Strike hearings shift as telegram mixup delays rep
A Bridgeville based strike at Vanadium Corporation stalls as a telegram error prevents representation at the hearing. Later today the AFL Electrical Union and Cornell Dubilier Corporation in South Plainfield will be considered. Management and union reps discussed issues and then sought postponement of Washington proceedings.
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Ington
Vanadium Corporation
Bridgeville
Clo
AFL Electrical Union
Cornell Dubilier Corporation
South Plainfield
N. J
Washington
City Building Permits Rise in March Add $43,150
Building permits issued through today for March total 43,150, edging ahead of the first quarter of last year and lifting 1941 year to date to 73,985. Notable items include a $6,100 broadcasting studio, several dwellings and garages, with plans by Thomas A. Joseph for a West Clifford street house and other additions on Valley Avenue and Jefferson Street.
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Office of Commissioner of Revenue
C. P. McVicar
Beoe Eis
Thomas A
Joseph P.er
West Clifford Street
Valley Avenue
Kathleen M. Boyd
Eee Tacaee
Tae Jr
Miller Street
Frank Johnson
B. M
W. F. Bennett
W. Leicester Street
B. M. Sullivan
Joseph P. Miller
Jefferson Street
Leslie M. Brown
Organizers Sign Removal Sparks election plans in Winchester
Officers under Chief C W Hollis removed large union placards pasted on poles along Loudoun and Piccadilly streets near the Virginia Woolen Co. Polls and a 9 April election were announced for workers to choose union affiliation with the United Textile Workers. A workers meeting was set for the Washington Hotel to hear the union reps.
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Virginia Woolen Company
Loudoun
Piccadilly
C. W. Hollis
Buddy
Hollis
Winchester
National Large
Baltimore
United Textile Workers
American Federation of Labor
Amny Valente
Hobo King Jeff Davis Proclaims National Hobo Week
Hobo Jeff Davis denounces husbands as lollypops and nincompoops and proclaims May 10 to 17 as National Hobo Week. The plan includes a Jersey City convention by the Hoboes of America, urging men to rough it, camp, hike, and mingle with friends and relatives. He mocks Greta Garbo’s phrase I want to be alone and questions if war is near.
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Franklin Banker
Jeff Davis
Hoboes of America, Inc
Jersey City
N. J
Davis
Ani Gd
America
Patie
President Roosevelt Plans Radio Speech From Potomac
President Roosevelt aboard the Potomac sails into Port Everglades Florida to broadcast to Jackson Day dinners across the nation. The speech will be delivered at 9 30 p m from the wardroom over national networks and short wave to overseas listeners.
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Benson
Potomac
Roosevelt
Port Everglades
Fla
North Bahama Islands
Jackson
Florida
Washington
Estate bequest to Shenandoah Valley Military Academy questioned
The estate of Harriet Stoner Sides of Yonkers was appraised by New York tax officials showing 60 546 net in stocks and bonds. Shenandoah Valley Military Academy Winchester is to receive 5 000 on the expiration of a life estate held by Mabel C Stoner of Chicago who is 61.
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Star
New York
Harriet Stoner Sides
Yonkers
N. Y
Shenandoah Valley Military Academy
Winchester
Ak Key
C. Stoner
Chicago
Shenandoah
Mabel C. Stoner
Yugoslavia Silent on German Demands Amid Balkan Tension
Axis pressures mount as Yugoslavia abstains from replying to German demands while Berlin signaled resolve. Reports say Yugoslav Danube navigation halted for German craft, and Italy may evacuate nationals if crisis worsens. Berlin and Belgrade exchange tense signals as fate of Serb Croat lines remains unresolved.
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Associated Press
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Danube
Belgrade
Axis
Berlin
Arthur completes year as Junior Board of Trade president
Toastmaster presiding at the annual baneful Junior Board of Trade event reports Arthur completing his year as president and handing the reins to the new leader ee Barnsley.
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Board of Trade
Arthur
Ee Barnsley
Gayda Predicts New Vital Clash in Mediterranean
Rome dispatch quotes fascist editor Vir ginio Gayda predicting a new and more vital clash between Axis forces and the British Empire in the Mediterranean. He says Britain will feel losses from Africa offensives and Cheren Eritrea, noting Cheren’s fall did not end the Eritrea battle and blaming British success on brute force and imperial air power. He asserts Italian forces faced a numerically lopsided foe, starting with 120,000 Britons against a few tens of thousands Italians.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Terranean
Iomale
Africa
Cheren
Eritrea
End Gayda
Gayda
Italian fleet damaged in eastern Mediterranean clash
British and Greek forces battled Italian ships as the Littorio class battleship and two cruisers reportedly sustained hits. Berlin reported Nazi patience with British agents in Yugoslavia, while Yugoslavia held its stance. Italian high command claimed possible sinking of a British cruiser and damage to an aircraft carrier and another cruiser at Suda Bay Crete Tuesday night.
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Berlin
Yugoslavia
Germany
Britain
Belgrade
Legation
Coun
Orde
Lufthansa
Viktor van Heeren
Mediterranean
Balkans
Split
Vladimir Macek
Admiralty
Suda Bay
Island of
Crete
Greeks Cooperate With RAF Also Strike At Italian Fleet
London March 29 AP the admiralty said at least one Italian warship may have been sunk in the eastern Mediterranean after naval clashes. British Greek forces damaged Littorio battleships and two cruisers while aircraft and Royal Air Force units carried out attacks. Further reports awaited. Greeks join operations with British forces as the Italian fleet appears scattered following the action.
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Royal Air Force
London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Sir Andrew Unning
Littorio
Army To Set Up Caroline Range
Final decision to establish a large artillery range and training camp in Caroline county was announced by Major General Walter S. Grant in Baltimore. The plan, after weeks of study and citizen hearings, aims to acquire about 110 000 acres, with minor boundary changes to be decided soon.
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Fredericksburg
United States Army
Caroline County
Walter S. Grant
Third Corps
Baltimore
Arter
Grant
Bowling Green
First Army
Virginia
City And County Brevities
A bullet hole six inches above the floor in a Spring Garden room failed to alarm Mrs. Elizabeth Kern during the Civil War era. The hole, linked to builder Robert Steele, was rediscovered during house cleaning. Winchester police expect a new patrol car this evening with two way radio from Washington. Crocus blooms brighten the landscape and maples show early buds as haymaking nears.
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Winchester
Washington
Paul Haldeman
Italian air attacks reportedly sink and damage British ships
The high command claims a British cruiser may have sunk and an aircraft carrier damaged in Italian air force raids. Italy's official news agency Stefani reports a naval assault craft entered Suda Bay Crete Tuesday night and allegedly sank a warship, describing them as new high speed vessels.
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Italy
High Command
Stefani
Britain
Suda Bay
Crete
Spring Opening at Hillside Roller Rink
Hillside Roller Rink in Martinsburg opens on Wednesday April 2 with 20 cent admission and free opening night. Rink will be open Wednesday and Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons and nights.
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Hillside Roller Rink
Martinsburg
W. Way
API
Notice of Meeting and Funeral Attendance
All members are requested to meet at the hall tomorrow from 12 30 to attend the funeral of Bailey. SOUTH END HOSE CO Howard Hart Captain 1p 11
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Bailey
South End Hose CO
Howard Hart
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Somosa
Nicaragua
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Local Academy
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World Today
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