Adjourment Within Week Now Expected For Congress
Speaker Bankhead predicted the neutrality bill would pass the House next week with little change. A joint conference would draft a compromise merging Senate and House versions, including the Senate arm embargo repeal and cash and carry system. The House rules committee meets Monday to clear the way for action.
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Washington
Bankhead
Senate
House
House Rules Committee
Great Britain
France
Roosevelt
Connally
D-Tex
Winchester Traffic Lights Work Well Say Local Resident
MA Winchester notes traffic signals installed over the years have functioned successfully with no direct accidents blamed on them. The speaker urges adding lights at Boscawen and Cameron, describing noon congestion and difficulty entering Cameron Street, and asks that future budget include this intersection.
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Winchester
Boscawen
Cameron
Cameron Street
Dies Threatens Contempt Citation In Maritime Union Hearing
Washington October 28 Chairman Dies warned he would cite Joseph Curran president of the National Maritime Union CIO for contempt after Curran called the hearing a circus. The exchange grew heated as Curran challenged Dies defending Americanism amid committee scrutiny of alleged Communist influence.
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Washington
Dies
D-Tex
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
CIO
Committee On un-American Activities
Husky
Curran
Rhea Whitley
Orx
Texas
Cold And Warm In Coming Week
Weather outlook for the week predicts rain in the Middle Atlantic on Monday and warmer conditions on Tuesday and Friday. Slightly colder air is expected at times with periods of warmth interspersed.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
J William Stryker Ill as Fire Company Leader Recovers
J William Stryker, veteran member of the Friendship Fire Company and former chief of the volunteer fire department, lies seriously ill at his home on 8 S Loudoun Street. His condition shows slight improvement. Taylor Barr has been elected active chief, with Stryker serving as honorary chief.
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J. William Stryker
Friendship Fire Company
Volunteer Fire Department
S. Loudoun Street
Taylor Barr
Mr. Stryker
First Civilian To Receive War Cross Is A Boy
Paris reports 17 year old Ritter Philippe of Alsace became the first civilian awarded the croix de guerre in this war. A German pilot landed near him and demanded information but Ritter escaped on his bicycle to warn a French patrol, which restrained the pilot before damage could be done.
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Paris
Ritter Philippe
Alsace
Ritter
France
Recovered Hamman Car T: Hamman car recovered in Washington DC after theft in Winchester
The automobile of B. H. Hamman a Winchester merchant was stolen from his garage and recovered in Washington DC. Indications point to a Pittsburgh suspect who stole a coat and gloves from a separate car in that city and later found in Silver Springs Maryland with a shotgun Hamman kept for hunting. About 300 dollars in receipts from apples were taken from Douglas Cather’s glove compartment in a jimmied car. Kuykendall and Lefois also reported thefts with jimmied glove compartments and misplaced permits verification of ownership at police.
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B. H. Hamman
Winchester
Washington, D. C
Pittsburgh
Hamman
Cameron Street
Clarence Lefois
Snow Flurries Reported In Southern City
Chilling winds swept the city as brief snow flurries appeared in the southern section yesterday. Weather remained otherwise excellent for football despite unusually high wind at times.
Sachem of Murderer's Gulch Plans Livestock Auction Funeral
Perkinsville Vermont reports Albert T. Billings the sachem of Murderer's Gulch seeks a posse to round up livestock for an auction sale to pay for a whale of a funeral. He plans two preachers a choir and expects to charge for flowers as Old Kate and a seven year old cow hide in the hills.
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Murderer’s Gulch
Perkinsville
Albert T. Billings
Kate
Billings
Italy Puts Off Ship Launching In Fascist Anniversary Day
Rome notes Mussolini marked the seventeenth anniversary of the Fascist march on Rome with a rally promising continued progress. A 35,000 ton battleship Impero launch in Genoa was postponed. In Bolzano a Fascist youth school opened. Some 8,000 of 11,000 colonists sail to Libya from Venice as others join the North Africa effort.
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Mussolini
Alps
Ocean
Ilduce
Genoa
Bolzano
Venice
Libya
Italian North Africa
Fascist Party
Howard Jones Recovers After Major Operation
Howard Jones of Winchester lies seriously ill at Memorial hospital after a major operation. He required a blood transfusion during treatment for his condition.
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Howard Jones
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Aged Baltimore Banker Is Dead
James Carey Jr aged 85 founder of Provident Savings Bank died at Stew Memorial Hospital after a fracture suffered leaving Friends Meeting House in Baltimore on October 28.
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Baltimore
James Carey, Jr
The
Provident Savings Bank
Stew Memorial Hospital
Carey
Friends’ Meeting House
Turner Spies a Weed Doesn’t Pull It
Mrs. Mark Turner wife of Mark Turner master of the Virginia State Grange left Winchester after exclaiming Look at that weed in a Piccadilly street restaurant. The plant in a tub held a tall arbor vitae and provoked pleas to pull it. Grangers adjourned and returned home leaving the weed growing with deep green leaves despite cool weather.
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Mark Turner
Virginia State Grange
Winchester
Germans Lose Two Fliers In Drama Of Sky
Two German airmen were killed one wounded and a Nazi pilot captured after British fighters forced the German warplane down east of Dalkeith near Edinburgh in a dramatic sky encounter. Witnesses say the plane tried to evade pursuers before crashing on a hillside.
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Sky
Robert Bunnelle
London
Edinburgh
Air Ministry
Dalkeith
Firth
Firth of Forth
British Press Association
Kingsley Wood
Waren
Germany Admits Losing Three U Boat Submarines
Berlin reports the German high command acknowledges the loss of three submarines and notes at least 115 merchant ships totaling 475,321 tons have been sent to the bottom since the war began. The communique says unconfirmed reports are excluded and action figures are likely higher. Raiding across the Baltic and North Sea and the Atlantic remains successful. Between October 12 and 25, ships were sunk according to official figures.
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High Command
Germany
Baltic
North Sea
Atlantic
Riley's Market Full Stock for Fruit Cakes by the Pound
Advertises a new complete stock at Riley's Market with economical pricing by the pound. Provides phone number 276 and a date stamp of October 28, 1910 11.
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Riley’s
Your Eyes Need Quick Exam By Hodgson and Brown
Daily delay adds burden on your eyes. Hodgson and Brown, registered optometrists, urge immediate eye examinations. Also notices on cleaning suits and dresses with delivery service available by Ker, phone listed.
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Hodgson & Brown
Bank Robbery Shocks White Hall Md as Two Men Flee
Two armed men robbed the White Hall Bank in Maryland, taking about 500 dollars after forcing cashier William P Wright and a teller into the vault. A witness alerted former worker Mrs J P Eney who opened the vault and freed the captives. It was the fourth bank robbery at the same location.
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White Hall
Siegan Point
William P. Wright
Lida Slade
J. P. Eney
Byrd's Snow Cruiser Slips Off Ohio Bridge
An eight ton snow cruiser being moved from Chicago to Boston for Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expedition ran off a bridge near Lima Ohio and overturned into a creek. Crew members escaped injury after leaping clear. initial inspection aimed to assess the damage.
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Lima
Chicago
Boston
Richard E. Byrd
French Watching Tactics Of Nazis
Paris reports the French general staff observing overt German military preparations in the Saarland. A commentator speculates a two front attack via Wissenbourg and the Rhine, with a Netherlands thrust to gain naval bases and access to Alsace. Floods aid French offensive timing as Rhine rises and weather unsettles the northern flank.
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Saarland
Wissenbourg
Rhine
Saar
Netherlands
Germany
France
Acquitted Wives In Philadelphia Insurance Murder Case
Dark eyed Stella Alfonsi the youngest woman defendant in Philadelphia insurance murder cases was acquitted today of poisoning her husband Ferdinand a WPA worker. The jury deliberated overnight and she is the first acquittal among the fourteen defendants with five convicted and eight others pleading guilty. nine still await trial.
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Philadelphia
Stella Alfonsi
Ferdinand
Young Chrysler's Wife Near Reno
Nevada reports Mrs. Margaret Prince Sykes Chrysler wife of Walter P. Chrysler Jr. established a residence near Reno today and could file for divorce in about five weeks. She was staying at a guest ranch in Washoe Valley, 25 miles south, where the couple had married in April.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
Margaret Prince Sykes Chrysler
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr
Chrysler
Washoe Valley
Eessee
Ed Stettinius Appears At Audley Dispersal Sale
Among prominent horsemen at the Audley dispersal sale yesterday was Ed Stettinius of New York City and Orange Virginia. He serves as chairman of U S Steel and of the War Resources Board and is a University of Virginia graduate from the class of 1924.
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Audley
Ed Stettinius
New York City
Orange
Stettinius
U. S. Steel Corporation
War Resources Board
University of Virginia
Man With Short Time To Live Plans Victory Party
Claude J. Bradley, told by doctors he had two to three months to live last June, says he will throw a victory dinner as soon as he knows he has beaten death. He remains cheerful, running his cement business by telephone and awaiting more time to celebrate with friends.
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New York
Claude J. Bradley
Bradley
Hon
City of Flint Still At Murmansk Crew Onboard Say Officials
Washington dispatch reports American Charge d Affaires Alexander Kirk said Berlin officials advised the City of Flint remains at Murmansk with the crew aboard to operate the ship after repairs. Hamburg consul-general noted no news from the German prize commissioner. No illness reported among the crew.
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Flint
Germany
Washington
State Department
Berlin
City of Flint
Murmansk
Alexander CC. Kirk
Foreign Office
Kirk
Oper
Hamburg
Tlauirence
Meneen
Steinhardt
Vladimir Potemkin
Foreign Affairs
Ponce Plans Return to Vatican Amid Peace Efforts
The pope prepares to end a three month residence at his summer palace and to begin a half hour drive to Vatican City. On arrival he will consecrate 12 missionary bishops tomorrow, in a ceremony linked to his encyclical and peace efforts. He has modernized 22 rooms in the Vatican apartments, a first in half a century.
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Vatican City
Sixtus IV
Vatican
War Highlights From The Associated Press Briefs
Washington reports quick House action on neutrality bills. London says German planes downed by British in Scotland. Berlin claims 115 Allied ships, admits three ships sunk. City of Flint is safe. Budapest mentions mania and Yugoslavia hold secret conference.
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City of Flint
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