Dolsen Cited For Contempt In Refusing Dies Quiz
Washington March 29 James H Dolsen Pittsburgh Communist leader cited for contempt of the House for refusal to answer Dies committee questions One questioned identity of the person who issued a Communist card bearing Franklin D Roosevelt name a card in Dolsen possession subpoena served on him Aes resolution approved by a loud ayes one no Dolsen may be proceeded against by federal district attorney. Also subpoena issued for Dr Albert E Blumberg Baltimore secretary of Maryland Communist party after his wife Dorothy testified she delivered a subpoena to him at the Baltimore party headquarters. Mrs Blumberg testified she joined the Communist party in December 1939 and her husband has been secretary of the Maryland branch since then.
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Dolsen
Communist Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Colao
Blumberg
Dies
D-Tex
Theee
Albert E. Blumberg
Baltimore
Communist Party of Maryland
Coi i
Blumbere
Dorothy
Winchester warns boys after grass fire incident
MA WINCHESTER cautions that some youths set grass on Stewart street alight and failed to contain it, forcing firefighters to respond. He notes firemen are already called out several times daily to grass fires and urges safe substitutes for dangerous play.
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Stewart
Auction Hillcrest Lots in Subdivision Lat Apr 6
Hillcrest subdivision lots 69 70 71 to be sold in front Court House Lat. one mile south of Winchester on Valley Pike at 11 a.m. Auction conducted by executor Mrs Clara Burner widow.
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Hillcrest
Hillcrest Subdivision
Mi. S
Winchester
Valey Pike
Front Court House
Clara Burner
Public notice of schedule at Picadilly Street office
A fragmentary notice lists a phone contact and a location at 639 39 E Picadilly St with abbreviated days and times 3 12 tues fri and 1p tf indicating limited visiting hours or service slots for the office in question.
Numerous Road Projects Are Proposed For Ensuing Year
County supervisors hear a list of road projects for 1940 41 with limited funds. W C Poston outlines budget constraints as 75 000 for the secondary system covering 460 miles, with several routes and bridges proposed from Route 11 to the West Virginia line and other local connectors. Abandonments include Route 705 west of Route 703 and Route 694 to Bert Crosen. action on Cave road and Shade road in Gainesboro district deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Poston
Highway Department
L. Jackson
H. E. Muntzing
Hillman
Cedar Creek
A. L. Anderson
B. F. Strother
Greenspring
White Hall
Back Creek
Rou
West Virginia _ line
J. B. White
Dodge Street
Fawcett’s Gap
Mount Zion
Shenandoah County
Foreman’s Run
Ray Run
Clarke
Glaize
Cooper Road
Bert Crosen
Gainesboro
Burns Fatal To Mrs. G. Hayton
Mrs. George B. Hayton died from burns after a gasoline stove exploded in her Leesburg home on February 9. Her daughter Mrs. George Kuhn was also burned on the foot. she and six children survive. Funeral arrangements set for 2:30 Sunday at John H. Enders funeral home Berryville with Rev. A. M. Allen officiating. interment Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Hayton
Gilbert Bayliss
Leesburg Hospital
Hayton
George Kuhn
Doris
Billy
Jack
William
Leesburg
Gladys Knapp
Round Brothers and Sisters
Bayliss
Opequon
Maude Trenary
Berryibe
John Elliott
Pitcairn
John H. Enders
Berryville
A. M. Allen
Winchester
Green Hill Cemetery
Nine drown in ship crash near Halifax harbor
Nine men perished when the pilot boat Hebridean was rammed and sunk in Halifax harbor by an incoming freighter. Six harbor pilots and three crew members died, trapped below deck. three pilots and two boatmen were rescued.
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Halifax
N. S
Mrs. Erma Parish Parish Dies at Gore
Mrs. Erma Smith Parish 44 was found in Back Creek near her Gore home after a period of ill health. She was daughter of the late Dr. N R Smith and Mrs Margaret Robertson Smith of Gainesboro. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 PM from her Gore residence with Rev B J Goode and Rev M L Ragland officiating. Burial Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Body to Gore at 5 PM from Omps Funeral Home.
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Erma Smith Parish
Back Creek
N. R. Smith
Margaret Virginia Robertson Smith
Gainesboro
James N. Whitacre
Whitacre
N. L. Smith
Hunter Hugh Smith
Miami, Fla
Emma Campbell
Parish
Gore
J. Goode
M. L. Ragland
Baptist Church of
Teamsters Leader Calls for Third Term
In Indianapolis on March 29 the veteran head of the AFL Teamsters Union endorsed a third term for press but details remain unclear as the longtime chief signals support amid ongoing union leadership debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
AFL Teamsters’ Union
North America
Wright foresees Balkans war drawing in Russia and Germany
D E Wright, a Winchester native and Turkey sanitation advisor for the Rockefeller Foundation, writes from Ankara predicting Germany and Russia will enter the war via the Balkans. He notes ongoing earthquakes and war talk, mentions England and France struggle, and urges U S readiness. Wright has lived in Greece and Panama, with family in Ankara and homes in Winchester and farms in Frederick and Berkeley counties.
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Turkey
Ankara
D. E. Wright
Winchester
J. H. Yost
Wright
Germany
Russia
Balkans
Greece
Ministry of Hygiene
Rockefeller Foundation
Yost
Panama
England
France
Uncle Sam
U. S
U.S
Mr. Wright
Panama Canal
South America
Stewart Street
Frederick
Berkeley Counties
Census Takers Begin April 2 In 12 District County Plan
Census workers start April 2 with a count as of 12 01 a m April 1. Babies born after that time are excluded while those who die after are included. Frederick County is split into 12 districts and Winchester 9, Clarke 8, Rappahannock 9 and Warren 8. a two week city window and one month county window apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peyton
Richard C. Peyton
Staunton
the Star
Winchester
Prederick County
Clarke
Rappahannock
Warren
Pey
Thirty Killed During Storm in Pierre Park Louisiana
The Louisiana Light and Power Company reports a tornado hit Pierre Park, 20 miles from Napoleonville, about 11 a.m. demolishing the church and many homes. Authorities say about thirty persons are killed and some injured in the fishermen and trappers settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleonville
Louisiana Light and Power Company
Pierre Park
A. J. Howard
Murderer of Stephens City Woman Held in Florida
George Henderson, alias Leo Turner and John Henry Lewis, arrested in Jacksonville Florida, confessed to the murder of Emma Doggett 73 at Carrico's Mill near Culpeper Virginia. He will be returned for trial at the April term. Emma Doggett was sister to Alfred W Doggett of Stephens City and aunt to other Doggetts.
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Culpeper
George Henderson
Jacksonville
Fla
Emma Doggett
Carrico’s Mill
Commonwealth
Roger A. Bickers
Doggett
Alfred W. Doggett
Stephens City
Bickers
Henderson
Leo Turner
John Henry Lewis
Alfred Doggett
Miss Doggett
R. L. Doggett
J. F. Barley
Frank Barley
Soviet Premier Says France Britain Hostile to USSR
Moscow reports state Premier Vyacheslav Molotov told the Supreme Soviet that France and Great Britain seek to use the Soviet Union in war against Germany but their aims have failed. He cited persistent Franco British hostility and claimed Western nerves are frayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
France
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Germany
Molotoff
Conditions In Europe Given Another Survey
President Roosevelt Secretary Hull and Sumner Welles surveyed European conditions for 70 minutes in a closed session. Afterward Hull and Welles declined to talk with reporters and returned to the State Department. The White House said secrecy would remain in effect unless Roosevelt agreed to discuss the talks at a press conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Sumner Welles
Europe
White House
Welles
State Department
Senate To Vote On Trade Pacts
The administration hinges on a near split Senate vote to sustain the reciprocal trade program. After a week of drab debate both supporters and opponents claim victory though a margin near four votes is expected. An amendment to require Senate ratification of all trade agreements is under discussion with Sen Glass signaling support for ratification as constitutional.
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Washington
Senate
Garner
Glass
D.-Va
Husbands Die At Fated Place
In Louisville area a man, Letcher E. Embry, 26, was killed when a train struck his automobile near the Embry home. This follows the earlier death of Mrs. Clara Sweet's husband seven years ago in Indiana after a train struck his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Clara Sweet
Indiana
Letcher E. Embry
Embry
Polish Records Are Made Public
Berlin authorities released six teen documents from the Polish foreign office archives in Berlin. The papers, claimed to show United States leaders including Roosevelt and ambassadors in London and Paris agreed the US would enter a possible world conflict on Britain and France’s side. Ambassadors Kennedy and Bullitt are named in the material.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
London
Paris
United States
Britain
France
Washington
Stockholm
Joseph P. Kennedy
William C. Bullitt
Plots To Slay Hatched In Jail
New York district attorney William O Dwyer announced an eye witness linked a 1937 murder of a police informer to a plan to kill Angelo Catalano. The order allegedly came from Tombs prison and ties to gangland killings in Brooklyn and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William O’dwyer Eecollen
Drick
Brooklyn Suneter Bie
Senators Reluctant To Give Up Seats In Senate Race
The piece notes 35 Senate terms expiring next winter with most incumbents planning to run again. Illinois and Nebraska hold initial tests on April 9 with Slattery facing Adamoski and Burke opposed by Cochran. Democrats in Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia clash over renomination as Holt and Neely reconcile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Ardery
Washington
United States Senate
Donahey
Ohio
Hale
Schnellenbach
D.-Wash
Illinois
Nebraska
Ilinois
Slattery
Benjamin Adamoski
Burke
Roy L. Cochran
Pennsylvania
Guffey
Walter A. Jones
State Turnpike Commission
Maryland
Radcliffe
Howard Bruce
West Virginia
Holt
Neely
Guy HH
Tor
D.-Mo
Lloyd. C. Tes
Ship Settling Still Mystery at Baltimore Hearing
Captain H G Parks, master of the freighter Panamanian, testified before a federal board of inquiry in Baltimore. He said he could not offer new light on the flooding and settling of the vessel as it took on cargo on March 21 during preparations for a voyage to England through belligerent waters.
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Baltimore
H. G. Parks
Parks
Federal Board of Inquiry
England
Housing Project Given Approval
President Roosevelt approved a $351000 USHA loan for a low rent housing project in Annapolis Maryland. The Annapolis loan was among 18 projects in eight states and Puerto Rico. Nathan Straus said total approved USHA loans reached $634,953,126 for 165 authorities and remaining funds stood at $44,144,838.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Housing Authority
Annapolis
States
Puerto Rico
Nathan Straus
USHA
Hartman Nolle Prosequi In Virginia Bribery Case
Special to The Star. In Harrisonburg Virginia on March 29 an indictment against Paul Hartman former commander of Company I 116th Infantry Winchester charging payrolls was nolle pressed in U S District Court for the District of Virginia Hartman named in an October Harrisonburg indictment and removed from command of the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Paul Hartman
116Th Infantry
Winchester
U. S. District Court
A A
Virginia
Hartman
British And French Press War With Fresh Energy
Berlin reports German high command says one British patrol boat was sunk and six large merchant ships hit in an air attack on March 28. The convoy was dispersed and planes returned safely despite severe weather. Reconnaissance over the North Sea and Orkney and Shetlands increased. Paris notes heavy German artillery on the western front between the Saar and Vosges with French batteries replying vigorously amid snowfall.
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Berlin
High Command
Shetlands
North Sea
Great Britain
France
Orkney
Shetland Islands
Paris
Saar River
Vosges Mountains
Bres Oe
Nations League to aid Finland's Reconstruction Efforts
Geneva reports say Joseph A. C. Avenol informed the Finnish government that the League of Nations would provide all possible material and humanitarian assistance to restore Finland. Allies reportedly favor maintaining a northern stake by helping Finns recover, including fortification and armaments as a safeguard against future Russian aggression.
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Geneva
London
Paris
Joseph A. C. Avenol
League of Nations
League
Finland
Avenol
Mannerheim
Man Hears Self Found By Radio
A 170 year old amnesia victim in a Boston police station heard on the radio the name Missing Michael Shea 70 living at the Miners Home 528 Columbus Avenue. The man shouted That’s me and asked to be taken home. Officers found and escorted him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Michael Shea
Columbus Avenue
Pipe for Sale and Junk Removal Offer
Used iron pipe in all sizes and quantities guaranteed. We buy junk at best prices. Winchester Junk Co. located on Fairfax Lane behind Sarah Zane Fire Co. (3-29, 4-2-4-8-pt-4t).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Junk Co
Fairfax Lane
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Snakes Draw Newsroom Reactions Along Frederick Road
West Frederick residents enjoy warm weather as they burn brush and create smoke as a traveler questions whether the flames are accidental or intentional. Cross Junction postmaster Harry McKeever displays two copperheads and a rattler on a bench beside his store, eliciting startled reactions from passing motorists.
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West Frederick
Harry McKeever
Cross Junction
McKeever
Paul Luttrell
Front Royal
Britain and France vow bold move against Germany in wartime alliance
Britain and France push to seize initiative on all fronts as they renew a firmer alliance. Allied leadership plans frequent sessions while targeting Germany in Balkans and Scandinavia, with focus on blockading German ships and pressuring Soviet Russia.
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London
Great Britain
France
Germany
Allied Supreme War Council
Braithwaites Plan To Enlarge Plant At Cross Junction
Braithwaites plan to enlarge their cannery at Cross Junction Virginia by adding a new building for tomato can storage and apple storage. Ground is staked and work will begin soon with expectations of a good growing season.
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Braithwaites
Cross Junction
Max
Paul Braithwaite
Fers
Soprano Miss Lawrence Skips Opera For Hockey Night
Beauteous Marjorie Lawrence of the Metropolitan Opera played hooky to see a New York Bruins game in Boston at the Garden. She attended with tickets offered for the Stanley Cup clash and revealed she wanted to witness a hockey match. Meanwhile local ads promote fine building lots near Winchester on Route 50 with two acres each and easy terms from Farmers National Bank.
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Boston
Marjorie Lawrence
Metropolitan Opera Company
Winchester
Farmers &Ational Bank
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Red
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Pittsburgh
Wm. Lyon Phelps
Frederick County
Erick County Board of Supervisors
Fred
Burns
G. Hayton
Margaret Smith
Dr. Smith
City
Nolle
Western Front
Nations’ League
Far Forth
Balkan
Percy Loraine
Italy
Romania
Scandinavia
Baltic
Japan
Orient
Robert Leslie Craigie
China
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