Effort To Secure 1941 Jaycee Convention For City
Winchester officials and civic groups push to bring the 1941 State Junior Chamber of Commerce convention to Winchester Virginia. Kenneth Robinson leads the delegation at the Lynchburg State Convention with a hotel lobby display and telegrams from Mayor C R Anderson and Chamber leaders urging the move.
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Junior Board of Trade
Lynchburg
Winchester
Kenneth Robinson
Winchester Clique
Virginia Hotel
Virginia
Winchester Chamber of Commerce, Inc
C. P. McVicar
Andrew Bell
Winchster
President Roosevelt Plans Hyde Park Tree Planting Weekend
President Roosevelt left Washington for a weekend at Hyde Park New York his 1200 acre estate to oversee the planting of thousands of trees and inspect progress on a library to house his public and private papers. He will be joined by regular White House staff and return to the capital Tuesday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
White House
Ens
R. Roosevelt
Japan Prepares For Maneuvers off Fukien Coast
Central News reports from Hong Kong say at least 60 Japanese warships including three aircraft carriers massed off Fukien province. A Japanese conference at Amoy signals plans for large scale maneuvers around southern sea islands and a mop up on Hainan to support a naval base for Southern Pacific operations.
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Hong Kong
Central News
Fukien
Amoy
Hainan
South China
Pacific
Socialists propose public ownership to replace profit system
Maynard C. Krueger, economics professor, urged public ownership and operation of essential industries to replace private profit driven expansion. He argued public enterprise expands to usefulness and not for profit as delegates gathered at the Socialist party convention. Norman Thomas faces a fourth nomination unopposed.
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Washington
Maynard C. Krueger
Socialist Party
Krueger
University of Chicago
National Press Club
Norman Thomas
New York
Market quotations and livestock prices from Baltimore and Chicago
Baltimore market report shows apples and sweet potatoes unchanged with egg offerings steady at 2,700. Live cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep quotes listed, including steers 8.25-10.10, hogs 4.60-5.60, packing sows 3.50-4.00, and lambs around 11.25-11.60. Chicago trade notes nominal steady with hogs and fed steers softer, lambs higher, and six-year low hog prices near 4.80.
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Baltimore
N. Y
Baltimore Butter and Egg Exchange
U. S
Chicago Livestock Chicago
Finland and Soviet Russia Agree to Diplomatic Ties
London report states on April 6 that Finland and Soviet Russia have agreed to establish diplomatic relations. The Telegraph notes this breakthrough as a step toward broader European alignment during the period.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
Finland
Soviet Russia
Stock Market Report Improves with Ship Builders and Steels Gains
New York April 6 stock trading rose with ship building, steel, and specialty issues leading. Gains of 1 to 2 points appeared for favorites as several issues reached new yearly highs. A lively close followed heavy 700000 share transfers, marking one of the year’s strongest two hour turn overs.
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New York
Amsterdam
Futures Dip as Rain Lifts Grain Liquidation Across Wheat
Heavy rains and snows in the hard winter wheat belt trigger widespread liquidation in futures. July futures for the new crop fall to 1.021, then recover part of the loss as markets react to weather-driven pressure in Texas Oklahoma and parts of the Plains. Closing prices show May and July figures across wheat corn oats soybeans rye and fats.
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Chicago
Eetreee
Texas
Oklahoma
Town Office Candidates Must File By April 12
Candidates for Stephens City and Middletown town offices must file by next Friday April 12 with county Clerk Julian Baker to meet the 60 day pre election rule. The June 11 second Tuesday election may see unopposed incumbents. Stephens City incumbents Lomax Parker Robert Campbell J W Hartley Holmes Yeakle S A Sargent S A Rust W S Cook seek reelection. Middletown incumbents Fred Larrick Trone W Berry S G Larrick M H Odes C L Wright B E Rogers and G Wilson Borden.
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Stephens City
Middletown
Julian Baker
Stephens Ty
Lomax Parker
Robert Campbell
J. W. Hartley
Holmes Yeakle
S. A. Sargent
S. A. Rust
W. 8. Cook
Fred . Larrick
Trone W. Berry
S. G. Larrick
M. H. Odes
C. L. Wright
B. E. Rogers
G. Wilson Borden
First totally blind flight completed by US Army bomber
Langley Field Virginia April 6 a United States Army air corps four engine bomber completed a cross country flight from Mitchell Field New York to Langley by instruments alone. Major Carl B McDaniel Texas native took off flew and landed without sight beyond cockpit instruments joined by a crew of six.
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Langley Field
United States Army Air Corps
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Carl B. McDaniel
Texas
General Headquarters
Army Air Force
McDaniel
General Headquarters Air Force
Fathers and Sons Dine In Middletown Stepens City Event
A Thursday dinner for F F A chapters featured remarks by toastmaster Ralph Snapp and entertainment by his string band. Dignitaries included Lester D. Kline and Jack McAboy with introductions by E M Punk and Senator Burr Harrison.
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Ralph Snapp
Stephens City
Oe Aa
Theo. A. Creed
Henry Carbaugh
Roland Snapp
Middletown
Malcolm Brumback
Stepens City
James Yeakley
Edward F. Cross
D. J. Howard
Lester D. Kline
Frederick County
Jack McAboy
Bill Shaffer
Blackbix Masumm Moore
E. M. Punk
County Board of Agriculture
Burr P. Harrison
Market Wheat and Feed Prices Ledger from Baltimore
Wheat and corn prices quoted for several grades with No 1 yellow at 59 for No 2 and 3. White and mixed varieties listed with multiple price ranges. Barley and field seeds per 100 pounds shown, including Timothy Red Clover and Alfalfa ranges. Location Baltimore and date April 6.
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Baltimore
Iron side warns of war misstep and bus missed
London editors quote General Sir Edmund Ironside lamenting no blitzkrieg occurred in early war days. He says the British army is now ready for anything Germany might start and notes Chamberlain’s line that Hitler missed the bus. The Evening Standard calls for inquiry into decisions.
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London
The
Evening Standard Today
Sir Edmund Ironside
Imperial General Staff
Sir Edmund
Germany
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Stern Measures To Deal With German Sailors
Buenos Aires reports the government seeks strict action to stop further escapes of interned Graf Spee officers. About 1,000 crew members fled to Argentina after the Graf Spee’s scuttling near Montevideo in December, with some already returning to Germany.
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Buenos Aires
Graf Spee
Germany
Montevideo
Uruguayan
Local Railway Leader Harry H. Lynch Dies at 65
Ottawa report says Harry Howard Lynch vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen died after a long illness. He had been active in railway organization work for half a century and had been seriously ill since last August.
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Ottawa
Harry Howard Lynch
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Winchester Adopts Residential Zoning Ordinance
The Winchester City Council approved a zoning ordinance guiding residential areas and restricting signs. It preserves non conforming uses but terminates them if discontinued for six months. penalties for violations range from ten to twenty dollars per day.
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Thos
W.S. Hough
Ansel Groves
Martin Wisecarver
Amos Shryock
Carrie Hunter
Leslie Fries
Andrew Babb
J. W. Arthur
Garland Quarles
Millwood
Babb
Herman Hable
Percy Miller
C. R. Anderson
W. P. Anderson
R. Frank Barr
C. D. Barnett
W. W. Dellinger
Fred Forney
Allen Hawthorne
Lawrence C. Hollis
O. L. Jamison
Miller Streit
Winchester
Virginia
City of
Jefferson Street
Erson
Speculation On Course Of Neutrality In Norway And Sweden
London reports raise questions about how Norway and Sweden will respond to Allied pressure. Notes delivered to Norwegian and Swedish ministers by Lord Halifax and Paul Reynaud aim to clarify Allied stance on neutrality and attacks on German ore shipments via Norwegian waters.
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London
Norway
Sweden
Britain
France
Lord Halifax
Frince
Paul Reynaud
Finland
Germany
Baltic
Balkans
Georges Bonnet
Ronald Cross
Royal Dutch Airlines
Amsterdam
Lisbon
Pan-American Airways
United States
Bermuda
Masked Floggers Will Be Pursued
Elba Alabama April 6. Prosecutor J Alex Huey vows no let up in investigating masked flogging of two women by night riders. Victims Audie Johnson 38 and Lodell Hall 17 fled area amid threats as five men on bond deny involvement. law bars masked flogging with one to ten years in prison.
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Jefferson Street
Amherst Street
Boscawen Street
Shenandoah Valley Academy
South Witon Street
Washington Street
Cork Street
Stewart Street
Academy Street
Rouss Spring Road
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Rouss Springs Road
Millwood Avenue
Fairmont Avenue
National Fruit Products Company
Pendleton
Amherst
City of
Winchester
A.B. C
Elba
Ala
J. Alex Huey
Ted
Audie Johnson
Alabama
German Lufthansa Resumes Mail Service Berlin to Amsterdam
The carrier restarted daily mail and express service on March 15 with no passengers carried. British trans Atlantic routes paused by Pan American. Allied diplomacy seeks to persuade neutrals to halt German supplies without force, amid a broader blockade debate.
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Pan-American
Lufthansa
Berlin
Amsterdam
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Sunshine Cleaners
East Piccadilly
Patent & Gabardine
Lovett Brothers
N. Loudoun St
Slothes Stores
Front Reval
Clayton W. Hollis
Police
Japan
Prof. Krueger
Harry Murephy
Amherst St
Waynesboro
Waynesboro Nurseries
Stock Market Report
Woolworth
C. B. Smalts & Son, Florists
Ironside’s Talk
Stern
Gieseking
Jose Starbi
Grace Moore
Lucrezia Bori
Zs Music Co
Broadway
Victor Records
Tommy Dorsey
Larry Clinton
Toselli
Hal Ke
Washington & Lee
RCA Victor
Anderson
Nichols Triangle
Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation
Mich Ave
Haldeman’s Milk
Haldeman’s
Haldeman
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