Workers Reject CIO Union at Virginia Woolen Company
At Winchester Virginia Woolen Company plant 496 eligible workers voted with 465 casting ballots. 355 opposed and 109 favored establishing Woolen Workers Local 362 as the exclusive bargaining representative for the plant. Management stressed freedom of choice and good relations with employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Woolen Company
Woolen Workers Local No
Textile Workers Union of America
Workers’ Union
John L. Lewis Iseut
Winchester
Woolen Workers Local 362
Textile Workers Union of
Co. I. O
McCormac
Red Cross Aid Described From War Stricken Europe
James C. Nicholson, vice chairman of the National Red Cross, spoke at a regional meeting in Winchester describing the misery in Poland, France, the Scandinavian and Low Countries after German aggression. He warned relief effort may need to grow many times and praised local volunteers in Winchester, Frederick and Clarke counties for aiding civilians whose homes were destroyed.
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Poland
James C. Nicholson
National Red Cross
Nicholson
France
Low Countries
Red Cross
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Sagland
Leader of Bunds Stands Indicted
Wilhelm Kunze and August Klapprott headed a list of ten indicted figures from the Bund for promoting hatred against Jewish people at Camp Nordland in Andover. The Sussex County grand jury charged them with facilitating speeches and related activities.
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Newton
N. J
Sussex County
Grand Jury
Wilhelm Kunze
Bundesfeuhrer
August Klapprott
Bund
Nordland
Andover
Wilbur V
New York
Leonard D. Clark
President Roosevelt Said Sick and Tired of Presidency
Frances Perkins said in an interview that Roosevelt was sick and tired of being President a year ago. She noted he carried on and continued to work, stopping for conferences and a visit to the Episcopal General Convention before resuming duties.
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Kansas City
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
Siu
Episcopal General Convention
Ireland Welcomes Native Children Home
Dublin reports Ireland receives evacuees returning from bomb wrecked London. Families arrive with trunks or few bundles, reuniting with relatives and homeland after nightly air raids.
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Dublin
Ireland
London
Illinois Democrat’s Speech Copy Borrowed in Coffeyville
Rep. Scott Lucas of Illinois, Midwest campaign chairman for the Democratic National Committee, discovers his campaign speech missing and learns a Coffeyville Journal copy was borrowed from the Republican daily.
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Coffeyville
Scott. Lucas
Illinois
Mid-Western
Democratic National Committee
Coffeyville Journal
Bans Women At U C V Meeting Spars Veteran Session
Washington April 10 United Confederate Veterans adjourned a meeting after protests by some women present. A resolution to end annual reunions by a three fourths vote was introduced by Gen Howe. A member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy spoke for a veteran who could not voice his view.
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Washington
Eer
United Confederate Veterans
Mane
Shauna Trai
Eee
Howe
United Daughters of the Confederacy
D C Man and Woman Injured in Head On Crash Near Boyce
Two people were hurt but not seriously when cars collided head on on Route 50 near Cook's Garage about 8 PM. Frank Blackwell of Washington DC, driver of one car, was treated for shock and cuts and released from Winchester Memorial Hospital. John Thomas of Upperville and three women named Margaret Tracy Iva Johnson Ada Johnson suffered injuries. both cars were heavily damaged. Sheriff Buckner noted both vehicles were in the highway center at impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce
Cook
Frank Blackwell
Washington, D. C
Winchester Memorial Hospital
H. C. Smith
Blackwell
John Thomas
Upperville
Ee Eaera
Rnd- Whomas
Margaret Tracy
Iva Johnson
Ada Johnson
R. W. Buckner
Germs travel mile a minute says MIT doctors
Detroit dispatch reports MIT scientists Dr Clair Turner Dr Marshall Jennison and Dr Harold Edgerton showed with pictures that sneezes and coughs eject droplets moving faster than a mile per minute and traveling 30 feet or more. A second risk is tiny droplets lingering in air for minutes, infecting anyone who breathes them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Association
Clair E. Turner
Marshall W. Jennison
Harold E. Edgerton
Willkie Blames Roosevelt for World Crisis in New Haven Stop
Wendell Willkie charged the Roosevelt administration bungled domestic and international affairs and risked the nation after the European war. Speaking in New Haven he urged reviving small businesses and warned of postwar inflation and European competition. He drew crowds estimated at 42,000 across Connecticut manufacturing towns.
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Willkie
Providence
R. I
Wendell L. Willkie
New London
Conn
Roosevelt
Europe
United States
New England
America
New Haven
Connecticut
Inquiry Opened Into Lovettsville Plane Crash
The Senate Commerce Committee began a preliminary inquiry into the Lovettsville Va airliner crash of August 31 that killed Senator Lundeen. The panel will probe reports the senator was under DOJ investigation and that agents might have been aboard. Hoover said two FBI employees who died were not on the flight.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Lovettsville
Lundeen
F. L.minn
Department of Justice
Department
Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
McCarran
D.-Nev
Joseph J. Pesci
Chicago
Margaret L. Turner
American Exodus Gains Momentum
Tokyo dispatch reports a growing exodus of American women and children in response to State Department advice as the zero hour in U S Japan relations nears. No panic, but households broke up, packers overwhelmed borders, and banks saw foreigners trying to transfer funds.
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Tokyo
State Department
United States
Garber Speaking Oct 11 at Sarah Zane Hall Winchester
Political ad notes Garber will speak on October 11 at 8 p m in Sarah Zane Hall Winchester. Congressman Clare Hoffman of Michigan also to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garber
Sarah Zane Hall
Winchester
Clare Hoffman
Michigan
Willkie-Garber
Farm sale near Grimes on October 26 announced
The Charles J. Gordon farm of 152 acres, located three miles north of Grimes, will be sold at the courthouse steps at noon on Saturday October 26. A court notices listing the sale dates appears in the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Gordon
Grimes
Court House
British Readies Break With Romania As German Troops Enter
British legation officials began destroying secret documents in Bucharest as German forces moved into Romania. Talks on German Romanian economic ties set for October 18 in Berlin. The British face possible evacuation of citizens and loss of a major Balkans listening post amid rising anti British pressure in the German language press.
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Bucharest
Legation
Rumania
Galatz
Danube River
Black Sea
Berlin
Tageblatt
England
Constanta
Dakar
Romania
Balkans
Reginald Hoaré
Britain
Mussolini Demonstrates Axis Military Might in Padua
In Padua Mussolini witnessed a large Fascist parade with 20 000 recruits and delegations from Spain Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Germany. Diplomats attended as Il Duce refrained from speeches amid talk of a future axis move toward the Balkans and oil routes.
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Padua
Italy
Mussolini
Il Duce
Il Piccoto
Spain
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
I Duce
Baona
Balkans
Egypt
Public Sale of Mortgage Bonds at Winchester Virginia
Public sale of George Washington Hotel Corporation bonds in denominations 100, 1000, and one 500 dollar Colonial Brick Corporation bond. On Saturday October 12 1940 at 11 A M in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia. Administrators James M Hott decd. Harry R Kern Alson B S Hott.
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George Washington Hotel Corporation
Colonial Brick Corporation
County Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Harry R. Kern
ALSON
Hott
James M. Hott
Bomb hits St Pauls Cathedral in London
A German air strike damaged St Pauls Cathedral in London with the high altar crushed and stones scattered. Canon Alexander escaped injury as workers noted chandelier and cross losses while the main fabric remained intact.
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London
Pi—St Pauls
National Cathedral of England
Westminster
Alexander
England
Nelson
Wellington
St. Baron’s
Ghent
Ridgeway Boy Improves After Car Accident
Eleven year old Victor Lee Ridgeway son of Mr and Mrs Victor P Ridgeway showed improvement at home in Ridgeway W V after being confined since Friday when he was run down by a car at Bunker Hill. He attends Bunker Hill school and injured ankle responds to treatment. The accident happened when he fell under the wheels of a car driven by Howard Snapp of Bunker Hill in a lane by the school.
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Howard Snapp
Bunker Hill
Firemen and Band Headed to Harrisonburg Turkey Festival
More than 100 members of the Rouss Fire Company left for Harrisonburg Virginia to march in the firemen parade at the second annual Turkey Festival. The McIlwee Municipal Band prepared to depart with two recent prize winnings and both groups seek parade awards.
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Rouss Fire Company
Harrisonburg
McIlwee Municipal Band
Italian Losses in Africa and Europe Reported
Rome dispatch reports September casualties for Italy with 156 soldiers killed in North Africa, 27 airmen dead, and six deaths from wounds from the June offensive on the French front.
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Rome
Italy
North
Africa
French Submarine Ajax Reported Lost by Vichy Adms
A German radio broadcast claimed the French admiralty at Vichy announced the loss of the submarine Ajax. The report appeared in New York on October 10. No independent confirmation was provided.
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New York
Vichy
France
American envoy in Berlin recalled for consultation
Washington reports Alexander Kirk, the American charge d affaires in Berlin, is being recalled for consultation. He may later take the Rome post if Ambassador William Phillips remains ill and unable to return promptly.
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Washhington
Alexander Kirk
Berlin
Washington
Rome
William Phillips
Italy
Romanian Oil Deliveries to Turkey and Greece Halted
Berlin radio dispatch says officially announced halt to Romanian oil deliveries to Turkey and Greece with no reason given.
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New York
Berlin
Bucharest
Turkey
Greece
Churchill speech harms US position in postwar peace
In Rome on October 10 Churchill's Commons remarks are described as seriously compromising the United States role in any future peace by Britain’s aerial mastery. Commentator Mario Appelius amplifies the claim in Il Popolo D Italia.
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Rome
Winston Churchill
United States
Mario Appelius
Mussolini
Il Popolo D’italia
Japan Advertiser Merges with Japan Times and Mail
The 50 year old Japan Advertiser ends its independent status as it passes under Japanese control and merges with the Japan Times and Mail, a paper long associated with Tokyo foreign office.
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Tokyo
Japan Advertiser
United States
Japan Times and Mail
Warns Draftees Against Evading the Draft
Washington reports selective service HQ warns men against flocking to defense jobs to dodge the draft. Maj. Joseph Battley says occupational deferments depend on job duration and current needs, urging men to stay in their present work and not seek exemptions. He expects 400,000 initial conscripts from volunteers and notes no blanket deferments exist.
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Washington
Fi— Selective Service
Defense
Joseph Fattley
Battley
Roosevelt to Confer With Hull and Welles on Foreign Affairs
President Roosevelt planned a late day conference with Secretary Hull and Under-Secretary Welles to clear his desk before a trip through Pennsylvania and Ohio. Stephen Early said State Department chiefs had requested the appointment as talks on the Far East and international situation continue.
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Hull
Welles
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Stephen Early
State Department
Butler discusses joint defense with Britain in House of Commons
In a House of Commons statement, Under Secretary R A Butler avoided direct replies on U S and Japan issues and British American Pacific cooperation. The report notes Allied tensions as London endures another night of German bombing with extensive damage to the Thames docks and strikes on docks and cities.
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United States
Great Britain
R. A. Butler
House of Commons
Butler
Japan
Josiah C. Wedgwood
Pacific
Netherlands
Dutch East Indies
Herbert Morrison
Empire
Cap- Hitler
High Command
Thames Bend
Berlin
England
Hitler
Low Countries
France
Armstron g Window Weatherstripping Estimates
E Armstrong Co offers metal weatherstripping and caulking for windows and doors with a listed contact at 10 Piccadilly Street. The notice includes a call for estimates and dates in the scheduling line.
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E. Armstrong
Piccadilly St
Woolen Workers Local 362 Special Meeting Notice
Woolen Workers Local 362 calls a special meeting for Friday October 11 at 11 oclock A M. The notice names J D Pediga as the contact and Cip 11 as location detail.
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Woolen Workers
Spe
Cial
J. D. Pediga
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Boys In Gray
Frank Powell
New Orleans
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Bristol
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U.C. V
Howell
Conclave
D.C
Detroit
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
Bungle
U. S
Duce
St. Paul’s
St. Paul's
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
E. A. J. Randall
Edwin Lutyens
Air Ministry
Hackney Marshes
Ridgeway Boy
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Associated Press
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