Roosevelt warns Dies against hasty disclosure of subversive findings
President Roosevelt telegraphed Chairman Dies urging slow handling of sensitive subversive findings. He warned that premature disclosure or immunities to witnesses could severely handicap or destroy efforts against subversive influences. Dies, based in Orange, Texas, seeks closer coordination with the Justice Department and is preparing a heavily documented red paper on Communist operations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dies
D-Texas
House Committee On
White House
Orange
Texas
Texan
Reeser
Justice Department
Ready Dies
United States
Port Brisbane Sunk by Enemy Raider in Indian Ocean
Canberra reports the 5739 ton Port Brisbane was sunk by an enemy raider in the Indian Ocean five days earlier. Australian Navy Minister W. M. Hughes said an Australian warship has reached port with 27 survivors aboard.
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Canberra
Australia
Brisbane
Indian Ocean
W. M. Hughes
Hughes
Services Today For Gardner W. Brown
Funeral services were held today in the oldest Church of New York City for Gardner W. Brown brother in law of Harry K. Russell who died at his home there on Monday. Brown was husband of the late Mame Russell Brown and a well known visitor to Winchester. He was a member of the New York Stock Exchange and his father Vernon H. Brown was longtime president of Cunard Steamship Co.
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New York City
Gardner W. Brown
Harry K. Russell
Mamie Russell Brown
Brown
Winchester
New York Stock Exchange
Vernon H. Brown
Cunard Steamship Co
Council praises diligent city leaders despite harsh weather
The Winchester notes express approval of the council’s dedication to municipal affairs and report that First Lieutenant Lawrence C. Hollis is on active Army duty. The session proceeded despite icy conditions and heavy rain, with praise given to the city fathers.
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Ore
Lawrence C. Hollis
U. S. Army
Heavy Snow Hits Eastern States and Texas Floods
A major snowstorm blankets eastern states with up to six inches in places like Pennsylvania and New York City. Ice, snow, and flooded areas disrupt travel, with airlines halted in New York and Boston. Texas and Louisiana face flooding as cold air spreads across the continent.
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Associated Press
Middlewest
Texas
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
New York
Boston
New England
Great Lakes
Chicago Weather Bureau
New Jersey
Missouri
New York City
Seaboard
Virginia
Indiana
Ohio
Admiral Nulton to Speak at Rotary Luncheon Tomorrow
The Rotary Club will host honorary member Admiral L. M. Nulton as guest speaker at its 1 pm luncheon at the hotel. He will discuss Training of Youth Citizenship, sharing his Navy career from midshipman to Fleet Commander and leadership of the Naval Academy. Clifford Grim arranged the appearance for the Boy's Work committee.
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Rotary Club
L. M. Nulton
Sup
Admiral Nulton
U. S. Navy
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Clifford Grim
Countess Barbara Haugwill von Reventiow Arrives in Charleston
Countess Barbara Haugwill von Reventiow arrives in Charleston to be with her father Franklyn L. Hutton at his plantation home near the city. The elder Hutton remains under medical care as family gathers.
Elks To Hold Memorial Rites
Winchester Lodge No. 867 BPOE announces its annual memorial service at Christ Episcopal Church on Sunday at 3 pm. Chanters provide music and congressman A Willis Robertson delivers the memorial address.
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Winchester Lodge
Christ Episcopal Church
A. Willis Robertson
Fred W. Forney
Thomas Kremer
Feaiph Pifer
B. P. Sorceress
Nevill
Wales
64 Conspirators Are Put To Death
BUCAREST Hungary November 27 The Hungarian News Agency said 64 Romanian political prisoners were executed secretly in Bucharest for involvement in the assassination of Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and other Iron Guard leaders. It named former premier George Argesanu and General Gabriel Marinescu among the dead and said Ion Gigurtu and Constantine Argetoianu were arrested. Executions were carried out at Jilava prison by Iron Guardists.
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Bucarest
Hungary
Bucharest
Corneliu Zelea Cordreanu
George Argesanu
Gabriel Marinescu
Perfect
Police
Ion Morusow
Secret Service
Ion Gigurtu
Constantine Argetoianu
Jilava
Iron
Carol
Lovett Receives Army Commission and Training Assignments
Harry L. Lovett leaves for Philadelphia to report November 29 at the Quartermaster School. He will transfer February 1 to Camp Lee Virginia to head the Quartermasters Training and Replacement center. Lovett, a second lieutenant, owns Lovett Shoe Stores in Staunton and Winchester and is well known in the Shenandoah Valley.
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Harry L. Lovett
Philadelphia
Quartermaster School
United States Army
Camp Lee
Quartermasters
Lovett
Staunton
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
New Mexico Mining Camp to Light Up Madrid Christmas Display
The Ortiz mountains area near Madrid New Mexico will turn on thousands of Christmas lights on December 8. Local miners and residents raise funds from each paycheck to sustain the annual display now in its 14th year, drawing thousands nightly to view the lights and Bible scenes on the mountainside.
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New Mexico
Ortiz Mountains
Community Decorations Committee
Madrid
Star of Bethlehem
Wise Men
Santa
Peter
Spumpkin
Donald Duck
Budget Adopted and Vultee Works Hearing Set
City Council approves 1941 budget on third reading with two minor revisions. Revenues increase by 500 from auto licenses for total 333 500. Chamber of Commerce funding restored to 1 200 and garden club landscaping funded at 100. Vultee Aircraft resumes 84 million dollar war contracts after a 16 month arbitration agreement. wage scales set and union restraint clauses included. Federal agents to screen returning workers for spies amid subversive activity concerns.
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the Star
Allen T. Hawthorne
C. Douglas Barnett
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
New Market
Garden Club
Washington
Hawthorne
Posada
Om. Au
C. H. Himelright
Thomas G. Scully
Academy Street
Scully
Himelright
Dc. E. Babb
Downey
Calif
Vultee Aircraft Factory
C.so. United Automobile Workers
Richard W. Millar
Vultee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert Jackson
Rep
Martin Dies
Congressional Committee
Wyndham Mortimer
International Uaw
Millar
Fact & E Es
Wage Inc
Clarke Youths Leave Clarke County for Chicago Livestock Contest
The Clarke County 4 H Club Livestock Judging Team led by coach C F Funkhouser travels to Chicago for national contests tied to the International Livestock Show. Members Charles Clevenger John Wolfe David Childs and Cecil Wolfe compete after a Virginia state win with $210 in prizes to defray travel costs.
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Clarke County
C. C. Funkhouser
Chicago
Charles Clevenger
John Wolfe
David Childs
Cecil Wolfe
Cecil
Clarke
Virginia
Virginia Tate
Richmond
State Fair Association
Thomas E. Wilson and Company
Weather forecast for the Middle Atlantic States
Weather forecast for 7 30 p m November 26 to 7 30 p m November 30 calls for general precipitation with rising temperatures at the start then generally fair weather with near normal temperatures mid period and renewed precipitation toward the end.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic States
Bingo at Sarah Zane Fire Hall Tonight
Twenty games with twenty prizes and a hundred dollar grand prize set for Thursday November 28 at 8 30 p m Admission is one dollar at Sarah Zane Fire Hall for this community bingo event.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Rain totals continue to rise in Winchester
The city logged 1.03 inches of rain in the 24 hours ending at 8 am, bringing the month to 5.14 inches and the year to 32.24 inches. Sleet from yesterday largely lingered on trees, with sidewalks now clear.
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Winchester
Two Injured In Auto Accident Near Parkersburg
Two men from Parkersburg West Virginia were injured yesterday afternoon on U S Route 50 four miles east of the city when a car struck a culvert and halted in a shallow stream. William Weaver and A A Adams both about 55 were taken to Memorial hospital with facial lacerations and shock. Weaver suffered a broken kneecap. Hazardous road conditions from sleet and ice were blamed for the crash.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
William Weaver
A. A. Adams
Memorial Hospital
Weaver
Injured In Auto Collision Near Petersburg Intersection
Oliver E. Riggleman 26 of Petersburg West Virginia suffered minor cuts and bruises as his car was wrecked in a collision at North Loudoun and Wick streets at 11 50 this morning. He failed to stop entering Wick westbound. truck driver Cline Bruce Gibson 36 of 446 North Loudoun Street, could not move either vehicle.
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Oliver E. Riggleman
Petersburg
W. Va
North Loudoun
Wick
Riggleman
Thomas Starrett
Loudoun
Cline Bruce Gibson
North Loudoun Street
Labor groups demand unit bargaining rights in wartime
The American Federation of Labor reaffirmed the right to collective bargaining and set three wartime principles: universal service for defense, labor representation on policy bodies, and maintained labor standards for production and morale. It urged broader inclusion on the national defense advisory council and called for equal employer and worker representation on employment control groups.
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New Orleans
Navy
American Federation of Labor
Vbor
Poetraw Committee
A. F.S
Council of National Defense
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Garment Workers of America
Winchester Christmas Seals Reach Citizens in Appeal
Approximately 4500 letters carrying Christmas seals were mailed in Winchester today, announced by the local tuberculosis committee. The appeal urged residents to help fund milk for undernourished children, X rays, education, and treatment, noting eighty cents of each dollar stays locally to fight tuberculosis.
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Winchester
Winchester Tuberculosis Committee
Ee Ae Winchester
British Mediterranean Fleet Engages Italian Force at Extreme Range
The British admiralty reported a sea battle with an Italian fleet at extreme range as two battleships and a large cruiser destroyer group clashed. Earlier, Turin Arsenal was fired on and Berlin raids noted while Greece reported Italian invasion forces retreating in disorder.
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Associated Press
Britain
London Admiralty
Turin
London Air Ministry
Berlin
Greece
Italy
Bevin Announces Major Conscription Surge Through June
British minister Ernest Bevin told the House of Commons that between now and next June there will be another enormous call up of the nation's manpower for the fighting services.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Britain
Heavy landslides devastate western Norway region
Reports from Voss and Stavanger describe heavy rains in the high mountains triggering landslides. Journalists at damaged sites say about 30 houses were destroyed by the slides in western Norway.
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Oslo
Norway
Berlin
Voss
Stavanger
Swiss Federal Council Dissolves Communist Party and Branches
The Swiss Federal Council ordered the dissolution of the Swiss Communist party its branches and any organizations that might replace the dissolved party in Bern on November 27.
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Bern
Switzerland
Federal Council
Swiss Communist Party
Murray Moves to Brake Aluminum Strike in New Kensington
Phillip Murray new CIO leader arranged a conference with Aluminum Workers Union leaders to settle a strike at the Aluminum Company of America plant in New Kensington. An assistant said Murray spoke by phone with Nick Zonarich and would meet him and other union leaders in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Phillip Murray
Aluminum Workers
Aluminum Company of America
New Kensington
Murray
Nick Zonarich
Responsibility Disputed at Aluminum Plant Strike
A strike at the Aluminum Company of America plant near New Kensington enters its sixth day with the firm disputing responsibility for the shutdown while CIO Aluminum Workers of America accuses the company of stalling. The union seeks discharge or discipline of a sheet mill worker accused of threatening a union representative over back dues.
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New Kensington
Aluminum Company of America
C&o
F. M. Ferry
N. A. Zonarich
CIO Aluminum Workers of America
Quail Hunt Yields Two Birds as Hawks Slim Crop
Frederick superintendent of schools Leslie D. Kline says a hawk migration and heavy cover reduced quail numbers this season. He killed two quail for a ill friend while noting more birds may come but remain scarce. A Frederick farmer warns about slick roads and a local druggist Dusty Rhodes reported a counterfeit coin at a store with no suspect identified.
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Leslie D. Kline
Frederick
Paul
Dusty) Rhodes
Italians Claim Success In Greek Front As RAF Strikes Hit Turin
British RAF and night raids target ends of the axis front with strikes on Turin and the Greek front. Italians report progress in Greece while Athens says Italians retreat into Albania and defend in the southwest sector. RAF hits Valona harbor and a large ship as German raids cause civilian casualties.
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Italy
Turin
Mussolini
Budapest
Romania
Iron Guard
Caroli
Toannina
Caraciana
Corfu
Alexandria
Athens
Albania
Adriatic
R.A.F
Valona
R.af
Hitler
Germany
Porterfield To Deliver Lecture At Berryville
Robert Porterfield founder of the Barter Theatre in Abingdon Virginia will lecture Friday at 3 30 in the Hawthorne Building Berryville The event is under Clarke County literary group auspices and will be attended by Winchester and Clarke residents Porterfield runs a drama shop in Abingdon and is with the State Department of Education.
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Robert Porterfield
Barter
Abingdon
Tobacco Road
M4raham Lincoln
Berryville
Hawthorne
Porterfield
Man’s Gin of
Clarke County
Little Theatre
Winchester
Clarke
Porterfiled
B'S
State Department of
Ucation
Turkey Dinner Benefit on Montague Ave for Meth. Fund
A charity turkey dinner fundraiser will be held Thursday November 38 from 5 to 9 PM at the Meth. building on Montague Avenue. Tickets are 50 cents. Proceeds support the building fund.
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Thurs
Pi Ain Montague Ave. Meth
Benefit Building Fund
Oysterham Supper at Burnt Church and New Eagie's Home
A community dinner prompts a Thursday night Oysterham Supper at Burnt Church Albin from 5 to 9 and a weekly bingo event at 8 p m at New Eagie's Home 211 West Down Street with Wednesday activities.
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Oysterham
Albin
Thurs
New Eagie
Doun St
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