Senate Debates Arming U.S. Merchant Ships During War Warning
Senate debate opens on repealing the neutrality act to arm American merchant vessels and allow sailing to any port. Hull and Stark testify that the United States seeks self defense and to protect Atlantic rights, amid calls for quick action and partisan opposition from Senator Nye.
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Washington
Hull
Hitler
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harold R Stark
Roosevelt urges CCC and NYA merger plan drafted
President Roosevelt called for drafting plans to consolidate the Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Youth Administration. He also proposed transferring all CCC administrative duties from the War Department to the Federal Security Agency led by Paul V. McNutt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Youth Administration
Waw Department
Federal Security Agency
Paul V. McNutt
Flag display urged after Handley bowl review
MA Winchester urges stronger respect for the flag after a Handley bowl flag review where several thousand onlookers gathered. He says lack of gesture by many soldiers is a troubling sign for democracy and warns that firmer patriotism would be fitting in these times.
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Handley Bowl
Wallpaper Remnants Sale Listed by Gardner B Hillyard
Remnants of wallpaper on a 3c roll offered by Gardner B Hillyard located at 41 E Piccadilly 8t. Includes details such as roll markings 3 36 1p 7t indicating stock and pricing placeholders. The ad reads like a newspaper classifieds item with a specific seller and product.
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Gardner B. Hillyard
E. Piccadilly
Germans Cite Divine Law in French Shootings
Berlin reports Authorized Germans said they had no knowledge of French representations regarding executions of French hostages at Nantes and Bordeaux. They called it a military matter and invoked ancient law that blood must be atoned for by blood. They argued the killings were legal within normal wartime standards and compared reprisals to historic sacking of towns.
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Berlin
Nantes
Bordeaux
Winchester Tops National Retail Market In 1940 Survey
The 1940 Commerce Department survey shows Winchester with 265 stores recording 4,000,000 in sales, over twice its quota. Per capita sales reach 663, wages total 793,000 for 998 workers, with food leading purchases and automotive equipment, general merchandise, and hardware also strong.
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The
Star
New York
Winchester
Department of Commerce
Assauann
Wee Osen Ot
Owas
Aged Episcopal Prelate Dies From Flu Attack
The Rt. Rev. James Ridout Winchester, 89 retired Protestant Episcopal bishop of Arkansas, died after five weeks of illness from influenza. He retired in 1931 and had lived with his daughter Mrs. James E. Montgomery. At his bedside were his daughter, his son Lee Winchester of Memphis, Tennessee, a grandson James Winch in law, James E. Montgomery, and Ester Montgomery. His wife had died in August.
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Chicago
James Ridout Winchester
Diocese of
Arkansas
Winchester
James E. Montgomery
Montgomery
Lee Winchester
Memphis
Tenn
James Winchin Law
Ester Montgomery
Boy 12 Kills Friend Near Capon Bridge
A quarrel between two Hampshire county youths ends in the shooting death of 13 year old Orval Simmons near Capon Bridge West Virginia. Dennis Pugh 12 is jailed and charged with the slaying after admitting he fired a 12 gauge shotgun at close range during a dispute witnessed by 11 year old Charles Sirbaugh. Sheriff L L Loy says the incident occurred around 12 15 PM Saturday two miles south of Capon Bridge. The state’s attorney says Pugh will face Juvenile Court action before Judge Harlan Calkhour.
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The
Star
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Hampshire County
Orval Simmons
Effie Kern
C. W. Simmons
Lynchburg
Dennis Pugh
Elson Pugh
L. L. Loy
Romney
Pugh
Simmons
Charles Sirbaugh
Ralph W. Haines
Harlan Calhoun
Lee Riner
Tornadoes Hit Arkansas Killing Many in Hamburg and Dardanelle
Two tornadoes struck rural Arkansas causing at least 14 deaths and many injuries. Hamburg suffered heavy residential damage and loss of communications while Dardanelle, the county seat, saw extensive property damage. Medical aid arrived from Camp Robinson to assist victims.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Hamburg
Arkansas River
Dardanelle
Shelby Jordan
Ulysses Walker
Charley Kelley Jordand
Charley Kelly
Thornburg
Bill Price
Otis Heathcote
Bethel
Alfred McDonald
Oake Doak
Minnie Bruton
134Th Infantry
Camp Robinson
Miners Caught Between Two Fires Over Bible And Strike
In western Pennsylvania nearly 26 000 captive coal miners walked out amid a strike. Oakmont Apostolic Faith Church members who work at Wheeling Steel Harmarville join reluctantly saying the Bible forbids striking though they are union members.
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Pittsburgh
Oakmont Apostolic Faith Church
Pennsylvania
C. I. O. United Mine Workers
Wheeling Steel Company
Harmarville
C. B. Webb
Miners Trapped After Kentucky Explosion at Sterling Coal
Sixteen miners were rescued and 29 others were reported safe after an explosion at Sterling Coal Company mine in Daniel Boone Kentucky. Fifteen men remained missing while rescue crews worked to reach them 2,800 feet back from the main shaft.
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Madisonville
Sterling Coal Company
Daniel Boone
Albert Keys
William Compton
Guy Proyer
Bert Cunningham
Edgar Adams
Naty Todd
Junior Gamblin
Robert Dunning
Dan Pearson
Whid
Idie Gin
Kentucky
Carroll Pattison
Westernport
Fifteenth Death in Alabama Bus Inferno
An Alabama Montgomery to Birmingham bus crash killed its fifteenth victim as the interior burned. Driver W A Alton died later in hospital after attempts to rescue passengers. Mary Eleanor Pinney identified among the dead. others remained unidentified.
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Clanton
Ala
Montgomery- Birmingham
W. A. Alton
Alabama
Lou Finney
Boston Red Sox
Mary Eleanor Pinney
Montevallo
Buffalo
Alton
Mac Stephens
J. Mell Martin
William D. Davis
Troy
Alonzo Fenfroe
Springs
Ponte
Civil Conservation Corps
Hardie Carpenter
Aultman
Man
Jones
Theospital
H É Mack Stephens
Robertson Inserts Byrd Editorial in Congressional Record
Congressman Robertson granted unanimous consent to insert in the Congressional Record an editorial by Harry F. Byrd Jr. titled Freedom of Expression A Process Heritage Bought For Us With Blood and Tears, published in The Winchester Evening Star and Harrisonburg Daily News Record. The editor directs Shenandoah Valley papers with about 65,000 readers. The Southern Newspaper Publishers Association also distributed the article to its members for National Newspaper Week, reaching about 300 southern editors.
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Washington
Robertson
D. Va
House of Representatives
Congressional Record
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Virginia
Winchester Evening Star
Harrisonburg
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Lewis Denounced In Congress For His Strike Call
Congress denounced John L. Lewis for calling a strike of coal miners amid wartime tensions. Rep Cox and Mississippi Democrats Colmer and McGehee warned the action imperils national security and labor freedom while condemning Lewis as a dangerous figure close to administration favoritism. The debate frames labor unrest against looming war.
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Lewis
Congress
Washington
Sue
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
Sidney Hillman
Cox
Mississippi
Knox Urges National Unity to Avoid French Fate
Detroit Navy Day speech by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox calls for national solidarity to prevent self serving politics and internal division. He warns against isolationism and cites France under German control, praising defense plant cooperation while urging greater effort from management and labor.
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Detroit
Frank Knox
United States
France
Knox
Petain
Russia
11th Battalion Ready For Any Call In Virginia
Winchester and northern Virginia viewed the 11th Battalion of the Virginia Protective Force in review with General Goodwyn and Adjutant General Waller expressing strong approval. Col. Frank M. Way stated the men are ready to complete their objective, while Col. Wray noted more work remains. The hour long review drew about 3,000 spectators as Handley Band led units from Berryville Alexandria and Warrenton into the Handley Armory.
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Winchester
Virginia
Virginia Protective Force
E. E. Goodwyn
General Goodwn
Adjt
S. Gardner Waller
Col. Wray
Handley Band
Winchester Company 115
Berryville
Alexandria
Warrenton
Handley Jhowl
First Lady Skips Windsor Lunch Due To Chicago Lecture
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor to be entertained at a White House luncheon arranged by the State Department, but Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt will not attend due to a Chicago lecture engagement. She says she had not known of the luncheon until yesterday and that she never makes entertainment plans for non friends. Roosevelt recently took on civilian defense duties and has worked constantly since October 1. The Windsor visit was postponed after Hall Roosevelt’s illness and subsequent death.
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Washington
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
State Department
Roosevelt
Windsors
Hall Roosevelt
Berlin Moscow front could hold through winter report says
Berlin correspondent of the Tribune de Geneve reports in Geneva that the Moscow front may endure all winter. He cites informed quarters noting continued extreme difficulty of fighting on the central Russian front and the expectation that mass reprisal executions in France would end.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Tribune de Geneve
Moscow
France
Second Reprieve For Frenchmen
In Vichy unoccupied France a second reprieve granted by the Germans saves 50 hostages due to be shot at midnight in Nantes for the assassination of a German officer. The measure also applies to 59 other hostages in Bordeaux scheduled for execution after midnight October 31 as investigators continue.
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Vichy
France
Nantes
Bordeaux
541 Stations To Carry Speech
NBC CBS and MBS networks plus many non chain stations will relay President Roosevelt's Navy address at 10 p m for half an hour originating from the Navy League dinner in Washington Translation in several languages will follow. An earlier Chicago Navy League dinner will feature Admiral Harold A Stark on United We Stand via NBC BLUE at 9 p m.
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New York
NBC
CBS
MBS
Roosevelt
Navy
Navy League
Washington
Chicago
Harold A. Stark
United We
Nbcblue
Over 1 000 Shells Fall On Bardia
Alexandria Egypt Oct 27 British warships in a bombardment of Axis targets in Libya fired more than 1 000 shells into Bardia. A naval source said light units hit Axis barracks motor transport and supply bases on the night of Oct 21 while other ships shelled gun emplacements east of Tobruk. Italian batteries opened fire as the British ships moved away but scored no hits.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Libya
Bardia
Tobruk
Marie Pierce Trial Opens in Clarke County Court
Marie Pierce 26, divorced wife of Ted Jones, goes on trial for the March 18 fatal shooting of Louis T. Moreland in Clarke County Circuit Court. Judge Philip Williams presides, venire of 49 panelists summoned. Prosecution led by Commonwealth Attorney Edward McC Williams with aides, defense represented by Kern and Kern.
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Berryville
Marie Pierce
Ted Jones
Louis T. Moreland
Clarke County
Philip Williams
Ed Thoma
Venire
Walworth Pierce
Boston
Mass
Moreland
Winchester Hospital
Commonwealth
Edward McC. Williams
Frank Wray
Aubrey Weaver
Front Royal
Kern and Kern
Winchester
Jefferson Statue Chosen for Washington Memorial
The Jefferson Memorial statue by Rudulph Evans was selected after long debate. The 18 foot high sculpture depicts Jefferson as president and joins Evans' notable works including the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond. In a separate note, Charley and Kermit Shewbridge caught five bass and four crappie near Brunswick in the Potomac, all about two pounds, from the same spot without moving.
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Memorial
Washington
Rudulph Evans
W. B. Sniders
Robert L. Glaize
Winchester
Jefferson
Evans
Robert E. Lee
Capitol
Richmond
Charley Shewbridge
Kermit
Potomac
Brunswick
No Step Back Reds Ordered By New Chief
The article reports Gen. Gregory Zhukov issuing orders of “Not a step back” as Soviet defense stiffens around Moscow and Rostov amid German pressure. It notes a Japanese patrol clash on the Far Eastern frontier and Tojo’s vow of no retreat, with Tass reporting minor casualties and arms abandoned by Japanese forces.
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Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Rostov
Russia
Manchukuo
Japan
Germany
Tojo
Hideki Tojo
Nis
Tgverne
Public Officeat
Tass
Caucasus
Red Army
Navy Cannot Police World Yet Says Naval Official
In Boston on Navy Day a Naval Affairs Committee chairman warned the United States cannot police the world. He said the Navy and air force are not designed or trained to wage foreign wars or build worldwide naval strength. He noted 332 combat vessels in 1938, only 102 by age, and projected 1,945 combat vessels when current ships are completed by 1945.
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Boston
Au x4
Boscommon
Naval Affairs
Walsh
Hope Fading For Pilots of the Missing US Planes
Fresno Calif October 27 weather worsens aerial search for three Army planes missing in the Sierra Tehachapi mountains. Eight search planes failed to locate the pilots or a fourth crewman Lieut J H Pease who parachuted to safety. Weather bureau forecasts increasing clouds and heavy rain. missing fliers L C Lydon J C West and R Long. Lieut W H Birrell of Warren Ohio was found dead in burned wreckage on Gray’s Peak Saturday.
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Fresno
Calif
Sierra-Tehachapi
J. H. Pease
United States Weather Bureau
L. C. Lydon
J. C. West
R. Long
W. H.' Birrell
Warren
Ohio
Gray's Peak
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