Winchester School Boy Patrol members honored for service
Seventeen Winchester School Boy Patrol members received certificates for satisfactory service helping children to and from school during the past year. Gilbert Helsley, captain, earned a special patrol service award for outstanding overall conduct and leadership.
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Winchester
Gilbert Helsley
Gilbert
John H. Helsley
South Braddock Street
Robert Pingley
Charles Cone
Arch Jones
Teddy Sanderlin
Robert Cullers
Eugene Russell
Donald Huff
Ralph Pugh
John Ritter
Elmer McFarland
Robert McKee
Albert Taylor
Ray Carper
Richard Lake
Junior Miller
Lindy Clevenger
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Police
Co. Dnett
Safe For Handley Schools
Ben Ichic
Junior Board of Trade
U S Flies On Islands For Japs In Desperate Strike
A U S Navy spokesman says Japanese thrust on Attu failed as Japanese morale booster, with reports of heavy Japanese losses at Midway and Coral Sea. Estimates claim Japan lost carriers planes and thousands dead, offsetting potential offensive power in the Pacific.
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Navy
Attu
Midway
Coral Sea
U. S. Navy
Yamamoto
Midway Island
Washington
Japan
United Nao
Pacific
Sugar Rationing At Middletown
Special use permits for sugar rationing may be obtained Monday and Wednesday from 2 until 4 pm at the Woodman's Hall in Middletown.
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Woodman's Hall
Inddletown
Lexington Sunk By American Missiles
Hamilton, a 20 year navy veteran, earned a navy cross for helping sink the Japanese carrier Lexington after a dawn battle. American and Japanese scout planes spotted carriers simultaneously, American torpedoes damaged the Japanese ship while Lexington suffered internal explosions. Despite fires, crews abandoned ship as the Japanese suffered heavy losses.
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Hamilton
Lexington
Frederick) Sherman
Extension of Gas Rationing Through July 15
C P McVicar chairman of the Winchester and Frederick county rationing board received telegraph orders from Virginia rationing officer C Hart Schaaf extending emergency gasoline rationing to July 15. The message states unit values on current ration cards are doubled effective June 15 providing most users a higher weekly allotment. Memorandum P-22 mailed today gives complete information.
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C. P. McVicar
Winchester
Frederick County
C. Hart Schaaf
Virginia
Pollock Will Case Heads to Arlington County Jurisdiction
In Frederick County Circuit Court Judge Philip Williams refused to order the original will be produced for probate. The case, brought by Burr Harrison for Allison Kline, questioned whether Arlington or Frederick County should hear which will governs Mrs. Lena Pollock’s estate. Judge Williams ruled in favor of Arlington County.
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Frederick County
Philip Williams
Lena Pollock
Arlington County
Burr P. Harrison
Allison Kline
Pollock
Williams
Little Change In Realty Transfers Week Totals Reveal
Norfolk Virginia real estate transfers for the week ended yesterday totaled 1,404,927 with Richmond absent. Otto Hollowell secretary of the Virginia Real Estate Association said the prior week totaled 1,434,766 also without Richmond. The breakdown shows Norfolk 410,850 Alexandria 175,743 Arlington County 706,580 and Roanoke 113,754.98.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Richmond
Otto Hollowell
The
Virginia Real Estate Association
Alexandria
Arlington County
Roanoke
Darden Chooses Virginia State Police Head Candidate List
Governor Darden said he would appoint a state police superintendent from seven internal candidates led by Do Woodson and J R K Cowan. He plans a July 4 decision based on merit and studying a merged safety department with a fire division and game wardens for the next General Assembly.
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Richmond
Darden
Do. W. Woodson
J. R. K. Cowan
G. M. Williams
E. J. McDermott
H. B. Lawrence
J.R. Dunn
R. H. Holland
General Assembly
Baltimore Grain Market Closing
Baltimore market roundup shows wheat No 2 red winter at 1.18 1-2 per bushel and corn 95 to 98 cents. Winchester wheat trades at 1.13 per bushel and corn at 90 cents. Prices reflect mill deliveries.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Panama Steamer Torpedoed Off Brazilian Coast
An East Coast port reports the Panamanian registered freighter torpedoed and shelled 70 miles off Brazil. Captain Adolph Andersen said 34 survivors reached the Brazilian shore after 24 hours adrift in three lifeboats, while Danish sailor Aage Albertson was lost at sea. The attack occurred about 7 30 p m on April 12, eleven days out of the West Indies.
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Brazil
Adolph Andersen
Brazilian
Aage Albertson
Denmark
Andersen
West Indies
Answers to the Daily Quiz Listed
The item lists quiz answers including Lieut John D Bulkeley Office of Case Transportation and the Pulitzer Prize for the best novel of the year.
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John D. Bulkeley
Office of Case Transportation
Oklahoma City Tornado Toll Tops Twenty Seven Dead
Storms tore through a 12 block residential area on Oklahoma Citys southwest edge killing 27 people and injuring 100 as two tornadoes struck within 10 minutes. About 60 buildings were demolished and many missing persons reported. Soldiers and Red Cross workers aided survivors at a grade school serving as shelter. Names identified include John L. Cox Thomas Albert Clark Ezra Ashley Hayes and Ina Trout.
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Oklahoma City
T. Nelson
Nelson
Will Rogers Field
Red Cross
John L. Cox
Thomas Albert Clark
Ezra Ashley Hayes
Ina Trout
Many Industrial Plants Wrecked in Cologne Raid
A British radio broadcast in German reported that post raid aerial photos show over 250 factories and 3,000 homes destroyed by bombing and fires in Cologne. Photos were taken daylight days after the 1,000-plane raid as smoke cleared.
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New York
Cologne
Pay Day Delivers Harsh War Commentary on Heydrich
The piece quotes a reader urging brutal retribution against German villages and civilians for Heydrich’s actions. It cites a call for the United Nations pilots to destroy villages and for Germans to pay the supreme price until they erase the memory of the dreadful man.
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United Nations
Heydrich
Bombers Land In Turkey Amid Mixed Reports
German and Allied agencies clash over a forced landing in Turkey. Reports claim three or four U S or British bombers touched down near Ankara, with crews detained and leaflets dropped, while later broadcasts switch the account to British planes and one crash near the city.
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New York
Turkey
Radio Today
D.N.B
United States
Ankara
Reuters
Berlin
Courtney Jones Heads to Stewart Field for Training
Harold Courtney Jones of 417 South Loudoun Street leaves Monday for Parkersburg West Virginia for Type A Advanced Training under the Civilian Pilots Training Program. Jones is a Winchester police desk clerk who completed the CAA primary course at Municipal Airport with Valley Airways last December and now holds a private pilot license.
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Harold Courtney Jones
Loudoun Street
Parkersburg
W. Va
Jones
Winchester Police Department
C.A.A
Valley Airways, Inc
Stewart Field
Japanese Claim Nine U S Planes Lost
Tokyo reports that nine American volunteer planes were shot down by Japanese airmen during a raid on Kweilin in Kwangsi province, with Japanese authorities noting two of their own aircraft were lost. Chiang Kai-shek’s side disputed the count, saying the Tigers shot down nine of eighteen Japanese planes without losses.
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Tokyo
China
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Chingking
Flying Tigers
Mexico Seizes Axis Firms Under War Decree
Mexico began seizure of Axis businesses under a decree authorizing the president to annul all German Italian and Japanese property sales since December 6 1941 and to discharge employees for national security. First seizures listed include Casa Bayer Banco Germanico Merck Mexico German drug firms retail drug stores a hardware store a dye company 30 German coffee plantations and a Japanese coffee plantation.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Casa Bayer
Banco Germanico de America del Sur
Merck Mexico
Miss Jessie Hottel Dies in Sleep at Kernstown
Miss Jessie P. Hottel 52 dies in sleep at her twin sister Mrs. Austin White's Kernstown home at 7:40 am after illness. Born August 10, 1890 in Kernstown, she leaves sisters Mrs. Irwin Carper, Mrs. Ellis Yost, and Mrs. White plus nieces and nephews. Funeral Monday at 2:30 pm from Austin White’s home with Rev. T. M. Swann. burial Mt. Hebron cemetery.
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Jessie P. Hottel
Austin White
Kernstown
Miss Hottel
William T
Annie C. Hottle
Irwin Carper
Woodland Avenue
Winchester
Ellis M. Yo
Warren Keller
Ellsworth Keller
J. Lee Miller
Wilbur Cather
Robert Grim
Amos Shryock
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Darden to Tour Virginia Ahead of Week’s End
Governor Darden planned a busy travel week starting Sunday with Mrs. Pollard to the Melcher estate near Fredericksburg offered as a state memorial after Mrs. Gari Melcher’s death. He would address the University of Virginia graduating class Monday and then proceed to Louisiana on Tuesday.
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Richmond
Darden
John Garland Pollard
State Museum of Fine Arts
Melcher
Fredericksburg
Gari Melcher
University of Virginia
Loui
U.S.C. Activates Speakings Across Communities
The activity schedule includes talks in two communities Friday to Suffolk for the city’s 200th anniversary celebration and Saturday with Wise County events at Big Stone Gap for a citizenship celebration.
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Sea
Thur
Buckingham
U.S.C
Suffolk
Wise County
Big Stone Gap
Daily Crossword Clues Challenge
Crossword clues list across and down with hints like head cook immense revolve fragrant wood quadrupeds portable chair Not need Symbol beryllium Parrot compass point ran over glossy fabrics fortifies Onward shepherd staff Peel Pay before Sums up Flightless bird Finishes
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Onward
Shepherd
Peel
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Helsley
U. S
Middletown
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
United Food Stores
B. W. Sargent Fair Play Store
Riley's Market
Brown's
Larrick
L. B. Barris & Co. Cash & Carry Grocery
Valley Avenue
Braddock
Pollock Will Case
Panama
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
Loudoun St
DIAL
Courtney Jones
U.S
Pine Motor CO
Braddock & Cecil
John W. Rosenberger & Co
S. Braddock St. Ities
South Main St
Haldeman
Daily Crossword
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