Roosevelt and Churchill Report on World Situation to Congress
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill briefed congressional leaders for 40 minutes on the world situation. They discussed North Africa setbacks, a second front in Europe, and the Egypt Suez outlook. Leaders called the survey very satisfactory and encouraging.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
North Africa
Europe
Rayburn
Martin
Massachusetts
Capitol Hill
Egypt
Suez
Atlantic
Pacific War Council
United Nations
War Department
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Associated Press
Congress
Sevastopol
Russia
Black Sea
Crimea
House
Erwin Rommel
Deadly Torrent of Bullets For Japs At Dutch Harbor
Eyewitness reports from Seattle dated June 25 recount the June 3 Japanese air attack on Dutch Harbor. Civilians were surprised by the raid while gunners aboard ships and on shore fired anti air craft fire. crew members grabbed rifles to join in defense as authorities loosened military restrictions.
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Dutch Harbor
Seattle
Czech village Lesaty wiped out in Nazi reprisals
Budapest radio reported the Czech village Lesaty in Bohemia, about 100 inhabitants, razed by the Nazis for sheltering parachutists tied to the Heydrich assassination. The men were reportedly executed. women sent to camps and children to institutions.
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London
Lesaty
Bohemia
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia- Moravia
Budapest
Prague
Heydrich
Lidice
Bruenn
Bruno
Diane
Andey
Lesaky
Chrudium
Roanoke
World News
Obase
Winchester on rubber drive shows mixed progress in county scrap
MA Winchester cautions that the scrap rubber campaign in Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties is not a total success yet as unusable rubber must be completely destroyed. He notes rubber supplies will be scarce for years and urges Americans to prepare to endure shortages and conserve.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Dividend Notice by Bank I Soat Cashier
Dividend notice published by the bank lists I Soat as cashier. The fragment suggests a routine financial notice regarding distribution or payment, with limited detail available on amount, date, or recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BANK
I. Soat
Two Officers and German Killed in Downtown Shootout
A gunfight at a downtown restaurant near the central police station left two officers and the gunman dead and a third officer and a youth wounded. Victims were C. C. Mundy Nashville detective Melvin H. Fleming Davidson deputy Henry Hardcastle, about 43. Wounded: City Homicide Officer Robert Kimbro and Robert Adcock, 16. Police Sgt. Stephens said Fleming tried to arrest Hardcastle on a drunkenness charge.
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C. C. Mundy
Nashville
Melvin H. Fleming
Davidson County
Henry Hardcastle
Robert Kimbro
Robert Adcock
Martin H. Stephens
Fleming
Hardcastle
Phelps
Young Adcock
Stephens
Mundy
Kimbro
Kentucky
Cherry crop in Nicodemus orchard hit by frost
The cherry crop in the C. L. Nicodemus orchard northwest of Winchester is much shorter than usual after a killing frost nipped the bloom just before opening. Nicodemus said picking will be first come, first served as demand exceeds supply. not all area orchards were as hard hit.
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C. L. Nicodemus
Winchester
Nicodemus
American Ship Builders Breaking Speed Records
Donald M. Nelson testified to a Senate committee that U S ship builders recently completed a vessel in 46 days, far faster than the 105 day estimate. He hailed this speed as an epic of American ingenuity and noted materials supply as the current limiting factor.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Senate Defense Investigating
Scrap Rubber Drive Set For Saturday in Winchester
Citizens urged to gather nonessential scrap rubber from homes cars and garages for a 9 to 12 collection. Trucks start at 9 sharp with drivers to report at starting points. Two zones postponed and will be collected Monday due to Scout camp and limited personnel.
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Board of
Taduetee
Wew
Winchester
Richmond
Fise
Harold Rowe
Boscawen
North Braddock
Hart Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pairmont Avenue
Rey Street
Strike Halts War Work In CIO Steel Local
A CIO steel workers local call a strike affecting 3,500 members halting war work. About 6,500 other employees in National Tube Plants remain at work in the same district.
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Cio Steeltary
Cases of Married Men Reopened
Virginia selectives reopen married men cases after servicemen's dependents allowance act. Col Mills F. Neal directs local boards to reclassify and delay induction if the man should not be inducted. Deferment categories favor registrants with wives or children and aim for orderly induction from broader categories.
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Richmond
Virginia
Selective Service Boards
Mills F. Neal
Neal
Congress
Questionnaire For Honor Roll Ready Tomorrow
The newspaper announces a questionnaire to gather information for a Service Men Honor Roll for Winchester and Frederick County. Readers with knowledge of service members are urged to supply data, with a steel filing case requested for individual records. Contact Fred Ritter or Paul Carper to help.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Fred Ritter
Board of Trade Committee
Mr. Ritter
Paul Carper
City And County Brevities Shelf Life of a Floridian Parlor Cat
The Marple family’s deluxe traveling cat will no longer accompany them to Florida with Senator Abner Johnson funding catnip. They return from the South with Tabby remaining in Jacksonville. Early Monday a Bloom resident heard loud noises and found a rattlesnake he dispatched. A birthday note highlights Mrs Ide Good on 136 cards and gifts. Martinsburg hosts a large day baked by Mrs T H. She attends with daughter and caster Mrs Edith.
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Bloom
Ide Good
Steag Rae
Martinsburg
T. H
Edith
Death of Dr. Henry Hodgson Aged 96 in Maryland
Dr Henry Watson Hodgson 96 native of Round Hill and longtime Cumberland physician died yesterday at his Lavale home of pneumonia. He practiced 56 years in Cumberland and was a pioneer in diphtheria antitoxin use and X ray. Survived by four daughters a son a sister and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services planned Friday afternoon at his home.
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Henry Watson Hodgson
Round Hill
Winchester
Cumberland
Lavale
Hodgson
James Fling
William Hodgson
Elizabeth Milhon Hodgson
University of Virginia
University of Maryland
Frankfort
W. Va
Fort Ashby
Allegany
Garrett County Medical Society
Potomac Lodge No. 100
Fling
H. M. Hodgson
Lonaconing
Lillian P
Katherine E. Hodgson
Ella Hodgson
Washington, D. C
R. D. Goodrich
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Prederick County
Public Auction at George Pope Farm Near Winchester
Public sale set for Tuesday June 30 at 1 pm on George Pope farm one mile south of Winchester on Middle Road. Items include household goods beds stoves tables dishes chairs stands Maytag washer sewing machine chicken and more. Harry Swartz listing and contact E O Tabb Bunker Hill W Inwood 18 S 22.
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George Pope Farm
Winchester
Middle Road
Harry Swartz
Thursday Night Prize Pool Event at Rouss Hall
Rouss Hall hosts a late evening event offering $150 in cash prizes. The program starts at 8 30 p m on the scheduled date.
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Rouss Hall
Rummage Sale At 124 Main Street Near Cork
Community rummage sale at 124 South Main Street near Cork scheduled for Saturday June 27 starting at 9 20 a m. Proceeds benefit Willing Workers group with items donated by local residents.
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S. Main St
Cork
Eisenhower assumes command of European theater front
Major-General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in London to command American forces in the European theater. The War Department also designates a formal European theater of operations while noting limited details on other areas and confirming current leaders in Ireland. Eisenhower vows a coordinated Allied effort following the Washington conference.
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Adolf Hitler
Europe
U. S S
Linsit. Sele
London
Eisenhower
Britain
Egypt
Axis Dri
Cairo
Sidi Barrani
Salum
Mediterranean
Sidi
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
War Department
Shower
Eom
Department
James E. Chaney
British Isles
Russell P. Hartle
Northern Ireland
United States
War Department General’ Staff
England
Great Britain
United Oe i
United Nations
Eisehower
OCD To Assist In Sugar Rationing
The Office of Civilian Defense will assist with sugar rationing starting tomorrow. People may apply for special use permits at the OCD office in the George Washington Hotel if they have a nation book. If a nation book has a date, apply at the rationing office in the house. The OCD office opens 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Office of Civilian Defense
OCD
George Washington
Court House
Chamber of Commerce
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Rommel
Seveltupreme
Allied
Eeel Eee
Ellender
Winston Churchill
Senate
D.la
Tobruk
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Potomac River
Mississippi River
Vichy
Mussolini
Laval
Darian
Roger D. Greene
Fort Capuzzo
Halfaya
Hellfire) Pass
Sidi Bara
Suez Canal
Archibald P. Wavell
Feery
Gestapo
Dr. Hodgson
Maryland
E. O. Tabb
Bunker Hill, W
Inwood
U.S
Winchester Evening Star
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