Echoes of Virginia History Across Yorktown and Monticello
A travel narrative recalls Virginia’s American history amid Yorktown fortifications and battlefield remnants. The author notes Washingtons campaigns, Lafayette, the Moore House, Monticello, Ash Lawn, and collegiate legacies at William and Mary, Virginia and more, concluding with reflections on heritage care.
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Yorktown
Lafayette
Cornwallis
Moore House
Washington
Monticello
Jefferson
Ash Lawn
James Monroe
Monroe
Virginia’s
Old Dominion
William and Mary
Williamsburg
Washington and Lee
Lexington
U. of W
Charlotteville
Nation honors dead of War to End Wars Memorial Day
Americans paused for Memorial Day as veterans placed wreaths for Unknown Soldier and war dead. President Roosevelt shifted observances to Arlington led by Major Horace B Smith. Detroit and Philadelphia saw tension over foreign groups and security.
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Flandersfield
Roosevelt
National Defense Commission
Congress
Horace B Smith
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Smith
France
Major Smith
Arlington
Paul V. McNutt
American Legion
Joseph Bentonelli
Metropolitan Opera Company
Constitution Avenue
Detroit
Philadelphia
Fayette Grand Jury Recommends Ousters In County Name Staff
The Fayette county grand jury recommends dismissal of six county home staff including steward L. M. Thornberry and matron Elsie Thornberry after a 26 day probe. They fault harsh restraint and long food deprivation of patients, lower surplus sales, and high operating costs while noting no indictable crimes. Recommendations include medical oversight, improved diets for bedfast patients, more outdoor activity, nurse employment, religious services, and cattle herd enrollment in a contest association. Changes to staff to be made once replacements are found.
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West Union
Fayette County
F D R Seeks Billion More For Defense
President Roosevelt will ask Congress for more than a billion dollars for emergency defenses. The request covers planes tanks guns munitions and reserve materials plus legislation for a training program reaching over a million youths in non combatant and combatant work.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Stephen T. Early
Desire to Be Someone Else Echoes Through Great Lives
A reflective meditation on famous figures like Mozart Beethoven Pasteur Watt Kant Lincoln and others, noting how poverty blindness disability or tragedy accompanied their greatness and how striving to be someone else underscores the human drive to sublime living. The piece closes with Jesus question about baptism and the disciples reply.
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Samuel Crothers
Mozart
Newton
Beethoven
Pasteur
James Watt
Emanuel Kant
Columbus
Robertson O. Brighton
Lincoln
Republic
Jesus
United Feature Syndicate. Inc
German Air Power Strikes Dunkerque Front in Great War Roundup
German Luftwaffe unleashed large armadas against Allied ships and transports off Dunkerque as British and French forces along the Franco-Belgian coast attempt to break out. Allied air forces engaged, both sides claiming heavy losses. Allied troops in Flanders are split into two pockets near Lille, with little hope of evacuation.
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Germany
Dunkerque
Flanders
Rene Prioux
Lille
London
Flanders Front
Yser
Nieuport
Ypres
Gravelines
Cassel
Lalle
St. Omer
Casse
Dunkerque Bs
Memory Gifts Boost Camp Fund to 1149 42
Gifts in memory of friends and loved ones raise the camp fund to 1149.42 dollars, with donations listed from St. Paul’s circle of King’s Daughters to the Electric Light Co. and P.T.A. The article notes the meaning of Souvenir de in memorial gifts and references roses named for fallen sons of Pernet.
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Joy Richtarik
George Schroeder
Norway
Florence Senger
Grandpa
Dickey
David Thomas
Katherine Gundling
St. Paul's
L. F. Vane
Emory
Silver Cross
Circle of
King's Daughters
Women’s Labor Bureau
Harrison P.T.A
Flower Fund
Electric Light Co
Pernet-Ducher
Claudius Pernet
Georges Pernet
Father Pernet
Germany eyes Paris drive after Battle of Flanders
Paris reports Germany plans to resume movement toward Paris once the Battle of Flanders ends. London notes no authoritative confirmation of an Italian war decision. The air ministry says a Red Cross marked hospital ship was bombed unsuccessfully in the English Channel. Paris carries word the Vatican may evacuate Rome possibly to Portugal if Italy intervenes.
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Paris
INS
Germany
Flanders
London
Italy
Air Ministry
English Channel
Vatican
Rome
Portugal
Genevieve Tabouis
Kraschel land deal suit targets quitclaim deed
Former Governor and Mrs Nelson G Kraschel named as defendants in Audubon district court in a suit by Santo Ross Christensen's guardian. The petition alleges Kraschel made false representations to Christensen who is described as of unsound mind, seeking to set aside the 1440 acre quitclaim deed from H. N. Christensen.
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Audubon
INS
Nelson G Kraschel
H. N. Christensen
Audubon District Court
Santo Ross
Christensen
Krasche
Allied Forces Rescue Battle South of Channel
British and French troops in Flanders fight side by side as Allied troops near the coast face death or surrender. Air and naval forces battle German bombers to protect ships, with 52 German planes shot down and 10 missing. Narvik captured by planned French-led operations. BEF bases in Flanders said to remain secure though materiel losses heavy. Dunkirk held against fierce attacks as BEF withdraws toward the Channel.
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London
France
Flanders
Channel
Air Ministry
Holland
Narvik
BEF
Dunkerque
Dinnkirk
Channel 1
Prioux Army Breaks Free From German Trap At Dunkerque
Paris reports the bulk of Gen Rene Prioux's trapped French force fought through heavy German lines and moved to defense positions on the English Channel coast. An Allied shuttle run from Dunkerque is delivering troops and withdrawing contingents as Germans press a major assault.
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Paris
Rene Prioux
English Channel
Prioux
Memorial Day Weather in Cedar Rapids
Fair skies greet Memorial Day in Cedar Rapids with a cool start at 53 degrees. Temperatures rose to 70 by late morning and reached 75 by early afternoon, easing to 70 evening and 57 at midnight as recorded by the Chambers Inskeep company.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Bombs rain on ships at Dunkerque
Berlin says British forces flee by sea under heavy German air attack. German communique reports more than 0 ships hit, three warships and 16 transports sunk while air forces drill in massed squadrons. Casualties and panicked retreat marked the defense against BEF embarks.
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Dunkerque
Berlin
INS
Dunkirk
Ostend
Stuka
Heinkels
Messerschmidts
BEF
Memorial Day Parade Emphasizes Avoiding War
American youth watched as veterans from three wars marched to Linwood cemetery for services reflecting on European casualties. Veterans Samuel J. Beck and George S. Bushnell, aged 92 and 91, rode in autos. Attorney Glen J. McLaughlin urged peacetime government integrity while ceremonies honored Civil War and other veterans.
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Linwood Cemetery
Flandersfield
Samuel J. Beck
George
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