Official Account of Greer Clash Contradicts German Version
The navy released a detailed account of the Greer and a German submarine encounter in the North Atlantic. It states the torpedo was fired first, eight minutes later depth charges followed, and the submarine maneuvered to close before the hunt ended at 6 p.m. at Icelandic waters.
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U. S
Washington
Navy
North Atlantic
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Knox
Harold J. Stark
Naval Operations
Greer
Iceland
Roosevelt
Stark
Carper Valley School Elects SCA Officers for 1941
Carper Valley School at SVA elects SCA officers for 1941 with President Ryland Carper Vice-President Ralph Bursey Secretary Treasurer Emily Belle White Reporter Virginia Anderson. pupils set goals including Lions Eye Clinic participation and State Aid Library fund raising through a Bingo party held Friday October 10.
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Carper Valley School
S.V.A
S.C.A
Ryland Carper
Ralph Bursey
Emily Belle White
Virginia
Lions Club
Funeral Held for Mrs Edith Hauptman Near Ridgeway
Edith Hauptman died Sunday evening at her daughter’s home near Ridgeway. The funeral was conducted yesterday afternoon at Rev Joseph Byers’ home in Chambersburg with final rites by the minister. Burial followed in Mt Hebron Cemetery. pallbearers were H C Light, S W Shewbridge, E D Rowe, William Roberts, W S Huyett and C M Martin.
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Edith Hauptman
Wilson Whitmore
Ridgeway
Joseph Byers
Chambersburg
Mt. Hebron Cemery
H. C. Light
W. Shewbridge
E. D.rowe
William Roberts
W. S. Huyett
C. M. Martin
Local Markets The Star Markets Note
The Star notes local markets are correct daily but disclaims responsibility for typographical errors. This brief item states daily market accuracy but warns of potential typos in published data.
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Star
Ex-convict signs confession in Kentucky double slaying
Thomas Penney, 32, depicted in Fort Worth Texas, signs a police described confession to the Lexington Kentucky murder of Mrs. Elsa Miley and her daughter golf star Marion Miley during a $134 hold up. He implicated another man and said Miley felled him with a right jab before being shot.
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Thomas Penney
Fort Worth
Tex
Elsa Miley
Marion Miley
Lexington
Penney
Links
Shenandoah Valley Inc Accepts C G Grans Resignation
The Shenandoah Valley Inc board accepted Cedric G. Grans resignation to consider applicants for the vacancy. A committee led by E E Keister, K R Hyde, and J P Ackerly Jr. will report at the next board meeting. Grans resignation becomes effective Wednesday. Evangeline Councils will return as office secretary and manager on Nov 1. Committeemen were named to boost chamber cooperation and seek financial support from area boards and city councils. Sixteen officers and directors attended.
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Chambers of Commerce
Shenandoah Valley
Boards of Supervisors
Rites Held For Dr. McConnell
Radford obituary notes funeral rites for Dr. John Preston McConnell 75 president emeritus of Radford State Teachers College died Saturday night at his home. Services conducted by Rev. Jack Wolford with Dr. J. T. Hundley and Rev. W. B. Worley. Interment Sun Rise cemetery. Dr. McConnell founded Radford State Teachers College and headed Southwest Virginia Inc. for over a decade. He was native of Scott county and held positions at Milligan, Emory and Henry, Radford, and other institutions. He married Clara Louisa Lucas and had five children.
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Radford
John Preston McConnell
Radford State Teachers College
Sunrise Cemetery
Jack Wolford
First Christian Church
J. T. T. Hundley
Lynchburg College
W. B. Worley
Craig County
McConnell
Southwest Virginia, Inc
Clara Louisa Lucas
Charles D
Nancy Lucas
Montgomery County
H. C. Graybeal
Raybeal
Radford College
R. L. McConnel
Carl Hiram McConnel
Hartwick College
Oneanta
Flu Disease Is Multiple Infections Says Doctor
Dr. Frank L. Horsfall Jr. told the American Public Health Association that influenza is not a single disease but at least three, possibly six or more. He cited tests in New York showing antibodies against virus A or B in most cases, but 30 percent produced no antibodies, suggesting a third, unknown agent. He noted difficulty distinguishing strains and the unseen Y strain as a research focus for winter epidemics.
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Atlanta City
N. J
Frank L. Horsefall, Jr
Rockfeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
American Public Health Association
Horsfall
Woman Killed In Taxi Crash Near Alexandria
Mrs Genevieve Welk Doster 24 of Baltimore was killed when a taxicab overturned on a parkway near Alexandria. Two others, Mrs Ellen Collins 24 and William Meeker 36, were seriously injured. three more passengers had minor injuries. The cab bound for Fredericksburg struck a curb on a curve and overturned multiple times.
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Alexandria
Genevieve Welk Doster
Kelly Place
Baltimore
S. Oe
Ellen Collins
East Pratt Street
William Meeker
West 36Th Street
Russel W. Chalk
Thomas Wheatley
David Lockner
Fredericksburg
Woodbridge
Treasury status and Navy rope count report
Treasury figures show receipts of 20 473 726 45 and expenditures 122 743 565 48 for Oct 13 with gross debt 51 549 905 864 85. Navy Dept notes sailors say seven ropes exist on a ship: man rope headrope handrope foot rope buoyrope bellrope and dip rope.
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Washington
the Treasury
U. S. Navy
E. P. D. A. E. Navy Department
Argentina And U S Sign Trade Agreement
Washington reports Argentina and the United States signed a broad trade pact in Buenos Aires saying Argentina gains free entry for canned corned beef hides and wools while the U S offers most favored nation treatment for autos refrigeration machinery and many goods. The deal marks a rare rapprochement after decades of tension between the two nations and reflects the era of closer U S Latin American ties.
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Washington
Argentina
United States
Sanaa
Buenos Aires
Norman Armour
Ruiz
South America
Latin America
Long Season Aids Cotton Project
Billy Fenner carried out a small scale cotton experiment on his Dunkirk farm in Calvert county this summer. Eighteen seeds planted yielded six large plants with developed bolls aided by an unusually long growing season. His teacher Carey E. Lacey from Charleston, South Carolina notes cotton’s prominence there.
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Prince Fredercek
Billy Fenner
Mrs. Elwoodner
Dunkirk
Calvert County
Billy
Carey E. Lacey
Calvert County High School
Charleston
South Carolina
Cotton
King
RAF training in Dallas highlights language gap for pilots
Air Marshal A G Garrod, chief training officer of the Royal Air Force, notes British and American wording diverge across terminology. He recalls personal difficulty understanding directions from the field over loudspeakers during training in the United States.
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Dallas
Tex
United States
Air Marshal
Style
A. G. Garrod
England
Royal Air Force
Lord's Prayer Rock on Vermont Highway east of Bristol
Readable inscription carved in 1891 on a large boulder along a main highway just east of Bristol Vermont credits Dr. Joenh C. Greene of Buffalo New York for the carving.
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Bristol
Vermont
Joenh C. Greene
Buffalo
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Phonephoto
C. G. Gran
Valley, Incorporated
Winchester
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Dr. McConnell
Chrysler
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen &T
Geo, Washington
N. Loudoun St
RAF
Omps Funeral Home
Chevrolet Sales CO
Germain
Braddock St
FORD
Chevrolet
Shenandoah
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Miller’s Hardware
Miller
N. Loudoun &T
Little America
Richard
Byrd
Handley
The
Winchester Lions Club
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