Senate Votes War On Dupes of Axis
The Senate approved a war policy on Hungary Romania and related axis dupes by votes of 67 to 0 and 73 to 0, with 32 minutes spent balloting. President Roosevelt backed pay raises for military service and Philippine leader Quezon urged continued U.S. resolve and remembrance of Filipino sacrifices.
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Senate
Ember
Hungary
Rumania
Congress
Roosevlt
United Nations
Manuel On
Philippines
Oree
Sun”. Quezon
Missing in Action Brother Reported in the Philippines
Mrs. Elmer Adams received word from the War Department that her brother Corp. Ernest Stotler of Coast Artillery U S Army is missing in action in the Philippines. He was on Corregidor when it surrendered to the Japanese. He is a nephew of Mrs. August Herbst of 23 Peyton Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Adams
War Department
Corp. Ernesteer
Coast Artillery
U. S. Army
Philippines
Corp. Stotler
Corrigedor
I ‘Holmes
Fia "Hright
Aveenue
August Herbst
Peyton Street
Loss of Small Ship In Atlantic Also Reported
Washington reports describe Dutch Harbor Alaska as quiet and note a second wave of enemy planes failed to drop bombs, likely reconnaissance. The communiqué confirms the loss of the small patrol vessel Cythera under Lt Cmdr Thomas W Rudderow and lists next of kin background, with crew numbers given as 28.
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Washington
Navy
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
U.S.S. Cy
Atlantic
Thomas W. Rudderow
Highland Lane
Bryn Mawr
Wooig
Nacre
Ogay
Set Ees
Crompet
Sonne
Stimson
Carter Hall Horse Show Set for June 6 at Millwood
The 49th annual Carter Hall Horse Show of the Blue Ridge Hunt Club will begin at 9 o clock on Saturday June 6 in Millwood Virginia. Twenty four classes are listed with competitors including Jackson of Orange and North Fletcher of Warrenton among expected entrants.
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Millwood
Blue Ridge Hunt Club
Tie Jackson
Orange
North Fletcher
Warrenton
Strawberry Feastival at Lutheran Church Event
A Lutheran church hosts the Strawberry Feastival on Friday June 5 featuring sandwiches potato salad and related items. Bingo Thursday night at Rouss Fire Hall starts 8 30 with a door prize of 100.
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Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
Fri
Rouss Fire Hall
Drive Against Truck And Bus Drivers Summons 244 Vehicles
The continuing drive led to the summoning of 34 intercity bus drivers and 210 truck drivers. Colonel Marion noted 96 intercity passenger buses were involved as part of complaints that private motorists faced buses and trucks speeding despite the 40 mile per hour edict.
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Marion
Battle
Diplomas To Be Presented In Frederick County
Graduating ceremonies proceed in Frederick County with 11 years of study completed. Awards include American Legion Auxiliary prize to top 8th grade student and a year’s magazine subscription for the senior class’s outstanding member. Exercises tomorrow at 8 pm at the Methodist Church with Rev. C. P. Walz as speaker. Principal H. Dencis Hoover to present diplomas and awards.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Ents
Methodist Church
C. P. Walz
H. Dencis Hoover
Gainesboro
Fred Braithwaite
Ceive
Berryville
Gay Elizabeth Denny
Nell Osborne Carter
Two Additional Ships Go Down Survivors Landed On East Coast
Survivors from two more ships have been landed on the east coast after a maritime disaster. Reports say rescue operations continue as authorities assess ongoing dangers at sea and hospital facilities receive injured crew members.
City Leaders Urge Volunteers for All Night Blackout Test
J H Wyse state coordinator announces June 17 blackout. City Manager S Lee Grant named civilian defense coordinator by Mayor Anderson. Volunteer drive targets 800 workers with 500 needed for protective staff. Public offices open for registration. traffic to halt during test.
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J. H. Wyse
S. Lee Grant
Anderson
Piccadilly Street
George Washington Hotel
Wyse
Europe
British Bombers Strike Bremen and Commandos Raid Boulogne Le Touquet
British bombers hit Bremen Germany s second port while commandos scouted Boulogne Le Touquet area in a night operation. The Bremen raid was linked to a Dieppe attack with 10 bombers and two fighters missing. Commandos returned with valuable information after a second Boulogne Le Touquet probe near Dover, with slight casualties reported.
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London
Bremen
Germany
Boulogne-Le Touquet
Adolf Hitler
Diepp
Air Ministry
Cologne
Essen
Hamburg
R.af
Dover Strait
Boulogne
Dover
le Touquet
Weser
North Sea
England
Assassin Bullet Proves Serious To Gestapo Leader
Berlin reports say Reinhard Heydrich died after an incident near Prague. Nazi reprisals include hundreds of executions and the execution rate threatens thousands more held in the protectorate. Himmler is said to have flown to oversee the inquiry and inform Hitler.
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Berlin
Reinhard Heydrich
DNB
Prague
Heydrich
Bohemia and
Moravia
Protectorate
London
Gestapo
Berlin-Prague
Greater
Heinrich Himmler
Heyrich
Hitler
Shooting and knifing fracas between two 22 year olds
Two 22 year olds, Charles Myers Jr and Thomas Turner, are charged with felonious assault after a shooting and knife fight near a North Kent Street pool room. Turner suffered a scalp bullet entry and forehead shot that glanced off his skull. Myers has a deep thigh wound and is jailed. Turner remains hospitalized for several days.
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Trial Justice Court
Charles “Buck” Myers, Jr
Thomas Turner
Turner
Leslie Bell
Myers
North Kent Street
Tom Boyd
Oew
Insurance On War Damage Now Available For Property
Arrangements with the fire insurance industry set fiduciary agents for the War Damage Corporation to write protective policies against enemy attacks. Applications should be made to local agents before blanket protection expires June 30. Coverage includes real and personal property with limits up to 100000 for crops and 1000 for residential contents under specific rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Damage Corporation
Jesse Jones
Secretary of Commerce
Premier Bungling Charged Over War Failures
Leeds dispatch reports Commander R. T. Bower a Conservative MP charging Prime Minister Churchill with botching wartime campaigns and losing half an empire in weeks. He told the Publicity Club the government remains in power despite a lamentable string of failures.
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Leeds
England
R. T. Bower
Churchill
Bower
Allied subs sink three Japanese ships and damage troopers
Allied headquarters report a submarine sank 22 000 tons of Japanese shipping including a 6 000 ton armed transport with up to 12 000 troops aboard possibly lost. Two heavily armed supply ships of 6 000 and 10 000 tons were sunk and a 7 000 ton ship badly damaged.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
Japan
Allied
MacArthur
John Curtin
Canberra
Sydney Harbor
Eight Colored Men Ordered to Report for Induction at Fort Myer
Eight Winchester colored men have been ordered to report for induction into the army at Fort Myer Virginia on Friday June 13. They are Rodney Washington Maln Street W Briscoe Jennings Oscar Beverley Jones Mose W Long Charles I Dixon William R Tap James Avery Oles W Nickens.
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Winchester
Fort Myer
Rodney Washington
East Pall
Maln Street
W. Briscoe Jennings
S. Kent Street
Oscar Beverley Jones
Fairmont Avenue
Mose W. Long
Kerns Row
Charles I. Dixon
S. Loudoun Street
William R. Tap
E. Pall Mar Street
James Avery
Haddock Street
Oles W. Nickens
N. Kent Street
Shenandoah National Park report notes drop in traffic
Superintendent's report covers five year trend in Northern Virginia with May vehicle counts rising from 448 in 1941 to 25 474 this May. A major drop in car usage prompts calls for gas and tire rationing as the solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah National
Virginia
Americans Meet With Chiang In India Front Visit
General Stilwell and Major General Brereton arrived by plane to meet Chiang Kai-shek and discuss operations against Japan. Stilwell, the chief of staff to the Chinese leader, previously led the fifth and sixth armies on the Burma front and escaped into India after his headquarters were cut off by Japanese forces.
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Chungeing
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Lewis H. Brereton
United States Army Air Forces
India
Blunteee
Japanese Naval Officers Slain
A British patrol near Diego Suarez in Ma a captures two Japanese naval officers. They were shot when ordered to surrender. Clothing and papers identified them as Japanese naval officers. The incident occurred as British forces moved to seize the strategic island off the east African coast.
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Office
Diego Suarez
Maa
Islan
Scouts to Attend White Rock Camp In Virginia West Virginia
About 200 Boy Scouts from the Shenandoah Area Council in Virginia and West Virginia are set for a four week camp at White Rock on the Capon River. T. A. Lowery of Charles Town will direct with an staff. reservations limited to 80 boys at a time. fee six dollars fifty cents per week per boy with forty five cents deduction if cot and tent supplied.
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Tely
Boy Scouts of the
Shenandoah Area Council
Virginia
West Virginia
Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
White Rock
Capon River
T. A. Lowery
Charles Town
A 8. Scully, Jr
Shenandoah Area
National
Rev Orndorff to Lead Albin Church Service Sunday
The Rev Ellsworth Orndorff, Frederick county ministerial student and recent Richmond seminary graduate, will be guest pastor at Burnt Presbyterian Church in Albin during the 11 o'clock service. He recently attended school and church at Albin as a young man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Orndorff
Frederick County
Richmond
Burnt Presbyterian Presbyterian Church
W. A. Orndorff
Albin
Rexall in sale Priday and Saturdays
Priday and Saturdays June 5th and 6th feature a Rexall in sale at Brookes Pharmacy with discounted items and limited stock notices for shoppers.
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Rexall
Brookes’ Pharmacy
Friendship Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Friendship Fire Company will be held this evening at 8. All members are urged to attend. Capt. Marion Anderson.
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Friendship Fire Company
Marion Anderson
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Clarke
Boyes
Boyce
Agai
Burr P. Harrison Winchester
American Legion
Carroll Goodridge
Grant
Curtin
Sydney
Clair
Mr. Orndorff
Sarah Zane Fire CO
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