Four Slain and Eight Hurt in Kentucky Coal Field Shootout
Four men were killed and eight others hospitalized after a burst of gunfire near the Fork Ridge Coal Company mine in Middlesboro Kentucky. Authorities say 15 to 20 received medical treatment as miners gathered amid labor tensions between CIO United Mine Workers and coal operators in the Appalachian field. Deputy Harmon timed the shooting at about 2 a.m. near the Kentucky Tennessee line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Middlesboro
Eeenoe Field
W. Rhodes
Middies
Fork Ridge Coal Company
American Association
E. W. Silvers
Bob Robinson
Tazewell
Tennessee Highway
Sam Evans
Clarke
Rhodes
Boro
Sophie Powers
Berryville
Emily Powers
Fork Ridge
Harmon
Earl Alley
Balkan
Boy Pleads With Doctors To Save Vision After Air Rifle Injury
A metropolitan paper reports a boy pleading with doctors to save his sight after being struck by an air rifle pellet. The piece argues for safer gun use, age limits, registration, and better instruction to curb accidents involving youths.
Motorist Slain After Car Seizure in Lynchburg
Fred W. Boyce a 55 year old retired Pennsylvania dealer and WWII veteran was forced at gunpoint to drive off course from Philadelphia to Charleston West Virginia. He was shot and died on a Virginia highway with his daughters Jean and Patricia believed to be his companions. The killer then drove Boyce’s sedan 23 miles south to Lynchburg and abandoned it. A plant watchman saw the car parked on a Lynchburg street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Philadelphia
Charleston
W. Va
Fred W. Boyce
Pennsylvania
Boyce
Virginia
North Carolina
Trrens
Maar Tarenediee N. c
Wieter Lansdowne. Pa
Jean
Patricia
Warmer Apr Days Show Record Heat Levels
The article notes temperatures reaching 88 degrees at the Research Laboratory on an April day, a signal of unusually warm weather for the period. Dr. Walter S. Hough mentions a dip in an important insect fly during late March and early April, with historical contrasts to 1929 and 1940 showing hotter and cooler April days and a shift in summer heat development.
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Walters. Hough
Hough
Elimination of Exemptions Being Proposed
Washington April 15 Senate debate on taxing personal incomes grows with talk of removing exemptions. Senator Johnson argues for ending the 2000 dollar married and 800 dollar single exemptions while Herring backs reducing them to 1500 and 500. He also proposes a higher corporate tax and a subsidy fight over a new Atlantic airline. The Treasury and Post Office supply bill faces possible delay for illness of Senator McKellar.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
D-Cole
Herring
Iowa
Hering
Treasury
Post Office
Barkley
McKellar
D-Tenn
American Steamship Lines
Revenue Field
Fron
Free Location To Right Business Free Location To Right Business
Stephens City Va April 15 They don t need a chamber of Commerce in Stephens City Mayor Lomax Parker announced a 10 acre site for a reliable business or manufacturing concern is free with the stipulation mostly local labor be employed He cited low county taxes water rail connections and friendly residents The town already hosts a large F J Grove Lime Company plant in operation
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Stephens City
Chamber of Commerce
Lomax Parker
Stephens Ge
F. J. Grove Lime Company
General Showers Also Cooler
Weather forecast for the Atlantic States notes general showers Wednesday night and Thursday with moderate to heavy amounts. Friday and Saturday look generally fair. Temperatures will be well above normal tonight then fall to normal by Friday.
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Washington
Amddis
Free-For-All On Meters At City Council Meeting
A Common Council special meeting next Thursday may become a free-for-all on parking meters. W W Dellinger says the meter committee will not yet recommend installation on Braddock and Loudoun streets for a six month trial. The committee may send the issue back to council for a full vote, with both sides urged to attend and speak. Fireworks are expected as a large business group opposes meters.
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Common Council
W. W. Dellinger
Council
Braddock
Loudoun
Shirley White Shot At Play Near Handley School
Shirley White fourteen son of Luther and Mrs White of 104 Southwerk street was accidentally shot yesterday afternoon around five. A bullet from a small calibre gun passed through his foot behind the great toe while a group of youths gathered west of Handley School. Police had no report but it was said the gun was held by Buddy Hamman of Jefferson street. He was taken to Memorial Hospital for X rays which showed no bone injury and doctors predicted a speedy recovery with no complications.
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Shirley White
Luther White
Southwerk Street
Handley School
Buddy Hamman
Boyd Hamman
Jefferson Street
Hopkins Directs War Purchases
President Roosevelt designates Harry L. Hopkins as in charge of purchasing and acquisition of war materials for nations benefiting under the lend lease act. The State Department handles deals touching foreign policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt Epee
Harry L. Hopkins
State Department
Hopkins
Preparedness in Philippines discussed by Sayre and high commissioner
Manila April 15 1941 Francisco B Sayre told a Red Cross Institute in Baguio he personally doubts the Philippines will be invaded The United States high commissioner cautioned that unpreparedness would not be criminal The Red Cross should plan inter island evacuation of non essential populations from Manila and other cities
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Manila
Francis B. Sayre
Red Cross
Baguio
Philippines
United States
Islands
Death Masker Halted While Giving Lilies To M C
Miss Margaret Russell known for a black robe and a death mask in the House gallery was stopped by Capitol police from distributing Easter lilies to Representatives. She arrived with boxes of lilies and a pamphlet signed Andra and planned a public message. After a talk with Kenneth Romney, she agreed to abandon the delivery and have the telegraph agency handle the notice.
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Death Masker
M. C’s
Washington
Margaret Russell
Capitol
Plilies
Andra
Russell
Kenneth Romney
House Coat-At-Arms
Telegraph Agency
Romney
War Chief Warns U S Faces Dangerous Emergency, Senate Hearing
Secretary Stimson warned a Senate defense committee that the United States faces a dangerous emergency that may be prolonged. He said civilian needs may be subordinated to the military program to accelerate war production and train multiple military units over an estimated five years.
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Washington
Stimson
Senate
United States
Defense
Truman
D.-Mo
War Department
Methodist District Opens with Bishop Peele Sermon in Woodstock
Winchester District of the Methodist held sessions in Woodstock with Bishop W. W. Peele delivering a sermon titled He Is Not. District superintendent W. W. McIntyre presided as reports showed strong district finances and several Winchester churches leading in new members. Some ministers faced unpaid and behind salary issues and services included Holy Communion led by Rev. W. W. McIntyre with music from Market Street and Braddock Street choirs.
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Woodstock
Winchester
Methodist
W. W. Peele
Richmond
W. W. McIntyre
Market Street
Braddock Street
Wincheson Social Welfare
Markt Street
J. Laway
Ricmond
Julian. Owen
Reno
Falling Waters
German forces push into Greece as battles rage
German troops seize Philorina and two other towns, advancing about 40 miles inside Greece and press the British Greek defense. Aller shifts to a new front while British reports say Nazi assaults on the right were beaten off. Italians capture Corizza and push toward Greece as Axis claims of enemy flight preparations surface. Yugoslavs strike at Italian forces in the northwest as Fascists claim Slavs repulsed. RAF raids target German battleships at Brest while daylight raids are driven back as the air war quickens.
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Philorina
Greece
Aller
New Front
Corizza
Brest
Channel
Adolf Hitler
Phiorind
Athens
Hitler
Ptolemais
Keniansa
Gaslav
Yugoslavia
Themostar-Sarajevo
Panzer
Ush
Panzer Umns
Mt. OV Neeantor
Aegean
Phiorina
Oldlied
Rome
Berlin
Axis
Kozane
Siatista
Goslav
Phlorina
Korizza
Albania
Presbytery Elects Moderator At Spring Winchester Session
Strasburg Va April 15 The Winchester Presbytery opened its spring session with Rev A W Eppard of Faith Theological Seminary Wilmington Del elected moderator Rev Elwood Vaughan of Berryville chosen reading clerk The Rev Ronald Wilson preached the sermon and the presbytery received Rev C Irving Lewis of Dallas as pastor at Charles Town The group including Rev Ronald Wilson Rev Jonathan Edwards acting assistant pastor Rev J A McMurray D D and Calvin Martin elder attended the meeting session focused on business
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Strasburg
A. W. Eppard
Faith Theological Seminary
Wilmington
Del
Winchester
Presbyterian Church
Elwood Vaughan
Berryville
Ronald Wilson
Winchester Presbyterian Church
C. Irving Lewis
Dallas
Texas
Charles Town
G. G. Sydnor
D. D
W. Andrew Wilkerson
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Highland Avenue
Armistice Reported From Yugoslavia Amid Propaganda Claims
Reports from Budapest say Yugoslavia asked Germany for an armistice, a claim disputed by Berlin and London sources calling it Goebbels propaganda. In London the cruiser Bonaventure was acknowledged sunk while escorting a convoy, with casualties notified to next of kin. British raids on Sofia Bulgaria caused fires in storage yards and damaged German convoy targets in the Balkans.
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Budapest
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Germany
Berlin
London
Goebbels
Bonaventure
Admiralty
Sofia
Cairo
Egypt
Esphttal
Bulgaria
RAF
Balkans
Winchester and Frederick County Game Banquet Planned
About 200 attendees are expected at the first annual banquet of the Winchester and Frederick County Game and Fish Protective Association at the George Washington Hotel. The event will feature toast master J Pinckney Arthur and speaker Congressman A Willis Robertson, with many officials from the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries and local game wardens listed among guests. An open meeting on April 24 will present plans, a constitution, and by laws for member approval.
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Winchester and Frederick County
J. Pinckney Arthur
Winchester Junior of Trade
A. Willis Robertson
Carl. H. Nolting
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
M. D. Hart
Commission
Thomas G. Herring
T. E. Clark
George Washington National Forest
Webb Midgette
Virginia
G. W. Buller
E. W. Lurber
Leetown
W. Va
W. C. Hawley
Waterlick Hatchery
P. W. Pringley
Frederick County
Elon Sheetz
Shenandoah County
C. N. Shepherd
Warren County
Charles T. Levi
Clarke County
Airplane Pilot Reports Fires Along Ohio West Virginia Border
An American Airlines pilot Captain Clark reported large areas of forest fires along the Ohio West Virginia border. He described an unusually large fire five miles south of there, 25 miles east, and 11 miles northwest of Ravenswood West Virginia, in a radio message to the Ohio state highway patrol.
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Cincinnati
American Airlines
Clark
Ohio-West Virginia
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Ravenswood
W. Va
Battle of Greece Carries On in Axis Advance
Greece reports Nazi forces crack Allied line and seize Phiorind while pushing toward Ptolemais and Kozane and Siatista. Greek commander says forces retreated from Corizza as German pressure increases in eastern Greece and southern Albania amid reports of Yugoslav armistice pressure.
Sunshine Cleaners Ad Promises Low Prices
Dry cleaning offer 40 cents per suit and 50 cents for plain dresses. Located for pickup at office on North Kent Street in Winchester. Advertisement date listed as April 15 with parcel reference.
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Office of
N. Kent St. Winchester
Sunshine Cleaners
Awning ad for porch and window coverings
Armstong offers awnings for porches and windows. Contact EE Armstrong at 39 E Piccot Street by phone 639 for details and scheduling.
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EE. W. Armstrong
E. Piccot
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Trieste
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Volos
U. S
Methodists
The
Associated Press
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Oprak
Willis Real Estate
Africa
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