British Army Faces Major Test With Germans
President in conference with Ford officials as River Rouge plant remains closed after a UAW strike. Governor Van Wagoner notes optimism on U S Steel talks as National Steel grants wage hikes for about 20 000 workers. Apple Blossom Festival maids to queen pageant highlights Handley High School students Miss Snarr and Miss Bickers.
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Deroit
Philip M
C.so
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
United Automobile Workers C.I.C
Murray
Murray D. van Wagoner
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Company
I. A. Capizzi
van Wagoner
James F. Dewey
Miss Snarr
Miss Bickers
Handley High School
George G. Snarr
Winchester thanks readers for gifts and home folks
A partial note from MA Winchester expresses appreciation for boxes and gifts received from home. The message extends cordial greetings to home folks and mentions trees in public grounds. The text reflects a commonly noted situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mier
Import Controls Next Step In Defense Program
A high level official says import controls may be the next move in the defense program as part of expanding economic defense. Officials foresee coordination needs and note the Axis threat while assets totaling several billions are held by European nations under Axis or Russian influence.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
Eee Seer
United States
Rosevelt
Russia
National Defense
Particuadii Cn
Argel
Great Britain
Coast’ Guard
First Lady Urges Reporting Suspected Subversives
At Annapolis on April 8 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt told the Naval Academy Women's Club that gossip harms reputation and that women should report any suspicions of fifth column activities to proper government authorities rather than spread rumors.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy Woman's Club
Pranklin D. Roosevelt
Queen to See Blossom Time at National Theatre Washington
Queen Shenandoah XVIII will be formally presented at 8 15 p m Thursday during a command performance of Blossom Time at the National Theatre Washington D C Winchester citizens and guests will attend Mollie Foulkes Lee of New York will be publicly presented in her role as queen announcer for the first time
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Winchester
National Theatre
Washington, D. C
Shenandoah XVIII
Mollie Foulkes Lee
New York
Lone Ranger Actor Killed In Farmington Car Crash
Earl W. Graser known as the Lone Ranger on a Detroit based network died when his car hit a trailer on U S 16 in Farmington Michigan Witnesses said his car zig zagged before impact He left a widow and a daughter His radio show promoted automotive safety Bruce Beamer will return as the Lone Ranger to the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington, Mich
Earl W. Graser
U.S. 16
Farmington
Graser
Yo Silver
Detroit
Bruce Beamer
Lone Ranger
Streamlined Turkeys Gain in Popularity in Maryland
College Park Md April 8 Turkey growers push for streamlined gobblers says Wade H Rice University of Maryland extension service market demand favors compact birds with shorter legs necks and flesh on breasts and thighs breeders select strains and cross breeds to improve these qualities as the older long legged type declines in use across Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Wade H. Rice
University of Maryland Extension Service
Maryland
Warfront in Europe Seen Easing Shipping Risk
Senator George of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said a war front in Europe would reduce Nazi air raids on shipping to Britain and lessen the push for American convoy involvement. He doubted Roosevelt would order U S vessels into combat zones without Congress approval.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
United States
George
Greece
Yugoslavia
British Isles
Congress
Britain
Roosevelt
Norris
Tobey
Foreign Relations Committee
Foreign Relations
Hunter Loses Review Decision in Workmen’s Case
The Virginia industrial commission affirmed Chairman W. H. Nickels’s denial of additional compensation for Richard A. Hunter vs Howard Shockey and Son of Winchester. Parke Deans wrote the opinion closing the case. Hunter may apply for Supreme Court review within 30 days. He had received $130 in workers compensation and sought reopening after a change in condition.
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Richmond
State Industrial Commission
W. H. Nickels
Richard A. Hunter
Howard Shockey and Son
Winchester
Parke Deans
Hunter
Supreme Court
Shockey and Son
Nickels
Wreck of Giant Naval Bomber Seen Off Cape Charles
A missing naval bomber with ten crew is sighted off Cape Charles Virginia by Navy and Coast Guard searchers. No survivors reported. a life raft and yellow life jacket seen, lifeboats dispatched, plane unable to land, crash suspected after fog.
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Norfolk
Cape Charles
Navy
Coast Guard
Washington
New York
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Metomkin Inlet
Naval Air Station
Quonsett Point
R. 1
Great Machipongo Inlet
Hog Island
Dionne
Rush
Lakehurst
N. J
Naval
B and C Official Charles S. Stout Dies in Baltimore
Charles S. Stout 55, longtime Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employee and Shenandoah Division superintendent, died suddenly in Baltimore at 7 40 p m. He contracted a rare streptococcus infection. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at his residence 313 Tunbridge Road Baltimore with interment in Loudoun Park Cemetery. He is survived by his widow.
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Baltimore
Chares S. Stout
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Stout
Shenandoah
Tunbridge Road
Loudoun Park
Davis Opposed to Compulsion in Labor Disputes
William H. Davis vice-chairman of the Defense Mediation Board testified before the House Military Committee that industry and labor must develop a keener sense of responsibility. He opposed legislation banning jurisdictional and union organization strikes and rejected compulsory arbitration and cooling off before strikes, while endorsing a thorough national policy of collective bargaining under the National Labor Relations Act.
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Washington
William H. Davis
Defense Mediation Board
Davis
House Military Committee
Eg Ag
Kilday
Texas
Roosevelt Pledges Aid to Yugoslavia in War Crisis
President Roosevelt cabled King Peter II of Yugoslavia offering all possible material support as Yugoslavia resists a German assault. The note praises Yugoslav courage, states U S assistance will be provided under existing statutes, and expresses hopes for successful resistance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Peter II
Yugoslavia
Balkan
United States
Peter
Office Robbery Targets Frederick County Commonwealth Attorney
Frederick County Trial Justice Court Clerk Mrs. Virginia Ritter and Commonwealth Attorney W. Erle Edwards report their Rouss Avenue office was robbed yesterday between 12:00 and 12:30 PM. A thief forced the lock on Ritter’s desk using the attorney’s pliers and seized $46.50, mostly trial justice fines. Winchester police investigate.
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Frederick County
Commonwealth Attorney
W. Erle Edwards
Rouss Avenue
Edwards
Virginia Ritter
Ritter
Treasury Status April 5 Receipts and Expenditures Appears
The Treasury reports receipts of 15 021 015 16 dollars and expenditures of 48 383 272 91 dollars for April 5. Gross debt stands at 47 168 917 737 21 with a decrease of 7 223 534 11 from the previous day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Germans claim advance through Skoplje and Nis in Balkans
War Today reports German forces push toward Skoplje and Nis with heavy fighting in northern Greece and western Thrace. Yugoslav resistance slows Nazi progress as Allied forces screen Greece. Luftwaffe raids strike Kiel and Bremerhaven while Rome says Derna falls in Libya.
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Skoplje
Yugoslavia
Greece
Nis
Hitler
Balkan
Aegean Sea
City and County Brevities Highlight Local Events
Denver Spring, resident of Woodland avenue and self styled champion kite builder, flew an 8 foot model last Sunday and then a longer 900 foot cord flight. Drivers threaded Loudoun street lanes as white lines mark parking during the May 12 festival. Mary Jane Yellett won a $1 Valentine Day contest prize from George S Carrington Company. Alexander Drug Store also received an award for Miss Yellett’s entry.
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Denver
Woodland Avenue
Winchester
Loudoun Street
Mary Jane Yellett
West
Cecil Street
Handley
Valentine
George S. Carrington Company
Chicago
Alexander Drug Store
Miss Yellett
Greeks Hold Fast as Nazi Offensives Hit Balkan Front
Dispatches describe Greek troops defending Roupe l pass against armored and infantry columns seeking control of the vital river valley. Parachutists reportedly failed to penetrate Greek lines and many captured or killed. Front reports speak of ravines littered with slain and destroyed tanks and armored cars as fighting rages around Nevrokopi in eastern Greece.
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Nevrokopi
Greece
Dng
Balkan
Belgrade
Slavia
le Athens
Sai
Ruepel
Ras
Weather forecast hints at rain in Mid Atlantic region
The extended forecast calls for light to moderate rains across the Middle Atlantic states from April 8 to April 12. Rain likely in the south on Thursday and over the southern region Wednesday into Thursday night. Temperatures trend above normal through Wednesday and Thursday, then cooler by Friday.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
Porch and window awnings for sale advertise
Dirt for fill available. Apply at Wen and Kent Streets. Phone 639 39 E. listing date notes Tuesday Friday.
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E. W
Wen and
Kent Sts
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Serbia
Berlin
Scutari
Edward Kennedy
Brooklyn-borned
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Athens
Archibald P
Libya
Zemtai
British Empire
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Norway
Ed Air Fo
Italy
Egypt
Mediterranean
Ince
Erle Edwards
Associated Press
Western Thrace
Thrace
Struma
Sarajevo
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Kiel
Bremerhaven
Emden
Denmark
Low Countries
England
Scotland
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Rome
Derna
North Africa
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