Six Cabinet Officials Confer on Neutrality Policy
Six cabinet officers were summoned to the White House for a conference on neutrality measures and domestic issues tied to the European war. President Roosevelt planned to review progress with the attorney general and the secretaries of State War Navy Agriculture and Labor. Senate leaders advised the White House to keep hands off the congressional fight over the neutrality program.
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White House
Roosevelt
Navy
United States
Senate
State Department
Executive Branch
Congress
Administration
George
D-Ga
Capitol Hill
Foreign Relations Committee
Dissolution Of Communists' Party In France Is Decreed
French army reports say Germany's Siegfried line launched a night attack to relieve forts near Zweibruecken but was repulsed with heavy losses. French forces held a four and a half mile stretch on the Saarbruecken Zwei brucken highway while sustaining severe casualties in the border sector between the Saar river and Blies Creek.
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France
Charles S8
Foltz, JR
Basel
Switzerland
Germany
Siegfried Line
Zweibruecken
Mittlebach
Saar River
Blies Creek
Saarbruecken
Saarbuecken
Winchester Reflects on War Forcing Brits To Rural Life
MA Winchester notes that war pushed Britons from London to the countryside, with readers reporting mixed reactions. Some adapt to rustic life quickly, others resist. a city habit persists in small acts like eating on steps. Absence of bustle charms some, while others long for permanent rural homes if available.
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London
Conference On Poles Future Sparks Moscow Meeting
Moscow reports that Adolf von Ribbentrop will visit to discuss Poland related developments with the Soviet government. The trip follows Germany and Soviet pact framing and fuels talk of a possible small Polish buffer state between Germany and Russia. Speculation also swirls around Bessarabia and Estonia as postwar land arrangements emerge.
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Moscow
Tass
Ribbentrop
Soviet Union
Poland
von Ribbentrop
Germany
Russia
Bessarabia
Rumania
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
Rumiania
Survivors From Royal Sceptre Rescued Near Madeira
Thirty two crewmen of the British freighter Royal Sceptre, torpedoed by submarine U 48, were saved and brought aboard the Browning at Bahia Brazil. The ship sank on September 7 and earlier reports feared total loss.
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Kafiristan
United States
Bahia
Brazil
British Information Ministry
Atlantic
Madeira
Mrs. Shade 72 Dies After Long Illness Near Siler
Cornelia Davison Shade, 73, wife of Philip Shade, died last night at 9 at her home near Siler after months of illness. She would have marked 57 years of marriage if she lived until November 15. Survived by her husband and four children, plus a sister, services set for 10 o'clock Thursday in Siler.
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Cornelia Davison Shade
Philip Shade
Siler
Shade
Mr. Shade
Walter M. Shade
Methodist
Greenwood
Morgan County
West Virginia
Frederick
Samuel Davison
Martha Hiett
Virginia
California
Sacramento
Charles Town
W. Va
Ind
Edmund A. Shade
Falling Waters
Edward Ashton
Roann
Mosciki to Re Sign as Poland President Amid Paderewski Hint
Bucharest reports Polish sources say Mosciki will re sign as President of Poland and name Paderewski the pianist patriot as likely successor.
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Bucharest
Mosciki
Poland
Paderewski
Citizens Seek injunction over Route 50 relocation near Boyce
Clarke county residents led by Robert H. Gardiner filed a bill and affidavits in open court seeking a temporary injunction to block the Highway Commission of Virginia from building U S Route 50 on a new site a mile south of Boyce and Millwood. Defendants Moore and Williams objected and the court set a hearing for September 30 at 11. The suit names local residents and the town of Boyce as plaintiffs and Henry G. Shirley J Frank Wysor Wade H Massie William C Poston Kenneth N Gilpin S W Rawls as well as the Highway Commission as defendants, alleging failure to give public notice in Frederick and Clarke counties prior to selecting the new route location.
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Clarke County
Boyce and
Millwood
Moore and Williams
Robert H. Gardiner
J. R. Strode
B. B. McKay
M. H. Shewbridge
H. E. Brown
Susan Page Mitchell
A. E. Alger
Bertha A. Carter
H. P. Mitchell
J. G. Burch
Charles O. Dearmont
Boyce
Henry G. Shirley
J. Frank Wysor
Wade H. Massie
William C. Poston
Kenneth N. Gilpin
S. W. Rawls
The
Highway Commission of Virginia
Highway Commission
Frederick
Clarke
Death summons N E Funkhouser prominent western Maryland figure
Newton Funkhouser father of Raymond J Funkhouser formerly of Winchester now in Charles Town West Virginia died at 1 o clock yesterday at his home 459 Summit Avenue Hagerstown Md aged 78 He was a leader in agricultural and business circles and served as president of Victor Products Corp He was a longtime member of St James United Brethren Church Big Pool and taught the Ladies Bible Class at St Pauls United Brethren in Hagerstown He is survived by seven children two sisters and his wife who predeceased him The funeral will be held at his Hagerstown home then move to Winchester for interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery
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Newton
Funkhouser
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Winchester
Charles Town
W. Va
Victor Products Corporation
Summit Avenue
Hagerstown
Punkhouser
Maryland
St. James United Brethren Church
Big Pool
Washington County
St Paul’s United Brethren Church
Roy P. Punkhouser
Gettysburg
Elmer N. Punkhouser
Ruth F. Myers
Magerstown
M. J. Hensey
Marvin L. Funkhouser
Pascagoula
Miss
Joseph Frey
Martinsburg
Frank Bowman
Altavista
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Woman Held In Local Hold-up Identified as Fugitive
A woman linked to a local hold-up was identified in Van Wert Ohio as Virginia Brandy who escaped the Ohio Reformatory for Women on June 19 with three others. She and two men Raymond Myers and Bert King were arrested after a car tied to the hold-up was spotted.
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McKinley Turner
National Avenue
van Wert
Ohio
Virginia Brandy
Ohio Reformatory For Women
Associated Press
Akron
Reformatory
Velma West
Raymond Myers
Canton
Bert King
Pittsburgh
Charles L. Sherwood
Virginia
Virginia Miller
M L. Kennedy
Kennedy
Mrs Hillidge Found Dead In Front Royal Home
Mrs B J Hillidge prominent Front Royal resident was found dead in her bed this morning by her son Grover Hillidge. Funeral arrangements were not yet set. She is survived by three daughters including Mrs Fred Bradley of Michigan and Mrs A D Cone and Mrs Alexander Stewart of Washington.
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Front Royal
B. J. Hillidge
Grover Hillidge
Hillidge
House of Representatives
A. D. Cone
Washington
Alexander Stewart
F B I Chief Urged to Probe Quadruple Killing in Alaska
Anchorage residents appeal to J Edgar Hoover to investigate a quadruple killing that has spread fear in Wild Cache Creek country. Victims include Mr Jenkins, Joy Brittell, and Richard Francis. Bodies found battered and shot. officials shift from murder suicide to unknown suspect.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Cache Creek
PB. I
J. Edgar Hoover
Anchorage Times
Camp Cook
the Times
J. W. Jen
Joy Brittell
Jenkins
Richard Francis
Brittel
Francis
British Ships Armed and Nazi Goods Seized
The British war cabinet told Parliament that many merchant ships are now armed and more German goods seized since the war began. Churchill announced full convoy operation and coordination with France on supplies, vowing Britain will persevere and deploy the empire’s strength to conquer submarine threats.
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London
British War Cabinet
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
House of Commons
Chamberlain
France
Churchill
Britain
British Empire
Former Jury To Try Rinker Trio For Slaying
Front Royal, Sept. 26. The fate of Harry Rinker Reliance Lloyd Rinker Middletown and nephew Carson Rinker Harrisonburg charged with the slaying of Charles H. Steele near Reliance last June will be decided by a jury largely made up of farmers. The 12 man panel was completed this afternoon and includes eight farmers and several tradesmen.
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Star
Front Royal
Harry Rinker
Reliance
Lloyd Rinker
Middletown
Carson Rinker
Harrisonburg
Charles H. Steele
Near Reliance
C. L Reeves
ABC
R. J. Gardier
R. H. Corron
Robert W. Lake
A. T. Edmonds
Kenneth Simpson
Alton Mathews
S. H. Clark
Wal
Pole Capital Being Stormed By Nazi Force
Berlin dispatch reports German army began storming Warsaw defenses after Polish commander refused to surrender. Final push launched with Makotowski fortress fallen and Mokotow suburb seized. Four forts guard Warsaw from south and west as German forces push toward the San river frontier, 2000 Polish prisoners reported.
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Robert F. Schilbach
Berlin
Warsaw
Makotowski
Mokotow
Mokotowski
Bema
Wolski
Poland
San
Germany attacks Warsaw as 2000 prisoners reported
Berlin reports a new assault on besieged Warsaw with communique claiming 2000 prisoners taken in a pocket southeast of the city. Paris notes artillery exchanges across the Rhine as French and German forces clash and sustain losses.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Warsaw
Paris
Rhine
Unfair treatment claim by German American Bund leader
Fritz Kuhn, head of the German American Bund, told reporters in New York he would not cooperate with the Dies Committee, citing unfair treatment in the interview. He charged the committee had treated him unfairly during proceedings.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Dies Committee
Daladier Dissolves Communist Party in France
Premier Daladier's war cabinet decreed the dissolution of the Communist party and affiliated groups in France in retaliation for Soviet pact with Germany and Poland. Penalties will be set upon official publication as French and British air forces report heavy artillery and air action along the Rhine and Siegfried lines.
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Paris
Daladier
Communist Party
France
Safety campaign urges brake checks with low prices
A public safety notice promotes brake system checks at Firestone Auto Supply Service Store. The campaign encourages motorists to refine their brakes for safety and mentions an affordable price starting as low as six dollars for service.
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Ford
Firestone Auto Supply Service Store
Lost money bag in Shenandoah Valley Bank vicinity
A lost bank money bag containing about 79 dollars in cash silver and checks was missing between Winchester Dry Cleaning Works at 210 S Braddock St and 400 Avenue. A liberal reward is offered for return. Public sale Saturday October 14 at 1 PM two miles east of Winchester on Berryville pike features household furniture cash 8 room house and 4 acres more or less of land. Terms see sale bills. W W Wells. Duvall Dunn auctioneers.
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester Dry Cleaning Works
S. Braddock St
400 Avenue
Winchester
Berryville Pike
W. W. Wells
Duvall & Dunn
Postponed Sale Of Property On South Loudoun Street
The sale of business property at Nos. 124 126 128 and 132 East side of South Loudoun Street is postponed until noon Saturday October 7th.
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South Loudoun St
Mrs Byrd Wealth? Address Listed in Notice
Mrs R E Byrd of 326 S Amherst Street appears in a dated public notice. The fragment notes a 9 23 1p tf designation and references an individual connected to the property.
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Man H Mone
Ieee
R. E. Byrd
Amherst Street
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By J. C. Stark
Pole
Copenhagen
Kuhn
Prisal
Albert Sauraut
John H. Martin
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Maginot Line
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