Rhine Valley Control Sparks Old Global Rivalry Tale
The article traces a historic pattern of British and French attempts to control the Rhine, highlighting its strategic, economic, and cultural importance to Germany and Europe. It notes the river's 825 mile course, major widths at Mainz and Cologne, and its role as a key navigation channel and farming belt from the Alps to the North Sea.
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Rhine Valley
Germany
Europe
Switzerland
Netherlands
France
Rhine
Alps
Bingen
Cobelnz
Swiss Alps
North Sea
Thames
Mayence
Cologne
Lake of Constance
Schaffhausen
Basle
Upper Rhine
Rhenish Plain
Black Forest
Middle Rhine
Rhine lore and war echoes flow through historic river region
The piece blends a murder case near Boston with wide Rhine region lore. It notes a suspect confessing to murder in Watertown and a body found, then shifts to a sweeping history of the Rhine with cities like Mainz Coblenz Cologne and Heidelberg, linking to World War II themes and strategic importance.
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War Tragedy in Omaha as Woman Ends Life in Gas Room
Police found Mrs Leon ora Houser 53 dead in a gas filled room. A note read I just can't live through another war. Relatives said she had not shown war worries before the tragedy.
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Omaha
Leonora Houser
Elevation Extremes Across States Delaware and Colorado
The report notes Delaware has the lowest elevation while Colorado sits at the highest. Priority is given to the contrast between the two states and their relative elevations. The summary highlights the extreme elevations without extra context or data.
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Delaware
Colorado
Home Defense Council Forming At Charlottesville
A Charlottesville group of World War veterans plans a formal organization to aid national and state defense. At a preliminary meeting prominent businessmen, police officials, a state senator and University of Virginia professors voiced concern over protecting democratic institutions and preventing hysteria while pledging to support defense councils.
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Charlottesville
Peremont Gaenee Sane Cil
Commonwealth
University of Virginia
United States
Hampden-Sydney Frat House Burns in Virginia Town
Hampden Sydney College suffered the destruction of the Comity Club dance pavilion and Lambda Chi Alpha headquarters by fire on Monday. Edward Spencer of Buckingham, a former fraternity president, slept on the second floor and escaped after being overwhelmed by smoke. Farmville firemen battled the blaze from about 4 30 a m, with the fire spreading to the nearby Chi Phi house and causing additional damage.
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Hampden-Sydney
Lambda Chi Alpha
Hampden-Sydney College
Chi Phi
Edward Spencer
Buckingham
Farmville
Shenandoah County School Head Quits After 27 Years
Shenandoah County superintendent of schools FI C. V. Shoemaker submitted his resignation effective last Saturday to M. O. Smith chair of the school board. His term would have ended July 1 1941. In a letter to the school board and board of supervisors he cited ill health and urged county authorities to push for an effective countywide school system. Shoemaker had served as principal in Woodstock and Edinburg for six years before becoming superintendent.
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Woodstock
Fi—C. V. Shoemaker
Shenadoah County
M. O. Smith
Board of Supervisors
Shoemaker
Edinburg
Home Law Book for the Layman Promotes Practical Guide
The Winchester Evening Star advertises a compact Home Law Book compiled for lay readers. It promises plain language on contracts property wills naturalization and more with tables of rates and legal basics. Postage paid and available for ten cents.
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New Home Law
Winchester Evening Star
Frederick J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
New Home Law Book
Passport Not Required for Entry to Canada or Mexico
It is not necessary to have a passport to enter either Canada or Mexico from the United States. However some certified identification should be carried.
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Mexico
Canada
United States
Favor Salaries For Postmasters Of Fourth Class
Virginia postmasters at the annual convention back Rep. Burch bill to place fourth class postmasters on a salary basis. Speaker Donaldson and Meeks outlined provisions while noting it would help most postmasters and ease department work in Washington.
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Richmond
Moore
Stafford
Virginia
National League of District
Burch
Thomas G. Burch
Fifth
Jesse Mr. Donaldson
E. A. Meeks
National League
Donaldson
Washington
German Front Claims Easy Allied Defeat Near Belgian Front
Berlin reports Lieut. Col. Hesse, chief of the western front press, declares Allied armies surprisingly easy to defeat. He asserts German attack was effective and Allied resistance weak with divisions suffering only a few hundred dead.
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Berlin
Western Front
Col
Hesse
Red Cross Contributors List Names and Donors
A roster of donors to the Red Cross includes Mrs. Andrew Bell, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Coffey, Duncan Brothers, Herbert Davidson, W. H. Emmart, Miss Clara Eliason, Miss Edith Fletcher, Frederick County Market, Edward Gillis, Miss Edmonia L. Grim, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Hatcher, Mrs. James Grimes, William Harris, Mr. Hale, Mrs. George Hyde, Hammans Department Store, Evelyn Jackson, Mrs. J. W. Lodge, Mary G. Lupton, Charles A. Pine, Earl Parker, G. W. Patton, Mrs. S. D. Preston, C. H. Shutte, Mrs. A. C. Slonaker, Sr. Mrs. L. B. Sirbaugh, F. L. Woore.
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Andrew Bell
E. R. Coffey
Duncan Brothers
Herbert Davidson
W. H. Emmart
Clara Eliason
Edith Fletcher
Frederick County Market
Edward Gillis
Edmonia L. Grim
R. F. Hatcher
James Grimes
William Harris
Hale
George Hyde
Hammans Department Store
Evelyn Jackson
J. W. Lodge
Mary .G. Lupton
Charles A. Pine
Prisoner Trapped by Tight Fit Plates Nearing Escape
In Ogden Utah on June 4 Duane G Morgan was placed to fit plates in a tight space. The job so compressed him that he became stuck and had to be freed by coworkers who ripped out his work to release him. He lost his trousers in the ordeal.
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Ogden
Utah
Duane G. Morgan
Morgan
Lightning sets bed ablaze as woman safe despite strike
In Junction Kansas on June 4 Mrs Barbara Hendrickson 71 said a prayer before sleep. Moments after retiring lightning hit the house starting a fire in her bed but she escaped unharmed. A quiz item notes Father s Day falls on Sunday June 16.
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Junction
Kas
Barbara Hendrickson
Supreme Court Considers Staples Mandamus Case
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals continued two mandamus petitions into its September Staunton term. Staples seeks to restore vetoed budget provisions while Raymond L. Jackson fights for a $1,000 salary raise from Governor Price, with the past $5,000 rate being assessed.
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House of Delegates
Staples
James B. Martin
Gloucester
Raymond L. Jackon
The
Commonwealth
Price
Jackson
McGibbney Convicted in Drunkenness for 63rd Time
James McGibbney, 61, led to jail after a 63rd drunkenness conviction since 1917. Court records show nine years, three months and twelve days served in jail for drunkenness.
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New York
James McGibbney
McGibbney
Oiler James A Roosevelt says bearing President’s name brings privileges
James A Roosevelt an oiler on a motorship says using the President's eldest son's name earns him special treatment abroad. He notes officials in South American countries often mistake him for the President's son and grant favors.
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Boston
James A. Roosevelt
Vantages
Accidental Shot Fatal to Farmer Near Front Royal
William M. Ford Jr. 58 was killed instantly by a bullet from an automatic gun on a porch four miles northwest of Front Royal. The shooting, described as accidental, occurred while the Ford couple were guests at Edward Robinson's home. The firearm had been brought to the porch by Robinson's 10 year old son.
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William M. Ford, Jr
Edward Robinson
Front Royal
Mr. Ford
Fords
Summit Point
W. Va
Ford
Nazis Active in South America Alarm Plot Reported
Henry R. Luce, editor, cites a trustworthy source claiming Nazi propagandists are pushing bomb plot stories in South America to frighten Americans and undermine the United States. He notes existing danger spots in the hemisphere would ease this effort.
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New York
Henry R. Luce
Time
Life Magazines
Europe
Notice of Transfer of Funds Petition in Frederick County
In the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia Elma K Lemley and others notify all parties in interest that on June 28 1940 a petition will seek transfer of 4796.98 dollars from the undersigned to Elma K Lewley Administratrix of the Estate of Fred M Lemley City of Washington DC and to Annie M Lemley Administratrix of Fred M Lemley Deceased.
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Circuit Court OF
Frederick County
Virginia
Elma K. Lemley
Als
Theodore Frederick Lemley
William Kerr Lemley
John Edgar Lemley
Edgar L. Lemley
W. E. Edwards
Guardian Ad Litem
Code of Virginia
Circuit Court
Elma K. Lewley
Fred M. Lemley
City of
Washington
District of Columbia
Elmer K. Lemley
Annie M. Lemley
Fred M. Tgmiey
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Clovis
Charlemagne
Aachen
Rhineland
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Rhinland
Gilbraltar
Ehrenbreitstein
Coblenz
Metropolitan Opera
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Tannhauser
Faust
Brentano
Jacob
William Grimm
Frankfurt
Goethe
Mainz
Dusseldorf
Heidel
Heidelberg Castle
Segrtf
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Red Cross
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