Hull Urges Repeal of Ship Armament Restrictions
Secretary of State Hull told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the neutrality act provisions barring arming merchant ships and entering combat zones should be repealed or modified. He warned that keeping restrictions risks national defense as war horizons loom and asked for immediate action despite ongoing policy debates.
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Washington
Hull
Congress
Senate
State Department
United States
Barkley
White House
Roosevelt
Connally
Dtex
Senate Foreign Reeg Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Zeropack Co. Reaches Agreement On Pay Increases
Reported this afternoon that Zeropack Co. reached an agreement with employees through the Lp on hourly raises. Workers earning 30 cents an hour will get 10 cents more, those above 30 cents will receive 8 cents. About fourteen employees affected. plant idle since last Wednesday. management not yet confirmed.
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Zeropack Company
Mrs W W McIntyre Heads Pastors Wives Group
At the Virginia Methodist Conference in Lynchburg Mrs W W McIntyre of Winchester was elected president of the Ministers' Wives Group for the next year. Mrs W G Gunn of Norfolk was chosen vice president. The McIntyres expect to leave October 30 for Petersburg where he will serve at Washington Street Church.
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Virginia Methodist
Lynchburg
W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
W. G. Gunn
Norfolk
Petersburg
Washington Treet
Byrd Urges National Unity in Winchester Talk
Admiral Richard E. Byrd told Lions Club members at Handley School in Winchester that national unity is the only answer to the crisis. He urged immediate action, warned against internal quarrels, and spoke as a private citizen delivering a 3 PM address with moving pictures of his Antarctic expedition. He plans a second lecture at 8 PM in the school auditorium.
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Richard E. Byrd
Winchester
The
Lions Club
Lions
Admiral Byrd
Handley School
Antartic
United States
Nalteaur
11th Battalion Drill and Review Set for Sunday Afternoon
The 11th Battalion Virginia Protective Force under Col M Wray will hold its first review at Handley bowl at 3 P M Sunday. Units from Winchester Berryville Warrenton and Alexandria will join in three formations with a riot control drill to follow. Public invited.
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Handley Bowl
Virginia Protective Force
Er M. Wray
Berryville
Winchester
W. A. Baker
Walter D. Wisecarver
Warrenton
Black
Alexandria
Jeffries
E. E. Goodwin
S. Gardner Waller
Anthony
Sheppard Crump
Aneson
Handley Band Ban Nd
W. H. Mcwee
Berryville Company
Bayonne
Swimley Box Plant Gutting Destroys Wood Factory in Winchester
Winchester suffered its first two alarm fire in over a year as the Swimley Wood Box Plant, operated by Owen M. Swimley for 12 years, burned last night near the A C Slonaker coal yards. Insurance was not in place. losses include building, machinery, stock, and 5,000 finished boxes. The plant will be rebuilt after debris removal and salvage of usable equipment.
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Winchester
Wood Box Manufacturing Company
Owen M. Swimley
A. c. Slonaker
Swimley
Tloss
Elizabeth Kern
Spring Gardens
National Fruit Product Company
William Fox Gets Year in Prison and Fines
William Fox, once a film producer, was sentenced in federal court to one year and one day plus a $3,000 fine on a guilty plea to conspiracy to obstruct justice and defraud the United States. Co defendants J Warren Davis and Morgan S Kaufman faced trial with hung juries and will have related indictments dismissed. Fox testified he lent $27,500 to Davis as an alleged attempt to sway bankruptcy decisions.
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Philadelphia
William Fox
United States District Court
United States
Fox
U. S
J. Warren Davis
Morgan S. Kaufman
Attorney-General
Davis-Kaufman
Jurist
Kaufman
Davis
Guy K. Bard
Harry Stotler Injured in Fall at Construction Site
Harry Stotler, a carpenter and painter, suffered a fractured left hip and right shoulder after falling from the first floor to the cellar of a new house for Charles Pine at Washington and Clifford. His condition this afternoon was described as good. The accident occurred when he stepped through a opening for a fireplace.
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Harry Stotler
Charles Pine
Washington and
Clifford
Stotler
White House bars large formal parties this winter
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt announces no formal White House parties for the season citing serious conditions and mourning for her mother in law Sara Roosevelt and Hall Roosevelt. She will host informal receptions for Washington groups and may introduce musicians at those events.
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White House
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Sara Roosevelt
Hall Roosevelt
Wilson
Republican Candidate Pleads For Preservation of 2-Party System
Benjamin Muse argues for strong two party government as Virginia nears the governor race. He notes the primary for a dominant party often settles the election and urges voters to consider broader democratic safeguards as he addresses readers in the Winchester Evening Star. (Continued on Page 8, Col. 5.)
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Virginia
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Benjamin Muse
Darden
Winchester Evening Star
Boyce Residents Push Revision of School Plans
In Boyce Virginia over 100 patrons voted to revise plans for a new school to fit a $60,000 budget instead of the proposed $101,400 bid. A committee led by A Mackay Smith will seek cost cuts and hire an architect to rework the design while a temporary $8,800 structure was rejected as short lived.
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Boyce
Mackay Smith
A. Mackay Smith
Glasscock
Boyce Patron’s League
Walter Denny
Smith
Clay Carr
John Hardesty
C. H. Iden
State Board of Education
Raymond Long
B. B. McKay
Greenway
Long
Offer Rejected By Rail Unions
Four teen railroad unions with 900000 members rejected an offer by Roosevelt's emergency board to arbitrate the wage dispute with carriers and 1260000 organized workers. Frank L. Mulholland said the unions would proceed under the Railway Labor Act. Five operating brotherhoods with 360000 members also refused arbitration yesterday.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Frank L. Mulholland
National Railroad Board
Presidential
Mulholland
Temperatures Expected to Rise Then Cool Across Mid Atlantic
The forecast from Washington on October 21 calls for temperatures in the Middle Atlantic States to average above normal through October 25. Cooler conditions are expected Wednesday with a rise in temperature Friday followed by cooler weather by Saturday. Precipitation is expected to average across the period.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic States
Canadian Troops Sent to Training Camps in Britain
Thousands of Canadian troops with American volunteers arrived in Britain after trans-Atlantic crossings under Royal Navy escort. Armored units and the largest group of Canadian trained airmen yet overseas joined forces with American pilots and Dutch, Polish, and Dutch-Canadian contingents, as airmen undergo further training before joining operational squadrons.
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England
Britain
Atlantic
Royal Navy
United States Army
Ireland
Northern
Third Dominion
Eagle Squadron
Royal Air Force
Navy
Fewer Apples In Storage In Winchester This Year
Harvest is winding down as storages in Winchester show 388 104 barrels total in storage up from 469 557 last year? Government holdings total 68 485 barrels. Exclusive of government purchases, storage is 318 599 barrels, down from 461 557 a year ago. Producer owned totals are 180 000 in 1941 and 319 000 in 1940 at Winchester Cold Storage. Weather has been excellent for picking with higher sugar content but some color and size sacrifice.
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Winchester
Winchester Cold
Apple
Robinson I. & C
Virginia
Robinson
Postponed Dates for District Orthopedic Clinic
The orthopedic clinic in November by the District Nurse Association has been postponed from November 8 to November 15. Dr. Robert Funsten of University of Virginia Hospital will be the examining physician. The clinic will be held at the hospital.
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District Nurse Association
Robert Funsten
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
Exiled Panama Ex-President Arias Lands in Managua
Arnulfo Arias, deposed Panama president, arrived in Managua by Pan American plane escorted by three Panamanian police. He said he was awakened in jail and taken aboard without clarity on destination, offering no future plans. The move, approved by Panama's new regime, follows his exile after the October 9 bloodless coup.
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Nicaragua
Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Pan- American Airways
Arias
Pananama
Pan-American Airways
Cuba
Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia
Aria
Britain
United States Congress
Dr. Arias
Ports In Germany Heavily Bombed By Royal Airmen
London reports a heavy Royal Air Force bombing of northwest German ports including Bremen Wilhelmshaven and Emden in better weather last night Nine bombers are listed as missing and the air offensive continues as Allied convoys cross the Atlantic with growing escort strength and American naval support described as invaluable.
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London
Coast Guard
Royal Navy
Germany
Bremen
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Fierce Fighting as Nazis Press Toward Moscow
Soviet reports say Russian forces halted or slowed German advances around Moscow with heavy counter attacks and tank battles. Stalino falls for Axis forces as Rostov and Donets basin operations signal Hungary and Italy in the Donets region.
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Kalinin
Moscow
Tver
Mozhaisk
Hitler
Staline
Stalino
Donets
Russia
Donets River
Rostov-on-Don
Asre
Adolf Hitler
Stalin
Rostow
Caucasus
Petrov
50Th Army
Supreme Soviet Council
Bryansk
Red Army
Four Frenchmen Executed For Holtz's Killing
Four French gendarmerie officers including a colonel and three captains were arrested in Nantes in connection with the killing of German General Holtz. Four more persons were executed elsewhere in unoccupied France, raising total firing squad deaths to 84. Pierre Pucheu and Vice Premier Jean Darlan moved to Paris as investigations continued.
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Vichy
France
Nantes
Holtz
Dupard
Jean Darlan
Paris
Pierre Pucheu
Japanese Navy Rated As Very Powerful In Early Rumor
A London report cites an authoritative source rating the Japanese fleet as very powerful efficient and well manned though highly vulnerable to blockade. It lists ten battleships with one more nearing completion eight aircraft carriers eleven eight inch gun cruisers six large six inch gun car ssers sixty four destroyers and 86 submarines.
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London
WV Hunters Report Squirrels Dominate Season Opening
Four days afield yield a plenti ful supply of squirrels and a few ruffed grouse in West Virginia. Three wild turkeys were shot in three days by Dudley Wolford, Albert Sanders, and an unidentified hunter. Carrier boys of The Winchester Star elected officers with plans for football and a banquet. Bernard Grove Jr and Bill Punk helped fight a Swimley box factory blaze through the night to protect sawdust piles.
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West Virginia
Dudley Wolford
Paw Paw
Albert Sanders
Romney
West
Carrier Boys
Winchester Star
Robert Womeldorph
Daniel Stickley
Robert Ryan
Franklin Snapp
Bernard Grove, Jr
Charley Rouss
Bill Punk
Swimley
Chief Hollis to Attend Civilian Defense Course
Police Chief C W Hollis plans to attend a civilian defense methods course offered by the FBI and Office of Civilian Defense for chiefs of police and executives on October 30 31 in Richmond Virginia. FBI special agent C E Heinrich announced the program aims to cover convoy work guard surveys and blackout enforcement.
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C. W. Hollis
Bureau of Investigation
Chiefs of Police
Mond
C. E. Heinrich
FBI
Richmond
Office of Civilian Defense
PBI
Fiorello H. Ladia
U. S&s
$250000 Loan on City Property and Homes
City business property and homes eligible for a 250000 loan at five percent interest. R C Green representative. Phone 3317.
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R. C. Green
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Admiral Richard E. Byrd
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