1942 Budget Passed With $353 850 Outlay And Hearings
The Common Council approved a tentative 1942 budget calling for 353 850 in expenditures with a 1 25 tax rate and set a November 25 public hearing. Adjustments raised several line items including Rouss Hook & Ladder Ambulance funds while reducing others like the Apple Blossom Festival and Shenandoah Valley Inc. The plan also includes 1 500 for real estate reassessment.
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Common Council
Swaneenites
Rouss Hook & Ladder
Friendship Ambulance
Sarah Zane
Frank H. Krebs
Salvation Army
Park Association
Chamber of Commerce
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Minister's wartime warning on moral drift in America
In Bournemouth, a minister warns that America’s pleasure seeking, neglect of worship, and materialism have led to war and hardship. He laments empty churches, high taxes, shortages, and a nation shifted from peace to conflict under modernism's influence.
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Bournemouth
England
United States of America
Council urged to fix policy for releasing public information
The Star editor H F Byrd Jr urged the Common Council to adopt a definite policy on making information available to the public. The debate followed controversy over releasing the proposed 1942 budget and related controversial items.
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H. F. Byrd, Jr
the Star
Finance Committee
Star
W. P. Anderson
Salvation Army
Byrd
Council
Boyce Patrons Seek New School Plans In Clarke County
Boyce Virginia patrons adopt recommendations of private architect William Huntington to draft a new school plan with about 11 classrooms within $60 000. The Clarke County School Board State Board of Education and local groups will review the proposal with Huntington as consulting architect.
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Boyce
Boyce Patrons League
William H. Huntington
Huntington
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Eea
Smith
A. Mackay Smith
County School Board
State Board of Edu
Clarke County School Board
William R. Huntington
Board of Supervisors
Clarke County
Clay Carr
Rose McDonald
State Board of Education
P.T. A
Greenwich
Chapel
Dollar Men Face Senate and House Defense Scrutiny
Washington November 8 1941 Senate defense investigators led by Truman examine dollar a year executives and experts who joined Washingtons defense setup. House liberal bloc aims to expose ties between large corporations and dollar a year officials as 256 such men listed by Peoples Lobby Inc with 186 in the Office of Production Management.
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Washington
Senate
House
Capitol
Truman
D.-Mo
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Rep. Coffee
D.wash
Liberal Bloc
Congress
Peoples Lobby, Inc
Office of Production Management
Treasury Receipts and Debts Reported for November 6
The Treasury on November 6 reports receipts of 62.813 million dollars and expenditures of 101.702 million. The gross debt stands at 54.225 billion dollars.
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Washington
the Treasury
Biblical Parable In Practice Gets Church Paint and Sign
The All Souls Universalist Church in Brooklyn gains new paint and a weather vane after a sermon on talents. Pastor Cornelius Greenway split funds with 200 members who invested and earned 608.03 dollars plus expected 150 more. Donations included beeswax profits and student candy sales. A winning bet on the Bryn Dodgers also appears.
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New York
All Souls Universalist
Brooklyn
Cornelius Greenway
Willard Smith
Robert
Bryn Dodgers
Dodgers
Decks cleared in House for debate over neutrality
Washington reports the drive to pass the Senate’s neutrality revision moves to the House where leaders expect prompt approval to arm merchant ships and allow sailing to all ports. House debate to begin Wednesday with a predicted majority margin of 50 to 100.
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Washington
Congressional
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Giant flying boat launched at Martin plant in Middle River Md
Assistant secretary of the Navy for air Artemus L. Gates praised the 140000 pound flying boat as the world s largest and a sign of a potential fleet of ships. He said aviation will be the world s strongest and the nation faces a grave crisis requiring maximum strength. The ceremony featured full naval honors as the vessel slid into Middle River waters.
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Middle River
Artemus L. Gates
Navy
Air
Glenn Martin
Gates
Europe
Uncle Sam
Martin Aircraft Factory
Now at Rileys Fruit Cake By The Pound
Now at Rileys Everything for your fruit cake sold by the pound Dial 4137 Also notice for sale bill of Clayton Paint er farm see page 3
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Rileys
Dial
Clayton Painter Farm
Shooting Match On Armistice Day At Winchester Route 7
A shooting contest is scheduled for Armistice Day at 10 A M one mile west of Winchester on Route 7 with prizes noted for McDonald and others dated November 8 2008.
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Winchester
McDonald
Railway Strike Reaches White House as Rail Unions Prepare
Chicago dispatch reports the first of the nation's railroad unions plans a December 5 strike if President Roosevelt does not act. A. F. Whitney led 172,000 operating members demanding higher pay, rejecting the commission’s temporary raise. Non operating unions with 900,000 members to decide Wednesday.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Whitney
Land Owners Form Group to Fight Pollution in Two Fredeck Streams
Property owners along the Opequon and Abram's Creek in Frederick and Clarke counties formed an organization to seek abatement of pollution from city and industrial wastes. Dr Edwin C Yost was elected chairman with J M Fishpaw as vice chairman and A C Haines secretary. The group voted to escort Frederick County Supervisors members Harry C Light and William Carpenter on a November 14 tour of the creeks prior to the next meeting.
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Opequon
Abram's Creek
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Edwin C. Yost
J. M. Fishpaw
A. C. Haines
Lewis Pidgeon
Paul R. Dettra
Harvey Fishpaw
George Eagle, Jr
Wilbur R. Johnston
W. R. Ellyett
L. H. McKay
Winchester
Charles Schuler
G. H. Schuler
H. EB. Muntzing
E. T. Snider
F. L. Mowery
Walter Hardesty
J. H. Bromley
Gilbert Brown
C. F. Swartz
C. S. Platner
A. L. Place
M. H. Renner
C. J. Carver
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Harry C. Light
William Carpenter
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Two Creeks
Priest Who Prayed For German Jews Is Under Arrest
Berlin reports that Rev. Bernard Lichtenberg, provost of St. Hedwig Cathedral, was arrested by Nazi authorities on charges including praying for Jews amid intensified measures against Jews. He had previously been summoned to the secret police and questioned over sermons supporting a bishop's criticism of the regime.
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Berlin
Bernard Lichtenberg
St. Hedwig
Count Clemens August Vonen
Muenster
Ylar
For Sale Acetylene Lighting Plant Complete
Auction note lists a complete acetylene lighting plant for sale by mail from P. O. Box 128. The item is offered without listed price and includes return contact for inquiries.
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P. O
Churchill Faces Probing Questions On War Effort Policy
In London Nov 8 parliamentary circles expect Prime Minister Churchill to answer questions in the House of Commons on government war effort policy amid press agitation. Critics threaten a barrage of inquiries about conscripting women for auxiliary service, declaring war on Finland Romania and Hungary, intensifying air raids on Germany, and production sufficiency for tanks and aircraft to aid Russia.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Joseph Stalin
Ernest Bevin
Lord Beaverbrook
Commons
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Aear
Britain
Finland
Rumania
Hungary
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Japanese envoy not hopeful for U S settlement
Saburo Kurusu, special Japanese envoy en route to the United States, reportedly told friends in Manila he did not have much hope of success and felt unable to offer concessions to break the stalemate. In Tokyo, Asahi warned withdrawals of American Marines from Shanghai signal preparations for the worst outcome of talks in Washington.
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Manila
Saburo Kurusu
United States
Washington
Kurusu
Saiq
Tokyo
Shanghai
Asahi
Vichy Children Show Illnesses From Privation
The city health service reports 52 percent of Vichy kindergarten children ill from privation and infant mortality tripled in the first half of 1941. Infant deaths rose from 1.86 per thousand to 7.6 in six months with a 40 percent drop in births in the past year.
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Vichy
France
City Health Service
Berlin Bombed Heavily by Royal Air Force Raiders
Berlin endured several hours of heavy air raids by RAF bombers including Stirling Halifax Wellington and Whiteley aircraft. Cologne and the Ruhr region saw substantial damage while Oslo Oslofjord and other targets were involved. Weather hampered missions with 37 aircraft missing on return.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Air Ministry
Cologne
Mannheim
Bomber Command
Dover Strait
Oslofjord
Oslo
Norway
Britain
Rhuhr
Stirling
Halifax
Wellington
Whiteley
Manchesters
Hampdens
Boulogne
Ostend
Trapped GM Workers Face Food Shortage During Strike
Between 120 and 150 GM plant employees remain trapped inside the Lindon New Jersey assembly plant as a strike-bound clash with pickets continues. A company spokesman says access was blocked by strikers and food supplies are running low, with some workers in the plant since Thursday night and others since the previous day. Local 595 of the United Automobile Workers, CIO, called the strike.
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Lindon
N. J
General Motors Assembly
United Automobile Workers of America, C. I. O
Eggs sold from State Egg Show raise funds
The 116 dozen eggs exhibited at the State Egg Show were sold. Frederick Farm Bureau bought 106 dozen for 43 cents each while Shenandoah Hatchery bought ten dozen at 56 cents. Proceeds totaled 51.18 dollars to fund prize money and costs. Two Winchester youths joined the U S Air Corps June 19 and have strong service records. Robert Daugherty, on 30 day furlough, is a bombardier. Jack Seal became a first class private and radio operator. Both are based in Tucson, Arizona.
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Frederick Farm Bureau
Shenandoah Hatchery
Mautertown
Winchester
U. S. Air Corps
Robert Daugherty
Jack Seal
Tucson
Ariz
Germans Claim Break Through Toward Kerch
Soviet and German fronts report mixed gains with German troops pressing toward Kerch and Crimea while Red Army counterattacks halt advances around Moscow. General Rokossovsky says Moscow defense is holding and counterattacks are underway on many front sectors. Language and garbled OCR limit precise details.
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Kerch
Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Adolf “Hi
Crimea
Caucasus
Yi Mountains
Great
Sevas
Crimean
Yaila Mountains
West Kerch
Rostov-on-Don
Leningrad
Rokossovsky
Couner
Boats as Floating Blinds Sparks Game Rule Debate
Game Warden Pingley challenges a Star article claim that a boat is not a floating blind. He says M D Hart of the Game Commission told him any boat on the Potomac and tributaries counts as a floating blind requiring a $10 license. Nolting’s telegram was sent to Jat Brandon of the Game Association.
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Pingley
Star
Carl H. Nolting
Commission of Game
Inland Fisheries
M. D. Hart
Game Commission
Potomac
Nolting
Jat Brandon
The
Game Association
Andon
Change Zoning Ordinance Hearing Postponed
Public hearing on zoning, advertised for November 14, rescheduled to November. Reference appears on page 7 column 6 bottom. Also notes a turkey and oyster dinner at Burnt Factory Church on November 13 and a watch sale by Hodgson and Brown Jewelers.
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Burnt Factory
Thurs
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National Railway Labor Act
Fiveman
Wayne Lyman Morse
Reds
Hodgson and Brown ‘Jewelers of Merit
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