Operators Agree On Reopening Negotiations With Employees
Southern coal mine operators agreed to return to New York and reopen wage talks with the United Mine Workers to resume soft coal production in the eight state Appalachians. Five operators will travel to New York to confer with John L. Lewis as President Roosevelt urges a restart of production and settlement of the wage dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
Roosevelt
Washington
L. T. Putman
John L. Lewis
E. M. Watson
White House
Aluminum Company of America
C.I.O
Alcoa
Tenn
Badin
N. C
Detroit
Michigan Labor Mediation Board
CLO
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Clo.-U.a.w
Judge Williams Disqualifies Self From Weems Case
Judge Williams removes himself from presiding over the case of former Trial Justice Donald L. Weems who faces charges of grave irregularities in es se accounts. The April trial proceeds with another judge appointed. the order cites conflicts from the accused’s bar membership and current role. The clerk must certify a copy of the order to the Supreme Court Chief Justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luis An
Supreme Court of Appeals
Showers Expected Across Middle Atlantic This Week
Weather forecast from Washington on April 22 calls for showers in the Middle Atlantic States from 7:30 p m April 22 to 7:30 p m April 26. Tonight will be fair and cool, clouds rise Wednesday with showers Wednesday night or Thursday, and again Saturday. Rainfall totals are light to moderate with generally normal temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Middle Atlantic States
Danville Hosts Rotary District 186 Meet and Elections
Danville invites Rotarians of District 186 to gather for the conference with final bid decisions delayed. Dr Merle Snowaker of Anristiansburg Va was elected district governor in a 5 to 7 pm ballot and presented to the group by Raymond Campbell of Elizabethton Tenn. Banquet and Governor's Ball cap the day with about 500 dollars anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Rotarians
186Th
Merle Snowaker
Anristiansburg
Raymond C. Campbell
Elizabethton
Tenn
D. J. Howard
Winchester
C. Albert Cqulton
Rotary International
Capitol Theatre
Rotary
Europe
Mr. Oulton
Frederick County Selective Service Announces May Inductions
The Frederick County Selective Service Board announces call number eight replacements Woodrow Artrip and Lester Cr ry and call number ten replacements James Don and Basil Dorsey sent to Baltimore and Roanoke. Sixteen county youths depart May 9 at 10 30 AM from Winchester toward Roanoke for induction, with names including Walter DeHaven, Charles Williams, Mervil Shade, and others.
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Baltimore
Roanoke
Frederick County Selective Service Board
Woodrow Artrip
Winchester
Lester Crry
Stephens City
James E. Do~n
Basil Dorsey
Frederick County Ae
Win
Wen
Innes
Walter DeHaven
Charles A. Williams
Mervil E. Shade
Carson W. Ofee
Thomas E Iterson
Miami
Fla
M. Peacemaker
Ridge
Clarence Thomas Kenney
Cletis Elwood Miller
Ray Miller
Bufflick Road
Clarence L.P. Foreman
Near Vee
Raymond F. Ashby
Learbrook
Harry L. Grim
Stiptens City
Manander DeHaven
Gainesboro
George Richard Omps
W. Va
Arthur Lewis Golliday
Isaac H. Moore
Ey T. Clem
Everly Scott
Mellion H. Housees B. . Frye
Robert W. Clark
Clem
Tony
West Coast Steel Plan Revealed After White House Talk
Henry J. Kaiser said after a White House conference he has applied for a production management certificate for a $150 million steel program on the West Coast. The disclosure follows the meeting with government officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
White House
of Production Management
Temperature Dips to 37 as Frost Threat Lingers
Weather note reports Winchester area hit 74 afternoon, fell to 37 early morning, brushing frost risk for fruit trees in bloom. Wind helped dry ground moisture, reducing damage potential while temperatures drifted through the day and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Terrific Blitz By Potomac Edison Solicitors
In Frederick county a Potomac Edison solicitor blitz followed rural electrification interest. Walter P. Coppinger of the Rural Electrification Administration testified at a Maryland Public Service Commission hearing on Adams Electric Cooperative Inc. plans to build power lines in Frederick and Carroll counties. Coppinger noted three REA attempts to serve western Maryland farmers and said local farmers felt anger after signing contracts with Edison while not joining the cooperative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Potomac Edison Electric Company
Frederick County
Rural Electric Ee Administration
Walter P. Coppinger
R. EA. Applications and Loan Division
Maryland Public Service Commission
Adams Electric Cooperative Inc
Gettysburg
Frederick
Carroll Counties
Coppinger
R E.A
Maryland
Corps of Solicitors
Potomac Edison
Power Company
Army Eyes Possible Extension of Training Period
Acting Cha Reynolds says unofficial reports indicate legislation to extend selectees training beyond one year. Senators Connally and Johnson note possible longer stays for national guardsmen and emergency declarations, while officials say a final decision due in June. The draft age debate surfaces, with Johnson favoring 18 to 28 or 18 to 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cha Reynolds
D-Nc
Army
Connally
D-Tex
Johnson
D-Corp
Congress
National Guard
Senate
Belgian mine strike ends after bread and food rations
A week long strike in several Belgian collieries ended today after extra rations of bread meat margarine and potatoes were granted. The stoppage began to protest wage cuts and food shortages and ended with concessions from authorities and mine owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
Berlin
Handley School To Stage Giant Apple Blossom Pageant
Miss Nancy Larrick and the Handley School faculty prepare thousands of paper blossoms for a May 12 festival pageant. Each blossom requires careful sewing and wiring, with 187 boards for the tree structure and a crew stitching blossoms into place to create the giant display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Larrick
Handley Faculty
Ranaceliopet
Handley School
Katherine Pannill
U S Military Observer Brower Killed at El Obeid
Colonel Gerald Brower United States military air observer attached to the Royal Air Force in the middle east was killed in an airplane accident at El Obeid 250 miles southwest of Khartoum on April 20 confirmation came from the American legation in Cairo. The War Department said details would follow from the Cairo military attache and the minister conveyed condolences to Brower's family.
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Washington
Gerald Brower
United States
Sudan
War Department
Brower
Royal Air Force
Middle East
State Department
Cairo
el Obeid
Legation
Valley Day Planned by Virginia 116th Infantry Next Sunday
Meade Md April 22 Virginia's 116th Infantry Regiment under Col. E W Opie designates next Sunday as Valley Day the first of three at home weekends in the regimental area Shenandoah Valley units from Winchester Harrisonburg Staunton Charlottesville will participate Other weekends will be Southwest Virginia Day and Southside Day All officers and men are urged to invite visitors weekend leaves are restricted events include athletic program band concert guard mount church services inspection noon mess and a regimental parade and review
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George G. Meade
Virginia
116Th Infantry Regiment
Col. E. W. Opie
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Charlottesville
Southwest Virginia
Roanoke
Martinsville
Lynchburg
Altavista Station
Wytheville
Government accepts 500th Fairchild trainer plane in Hagerstown
Under-secretary Ro bert Patterson arrives to accept the 500th trainer aircraft built by Fairchild Aviation Company for the U S government. Merill C Meigs accompanies him as Chilean pilots receive the first of a series of trainers. Dick Henson tests planes before the ceremony as Mayor Sweeney hosts the luncheon.
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Hagerstown
Robert Patterson
Fairchild Aviation Company
Patterson
Merill C. Meigs
Office of Production Management
Fairchild
Airorce
Dick Henson
Meigs
Richard H. Sweeney
Mass German raid kills hundreds in Belfast and NI
About five hundred people were killed and 420 seriously injured with 1,142 slightly injured in the mass German raid on Belfast and other parts of Northern Ireland. The figures were announced today in the House of Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
House of Commons
German Invasion Advances Across Greece and North Africa
German invasion forces crack both ends of the Allied line in Greece capturing Volos Lamia and Ioannina while British troops retreat to new posts in the Thermopylae Pass area and 100 miles from Athens. Berlin announces renewed German drive toward the Suez zone as raids target Tripoli and Le Havre with heavy casualties feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volos
Lamia
Ioannina
Thermopylae Pass
Athens
Hitler
High
Greece
Aegean
Plymouth
R.A.F
le Havre
France
Marshall Sees Big Army Developing After Hump Cleared
General George C. Marshall told the Senate defense committee the War Department has overcome early obstacles and a tremendous army is developing with high morale. Senator Truman indicated Edward R. Stettinius Jr. may testify on program aspects as Camp Meade, Camp Blanding, and Camp Leonard Wood were slated for committee study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George C. Marshall
Senate Defense Iivus Committee
War Department
Marshall
Stettinious
Truman
D-Mo
Edward R. Stettinious, Jr
Defense Commission
Defense Administration
C. & O. Directors Are Reelected
Stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway re elected the board of directors and approved an amendment to the by laws for indemnifying directors against expenses in suits or claims. Ten directors were elected, including George D. Brooke and Robert R. Young. three preference stock directors were also reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Frank B. Bernard
Muncie
Ind
James G. Blaine
New York
Joseph A. Dart
John M. Miller, Jr
L. Ferguson
Newporters
Extension Project At Camp Lee
The War Department approved immediate construction at Camp Lee Va for a quartermaster corps replacement center. Eight motor repair shops and twelve classroom buildings will be erected at a cost about 621000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Lee
Washington
War Department
Quartermaster Corps
New York
Churchill Says German Move Could Reach Greek Island
London reports Prime Minister Churchill warned it was not unlikely Germans held Samothrake near the Dardanelles and could land troops from nearby ports. He noted Greece's strategic position, with British operations in Greece continuing and not ruled out, while Germans pushed toward Thermopylae and Lamia as Mussolini’s forces advance in Albania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Samebrake Island
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Greece
House of Commons
Britain
House
Libya
Anthony Eden
Middle East
Germany
Bli
Thermopylae Pass
Athyter
Volos
Toanninais
Lake Hitler
Thessaly
Lamia
Amand
Pindus
Tre
Mussolini
Rome
the. Per Il Tevere
British Seen As Seeking Point Of Embarkation
From Izmir on April 22 Daniel Luce reports British, New Zealand, and Australian troops retreating toward a southern embarkation point in Greece as German forces drive south. Greek infantry try to cover their withdrawal while RAF remnants rally against overwhelming enemy air power and tank advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Luce
Izmir
Turkey
Greece
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Australia
Adolf Hitler
Mount Olympus
Thessaly
Balkan
Bitoli
Nae
R.af
Dancing Manhattan Quartet At Del Rio Club
Dancing Manhattan Quartet performs at the Del Rio Club in Ridgeway West Virginia on April 9 to 12. No admission charge. Proceeds or details not listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
del Rio Club
Ridgeway
W. Va
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Willis
State Library
Queen Shenandoah
Anne Fox Addison
Westhampton College
Helen Mar McKee
Shepherd State Teachers College
Shepherdstown
Ruth Reynolds Moss
Marion
Addison
Norfolk
Westhampton
Moss
Clairborne
Big West Coast Steel Project
D. BR
Covescocs
Asserts Terrific Blitz By
P.E
U. S
Col
Kellled
North Ireland
The
Egypt
Suez Canal
Tripoli
Samothrake
Imroz
Lemnos
Droupolis
Dede Agadi
Thrace
Phengari
Ths
Poseidon
Troy
Colonial Kitchen
Volgs
Piraeus
E. W. Armstrong Co
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