Roosevelt declares no trespass seas to Axis raiders
President Roosevelt frames a blunt warning that vast portions of the seas are off limits to German and Italian raiders and orders naval protection for American shipping in defensive waters. Hull notes areas depend on wartime needs. Critics call the speech alarming.
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Washington
Hull
Germany
United
United States
Roosevelt
Italy
Hult
Greer
North Atlantic
van Nuys
D-Ind
Soviets reports push Germans back in Smolensk fighting
Soviet Red Star reports a central front counterattack driving the Wehrmacht 7 to 10 miles daily in the Smolensk sector. Okla recaptured and village gains along the lower Dnieper cited. Red Star also claims a Soviet air squadron destroyed 22 of 50 planes near Leningrad approaches.
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Mosco Cay
Lower
Dnieper
Smolensk
Adolf Hitler
Napoleon
Moscow
Marshall
Semeon Timoshenko
Red Army
Okla
Red Star
Hortitsa
Voyskovoye
Fedorovka
Warsaw
Adolph Hitler
Semeon Timochenko
Leningrad
Winchester Exhibit Draws Farmers and Homemakers to City Hall
MA Winchester notes seeps crystal and the City and Middletown high schools showcase Agriculture students. Exhibits attract broad attendance with judging by many gun sounds along the Shenandoah river hinting at seasoned hunters. The piece mentions anglers and iron in gear and notes no releasing squirrels once bagged.
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Middletown High Sc
Shenandoah River
Cavalry Enroute To The Remount At Front Royal
A unit of the First Quarter Third Regiment with 400 horses and 500 men moves toward the U S Remount Depot at Front Royal Virginia. They camped at Castleman's Ferry and plan to reach White Post while avoiding busy routes. The march is a routine training problem under Captain McClung, with bivouac planned for the weekend at the remount station.
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Mosby
U. S
Front Royal
N. L. McKinney
Castleman’s Ferry
Berry’s Ferry
Springsbury
White Post
Shenandoah River
McClung
Fort Myer
Fort Ethan Allen
Remount
FFA Fair at Stephens City Oct 1 and 2
Fredericks County FFA fair sponsored by Middletown and Stephens City chapters will be held October 1 and 2 in Stephens School Middletown space limited. Henry Carbaugh named general superintendent with Roland Tep as assistant. Department heads include Poultry Rudolph Martin Dan Metz Corn Maurice Carpenter Billy Norman Apples Richard Cather Ernest Davies Grain Richard Boyd Kenneth Mowery Vegetable Eugene Lupton Kenneth Carbaugh Potatoes Billy Sandy Lee Fawcett Farm display Lester Shickle Alfred Hicks and Dan Metz refreshments. New feature this year is baby exhibit.
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Fredericks County
Middletown
Stephens City
Stephens School
Carbaugh
Henry Carbaugh
Roland Tep
Ienered Dobbins
P.F.A
Rudolph Martin
Dan Metz
Maurice Carpenter
Billy Norman
Richard Cather
Ernest Davies
Richard Boyd
Kenneth Mowery
Eugene Lupton
Kenneth Carbaugh
Billy Sandy
Lee Fawcett
Lester Shickle
Alfred Hicks
Richard Grove
Letcher
Dobbins
Sean
Germans Sought American Airplane Output Secrets
New York reports reveal secret messages from a Hamburg spy center requesting information on American airplane production and military intelligence. FBI agent James C. Ellsworth identified the messages as part of counter espionage tied to a Long Island spy station run by the FBI.
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New York
Hamburg
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Long Island
James C. Ellsworth
FBI
Germany
William G. Sebold
Lily
England
Siegler
Stigler
Lily Stein
Everette Roeder
Virginia Troops Begin Move to Caroline and Morven
Virginia based units of the 88th Brigade 29th Division start a southward march from Fort George G. Meade toward the A P Hill Reservation in Caroline County and Morven North Carolina with about 900 trucks. The move will take two and a half months and a second group leaves Saturday while others go Sunday.
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Fort George G. Meade
Virginia
A. P. Hill
Caroline County
Morven
N. C
Col
Elmer . Munior
Men Face Pants Shortage Amid War Mobilization
New York dispatch notes wartime restrictions threaten to curb pants with slide fasteners as defense needs pull metal, plastic, and machine supplies. Contractors like Com muter Products in New Jersey cut jobs due to shortages of copper nickel silver zinc and tools, affecting 400 to 500 workers.
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New York
Commar Products Tion
Ay N. J. Slider
Spirit of Revolt Against Germans Rises in Norway
Oslo reports say a growing revolt against the German backed government spreads across Norway led by trade unions with about 350 000 members. Arrests and purges widen as local funds and union lists are seized and Boy Scout groups dissolved amid escalating actions.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Oslo
Quisling
Norway
Ludvik Buland
Labor Federation
Josef Terboven
Asbjoern Ruud
Olaf Oekern
Didrik Arup Seip
Allen Bond Jr Contracts Polio
An infantile paralysis case sappears in Allen Bond Jr son of Mr and Mrs Allen Bond residents on Apple Pie road He was stricken Wednesday and his condition remains undetermined but hopeful The 16 year old attends Handley High School as a tenth grade student Garland Quarles notes polio cases rise yearly with no general alarm Health authorities report several other summer cases with victims recovering or improving
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Allen Bond, Jr
Allen Bond
Allen
Handley High School
Garland Quarles
Temperature To Go Up Again
Weather forecast extends from 7:30 p m on September 12 to 7:30 p m on September 17 with temperatures rising from normal to above normal by Monday then cooling by Wednesday. Moderate rain expected over the Middle Atlantic states Monday or Tuesday.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic States
Boyce P T A to Hold First Meeting
Boyce Virginia reports the first Boyce P T A meeting will convene Monday night at 8.00. Miss Jessie Carpenter president announces plans for the year centered on the new graded and high school construction expected to begin this fall.
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Boyce
Boyce P.T. A
Jessie Carpenter
Heinz Company Cider Receipts in Winchester
A receipt fragment from Heinz Company, Winchester Virginia, shows a cider purchase entry dated September 8. The sparse text notes a payment or shipment related to H. J. Heinz & Co. in that city.
Eight Men Missing After Barge Separates in Gulf Storm
A barge with eight men aboard broke from its tug in a tropical Gulf storm off the Louisiana coast. The Lake Catens drifted 50 miles east of the Mississippi passes as the Nike and Woodbury search from New Orleans. The men’s identities and destination were not learned. weather officials tracked a center near Port Eads Burrwood and warned small craft from Galveston to Alabama coastal waters.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Coast Guard
Nike
Woodbury
Lake Catens
Nassau
Mississippi River
United States Weather Bureau
Port Eads-Burrwood
Galveston
Alabama
Gulf
For sale bill of Chales W Hardy property No 230 Kern St
A public notice announces a for sale bill concerning Chales W Hardy property at 230 Kern Street. The item appears on page 8 as item 1p-16 in the listing.
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Chales W. Hardy Property
Kern St
Public sale and storage position notice
Wanted man to check apples into storage apply at office Winchester Cold Storage. Public sale of household furniture 109 Amherst St Saturday September 13 at 1 30 p m D 8 T
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Winchester Cold Storage
Amherst St
Sat
German high command cites rain mud hindering invasion progress
German reports acknowledge rain and mud slow the invasion of Russia but claim operations progress. They say stronger Soviet concentrations were repelled by artillery while German forces in the north claim advances amid minefield resistance. Separately a Tobruk munitions dump was bombed by a German plane.
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Barlin
Russia
DNB
Berlin
Tobruk
Libya
Leningrad
Eetey
Wehrmacht
Speech Heartens British Public
Lord Halifax said in London that Roosevelt's no trespass warning to Axis ships heartened Britons and showed U.S. practical help in the war. He noted Americans understand the stakes and would not let Hitler dominate the world, as Roosevelt stated.
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London
Lord Halifax
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Halifax
Hitler
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Update
On September 10 the Treasury reports receipts of 33.88 million dollars and expenditures of 57.34 million. The national debt stands at 50.85 billion, with the daily decrease of 81.83 million.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Grips
Many Ships Claimed Sunk In Axis Raids Across Atlantic
AP reports Germany and Italy claim multiple sinkings as Roosevelt vows to shoot Axis raiders in vital waters. Submarine actions include 22 ships totaling 134000 tons sunk plus 11000 tons more. Italian oil tanker and 5450 ton merchantman also listed sunk. Air attacks strike German freighters, a light cruiser damaged, and a merchantman hit. German and British naval forces clash in the English Channel with several small craft sunk or damaged.
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Associated Press
Germany
Italy
Roosevelt
North Atlantic
Atlantic
English Channel
Great Yarmouth
British Admits Small Ship Damaged in North Sea Attack
The admiralty communique said a single small British merchant vessel was damaged in a North Sea attack last night. It rejected Germany’s claim of sinking 21,000 tons in a convoy southeast of Yarmouth and stated no ships in the convoy were sunk.
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London
North Sea
Yarmouth
U Boats Sink 22 Ships In Major Great Britain Bound Convoy
Berlin reports U boats sunk at least 22 ships in a Great Britain bound convoy. A German spokesman denounces Roosevelt and calls freedom of the seas a hypocrisy while warning of consequences. The attack is described as possibly the greatest submarine action against commerce in history.
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Berlin
High Command
Roosevelt
Meeting of Game Association Monday in county courthouse
The Winchester and Frederick County Game and Fish Protective Association will meet Monday at 7 30 in the county courthouse to discuss placing a bounty on predatory birds and animals. Farmers and poultry producers urge action while there is also consideration of hunting regulation changes to be discussed.
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Winchester
Frederick
City And County Brevities
The city press crew completed a 16 page paper after repairs to the lead oven. The total run printed 12 434 papers at a rate near 318 per minute. A truck spill scattered White House sauce near Strasburg while a Roanoke truck narrowly escaped a bank. Convoys of soldiers passed through Route 50 and Route 11 heading to Indiantown Gap.
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Star
Grabill’s Hill
Strasburg
Graham Lines
Roanoke
Winchester
John Miller
Cameron Street
Indiantown Gap
Gap
Roosevelt defends policy amid Atlantic chase claims
In terse remarks the high command explained ongoing pursuit in the North Atlantic. A spokesman disputed Roosevelt’s charges of German design and defended actions against the Greer incident and the sinking of Robin Moor and Steel Seafarer as compliance with international law and wartime duties. The reply disputed submarine following a battleship and asserted the Seafarer carried contraband.
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High Command
North Atlantic
Highmand
North America
England
Roosevelt
United States
Greer
Robin Moor
Steel Seafarer
Germany
Italy
Britain
Near East
Red Sea
Egypt
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Caroline
America
Aga
North
Ursda
Bergen
Trondheim
Stavanger
Miust
H. J. Heinz-Co
Meeting of Game Association
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