Hull and Stimson push repeal of arming merchant ships
In Washington on October 13 Secretary Hull and War Secretary Stimson urged Congress to repeal the prohibition on arming American merchant ships and to allow them into combat zones to speed lend lease deliveries. Stimson argued the ban harms self respect at sea and vessel safety, calling for immediate repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
Stimson
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hull urges revision to arm merchant ships in wartime
Secretary Hull told the House Foreign Affairs committee that the United States cannot turn away from mounting Nazi danger and urged prompt revision of the neutrality act to permit arming American merchant ships now sailing to defend themselves amid sinking civilian vessels in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
Congress
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chemical Truck Damaged By Fire Near Double Tollgate
Members of the Friendship Fire Company were called to a point near Double Tollgate Saturday evening to extinguish a blaze in a tractor truck owned by the Central Clarang Company of Harrisonburg Virginia. The blaze confined to the cab, partially destroyed, likely from a short circuit. The truck was loaded with fertilizer and other materials. damage amount not estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Fire Company
Double Tollgate
Central Clarang Company
Harrisonburg
Front Royal Wins Praise for New Toll-Free Bridges
The Shenandoah River bridges at Front Royal are praised as sturdy modern spans. The South Branch bridge has been in use for weeks while the North Branch bridge will open soon. The old South Branch structure is being demolished and the writer notes pride in locally paid toll-free construction.
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Front Royal
South Branch
Shenandoah
Virginia
Willingwevort
Maryland
Hodgson & Brow Jewelers of Merit Christmas Sale
Hodgson and Brow Jewelers advertise holiday stock ready for Christmas buying. The message urges customers to shop now to avoid higher prices and disappointment at their store, labeled Jewelers of Merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgson & Brow “Jewelers of Merit
Becomes Chaplain Edgar Swann Joins Army ranks
The Rev Edgar A Swann son of Rev T M Swann and Mrs Swann left for Fort Monmouth New Jersey to serve as a United States Army chaplain with the rank of first lieutenant He underwent a physical at Fort Myer and preached there yesterday Swann a graduate of Emory and Henry College and Duke University was pastor of the Remington Virginia Methodist Church and is married to Elizabeth Lurber of Clifton Forge Virginia
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Edgar A. Swann
T. M. Swann
Swann
Fort Monmouth
N. J
United States Army
Bince
Fort Myer
Emory & Henry College
Emory
Vsc
School of Religion
Duke University
Remington, Va
Methodist Church
Elizabeth Lurber
Clifton Forge
Army munitions plants start mass production ahead of schedule
War Department officials report rapid start up across many government owned munitions plants part of a 1.75 billion dollar series. Production now covers rifle and machine gun ammunition shells mortars and TNT with Lake City plant in Missouri four months ahead of schedule and among six midwestern sites to produce small parts in astronomical quantities.
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Edward £. Bombar
Washington
War Department
Lake Cityce
Independence
Middle West
Episcopalians Plan Plains Virginia Convocation Meeting
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Valley Convocation will meet at Grace Church in The Plains on October 28 at 10 30 for Holy Communion led by Rev. Howard Harper. Mrs. Herbert Larrick presides. speakers include Mrs. John Guy and Miss Bess Sims. The same period, Province II Synod meets in Washington DC October 21 23 with delegates named.
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Woman’s Auxiliary of
the Valley
Episcopal Church
Grace Church
the Plains
Howard Harper
Erie
Herbert Larrick
John Guy
Richmond
Diocese of
Virginia
Bess Sims
Yang Chow
Shanghai
Miss Sims
China
The
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Delaware
District of Columbia
W. A. Baker
Winchester
Rail wage counter offer aims to boost workers pay
Rail road management submitted a four quarterly emergency pay proposal to President Roosevelt's fact finding board for 1,260,000 workers. The plan ties a six percent rise to earnings up to 30 a week and 65 a half month, effective November 1, 1941, with a $95 million annual impact and a 15 percent ceiling on the first 30 weekly dollars.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Gurley
FP. C. Gurley
The
Santa Fe
Carriers’ Executive Committee
Nine Hurt as B and O Limited Slams Freight Train
Chillicothe Ohio reports nine injured when the Baltimore and Ohio National Limited collided with a freight locomotive at a Jackson county siding. Among the injured are Postmaster General Frank Walker and his wife. others include Mrs Mary Carey and William M Wiesenberg. Several victims were taken to Cincinnati and Chillicothe hospitals with head, back and facial injuries.
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Chillicothe
Frank Walker
Streamlined National Limited
Baltimore and Ohio
Here
Jackson County
Walker
Cincinnati
Mary Carey
Georgetown
Del
St. Mary Hospital
William M. Wiesenberg
Washington
Margaret Gates
University City
William B. Barton
The
Labor Board
John Phifer
Miami
Okla
Federal Indian Service
Edward Lowery
South 28Th St
Louisville
Gilbert Howard
West
Tradesmen Get Death Sentence
Eight Bohemia Moravia traders and a merchant were sentenced to death for illegally slaughtering livestock and selling foodstuffs on the black market at excessive prices. A Paris dispatch also reported the execution of a Frenchman, Gaston Pinot, for possessing forbidden weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Bohemia- Moravia
Paris
Gaston Pinot
Cows Get Drunk After Ingesting Cornstalks and Apples
Silver Creek New York reports farmer Chauncey McAndrew telling how his cows became dizzy and sick after eating corn shocks and windfall apples. One cow, the last, fell asleep in the barn after reeling between trees and leaning against a tree the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Creek
N. Y
Chauncey McAndrew
Roy Bayliss Faced With Contempt Charge in Fatal Crash Case
Hearing set for October 16 in Frederick Circuit Court over contempt charges arising from a fatal September 28 crash near Bartonsville that killed 15 year old Philip Bayliss, after defense witness Alvin Willis testified Craker tried to avoid the bicycle but could not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Bayliss
Frederick
Willis H. Craker
Corry
Craker
Bayliss
Philip
Bartonsville
Alvin Willis
Sunnyside
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Middletown
Willis
Recklessness Charge Sought After Va. Bus Crash
Bluefield reporting says Bland county Justice Pierce Kegley expects a reckless driving warrant against bus driver Co. W. Maloney of Charleston after a Saturday crash near Bastian Virginia. Twenty hurt, 23 aboard, with three in critical condition including a 17 year old and two adults. Maloney blamed brake failure for the loss of control.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Pierce Kegley
Bland County
Virginia
T. W. Carter
Wytheville
Bastian
W. Maloney
Charleston
Ralph Bressler
Raleigh
N. C
Pat Lawrence
Detroit
Mich
Margaret McAffee
Marion
Maloney
Supervisors Hear Report On Creek Pollution
Abram's Creek pollution concerns were presented to the Board of Supervisors during their October meeting. Dr. Edwin Yost of Valley Mill farm said landowners along the stream and the Opequon intend to meet with city council to seek corrective measures. He blamed the dilapidated sewage plant and untreated industrial waste for overloading the system and urged action, though no formal steps were taken at the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram’s Creek
Board of Supervisors
Edwin Yost
Valley Mill Farm
Opequon
Coucil
Yost
Roaring Fire Explodes Oil Tanks in Lansing
A blaze in nine storage tanks released over 60,000 gallons of oil and naphtha and spread to a lumber yard in Lansing Michigan causing estimated damages of 50 000 to 60 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Nine men and two women convicted of Communist propaganda
A French military court in Clermont-Ferrand convicted nine men and two women of distributing Communist propaganda and attempting to reorganize the Communist party. Sentences ranged from one to five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
Clermont-Ferrand
Communist Party
Roosevelt urges speedy action on lend-lease bill
President Roosevelt urged Congressional leaders to speed enactment of the 5.985 billion dollar lend-lease appropriation and received assurance the bill would reach the Senate floor early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Widow Alice Robinette killed by washing machine accident
Cumberland Maryland reports Mrs. Alice Rebecca Robinette age 60 widow of Oliver Robinett died at home after an electric washing machine toppled and her clothing became entangled in the wringer.
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Cumberland
Alice Rebecca Robinette
Oliver Robinett
Here
Communism Will Get An Airing In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court agreed to review a challenge by William Scheiderman California Communist Party official over citizenship loss tied to party membership. The term also includes ruling on federal anti racketeering act applicability to unions and Wisconsin 1939 employment peace act limits on unfair labor practices.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Communist Party
United States
William Scheiderman
Communist Party For
California
Russia
Federal District Court
San Francisco
United Staes
Justice Department
New York City
Mrs. Cora Enders Dies in Berryville After Illness
Mrs. Cora Lee Hannum Enders widow of John H. Enders of Berryville died at her home at 9 45 p m after an illness beginning July 20 She was born in Clarke County August 24 1868 and resided in Berryville since 1892 Survived by two sons a daughter five grandchildren and a son in Richmond VA Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 30 p m from the residence with burial in Green Hill Cemetery Pallbearers named.
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Cora Lee Hannum Enders
John H. Enders
Berryville
Enders
William Eggleston Hannum
Hampshire County
Ann Russell Hannum
Clarke County
Clarke
Brucetown
Duncan Memorial Methodist Church
W. C
Green Hill Cemetery
A. O. Lyons
Duncan Memorial Church
W. A. Bradford
Alfred Kerfoot
John G. Fishpaw
E. G. Koiner
Raymond Grubbs
B. W. Brotherton
No Change In Talks At National Fruit Plant
At 2 20 p m today word came that no change has occurred in the effort to reconcile wage and other factors between National Fruit Product Company employees and management. Plant operations continue normally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Fruit Product Company
AFL Machinists Strike Over Bargaining at TNT Plant
Forty five AFL machinists walked out at the $35 million TNT plant in Weldoon Spring Missouri in a jurisdictional dispute with AFL hoisting engineers over the right to bargain for 22 mechanics at the plant garage. Lloyd Weber said other machinists on defense projects in the St Louis area will act if the issue is not settled quickly.
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Weldoon Spring
AFL
T.N.T
A.F.L
Lloyd Weber
Machinists’ District Council
St. Louis
Manufactures Urged to Support Defense and Protect Rights
John C. Gall of the National Association of Manufacturers told a conveyor association convention that industry must prioritize defense while safeguarding private enterprise. He urged limits on civilian controls to emergencies, collaboration on price controls, antitrust protections for defense co operations, and a firm labor policy prioritizing defense over strikes.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John C. Gall
National Association of Manufacturers
Gall
Two Felons Lose In High Court
In Richmond Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals upholds death sentence for Joseph H. Mickens 16 and confirms murder conviction for Odell Waller both Negroes. Mickens appeal f iled on jurisdiction claims as juvenile court lacked power to try him, ensuring execution by electric chair for rape of a white mother in a Waynesboro vacant lot on November 24 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Joseph H. Mickens
Odell Waller
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Mickens
Waynesboro
Virginia
Edward R. Hudgins
Preserving Social Security for Armed Forces Benefit Credit
Senator Hatch proposes a plan to grant military personnel at least the equivalent of $100 monthly private earnings toward federal old age insurance. Additional credits apply to those who earned more before entering service. Unemployment compensation of up to $240 would be available for discharged service members unable to find work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hatch
D-Nm
Bombers Hit German War Industry Areas in Large Raid
British air force raids on Germany target Nuernberg and Bremen with more than 300 bombers in a broad attack aimed at war industries. The RAF follow up over northern France claimed 13 German planes destroyed while losing 10 of its own. Docks at Boulogne were also attacked amid admitted losses of 11 aircraft.
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London
Nuernberg
Air Ministry
Germany
Russia
France
Bremen
Dutch General Berenschot Killed in Batavia Plane Crash
Gen Berenschot 51 former chief of the Netherlands East Indies Army was killed when an army Lockheed aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Kenjaran airfield near Batavia. He had just returned from a meeting with Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham. The crash set huts ablaze and killed some native children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Netherland Mats Indies
Berenschot
Windsors welcomed to Baltimore by city leaders
Baltimore on October 13 hosted the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at a City Hall reception. Mayor Howard W. Jackson praised the royal visit as strengthening ties, noting historical alliance with the United States and calling for continued friendship and shared purpose in fighting a common enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Howard W. Jackson
England
United States
Former Preacher Found Shot in Chambersburg
Charles G. Gipe, 68, a former Reformed Mennonite preacher, was found fatally wounded on a city street in Chambersburg Pennsylvania. Police Chief H S Byers attributed the death to self-inflicted gunshot, noting he held a revolver when found. Gipe died about an hour after high school students located him.
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Chambersburg
Charles G. Gipe
H. S. Byers
Byers
Gipe
Granted Appeal In Condemnation In West Virginia
Rufus Lamp of Mineral County won an appeal from the Supreme Court today in a Cumberland Maryland condemnation suit. The case concerns 4.1 acres for airport construction. The Mineral County Court sustained a demurrer to Lamp’s answer to the condemnation petition.
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Charleston
W. Va
Rufus Lamp
Mineral County
Spreme Court
Cumberland
Mineral County Court
Lamp
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