President May Broaden Order To Meet Force On High Seas
President Roosevelt plans to broaden orders to meet force with force on the high seas between the United States and Iceland. The speech outlines protecting US communications, warning off hostile vessels or aircraft, and authorizing naval units to open fire on intruders. The alter would be a response to the Greer incident and the sinking of Steel Seafarer.
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W. B. Arderey
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Steel
Red Sea
Germany
Iceland
Greer
Reich
United States Atlantic Fleet
Sara Delano Roosevelt
May Broaden
Berlin
Navy Department
Death of Father-In-Law Tied to Hoover Family
Special report notes the illness and death of the father of Mrs. Hoover. The Hoovers recently arrived in Middletown and planned to reside near the high school after a summer stay.
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Mr. Hoover
Government Prices On Grimes Bonams Apples
Government prices set by the Federal Surplus Marketing Administration for apples list Class B Grimes and Bonams. U S No 1 214 inches up price omitted. remaining grades include U S No 1 2 1 2 inches up 95 cents per bushel. combination 2 1 2 inches up 85 cents. combination U S No 1 2 1 4 inches up 75 cents.
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Federal Surplus Marketing Administration
U. S
Heinz Cider Apples Notice From Winchester VA
College students seek cider apples as Heinz Co announces receipt of fresh fruit stock in Winchester Virginia. The notice lists ages and locations with an abbreviated date mark.
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H. J. Heinz Co
Winchester
Sinking of U S Freighter Sparks Red Sea Clash Talk
The United States reports the sinking of a freighter in the Red Sea on September 7, with 20 crew members escaping. The incident heightens tensions with the Axis as debates grow over arming merchant ships and freedom of the seas, following the Greer clash days earlier.
American Eagle Squadron Loses Three Members
London reports three pilots from the American Eagle Squadron are missing after operations over German-occupied France. Eugene Tobin of Los Angeles H S Fenlon of Lewisville Texas and William H Nichols of San Carlos come from the United States in the unit. An Eagle squadron source notes heavy enemy opposition with many Messerchmitts swarming over France and unofficial tallies suggesting 16 or 17 German planes shot down by the Eagles.
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London
Eagle Squadron
France
Eugene Uimby Cme
Messerchmitts
Tobin
United States
Britain
RAF
Eagles
Record Heat Bakes Virginia with 97 Degree High
Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties plus nearby areas endured a 97 degree high under a September sun. A 2:45 reading showed a notably high temperature amid drought conditions with only 0.10 inch of rain so far this month. Vegetation suffers from the lack of moisture. last substantial rainfall was August 27 at 0.31 inch, with 0.95 inch total on August 20.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Virginia
Winchester Officer Among Crew of Sunk Steel Seafarer
Claude M. Henkel of Winchester served as officer on the American freighter Steel Seafarer which was sunk by a bomber in the Red Sea on Sunday September 7. Reports say the entire crew were rescued by a British warship and landed on the Suez Gulf coast near Hurghada and Dishet et Tabaa. Henkel, 28, a Virginia Episcopal School graduate, held naval training in New London and is a U.S. Naval Reserve ensign. He has seven years in the merchant marine and sailed from New York July 16 as second officer.
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Claude M. Henkel
Winchester
Steel Seafarer
Red Sea
Henkel
Viola M. Henkel
No. 620
South Stewart Street
The
Star
Associated Press
Cairo
Suez Gulf
Hurghada
Dishet Et Tabaa
C. M. Henkel
Virginia Episcopal School
Lynchburg
New London
New York
Ce Bottom
Gulf of Uez
Panama Steamer Sunk by Submarine Near Iceland
The State Department said 24 crewmen, including an American and a Danish flag ship crew, were lost after the Sessa was torpedoed on August 17 about 300 miles southwest of Iceland. Survivors reported the ship's sinking and one American aboard, with three crew members rescued on September 6.
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Navy Department
Navy
S. S. Sessa
Iceland
State Department
Charges Against Nye By Willkie
Willkie accuses Nye of trying to split Americans by race and religion to threaten United States policy during a Senate inquiry into war propaganda. Willkie, representing the movie industry, faults Nye and proposed probes by Clark and Nye to control propaganda. The exchange follows Nye’s testimony on the probe into war propaganda.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate Committee
Nye
United States
Willkie
Clark
D.-Mo
Idaho
North Dakota
Large School Enrollments Reported Across Frederick County
Frederick County schools reported high early day enrollments with 1,217 students across four principal schools. Stephens City led in total enrollment, Clearbrook opened with eight teachers for ten grades, and Middletown expected growth as new families move in.
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Frederick County
Middletown
Stephens City
Academa
Aylor
Clearbrook
Gainesboro
Gore
Ella H. Guthridge
Lucille Jackson
Grace Carpenter
Dora Perrine
Ada Woore Rm
Mary Jane Jolliffe
Mary Elizabeth Ebert
Route 12 May Be Completed In Three Years
Berryville Virginia September 9 Kennth N Gilpin of the State Highway Commission told a Berryville Clarke County Chamber of Commerce dinner that Route 12 through Clarke county will not begin until all rights of way are secured likely taking about a year. After that funds will be sought and construction could take two more years to finish from Double Toll gate to the West Virginia line north of Berryville. The project faces decisions on route details including a tentative path from Riverton to Double Tollgate along U S 522 with several right-angle turns eliminated to improve the White Post to Berryville segment.
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Berryville
Kennth N. Gilpin
State Highway Commission
Clarke County
West Virginia Line
Clarke
White Post
Waynesboro
Page County
Scaiameldier
Highway Commission
Riverton
Double Tollgate
Boyce
Local man reports tame fish at Clearbrook pond
L. O. Dick of Clearbrook stocks a private pool with bass catfish and perch. He says the fish are so tame they eat from his hand and he has hosted picnics on his lawn feeding cake and bread to the willing aquatic guests.
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L. O. Dick
Clearbrook
Mr. Dick
United Brethren delegates elected for Virginia conference
Winchester and Frederick county churches elect their delegates for the Virginia conference to be held at North Braddock street church in Winchester from Tuesday September 23 to Thursday. Cather is Winchester delegate with Bailey as alternate. others include Mesick Wolfe Perry Shirley Fries Sargent Bowen and Sagent. Several hundred delegates attend annually. Committee meetings will get underway.
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United Brethren
Winchester
Frederick County
Virginia
North Braddock Street
Cather
le O. Shirley
A. B. Fries
Grimes
J. B. Lewis
Reliance
Charles Walz
William Sargent
C. C. Bowen
M. Sagent
Ridings Chapel
Final Tribute To Mrs Roosevelt In Hyde Park
The life of Sara Delano Roosevelt ends at nearly 87 as Franklin D. Roosevelt leads a private, simple funeral at the family home in Hyde Park. The service includes hymns and prayers from St James Church, with a small choir and the president attending in quiet mourning.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Hyde Park
N. Y
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Albany Post Road
St. James Church
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
St. James’ Church
St. James
Frank R. Wilson
Gasoline Ration Success Reported by Official
Acting petroleum coordinator Ralph K. Davies said gasoline rationing in the east reduced consumption and would remain in place until safe to lift. Government data show a 10.1 percent drop in motor fuel use in 17 eastern states and DC for the week ending August 27 amid a filling station curfew and dealer supply limits.
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Washington
Ralph K. Davies
District of Columbia
Reds Claiming Big Victory Despite German Bombardment
Berlin reports claim 3,200,000 Leningrad trapped as German speed divisions reach the Neva and take Schluesselburg. Luftwaffe raids hit armament plants and Moscow targets while water works at Lead sustain heavy losses around Lake Ladoga.
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Berlin
Leningrad
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Fuehrer
Neva
Schluesselburg
Moscow
Lake
Ladoga
Virginia Brigade Set to Depart Meade for Virginia Maneuvers
Virginia's 88th brigade will leave Meade at daybreak Friday for the A. P. Hill area in Caroline County. The 116th and 176th regiments will travel by trucks and command cars while motorized equipment returns to move the rest of the division to Virginia for two weeks of field training before two months of corps and army maneuvers in North Carolina. The timing for the remainder of the division and the 111th field artillery remains unannounced, with a division staff meeting planned to finalize movement details.
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Virginia
A. P. Hill
Caroline Tryments
116Th
North Carolina
111Th Field Artillery
Caroline County
FBI Operated Long Island Radio Link For German Espionage
In New York on September 9, testimony disclosed the FBI for a year and a half used a specially built radio station on Long Island to relay messages with Hamburg as part of counter espionage. William Sebold testified the station sent 200 to 300 messages with a German spy center and was to connect amateur operators worldwide. He also claimed a Hamburg contact said Germany had America’s Norden bombsight and that he agreed to cooperate under threat of death.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hamburg
Long Island
Reich
William G. Sebold
Sebold
America
British Navy Sinks German Ships in Arctic Front
British naval forces in Arctic waters sank three German ships supplying troops on the Russian front and probably the German warship Bremse, the admiralty announced tonight.
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London
Arctic
Bremse
Admiralty
Russians Drive Back German Force Near Smolensk After Yelnya Victory
Soviet central front forces pursued remnants of a 100 000 strong German force west toward Smolensk after a two day advance. Eight Nazi divisions were cut to pieces in a counter offensive that recaptured Yelnya, 200 miles southwest of Moscow, as Pravda reported. Romanian forces fighting near Odessa also suffered heavy losses.
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Moscow
Smolensk
Odessa
Black Sea
Red Navy
Yelnya
Pravda
Communist Party
Stavsky
German artillery cadet ship Bremse sunk near northern convoy
Berlin reports the 1,460-ton artillery cadet ship Bremse lost in a short fierce fight with British units in northern waters. The vessel was part of a convoy supplying German troops in the extreme north.
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Berlin
Raid on Kassel Locomotive Works In Night RAF Action
About 100 Royal Air Force planes took part in a nighttime raid on Kassel targeting the Henschel locomotive workshops. British authorities reported the strike as extensive.
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London
Kassel
Henschel
German speaking on sinking of open freighter in the Red Sea
Authorized Germans said they could not comment at present on the sinking of an open freighter in the Red Sea. The report notes limited details and no official confirmation of the incident.
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Berlin
British warned of reductions in US military aid
London reported an authoritative source warning that definite cuts in military supplies expected from America will occur and that the supplies must be redirected to Russia.
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London
America
Russia
Harbor Fire Devastates Manila Trading District
A $1,000,000 blaze swept Manila's harbor area tonight damaging the Manila Trading and Supply Company premises near Manila Bay. The Ford agency suffered heavy losses to buildings and many new cars and accessories. Julius Reese, an American businessman known in San Francisco and Detroit, owns Manila Trading and Supply, near military docking facilities.
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Manila
Manila Trading and Supply Company
Ford
Manila Bay
Manila Trading and Supply
Julius Reese
San Francisco
Detroit
United States Army
Navy
For Sale Lots and Houses Reasonable
Classified ad notes sale of lots and houses near Pingley Service Station on Route 50 West. Brief notice indicates reasonable prices and availability.
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Pingley Serv
Churchill praises Allied naval strength and warns Atlantic war not won
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that Britain and the United States must keep the Atlantic open and warned the battle of the seas is not finished. He noted growing American British naval and air forces in Iceland and stressed long fight ahead with reinforced routes from Britain the United States India and Australia.
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London
Churchill
Auto
United States
Atlantic
House of Commons
Britain
Iceland
Spitsbergen
Norweegian
Arctic Archipelago
Indian
Commons
Western Hemisphere
Hitler
Russia
Stpp
Roosevelt
Japan
Pacific
Germany
Arctic
Black Sea
Egypt
No Hurry To Surface Route 50 Delays Stalled Overpass
Seth N. Gilpin of the highway commission says funds are allocated but a bidding let is sevired delaying the Route 50 project near the Shenandoah river by Hilltop Cabins. About 90 days from start to surface the road while the Waterloo overpass remains unfinished.
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Seth N. Gilpin
Highway Commission
Shenandoah River
Caele
Ome W. Railway
Waterloo
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Tes
North Atlantic
Mediterranean
Kent Roosevelt
Amer
American Eagle Squadron
Panama
U. B
Reds
Hammer City
Meade
F.B.J
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