Postal Clerks End Roanoke Convention Elects Leaders
At Roanoke Virginia the two day annual convention of the Postal Clerks ended with J Waddy Nixon of Norfolk named president and C C White of Ashland as vice president. Officers of the Auxiliary include Mrs J W Nixon president and Mrs H H Lee secretary treasurer among others. Delegates from Winchester Local attended and more than 200 postal employees and friends enjoyed a banquet and annual ball at Hotel Roanoke. The next meeting will be in Lynchburg Virginia.
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Roanoke
J. Waddy Nixon
Norfolk
Amne Cc
H. H. Lee
Winchester
W. K. Petticrew
Danville
P. W. Moss
C. W. Bonner
Richmond
R. R. Walker
Lee
Wilbur Johnston
Hotel Roanoke
Lynchburg
Vincent Noonan
Floyd Wine
Urges U S to Welcome British Children to Safety
A speaker in Washington urges the United States to admit millions of British children escaping danger. He declares the children should be removed from a looming fight and taken to America for safety amid wartime fears.
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J. Toland
Cee Eeinson
D. C
U. S
Delares
Anthony Biddle To London Under New Assignment
Secretary Hull announced that Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, ambassador to Poland and the government's chief contact with the French at Bordeaux, has been directed to go to London. The action follows his role as a key liaison with allied governments.
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Washington
Hull
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Poland
Bordeaux
Local churches raise 232.80 for Red Cross drive
A morning church canvass yielded 232.80 toward the second 2000 quota, raising the total to 669.05. Booths reopen at four banks and four other town locations for the week. Mollrng and Cather clothing store donated 154 in new garments for refuge relief.
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Red Cross
Mollrng and Cather Clothing Establishment
Nazis Mop Up In Alsace-Lorraine
Berlin reports fighting in Alsace Lorraine ended with the capture of over 500000 prisoners including commanders of the Third Fifth and Eighth French armies. The fort of Mutzig fell and scattered Vosges groups were mopped up as France nears capitulation. Germany says Britain is excluded from a European continent.
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Berlin
Alsace-Lorraine
Mutzig
Strasbourg
Vosges
France
England
Browder Passport Conviction Upheld by Appeals Court
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Earl Browder's conviction for using a passport obtained by false statements. Browder, general secretary of the Communist Party in the United States, was sentenced to four years in prison and a $2500 fine after a January jury verdict.
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New York
United State Circuit Court of Appeals
Earl Russel Browder
Communist Party
United States
Browder
Secretary Reaffirms Postwar Diplomatic Assignments
The text states that a return to London will resume a representative role for the exiled Polish government while William C. Bullitt remains ambassador to France from Paris under German occupation supervision.
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London
William C. Bullitt
Paris
France
Willkie Push Gains Ground in Party Rally
Willkie movement continues with gavel to open session. Support shown for Senator Arthur Van denberg of New York Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire and several Favorite Sons alongside Dewey and Taft backing.
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Dewey
Willkie
Taft
Arthur Vandenberg
New York
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Rescue bill for one rescued soul haunts Pan American pilot
Captain C. S. Vaughan of Pan American Airways reportedly faced a charges from Wahnsien after saving a Chinese girl from the Yaungtse River. Police later handed him a bill for her maintenance, a debt he has continued to pay, creating a persistent “board bill” tale.
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C. S. Vaughan
Pan American Airways
Vaughan
Ongkong
Chungking
Wahnsien
China
Captain Vaughan
Ford Attendance Smashes Record At New York Exposition
The Ford Exhibit at the Ford Exposition in New York drew over 110000 visitors, 25000 more than the best single day in 1939. The display includes Garden Court seating, daily free concerts by Ferde Grofe and his New World Ensemble, and rides on the Road of Tomorrow. The 1940 setup features the Ford Play house with the American Ballet Caravan horse opera A Thousand Times Neigh, low price meals, new fountain shows, redesigned midway, and hotel and housing assurances for fairgoers under La Guardia committee guidance for affordable lodging.
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Ere
New York
Ford Motor Company
Ferde Grofe
New World Ensemble
Dobbin Squeals At Gasoline Cabs In 1903 Ford Ballet
A dappled gray horse named Dobbin stars in the Ford Playhouse at the Forty Fair in New York. He dances twelve daily performances of A Thousand Times Neigh, the first commercially sponsored ballet. Marie-Jeanne and Newcomb Rice of the American Ballet Caravan are featured in the fancy box-buggy.
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Yao
Dobbin
New York
Ford
Marie-Jeanne
Newcomb Rice
American Ballet Caravan
Beaten Frenchmen Yield To N Duce
Nazi troops pushed along the Atlantic coast as Paris-based resistance collapsed. La Rochelle Rochefort and near Bordeaux fell while Poitiers region yielded booty. Britain warned that France’s capitulation binds it to the Reich and shifts recognition toward the London based French National Committee led by De Gaulle.
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Gonde
la Rochelle
Rochefort
Bordeaux
Poitiers
Britain
France
Is the Monroe Doctrine law?
The Monroe Doctrine is a principle stated in President Monroe's message to Congress on December 2, 1823. The canary's average life is 12 to 15 years, though some birds reach 18 years and a rare case shows a canary living at least 34 years.
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President Monroe
Congress
Canaries
N. R
Nye Calls Roosevelt Resign to Avert National Disaster
Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota reiterated his demand that President Roosevelt resign and transfer power to Vice President Garner to avert what he calls a national disaster. Nye spoke on the Senate floor making the provocative request.
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Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Garner
Nye
Senate
Pen Paul Convention Set for Winchester on August 16
Winchester to host the Pen Pal convention on August 16 with Miss Helen Hook as secretary of Gore Virginia announcing R Lluelleyn Sheets of Winchester as president and Richard A Hunter of this city as treasurer. Ten states to be represented including North Carolina District of Columbia Maryland West Virginia New Jersey New York and others. The convention committee includes Etta Holt Miriam Shocket and Bertha Zajac. The program features a Pen Pal Ball special speakers and a historical tour.
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Winchester
Helen Hook
Gore
R. Lluelleyn Sheets
Richard A. Hunter
North Carolina
District of Columbia
Maryland
West Virginia
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Etta Holt
Miriam Shocket
Washington, D. C
Bertha Zajac
Ford Exposition informs Fairgoers with Corps of Informa tion Girls
Seventeen Ford Exposition In Formation Girls from twelve states and two countries tour the 1940 World's Fair in New York after a three week training program. They view the Forty Fair from a swank TWA sky-club plane and answer visitors questions about sights and routes.
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Ford
New York
Transcontinental and
Western Air, Inc
TWA
Persis Harper
Persis
Ruth Hawk
Gertrude Hartigan
Mary Shields
Mary
Lou Miller
Ruth Gambel
New York City
Manhattan
Fair
Winners Chosen in Nationwide RCA Scholarship Contest
Lowell Thomas as pioneer broadcaster helps inaugurate a scholarship program by the Radio Corporation of America. Eleven preliminary winners from 2500 entrants will visit New York and Camden for a month of study. September 1 will name the final winner who receives a $4000 tuition and maintenance award. The ten others get $100 plus the trip. Thirty states plus New Mexico and South Dakota are represented by finalists including Joseph Collins of Washington DC and others across the country.
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Lowell Thomas
Pioneer
Joseph Collins
Washington, D. C
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
New York
Camden
N. J
RCA
Columbia University
California
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
South Dakota
Prate
David 8
Colburn
Fresno
John DeWolf
Wayne
William C. Jakes, Jr
Evanston
Ilinois
Gordon W. McClure
Oak Park
Illinois
John Moll
Wauseon
Ohio
Richard K. Moore
Kirkwood
Missouri
Francois N. Palmatier
Port Edwards
Wisconsin
Floyd D. Rausch
Watertown
George F. Smith
Roswell
George W. Swenson
Houghton
Michigan
RefugeeChildren Arrive Help Promised Homes in Winchester
Dr. G R Anderson, mayor, received forms from the British Embassy enabling English war refugee children to enter the United States and be placed in Winchester homes for the war. Applicants must support the child, ensure good health, school until 16, and no unsuitable work. Nine children already have offered homes locally.
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G. R. Anderson
United States
Winchester
Anderson
Arthur Edmonds
England
Robert McWhirter
Edinburg
Scotland
U. S. Department of Immigration
Washington, D. C
Soldier Held On Homicide Charge
Fern dale Maryland June 24 Fort Meade private George F Williams 39 held without bail after a hearing in the death by self inflicted pact case of Ella Carroll 36 of Washington mother of three He testified he lost his emerve while carrying out the pact and was charged with homicide He said he and Carroll who was separated from her husband had been together for 13 years.
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Ferndale
George F. Williams
Fort Meade
John Demyan, Jr
Ella Carroll
Washington
Williams
Fernéa
Meade
Fort Panama
Carroll
Parachute Jumper Delivers Notable Winchester Exhibition
Spectators at Winchester Airport witnessed Donnie Marshall, a pioneer bat man, perform a delayed opening parachute jump from 3500 feet. He sped to 500 feet before releasing the canopy and landing smoothly after a 3000 foot plunge, described as one of the best chutist displays in Winchester in years.
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Winchester
Donnie Marshall
Stock Market Copes With War News and Convention Headlines
New York June 24 The stock market held near the neutral zone despite adverse war news and domestic political trends. Leaders stayed within a narrow range as some fractional gains appeared in light, slow trading. Armament spending at home supported a bullish outlook while focus shifted to the Republican National Convention.
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New York
France
Italy
Wall Street
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