Armed Service Run For Reelect in Virginia Senate Debate
The Virginia Senate, voting 18 to 13, amended the Massenburg soldiers bill to allow armed forces members to run for any office they are qualified for, removing a House amendment. The bill passed 28 to 4. Senator Battle defended the compromise, arguing public officers serving in the armed forces should retain reelection rights.
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Richmond
Senate
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
John
Battle
Charfe
Scrap Metal Parade To Aid War Scrap Drive In Winchester
Winchester students march at 2 30 p m led by the Handley Band to collect scrap for Hitler and Hirohito drives. Officials report industrial lag and 183 122 pounds collected so far with a goal of over 212 million pounds to reach Nebraska like per capita.
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Winchester
Hitler, Hirohito and Company
Handley Band
John Kerr School
Red Handley
John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Stephens City
P.F.A
Nebraska
Cardinals Edge Yankees In 1942 World Series Showdown
Two young righties Ernie Bonham and Johnny Beazley faced off as the Yankees and Cardinals opened the 1942 World Series before about 30 000 fans. The Cardinals hopes rested on the outcome of this game as Beazley started for St Louis and Bonham for New York.
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Sportsman’s Pak
ST. Louis
Sae
Ernie Bonham
Johnny Beazley
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals
Yankees
Rizzuto
Rolfe
Cullenbine
Rf DiMaggio
Ef Keller
Gordon
Dickey
C Hassett
Bonham
Cardinals Brown
T. Moore
Cf Slaughter
Rf Musial
W. Cooper
Hopp
Kurowski
Marion
Beazley
Summers
A. L
Barr
N. L
Hubbard
Magerkurth
Youbeer
Billy Southworth
E Cards
Yanks
Rizzuté
Winchester appeal seeks funds for Virginia Children's Home
Mrs Roszel appeals in this issue for the Children's Home Society of Virginia. Winchester residents are urged to help the cause as a waiting list of homeless children awaits a home if funds are raised.
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Btar
Children's Home Society of
Virginia
Rosze
Winchester
Lamp Motor Co Car Inspections Now Available
Have your cars inspected now at Lamp Motor Co. The notice cites inspection services and urges motorists to act promptly for vehicle safety checks.
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Lamp Motor Co
Bingo Night at Rouss Fire Hall Promises $250 Pot
A bingo event at the Rouss Fire Hall starts at 8 30 p m with a prize of 250 dollars. The game proceeds regardless of blackout rules. The schedule notes Thursday Friday and a 1 p m time in the forecast.
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Rouss
Children Create Couplets to Harass Japs and Huns
Third grade students at John Kerr School under Mrs. Evelyn Pearman craft verses mocking Japan and Germany as Winchester and county drive a scrap collection. Tomorrow a student slogan will appear in The Star’s right corner and readers are urged to support the effort.
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John Kerr School
Evelyn Pearman
Winchester
K. County
Bly takes over magazine agency from Boehm
Notice states Mrs. J. F. Bly has taken over Mrs. Carrie Boehm's magazine agency and invites renewals by calling 5797 or 6787.
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J. F. Bly
Carrie Boehm
Sarah Zane Fire Co. Announces October Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co. will be held Friday October 2 at 8 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Captain Loryn M. Crabill signs the notice.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
Loryn M. Crabill
Friendship Fire Company Meeting
The Friendship Fire Company will hold a meeting Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. Capt. Anderson.
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Friendship Fire Company
Friendship Fire Comany
Anderson
Farmers urged to join scrap collection drive this week
C. E. Staples chairman of the Frederick County Scrap Collections committee urged farmers to use the recently collected scrap heaps by trucks visiting farms during the Scrap Harvest Week starting the week of 15. Salvage depots for the county will be announced soon.
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C. E. Staples
Frederick County
Gore Students Lead Scrap Drive For Physics Lab
Gore high school reports a community scrap drive collecting over a ton. Principal Paul Beables praises residents for cooperation as 200 students, up from 140, help fund a physics laboratory amid wartime needs.
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Gore High School
Paul Beables
Apple Trackers Can Secure Gasoline
State authorities plan to permit local boards to issue gasoline to apple truckers for return trips. The procedure runs until November 15 when all commercial and farm trucks come under Office of Defense Transportation regulation.
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Office of Defense Transportation
Rouss Fire Co. Meeting Set for October 1 Evening
Charley Rouss Fire Co. calls a regular monthly meeting for Thursday October 1 at 8 o'clock. All members urged to attend. President David F. Hotle signs the notice.
Labor Shortage In Clarke County Reported Serious
A Clarke county joint meeting of farmers and the school board discussed closing schools for weeks to aid in orchard and farm work. County Agent Funkhouser noted manpower bottlenecks in Berryville where nine workers are needed to pack eds, risking apple losses as pickers are unavailable on Mondays. Residents urged cooperation while Richmond word on statewide action is awaited. A proposed weekend ban on beer and wine was also discussed with no decision yet.
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Clarke County
Clarke County School Board
J. Wilmer Carpenter
Ralph Dorsey
R. I. Bromley
C. C. Funkhouser
Berryville
Richmond
Robertson
Board of Supervisors
Junk Rally Near Halfway Mark Across Virginia
Report from Virginia counties and 11 cities shows 18 743 501 pounds of scrap metal collected for the war drive at the half way point Wythe County leads counties with 34 2 pounds per resident Newport News tops cities with 38 0 pounds per resident Richmond reports 5 000 000 pounds while many areas have not yet filed official totals due to incomplete reporting.
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Richmond
Old Dominion
Wythe County
Newport News
Lozomere
Giles County
Estate claim notice for Samuel Lee dec d
Creditors and claimants against the estate of Samuel Lee deceased must present properly authorized claims. J M Fishpaw administrator. September 17, 1924 to October 1, 1924 notice period.
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Samuel Lee
J. M. Fishpaw
Adm
Make Appeal For Nurses Aides New Class Formed
Mrs Abner Johnson chair of the Red Cross Nurses Aides committee announces a new class starting Monday October 5 at 3 oclock at the Nurses Home. Instructor is Mrs Wayne Capper a Memorial Hospital graduate. The course runs 80 hours five days weekly from 3 to 5 pm to train more aides for volunteers with the armed forces. Six completed, bringing qualified instructors to 19.
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Abner Johnson
The
Red Cross
Wayne Capper
Memorial Hospital
Johnson
Byrd to appeal for more tin cans for apples
Senator H F Byrd is to appear before the War Production Board in Washington tomorrow to plead for higher priority ratings on tin cans for apple production. The move aims to prevent waste as strong apple demand exists this fall in Virginia and other states. Byrd acts at the urging of Walker M Bond, president of the State Horticultural Society and Frederick County Fruit Growers Association.
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H.F. Byrd
War Production Board
Virginia
Senator Byrd
Walker M. Bond
The
State Horticultural Society
Frederick County Fruit Growers’ Association
Japanese Junk Goes To War on Puget Sound Island
Bainbridge Island evacuated its Japanese residents months ago. Now the scrap metal left behind is repurposed for war material including guns tanks and bullets. About 50 tons of the 160 collected on the island came from former Japanese farms and homes as Filipinos who replaced them helped gather it.
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Seattle
Wash
Bainbridge Island
Puget Sound
Herbert Allen
Congress races to speed anti inflation bill amid farm price clash
In Washington Oct 1 Speaker Rayburn delays House action on the Senate anti inflation bill to allow review. The Senate version would stabilize prices wages and salaries at Sept 15 levels with less rigid farm labor cost provisions. House leaders demand continuation of farm price floor for three years after the war and a joint committee to resolve differences.
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Id.s. C
House Agriculture
House
Senate
Tomorow
Fulmer
Washington
Rayburn
Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Soviet Forces Break Through Near Stalingrad
Stalin orders no retreat as Timoshenko's troops press forward northwest and southwest of Stalingrad supported by Volga reinforcements and flotilla fire. Red Star reports the situation as decisive with new German armor and infantry arriving to stem the push while Volga boatmen keep supply lines open under heavy air attack.
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Stalin
London
Reuters
Stockholm
Timoshenko
Stalingrad
Don
Moscow
Volga
Joseph Stalin
Red Star
Moscow braces for winter as wood piles rise on labor front
Moscow mobilizes people for wood gathering to fuel homes through the coming cold. Thousands of workers, mainly women, join the labor front to cut and haul firewood, with decrees drafting men for industry and farm tasks while others shift from factories and services to wood gathering.
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Moscow
Labor Front
Kremlin
Sanea
Warci
Aged Car Left Scene After Sticker Incident on East Piccadilly
Brevities note an old automobile parked near East Piccadilly and Loudoun with A B and S stickers on its windshield. The Virginia-registered car left before witnesses could approach. Possible link to defense plant workers commuting from Winchester to Hagerstown for Fairchild employment. Also mentions a nickel haircut rise and recalls Eddie Ritter as Carmine Passucci’s first paying barber. scrap metal dismantling included 5,133 pounds from old cars donated by Winchester Credit Corporation.
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East Piccadilly
Loudoun
Virginia
Winchester
Hagerstown
Fairchild Company
Eddie Ritter
Carmine Passucci
Carmine
Passucci
JBT
Winchester Credit Corporation
Most Decisive Moment in Stalingrad Battle
Soviet defenders counter attacked after Stalin ordered firm resistance. Red Army gains were reported above and below Stalingrad as a fresh Nazi tank division pressed a wedge into the northwest suburbs. Red Star said three settlements south of Stalingrad were retaken and a village on the southwestern outskirts was cleared.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Stalin
Red Army
Volga River
Red Star
Rother
Adolf Hitler
Grad
Ry A. Crusanoyingrad
Communist Party Committee
Stalborn
Pravda
Scrap Flash Campaign Totals Reported in Winchester Area
As of last night the campaign aimed at 2,685,622 pounds with 183.12 pounds weighed. The to be collected figure stands at 2,502.50 and email collections show Gutaebe 22 with 16,141 collected.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Gutaebe
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