Opposition Mounts To All Out Powers
President Roosevelt discussed with Congressional leaders a War Department bill to grant sweeping power to seize private property for national defense. Officials signaled support for temporary or permanent seizures, asserting the need to mobilize industrial capacity, with Patterson arguing the government must equip the Army. The meeting followed Hyde Park remarks and reaffirmed priority of military needs over individual liberty.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
White House
Wallace
Rayburn
House
McCormack
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hyde Park
Face Transformed After Night of Battle In England
Flight Lieutenant Richard H Hillary RAF, posted to Washington, arrived in New York from London after being shot down over the English Channel. His face was badly burned requiring plastic surgery to create new eyelids and a full upper lip grafted from the skin of his arm.
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Richard H. Hillary
Washington
New York
London
English Channel
Hillary
Opposition Develops to Roosevelt Power Expansion in Congress
Washington reports substantial opposition in Congress to the War Department plan granting the President broad power to seize or control property temporarily or permanently. Senator Wheeler denounced the measure as overreach, warning it could permit government takeover of lands and resources nationwide.
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Washington
Congress
Wart Department
Roosevelt
Wilson
Wheeler One
War Department
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate
Jefferson Davis Birthday Observance Mentioned Across City
Mr. Wincmester notes Jefferson Davis birth day with Confederate flags displayed and banks closed. Memorial Day events were reserved for Friday June 6 as speakers urged honoring Civil War heroes while highlighting endurance and female Southern aid during wartime.
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Jefferson Davis
Arlington
South
Europe
Sa ‘P
Iibee
Bones Unearthed at Loudoun and Boscawen Site
Excavation at the corner of Loudoun and Boscawen streets reveals human remains. The site previously hosted the church and churchyard of Frederick Parish. Local interest grows as details of the colonial 1743 county organization emerge with public square provisions.
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Loudoun and
Boscawen Streets
Frederick Parish
James Win
State Tax Claim Given Priority
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled the state’s gross sales tax claim on the Lewis County jail contract takes priority over other liens. The state claimed $1,592 in taxes on contracts held by John L. Earnest and Sons Company, Inc. The Fidelity and Deposit Company completed no jail work after Earnest failed to perform, and was paid for the work.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Lewis County
State Tax Commissioner
John L. Earnest and Sons Company, Inc
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Land
Lewis County Court
Fred L. Fox
Circuit Court
Loans Imperiled By Drive For Fixing of Prices
President Roosevelt reportedly vows to veto any bill funding 85 percent parity loans if Congress attaches a minimum price amendment for government farm purchases. No funds were provided in the current law, but a House bill would expand lending by the commodity credit corporation to finance parity loans, while farm leaders push a price-fixing amendment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Carl B. Robbins
Congressional
Agriculture Department
Gerald Campbell named director general of British information
London June 3 government announces Sir Gerald Campbell the minister to Washington will become director general of British information services in the United States. His office will be in New York and he relinquishes his Washington post to assume the new duties.
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London
Gerald Campbell
Washington
United States
No. 10 Downing Street
Great Britain
Knox Calls for Production Miracle in Warship Building
Secretary Knox told shipbuilders in Washington that the nation and Britain must win command of the seas through a production miracle in warship output. He urged higher labor efficiency, government financed competitions, and bonuses to leaders to spur a decisive boost in shipyard effort.
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Washington
Knox
United States
Britain
America
Periodic Showers and Mild Temperatures Forecast
An extended outlook covers 7:30 p.m. June 3 to 7:30 p.m. June 7 for the Middle Atlantic States with rain tonight and Wednesday, moderate to heavy in many areas, diminishing Wednesday and likely ending Wednesday night. Showers may return by Saturday night or Sunday with a slow temperature rise. Average temperatures over the next four days near normal.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
Interwoven Workers Return After Six Week Strike
Martinsburg West Virginia June 3 All workers idle during a five week dispute at the Interwoven Stocking Company plant are back at work under the strike settlement terms. The plant operates at capacity though summers are slow. Between 700 and 800 strikers were rehired in groups over six weeks. Some indictments for violence are pending in Circuit Court and unemployment compensation claims remain under review.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Graduation set at Stephens City June 6
41 To Graduate At Stephens City announces pre commencement events tonight weather permitting a bonfire and weiner roast for parents and patrons. Commencement exercises are at 10 o clock Friday June 6 with the class roster listed in reading order across four rows.
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Stephens City
Mary Gay Marker
Lillian Snyder
Iva Yates
Gladys White
Maxine Baker
Sylvia Carper
Beejay Clark
Helen Kern
Margaret Norman
Winifred Walker
Miners Feared Trapped After Undersea Explosion at William Pit
Whitehaven Cumbria June 3 A number of coal miners were feared trapped tonight in remote workings far under the sea at William Pit following an explosion. Many survivors were rescued but with serious burns. Rescue squads joined the effort to reach the trapped men at Britain’s oldest undersea mine sunk in 1812 with workings seven miles under the sea.
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Whitehaven
Cumberland
Eng
William Pit
Tte
Britain
Ready For Action Against U S A
June 3 Rome report cites Fascist editor Virginio Gayda saying Germany and Italy are ready to act if the United States enters the war. He notes a Mussolini Hitler meeting discussed plans to begin a new cycle for decisive Axis victory. England calls for American aid and the Axis vows to oppose with vast forces.
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Rome
Germany
Italy
United States
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Gayda
Il Duce
Il Giornale Ditalia
Ilbong
Fuehrer
England
Halifax States British Aims
Lord Halifax the British ambassador said Britain's war aim was to destroy Hitlerism and that postwar political financial and economic solutions require hard thinking. He urged close collaboration between the United States and Britain with the Commonwealth and noted he would receive an honorary degree from Columbia University after speaking at the alumni luncheon.
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New York
Lord Halifax
United States
Britain
British Commonwealth
Columbia University
University of Oxford
Columbia
Prospective Northeast Oil Shortage Reported
A private petroleum industry fact finding committee submitted a report to the office of production management warning of a severe gasoline and fuel oil shortage in the eastern states next winter. The document urged faster pipeline buildout from the Southwest to the East and expanded tanker capacity to ease shipping and refinery constraints.
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Washington
Petroleum Industry
Office of Production Management
Harold L
Af Oon
Missing Man Found Drowned Near Martinsburg Quarry
A coroner's jury ruled that Jack B. Watson died by drowning after his disappearance following a May 18 order to report to state police headquarters. His body was recovered last Thursday from a water-filled limestone quarry near Martinsburg, West Virginia.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Jack B. Watson
Watson
Lost Black Billfold Worth Money and Cards
Notice requests return of a lost billfold containing money and valuable cards. If found, return to Star office.
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Star Office
Hodgson & Brown Promotes Graduates Gifts Sale
Gifts from Hodgson & Brown highlight silver Stieff pieces priced from one dollar. Jewelry selections labeled as best gifts for graduates retail in stores highlighting value and variety.
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Hodgson & Brown
Stieff
Clarke Board Seeks End To Clarke County Dissension
Clarke County Virginia school board meets to heal rift over Boyce school construction and division superintendent selection with an expected joint statement. The board plans to issue a statement tomorrow after an all day executive session.
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Clarke Board
Berryville
Clarke County
Clay Carr
Carr
Boyce
Scott Noblin
State Board of Education
Friends
A.P. Robertson
War Today Reveals Escalating Conflicts Across Fronts
The report details British hints of steps to press Germans toward Syria, with fascist spokesmen claiming Italy and Germany ready to act against the United States. Paris braces for air drills as Petain convenes cabinet, while Nazi forces mass near the Turkish frontier. RAF strikes Berlin amid widespread attacks on German targets.
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France
Great Britain
Petain
Vichy
Philippe Petain
M . Weygand
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Beirut
Syria
Prench
Berlin
Germany
Ankara
Turekey
Syrian
Local Boards Asked For More Men
The local selective service boards have been asked to contribute toward 891 men to be inducted between June 21 and June. Quotas set: Winchester five white one colored, Frederick four white none colored, Clarke four white one colored.
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Winchester
Frederick and
Clarke
Frederick
Coast Artillery Unit To Arrive Here Tomorrow
The Seventy first Coast Artillery anti aircraft unit will arrive in Winchester tomorrow between 11 and 12 o clock aboard 130 trucks with 950 enlisted men and 40 officers. Mayor Anderson and Chamber of Commerce officers greet the unit at the armory grounds where it will camp overnight. An air mission from Baltimore is set to reach Winchester tomorrow night at 8 to test searchlights and mobile artillery with blank ammunition for a public demonstration awaiting weather confirmation. The troops will depart Thursday morning for Skyline Drive after spending the night at Big Meadows.
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Winchester
Fredericksburg
Skyline Drive
Big Meadows
Shepherd College Holds Sixty-Eighth Graduation Exercises
Shepherd College in Shepherdstown West Virginia held the sixty eighth annual commencement on campus this morning. A radio station in Hagerstown Maryland carried the graduation live, including remarks from the secretary of the State Board of Teachers Colleges, as part of the morning program.
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
Shepherd State Teachers’ College
Hagerstown
State Board of ‘Teachers’ Colleges
Germans Obtain Vital Foodstuffs for Germany from Japan
Tokyo reports German efforts to secure far eastern supplies to sustain wartime needs. Freight to Berlin via the trans Siberian has surged and Japan supplies Manchukuo soybean crop while Germany exports chemicals dyestuffs and precision instruments in return. The drive aims to bypass the British blockade and support military production.
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Tokyo
Germany
Helmuth Wolthat
Adolf Hitler
Embc Rts
Reich
Berlin
trans-Siberian
API Iece
Far East
Japan
United States
Winant Reports To President Amid War Developments
John G. Winant ambassador to Great Britain arrived in Washington on a hurried trip for consultations on international events. He met with President Roosevelt for about an hour in the White House. Hopkins joined a luncheon with Winant and Roosevelt, followed by a talk with Admiral King about the British aid program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John G. Winant
Great Britain
Winant
State Department
White
E. J. King
City And County Brevities: Trees Breakage and Vandalism
Area property owners on Avenue and Stewart say numerous young trees are broken. Officials are taking action against those responsible. County authorities share concern and are pursuing steps to prevent further damage. Boys threw stones breaking seventeen school windows at Bryarly.
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Veieden
Avenue
Stewart Street
Bryarly
Axis Ready To Act Against U.S. In War
Axis powers threaten direct action against the United States amid war developments. British French crisis topics dominate Paris as Vichy cabinet meetings unfold and air raid alerts loom. German Italian leaders signal new plans for worldwide conflict as Ankara reports troop movements toward Syria.
Churchill Critic Doubts Victory As Fleet Repair Delayed
Emanuel Shinwell, MP and Churchill critic, warned at a London conference that without rapid repair and replacement of ships damaged by enemy action, victory seems unlikely. The event used block voting on a Nazi executive memorandum favoring peace with total victory. The vote totaled 2,430,000 to 19,000.
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London
Emanuel Shinwell
Churchill
Germany
Yard Party at Greenway U. B. Church
Community notice for a yard party at Greenway United Brethren Church Saturday night June seventh. Benes fit of Sunday School event scheduled with organized activities and time slot 6 to 3 to 1p to 21 details.
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Greenway
U. B. Church
Benes
Awning and real estate ad snippets from 2a and Willis Realty
Classified items show listings for awnings at 39 E Piccadilly and property notices including Willis Real Estate, with dates encoded in shorthand. The fragmentary text includes telephone-like numbers and a subscription cue, indicating local classified or notice content.
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Melvin Carbaugh
Home Hack
Harold Bolen
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Harold Baughman
Christian Ebersole
William Gardner
Earl Sampsell
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Robert Carbaugh
Harold Fawcett
Charles Bursey
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Udell Long
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Halifax
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Crete
Shepherd College
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