Chinese Guerrillas Attack Nan tugchow to Block Japanese Supply Base
Three thousand Chinese guerrillas threaten to annihilate the Japanese garrison at Nan tugchow on the Wangtze river north of Shanghai, aiming to cut supply lines for a 10 000 strong Japanese force operating in north Kiangsu. Shanghai port traffic stalls as customs briefly halt clearance under new government.
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Shanghai
Nantungchow
Wangtze River
Kiangsu
Thilunghai
Yangtze
Nantingchow
Canis Ad-Aien
Nanking
L H. Lawford
Central China
South Shantung
Shantung
Old Maids Convention Plans at Lebanon Church Schoolhouse
MA Winchester notes a convention of old maids at Lebanon Church Schoolhouse on Friday night May 13 inviting all old bachelors. The item jokes about marriage plans and hints licenses may rise in 1938 or 1939 as bachelor girls attend a likely large crowd.
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Lebanon Church
Lebanon
Winchester
Virginia
Grand Lodge of Virginia
Lynchburg
W. Erle Edwards
Grand Lodge
Richmond
Lynchburg City Armory
Church Street
12Th
13Th Streets
Knights of Pythias’ Hall
Department Council
Virginian Hotel
Rebekah Assembly
Elks Club
Main Street
Secretaries’ Association
Knights of Pythias
Order
Virginian
Rebekahs
Armory
Walla
Red Lodge
Falls ‘Church
Lodge
Rebekah
Memorial Hospital to Reopen Nurses Training School
Winchester Memorial Hospital will resume a nurses training school after September 1 to address a shortage of graduate nurses. Dr. McGuire announced the plan, aiming for a 45-student quota over three years, with 15 new student nurses yearly and staff upgrades including new supervisors and instructors. A board meeting to elect officers follows next Tuesday.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hunter Holmes McGuire
Memorial Hospital
Na Group
Nrsees
Soul
McGuire
West Clifford Street
Heas
Lost Gold Ring With Initials F M Y Recovered Reward
Lost gold ring engraved with initials F M Y seeks owner. Reward offered for return to office at No 9 Shenandoah Valley Bank building.
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Shenandoah Valley Bank
Blonde Beauty Hurls Glasses In New York Resort
At El Morocco nightclub in New York around 3 am a striking blonde woman hurls glasses to catch the eye of Arturo Ramos, husband of heiress Millicent Roger Salm Ramos Balcom, as romance drama unfolds among cafe society figures including Robert Taylor’s famed woes.
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New York
Nancy Randolph
C.T.P.S
Robert Taylor
Cafe Society
Arturo Ramos
Squires
Adelaide
el Morocco
Ramos
Millicent Roger
Salm Ramos Balcom
Adelaide Moffett Brooks
Serpen
Paradise
Apples Held At Winchester Cold Storage Plants Reach 80009 Barrels
As of May 2 Winchester three cold storage plants held 80009 barrels of apples awaiting movement into trade channels. Daily movement runs about 3000 barrels at Winchester Cold Storage, which holds 46073 barrels now. Virginia Apple Storage and C L Robinson Ice and Cold Storage report 12127 and 21809 barrels respectively, with total holdings down from 1936 and 1937 levels.
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Winchester
Joris 1
Winchester Cold Storage
Virginia
C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Company
Handley Leads State Class B Track Meet at Charlottesville
Handley High School led the State Class B track contest in Charlottesville scoring 32 points as four firsts and several seconds and thirds boosted their standing. Clifton Forge finished second with Lee High School third as heats and finals were scheduled for later today.
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Handley
Charlottesville
Star Today
Snag Sargent
Clifton Forge
Lee High School
Charleston dispatch on cruiser Philadeimus return trip
The cruiser Philadeimus, en route from Charleston to a tropical fishing vacation, was run by radio 450 miles from Charleston in the northern Bahamas at 98 miles per hour. Secretary McIntyre said the ship would dock at 5 p.m. tomorrow after slack ebb water. The President plans an overnight train to Washington.
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Charleston
Philadeimus
Yadio
Bahamas
McIntyre
Navy Yard
Washington
Diplomats Seek Calm in Europe as War Fears Rise
In Paris on May 7 British and French diplomats coordinate steps to curb violence over the Nazi German minority in Czechoslovakia. Sir Neville Henderson plans to meet Hermann Goering to press for restraint while efforts advance toward League approval of Italy's Ethiopia conquest and Rome-Ethiopian recognition.
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Paris
London
Europe
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Henderson
Goering
Neville Henderson
Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Italy
Fuehrer
Hitler
Chamberlain
Daladier
Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
China
Russia
Pioneer Dead
Charles Edward Lozier died at 79 after a long illness. One of the first automobile manufacturers, he will be cremated in Orlando, Florida, with funeral services to be held tomorrow in Lauderdale.
Insurgents Push Through Spain in Coastal and Inland Battles
Heavy losses inflict on government forces as insurgents drive along the coast toward Castellon de la Plana. Rain and snow slow operations while Miguel Aranda’s troops push a general offensive from Teruel toward Valencia, aided by Italian and Galician units.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Castellon de la Plana
Alcala de Chivert
Cenvas de Vinroma
Alfambra River
Teruel
Hendaye
France
Mediterranean
Miguel Aranda
Valencia
Abulel Aeivasce
Secors
Aliaga-Morella
Aranda
Teruel-Alcala de Chilvert
Seca
Cindorres
Villarroya
Aliaga
Villergue
Altos de Canada
Aliaga- Morella
Miaja
International Brigade
Catalonia
Puigcerda
Helen Hatcher Named Honor Student at Local College
Miss Helen Hatcher of Leicester street West Leicester son of Mr and Mrs R F Hatcher Winthrop College in Charlotte North Carolina named an honor student. Editor in chief of Queen's Blues she held multiple honor society memberships and was treasurer and president in student groups she made Dean's List each quarter for three years. She majors in English with French minor and plans a AB degree in 1939.
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Wee College
Charlotte
Ween Hatch Va
Aeas
Hand '¥ High School
Miss Hatcher
R. F. Hatcher
West Leicester Street
L. E. Rice
Handley
N’s College
Queen’s Blues
Sigma Nu
Alpha Kappa Gamma
Iota Si
Student's Christian Association
Alpha, Omicron
Kappa Delta
Hatcher
Dave Rubinoff Has Peritonitis
Battle Creek Michigan May 7 Dr Walter Martin physician treating Dave Rubinoff after an emergency appendectomy Friday said today the violinist was critically ill with peritonitis. Dr Martin expressed belief Rubinoff would recover.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Walter Martin
Dave Rubinoff
Martin
Rubinoff
Death of The Little Girl In Grey Prompts City Warning
New York police seek identity of a young girl who died by poisoning in a midtown terminal after writing a farewell note signed The Little Girl In Grey. The 14 year old described running away, poverty, hunger, and a plan to warn other girls, with references to a troubled past and a nurse’s claimed identity.
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New York
Vernie Keen
Brooklyn
Lyons
Oklahoma
Miss Keen
X Ray Treatment Begun For Colan Infant In Chicago
In Chicago on May 7 a five week old girl, Helaine Colan, began x ray treatments to save sight and life from glioma. Dr. Herbert E. Schmitz oversees Mercy Hospital Institute for Radiation Therapy, with preparations by her grandfather Dr. Morris Hershman. Treatments last about eight minutes and continue indefinitely, aiming to halt growth while preserving vision.
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Chicago
Helaine Colan
Herbert E. Schmitz
Mercy Hospital Institute For Radiation Therapy
Morris Hershman
Schmitz
Mussolini and Hitler Weigh Four Power Pact Plans
Rome reports Mussolini agreed to a free hand on Czechoslovakia and stressed Italy as a disinterested party. The talks with Hitler extended, focusing on a possible four power pact with France and Britain, while Poles were not invited to the station visit.
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Rome
Mussolini
Geramany
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Germany
von Ribbentrop
Oca Ga Ciano
Hitler
France
Great Britain
Britain
Poland
Palazzo Venezia
Vatican City
Rome-Berlin
Boy Injured in Street Collision Near Cameron and Piccadilly
Three year old Joseph Guess suffered a leg fracture and bruises when he darted from behind an automobile into the path of a car driven by J. H. Perry. The incident occurred at 11 15 this morning near Cameron and Piccadilly streets. D Pifer treated the boy at a local hospital and reported his condition as satisfactory this afternoon.
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Joseph Guess
Henry W. Guess
South Kent Street
Cameron
Piccadilly Streets
J. H. Perry
Mountain Falls
Orn Oriales
D. Pifer
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Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
M. Brooks
Mos
Lachrymose
Billy Baker
Red Baker
Hed Baker
Joe Zuckerman
Gene Dunn
Pioneer
Helen Hatcher
R. F. Hatchers
Queen’s In
Charlotte, N.C
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