Germans Press In Despite Personal Crisis and Losses
Front-line reports describe heavy German assaults as Nazi units push forward with fresh divisions. A British officer recounts deadly fighting in a mountain pass while Italian and Greek front advances push toward Premet Argirocastro and Porto Palermo. In Africa, British officials say Axis drive toward the Suez is halted with naval bombardment around Tobruk and Salum, destroying transport columns and checking the western desert advance.
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Mussolini
Premet
Argirocastro
Porto Palerno
Adriatic Sea
Egypt
Suez Canal
Tobruk
Siibya
Salam
Cairo
Salum
Libya
Western Desert
Slayings in Kentucky Coal War Kill Four, Nine Injured
Four men were killed and eight hospitalized after a pitched battle in southeast Kentucky during a dispute over a soft coal strike. Union workers tried to halt mining pending CIO contract talks with mine operators. One victim was C. W. Rhodes, president of Fork Ridge Coal Co and the American Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
CIO
C. W. Rhodes
Fork Ridge Coal Company
American Association, Soft Coal Operators’ Organization
Winchester Delegates Named for Virginia Junior Chamber Meet
Local delegates Ed Molden James March Carl Haines and Earl Beaver will represent Winchester's Junior Board of Trade at the Virginia Junior Chamber convention in Danville over the weekend. They plan to depart early tomorrow for committee work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Junior Board of Trade
Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce
Danville
Ed Molden
James March
Carl Haines
Earl Beaver
Chautauqua Assembly Dates For 8th Annual Season
The 8th annual Chautauqua Assembly will run from July 6 to August 31 in Chautauqua New York. The event showcases the summer program for residents and visitors with lectures concerts and performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua Assembly
EE. T. A
Chautauqua
New York
Lewis Hears That Guns Shipped to Mines
John L. Lewis said he was advised firearms had been shipped to several southern coal companies. The tip came in a letter from Abe Diamond, field organizer for UE and he gave the letter to Dr. John L. Steelman for federal conciliator review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Abe Diamond
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Springfield
Mass
Lewis
John L. Steelman
You’ll Stitch This Panel Quickly Pattern 6960
Pattern 6960 offers a 15 by 19 inch transfer panel with stitch illustrations color chart and key. Send ten cents to Winchester Dept 259 W 14th Street New York NY and include your name address and pattern number written plainly.
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Winchester Dept
14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Students Hold Annual Sessions of Cooperative
Nearly 1,000 students from Rappahannock Warren Clarke Page Shenandoah and Frederick counties gathered in Stephens City and Winchester for the Shenandoah District Cooperative Association meeting. About 400 to 500 attended Winchester elementary and Stephens City high school sessions with the theme Living Together Well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rappahannock
Warren
Clarke
Page
Shenandoah
Frederick Counties
Student Cooperative Association
Stephens City
Winchester
Shenandoah High School
Page County
Sperryville
Warren County
Front Royal
Warren County High School
Mary Gay Market
Lillian Snyder
Earl Sampsell
Melvin Carbaugh
Stephens City High School
Mary Lee Miller
Gore
Jack Rinaca
Middletown
Christine Wright
Migg
Tom Shull
Virginia Stickley
Washington, Va
Celeste Rollins
Frances Miller
Pauline Bruce
Mary Gay Marker
Garnet Hamrick
Luray
James Gander
Geraldine Emerson
Leonard Vaughn
Woodstock
Rebecca Lambert
Jane Kneisley
Douglas Evans
Berryville
Norma Lee Trenary
Gay Levi
Eva Massie
Bernice Ritter
Boyce
Louise Perry
Jane Rudesille
Irene Walter
Edinburg
Lewis Koontz
Stanley
Annie Preston Starling
Frederick County
Rebecca Lodge
White Hall
Scott Wingfield
Gates
Frederick
Anna Margaret Beaver
Saxton Sampsell
Susan Duff
Wayne Guthrie
Frieda Koontz
Rose MacDonald
Clarke County
Virginia
Navy Denies Convoy Duty For War Materials
Senate testimony by Democratic Leader Barkley states Secretary Knox and Admiral Stark assured him no ships carrying war materials have been convoyed or are being convoyed. Barkley said there have been no orders to convoy such shipments and urged credence for official denials over rumors.
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Washington
Senate
Knox
Harold R. Stark
Barkley
Tobey
R.N. H
Stark
Shorthorn Sale Tops at Shenandoah Valley Auction
By 2:30 this afternoon four heifers had sold at the Shenandoah Valley Polled Shorthorn Breeders Association Spring sale in North Kent street stockyards. The top price was $217 with a low of $147.50. Buyers included McKay Smith of Clarke County and Paul Teegardin of Columbus Ohio, with other purchasers unnamed. I. Fred Stine Frederick County agent served as clerk and Dunn and Duvall conducted the sale. Paul Swaffer of VPI was sales manager.
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Shenandoah Valley
North Kent Street
McKay Smith
Clarke County
Paul Teegardin
Columbus
Ohio
Starts Work Soon On New Locks
The Henry J. Kaiser Company announced its bid of 22 436 860 for enlarging the Panama Canal has been accepted. Work to start in 30 days, finish in 1 200 days. Panama Constructions Inc. is the winning bidder, about 1.8 million under the next lowest bid. The project adds a third set of locks at Miraflores and Pedro Miguel, excavating 30 million cubic yards, placing 2 million yards of concrete aggregate, and building five miles of highways while relocating three miles of railroad.
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Oakland
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser Company
Panama Canal
Pacific
Canal
Panama Constructions, Inc
Mrs Grace Parkins Dies After Illness in Staunton
Mrs Grace Warden Parkins widow of Samuel H Parkins of Fort Defiance Augusta County Va died around midnight last night in a Staunton nursing home after a prolonged illness She was 71 daughter of the late Jacob W Warden and sister of the late Harry C Warden She is survived by four sons Samuel H Parkins Harrisonburg Warden C Parkins Staunton Harry W Parkins Norfolk and Grayson M Parkins Martinsburg Funeral will be at 11 o clock Saturday from Old Stone Presbyterian Church Fort Defiance with interment in the nearby graveyard.
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Berryville
Grace Warden Parkins
Samuel H. Parkins
Fort Defiance
Augusta County
Staunton
Clarke County
Pewter in English Church Ban Issued in 1175
The Q A piece notes that pewter was common in early medieval church services but was forbidden by the 1175 Westminster Council for use in chalices. It adds that burying a pewter chalice with a priest was customary until the 15th century. It also explains Marines earned the name leatherneck during the Revolutionary War for leather collar stiffening, a term once used by the British Navy.
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England
Council of
Aircraft trade expansion to aid British bomber needs
Washington April 18 officials report a major expansion of the U S aircraft industry under consideration to meet Britain's urgent need for heavy bombers Three or four new plants are described as projected to build long range bombers in addition to four midwestern units producing 3600 bombers annually output likely tied to lend lease needs Boeing Aircraft Company of Seattle is said to be in line for one plant Earlier the War Department awarded a 24257033 contract to Glenn L Martin Company of Baltimore for additional facilities The program faces personnel shortages and a push to increase production while existing plants at Omaha Tulsa Dallas and Fort Worth are being established for four bomber assembly lines
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Reg Ingraham Washington
Boeing Aircraft Company
Seattle
Wash
War Department
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Middle West
Britain
William S. Knudsen
Defense
Congress
Boeing
Consolidated Aircraft
Army
Navy
Martin Company
Omaha
Neb
Tulsa
Okla
Dallas
Fort Worth
Tex
Pot of Gold Pays Out in Winchester Mystery
Mrs. Hartman and Mrs. C. A. Cammer each received $1,000 Pot of Gold checks in Winchester. The Hartmans’ check arrived last night after Mr. Hartman was away on railway work. Mrs. Hartman, a Shenandoah Area Boy Scout official, anticipates surprising her husband on his return as their family awaits their son’s status at Fort Bragg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman
Western Union
Vernon Myers
Houston
Texas
Allison Hartman
Fort Bragg
N. C
Boy Scouts
Shenandoah
Winchester
Roosevelt says ICC to study coal freight rate bias
President Roosevelt told reporters the Interstate Commerce Commission is examining freight differentials as a factor in the soft coal dispute. He said rate differences between the north and south have long been a burning issue and that changes would take time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce ‘Commission
Bergdoll Wife Receives $307289 of Seized Property
C S A says Mrs Bergdoll got $307289 representing 80 percent of Grover Bergdoll's property seized during World War I and held by the Government. The refund reflects amounts remaining after income tax deductions.
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Grover Bergdoll
C. S.A
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Chicago
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Household Arts. Inc
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Halifax
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Lord
Lady Halifax
Re Union
Lord Halifax
Waldorf
General Motors
K. A. Deloria
R. V. Keck
Saginaw, Mich
Mr. Kipling
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