo
Munich
Hitler
Herschel Grynszpan
Paris
France
Lith Minister Stakes Stand in Washington Legation Row
Minister Povilas Zadeikis of Lithuania announced he would refuse any demand to turn over his legation to Soviet Russia. He joined foreign diplomats remaining in Washington to preserve posts in hopes of eventual restoration of their governments.
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Washington
Povilas Zadeikis
Lithuania
Soviet
Russia
British Fighters Shoot Down Nine Invaders Over England and Scotland
Royal air crews claim nine enemy aircraft down in England and Scotland as raids come from multiple directions. Allied leaders monitor German operations closely amid Hitler’s looming promised blitz.
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England
Scotland
Hitler
Four German Planes Shot Down by British Fliers
London reports the air ministry says four German planes were shot down today by British fliers, adding to the eight already announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Air Ministry
Attack on German Vessel in North Sea Stated by Admiralty
The admiralty announced that a German auxiliary vessel with a naval escort was attacked early today in the North Sea by torpedo carrying planes of the British fleet air arm. The report comes amid ongoing naval operations in the area.
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London
North Sea
British
Fleet Air Arm
Admiralty
Eight German Planes Shot Down in British Skies
London reports eight German planes downed by British fighters and anti-aircraft guns. Two British fighters were lost. German losses equal one less than the unofficial tally.
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London
Air Ministry
Ferocious Air Battle Over Thames Estuary
The Thames Estuary battle involved about 60 planes with German attackers hit by British fighters. Command reports say six German planes in that attack were shot down plus three in raids toward the northwest southwest coast and southeast Scotland, nine total. A witness RAF recruit recalled chaotic maneuvers as 50 to 60 aircraft swirled above the sea.
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London
Thames
Scotland
Air Ministry
Thames Estuary
Royal Air Force
Wife Of Senator Davis Dies At Seashore
Mrs. Jeanette Davis wife of Senator James J. Davis died in Atlantic City after an eight month illness of heart disease. The Davises married in 1914 and had five children James Jr Jane Joan Jewel and Jean.
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Washington
James J. Davis
Atlantic City
Jeanette Davis
Pennsylvania
Davises
James, Jr
Jane
Joan
Jewel
Jean
Annenberg Starts Three-Year Tax Prison Term
M L Annenberg Philadelphia publisher began a three year sentence for income tax law violations at the Northeastern Federal Penitentiary. He traveled 720 miles from Chicago in a two day drive to surrender, arriving near midnight.
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Lewisburg
M. L. Annenberg
Philadelphia
Federal Penitentiary
Chicago
Coffey in Maryland Open tie and local golf chatter
Mrs. Coffey hosts at Winchester Golf Club as Rut Coffey ties for third in the Maryland Open at Columbia Country Club with Al Houghton and Clif Spencer. His 69 and 72 for 142 spark playoff hopes set to start at 1 30 this afternoon. Nearby Oakley Catletts show two mahogany trees and a sassafras tree on Timber Ridge land with a historic diameter.
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Oakley Catletts
Pleasant Grove Church
Timber Ridge
German raid on southeast coast ships and Thames estuary convoy
Six German bombers dropped over 100 bombs on shipping off the southeast coast while RAF fighters attacked. A convoy of five merchant vessels totaling 17 000 tons was reportedly destroyed or set afire. One bomber crashed near cottages, another damaged a cornfield. Britons counterattacked as raiders fled toward the coast. An 86 year old woman was wounded in northeast England during a raid. King George VI spoke late last night.
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High Command
Thames
Royal Air Force
Scotland
Northoast
England
King VI
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