Canada Builds Army and Air Power for War Preparing for Global Roles
Canadian reports show rapid expansion of an air force with 1 765 officers and 17 688 airmen, training 3 000 pilots and 22 schools. Ground forces train 14 038 for staff roles as 78 of 88 airfields are active. Four divisions will total about 150 000. two already sent to England. Registration Aug 19 21 under militia system aims to mobilize 100 000 non-permanent troops.
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Daniel Washington
Canada
Dominion
United States
Joint Defense Board
Air Force
England
United States National Guard
Ling
United Stat
Canada Builds Up War Power in Full Mobilization
The Dominion expands forces and industry as Canada readies for global conflict. J. G. Gardiner notes a large wartime male pool. Navy grows to 113 vessels with 9,000 personnel, while shipyards and destroyers rise in England. Canada accelerates munitions, arms plants, tanks, aircraft guns, and chemical facilities to self supply and boost output.
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United States
England
Canada
Britain
Dominion
Surrender or bomb London, source asserts
A Berlin relay quotes a source claiming London will be relentlessly bombed unless Britain surrenders, with London as a primary military target and Britain’s imports heavily affected. The article notes German forces will respond to British raids and calls evacuation of civilians “plain murder.”
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Berlin
London
Rentials
Germany
England
Children Sing As Bombs Crash
Richmond antique shop owner James W. Lord received an English Daily Express account of a raid on Portland and Weymouth in which forty Sunday School children sang hymns throughout the attack. No one was harmed though nearby houses were destroyed and chapel windows blown in. The note from his daughter Const ance Sears at the top of the front page said they were safe and cheerful, with thanks for defenses and supplies.
Lee Hutton Hurt In Front Royal Car Crash
Lee T. Hutton of the Reliance section was injured Friday in a three way automobile crash in Front Royal. He works at the American Viscose plant and was taken to Front Royal hospital for treatment. The collision involved a Coffey owned car and a Williams owned truck in Rappahannock County.
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Lee T. Hutton
Reliance
Front Royal
Front Royal Hospital
Hutton
Herbert Williams
Rappahanee County
Nice Sees Uplift For Mr. Willkie
Former Maryland governor Harry W. Nice campaigns for U S Senate on the Republican ticket. He begins a final statewide tour to all 23 counties, calling his ground laying effort part of a deeded uplift of the Willkie candidacy. He has flown for several weeks boosting the ticket.
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Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
U. S. Senate
Maryland
Answers to today s quiz page four results
Answers to today s quiz printed on page four include items such as 2 and leverman Rekoune Lachesis Clo American Samoa five cent piece and 1882 in New York by the Knights of Labor Red Sox Mongolian and Radio.
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Leverman
American Samoa
New York
Knights of Labor
Red Sox
Warren County Fair Opens on Audacille Grounds
The third annual fair sponsored by the Col Samuel R Miller Post VFW of Front Royal opens today on the Audacille grounds Route 3 east of the county seat. Numerous exhibits fill each department and a host of art attractions are featured throughout the week.
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Frederick
Samuel R. Miller
Front Royal
Audacille
Route 3
Warren County
He Needs Room in Barrow as Population Grows
Charlie Brower recalls being the only white man north of Nome and says Barrow census shows 25 residents the largest in its history. Brower declares it's getting too crowded but there is no place farther north to go.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Charlie Brower
Arctic
Nome
Barrow
Brower
Mileage for Gasoline May Soon Double, Says GM Research
Detroit reports the next major car change could be doubling miles per gallon. T A Boyd of GM labs says higher octane fuel boosts efficiency, with 100 octane delivering up to 70 percent more mileage at low speeds. Costs may rise to about 10 cents per gallon, but overall fuel bills could drop. Additional researchers note 4 billion possible fuel structures remain untested.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Detroit
American Chemical Society
T. A. Boyd
General Motors Corporation
Boyd
Gustav Egloff
Universal Oil Products Company
Chicago
P. M. van Arsdell
Fletcher Is Given 10 Yrs
Ray Fletcher of Winchester Virginia was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary at Moundsville during a Cir cuit Court session. He had prior Georgia confinement for violation of the Federal Automobiles Act and faced nine forgery indictments, with eight nol pros entered. The term begins August 31, 1940.
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Martinsburg
W. VA
Ray Fletcher
Winchester
Moundsville
Fletcher
Atlanta
Howard Myers
Ray Seivers
Georgia
Nolle
Senator Hill To Speak At Rally In Jefferson County
A Democratic rally sponsored by Jefferson county clubs will be held at the Community Center between Shepherdstown and Charles Town WV on Tuesday September 17. Senator Lister Hill of Alabama will be the principal speaker with introduction by Senator M M Neely. Also slated to speak are Judge Harley M Kilgore Representative Jennings Randolph Attorney General Clarence Meadows and others. A picnic is planned from 4 to 7 PM with speaking at 730 PM. The public is invited.
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Jefferson County
W. Va
Shepherdstown
Charles Town
Lister Hill
Alabama
M. M. Neely
Harley M. Kilgore
U. S. Senate
Jennings Randolph
Clarence Meadows
J. A. Proctor
State Senate
George H. Williams
W. F. Alexander
House of Delegates
Hale Watkins
Democratic Executive Committee
Shryock's Verse Included in Golden Verse Anthology
Wilmer Shryock of Winchester will have poetry published in the Golden Verse Anthology to be issued in Philadelphia by the Poetry Forum this year. He previously contributed to Tony Won's Scrap Book and various anthologies and newspapers. A 47 year old insurance agent, he is a member of the American Legion, Woodmen of the World, and the Methodist Church.
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Wilmer Shryock
Winchester
Philadelphia
Poetry Forum
Mr. Shryock
Tony Won
Erican Legion
Woodmen of the World
Shryock
Methodist Church
France May Lose All That Remains
Swiss reports from the French border warn that Germany may seize control of all of France within weeks. Travelers say the unoccupied zone is emptied of food textiles and rubber as German authorities dominate movement and gas supplies. Subside restrictions loom as Vichy weighs subsidies to feed the population.
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Chancy
Switzerland
France
Vichy
Petain
Development progress on North Braddock Terrace subdivision
Bryan Stotler reported progress on Route 7 development 134 miles north of Winchester. Eighteen lots sold, foundations for four dwellings completed, and two streets laid out as the project advances.
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North Braddock Terrace
Winchester
Bryan Stotler
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported for September
Treasury bulletin shows September receipts at 31.56 million dollars and expenditures at 23.44 million. Gross public debt tallies 43.91 billion dollars.
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Washington
the Treasury
Former jurist Allan McLane dies at 75
Allan McLane, 75, former third judicial district associate judge, died yesterday at his Green Spring Valley home near Garri son after a heart ailment. He was Baltimore mayor during the 1904 great fire and a nephew of Governor Robert M. McLane, later minister to France under President Cleveland.
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Baltimore
Allan McLane
Third Judicial District
Green Spring Valley
Garrison
McLane
Robi. McLane
Robert M. McLane
France
Cleveland
The War Today Analysis by DeWitt Mackenzie
A note directs readers to DeWitt Mackenzie's interpretative article on The War Today, labeling him as Associated Press foreign war writer.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Mr. MacKenzie
Associated
Ess
Scalise Convicted on Five Counts in Union Theft Case
George Scalise former president of the Building Service Employes International Union AFL was found guilty on five counts including four counts of third degree forgery and one count of grand larceny totaling 9 662 27 in union funds. A jury deliberated 17 3 4 hours and could not reach verdict on five other grand larceny counts. The trial followed his April arrest and resignation as president. He faces up to five years per forgery and ten years for grand larceny. Sentencing set for September 27.
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George Scalise
Center
Building Servic Employes Union
New York
Building Service Employes’ International Union
AFL
General Sessions Court
Scalise
Thomas E. Dewey
Jacob Gould Schurman
Tombs Prison
Toms Brook Youth Joins Navy at Norfolk Training Station
Edgar Allen Myers of Toms Brook Va enlisted in the Navy April 18 at Martinsburg Navy Recruiting Station He attends Group 1 Schools at the Naval Training Station Norfolk studying Electricity Fire Control and Ordnance Instruction He earlier lived in Toms Brook and now reports being a happy contented boy Navy Recruiting Office Martinsburg operates weekdays 9 to 4 and Saturdays 9 to 1 for information on enlistment.
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Edgar Allen Myers
Navy
Martinsburg
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Myers
Toms Brook
U. S. Navy
Traffic toll climbs in Maryland for eight months
Maryland highway traffic deaths for the first eight months rose 15 percent from the previous year, according to state and local groups. In a separate Q and A, experts say lightning can strike the same place more than once, refuting the common saying.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Progress Report Shows TB Rehabilitation Gains Across States
A Virginia led study notes 800 sanatoria discharged cases from 1933 with five year outcomes by 1938. National data include 6,906 cases from 75 sanatoria in 15 states showing 52 percent alive, 31 percent dead, 17 percent unlocated.
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Ae Virginia Tuberculosis Associa
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
United States Office of Education
National Tuberculosis Association
Virginia
State Board of Health and
Virginia Tuberculosis Assocon
Catawaba
Blue Ridge
Piedmont
Terry C. Foster
Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Mr. Foster
British Improve Barrage Balloon In London Raid Defense
London reports disclose the use of an improved design barrage balloon that floats at greater height. Informants say the balloons trapped a German bomber in a raid on London early Friday. Details of the new balloons were not released. Coastal observers note bags proved effective against dive bombers.
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London
Lonmn
Uninvited Guests at Riverside Park Zoo Stir Officials
Alice the lady lion at Riverside Park Zoo foiled Park Commissioner Roy Towl’s cost cutting by giving birth to four cubs. The incident halted his economy plan as details of the birth emerged amid the zoo’s staffing and feed debates.
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Omaha
Alice
Riverside Park, Zoo
Roy Towl
Towl
Japanese Admit Bombing Empress of Asia Incident
Tokyo reports naval fliers accidentally dropped a test bomb on the Canadian liner Empress of Asia injuring four Chinese crewmen. The Japanese admiralty sent officials to assist and apologize. The purser of the liner said there was no structural damage to the 16, 909 ton ship.
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Tokyo
Navy
Vancouver
B. C
Associated Press
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Nice
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