House Defenses Bill Advances as War Spending Grows
The House approved a defense bill carrying about 5.25 billion dollars to arm a 2 million man army, start a two ocean navy, and buy thousands of aircraft. It heads to the Senate for changes before Roosevelt can sign it, while a conscription fight looms. A fight on the floor also highlighted tensions as a fistfight broke out between Rep. Vincent and Rep. Sweeney over the compulsory training bill.
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Washington
House
Army
Navy
Senate
Roosevelt
Rep
Woodrum
D-Va
Senate House Conference Committee
Vincent
D-Ky
Sweeney
Winchester urges careful driving as school returns
MA Winchester notes about 2500 more reasons to drive carefully today with children back at school. Mothers feel foreboding yet proud as their youngsters begin nine months of learning outside home walls. He recalls past accidents and urges drivers to stay vigilant with the school year reopening.
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Winchester
Friendship Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The Friendship Fire Company announces its regular meeting on Thursday September 5 at 8 o clock. All members are requested to attend. William Argenbright Captain.
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Friendship Fire Company
The
WM. Argenbright
Grim tales of death and disaster on high seas
Eight British seamen, injured, told of war at sea after surviving torpedoing and sinking of the Blairmore and the Royal Navy sloop Penzance about 700 miles off the Irish coast. They were rescued by the Blairmore then by the Ekwaren, with 100+ shipmates lost.
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Eknaren
Blairmore
Penzance
Ekwaren
John H. Taylor
Norfolk
Baltimore
Americans Seized on Steamship Report From Berlin
CBS correspondent Edwin Hatrich quoted the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reporting that six Americans were captured when a German warship seized a steamship named Altnatic. The broadcast came from Berlin and noted the Americans' origin.
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New York
Edwin Hatrich
CBS
Berlin
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Hartrich
Altnatic
Hunting accident injures Albert Mogle near Stephens City
Albert Mogle fifteen is recovering from a rifle wound in the brain after a bullet fired by his companion Garland Vincent twenty nine struck him while squirrels were being hunted on Mrs Bessie Funk s farm three miles west of Stephens City The shot occurred as Vincent aimed at a bird and Vincent claims he could not see Mogle in the brush The youth was taken to Memorial Hospital and then transferred to Charlottesville for treatment authorities in Frederick County said they had not been informed and would investigate the circumstances
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Albert Mogle
John Mogle
Stephens City
Mogie
Garland Vincent
O'Sullivan
University Hospital
Bessie Funk
Elsie Miller
900 German Troops Drowned In Baltic Sea Torpedoing
Stockholm reports 3900 German troops aboard the Marion of Hamburg torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine in Kattegat near Goteborg. Swedish Danish fishermen witnessed the loss with only about 100 saved by two armed trawlers and a destroyer en route to Norway.
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Stockholm
Dagens Nyhether
Kattegat
Baltic Sea
Lysekil
Goteborg
Marion
Hamburg
Norway
Germany
Affirm Judgment In Bakers Case From Virginia Court
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals affirms the Caskey Baking Company case against the Commonwealth in Winchester Corporation Court. Commissioner of Revenue C. P. McVicar plans to collect the $100 license per vehicle levy and cites a new ordinance authorizing reassessment for omitted or escaped assessments. The 1938 peddling without a license case led to a 1940 trial with a $50 fine and costs.
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Staunton
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Caskey Baking Company, Inc
Commonwealth of Virginia
Corporation Court of Winchester
Edward W. Hudgins
C. P. McVicar
Commissioner of Revenue
Caskey Baking Company
Caskey Company
Martinsburg
Schmidt Baking Company
Manbeck Baking Company
Common Council
McVicar
Philip Williams
Status Quo in Indo China Tabled by Halifax in Lords
Lord Halifax told the House of Lords that Britain seeks the preservation of the status quo in Indo China. The remark followed US Secretary Hull’s note on reports of a Japanese ultimatum to the French administration and warned that any change would affect opinion and stability in the region.
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London
Sir Reese
Halifax
House of Lords
United States
Hull
United
Laguardia Says U S Discussed Aid to Canada
Mayor Fiorello H Laguardia, head of the American section of the joint U S Canadian defense board, said after a White House conference that the question of providing military supplies to Canada had been discussed by board members.
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Washington
Fiorello H. Laguardia
New York
United States-Canadian Defense Board
White House
Canada
Cincinnati Woman Weds After Dress Theft Saga
In Cincinnati Ohio Coralene Hickman 22 changed plans after a theft of her wedding gown. Sergt William Koester Jr of the Ohio National Guard and Coralene Hickman married after she announced she would wed Earl Higdon who had stolen the gown. Higdon conceded, returned the dress, and the ceremony proceeded.
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Cincinnati
Earl Highigago
William Koester, Jr
Ohio National Guard
Koester
Coralene Hickman
Higdon
Miss Hickman
Willkie Strives for Aggressive National Campaign
Wendell Willkie urged 22 state leaders to organize a high gear campaign to unite the nation, rehabilitate the domestic economy, and strengthen defense. He called for county and precinct meetings, avoiding broad policy talks, and planned talks with Midwest editors and Michigan GOP members.
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Theodore F. Koop
Bushville
Ind
Wendell L. Wilkie
Willkie
Joseph W Martin
Washington
John Hamilton
National Committee
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Michigan Republican Committee
Willie
Need bases off west coast for Pacific defense
Washington reports Rep Izac pushes acquiring Galapagos and Cocos islands to protect the Panama Canal. Navy officials say discussions exist but no negotiations. A congressional group urges bases plus possible civilian uses of bases leased from Britain, with coast guard interest in patrol and life-saving work.
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Washington
Galapagos
Cocos Islands
Panama Canal
Pacific
Izac
D-Calif
Atlantic and Caribbean
Britain
Pacific Islands
Knox
San Francisco
Ecuador
Cocos
Speakerhead
White House
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Public Auction Of Building Lots Near Winchester
Building lots to be sold at public auction on Saturday September 7 1940 starting 2 PM. Nine lots two miles south of Winchester on Route 11 west side fronting 60 feet deep 250 ft. Desirable property terms reasonable. C R McCann Coleman Dunn agents for owners.
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Kernstown
Winchester
C.R. McCann & Coleman Dunn
Co. R. McCann & Coleman Dunn
Senate probe urged into Lovettsville air crash deaths
Senator McCarran urged a full Senate inquiry into the Lovettsville Virginia air disaster that killed Senator Lundeen and 24 others. The proposal seeks a Commerce Committee review with $20 000 in funds and an examination of air safety and agency efficiency including civil aeronautics. 65 witnesses are slated for Civil Aeronautics Board hearings tomorrow with officials from Pennsylvania Central, air traffic control, weather and technical experts among them.
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Washington
McCarran
D-Nev
Senate
Lundeen
Pl-Minn
Lovettsville
Senate Commerce Committee
President Roosevelt
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Commerce Department
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Pennsylvania Central
Weather Bureau
Balkan Moves Toward New Complications Amid Crisis
The Balkan scene grows murkier as Romania faces abdication and a shift toward dictatorship under Gen. Ion Antonescu. Rumored plans include 3,500 Romanians forming a death legion to resist Hungary in Transylvania while King Carol II resigns and dissolves parliament. Admiral Horthy leads 80,000 Hungarian troops into northern Transylvania as a tense international state unfolds.
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Associated Press
Europe
Balkan
Transylvania
Rumania
Carol II
Madame Bagdescu
Bucharest
Ion Antonescu
Carol
Antonescu
Russia
Hungary
Mme. Lupescu
Romania
Nicholas Horthy
Split Confronts Brethren Church Schism Leads to Court Battle
Ed Miller of Maurertown and 73 Brethren ministers are summoned to Kosciusko County Court Warsaw Indiana on September 11 in a dispute over church government and Ashland College doctrines. The Winona group defends congregational autonomy while Ashland group seeks to preserve conference loyalty and education policy. If the injunction fails the case could go to higher courts. Shenandoah county and Winchester reference appear in context.
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Ed Miller
Maurertown
Kosciusko County Court
Warsaw
Indiana
Ashland College
Ashland
Ohio
Prin
Uphouse
Winona Group
Miller
Winona
Ashland Group
Winona Lake
Ohio Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Shenandoah County
Winchester
Ick
Berryville Avenue
Salary Increase Is Held Invalid in Virginia ruling
In Staunton Virginia appeals held that the $1,000 a year raise for Secretary of the Commonwealth Raymond Jackson was unauthorized by law and invalid. Justice John W. Eggleston wrote the Jackson opinion denying a mandamus to compel payment, noting the General Assembly sets the secretary’s salary and that the governor exceeded authority.
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Staunton
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Raymond Jackson
Price
Jackson
John W. Eggleston
Staples
Commonwealth
General Assembly
Assembly
the Commonwealth
Bombing Raids Hit Berlin Power Station and Factory
British planes last night bombed a power station and a plane factory in Berlin as raids extended from Stettin on the Baltic to Cherbourg, France, according to an air ministry communique.
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London
Berlin
Stettin
Baltic Sea
Cherbourg
France
Air Ministry
Low Bridge Bid Reported at 1 750 807 for Warren Bridges
The Virginia Highway Department announced that M. S. Hudgins and the Roanoke firm McDowall and Wood submitted the low bid of 1 750 807 dollars for constructing three bridges in Warren County. The spans cross the South Fork and North Fork Shenandoah rivers and Crooked Run just north of the North Branch.
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Associated Press
The
Star
Highway Department
M. 8
Hudgins
McDowall and Wood
Roanoke
Riverton
Warren County
South Fork
Shenandoah River
North Fork
Crooked Run
North Branch
Britain reports civilian air raid toll in August
Prime Minister Churchill said August air raids killed 1 075 civilians and wounded slightly more. The admiralty reported two destroyers Ivanhoe and Esk sunk by torpedoes and mines with the Express damaged.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Admiralty
Ivanhoe
Esk
Express
Winchester and Frederick Young Democrats Head to Richmond
The Winchester and Frederick County Young Democrats will travel to the State Convention in Richmond, Va. They hold 15 votes under the unit rule. Delegates include Robert Mason, Lohn Clevenger, Fred Braithwaite, John Whitacre, W. E. Edwards, Strother Cooper, Mrs. Strother Cooper, H. F. Byrd Jr, W. R. Thompson, Frank Whitacre, E. Holmes Newcome, Mrs. Dorothy McCann Rice, R. H. Ridgeway, G. W. Lemley, Miss Dorothy Green, Tom Scully, and E. Clay Rogers. Alternates are A J Tavenner, Robert DeHaven, and William Ey.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Richmond
Winchester and Frederick
Robert Mason
Lohn Clevenger
Fred Braithwaite
John Whitacre
W. E. Edwards
Strother Cooper
H. F. Byrd, Jr
W. R. Thompson
Frank Whitacre
Raspberries Bring Off Second June Harvest at Oates Garden
Mrs. W. E. Oates in western Frederick county picked about 100 gallons of raspberries in June. The second crop matched the first in size and quality for family use. Street signs directing to major highways are being posted at key intersections to aid motorists. Winchester’s August wind storm left the Tree Commission nearly penniless. seven months’ work was completed, four trees had to be removed, and pruning for 30 others was postponed to next year.
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W. E. Oates
Frederick County
Winchester
Churchill Sees Third Reich Falling Yet Warns U S
London Sept 5 Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament that the British American destroyer and defense base agreement keeps the United States out of war but ready to strike if needed. He predicted the Third Reich will pass away swiftly and urged vigilance against invasion while noting renewed Balkan changes and expanded Near East naval strength. He spoke during an air raid alarm and said the US non belligerency remains intact.
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London
Winstort
Churchill
United States
House of Commons
England
Hitler
Britain
Balkan
Near East
Middle East
Classified Ad Item From 1948 Page Teaser
Continuation note for Saturday September 7 1948 page 3 column 6 item mentioning terms reasonable and listing McCann Coleman Dunn as contacts.
Rouss Fire Co Holds Regular Meeting Friday Evening
Charlie Rouss Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Every member is urged to attend. M. D. Weaver, President.
Sarah Zane Fire Co. Meeting Notice
The Sarah Zane Fire Co. will hold a meeting Friday evening September 6 at 8 p m. All members are asked to be present. Loryn M Crabill Captain.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
Loryn M. Crabill
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