Naval expansion bill gains Roosevelt approval in Senate push
Washington reports Chairman Vinson says the 4 billion naval expansion plan approved by the House Naval Committee has President Roosevelt's backing and would authorize growth without funds. Admiral Stark pledges to seek 175 million to begin construction if Congress okays the program. plan under debate includes universal training questions and defense funding.
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Washington
Vinson
D.-Ga
House Naval Committee
Roosevelt
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Congress
Con
Byrnes
D.S. C
War Department
Army
Capitol Hill
Navy
House
Naval
Senate
Ford Motor Company
Holt
D. W. Va
Winchester weighs spoke length and tire size in speech
A manufacturer hints at larger tires as audience hears a brief talk. The piece notes postwar ideas to reuse retired European artillery for Allies or home defense. It cites Winchester's 1930 census population of 10,855 and questions potential 1940 gains, with speculative figures around 3,000 or more.
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Europe
Secon
Home Guard
Winchester
Special Thursday morning dress sale at Specialty Shop
A Thursday morning sale offers 100 ladies silk dresses in prints and plain shades, sizes 14 to 44, priced at 1.00. The deals run at Specialty Shop located on 9 N. Loudoun Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Loudoun
Fruit Producers in Frederick Alley Seeing Strong Season
Small fruit growers in Frederick County and nearby West Virginia report one of the best seasons in years. Strawberries are unusually fine, with a bumper raspberry crop anticipated. About 30 tons of berries from Frederick County and adjacent areas are sold to Zeropack Company and other buyers at five cents per pound, a cent below last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
West Virginia
Harry Meister
Zeropack Company
Old Virginia Packing Company
Front Royal
Zeropack
Meister
Haven
Baltimore
New York
Armory Bond Bids Opened By City Tonight
Armory bonds totaling 33000 dollars will likely be sold this afternoon by the city. The Common Council began a special meeting at 3 PM for the bond opening. Each bond titled at 1000 dollars, dated 1 1940, mature in order with 3000 dollars due May 1 from 1941 through 1948 and 4000 dollars on May 1 1949 and 1950. Payable at Chemical Bank and Trust in New York, they are principal-only registrable. Costs include two percent of face value to Continental Bank and Trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemical Bank and Trust Company
New York
N. Y
Continental Bank and Trust
Idea A Day To Keep Hitler Away Roosevelt Way
Philadelphia June 19. President Roosevelt's proposal for compulsory national service was attacked by former Kansas Governor Alf Landon. HeCriticized the President's plan as a departure from American tradition and said he has to have an idea a day to keep Hitler away.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Bandon
Hitler
Two Shots Fired At House In Frederick County
Russell Brill of Mount Williams Frederick County is held for a hearing on charges of unlawfully shooting at Luther Grandstaff and family. Brill, denied bond at 2500 dollars, was jailed after returning with a shotgun and firing at the Grandstaff residence. No hearing date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Brill
Mount Williams
Frederick County
A. J. Tavenner
Luther Grandstaff
Brill
Robert DeHaven
Grandstaff
Eto
Luther Grand
Liner Sinks In Pacific Ocean Off New Zealand Coast
Prime Minister Peter Fraser told Parliament that a German mine sank the Canadian Australian liner Niagara off the New Zealand coast. Rescue ships aided 146 passengers and 203 crew who abandoned ship. all were accounted for and safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auchland
N. Z
Peter Fraser
Niagara
New Zealand
Pacific
Fraser
Borers From Within Major Foe In Uncle Sam Insect War
The United States is waging a large scale fight against crop pests. The House Appropriations Committee approves a 500000 fund to combat chinch bugs and the Agriculture Department seeks an extra 380000 to fight pink bollworm. Various other pests receive millions in requested funding including the Japanese beetle and European corn borer. The report highlights unregistered alien insects and notes threats from cinch bugs and other pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
House
Agriculture Department
Agriculture ” Department
Indiana
Pefate
Bureau
A F L Proposes Allied Aid and land control stance
Philadelphia June 19. William Green president of the American Federation of Labor told the Republican Resolutions Committee the AFL favors all aid to democracies in Europe short of entry into the war. He supported labor protections yet urged a reserve fund for dismissal wages and discussed potential political and military control of European owned lands tied to defense of the Monroe Doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Republican Resolutions Committee
Europe
Green
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Resolutions Committee
George N. Peek
Newal
Henry Carter
Peek
Atlantic
Pacific
Soviet Army Reported Occupies Baltic Towns
Soviet Russian artillery infantry and cavalry units escorted by bombing squadrons and reinforced by tanks reportedly occupy all large towns in Lithuania Estonia and Latvia. Guards posted at railways and bridges as pro Soviet governments are sought under mutual aid pacts amid unconfirmed German moves in East Prussia and Baltic footholds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Lithuania
Estonia
Latvia
Red Army
Baltic
Aftonbladet
Tidningen
Riga
Kaunas
East Prussia
British Isles
For Sale Privately Household Furniture
Private sale offers living room suites china closets radios rugs tables curtains. Discontinuing housekeeping. Will sacrifice. 108 E Piccadilly. Telephone 1771.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Piccadilly
Dresses $1.95 New Shipment at Lovett's Smart Shop
New shipment of cotton dresses arrives at Lovett's Smart Shop located at 158 North Main. Store promotes dresses priced at $1.95 with emphasis on value and fashion for customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovett’s Smart Shop
N. Main
Public Sale of Ebert Estate Household Furniture
Household and kitchen furniture to be sold at public sale on Friday June 21 at 1 p m by Roy Duvall as auctioneer for the M P Ebert estate Stephenson Va The notice lists the sale date and location with the auctioneer and estate names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Ebert Estate
Stephenson Va
Roy Duvall
Pan Americans to Confer on Western Hemisphere Problems
Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles announced in a press conference that the United States has proposed an early session of the Pan American republics to address issues arising from the European war. Thirteen of twenty republics have replied. others to follow. Havana is the planned October site, with a potential earlier meeting there or another venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Sumner Welles
Welles
Havana
Dark Clouds But Light Rain Over Several Towns
Ominous clouds rolled over Frederick and Winchester at about 9 45 this morning with a brief intense shower and light rain. The sun returned after a short downpour as reports came in from Apple Pie Ridge Gainesboro and Brucetown with no hail noted. Farmers complain daily rains hinder timely crop work this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Winchester
Apple Pie
Ridge
Gainesboro
Brucetown
Belgians Move Government In Exile To Southern France
The Belgian government in exile has relocated to the south of France. It held two meetings yesterday as part of its ongoing wartime arrangements. A separate classified notice announces a three day sale at Philips Specialty Shop featuring Misses and Ladies dresses in sizes 9 to 52 with prices ranging from 1.79 to 4.88.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
France
Philips Specialty Shop
N. Loudoun St
British Steeled For Total War and Defense
London reports Germany pursues total war for peace with France as Britain braces for the battle of England. The British Expeditionary Force withdraws from France to defend the island homeland. About 100 German planes raid coastal airports with civilian casualties recorded. Churchill cites 1,250,000 soldiers under arms.
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London
Germany
France
England
Churchill
Nazi Leader in Düsseldorf Killed in Air Raid
Berlin reports Fritz Weitzel a 36 year old Nazi party leader in Düsseldorf was killed by a bomb splinter during a British air raid on the city the night of June 18. He was a high SS official in western Germany according to DNB.
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Berlin
Fritz Weitzel
Dusseldorf
DNB
Weitzel
Germany
Envoy Appointed to Receive Petain Peace Reply
The French cabinet names an envoy to receive the reply to Premier Petain's peace plea as German forces continue advancing. The situation remains tense with ongoing military developments and diplomatic efforts ongoing amid the war.
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Petain
Axis leaders order final attack line toward France
Rome reports Hitler and Mussolini ordered armies to a united strategic line from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean for a final attack if France rejects peace terms. Nazis in Berlin say the price must be accepted as is. Italian agency says capitulation would be pure and simple. Negotiations possibly to meet near Madrid at Franco's residence.
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Rome
Romé Radio
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Atlantic
Mediterranean
France
Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Bordeaux
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Spain
Britain explores talks with Soviets on war weapons
London June 19 bulletin says the British government studies negotiating with Soviet Russia to buy tanks guns airplanes and other war weapons. Richard A. Butler permanent under secretary for foreign affairs told the House of Commons today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Soviet Russia
Richard A. Butler
House of Commons
Spain Presses Its Interests in Mediterranean Rearrangement
Madrid reports Spain will not be mere go between in talks between France and the Rome Berlin axis. Spain actively insists its interests be respected in any Mediterranean rearrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
France
Germans announce troops reach Lyon in southeast France
A German high command bulletin reported that mechanized units have advanced into the Lyon area on the Rhone in southeast France. NBC monitor service in New York heard the broadcast on short wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
NBC
France
Lyon
Uruguay Chamber votes to re assemble after Nazi plot report
Montevideo reports the Chamber of Deputies voted to re assemble after an all night secret study of a committee report on charges of a Nazi plot to occupy Uruguay and turn it into a German colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uruguay
Chamber of Deputies
City And County Brevities From A Distant Cloudy Morning
Judge Donald Weems braved threatening skies to hold court borrowing a lady's parasol. He rescued Larry McElligott from The Star office on the way to city hall before an unnamed businessman took the umbrella for his trip. The four way sign at a dangerous crossroad on the map catches every approaching motorist. Joe Denny, a White Post youth, will work as an inspector in a Jap beetle station near Fredericksburg while at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond he studies pharmacy. Hugh Crisman of Winchester, a University of Richmond student, works at the Gaylord beetle station on the Berryville Charles Town pike. Game Warden F W Pingley showed two native speckled trout caught in Cedar Creek, noting the difference to stock trout.
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Donald Weems
Larry McElligott
Star Office
Joe Denny
White Post
Uncle Sam
Joe
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Hugh Crisman
Winchester Lad
University of Richmond
Gaylord
Berryville
Charles Town
F. W. Pingley
Cedar Creek
Pingley
France Preparinga Envoy to Meet Axis on Peace Terms
French President Lebrun appoints an envoy to meet Axis negotiators after Germany demands peace terms be disclosed to a plenipotentiary. Rome warns against rejecting Munich terms as German Italy near a junction by the south Swiss border. Britain endures bombing and braces for invasion as Churchill orders home defense buildup with 1.25 million troops under arms. Diplomatic Madrid reports vieges accepting Axis terms including unconditional capitulation and occupation of France, fleet surrender.
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Germany
France
Albert Lebrun
Rome
Munich
England
Britain
Churchill
Berlin
Pius XII
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Italy
Madrid
Viege
Hats Reduced to Half Price at 9 N Loudoun Street
Thursday and Saturday sale of the entire stock of ad Hats offered at 50 cents each. Location listed as 9 North Loudoun Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philips Specialty
N. Loudoun St
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Loire
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Alps
Pontarlier
Armory
Pacific Ocean
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U. S
Brusseldorf
Bulletin
Bulletins
Highway Department
Lorton
Cherbourg
Brest
Nancy
Lorraine
Metz
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