Three Youths Arrested for Attempted Gasoline Theft
Three youths from Carroll county are jailed on charges of trying to steal gasoline from a tank at Walker Bond orchard in Frederick. Sheriff Bywaters and Deputy DeHaven responded to a 7 15 call by foreman W H Brahner. After officers detained a car at the scene the youths surrendered and were identified as Paul Smith Sanford Fisher and Ernest Walker.
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Carroll County
Walker Bond
Frederick
J. B. Bywaters
Robert DeHaven
W. H. Brahner
Winchester
Paul Smith
Sanford Fisher
Ernest Walker
Smith
Dep DeHaven
Cers
Germans Use Radio Ruse, Not Enter Warsaw, Paderewski Says
Pi Ignace Paderewski, famed pianist and former Polish premier, said German troops did not enter Warsaw on Eid as claimed. He asserted Germans were still outside the capital Saturday morning, according to information he received, while world opinion was misled by a radio ruse.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Pi—Ignace Paderewski
Warsaw
British Planes Mistakenly Over Belgium In War Misstep
London reports confirm British war planes on a reconnaissance flight over Belgium were diverted across the border inadvertently. The air ministry issued an apology to Belgium and noted the encounter with Belgian fighters without details. The note adds this marked the fifth such flight over Germany since the war began.
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London
Cenae
Germany
Bombers Forced Down Over Belgian Territory
British bombers were forced to land after being sighted flying over Belgian territory near Mons. The incident was reported from Brussels with the force of the action noted and no further details provided.
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Brussels
Belfa
Mons
Public School Property Auction Near Middletown and Winchester
Several school properties including a colored school lot on Sen senty Ave Middletown Va Welltown schoolhouse and two acres near Alfred M Wright in Stonewall District Friendly Grove one acre schoolhouse and lot on Rosenberger to Mt Falls road Rock Enon schoolhouse with 1.15 acres near Rock Enon Springs will be sold at public auction in front of the Seta Sloet on Saturday Sep 23 1939. contact the County School Board at Winchester for details.
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Sensenty
Middletown
Welltown
Alfred M. Wright
Stonewall
Friendly Grove
Rosenberger
Mt. Falls
Rock Enon
Rock Enon Springs
Seta Sloet
County Court House
Winchester
Country Lawyer Life Is Related In Book Form
Bellamy Partridge tells of his father Samuel Partridge's life as a small town lawyer in Phelps New York in the late 1800s. The book recounts early American village practice, local cases, and the humor and humanity learned under a shade-tree office. Handley Library offers borrowing.
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Bellamy Partridge
Samuel 8. Partridge
Phelps
N. Y
America
Ness
Handley Library
Allies Not Ready For Peace Parley
London dispatch reports British and French leaders united against a German peace proposal. The Daily Mail argues Hitler must be toppled and Polish lands restored. Britain expands naval and aerial campaigns while warning against any peace that keeps Hitler in power.
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London
Germany
Hitler
Poland
Daily Mail
Great Britain
Turkey Calls Up Reservists for Possible Emergencies
ISTANBUL Sept. 9 A government communique announced several classes of reservists were called to active duty with the Turkish army. Informed observers said Turkey was preparing to meet all possible emergencies.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Coal Production Increases Noted
Pittsburgh reports optimism for the coal industry as war demands may lift production and profits after 15 years. H. C. Frick Coal and Coke to reopen Fayette county mines Edenborn and Gates. Lemont Coal and Coke preparing 250 bee-hive coke ovens. bee-hive coke price up to 4 per ton with WWII era high reaching 20 dollars.
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Pittsburgh
H. C. Frick Coal and Coke Company
U. S. Steel
Fayette County
Edenborn
Gates
Lemont Coal and Coke Company
Uniontown
Ohio Steel
Naval Reserve Sees Surge in Enlistment Inquiries
Navy officials reported a flood of inquiries from individuals seeking enlistment or commissions in the naval reserve. Applications for commissions must first be routed to district commanders for preliminary investigations.
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Navy
Naval Reserve
Department
Body of Man Found On Beach
CAPE CHARLES Virginia September 9 Chief of Police H D Ewell said the body of a white man believed to be B C Murphy who disappeared from the Chesapeake Line steamer Yorktown on Labor Day was recovered at Blue Haven two miles from here The body clad only in shirt and trousers was found on the beach A belt bore the initials B C M Belongings found aboard the Yorktown led authorities to believe the man was B C Murphy of Silver Springs Maryland
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Cape Charles
H. D. Ewell
Chesapeake Line
Yorktown
Blue Haven
B. C. Murphy
Silver Springs, Md
Rites Held for Miss Lucy Bolling Randolph Jones
Final rites were held at Christ Episcopal Church for Miss Lucy Bolling Randolph Jones who died at The Washington Inn on South Stewart Street. The service was led by Rev. Robert B. Nelson and Rev. Carl Honeycutt with hymns “Asleep In Jesus” and “For Thy Saints.” Active pallbearers included Peyton J. Marshall and Lyland Washington among others. honorary pallbearers list prominent local physicians and citizens. Out of town mourners included Mrs. Robert L. Burwell of Annapolis and Ryland Washington party members from Washington.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Lucy Bolling Randolph Jones
Washington Inn
South Stewart Street
Robert B. Nelson
Carl Honeycutt
Grace Suthern Church
Jesus
Christ Church Choir
Robert L. Burwell
Annapolis, Md
Ryland Washington
Rebecca Doll
Evelyn Furman
William Woodington
Washington
Eastern Frontier Is Reestablished
Berlin reports a Hitler decree reestablishing the eastern frontier as German forces claim Warsaw at their gates and Polish troops retreat beyond the Vistula. The leader promises annexing more Polish territory from the old German empire while Goering assures Britain cannot defeat Germany by land or economy.
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Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Goering
Britain
Warsaw
Poland
Mrs Susie Prince 79 Succumbs After Long Illness
Mrs Susie May Prince 79 dies at 7 45 PM after a five month illness at the home of her daughter Mrs Earl Smallwood Rest Va She was widow of farmer David Prince and born in Page county Va Survivors include four sons Ada Snapp Martinsburg Mrs Earl Smallwood Rest Earl and Amos Prince Stephenson six brothers and one sister Also four grandchildren and two great grandchildren Services led by Rev R G Fielding will be at Rest tomorrow at 2 30 PM with interment in Rest cemetery
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Susie May Prince
Earl Smallwood
Rest
David Prince
Morton
Susan Jewel Price
Page County
Rest Methodist Church
Ada Snapp
Martinsburg
Earl
Amos Prince
Stephenson
Charles
Mack
Lester
White Post
Edward
Luray
John
Bunker Hill
Lorenzo
Chambersburg
Mattie Rickard
Rileysville
Smallwood
R. G. Fielding
Ridgeway
W. Va
Rest Cemetery
Faked Passports Traced To Soviet Passport Factories
Former Communist leader Ben Gitlow testified that Russian leaders operated passport factories in Berlin and Moscow to supply forged passports for agents and party workers. He said top Communists preferred legitimate passports though easy access to genuine American documents existed.
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Washington
Berlin
Moscow
Ben Gitlow
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
House
Gitlow
Filipinos Doubt Their Own Ability
Ma nila Tribune quotes a prominent Filipino politician whose name is not disclosed as saying elements in the islands are considering dominion status under the American flag. They fear independence in 1946 would bring chaos due to prevailing conditions.
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Manlia
The
Manila Tribune
Commonwealth
Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers Visit Salisbury Air Show
Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers stopped during their Virginia Beach to Atlantic City flight to refuel and lunch at Salisbury Airport. The couple flew a personal plane piloted by Art Threm and continued on this afternoon.
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Salisbury
Mary Pickford
Buddy Rogers
Field Fold
Art Threm
Virginia Beach
Atlantic City
Bloodshed Talk Laid To Madden
A Senate labor committee record exposes a steno transcript where J Warren Madden of the NLRB allegedly said workers cannot lose a strike even if bloodshed occurs. The March conference with NLRB General Counsel Charles Fahy and Remington Rand executives is summarized with union council officers defending a board ruling restoring AFL workers to Rem Rand plants after a two year strike.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Relations Board
Madden
Charles Fahy
NLRB
Central Executive Council
Remington Rand
Labor Committee
Burke
D-Neb
AFL
Windsors Return to England Amid Editorial Welcome
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor returned to England for the first time since exile. Headlines praise their revival of royal duties while controversy over Wallis Warfield Windsor lingers. A British destroyer reportedly sailed to France to bring them home for wartime service.
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London
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
England
Wallis Warfield
France
Empire
Cannes
Tobacco Markets to Close Next Week in Carolinas
Greenville NC reports Tobacco Association of the United States president P J S Ficklen says all tobacco markets will close next week after Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain withdraws buyers from Carolinas markets. He notes the decision hinges on whether on floor tobacco sells or is returned to farmers. The middle belt stock remains heavy as opening break approaches and buyers are surveyed on floor tobacco.
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Greenville
N. C
J. S. Ficklen
Tobacco Association of the United
Ficklen
British Sterling Holding Ground in New York Markets
Neutral currencies the Belga guilder and Swiss franc rose while sterling and the French franc held firm in early New York trade. Late morning rates showed Great Britain in dollars at 4.0442 demand and 4.0544 for cables with 60 day bills at 4.0444 and 90 day bills at 4.0344. Canada Montreal in New York quoted 93.25.
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New York
Great Britain
Canada
Montreal
Warsaw Falls as German Drive Reaches Polish Capital
German forces drive toward Warsaw as Polish defenses collapse in early reports. Lodz remains unoccupied and fears of a swift German blitz remain, while air raid alarms rattle Berlin and western front reports show French tanks near the Saar.
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Ing. Zwojen
Radom
Lublin
Warsaw
Ber
Berlin
Sword
Lodz
Saar River
Paris
Germany
Siegfried Line
London
British plans to attack Siegfried line and Saar economy
The article weighs Allied strategy including a potential army offensive to breach the Siegfried line and invade the Saar industrial region. It notes expected effects on German munitions centers and the Polish front, but questions the feasibility given past experience.
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Saar
Germany
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Hite
Evacuation Ships Sail Amid War Risks
Evacuation of Americans continues with ships like the American Importer and American Banker sailing from Southampton as British and French liners pursue routes to safety. The Normandie and Queen Mary remain in neutral waters while crews and fleets adapt with camouflage and rapid departures amid Atlantic hazards.
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Manhattan
Searen
Southampton
Washington
Harding
Europe
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Home
Queen Mary
Georgia
Samaria
Lancastria
West Indies
France
Britain
Germany
Army Navy Hope To Get 100000
The article reports President Roosevelt considering a special Congress called to repeal the arms embargo as part of neutrality policy, with a target date for sessions around October 1 to 15 after talks with leaders. Roosevelt plans a brief session focused on repeal and normal legislative activity expected to be limited.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Congress
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Benjamin F. Arthur
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P. W. Boyd
Lewis N. Barton
H. D. Fuller
Lewis M. Alien
J. B. Beverley
Fred 5. Boyd
B. B. Dutton
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Louis L. Baker
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Buddy
the Gas CO
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