Roosevelt Confers On Russia Aid With Harriman And Hopkins
President Roosevelt meets with W Averell Harriman and Harry Hopkins at Hyde Park to discuss U S aid to Russia and potential grain shipments as Ukraine losses threaten food supplies. Aides note no statement will follow and the labor dispute involving Air Associates is kept under consideration in Washington.
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N. Y
Russia
Roosevelt
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Harry L. Hopkins
Harriman
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Hopkins
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State, War and Navy Departments
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Air Associates, Inc
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Defense Mediations Board
Navy
Kearny
Iceland
United States
Ukraine
Agriculture Department
Vladivostok
Hitler
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
Parchment From Ancient Embargo Sparks Paper History
A trade leaflet notes how Pergamum king’s embargo on Alexandria led to refining skins into parchment. The writer traces writing materials from clay to parchment to paper, cites a 50 percent rise in paper use this year for packing food, and warns of a giant snail in Brazil whose eggs rival onions.
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Perfamum
Asia Minor
Alexandria
Pergamum
Winchester District Ministers Named in Virginia Appointment
A May -associated press report notes the Winchester Freder ick and Clarke counties clergy mostly retained their posts. Bishop W. W. Peele read appointments noon adjournment followed. Balthis moved to Vienna Oakton near Washington D C. Welch to Winchester. Swann returns to Braddock Street Church. Hopkins to Market Street Church. Transfers include Brown Middletown to Keezletown McGaheysville Curtis to Middletown. Walter Smith to Stephens City. Brooks to White Post. Teter to North Frederick Charge.
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Frederick
Clarke Counties
Associated Press
Lynchburg
W. W. Peele
H. G. Balthis
Montague Avenue
Vienna-Oakton
Washington, D. C
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Stephens City
T. M. Swann
Braddock Street Church
G. E. Hopkins
Market Street Church
Balthis
J. T. Brown
Middletown
Keezletown-McGaheysville
C. R. Curtis
Walter Smith
R. J. Brooks
White Post
John Teter
North Frederick
R. O
Gas System Improvement Announced by Smith in Winchester
Arthur J. Smith of Consumers Utilities Company unveiled a new gas main to run from the plant on South Kent to Piccadilly Street to boost system pressure. He said district governors will balance pressure, a new carbureted water gas layout will reduce napthalene clogging and weak gas, and purification will continue to remove sulfur for a refined plant and distribution system in Winchester, with completion in 60 to 120 days depending on material availability.
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Arthur J. Smith
Consumers Utilities Company
South Kent Street
Piccadilly Street
Winchester
15000 Greeks Reported Slain In Bulgarian Occupied Greece
London report from the Greek government in exile says 15,000 Greeks died in massacres by Bulgars in Kavalla district and Drama province after Axis invasion. The cable cites armed Greek resistance and says 330 Bulgars and seven Germans were killed. revolt spread across Drama with 15,000 as a conservative estimate.
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London
Kavalla
Providence
Drama
Greece
Kavaila
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Ammunition Shortages Warned by Rep. Thomas
Representative Thomas of New Jersey warned that U S ammunition stocks could only last about one week if war resumed at current Russian operation levels. He cited labor disputes slowing production and said no city is protected from enemy air attack due to underestimated anti aircraft expansion. He framed Atlantic cities as vulnerable if tensions with Germany persist.
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Washington
Thomas
R-Nj
United States
War Department
Atlantic Seaboard
Germany
Big Scale War Games Begin With 29th Division Move
The 29th Division joins Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia troops in a mock battle with the Second Army Corps against the First Corps in South Carolina. Training runs until November 15 with a mass engagement planned in late November, including night river crossings near the Catawba River.
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Cheraw
D. C
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Second Army
First Army
United States
Catawba River
South Carolina
Dr. Allen Renews Acquaintance With Duchess at Foxcroft Tea
Dr. Lewis M. Allen of Winchester met the Duchess of Windsor at a Foxcroft School tea near Middleburg. The informal gathering hosted by Miss Charlotte Noland included the Duke and Duchess visiting Reage'e School as a notable summer site, with questions exchanged during the conversation.
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Foxcroft School
Middleburg
Duchess of Windsor
Lewis M. Allen
Winchester
Charlotte Noland
Arbitration Effort Averts Pittsburgh Steel Strike Threat
Government and business leaders in Pittsburgh strive to avert a general strike by American Federation of Labor unions targeting Weirton and non union labor at Duquesne Light’s $8 million Weirton plant. Ahearn says unions aim to pressure non union workers as wages lag city standards. Company declines comment as tensions threaten major defense and steel expansion projects.
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All American Federation
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James Ahearn
Duquesne Light Company
Weirdon
Pittsburgh
A. F. L. Building Trades
Weirton
Ahearn
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Illinois
Utility Company
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Admiral Byrd Lectures Arrive in Winchester for Talks
Admiral Byrd, guest of his mother, arrives in Winchester and will lecture at Handley High School tomorrow at 3 and 8 o clock, showing moving pictures from his Antarctic expedition. The talks describe life at Little America and the five month winter vigil, with scenes of the Bolling Advance Base. He will remain in Winchester for several days.
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Handley High School
Antarctica
Winchester
R. E. Byrd
Ampers Street
Bolling
Little America
America
Dallas
The
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
First Killing Frost Report Details Seasonal Freeze
The first killing frost of the season occurred last Friday morning, per the Research Laboratory. Pumpkin vines and tomatoes on low ground were killed in several sections where the ground is not low, with a minimum temperature of 35 degrees.
For Rent Six Room House in 1727 Ave
Six room house for rent at 1727 Avenue with hot water heat. Contact Fred L. Glaize. (10-18-1p-26) Bap
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Ave
Fred L. Glaize
Germans Look For Red Stand In Valley
Washington October 20 Secretary Hull denounced Hitler's drive to seize sea and continental control after the torpedoing of the destroyer Kearny. He said Germany warned ships away from a large North Atlantic area and warned other nations to quit the seas or be sunk. The Kearny injuries rose to 21 with 11 missing. Hull compared the act to belligerent aggression since Panay and called for no diplomatic notes to international highwaymen.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Kearny
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Atlantic
Secretary of State
Navy
Germany
Kearney
U. S
Panay
Yangtze River
China
Massachusetts boy pleads guilty to first degree murder
Sixteen-year-old Raymond L. Woodward Jr. admitted guilt in the July mutilation slaying of 15-year-old Constance Shipp in Reading, Massachusetts. The plea, accepted by Judge Harold P. Williams, was called legal death by action and reflected hoped clemency due to youth.
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Mass
Raymond L. Woodward, Jr
Constance Shipp
Reading
Boston
Massachusetts
Joseph P. Donohue
Lowell
Woodward
Middlesex County
Harold P. Williams
Village Re-Taken Near Leningrad
Reuters reports that Moscow radio announced the recap ture of the village Pogostie near Leningrad. The fall marks another advance on the front in the area as Soviet forces retake strategic locales.
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London
Reuters
Moscow Radio
Pogostie
Leningrad
Secret closed hearings set on ship arming bill in Congress
Washington October 20 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes 12 to 9 to hold secret hearings on the House approved ship arming bill beginning tomorrow Secretary of State Hull expected as first witness Senator La Follette denounces gag rule while insisting on public testimony Senator Clark vows to discuss testimony given behind closed doors despite secrecy claims The vote tally lists Connally George Wagner Thomas Murray Pepper Green Barkley Guffey Glass Lee and Tunnell as supporters with George and Wagner abstaining by proxy Opponents include Gillette
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Connally
D.-Tex
Hull
la Follette
Wis
George
D.-Ga
Wagner
Thomas
D.utah
Murray
D.-Mont
Pepper
D.-Fla
Green
Barkley
D.-Ky
Guffey
D.pa
Glass
Lee
D.-Okla
Tunnell
D.-Del
Gillette
United Pacific Front Planned in Pacific War Effort
Canberra reports completion of negotiations for a united Pacific front including Britain the United States China the Netherlands East Indies Australia and New Zealand. Prime Minister John Curtin warns of Far East war risks while noting progress and ongoing talks between Japan and the United States.
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Australia
United Pacific Front
Britain
United States
China
Netherlands East Indies
New Zealand
Canberra
John Curtin
Far East
Curtin
Pacific
Japan
German General Holtz Killed in Nantes Street Attack
In unoccupied France October 20, General Holtz commandant of the Nantes region was shot to death in central Nantes as he passed toward his office. Two assailants waited along Cours Saint Pierre near Saint Pierre Church and fled before guards could cordon the area. The gendarmerie general was a high ranking German officer targeted in the wave of attacks across the occupied zone.
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Vichy
France
Holtz
Nantes
Cours Saint Pierre
Saint Pierre Church
Soviet envoy vows Russia will fight on to defeat Hitler
London bulletin reports Soviet embassy counsellor K No vikov telling a luncheon audience that Russia will continue to resist until Hitler is defeated, regardless of battlefield events in the coming weeks.
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London
K. Novikov
Russia
Hitler
Explosion at Permanente Magnesium Plant Injures Two
Another blast hit the Permanente Magnesium Plant at Los Altos in San Jose California. It was the third explosion since the defense plant began operation and the second in three days. At least two men were injured.
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San Jose
Calif
Los Altos
American correspondents reach Kuibyshev with Steinhardt
Reporters on the Volga town Kuibyshev arrive with United States Ambassador Laurence A. Steinhardt after leaving Moscow last week. The group travels 550 miles east of Moscow along the Volga river to the city.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Moscow
United States
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Volga River
Sale of historic New Market announced amid local ties
The sale of historic New Market near Boyce from R. E. Reid to A. M. Elder of Winchester and Berryville is announced. New Market, once a tavern during Braddock’s 18th century expedition, is linked to Isham Randolph, famed American engineer, while postal notes warn of White Hall Frederick county mail confusion with Albemarle County. Jimmy Gazes, son of James Gazes, won a cash prize in an Army and Navy service publication for a humorous drawing on a soldier’s angle at a beauty parlor.
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New Market
Boyce
R. E. Reid
A. M. Elder
Winchester
Berryville
Braddock
Isham Randolph
America
White Hall
Frederick County
Albemarle County
Albemarle
Jimmy Gazes
James Gazes
Loudoun Street
Army
Jimmy
Beau‘ty Parlor
U S A Figures Pivotally On All War Fronts
The Associated Press reports that battered Soviet units under Marshals Osh
Death in electric chair ends Petrillo murder ring tale
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania the archduke of Philadelphia's murder for insurance ring saw Herman Petrillo executed at Rockview prison after pleading for mercy. Convicted for drowning Rafaelo Caruso and tied to a larger gang including 19 others, Petrillo's death ends a brutal chapter tied to hexing magic and fake accidents.
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Bellefonte
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Rockview Prison
Herman Rillo
James Lee Wilson
Rafaelo Caruso
Petrillo
Herman
Paul
Iegro
Petrillos
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Lots for Sale at Angerona Terrace Morgan St
One of the best residential sections offered for sale at Angerona Terrace Morgan Street. Priced right and available through owner R. C. Green. Phone 3317.
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Morgan ‘St
R. C. Green
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