Higher Taxes Discussed For Defense Budget Policy
President Roosevelt said he would oppose a sales tax to fund defense and described an exploratory dinner with key fiscal lawmakers. He noted no decision on new taxes, while ministers and legislators weighed balancing the normal budget and possible tax hikes to cover defense outlays.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Sullivan
Smith
Harrison
D-Miss
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
Cooper
D-Tenn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Harrison and
Congress
Noise from horns preferred to bombs but screams could be harsher
MA Winchester notes that horns are milder than bombs yet some blasts by impatient drivers vex. In cities where bombs fall daily, horn abuse is punishable by law, a rule he suggests could work locally.
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Suh
Many Killed In Wreck In China
A Shanghai Nanking train derailed after a dynamite mine explosion near Soochow 50 miles west of Shanghai. Casualties estimated between 100 dead and 300 injured with reports varying. officials denied officials or journalists aboard. Chinese guerrilla action tied to treaty ceremonies at Nanking.
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Shanghai
Soochow
Aluminum Plant Restores Production After Labor Strike
New Kensington Pennsylvania November 29 aluminum company of america resumed work at its principal plant after a settlement ending a strike over twelve dollar back dues. the dispute cost seven thousand five hundred workers a week of idleness and prompted union claims that an identified worker threatened a union agent. the union rejected a demand to transfer the man out of the bargaining unit and the strike marked philip murray’s first as cio president.
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New Kensington
Farge Defense
Aluminum Company of America
CIM. Aluminum
Philip Murray
C.1.co
Last Friay
Windsors Plan Private Miami Visit for Duchess Dental Work
The Duke of Windsor and his American-born duchess will travel to Miami December 14 for a major dental operation. The trip, arranged by Dr. Horace L. Cartee of Miami, will be private and the couple will return to Nassau once the duchess can travel. This marks the first U.S. entry since 1924 for the former Prince of Wales.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Duke of Windsor
Miami
United States
Horace L. Cartee
Prince of Wales
Edward
England
Records Show 584 610 Barrels In Winchester Apple Storages
Readings from Winchester apple storages show 584 610 barrels in storage this year, up from last year. Virginia Apple Storage holds 97 604 barrels, Winchester Cold Storage 386 677 barrels, and C L Robinson Ice and Cold Storage 100 329 barrels with steady yet slow fruit movement. Additional totals include baskets and boxes across storages and Old Mill storage reporting 34 000 bushels in coolers.
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Winchester
Virginia
C. L. Robinson
Star
Robinsons
1940 Traffic Death Toll May Exceed Last Year by 2000
The National Safety Council warned that the 1940 national traffic toll could top 1939 by as much as 2000 deaths. Through October, 27 360 fatalities occurred versus 25 750 in 1939, with December expected to worsen due to weather darkness and holiday drunkenness.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
America
Blockade Shows Italy Faces Winter Food Shortages
The British Mediterranean blockade cuts off over 80 percent of Italy imports via Gibraltar and Suez, forcing rationing and rising prices. The Agriculture Department notes malnutrition among the poor and that Italy expected a short war, with alarm growing as supplies run low.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Italy
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Suez
Great Britain
Pascisn
Germany
Prance
Roll Call Over Top in Winchester Frederick Red Cross Drive
The Winchester Frederick Chapter Red Cross roll call exceeded its goal with 2005 members and 3073.15 dollars raised. Key contributors include Dr E T Clark 780.50 group enrollment Joe Thomas 547.17 business district L J McElligott 455.40 and Mrs B M Knight Jr 58.18. County totals reach 346.81 for various districts with Hershey and Os.
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Red Cross
Winchester - Frederick
C. Ridgely
White
E. T. Clark
Joe Thomas
L. J. McElligott
Booths
B. M. Knight, Jr
Harold Brown
Southwest
Wilbur Krise
Barron Glover
May B. Giffin
Northwest
Claude. Grim
Emma Parks Robinson
Weiners and
Lupton Orchard Service
President May Travel By Plane
President Roosevelt said he might use air travel for the first time in eight years if away from Washington and a return by rail within 12 hours would be impossible. He noted travel by air would be used only if necessary and joked about Secret Service plans for protection.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Believing In Old Virtues at Phillips Exeter 1940
Dr. Perry headmaster of Phillips Exeter Academy urges in November 1940 that Americans must return to simple living, idealism, and hard work to defend the nation amid perilous times. He warns government built on falsity cannot endure and calls for leaders who uphold old virtues to avoid a sunset for American life.
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Morgenthau
Treasury
Hitler
DR. Perry
Phillips Exeter Academy
Elks Announce Sunday Memorial Service Program
Winchester Lodge No. 867 B P O E announces a memorial service at Christ Episcopal Church on December 1 at 3 o'clock. Public invited. Prelude by the organist, opening ceremony, prayer by Rev R B Nelson, roll call by Secretary Snider, altar ceremony, and hymns by The Chanters. Memorial address by Congressman A Willis Robertson. Ye Blessed and closing ode follow with postlude and benediction.
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Winchester Lodge
Christ Episcopal Church
R. B. Nelson
Snider
A. Willis Robertson
Hiram Lodge Hosts 200 At Thanksgiving Service
About 200 members of Winchester Hiram Lodge No. 16 and families attended a special religious service in the temple. The Chanters conducted by Floyd W. Haines sang selections. Reverend Harry M. Crim and others delivered prayers and messages on gratitude.
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Masonic Lodge
Temple Winchester
Hiram Lodge
A. F
A. M
Chanters
Floyd W. Haines
the Green Cathedral
Amerca
Road To Alaska Highway Through Canada Mentioned
Washington November 29 The idea of Canada granting a corridor for a highway to Alaska for troop and supply movement in an emergency is raised in speculation on terms for transferring additional US warships to Britain. No official confirmation that extra naval vessels would be released or that Canada’s grant is being considered.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Alaska
Great Britain
Hat Shoppe on Route 50 Opens with Lat. Nov 30
Chapin's 2 percent mile West Winchester opens for business on Route 50 with bat and dance events. Hats priced 1.00 to 1.38 at Hat Shoppe located 13 E. Picea St. Notice: Harper Method Shop closes Monday and Tuesday for redecorating.
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Winchester
E. Picea
Colonial Kitchen Specials Nut Brittles and Chocolate Treats
Colonial Kitchen offers ass. nut brittles at 29 cents each or 85 cents with chocolate coating. Includes one penny item.
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Colonial Kitchen
Bombing Raids Hit Corfu Escort and Albanian Ports
British Royal Air Force reports fierce bombardment of Italy’s sea gateways into Albania. Destroyers bombarding Corfu fled as RAF aircraft attacked Durazzo and Elbassan. Ten Italian planes downed in two days with seven fighters shot down in Albania. seven enemy aircraft fell to RAF in seconds.
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Athens
Italy
Albania
Ital
Corfu
Roya Air Force
Santi Quaranta
Porto Edda
Durazzo
Elbassan
Elbasani
communi+que
State's Housing Act Ruled Valid by Virginia Supreme Court
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the 1938 housing authorities act as constitutional in the Bristol case W. R. Mumpower v Bristol Housing Authority and Bristol municipality. Chief Justice Campbell adopted Judge Cantwell's Bristol ruling affirming legality of the authority, bonds, and contracts with the United States Housing Authority despite Mumpower's challenges.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Virginia Housing Authorities
General Assembly
Bristol Corporation Court
W. R. Mumpower
Bristol
Housing Authority of
Fee
Bristol Authority
United States Housing Authority
Supreme Court
Preston W. Campbell
Joseph L. Cantwell
Cantwell
Mumpower
Overhead Traffic Light Installed at Boscawen and Cameron
Workmen under the Traffic Committee converted the signals at the Boscawen and Cameron intersection to an overhead light. The change allows clear visibility from several blocks away in all directions.
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Boscawen and
Cameron
Balkan War Broadside Echoes Across Channel Skirmish
An Associated Press dispatch outlines a Channel clash as British and German destroyers fought near the English coast. Galling reports claim German torpedo strikes and sinking of vessels while Greek forces seize Pogradetz in Albania. Italian statements boast counterattacks and failed Allied raids on Brindisi Taranto.
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Eng
Pogradetz
Italy
Albania
Associated Press
England
Liverpool
Sufond
London
Berlin
Atlantic
English Channel
Bristol
Portsmouth
Southampton
Germany
Vnew
Stettin
Politz
Cuxhaven
Mainz
Koblenz
Ia Taranto
Brandisi
Tobacco farming expands in Frederick County farms
Frederick county farmers C. D. Dye of White Hall and J. W. Ballowe near Middletown have diversified into commercial tobacco, growing burley and dark-fired varieties and selling to Lynchburg and other markets. Both voted in Virginia AAA tobacco referendum. Snow fences on county highways aim to curb early snow. An injured giant owl, shot by Isaac F. Allamong, was found near the C. A. Carver farm after a chase, wingspan four feet six inches.
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Frederick County
C. D. Dye
White Hall
J. W. Ballowe
Middletown
Virginia
AAA
Lynchburg
Yellett
Isaac F. Allamong
Baker Street
C. A. Carver
Hordecstery Ion
Allamong
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Britain
Clark Woodrow Jolley
Clearbrook
Elmer Lee Crim
Henry B. Pitzer
Frederick County Selective Service Board
Jolley
Crim
Anderson
L. Tor
F. Grove White
Claude Cammer
Winchester Board
Peyton Marshall
John H. Rosenberger
Barr
China
Windsors
Duchess
Agricultural Department
Mussolini
White House
Dies
House Committee On Unamerican Activities
Jackson
Legislative Investigating
Justice Department
Texas
President Roosevelt
Executive Department
Oe Dies
H. A. Punk
Shawnee
George Bywaters
Louise Crawford
Pinckney
Arthur
Dudley Lichliter
Opequon
Mildred Lee Grove
H. Denis Hoover
Stonewall
Edward Grant
Back Creek
Ott Snapp
Daisy Orndorff
Gaines
Elks
Robertson
Lichliter
Harry M. Crim
Presbyterian Church
Strasburg
Garland Evans Hopkins
Market Street Methodist Church
T. M. Swann
Braddock Street Methodist Church
William P. Lichliter
Chapin
Harper Method
Il Duce
Court of Appeals
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