Mrs Dempsey Not Married Says Ben in Divorce Case
Benny Woodall testifies in New York court that Mrs. Dempsey was not married as far as he was concerned and that he was a friend, denying any intimacy with Hannah Dempsey. He recounts visits to the Dempsey apartment and notes Lew Jenkins as an acquaintance. Dempsey absent. Mrs. Dempsey more vivacious, refuting witnesses alleging intimacy with Woodall and Jenkins.
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White Plains
N. Y
Benny
Mater
Driscoll
Dempsey
New York
Jackie Griffin
Mar
Mrs. Dempsey
Woodall
Lew Jenkins
Demsey
Jenkins
Dallas
Texas
Babe Ritchie
Coast Guard
Finland Yields To German Recruitment Pressure
Stockholm's Dag ens Nyheter says Finland agreed to recruit replacements for the Finnish 88 battalion after heavy losses. About 1,400 men served, with nearly half killed or invalided. The Finnish government initially opposed new contracts, and veterans refused further terms. Germany then pressured a compromise.
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Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Clarke County School Board Deliberates On Year-End Session
Clarke County board held a routine session in Berryville Virginia to address closing procedures for the school year amid nationwide school-year disruptions. The board reported general progress despite local difficulties.
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Clarke Board
Berryville
Clarke County Bl Board
Jones elected president of Patrons' League at Boyce
Glen W. Jones was elected president of the Patrons' League at Boyce at the final meeting of the school year. Edward B. Lee was named vice president, Mrs. Frank Yowell secretary, J. Lawrence Garver treasurer, and Mrs. S. M. Lane received a rising vote of thanks for chairing the school lunch program. The meeting was the best attended of the year.
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Boyce
Glen W. Jones
Patrons’ League
Edward B. Lee
Frank Yowell
J. Lawrence Garver
S. M. Lane
Evidence Heard In Cable Case
Fort Wayne, June 10. Pat Coon outlined the government's conspiracy charge against Anaconda Wire and Cable Company in federal court. He cited a company employee's remark to Cyrus Shipp that exposed the case while the firm and five personnel pleaded nolo contendere. The hearing, before Judge Thomas W. Slick, may span two days as witnesses are called.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Pat Coon
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
Cyrus Shipp
Marion, Ind
Coon
Thomas W. Slick
Alex N. Campbell
Phil M. McNacy
Indiana
Frederick County Farm Labor Meeting set for Saturday
Members of the Frederick County Farm Labor committee are scheduled to meet Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the courthouse to discuss farm labor survey results and plans for opening the labor center and securing a migratory farm labor camp. The outlook is not encouraging and Winchester citizens may be asked to volunteer during busy seasons.
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Frederick County Farm Labor Committee
Winchester
President Roosevelt to Attend Radio Ceremony in Washington
President Roosevelt will participate in a radio ceremony at 5 PM today as Greece receives from the navy an anti submarine patrol craft. The vessel, a lend lease transfer to Norway and the Netherlands, will be received for Greece by Ambassador Gimon P Diamantopoulos.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Norway
Netherlands
Gimon P. Diamantopoulos
Allies Grip Initiative as Bombing Attacks Resume
American officer Baker explains a lull in the European bombing campaign from England. He says air, army, and naval forces must replace losses and regroup after May battles. The Allies now hold the initiative and choose attack times to favor themselves and hinder the enemy.
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Europe
England
Baker
Boy 12 Seeks Army Air Corps Mascot Post
In Pulaski Virginia on June 10 a 12 year old boy Billy Saunders wrote President Roosevelt seeking an Army Air Corps mascot position. Major General J A Ulio replied that no legal authority exists to name mascots though the patriotic motive is appreciated. Billy accepts he can help in other ways.
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Pulaski
Billy Saunders
Roosevelt
Billy
Mr. Roosevelt
Army Air Corps
J. A. Ulio
War Department
Rolls Back Subsidy Bill To Curb Food Prices
The Senate Banking Committee recalled legislation to prohibit subsidy payments in a bid to tighten limits on price reductions. The move followed a re-examination of Richard Gilbert, OPA economic adviser, and the agency’s aim to push down retail prices for meats butter coffee and fresh vegetables.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Richard Gilbert
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Renegotiation Defense Prompts Navy Testimony
Washington June 10 Undersecretary James V Forrestal told the House Naval Committee that without renegotiation some firms would reap huge profits harming private enterprise He outlined the aim to prevent war profiteers while ensuring fair profits and lean production The Navy has renegotiated on 13 billion dollars of contracts to date with costs exceeding 1 million dollars in savings and 35 billion dollars assigned for renegotiation
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Washington
James V. Forrestal
House Naval Committee
Robert E. Kline
Maas
R-Minn
Forrestal
Rows of Houses Fall In Flood Sweep
Stockholm reports a western German industrial town was inundated after the Eder and Moehne dam breaches. An eye witness says 1,000 people were warned and 92 drowned, with tree tops submerged and homes engulfed in the widespread devastation.
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Stockholm
Eder
Moehne
Berlin
Svenska Dagbladet
Weser
Ruhr
Island Front Holds Despite Allied Pressure In Italy
Allied pressure accelerates across Sardinia and Sicily as Pan-telleria garrison resists surrender and endures privations. Czech recalls the Lidice massacre on its first anniversary while a new convoy of U S soldiers arrives in a British port.
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Pantelleria
Sardinia
Sicily
Hitler
European
Lidice
Reinhardt Heydrich
Bohemia and
Moravia
United States
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Daily quiz answers listed for page 1 include Isaak Walton as true and questions spanning topics from a quoted line to regions and saints. The compiled responses name William Willett, California, Saint names such as Saint John and Saint Croix, the word Palish, and South Carolina.
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Isaak Walton
Oaeriten
William Willett
California
Saint Names
Saint John
Saint Croix
Palish
South Carolina
Himmler Police Tighten Grip On Germans
Stockholm dispatch reports Himmler's police tightening control in Germany amid sagging morale. Nazi leaders rally the nation with threats of purges, while Gestapo chief Himmler acts on a wider scale, striking at thousands rather than tens of enemies and facing rising opposition in Austria.
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Stockholm
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Gestapo
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Robert Ley
Josef Wagner
Alsace
Erich Koch
Ukraine
Himmler
Austria
Japanese Army Staff Changes Named Sano Chief of Staff
The Japanese war office shuffled army posts and named Lt Gen Tadayoshi Sano as head of staff for home defense, after his return from the Southern Pacific. A Tokyo radio broadcast cited Allied losses claimed by Japan, stating 249 planes shot down and 32 damaged from March 1 to May 31, figures unconfirmed by Allies.
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Associated Press
Japanese War Office
Tadayoshi Sano
Tokyo
Sano
Imperial Headquarters
South Pacific
Aily
Boyce Alumni Elect Officers
At a Boyce High School alumni meeting C B Carr was elected president for the ensuing year J Lawrence Garver became vice president Miss Mae Burch secretary and Mrs Philip H Grim treasurer, all names from Boyce Virginia.
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Boyce
Boyce High School
C. B. Carr
J. Lawrence Garver
Mae Burch
Philip H. Grim
Germans Force Way In Montenegro
London reports Axis forces with 35 tanks and air cover pushed into Sadnik Montenegro amid fierce guerrilla resistance led by General Draja Mihailovic. Patriots killed and wounded many attackers as heavy fighting continued after guerrillas withdrew to surrounding mountains. In a second clash Yugoslav forces surrounded and nearly wiped out a German battalion in the Gucevo area near the Drina river.
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London
Sadnik
Draja Mihailovvic
Gucevo
Drina River
Consolidation Urged At Hampton Roads
Norfolk Va June 10 For the second time in recent weeks a proposal calls for uniting all communities on both sides of Hampton Roads to secure the port as the world’s greatest in the postwar era Homer L Ferguson president of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company endorses the plan alongside Capt R B Hall Coast Guard captain of the port He says peacetime economic growth would come from a single great city possibly with boroughs similar to New York Ferguson notes united effort is essential for regional progress
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Homer L. Ferguson
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
R. B. Hall
U. S. Coast Guard
Ferguson
Hampton Port
New York
Ickes Plans Fines for Miners Amid Walkout
The administration moves to fine miners for the June 1 5 walkout at a rate of 1.50 daily for inner workers and 1.30 for others, with penalties deducted from next pay. The fines go to selected charities, and an extended contract status is cited as the basis for levies. A separate peace is reported between the central Pennsylvania Producers Association and the UMW.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine
Ickes
UMW
Lewis
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Central Pennsylvania Producers Association
Miners’ Wage Dispute Over Travel Pay Surges at Hearing
The fight over underground travel time wages shifts with Lewis seeking 1.30 a day versus an earlier goal of 2. The War Labor Board reopened the dispute today with a public hearing, but Lewis did not send miners to the meeting. Operators across Appalachia, except central Pennsylvania, reported no agreement on travel pay and other issues, sending unresolved items back to the board for bargaining on May 25.
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Lewis
War Labor Board
Appalachian
Central Pennsylvania
WLB
Fresh Attacks on Pantelleria
In Cairo reports note fresh daylight strikes on Pantelleria by Liberator formations from the Middle East command. Virginian Bays Plane crewman Staff Sergeant Richard H. Ramsey of Goshen Virginia recounts shooting down a Messerschmitt and watching it crash after a tracer hit its wing.
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Middle East
Sicilian
Cairo
Virginian Bays
Richard H. Ramsey
Goshen
Gerbinia
Catania
Pantelleria
Tactical
Increased Axis Fighter Opposition Reported in Northwest Africa
Strategic air forces under Lieut Gen Carl A Spaatz report stronger fighter opposition over northwest Africa yet claim Axis defense remains ineffective. Six Axis planes previously unreported were shot down. June losses totaled 35 for the Axis and 11 for the Allies.
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Strategic Air Forces
Carl A. Spaatz
Northwest African Command
Baltimore Grain Market Closing
Baltimore grain market closes with wheat at 1.56 and 1-2 wane, No 2 red winter garlicky wet domestic. Winchester Market Wheat at 1.55 per bushel and corn at 1.10. Prices based on deliveries.
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Baltimore
Winchester
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