Col Barton Urges Valley Spirit On 80th Anniversary Observance
Col R T Barton Winchester native returns to Virginia to speak at the Sixth of June exercises honoring Confederate dead. The parade to Stonewall Cemetery includes Turner Ashby Chapter UDC, Home Guard, veterans groups, and city fire trucks.
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Valley of
Virginia
Col
R. T. Barton
Winchester
W. Nelson Page
Col. Barton
Richmond
City Hall
Stonewall Cemetery
Dellinger
George Dellinger
Handley High School
Co. 115
Virginia Protective Force
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Home Guard
Barton
Aki Gly
America
Stonewall Memorial
Middletown
Popular Night Club Orchestra at Del Rio Club
An orchestra performs at the Del Rio Club tonight from 9 to 12 with free admission. The event draws likely local patrons to a casual evening of live music.
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del Rio Club
RousS Fire Co Notice and Local Events
Rouss Fire Co to meet Friday evening June 6 at 8 oclock inviting every member. Weaver presides. Tokes Inn reservations for special dinner. Yard party at Greenway U B Church Saturday night June 7 for Sunday School benefit.
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Tokes Inn
Greenway
U. B. Church
ZANE FIRE Co Holds Friday Bingo Night
ZANE FIRE Co invites members to a Friday bingo event on June 6 at 8 p m led by Capt Loryn Pp with prize details and evening activities listed. Local fire unit notices include weekly bingo and grand prize information.
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Zane Fire Co
M. Crabill
Loryn
South One
Pritip-t
Roosevelt weighs steps to curb labor stoppages in war era
President Roosevelt said he may take new actions to reduce labor stoppages in defense industries but offered no immediate plan while the Defense Mediation Board works on west coast aircraft and timber disputes. He noted possible emphasis on new responsibilities in the present emergency and discussed the strike situation with reporters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Defense
Defense Mediation Board
Ni American Aviation
International Woodworkers’ Union
Padget Sound
Daniel J. Tobin
City Solicitor cites charter to press meter ordinance vote
City Solicitor James P. Reardon cited city charter provisions to require a two thirds vote for a meter ordinance involving about $10,000. The measure failed by one vote in a prior session, and Reardon warned proponents they may re introduce the ordinance at any time.
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James P. Reardon
Don
Grant
Reardon
Sudden London Alarm Ends First Daylight Alert Since April
In London on June 6 anti aircraft guns roared after sirens ended the capital's first daylight air raid alert since April 22. Several German planes crossed the city but scattered to avoid shell bursts and vanished without another alarm. The alert lasted under 30 minutes with no bombs reported. Some aircraft were seen over parts of Scotland.
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London
Scotland
Handley Finals Begin With Baccalaureate Sermon by Dr Pruden
The Handley High School Class of 1941 opens its commencement week with the baccalaureate service Sunday at 8 p m in the school auditorium. Dr Edward H Pruden of Washington D C delivers the sermon as sponsor Winchester Ministerial Association. The program includes hymns scripture and prayers, led by local ministers and the Handley A Cappella Choir. The final graduation exercises are set for Thursday June 12 at the high school auditorium.
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Handley High School
Winchester Ministerial Associaton
Edward H. Pruden
First Baptist Church
Washington, D. C
Pruden
Virginia
Chase City
University of Richmond
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Yale University
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
Yale
First Baptist Church of
Petersburg
University of Shanghai
China
Ips
Charles H. Punk
T. M. Swann
Alceste
Gluck
Handley
Senate approves deferment amendment for draftees
Senate Military Affairs Committee backs a measure to let the President defer induction for draftees reaching age twenty eight. The vote was 5 to 3 against Chairman Reynolds and others who opposed the plan, with supporters led by Senator Gurney and including Johnson Holman Thomas and Bridges. The change allows discretionary deferment at each draftee’s twenty eighth birthday.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Reynolds
D-Nc
Hill
Dala
Kilgore
D-Wva
Selective Service Bureau
Gurney
R-Sd
Johnson
D-Cole
Holman
R-Ore
Thomas
R-Idaho
Bridges
R-Nh
Germany Thanks Spain For Aid In Rescue Work
Madrid reports Foreign Minister Ramon Serrano Suner said German Admiral Erich Raeder thanked Spain for the cruiser Canarias rescuing German seamen after the Bismarck was sunk. It notes about 100 were picked up by British ships and mentions the sinking location west of Brest, with unclear details on Canarias’s exact actions.
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Germany
Spain
Madrid
Ramon Serrano Suner
Erich Raeder
Canarias
Brest
France
Opposition split over St Lawrence waterway plan
Washington June 6 Opponents proposed delaying the seaway and pursuing only the hydro electric portion of the project for now Senator Clark D-Mo urged no objection to power development but doubted immediate defense benefits of the 1300 mile waterway from Montreal to the Great Lakes He noted willingness to consider a separate power proposal but questioned overall costs of dual dam and lock construction versus power alone.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oe St. Lawrence
Clark D-Mo
Missouri
Senate
Montreal
Great Lakes
Clark
Congress
Atlantic
Ser Tates
Wator Adams
D-Colo
Louis Chevrolet Dies In Detroit
Louis Chevrolet pioneer designer and racer dies at home in Detroit after years of ill health. Born December 25 1878 in Switzerland he set a 52.8 second mile world record at Sheepshead Bay in 1905 and designed two Indy 500 winners in 1920 and 1921. Burial is in Indianapolis next Tuesday.
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Detroit
Louis Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Switzerland
Sheepshead Bay
New York
Annual Awards At Stephens City in Va
Stephens City Virginia held a morning commencement with awards for students. Mary Gay Marker received the best all around high school award, Emily Fawcett won the American Legion Auxiliary medal for elementary school, and 43 students posted perfect attendance. Averyl Warren and James Letterman marked 10 years of perfect attendance. Dan Metz became Northern Virginia Student Cooperative Council president. 191 students received five pointers certificates and Billy Norman won a five dollar prize for a Chilean Nitrate essay.
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Stephens City
Mary Gay Marker
Ed Marker
Opequon
Emily Fawcett
Edison Fawcett
Williams
American Legion Auxiliary
Averyl Warren
James Letterman
Dan Metz
Student Cooperative Council For
Northern Virginia
Ee Ther
Billy Norman
FFA
No Peace Offer Supposedly Brought By Winant
President Roosevelt stated Ambassador Winant did not bring any peace terms from England nor discuss peace. He cited German propaganda orders aimed to deny German plans and portray Britain as near defeat while spreading fear of peace. Roosevelt said Germany and its Nazi allies in the United States were orchestrating the tactic.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John G Winant
England
Winant
Germany
Berlin
Western Hemisphere
United States
Britain
Reverend A. M. Earle Dies in Richmond at 11
The Reverend A. M. Earle died last night at his Richmond home at 11 o'clock. He supervised by widow Eunice Fisher of Moorefield and four children, with siblings listed in Virginia Maryland and Idaho. Former missionary to Kunsan Korea, he later led churches in Capon Bridge and Stoval before health declined. Funeral Saturday at 8 p.m. at Mt Zion Milldale with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Nephews named as pallbearers.
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A. M. Earle
Winchester
Richmond
Mary Ellen Burns Earle
Eunice Fisher
Moorefield
W. Va
Jesse Earle
Silver City
N. C
Frostburg
Roland Fisher
Virginia Earle
Charles Jones
Milldale
James C. Cobey
John B. Earle
Paul B. Earle
Boise
Idaho
Kunsan
Korea
Capon Bridge
Presbyterian Church
Stoval
N. G
Mt. Zion
Mount Hebron
Earle Cobey
Milton Cobey
Washington, D. C
Alec. M. Earle
Samuel M. Earle
John Burns Earle
Congress Member Peels Spuds In Picket Protest
Washington June 6 Representative Patrick D Ala strolls a one man parade in front of the White House peeling Irish potatoes to protest the peace mobilization marchers who have camped there for weeks. He carries a sign reading Appeasers Communists Bundists etc Can Picket But Can They Work.
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Washington
Patrick
Dala
White House
Dictator Bill Seen As Doomed In Present Form
Washington reports indicate administration leaders consider the wartime seizure bill doomed in its current form. The measure would empower the President to take over property used to support the national defense program. Senator Byrnes notes cautious lawmakers can draft a new bill on this issue.
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Bill
Washington
Warriment
Roosevelt
Byrnes
D-Sc
Congress
Robbery at Minneapolis Brewery Netted $50,000
Five armed men raided the Minneapolis Brewery Company around 11 30 am injuring employee James Christiansen who was shot in the back. They escaped with cash about 50 000 dollars from funds recently brought in from a bank. Frank Kiewel said the motive was the large cash on hand and described the suspects. The employee’s condition was not believed to be serious.
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Minneapolis
Frank Kiewel
James Christiansen
City Desk
Kiewel
Heavy Showers Indicated Across Middle Atlantic This Weekend
Extended forecast from 7:30 p m June 6 to 7:30 p m June 10 calls for fair weather until Sunday afternoon or night in the Middle Atlantic states then showers. Occasional showers expected through Tuesday night with heavy totals in most areas. Warmer Saturday with above normal temperatures likely through Wednesday.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
Local notes on fishing tale and soldier posted to Fort Knox
City and county items describe boyhood fishing tales on Loyal Hanna Creek near Ligonier Pennsylvania turning slippery after a rat is hauled ashore. Thurman Potts, drafted and earning about 21 dollars monthly, is assigned to guard Uncle Sam's gold at Fort Knox Kentucky. River levels rise slightly in Potomac creeks and Shenandoah Cedar Creek areas after rain.
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M. Martin
Hanna Creek
Ligonier
Thurman
Potts
Schenck
Fort Knox
Uncle Sam
Sccuestine
Potomac
Panhandle
Shenandoah
Clarke County
Cedar Creek
Frederick County
Japanese Delegation Sees Dutch Reply Disappointing in Trade Talks
Japanese envoy Kenkichi Yoshizawa called the Dutch memorandum on Indies exports disappointing after a 90 minute briefing. He said Tokyo would study the reply but not renegotiate. the Dutch kept the annual import quota for rubber oil and tin unchanged and none would go to Germany. In Syria, British bombers attacked Italian planes at Aleppo, with casualties reported in Alexandria and warnings of an Axis move to bottle up the Mediterranean fleet.
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Syria
Associated Press
Indies
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Tokyo
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
Germany
Middle East
Aleppo
Tish
Alexandria
Mediterranean
London
Hull
Frante
Vichy
U. S
Cordell Hull
Jean Darlan
Maxime Weygand
France
Pierre Boisson
French West Africa
Jean Esteva
Tunisa
Adolph Hitler
Henri Dentz
Lebanon
NBC
Ankara
Turkey
Damascus
Trans-Jordan
Beirut
Syrian
Palestine
Berlin
Penn
Roosevelt Signs Act Allowing Seizure Of Foreign Ships
President Roosevelt signed legislation empowering the government to take over about 80 idle foreign ships in U S waters. The Maritime Commission was ordered to implement the act and charter or lease ships for foreign or coastwise service with Presidential approval required for belligerent nations. The president said he did not yet know how many vessels would be seized or which would be taken first, and he did not know if French ships would be included.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
United States
Eisalar
Philippines
Deanel
United Mikes
Western Hemisphere
Flames flare on passenger ship in Jersey City hold
In Jersey City at pier 9 the American President liner President Jackson reported a fire in the hold at 1 p.m. smoke appeared with no flames, later under control. The vessel, one of seven requisitioned by the Maritime Commission, was to sail at 4 p.m. for San Francisco before transfer to the Navy for drydocking and conversion.
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Jersey City
President Jackson
Pier 9
12Th Street
American President Lines
Maritime Commission
San Francisco
Navy
Mine Operators Up A Tree In West Virginia Clash
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS WEST VIRGINIA June 6 Operators from southern West Virginia coal fields attending a district board meeting said they were up a tree on National Defense Mediation Board recommendations. A prominent operator warned the mines could be closed if concessions are not won and said John L. Lewis seems determined to close the mines if his demands are not met.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
West Virginia
National Defense Mediation Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
For Sale Office Apply Star Office
Classified notice reads For sale office space apply Star Office. Listing shows no price or location details and lacks full contact information.
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Star Office. Ie
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