Navy shoreaffirmed faith in backbone of fortresses
Washington reports the Navy maintaining faith in its fortress strategy with a capital ships program totaling 3.861 billion dollars. Seven 45,000 to 53,000 ton battleships planned, plus eight aircraft carriers, 27 cruisers, 115 destroyers, 43 submarines and one repair ship, to form a fleet of 688 combatant ships within four to five years.
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Washington
Navy
Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Britain
Japan
United States
Virginia Military Institute Enrolls 730 Cadets for 101st Session
Virginia Military Institute opened its 101st session with 730 cadets in barracks, including 496 old cadets. 234 new cadets were added from 700 applicants, a record enrollment amid a national emergency. Major General Kilbourne noted overcapacity but pledged to maintain military and academic routines.
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Lexington
Virginia
Military Institute
Charles £. Kilbourne
U. S. Army
Wv. M. L’s
Kilbourne
Tr Department
Bankhead To Keynote Democratic Campaign Rally
In Baltimore at the Lyric Theatre William B Bankhead will keynote the Democrats campaign opening. About 16 members of Congress and hundreds of delegates from Maryland will attend the dinner and rally broadcast nationally. Chairman George Fallon said the party aims to launch a national campaign song at the event.
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Baltimore
William B. Bankhead
Lyric Theatre
Mary
George Fallon
Baltimore City
Congress
Bankhead
Chicago
Fallon
Democratic National Committee
Westminster lawyer faces grave misconduct charge
Bruce T. Barr a prominent Westminster attorney was ordered to show cause why he should not be disbarred or disciplined on alleged misconduct in handling four divorce cases. A public hearing is set for September 23 with Judge F Neal Parke presiding as the bar association cites unprofessional conduct.
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Westminster
Bruce T. Barr
F. Neal Parke
Carroll County Circuit Court
Bair
Bar Association
Parke
Barr
Bar Investigating Committee. Com
Theodore F. Brown
The
County Association
Ivan L. Hoff
Donald C. Sponseller
Gore Union Picnic and Community Notices
Gore Virginia residents attended the Gore Union Sunday School annual picnic at Rouss Park on September 8. Local people report visits with relatives in Peach Creek West Virginia and Cleveland Ohio. eye treatment in Gore. and a birth announced for Mrs. Howard Wilson, formerly Dorothy Wiseman. A minor incident involved Larrick family guest Larrick and Joyce. Larrick and McIlwee noted a copperhead bite with no serious injury.
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Gore
Gore Union Sunday School
Rouss Park
H. F. Clemons
Fay
Jeanette
Peach Creek
W. Va
Ruth Larrick
Cleveland
Ohio
J. W. Parish
Newton Shingleton
South
Cameron Street
Ralph Bowman
Hagerstown
Lester Head
Winchester Business College
Howard Wilson
Wilson
Dorothy Wiseman
Linville Falls
N. C
B. L. Larrick
Rollin Larrick
Joyce
Winchester
L. V. McIilwee
Hayfield
McIlwee
Public Sale of Schuyler Larkin Dairy Farm in Frederick VA
By authority of a deed of trust dated September 29, 1938 and recorded in Frederick County Virginia, the trustee will sell at public auction in front of the County Court House in Winchester on September 21 1940 at 11:00 A M. The 92 acre tract lies south of the Winchester Berryville Turnpike about four miles east of Winchester and includes a brick colonial residence a brick barn and other outbuildings. The farm formerly used as a dairy operation is equipped for such use. Terms are one third cash and balance in two equal annual installments with interest at 6 percent payable semi annually, secured by a deed of trust and insurance on the buildings or cash at the purchaser option. Auctioneers I Brumback and T Russell Cather Co.
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Schuyler Larkin
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
County Court House
Winchester
Winchester and
Berryville
Daniel T. Wood
William McDonald
T. Russell Cather
I. Brumback
Princess Martha and Her Children To Reside in Virginia
Royalty reports say Crown Princess Martha of Norway and her three children, refugees from Europe, will move to a Virginia home near Richmond after visits to Hyde Park and Osterville. Frederic Schaefer, Boston socialite, hosts them on Cape Cod before the new residence is prepared.
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Martha
Norway
Europe
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Virginia
Richmond
Osterville
Mass
Cape Cod
Frederic Schaefer
Pittsburgh
Schaefer
Crown Princess
Schafer
Boston
Crown Prince
Olav
United States
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Nickles Reappointed to Virginia Industrial Commission
Governor Price reappoints William H. Nickels Jr. to the State Industrial Commission. Nickels leads the International Association of Accident Boards and Commissions. his term extends beyond Oct. 1. A Virginian native, he previously served in the House of Delegates and holds degrees from Emory and Henry College and the University of Virginia Law School.
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Richmond
Price
William H. Nickels Jr
State Industrial Commission
International Association of Accident Boards and Commissions
Nickels
Harry F. Byrd
George C. Peery
Dickenson County
House of Delegates
Em and Henry College
Law School
University of Virginia
Remarriage Under Study By Episcopal Church
New canon proposed for the Protestant Episcopal Church would allow remarriage after divorce under conditions, to be reviewed at the general convention in Kansas City on October 9. The commission would remove the innocent party rule, stress lifelong marriage, and impose loss of communicant status for remarriage where the former spouse is living, with possible restoration through a prescribed process.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
General Convention
Kansas City
Joint Commission On
Episcopal Church
Modern Webster Dictionary And Word Book Ad
An up to date dictionary of 20000 words with supplements includes foreign terms origins and word formation. 382 pages Bible paper imitation leather binding and home office school use. Order now for 25 cents post paid via The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Frederick J. Haskin Director.
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The
Winchester Evening Star
Washington, D. C
Frederick J. Haskin
Workers clash at Celanese plant in Cumberland
In Cumberland Maryland a clash at the Celanese plant left a man with head injuries and a woman burned by tear gas after around 200 unionists tried to force entry to the warp knitting department. Police used clubs and tear gas as negotiations resumed after a deadlocked contract.
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Cumberland
Celanese Corporation of America
Robert Helmick
Ridgeley
W. Va
Allegany
Sneathen
Mount Savage
Helmick
CA Department
Celanese
Department of Labor
Lucian C. Radcliffe
Fred T
Boyce Brevities Highlight Weekend Visitors and Movements
A parade of visitors from Washington and nearby towns frequented Boyce during the weekend. Albert and wife with children from Washington stayed with the Carrs near Berryville, others from Waynesboro and Martinsburg called on friends, while locals and guests gathered for Shenandoah Baptist events and Skyline Drive outings.
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Boyce
Albert
Washington, D. C
Oscar Carr
Berryville
Huntingdon Farm
Robert Brezler
Earle Webb
Waynesboro
Norflok
Carl Peyton
Martinsburg
W.a
Val Iseman
Mary Louise
C. W. Burner
Ernest Eshelmann
Charles Pritchard
Front Royal
Shenandoah Baptist Association
Ernest Hottel
Walter Shepherd
Washington
Pyle
Crescent Street
C. R. Creamer
la Coney
Cramer
Newark
N. J
Hilda Lloyd
Dudley Schwartz
Boston
Mass
Mr. Schwartz
Schwartz
Additional Navy Housing Planned for Norfolk Area
President Roosevelt signed a defense bill approving 1100 new housing units for married enlisted Navy personnel at Norfolk. The package may cost three to five million dollars and allocates land on the old army base annex near Hampton Boulevard. House defense housing leaders intend to push a separate bill for broader facilities for service members and defense workers.
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Norfolk
Navy
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Defense Housing Committee
Newport News
Colgate W. Darden
Dva
Army Base Annex
Navy Department
Naval Operating Base
Hampton Boulevard
False parachute warnings probed in Scotland towns
False alarm parachute attack warnings were investigated in five Scottish towns today. Church bells tolled as investigators looked into reports amid a trip involving Mr and Mrs Herbert Frazer. Residents recalled the Lovettsville crash scene from Sunday, horror at the tragedy.
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London
Scotland
Maining
Herbert Frazer
Lovettsville
Golf Swing Teases Hint of Backyard Practice Session
Kansas City cashier John O'Keefe entertains by swinging a golf ball in his yard while neighbor John Wittenberg junior, age 3, jokes about kicking it. The brief exchange captures a playful moment between two locals and a child.
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Kansas City
John O'Keefe
John Wittenberg
Mr. O'Keefe
Quote from Missouri slogan origin in 1899 banquet speech
In a Philadelphia naval banquet Willard Duncan Vandiver declared I come from Missouri you will have to show me. He noted Missouri grows corn cotton cockleburs and Democrats and warned frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me.
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Philadelphia
Willard Duncan Vandiver
Missouri
Carol May Seek Asylum In U S A
Carol of Romania, a dethroned monarch, discussed seeking asylum in the United States as his Switzerland stay ends. He also considered France at Vichy and a Riviera villa, but Vichy authorities reportedly hesitated due to German hostility toward him.
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Lugano
Switzerland
Carol of
Romania
United States
Vichy
French Riviera
Cing
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George W. Kurtz
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Askan
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Arsenal Police Station
Wm. H. Nickles
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Stores
N. Braddock St
Pyrex
Miller’s Hardware
Acm
Survey
Bermuda
John W. Greenslade
J. L. Devers
U. S. Board of Inspection
U. S
William H. Beck
Hamilton
W. N
Henry Ford
Carol May
U.S.A
Madeira
South America
Rca-Victor
Cash & Carry
Rockwell Quality Cleaners
S. Loudoun St
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Dixie. News CO
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