U S Navy Begins Protections as Atlantic Convoy Run
The Atlantic fleet assumes protection duties for lease-load cargoes between North America and Iceland starting at 12 01 pm signaling the start of actual convoy operations across a 2000 mile North Atlantic zone. Navy command aims to shield British and allied shipping while Britain concentrates on the Iceland to Britain leg and arms movements to colonies are allowed under a new State Department ruling.
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Iceland
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North Atlantic
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Royal Navy
British Isles
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British Empire
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Canada
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Great Britain
Winchester Red Cross seeks knitters for refugees
The Winchester Frederi ck Chapter launches a K campaign to knit sweaters for refugees in China England and Russia. Three times as many sweaters are needed for children as adults. The chapter aims to supply over 200 sweaters per month through January 1, relying on volunteers and Red Cross support.
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Winchester-Frederick
Red Cross
K” Me
China
England
Russia
Winchester
Iors
Savings ritual ends in missing safe cache
Mr and Mrs Harold Hill saved dimes for five years aiming for 1000 dollars then placed the stash in a safe hidden by a relative. Burglars broke in days later and took the 900 dollar cache from the trunk.
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Chicago
Harold Hill
House Leaders Seek Approval Of Compromise
The House quickly approved a 3.5334 billion defense tax bill compromise, paving Senate action. The deal lowers exemptions to 1500 for married and 750 for single filers, expands minimum rates, and adds new excise levies after October 1. Corporate surtaxes rise and leaders anticipate Roosevelt’s next funding request.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate House Conference
Congress
Roosevelt
Barkley
D.-Ky
Armistice Plea To Reopen Mines Faces Mediation Hearing
John Lewis and leaders of the Mine Workers' (CIO) confronted a plea for an armistice in the UMWs dispute with steel company operators over about 30 captive mines closed by Lewis order. Mediation for a hearing in Washington to resume 200000 tons daily to furnaces, while captive mine operators push to stay open.
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Pittsr
H— John
Ryggam “Mine Workers
CIO
UMW
Steel Company
Lewis
National Defense Mediation Board
America
Cito
William H. Davis
Mediation Board
Washington
Intervention By Coal Operator Sparks Anthracite Strike Toggle
In Hazelton Pennsylvania on September 16 about 20 000 miners joined a rank and file revolt against increased dues by the CIO United Mine Workers of America. Major John C Groome announced at a mass meeting that Cranberry Colliery would collect no more dues until the dispute with UMWA leadership is resolved.
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Hazelton
CIO
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Insur
Pennsylvania
John C. Groome
Cranberry
Gas Shortage Threat Linked to Apple Harvest Stride
Winchester retailers warn of a gasoline shortage as apple harvest boosts demand. Petitioning U S Petroleum Coordinator Ickes for relief from quotas, they report Septembers allotments may run out by late September, risking public inconvenience and station losses amid local industry reliance.
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Winchester
Ickes
Ae A
Amone
The
Star
Ralph Davies
U. S
Washington, D. C
Next Year's Budget Set to Break Records in U S History
Budget chief Harold D. Smith began work on a record 32 billion dollar request for the next fiscal year. Defense should take about 25 billion, with hearings underway and final figures ready for Roosevelt to send to Congress in January. The tax bill plus existing revenues may push total revenues past 13 billion, while a projected deficit around 19 billion would surpass all prior U S records.
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Washington
Harold D. Smith
Treasury
Velt
Congress
Smith
Defense
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Knox Trumpeter For Roosevelt
Berlin reports say Navy Secretary Frank Knox is Roosevelt’s staff trumpeter, voicing what the President does not fully tell the public. Spokesmen note Knox and Senator Pepper articulate with precision the reasons Roosevelt withholds. In Rome the Fasist press foresees hostilities, saying US naval protection for aid ships signals a last step.
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Navy
Frank Knox
Roosevelt
Knox
American Legion
Pepper
Rome
United States
Koux
Britain
Il Piccolo
Picker's Tickets Water-Proof Print Series
Water resistant tickets printed by Henry Print Shop series. Water proof stock advertised for durable use.
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Henry Print Shop
Removal Notice From 215 Loudoun Street
Beginning tomorrow our offices will be located at 215% N. Loudoun St opposite George Washington Garage. Same phone 6211. Earl L. Mason announces relocation for efficient service. This message concerns you.
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Loudoun St
George Washington Garage
Earl L. Mason
Notice to creditors of Shepherd Strother estate
All persons indebted to or having claims against the Estate of Shepherd Strother are requested to settle with the undersigned Shenandoah Valley National Bank Executor. Notice dated September 16.
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Shepherd Strother
Shenandoah Valley Nat'l Bank
Shepherd Deda
American Goods Reach Russia Says Harriman
London reports Harriman says United States products and raw materials are already reaching Russia in substantial quantities. He noted ships are going freely to Vladivostok but warned of great problems delivering through to the Soviets. A Beaverbrook commission will confer with Soviet and U S representatives in Moscow on meeting Russia war needs.
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London
W. Averell Harriman
United
United States
Russia
Harriman
Vladivostok
Sovets
Lord Beaverbrook
Moscow
Britain
Shorty
Uncertain If Electricity Is Conserved by Daylight Time
Officials of the Northern Virginia Power Company voiced uncertainty on whether daylight saving time has cut electricity use. W Kriser in Winchester said precise savings are hard to measure due to load fluctuations, but he doubts any local saving, noting peak industrial demand occurs during daylight in Winchester. In DC, where saving time was not adopted, peak load occurs at night, suggesting potential savings there from the extra daylight.
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Northern Virginia Power Company
W. Kriser
M. G
Winchester
District of Columbia
French Ambassador Presents Gorillas Symbol of Allied Fight
President Roosevelt agreed to accept a gift of a huge African gorilla from Free French authorities as a symbol of their struggle against the enemy. General De Larminat described it as the largest and most ferocious gorilla ever to leave Africa, with plans that the beast will go to a U.S. zoo.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Africa
General de Larminat
E. M. Watson
Ington Zoo
Hostages Shot in Paris Reprisals From Occupation
Paris reports say German forces executed ten French hostages as reprisals for attacks on soldiers of the occupation. A second German NCO was wounded before the executions. General von Stuelpnagel announced ten more hostages shot in Paris alongside related assaults in the city.
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France
Heinrich von Stuelpnagel
Army of Occupation
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Ghosks
Brinon
Pernand
de Brinon
Vichy
15Th
Marseille
Andrew Bernard
Nancy
Dijon
Amiens
Norwegian journalist sentenced to life imprisonment in Oslo
Frederick Ramm, a Norwegian journalist, was sentenced to life imprisonment for alleged fomenting opposition to the Quisling government. Courts continued to deal with disturbing elements after lifting the civil siege in Oslo.
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Oslo
Norway
Frederick Ramm
Quisling
British and Russian Troops Advance Toward Teheran
British and Russian forces moved toward Teheran the Iranian capital with plans for immediate occupation, authoritative reports stated this afternoon and tonight.
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London
Teheran
Iran
Government Seizes Royal Property in Occupied Netherlands
German authorities order confiscation of all property in the German-occupied Netherlands belonging to living members of the House of Orange and Nassau led by Queen Wilhelmina who is in exile in Britain.
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Netherlands
House of Orange and Nassau
Mont
Brit
Taylor With Pope at Vatican Meeting
Myron C. Taylor Roosevelt’s personal envoy to the Vatican met Pope Pius XII for an hour in Vatican City on September 16.
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Vatican City
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Pius XII
Five Men Executed for Treason and Espionage
The peoples court in Berlin announced the execution of five men. Four were convicted of preparation for treason and one for spying for a foreign power.
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Berlin
People’s Court
Germans Routed in Gigantic Night Battle Near Leningrad
Moscow dispatch reports a massive night clash near Leningrad ended in a total German rout. Red Star says Soviet forces captured 25 heavy tanks, three armored cars, and nine field guns, with hundreds killed. Navy actions in Barents and Baltic regions mentioned, plus air battles and Romanian city bombings.
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Leningrad
Red Star Today
Barents
Baltic
Barents Sea
Norway
Murmansk
Petsamo Bay
Finland
Oesel
Estonia
Red Army
Red Star
Soviet Information Bureau
Handley High Eye Clinic Set to Open October 15
Handley school district will operate an eye clinic for students starting Wednesday October 15. After Handley, a Frederick county clinic will follow. Sponsored by the Winchester Lions Club with city and county school authorities, 600 to 700 Handley students are expected to participate with more county students to follow. Lions committee members include Bryan Stotler Joseph Newlin R E Smith Homer Garber Charles Bish Howard M Shockey Leonard Sirbaugh Howard Cahill and Ford Barry. Sept 30 Lions meeting will feature L L Watts superintendent Quarles Kline Miss Organ and Miss Starling to discuss clinic plans.
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Handley
Frederick County
Winchester Lio Club
Bryan Stotler
Light Conservation Committee
The
Lions Club
Mr. Stotler
Joseph Newlin
R. E. Smith
Homer Garber
Charles Bish
Howard M. Shockey
Leonard Sirbaugh
Howard Cahill
Ford Barry
L. L. Watts
Virginia Commission For the Blind
Quarles
Kline
Cairo Bombed as Axis Planes Hit City in War Skirmish
Cairo endured its first air raid as Axis aircraft heavily bombed the city. The attack blamed in context of broader reprisals echoes earlier British warnings about targeting Cairo or Athens.
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Cairo
Egypt
Rome
Athens
Alexandria
Three Russian Armies Said Beaten in Ukraine Push
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler announced the defeat of three Soviet field armies south of Simen and the seizure of Dnieper bridgeheads as German forces press a broad eastward advance. Nine divisions annihilated and eighteen more with heavy losses, plus hundreds of tanks and artillery captured or destroyed, aided by air support.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Lower
Dnieper
Simen
Busch
Keller
Ukraine
le Te Bunee
Russia
Friendship Company Wins $50 Prize
Capt William Argenbright of the Kerng Ae Co. announces a Virginia State Volunteer Firemen event in Staunton on August 18 awarded Friendship Company Best Appearing and Best Equipped fighting apparatus in parade. Judges later deemed the Friendship truck the standout piece of equipment in the march, surprising and delighting the crew.
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William Argenbright
Ke Rng Ae Co
Virginia State Volunteer Firemen’s
Staunton
Friendship Boys
Shah Abdication Threat Forces Reza Shah to Steps Down
British and Russian troops move to occupy Iran as the nation’s ruler Reza Shah Pahlavi abdicates under the threat of foreign action.
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London
Reza Shah Pahlavi
A Ride In Paper Boat On World Ocean
A new serial romance begins in The Star by Marie Blizard detailing a small town girl who marries a penniless New York actor. The honeymoon turns quickly to dramatic events after a bicycle collision and fate reshapes their life on a perilous voyage through love and danger.
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Marie Blizard
New York
Oneymoon
Winchester Evening Star Daily Delivery Now Special Rate
College students can sign up for a special subscription rate to receive the Winchester Evening Star each day. The offer highlights weekday delivery from 9 to 5 local time with convenient home delivery.
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Winchester Evening Star
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