Neutrality bill advances through committee
The administration neutrality bill to authorize arms sales to belligerents won committee approval. It would require buyers to take title to arms and goods before shipment and transport purchases on their own ships, aiming for a cash and carry system. Senate debate set for Monday amid ongoing revisions and discussion of ship provisions.
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Mittee
Administration
Senate
Poetary Theaime
Borah
R.-Ida
Canper
R.-Kan
Capper
Legion
Convention Resolutions Committee
Fuehrer Praises Crew of U Boats at Naval Base Visit
Hitler visited Wilhelmshaven to congratulate submarine crews returning from enemy waters. Grand Admiral Erich Raeder accompanied him as crews shared their experiences at an informal gathering.
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Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Hitler
North Sea
Fuehrer
Erich Raeder
Stephens City fire event plans draw talent scouts
The Stephens City community prepares a Womanless Wedding fundraiser on October 5 6 and October 10 in Winchester to aid fire protection. Hollywood scouts are said to attend per Jimmy Fidler. County events include Shawnee Home Club Flower Show Student Fair and Fred County Farm and Home Fair with more details to come.
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Stephens City
Jimmy Fidler
Hollywood
Stephens Ci
Fred County
Winchester
Pa Frederick
Four Naval Middies Die In Truck Crash Near Memphis
Four United States Naval Academy midshipmen en route to Annapolis were killed in a collision with an apple truck at Braden Tennessee, 36 miles northeast of Memphis. The dead were Phillip L Seewald Max Eb McConnell M T Orr Jr and Frank Thomas died later at a hospital with Charles Leveritt injured. The truck driver escaped with minor injuries as the sedan and truck exploded and burned.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Braden
Mem
Gillam S. Jones
Tex
Phillip L. Seewald
Amarillo
Max EB. McConnell
Clov
M. T. B. Orr, Jr
Ardmore, Oklo
Orr
Frank Thomas
College Station
Charles Leveritt
Thomas
Leveritt
Gainesville
Will of Mrs Byers Punk Admitted to Record
The will of the late Mrs. Byers Punk is admitted to record with Clark M. as executor and a $25,000 bond. It bequeaths a house at 411 North Kent and $100 for Martha Blaine during her life, then to Chloe Bromley Magruder. A $1,000 trust funds five years for pews for a Lutheran church. if not built, $200 to Mount Hebron Cemetery, $500 to Benjamin Byers, and $500 to Lilly Byers Bromley.
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Byers Punk
Clark M
North Kent
Martha Blaine
Chloe Bromley Magruder
Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Benjamin Byers
Lilly Byers Bromley
North
Loudoun Street
Virginia Brumbaugh
Washington County
Episcopal Women Plan Thank Offering Sunday
Women of Christ Episcopal Church announce a United Thank Offering service this Sunday. All women are invited to contribute offerings in envelopes marked for the morning exercises.
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Episcopal Women
Women of Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester civic figure Samuel R. Atwell dies in Virginia hospital
Samuel R. Atwell longtime Winchester businessman and civic supporter died in a Richmond hospital after a stroke suffered six years ago. He was 68 and survived by seven daughters and three sons plus a large extended family. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Winchester
Richmond
Mr. Atwell
W. O Horsey
Norfolk and Western Railway
Roanoke
Atwell
Albert Worthington
City Hall
Friendship Fire Company
Market Street Methodist Church
Carrie Barr
James W. Barr
P. Lockman
Lakewood
Fla
Irvin A. Little
Julia Atwell
Cincinnati
Peo Kem- Robert Colston
Chalmers Nelson
Earl Comer
James S. Atwell
Philadelphia
William B. Atwell
Brevard
Modlin Fortress Surrenders After Polish Capital Falls
Berlin reports Modlin Fortress, key Polish stronghold at the Vistula and Bug junction, waved the white flag 24 hours after Warsaw capitulated. The surrender ends a major resistance nest as German forces advance east of the demarcation line with ongoing mop up of Polish troops and leaders.
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Berlin
Modlin
Vistula
Bug
Warsaw
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Committeeman Rowe Urges Curbside Car Entry in Winchester
Harold Rowe, chair of the subcommittee on unsafe practices in the Junior Board of Trade traffic safety campaign, urges motorists in Winchester to exit from the curb side to avoid accidents. After a week of reports, he notes several near misses when passengers left from the traffic side and calls for continued cooperation to curb unsafe practices.
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Rowe
Harold Rowe
Board of Trade
Winchester
Kelly Named National Commander of American Legion
Ray mond J. Kelly of Detroit was elected national commander of the American Legion at its Chicago convention, succeeding Stephen F. Chadwick. Kelly, legal head of Detroit since 1933, served in World War I and studied at Notre Dame and Detroit. The Legion urged outlawing the Communist party and similar groups, supported universal service, and pressed for weaker war profits. Tensions rose with Soviet Estonia and a new submarine incident near Narva Bay as Moscow hosted talks with Germany and Turkey.
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Chicago
Raymond J. Kelly
Detroit
American Legion
Kelly
Stephen F. Chadwick
Seattle
Notre Dame
Reds
Communist Party
German Bund
Legion
Americanism Committee
Dies
Legionnaires
Congress
Committee On
United States
County Native Killed By Auto
Clarence Eugene Stottlemyer aged 61, a Frederick County native, was struck and killed by a truck near Charles Town West Virginia as he walked home after cutting corn. The driver, James P. Pearrell of Martinsburg, was summoned to Charles Town for an inquest. no charges were filed. Stottlemyer was born on the farm near Stephenson.
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Clarence Eugene Stottlemyer
Frederick County
Charles Town
W. Va
Stottlemyer
James P. Pearrell
Martinsburg
J. W. Frye
Mr. Stottlemyer
Stephenson
Turgeon Receives Honor From Royal Photographers Society
Winchester photographer Turgeon today received a letter from H H Blacklock secretary of the Royal Photographers Society of Great Britain inviting him to become a member. The invitation follows his exhibition success at the Photography Association of America in Buffalo where he submitted eight prints earning six merits. One image was chosen for a travel loan collection from over 7 000 entries. Turgeon earned merits in peace portrait architecture and aerial subjects.
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Prank Turgeon
Winchester
H. H. Blacklock
Royal Photographers Society of Great Britain
Turgeon
Photographers Association of America
Buffalo
Repatriation Sought by Many From Europe
Washington reports a surge of appeal for repatriation as westbound traffic slows and claimants prove American citizenship. Thousands who fled during the low mood years after naturalization lack proof now. In three Scandinavian ports 900 to 1,300 cases are cited.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Soviet Warships Seen Off Estonia
Helsinki reports several Soviet Baltic Fleet warships sighted near Narva bay as water and air activity around Estonia increases. Observers link naval moves to pressure after the Metallist sinking and possible Soviet demands for a Baltic naval base on Saarte Maa or Hiiu Maa.
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Norway
Skagerrak
Estonia
Red Army
France
Westwall
Warsaw
Rumania
Neva
Ladoga
Baltic
Latvia
Russia
Riga
Sweden
Reich
Helsinki
Finland
Narva Bay
Gulf of Finland
Metallist
Saarte Maa
Gulf of Riga
Hiiu Maa
Germans Lead Industrially Says Frederikson at Rotary
Dr Otto Frederikson of Madison College told the Rotary Club that Germany's 1937 income neared that of England and France combined, with Germany surpassing both in steel output in 1938. He said per capita income is nearly England’s and higher than France’s, and Germany’s 1929 base rose 50 percent. He noted Germany spends more on armaments this year than all nations did in 1933.
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Otto F. Frederikson
Madison College
Rotary Club
Secnnn
England
France
United Kingdom
Germany
Prederikson
Harrisonburg
Hitler
Russia
Britain
Dr Allen To Auction Horses At Clifton Farms Sale
Dr. Allen of Clifton Farms Clarke county announces a public auction October 26 featuring hunters show horses two year olds yearlings and weanlings. He will retain mares to breed to Coq d Esprit son of Coq Gaulois to continue the line. Louis L Merryman guides sale preparations for Sparks Md buyers from Chicago and others have visited Clifton Farms for years.
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Lewis M. Allen
Clifton
Clarke County
Allen
Clifton Farms
Cudahy
Chicago
Louis L. Merryman
Herrick- Merryman Sales Company
Sparks
Vacancies Open in National Guard Company I
The government plans to raise the enlisted strength of Company I from 64 to 83 men. First Lieut. George F. Miller said the goal is to fill 19 vacancies quickly. Recruits will train two weeks per year, drill 114 hours monthly, and receive one day’s pay.
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National Guard
George F. Miller
War Department
Lawrence C. Hollis
French Air Reconnaissance Probes German Interior Front
Paris dispatches report French scouting planes penetrating into Germany to spot troop movements behind the western front. In Basel, French counter attacks were said to drive back German forces east of Wissembourg as battles around the Rhine and Lauter junction continued. The fighting triangle near Wissembourg saw German attempts to dig in repelled by Fort Wissembourg Geisberg Hill and the town.
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Basel
Switzerland
Wissembourg
Giesberg
Fort Wissembourg
Geisberg Hill
Lauterbourg
Landau
Hagenau
Contverge
Wisse
Pischbach-Bundenthal
Baby Snooks Skit Promised at Stephens City Event
A two day Womanless Wedding feature at Stephens City on October 5 and 6 will include a "Baby Snook's" skit. F Grove White is announced as "Baby Snooks" father while Rev Julian Owen will portray "Baby Snooks."
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Stephens City
F. Grove White
Julian Owen
Reward Offered for Missing Item Watch
Finder in Virginia seeks contact to reclaim a platinum edged watch with diamonds. Age and phone notification required for reward. Va. 68.
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Honouf Va
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