Preparation For Defense By Belgians
Belgium has built fortifications around Liege to deter a German advance and extended France’s Maginot style line along the frontier. A canal from the Ardennes to Antwerp forms the last rampart, with fortified belts and machine gun nests guarding approaches and the borderlands.
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Liege
Belgium
France
Germany
Aachen
Aix-la-Chappelle
Eupen
Malmedy
Netherlands
Antwerp
City and County Realty Transfers Report
Annie J. Rees transfers tract and appurtenances four miles north of Winchester on U S Route 11 to Samuel A Riley for 1500 dollars. E E Bayliss et al transfer right of way for Route 7 to Commonwealth of Virginia with benefits accruing or to accrue. The item notes a question about the publication length of True Story with first issue in May 1919.
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Annie J. Rees
Samuel A. Riley
Winchester
E. E. Bayliss
Commonwealth of Virginia
the Magazin
British May Have Bremen
London reports the liner Bremen possibly captured and escorted into a British port amid government denials. A German consul general claimed Bremen was safe in Murmansk, citing a 12 day dash to safety, with arrival reported September 14 by informants but not confirmed by Soviet authorities.
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London
Bremen
Germany
Royal Navy
England
Press Association
New Orleans
Baron Edga
von Spiegel
Murmansk
Spiegel
New York
Poland
Prisoner Is Freed In Virginia After Chain Gang Escape Suspicion
Foy Robert Clark, held since last Tuesday in Berryville Virginia on suspicion of being one of two convicts who escaped from a Great Falls chain gang September 10, is released. Buckner reported a FBI letter showed Clark not among the escapees but disclosed a long criminal record with 15 arrests since 1923 and a past escape from a city chain gang. The release was said to have no strings attached.
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Berryville
Foy
Robert Clark
Great Falls
Clark
Boyce
Buckner
Washington
Georgia
Paducah Night Officers Seek 30 Day Day Shifts
A Paducah group of night policemen said they had not seen their families after dark for years and asked the board of police commissioners to move officers from night to day duty on a 30 day rotation. The board took the plea under advisement.
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Paducah
Board of Police Commissioners
Courageous torpedoing survivors announced by Admiralty
The Admiralty said 682 survivors were accounted for from the Courageous attack. The carrier’s crew numbered 1,260, with two pictured survivors shown amid a censored locale. A London to New York radio flash carried the photo.
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Courageous Bat
Admiralty
Courageous
London
New York
Fine drawn in reckless driving case against Harrison Crowser
Harrison Crowser was fined 14 dollars including costs for reckless driving after a hearing following a mishap on U S Route 50 involving a station wagon owned by Mrs Virginia Boy Ed. Other traffic cases before Judge Weems were not completed. The report questions the youngest and oldest U S governors with Loren Dickinson of Michigan aged 80 as the oldest and Harold Stassen aged 33 as the youngest.
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Harrison Crowser
Virginia Boy-Ed
Judge Weems
United States
Loren D. Dickinson
Michigan
Harold Stassen
Jag
Rainsberger Suffers Eye Injury at Coca Cola Plant
Philip Rainsberger, 22, of 100142 South Cameron Street, was painfully but not seriously injured at the Coca Cola plant where he works when sterilizing solution used to cleanse bottles splashed into his left eye. Plant manager E. E. Harbaugh said the pupil was not struck and he was able to return to work today.
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Philip Rainsberger
South
Cameron Street
Coca Cola
E. E. Harbaugh
Rainsberger
State Park at Capacon Park draws most visitors from Winchester
BERKELEY SPRINGS West Virginia September 21 Officials have not released exact figures but park officials say capacon State Park has seen the highest attendance this season with more than 30 000 visitors and Labor Day weekend bringing about 4000. The park plans to close October 15 with advance reservations filling it to capacity. Improvements for next season include a larger swimming beach extra picnic area and completion of the bath house. The Virginia Woolen Company in Winchester hosted the season’s largest gathering last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Winchester
Cacapon State Park
Fremont Pickering
Virginia Woolen Company
Berryville Vet Group Sponsors Fall Festival Purposes
The Lloyd Williams Post No 41 sponsors the first annual American Legion Fall Festival to raise funds for a community building under construction on the Legion lot on South Church Street. The event is slated for the week of October 2 at the Lot of Miss Lucy Pulliam in Berryville.
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American Legion
Beryville
Lucy Pulliam
Lloyd Williams Post
South Church Street
Romanian Government Interns Polish Leaders
Rumania plans to intern Polish President Ignace Moscicki Foreign Minister Jozef Beck and other officials along with Marshal Edward Smigly-Rydz, after they crossed from Poland. Smigly-Rydz was moved to Craiova with a police supervised residence and other Polish officers are being herded to internment camps as patrols seal routes to Bucharest.
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Bucharest
Ignace Moscicki
Jozef Beck
Edward Smigly-Rydz
Poland
Rumania
Smigly-Rydz
Craiova
Britain
France
Cernauti
Josef Haller
Warsaw
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
United States
Paris
Kuty
Nations plan ample food supplies for potential war
Washington reports leaders from agriculture food processing and distribution are shaping emergency plans with government officials. The agricultural advisory council of about 30 industry representatives aims for complete government industry cooperation to assure ample affordable food while avoiding direct government regimentation. A Justice Department official noted 250 daily complaints, with prosecutions of profiteers to be started where warranted, focusing on sugar and other staples.
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Washington
United States
Agricultural Advisory Council
Wallace
Roosevelt
Justice Department
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Omps Funeral Home
Central Press Radiophoto
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Good Housekeeping Bureau
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Congress
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U.S
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Minn
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Mich
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N. Y
Thomas S. McMillan
S. C
Dewey Short
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