Wallace Heads Unit To Direct Economic Defense Plans
President Roosevelt created a general staff headed by Vice President Wallace to direct economic defense activities. The board will coordinate freezing and handling of Axis assets, export controls, and anti trust actions, with members including Hull, Morgenthau, Stimson, Knox, Wickard, Biddle, and Jones.
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Wallace
Washington
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Germany
Italy
Latin America
British Empire
Senate
Hull
Treasury
Morgenthau
War
Stimson
Navy
Knox
Agriculture
Wickard
Biddle
Commerce
Jones
Eco
Winchester Says Use Your Ballot In Upcoming Primary
MA Winchester urges civic duty for the upcoming primary vote in Tuesday’s election stressing the privilege of franchise and the dangers of voter indifference. He cites France’s decline as a warning and thanks God for living in the United States where freedom is preserved by ballots.
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France
United States
Charley Rouss Fire Co Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Charley Rouss Fire Co will be held Friday evening August at 8 o'clock. Every member is requested to be present. Refreshments. D Weaver President.
Sarah Zane Fire Co Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of Serida Zane Fire Co is scheduled for August at 7 p m. All members are requested to be present. Capt Loryn M Grabill signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Serida Zane
Loryn M. Grabill
Eddy Paper Mill to Reopen With 80 Jobs
Eddy Paper Corporation announces reopening of the Winchester mill with about 80 employees planned within six weeks. Superintendent R. Erbe, ex-Plant head at closure, says initial hires reach 25 to 30, liner board will be produced for container use, capacity around 60 tons daily, pulp from container waste, output shipped to DeLair New Jersey. The plant has been closed since December 1, 1934, and Erbe cautions the outlook hinges on economic conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erbe
DeLair
N. J
Winchester
Reickheffer Container Company
Colonial Brick Strikers Settle Open Shop Agreement
Employees of Colonial Brick Corporation ended a strike begun yesterday morning after accepting an open shop agreement offered on July 16. Negotiations between union officials and Colonial Brick executives produced a company position statement, published in The Star yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Brick Corporation
John H. Rosenberger
The
Star
Weather Extremes Mark Precipitation in 1941 Through July
The report shows sub normal year to date rainfall at 17.61 inches versus a 21.67 inch 28 year average. February 1941 was the driest month on record with 0.20 inches while July totalled 6.08 inches. No monthly record was set despite heavy rains. 1939 July was unusually wet with 7.84 inches and October 1937 reached 10.33 inches. June and July shifted rainfall away from 1930 drought levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scorcher
Railroad Labor Deadlock Reaches Mediation Over Working Rules
Chicago dispatch reports railroad management and labor negotiators failed to resolve proposed changes to working rules affecting 1,150,000 workers. The stalemate stalled wage talks, with the dispute referred to the National Railway Mediation Board as carriers seek cost reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Railway
Organized Labor
Ben Rogers Faces Village Personnel and Youth Details
A fragment mentions Ben Rogers connected to town council and a folk and Western role as extra agent operator. It notes Booth as a carpenter foreman at Middle town and a 14 year old named Carlton. The text references returning to vote and progress during vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Booth
Middletown
Carlton
Governor Urging Daylight Saving Time in Virginia
Governor Price announced he would issue a proclamation to move Virginians to daylight saving time at midnight Sunday August 10. The measure aims to align state government hours and lift business and industry cooperation for national defense after talks with officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Price
Manganese Project Near Star Tannery Targets Aug 15 Start
Production of manganese ore at the Cedar Creek mines near Star Tannery is expected to begin around August 15 with first shipments from Capon Road over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to Winchester for stockpiling. Government contracts reportedly cover 100 000 tons. About 75 to 100 workers to be employed.
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Cedar Creek
Star Tannery
Capon Road
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Winchester
Baltimore & Ohio
Strasburg Junction
Harpers Ferry
Middletown
Defense Work Exempted From Electric Strike in New York
The Associated Press reports defense projects at Brooklyn Navy Yard and other facilities likely exempted from the AFL electricians strike in New York City following an OPM request by Sidney Hillman. Union officials expect approval and investigation into the Edison dispute. Building halted on a 16 story navy yard storehouse and threatens delays to two drydocks and battleships Iowa and Missouri. An eight man assault on an ironworker on the picket line was noted as the nationwide action began after Edison refused to hire 600 union members for a new powerhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Brooklyn Navy Yard
O.P.M
A.F.L. Electrical Workers
New York City
C.i.0.steel Workers Organizing Committee
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Columbus
Ohio
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
Consolidated Edison Company
Navy Yard
Iowa
Missouri
Edison Company
Consolidated Edison Employes
Miss Cather Named Winchester Princess for Turkey Festival
Miss Mary Gail Cather, daughter of Mrs. Mabel R. Cather, will represent Winchester as Miss Winchester at the Turkey Festival in Harrisonburg October 9 and 10. A Handley graduate, she studied at William and Mary and Strayer’s, and has served as secretary to the Chamber of Commerce official Andrew Bell. She earned a private pilot license and is expected to fly to the festival as Winchester’s first flying princess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gail Cather
Mabel ‘R. Cather
Wilbur E. Cather
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Occer
Chamber of Commerce
J. A. Ee
Cather
Handley
College of William & Mary
Stray
United States Gunboat Tutu Ila Narrowly Escapes Air Raid
In Chungking a US gunboat Tutu Ila survived a Japanese air raid to be lifted partly from the water after a near miss. In Argentina, police in Parana report the smashing of a subversive plot to overthrow authorities following raids in the Nazi activity hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
United States
Tutuila
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Parana
Egyptian Cabinet Resigns in Move to Reorganize Government
Cairo reports Premier Hussein Sirry Pasha and his cabinet resigned as a unit to form a broader government. Five new ministers from the Saadist party will join, with a new administration expected to be formed by tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Hussein Sirry Pasha
Saadist Party
Lincoln MacVeagh Named Minister to Iceland
President Roosevelt nominated Lincoln MacVeagh of Connecticut to be minister to Iceland. MacVeagh, who has just returned from service as minister to Greece, previously led as a diplomat in Greece and now assumes duties in the Icelandic post recently occupied by American naval forces.
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Washington
Lincoln MacVeagh
Connecticut
Roosevelt
Iceland
MacVeagh
Greece
Middletown Population Surges With New Homes
Middletown Virginia sees rapid growth in early 1941 with at least 20 new or purchased homes since January. Most newcomers work at the Front Royal viscose plant, driving daily. post office activity has risen sharply. Ira K. Gruver returns to Reliance after 22 years, buying his family home. Kernstown reports several new dwellings, including a five room brick house by R G Cox and a six room home by Virgil Alabaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Front Royal
W.S. Shipe
Mr. Gruver
Ira K. Gruver
Reliance
Gruver
Ben Gruver
D. N. Gruver
Old Dominion Academy
Hyattsville
Frederick County
Kernstown
R. G. Cox
Economy Machine Works
Winchester
Virgil Alabaugh
Pennsylvania
Rivers Muddied By Heavy Showers
Both branches of the Shenandoah River are very muddy and will not be suitable for fishing for a week or ten days unless rainfall ceases. The South Branch runs muddy from Riverton to Shenandoah and the North Branch is muddy at least to Woodstock and possibly further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Riverton
Woodstock
Furer
Election Board to distribute ballots in Winchester
Frederick County Electoral Board secretary will be at the County Clerk's Office in Winchester Virginia on Saturday August 2 from noon to 5 PM to hand out ballots and poll books for the Democratic Primary to be held August 5. Eugene Chiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Co. Electoral Board
Winchester
Meget Eugene Chiles
Yard Party Night at Macedonia Church August 2
A Yard Party event is listed at Macedonia Church on Saturday August 2. The notice specifies evening times and a block of activities indicated by codes 7 29 31 8 1 1p 3t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macedonia Church
Epworth Chapsel
Nain
U. B. Church
War Today Report on German Push and Soviet Response
Germans claim seven Red Army divisions totalling 105000 men destroyed as they smash toward Leningrad. Russians say forests are burned to slow the Nazi advance and report fierce fighting with no line changes. Italian troops reach the Russo German front while Japan apologizes for bomb damage to U S possessions. Hopkins to confer with Stalin in Moscow after first interview.
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Associated Press
Red Army
Leningrad
Hitler
Smolensk
Ukraine
Russia
Karelavi
Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Estonia
Moscow
Norway
Arctic Ocean
London
Admiralty
Kirkenes
Petsamo
Britain Admits Losing 16 Planes In Arctic Raid
British officials report a large air assault from land and sea hitting German targets from the French coast to northern Norway. Four supply ships were hit, harbor works at Petzamo pounded, Bremse damaged, and two British planes down in a high Arctic raid. Berlin counters with civilian casualty claims and a claimed downing of eight RAF bombers over Helgoland.
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London
Germany
Norway
Kirkenese
Petsamo
Bremse
Us.s.r
Mediterranean
Arctic Ocean
Cagliari
Italy
Air Ministry
Aachen
Cologne
Berlin
Hitler
Helgoland
Luftwaffe
Reservists Called Up as Soviet Defenses Harden in Leningrad Stand
Allied and Soviet reports claim German forces stalled before Leningrad while the Red Army strengthens with hundreds of thousands of reservists. London sources say Stalin will signal a big counter offensive once German forces exhaust their reserves near Moscow. The U S government seeks a fuller reply from Japan over the Tutuila incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Army
London
Apologies Declared Over Tutuila Attack Insufficient
Sumner Welles said Japan's apologies for the Tutuila bombing in China were not enough to resolve the incident. He noted a deeper Japanese response was needed and described prior protests delivered in Washington and Tokyo. Welles cited a Tokyo embassy meeting and Grew's instructions as part of ongoing representations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
London
Leningrad
Far East
Sumner Welles
Washington
U. S
Tutuila
China
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Welles
Chungking
Joseph C. Grew
Kichisaburo Nomura
Grew
City And County Brevities Highlights From Middletown And Stephens City
Reports from The Star describe heat readings of 110 degrees cited by R A Kline and Kansas dispatches, plus Mayor Fred Larrick and Lomax Parker overseeing hammer mill installs. Fishermen’s notes include nonresident licenses for Wallace C Clark Dewey G Gilbert and William Ensminger and a bass catch of 4 pounds 9 ounces at Stonewall dam with minor doubt on weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Kine
Star
Fred Larrick
Middletown
Kline
John Fred Larrick
Kansas
Lomax Parker
Stephens City
A. W. Walker
Cumberland
Mr. Walker
Wallace C. Clark
Keyser
W. Va
Dewey G. Gilbert
William Ensminger
Irvin Orndorff
Woodstock
Washington
Stonewall Dam
Leningrad Siege Looms as Soviet Front Crumples
Berlin reports Nazi forces crushing seven Red Army divisions on the northeast front near Leningrad and pressing from the south and Finns from the north in a massive surrounding move. Allied aerial attacks target Norwegian ports as Russia-Germany strife widens.
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Berlin
Leningrad
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F. C. Gurley
Carriers’ Conference Committee
Ben Rogers
Winchester Evening Star
Hilman
New York
Miss Cather
Bulletins
Iran
Grover
Frederick
Igoe Tutuila
Chunky
Harry L. Hopkins
Britain
Arctic
DIAL
Willis Real Estate
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