Survivors From Robin Moor Reach Capetown And Recife
Thirty five crew and passengers from the Robin Moor arrived in Capetown aboard a British ship completing a rescue of 46 aboard. Eleven survivors went to Recife, Brazil, on the Ozorio after 18 days in lifeboats. The group includes the Robin Moor’s chief officer and several seamen, with details on lifeboat provisions and the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capetown
Union
South Africa
Robin Moor
Recife
Brazil
United States
New York
Arthur Lewis, Jr
Robin Line
Mitchell Cott and Co., Ltd
Ozorio
New York City
R. Weberlough
R. N. McCul
Fruit Growers Tour to Five States Planned for August
Fruit growers associations in New York announce a five state tour for August 1823. The program starts in Gettysburg and includes Maryland West Virginia and Virginia stops with visits to orchards plants and research stations. The group will meet August 19 in Winchester with a reception at the George Washington Hotel and end with a Beltsville Md visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Appalachian
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
New York State Horticultural Society
New York State College of Agriculture
Farm Bureaus
Empire State
Mark E. Buckman
John G. Goodrich
M. B. Hoffman
E. Stuart Hubbard
L. B. Skeffington
Arthur Williams
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
Delaware
Gettysburg
Cumberland Valley
Skyline Drive
Blue Ridge Mountains
Front Royal
George Washintoe
Vorginia State Horticultural Society
Washington, D. C
Federal
Beltsville
Mediation Board Pushes for Strike Resolution in Shipyards
President Roosevelt urges acceptance of the National Defense Mediation Board recommendations as AFL and CIO machinists vote to stay out. Harvey W. Brown says he will travel to San Francisco to press strikers to return to work and follow the board and president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Harvey W. Brown
American Federation of Labor
International Association of Machinists
San Francisco
Roosevelt
National Defense Mediation Board
CIO
AFL
Washington
Brown
Defense Mediation Board
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Ila
Siar Aean
Goverment Ag
CIO Vntal
Union of Marine
Shipbuilding Workers
Atlantic
Aosroanomy
Tes
Oo Wash
Willi ams burg trip for Handley graduates seeks democratic mission
Thirty Handley graduates leave for a voyage to Williamsburg Yorktown Jamestown and other sites in Virginia Peninsula. The group seeks to recapture colonial atmosphere and reflect on America s founding era as a call to renew democracy and national development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Cradle of the Republic
Williamsburg
Yorktown
Jamestown
Virginia
America
Bruton
Rain boosts corn as drought ends and hail reports emerge
Over 0.38 inches fell in 24 hours lifting June and year totals. Moisture favors crops especially corn while barley harvests delay and wheat awaits. hail touched Mt Jackson Edinburg area with walnutsized stones lasting about 36 minutes. Southern Clarke county saw hail near Millwood and Boyce. Hay precipitation totals reach 1.98 inches, higher than 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Jackson-Edinburg
Clarke County
Millwood
Boyce
Berry- Ville
House Delay May Stymie Major Defense Measures
The House Military Committee adopted an amendment to plant seizure legislation making interference with defense workers a sabotage crime with heavy penalties. It would bar blocking employment in defense plants and deny strikes or peaceful picketing. Violators face fines up to 5 000 and up to five years in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
May
D-Ky
Rep
Faddis
D-Pa
Eee Paies
Baas
Senate
Senate Military Committee
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
House
Canaly
D. Sone Tee Bac
Connally
Summer Session Opens Thursday at Handley High School
Handley High School announces summer session registration will occur Thursday June 19 from 9 to 12. Only high school classes offered and students may take no more than one unit. Tuition listed as 18 dollars for one unit and 10 dollars for half unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Merchants Vote Against Half Day Closings
A Winchester poll of 40 merchants by Andrew Bell shows 27 oppose Wednesday half day closings in July and 13 favor them. Stores will not close. 5 pm closing starts today through Labor Day. Merchants favored bargain days. 22 support July 17-19 and 17 favor July 24-26.
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Winchester
Andrew Bell
Aell
Slain War Department Aviatrix Found in Washington Garage
Jessie Elizabeth Strieff, 23, a War Department employee and aviatrix, was found strangled in a garage behind 1717 Q Street NW. Identification by fiance Stanley Leblanc. She had recently transferred to the War Department public relations division and had been missing since yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jessie Elizabeth Strieff
War Department
Q Street
Stanley Leblanc
Miss Strieff
Des Moines
Nineteenth Street
N West
Rise Abramowitz
David
Des
Emergency Fire Equipment Proposed for Major Cities
Congressional sources report civilian defense planners favor independent emergency fire protection for blocks in eastern cities. Mayor LaGuardia testified that each firehouse would need a gasoline pump and hoselines, costing about 43 000 dollars per firehouse, roughly 14 million for New York. He warned cities could not self finance.
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Washington
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Cilivan Défense
House Appropriations
LaGuardia
New York
Pittsburgh
Hudson Valley
Schenectady
N. Y
Detroit
Congress
Sal
President Roosevelt Cancelled Trips Due To Illness
President Roosevelt, advised by his physician, called off planned visits to Hyde Park and Boston due to a cold. He will host Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands at the White House through Wednesday, abandoning a Harvard commencement visit and defenses tour previously planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Boston
Rosa F. McIntire
Juliana
Prince Consort Bernhard
Netherlands
White House
Hudson Valley
Mr. Roosevelt
Princess and Co Consort
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Harvard University
Tax Discount Now Available on 1941 Real Estate Bills
Winchester realty owners may obtain their 1941 tax bills by calling at the city treasurer W. A. Baker's office. Bills will not be mailed yet. A 2 percent discount applies to those who pay during June.
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W. A. Baker
Winchester Realty
Handley Library Sets Early Evenings Through Labor Day
Handley Library will close at 7 30 each night starting this evening until Labor Day. Afterward the 9 o clock closing hour will return for fall winter and spring months. The library will reopen at 10 00 each morning.
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Handley Library
Mon Therae
United States orders closure of German consulates
The United States orders all German consulates closed by July 10 for activities deemed improper and inimical to the welfare of the country. Sumner Welles announces no break in relations and notes the German embassy staff in Washington remains unchanged while German agencies including the library of information and the Transocean News Agency are to be removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Ini Ling
Sumner Wells
Germany
Wilhem Tannenberg
Hans Thomsen
Chnfairs
New York
German Library of Information and Railway Tourist Bureau
Transocean
Detroit
Newark
N.J
Italy
Associated Press
Robin Moor
Berlin
Sumner Welles
Germany Library of Information
Railway Tourist Bureau
German Transocean News Agency
Churchill Sees Unity as Key to World Survival Amid Honor
Winston Churchill told a NBC blue network audience in London that united effort can guide and save the world. He accepted an honorary L L D from Rochester University tied to his American lineage and expressed shared fortune across the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
United States
NBC Blue
Rochester
N.Y
Churchill
Leonard Jerome
Jeromes
Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Russo German tensions rise as Britain pushes in North Africa
United States orders all German consulates closed and removes Nazi personnel after rescue of Robin Moor survivors. British forces renew North African push into Libya and Gambut area as Russo German relations near a critical juncture. Mussolini's command claims Luftwaffe defeats and new Salum front activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gambut
Russia
Middle East
Kissone
Damascus
Gambus
Libya
Bardia
London
Archibald P. Wavell
Army of the Nile
Ead
Salam
Ibyan
Axis
Mussolini
Salum Front
Loud Explosions Across Channel in Heavy Daylight Attack
June 16 in a southeast English town reports heavy Explosions across the misty channel. British bomber and fighter aircraft crossed high above and attacked Nazi bases offshore. Coastal watchers saw planes return and heard cannons and machine guns as German Messerschmitts were driven back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channel
Lions May Split West Virginia Lions Convention Proposal
Parkersburg West Virginia June 16 A plan to divide West Virginia into two Lions districts will be discussed at the Lions International annual convention in Parkersburg Melvin Jones of Chicago said each district would have a separate governor while sharing a joint yearly meeting More than 500 civic club members and guests attended the opening session Judge Ben Moore of Charleston led a tribute to deceased members Walter Purdy of Ravenswood will retire as district governor with officers to be elected tomorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Lions Clubs
Melvin Jones
Chicago
Lions International
Jones
Civic Club
Ben Moore
Charleston
Walter Purdy
Ravenswood
Farmers and instructors to retire early for state rally
Winchester and Frederick county Future Farmers and their instructors will leave by bus tomorrow morning for Virginia Polytechnic Institute to attend the state rally for the rest of the week. Workmen unload I beams for the Hable Theatre project at Boscawen and Loudoun, spectators watch as beams are dropped from the truck edge.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Hable
Boscawen
Loudoun
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Roberto Lais
William C
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S. S
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Suez Canal
Macedonia
Benefit Sun
Stephens Guty
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Alice Comer
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