Handley Second in State Degree Team Contest at FFA Rally
Handley High School Future Farmers of America degree team finished a close second in the State Degree Team contest at the FFA rally in Blacksburg Virginia. Amelia team won, 88 members pre-qualified for the degree, and 14 more boys will receive the degree after a constitutional amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Future Pformers of America
Blacksburg
Amelia
Julian Burruss
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia Federation
Walter Davison
James Megeath
Front Royal
Frederick County
Handley
Gainesboro
Stephens City
Middletown
French Offer Peace Terms Negotiated for Axial Meeting
France carries its bid for a soldier's peace as plenipotentiaries are named to receive Axis terms. Germany will set the time and place for talks. Bombing across England continues with civilian casualties as nightly attacks persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
Loire
France
Nantes
Tour
England
British Isles
Germany
Conflicting Reports on French Air Activity and Eastern Front Moves
The dispatch notes conflicting views on French operations with massed air activity toward North Africa and a claimed new Loire battle. It reports German and Soviet troop moves near East Prussia, Bessarabia, and the Baltic, with cautions from Berlin and Moscow. In the Far East, Japan and Britain France reach accord about Tientsin ending a blockade and policing issues, including silver deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Africa
Loire
Germany
England
Berlin
Britain
Voelkischer Beobachter
Hitler
Bucharest
Russia
President Begins Coalition Cabinet in unsettled politics
The 1936 Republican nominee visited the White House amid reports of a coalition kernel fading. Nominees four days before the Philadelphia convention stirred Washington as Knox and Stimson, both allied to Administration policy, are noted for varied public service and wartime careers.
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White House
Philadelphia
Washington
Knox
Stimson
Roosevelt
Resolutions Body Divides Up In Units Continued
The records show lawmakers debating peace terms and wartime policy with critics calling for broader measures while supporters seek a strong platform. Col. Robert R. McCormick condemned compulsory national service as insanity. Wendell Willkie named Charles Halleck to lead a five man strategy group for his presidential bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Wendell L. Willkie
Charles Halleck
Indiana
State School Architect surveys sites for Stonewall district
Raymond B. Long the State School Architect from Richmond and Leslie D. Kline Winchester public school superintendent visited Winchester to survey potential sites for a new consolidated graduate school for the Stonewall district. The Frederick county School board trustees of the former boys military academy deem it unfit for a modern school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond B. Long
Richmond
Winchester
Leslie D. Kline
Stonewall
Frederick County
Boy's Military Academy
Radio Serrie In Central France Is Interrupted
The National Broadcasting Company reported in midsummer that short wave links between continental France and North America were cut by the German advance. Operators in Bordeaux could not reach Tours to bridge lines to central France stations after about 3 30 p m as telephone circuits failed.
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Bordeaux
France
National Broadcasting Company
North America
Tours
Comptroller General Fred H. Brown resigns due to illness
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Fred H. Brown as Comptroller General of the United States. Brown, a former New Hampshire senator, had been ill for months and telegraphed his resignation yesterday from Dover New Hampshire. It takes effect immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Fred H. Brown
New Hampshire
United States
Brown
Dover
British Report Loss of Ships
London reports the armed merchant cruiser Andania torpedoed and sunk. The trawler Juniper is overdue and presumed lost in northern Norwegian waters. Andania, 13,950 tons, belonged to Cunard White Star. She is the fourth British armed cruiser lost since the war began.
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London
Admiralty
Andania
Cunard White Star Commpany
RAF Versus Italian Fighters Over Buqbuq Egypt
The Royal Air Force reported a dogfight off Buqbuq in Egypt in which British planes shot down three Italian aircraft and damaged two more. One British fighter is missing after the clash with Italian bombers and fighters yesterday.
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Egypt
Cairo
Britain
Royal Air Force
Buqbuq
City and County Realty Transfers in Winchester Area
Real estate transfers list includes deeds from Winchester figures to various buyers. Transactions cover parcels on Miller Street Valley Avenue Hart Street and 26 Fremont Street plus Harris Addition three lots for 6500 with prices ranging from 1 to 6500 dollars, involving parties such as Frank Keckley Texas Oil Company Northern Virginia Power Company Effa Link and George Christian.
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Winchester
F. A. Shryock
W. R. Arme
Harry R. Kern
Katie Hodge
George Christian
Fremont Street
John N. Strickler
Et Als
William S. Sargent
Harris Addition
Nationally Famous Parachutist to Appear at Airport Sunday
Donnie Marshall, holder of the international delayed low opening jump record, will perform at Winchester Municipal Airport Sunday afternoon as part of the airshow. Once a top autoist, he is among three living pioneers of bat-flying and the sole living member of the Death by Own Action Club, formed in 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnie Marshall
Winchester Municipal
Marshall
Suicide Club
Angeles
Nelson
Ann Marshall
New York
Los Angeles
Hinckley Nominated as Assistant Secretary of Commerce
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of Robert H. Hinckley, current chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, to be assistant secretary of commerce. He would succeed J. Monroe Johnson, appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rooesvelt
Senate
Robert H. Hinckley
Civil Aeronautics Authority
J. Monroe Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Beaning Probe Into Medwick Ended
District Attorney William O'Dwyer closed his investigation into the beaning of Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Joe Medwick by St Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Bowman during Tuesday's game in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William O'Dwyer
Joe Medwick
Brooklyn Dodgers
Bob Bowman
Cardinals
Jump Promises Delayed Opening Flight In Air Show
A Sunday afternoon parachute jump will delay the event as the jumper falls several thousand feet before deploying the parachute. Admission and airport parking during the performance will be free, officials stated today.
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FFA
George W. Kurtz
George Washington
Loudoun St
George Washington Garage
GEO. T. Barnsley
New York City
Taft
Philippines
Hoover
Hull
State Department
Europe
Fish
Johns
Wisconsin
hokum_ grabbers
Bender
Ohio
Bradley
Michigan
Devorshak
Idaho
America
Illinois
Chiperfield
Florence
a _Florence
Winchester Furniture Co
Radio Serrie
Dr. Scholl
Coolaire
Ibatteries
I. Firestone Taare
Salytire Sale
Firestone Convoy
Firestone
Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores
N. Braddock
Batman
Hinckley
Commerce
Medwick
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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