Charges Against Germany For Sinking Robin Moor Not Changed
Washington reports Undersecretary of State Bumner Welles says U S government keeps its core charges against Germany for sinking the Robin Moor. Evidence from survivors in Brazil and Capetown is under review as a final decision nears. a stern protest is anticipated.
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Germany
Welles
Washington
Bumner Welles
Robin Moor
Capetown
Brazil
South Africa
Philip Williams
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Willams
Melvin Mundy
Bethlehem
Ottrio
Membe
U. S
Winchester Park Opens For Summer Playground Program
Winchester boys and girls will have their first big day at the Park next Monday afternoon when the playgrounds begin the summer season. The program offers supervised play with games and handicrafts to give children safe facilities away from streets and sidewalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Public Sale Notice for 27 S. Kent St and Orchard Delivery
Public sale advertised for 27 S. Kent St on Saturday June 21 at 1 p m by Mrs T L Evans. Also line items for Willis Real Estate and an orchard delivery in Ri Va with contact numbers and a previous sender Harry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Kent St
T. L. Evans
Orchard
W. Va
Winchester
P. m. Harry
Dodgers May Help Church Painting
In Brooklyn the All Souls Universalist Church plans a fall paint job funded by parishioners after pastor Rev Cornelius Greenway raised 325 dollars by selling dollars to the congregation. A father and son wagered on the Dodgers chances to win the NL pennant as others joined in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mr. Greenway
Grocers Refute Federal Food Probe Fairness Claims
The National Association of Retail Grocers denounces the federal anti trust inquiry into food as unfounded and false. It asserts investigations do not cause dramatic price drops and blames rising labor costs for food price spreads rather than grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Association of Retail Grocers
Ton
Denver
A. C. Hoffman
F. B. Waugh
Department of Agriculture
A E F Artillery Chief General Ernest Hinds Dies
General Ernest Hinds veteran U S Army artillerist and chief of artillery in the American Expeditionary Forces has died at Fort Sam Houston Station Hospital at age 76. He commanded every piece of U S artillery in World War I and served 45 years including the Spanish American War. Funeral services will be held Thursday with burial at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
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National Cemetery
Fort Sam Houston
State Board to Consider Clarke Issues Friday in Richmond
Clarke county notes the State Board of Education meets in Richmond on Friday to decide two items election of a division superintendent and a $45 000 literary fund loan for a new Boyce school emergency has been declared at Boyce and Langbein near the town may house classes through 1941 42 substantial action expected on school needs and continued accreditation at Boyce
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
State Board of Education
Richmond
Boyce
Langbein
Clarke School Board
A. F. Robertson
Clarke Board
Robertson
Sermon by Dr Flickinger Highlighted Synod Conference
In Frederick Maryland on June 17 Rev Dr Louis Flickinger of Winchester Virginia delivered the sermon as part of the three day annual synod conference. Presiding was Rev Dr Harvey Festerman of Christ Church Hagerstown with devotions by Rev A W Newell of Richmond. About 150 clergy and lay delegates from Maryland Virginia DC Martinsburg W Va attended the sessions and evening officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Flickinger
Winchester
Addison H. Groff
Te Third Church
Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Martinsburg
W. Va
Canada and U S Walking Together at Princeton
Prime Minister Mackenzie King declared Canada and the United States shall “forever walk together” as good neighbors during his honorary degree at Princeton University. Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands also received an honorary degree at the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Canada
United States
Mackenzie King
Princeton University
Juliana of
Netherlands
Hearing on Milk Price Reforms in D C Marketing Area
Washington June 17 The Agriculture Department announced a public hearing for June 23 to consider amendments to a federal marketing order governing milk handling in the Washington D C marketing area. Proposals include higher prices for different milk classes and an expanded area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Washington, D. C
Ame
Old-Timer From West Heading Toward Life Anew In Hanover
James McGowan, 87, a Colorado cowpuncher, plans to resume a 2000 mile hike to Hanover, Pennsylvania, seeking a retirement job on a truck farm. He left Tennessee, Colorado, last March with $30 after losing his ranch and his wife in a house fire. In Baltimore he queried four people for directions and got four different answers, then faced hunger and discouragement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Baltimore
James McGowan
McGowan
Tennessee
Colo
North Platte
Grant
Edwin Boothe
Naval Reserve Lieutenant Missing Over Iraq Flight
The Navy Department reports Lieutenant-Commander George Wilson Grove of the United States Naval Reserve is missing since June 13 after a flight with the Royal Air Force in Iraq.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
George Wilson Grove
United States Naval Reserve
Royal Air Force
Iraq
Petain Defends Leadership on First Anniversary Address
Marshal Philippe Petain told the French people they had not been sold out or betrayed and urged confidence. He described improvements since taking power a year ago after calling for an armistice with Germany, while warning of further trials ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Philippe Petain
Germany
Petain
Prance
Bordeaux
Maris Plantas Tanger
Television Gets Active Again
New York June forecasts announce NBC plans to start commercial TV by July 1 with 15 hours weekly across six days in New York Philadelphia and Washington. FCC defense regulations guide construction as CBS notes its New York station aims to begin programs soon after tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Communications Commission
NBC
Commission
Washington
Philadelphia
National Defense
CBS
Registrants To Report Tomorrow For Indue Into Army
Seventeen men from Winchester and Frederick County are ordered to report for induction into the Army. Tomorrow’s group includes Paul Schneider James D Hickerson Richard Marshall Coe Hubert B Porter Sidney H Webster Granville G Cather and Clarence Whitlock. County volunteers Randolph Williams Eugene O White and Staige C Brumbeck along with others will report on June 23 and a call for July has been received for 14 more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Roanoke
Army
Paul Schneider
James D. Hickerson
Richard Marshall Coe
Hubert B. Porter
Sidney H Webster
Granville G. Cather
Clarence Whitlock
Randolph Williams
Arco
Charles J. Renner
Colon Roosevelt Lowe
Opequon
Raymond M. Allen
Eugene O. White
City
Staige C
Women Volunteer As Plane Spotters In Frederick County
Volunteers including many women and girls are organized to man aircraft warning stations across Frederick County. The effort, led by Harry McCann of the American Legion Post, aims to ready stations for practice spotting during Army alerts. A full list of stations and volunteers is provided, with more names to follow as enrollment completes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Dece
Army
Harry McCann
American Legion Post
Cedar Creek
E. C. Parker
L. J. Sjostrum
W. R. Armel
Richard Petrie
Lewis W. Smith
Godfrey Prelit
Edward Bailey
John Carver
Preston Clevenger
Nelson Baker
Bill Pollard
Bob Legg
Howard Hart
Wayne Ritter
Richard Luddith
George Mason
Co. O. Grandstaff
R. T. Hupp
Robert Anderson
Clarke Legge
Stephens City
Gervis Lemley
Harry E. Massie
Julian D. Steele
Frank L. Roof
Robert K. Stickley
C. Clinton Rhodes
John Randolph Yeakle
Henry L. Ritenour
J. A. Brill
Harry M. Carbaugh
Morris P. Lemley
J. W. Yeakle
P. E. Lineburg
G. W. Lemley
Garland Stickley
Julian C
Gregory
J. P. Carbaugh
Albert Colon
Charles Ritenour
Rosenberger Rosenberger
Thomas Rosenberger
Finfred Ashwood
Luther Larrick
M. A. Wiley
Frank Linaburg
Amiel Clowser
G. I. Frye
I. H
Clarence Curtis
Z. W. Bageant
Helen
Charlotte Schlack
Buckie Lewis
Gainesboro
Frank Whitacre
Hilda Whitacre
Roy E.rinker
J. Earl Rinker
Rex Light
Harry M. Fout
H. L. Smith
E. Clay Rogers
C. T. Adams
James H. Adams
Brown
Carlton Ramey
Virgil de- Haven
Frank L. Whitacre
Robert Philpot
Fawcett's Gap
Ralph Bauserman
Alfred Rinker
Hammon McDonald
Cecil Bauserman
Virginia Bauserman
Margaret Bauserman
Edward E. Flint
Fred Clem
Alfred Snapp
Ovey Funk
First Lady Shows Interest in Strieff Case in Washington
Washington police searched for a hemp fragment as a possible clue in the strangling of 23 year old Jessie E Strieff a War Department worker. The body was found in a garage with an eight inch mark on her right hip indicating rope binding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jessie E. Strieff
War
Homicide
George Darnall
Miss Strieff
Sineff
War Today Swings From Norway Border to North Africa
German troops mass along Norway coast and sea transports move toward coastal bases as Britain presses for action in the Middle East. U.S. Undersecretary says charges against Germany in the Robin Moor sinking remain. Reports say 100 British armored units destroyed in Africa and Russian mobilization stirs anxiety as Germany freezes U S assets in retaliation, while Italy blocks private debts to Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Norway
Scotland
Finland
Scandinavia
Diaa
Finand
Germany
U. S
Reich
Washington
Gayda
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Soviet
Russia
State Dept orders German consulates closed in U S
Washington June 17 The State Department ordered all German consulates in the United States to close by July 10 amid approval from some senators and criticism from Senator McCarran who warned it could push toward war He suggested a halt against Soviet Russia to curb propaganda while Undersecretary Welles denied any implied rupture and noted the action targeted German offices and related agencies such as the German Information Library and Nazi News Service Senate and Foreign Relations Committee member Senator Connally cited Nazi propaganda potential and strike agitation in support of the move
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
United States
Senate
McCarran
D-New
Russia
Welles
Germany
German Library of Information
German Tourist Bureau
Nazi
Transocean News Service
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Hitler Admits Damage To War Factories In Europe War Moves
Associated Press reports Hitler acknowledged damage to German plants and rail lines from RAF bombs across western Germany. Britain says 26 German planes were shot down in 24 hours while air attacks hit Cologne, Duesseldorf and Duisburg. Allied forces press in Middle East and North Africa as fighting widens toward Beirut and Damascus.
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Middle East
Britain
Merdjayoun
Palestine
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Duisburg
London Air Ministry
Hitler
RAF
Germany
High Command
Damascus
Syria
France
Cairo
Mediterranean
Beirut
Lebanon
Kuneitra
North Africa
Libya
Fort Capuzzo
Winchester CP T P students begin solo flights and radio mishap at Baker's Drug Store
Four Winchester first CPTP students earned solo flights in eight hours as Samuel Athey Jr led the way with good weather. A store radio mishap at Baker's Drug Store drew curious shoppers while Well drillers near the Virginia Woolen Co hit a mud seam at 26 feet and plan to try another spot at 500 feet. The Richmond firm conducts 10 inch bore drilling with 1000 pound bits and 600 pound stems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Billy Bell
Melvin Brown
Mary Gail Cather
John Rhodes
Samuel Athey, Jr
Virginia Woolen Co
Richmond
C P M Culpit in Delaying Big Power Project
Senator Mead charges the office of production management with delaying a Fontana North Carolina hydroelectric project on the Little Tennessee river intended to power an Aluminum Company of America plant producing 100 million pounds of aluminum annually. I W Wilson testifies. Ickes accuses the company of obstruction while denying its power requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Mead
D-Ny
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Office of Production Management
Mead
I. W. Wilson
Aluminum Company of America
R.F.C
Fontana
North Carolina
O.P.M
Wilson
Little
Tennessee
New York
O. P.M
Army
Aluminum Company
O.pm
Ickes
United States
Senate Defense Investigation Committee
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Bonneville Dam
Inventory Taken Of Danish Ships in Baltimore
Coast Guards take inventory of eight ships held in Baltimore as protective custody before transfer to the United Maritime Commission. More than 40 officers and crew have lived aboard since seizure after Denmark fell to the Nazis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Coast Guards
United Maritime Commission
Denmark
Garbage collection schedule change notice
Beginning June 23 garbage will be collected twice weekly with routes shifting. Monday pickups move to Monday and Thursday. Tuesday to Tuesday and Friday. Wednesday to Wednesday and Saturday. Thursday to Thursday and Monday. Friday to Saturday and Wednesday. Curb pickup by 7:00 a.m. 6-17-20.
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Williams
DIAL
Willis Real Estate
Grocers
A.E.F
State Board
Clarke
Flickinger
Naval Reserve
Frederick
The
Associated Press
Soviet Russia
Sanomat
Helsinki
Baltic
Balkans
Romania
Cal City
Baker's Drug Store
Kenneth Brengle
Winchester Police Department
WSKQ
Brengle
Romney
C.P.M
Aluminum
Raps
Mr. Ickes
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