Drastic Action Forecast If Racketeering Persists
The Associated Press reports Senator Norris warns Congress will take drastic action to curb labor racketeering and unjustified strikes. Ford River Rouge plant opening hailed as a step toward industrial peace amid 11 days of idle work and $155 million in defense contracts delayed.
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Associated Press
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Norris
Ind-Nebr
Congress
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Murray D. van Wagoner
Michigan
Ford and Allied
Cilo-Uaw
Pine
Reuther
OPM
U.aw.-Clo
Motors Union
Huntsberry Wins Elkis' Contest for Uncle Sam Essay
Rhodes Huntsberry Jr. was declared winner of a patriotic essay contest sponsored by Winchester Lodge No. 867 BPOE. He advanced to the state contest with an essay themed What Uncle Sam Means. The judging also listed Gerland Quarles Andrew Bell and HF Byrd as finalists.
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Rhodes Huntsberry, Jr
Winchester Lodge
BPOE
Uncle Sam
Gerland Quarles
Andrew Bell
HF. Byrd
Two West Virginia Legislators Indicted on Theft Count
Delegates and Lester Perry of Logan county were indicted by the Kanawha county grand jury on theft charges. Perry, a former education committee chair and Democratic leader, faced four checks totaling 420 and seven indictments alleging a total theft of 870. Checks were signed by James Brown, Robert White, and Howard Young, all attached to the legislature staff payroll as assistant doorkeepers. Indictments followed a week-long probe. Governor Neely had presented evidence of forgery and padding in the legislative payroll. Perry home Dehue Logan county. Arnold speaker from Bloomingrose.
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Wa. Va
Lester
Bus
Perry
Logan County
Kanawha County
James Brown
Robert White
Howard Young
Brown
White
Young
M. M. Neely
D. Jackson Savage
Savage
Annand Perry
J. H. Fillinger
Arnold
Bloomingrose
Nor County
Dehue
Opening of Red Sea Route Sparks War Cargo Dilemma
Roosevelt's plan to open a wartime corridor to Suez for American ships carrying war cargoes prompts worry over search seizure or attack by Axis forces. The Gulf of Aden Red Sea and Suez would be accessible, though danger persists if ships carry arms to Britain, Yugoslavia or Greece. Germany warns ships risk sinking. pocket battleships raid Indian Ocean routes. The neutrality act limits cargo but may allow transshipment to belligerents from neutrals.
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Lloyd Lehbras
Washington
Roosevelt
Suez
Italian Somaliland
Arabian Coast
Gulf of Aden
Red Sea
Suez Canal
United States
Italy
Britain
Yugoslavia
Greece
Adolf Hitler
Indian Ocean
Lutheran Church Buys Home For New Church Plans
The Church of Our Saviour acquires 308 South Loudoun Street from Mrs. Wingfield for 4500 dollars. It will use the house temporarily for services, then demolish to build a new stone Gothic church designed by McCallum. Organized May 30 1938 the church held early services at 19 West Washington and later used several homes for worship while preparing the move. Grace Lutheran’s later shares and 1988 services are noted in the history.
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Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
Harry H.ield
Loudoun Street
Church of Our Saviour
Harry Wingfield
Mr. Wield
Notable Dies in France on April 12
Notable figure Gene France died in France on April 12. Reports indicate his passing was learned today with details surrounding his death at Gaultier.
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Gene
France
Gaultier
Hold-Uppers Use New Technique
Two robbers who held up Dan Muczak a hotel clerk in Chicago April 12 told him they would bypass the usual elevator ride. They said they wanted to do this differently by walking up the stairs after detaining him.
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Chicago
Dan Muczak
Muczak
Rotarians Plan Busy 186th District Conference Events
Rotarians and their ladies will gather for a two day 186th district conference in the city on April 21 and 22 with a packed official program. An 8 p m Sunday welcome at George Washington Hotel opens festivities with Handley High School A Capella Choir. Activities include House of Friendship, tours, bowling, a banquet, a rag ball, and a tea at notable homes.
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186Th
George Washington
Handley High School
House of Friendship
House of Friend Cuastantaeehanet
Nueo
Westwood Byrd
Skyline Caverns
Easter Weather Outlook for Paraders and Cherry Blossom Festival
The Associated Press reports Easter weather favoring most regions with fair and mild conditions. Showers possible in the southeast and midwest. sun in the Rocky Mountains and far west. Washington prepares for about 200000 visitors to the Cherry Blossom Festival as blooms run late. Mrs. Roosevelt may be in Los Angeles. Mrs. Henry Wallace to host Easter Monday egg roll.
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Associated Press
Midwest
South
New England
North Atlantic Seaboard
Rocky Mountains
Roosevelt
White House
Los Angeles
Henry Wallace
George W. Iden 65 dies after farm wagon accident
George William Iden of near Bluemont dies at Memorial Hospital at 5:20 AM from complications after an accident on his farm where a team of horses pulled a heavy wagon broke his hip. He was a Clarke and Loudoun county veterinarian and member of the Clarke County School Board. He is survived by his widow Rebecca Manuel Iden and John Ruppert Iden, plus his father Thomas C. Iden and three siblings. Funeral services were held Monday at his father's Bluemont home with Rev. Gregory officiating. Interment followed at Ebenezer Cemetery in Loudoun. Pallbearers named E L Robey Clyde Soffell Carlton Monroe Charles Pearson Clarence Carbaugh Edward Barton.
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George William Iden
Bluemont
C. H. Iden
Berryville
Clarke County
Memorial Hospital
Iden
Rebecca Manuel Iden
John Ruppert Iden
Thomas C. Iden
Ace
Earl C. Iden
David Hawthorne
Charlottesville
Lucy Temple Keen
Loudoun
Mr. Gregory
Upperville
Ebenezer Cemetery
Loudoun County
E. L. Robey
Clyde Soffell
Carlton Monroe
Charles Pearson
Clarence Carbaugh
Edward Barton
Red Shoes and Regency Fashions Set for Easter Parade
New York prepares for a 1941 Easter promenade along Fifth Avenue with models worn by film and stage stars riding in open phaetons. Hats, red shoes, regency ruffles, and patterned outfits headline the day as fashion pollers count suit styles and color contrasts.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Mrs. Astor
British Desert Troops Battle Axis West of Tobruk
Cairo reports British desert troops reinforced by veterans engaged Axis divisions west of Tobruk in Libya. The clash on the Tobruk Gebel El Achdar tableland follows a 400 mile Axis advance with Tobruk near the Egyptian border. Italian and German columns, supported by aircraft, loom nearby as British supply news and East Africa maneuvers unfold.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Tobruk
Churchill
Cirenaica
Gebel el Achdar Range
Tripoli
East Africa
Eritrea
Massawa
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Southa Ee
Slav Premier On Moscow Mission
A German radio report says Yugoslav Premier Gen. Dusan Simovic left for Moscow on a mission while King Peter II travels from Greece toward England. The Soviet Yugoslav pact was signed days before Hitler’s invasion, with no clear sign of Soviet military aid to Yugoslavia.
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Bern
Switzerland
Dusan Simovic
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Peter II
Greece
England
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Greek Losses Reported as 80 000 in Var-Vardar Clash
From Athens the official Athens News Agency quoted by Reuters reports that Greek troops cut off and captured east of the Varvar river exceeded 80,000. The agency calls the figures most exaggerated and notes Greek forces in that area were smaller this and far.
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London
Reuters
Athens Today
Athens
Vardar River
British Air Forces Hit German Panzer Column in Egypt
In Egypt on April 12 British and Australian air crews destroyed or damaged nearly 100 vehicles in a panzer column of German and Italian units. The action underscores ongoing Allied air efforts against Axis forces in North Africa.
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Egypt
Allies and Germans clash in pivotal Phlorina area battle
War fronts report a decisive clash as Allied and German troops fight in Phlorina after a Nazi breakthrough at Bitolj. German forces push toward Belgrade from multiple fronts and claim Varadin in Yugoslavia while air raids sever Yugoslavia from Greece. British troops engage Italian and German columns in Libya with reinforced Empire forces moving from East Africa through Egypt. German raids strike British coastal targets including Portsmouth but lose two raiders.
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Phlorina
Bitolj
Monastir
Belgrade
Varardin
Yugoslavia
Libya
Empire
East Africa
Egypt
Portsmouth
Germans Batter Bristol In Heavy Air Raid
Churchill praising Australian and New Zealand troops in Greece as Bristol endures a heavy night raid. The ceremony at the university honors Winant and Menzies with degrees while a wounded town shows resilience after the air assault.
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Bristol
Winston Churchill
New Zealand
Greece
Britain
Anerney of
United States
John G. Winant
Robert G. Menzies
James Bryant Conant
Harvard University
England
Destruction Reported at American Legation in Belgrade
The State Department said Yugoslavia reported the Belgrade residence of American Minister Arthur Bliss Lane was virtually destroyed. Staff and families were safe, with legation offices and the consulate intact. First secretary Robert B. Macatee from Front Royal, Virginia, was with the Yugoslav government somewhere in Yugoslavia, and Colonel Lewis in military attache was with Yugoslav military authorities.
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Washington
State Department
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Arthur Bliss Lane
Legation
Robert B. Macatee
Front Royal
Lewis
Nazi Units Advance From Several Sides In Balkans
British planes swept into Greece bombing bridges roads and tunnels along the German advance toward the British Greek defense line across the Balkan peninsula from Phlorina to Mount Olympus.
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Bern
Switzerland
Greece
Germany
Hellenic
Phlorina
Mount Olympus
Axis Move Toward Belgrade as Axis forces link
German and Italian units joined on the Yugoslav front near Lake Ohrid and advance toward Belgrade in a multi front push. Hitler congratulated Mussolini as Yugoslav resistance collapses in Croatia and the northern Serbian army dissolves. Bulgarian troop withdrawals from the border calm Turkey.
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Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Berlin
Belgrade
Croatia
Rome
Lake
Ohrid
Yugoslavia
Stefani
New York
Agence Anatolie
Forney Resigns Driver’s Job To Become Aviation Instructor
Lester Forney, longtime driver of the Friendship Fire Company ambulance in Winchester, resigns to teach at Hagerstown Municipal Airport operated by James Smith. Since 1932 he has flown 300 hours and earned his flight instructor rating at College Park, joining the Civilian Pilots Training Program and Henson Flying Service to log 1,000 hours for eligibility. William Argenbright announced the driver’s replacement.
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Lester Forney
Hagerstown
James Smith
The
Valley Airways, Inc
Forney
Friendship Fire Company
Winchester
Fred W. Forney
Mr. Forney
Tammany Hall
Friendship Engine House
College Park
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Henson Flying Service
Smith
C.P.T
Ligne
William Argenbright
Wanted Fire Truck and Ambulance Driver Listing
Employment notice seeks a fire truck and ambulance driver. Apply to Secre te Carl Haines at E. Cork St. between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. by April 17. Includes Willis Real Estate contact number 842. Classified snippet dated April 12, 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Haines
Cork St
Willis Real Estate
Bricklayers Wanted 1.00 Per Hour
Help wanted ad seeking bricklayers at one dollar per hour. Apply at Louis H. Grimm location near Bosca wen and Kent Streets. Dirt for fill listed as available for sale.
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Louis H. Grimm
Boscawen and Kent Sts
Germans Fight Greek Defenders in West and East Greece
German panzer units clash with Greek forces along the western defense line as they push toward the east flank. The German advance from Yugoslavia reaches Greek lines near Florina with heavy RAF bombings reported in southern Yugoslavia and northern Greece. British patrols contest German advances near Gianitea Chanitz a north of Mount Olympus as fighting continues.
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Greece
Bi Yugoslavia
Phlorina Secetor
Farina
R.A
Yugoslavia
Veles
Kilkis
Baéa F
Bitolj
Prilep
Galikos
RAF
Gianitea
Chanitza
Mount Olympus
Reichswehr
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National Mediation Board
Ci.c
Steel Workers’ Organizing
Axis
Huntsberry
Elkis
West Va
Elements of
Church
Wingfield
South Loudoun
Lake Ochrida
Ital
Australia
Europe
Bulletin
Ochrida
Serbia
Turkey
Friendship Fire Co
Maryland
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