Murder Suspect Escapes After Kentucky Murder Charge
Herbert Lee Napier, sought in Laurel County Kentucky for murder, escaped custody in Virginia near Shelby. Deputies report Napier grabbed a pistol from a car during a restaurant stop while being transported. later seen attempting to hitchhike toward Charlottesville. Victim Wilson Weltner was beaten robbed of 300 dollars and died after a train incident near Pittsburg Kentucky. Napier had previous arrest for a Baltimore traffic violation on August 28.
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Shelby
Herbert Lee Napier
Laurel County
Ball Usc
Kentucky
Charlottesville
D. Steele
Wilson Weltner
Pittsburg
Napier
Baltimore
Truman notes support for St Lawrence waterway plan
President Truman telegraphed Governor Dewey confirming enthusiastic support for developing the St Lawrence waterway and its water power. Dewey had protested any plan removing the federal state water power accord from the project. The exchange, released by the White House, asserts power facilities should be built by the federal government and handed to New York agencies per the February 7 agreement.
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Washington
Truman
Dewey
New York
St. Law
White House
Army Engineers
Col Devereux Cited By Navy For Wake Island Heroism
Lt Col James P Devereux awarded the Navy Cross for gallantry at Wake Island December 7 1941 to December 22 1941. Undersecretary Gates presented the medal, calling the citation the shortest and finest he has read. Devereux’s 11 year old son Paddy watched and offered stark remarks about the enemy.
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Washington
James P
Deverux
Wake Island
Artemus L. Gates
Frank Knox
Waked
Col
Wheat Growers Urged to Buy Crop Insurance Says Stine
County Agent I Fred Stine urges farmers not to gamble on weather and seek federal crop insurance as protection against wind drought floods winter and other natural hazards. He notes farms are vulnerable and directs contact with the County AAA Office in Winchester before the September 99 closing date.
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Fred Stine
United States
County Aaa
Winchester
Calking to Arrive in Seattle This Saturday
Technician Fourth Grade J. Calking of 502 West Street is among aboard the U S S General Ord troop transport. He is scheduled to dock in Washington state on September 29.
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J. Calking
West Street
Wash
Staunton Couple Arrested In Escape Case
Augusta county jail records show Gordon Grant and Mrs. Graves tried in Staunton Police Court on charges of aiding and abetting a prison escape and escape from jail. Grant received 30 days to run concurrently with a six month sentence. Graves was found not guilty. Police traced them from Winchester as they allegedly traveled toward Washington in a taxi.
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Augusta County
Gordon Grant
Staunton
Grant
G. M. Gilkeson
House Naval Committee backs postwar navy with 1079 ships
The House Naval Committee voted unanimously for a postwar navy plan calling for 1,079 fighting ships. If approved, the measure expresses Congress intent for a fleet including 3 large carriers, 24 Essex carriers, 18 battleships, 3 large cruisers, 31 heavy cruisers, 48 light cruisers, 367 destroyers, 296 destroyer escorts, 200 submarines and supporting vessels. It carries no binding force beyond expressing outlook for the future navy.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
House
Congress
Ramey Burned By Exploding Gasoline
Ramey, a prominent farmer and stock dealer from the Hayfield area of Frederick County, was seriously burned when gasoline exploded while he worked on a stalled truck. He was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital with first and second degree burns to his right arm chest and side. He is reported resting comfortably as authorities note he dropped his wallet and rolled into a ditch to escape the flames.
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Boyd Ramey
Hayfield
Frederick County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ramey
White Post Charge Homecoming Service Planned
The White Post Methodist Charge led by Rev. W. O. Talbert will hold a Home Coming service at White Post Methodist Church on Sunday September 30. Morning and afternoon messages will cover life after death and Christ’s plan for unemployment strikes and wars. Families bring basket lunches and Winchester musicians will provide special music. Public invitations extend to former members and the wider community.
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Ite Post Methodist
W. O. Talbert
White Post
Jay Lowden
Winchester
Membership Sunday at Gore Church
The He bron Baptist Church at Gore will hold Membership Sunday on September 30. Pastor Rev Nathanael B Habel urges all members and those interested in membership to attend the services he will lead, with a special message and planned music.
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Hebron Baptist Church
Gore
Nathanael B. Habel
Habel
Stonewall Plans New School At Cost Of 6500
Frederick County School Board weighs building a four room frame school at Stonewall to relieve crowding. State education department plans prepared by the state architect. The project faces supervisors approval on October 8 and would address overcrowded Stonewall classes plus needed furnace, roof repairs, and moved basement classes.
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Stonewall
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
State Department of Education
Bryant Harper
Middletown
Stephens City
Charles E. Bass
Leslie D. Kline
Gore
Harry Stotler
Deactivation of U S Tenth Army Announced in Japan
The War Department ordered deactivation of the U S Tenth Army, conqueror of Okinawa, on General MacArthur's recommendation. Lt. Gen. Stilwell will command in the Ryuku chain before returning to the United States. The Tenth Army’s duties shift to Army Forces Western Pacific with transfers of personnel.
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Tokyo
War Department
U. S. Tenth Army
Okinawa
MacArthur
Ryuku Island
Joseph W. Stilwell
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Stilwell
Frank W. Merrill
Merrill's
Burma
United States
Tenth Army
Army Forces
Western Pacific
Tenth
Pacific
Rent Control Officials Set Wednesday Visits
Rent control officials from the Office of Price Administration will conduct weekly sessions at the local War Price and Ration Board office in the George Washington Hotel building on Wednesdays only. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Office of Price Administration
Rent Control
War Price and Ration Board
George Washington
OPA
Canner reports 15081 cans at Stephens City Cannery
The Stephens City Community Cannery has canned 3959 cans of fruit 10957 cans of vegetables and 165 cans of meat for a total of 15081 cans to date. The cannery will be open the first week of October on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday and every Tuesday afterward until season end. Meat canning begins December 1 and should be completed by December 23. James C. Gordon supervises the cannery.
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Stephens City
James C. Gordon
To Can Apples on October 12
A notice invites volunteers to help can apples at the Stephens City Cannery on Friday afternoon October 12 from 2:30 to 5:30. Donors may leave apples at the cannery or on the Court House porch in Winchester and should bring a paring knife and a pan for peeling.
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Stephens City
Court House
Winchester
Fun Festival Pontiac Award Details From Lions Club
Ben Cather, director of the Lions Club Pun Festival, announced that ticket holders for the Pontiac Sedan prize need not be present to win. Major nightly door prizes require winners to be present in Winchester Armory when called. Proceeds fund eye clinics and blind assistance, the festival’s main objective.
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Ben Cather
Lions Club
Winchester Armory
Cather
Presbytery Refers Next Meeting Place to Committee
At the Winchester Presbytery closing session in Front Royal the time and place for the next annual meeting were referred to Rev. L. B. Grits of Woodstock the new moderator and Rev. Joseph A. McMurray of Winchester for study and recommendation.
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Winchester
Front Royal
L. B. Grits
Woodstock
Joseph A. McMurray
Threat Of Rain Continues In City
Rain remained only a threat with forecast showers likely by tomorrow. Temperatures reached 70 in Winchester at 1:30 pm, with a 65 degree low overnight. Virginia forecast calls for cloudy warm weather then showers and cooling in the west. West Virginia shows scattered showers tonight and Friday with cooler conditions.
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Mercury
Winchester
Virginia
West
West Virginia
Nationwide labor strikes threaten economy and halt production
AFL elevator operators and building workers strike risks spreading as 15 000 idle in many cities. In Detroit CIO-UAW and Chrysler press for wage hikes while 90 000 idle. 50 000 idled at Kelsey Hayes Ford plants. No oil pact as CIO Oil Workers threaten national strike if talks fail.
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Pacific Northwest
AFL
CIO
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Westinghouse Electric Company
Detroit
Cio-United Automobile Workers
Chrysler Corporation
Murray Corporation
Cio-Uaw
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
Ford Motor Company
Chicago
New York City
Garment
CIO Oil Workers International Union
William L. Knous
Colorado Supreme Court
Labor
Schwellenbach
Radio Helps Nab Auto Thief
Police used radio equipped cars to arrest Roscoe Gregory 18 of Binghamton N Y after he fled a Kernstown filling station bill theft. The stolen car was spotted near Walter Anderson farm and Gregory was captured by officers including Lohr Thompson Lowery Wisecarver DeHaven and Renner. He had stolen the car from Water Town N Y and recently served 13 months of a 1 to 10 year burglary sentence and was on parole.
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Kernstown
Papermill Road
Roscoe Gregory
Binghampton
N. Y
Gregory
Lohr
Thompson
Walter Anderson
Lowery
Wisecarver
DeHaven
Renner
Watertown
Argentina imposes state of siege amid protests
Buenos Aires reports a nationwide state of siege after military leaders move to suspend civil rights. Police dragnet tightens around opposition as Farrell and Peron authorize emergency measures to restore order following a Córdoba uprising and growing unrest across the country.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Atlantic
Andes
Edelmiro Farrell
Juan Peron
Cordoba
Farrell
Army Navy Merger Plan Hits House Resistance
Army and Navy consolidation plans meet resistance as House Naval and Military Committee chairs May and Vinson oppose immediate action. The Military Policy Committee offered no position after hearings while talks of a unified defense department linger, with Truman rumored to send a message.
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Washington
House
Naval
Representatives May
D-Ky
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Congress
May
Vinson
Capitol Hill
Truman
Department of National Defense
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Forces
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American Officers Killed and Wounded in Indo China Incident
Lt Col A Peter Dewey of Washington DC was killed and Capt Joseph Coolidge of New Hampshire wounded by Annamese during a three hour defense of the U S headquarters in Saigon. The clash left at least eight natives dead and prompted regional upheaval including a move to place Japanese Commander Count Terauchi under house arrest. Dewey was Yale educated and a former Chicago Daily News correspondent. Coolidge, a cousin of President Coolidge, was expected to survive his injuries.
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Vern Haugland
Saigon
Indo-China
A. Peter Dewey
Washington, D. C
Joseph Coolidge
New Hampshire
U. S
Juichi Terauchi
Dewey
Office of Strategic Services
Washington
Yale
Chicago Daily News
Coolidge
Religious Education Week Set By Nation September Observance
President Truman urges widespread support for Religious Education Week to run September 30 through October 7. He recalls his Baptist Sunday School roots in Independence Missouri and notes the need for religious instruction amid wartime care and migrant living conditions.
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Harry S. Truman
Independence
Roy G. Ross
International Council of Religious Education
Market Quotations From Baltimore and Chicago Livestock
Baltimore market reports list unchanged prices for apples poultry and eggs. Cattle hogs calves and sheep show varied steady to firm trends with demand up for higher grades and calves strong. Chicago hogs and cattle largely steady to down slightly with beef and sheep prices mixed and春 lambs noted.
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Baltimore
Atlantic
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Washington
Untitled livestock sale report with Montana ewes
A Montana sale featured four cars of calls and common lightweight ewes. The uni formerly and choice native ewes topped at 6.25.
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Montana
Stock Market Report Sees Mixed Gains Amid Reconversion Fears
New York traders report scattered gains in some industrial stocks while rails oils motors and aircraft shares sag. Labor disputes temper outlook as reconversion prospects and a long sprint to eight year peaks create caution. Buying remains timid and dealings slow after an initially active start. Elevator strike further restricts business activity.
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New York
Chicago Grain Quotations
Futures prices for corn and oats opened higher on frost forecasts affecting the corn belt tomorrow night. Wheat and rye mostly fell. Opening prices include Wheat Dec 1.71 3 4 May 1.69 1 8 to 1.69 July 1.60 5 8 to 1 2 Corn Dec 1.16 5 8 May 1.15 3 8 to 1 4 Oats Dec 63 1 4 to 1 8 May 63 7 8 to 3 4 July 60 3 8 Rye Dec 1.50 5 8 to 1 4 May 1.41 5 8 to 1 2
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Chicago
Answers to the Daily Quiz Revealed for Readers
Answers to the Daily Quiz printed on Page 4 include September 1 1939 Sunday September 2 eight million tons King Gustav V of Sweden September 5 Chester Bowles Seaman 1-c John C Truman nephew of President Truman Capt Eddie Rickenbacker Mast high aerial bombing at tack against a naval target Good Health
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King Gustav V of
Sweden
Chester Bowles
Seaman
C John C. Truman
President Truman
Eddie Rickenbacker
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Stine
Seattle
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Virginia Mayo
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Baltimore Livestock
Stock Market Report
Nature
Dean
Doan
Glaize & Brother
N. Cameron ST
Handley Board of Trustees
Handley Schools
Handley Library
Handley Fund
Winchester Furniture Company
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Dial
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