Rev Whitten Opens Sixth Year in Winchester Churches
Reverend R A Whitten marks six years serving Timber Ridge and Winchester Congregational Christian Church with anniversary Sunday observance. During his tenure, church membership and benevolence giving have risen, new property was acquired, and parsonage debt reduced. Timber Ridge added a blue limestone fence funded by members and friends, aiding the eighth Pent a Valley Central Conference hosting. Plans for a fall campaign and larger service are announced as Whitten praises Winchester community.
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Timber Ridge
Winchester
Whitten
Ridenour Truck Crash Details Emerge In Trial
Testimony places Ridenour speeding prior to a collision that halted a truck. N B Shingleton, a dairy operator, recounted pulling the infant from the cab as the father lay under the vehicle. Tom Anderson described the out of control truck narrowly missing him after a car passed.
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Ridenour
Shingleton
N. B. Shingleton
Winchester
Gore
Tom Anderson
Anderson
Board Chief Urges 48 Hour Week and Expanded Price Controls
Marriner S. Eccles testified before the House Banking and Currency Committee in Washington urging broadened price controls to cover wages and farm prices. He also backed a 48-hour work week and condemned strikes.
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Federal Reserve Board
Marriner S. Eccles
House Banking and Currency Committee
Washington
Dodge Division Resumes Work
The Dodge division of Chrysler Corporation with 15,000 workers resumed production after a labor dispute with UAW CIO union officials, which had closed the main plant yesterday. Meanwhile 20,000 auto workers at Briggs Body Company and Chrysler Plymouth division remained idle due to Briggs frame department dispute.
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Detroit
Dodge
Chrysler Corporation
Uaw-Cio
Mack Avenue
Briggs Body Company
Chrysler Plymouth
Briggs Frame
Briggs
Plymouth
Arming Ships Debated Amid Neutrality Act Changes
In the House Democratic leaders showed momentum for arming merchant ships and possible repeal of the neutrality act with a licensing clause. Rep Fish backed arming as a defensive measure and floated a war-declaration idea to pressure Germany, while others urged a single prohibition repeal.
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House
Fish
Rep
Roosevelt
Iceland
United States
Germany
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Greenland
Congress
White House
Senator Connally
Ground rules set as Yankees and Dodgers clash in Series
A tense start to the World Series game features ground rule discussions between umpires and coaches, a pregame ceremony, and a scoreless first inning with strong defense. In the second, Camilli and Dimaggio chase a homer and two long flys highlight the early action as roles begin to settle.
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Yankees Walker
Sturm
Herman
Rolfe
Reiser
Henrich
Camilli
Dimaggio
Medwick
Keiler
Lavagetto
Dickey
Reese
Gordon
Owen
Rizzuto
Davis
Romag
W. G. McGowman
Ralph Pinelli
W. P. Grieve
Lary Goetz
Arthur Fletcher
Yankees
Chuck Dressen
Dodgers
Lavagetton
Keller
Yankee
Sou
Ruffing
Walker
Ererors
Farm election results announced in Frederick County
The AAA mail election in Frederick County named delegates and alternates for the county convention to be held October 3. Community committees were elected in Back Creek Gainesboro Opequon Shawnee and Stonewall districts. 311 farmers voted and ties will be resolved by run-off elections.
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AAA
Frederick County
Back Creek
J. L. Hershman
T. B. Rosenberger
Gainesboro
M. J. Pease
L. H. Ramey
T. W. Russell
Sees Little Help From Churchill
Berlin observers say Churchill's address signals Britain will not greatly aid Soviet Russia. They note Stalin demanded a British expeditionary force, and Churchill did not indicate such action. A Berlin spokesman dismissed Churchill's claim of ample food reserves as typical wartime rationale.
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Berlin
Churchill
Soviet Russia
Joseph Stalin
England
Drought Strains Eastern Areas With Varied Precipitation
Washington October 1 A severe drought lingered across the east as New England reports water supplies at 50 year lows. In contrast some north central locales show their wettest season in over four decades. The drought, ongoing since early September, worsened last week amid scant precipitation.
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Washington
New England
Weather Bureau
Berryville Students Hear Safety Expert Demonstrate Stopping Distances
Safety expert H. M. Pontious told Berryville High School students that excessive speed is the main cause of automobile accidents. He and students watched driving tests showing actual stopping distances at 20 and 30 mph, with several students recording shorter stops than average. The event, sponsored by the Student Cooperative Association, involved local officials and state patrolmen.
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Berryville
H. M. Pontious
Berryville High School
Pontious
Student Co-operative Association
L. H. Bell
Marie Wiscarver
David Childs
George Pope
Weather Describes Northward Drift of Dry Conditions
Virginia and the eastern Ohio Valley northwards report dwindling Wells and streams and rising forest fire hazard as drought persists across the region.
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Virginia
Ohio Valley
Russians Claim Holding Foes in Leningrad Siege
Report cites Soviet claims of recapturing towns near Leningrad and inflicting heavy German losses in materiel during the 10 week siege. It notes German failure to capture Leningrad as a major defeat for Hitler. Also mentions RAF raids on Britain and unrest in Czech territory.
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Leningrad
Hitler
Germany
Dhiv North
Soma See
Otrozavodsk
Murmansk
Britain
British Isles
Churchill
Reich
Newcastle
Ramsgate
Aberdeen
Hull
Ber
and Stettin
Cherbourg
Berlin
Axis
Middle East
United States
Egypt
Cairo
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers to test questions printed on page 4. Includes foods, dog tags, desertion, and second lieutenant codes. True statement chosen. Nixie, Buffalo NY, Refectory, Grand opera, Joel Chandler Harris, Royal Air Force, and note on tails.
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True
Nixie
Buffalo
N. Y
Refectory
Grand Opera
Joel Chandler Harris
Royal Air Force
Two Boyce Girls Missing From Homes
Police in Virginia seek two missing girls from Boyce. Margaret Merica, 15, 5'3" 104 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes and Christine Jobe, 16, 5'6" 115 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes are likely hitchhiking, per reports.
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Police of
Virginia
Boyce
Margaret Merica
Christine Jobe
Ickes Warns of Oil Supply Misrepresentation
Ickes rebukes complacency and accuses representatives of misrepresenting oil and transportation facts. He cites rapidly rising gasoline sales after assurances that there was no shortage, blaming motivated individuals and organizations for the misstatements.
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Rev. R.A. Whitten
E. T. H. A. Petrarch
Michelangelo
Isaac Newton
Rafael
Chopin
Liszt
Nichola Paginini
Schopenhauer
Charles Lamb
John Greenleaf Whittier
Swinburne
Lord Kitchener
Cecil Rhodes
Phillips Brooks
President Buchanan
Alfred de Musset
Voltaire
Lord Leighton
Walt Whitman
Lewis Carroll
Henry James
New York
Newark - Elizabeth - Plainfield
Philadelphia St. Martinsburg
Baltimore & Ohio
Manges
Thomas Credit Jewelers
N. Loudoun St. Winchester
Dodge Division
Sigat
Pittsburgh Paints
Watty
Glaize and
Bro
Moscow
C. P. Radiophoto
Red Army
Khortitsa Island
Rhode Island
Amsterdam Island
Indian Ocean
Cape of Good Hope
Tasmania
Winchester Business College
W. Boscawen St
Franklin Moore
American Hotel Association
Harrisburg
Inter-American Hotel Association
Hemisphere
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
E. Harbaugh
Mgr
Ickes
Cc. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Fors Homes
Cape Cod
Corbin
John W. Rosenberger and Co
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