Ten Bills Drawn So For Assembly Meet
Governor Darden announced at least ten bills will be placed before the Virginia Legislature special session convening at noon Tuesday. The measures include a sinking fund plan to retire the state debt using an 18 million surplus and bills on executive speed limits, charter changes for city employees, and War Department driven regulatory tweaks. Details remain undisclosed. the governor’s brief message to the General Assembly is expected tomorrow at 1 p.m.
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Richmond
Darden
Virginia
General Assembly
General Special Fund
War Department
Statetion Commission
Frederick County urged to prioritize scrap drive for war effort
Mr Winchester urges Maryland farmers to place scrap metal collection ahead of other tasks during the second week of the drive. He cites Nebraska results of 103 pounds per person and warns that steel production remains crucial to the Allied war effort.
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Frederick County
United Nations
Nebraska
Apple runners sought for packing house work at Hurst Packing Co
Wanted Apple runners and men for packing house work. Apply Hurst Packing Co., N. Kent St. Phone 5850. Also ad notes car inspections by Lamp Motor Co. and a door prize at Ane Legion Bldg., Berryville, Virginia. Rivers conditions noted as muddy at Riverton North and South Fork.
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Riverton
North Fork
South Fork
Apple
Hurst Packing Co
N. Kent St
Berryville
More Credence To Reports About Firing of Von Bock
London reports from the Nazi front line broadcast a war correspondent at Stalingrad claimed Adolf Hitler sacked Field Marshal Fedor Von Bock, commander of the Stalingrad offensive. General Hermann Von Hoth was receiving reports from his generals as he commanded the fourth German armored army in the Stalingrad area.
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London
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Fedor von Bock
Stalingrad
Hermann von Hoth
von Hoth
Smolensk
Many Apples Not To Be Harvested Says Farm Head
Richmond, Sept 28 The state wide farm labor shortage May cause 20 to 25 percent crop losses in apples and hay Apple growers in the Shenandoah Valley report about one fourth of their apples will be left unharvested Hay must be cut and harvested now before a killing frost Commissioner L M Walker Jr said the fall grains must be planted and farmers may run 20 to 30 days behind Their staff meeting to discuss relief options failed to yield remedies
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Richmond
L. M. Walker
Shenandoah Valley
State Department
Walker
Headway On Fay's Spring Auxiliary Water Supply
Satisfactory progress is reported on the Fay's Spring auxiliary water system with underground piping and the pumping station building completed. One pump has arrived while the second remains in transit. together they will deliver about 1,000,000 gallons daily. Completion date is uncertain but water could be available quickly if needed. The regular supply holds up well, reflecting late summer rains.
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Fay’s Spring
Farm State Bloc Proposes Parity Plan Yet Admin Rejects
Washington Sept 28 Farm state Senators offered a compromise for higher farm prices in the anti inflation bill but administration leaders rejected it The dispute centers on parity pricing and including farm labor costs in the calculation Senator Brown said the White House would allow a vote on the Thomas Hatch parity amendment and an administration substitute to be debated The Hatch led subcommittee stressed the counter proposal would force higher ceilings where labor costs rise and profits would be preserved The size of the split shows the administration expects farmers to produce at less than cost of production and may pressure final parity terms
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Washington
Brown
D.-Mich
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Thomas
D.-Okla
Hatch
Barkley
Kentucky
Administration
Agriculture Committee
George
D.-Ga
Aiken
R.vt
Smith
Child With Needle In Heart Muscle Dies
Three year old Eleanor Hughes died at Children's Hospital Pittsburgh after living two weeks with a sewing needle embedded in her heart muscle. Doctors said the needle tore a hole in the heart, and an attempted surgical removal failed. The injury occurred when she fell while playing at home in Clinton Pennsylvania. Surgeons had delayed a second operation awaiting improvement.
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Pittsburgh
Eleanor Hughes
Children’s Hospital
Clinton
Sinking of Three U S Transports Claimed By Nazis
Berlin reports via German broadcast that submarines sank a troop convoy en route from the United States to England, claiming the destruction of multiple transports and a destroyer after several days of attack in the North Atlantic. Additional claims cited sunk ships and heavy enemy losses across the Atlantic.
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U.S
Berlin
High Command
North Atlantic
United States
England
Atlantic
Youths Receive Six Months for Jail Break Attempt
Two youths picked up for speeding in a stolen car from Hopewell last Wednesday night were tried in police court this morning and received six months for attempted jail break. Police Justice John W. Rice heard the case. They claim to be soldiers escaped from Camp Lee and are booked as Leroy Sager and John Danks. They will be handed to Civil authorities in Hopewell for theft charges and may not serve time here. Both denied Army service and pleaded not guilty. the cell window was damaged.
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Hopewell
John W. Rice
Camp Lee
Leroy Sager
John Danks
Scrap drive enters second week in Winchester and Frederick
The county launches a renewed scrap campaign with a goal of 103 pounds per person. After week one 116,864 pounds were collected leaving 2 568 758 pounds still needed. Officials call for trucks and farmer participation as 58 tons have been weighed so far and 1 226 more tons must be found. The bulk of weekend scrap came from M J Grove Lime Company in Stephens City.
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Winchester
Fredericks
Frederick County
Ben Belchie
Chabane
Frederick
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Stephens City
Nazis Seize About 300 Americans in Occupied France
Swiss and Paris sources report that roughly 300 Americans remain in occupied France as possible hostages amid tensions over Laval government negotiations with Germany. No official U S word yet. danger seen in strained American French relations as talks on repatriation and French workers proceed under pressure.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Piere Laval
Vichy
Paris
United States
Madagascar
Laval
Germany
J T Sowers 60 Dies at Home Near White Post
J Thomson Sowers a Clarke county livestock dealer and farmer died Sunday morning at 7 after a long illness at Federal Hill near White Post. He was born there to John Franklin Sowers and Mary Hammer Thomson Sowers. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at his residence with Rev. J A Figg officiating and burial at Meade Memorial Church cemetery. Family and local figures attended his life work in Clarke county.
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J. Thompson Sowers
Clarke County
Old Bethel Church
John Franklin Sowers
Virginia Military Institute
New Market
J. Thomson Sowers
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Clarke
Episcopal Church
J. A. Figg
Meade Memorial Church
White Post
Pallice
Harold Sowers
General S.nez Waller
John Earle
Mack Clagett
Arene
C. O. Dearmont
W. Boyd
Lee Earsie
51 Men Report For Induction On October 9
The Winchester Selective Service Board released a list of 51 men who must report for induction on Friday October 9. They will undergo a physical in Charlottesville before entering the armed forces. Those passing may receive a two week furlough and return home. Names include LaMarr Fry Douglas Eubanks Russell Oscar Arthur Illi Amon Richard Schindel Ralph Harrison McIlwee Cletus Franklin Hottle Rufus Cardell Boyce Herbert Russell Jr Wilbert Taylor Thurman Dale Haines and others listed with street addresses in Winchester Charlottesville and nearby streets.
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Winchester Selective Service Board
Charlottesville
LaMarr Fry
Cork Street
Douglas Eubanks Russell
Virginia Avenue
Oscar Arthur Illi
N. Braddrock Street
Amon Richard Schindel
W. Cork Street
Ralph Harrison McIlwee
N. Cameron Street
Cletus Franklin Hottle
E. Piccadilly Street
Rufus Cardell Boyce
Highland Avenue
Herbert &. Russell, Jr
Wilbert Leo Taylor
Thurman Dale Haines
Roy Bowman
N. Main Street
Solemn Lewis Nager
George Washington Hotel
Charles Edward Hitt
W. Peyton Street
Walker Gilbert Havermale
Berryville Avenue
Edwin Rhodes Ebersole
Harry Jerome Whitacre
National Avenue
Amos Warren Ashby
Ten— Avenue
N. E
Washington
George Ath Poulos Lazie
Gray Avenue
En Orndoff
Woodstock E
Nathan Louis Payne
N. Loudoun Street
Harry James Strader
N. Stewart Street
Dellas Bent Simmons
Hitler Proclaims Confidence in Nazi Victories
Berlin dispatch reports Adolf Hitler addressing about 12,000 young officers and cadets at the Berlin Sports Palace. The Fuehrer praised German history and the current effort, urged duty, and was accompanied by Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring who led a three sieg heil salute as the audience prepared to return to front detachments.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Germany
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Welhelm Goering
Hitler
D N. B
Cadets Trained Here This Fall At Valley Airways
About 67 air cadets from Army and Navy will train this fall at Valley Airways facilities. 22 Army glider cadets will receive 35 hours in Piper Cubs at Shepherds College. Naval officers and Army instructors will join from Navy Aviation A V T and nearby Brinckerhoff Flying Service.
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Navy
Valley Airways
George Schecter
Shepherds College
Shepherdstown
Washington University
Winchester
Navy Aviation
Schecter
Brinckerhoff Flying Service
College Park
Eastern Defense Command
Brinckerhoff
Scheder
Cagney Installed as SAG President in Hollywood
Hollywood September 28 James Cagney was installed as president of the Screen Actors Guild succeeding Edward Arnold.
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Hollywood
James Cagney
Screen Actors’ Guild
Edward Arnold
Hitler Orders Elite Troops Airlifted In Push On City
Foreign observers report Hungarian forces on the Russian front are on defense as Stalingrad drains German effort. General Szombathelyi says Hungarians avoid offensives and fight defensively on the Don. Romania and Croatia seek to raise more troops for Germany amid Balkan talks on Transylvania.
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Bern
Switzerland
Budapest
Stalingrad
Szombathelyi
Don
Romania
Croatia
Germany
Russia
Balkan
Weygand summoned to advise Vichy on North Africa defense
London reports an unconfirmed note that General Maxime Weygand has been summoned from retirement to advise the Vichy government on North Africa defense. The item cites a Daily Mail correspondent at the French frontier.
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London
Maxime Weygand
Vichy
North Africa
Daily Mail
French
Uncle Sam's Debt Reaches Ninety Billion in War Effort
Washington reports the federal government debt at 90 billion dollars as of September 25, driven by war bond sales since 1940 prep. Debt grows about 4 billion monthly while fiscal year borrows total 13.0 billion. Tax receipts come in at 3.7 billion, leaving a deficit of 11.6 billion amid 15.3 billion in direct war spending.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
City And County Brevities
License tags go on sale at the Chamber of Commerce at half price Thursday at 9 am. The reduction covers cars trucks and motor vehicles. Temperatures were as mild as last week with a 39 degree low. Rainfall totals reached 2.09 inches for the day 2.44 for the month and 30.85 for the year. Both rivers ran muddy. Harry E. Nickens brought in a Plymouth Rock rooster with a beard of feathers giving him a sagacious comic look.
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Chamber of Commerce
Harry E. Nickens
North Kent Street
Plymouth Rock
Germans Rush Into Stalingrad As Red Army Fights On
Dispatches from Moscow report fresh German shock troops poured into Stalingrad by air to seal victory, but the Red Army holds the city after 35 days of brutal fighting. In a northwest push Russians blunt the assault while advancing on new western positions. A mid-day communique says 2,000 Germans killed in two days. a Pravda correspondent notes the city rages with constant shelling and dust from explosions.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Pravda
Volga
Scrap Flash Campaign Scores in Winchester and Frederick County
Last night shows a goal of 2,685,622 pounds with 116,864 pounds weighed in. Remaining to collect 2,568,754 pounds. Daily collections: trucks to collect your salvage.
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Winchester
Frederick County
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