Cripps Missed Opportunity Sparks India Fight for Freedom
Sir Stafford Cripps pleads in New Delhi that India missed a chance to rally for defense and freedom as the British draft declaration is rejected. Cripps notes Indian unity and dissent over methods, while negotiations collapse and dominion status is withdrawn amid rising Japanese pressure.
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New Delhi
India
Stafford Cripps
Britain
War Cabinet
Sir Stafford Cripps
Sir
Fincastle High School Building Swept By Flames
Fincastle High School, a two story brick structure, was swept by fire discovered between 6 and 7 am. The building contained sixteen rooms plus a library, storey, and a large auditorium. It cost about 80000 when built fourteen years ago. A nearby home economics cottage was threatened but considered safe by 9 am. Firefighting aid came from Roanoke and Buchanan.
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Fincastle
Fincastle High School
Roanoke
Buchanan
Dedication of New Church Annex At Presbytery Meeting
The Presbytery will dedicate the Sun day School annex of the church during an evening service at 7 30 led by the Rev A S Gear of Mount Storm W Va The event marks the completion of a $25000 addition paid in full last month The session includes reports candidates and a sermon by Rev Allan Jones of the Opequon Group of Presbyterian Churches followed by Holy Communion. Arthur M Field Jr a Union Theological Seminary student and grandson of Mrs R T Barton is among the candidates under care.
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Theig
A. S. Gear
Mount Storm
W. Va
J. N. Thomas
Union Seminary
Allan Jones
Presbyterian
Arthur M. Field, Jr
Union Theological Seminary
R. T. Barton
Annual Missionary Meet of Baptist Group in Valley
The Valley Baptist group announces its Annual Missionary Meet on April 22 at 7 45 PM. The event highlights include youth involvement and support for Africa outreach.
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Baptist
Valley
Eva
Africa
Norse Recruiting Week Planned in Virgina
A Norse recruiting week is planned, with events in Virginia featuring campus visits and contact opportunities for prospective students. Organizers aim to showcase athletic programs, academic offerings, and campus life to attract applicants.
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Norse
Airliner Misses Runway in Flushing Bay Crash
A United Airlines 21 passenger plane overshot a LaGuardia runway at 5 37 am and plunged into Flushing Bay. Three crew members were injured while six passengers were unhurt. Rescue boats saved all nine occupants as the aircraft sank. Injured include stewardess Josephine Dargis and co pilot Butterfield, with Captain Douglas Wilson lightly hurt.
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New York
United Airlines
la Guardia
Flushing Bay
Pan-American Airways
Oakland
Calif
Chicago
Josephine Dargis
Flushing Hospital
Butterfield
Douglas Wilson
Lovett
Urges Quick Help For Our Allies
Senator Austin of Vermont called for rapid American aid to Russia and China with critical military equipment to hasten Axis defeat as UN forces prepare for a Pacific offensive. He suggested added aid could help halt or reverse the Nazi spring offensive and shift momentum toward the Allies.
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Washington
Austin
Vermont
America
Russia
China
United Nations
Pacific
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Non
Big Krupp Works Targeted In RAF Raids On Ruhr
London reports RAF bombers struck Germany's Ruhr region last night with hundreds of tons of heavy bombs and incendiaries. The Krupp armament works were the principal target as British air forces aided by air ministry sources described widespread destruction of industrial facilities.
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London
Germany
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Krupp
Treasury Status and Receipts Expenditures Update
Washington reports receipts of 23 652 222 20 dollars and expenditures of 114 329 135 86 dollars with a total of 688 596 124 833 54 dollars. The day’s increase is 13 930 608 84 dollars.
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Washington
Sess
Miles B. Deans at Auction
Auction at 329 N Cameron Street on Tuesday April 14 at 10 a.m. sale by Miles B. Deans. Property details unreadable in the fragment but listing indicates a real estate sale notice.
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Miles B. Dean
N.cameron
Bingo Draw To Aid American Legion Benefit
The American Legion hosts a bingo night on Tuesday April 14 at 8 p m with a $100 grand prize and additional prizes. Proceeds support Legion activities.
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Legion
I Va
American Legion
Japanese Rain Bombs Upon American Bataan Hospital
At Corregidor April 8 three heavy Japanese bombers struck a base hospital on Bataan, wounding soldiers doctors and nurses. Doctors and nurses worked amid a shattered ward as dust filled the room with patients scattered in triple tier beds and staff pressed to aid the injured.
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Dean Schedler
Corregidor Fortress
Bataan
Manila
Edwin R. Nelson
Huntington
W. Va
Nelson
Rita G. Palmer
Hampton
N. H
School Board Seeks 6.17 Percent Pay Increase for Teachers
Frederick County School Board plans a 6.17 percent teachers raise to restore prior cuts. The proposed budget totals $93,341 for teachers, with three new positions, and may be adjusted to $98,099 after Monday budget review.
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Virginia
Frederick County
Leslie Kline
Civil Service Typist Exam Held Wednesday Morning
A Civil Service typist examination is scheduled for Wednesday at 9 o clock. The Service Commission will conduct the event and direct applicants to the testing venue.
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Service Commission
Commercial Air Travel May Be Curtailed Soon
Representative Nichols predicts all U S commercial airlines will serve war needs soon. He says many planes will shift to military use in weeks, with passenger seats controlled by wartime priorities as air freight and troop movement expand. United States operates 17 commercial lines.
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Washington
Nichols
D.-Okla
United States
Two Daily Papers Increase Subscriptions
Washington reports two more daily newspapers raising rates as of April 11. Daytona Beach News Journal in Florida and Chattanooga Times in Tennessee join the list of papers boosting subscriptions.
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Washington
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Daytona Beach
Fla
News Journal
Chattanooga (Tenn
Winchester ads drive quick furniture sale and job leads
In less than two hours after The Star street edition appeared in Winchester on Thursday Kurtz Furniture Store had 30 calls about used bed and living room suites. A separate ad seeking a truck driver drew about 50 responses in three days. Fifty-six Frederick County women attended a Home Demonstration Clubs meeting in Harrisonburg on Friday.
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Fesne
Winchester
Kurtz Furniture S
Frederick County
Feme
Harrisonburg
American U-Boat Perch Presumed Lost in West Pacific
The U S submarine Perch overdue for a month is presumed lost in the western Pacific. Commanded by Lt Cmdr David Albert Hurt, the crew numbered about fifty. Built by Electric Boat Co, Groton Conn, she commissioned in 1936 and last reported operating in the Java Sea. The loss raises Navy announcements of ships lost since December to 29. Survivors include Hurt’s widow Constance Wickham Hurt and two sons, with a appointed next of kin notices issued.
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Washington
United States
Perch
Western Pacific
Navy
Java Sea
David Albert Hurt
Pounding
Mill
Navy Department
Panama
Cavite
Philippines
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Conn
Hurt
Naval Aemy
U. S
Harper Urges Support For More Pay In Frederick County
Bryant R Harper Frederick county principal urges public support for teachers pay increase citing that a college trained teacher earns less than an office secretary in Winchester. He notes the 17 percent pay cut since 1932 and argues for raising pay to 110 dollars a month for degreed teachers and 936 dollars a year for an 18 a week secretary.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Bryant R. Harper
Clearbrook
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
The
Star
Beleaguered Corregidor Fights On as Cebu Invasion Opens
Japanese forces bombarded Corregidor while an invasion of Cebu began with 12 000 troops landing on the island. A stiff American Filipino defense blocked rapid progress as Tokyo reported street fighting and smoke over Cebu. Admiral Wainwright’s fate remains unclear as Corregidor holds with 3 500 Marines and soldiers defending the Manila Bay fortress.
Communique on Status of War in Philippines
The War Department issues its communique number 185 from April 11 detailing Philippine theater actions up to 9 30 a m Eastern War Time. It notes a Japanese landing on Cebu April 10 with about 12 000 troops, naval and aerial bombardment, inland advances of tank units, and heavy enemy casualties. Corregidor and Fort Hughese in Manila Bay faced intensive air attacks with minimal Allied casualties. Fortified islands endured intermittent artillery fire in Bataan and near the bay s south shore, with no communications between Bataan and Corregidor. No other areas reported.
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Washington
Corregidor
Cebu
Philippines
War Department
Manila Bay
Bataan
Luzon
Western Pacific
Artilley
Corregidor Fortress
Fort Hughes
Stars and Stripes
U. S
Coree
Counter Attacks Claimed Costing Germans
KUIBYSHEV April 11. The Soviet information bureau reported more than 3,000 German deaths in recent Bryansk sector fighting southwest of Moscow as Red Army troops press to relieve encircled garrisons. The night communique noted no major front changes. The German high command claimed Russian losses were heavy in the Kerch Crimea attack with 72 tanks destroyed and 29 more nonfunctional.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Red Army
Bryansk
Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Desna
Red Star
Adolf Hitler
Moscow Radio
Kerch
Crimea
Air Raid Wardens Called To Meet
A special meeting of all air raid wardens is set for 8 o clock Monday evening in the hall of the Sarah Zane Fire Company. Grover C Cooper chief warden says attendance is essential to start the general course they are to study and practice. Mayor Anderson urges citizens to attend as 500 additional volunteer wardens are needed for Winchester defense, citing shameful lack of interest but stressing the vital turnout.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Grover C. Cooper
Cooper
Anderson
Winchester
Army
Sanford Magerfield Buys Worth's Shop
Sanford Magerfield purchases Worth's Women's Shop at 27 North Loudoun Street and will run it as Sanford Magerfield's. An ex New York City and St Louis merchant, he moved to Winchester to take over from Fred Korman who is entering Harrisburg clothier work. staff details are unclear.
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Cripps
Winchester Group
Big Krupp
R.A.F
Bataan Hospital
Rosemary Hogan
Chattanooga
Okla
West Pacific
U. S. S. Perch
Native of
Harper
Tokyo
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Sanford Magerfield
Worth
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