Christianity Alone Can Unite World
At the 109th Disciples of Christ convention in Virginia and the 66th Virginia Christian Missionary Society session, speakers including Dr. C. M. Yocum Dr. C. O. Hawley and Dr. W. A. Shullenberger urged that only Christianity can unite the world arguing Nazi ism and Communism fail by force or class and calling for a universal Christian mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disciples of Christ
Virginia
Virginia Christian Missionary Society
First Christian Church
C. M. Yorcum
Brother of Rood
Unified Christian Missionary Society
C. O. Hawley
Unified Promotion of Disciples
W. A. Shullenberger
Internation Convention of Disciples
Third Christian Church
Indianapolis
Yocum
Italians Repulse British Assaults in North Africa and Malta
Rome reports Italian infantry repulsed British attempts to open positions on the Tobruk front. Aerial assaults targeted Malta and the Libyan base. The communique notes five casualties and immaterial material loss from a recent Libyan raid.
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Rome
Tobruk
North Africa
Mediterranean
Malta
Libya
Granville Cather Granted Army Discharge
A Camp Croft bulletin in South Carolina announces Granville C. Cather of this city has been discharged under a congressional action granting discharge to selectees over 28. His name moves to the enlisted reserve rolls.
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Camp Croft
South Carolina
Granville C. Cather
Silas G. Cather
Army
Gasoline Shipment Exemptions Granted for Western PA
John W. Frey, spokesman for petroleum coordination, announced 10 western Pennsylvania refineries received 15 day exemptions from the order barring gasoline shipments from 17 eastern states to eastern Ohio. The meeting addressed supply problems in eastern Ohio, where rationing has not been in effect.
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Pittsburgh
John W. Frey
Office of Petroleum Coordination
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Frey
No Class Thursday at Armory Drill Friday at 7:30
There will be no non com school at the armory Thursday night. Regular drill will be held Friday night at 7:30 o clock with all men asked to attend.
British Factory Is Busy Making Tanks For Reds
British factory workers adapt a plant with Cincinnati and Milwaukee locomotive gear to produce tanks for the war effort. Once idle, the facility now runs feverishly with hammer and sickle signs on walls as production ramps up with 80 percent of original machinery kept for tank work.
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England
Britain
Cincinnati and
Milwaukee Machinery
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Italy's Sea Power Reduced by British Action
Alexandria Egypt Oct 8 British reports say Britain's naval strikes have stripped Il Duce of nearly one third of his merchant fleet and forced many Axis ships from the sea. Officials acknowledge broad damage to Italy's warships including torpedo boats destroyers and several battleships with several already out of action or undergoing repairs.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Britain
Italy
Il Duce
Mediterranean
Red Seas
Mussolini
Mrs Mackley Near To Title Again
Mrs Betty Meckley of Washington Maryland advanced in the Middle Atlantic Women's Golf Association championship flight for the Charles E MacPhail Memorial Trophy by defeating Mrs Walter R Stokes in the quarter finals. She won one up after twenty holes in windy conditions while Stokes had led or tied through the seventeenth.
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Baltimore
Betty Meckley
Washington
Maryland
Walter R. Stokes
Charles E. MacPhail
Meckley
Stokes
Fourteen Czechs Are Hanged in Prague Executions
Berlin dispatch reports fourteen Czechs were hanged today for economic sabotage in Bohemia Moravia, raising three day total to 25 executions under the protectorate.
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Berlin
DNB
Prague
Bohemia-Moravia Protectorate
Dimensions of Santa Maria de Tule Cypress
The Tule Tree stands about 150 feet tall with a diameter around 26 feet at 5 feet above ground. Experts estimate the ancient cypress to be roughly 2,000 years old with a crown spread near 100 feet.
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Santa Maria de Tule
Mexico
Rites Are Held For Benjamin Cline
Funeral services for B. C. Cline were held Monday at 2 PM at the Gore area home with Rev. R A Whitten officiating. Pallbearers included James Creswell William Oxster Frank Johnson Arthur Dunlap Arthur Streit Elwood Smith. Honorary pallbearers were Dr C R Anderson Harry Kern Sr W W Dellinger and Samuel Davis. Burial followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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B. C. Cline
Gore
R. A. Whitten
Timber Ridge Congregational
Fank Named Chairman of Frederick County Triple-A Committee
E M Fank has been re elected chairman of the Frederick county Triple A committee. Grover Schlack is vice chairman and T B Rosenberger a member. George Eagle first alternate and L H Ramey second alternate. Delegates named include J L Hershman Back Creek M J Pease Gainesboro George H Eagle Jr Shawnee A F Lillard Opequon G W Whitmore Stonewall Fred Stine secretary and Miss Mildred Tidler treasurer.
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E. M. Fank
Frederick County
Grover’ Schlack
T. B. Rosenberger
George Eagle
L. H. Ramey
J. L. Hershman
Back Creek
M. J. Pease
Gainesboro
George H. Eagle, Jr
Shawnee
A. F. Lillard
Opequon
G. W. Whitmore
Stonewall
Fred Stine
Mildred Tidler
Neely appoints Tynes to state senate district five
Governor Neely announced the appointment of Buford C. Tynes, Huntington attorney, to succeed the late Rev. A. M. Martin of Barboursville as state senator from the fifth district.
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Charlestown
W. V
Neely
Buford C. Tynes
Huntington
A. M. Martin
Barboursville
Renovation At John Mann Church Begins
The John Mann Methodist Church in Winchester undergoes interior and exterior renovation. Pastor Rev. Joseph G. Grant says painting and other work on Cork Street will finish in about two weeks. Grant is a Howard University School of Theology graduate.
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John Mann Methodist Church
Winchester
Joseph G. Grant
Cork Street
Grant
Howard University School of Theology
Cubs Release Veteran Pitcher Charlie Root to Coaching Post
Charlie Root, a 16 year star pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and a 201 game winner, was released today. Cubs general manager Jim Gallagher said Root, aged 42, was offered a coaching job with the Los Angeles PCL team and Root indicated he would accept the post.
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Chicago
Charlie Root
Chicago Cubs
Jim Gallagher
Cubs
Los Angeles
Root
Gallagher
Alaskan Indian Drying Winter Salmon Caches
In summer, an Alaskan Indian catches large salmon and hangs them to dry on poles. The dried fish are then stored for winter use, forming a key food reserve.
Viereck Held for Publicity Favoring Germany
Viereck awaiting arraignment in the Southern District Court on a charge tied to publicity favorable to Germany. Born in Munich and naturalized in 1895, he was paid by the German consul for pro German coverage and received a salary for office and secretarial hire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Newton E. Erwin
Aliquippo
U. S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Erwin
Brown
W. Va
Aliquippa
Viereck
Munich
Germany
United States
New York
Riverside Drive
Southern District Court
Chicago
North
Hitler
Overseas Press Club of America
Shipping capacity forecast for 1942 1943
The speaker claims the country can build about 12 to 14 million tons of shipping in 1942 and 1943 and notes no record of losses exceeding that, aside from possible submarine sinkings for a month or two in the last war.
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Davy Jones
Locker’ Land
Mightiest Battle Rages To Climax On Eastern Front
Soviet front-line dispatches report German forces shifting to probe weak points as heavy losses mount in the Vyazma and Bryansk sectors. Red Star cites 133 tanks 50 motorcycles 100 armored cars and 250 trucks worth of infantry destroyed in 48 hours. On the Donets- Crimea front Budyenny’s forces counterattack toward Perekop as German advances threaten encirclement. Japan hints at peace terms as Axis searches for a way to relieve Britain. Berlin denies massing troops in Bulgaria for Turkey. German airstrikes hit southwest England.
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Red Star
Vyazama
Bryansk
Ukraine
Semeon Budyenney
Donets
Perekop Isthmus
Crimea
Mariupol
Dnieper
Zaporozhe
Germany
Japan
Domei
Great Britain
Berlin
Bulgaria
Turkey
Istanbul
Greece
Sea of Azov
England
Plane believed lost with William C. Brooks sighted in Bolivian jungle
A transport plane crew reports sighting wreckage deep in the Bolivian jungle that matches the plane in which William C. Brooks vanished while delivering engineers and supplies to a mine. Brooks and the crew disappeared with cargo in unknown circumstances.
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William C. Brooks
Brooks
Weather halts RAF raids. Mussolini orders death penalties
Overnight reports from the south and Wales note casualties and a British communique confirming fatalities. Bad weather over the continent again blocked RAF bombing plans for a third night. Mussolini, following a German lead, decreed death penalties for plots against the state and sabotage in Italian annexed territories.
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South Wales
Continent
Mussolini
Arming Ships To Be Recommended For Conference
A conference session yesterday included Speaker Rayburn Representative McCormick of Massachusetts Majority Leader Jaive Martin of the house minority, Wadsworth of Newark a leading minority supporter of the President foreign policies. Also present were Senators Barkley Connally chairman of foreign affairs Senator George ranking Democrat on foreign relations Senator McNary senate minority leader Chairman Bloom of the house foreign affairs committee and two other members Representative Luther A. Johnson and Eaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayburn
McCormick
Massachuse House
Jaive Martin
Jnset House
Sentative Wadsworth
Newark
House
Barkley and
Connally
D-Tex
Senator George
Georgia
McNary
Oregon
Senate
Bloom
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C. P
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Puerto Rico
Marie
Susan
Russo
Fred
Barbara Bell
Winchester Evening Star
N. Y
Eddy Gilmore
Benjamin Cline
Fank
John Mann Church
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Felsway
Oxford
Lovett Bros
Loudoun St
Pinkham
Mabel
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
Chrysler
Bowes
Chapman Motor CO
W. Bescawen
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