Over 1 000 Shot For Refusing To Bow To Germany
Berlin reports that 1 082 people in German sphere territories have been executed since June 22 for refusal to bow to Nazi authority. France sees dramatic killings at Nantes and Bordeaux with 100 hostages shot after the assassination of two German officers. Serbs lead with 345 executions for non cooperation, followed by Croats 254 and Czechs 195. others include Poles 18 Belgians 20 Dutch 15 Germans 14 Bulgars 4 Romanians 42 and Greeks 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Russia
Nantes
Bordeaux
Paul Friedrich Hotz
Hans Ulrich Reimers
France
Serbia
Reinhard Meydrich
Bohemia-Moravia
Germany
Bank Holiday Closure Notices for November 4 1941
Multiple local banks announce closure on Election Day November 4 1941 as a legal holiday. Paper maturities due November 4 may be paid November 5, with cashiers including George B Bushnell John I Sloat J H Yost and Harold G Brown noting the revised banking day.
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Geo. B. Bushnell
Cashirer
Union Bank of Winchester
Harold G. Brown
Caunter
Shenandoah Valley
Nat’l
The War News and the Censorship Bottle Neck
A veteran journalist reflects on the Atlantic war zone reporting limits near Iceland. Censorship by British and American forces slows dispatches, masking blunt realities and shaping public perception. The piece traces varied national methods and quotes a London censor’s defiant stage whisper to news agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Atlantic
Iceland
Ministry of Information
Bis
Netherlands
Hague
Holland
London
Associated Press Bureau
FOR RENT-Houses and Apartments Hable's Real Estate
Classified ads note a rental listing for a five room apartment with automatic oil heat and a contact phone 5541. The ad appears in the Hable's Real Estate section dated 8-26-tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hable’s Real Estate
Families of Men On Reuben James Maintain a Vigil
In Portland Maine the wives and children of about half of the sunken destroyer Reuben James crew kept a prayerful vigil. Wives from across the nation, totaling about 60, gathered in Portland after the Navy confirmed the sinking off Iceland. Some spoke of hope and fear, recalling the ship as a jinx and awaiting word on their husbands fate.
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Portland
U. S
Reuben James
James
Navy Department
Iceland
Navy
Washington
Catherine Sims
Lloyd E. Sims
Marina
Fla
Sims
Solon D. Boyd
Birmingham
Ala
Boyds
Mrs. Boyd
Key West
Floyd Morris
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Tennyson Avenue
U. S. Route 50
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Ray Robinson
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House of Commons
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N. Cameron St
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Rouss Ave
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Berryville Ave
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
S. Loudoun St
Clara Fultz Bentz
Westinghouse Electric
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Harry H. Willis
Harley-Davidson
Rhodes Drug Co
J. L. Hershman
Star Tannery
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Levender
Capon Lake Inn
Intermont
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H. P. Fairbanks Motor
J. Frank Baylis
Palace Theatre
J. R. Kremer
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the Andrews Sisters
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