Rescind Ban On Auto Inspections Ends Stalemate In Winchester
The Winchester brake inspection stalemate ends as inspections resume at 9 stations after state orders. Drivers without inspection face at least a $5 fine plus costs. Authorities say testing on streets requires city designation and no liability rests on the city.
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East Lane
Bond
Wolfe
Cecil
Fairfax Lane
Star
Richmond
Broad Street
Main Street
Winchester
Police Department
Acco
Anderson
W. W. Dellinger
Lester
Mr. Dellinger
Efforts to End Harman Coal Walkout Fail
United Mine Workers actioned to end a 1100 worker strike across Harman Coal Company mines in Grundy Virginia. A noon conference between miners and union officials failed to reach an agreement while Lee Burke urged resumption of work and halted unauthorized walkouts.
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Grundy
United Mine Workers
Harman Coal Company
Lee Burke
No. 1
Authorities Warn Halloween Pranksters Over Property Damage
Police issued a warning to Halloween pranksters about trespassing and property damage. The notice targets Pendleton property on Amherst Street Extended which has suffered broken windows missing shutters and interior damage from recent months.
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Ene
Hallowe’en
Pendleton
Ambherst Street
Woman Posing As F B I Agent Sent To Prison
Lies Lockner a 22 year old night club singer also known as Paula Von Lockner was sentenced to a year and a day in a federal reformatory at Alderson West Virginia for falsely claiming to be a federal employee to defraud a hospital. Federal Judge Grover Moscowowitz suspended two year terms on two other counts directing they begin after completion of her sentence. Her troubles began when she claimed at an apartment hotel bar to be a lawyer with the Department of Justice and obtained credit at a hospital for sunburn treatment.
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New York
Lies Lockner
Paula von Lockner
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Grover Moscowwitz
Miss Lockner
Department of Justice
248 Children Found To Have Defective Vision
Preliminary exams of 697 Winchester and Frederick county school children found 248 need glasses. Refraction tests will be done at John Kerr school tomorrow at 11. County tests move to Miller school, with eight days expected to finish. Dr Sydnor Trattner of Richmond leads, aided by Miss Gibbs and volunteers.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Lions Club
John Kerr
Miller
Sydnor Trattner
Richmond
Ngi « Gibbs
Natalie Browne
Bryan Stotler
Wages and Dues Dispute Halts Carnegie-Illinois Mills
In Pittsburgh on October 30 the Carnegie-Illinois Steel mills reduced operations due to a CIO dues-collection drive and a wage dispute. Pickets from the Works near Clairton blocked access over delinquent union dues, halting the rolling-cold and 80-inch hot strip mills. About 800 workers are employed at the plant.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Clairton
Oscar Nebel Co May Use Nylon Stock Hosiery Plans
Oscar Nebel Hosiery Co in Winchester plans to shift to all rayon or nylon tops if silk runs out. Richard Veitel says existing silk stocks are earmarked for silk stockings only and Front Royal viscose supply supports continued real silk stockings into the new year. Nylon plant production at Martinsville could affect future materials, with a Du Pont plant possible within two months. The plant currently employs 140 workers with overtime to meet demand and reports no expected disruption due to material shortages.
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Winchester
Oscar Nebel Hosiery Company
Richard Veitel
Veitel
Front Royal
du Pont
Martinsville
Voitel
British urged to leave Japanese territory in China
The British embassy in Shanghai urged all British nationals in Japanese occupied territory to depart at once due to deteriorating political conditions in the Orient. Officials in London and China said evacuation is urgently desirable and a rare chance may not recur.
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Shanghai
China
Orient
London
Slaying Suspect Sought In State
Philadelphia police continued a search for Lacey Jennings 35 in connection with the shotgun slaying of his wife 26 last Monday night. An uncle in Towson Maryland reported Jennings woke him and said he would visit friends in northern Virginia. Police said the suspect was believed to be at large and possibly walking.
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Philadelphia
Lacey Jennings
Virginia
Jennings
Towson
Maryland
Belair
Pene
Winchester
St. Paul
Chicago
Seattle
Fargo
Mummers Parade Promises Largest Hallowe'en Display
Hagerstown Md October 30 The twenty second annual Mummers parade draws crowds over 60000 from Maryland and nearby states. Four divisions children adults organized bodies and floats plus 30 bands and drum corps join the procession at 8 pm. Prizes totaling more than 2500 will be awarded in various divisions.
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Hagerstown
Alsatia Club
Maryland
Mises
W. Kieffer Bower
National Defense
Ei Dhee
May Get Verdict In Trial Of Miss Pierce This Evening
In Berryville Virginia Marie Pierce a 26 year old socialite farmer and divorcee faces a potential verdict this afternoon in the slaying case against Louis Townsend Moreland 51 a farmer neighbor. Court attendees included lawmakers and lawyers as the defense argued justifiable homicide and self defense while the Commonwealth pressed two theories including the dying declaration.
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Marie Pierce
Walworth Pierce
Boston
Clarke County
Berryville
Louis T. Moreland
Pierce
Miss Pierce
Louis Townsend Moreland
Star
Commonwealth
Edward McC. Williams
Harry Kern, Sr
Winchester
Chilly Hollow
Senator Weaver
Kern
Richard Owen
Moreland
Britons Hear of Another Nazi Leader Landing
London October 30 A persistent rumor claimed a senior Nazi official landed in Cambridgeshire by plane imitating Rudolf Hess and prompted home guard patrols last night. Officials denied the report and no such person was found.
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London
Rudolf Hess
Cambridgeshire
Airliner Crash Kills Fourteen In Fog Near Fargo Moorehead
Northwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Seattle crashes in fog near Moorehead Minnesota. Fourteen passengers die in the impact and flames. Only survivor is Captain Clarence Bates the pilot who was thrown clear and dazed. He faces doctors and questions as investigators begin work.
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Moorehead
Minn
Northwest Airlines
Clarence Bates
Bates
Miners To Resume Work Under Roosevelt Mediation
John L. Lewis announced the United Mine Workers will reopen the captive coal mines for a period to November 15 1941 aligning with President Roosevelts mediation efforts. The union unanimously accepted the plan and work will resume as locally arranged with some night shifts returning immediately.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Lewis
William H. Davis
Defense Mediation Board
The
United Mine Workers of America
Mayflower
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
Taylor
Mediation Board
Army Intervenes At Bendix Plant In Strike Resolution
Army officers take charge of reinstating 65 former strikers at Air Associates Inc following White House action to halt a five state aviation walkout. Col. Roy M. Jones and Maj. Peter Beasley oversee the process as 65 CIO workers end a new walkout after a Defense Mobilization Board order.
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Bendix
N. J
United States Army
Air Associates, Inc
White House
Cc. I
War Department
Roy M. Jones
Air Corps
Peter Beasley
Air Associates
Defense Mediation Board
Richard T. Frankensteen
Aviation
United Automobile Workers of America
Army forms first American mountain regiment
The army orders a special mountain troops regiment modeled on Norway and Italy units. The first battalion will form November 15 at Fort Lewis Washington as a nucleus for expansion. Secretary Stimson says men with unique qualifications will be selected and trained in mountain climbing ski travel and snowshoe living in snow.
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Washington
Norway
Fort Lewis
Stimson
Steep Increases Advocated For Social Security
Secretary Morgenthau announced a plan for steep social security tax increases to be considered within two months. He declined to provide exact rates but indicated aims to mop up extra money in pockets while limiting inflation and funding defense. He cited a 12.58 billion deficit this year and potential borrowing of up to five billion annually from social security.
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Treasury
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Paul V. McNutt
Civil War Vet Cap'n Good Bramble Dies at 101 in Cambridge
Captain Goodman Washington Bramble aged 101, Civil War veteran and 23 year seaman, died in Cambridge Maryland. He spent his last years in a bonding house parlor after losing a knee at Antietam. Survived by seven children including Mrs. Alice Martin and Mrs. James Horseman.
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Cambridge
Goodman Washington Bramble
Tony
Antietam Battlefield
Alice Martin
Lynchburg
James Horseman
John Jester
Church Creek, Méad
Ernest
Fred
Harry
Clayton Bramble
Dorchester County
City and County Brevities
A. L. DeHaven of DeHaven Virginia voices discontent with automobile testing after three Winchester trips for an inspection and long waits on a pre-dawn start. Walter Bursey, Henry Hyde, and Fred Hyde bring home a catfish haul totaling 34 with a 13 pound largest catch. another big one eludes Bursey.
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Walter Bursey
Henry
Fred Hyde
Shenandoah
Walter
Bursey
Soviet and German forces clash as Moscow air raids continue
Soviet dispatches report German raids on Moscow with over 300 fighters launched yesterday, while front lines near Rostov and Kharkov show brutal resistance. Timoshenko coordinates a stand to defend Rostov as Italians admit a halt in Stalino sector amid ongoing clashes across the southern front.
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Associated Press
Russia
Nara
Moscow
Rostov-on-Don
Tass
Adolf Hitler
Donets River
Donets
Hitler
Rostov
Kharkov
Semeon Timoshenko
Caucasus
Crimea
Don River
Havoc Wrought By RAF Bombs On Norway Harbor
The air ministry reported a major RAF low level strike on Aalesund harbor Norway destroying or sinking seven ships. Four supply vessels were sunk or left sinking, one burning, a sixth damaged, and an escort corvette heavily damaged. Additional raids hit a fish oil factory and docks at Bergen. Earlier British bombers attacked Brest, the German naval base at the occupied port.
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London
Air Ministry
R.A. F
Aalesund
Norway
Bergen
Occupi Ean
Brest
Bingo Sarah Zane Fire Hall Ad
A small bingo listing announces a session at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall with entry by door fee of 100 dollars. The fragment suggests an event or fundraiser dated around October 29 with unspecified timing.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
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