Roosevelt Reveals May War Output Tops Planes and Tanks
President Roosevelt released May production figures showing nearly 4,000 planes and more than 1,500 tanks built in one month. Output included about 2,000 artillery and anti tank guns, with machine guns surpassing 50,000. He warned against overconfidence amid ongoing Anglo American strategy talks with Russian input.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Pearl Harbor
Congress
White House
Stephen Warly
Maxim Litvinoff
Winston
Britain
Hull
Early
Litvinoff
Winchester Band Plays On Amid WarTime Strain
Members of the McNwee Municipal Band performed at Handley Esplanade despite many called away. The group plans regular summer concerts if interest remains high. Those wishing to join should meet tomorrow at 9 30 for the second send off.
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McNwee Municipal Band
Handley Esplanade
Aess
SHERMAN DICK Edgar Dick Estate Notice
Public notice lists real estate and personal property items including a blacksmith shop equipment at Summer Farm three miles north of White Hall Virginia. It names the Sherman Dick Edgar Dick Estate and references the docket number 6-24-26-1p-21.
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Louiswell Bonis’ Oetenabare
Ace
Summer Farm
North White Hall
Sherman Dick Edgar Dick
Dividend Notice From Bank Directors Announces 3 Percent Share Payment
Bank directors declare a 3 percent dividend on capital stock payable soon. The notice outlines the usual dividend action and payment scheduling to shareholders.
Citizens Turn Out To Give Boys Send-off
Four dozen Winchester and Frederick county youths boarded buses at the plaza to Fort Myer Virginia for induction in the first public war send-off since hostilities began. A large crowd cheered as McKlwee's Municipal Band played patriotic airs and Legion members praised the organizers. Thirteen selectees and two officer candidates from the city reported for physicals, including Maynard A. McKee Kenneth Stevens Charles W. Hodge and W E McDaniel among others as a community honors the men answering the country call.
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Tirty
Winchester
Frederick County
Fort Myer
McKlwee
McKilwee
Handley Esplanade
Plaza
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Tomorrw
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
McIlwee
Lions
The
Peasy
Maynard A. McKee
Kenneth Stevens
Charles W. Hodge
W. E. McDaniel
C. Everett Holsinger
Russell W. Shell
Gordon B. Cor
Japanese Panic After U S Bombs Fell in Tokyo
An Ankara based neutral observer recalls the Tokyo air raid of April 18, saying panic spread as the daylight strike surprised residents. He notes scorched, inflammable streets and limited foreign access to damage, with some Japanese declaring American planes superior and others predicting a long war.
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Ankara
United States
Tokyo
Yokohama
Japan
Registration for 18 to 20 year olds set for June 30
The fifth registration will occur Tuesday June 30 from 7 to 9 pm for men born 1922 to 1924. City turnout at City Hall Court Room Winchester. county sites at four rural schools and the county office. Workers at Virginia Woolen Winchester Woolen, National Fruit, and O Sullivan Rubber may register where employed.
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Winchester
City Hall Corporation Court Room
Clearbrook
Gore
Stephens City
County Selective Service
County Club
Virginia Woolen
Winchester Woolen Company
National Fruit Products Company
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Weaver Charged With Defeat of Co-Op
Roanoke Virginia June 26 Senator Aubrey Weaver chairman of the State Senate Finance Committee was charged with single handedly defeating compromise legislation at the General Assembly session described as sordid politics by Walter M Evans counsel for the Retail Merchants Association of Virginia The bill would have equalized taxes between merchants and cooperatives but Weaver allegedly blocked a hearing delaying passage despite House approval The Cooperatives sought tax change and the convention noted the dispute among merchants and cooperatives with an open meeting in the Senate chamber leading to multiple farmers in attendance Leroy Hutzler Jr of Richmond was among officers chosen for the cooperative group.
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Roanoke
Aubrey Weaver
State Senate Finance Committee
General Assembly
Cooperatives and Merchants of Virginia
Walter M. Evans
House
Evans
Weaver
Finance Committee
House of Delegates
Senate Chamber
Virginia
Leroy Hutzler, Jr
Richmond
Gas Ration Plan Aims Midwest to East Oil Flow
Washington officials echo calls for temporary rationing to move fuel oil from the Midwest to the East to avert cold homes next winter. Walter Hedden of the Port of New York Authority presents the plan to Harold Ickes and Joseph Eastman, seeking immediate price ceiling revisions and cost recovery to aid distributors.
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Washington
New York
Harold L. Ickes
Joseph B. Eastman
Walter P. Hedden
Bureau of Commerce
Port of New York Authority
Ickes
Leon Henderson
Midwest
Two Are Dead In Mystery Wreck
Parker Arizona reports two Santa Fe trainmen died and a third cadet was badly injured when a train with army air corps cadets aboard plunged through a fire swept bridge. The Santa Fe named engineers E. J. Murray and D. L. Bentz as dead. Preliminary notes say cadets escaped serious harm.
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Parker
Ariz
Santa Fe
Army Air Corps
Southern California Defense Command
E. J. Muray
D. L. Bentz
A. C. Pihl
Forestry Engineers Organized War Effort at Washington
Forestry engineers in Washington organize to support the war effort. The June department release announces steps to mobilize forestry personnel and resources for critical wartime projects.
Three Raids On Invasion Bases Near Port Moresby
Allied reports from Australia on June 26 describe three raids on invasion bases near Rabaul and a Japanese thrust at Port Moresby breaking a lull in the southern Pacific. Buildings were shattered and flames reported as daylight air operations continued. General Douglas MacArthur’s airmen reportedly lost no planes, while a large force of Zero fighters engaged Allied interceptors over Port Moresby.
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Australia
Rabaul
Port Moresby
Southertn
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Bremen Silenced by Night Raid of 1000 RAF Bombers
London reports over 1,000 RAF bombers attacked Germany for the third time in a month, with Bremen described as strewn with large fires. Twenty-eight planes were lost in the raid, the highest RAF loss for a single night, as fighters and bombers joined the assault on targets including U boat construction yards and vital arsenals.
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London
RAF
Germany
Air Ministry
Bremen
Essen
Kremen
Slayings in Illinois: Two Women Killed Near Waukegan
Authorities hunt brutal killers after two women Miss Anna Pulkerson 36 of Highland Park and Miss Thiried Anna Larson 24 of Waukegan were beaten and left in woods. Pulkerson found in underbrush near home with a knot tied rag at neck and skull fracture. Larson, an unemployed domestic, died in hospital after being found near a wood following a tavern visit and vanishing with a uniformed man.
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Waukegan
Illinois
Anna Pulkerson
Highland Park
Thiried Anna Larson
Wiscon
Larson
Wisecarver Finds New Tires For Old Japs In Rubber Salvage
Berryville pioneer W. D. Wisecarver submits four "new" tires valued at 232.75 dollars for salvage to local oil distributor John Glover. He earns 1.20 dollars at one cent per pound. Tires were unused in wrappers for a 1916 J I Case and other models.
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W. D. Wisecarver
Berryville Pioneer
John Glover
Gulf
Wisecarver
Berryville
South Church Street
New Route 50 Set To Open In Three Weeks
Route 50 near Frederick county is nearing opening after three years of construction. Final asphalt treatment has begun and a modern overpass will span the Norfolk and Western Railway at Waterloo. Heavy rains damaged minor secondary roads in Stephens City and White Hall, with repairs underway.
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F. M. Yellett
Hill Top Cabin Camp
Shenandah River
Nelson H. Clarke
Luray
Frederick County
Norfolk & Western Railway
Waterloo
Yellet
Stephens City
White Hall
Dr Shields and wife sail home from China aboard Conte Verde
News from Winchester reports Dr R T Shields and his wife, long in China since 1905 with the Presbyterian Board of Missions, aboard the Conte Verde on a return voyage. They will transfer to a ship bound for the United States at Portuguese East Africa. Their daughter Mrs Evey Shields Fellers, a China-born resident, hosts Mrs Frances Page in Winchester.
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Winchester
R. T. Shields
China
Shields
Presbyterian Board of Missions
Far East
United States
Portuguese East Africa
Evey Shields Fellers
Frances Page
Cork Street
Miss Page
W. Nelson Page
Shantung Province
Presbyterian Church
Uniteds
T. Shields, Jr
York
For Sale Montmorency Cherries at Orchard 25c a Gallon
Montmorency cherries for sale at the orchard 25 cents per gallon. Bring containers. Limited availability for only a few days. Contact E. O. Tabb in Bunker Hill West Virginia. Phone Inwood 18 S 22.
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Montmorency Cherries
Orchard
E. O. Tabb
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Inwood
Rummage Sale At Willing Workers Church
A rummage sale at Willing Workers Highland Ave Church on Saturday June 27 starting at 9 30 a m. Located at 124 South Main Street near Cork. Proceeds support church missions.
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S. Main St
Cork
Highland Ave
Axis Armored Columns Rally Toward Egypt Front
Axis forces led by Rommel push along a natural corridor midway between the Mediterranean and a desert plateau as British defenses brace near Matruh. The main clash looms with reports of heavy armor and mobile infantry advancing within 30 miles of the Matruh area and 2 and a half miles west of the rail hub at Alexandria.
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Mediterranean
Germany
Middle East
Russia
North Africa
Egypt
Cairo
Erwin Rommel
Matruh
Mediterranean Sea
Quattra Depression
Mies
Alexandria
Clamor for Unified Allied Command Grows in Britain
Reports from London on June 26 say observers urge a unified Anglo American Canadian command to strike Europe. Eisenhower’s arrival as European Theater commander fuels talk of integrated planning and active preparation. Critics accuse senior officers of hindering young generals as pressure mounts.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
Eisenhauer
Eisenhower
North Africa
Daily Herald
Hubert Gough
France
War Office
Dunkerque
Axis invaders near Matruh as British railhead held
An imperial dispatch reports Axis forces advancing in three columns nearing Matruh 30 miles away while British imperial HQ says the main army lies about 20 miles west of the railhead. Meanwhile Allied air raids target Bremen with over 1,000 bombers and Red Army losses grow in Kharkov fighting.
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Egypt
Matruh
Alexandria
Bremen
Reich
Russia
Kharkov
Submarines Sink Supply Vessels in Mediterranean
London bulletin reports British submarines sunk two large supply ships and one medium tonnage vessel in the Mediterranean, according to the admiralty.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Liberators Attack Tobin Harbor in Middle East Operation
United States Army bombers four-mo tored Liberators attacked Tobin harbor last night, the Middle East Command announced.
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Cairo
United States Army
Tobin Harbor
R. A
Middle East
Dominion Troops Join Camps in Southern England
Army camps in southern England welcome a fresh convoy of Dominion troops arriving from a U S escorted voyage, boosting existing Canadian forces already stationed there amid the war effort.
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England
United States Wars
Workers Protest Withdrawn Union Action in Washington
The C I O announced that a Washington local union of street pavers with over a thousand members had withdrawn that 50 of the United Mine Workers.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
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Mcllwee
U. S
Mid-East
Merchants’ Meeting
Middle West
Department—The
R.A.F
Continer
Dr. R. T. Shields
Rodger D. Greene
Associated Press
Noland Norgaard
Winchester Evening Star
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