Defeat Pushes Logan Walter Bill Into Senate Debate
The House vote 191 to 148 against adjournment forces continued action on the Logan Walter bill. Senate recess ends Friday with a plan to consider the measure, which aims to ease appeals from federal agency decisions, while backers rebuff a informal compromise and predict potential new legislation.
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Senate
Logan
Walter Bill
Washington, Navy
House
Roosevelt
Seraunta Colina
Wendell Willkie
Barthiey
Kentucky
Congress
Barkley
Hatch D.N
Yogan-Walters
Bates Espionage Confession Before Dies in Chicago
Heinrich Peter Fassbender 23 confessed to Chairman Martin Dies of the House Un American Activities Committee in Chicago that he engaged in fifth column work for Germany in Spain and Belgium before arriving in the United States. He spoke after a promise not to be extradited back to Germany.
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Heinrich Peter Fassbender
Martin Dies
House
UN American Activities Committee
Chicago
Spain
Belgium
Germany
U. S
Thanksgiving Day Reflection Amid War Time Blessings
MR WINCHESTER urges gratitude for peace and blessings amid global conflict. He calls for thanksgiving at Union Thanksgiving Service at Br Street Church with proceeds benefiting Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Also notes M. Jackson sale slated for November 30 at 1 a.m. with inside advertisement.
Thanksgiving Day Events in Winchester Observed
Thanksgiving services will be held in Winchester with city worship across hours. The annual clash between the diey Judges and the Silver snippets of Martinsburg is set for 2 o clock. The Union Services will be at Braddock Street Methodist Church at 4 30. Ministers include Bowen Swann Nelson Bridgers Hopkins Whitten Wilson who will preach. Businesses close for the day. some open for brief schedules. An offering will go to Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Tomorrow may affect plans for local and distant football games.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
Braddock Street
L. G. Bridgers
Garland Hopkins
Robert A. Whitten
Ronald Wilson
Memorial
Tony
Unknown Man Takes Iodine Poison in Beer
A man drank two bottles of iodine dissolved in beer at 2 15 pm in Crystal Cou pho 22A and collapsed. The proprietor alerted police and an ambulance was sent to Memorial Hospital where he received treatment after arriving at 2 45 pm.
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Memorial Hospital
Actress Constance and Joan Bennett Mourn Mother
Mrs Adrienne Morrison aged 52 mother of actresses Constance and Joan Bennett was found dead today in the bathroom of her New York City apartment at 61 East 66th Street authorities said
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New York
Adrienne Morrison
Constance and
Joan Bennett
66Th Street
Hope of Labor Peace Fades at AFL CIO Clash
In New Orleans Vice President Woll warns there is little hope for a settlement with the CIO after CIO chief Lewis damns AFL leadership. AFL resolutions push for bigger war funds as union tensions test labor unity amid Roosevelt’s stance and Hillman’s split move.
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New Orleans
Navy
Matthew Oll
Dove of Peace
White House
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Woll
American Federation of Labor Convention
John L. Lewis
A. FL. Resolutions Committee
Lewis
William Green
Atlantic City
Bill
Roosevelt
Green
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Cil.o
Hillman
C. I
A. PF. L
Tim Need
Nee
Hillman Urges Murray For CIO Presidency At Convention
Sidney Hillman called on the CIO convention to back Philip Murray as Lewis’s successor to unite CIO and AFL factions. Murray said he was not seeking the job, focusing on advancing labor ideals. The clash over peace, communism, and unity defined a contentious session as Hillman pressed for a united labor movement.
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Atlantic City
Sidney Hillman
Congress of Industrial Organization
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
Murray
C.I
Hillman
Ci.o
National Defense
Labor Movement
C.I.O
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
WN. J
William Green
A. P
High Command
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Labor Unity
Hillman Group
Amahgamated
Textile Workers
United Labor Organization Movement
Frank Rosenblum
Clothing Workers
Paul Townsend Injured In Auto Crash Near Snow Hill
Paul Townsend son of Senator John G Townsend Jr of Delaware suffered a broken neck in a car wreck on Snow Hill Piggs Landing road six miles southeast of Snow Hill. His wife and father accompanied him to Peninsula General Hospital after being rescued from beneath the overturned vehicle by Wallace Carmean. He was treated by Dr John L Riley and transported by ambulance.
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Salisbury
Mda
Paul Townsend
John G. Townsend
Delaware
Peninsula General Hospital
Snow Hill
Townsend
Wallace Carmean
John L. Riley
Thanksgiving date split across states in 1940s
Federal and local plans diverge on Thanksgiving timing as states follow President Roosevelt in observing the holiday on the following day while others keep the traditional late November date. Pennsylvania guards dine on buffalo meat at Virginia Beach. Portland prepares a one man parade.
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Washington
United States
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
New England
Pottsville
C. A. Lord
Pennsylvania
Virginia Beach
Portland
Birds Menaced by Foxes in Frederick County
Firsthand report by Benton Snider, ardent sportsman, details foxes and hawks decimating game in DeHaven area. He found a gobbler killed and eaten, saw a hawk pursuing quail, and noted few pheasants despite earlier larger counts.
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Frederick County
Benton Snider
DeHaven
Snider
Leslie Kline
Kline
Relations With French Improved
Washington reports a new phase in U S French ties as Marshal Petain slows Axis collaboration. Robert D Murphy is sent back to Vichy to act as charge d affaires signaling greater normalization. Officials note Petain resisting German pressure on key issues including bases in Africa and fleet access.
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Washington
United States
France
Henri Petain
Robert D. Murphy
Vichy
Murphy
Paris
Petain
Ted
Africa
Lorraine
Charles Town Votes For Parking Meters
Charles Town West Virginia council approved installation of parking meters at five cents per hour and one cent per 12 minutes for a six month period. One hundred fifty meters will be placed twenty one feet apart within thirty days.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Virginia Fruitmen Meet in Winchester for 45th Convention
The Virginia State Horticultural Society schedules its 45th annual convention December 3-5 in Winchester. For the first time a Ladies Auxiliary will meet concurrently, claimed as the first horticultural society auxiliary in the United States. The program includes opening remarks by Mrs. Dayton Hodges and talks on serving Virginia apples, with demonstrations by Frederick County and Appalachian Apple organizers.
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Virginia State Horticultural Society
Winchester
W. S. Campfield
Staunton
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Peta
U. S
Campfield
Horticultural Society
United States
Dayton Hodges
Martha Creighton
State Department of Education
Richmond
Virginia
Frederick County
Elizabeth Sprouse
Frederick
British order priority for 26 four engined bombers
The army high command gave Great Britain priority on delivery of 26 four engined bombers built by Consolidated Aircraft Company.
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Washington
Army High Command
Great Britain
Consolidated Aircraft Company
Hungary Pressures Axis as Compacts Clash Over Fighting Extent
London dispatch reports British bombers hit the Skoda arms works at Pilsen and munitions stores in Berlin. Britain endures a nine hour raid by German planes, Midlands suffer heavy damage, with forecasts of substantial casualties and widespread devastation.
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London
Skoda
Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Air Ministry
Berlin
Midlands
Britain
Coventry
Romanian Dictator Antonescu to Meet Hitler in Germany
Dictator Ion Antonescu and four cabinet members will depart Bucharest for Germany tonight to confer with Adolf Hitler, as reported from Bucharest on November 20.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Ion Antonescu
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Greek Troops Break Through to Koritza in Albania
Greek high command reports mass bayonet charges and close combat drive counterattacks deeply into Albania as forces push toward Koritza in the ongoing battle.
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Athens
Albania
Koritza
Hungary Joins Axis Extending 250 Mile War Corridor
The Associated Press reports Hungary joined the Berlin Rome Tokyo Axis in Vienna, pledging mutual aid with Germany Italy and Japan. The move creates a 250 mile corridor toward Greece Turkey and the Suez Canal amid potential new Axis signatories and pressure on Yugoslavia.
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Associated Press
Hungary
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Suez Canal
Hitler
Vienna
Berlin
Germany
Italy
Japan
U States
Britain
Red Cross Roll Call Surpasses Quota In 1941 Drive
The Red Cross drive reports 2009.25 dollars raised from 1223 members with 100 percent groups including the Post Office and Shenandoah Production Credit Association. Special Contributions chair Dr. E T Clark notes 612.50 dollars, up 217.50 from 1940, for 58 new memberships. Booths at Union Shenandoah Commercial Savings Farmers and Merchants Banks list committee members and operate Friday and Saturday to welcome non-soliciting joiners.
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Red Cross
Post Office
Shenandoah Production Credit Association
E. T. Clark
Union
Shenandosha
Commercial and Savings
Farmers and Merchants Banks
B. M. Knight
Hunter Gaunt
L. J. McEwigott
Roy Cather
Frances Jones
Joe Morrow
J. P. Arthur
W. H. Busselman Jr
Garland R. Quarles
First hunting victim of season noted near Berryville
Grafton Moreland, son of Guinea Moreland, of Berryville, was shot in the leg by a companion Herbert Todd while chasing a rabbit around 30 yards ahead. Moreland received treatment at Memorial Hospital.
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Grafton Moreland
Guinea Moreland
Berryville
Herbert Todd
Washington
Todd
Moreland
Memorial Hospital
Axis moves threaten Mediterranean reach and Turkish alert
Nazi quarters forecast a large Axis operation aiming to seal the Mediterranean by striking the Suez Canal and Gibraltar. Hungary adds 57,530 square miles and about 12 million people to the Axis, with an army of about 500,000. Turkey warns readers of potential war as blackout rules are prepared.
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Berlin
Mediterranean
Suea Canal
Britain
Rock
Gibraltar
Hungary
Turkey
Europe
Mr. Carter Celebrates Ninety Years Of Life
Mr. Carter a long time city figure marked his ninetieth birthday with greetings from friends. He ranks as a senior Virginia Military Institute alumnus, having graduated in civil engineering about seven decades ago, and remains in high spirits as the event passes.
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Mann Page Carter
Mr. Carter
Virginia Military Institute
Thanksgiving Dance Sponsored by Winchester for Board of Trade
Thanksgiving dance scheduled November 21 at Geo Washington Hotel. Sponsored by Winchester for the Board of Trade. Refer to Column and Sport Page for details.
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Geo. Washington
Winchester
Board of Trade
Flowers for Thanksgiving at The Flower Shop
Chrysa mums Pon Pons Snaj Roses and table arrangements three freshly cut from our greenhouses. Prompt deliveries from The Flower Shop.
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Chrysa
Bingo Night at Fire Hall Announces Grand Prize
BINGO at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall offers 20 prizes each 20 cents with a $100 grand prize. Event listed for Nov 21 at 8 30 p m with admission five dollars. Also weekly puzzles at New Eagle's Home 211 N Lou St. Events labeled LP-11.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
New Eacle
N. Lousdoun St
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W. W. Dellinger
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