Battle near Borodino as Nazis drive toward Moscow
German and Soviet forces clash near Borodino with long range guns shelling Moscow outer defenses. Soviet spokesman Lozovsky vows large counteractions while Berlin reports massive prisoner gains and continued German advances toward Mozhaisk and Vyazma.
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Borodino
Napoleon
Moscow
S. A. Lozovsky
Allance
Lozovsky
London
Mozhaisk
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Vyazma
Bryansk
DNB
Paris
Germany High Command
Mason's Cab Continues on Page 9 Col 4
Continued on Page 9 Col. 4 DIAL Mason's Cab 4313 with line tag showing routing or classifieds style note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason’s
Eyes Examined Duplicate Lenses and Prescriptions
Auction sale announced by R. N. Cook's Development in Stephens City on October 18 at 2 p.m. for 30 lots including a bungalow. Items include duplicate lenses and prescriptions filled. Auction catalog features Hi and Brown.
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Hi & Brown
R. N. Cook
Stephens City
Bingo at Sarah Zane Fire Hall Oct 16
A bingo evening at Sarah Zane Fire Hall on Thursday October 16 starts 8 30 pm with 20 games and 20 prizes. Admission is one dollar and a door prize of 100 dollars is offered.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Thurs
Churchill blocks debate on aid to the Soviet
London oct 14 prime minister churchill refused to permit a house of commons debate on aid to russia and declined to discuss the eastern campaign saying it would likely do more harm than good laborite shinwell pressed for debate while bevan charged lord halifax with irresponsible utterances churchill defended bevan calling the remarks abuse of a man on a high mission and maintained his refusal even in secret session
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London
Churchill
Russia
House of Commons
Moscow
Emanuel Shinwell
Wes Ad Askén
Shinwell
Aneurin Bevan
Lord Halifax
Washington
United States
Bevan
Halifax
Rail Wage Plan Unsatisfactory To Union Heads
Chicago reports heads of two of the 19 railroad unions say the proposed emergency compensation plan for 1,260,000 workers is unsatisfactory. The plan, submitted by F G Gurley to Roosevelt's fact finding board, would raise earnings up to 30 dollars a week, or 65 on semi monthly pay, starting November 1, with a 15 percent ceiling on the first 30 a week.
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Chicago
F. G. Gurley
Carriers’ Conference Committee
Roosevelt
Clarksburg Not To Be Given Airport
Major General Henry H. Arnold told Harrison county officials there is no plan to include a Clarksburg airport in army air forces development. He said the field is not in strategic immediate development areas and that transporting pilots from distant training centers for short courses would be impractical.
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Washington
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Harrison County
W. Va
Army
Clarksburg
Arnold
Edmiston
D-W. Va
California
Alabama
Florida
West Virginia
Movie Stars To Take Husbands
Hollywood reports Ruby Keeler and Teresa Wright plan marriages soon but dates are not set. Keeler will receive 50 000 cash from ex husband Al Jolson upon remarrying and 400 weekly while single. Wright, 22, plans marriage to writer Niven Busch after his divorce from Phyllis Cooper finalizes.
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Hollywood
Ruby Keeler
Teresa Wright
John Lowe
Pasadena
Calif
Miss Keeler
al Jolson
Wright
Niven Busch
Busch
Phyllis Cooper
East Orange
N. J
Broadway
Little Foxes
Bette
Old 75s Mechanized To Knock Out Tanks
Memphis Tenn Oct 14 The old 75mm rifles used in World War I are being converted into mobile tank killers for the US Army. Col Richard C Burleson says they fire 20 shells a minute and can halt heavy tanks, especially when mounted on half tracks designated as tank killers. 37mm guns remain the main mobile anti tank defense, but would be overwhelmed by heavy armor if pressed.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States Army
Richard C. Burleson
Second Army
Col
Curleson
Burleson
Uncle Sam
Col. Burleson
Eat and Smoke Breaks Adopted at Factory
In Springfield Massachusetts on October 14 the Package Machinery Company added two 15 minute eat and smoke periods to the daily schedule for 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. with workers clocking 61 hours weekly. Medical consultants warned the change is training for workers and should remain incidental to the job.
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Springfield
Mass
Package Machinery Company
Agreement Reached at National Fruit Negotiations
After days of talks between the American Federation of Labor and National Fruit Product Company the Winchester plant contract ends with a raise of about 75000 for employees next year. About 1000 workers will participate in the increase with both sides praising improved relations.
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American Federation of Labor
National Fruit Product Company, Inc
Winchester
National Fruit
Explosion At Cumberland Injuries Prompt Grand Jury Probe
Cumberland Maryland October 1 25 people injured three fatally in October explosion that wrecked two stores. Allegany county circuit court grand jury opened an inquiry after State's Attorney Morgan C Harris presented a report. Two malpractice suits filed by relatives of seamstress Miss Mathilda Kenney seek damages from Cumberland and Allegheny Gas Company.
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Cumberland
Allegany County
Circuit Court
Morgan C. Harris
Harris
Mathilda Kenney
Cumberland and Allegheny Gas Company
James J. Kenney
Miss Kenney
Maryland
Annie Kenney
Upholds Honor Of His Family On Quiz Night
Hollywood October 14 Don DeSoto of San Diego appeared on a Los Angeles quiz show where viewers recognized his twin brother from a prior episode. Don outperformed all challengers, winning the night’s prizes including the jackpot for a $25 net profit, restoring family bragging rights.
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Hollywood
Art Linkletter
Los Angeles
Don DeSoto
San Diego
Don
Temperatures to Be Above Normal in Mid Atlantic
Forecast calls for above normal temperatures across the Middle Atlantic from Tuesday evening through Saturday. Cooler to near normal on Wednesday, then rising to above normal by Friday and Saturday with light precipitation as showers mainly Tuesday night into Wednesday.
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Tuseday
Middle Atlantic States
Three Youths Held In School Blaze
Three boys ages 17, 17, and 16 were detained by county police in Takoma Park Maryland as suspects in a fire at J Enos Ray Elementary School. Police chief Sergeant Ralph Brown said the youths, all residents of Baltimore, provided no arrest details. Earlier reports noted two desks broken and a missing $15 from staff desks.
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Takoma Park
J. Enos Ray
Ralph Brown
Baltimore
Prances Lindahl
Betes
Plan New Plant For Solvents Output
DuPont announces construction of a new chlorinated hydro carbon solvents plant on a 23 acre Wyandotte Michigan site. Work starts about November 1 and the unit should be ready by summer 1942. It will supplement the Niagara Falls New York plant.
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Wilmington
Del
Wyandotte
Mich
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
duPont
R. and H. Chemicals Department
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Hess Not On British Payroll Says War Secretary
In the House of Commons War Secretary Capt. H. D. R. Margesson stated Rudolf Hess is under guard by British non commissioned officers and other ranks and receives the same rations as the guards. He confirmed Hess is not paid and noted Hess has been detained since being captured in Scotland after bailing out of a Messerschmitt on Areterios flight from Germany.
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London
Rudolf Hess
Adolf Hitler
H. D. R. Margesson
House of Commons
Hess
Scotland
Messerschmitt
Areterios
Germany
29th Division Driven Back in Carolinas War Games
The Twenty-ninth Division fell back south of Cheraw as Blue forces pressed forward. Patrols from the One Hundred and Fourth Cavalry attacked rear defenses, paving the way for infantry and field artillery advances. Bridges were blown by the One Hundred Twenty-first Engineers to slow the Blues.
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Cheraw
S. C
Twenty-ninth Division
One Hundred and Fourth Cavalry
Twenty-ninth
One Hundred and Twenty-first Engineers
Blues
Wedresy
Fort Dix
N. J
Second Army Corps
Arias Refuses Resignation in Canal Zone Return
Arnulfo Arias reaches Cristobal aboard the Cefaul after a bloodless coup ousted his Panama regime. He rejects a formal resignation, faces immigration limits, and could be arrested if he enters Panama. Officials warn the ex-president about possible penalties for government officials abroad.
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United States
Arias
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Panama
Drunken Truck Driver Worries New Car Finish
Police reported a driver weaving through Manhattan streets to avoid tree branches brushing the finish of new cars he was delivering.
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Manhattan
Kas
Boyce Patrons Threaten Strike Over School Building
The Patrons League of Boyce Virginia warns the Clarke County School Board it will pull children from school on November 1 unless a contract for a new high school or adequate building is let within 90 days. About 50 people attended the meeting urging action while officials note compulsory attendance laws could apply to 250 plus students aged 7 to 15 if classes refuse to attend.
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Boyce
Patrons’ League
Clarke County School Board
Patrons’ League of Boyce
B. B. McKay
Greenway
Robert Gardiner
League
Clarence Glasscock
Code of Virginia
Clarke
Archie F. Robertson
Robertson
Board of Supervisors
Clarke County
Larther Development Commonwealth
Edward Williams
The
Star
Clay Carr
Boar
Prices Raised for Export Apples by 10 Cents Per Bushel
The Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation boosted export apple prices by ten cents per bushel, or about thirty cents per barrel. The SMA purchasing program price remains unchanged according to the local SMA office.
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Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation
SMA
Arming of Merchant Ships Denounced as War Measure
Senator Norris warned that an American Japanese clash in the Pacific could erupt quickly if Germany defeats Soviet Russia and suggested Japan might threaten U S shipping. He cited navy officials who said the Japanese fleet could be within two weeks and argued a sea and air war would follow rather than a U S army invasion. He claimed U S bombers could set Japanese cities ablaze in one night.
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Washington
Norris
Ind-Neb
Pacific
Germany
Soviet Russia
Japan
Senate
Russia
United States
Navy
British ships torpedoed by Italian airmen in Mediterranean
Rome bulletin reports a British battleship and a 10,000 ton cruiser were torpedoed by Italian airmen in the eastern Mediterranean yesterday. The cruiser is said to have listed heavily while the battleship’s status was not specified.
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Rome
Mediterranean
High Command
Ringling Brothers founder widow dies at 89
Mrs. Albert Charles Ringling, widow of one of the Ringling Brothers who founded the circus in 1886, dies at her Baraboo home at age 89. The Ringling family name anchors a storied American circus legacy.
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Baraboo, Wis
Albert Charles Ringling
Ringling Brothers Circus
Dies committee subpoenas 1940 Communist nominating petitions
The Dies committee obtained from the New York board of elections the 1940 nominating petitions of the Communist party. The documents list thousands of New Yorkers who helped nominate Communist candidates for local, congressional, and national offices.
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New York
Dies Committee
Board of Elections
Communist Party
Striking Pittsburgh Hotel Workers Vote on Settlement Proposal
May End Strike in Pittsburgh as hotel operators and service workers submit a wage settlement proposal for a two week wage strike that shut Pittsburgh's eight largest hotels. Mayor Scully says negotiations have agreed on wages and a quick resume of service is expected.
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Pittsburgh
Cornelius D. Scully
Committee Would Conclude Hearing Tonight
The House Foreign Affairs Committee faces talk of moving to end the hearings as witnesses argue over arming merchant ships. John E. Finerty of New York calls the proposed arming a war move, while others urge continuing debate and witnesses testifying for and against.
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Washington
John E. Finerty
New York
Finerty
Eamon de Valera
Etre
House Foreign Agar Committee
Waenesion
Rep
Mundt
R-S. D
John Cudahy
Belgium
Broom
D-N. Y
John T. Plynt
Flhyem
Felix Morley
Haverford College
Vorys
R-Ohio
Morley
Bloom
D-N
D. Vises Nan
Luther A. Johnnson
D-Tex
Train Beats Pike In Crossing Hike
Oakland on October 1 Arlton Pike aged 59 collided with a train while crossing the tracks. He tried to outrun the oncoming train after a crossing watchman warned him. He was killed instantly.
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Oakland
Calif
Arlton Pike
James Williams
Pike
Freemasons Group Portrait Names Key Officers
In a back row cohort of notable members D C Lichliter and Harry Seabright are listed among others. The roster includes Harvey Carper past master H C Sheetz Claude Grim treasurer M V B master Claude Stickley T Russell Cather master Lee Miller junior warden The Rev R L Whitten Iain Ran H Ridgeway steward George Taylor and Theodore Morris as stewards.
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Harvey Carper
H.C. Sheetz
Claude Grim
Claude Stickley
T- Russell Cather
Lee Miller
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Gas Co
Francis P. Fleming
U. S
Sen. Norris
George W. Norris
Bulletins
Subpoena Records
Hiram Lodge
Hiram Lodge No
A. F
A. M
FRONT
M. B. Clowe
R. J. Reynolds
Front Royal
A. M. Showalter
L. E. Stuart
Herndon
C. D. Freeman
Norfolk
R. S. Barrett
Alexandria
P. Coleman
C. Vernon Eddy
Taylor F. Simpson
Frank
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