Senate Backs Neutrality Bill Repealing Arms Embargo
The Senate voted 67 to 22 to repeal the arms embargo to Europe and move toward passage of a neutrality bill. The measure aims to end the embargo and establish a limited cash and carry system, with House plans to act Tuesday and seek a conference with the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Europe
Mort
United Exports
Clark
House
Senate House
Rule Committee
Landon Attacks Unemployment During Campaign Stop
Alfred M. Landon, the 1936 Republican nominee, criticized unemployment conditions in Mount Vernon Iowa noting a shift from steady jobs to mere existence. A Winchester reader from Strasburg complained about the city’s lack of attractive sanitary rest room facilities, urging improvements.
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Mount Vernon
Alfred M. Landon
MA Winchester
Strasburg
Five People Must Do Their Part For Democracy
Fred Brenckman of the National Grange spoke at the Virginia State Grange convention urging citizens to act in support of a government by the people. He warned that neglect by voters invites others to govern and cited President Roosevelt on civic duty. He noted many fail to vote and urged active participation.
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Fred Brenckman
Washington
National Grange
L. J. Taber
Brenchman
Roosevelt
New York
Brenckman
Pope denounces denial of God as cause of war in encyclical
Castello Gandolfo October 27 Pope Pius XII in his first encyclical denounces the denial of God as a root of global conflict and pleads for peace treaties guided by justice. He warns against dictators seeking absolute autonomy and urges respect for treaties and natural conscience in moral order.
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Pope Pius
Castel Gandolfo
Pius XII
Officials Announced For Winchester General Election
City of Winchester posts list of officials to serve in the November 7 general election. Names include judges and clerks for Friendship, City Hall, and Ritter precincts. Voting hours run from 6:25 a.m. to 5:01 p.m., with the single State Senate race on the ballot.
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Winchester
Friendship
John W. Kater
Frank Beckley
Wm. E. Newlin
Lester Forney
Ralph
Tom Doe
State Senate
Nac
Admiral Nulton to Speak at Winchester Education Banquet
Admiral Louis M. Nulton, a member of the local school board, will be guest speaker at a Winchester Education Association banquet on Thursday November 2 at the George Washington Hotel. Handley School teachers will entertain school board members and guests. Officers include Miss Nancy Larrick president Miss Mary Boxley vice president Miss Mary Belle Bear secretary and Miss Susan Saulsbury treasurer.
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Louis M. Nulton
Winchester Education Association
George Washington Hotel
Handley School
W. R. Legge
Vocareserva
Association
Nancy Larrick
Mary Boxley
Agia
Mary Belle Bear
Susan Saulsbury
Suits and Topcoats Cleaned and Pressed Delivery Service
Notice offers cleaning and pressing of suits and plain dresses with call for pickup and delivery. Placed by Pingley & Carper at Plaza.
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Pingley & Carper Plaza
Ers
Pays Tribute To Virginians By Fred Brenckman
Fred Brenckman Washington representative of the Virginia State Grange praises Senators Byrd and Glass and A Willis Robertson in a speech. He hails their patriotism and fiscal prudence, calling Robertson one of the finest and ablest men in the House.
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Virginia State Grange
Fred Brenckman
Washington
Byrd and
Glass
A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
Siwiknanan
Robertson
Ship Explosion Kills One as Mikane Docked
In Norfolk Virginia on October 27 a Coast and Geodetic Survey yacht named Mikane was loading gasoline from an oil truck when an explosion occurred. Lieutenant Max Ricketts, the commanding officer, was hurled under the dock. Eight others were certavies in the incident.
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Norfolk
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Mikane
Max Ricketts
German pocket battleships at sea month sinking only three vessels
British naval authorities said the German pocket battleships Admiral Scheer and Deutschland had been at sea for a month and had sunk only three vessels, one of which was a neutral ship.
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London
Admiral Scheer
Deutschland
Freight truck overturns in Clarke county kills one
A large Tennessee freight trailer overturn near White Post Clarke county leaves G. H. Alvis of Kingsport dead and Edward Newton fatally injured. Believed survivor Bel escaped injury as ambulance to Memorial Hospital takes Newton for possible internal injuries and cuts. Police investigate as Clarke county records eight fatalities this year.
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White Post
Clarke County
Tennessee
G. H. Alvis
Kingsport
Tenn
Edward Newton
Bel
Friendship Fire Company
Newton
Memorial Hospital
Alvis
Enders Undertaking
Berryville
Mason-Dixon
New York
Valley
Stephens City
Te Post, Boyce
George F. Miller
Exemption Probed for Apple Cold Storage Hours
Washington, Oct 27. A hearing set for November 2 will review exempting Winchester Virginia area apple cold storage plants from wage and hour act hour limits during harvest. The 54 hour work week exemption, tentatively approved by the division, would take effect within 15 days absent objections amid a protest from the committee for fair play for workers.
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Washington
Winchester
Appalachian
Committee For Fair Play
Public Sale Of Household Articles By C H Fries Cedar Grove
Public sale set for October 28 at 11 a m features household articles. Organizer C H Fries of Cedar Grove listed as official.
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C. H. Fries
Cedar Grove
Grangers Endorse Driver Exams and Insurance for Virginia
The Virginia Grange backs compulsory motor vehicle liability coverage and driver examinations. They press for fair transportation regulation, preserve private rail control, and praise the State Agriculture Department while urging price supports to cover costs and ensure small profits. The text notes proposed farm policy and public livestock protections.
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Grangers
Virginia
Grange
Roosevelt Faces Third Term Questions With A Smile
President Roosevelt, answering questions on the third term during a Washington press conference, urged reporters to focus on news. He smiled at speculation about colleagues like Wallace and Ickes and joked about concerns over future political moves.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
San Francisco
Stephen Early
White House
Ickes
Early
Garner
County merging deemed necessary yet forlorn by officials
The Virginia County Government Commission on October 27 viewed consolidation of counties for performance of governmental functions as necessary but a forlorn task. It will prepare recommendations for the General Assembly and follow the tentative summer report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia County Government Commission
General Assembly
Summer Weather Returns to Frederick With Warm Day
Summer returned to Frederick with a high near 84 degrees at the Ree alt Laboratory. Windows were opened, fires died out, and men walked the streets in short sleeves.
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Frederick
I Ree Alt Laboratory
Furniture Auction Heirlooms and Household Goods Featured
Antique and household furniture auction set for Saturday November 4 at 1 p.m. at 206 S Brad dock St. Virginia Whisson listed. The sale includes antiques and miscellaneous furniture.
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S. Braddock St
Virginia Whisson
Audley Farm dispersal sales top $70,000 as race horse stock sells
At Audley Farm in Berryville Virginia the dispersal sale of B B Jones drew 1 000 horsemen and women including Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt and Col Phil Chinn. By 3 pm 96 of 135 horses had sold for over 70000 with top bid 6000 for a bay colt foaled 1938. Other high prices included 5000 for Knight's Fern and 3100 bids for several colts and a mare.
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Berryville
Audley Farm
B. B. Jones
Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt
Col
Phil Chinn
Audley
Virginia
Harry Lunger
Wilmington
Del
Lunger
Tall Tree Farm
Norman Tallman
Knight Bachelor
Our Haven
Preston Burch
Washington
Imp
Steinhardt Secures Moscow Interview On City of Flint
United States Ambassador Laurence A Steinhardt finally gained an interview with a Russian official in Moscow to seek details on the City of Flint. Soviet officials had provided only the brief press notice of the vessel’s release from Murmansk to Hamburg. Roosevelt said he had no new information to comment on the seizure.
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Moscow
United States
Laurence A Steinhardt
City of Flint
Trom
Steinhardt
Murmansk
Flint
Berlin
Hamburg
Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Many Bodies Found In U Boat At Goodwin Sands
Dover reports 56 to 60 bodies recovered by British divers from a shattered German submarine washed ashore on Goodwin sands. The sub likely sunk by depth charges or aerial bombs during a rough storm. wrecks of the Vala Slice and Siberia lie nearby from 1917.
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Dover
Goodwin Sands
Kent Corse
Downs Roadstead
Hospital Chief Says Kidnap Attempt Foiled
Dr Louis J Saxe superintendent of the Arizona State Hospital for the Insane charged a former attache attempted to kidnap Winnie Ruth Judd the trunk murderess last July. Judd fled the ward Tuesday night and was still at large. Saxe offered no detail but suggested a possible political motive to embarrass him.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Louis J. Saxe
Arizona State Hospital For the Insane
Winnie Ruth Judd
Saxe
Decree Labels Poles Inferior in German Occupied City
Nazi official Kampe issues order in Bromberg now Bydgoszcz prescribing Poles be treated as inferiors in conquered Polish region. Poles to be served after Germans in stores factories and public buildings. German to be the official language with limited Swastika display.
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Bromberg
Germany
Bydgoszcz
Poland
Kampe
Federal debt nears limit as controversy grows
The Treasury says the federal debt reached 41.024 billion dollars, within four billion of the constitutional borrowing cap. A 51.06 million rise in one day pushed the total to 41,023,872,434 with 38,424,932,579 outstanding before. debate centers on raising the limit from 45 to 50 billion, prompting criticism and renewed discussion in fiscal circles.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
City of Flint Seized Vessel Heads Toward Hamburg
Berlin reports the United Steamer City of Flint, seized as a prize, sails from Murmansk toward Germany under a Deutschland crew. Advices say it nears the British blockade, with prize court in Hamburg to decide fate. U S embassy says legal questions remain unsettled.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Flint
War Highlights Across Fronts and Vatican Message
AP dispatches report Pius XII in an encyclical criticizes governments for substituting themselves for God. Paris notes French forces on the move while observers anticipate a large offensive. Supplies and mobilization efforts continue as Britain opens enlistments to volunteers.
Christmas Lay-A-Way Club Ad Notice
An advertisement invites readers to join a Christmas lay away club with a small deposit to reserve goods and protect against price increases. Separate notice announces a postponed public sale by Alfred Hubbard at Sharp Street for household and furniture on October 28 at 1 p.m.
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Rae
Hodgson & Brows
Alfred Hubbard
Sharp St
Rate Sega Sat Oct 28 Auct Coleman Dunn Dressmaker Wanted
Classified note lists a sale date October 28 with auctioneer Coleman Dunn and numbers 10 24 26 27 1p 31. It also advertises a dressmaker position in Kansas and a reference 286 dated October 25.
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Alfred Hibbard
Sharpe St
Sega
Coleman Dunn
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Clarke
Winchester Hospital
State of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Dairy and Food Division
Plac- Senalvilles Ganseaine
Goatote Ani & At
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North Sea
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