Miners Set To Restart Soft Coal Mines With $1 Day Hike
John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers approve reopening of soft coal mines closed since April 1. Miners in the eight state Appalachian area will return to work Thursday in northern and southern districts with a one dollar per day wage increase, while southern talks continue for a new contract. The move ends a 29 day wage dispute across the nation’s bituminous fields.
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T. F. Coman
Washington
United Mine Workers
John J. Lewis
Noar
South
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers
Roorgaelt
United Mine Workers Union
L. Bersole Gaines
Southern
Peri Vital
Appalachian
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Union
Winchester Garden Festival Amid Blossoms in Virginia
MA Winchester invites visitors to enjoy the annual festival in Winchester Virginia noting peak blossoms and welcoming guests with a warm latchstring on the outside. The piece highlights the beauty of flowering bushes and shrubs and promises a rewarding spring experience for travelers.
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Winchester
Virginia
Queen Shenandoah XVIII To Arrive In Winchester Tomorrow
Mollie Foulkes Lee, a Virginia Lee descendant and 18 year old songwriter, will assume the role of ruler of a two day Winchester celebration. The official festival program and parade routes will be published in The Star on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Shenandoah
Edwin M. Watson
Roosevelt
Shenandoah XVIII
Miss Mollie Foulkes Lee
New York City
White House
Miss Foulkes
Winchester
The
Star
Mollie Foulkes Lee
Virginia Lees
Final Argument In Power Case Aims For Utility Lines
Maryland Public Service Commission in Baltimore nears decision on Adams Electric Cooperative petition to build power lines in Frederick and Carroll counties. Gettysburg Cooperative and opponent presented yesterday that the case hinges on service to marginal areas and nonprofit goals. Harry Lamberton urged grant citing need to serve members, while utility vice president D. E. Stultz described line construction aimed at countering the cooperative project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland Public Service Comon
Adams Electric Cooperative, Inc
Frederick
Carroll
Gettysburg
Harry Lamberton
Potomac Edison
Commission
D. E. Stultz
Vice Ent
Festival Funds Urgently Needed for Opening Celebrations
Festival headquarters announced an urgent need for funds to cover expenses for the celebration opening Thursday. Donations may be mailed to Festival Headquarters or Ben Belchie, director of the campaign, or given to any Junior Board committee member.
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Festival
Ben Belchie
Lindbergh Resignation Accepted by War Department
The War Department announced that Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's resignation from the Reserve Air Corps was accepted. The move follows President Roosevelt's critical remarks at a recent press conference. Stephen Early questioned whether Lindbergh would return his decoration from Germany.
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Washington
War Department
Charles A. Lindbergh
Reserve Air Corps
Roosevelt
Stimson
Britain
Germany
Stephen Early
Lindberg
Hitler
Lindbergh
White House
Ace Detective Kills Woman Then Self in Chicago
Chicago on April 29 a state attorney detective shot and killed a young woman, then beat her mother and killed himself. Captain Daniel Gilbert said he believed the victim Ada Jenpnne Martin, 24, was involved with Mrs. Martin in an abortion conspiracy and that Moriarity, 40, had been provoked by pleas for influence.
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Chicago
Daniel Gilbert
Gilbert
Daniel Moriarity
Ada
Jen
Pnne Martin
Ninety Billion National Debt Forecast by Jones
Washington April 29 Jesse Jones forecast that the national debt would reach at least 90 billion dollars and that sacrifices are ahead. He said the debt could double past 45 billion as defense costs rise and stressed financing must occur to back the emergency. The secretary of commerce warned defense spending will grow, with one quarter of normal manpower devoted to producing defense goods.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Secretary of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Jones
Texan
Mayor Urges Careful Thought Over Labor Strife
Mayor C R Anderson appeals to Winchester citizens to think carefully and investigate conditions in cities with strikes. He cites Winchester’s history of peace, progress, and employment, warns against interference that could drive manufacturing away, and urges thoughtful, individual reasoning to preserve cooperation.
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Friends of Labor
C. R. Anderson
Winchester
City of
Drill For Home Guards Tonight In Virginia
Officers and men of Co. 115 Virginia Protective Force will drill tonight at 7 30 at the armory. Captain W A Baker, commander, ordered today that all are to be present.
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Co. 115
Virginia Protective Force
W. A. Baker
Porch windows or ter or po on sale by Armstrong Co
Brief classified note from E. W. Armstrong Co listing porch windows and related items with contact at 39 B Piccadilly St and phone 639 39. Includes scattered fragments and scheduling codes.
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E. W. Armstrong CO
B. Piccadilly St
Weems Trial Set for Wednesday in Corporation Court
Former trial justice Donald Weems, indicted March 26 on 17 counts of feloniously misappropriating and converting fines and costs, is slated to stand trial at 10 o clock in Corporation Court. Judge J R H Alexander will preside after Judge Philip Williams disqualified himself amid close ties to the prior court. No jury has been summoned. testimony will be reviewed as the case proceeds. state audit found $7,155.05 in fines and costs unaccounted for in the defendant’s payments for the period 1935 to 1941.
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Donald Weems
Maroh
Corporation Court
J. H. Moling, Jr
Alexander
Peyton J. Marshall
J. R. H. Alexander
26Th Judicial Circuit
Leesburg
Henry W. Holt
Supreme Court of Appeals
Philip Williams
L. McCarthy Downs
Winchester
Reno Gamblers Deduct Their Expenses in Tax Debate
An investment adviser told Congress that Reno gambling houses could deduct business expenses from their income, while a widow could not. Clinton Davidson of Fiduciary Counsel Inc defended law changes. Separately, debate over a retail sales tax and higher income tax continued as authorized for defense revenue.
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Washington
Congress
Reno
Clinton Davidson
Counsel, Inc. Ofter
Davidson
Supreme Court
We Ways and Means
New York State Chamber of Commerce
William J. Schieffelin, Jr
Chamber
House
Robertson
D-Va
Disney
D-Okla
Treasury
Joint
Congressional
Applications for special police at Apple Blossom Festival
Notice states that applications will be received for special police duties for the Apple Blossom Festival at police headquarters. Chief C. W. Hollie signs the notice. Dated April 23.
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C. W. Hollie
German Battleships Bombed and Dover Bombarded Report
RAF raided the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at Brest for the twelfth time in a month. Dover shelling stopped but damage was minimal. Hitler prepares to assault Crete as German and Italian forces push on in North Africa.
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Dover
London
RAF
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Brest
Confidence Vote Demanded By Prime Minister
London April 29 Churchill rejected a stream lined supreme war department and called for a vote of confidence on his conduct of the war. He announced a two day debate on Greece Middle East and other theaters of war and indicated Eden would play a key role. Churchill refused to form a small supreme war council or invite empire statesmen to join a war cabinet, saying the matter had been fully discussed.
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Ab Land
Greece
Aegean
Samothrace
Lemnos
I Dodecanese Islands
Syria
Peloponnesus
On Te
London
Churchill
Supreme War Department
Balkan
Middle East
Anthony Eden
Balkans
Aris
Supreme War Council
Dewey Heads Recreation Fund Campaign for Defense Workers
District Attorney Thomas E Dewe takes national chairmanship of the United Service Organizations for National Defense to raise 10 765 000 for recreational facilities for soldiers sailors and defense workers. The plan creates service clubs at 300 defense centers nationwide and overseas bases with government building and U S O funding operations in clubs and programs. Agencies include the YMCA YWCA National Catholic Community Service Salvation Army Jewish Welfare Board and National Travelers Aid Association.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewe
United Service Organizations For National Defense
United States
U.S. O
Y.M. GC A. National Catholic Community Service
Salvation Army
Y. W. C. A., Jewish Welfare Board
National Travelers Aid Association
Rain Expected Over Middle Atlantic Next Few Days
Weather forecast from Washington indicates little rain until Friday or Saturday in the Middle Atlantic States. Showers to follow with increasing intensity by weekend. Temperatures to run well above normal for four days then cool Sunday.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
Axis Columns Halted Near Salum After Desert Skirmish
Cairo reports all three Italian German columns that crossed the Egyptian frontier three days ago halted within five miles of Salum. Interruption blamed on British armored division harassment, RAF raids, and a persistent sandstorm in the western desert since Saturday.
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Cairo
Egypt
Salum
Big gun duel rages as German shelling hits Dover coast
The war reports a heavy bombardment across the channel with German shells striking Dover for hours while RAF bombers hit French coast emplacements. Luftwaffe raids target Plymouth and English docks. British withdrawal from the mainland continues. British and German forces clash along England’s southeast coast as Rome and Berlin claim British losses in the Salam area. The British weigh imperial cabinet changes amid Balkan reverses as patrols guard Egypt.
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Crete
Adolf Hitler
England
Zeus
George II
Athens
Grecian
Peloponnesus
Dub
Greek
Dover
Channel
Boulogne
Cap Gris Nez
Calcais
Axis
North Africa
Mussolini
High Command
Salum
Libya
B. EB. F. Con
Dria Port
Suez ‘Nal
Seri “Ly
French
Plymouth
Brest
London
Egypt
Rome
Berlin
Salam
Ambulance Cavalcade Tours Cities for Fund Drive
The Thumb s Up Cavalcade of the British American Ambulance Corps toured Winchester yesterday and heads to Cumberland Pittsburgh Burlington and New York City to raise funds for ambulances. Dr C R Anderson said junior board of trade members in Winchester report strong responses. A donor who could not afford more sent $2 by letter to Mayor Anderson. Frank Maxwell, a Winchester resident born in Canada, drove the compact ambulance built in army colors with capacity for 10 patients or four stretchers. Each vehicle costs 1500 dollars.
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British American Ambulance Corps, Inc
Winchester
Cumberland
Pittsburgh
Burlington
New York City
C. R. Anderson
Board of Trade
Anderson
Frank Maxwell
Canada
Price To Dedicate Apothecary Shop
RICHMOND April 29 Governor Price has a busy week ahead. He will attend the dedication of the Hugh Mercer apothecary shop in Fredericksburg on Wednesday and the Apple Blossom Festival at Winchester on Thursday. On Sunday May 4 he will attend the dedication of the Woodrow Wilson birth place at Staunton.
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Richmond
Price
Fredericksburg
Hugh Mercer
Winchester
Woodrow Wilson
Staunton
Rhythm King Orchestra at Del Rio Club Weekend Dates
Del Rio Club on Route 11 midway between Mtby and Winchester hosts Rhythm King Orchestra with shows Thursday Friday and Saturday from 9 to 12. No admission or cover charge.
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Mtby
Winchester
Rhythm King Orch. Extra
C. & C. To Curtail Special Trains
Richmond reporters say the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway plans to reduce weekend excursion services and summer special trains to handle peak Saturday Sunday military travel. Some excursions will continue but equipment will be limited for wholesale Sunday runs.
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Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio
Ieee
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