Frederick County Blackout Violator Fined and Subtly Punished
Justice W Erle Edwards presided over Frederick County first blackout case. Gus Gardner of New Creek West Virginia was fined 60.25 dollars and given a 30 day jail term suspended. The judge urged strict enforcement of blackout rules and stated each case will be judged on its merits.
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Frederick County
W. Erle Edwards
Guus Joe Gardner
New Creek
W. Va
Robert DeHaven
Gardner
Hayfield
DeHaven
Pingley
Winchester
Braddock Street
Lt. Blythe
State Police
Edwards
Norfolk
Man Sought For Wife Slaying Bay City Chronicle
In Bay County Michigan on June 24 Mrs Helen Chichocki 27 was shot dead before last eiie in view of her two children Joan 9 and Roland 8. Police seek her husband Matthew Chichocki 31 whose alleged shooting ended a quarrel. John B O S h e a prosecutor's investigator said the children told him their father shot their mother and then fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
Helen Chichocki
Loney Bay County
Matthew Chichocki
John B. O’shea
Joan
Roland
Ase
Chichocki
Woman Slain At Filling Station Near Malvern
MALVERN, O. June 24. William Moreland fired at two figures near a rear window of his gasoline station, killing Mrs Mildred Sientz age 45 of New Cumberland W Va. A companion Private Dennison Peel 21 was wounded. Moreland said a noise woke him and burglars. he fired with warning and was released after questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern
William Moreland
Mildred Sientz
New Cumberland
W. Va
John E. Kempthorne
Sientz
Dennison Peel
Moreland
Pelley Loses In Appeals Court
In Raleigh North Carolina on June 24 the State Supreme Court upheld a suspended sentence for William Dudley Pelley former leader of the Silver Shirts of America The court affirmed the sentence invoked by Superior Court Judge Don Phillips The 52 year old Pelley had appealed the invocation of the sentence two to three years for a 1935 Buncombe County securities law violation conviction awarded in Asheville
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Raleigh
N. C
State Supreme Court
William Dudley Pelley
Eader
The
Silver Shirts of America
Pelley
Superior
Don Phillips
Bunibe County
Asheville
Britain and US war output surpasses prior totals
London June 24 Britain’s production minister Oliver Lyttelton said United war production had passed a total aircraft output of Italy and Japan. He said Britain would reach her production limit in a few months but there was no limit to American production given raw material supply.
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London
Britain
Oliver Lyttelton
United War Production
United States
Italy
Japan
Mrs. Effa Barrett Fischer Rites Set in Baltimore
The funeral for Mrs. Effa Barrett Fischer of Baltimore will be tomorrow at 2 PM from Omps Funeral Home. Burial is in Mt. Hebron Cemetery family lot with Rev. Carlyle McDonald of Burnt Church officiating. Pallbearers include George Barrett Miller Streit W H Cochran John H Clayton W C Miller M S Glaize Lewis Hudson and Holmes Yeakley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effa Barrett Fischer
Baltimore
Omps Funeral Home
Mt. Hebron
Carlyle McDonald
Burnt Church
George Barrett
Miller Streit
W. H. Cochran
John H. Clayton
W. C. Miller
M. 8. Glaize
Lewis Hudson
Holmes Yeakley
Rommel drives around British frontier amid new front clash
British reports say Axis armored units along the Egyptian Libyan frontier are fresh after not engaging Tobruk. Dispatches indicate British warships maneuvering off the coast to strike Axis invasion forces. Russians hold Sevastopol lines as they fall back under renewed assault, while Kharkov reports show Red Army troops pushed to new positions. German aviation pounds fortifications as weather limits RAF bombers. In China, Chiang Kaishek’s forces seize two Kwangfeng outposts and threaten the city. Japanese offensives in Chekiang advance with Lishui near destruction.
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Mediterranean
Tobruk
Sevastopol
Kharakeems
Great Black Sea
Kharkov
Red Army
RAF
East Anglia
Cithecennena
Chiang Kaisheks
Kwangfeng
Kiangsi
China
Chekiang
Lishui
Domei
Wuyi
Names of 85 men listed for leaving from Frederick county
The article lists eighty five individuals including Robert Owen Trenary and Cletus Harrison Cline among those leaving Frederick County on July 6. It details names and partial addresses in Winchester Stephens City and nearby areas, with several Rt. routes and streets named for departure points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Kenneth Staples
Lee Allen Ebert
Louis Claud Gilliam
Sanford J. Payton
Herman P. Madigan
Claude Dudley Bennett
Harold Shanholtzer
Clarence E. Whitmire
James N. Daniel
Carl Wesley Whitacre
Anthony Pankhouser
Ralph Andrew Dix
Charles Robert Cunningham
Wilburn Alson McCauley
John Readon
William Harrison Jones
Frederick
Frederick County
Lace Wilson Robinson
Stephens City
Robert Lee Jenkins
Winchester
Roy Augusta Swartz
George Washington Gordon
Water St. Winchester
Arthur Lee Brill
Samuel Raymond Bly
Frank William McDaniel
Leo Alton Whitacre
Clayton Edward Hartley
Willard Stephens City
Tenhouse
Dana
President Signs Pay Measure For Dependents Of Soldiers
President Roosevelt signed the service men pay allotment and allowance bill to aid dependents and preserve the home. The act authorizes federal payments to supplement service pay and directs selective service to defer men with bona fide dependents in their homes. House committee said separate groups within class three may be formed before inducting men in that class.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Congress Wrote Into the Bill Authority For Selective Service
House Military Affairs Committee
Selective Service
Hughes Says Australians Misled On War Campaigns
Sydney June 24 war council member and World War premier William M Hughes says the public is not fully informed about campaigns in Malaya and Libya and may be similarly uninformed about the south Pacific. He decries syrupy commmuniques and warns losses the enemy knows about leave Australians in a fool's paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
William M. Hughes
War Council
Malaya
Libya
South Pacific
Hughes
Burmese port Akyab struck again by sudden incident
New Delhi June 24 The RAF said it hit the Burmese port of Akyab yesterday for a second day in a row. A wharf and buildings were struck with hazardous devices sending debris high into the air. The Akyab airdrome and wireless building were damaged as a public safety item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
RAF
Akyab
Decree Powers Voted In Dominico
Ciudad Trujillo June 24 Dominican Republic Congress authorized President Rafael L. Trujillo to settle by decree any exceptional problem arising from the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominico
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Congress
Rafael L. Trujillo
Deree
Bridge Yields Under Beer Truck on Town Run
The old Town Run bridge behind the Star restaurant collapsed this afternoon around 2:30, dropping the Valley Co beer truck driven by Robert Sutler. The front of the truck stayed on the south bank. the rear rested against the retaining wall on the north side. The bridge floor failed, leaving the structure in a V shape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Restarant
Valley Company
Robert Sutler
Good Attendance At Bible School Opens At United Brethren
The United Brethren Church Vacation Bible School opened with good attendance. Mrs. L. G., Bridgers, is in charge and is assisted by a corps of capable teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church Vacation Bible School
L. G., Bridgers
Chinese Capture Two Outposts In Kiangsi Theatre
Chinese forces report capturing two outposts near Kwangfeng in eastern Kiangsi as part of a broader drive against a Japanese army moving westward. Dispatches say about 4000 Japanese were killed or wounded as Chinese troops pressed into Sanki and Wutu, threatening the city of Kwangfeng and challenging a rail-line objective toward Fukien province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Kiangsi
Shanghai
Singapore
Kwangfeng
Sanki
Wutu
Severe New Zealand Quake Shakes Wellington City
A severe earthquake struck northern New Zealand with Wellington reporting the strongest tremor in years. Chimneys toppled and windows shattered while no casualties were yet reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Wellington
Red Cross Staff Assistants Meeting Noted for Thursday
The Red Cross Staff Assistants Corps will meet at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Council Chamber of City Hall. Members are asked to be present for the briefing and planning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Council
Preference Given Gasoline Doles
The Office of Price Administration ruled that filling stations with limited gasoline may give preference to defense workers trucks and ambulances under emergency rationing. The amendment to rationing regulations expires July 22, coinciding with the start of the permanent ration plan in eastern states.
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Washington
CCC funds cut as wartime economy reduces corps
Washington officials report the police appropriations committee refused to fund 80.8 million dollars for the Civilian Conservation Corps. A member said the panel voted 15 to 9 to discontinue CCC funds as part of wartime economy moves. The House had acted similarly earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Police Appropriations Committee
House
Rubber salvage drive shows uneven early results nationwide
Interior Secretary Ickes reported the six day scrap rubber campaign as very disappointing in the most populous eastern and southern states while doing best in far western states. William R. Boyd Jr praised the overall total as encouraging, with state rankings led by Nevada Montana Oregon Arizona and Pennsylvania trailing with New York nearby.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
William R. Boyd, Jr
Petroleum Industries War Council
White House
Boyd
Nevada
Montana
Oregon
Arizona
Pennsylvania
New York
China Needs Planes and Heavy Guns for War With Japan
CHUNGKING June 24 China requires more aircraft and large artillery amid expectations of a full scale clash with Japan. Observers see Hunan as a potential battleground beyond Kiangsi and Chekiang where heavy fighting is already underway.
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Chungking
China
Hinese
T. V. Soong
Roosevelt
Churchill
United States
Stephen Early
Dr. Soong
Hunan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kiangsi
Chekiang
Snake Charmers Die From Snake Bites in Camden Crowd
A carnival snake charmer Lewis C. Ringer aged 42 from Glen New Jersey and a mother helper John Meyers aged 70 from Philadelphia died after being bitten by rattlesnakes they believed had venom removed. The deaths occurred at the Virginia Greater Shows in Camden as the snakes arrived from Florida a day earlier.
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Camden
N. J
William Gordon
Lewis C. Ringer
Glen
John Meyers
Philadelphia
Gordon
Folk
Florida
Governors Pledge Full Cooperation at War Conference
Asheville NC June 24 The national governors conference unanimously pledged fullest cooperation with President Roosevelt in all measures for winning the war. The 35 state executives adopted a resolution affirming support to a world of justice and peace for our children and their children.
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Asheville
N. C
Roosevelt
War Council called to meet with Churchill Mackenzie King
President Roosevelt called a special Pacific War Council meeting for tomorrow in Washington. Attending will be Prime Minister Churchill of Great Britain and Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada along with officials from the United States Australia New Zealand China The Netherlands and the Philippines. The timing follows earlier Midway and Aleutian war reports and hints of improved ship status.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific War Council
Churchill
Great Britain
Macone King
Canada
Stephen Early
Mackenzie King
Hero
Leighton McCarthy
United States
Australia
New Zealand
China
Netherlands
Philippines
Aleutian
Bomb blast hits Collaboration Club in Nantes
Dispatches from the occupied zone report a bomb exploded Monday at the headquarters of a Collaboration Club in Nantes. The extent of damage was not disclosed. Collaboration Clubs promoting closer French German relations have recently gained prominence in several French cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
Nantes
Sugar rationing boards named in Clarke County
Clarke County announces deputy sugar rationing boards for Boyce and White Post. Mrs. Powell Joliffe will lead at Boyce and Mrs. T. E. Blackwell at White Post. Applicants for sugar are asked to contact these two ladies to obtain hours and permits.
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Clarke County
Berryville
Boyce
White Post
Powell Joliffe
T. E. Blackwell
Sit-Down By 60 Makes 500 Idle
Akron Ohio June 24 a sit-down strike by 60 CIO mill room employees refusing to work with 25 reinstated alien employees halted production in the General Tire and Rubber Company tire and tubes division. The 7 a.m. shift failed to start as aliens and CIO United Rubber Workers members returned to work for the first time since Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
CIO
Mill Room
General Tire and Rubber Company
Tire and Tubes
United Rubber Workers
Pearl Harbor
War time salvage drives extend rubber collection effort
The article notes ongoing salvage of rubber valued at 85 000 with action at filling stations. Pine Motor provides a truck and Texas Company aids by supplying Hugh Funkhouser to collect rubber mats from stations for war effort. Mr Buncutter leads plans to reach more rural residents and asks county and rural people to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Motor Prote Tn
Texas Company
Hugh Funkhouser
Buncutter
W. R. Legge
Fred Stine
Argentina Protests Continued Diplomatic Fallout Over Sinking
Officials decoded long messages from the Argentine embassy in Washington confirming details of the tanker Victoria’s sinking. The foreign office expressed profound regret over the torpedoing and called for actions as a Socialist caucus authorized Deputy Nicolas Repetto to seek an examination of the government’s handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waton
Ruiz Guinazu
Foreign Office
Cockcaman
Victoria
A Socialist Party
Ni¢olas Repetto
Ruiz Suaazu
Petrie Will Names Cephie Petrie as Administratrix
The will of the late R. L. Pax trie bequeaths all real and personal property to his widow Mrs. Cephie Petrie who qualified as administratrix cta. The penalty of the bond being later set. Appraisers listed include Frank DeFries A F Huebner C I Jumback via Daugherty and Charles Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Pax Trie
Cephie Petrie
C.t.a
Frank DeFries
A. F. Huebner
C. I. Jumback
Daugherty
Charles Harrison
General orders fight to destroy Tobruk dumps
Cairo June 24. It was learned today that Tobruk’s commander sought permission to fight his way out but heavy motor transport losses prevented a large breakout. The general chose to fight on until he had demolished the big supply dumps, with terrific explosions and huge smoke columns indicating substantial destruction.
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Cairo
Tobruk
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Rommel
U.S
U. S. Navy
U. S
Midway
Navy Department
Bible
Collaboration
Argentina
Pazetay
DEATH
Dupo
Death Valley
Supoe
Supee
Conoco Nt Oil
Conoco
Supe
Suoce
Continental Oil Company
Conocco
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