Thetis Submarine Trapped As Rescue Efforts Continue
London reports the British submarine Thetis remains submerged after a strong tide. Rescue attempts paused as air deteriorates, with 87 to 90 men aboard and only four saved so far. Divers regained contact by tapping on the hull while officials consider options to save remaining crew.
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Thetis
London
British Admiralty
Admiralty
Davis
Brazen
Cammell Laird, Ltd
Liverpool
Berryville High School Graduates Shine At Diploma Night
Berryville High School seniors will receive their diplomas Monday night with 8 o'clock class exercises. The baccalaureate sermon Sunday will be preached by Canon G Freeland Peter. Readoff lists include seniors and staff with absent members Betty Meade and Stuart Shenk noted.
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Berryville High School
Canon G. Freeland Peter
Elbert Carlisle
Sammy Simpson
Allen Carter
Henry Stokes
Joe Harris
Joe Denny
Oscar Hamilton
Charles Fries Wisecarver
Carlton Emmart
Ellwood Affleck
Edna Heironimus
Louise Fuller
Jean Levi
Elizabeth Wolfe
Verta Racer
Vera Shackleford
Marion Deavers
Ruth
Winston bar dean Lynch inspires community through enduring work
The 85 year old Maur iee M Lynch, longtime Winchester attorney, remains active in practice and civic life. He has witnessed stagecoaches, railroads, automobiles, and air travel in the Shenandoah Valley, and yesterday boarded an airliner to New York as friends wish him godspeed and thank him for his inspiration.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
New York
Memorial Day Services at Old Chapel Sunday
Berryville Virginia June 2 Special Tribute to fallen heroes of the War Between the States will be paid at Memorial Day services Sunday June 4 at 4 p m George Burwell will introduce two speakers Dr R Floyd Flickinger former park service historian and Wil Ham and Mary College professor and Alexander Mac Kay Smith Clarke county historical society president will also speak The events include graveside decorations and a musical program Rev Robert Goodwin Millwood Episcopal Church will offer the invocation.
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Berryville
Old Chapel
Mary Page
George Burwell
R. Floyd Flickinger
Colonial National Park Service
Yorktown
Wil Ham and Mary College
Alexander MacKay Smith
White Post
Clarke County
Historical Society
Old Chapel Cemetery
Page
Burwell
Robert Goodwin
Millwood Episcopal Church
Robert Barr Rites Set in Winchester
Robert Barr a longtime Winchester resident died at Memorial Hospital from blood poisoning after a toe infection. Born at Rose Hill Farm he operated a laundry before retirement. Funeral 2:30 Saturday at Friends Church with Elks and Friends in joint service. Interment Mount Hebron beside his wife.
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Robert Barr
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Barr
Rose Hill Farm
Sidney Barr
Frank Barr
Washington
Barr
R. L. May
May
Friends Church
The
Elks
Friends
Pred Barr
Robert Swartz
Jacob Yost
Allen B. Gray
Gardner B. Hillyard
Winchester Lodge
Elks Lodge
Elks Home
Mount Hebron
U D C Urges Flag Display on Saturday
The Tu shby Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy urged residents to display Confederate flags this Saturday to honor Jefferson Davis birthday. Mrs. Grim noted chapters nationwide plan Sixth of June memorials, with flags as the main observance near his birthday.
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Jefferson Davis
MTB
Elizabeth Kurtz Grim
United Daughters of the Confederacy
South
Grim
Strode Files in Clarke County Dem Exec Committee
J R Strode of Boyce filed as a Democratic Executive Committee candidate for Clarke county from Chapel district. He cited concern over the Boyce road situation and opposes Route 50 being located a mile south of Boyce and Millwood.
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J. R. Strode
Boyce
Democratic Executive Committee
Clarke County
Chapel District
Clarke
Strode
Boyce Road
Boyce and
Millwod
Beall Knight to Graduate at Virginia Military Institute
Beall Knight son of the late Dr. B M Knight Sr and brother of Dr Knight Jr will receive a degree at VMI’s centennial commencement in Lexington on June 14 He studied civil engineering Also named from the area are J L Meem Front Royal J Mackensie Tabb Middleburg and Hugh Kerr Middleburg with Kerr and Meem earning chemical engineering degrees and Tabb civil engineering
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Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Beall Knight
B.M. Knight
Dr. Knight, Jr
J. L. Meem
Front Royal
Phyllis Meem
J. Mackensie Tabb
Middleburg
Hugh Kerr
Kerr
Meem
Tabb
Mitchell enters Clarke County Board race from Greenway district
Mitchell of Boyce announces candidacy for the Clarke County Board of Supervisors from Greenway district. He faces incumbent Ed Lee and cites ties to farming, bank directorship at Berryville, and civic leadership. He urges Route 50 stay at present location amid local opposition to relocation.
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Henry Post Mitchell
Boyce
Clarke County
Board of Supervisors
Greenway
Mitchell
Ed Lee
Manton Banked $92,000 In 1935
In Federal Court the government showed former U S Circuit Judge Martin T Manton deposited 92000 in 1935 despite reporting no taxable income. Of this total 70000 went to Pennsylvania Exchange Bank, 16000 to Central Hanover Bank and Trust, and 6000 to Fort Green National Bank Brooklyn.
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New York
U. S
Martin T. Manton
John T. Cahill
Manton
Pennsylvania Exchange Bank
Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company
Fort Green National Bank
Brooklyn
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported for May
The Treasury reports May receipts of 9.86 million dollars and expenditures of 26.72 million. Gross debt stands at 40.2818 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
Elderly Blind Couple Saved From Oil Stove Explosion Fire
J D Ford, elderly and blind, rescued his semi invalid wife from a kitchen blast that wrecked their home and damaged a neighbor's house. Mrs Ford suffered serious facial and body burns. The fire spread to a second home and then sparked a third as volunteers fought the blaze near Newcomb, five miles from Easton.
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Easton
J. D. Ford
Ford
Tanker Wrecks A Toll Bridge At Portsmouth
The tanker Rhode Island owned by the Texas Oil Company ploughed into the Elizabeth River toll bridge at Portsmouth Norfolk. Two spans toppled and blocked the channel while the tanker stayed afloat. Bridge operator and two bridge tenders were injured and two women fled their car before it plunged into wreckage.
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Norfolk
Rhode Island
Texas Oil Company
Elizabeth River
C. L. Cunningham
Lee Zimmerman
Portsmouth
Consecration of William McClelland as Easton Diocese Fourth Bishop
In Easton on June 2 at Christ Church the Rev. William McClelland became the fourth bishop of Easton in a solemn Protestant Episcopal ceremony attended by about four hundred. Bishop James E. Keegnan preached and urged the church to face the world crisis as a chance to renew leadership. The ordination included testimonials and McClelland's vow to uphold doctrine and worship of the Episcopal Church.
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James E. Keegnan
D. D
Washington
William McClelland
Protestant Episcopal Church
Easton
United States of America
God
Jesus Christ
Blonde 21 Arrested for Kidnapping Baby Gerald McCrohan
In Philadelphia on June 2 a 21 year old blonde woman Beatrice Wood was jailed on kidnapping charges for stealing five month old Gerald McCrohan from his carriage. She claimed she took the child to replace her own dead baby and named Frederick Bauer s as her accomplice.
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Philadelphia
Gerald McCrohan
George Myers
Beatrice Wood
Myers
Gerald
Frederick Bauers
Bauers
Margaret McCrohan
Elks Plan Funeral for Deceased Brother Robert B. Abrr
B P O Elks members will meet at the Elks lodge at 2 o clock Saturday afternoon to attend the funeral of their deceased brother Robert B. Abrr. The notice calls for membership attendance and participation in the service.
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Elks
Robert B. aBrr
Businessmen Press Wagner Act Revisions At White House
Secretary Hopkins said eight business leaders pressed President Roosevelt to amend the Wagner labor relations act during a White House discussion on economic conditions. He noted no specific labor plan was laid out but changes in act wording and administration were among the top topics.
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Washington
Hopkins
Roosevelt
White House
South America
Capitol Hill
House
Ways and Means
United States Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce
UN- Hopkins
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
House to debate amend wage hour act Liberalize provisions
Speaker Bankhead announced the house will consider Monday a group of amendments to further liberalize the wage hour act. They require a two thirds vote for passage and limit debate to changes approved by the labor committee. The committee backs exemptions for white collar workers earning $200 monthly or more, small telephone exchanges, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands workers, and certain fruit and vegetable processing operations.
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Washington
Bankhead
House
House Labor Committee
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Moseley's Statement Held Anti-Semitic
The Dies committee rejected as anti-Semitic a prepared statement by retired Major General George Van Horn Moseley that concluded two days of denunciations of Communism and "international Jewry." Representative Dempsey urged striking it from the record after confirming it had no sentences about un-American activities.
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Washington
Dies Committee
George van Horn Moseley
Rep. Dempsey
D-Nm
Miss Jane Elizabeth Jackson Keeps Perfect Attendance Twelve Years
Miss Jane Elizabeth Jackson of John Handley High School will complete 12 consecutive years with perfect attendance on June 8. She participated in Handley activities from Girls Monogram Club to glee and sports and lives with her aunt since her mother’s death. A heavy rainfall in Winchester measured 2.87 inches at the Research Lab, flooding streets but causing no damage, with moisture expected to aid crops.
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Jane Elizabeth Jackson
John Handley High School
Miss Jackson
Handley
Handley Campus
Valley Avenue
Jefferson Street
Winchester
Delay Tactics Are Disclosed In Senate Debates
Washington June 2 Opponents of the neutrality program seek adjournment by July 15 to block actions. Senators disclosed plans to delay other legislation, including the forthcoming tax revision. Senator Borah predicted extended Senate discussion and opposed Hull’s arms embargo repeal. The Senate approved a $305,267,000 flood control bill yesterday.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Hull
Navy awards 24 ships in peacetime record contract
The Navy today awarded or allocated construction of 24 vessels to private shipyards and Navy yards. The project is valued at about 350 million dollars, the largest single peacetime order in history.
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Washington
Navy Yards
Royal visit to Edmonton in luxury log cabin stay
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth rested yesterday in a deluxe log cabin costing 125 dollars per day, attended by two servants. They toured Edmonton after arriving from Jasper, with a reception at the legislature and a government dinner."}
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Alberta
Edmonton
George
Canada
Jasper
Queen Elizabeth
Ing
Buckingham Palace
London
Pendergast Prison Pictures Released
The Department of Justice released prison photographs of Democratic Boss Tom Pendergast and R. E. O’Malley, Missouri’s ousted insurance superintendent. O’Malley began his term Monday in Leavenworth Penitentiary for income tax evasion as Attorney General Murphey ordered publication of the images.
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Kansas City
Department of Justice Today
Tom Pendergast
R. E. O'Malley
Missouri
Leavenworth
Frank Murphy
Washington
Public Auction of Antique Furniture and Glassware
Public sale conducted by Olive Wageley at 443 N Braddock St on Thursday June 8 at 10 AM featuring valuable antique furniture glassware and dishes. Listing includes Dunn & Dwall Auds. Also notices a stray cat seeking a good home with kittens and a contact phone 41.
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N. Braddock St
Olive Wageley
Dunn & Dwall Auds
New Dress Shipment Tops Store Stock
New shipment arriving for The Style Shop with dresses up to size 20 and prices around 2.98 Tally of local sales and auctions includes Brooks Pharmacy One Cent Sale through Saturday and several household goods auctions on June 10 and June 3 at 10 am and 1 pm respectively. Duvall Dunn act as auctioneers with items ranging from antiques to dishes at 119 W Leicester St and 224 N Loudoun St. Fire company Sarah Zane holds its regular monthly meeting on Friday June 2 at 8 pm with refreshments.
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W. Leicester St. Duvall
N. Aucts
Loudoun Street
Duvall & Dunn
Rouss Fire Co. Notice for Ladies Night Meeting
Charley Rouss Fire Company calls a Friday evening gathering on June 2 at 8 o clock. Ladies are invited as guests with wives sweethearts or family members. Special entertainment planned. All members urged to attend and bring the ladies. M D Weaver Pres
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