Local Delegates To The Junior Red Cross Rally
Winchester and Frederick County Junior Red Cross members travel to Harrisonburg tomorrow for a youth rally hosted by the Harrisonburg chapter. Miss Edythe Ballard, executive secretary, announced attendees from Handley High and Middletown schools and noted the 35 member first aid class will present during group discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Harrisonburg
Edythe Ballard
Handley Susan
Shryock
Betty Jane Nixon
Ann Robinson
Dottie Cooper
Middlewe Russell McCauley
Maj- OR Srumback
Eeting
Sue Jol
Etasceether
H. Denis Oover
Middletown
Main Street
Martha ‘€Llesor
Natonal Junior Red Cross
Red Cross
Edyth Ballard
American Red Cross
German Railway Station Bombed
German official News Agency reported British bombers hit a German railway station in Schleswig Holstein. The raid damaged tracks and lightly damaged the station, the first allied strike outside the active combat zone. Reprisals were hinted if such bombings continued.
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Berlin
DNB
Schleswig-Hol
Budget outlines welfare and school expenditures in county
The tentative budget details welfare revenues of 30 102.47 with federal 11 066.52 state 10 295.79 and county 8 740.16. Welfare admin totals 5 143 with staff salaries, while the school budget lists 148 726.88 in receipts from multiple funds and 148 726.88 in disbursements including 75 384.80 for teacher salaries and 22 817.71 for capital outlay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Department
Eulalia Savage Valley
Effa R. Link
Mae Brown
Pearl J. Wright
Board of Public Welfare
British survivors report landing under fire at Narvik
Reports from London state about 50 men from the wrecked destroyer Hardy landed under German shore batteries during the Narvik action. Survivors aboard Hotspur Hostile and Havoc described Hardy sailors taking rifles and ammunition ashore. Fate of Hardy crew unknown. Hunters sunk at Narvik. Gurkha survivors recount last hours of the destroyer.
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London
Britain
Narvik
Hotspur
Hardy
Arctic Circle
Hunter
Germans Bottled In Oslo Harbor
STOCKHOLM April 12 German warships were reported bottled up in Oslo Harbor as Norwegians seek to seal their capital with an iron ring. Oslo was joined by reports of German control in Kristiansand Stavanger Bergen and Narvik while Trondheim remained secret. Five German warships were said to lie off the port where British forces reportedly attacked by air and sea.
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Stockholm
Oslo
Kristiansand
Stavanger
Bergen
Narvik
Trondheim
Roosevelt weighs relief message with WPA funding talks
President Roosevelt said at a press conference he had not decided on a special message to Congress on relief. He planned to discuss the WPA appropriations for the coming fiscal year with Representative Woodrum and Senator Byrnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Representative Woodrum
D--Va
Senator Byrnes
D-Sc
Americans Killed To Hide Atrocities
Witness Honeycombe testified that prisoners were moved to battle lines under guard without arms and given little food with inadequate protection. He described extreme torture used on the men and said Selby was reportedly taken from Camp Castle Defells near Barcelona and murdered by the sadists.
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Honeycombe
Sadis
Matthews
Selby
Castle Defells
Barcelona
Allies Move To Catch German Navy In Skagerrak Battle
Allied naval moves extended to cover the entrances to the Skagerrak and Kattegat as bases and patrols widen. British fliers bombed a Baltic seaplane base while an ammunition ship was destroyed in a night attack. Trondheim remained a disputed target as German defenses repelled British and Norwegian activity near Norway.
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Skagerrak
Kattegat
Sweden
Denmark
Baltic
Rained Out Today Gainesboro Berryville Baseball Postponed
A sleet storm forced the postponement of the Gainesboro versus Berryville High School baseball game in the Frederick Clarke League. The game was to be played at Gainesboro with Wayne Guthrie and George Pope arranging to play Monday afternoon at 1:30.
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Gainesboro
Queen Mary plans comeback to films this summer
Mary Pickford says she will return to moviemaking this summer in a new production. She will co star with two or three women and feature one male lead, after retirement since seven years. Pickford, 47, discusses story quality and casting on Pickfair’s sun porch.
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Vern Haugland
Beverly Hills
Calif
Mary Pickford
Pickfair
Mary
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Miss Pickford
Douglas Fairbank, Sr
Rogers
Owen Moore
Orchard meeting to discuss fruit industry issues
Frederick county orchardists will meet at the courthouse tonight at eight. Speakers include W. S. Campfield Carroll Miller Dr A H Teske and Dr A B Groves to discuss problems facing the fruit industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Orcharists
W. S. Campfield
Carroll Miller
A. H. Teske
A. B. Groves
Answers to Today’s Quiz From Page Four
The sheet lists quiz answers: 1) From many one or one from many 2) March 2 1939 3) Baritone 4) No 5) Equines 6) St Johns 7) Jayhawkers 8) Yes 9) The interior diameter of the barrel 10) No.
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St. Johns
Dr Roberta Ma to Speak in Winchester Wednesday
Dr Roberta Ma a noted Christian educator and scientist will deliver an address at 7 30 pm Wednesday April 17 at the Presbyterian Church in Winchester She will be introduced by Rev R A Whitten and may speak Thursday and Friday as well An advocate for China relief she travels in Chinese dress and speaks fluent English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Ma
United States
Church Committee For China Relief
Winchester
Presbyterian Church
R. A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
Ministerial Association
Shanghai
University of Texas
China
Miles Leases McVicar Building for Expanded Music Store
Miles Music Co. announced it has leased the large store room at 38 West Boscawen Street in the McVicar building beside Grace Lutheran Church. The move, driven by rising business, will enable sound proof demo rooms and better display space for a modern music establishment to be run by Robert Gaines, with renovation underway. The Winchester firm has operated since six years at 14 South Loudoun Street.
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The
Miles Music Co
McVicar
West Boscawen Street
Grace Lutheran Church
Marshall T. Miles
Winchester
South Loudoun Street
Music Store
Robert Gaines
Miles Co
Turkey speeds work on munitions factories
Ankara April 12 report says Turkey will run 12 hour shifts in munitions plants with no weekly holiday, a cabinet decision announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Turkey
President Signs Trade Pact Act
President Roosevelt signed the reciprocal trade extension act providing three more years of executive authority to bargain for foreign trade. He used three pens for Hull and for Senators Harrison and Doughton, marking the hard-won passage after a tough Congressional battle. The extension runs to June 12, 1943, following a 42-37 Senate vote on April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Harrison
Dmiss
Doughton
D-Nc
Congress
Senate
Trade barriers and world peace through tariffs discussed
The secretary of State argued that eliminating barriers to international trade is essential for world peace. He claimed no one has been hurt and that the public benefits from the program as concessions on American exports are exchanged for tariff reductions.
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du Pont
John W. Rosenberger
OU Pond
Ones Funeral Home
Orchard & Farm Supply
Norway
Loudoun St
Fairmont
Virginia Ave
Harry H. Willis
Clearbrook
E. R. Dorsey
Mgr
Blandy Experimental Farm
Boyce
Peerless Traction Engine
J. R. Kremer
Hable’s
Greyhound Grill
E. Gerrard St
W. A. Baker
S. Washington St
M. J. Pease
Whitacre
Miss Dees
Parkway Hotel
J. C. Bowman
Baker St
Ritz-Lee
Keith
New England
Rawleigh
Frederick
Fauquier
Rawleigh’s
Dept
Richmond
Edwin B. Estes
Berryville Ave
Annie E. Carver
James Russell, Jr
H. J. Dyke
Pene Way
R. Frank Barr
G. C
New Hampshire
Peakte
Timberville
Virginia CE
Berryville
Queen Mary
A. F. Rees, Inc
Leesburg, VA
Berryvilile
Miles
McVicar Bldg
U. S
Il Via
Walors
Nature + Paints
Pittsburgh
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
Aarti
Eas
Eave
ASC
One Ee
Andes
Eevee
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