Complete Reorganization Of Shenandoah Life In Roanoke Recommended
Richmond reports the State Corporation Commission urged a complete reorganization of Shenandoah Life Insurance in Roanoke after an audit found flagrant irregularities. The plan includes creating a vice president and general manager with broad powers and trimming salaries of top officers to fund the new role.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
George A. Missioner
Shenandoah Life Insurance Company
J. M
Tennessee
F. Jordan
District of Columbia
Bowles
E. Lee Wrinkle
Fie
J. P. Saul, Jr
J. H. Dunkley
Corporation Commission
Virginia
Killed in Action Former German commander von Fritsch
Nazi headquarters announced Col. Gen. Werner von Fritsch was killed in action on the Warsaw front after being purged in 1938. Despite setbacks by the defense of Warsaw his East army remained under Hitler's supreme command during the outbreak of war.
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Werner von Fritsch
Warsaw
Hitler
Reich
von Fritsch
British Fight Against Submarine Raids Intensifies
A ministry of information statement says the German submarine fleet is feeling the full effect of British naval operations. Sub crews face low supplies and nerve strain as they run the gauntlet of depth charges to return to port, with scientific hunting methods expected to crack them.
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London
Ministry of Information
Mussolini
Poland
Stydies
Russia
Germany
Red Army
Black Sea
Romania
Hungary
Chamberlain
House of Commons
War nerves hurt Rochester circus crowds in Indiana
Rochester Indiana owners Jess Adkins and Zack Terrell of the Cole Brothers Circus report crowds have dwindled for 20 days as residents stay home to listen to radio war broadcasts reducing attendance and business.
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Rochester
Ind
Jess Adkins
Zack Terrell
Cole Brothers’ Circus
Death Takes Owen Knight In Missouri
Owen Beall Knight 71 a native of the city died at his St. Joseph Missouri home after a week of illness. He was longtime president of Knight Reed Mercantile Company a wholesale millinery firm. Survivors include wife Clara two sons Owen B Knight Jr Morris Reed Knight and two daughters Mrs W Roger Moore and Virginia L Knight. Knight active in library Missouri Historical Society and Sons of the American Revolution. He came to St Joseph at nineteen and helped lead local social and musical life.
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Owen Beall Knight
B. M. Knight
St. Joseph
Knight
Charles P. Knight
Bear Knight
McSherry Lupton
Godfrey
William C. Miller
Inlaw
Knight-Reed Mercantile Company
Lucille Avenue
Clara Knight
Owen B. Knight, Jr
Jenkinstown
Morris Reed Knight
St. Louis
W. Roger Moore
Virginia L Knight
Clara Reed
Morris Houghton Reed
Mr. Knight
Neas Winchester
Benjamin M. Knight
Ninian Beall
Scotland
Maryland
Georgetown University
District of Columbia
Robert Owen
Mr Knight
Shenandoah Valley
Owen B. Knight
Virginia
Brittain-Richardson Dry Goods Company
Tootle-Weakley Millinery Company
M. H. Reed
Thousands of German Mothers Awaiting News
Berlin reports thousands of German mothers anxiously await official casualty lists from the eastern front expected within days. An army note calls German losses unusually small versus the enemy, though no precise figures are released as consular staff and other foreigners evacuated from Warsaw count among those expected to depart.
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Berlin
East
United States
Warsaw
Lions Club Luncheon Show With Pleasures of Paris
Entertainment at the Lions Club luncheon will be handled by Lion Rudd, manager of the Palace Theatre. The program will feature a portion of the show Pleasures of Paris, the current stage attraction at the Palace Theatre.
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Lions Club
Lion Rudd
Palace Theatre
Band To Play On Friday Night At Kauffmans
Under Paul Riley the Frederick County School Band will present a concert on Friday September 29 at 8 oclock at the Kauffman School in Stephenson. An adults spelling match and a children’s spelling match will follow with W. W. Glass of Winchester and Mrs Dora Waldeck presiding. Public invited.
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Kauffmans
Paul Riley
Frederick County
Kauffman School
Stephenson
W. W. Glass
Winchester
Dora Waldeck
Course For Co. Teachers Extension Courses Announced
Frederick County teachers may enroll in extension courses this year. Dr Pittman of Madison College Harrisonburg will teach elementary science with Dr J A Rorer from University of Virginia coordinating. Teachers should report to the Frederick County courthouse Thursday at 1 15 oclock for registration and credit is offered.
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Frederick County
Anne Preston Starling
J. A. Rorer
University of Virginia
Pittman
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Shortest Named Towns Noted in Quiz
A curious exchange lists two letter village names in France such as O and Y in Orne and Somme and notes around twenty communities with two letters including Sy Fa Oz Ay Ry and Us. It also mentions a Maryland town called T B.
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Orne Department
France
Somme
Maryland
T. B
Umbrella Theme Sparks Impromptu Speech at Lancaster Club
In Lancaster Reverend James Harrison attended a club dinner with an umbrella and, as the sole member to do so, was tasked with an impromptu talk on Chamberlain and His Umbrella. He quipped the umbrella is valuable when rain comes, and it did, at the meeting’s end.
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Lancaster
James Harrison
Chamberlain
Harrison
Briton Main Foe of Nazis
Berlin reports military buildup on the western front focused on the British as English troops land in France in growing numbers. German and Russian forces are positioned along the new eastern front from East Prussia toward Hungary as Warsaw holds out.
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France
Berlin
Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Russia
East Prussia
Hungary
Wheat Insurance Deadline Sept 30
Farmers must apply for the 1940 Wheat Crop Insurance by Saturday September 30. The policy insures three fourths of the expected yield against unavoidable losses at about one half bushel per acre. County Agent I Fred Stine notes several have filed and urges applicants to contact E M Funk Middletown or file at the county agent's office.
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I. Fred Stine
E. M. Funk
Middletown
Fertilizer Aid Powers Frederick County Farmers
Frederick county farmers have ordered 296.75 tons of Triple Super phosphate and 1 764.8 tons of ground limestone under the 1939 Agricultural Conservation program. The fertilizer is valued at 36 per ton delivered to Winchester totaling 10 683 and limestone at 2 35 per ton delivered to farms totaling 4 147 28. Total value of materials is 14 530 28. Applications for 1939 aid are due October 7 for phosphate and October 14 for limestone.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Kennedy Jr Returns to New York Aboard Foreign Vessel
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., son of the U S ambassador to England, stands near an anti aircraft gun on the Mauretania as he returns to New York aboard a foreign ship despite his father’s warnings and says it is at his own risk.
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John F. Kennedy
U. S
London
Joseph P. Kennedy
Port Washington
N. Y
Europe
Harvard College
Joseph
Mauretania
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr
England
New York
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Missouri
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Aeder
Firestone Auto Supply
N. Loudoun St
Geo. Barnsley
Says John
Dicker
On, JR
Dr. Pittman
Houston
Tex
Fred Muegee
Rob
Muegee
Shenandoah Valley National Book
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Copsright
Jack” Dickerson
Eastern
Seaboard
Die
Kealliet Jobecara
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