Transmitter To Locate Troubles for Emergency Repairs
Potomac Electric Power Company disclosed plans to locate a new emergency radio transmitter at its wing power plant to direct roving repair trucks. The system operates on 2,276 kilohertz with 1,000 watts and requires District of Zoning Commission approval. J H Ferry said studies began over a year ago to serve public needs and that wartime use would be government controlled.
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Washington
Potomac Electric Power Company
District of Zoning Commission
J. H. Ferry
Anchors Aweigh Real for U S Middies Summer Cruise
About 1,000 Naval Academy midshipmen sailed from Annapolis aboard the battleships Texas New York and Arkansas for a canal zone cruise. They will visit Colon Venezuela the Virgin Islands Cuba and Atlantic coast points before returning August 28. Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis commands the ships.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Texas
New York
Arkansas
Themiddies
Canal Zone
Colon
Venezuela
Virgin Islands
Cuba
Atlantic Coast Line
Rio de Janeiro
Hayne Ellis
Town Maintains Three-Year Stretch With No Auto Fatalities
Police Chief Ulric Brault announced the town of 16 800 reached its third anniversary without an automobile death. He credited pedestrian cooperation and motorists, noting a traffic rerouting system helped avoid congestion and reduce risk.
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Oe Sc Oe
Ulric Brault
Mr Williams 48 Dies After Pneumonia
Lawrence S Williams died last night at 10 50 after pneumonia He was 48 a native of Otachans Grey son of Charts and Lovice Williams both of that place Born January 28 1892 Interment will be at Stephens City with Denzil Keckley Emmett N Humston and Cecil Bailey listed as attending .
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Lawrence S. Williams
Otachans Grey
Charts
Lovice Brediend
Wiliams
Mr. Wiloerford
Denzil Keckley
Emmett
N. I. Humston
Cecil Bailey
Stephens City
Young Woman Dies In Baltimore Bridge Crash
Miss Edna Clark, 20, of Baltimore, was fatally injured when the car she rode in struck an abutment on the Fort avenue bridge over Key highway. Three other persons were injured. It was Maryland's second traffic fatality in 24 hours after Melvin E. Bell, 22, of Vienna, Md., died in a head on crash near Glen Echo.
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Edna Clark
Fort Avenue
Key Highway
Miss Clark
Maryland
Melvin E. Bell
Vienna
Glen Echo
French Bomb Factories In Berlin Reported in War Coverage
The article notes French withdrawals along an 80 mile line as strategic shifts to straighten the front while German advances incur heavy losses. London and Berlin circles dispute French hopes for fixed positions. British counts German strength around 1,000,000 in the Somme Aisne fight, with main attack possibly pending.
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Berlin
London
Somme-Aisne
Predict Defeat Of Labor Change Vote Counts
The measure failed amid a party line tally with 13 Republicans voting against and 113 Democrats plus three others opposed. Chairman Norton of the House Labor Committee urged less drastic amendments and opposed the full ban.
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Norton
D-Nj
House Labor Committee
Germans Den Bombing Reports Refuted by Berlin Spokesman
An authorized Berlin spokesman said there is absolutely no truth in a French announcement claiming Berlin suburbs were bombed last night. He stated no air raid alarms occurred in Berlin and no bombing rumors were spreading.
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Berlin
Gibraltar question dominates Spanish commentary
Berlin reports the Dienst Aus Deutschland predicts Gibraltar will revert to Spanish control, arguing that areas opposite Spain on the African coast likely fall into Spanish hands as before Britain held the exclave. The piece frames the shift as a return to prior status with Morocco adjacent regions implied.
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Berlin
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Gibraltar
Britain
Spain
Morocco
Pirates Manager Frankie Frisch Fined for Dispute
President Ford Frick of the National League suspended Pirates manager Frankie Frisch for three days and fined him 50 dollars for disputing a call by umpire Dick Campbell in the Pirates versus Phillies game yesterday.
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Pittsburgh
Ford Frick
National League Today
Frankie Frisch
Pittsburgh Pirates
Dick Campbell
Pirate Phillies
Il Giornale D Italia Warns of War Escalation
The Rome based Il Giornale D Italia speculates on Italy entering the war and warns that for every Italian city bombed five English cities would suffer the same treatment.
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Rome
Il Giornale D’italia
Italy
Handley Teacher Remembered By Congregation
The obituary notes Miss Light, longtime Sunday School teacher and past president of the Winchester Branch of the A A U W, lived in church organizations. She is survived by her mother Mrs J H Light two sisters Mrs W L Nash East Columbia Texas Miss Nancy C Light Waverly Pa and brother Rev J H Light Jr Monterey Va. Interment likely in Berryville where her father is buried.
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Winchester
Light
J. H. Light
W. L. Nash
East Columbia
Texas
Nancy C. Light
Waverley
J. H. Light, Jr
Monterey
American Railway Tracks Network At Start Of 1939
On January 1st 1939 American Railway owned 236842 miles of track reflecting a vast nationwide freight and passenger network.
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The
American Railway
Berryville High Holds Commencement Capstone Ceremony
About 600 spectators gathered in Berryville High School auditorium in Clarke County Virginia for the commencement, awarding 27 diplomas to the 194? class. Rev. E D Dugan led the invocation,Joyce Davis gave the salutatory, and Helen Levi delivered the valedictory as the ceremony closed with a benediction by Rev A O Lyons.
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Berryville
Berryville High School
E. D Uughan
Joyce Davis
Berryville High
Archie F. Robertson
Louise Bells
A. O. Lyons
Clipper Returns Amid Bad Weather Over Atlantic
Pan American Airways Atlantic Clipper, after leaving Europe yesterday, turned back one third across the voyage and landed in New York early this morning due to bad weather. The flight carried 21 people including Rear Admiral David Le Breton and General Stefano Cagna. Officials indicated the trip might be attempted again today.
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Pan- American Airways
Europe
Atlantic
David le Breton
United States Naval Squadron
Lisbon
Portugal
Stefano Cagna
Italy
Bailey Estate Appraisal Filed in Corporation Court
The estate of the late CP Bailey is appraised at 42881.69 dollars. The appraisal was filed in Corporation Court by Coleman Dunn Roy P Duvall and L Jackson.
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CP. Bailey
Coleman Dunn
Roy P. Duvall
L. Jackson
Children’s Day at Brucetown Church Set Tomorrow Evening
The Brucetown Methodist Church Sunday School will hold its annual Children’s Day service tomorrow evening at 7:30. Pastor Rev. R. B. Moore announced the event and teachers are preparing the program.
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Brucetown Methodist Church
R. B Moore
Swiss Air Patrols Force German Bomber Down in Swiss Skies
Swiss air patrols forced a German bomber to land and shot down four Nazi Me 109 fighters in separate Swiss areas. Two Swiss pilots were reported killed when their plane was shot down by German flyers over the Jura mountains.
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Bern
Park tennis courts ready to open at Park playgrounds
Graded and rolled, four tennis courts at the Park playgrounds will open officially tomorrow. Dick Carpenter announced the public is invited to use the facilities.
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Park Playgrounds
Dick Carpenter
French Withdraw on Somme Front amid Heavy Losses
French forces pulled back along 60 miles of the Somme front in a retirement maneuver on the Au male-Noyon line. A war ministry spokesman said German losses were extremely heavy as 20 fresh German divisions joined the battle, making it the biggest day of the war.
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Paris
Aumale-Noyon
Somme
Britain to see Spain strong under new ambassador
Sir Samuel Hoare presented credentials as Britain's ambassador to Spain and told Generalissimo Franco that Britain wishes to see Spain strong and influential in Europe. He said there is much in common between Britain and Spain.
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Samuel Hoare
Great Britain
Spain
Francisco Franco
Britain
Europe
South England Bombed Again by German Raids
London June 8. German air raiders struck Britain's south and east coast for the third night running. In a southeast port town houses were machine gunned as Britain organized new land divisions for the battle in France. The Daily Mail calls these assaults terror raids.
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England
France
Suffolk
Paris
London
Britain
The
Daily Mail
Treasury Status June 6 Receipts and Debt Figures
Treasury daily report shows receipts of 18.10 million dollars and expenditures of 28.77 million, leaving a gross debt of 42.80 billion. The daily decrease is 9.13 million from the prior day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Passion Play movie shown at church with free admission
The Passion Play depicting the life of Christ will screen tomorrow at 8 PM and Monday at 8 PM in the First Baptist Church. No admission, a silver offering will be collected. filmed in Europe the Holy Land and Egypt portraying events from the crucifixion to the resurrection.
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Christ
First Baptist Church
E. T. Clark
Europe
Holy Land
Egypt
Jesus
Oberammergau
Frieburg
Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 list ten items and a final note. It cites Mohammedans and the French, North Carolina, Americans in the Revolution, The Bible, Catskills, Bedloe's Island, England, Montreal Canada, only one length and the phrase Remember the Maine. It also records a 1938 port Lincoln South Australia man eating shark weighing 1291 pounds as the largest rod and reel catch.
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Catskills
Bedloe’s Island
England
Montreal
Canada
Maine
Port Lincoln
Australia
War production details and training debates dominate briefings
Reports indicate pursuit planes sent to Ford for mass production of munition vehicles including whippet tanks ambulances and submarine chasers while officials note a high speed single motor fighter. President Roosevelt faces questions on compulsory military training amid debate over reallocating war stocks and new Garand rifles expected to arm large forces.
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Detroit
Mrvelt
New York Times
Italy on Eve of Solemn War Declaration
Rome dispatches state that Italy is expected to enter war against Great Britain and France within a week. Sources say Mussolini would announce action around June 13 or 14, framing the move as a war of supreme independence. Relations Internazionale cites six reasons for the step including Italian independence and control of the sea.
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France
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Il Ducea
Relazioni Internazionali
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Europe
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Jiuti
Handley students present flags to incoming student body president
Ansell Baker, on behalf of the Senior Class, presented the class gift, an American flag and the flag of the Virginia Commonwealth to Dorothy Moore, incoming president of the student body.
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America
Ansell Baker
Virginia Commonwealth
Dorothy Moore
Public Works Budget Estimates for South Kent Extensions
Public works on page one outline a water line extension for fire hydrant in South Kent at 300 dollars and a storm sewer in Indian Alley at 1, with the above sums representing the council budget appropriation. WPA funds are excluded if project costs exceed 20 000 dollars. Unskilled labor rates are expected to hold for about 30 days, according to Grant.
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South Kent
Indian Alley
Council
Grant
Death of Garage Salesman Frank Collins Near Arthur
The body of 48 year old Frank Collins, a salesman for a Petersburg garage, was found on the road to Arthur about five miles from Petersburg with a bullet wound to the head. A revolver lay beside him, the motor was running, and the windshield wiper was operating. An inquest is to be held on the theory of death by own action. Surviving are his wife Preda Greineisen Collins of Arthur and two daughters in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Petersburg
W. VA
Frank Collins
Arthur
Fred Powskiki
Preda Greineisen Collins
Chattanooga
Tenn
Collins
West Virginia Man Drowns In Sudden Flood
PETERSBURG W V June 8 Guy Vanmeter 40 of Cab ins Grant county drowned early last night in a washout in Austin Gap caught among rocks by a sudden in rush of water from a cloudburst while fishing. With him were his sons Coke and Lester 12 and 14 who escaped by floating on board Vanmeter is survived by his wife Lydia and seven children.
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W.V
Guy Vanmeter
Cabins
Grant County
Austin Gap
Coke
Lester
Vanmeter
Lydia
Midway Opens 1940 Season With Double Header At Fair Grounds
The Midway team starts the 1940 season with a double header at Fair Grounds Ball Park. They face the Clarke County All Stars at 1 p.m. and the Inwood Club at 3 30 p.m. Raymond Webber announced today.
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Midway Wu
Fairgrounds
Ball Park
Clarke County All Stars
Inwood Club
Raymond Webber
Drivers of Beer Trucks Narrowly Escape Injury
Douglas H. Turnbull and Forrest Nelson, both of Stubenville Ohio, escaped serious injury when their beer truck overturned on the east slope of Little Savage mountain west of Frostburg Maryland. The beer was from a local brewery and several motorists tried to take crates before returning them.
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Cumberland
Douglas H. Turmbull
Forrest Nelson
Stubenville
Ohio
Little Savage Mountain
Frostburg
Turnbull
H. F. Schultheis
Seek New Trial In Flint Action
Providence notes that the estate of Samuel W. Nicholson will seek a new trial after a jury awarded Dutee W. Flint $1,000,000 plus $33,338.21 interest on a promissory note claimed to be signed by Nicholson. The estate argues Nicholson was mentally unsound when the 1937 note was signed and that Flint exploited the elderly man.
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Providence
R. I
Samuel W. Nicholson
Nicholson File Company
Dutee W. Flint
Flint
Col. Nicholson
Nicholson
Telephones in the United States Reach Half of Global Use
A historical statistic notes that fifty percent of the world’s telephones are in the United States, highlighting U.S. lead in global communications infrastructure.
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The
United States
Painter Leaps From Boat Stern in Potomac River
Washington police search for Robert Gray a 21 year old painter who leaped from the stern of the S S Potomac into the Potomac river last night. The vessel halted and used searchlights over the water but Gray who was described as a strong swimmer remained unfound and did not return to his home.
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Washington
Robert Gray
Painter
S. S. Potomac
Potomac River
Gray
Hotel Industry Employment Figure Reported
Question asks the count of people employed in the hotel industry. The answer states there are 325,000 hotel employees.
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W.A
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