Italians Drive Across Desert Into Egypt Front
Italian motorized units pushed along the Mediterranean coastal road into northwestern Egypt and occupied desert villages including Bir Nuf, near Sollum, as British RAF bombing hit Italian positions. Cairo remained calm with partial blackout while Alexandria suffered air raids.
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Cairo
Egypt
Royal Air Force
Mediterranean
Eordey
Bir Nuh
Sollum
Om Hati
Musaid
RAF
Rodolfo Waziani
Alexandria
Investigator Seeks Links After Hercules Powder Blast
Kenil Sept 16. A Dies Goainee investigator who searched employees lockers at the explosion wrecked Hercules Powder plant took findings to Washington. Robert B Barker House Committee on Un American Activities investigator examined payroll and lockers not destroyed by the blasts. Sussex Sheriff Denton Quick led 18 chiefs in a raid on the Bund camp ten miles from Kenil reporting seizure of subversive literature and a rifle with telescopic sights.
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Kenil
Dies Goauniee
Hercules Powder Company
Washington
Robert B. Barker
House Committee On un-American Activities
Sussex County
Denton J. Quick
Nordland
Ean
van Perret
Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club Show Entries
Entries for the Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club show will be accepted until noon Wednesday. The public is urged to attend the flower show with tea served later at Mrs H B McCormac's residence.
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Winchester
Clarke County
Miss Bernice Hollingsworth Dies After Illness
Miss Bernice Hollingsworth of Frederick county died this morning at 11 oclock at her home 627 South Loudoun street after a lingering illness. She lived with her sister Miss Bliss Hollingsworth and was daughter of the late Joseph and Annie Hollingsworth. Funeral arrangements were completed this afternoon and friends were asked not to send flowers.
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Bernice Hollingsworth
Frederick County
South
Loudoun Street
Bliss Hollingsworth
Joseph and
Annie Osborne Hollingsworth
17 Injured In Greyhound Bus Collision Near Baltimore
A Greyhound bus and a trailer truck collided on the Philadelphia road near Baltimore injuring 17 persons, three seriously. Thirteen others had minor injuries and declined hospital treatment. Most injured were negroes. Reports suggest the bus front struck the truck rear as both vehicles headed toward Baltimore. The crash tore the bus corner and right side, with passengers wedged and tossed amid shattered windows at Moore's hill, Poplar, Md.
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Baltimore
Greyhound
New Philadelphia
Here
Envier
Essex
Moore’s Hill
Poplar
MARKET QUOTATIONS FOR APPLES AND POTATOES AND LIVESTOCK PRICES
Market notes list apple varieties with price ranges in various states and ship terms, then detail dull potato offerings in multiple regions. It reports Baltimore and Chicago livestock quotes with cattle hogs sheep prices, quantities and openings, plus Philadelphia butter eggs and poultry figures for Sept. 16.
Slain by Sister in Chicago Home Over Forty Cents
Patricia Novak age 6 was shot and killed by her sixteen year old stepsister Dorothy in a Chicago residence after a quarrel over forty cents. The assailant used a 45 calibre automatic gun in the fatal incident.
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Patricia Novak
Dorothy
Chicago
Booster Night Program Planned by Local Grange Delegates Named
At a Grange meeting committees were formed for a Booster Night program set with 8000 Granges nationwide on September 30. Delegates Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Brumback were chosen for the 13th Annual State Grange Convention in Lynchburg October 24 to 26, with alternates Mrs. D. N. Gruver and Staige Brumback.
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Grange
Lynchburg
A. S. Brumback
D. N. Gruver
Staige Brumback
The
Young Peoples
Why we have land grant colleges named thus
The term derives from the original law granting public lands to each state to support at least one college teaching agriculture and the mechanic arts.
Inventor touts vertical lift plane with vacuum wing
Martinsburg native and machinist Clyde Custer reveals a five foot working model of a vertical takeoff plane. He remounted twin propellers behind the wing and added fins to trap air creating a vacuum beneath the wing to lift. Custer claims the design offers safer takeoffs, reduced runway needs, and greater lift with less wing area.
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Custer
Custersa
Martinsburg
W. Va
George Custer
Cas
National Aircraft Corporation
Aeronautical
Willkie Pays Tribute as He Tours Campaign
Wendell L. Willkie paused at a Pleasant Hill Missouri train platform to pay tribute to late Speaker William Bankhead and Dr. Glenn Frank, praising public service and democratic discourse despite campaign tensions. He urged rebuilding domestic economy as America’s defense, contrasting Roosevelt’s emphasis on arms with his own focus on economic rehab.
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Pleasant Hill
Wendell Willkie
William B. Bankhead
Glenn Frank
Frank
Bankhead
Willkie
Coffeyville
Kas
Wendell L. Willkie
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Love of Pets Costs Youth His Life
In Omaha on September 16, 11 year old Jimmy Boyer died after a fall while repairing a dovecote and climbing to reach pigeons on a three story building roof. His companion witnessed the accident and found him in a rock filled pit. He died this morning.
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Omaha
Neb
Jimmy Boyer
Jimmy
Funeral rites for Dr. Glenn Frank in Madison
Funeral services for Dr. Glenn Frank, Republican senatorial candidate, who died in a car crash, will be held at his Maple Bluff home at 2 p m Wednesday and at 2 30 p m at the State Capitol.
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Madison
Wis
Glenn Frank
Maple Bluff
State Capitol
Canneries May Close Down Over Wage Rule
Reports from western Frederick County and nearby West Virginia say tomato canneries may close when wage hour rules take effect October 1. Workers would need 30 cents an hour, doubling daily earnings for many peelers in West Virginia plants. About 20 Morgan County canneries could halt, forcing disposal of much of the crop.
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Frederick County
West Virginia
National Labor Relations Board
Perry Unger
Ungers Store
W. Va
Ray Havermale
Ridge
Morgan’ County
Infant Herbert Cook Dies at 6 Weeks
Funeral services were held yesterday at the home of Mrs. L. E. Spicer on the Front Royal road for Herbert B. Cook Jr., aged 6 weeks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Cook. The rite was simple with officiant Vv. Frank Waters and burial at Macedonia Church. He is survived by his twin sibling Ellen Beavers.
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Reading
M3 Ellen Brumback
Edan Brumback
A. S. Brumback
R. H. Bak
B. O. Brumback
Nelson Graii
Malcolm Brumback
Winst« Baker
Staige Brumback
Eli Brumback
Virginia Brumback
Robert Brumback
Margaret Brumback
Carrie Lee Brumback
Front Royal Recreational Park
James Swing
Grange
Swing
Pomona
L. E. Spicer
Front Royal Road
Herbert B. Cook
Herbert Cook
Frank Waters
Macedonia Church
Ellen Beavers
Mexicans Observe Independence Quietly
Mexico City marked the independence celebration under President Lazaro Cardenas with renewed solidarity pledges. Two died and 59 were injured during two days of sporadic clashes involving guns and stones as about 50 000 people gathered near the national palace.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
Spain
Stock Market Report Risings Amid Small Dealings
In New York on September 16 rising tendencies centered on steels and rails led today’s market. Gains were fractional and on exceptionally small dealings with occasional declines followed by a late recovery near the close.
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New York
Willkie Criticized for Inconsistent Statements
J Flynn, personal chairman of Kling ward, accused Wendell Willkie today of carelessness with facts in a New York press conference. He claimed no candidate has been as inconsistent as Willkie, noting withdrawals of statements. Flynn spoke generally about Willkie’s speeches during a 7,200 mile tour since leaving Rushville Indiana.
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New York
Kling Ward J. Flynn
Oprsonal
Wendell Willkie
Flynn
Willkie
Rushville
Ind
Stock Quotes and Transfers Reported At Close
Transfers ran about 300 000 shares while pound sterling stood at 4 04. Cables. Selected stock quotes at close include Alchem 154 Am Can 97 3 4 Am Smel 39 3 8 AT&T 163 Anaconda 21 1 2 B&O 41 8 Bethlehem 77 Chrysler 75 3 4 Con Edison 27 Corn Prod 50 3 4 Genl Cigar 18 Gen Elec 33 1 8 Gen Motors 47 1 4 Goodyear 16 Intl Har 43 7 8 J Manville 65 3 8 Ennecott 28 1 4 M Ward 39 5 8 Natl Dairy 13 1 8 NY J Packard 31 4 Penn JC 88 4 Penn Rr 21 1 2 Republic Steel 17 Sears Roebuck 81 1 8 Southern R 12 1 4 S O N J 34 Texas Corp 3 3 4 Union Pac 83 3 8 US Steel 54 7 8 Western Union 18 7 8 Woolworth 32 17 8
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Eee
T. Am. Smel
Anaconda
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Con. Edison
Cigar
Elec
Motors
Goodyear
Int
Southern R
Texas Corp
Union Pac
U. S. Steel
Western Union
Woolworth
Wheat and Grain Prices Move on Light Buying
Chicago and Baltimore grain prices show small advances as light trading followed upturns in securities. Wheat Sept. 75 1 2, Dec 16 5 8 to 3 4, May 77 1 8 to 77. Corn Sept 62 5 8 to an4, Dec 55 7 8, May 56 7 8 to 57. Oats Sept 29 7 8, Dec 28 3 4, May 30 1 8. Beans Oct 73 3 4, Dec, May 75 5 8. Cash wheat grades steady to firm. No 2 hard 78 1 2, No 3 red 73 1 4. No 1 yellow corn 64 1 4 to 66 1 2. Prices reflect mill deliveries and year-ago comparisons.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain
Timothy Clean
Baltimore
Winchester
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France
Britain
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England
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June Preisser
W. B. (Duff) McCullough, Jr
Philadelphia
Dick Chapman
Greenwich
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Smokehouse
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Grimes
N. J
Cobblers
Idaho
Russett Burbanks
Eastern
Goldens
Eastern Shore
Jerseys
Jersey
Baltimore Livestock
U. S. Dept. Agr
Plymouth Rocks
Chicago Livestock
Lauds Bankhead
Little Herbert Cook
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