Hitler Mussolini meet in accord at Salzburg talks
Axis leaders Hitler and Mussolini declared in accord after their Salzburg conference. British observers noted aims to keep Mussolini in line while discussing potential peace terms or a joint Axis strategy amid Allied advances. The meeting marked their first since the US entry into war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Italy
Mussolini
Hitler
United States
Japan
Berlin
Germany
Axis
Oshima
Munich
Salzburg
Puehrer
Io A von Ribbentrop
Ciano
August Tree Ens
Seventeen Horses Enter Derby Field Before Deadline
The Kentucky Derby drew seventeen entrants just before the entry box closed. The final list includes Devil Divers and Shut Out as leading contenders with multiple showings for the top prize. Other noted horses mentioned are Apache, Orphan, Fairy Manah, Sir War and First Fid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphan
Fairy Manah
Sir War
Sale of Household Effects and Apparel Featured
Classified notice lists sale of household effects to be held Saturday at 1 o clock May 2 at 120 West Cork Place. Includes a sale bill on page 8. Lovett's Shoe and Dress Shoppe advertises percent off coats and suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Cork
Lovett's Shoe and Dress Shoppe
Sarah Zane Fire Co Meeting Set for Friday Evening
The Sarah Zane Fire Company will hold a meeting Friday evening at 8 p m All members are requested to be present. Local notice appears in the 4-30-1p-21 edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Loryn
Byrd Decries Government Travel and Publicity Waste
Senator Byrd charged the government with wasting public funds on travel and publicity costs. He praised Senate action to cut over 12 million dollars from routine agency expenses and urged further reductions in travel long distance calls and propaganda activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrd
D.-Va
Senate Today
Virginian
Senate
Senator McKellar
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Congress
Colored volunteers sought for ordnance duty meeting
The 302nd Ordnance unit invites colored youths to attend a Monday 8:30 PM meeting at the school. Paul Rosenberger, in charge of Winchester district recruiting, will explain ordnance work and enlistment qualifications for colored men and those to be inducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bat
302Nd Ordnance
Douglas High
Paul Rosenberger
Winchester
Baltic fleet claims sink German battleship
Moscow radio reported a German battleship sunk by the Baltic fleet, marking Russia’s first capital ship destruction claim. It also said the Baltic forces had sunk 447 German ships overall in the war. London dispatches cited April losses of over 58 000 German officers and men on the Leningrad front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Baltic
Germany
London
Moscow Radio
Leningrad
May Day Message Urges Supreme Effort for Victory
Berlin reports Robert Ley, Hitler's labor chief, used a May Day broadcast to appeal to German workers for a last supreme effort toward victory. The appeal framed the effort as essential for the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Robert Ley
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Virginia towns planned for 2 million dollar housing developments
Plans are rushed to completion for two southwest Virginia housing developments costing about 2 million dollars. Wiley and Wilson engineers and Pendleton S. Clark architect said the communities at Radford and Pulaski will rise this summer, each nearly a complete town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Southwest Virginia
Wiley and Wilson
Pendleton S. Clark
Radford
Pulaski
Governor names trustees for state retirement system
Governor Darden announced the appointment of C. C. Louderback of Page and Giles M. Robertson state highway safety engineer and J. J. Fray Campbell county schools superintendent to the state retirement system board of trustees. The system becomes operative July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Darden
C. C. Louderback
Page
Giles M. Robertson
State Highway Department
J. J. Fray
Campbell County
Bombs Hit Suez Canal and Damietta Areas in Air Raid
Cairo reports bombs dropped in the Suez Canal and Damietta areas during a night air raid. The interior ministry said damage was slight in the communique issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Suez Canal
Damietta
Banker N. W. Phelps Dies in Roanoke
Roanoke banker N. W. Phelps, retired former vice president and techen es demi here, died. Funeral plans listed for 5 p.m. at a local place, with details incomplete in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
N. W. Phelps
Techenes
French Sadhana Appeals to Workers
A fragmentary AP report notes appeals to workers amid class struggle. It references Petain and signals a call to unite labor with nationalist aims in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petain
Sugar Registration Directions Issued By Garland Quarles
Garland R. Quarles, superintendent of Handley Schools, directs Winchester citizens on sugar rationing registration. Registration runs May 4 to 7 from 1 to 6 PM at specified streets and John Kerr Building. Families must provide full names addresses physical details and family totals for each member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Quarles
Garland R. Quarles
Handley Schools
Winchester
Trial Justice A J Tavenner Dies At 3 25 P M
Trial Justice Alvin J. Tavenner 74 longtime jurist of Broderick county died in Winchester Memorial Hospital at 3 25 PM after pneumonia followed major surgery. Born Polo Illinois 1867 he practiced law 20 years before appointment as justice of the peace and served 20 more years. survived by widow Gertrude and three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin J. Tavenner
Broderck County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Star Office
Virginia
Winchester
Frederick Youny
Illinois
Mr. Taverner
Polo
Ill
Fred Kerr High School
University of Virginia
Ee Raga Geo Law
Ore Eirginia
University
Tavenner
Cavalier
Roanoker Killed In Army Mishap
Private Leonard H. Holt 25 of Roanoke Virginia stationed at Fort George Meade Maryland died after being thrown from a truck when the vehicle hit a ditch last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoker
Washington
Leonard H. Holt
Roanoke
Fort George Meade
Temperature Rises with Unusual Heat Peak at 93
The past week saw daily highs around the upper eighties to low nineties with a 93 degree peak, hotter than typical for this time. Precipitation in April this year was several inches below average and also below last year’s totals.
Sarees Sold at Piccadilly St Shop Sale
Fragmentary notice notes a sale of sarees at a Piccadilly Street shop with dates and project details unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piccadilly St
Winchester City Tag Notice Deadline Sets May 1
Police will enforce this ordinance. C. W. Hollis, Chief of Winchester Police Department issues the city tag deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hollis
Winchester Police Department
Stalin Calls for Final Defeat of German Forces in May Day Speech
Moscow reports Stalin declares on May Day that Soviet, Allied air aid increases the drive to smash Hitler's troops on a surrender-or-death basis to make 1942 a year of final defeat. He says Germany weakened since June 22, 1941, and praises Soviet resilience amid casualties and shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Russia
Britain
United States
Adolf Hitler
Stalin
Hitler
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Russia
Nazis Would Call Off Future Bombing
The Daily Mail reports from Geneva that Berlin says Germany will halt raids on English towns if the RAF changes its tactics. A British source counters no official negotiations exist and stresses pursuing the attackers wherever found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Mail
Geneva
Berlin
de Geneva
Sink Aihelaily
Germany
R. A
Blackout Lights Winchester Homes Highlight FFA Supplement
A 16 page Future Farmer of America Home Economics supplement will publish Saturday in The Winchester Evening Star. It features student written articles centered on Food For Victory, with illustrations and reports from Northern Virginia FFA chapters.
Winchester Completes First War Time Blackout Test
One citizen refused cooperation during a citywide blackout drill in Winchester. From 9 to 12, police and wardens reported 100 percent compliance with the voluntary test, no accidents, light traffic, and residents observing from porches. Elks chapter noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
C. W. Hollis
Tom Boyd
Grover Cooper
Wash
Schenck Tax Sentence Reduced to Perjury Term
New York May 1. The three year sentence for income tax evasion against Joseph M. Schenck former chairman of 20th Century Fox was suspended and he was sentenced immediately to one year and a day on a guilty plea to a perjury indictment. He was placed on probation for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph M. Schenck
20Th Century Fox Film Corporation
Schenck
Bright Named Virginia Price Administrator in Richmond
Brigadier General J Fulmer Bright was named state director of the Office of Price Administration for Virginia. The former Richmond mayor and First Virginia Regiment commander will oversee price controls, tire distribution, sugar and gasoline rationing, serving without compensation initially though a salary is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
J. Fulmer Bright
Price
Virginia
First
Virginia Regiment
National Guard
Birth at Winchester Memorial Hospital Prompts Local Briefs
Last night a son was born to Mr and Mrs Coronas of Woodland Avenue at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The father Mr Coronas is connected with the Virginia Woolen Co and coaches the Brown Bombers. Zone Air Raid Warden Joseph B Newlin reported the educational blackout caused no incidents and residents complied peacefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ee Coronas
Woodland Avenue
Cleveneger
Miriam Curry
Clevenger
Virginia Woolen Co
Brown Bombers
Winchester
Joseph B. Newlin
Explosions At Belgian Plant Kill 250 Injure 1000
A chemical factory at Tessenderloo near Antwerp was destroyed by an explosion. German radio claimed 60 killed and about 1 000 injured, while Belgian reports cited 250 dead and 1,000 wounded. The plant produced fertilizers and acids possibly used for explosives. Nearby schools and houses were damaged in the blast two days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tessendérloo
Belgium
Berlin
la Societe Anonyme Des Produits Chimiques
Tessenderloo
Antwerp
Limbourg
Whie Brigade
Nears
Sen To Dent
Thigehiner 2 Cie
Thdeeotend Favasshion
Free Belgian
Thiriau
Brussels
County Schools To Close For Rationing In Frederick County
Frederick County schools will close at 1 30 PM on May 4 5 and 6 for sugar rationing. Leslie D Kline division superintendent urged county residents to visit the nearest school between 1 30 PM and 6 PM to fill out forms with details for each family member including height weight age hair color eye color and current sugar on hand. Teachers will conduct the patriotic service and require prompt preparation of information.
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Amherst
West Bend
West Boscawen
Braddock, Burton, West Cecil
Bellview Sts
John Kerr
Frederick County
Leslie D. Kline
Public sale of used cars on Rouss Ave May 2
Auction notice for a public sale of used cars on Rouss Ave Saturday May 2 at 10 am. Cars include a 1938 Packard four door sedan a 1938 Plymouth coupe a 1935 Pontiac sedan a 1935 Dodge sedan and a 1935 Ford V eight. Cash terms. Dunn and Duvall auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss Ave
Dunn & Duvall
Rouss Fire Company Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of Rouss Fire Company will be held on the Ist at 8 o'clock. Members are urged to attend. David F. P. Hottle, President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss Fire CO
Ig Se Rouss Fire Mae” Ae
David FP. Hottle
Executor's Sale Of Blanche Hardesty Home At No 120 West Cork
An executor will sell at public auction the nine room residence of Mrs Blanche Hardesty located at 120 West Cork Street in front of the house at 12 oclock noon on May 2. The notice lists the property and time for bidding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Hardesty
Cork Street
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Bulletins
Louderback
Suez
A. J. Tavenner
State Library and
Survor
Anasubeen
Albin
Hiram Lodge
John Dove
Royal Arch
Winchester Commandery No. 12
Acca Temple
Imperial Shrine
Richterian Church
Gertrude Clements
Gertrude Tavenner
Alvin
Sarah
Rebecca
See
Brown
Emma Scenes
Loudoun
Frederick
Black Horse Cavalry
Army of the Confederacy
St. Hillyard’s
Piccadilly
U. S. Army Engineers
Engineers’ Replacement Center
Fort Belvoir
Central Press
Nts
War of “Liberation
Herbert Morri
Magic Word
W. R. Legge
Handley
Northern Virgina
F. A. Dobbins
Stephens City
Middletown
R. A. Wall
Luray
A. L. Frye
Royal
H.boro
H. M. Davis
Berryville- Boyce
C. C. Rhodes
Kathryn Watson
Dooley
Boyce
Aloise Lumsden
Berryville
Gainesboro
Front Royal
Sperryville
Washington, Va
The
Elks
Bright
William J. Humphreys
South End Hose Co
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