Roosevelt and Hull discuss world crisis and neutrality law
President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull spent 1 hour 45 minutes reviewing all phases of the international situation with emphasis on neutrality law revision. Hull declined to detail recommendations or specifics about arming merchant ships or Japan. Wendell Wilkie signaled support for repeal or modification as Roosevelt planned further talks with legislative leaders and possible action this week.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
White House
Capitol
Wendell L. Wilkie
Mr. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Congress
Hotel Workers Threaten Walkout Over Demanded Raises
AFL service employees in Pittsburgh threaten a midnight strike at 2,400 hotel workers across William Penn Schenley Fort Pitt Traceovett Pittsburgher Keystone Webster Henry hotels unless wage hikes of 15 to 20 percent are granted. The AFL alliance seeks higher pay for service staff including waitresses bellboys cooks bartenders and chefs across 1 800 stations with monthly wages ranging from 40 to 180.
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AFL
Pittsburgh
Charles A. Paulsen
Ho*tel
Employes International Alliace
William Schenley
Fort Pitt
Traceovett
Pittsburgher
Keystone
Webster Hall
Henry
Paulsen
Public urged to curb traffic tolls and accidents by board of trade
The Juni Board of Trade urges public cooperation to reduce traffic and industrial accident tolls. Tomorrow the F F A fair opens at Stephens City with exhibits welcome after 10 am. Shopper activity includes Xmas buying at Hodgson and Brown Jewelers. Also notices: White Heath Peaches sale near Grimes and a meeting at Chapin's.
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Juni Board of Trade
Stephens City
Benjamin Muse Opens Campaign in Seventh District
After meeting with Republican executive committees of Winchester and Frederick County, Benjamin Muse launched his gubernatorial campaign in the Seventh District with a 15 minute radio address.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Muse
Prize Beeves From Clarke Co Auctioned At Sale
Clarke County's prize-winning 4-H Club baby beeves were exhibited and auctioned in a second annual sale aimed at education. Charles Clevenger's grand champion Hereford, 925 pounds, sold to Charles Banabouce of Berryville for 16 dollars per hundred.
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Clarke County
Amory
Richmond
The
Star
Charles Clevenger
Hereford
Charles Banabouce
Berryville
Refrigerator makers ordered to cut production nationwide
The government directed 30 factories employing about 45 000 workers to limit refrigerator output to 43.2 percent below the prior year’s average for the next five months, with larger cuts anticipated in 1942 to conserve steel and other strategic materials for defense.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Henderson
Leon Henderson
Drought Pressures Fall Pastures and Wheat Prospects
Overcast skies and scarce rainfall worry farmers as drought tightens into fall. Pastures decline since September’s hot dry spell, streams and wells run low, and some livestock rely on fodder. Wheat germination may suffer if dry weather persists, while a soaking rain plus warm days could aid grain. 1930 drought benchmarks are cited for comparison with 21.24 inches of rain so far this year versus 12.78 in 1930.
Taylor visit to pope not disappointing says envoy
London Sept. 30 Myron C. Taylor Roosevelt's envoy to the Vatican told Prime Minister Churchill the pope visit was not disappointing. He said Taylor would not return to Roosevelt bearing peace plans, after brief talks with Churchill Eden and U.S. Minister to Ireland Gray. Taylor expected to leave Britain soon.
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London
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Churchill
Taylor
Anthony Eden
United States
Reland
Gray
Thirteen Frederick Co. Registrants Ordered to Report
Thirteen Frederick County youths have been ordered to report on October 8 for induction. The list includes Edwin B. Clevenger Winchester Howard D. Ritenour Stephens City Emmitt Lee Scothorn Stephens City Cornelius B. Butler Front Royal Pike Woodrow Wilson Tets Stephens City Robert G. Luttrell Cross Junction DeKalb Clearbrook Marvin W. McKee Winchester Howard P. F. Bellinger Isidg Smutter Stephens Samu W. Ware Star Route Winchester Charles A. Franklin Stephens City Neville E. Harman.
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Frederick County
Edwin B. Clevenger
Winchester
Howard D. Ritenour
Stephens City
Emmitt Lee Scothorn
Cornelius B. Butler
Front Royal
Phens
Samu W. Ware
Star Route
Charles A. Franklin
Neville E. Harman
Record August Traffic Fatalities Emphasize Need of Safety Drives
Chicago report shows 3910 traffic deaths in August, 21 percent above last year, and an eight month toll of 24030, 18 percent higher than 1940. Ahead of the National Safety Congress in Chicago, 125 organizations cooperate to launch a safety campaign October 6 with 10000 safety leaders. Major cities saw 10 percent rise in deaths in July and nearly 25 percent in July and August.
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Chicago
National Safety Congress
Auatest
Men of 29th Open maneuvers for next two months
Morven North Carolina September 30 194? the 29th division camps for two months with the first army as paydays total over 1 million to about 15 000 officers and men. morale improves as units arrive and prepare for maneuvers with limited local recreation and long travel to nearby towns.
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Morven
N. C
First Army
Virginia
Cheraw
S. C
Charlotte
Fort Bragg
A. P. Hill
Fort George G. Meade
Ruffing Chosen To Pitch First Game For Yankees
Charles Red Ruffing, veteran right-hander, was selected by Joe McCarthy to start the World Series opener for the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Yankee Stadium. Ruffing led the Yankees with 15 wins and six losses and has World Series experience with five series decisions won. Regular batting order restored as McCarthy pins hopes on power from Dimaggio and Lindell in a right-handed Dodgers era.
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New York
Charles
Red) Raffing
Joe McCarthy
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Yankee Stadium
Yankees
McCarthy
Cardinals
Brooklyn
Arthy
Turm
Rolfe
Henrich
Dimaggio
Keller
Sugar corn sale at Whittier patch this afternoon
Sugar corn at patch on Whittier Avenue from 1 to 5 p m offered for canning storage in freezers at 15 cents a dozen Walker McC Bond announces the price and time of sale.
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Whittier Ave
Walker McC. Bond
Churchill outlines Allied air gains and Soviet aid in Commons
Prime Minister reports Britain has seized the initiative in the air, cut shipping losses, and may invade the Continent. He says Hitler faces a serious air shortage but the enemy retains the initiative in other respects. He warns Russia must be kept fighting.
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London
Britain
Germany
Mons
Adolf Hitler
Churchill
Hitler
United States
Russia
Maisky
Ivan M Maisky
Italians Report Slaying Reds On Dnieper Front
Rome reports heavy combat by Italian expeditionary forces between the Dnieper and a tributary with claims of mopping up four Russian divisions totaling about 60 000 men and over 5 000 prisoners. Italian planes claim 15 Soviet aircraft shot down. German communiques mention destroyed Soviet divisions northeast of Dnieper Petr ovsk.
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Rome
Dnieper
Dniepéropetrovsk
Anti Alien Bait Noted By Attorney General
INDIANAPOLIS September 30 Attorney General Francis Biddle said anti alien baiting has not disappeared from the country amid the defense program. He noted few states passed laws against foreigners and cautioned discrimination resurges in wartime. He condemned recent open attacks on Jews as Nazi methods rejected nationwide.
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Indianapolis
Francis Biddle
National Association of Attorneys General
American Bar Association
Biddle
America
Hess in Hunger Strikes Over Envoy Status
London report says Rudolph Hess, former deputy to Adolf Hitler, began hunger strikes twice in detention. He protests being treated as a prisoner of war rather than a special envoy and seeks immediate return to Germany. The Star cites Hess confined near London and insisting on envoy rights.
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London
Rudolph Hess
Adolf Hitler
England
the Star
Hess
Germany
Most of Germany's Pilots Started Glider Training
Frank P. Wisbar testified before a Senate labor subcommittee that more than 80 percent of Germanys military pilots trained initially in gliders. He traced a program growing from 50 pilots to about 18,000 pilots and 30,000 mechanics annually, and noted mandatory glider training for German youths.
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Washington
Senate
Reich
Frank P. Wisbar
Germany
Wisbar
Big Force
Army
Navy
Nazi Party
Crete
Hamburg and Stettin Bombed Heavily by RAF Overnight
London reports the heaviest wartime bombing of Hamburg and Stettin by hundreds of RAF planes. Large fires burned around docks and the railway station in Stettin, a key transit city for German supplies to the Russian front. Overnight raids also hit docks at Cherbourg and Le Havre.
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London
Hamburg
Stettin
Air Ministry
Cherbourg
le Havre
Germans Battle Soviet Forces With Bayonets
Fierce bayonet charges on the southern Russian front left hundreds dead, with German and Finnish forces advancing on towns between Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega and seizing last Russian defended islands. A German spokesman warned of limited eastern front news as winter looms. Axis forces on the northern and southern flanks reported success and a Helsinki dispatch noted food shortages driving Soviet desertions at Hangö. The high command said Italian troops east of the Dnieper exterminated strong enemy forces and took thousands of prisoners.
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Berlin
DNB
Lake Ladoga
Lake Onega
Red Army
Helsinki
Hango
Dnieper
Tass
Odessa
Nelson Battleship Hit By Air Torpedo In Mediterranean
The British admiralty reported an aerial torpedo struck the battleship Nelson during a weekend air raid by Italian planes. One fighter crew was lost and a motor vessel sunk, with thirteen raiders destroyed. Italians claimed three British cruisers and several merchant ships sunk and eight Italian planes missing. The Nelson, a 33,950 ton vessel commissioned in 1925, with about 1,360 crew, was only slightly slowed and sustained no casualties.
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London
British Admiralty
Mediterranean
Nelson
Japan Eyes U S Ties After Toyoda-Grew Talk
Tokyo reports a cabinet discussion on Japan's international situation with a focus on U S relations. Foreign Minister Toyoda presented a report after a long talk with Ambassador Grew, fueling belief of a new turn in United States Japan affairs.
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Tokyo
Japan
United Bay
Teijiro Toyoda
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Grew
Springtime hints in Winchester as flora bloom
Local notes report E D Shirley threshing 270 bushels from a six acre oat plot near Wadesville Clarke county. Officers Resseguie and Miller move through Fort Benning and Camp Roberts on transfer. Lavender lilac blooms twice at Welltown Pike home. Plum blossoms spotted on Valley Avenue as Lacy Christian works nearby.
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E. D. Shirley
Wadesville
Clarke County
George Resseguie
Ft. Benning
Rockies
Winchester
Frederick
Mary Ridgeway
Welltown Pike
Star Office
John Ebert
Lacy Christian
Valley Avenue
Red Army recaptures key Leningrad approaches after hand to hand fighting
The Red Army recaptured the northwestern city of B after 12 hours of bitter house to house combat near Leningrad. Soviet reports say Germans were driven back a significant distance with heavy casualties. Pravda notes German defeats near multiple villages while Tass reports broad Soviet gains on other fronts.
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Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Red Star
Pravda
Communist Party
Soviet Information Bureau
Strikes Halt Auto Plants Hit Chrysler and Briggs
DETROIT SEPT 30 A series of one department strikes shut the Dodge division of Chrysler and Briggs Manufacturing body plant halting about 20 000 workers. Briggs stoppage allegedly over seniority sparked by 400 men. Chrysler warned Plymouth division could close if Briggs continues. Chrysler cited a department walkout after 100 layoffs due to reduced production.
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Detroit
Dodge
Chrysler Corporation
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Eola
Melvin Bishop
Uaw-Cio
Briggs
Chrysler
Plymouth
Swiss Protest Over British Air Raid Passages
The Swiss foreign office announced that the Swiss minister to Britain protested a grave violation of Swiss air space after about 50 British planes, part of squadrons, raided Genoa Turin and other northern Italian cities the night of September 28 29. An energetic Swiss anti air craft defense responded.
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Bern
Switzerland
Britain
Foreign Office
Genoa
Turin
Italy
RAF
Light Rain Possible in Mid-Atlantic Forecast
Extended weather outlook covers 7:30 p m Tuesday September 30 to 7:30 p m Saturday October 4 for the Middle Atlantic section. Expect moderate precipitation at the start and near the end of the period with a rising temperature Wednesday cooler Thursday and warm later in the period.
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Washington
Farm Auction at Gore Front of Court House
The Isaiah C Roe Farm comprising 225 acres two miles north of Gore will be sold at noon on Saturday October 4 in front of the Court House.
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Isaiah C Roe
Gore
Court House
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White Heath
Grimes
D. K. Russell
Chapin’s
Benjamin Muse
Clarke Co
Ween
Eee
Frederick Co
Meade
Francis P. Fleming
Ruffing
Yanks
Commons
Associated Press
U. S
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