British See Italian Push As Preparations Grow
British forces strengthened by Australian and New Zealand troops anticipate a major Italian offensive from Libya into Egypt after Italian desert patrol activity near Sidi Barrani. Britain claims to control the central Mediterranean escape routes and Malta, with Italian east-African moves limited to Somaliland and a narrow Egyptian coast corridor.
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Vt al Kennedy
Bey
Sidi Barrani
Italare
Egypt
Italy
Fas
Mare Nostrum
Our Sea
Libya
American Enlistee Among Eagle Squadron Fliers
Vernon Charles Keogh of Brooklyn joins 34 American fliers in the Eagle Squadron a Royal Air Force unit modeled on the Lafayette Escadrille. The group forms an All-American fighter command for service with the RAF.
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Vernon Charles Keogh
Brooklyn
N. Y
Eagle Squadron
Royal Air Force
British plan favors eastward advance into Egypt to weaken Italian bases
Explanation notes British choice of defense lines to push Italians farther from their bases. The advance into Egypt aims to extend Italian positions toward Sidi Barrani, shrinking their supply and pressure limits. The strategy hinges on keeping the lines distant from Italian bases to degrade their logistics.
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Egypt
Sidi Barrani
Current Quotations In Apple Market
Shipping point information for Tuesday shows light demand and a steady market in Winchester Martinsburg and W Va. Grimes U S No 1 barrels 2 to 2 1 4 in car 1 75. Bushel baskets Yorks U 8S No 1 2 3 4 in min car 80c 2 1 2 in min few 80 to 85c Stay mans U S No 1 2 1 2 in min car 1 00 Delicious U S No 1 2 1 2 in min few 1 10 Grimes U S No 1 2 1 2 in min car 75c 1 1 8 Bushel Boxes Face Fill Delicious U S No 1 2 1 2 in min few 1 25 Yorks U S No 1 2 3 4 in min few 90c 2 1 2 to 2 3 4 in car 85c The above prices cover wire order sales and often brokerage.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Grimes
U. 8
Yorks
Staymans
U. S
Delicious
U.S
Charles Town Sets North State Clash With Martinsburg
Charles Town High School gears up for a key Eastern Panhandle clash against Martinsburg Bulldogs this Saturday. The Panthers seek revenge for last year's 7-0 defeat by Cobbournites while boasting wins over Parsons Harrisonburg and Romney and a 14-0 loss to Fort Hill. Martinsburg sits at even after two games with a 7-0 loss to Waynesboro and a 12-0 win over Berkeley Springs.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Charles Town High School
Martinsburg
Bulldogs
Panthers
Cobournites
Hillmen
Parsons
Harrisonburg
Romney
Fort Hill High
Cumberland
Waynesboro
Berkeley Springs
Official Programs For F F A And Home Economics Fair
The 11th Frederick County F F A Fair and Home Economics Fair will be held October 16 17 with exhibits in the Stephens City Agricultural Building and school areas. The two day event attracts visitors from Frederick Winchester and nearby counties and showcases F F A boys works and Home Economics projects supervised by Mrs Pauline Rhodes. Fred Dobbins says exhibits will likely exceed past years in both quantity and quality.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Winchester
Fred Dobbins
Vo-Ag
Stephens City
Middletown
Pauline Rhodes
Deny Keitel Replaced Graziani In Egypt War Role
Rome reports that British press say Colonel General Wilhelm Keitel has replaced Marshal Rodolfo Graziani as director of Italian military operations in Egypt. The claim is described as ridiculous and erroneous by authoritative Italians.
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Rome
Wilhelm Keitel
Rodolfo Graziani
Egypt
Extension Class To Be Organized
A group of county teachers will meet at 4 PM to form a class titled Meeting the Practical Needs of the Classroom. Prof. E. Boyd Graves of Mary Washington College will conduct the course, offered under the auspices of the University of Virginia.
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E. Boyd Graves
Mary Washington College
University of Virginia
Newark Bears Capture 1940 Little World Series Title
The Newark Bears defeated the Louisville Colonels four games to two to claim the 1940 minor league world series title in Newark New Jersey.
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Newark
N. J
Newark Bears
Louisville Colonels
Test Questions Answer Key Appears On Page Four
Answers listed cover topics from dairy terms to notable figures and occupations. Items include Butterfat, Horse, Joseph P Kennedy, Handball, Ireland for ever, Peasant or laborer, Calvin Coolidge, Yes, Leased, and Scribe.
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Joseph P. Kennedy
Ireland
Calvin Coolidge
Scribe
Rites Tomorrow For Mrs Ritenour
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza Beth Ritenour 84 widow of Hampton Ritenour will be held Friday afternoon at Refuge Methodist church. The Rev Homer Welch will officiate with pallbearers Lucius Ritenour Monroe Conner Myron Ritenour Holmes Orndorff Bland Ritenour and Austin Conner. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery.
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Elizabeth Ritenour
Hampton Ritenour
Russell Ritenour
High View
Refuge Methodist Church
Homer Welch
Lucius Ritenour
Monroe Conner
Myron Ritenour
Holmes Orndorff
Bland Ritenour
Austin Conner
Dr McIntyre Attends Cabinet Meeting in Richmond
Dr W W McIntyre superintendent of the Winchester district of the Virginia Methodist Conference left for Richmond to attend a two day cabinet meeting with Bishop W W Peele. Preparations will be completed for the annual conference opening in Roanoke October 16.
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W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
Virginia Methodist Conference
Richmond
W. W. Peele
Roanoke
Jimmy Roosevelt to Join Elliott in Active Military Service
Hollywood reports Captain Roosevelt and his brother Elliott are set for active duty with the Marine Corps reserves. Captain Roosevelt serves in the 22nd battalion on standby, while Ellio t t continues film work and director W S Van Dyke leads a 300 member unit of film technicians.
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Hollywood
Roosevelt
Jimmy
Elliott
22Nd Battalion
Marine Corps Reserves
W. S. van Dyke
Daily Crossword Across
A standard crossword grid lists across and down clues with terse hints. Answers include common short words for not loud gentle or minor, Friar title, imitate, eel like fish, celestial beings, strikes, chin whiskers, cavalry swords, volcanoes, sovereigns, talked, poets often, scraps of literature, terrify, French city, a flower, pig pen, also, golf tool, pulls suddenly, latin unless, on top, harangue, ablaze, commenced, even poet form, American Indian, coloring agent, Norse god, and other common crossword terms. Down clues cover goods sunk at sea, musical dramas, unite metals, harvests, obese, attempt, light bedstead, single unit, river in Wales, conjunction, five cents slang, freedom from danger, bow the head, man’s name, cut wood, Asiatic mammal, openings, enclosure, serf, and adjoin.
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Sicily
Berryville Social News Highlights and Visitors
Berryville Virginia social column notes visitors and guests including Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Potter from Clarksburg West Virginia. Church pastors Rev James H Brown of Keyser West Virginia and W O Luttrell of Manassas Virginia are mentioned. Several locals travel to New York World's Fair and attend teas and family visits across Clarke, Winchester, Staunton, Culpeper and Edgewood.
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Berryville, Va
Dorsey Potter
Clarksburg
W. Va
Berryville
Frank B. Whiting
Duncan Memorial Methodist Church
James H. Brown
Methodist
Keyser
W. O. Luttrell
Manassas
Louis Stolle
Thomas Elsen
Jack Enders
Charles Riley
Virginia Shenk
William Shenk
Betty Wilkins
Winchester
New York
Modern Molly Pitcher Spotlight
A feature on Ethel Solomon linked with the York State lyergade an organization training for national defense. The group would assume duties of deployed men if war reaches the United States.
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Molly Pitcher
Ethel Solomon
York State
Lyergade
U. S
Local Social Visits Span Maryland and Virginia
Mrs. Peterson and guests motored to Hagerstown Maryland. Mrs. Burks and Mr. Hun ter Burks returned home. Craig hill Burks, Hampden Sydney senior, visited with relatives. Louise Bell, Farmville State freshman, was seen with family in Farmville area. Annie Stribling and S C Williams spent Sunday in Sperryville Virginia as guests of Miss Annie Stephenson. Joyce Davis, Mary Washington College freshman, visited Fredericksburg with her sisters Mary Ann and Nancy. Anne Neville Barnett has returned home from Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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Roberta Ayler
Culpeper
Wayne Lewis
F. L. Ayler
Hagerstown
Ayler
Clarke County Junior Woman’s Club
Robert Shenk
Oscar Ramsburg
Helen Berry
Cyrus Pine
Katherine Childa
Elsie Cadwallader
William Bell Watkins, Jr
Garnet Levi
Ruth Berlin
Andrew LaVelle
Dolly Hart
Walter Wisecarver, Jr
Marion Stolle
Charles Peterson
H. H. Burks
Hunter Burks
Burks
Craighill Burks
Hampden-Sydney College
Leonard Bell
Hamden-Sydney
Herman Bell
Louise Bell
Farmville State Teachers’ College
Annie Stribling
R. E. Davis
Fredericksburg
Joyce Davis
Mary Washington College
Anne Neville Barnett
Winchester Memorial Hospital
German Airmen Now In Rumania
Berlin reports a few German air force units have arrived in Romania and that Axis allies have been notified more will follow. An official statement is expected soon.
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Rumania
Berlin
Silver Dollars Cause Scramble in Ogden Dig
Kenneth Wheelwright's power shovel unearthed silver dollars in Ogden Utah on October 10. The coins were believed to be buried under an old house razed years ago and sparked a scramble among onlookers and workers.
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Ogden
Utah
Kenneth Wheelwright
A . Eeere
Local Church Group Forms New Society in Lynchburg
Miss Barnett recuperates after tonsillectomy and hopes to return to Farmville Teachers College next week. Mrs Hugh Owens and others attended the Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting in Lynchburg, the setting-up session after Methodist unification. Mrs Coiner serves as local chapter president and attended as the delegate.
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Cently
Miss Barnett
Farmville Teachers’ College
Crae
Hugh Owens
Will Hart
John Livengood
C. H. Iden
E. G. Conner
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Lynchburg
Coiner
Episcopal Church Considers Liberalizing Marriage Law
The fifth third triennial convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church faces a major domestic issue. A 1937 Cincinnati commission recommends amending the church constitution to permit divorced persons to remarry with church blessing after a reasonable time. The proposal allows a remarriage if genuine intent is shown, though no priest is required to perform the ceremony. The church would also urge clergy to focus on preventing divorce and emphasize marriage as a reunion. Opposition among Episcopalians is noted as likely.
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Kansas City
Protestant Episcopal
Cincinnati
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United States Marine Corps
Quantico
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Rhoden
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Will Moore
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Charles T. Levi
Staunton, Va
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Swannanoa
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