Bombers Hit Suez and Britain in Daylight Assaults
Axis warplanes launched a two hour night attack on the Suez canal as Britain reported heavy daylight raids on Manchester and Dover. German daylight raids sparked fires in Manchester while dogfights over the English Channel followed, and Cairo said some damage to railway property with no casualties.
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Suez
Britain
Suez Canal
Island Kingdom
Dover
R.A.F
English Channel
Cairo
Sues Canal
Manchester
Liverpool
Hull
Bristol Channel
Luftwaffe raids pound British coast as London notes growth in attacks
Dispatches describe German bombers over Britain and heavy Luftwaffe activity near Dover and the Channel. Reports say 300 bombers operated overnight with renewed strikes anticipated. Jewish residents in Berlin faced relocation and evictions as authorities prepare for further wartime measures. In North Africa, Axis forces reportedly seized key positions in the long siege.
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Adolf Hitler
Dover
English Channel
London
Britain
Ine Hills
Robero Hutwhile
Eagle Club
Landen
United States
Arcas
Berlin
Charlottenburg
Mussolini
Winchester Students Enter Contests At Charlottesville
MA Winchester notes the value of attending to one's own business as Handsey's students prepare for literary and athletic contests at Charlottesville. Judges have previously acquitted themselves with honor and earned a fair share of laurels. Friends extend best wishes to the competitors at the university.
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Handsey
Charlottesville
City Auto Licenses In Effect From May First
City automobile licenses were set to run May first with officers instructed to enforce the law. C. W. Hollis, Chief of Police.
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C. W. Hollis
Willis Real Estate and Friendship Fire Company Notice
Willis Real Estate advertises contact number 842 and references a regular monthly meeting of the Friendship Fire Company. Details are truncated but indicate a scheduled community notice and local organization activity.
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Willis Real Estate Ph
Vast Union War Games To Involve Over A Million Troops
Washington May 3 More than 550000 troops will maneuver this summer and autumn in the largest war games in history. Over 800000 reserve and service troops will support mobilization and supply operations. General Richardson says the exercises peak in September with two field armies clashing in Louisiana.
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Washington
War Department
Robert C. Richardson
Louisiana
Richardson
California
George C. Marshall
Fort Jackson
S. C
Fort Bragg
Congress
Headquarters Air Force
Carolinas
Wash
Fort Lewis
Fourth Army
Favors Acquiring More Vessels
The House Naval Committee urges legislation to authorize the navy to acquire 58 additional fleet auxiliary vessels at about 350 million dollars. The bill adds 33 ships beyond the original March request. Rear Admiral Samuel M. Robinson testified he was directed to seek 5500000 tons of extra auxiliaries instead of 200000 tons due to rapid, unforeseen developments.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Samuel M. Robinson
Bureau of Ships
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Robinson
Axis and Allied Bombing Across Europe and Britain
War today reports Axis aircraft bomb the Sues canal for two hours and raids on British coastal defenses in Dover and the English Channel. Berlin claims heavier RAF losses while 10 000 Americans fight with British and Allied forces.
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London
Berlin
Students to represent Handley at Virginia meet in Charlottesville
John Handley High School Winchester will send seventeen scholars and fourteen athletes to the 27th annual Virginia Literary and Athletic League meeting in Charlottesville this weekend. They depart by bus tomorrow for the University of Virginia where both events unfold Friday and Saturday.
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John Handley
Howell Rivers
Ruby Landacre
Jean Ebert
Susan Shryock
Brenda Carter
Richard Grove
Jeanne Shadd
Pat Duffey
Louise Travers
Bobby Green
Gail Robinson
Lewis Richards
Eli Garber
Garland Pingley
Steve Roseberger
Lester Arnold, Jr
Oscar Bywaters
Graham Kerr
Bobby Taylor
Allen Legge
Clayton Cochran
Earl Charnock
Greenwalt
Handley
Britain's Nudist Camp Faces War Time Realities
In Green Hills Hertfordshire May 8, Britain's largest nudist camp confronts wartime realities as RAF low altitude reconnaissance patrols over the grounds. The proprietor notes pilots over the camp and says residents have adapted by looking up at them as they look down. The wife adds fire watching in the nude is impractical in cold nights though summer will bring bare heads. London now serves as a clothes free haven.
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Eddy Gilmore
Green Hills
Hertfordshire
England
Britain
RAF
R.A. F
R.A.F
London
O S Sullivan Rubber workers form local AFL bargaining unit
In Winchester 236 employees voted 114 for, organizing a Rubber Workers Local of the AFL to act as the bargaining agent. The election ran in two sessions under NLRB supervision with witnesses from both sides. Management aims for peaceful negotiations and no dissension as the local prepares to certify in coming days.
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Earl Bunting
O'Sullivan Company
the Star
Winchester
Dynamite Plot Reported At Hyde Park Home
State police and secret service investigated rumors that two men planted dynamite on President Roosevelt's Hyde Park estate to threaten war. Officials later called the plot silly with no arrests or evidence found after a morning search and interviews with a workman who reported the claim.
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Hyde Park
Rhinebeck
N. Y
John Gaffney
State Police
Secret Service
President Roosevelt
United States
New York
Sednersemee Arkey
Thern
Gaffney
Maloney
John Hogan
Progress Made In Settling Strike
Federal conciliators report real progress in settling the five day Greyhound bus line strike after a two hour session with company and AFL Motor Coach Employees Union representatives. Officials expect an announcement this afternoon as daily talks continue since Monday morning to craft a settlement formula.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Greyhound Bus Line
AFL
Motor Coach
City's Quota Of Selectees Is Increased 49
Richmond announces increases in Virginia local selective service quotas. Winchester City gains 49, Shenandoah county 14, Warren county 11, Clarke county no change. Inductions expected to begin before July 1. Winchester total net quota rises to 50, Frederick county to 74. state net quota up to 14,164 from 9,747.
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Richmond
Virginia
Selective Service Boards
Winchester
Shenandoah County
Warren County
Clarke County
Peyton Marshal
National Guard
Alvin Richardson
Roanoke
Frederick County
Third Corps
NLRB to Hold Ford Worker Election May 21
Detroit May 8 The National Labor Relations Board announced an employee election for Ford Motor Company workers on May 21 to determine bargaining agency for about 90 000 workers at the Ford Lincoln and Rouge plants The Rouge plant which saw a 10 day strike last month employs over 85 000 hourly workers Production and maintenance staff will choose between UAW CIO AF of L or neither for the main vote A separate poll for 300 Rouge pattern workers offers UAW CIO or Pattern Makers League or neither.
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National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
Ford Lincoln
Rouge
NLRB
Frank H. Bowen
Ford
United Automobile Workers Cio
Lincoln
Uaw-Cio
Erican Federation of Labor
Pattern Makers League of North America
AFL
Navy Seeks 4900 Men For V-7 Reserve Corps
The Navy issued a call for 4,900 men in the V-7 reserve class. Applicants must be 20 to 28, unmarried, hold a college degree, and will be commissioned as ensigns after a three month course before active duty. They will join active service upon completion.
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New York
Navy
Riverton Bridges Near 35 Percent Completion
Virginia highway project mirrors largest in state history as 100 men advance two river bridges. Bethlehem Steel subcontractor lags a few days behind, girders in place on South River section, Pier No. 1 cap poured on Crooked Run. Total cost about 1.137 million dollars with major spend on North and South River bridges.
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Riverton
Virginia State Highway Department
Bethlehem Steel Company
George F. Hazelwood Company
Cumberland
Crooked Run
North River Bridge
South
Rail conductors seek 15 percent wage increase in steel district
Pittsburgh May 8 The Order of Railway Conductors requested 15 percent wage boosts from Pittsburgh and Lake Erie and New York Central lines and Monongahela Connecting Railroad. Mediation board to handle stalemate. June 5 start date planned for negotiations with Pittsburgh and Lake Erie.
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Pittsburgh
R. Hering
Pittsburgh and Lake
New York Central
Monongahelia
Jones and McLaughlin Steel Corporation
Monongahela
Herring
National
Ilroad Mediation Board
Federal Railway Labor Act
J. N. Wlpace
The
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Mrs Roosevelt to Speak at Moorefield High School opening
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will deliver the commencement address at the Moorefield high school dedication on May 26. The new $100000 WPA aided building will be opened as Rep Jennings Randolph and a party including Mrs Henry Morgenthau Jr travel from Arthurdale to attend.
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Moorefield
W. Va
Franklin
D. Roosevelt
Moorefield High School
WPA
Jennings Randolph
Dem
Arthurdale
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Randolph
Farm Price Rise Promises Higher 1941 Farm Income
Chicago May 8 Market statistics indicate a farm price rise to the highest general level since 1937. War demand and government actions boost prices, with major products up 22 to 52 percent since France fell. If current levels hold, 1941 domestic grain crops may yield the best arte value in a decade.
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Chicago
England
France
Bethlehem Sued For Accounting Inanti Lab Konflict
Zara du Pont filed a federal suit seeking more than 1 million dollars in an accounting and restoration to Bethlehem Steel Corp. The complaint names Bethlehem Steel Corporation and executives including Eugene P. Grace and the estates of Charles M. Schwab and Grayson Murphy as defendants alleging waste through illegal anti labor activities and espionage at seven plants across Pennsylvania Maryland New York and Massachusetts.
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New York
Zara du Pont
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Eugene P. Grace
Bethlehem
Charles M. Schwab
S. E. McMath
James H. Ward
Frederick A. Schick
Grayson M. P. Murphy
Miss du Pont
Lammet
Irenee du Pont
Cambria
Johnston, Pa
Lackawanna
Buffalo
N. Y
Lebanon
Steelton, Pa
Maryland
Sparrows Point
Bethlehem, Pa
Rankin Works
Rankin, Pa
Leetsdale Works
Leetsdale
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Goode Extradited to Virginia for Grand Larceny Charge
Extradition approved by Governor Neely transfers Robert W Goode from Moundsville to Franklin County Virginia to face a grand larceny charge for an automobile. Goode is held in jail awaiting trial.
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Charleston
W. Va
Neely
Robert W Goode
Franklin County
Virginia
Goode
Moundsville
Massing Denied by Moscow News Agency
Moscow reports Tass denial that large forces of the Red Army are being concentrated on the western frontiers. The agency refutes claims of imminent buildup and reiterates commitment to defense.
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Moscow
Tass
Soviet Russia
Red Army
Turgeon photographs royal couple in colour and black and white
Frank Turgeon reports from Nassau on May 1 that he has completed a portrait sitting of the Duke and Duchess of Be rance in natural colour and monochrome. A light shower refreshed vegetation at Winchester. 15 inches of rain were recorded at the Winchester Research Laboratory, the first in weeks. John T. Sloat notes the Commercial and Savings Bank now surpasses two million dollars in assets at 2 004 074.53.
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Frank Turgeon
Winchester
Nassau
Duke
Winchester Research Laboratory
John TI. Slost
Commercial and Savings Bank
Eight Ships Reported Sunk In Aid Convoy Controversy
Washington May 8 Senator Bailey said Admiral Land testified his report on HM losses of ships carrying American aid to England had been misinterpreted. Bailey said the emphasis was on ships actually reported sunk, and Land stood by his findings while noting possible unreported losses. The debate centers on convoys and the administration bill to acquire foreign ships idle in American ports as a test of Congress.
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Washington
Bailey
D-Nc
Emory Land
i+ time Commission
England
Commission
United States
Sena Commerce Committee
Land
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Willkie
Wheeler D-Mont
Wendell L. Me
United
Congress
Senate
Nye
Effort To Save A Baby Ends In Tragic Fire Death
In Boston on May 8, a mother named Alice Bowker 27 attempted to pass her five month old from a building fire through a four foot area to rescuers in a window of another structure. The child fell 30 feet to his death as the mother plunged from a third floor window and was seriously injured. Firemen arrived too late to prevent the tragedy. Seventeen people fled the four story, twelve room house as flames caused unofficial damages around $6500.
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Boston
Perons
Alice Bowker
Rouss Fire Co. Sets May Meeting Date
The Charlie Rouss Fire Co holds its regular monthly meeting Friday May 9 at 8 p m. All members requested to attend. President M D Weaver urges participation.
Sarah Zane Fire Co to Hold May Meeting Friday
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co. is set for Friday May 9 at 8 p m. All members are urged to attend.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
Del Rio Club Rhythm King Orchestra Plays Sunday
Rhythm King Orchestra performs at the Del Rio Club this Sunday from 9 to 12. No admission, no cover charge. Water and listings show Bickers' Realty Co Inc phone 45. (5-8-Lp-21)
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Rhythm King Orchestra
Ning Water
Bickers’ Realty Co. Inc
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