Navy expansion plans near quadruple size sparked by Stark testimony
Admiral Harold R. Stark urged Congress to approve a 4 billion dollar Navy expansion to 3.67 million tons and about 200 ships including eight 45,000 ton battleships and 70,000 ton auxiliary vessels. Vinson supported the move citing world conditions while Darlan's France hints at handing ships to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold R. Stark
Congress
House Naval Committee
Chief of Naval Operations
Vinson
Walsh
D.mass
Senate Naval Committee
Stark
To Mrs Knight As She Sleeps Funeral Services To Be Held
Mrs Lily Dandridge Boyd Knight widow of Dr B Mitchell Knight Sr died last night at her home 205 Paramount Avenue in the sixty ninth year of age. She died of a heart attack in bed after a quiet evening routine. Her maid found the unlatched door this morning and notified family. Dr B M Knight Jr and Dr B B Dutton attended the scene and concluded death occurred in sleep. Expressions of sorrow poured in from relatives neighbors and prominent Winchester families.
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Lily Dandridge Boyd Knight
B. Mitchell Knight
Pairmont Avenue
Winchester
Mrs. Knight
Ralph B. Snapp
Nannie Spottswood Harrison
Peyton R
June Brides Fill City and County Clerk Office
In Winchester many couples obtain marriage permits this month with hundreds of applications noted. The scene is upbeat with smiles as June brides become more common. A rain disturbance affects farm hay as “Be prepared” echoes for nations and scouts.
Six Injured In Auto Accident Near Fredericksburg
Six people were hurt in a two-vehicle crash four miles south of Fredericksburg Virginia on Route 1 at Four Mile Fork. Among the injured from Winchester were Lester Forney 29 Wilbur Sibert 20 Eston Tevalt 21 and Bernard Hodson 22 with injuries ranging from facial lacerations to a broken hand. Two others from Cherryville North Carolina and Washington DC were seriously hurt and taken to a Washington hospital. State Trooper L E Chitum investigated and weather contributed with rain making the road slick. Tevalt's fracture was treated after arrival in Winchester by Dr C R Anderson. The Winchester party spent a difficult night but were treated locally. The Fredericksburg injured were fed by Dr R V Harrison.
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Fredericksburg
Four Mile Fork
U. S. Route 1
Winchester
Lester Forney
Wilbur ‘Sibert
Eston Tevalt
Bernard Hodson
Howard Schrumb
Cherryville
N. C
Lawrence H. Newark, Jr
U. S. Naval Hospital
Washington
D. C
L. E. Chitum
Forney
Tevalt
C. R. Anderson
Dericksburg
R. V. Harrison
Cornell Freshmen defeat Princeton in intercollegiate regatta
Cornell freshmen opened the intercollegiate regatta with a two length victory over Princeton on the Hudson. Syracuse finished third and Columbia fourth.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cornell
Princeton
Armstong Co Ad Ventures Awnings For Homes
Local classified ad from Armstrong Co lists awnings for porches windows and terraces. Advertisement promotes quick installation and contact at 39 E Pleadilly St with Tuesdays Fridays and 1 PM time slots.
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Armstrong CO
Pleadilly St
Flood of Allied prisoners strains German camps with used castles
Jefferson Patterson, first secretary at the American Embassy, says hundreds of thousands of Allied prisoners from the western front have overwhelmed German prison facilities. He notes prior small prisoner flows grew after German advances, and that complaints focus on food though German rations match civilian caloric standards. Patterson says prisoners given extra work receive extra rations.
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Berlin
Jefferson Patterson
United States
Low Countries
Netherlands
Belgium
Flanders
Patterson
Rumanian Cabinet Reported Resigned
London dispatch says the Rumanian cabinet has resigned. The British agency cites the German DNB as the source and notes the report appeared today.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
DNB
Churchill Urges Britain to Fight On Amid Dark Age Fear
Winston Churchill tells Parliament that Britain's battle is a defining moment and warns that a loss would plunge the world into a new dark age. He asks French forces to resist and notes the united front of empire and commonwealth in a hour of grave peril.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
United States
House of Commons
France
Churchill
Europe
Marshall Henri Phillippe Petain
Speculation on France Fleet and Armies in Berlin View
Berlin reports say much of France fleet likely spirited off by Britain to keep fighting. German forces ordered to press on, crush French resistance as retreat becomes a rout from the channel to the Swiss border. Maginot line bottled up. army said to be cut in two with armistice terms demanding total demobilization.
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Berlin
France
English
Norway
Beligum
Holland
Tion
Saone
Doubs
Chalons- Sur-Saone
Britain
Germany
Italian Planes Hit Bases as War Continues on Fronts
A military communique says Italian aircraft bombed the French naval base at Bizerte and the British base at Malta and attacked air ports on Corsica. Italian submarines reportedly sank two enemy oil tankers. Fighting persists on the Alpine frontier and in North Africa.
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Rome
Bizerte
Malta
Corsica
France
Alpine
North
Africa
Frank urges GOP stance on war, isolation in Philadelphia
Dr. Glenn Frank at the Republican resolutions committee accuses the Roosevelt administration of foreign policy mismanagement. He calls for a saner world policy and cautions against the idea of the president as the sole destiny for 130 million Americans.
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Philadelphia
Resolutions Committee
Glenn Frank
Roosevelt
Frank
Republican Party
United States
Charlottesville
Italy
France
Middletown principal to oversee summer camp venture
Denis Hoover of Middletown High School will supervise the camp at Little Powell's Fort Valley east of Woodstock as part of a $40,000 project with cooperation from churches and nearby counties. James Pappas and his two sons plan a vacation trip to West Virginia, while Trial Justice Tavenner clarifies a downtown incident context.
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Denis Hoover
Middletown
Little Powell
Fort Valley
Woodstock
Church
James Pappas
John
Pete
West Virginia
Petain Orders French Forces to Keep Up Fight
Bulletin from Bordeaux reports Marshal Petain orders all French soldiers sailors and airmen to continue fighting while awaiting Hitler’s reply to his peace appeal. The cabinet meets at Bordeaux still awaiting an answer.
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Petain
Bordeaux
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Adolf Hitler
French troops split escape from Maginot line move south
French forces 350000 strong escaped from the Maginot line to join the southern army and press for an honorable peace. The column split into 300000 and 500000, shielded by Alpine chasseurs in the Jura as they moved through the Saone valley toward Metz and the Vosges.
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Les Verriers
Switzerland
Maginot Line
Jura
Metz
Vosges
Saone
Alsace Lorraine
Lost Provinces To Be Demanded
Munich reports claim axis peace terms will require Alsace Lorraine and Corsica Tunis Nice with Mussolini seeking more for Africa. The piece notes France would become powerless and the French republic downgraded if terms are accepted.
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Munich
France
Alsace and Lorraine
Germany
Corsica
Tunis
Nice
Italy
Mussolini
June Remains Popular for Marriage Licenses
Brisk demand for licenses shows June favored by brides. City clerks report about 300 licenses issued in the first 17 days, while the county office records 224 marriages. The pace far exceeds June totals from last year in the city office.
Terms Agreed Upon Munich Peace Terms Set
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini agreed on terms for peace with France after a four hour conference at the Fuehrerhaus in Munich. The official press release noted both governments’ position toward the French demand for an armistice.
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Munich
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
France
Fuehrerhaus
DNB
Fuehrer and
Duce
France Braced for Final Assault Hint From Axis Leaders
Rome report cites Stefani saying Germany and Italy vow to mass troops from Atlantic to Mediterranean for a final assault on France if peace terms dictated by Hitler and Mussolini are refused. Mussolini and Hitler meet at Munich to decide demands on the defeated nation.
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Rome
France
Germany
Italy
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Stefani
Mussolini
Hitler
Munich
Axis Leaders Plan Separate Peace Terms For France
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Munich to dictate stiff peace terms for France while Churchill warned invasion would be drowned in the sea. German advances in France continued with major air raids and new troop deployments as the British Empire braces for a possible invasion and a broader war.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Fuehrer
Munich
France
London
Churchill
England
Britain
United States
Rome
Hitler
Mussolini
Europe
Alexander the Great
Napoleon
Tiduce
Bavarian
Loire River
High Command
Germany
House of Commons
British Isles
Flanders
von Churchill
Commons
Belgium
Sedan
Meuse
Mrs. Gilpin Pledges 500 for Red Cross Drive
Mrs. Henry B. Gilpin of 703 South Washington street challenges Winchester and Frederick County residents to support a war relief drive by promising 500 dollars toward the Red Cross when the local quota is met.
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Henry B. Gilpin
Winchester
Frederick County
Gilpin
South Washington Street
Sam Esa Tera
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U.S. Army
Francois Jean Darlan
Great Britain
Admiral Darlan
America
Abyss
French Corsica
Tavenner
Oscar Bywaters
Blacksburg
Poilus
Bulletin
Bulletins
Marshal Peis
Etz
Dijon
Belfort
le Creusot
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