Lindbergh resigns from Army Air Corps amid wartime debate
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh resigns his reserve commission in the United States Army Air Corps in a letter to President Roosevelt. He cites loyalty to his country and his right to speak on war and peace while regretting leaving the Air Corps. Roosevelt’s press remarks at a White House press conference are referenced in the exchange.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
I &Tter
Roosevelt
United States Army Air Corps
Lindbergh
White Mouse
Air Corps
United States
The
Santry
Secretary of War
Winchester Demonstration Shows Dial Telephone System In Action
MA Winchester notes the dial telephone system operates without secrecy and invites readers to visit the local telephone company office for a demonstration. A line finder selecters and connecter are shown as the process diales a number and rings the line if not busy.
Special Attention Advertisers Notice May 2 1941
The Star and advertisers are reminded The Star will not publish on Friday May 2 1941 the second day of the Apple Blossom Festival.
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the Star
THE
Evening Star
Former Princess of Festival Becomes Model and Actress
Betty Fenton de Lashmutt, daughter of Judge and Mrs KA de Lashmutt of Rockville ad, will represent St Marys Fela Seminary at the annual festival on Friday May 1. The St Marys seminary notes she is a capable dancer and painter, upholding a tradition of beautiful princesses.
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Betty Fenton de Lashmutt
KA. deLashmutt
Rockvillé
St. Mary's
Fela Seminary
America
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Aldridge
St. Mary's Seminary
St. Mary’s Seminary
Miss de Lashmutt
Argentina and Chile Move Toward Antarctic Claims
Buenos Aires and Santiago report a preliminary exchange of views on legal grounds for Antarctic claims with formal talks planned next month. They expect to jointly press for a defined southern boundary, argue polar borders extend from land borders, and note potential coal and iron deposits.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Chile
Antarctic
United States
Great Britain
South Pole
North Pole
Alaska
Arctic
Canada
Russia
Winchester Day At Fort Meade Observed June 29
Winchester Day will be observed at Fort George G. Meade on Sunday June 29 with a training area program under the Winchester Chamber of Commerce. Andrew Bell says the Handley Band or Municipal Band or both may play, followed by a 5 pm sacred concert by the Chanters. Citizens are invited to join a motorcade and provide car transport for those without cars. The 116th Infantry weekend at Meade is planned with Head quarters Detachment and Company I joining the festivities. 1st Lt Hermann O Schmidt says the regiment will be on hand and integrated into the weekend events. Details to come.
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Fort George G. Meade
Winchester Chamber of Com
Hermann O. Schmidt
Bell
Treasury receipts and debt figures for April day summary
Treasury reports April 28 receipts of 15.34 million dollars and expenditures of 42.62 million. Gross debt stands at 47.20 billion, rising by 4.59 million from the previous day.
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Washington
the Treasury
Intensive U S Defense Savings Drive Opens Wednesday
The United States launches its most intensive peacetime defense savings push. Five thousand radio ads begin with a goal of selling 3 billion in 18 months. Bonds range from 10 cent stamps for children to 10 000 denominations for wealthy buyers, with kickoff events led by Roosevelt Morgenthau and Walker.
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Washington
Treasury
Liberty
World Tennant
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Walker
Weda Ee
Festival Queen Receives White House Welcome Before Apple Blossom
Miss Mollie Foulkes Lee was feted at the White House by festival officials and Congressman A. Willis Robertson amid plans for the 18th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival opening Thursday. She later broadcasts invitations from WRC and heads to New York before returning to Winchester for a two day reign. The parade will feature four divisions with bands from Harrisonburg to Romney and floats from local groups and regional companies.
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New York
Washington
Winchester
Shenandoah
George Barnsley
Morgan
County
W. Va
Brazil
Senor Martins
Senora Martins
Territory of
Senor Ernaldo Omaral Tiexto
Senora Tiexto
James H. Price
Handley and Municipal
Queens
Her
Barnsley
Steel Industry Shelving Civilian Needs
New York reports that a Steel magazine survey shows defense orders rising as civilian needs are pushed back. Industry officials forecast civilian demand will be deprioritized, while analysts estimate April department store sales will exceed any period since 1930.
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New York
Steel
Governmental Economizing Is Advocated by Kemper
President James S. Kemper urges the United States Chamber of Commerce to curb non military spending while raising taxes to fund defense. He opposes anti strike legislation but warns the republic must guard against state supremacy and calls for postwar readjustment planning by business leaders.
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Washington
James S. Kempeh
United States Chamber of Commerce
Kemper
Congress Urged to Tax Lower Incomes and Rework Exemptions
M. L. Seidman urged the House Ways and Means Committee to widen income taxation to smaller earners with exemptions cut from 800 to 500 for singles and 2000 to 1000 for married couples. He warned against masking higher taxes with hidden levies and favored reform of credits and exemptions over excess profits taxation.
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Washington
Congress
M. L. Seidman
New York Board of Trade Taxation Committee
Seidman
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
John V. Lawrence
American Trucking Associations
Indianhead Powder Plant Fire At Navy Site
Fire destroyed a five story ether house at the Indianhead powder plant in Maryland. Captain M L Hersey said 3 workers were present and no injuries occurred. Loss estimated at 150000 with no explosion, La Plata volunteers aiding as 100 to 150 staff fought the blaze until 445 PM. Plant operations expected to continue with quick replacement of the affected building.
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Indianhead
Navy
M. L. Hersey
Washington
Navy Department
la Plata
Southern Wage Clash Attacks Northern Financiers
John L. Lewis testified before the Senate Defense Investigating Committee that northern financial operators posing as southerners are waging a great economic outrage on the south by opposing a wage contract to reopen soft coal mines. He said 70 percent of operators agreed on wages but 30 percent in the south rejected it, risking the removal of a 40 cent daily differential. Putman of Beckley testified against the plan, with Lewis dubbing him a Charlie McCarthy figure for operators challenging the deal.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
United Mine Workers
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Charlie McCarthy
L. T. Putman
Beckley
W. Va
Lewis
Putman
West Virginia
Negro Wins Rule In High Court
The Supreme Court ruled that negro travelers are entitled to railroad accommodations equal to whites in interstate journeys. Chief Justice Hughes delivered the decision in a test case brought by Rep. Arthur W. Mitchell, the only black member of Congress, who alleged he was forced into a Jim Crow car in 1937. The court said such discrimination violates equal protection and is unjust under the fourteenth amendment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hughes
Arthur W. Mitchell
D.-Ill
Congress
Mitchell
Arkansas
Chicago
Hot Springs
Appellant
Hitler’s eastern campaign looms as fronts widen
War report says Nazi blitz forces gird for new assault in eastern Mediterranean and targets Turkey, Ukraine, or Suez oil fields. Berlin claims 900 British captured as German columns flood toward Greek ports after Athens fall. Churchill cites Atlantic patrol shift to a more favorable phase and warns Spain or Morocco, or Turkey and Russia could join next. Dessie falls in Ethiopia as Luftwaffe pounds Britain’s south coast.
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Mediterranean
Turkey
Russian Ukraine
Middle East
Suez
Berlin
Athens
Churchill
Spain
Morocco
Russia
Virginia Supreme Court upholds peddling license tax
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled the $100 annual license tax on peddling is constitutional as applied to the Caskey Baking Company of Martinsburg West Virginia. The decision, by Justice Roberts, held classification for taxation does not violate equal protection and that local peddling, not interstate bread transport, is taxed. The case involved selling baked goods in Virginia without the license.
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Washington
Virginia
Supreme Court
Justice Roberts
Caskey Baking Company, Inc
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester
Roberts
Banks to Close at Noon for Apple Blossom Festival
Four Winchester banks will close at 12 o'clock noon Thursday and Friday this week due to the Apple Blossom Festival. No business will be transacted after noon on the closing days.
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Winchester
Valley Day Draws Thousands to Fort George G. Meade
West Virginia reports early apple blossoms in Alleghenies Auroa rhodo is budding for June’s display Valley Day attracts thousands from Winchester for a Sunday meal with soldiers including fried chicken A fire damages a cable serving 45 telephones in north Winchester but service is restored by midmorning The May American Legion features Freeman's The Babies of New Market about V M I cadets Why a local grower expects several blocks of trees in bloom for the festival but most orchards will be sparse
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West Virginia
Aurora
Alleghenies
Rhodo
Valley
Fort George G. Meade
Winchester
American Legion
Douglas Southall Freeman
New Market
Freeman
Richmond News-Leader
R. E. Lee
Nazi Conquest Moves In Across Greece and Peloponnesus
Berlin reports Nazi troops press through Greece and Yugoslavia in a continuing campaign. Germany claims the Luftwaffe harasses retreating Allied forces as Stukas strafe concentrations near Argos Tripolis and Athens. Parachute troops seized Corinth before Athens fell, while Allied withdrawals from the region proceed by sea.
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Adolf Hitler
Acropolis
Athens
Pheloponesus
Percy C. Splender
Berlin
Dunkerque
Home Makers Market Opens Wednesday April 30
The Home Makers Market runs on Wednesday April 30 from 10 to 11. Shoppers can browse crafts and home goods at the community venue.
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Home Makers Market
Public Sale Notice for Sartelle Property at 406 S Loudoun St
Public sale advertised for Sartelle property at 406 S Loudoun St scheduled Saturday May 3 1941 at 2 o clock in the morning. Lee advertisement lists Herbert E S Larrick as Trustee with date lines April 28 and May 1 1941.
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Sartelle
S. Loudoun St
A. M. Lee
Herbert
Larrick
Public Sale of Ashley Property Near Stephens City
Public sale of Ashley property near Stephens City scheduled for Saturday May 3 1941 at 2 o’clock P M. The sale is advertised by Herbert S Larrick trustee with Lee as publisher.
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Ashley
Stephens City
M. Lee
Herbert S. Larrick
Dance Frocks Offered At Laura B Hensell Shoppe
Notice lists dresses in sizes 10 12 14 16 priced at 8 and 10 dollars. Laura B Hensell Shoppe at 109 South Loudoun Street. Also announces ticket takers will meet at Friendship Fire Hall at 6 30 p m for transport to carnival grounds. Bill Argenbright captain.
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Laura B. Hensell
S. Loudoun St
Friendship Fire Hall
Bill Argenbright
Uniforms Issued For Firemen Parade Appearances
The Rouss Uniform Committee announces uniforms for the fireman’s Apple Blossom parade will be issued to members on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday April 28 29 30 from 7 30 to 9 00.
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ROUSS
Special police applications for Blossom Festival
Chief W H Hollis announces receipt of applications for a temporary Blossom Festival police detail at police headquarters. A note mentions a Willis 150 acre farm valued at $2500 with a partial Tulsa area reference and a date line.
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C. W. Hollis
Willis
Garbage collection schedule note for festival days
Due to the festival the regular trash pickup shifts. Tuesday April 29 and Wednesday April 30 will be collected on Tuesday April 29 and Wednesday April 30 as usual.
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Princess of Festival
Katharine Aldridge
Fort Meade
U.S
White House
Miss Lee
Harrisonburg
Coyington
George Washington High School
Metropolitan Police
Loudoun County
Elkins
Dallastown
Mary Washington College
Clifton Forge
MclIiwee’s
Greenbrier
Morgan County
Westminster
Warren County
Randolph- Macon Academy
Staunton Military Academy
Boy Scouts
Greensburg
John Marshall
Central High
Lonaconing
Pt. Hill
Cumberland
Moorefield
Romney
George Washington Garage
Winchester Lions
Winchester Kiwanians
Winchester Rotarians
Appalachian Apples Inc
Winchester Cold Storage
Berkeley Club Bottling and Manufacturing Company
Schenck Cheese Co
Robinson Tee
Tomato Festival
Southern Dairies
Purcellville
Tronl
Valley Fruit and Candy
Pepper
Elks Club
National Fruit Product Company
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Hitler
Coal Inquiry
Southern Mines
Associated Press
Dessie
Ethiopia
Luftwaffe
Gereman
Greece
Yugoslavia
Pelphonnesus
Corinth
Argos-Tripolis
Peloponnesus
Police Headfuiartare
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