Big War Appropriation Bill Sent to House Floor
A $6.24 billion World War II era appropriation bill was sent to the House floor with about 90 percent of new outlays for the Navy. The omnibus measure approves 14 611 new naval planes and authorizes roughly $9.51 billion in contract obligations for carriers and other ships. Total defense outlays rise to about $220 billion since 1940, with funds for war housing and information services among others.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Navy
Additions Co
Path
Secretary of the Navy
James W. Forestal
G. W. Anderson
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Office of
Office of Information
Guayule
War Manpower Commission
Office of Defense Transportation
Hemisphere
Office of War Information
Statewide vehicle inspection survey notes aging cars
A Council of State Governments survey from 14 of 16 states shows frequent need for periodic auto inspections due to aging cars and tires. States plan continued semiannual checks to prevent rush during peak periods.
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Council of State Governments
White Leghorn Has Staying Qualities
NASSAWADUX Va Oct 8 Every night one of Rus sell Kellam s white Leghorn chickens goes to roost on the back of Kellam s white mule The mule doesn t mind and when startled by fodder the mule trots off with the chicken riding bare back The scene highlights a curious farmyard habit in Virginia farms.
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Nassawadux
Russell Kellam
Kellam
FCC Probes Radio Dedications Tipping Sub Crews
Washington reports that the FCC is investigating claims radio announcers tipped enemy submarines via tricky dedication songs and by manipulating ad prices. James F. Fly, FCC chair, told House hearings the sedition risk includes coded song dedications and deliberate grammatic errors in ads. He urged thorough probes, noting internal security duties and rising sedition cases as wartime demands grow.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
James L. Fly
Commission
House
Fly
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Smith
Ut Nees
Airmen Survive Shark Attacks After South Pacific Rescue
Seven Army airmen rescued after seven days adrift in the South Pacific described surviving on water rations and chocolate. They fought off three sharks and shot two, while two crewmen died aboard their B 17 bomber nicknamed Spider as their unit returned to the Pacific Fleet.
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South Pacific
Lucien de Amour
Tom Kpeneral
James Hosegood
Asdil
U S Air Forces In Egypt Blast Many Axis Ships
Maj. Gen. Maxwell reports American air forces in Egypt destroyed or badly damaged 37 Axis ships since June. They dropped 3,161,000 pounds of bombs in 110 days. September attacks focused on ships harbor facilities and desert lines. Combat losses totaled five B-24s, six B-25s, and eight P-40s, with two heavy bombers and two fighters lost in combat. Seventy seven missions flown by the B-24s.
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Washington
Russell L. Maxwell
War Department
Egypt
Mediterranean
United States Army
Middle East
Maxwell
Nee P. Patterson
Lewis H. Brereton
Tant
Ranena Avexiey Bay
Riek Wate
Finley Named To New Roles In University Extension
Mr. Finley assumes a fresh position after fourteen years of service and is succeeded by J N Finley of UVA extension division. Kauffmann becomes liaison for student armed forces relations, assigned by President John Lloyd Newcomb. Pinley remains secretary of the Bureau of Worker Education and longtime Handley High School teacher with a UVA extension division tenure since 1938. The league includes most state high schools and hosts annual literary and athletic tournaments.
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Ary and Athletic League
J. N. Finley
University of Virginia
Kauffmann
University
John Lloyd Newcomb
Pinley
Bureau of Worker Education
Handley High
Cambridge University
England
Gandhi Shun Violence Urged Before British Talks
London Oct 8 Gandhi's Congress must abandon violence and reject revolution to win talks with Britain, India secretary Amery said in the House of Commons. He cited 846 killed and 2,204 wounded since August 8, with 60 dead and 648 wounded government personnel.
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London
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Congress Party
Amery
India
House of Commons
Gandhi
United States
New Delhi
Abdul Kasem Fazlul Huq
Fire chief urges care during prevention week on spontaneous fires
The Fire Department leader urges vigilance during Fire Prevention Week and year round to prevent blazes from spontaneous combustion. Oily waste and cleaning rags are dangerous and should be stored in metal cans with self closing covers to reduce risk.
Fire Destroys Farm Tenant House on Robt Snapp Farm
A tenant house on the Robert Farm near West Grade burned last night. Firefighters faced water access issues due to a cistern inside the dwelling. The blaze was contained with only the smokehouse adjacent to burn. Origin unknown. Mr and Mrs Earl Lamp occupied the home and all contents were destroyed. Loss estimate unavailable. insurance expected. The house was the old Snowden Lupton residence.
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Robert Farm
West Grade
Friendship
Earl Lamp
Miss Dosh Dies in North Carolina
Relatives in Winchester report the death of Miss Katharine Dosh daughter of the Rev L W Dosh pastor of the Lutheran Church to 1872. She was a niece of the late J Few Brown. The remains will lie in Genesee Mount Hebron Chapel for 2 p m with burial at Rit wabeon Cemetery. Miss Dosh resided in Mooresville NC with her sister Mrs Carl McPherson.
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Winchester
Katharine Dosh
L. W. Dosh
Lutheran Church
J. Few. Brown
Wabeon Cemetery
Tes
Bes
Genesee
Mount Hebron
Dash
Mooresville
N. C
Carl McPherson
Lamp Motor Co. drives car inspections now
Lamp Motor Co offers immediate car inspections as part of a local ad. The listing repeats a dealership name and includes stray punctuation and filing marks. Gardner B. Hillyard promotes home papers with no price advance in a separate line.
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Gardner B. Hillyard
East Piccadilly
Bingo at Rouss Fire Hall Fundraiser
A bingo fundraiser scheduled for October 8 at 8:30 p.m. at Sarah Zane Fire Hall will offer 300 dollars in cash prizes. Local residents urged to attend.
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Rouss
Fel Regen
Lao
Sarah Zane Fire Hall Ees
Fried Chicken Dinner at Church of Our Savior
The Church of Our Savior at 3085 Loudoun hosts a full course fried chicken dinner on Friday October 9 from 5 to 8 pm. Prices are 35 cents for children and 50 cents for adults.
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Church of Our Savior
Loudoun
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Public Sale of Adam Seabright House and Lot on Millwood
Public auction of the Adam Seabright house and lot on Millwood Avenue scheduled for 11 A M Saturday. Oyeendall named as the commissioner overseeing the sale and dates indicate notice in the record.
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Adam Seabright
Millwood Avenue
Ee J. . Oyeendall
Commissioners
Condition of Rivers at Riverton
River reports show North Fork and South Fork rivers both listed as clear. Readable text notes Riverton area water conditions with minimal details.
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Riverton
Little Denmark In Danger Of Losing Identity
Moscow reports Gestapo chief Kanstein traveled to Berlin amid rumors he would be named Reichs commissioner for Denmark and the country could be absorbed into a German order. Tass also cited plans to Hitlerize Denmark and potential federation with German regions. Similar moves were noted for Norway and the Netherlands with new instructions and recalls of Nazi officials.
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Moscow
Tass
Stockholm
Denmark
Kanstein
Berlin
Little Kingdom
Norway
Holland
Christian X
New Order
Geneva
Netherlands
Joseph Terboven
Arthur Seyszinquart
Germans Manacle War Prisoners at Dieppe
Berlin radio says Germans tied British prisoners taken at Dieppe in reprisal amid British denials of German mistreatment. Britain vows retaliation against similar number of German captives. Swiss observers to interview captured Nazis. Canadian prisoners affected. British rulers warn against violations of Geneva conventions.
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London
Berlin
Dieppe
War Office
Germany
Britain
Switzerland
Roosevelt
Acre
Bratmonte
Spanien
Special Inducement To Pay Taxes in Front Royal
An October notice from Front Royal Virginia urges taxpayers to pay their car taxes by July 1943 to receive discounts. Discounts ranged from 10 to 45 percent previously, with the new offer showing even greater savings at 25 percent.
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Ross
National selective service urged for US manpower
Paul V. McNutt head of the War Manpower Commission told the House Appropriations committee that some form of national service legislation is imperative though compulsion may not be needed. Donald Nelson supported the need for legislation directing men to where they are most needed, with emphasis on expanding use of women in industry in the near term.
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House Appropriations Committee
Paul V. McNutt
War
Nelson McNutt
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
McNutt
Sven
Labor Unity For World Is Sought
Two British delegates urged the American Federation of Labor to form a practical unity with Russian and other Allied trade unions. President Green replied indirect cooperation would stay and a second front was favored when Allied soldiers can meet the enemy on terms. Tanner urged unity of all American workers and a broader offensive to mobilize factories.
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Toronto
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Jack Tanner
Bryn .Roberts
British Trades Union Congress
Con Ge
United Nations
A. F. L. Tanner
A. F. L. Executive Council
Tanner
Hitler
Heating oil applications to start mailing in Virginia
Dr. C. Hart Schaaf, Virginia wartime rationing administrator, announced that about 48,000 Virginia families using fuel oil will receive their applications from dealers shortly after October 13. The forms will show how much fuel was used last year and must be filled out and returned to the local war price and rationing board.
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Richmond
C. Hart Schaaf
Virginia
Local Boys Arrive Overseas in Safe Letters
Mrs. Bryant is notified that her husband Sgt. Harry Bryant has arrived safely overseas. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Keffer also report a Washington card confirming the safe arrival of their son Corp. J. E. Keffer at his overseas destination.
100 Pound Scrap Quota Nears Handley High
Winchester public schools near the 10 pound per student scrap quota as three week campaign ends. Superintendent Garland Quarles reported totals show 102,009 pounds collected so far across four schools including 61,000 pounds at the High School.
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Handley High
Winchester
Garland Quarles
Iignt
War ‘Ann Tries
John Kerr Puppe
Virginia Avenue
Pony Endiey Elementary
Norwegians Arrested in Molde Roundup Amid Occupation
Reuters from Stockholm reports Nazi police in Molde arrested 70 people, mostly young men, linked to a dissolved shooting club as part of a broader crackdown. The Belgians face forced labor orders, with a new system requiring labor books for all men 18 to 50.
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INDON
Reuters
Stockholm
Molde
Inbel
United Nations
Belgium
France
Brussels
Broadway Beer Baron Indicted
New York October 8 Waxey Gordon a Broadway beer baron of the prohibition era was indicted today by a federal grand jury on a charge of violating a rationing order regulating sugar. Attorney Mathias F. Cor-
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New York
Waxey Gordon
Broadway
Mathias F. Cor
Russians Hit German Left Flank in Stalingrad Push
Moscow reports Red Army tank forces broke into the German left flank northwest of Stalingrad forcing the enemy to divert veteran units from other fronts. Despite German counterattacks, Soviet forces maintained the initiative on the steppes as the Germans poured men and vehicles into the siege.
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Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Volga
Hitler Command
Ocgp
Pravda
Communist News Express
Germany
Russia
Alexei Rodintzev
Red Star
Capitol Scrap Matinee at Capitol Theater Saturday
The Capitol Theater hosts a scrap matinee Saturday morning with doors at 9 30 and show at 10. Admission is three pounds of scrap metal. The feature is The Obliging Young Lady starring Joan Carroll Edmond O Brien and Ruth Warrick. Two Technicolor cartoons The Draft Horse and Hop Skip and Chump accompany the program. Proceeds go to the Gertrude Barton Nursery School and to salvage funds for the war effort.
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Capitol Theater
Joan Carroll
Edmond O’brien
Ruth Warrick
Skip
Gertrude Barton Nursery School
Gertrude Barne Ees
Salvage Com
Daily Scrap Flash Announces Large Salvage Totals
Goal reached 2 685 622 pounds with actual weigh in 386 139 pounds daily collections show 16 141 pounds on September 22 and large pickups on September 28 29 30 and October 1 2 3 5 6 7 totaling thousands of pounds and pecans. Call OCD 5431 for salvage collection.
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OCD
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