Methodist women push playgrounds in Winchester amid shortages
At Braddock Street church a Winchester group led by Mrs. Homer Welch and Mrs. John W. Rosenberger formed a movement to secure proper playground facilities for children. They urged donations of time and money, invited vacant lots for play areas, and cited gas and rubber rationing as a reason to provide safe, free play spaces for the youth.
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Braddock Street
Methodist
Winchester
Homer Welch
Montague Avenue Church
Rosenberger
John W. Rosenberger
Harold P. Rowe
Garland E. Hopkins
Market Street Church
Federation
Europe
Retraction Demanded by Mine Workers Over Murray Allegations
United Mine Workers policy committee accuses Philip Murray of supporting Communism and demands he retract accusations against John L. Lewis. The resolution says Murray’s statements defame Lewis and threaten government stability, urging removal of Communists from CIO payroll and renunciation of Communism.
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Washington
United Mine Workers’ Policy Committee
Sng Metta
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
Cc. I. O
Lewis
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers of America
U. M. W. Executive Board
Quiz Answers On Page Four Prompt Daily Reader
Answers to the daily quiz are printed on page four. The list includes True and several names and terms such as William and Admiral Iges. The fragmentary text identifies a mix of individuals and possible topics.
Stephens City High School selects class president
Robert Smallwood of Kernstown is elected president of the Senior Class at Stephens City High School for the coming year. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Iea C Smallwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iea C. Smallwood
Kernstown
Robert
Stephens City High School
Nation-Wide Gas Rationing Seen as Roosevelt Decision
Washington June 4 Roosevelt faces a cabinet meeting amid heated Congress talk on extending gasoline rationing nationwide. The plan would follow an Eastern Seaboard model with A cards and 48 coupons for three gallons each, plus B and C cards for extra needs. X cards would be eliminated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Eastern Seaboard
Beiter
D-Ny
Ten Men Killed In Army Camp Explosion
An explosion and fire at an army camp near here killed ten people, including nine soldiers and a civilian firefighter Tom Sousa. Ten more were hospitalized, five in critical condition. Lieut. Colonel Floyd H. Tull stated the blast occurred in a camp building and the cause had not yet been determined.
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Here
Floyd H. Tull
Board of Inquiry
Tom Sousa
Winchester Rotary Boosts USO War Fund With Personal Gifts
The Winchester Rotary Club and guests at a weekly luncheon contributed cash to the USO War Fund Campaign. Club president Clifford Grim noted missing members pledged via checks, while the club added a $100 corporate donation. R. Gray Williams praised the region’s generosity and urged broad participation ahead of next week’s general solicitation.
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Winchester Rotary Club
USO
Clifford Grim
Pinckney Arthur
Rotary
Club
Diretors
R. Gray Williams
USO War Fund
Williams
Winchester
Anderson To Be Reappointed As Highway Commissioner
Governor Darden announced the reappointment of Brigadier General James A Anderson as state highway commissioner for a term starting July 1 The post pays 12500 annually and was first given last August by Governor Price The new act expands the commission from five to nine members with varied term lengths and lists current members J Frank Wyser H C Rogers S W Rawls and Kenneth N Gilpin plus Anderson
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Richmond
Darden
James A. Anderson
Anderson
Price
J. Frank Wyser
Pulaski
H. C. Rogers
Loudoun
S. W. Rawls
Franklin
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Boyce
Army
Independent oilmen fear rationing doom for independents
New York June 4 Sol Herzog general counsel of the Eastern States Gasoline Conference said the proposed gasoline rationing plan would doom independent dealers. He warned the move would end dealer rationing and harm small businesses in war times. Oil men noted worsening supply in the East with stocks running low and little gasoline reaching New York, while fuel oil shortages were even more severe.
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New York
Sol Herzog
Eastern States Gasoline Conference
Herzog
Pg & Man
East
Guerrilla Attack Blows Up Ammunition Dump in Occupied France
A Vichy report says guerrilla fighters overpowered a German guard detachment and blew up an ammunition dump near Haze brouck in occupied France, as broadcast by a British radio station from New York on June 4.
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New York
Vichy
Hazebrouck
France
Rites Tomorrow for Miss Stouffer
Funeral services for Miss Bessie Y. Stouffer 67 who died yesterday at Patton Nursing Home on West Piccadilly street will be held tomorrow at 2 pm from the home of her niece Mrs Richard Crenshaw 211 West Lecester Street. The body lies at Jones Funeral Home tonight then at her brother C D Stouffer s on Valley Avenue until 10 am tomorrow when it goes to Crenshaw residence. Rev Garland E Hopkins of Market Street Church will officiate. Pallbearers are Allen Gray C B Shickle Carl Solenberger Joseph Ritter Ellsworth LeMaster and Claude Stickley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Y. Stouffer
Patton Nursing Home
West Piccadilly Street
Richard Crenshwa
West Lecester Street
Jones Funeral
Miss Stouffer
C. D. Stouffer
Valley Avenue
Crenshaw
Garland E. Hopkins
Market Street Church
Allen Gray
C. B. Shickle
Carl Solenbergr
Joseph Ritter
Ellsworth LeMaster
Claude Stickley
Perfumery Display Window Ablaze
A fire at Miller and Rhoads department store on Grace street wrecked a perfume display window. Flames were confined to the window but smoke filled the first and second floors and drew a crowd that caused one man to faint in the crush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Grace Street
Miller and Rhoads’ Department Store
Mexico Seizes Yacht Belonging to Axel Wenner Gren
Dispatches from Vera Cruz report the Mexican Navy and an auxiliary vessel seized the Southern Cross, a luxury yacht of Swedish industrialist Axel Wenner Gren who has ties on a U S blacklist. Wenner Gren, living in Mexico, had recently departed the yacht when the seizure occurred.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Southern Cross
Axel Wenner Gren
Mexico
Werner Gren
United States
Axis
Asa White Rites Tomorrow at Mt Hebron Cemetery
Funeral services for Asa White who died yesterday will be held tomorrow afternoon in the chapel at Mt Hebron Cemetery with Rev. W A Wilkerson presiding. Interment follows at Mt Hebron. Pallbearers include Frank Cain Russell Penn Ira Smith Harry Athey George Smith and Bee Greenwalt. White was a son of the late inter iecine White. his mother died about two months ago.
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Asa White
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
W. A. Wilkerson
Mt. Hebron
Frank Cain
Russell Penn
Ira Smith
Harry Athey
George Smith
Bee Greenwalt
White
Iecine White
Tokyo Radio Silent On Attacks Report
New York June 4 radio listeners monitoring Tokyo broadcasts reported the Tokyo radio remained silent on Japanese air raids against the United States base at Dutch Harbor nearly 24 hours after the first attack.
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New York
Tokyo
United States
Dutch Harbor
No Increase in Overall Cut to Gasoline Ration System
Washington June 4 Petroleum Coordinator Ickes said there likely would be no increase in the overall eastern curtailment of gasoline consumption when the permanent coupon book ration system becomes effective in July. The overall cut remains 50 percent and no different recommendation was made for the War production Board under the new program.
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Washington
US Army Medical Library Largest in World
The text notes the United States Army Medical Library as the largest working medical library globally, with a history of being listed under Vera Cruz months and registry shifts from Panamanian to Mexican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
United States Army Medical Library
Marital Freedom Granted to Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard to receive a divorce decree from Charles Chaplin in Juarez Mexico Judge Javier Rosas Seballos announced. The March 1936 marriage ended with separation since February 1940 and incomparability grounds.
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EL Paso
Tex
Paulette Goddard
Charles Chaplin
Javier Rosas Seballos
Juarez
Seballos
Movieland
Miss Goddard
Canton
Goddard
Chaplins
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Methodist Federation
J. W. Rosenberger
Murray
True
William
Besa
Iges Robert
Robert G. Smallwood
USO Fund
Mr. Williams
7Th District
United Food Store
Haldeman’s
Land O’ Lakes
Master Blend Coffee
Supreme Blend Coffee
Maryland
United Food Stores
Van
Mps Tenderon
Kelly
Jor
White House
Tiny Tim Corn
Ige
Strawberry
Old Virginia
Park-T-Pak
R,c. Cola
Jones Funeral Home
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Paulette
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
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