Masons For Higher Degree List Masons For Higher Degree
Washington October 21 Senator Tom Connally of Texas chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was among 224 Scottish Rite Masons elected to the thirty third degree at the Supreme Council biennial session Also honored was Senator Lister Hill of Alabama among 483 knights commanders elected Names from Virginia and other cities include William Henry Crone Jr Roanoke Henry Christian Neren Roanoke and many others across Norfolk Richmond Alexandria and Tyler with various listed members.
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Washington
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction
Lister Hill
Alabama
Court of Honor
Masons and
Knights
The
Virginia
William Henry Crone, Jr
Portsmouth
Henry Christian Neren
Roanoke
Robert Harrison Puckett
Richmond
William Lee Sterling
Roger Christopher Sullivan
Alexandria
Glenn Brady Venee
E”Nville
C. H
Hunter_ Holmes Akers
Pianeke
James Breakell
John Cornelius Cox
Delamater Davis
Norfolk
Floyd Crump Frizzell
Francis Percy Gary
Dumbarton
Clyde Morgan Halstead
John Allen
Martin
Erdmann Theodore Stultz
Franklin Adair
Tyler
Samuel Edwards Wade
Philehas
Earle Wood
British Tankers Released To Ease Oil Shortage
New York October 21 British tankers formerly in American registry were released to the United States to help relieve the gasoline shortage on the eastern seaboard. The 15 ships have a total capacity over 1.2 million barrels and are to be placed at the disposal of Harold Ickes the petroleum coordinator for use as he sees fit.
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New York
United States
Harold Ickes
Deavers Murder Case Heard In Clarke Circuit Court
In Berryville Virginia on October 21 the Clarke Circuit Court hears the manslaughter case of Harry Deavers from Front Royal over a fatal August 16 car collision with Mr. Seamore on Route 50 between Opequon bridge and Cook's garage. Prosecutor Edward McC Wil leads the state with Col. Frank Pat Bel Berryville assisting. defense attorney from Front Royal represents Deavers.
Car Stolen From C. H. Bursey In Front Of Residence
Charles H. Bursey Jr reportedly had his 1935 Chevrolet sedan stolen Saturday night from in front of his brother Henry Bursey’s home at 324 National Avenue. He had left the car key in the ignition after returning from a late shift at Montgomery Ward. the car, recently overhauled with four new tires, started and drove off.
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Charles H. Bursey, Jr
Henry Bursey
National Avenue
Bursey
Montgomery Ward
American Fliers With R A F Shoot In France
Two American pilots in the Eagle Squadron disrupted a France railway near Abbeville by firing on two locomotives during a cloud-shrouded air sweep over northern France. Pilot Officers M W Fessler and Charles W Tribken, both in their early twenties, carried out the mission. Fessler fired on one locomotive which vanished in steam and then engaged the second engine but outcome unclear.
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London
R. A. F. Eagle
Abbeville
France
Air Ministry
M. W. Fessler
Los Altos
Calif
Charles Wallace Tribken
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fessler
Final Rites For Benjamin Kendall
Grave services for Benjamin Boots Kendall age 52 of Winchester are set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Mt Hebron cemetery. Kendall died Sunday in Hamp ton Virginia at a government hospital after his body arrived today and will rest at Jones Funeral Home prior to the ceremony. He served overseas with Co I in World War I and is survived by his wife and two children.
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Mt. Hebron
Benjamin “Boots” Kendall
Winchester
Government Hospital
Hampton
Jones Funeral Home
Mr. Kendall
Co. I
Study of Common Stock Dealings by Life Companies
New York October 21 Lewis W Douglas president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York urged the New York State Legislature to study the desirability of life insurance companies investing in common stock He spoke during a two day hearing on trust fund investments in insurer stocks and permitting holding of common shares John W Stedman vice president of Prudential Insurance Company of America questioned the wisdom of such purchases suggesting policyholders confidence depends on limiting investments to a very small percentage of assets.
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New York
Lewis W. Douglas
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York State
John W. Stedman
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Stedman
Musselman Plant Fire Inwood West Virginia
A large blaze at the Musselman plant in Inwood West Virginia threatened the town by 3 30 p m as fire apparatus from Martinsburg and the Friendship Company from Winchester converged on the scene.
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Musselman
Inwood
W. Va
Martinsburg
Friendship Co
Winchester
Petain Protests Le Havre Raids
VICHY Oct 21 Marshal Petain voiced government protest over the RAF bombardment of Le Havre in an open letter to the city authorities. Paris dispatches also labeled British treatment of French officers captured near Somaliland and questioned U.S. defense efforts in a separate agency item.
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Vichy
Marshal Petain
France
le Havre
Somaliland
United States
Navy Notre Dame tickets sold out for November 8 game
Annapolis officials announced all tickets for the Navy versus Notre Dame football game on November 8 in Baltimore are sold out. A capacity crowd of 63 000 will attend the event, marking a historical sellout.
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Navy-Notre Dame
Annapolis
Navy
Hull Urges Changes to Defend Seas and Commerce
Advocates of aiding Britain push for bold measures as dangers to sea lanes and American lives mount. Hull argues that if neutral rights are ignored, the United States must defend itself on land and sea, warning that Hitler aims to sever Atlantic connections and threaten Western hemispheric security. Advocates in Congress press for action, claiming a narrow committee majority supports delivering aid.
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Hitler
United States
North Atlantic Ocean
Hull
Britain
Estimated nickels in juke boxes nationwide
It is estimated that 300 000 automatic phonographs in the United States take in 1 800 000 000 nickels a year or 90 000 000 dollars.
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United States
Prohibition Nullification and Belligerent Port Policy
The text discusses nullifying acts that forbade ship armament and the operation of American merchantmen to belligerent ports, signaling a shift in neutrality or wartime maritime policy. It names implications for naval preparedness and commercial shipping routes under tense international conditions.
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Masons
Hande Oil East
Harry Deavers
C. H. Bursey
W. B. Snider
N. Cameron St
Dial
Army
Curtiss
United States Army
Buffalo
St. Louis
Mediterranean
Ark Royal
Italy
RCAF
Peter G. Lehman
Herbert H. Lehman
Montreal
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
U. S. Air Force
L. Maxwell-Muller
RAF Ferry Command
C. H. Stone
RADIO
Philco
Miller
Ae Anderson
E. Boscawen St
Benjamin Kendall
Cine Aav
Pepsi-Cola and
Cloverdale
D. A. Gordon & CO
S. Main St
Petain
Atlantic
Western Hemisphere
Sporting Goods
Braddock
Amherst
Winchester Furniture
South Main
Bill Striker
Bill
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