Republics Commit to Solidarity Against Totalitarianism
Josephus Daniels told the American Legion convention that all American republics seek continental solidarity to uphold democracy and resist totalitarianism. He cited a united western hemisphere stance against any invasion by propaganda or force and vowed mutual protection among the 21 republics. Hospital beds for ex service members rise toward 100,000 under the Veterans Bureau ten year program, with potential rapid expansion if needed. Gen Pershing sent greetings noting enduring esteem. L. J. Taber pledged National Grange support for national defense.
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Milwaukee
Josephus Daniels
United States
Mexico
American Legion
Daniels
Frank T. Hines
United States Veteran Bureau
Legionnaires
National Defense
Hines
John J. Pershing
France
L. J. Taber
The
National Grange
Grange
Reverend Shannon Accepts Call to Arvonia Churches
The Rev. W. H. Shannon resigns after 20 years as pastor of the Front Royal Presbyterian Church Virginia and accepts a call to join Arvonia Trinity Fork Union Ingham and Fluvanna counties churches in the Hanover Presbytery dissolving Front Royal relations. The dissolution will be requested at Winchester Presbytery meeting in Berryville September 23-24 to take effect October 1 with the session and congregation uniting with the pastor.
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W. H. Shannon
Presbyterian Church
Front Moyal
Arvonia
Est Hanover
Trinity Fork Union
Ingham
Fluvanna Coun
Front Royal
Winchester
Berryville
Rites Held For T B Brown In Boyce
Funeral services for Thomas Sone Brown of Boyce were conducted this afternoon at 2 o clock by his son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs William Brown. He died Sunday afternoon at 4 15. He was a son of the late Mr and Mrs John B Brown and lived in Fauquier County until about two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Sone Brown
Boyce
William Brown
Mr. Brown
John B. Brown
Fauquier County
Laguardia Wins Primary Race
New York. Mayor F H Laguardia leads after a city primary with 61 776 votes against John R Davies 48 659. The Republican nominee also holds Fusionist and American Labor nominations, blocking a three cornered race for November. District Attorney William O Dwyer is unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
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New York
F. H. Laguardian
John R. Davies
National Republican Club
Laguardia
American Labor Party
William O'Dwyer
Brooklyn
Tammany Hall
Blind Man Struck By Delivery Truck Fractures Ribs
H. W. Wisecarver a well known local blind citizen aged 78 remained under treatment at Memorial Hospital after a Mays Produce delivery truck struck him at the Loudoun and Boscawen streets intersection as it turned a corner. X ray tests showed several rib fractures. The driver Charles Wingfield said stopping in time was impossible. Company representatives visited the patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Wisecarver
Memorial Hospital
Mays Produce Company
Charles Wingfield
Loudoun
Boscawen
Wisecarver
Friendship Fire Company
Mays Company
Want Homes For Four Stray Dogs
Game Warden Pingley today said he has four stray dogs needing homes. Three are hounds and one is a night hunting dog. Interested buyers may take the dogs by paying for their board and purchasing licenses.
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Pingley
Fugitive Edwin Dyer Recaptured at Berkeley Springs
Edwin Pinkey Dyer who escaped from the Moundsville State penitentiary on September 3 was recaptured at his uncle's home in Berkeley Springs West Virginia. Town Sergeant A B Dyche said a tip from a Hancock man led to the arrest.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Edwin “Pinkey” Dyer
Moundsville
A. B. Dyche
Widmyer
Hancock
Munition Supply Is Given Study
President Roosevelt led a White House conference with military and civilian advisers to speed up ordnance production. Attendees included Robert P. Patterson and William S. Knudsen as well as army ordnance officers. The session followed Rep. Woodruff calling Roosevelt’s order to shoot first at Axis war craft a declaration of war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert P. Patterson
White House
William S. Knudsen
OPM
Army Ordnance
House
Representative Woodruff
R-Mich
Navy
British positions under heavy shelling in Tobruk area
Cairo dispatch reports heavy Axis shelling of British forward positions near Tobruk as desert warfare heats up. In Gondar Ethiopia remnants of Italian forces besieged since their main armies fell, weather now allows resumed British offensive operations.
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Cairo
Tobruk
Middle East
Gondar
Ethiopia
Deer Hunt Guides Must Get Permits
Game warden directs that deer hunt guides must be licensed for next month. Early action allows preparations for the season. Guides using land not their own require written permission from property owners.
Churchill Greets Veterans Legion at Milwaukee Convention
A message from Prime Minister Winston Churchill thanking the American Legion for aid to their common cause was read to the veterans at the Legion's national convention in Milwaukee. Commander Milo J. Warner read the message in Wisconsin on September 17.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
American Legion
Milo J. Warner
Negro Thwarted Robbery in Baltimore Confectionery
A man who attempted a confectionery robbery in Baltimore was beaten by the owner Joseph Marsiglia and his son after firing twice. The suspect, Leonard Whittey 25 of Edegwood, was wounded in the leg, captured nearby, and charged with assault and attempted robbery and related offenses.
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Baltimore
Joseph Marsiglia
Joseph, Jr
Marsiglia
Marsiglias
Northwestern
Leonard Whittey
Edegwood
Ecuador Protests After Refugee Boats Shot Down
Guayaquil reports say 12 women and seven children were killed when Peruvian planes machine-gunned three refugee boats from Balao Tendales and Pagu as they arrived at the port. Many refugees were wounded and treated locally.
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Guayquil
Ecuador
Balao
Tendales
Pagu
British Priest Is Sent to Prison In Vichy Zone
In the unoccupied zone of France, British Catholic priest Father Price was arrested at Tarbes and sent to a concentration camp for anti national activity and disrespect toward the chief of state. Internments at Vals Les Bains recently included several clergymen amid reports of a Communist document claiming clergy sought to overthrow the Petain regime.
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Vichy
Father Price
Tarbes
Vals Les Bains
Petain
College Records Deep Quake
Weston Massachusetts seismograph logged an earthquake at 2 06 a m EST today. It was about 100 miles deep and roughly 8500 miles distant, said Rev Clarence Blais S J. A second strong quake was recorded at 558 08 p m EST yesterday, about the same distance away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Mass
Weston College
Clarence Blais
S. J
Fr. Blais
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway August income rises in 1941 report
Cleveland reports Chesapeake and Ohio Railway income for August at 4,244,606 dollars, up from 3,732,851 the prior year. Eight months’ net totals 23,081,878 dollars, just 60,000 above the comparable period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Capt Wiedemann Still Lingering in Argentina
Buenos Aires reports Capt Fritz Wiedmann the former German consul general in San Francisco remains in Argentina though the German embassy said he would sail on the Japanese steamer Manila Maru today. Officials deny a schedule or reservation for Wiedmann and say the cabins are fully booked.
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Buenos Aires
Fritz Wiedmann
Argentina
Foreign Office
Wiedmann
San Francisco
Orient
Wiedemann
Two Divisions To Camp In This Area
Richmond Va Sept 17 More than 1000 miles of Virginia roads will host moving army troops Sept 25 29 as part of 359000 to be concentrated in North and South Carolina for first army maneuvers Five routes will carry the 28th division into Virginia and bivouac at Winchester Point of Rocks then Buena Vista Buckingham area The 29th division will move from A P Hill to Blackstone while the 44th division heads to Winchester Point of Rock bivouac area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
North
South Carolina
State Highway Department
Winchester Point of Rocks
Buena Vista
Buckingham
A. P. Hill
Caroline
Blackstone
Winchester Point of Rock
Keen Farm Sells in Loudoun County After 100 Years
The Keen family sells Graystone, a 242 acre Loudoun County farm long owned by Harry L Keen. The property adjoins Dr. A C Randolph and D C Sands. Keen and wife plan to move to Winchester after October 1. The farm has been in the Keen family about a century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Keen
Loudoun County
Mr. Keen
C. R. McCann
Harry McCann
Winchester
Non-Com School to Hold Drill at Armory Thursday
Captain W. A. Baker directs attention to the Non-Com School for WPF Company 115 to be held at the armory Thursday evening at 7 30 oclock. Regular drill is scheduled Friday at the same hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Baker
WPF Company 115
Earl Mason Moves Insurance Office to New Location
Earl L. Mason’s insurance office relocated to 21542 North Loudoun Street just north of the Eagles' Home. The move marks a September shift to larger quarters for the Winchester firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Earl L. Mason
Loudoun Street
Eagles
Oil age cars prove endurance in desert heat race
Impartial officials record the cars reaching 57 miles per hour as desert scenes show carcasses and heat. The 5 quart fill of Conoco Nth lasted 13,398 miles, beating one major brand by 8,268 miles while the best of the five still lagged behind.
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Conoco
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Pine Motor CO
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United Mine Workers of America
Nesquehoning
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Hazleton
Churchill
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Rene Braumann
Regina
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Seville
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Earl Mason
GEO. Washington Garage
N. Loudoun St
Miller’s Hardware
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Death Valley
Chang
Cial
Conocon
U.S
Conoco N¢& Oil
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Continental Oil Company
America
Purdue University
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