Berryville Observation Post lists volunteers for four night shifts
Rev. E. D. Vaughan names volunteers for Berryville Observation Post 41 E at Rosemont circle. The list includes Kermit Rhoden Carroll Rhoden Irving Carroll Charles Grim Marvin Longerbeam Mrs. E. P. Berlin Eddy Berlin Miss Dolly Hart and many others with Tom Elsen Ernest Locke and Mrs. A. F. Robertson as assistant observers. Volunteers are needed to cover four night shifts of four hours and one daytime shift to ease regular spotters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Vaughan
Berryville
Rosemont Circle
Kermit Rhoden
Carrel Rhoden
Ivring Carroll
Charles Grim
Marvin Longer‘beam
E. P. Berlin
Eddy Berlin
Dolly Hart
T. M. Hooker
John Milleson
Willie Freeman
Herbert Whiting
Henry Lane
Beverley Whitdng
Charles Ramsburg
Jett Spates
Temple Homar
Ernest Locke
Allen Carter
Bill Henson
Buddy Levi
A. F. Robertson
Emily McCormick
Edward Barnett
Anne Lee Enders
Henry Davis
Louis Glover
Tom Elsen
Montegue Stevens
Marie Crown
William Beverley
Vernon Racer
Hob‘son McGehee
Josephine Drury
Susie Clark
Betty Boxwell
Max Skelton
C. M. Stickley
Maurice Wise Carver
Bill Barnett
Virginia Page
Thomson Dortch
Rice Levi
F. L. Ayler
Joseph F. Moore
Annie Stribling
Charles Suddith
Ed Meiffendefer
Ed Marlowe
Bobby Crosen
Eleanor Locke
Gay Levi
Blanton ‘Allen
Charles Levi
Garland ‘Canter
Charles Locke
Japanese May Do Farm Work On West Coast Plan
June 19 Washington. Wickard said the department plans to use Japanese tech from the west coast to help meet farm labor shortages in the interior. Success depends largely on attitudes of state governments toward the Japanese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wickard
Jure
Government urged to buy tires for war workers
Wendell Lund, director of the W P B labor production division, urged the government to purchase tires for non essential private automobiles and allocate them to war workers. He said the victory program hinges on workers tires as a special House defense migration committee studies full use of transportation in the war program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wendell Lund
House
Home Newspaper: Devoted to Community Interests
A local paper focuses on events and topics of interest to the community. It highlights neighborhood news, public notices, local personalities, and upcoming activities in the area.
Death of Edward McKee at 73 in Winchester
Edward T. McKee, 73, died at 11:35 last night at 300 Kern Street after a ten month illness. A carpenter by trade and longtime Winchester resident, he was born January 20, 1869 in Frederick County. Survived by widow Fannie and four children, Roy, Harry, Carl, and Mrs. Cora Taylor, plus twenty six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral plans to be set with interment at Fairview Cemetery on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward T. McKee
Kern Street
Mr. McKee
Winchester
Frederick County
Oliver C. McKee
Mary Largent McKee
Fannie Ef, Sirbaugh
Mary Lonas
McKee
Ebenezer Church of Christ
Roy McKee
Harry McKee
Carl C. McKee
Company I
116Th Infantry
A. P. Hill
Cora M. Taylor
Fairview Cemetery
Points With Pride To Record Made By CAA Pilots
New York June 19 The Civil Aeronautics Administration pilot training program has established a safety record never heard of before and reduced insurance costs Hinckley said thousands trained by the CAA are instructing armed forces in the United States and abroad Others of its product serve on airlines ferrying commands and in combat forces of Britain China and UN nations The washout rate for CAA trainees entering aviation service is far lower than for those without CAA training This summer at least 10000 school teachers will attend CAA ground school classes to prepare for courses next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Robert H. Hinckley
Air
National Aeronautics Association
Hinckley
United States
Canada
Great Britain
China
United Nations
Rubber reclaiming plant plans flagged as unclear
Harold A. Simms of Southwest Rubber Corp testified before a Senate subcommittee that a War Production Board official quoted $50,000 to rewrite reclaiming plant plans so they would be understood. Simms said Dr. Harry E. Rogers called the plans childish and that only four good rubber engineers existed, three of them costly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rubber Company
Senate
War Production Board
Harold A. Simms
Fort Worth
Tex
Southwest Rubber Corporation
Harry E. Rogers
Arthur B. Newhall
W.P.B. Rubber
Rogers
Senate Agriculture
J. H. Davidson
Simms
W.P.B
Beards Fight Divorce Crusade In California Court
Damon Beard an astronomy teacher at the University of California sues for divorce in Oakland claiming a crusade against vice. His 20 year old wife Mrs Virginia Beard is the defendant. Witness Emmett Rogers denies writing a note accusing Mrs Beard of misconduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
Damon Beard
University of California
Virginia Beard
Beard
Emmett Rogers
Berryville Social Notes Reflect a Busy June Hosting Season
Berryville Virginia notes detail visits to the Presbyterian Manse by the Vaughans and guests from Lynchburg and New York. Social rounds include relatives of local families, trips to Washington and Richmond, and luncheon gatherings in honor of visiting relatives and returning residents.
Strikers Return With More Quit At Hudson Ordnance
Detroit June 19 production at the Hudson ordnance arsenal returned to normal after UAW CIO officials urged day shift workers to end a stoppage over employment of black workers on machines previously run by whites. Captain A B Wotherspoon said production was 100 percent after the brief walkout ended in one building. Richard Frankensteen, UAW CIO directing official, said about 100 workers returned to their machines. UAW CIO president said he would pull and reorganize the local charter if workers did not resume duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Hudson Val Ordnance Arsenal
Navy
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Wotherspoon
Arsenal
UAW
Richard T. Frankensteen
UAW Percy
R. Joe
Pope Pius XII’s condition improves after bronchial illness
A Stefani dispatch from Vati can City quotes L Osservatore Romano reporting that Pope Pius XII rested in recent days after a light bronchial attack. The Pontiff is said to be improving and not regarded with concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Stefani
Vatican City
L’osservatore Romano
Pius XII
Social News and Local Engagements Around Berryville
Residents welcome relatives and guests visiting Berryville from Washington Panama and New York. Engagement announced for Miss Betty Bliss Timberlake and Robert Garritt. Bake sale planned at Duncan Memorial church July 4. Local W P F members to train at V M I in Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby Timberlake
Rye
N. Y
Betty Bliss Timberlake
Robert Garritt
West Newton
Mass
Timberlake
J. M. H. Clagett
Clagetts
Springfield
Friendly Bible
Duncan Memorial Methodist Church
Shackleford’s
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 list ten items. The solutions include True for question one and a variety of topics from a captain to historic instruments, coins, numbers, landmarks, a year, a violin, a count, a state capital, and a date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
True
Captain
Macon
Akron
Washington Monument
Stradivarius
Have the islands of Japan ever been invaded
The text notes historic invasions by Mongols in 1281, their fleet destroyed by a typhoon, and survivors massacred on Taku. It claims Japan has not been invaded since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Asia
Dui
Nippon
Taku
Chinese Suspect Japan Plans Siberia Strike in July
In Chungking on June 19 Chinese officials said new information convinced them Japan aimed to attack Siberia in July. They linked forces in Manchuria to nearly 1,000,000 troops and argued the navy sought a post Midway revival while anticipating a mechanized push in fall weather. They cited U S air raids as shaping Tokyo strategy and the desire for a security zone against a future American offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Japan
Siberia
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Philippines
Netherlands East Indies
Manchuria
Southwest Pacific
Coral Sea
Midway
Vladivostok
Kamchatka
German Planes Lose in Belgian Coastal Dogfights
Four Focke Wulf 190 fighters were destroyed with others damaged and three Spitfires lost in morning air battles off the Belgian coast. The action followed a RAF attack on three minesweepers, one badly damaged and beached, the other two severely damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Air Ministry
Churchill in Washington Sparks Second Front Talks Hype
The press framed Churchill's Washington trip as a signal for renewed second front plans. Reports noted his delegation with Brooke and Ismay and suggested talks would cover Allied strategy, shipping, and new British Russian ties, while observers linked Wilhelmina’s Ottawa visit and Nygaardsen’s U.S. trip to the broader Allied discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
London
Washington
Daily Express
Daily Mail
Roosevelt
Alan Francis Brooke
Imperial General Staff
Hastings’ L. Ismay
Britain
Mediterranean
Orient
Australia
Een Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Ottawa
Atlantic
Johan Nyga
America
Lions Hold District Meet In Roanoke
ROANOKE Va June 19 With 450 Lions registered at 11 a m and more arriving the nineteenth annual twenty fourth district convention of the Lions gathered speed as delegates heard international officers reports from district governors and club officials Selection of district officers was postponed to tomorrow due to a by laws technicality with the vote to be the final business of tomorrow and the convention site for next year to be chosen then
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Roosevelt And Churchill Confer On Second Front At Moscow
The article details Roosevelt and Churchill arguing over the second front in Europe while Molotov notes Washington and London show serious interest. In North Africa Tobruk faces a new siege as Axis forces approach with large mobile 9 inch guns and Rommel claims encirclement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Churchill
Europe
Moscow
V. Molotov
Sevastopol
Neil M. Ritchie
Tobruk
Erwin Rommel
Mediterranean
Japan Masses Troops in Manchuria as July Strike Feared
May Attack reports nearly 1,000,000 Japanese troops in Manchuria with a plan to strike at Russian Siberia in July. Neutral observers doubt a new major push until Hitler’s offensive and German momentum confirm success. Chiang Kai-shek’s forces battle invasion columns as Japan fields new aircraft. MacArthur reports Port Moresby raid damaged only a small ship while UN fliers shoot down two bombers and a fighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Japan
Manchuria
Russian Siberia
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Moscow
Tokyo
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Australia
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Portents New Guinea
United Nations
Fly denies plans to censor radio programs in congressional hearing
Chairman James L. Fly of the Federal Communications Commission rejected claims of seeking to censor radio programs. He suggested changes in boat association management of broadcast Fly spoke during a House Interstate Commerce Committee hearing on a bill to overhaul the communications act. He called censorship talk a bugaboo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James L. Fly
Federal Communications Commission
Boat Association of Broadcast
Fly
N.A.B. Field
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Japanese Occupy Molucca Islands Unopposed
Japanese naval correspondent reports that marines and naval forces completed the occupation of the Molucca islands in the Netherlands Indies group between Celebes and New Guinea north of Australia. Landings on the last island were said to be unopposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Arizonia
Molucca Islands
Netherlands Indies
Celebes
New Guinea
Australia
Emma Katherine Boyd 76 dies at home after stroke
Mrs Emma Katherine Boyd aged 76 of 129 East Germain street died at 11 30 this morning from a stroke and complications She was a Clarke county Va native widow of John O Boyd and a member of Carpers Valley Methodist Church Survived by three sons Allen T Boyd Baltimore Robert S and John A Boyd Winchester a daughter Ola C Grim four brothers and two sisters Funeral arrangements not stated interment Mount Hebron
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Katherine’ Boyd
East Germain Street
Boyd
Clarke County
Albert Clark
John O. Boyd
Carpers Valley
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Edward McKee
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Garrick’s
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Lynchburg
Ruth Vaughan
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Ciar
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Stella D. Moore
Mose O’brien
Bill O’brien
Camp A. Hill
Florence
Lula Shepherd
A. S. Beyland
King George, Va
Bob Aycock
New York City
King George
Mildred Adams
J. Raymond Levi
Washington, D. C
E. L. Tessier
Richmond
James Riddle
Baltimore
William Blythe
Culpeper
F. L. Aylor
Carolinas
Danville
Walter Wisecarver, Sr
Fleming Wisecarver, Jr
Fleming Wisecarver
Belle Meade
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Little Ann Morrison
Winchester Eee
South Main St
Reae
Waynesoto
Jack Corrigan
Mrs. Henter
Judy Henter
Panama
Henters
Lila Worthing
Berryview
Kate Powers
Ralph Staples
Dundieth
Ruth Clark
Boyce
Anna Moore
Shade Moore
Mrs. Moore
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Col
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Duluth, Minn
Ristedt
Mrs
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Edward Stough
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Toledo
A. R. Dunning
Maurice Wisecarver, Jr
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William Barnett
Francis Logan
Lexington
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John W. Rosenberger & Co
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Uncle Sam
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Bell System
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