Last Tribute Is Paid To Memory Of Milton Payne
Milton P. Payne a Berryville filling station proprietor died from injuries after a highway robbery in Alexandria. His funeral was held at his Fauquier county homeplace with interment nearby. Survived by wife Alice and two sons William and Franklin, plus several siblings.
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Berryville
Fauquier County
Milton P. Payne
Alexandria
Payne Oie
Payne
Tie
Fancounty
Berry Ville
Mr. Payne
William P
Rome Raid Question At Commons Prompted By Bombing Yards
In London on July 28, Prime Minister Churchill faced a Commons query about bombing yards near Rome and resuming hostile traffic if repaired. Churchill cited high secrecy over political military and social consequences and said Allied air action would target centers aiding the Axis war machine, including civilians in such centers.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Rome
Archibald Sinclair
Air Minster
House
Germany
Italy
Plumley Lumber Receives Large White Oak Logs
Plumley Lumber Co. received some of the largest white oak logs yet processed. Logs from B. H. Robinson near Richmond were hauled to Winchester by tractor-trailers for shipyard use in Virginia. A 36 foot log yielded 4 356 feet of lumber weighing 20 tons. the source tree produced 5 600 feet of lumber. three trees yielded 11 000 feet. The 27 foot log 41 inch diameter produced about 2 200 feet. Plumley Lumber, with an office in Clarksburg W Va, employs over 100 people and has grown into a major local industry on Kent street.
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P. W. Plamley Lumber Company
Maval
B. H. Robinson
Richmond
Winchester
Virginia
Plumley
Plumley Company
Kent Street
West Virginia CIO Demands Scalp of Revercomb and Two Senators
Huntington July 28 The West Virginia Industrial Union Council urged labor unity to go after Senator Chapman Revercomb and to defeat lawmakers Hubert S. Ellis and Jennings Randolph. The CIO delegates criticized the Legislature and expelled Rush D. Holt from a record naming. The council avoided endorsing a fourth Roosevelt term until national CIO resolves its political program.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia Industrial Union Council
Labor Unity
Chapman Revercomb
Hubert S. Ellis
Jennings Randolph
CIO
West
State House of Delegates
Rush D. Holt
John B. Easton
Council
Rush Holt
Ley
Wayne
Wall Street
Roosevelt
National Cio
Shenanigans at Winchester Bomber Drive Booth Schedule
SHANGRI-LA Civic Club displays a complete schedule for booth duties during the Winchester bomber honor drive. Each organization’s booth day will be posted daily at the schedule head, signaling who is manning the booth for that day.
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Winchester
Community Club Rankings For July Quotas And Dues
A compiled list shows member groups such as Kiwanis Club Rotary Club and Girl Scouts with quota totals and dues. Figures include $3 22750 $1 40275 and other amounts for various organizations.
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Virginia Pro American le B'nai B'rith Quota Club
Elk’s Club
Junior Board of Trade
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kiwanis Club
Girls’ Athletic Association
Women’s Civic League
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
University Women’s Club Hospital Junior Auxiliary
Curtail Pork Product Buying
Washington July 28 The War Food Administration announced it will curtail purchases of most pork items including lard for military use in the coming weeks as hog slaughter declines. Government purchases have accounted for about 30 percent of pork and lard production by federally inspected plants. Hog marketings typically drop in August and September but rise later to a winter peak. No change in beef purchases is contemplated.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Italy Decrees Dissolution of National Fascist Party
Under Marshal Badoglio the Italian council of ministers orders the complete dissolution of the National Fascist Party. Auxiliary education and sports bodies will continue. The Fascist grand council law is repealed and the special state defense tribunal is suppressed with war tribunals to handle cases.
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Marshal Badoglio
National Fascist Party
Council
Grand Council
Allied Air Tempest Rages Over Europe In 1940 Battle
The article notes heavy daylight raids across the channel into the Low Countries as German bombers strike Hamburg and Ruhr targets while Allied forces counter with Mosquito fighters and US medium bombers. It cites Hamburg bombings, Luftwaffe losses, and Allied claims of destroying 15 German planes amid strikes on Schivol Treville and other targets.
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Germany
Britain
Low Countries
High Command
Berlin
Hamburg
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Holland
France
Bremen
Cologne
Channel
Schivol
United States
Triqueville
Zeebruggz
Belgian
Courtrai
Belgium
Woensdrecht
Ypres
air ministry news_ service
Schippl
Tricqueville
Riots and Guarded Milan as Fascist Regime Falls
Riots spread across southern and northern Italy including Naples Bari Taranto Trieste Venice and Turin as Mussolini's government collapsed. Milan stood under military guard after jail clashes while 74 political prisoners were released.
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Naples
Fas
Bari
Taranto
Trieste
Venice
Turin
Froner
Radio This
Taian Fender N
Vatican City
NBC
Bern
Rome
Milan
Bologna
Genoa
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Corriere Della Sera
Vittorio Emanuele
Mussolini
Carlo Lelcroix
Italian Association of Wounded Veterans
House of Savoy
London
Giacomo Suardo
Paolo de Velle
Audi
Rome Radio
Outlook Bright but War Continues for Norway
Haakon of Norway spoke here saying the war outlook is brighter than at year start but Norwegians may be away six months to a year or more before returning home. He cautioned that the situation remains uncertain and the path to peace will take time.
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Haakon
Norway
Huff Faces Multiple Robbery and Assault Charges
Charles Huff, already serving a three year sentence for three robberies and an attempted robbery in Winchester, is held on charges of threatening traveler William C. Girvin with a tire iron and robbing him of 120 dollars, a wrist watch, and papers, then forcing him to exchange clothing and striking him. The incident, near Mt. Jackson, followed by Huff allegedly breaking into several local sites that same night.
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Charles Huff
Winchester
Huff
William C. Girvin
Chevy Chase
Girvin
Herman Johnson Dyke
Woodstock
Mt. Jackson
Pure Oil
Market Street
Winchester Milling Company
Health Center
Japs Claim U. S. Raid Failed
London reports Tokyo radio says six Allied planes failed to raid Hong Kong yesterday as heavy anti aircraft fire forced bombs into the water. Berlin relays Tokio dispatches claiming about 20 American bombers attacked Hankow with air battles over Hengyang in Hunan where four US planes were shot down.
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London
Tokyo Radio
Associated Press
Hong Kong
Berlin
Tokio
Amercan
Hengyang
Hunan
Charge of Murder Placed Against Petersburg Negro
Petersburg Virginia July 28 A murder charge is filed against Silas Rogers 21 year old negro in connection with the fatal shooting July 18 of veteran Officer Robert B Hatchell of the Petersburg police department Two soldiers James Jordan and Charles Stevens held as material witnesses identified Rogers as the driver of the car in which they rode after hitchhiking A preliminary hearing is set Hatchell was shot in the abdomen after pursuing the automobile occupants who fled when the car stalled in a blind alley He died at the hospital within a half hour.
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Petersburg
Silas Rogers
Robert B. Hatchell
James Jordan
Charles Stevens
Rogers
Hatchell
Nazi Troops Pour Through Brenner Pass Into Italy
The Brenner Pass saw German troops advancing into Italy as forces pushed through. Italian premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio sought to persuade Germany to withdraw, while the article notes a decisive German move continuing for some time.
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Brenner
Brenner Pass
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Church Rites Held For Publisher McCarrens
Representatives of the publishing industry and local leaders attended funeral services for John W. McCarrens 74 manager of the Plain Dealer and Forest City Publishing Company. He was fatally wounded by a gunman who shot him at the Plain Dealer building. the attacker Herbert L Kobrak later killed himself.
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Cleveland
Clev
St. John’s Roman Catholic
John W. McCarrens
The
Plain Dealer
McCarrens
Forest City Publishing Company
Cleveland News
Herbert L. Kobrak
British Warships In Engagement Off Cherbourg
British forces fought a close range battle with about a dozen German armed trawlers and torpedo boats off Cherbourg early yesterday. One British ship was seriously damaged but towed to port with smoke screen aid. Enemy shore batteries also engaged, causing some casualties and damage.
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London
Cherbourg
France
Death notices hit Italian press Morgagni and Petrillo
Bern reports confirm the death of Manilo Morgagni former president of the official Italian news agency Stefani and undersecretary Alfred Petrillo before Fascism. Unconfirmed frontier reports claim Morgagni died by his own hand. Provincia Di Como notes Il Popolo D Italia ceased publication.
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Bern
Switzerland
Manilo Morgagni
Stefani
Alfred Petrillo
Reports Attempt On Life Of Puaux
German controlled Paris radio said an unsuccessful attempt was made at Casablanca on Gabriel Puaux resident general of French Morocco. Puaux’s chauffeur was killed and wounded. attackers unidentified and escaped. No Allied confirmation.
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London
Paris
Casablanca
Gabriel Puaux
French
Morocco
Puaux
Associated Press
O. P. A. Ends Price Controls on Lawn Work
The Office of Price Administration announced the abolition of price control on lawn mowing hedge trimming garden care and related services. The move eliminates legal limits on what neighbors may charge for cutting lawns maintaining hedges and tending gardens.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Prisoners Freed in Sicily by Allied Authorities
Three hundred Italian political prisoners held in Sicilian jails are to be freed immediately by Allied military authorities. The move follows warnings against civilian political activity and a push to stabilize bombed Palermo as shops reopen and debris is cleared.
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Palermo
Sicily
Sicilan
Former Fascist Official Returns After Italy News
Ettore Muti former secretary general of the Fascist party arrived in Barcelona after leaving Spain for Italy and turning back upon Mussolini's resignation. Friends said he reached northern Italy then immediately retraced the frontier.
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Madrid
Ettore Muti
Fascist Party
Spain
Italy
Barcelona
Muti
Benito Mussolini
Handley Schools Leader Speaks at Kiwanis Luncheon
Graland Quarles, superintendent of Handley Schools, spoke at the Kiwanis Club luncheon this afternoon. He reviewed the school system history and cited revenues and related facts. Earl Shade won the attendance prize.
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Graland Quarles
Handley Schools
Kiwanis Club
Earl Shade
Frank Palmer Dies at 51 of Heart Condition
Frank J. Palmer, 51, died at Memorial Hospital at 2:30 this morning from a heart condition after a month of illness. A native of western Frederick County, he lived at 525 Highland Avenue and worked for the Shenandoah Apple Cider plant for years. He was unmarried and survived by an aunt Emma Brill of the city and Charles Brill of Middleburg, plus several nieces and nephews. Funeral services have not been completed.
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Frank J. Palmer
Memorial Hospital
Highland Avenue
Charles and
Susan Palmer
Frederick County
Shenandoah Apple Cider
Palmer
Emma Brill
City
Charles Brill
Middleburg
French Crisis Deepens Over Giraud Disagreements
At Algiers on July 28 the French Committee of National Liberation faced a new crisis as Gen Henri Giraud objected to actions taken during his absence in the United States and Canada. He opposed lowering the officer age limit and several colonial appointments, prompting daily meetings for three days and renewed discussion of Italy peace prospects.
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Algiers
Committee of National Liberation
Henri Giraud
United States
Canada
Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Italy
Troops See Move on Mussolini Portrait and Italian Government in Flux
Troops have moved the Mussolini portrait from offices while Madrid Fascist offices close and Conde San Marzanno resigns. Italians arriving from Rome say Italy will stay in the war only with German air support for southern defense. Rome transmitted word suggests Badoglio’s government is resisting abandonment of plans to defend central and southern Italy against Allied invasion.
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Mussolini
Madrid
Fascist Party
Spain
Conde San Marzanno
Rome
Italy
Germany
Poe Mans
Pietro Badoglio
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Peterson
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Plumley Lumber Co
West Va
Shangri-La
Civic Club Booth
Tive
Ministerial Association
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Beta Sigma Phi
Jewish Women’s Club
Hiram Lodge, Masons
Main St
U. S
Miller’s
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Harold V. Boyle
Quarles
Frank Palmer
Haldeman
Virginia Power Company
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