German forces poised to strike from Saar front say observers
Swiss observers report a potential big push by Germany to break the western front from the Saar basin toward the Siegfried line amid growing German troop movements. French and British troops still hold numeric advantage but reinforcements from Poland are arriving, with rail routes through Baden enabling shifts to the west wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 8S. Foltz, Jr
Basel
Switzerland
Siegfried Line
Poland
Saar
Germany
Baden
Bohemia
Czechoslovakia
West Wall
44 Senators Back Repeal Of Arms Embargo In Cash Carry Row
A Washington AP report notes 44 senators favored repealing the arms embargo to Europe with many demanding cash and carry terms. Others oppose repeal or want strict non-American ship transport and cash requirements, complicating the president's plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Henderson
Washington
Associated Press
Europe
France
England
Germany
Congress
Senate
Safety campaign urged to curb city driving accidents
MA. Winchester notes rising automobile crashes in 1938 and warns 1939 could be grim unless the Junior Board of Trade safety campaign or another effort reduces wrecks. The piece appeals to residents asking if they are safe drivers as sponsors push for decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethis
Board of Trade Safety Campaign
Wanted sued 826 Ar cleaner
Classified item reads WANTED sued with contact for cleaner at 826 Ar. Mentions C. O. Watson Mount 4ify Farm Stephens City and date 9(22.1)n.1t. Obscured text indicates a sale or notice format common to farm or household ads with personal names and address details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Wreet
C.O. Watson
Mount
Stephens City
Bandits Narrowly Escaped Capture After Service Station Heist
Winchester police reported two bandits who robbed the National Avenue Service Station of more than 200 dollars fled on Thursday evening and hid for over four hours within five miles of Winchester while a third member returned with an automobile tire after a blowout. Trooper Gumm, informed by Martinsburg resident LeRoy Jones, traced the fugitives from Martinsburg to the Winchester area and noted the trio’s movements toward Stephenson before the car situation was clarified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
National Avenue
Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Gumm
LeRoy Jones
North Queen Street
Stephenson
Jones
Miller Orchard
Gerrardstown
James Elwood
Raymond Jones
Winchester Avenue
Martinsburg Pike
Sinclair Oil Tanks
Veterans Favor Cash and Carry at Legion Meeting
About 35 members of Robert Y. Conrad Post No. 21 American Legion met at Dr. Ralph B. Snapp’s summer home near Yellow Springs W Va for a steak dinner and officer installation. New officers: Commander Sohn Fosbrink Vice Commander Claude Grim Finance Officer James A Loy Sergeant at Arms. Committees named and 200 new members targeted for 1940 with a cash and carry plan for arms to foreign governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Ralph B. Snapp
Yellow Springs
W. Va
Sohn Fosbrink
Claude Grim
James A. Loy
Fosbrink
T. R Cather
Walter Shade
E. C. Parker
E. C. Goss
Wendell B. Goode
Dearing
W. FP. Syrock
James A
John Golden
Philip Fowle
J. L. Deighaick
E. T. Clark
R. B. Nelson
Wade Emmett
C. F. Schenck
W. A. Baker
Harry McCann
T. R. Cather
French repulsed assaults marked by heavy artillery
Paris reports three repulsed assaults with intensive artillery fire. Basel notes German plans to attack from France as Swiss expect. Berlin announces the death of Col. Gen. Werner Von Fritsch near War saw and the fall of Lwow, with stricter rationing to start Monday. Washington debates repeal of arms restrictions. Panama hosts 21 American representatives to study war effects. London enforces gasoline and food rationing. Shanghai reports Chinese forces recapturing Kaon as Japanese retreat along Kiangsi Province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Basel
Berlin
Werner von Fritsch
Warsaw
Lwow
Eater
Panama
Insurance Firm Change Is Urged for Shenandoah Life
An audit of Shenandoah Life Insurance Co for 1936 37 38 finds the firm solvent but calls for a full reorganization of management. Virginia commissioner George A Bowles proposes creating a vice president and general manager role with broad powers and a high salary to attract an experienced insurance expert. The company is licensed in the District of Columbia and 11 states including Virginia West Virginia Tennessee Kentucky North Carolina Maryland Alabama Florida Massachusetts Ohio and South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Shenandoah Life Insurance Company
Insurance Commissioners of
Virginia
Tennessee
District of Columbia
State Corporation Commission
George A. Bowles
Cmpany
West Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
Maryland
Alabama
Florida
Masssetts
Ohio
South Caro
Apple Growers Feeling Pinch in Prices
Virginia officials report export market restrictions and a larger crop depress apple prices. Grimes Golden apples brought about 2.60 dollars per bushel in New York versus 0.85 last year, and Delicious around 1.05 versus 1.30 in 1938. Virginia’s commercial crop about 8 million bushels, up 10 percent from last year. National crop estimated at 103 million, up from 82 million the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Ene M. Taylor
Virginia Cooperative Crop Onporting Service
Grimes den
New York
United States
Committee Named to Oversee Apple Sales and FSCC Program
A growers meeting at the Frederick County Courthouse formed a committee to supervise apple purchases in Frederick County and Winchester under the FSCC plan. McC. Bond chairs with William Beverley H Delmar Robinson and Llewellyn Jackson on the panel. The program aims to start by October 1 with a regional FSCC office in Winchester and a flexible price basis to stimulate marketing while ensuring growers dispose of taxed quantities through by products channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Winchester
Alker McC. Bond
William Beverley
H. Delmar Robinson
Llewellyn Jackson
Fscc Portha
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
J B. White
FSCC
M. A. Cl
Middleburg Bride Shot In Mouth
Mrs. Robert Vanderpoole of Middleburg Virginia was brought to Emergency Hospital with a bullet wound in her mouth and cheek. Doctors said the pistol she was examining fell to the floor and caused the accidental wound. her condition was not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert Vanderpoole
Middleburg
H. A. Spitler
Clark
Britain Promises to Respect Norway If Other Belligerents Do
In Oslo on September 23, a British foreign office note pledges that Britain will respect Norway's neutrality as long as other belligerents honor the same obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
Tne
Foreign Office
Britain
Norway
Plan Safe Driving Honor Roll For City Traffic Campaign
The Junior Board of Trade will name two men and two women each week as safe city drivers for a four month campaign. Winners will join a special honor roll on North Loudoun street next to the Northern Virginia Power building. City police and junior boarders will select the honorees to show drivers are being observed and to reduce traffic tie ups and accidents. Special safe driving awards will be given weekly by Capto ne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Board of Trade
Northern Virgina Power Company
Loudoun Street
F. L. Largent, Jr
Capitone
Ex-Leader Of German Forces Dies In Battle
Former German army commander Colonel General Baron Werner Von Fritsch was killed in action near Warsaw while serving with an artillery regiment. The death was confirmed by Hitler's headquarters with a state funeral planned, noting his earlier resignation from command in 1938 and honorary post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Baron Werner von Fritsch
Warsaw
Adolf Hitler
von Fritsch
Fuehrer
Hitler
Third Reich
Poland
Tsch
Comrmia
Chitsch
Austria
Clarke County Athletes to Face Girardians in Deciding Series
Clarke County Athletics meet the Girardian baseball club in Berryville Virginia tomorrow at 3 pm. Each team has won one game in the season series and the upcoming clash will determine the series winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County Athletics
Girardian Baseball Club
Sterling Holds Unchanged Against Dollar in Quiet Markets
New York Sept 23 Sterling remained steady at the $4.00 level while English and French currencies moved narrowly in foreign exchange trading. The franc shifted slightly, off 0.0044 of a cent amid subdued market activity.
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New York
England
France
Winchester Park Doubleheader Matches Blairton in W Va
A big baseball doubleheader is slated for tomorrow afternoon at Winchester Park with PARK facing Blairton, West Virginia. Fans pay one admission for both games. The event promises exciting action for local sports fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Park
Blairton
W. VA
Notice of Price Advance for Coke Contracts
Due to conditions beyond our control there will be an increase in the price of coke. All Coke contracts signed on October 1 will carry the old price of 6.25 dollars per tonnet. If you have not yet signed for your season's requirements please visit our office to take care of your winter fuel requirements. The Gas Co. 335 S Loudoun St.
British Admiralty says submarines vulnerable in war at sea
British communique declares enemy submarines cannot sustain a blockade and warns of heavy sea losses. It cites the Akenside torpedoing off the Norwegian coast and the Martti Ragner sunk by a German submarine crew while passengers and crew escaped safely. Downing Street says there is complete agreement with France on wartime strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight L. Pitkin
London
Ministry of Information
Royal Navy
Air Force
Hisoi Islands
Norwegian
Akenside
Lythe
England
Bergen
Martti Ragner
Norway
No. 10 Downing Street
Supreme War Council of
Great Britain and
France
Rain Expected Portion of Week Weather Outlook
Weather outlook for September 25 through October 1 predicts showers in the North and Middle Atlantic States on Tuesday or Wednesday and again at week’s end. Otherwise Monday will see rising temperatures with a cooler middle of the week and warmer at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Mussolini Sees War Localized In Europe
Mussolini told Fascist leaders in Bologna that Italy aims to localize the European war and will not belligerently expand. He said no historic announcement is needed now, asserting policy was fixed in the September 1 declaration and would only be changed if events warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
Tr Duce
Bologna
Palazzo Venezia
Italy
Ethiopia
Campaign With Poles Is Ended
The German army high command announced the campaign in Poland is ended and that the Polish army of millions has been defeated captured or routed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Polish liner sails as crew refuse Canada war service
The 16,000 ton Polish liner bound for a Canadian port sails with 200 crew aboard who refused to sail wartime munitions service. Separately, Hoover declined participation in an organized campaign to repeal arms shipment embargo to war nations. Public notice notes a residence or business location at 26 Waldock St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canada
Hoover
Lawrence Richey
Court House
Mary C. Rhyan
Waldock St
Germany confident of long war despite bumper grain harvest
An article notes a bumper grain harvest today and reports confidence that Germany could sustain a prolonged conflict. It mentions agricultural output and wartime perspectives without detailing battle specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Gas Rationing Grips London Traffic
Rigid gasoline rationing swept London and other British cities, halting most motor traffic and threatening a taxicab shortage as of September 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
French and German Attacks Repulsed on Western Front
Paris reports said French infantry repelled three German attempts to retake Saarbrucken while artillery exchanges continued along the Saarland and Lauter river border. Adolf Hitler and Walther von Brauchitsch were noted in Berlin dispatches as on the western front amid ongoing artillery and aerial activity with no decisive breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Walther
Berlin
Hitler
Warsaw
von Brauchitsch
Poland
Western Front
Fuehrer
Westwall
Germany
Saarbruecken
Maginot Siegfried Lines
France
Stocker and feeder cattle offered by Hugh L Willoughby
Stocker and feeder cattle available from Sprint Farm near Boyce and on Willoughby’s Salem Lane farm in Clarke County. Can arrange handling on contract. Contact Hugh L Willoughby, 3rd, via reference Farmers and Merchants National Bank Trust Co. (9-21-23-25-1p-31)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprint
Boyce
Salem Lane
Clarke County
W. Boyce
Farmers, and Merchants National Bank Trust Co
Hugh L. Willoughby
Attention Kodakers 5x7 enlargement offer at Barr's
For sale notice lists White peaches available Saturday and Monday from the packing shed near Grimes. Dy. Russell. The advertisement repeats about a 5x7 enlargement with each roll finished at Barr's and includes a Kodakers slogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barr’s
Grimes
Dy. Russell
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Saar Front
Glass and
Byrd
Foshrink
Shanghai
Kaon
Kiangsi
Shenandoah Life
Walker Bond
Col
Gen. von Fritsch
Supreme High Command
Nachtausgabe
Sterling
the Gas CO
Loudoun St
Brand
Germany Army High Command
Mil
Reardon
J. F. Kremer & Bro
Rhine
War Ministry
Brauchitsch
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