Hold Rites For Moreland
Funeral services for Louis Townsend Moreland a 50 year old Clarke county farmer who died from a bullet wound were held at 2 PM at the John H Enders funeral home Berryville Virginia with Rev E A Shultz officiating Interment followed at Green Hill Cemetery Pallbearers included Dr A P Osborne Ammie Kelly Charles Levi Willie Willingham Arthur Lee and Townsend Marcus In a separate matter Marie Pierce free on bond of 5000 was set for a hearing before Trial Justice Loring Rackley Tuesday at 10 AM on charges of shooting at her farmhouse east of Berryville authorities deeming the incident accidental and noting no new developments in the case
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Louis Townsend Moreland
Clarke County
Memorial Hospital
John H. Enders
Berryville
E. A. Shultz
Hamilton
Loudoun County
Green Hill Cemetery
A. P. Osborne
Ammie Kelly
Charles Levi
Willie Willingham
Arthur Lee
Townsend Marcus
Moreland
Marie Pierce
Liberty
Loring Rackley
River Bridge project details and costs disclosed
The article lists 83 600 dollars for the Crooked Run Bridge and 190 000 cubic yards of regular excavation plus 146 000 borrowed excavation for fills near the Crooked Run approach. South River Bridge uses 5 679 cubic yards of concrete and 4 663 723 pounds of structural steel. North River Bridge requires 3 287 cubic yards of concrete and 1 982 450 pounds of structural steel. The South River will be 1 925 feet long, North Branch 1 090 feet, Crooked Run 288 feet, total project length 3.4 miles. Chief inspector is H. E. Piery. assistants include V. Willson, J. Pinkey, R. T. Clarke, P. E. Hood. Bethlehem Steel personnel led by Mr. Leaherman handle construction office work. bridges lie upstream of current structures to eliminate death traps near Riverton.
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Crooked Run Bridge
South River Bridge
North River
Crooked Run
North Branch
Virginia Highway Department
H. E. Piery
Guy V. Willson
Waynesboro
John 8. Pinkey
Charlotte Courthouse
R. T. Clarke
Harrisonburg
Percy E. Hood
Richmond
James Monaghan
Philadelphia
Rudy Peters
New Jersey
Bethlehem Steel Company
Leaherman
Hear Riverton
War Games Expand Troop Numbers and Modern Tactics
General Richardson announced Field Seven Weeks exercises will involve 1,302,500 officers and men with an anticipated force surpassing 1.4 million next month. He stressed that missing equipment will not diminish the maneuvers or training value as modern techniques are employed in simulated battles.
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War Department
Richardson
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Fast Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a quick remedy for tender feet and soreness. It claims fifteen minutes of relief after two or three applications and complete satisfaction or money back. Thousands of bottles are sold annually.
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Moone
Adv
Bombers and Raiders Strike Across War Fronts
British reports say Axis assaults at Tobruk achieved only slight penetration along a 2000 yard front while RAF night fighters set a new record with 22 bombers destroyed. RAF raiders hit Brest Gneisenau Scharnhorst and targets at St Nazaire Bergen Bremen and Loire refineries.
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Tobruk
Libya
Reoe
London Air Ministry
Brest
St. Nazaire
Bremen
Loire River
France
Bergen
Norway
RAF
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Air Ministry
DNB
North Atlantic
England
Consolidation Of Mediators Is Recommended
William M. Leiserson of the National Labor Relations Board urged Congress to merge the governments labor mediation services into a permanent National Mediations Board on full time basis. He opposed a 10 to 40 day strike waiting period and favored 30 day advance notice before changes in working conditions. Senator Byrd pressed for Secretary Perkins resignation to allow a Roosevelt led reorganization of the Labor Department.
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Washington
National Defense Mediation Board
William M. Leiserson
National Labor Relations Board
Leiserson
Senate Labor
Labor Division
Office of Production Management
Consultation Service
Railway Labor Board
Maritime Labor Board
Tional Mediations Board
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Perkins
Roosevelt
Labor Department
Building Figures From News-Record Study
Market analysts studied engineering construction figures from the News-Record. For the week ended Tuesday heavy building awards rose 41 percent versus last year but were 40 percent below the prior week due to contract lags. April awards set a record for the month, 80 percent over 1940.
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New York
Engineering News-Record
Debates Over Convoy Air Cover and Ship Losses
A wartime column reports Willkie urging convoy escorted air cover to Britain and Nye challenging the plan. Maritime Commission data show under four percent of British ships leaving U.S. ports were sunk in early 1941. The page also includes a Q A about illegitimate birth names.
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Willkie
Freedom
New York
Britain
Jess
Nye
Maritime Commission
British liner Ixion and freighter Eastern Star torpedoed 750 miles east of Greenland
New York May 8. Maritime circles report the 10,263 ton British passenger liner Ixion and the 5,658 ton Norwegian freighter Eastern Star were torpedoed by a Nazi submarine during a British convoy run ferrying American supplies to England.
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New York
Ixion
Greenland
England
British Exports Decline In 1940 War Year
London reports a drop of about 12 percent in Britain exports in 1940 compared with 1938, the last full year of peace. Total exports in 1940 reached around 1.65 billion dollars, vs 1.88 billion in 1938, revised from earlier figures.
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London
Great Britain
Department of Overseas Trade
Boy Sought By Posses Is Alive
Four year old James Tommy Proctor who had been missing since yesterday noon was located alive and uninjured on a road about a mile from search headquarters. A massive hunt covered a ten mile wooded area with 600 volunteers from Bowmen Field air corps Boy Scouts police and fire crews and students. The boy was found by W Lyle Pearce a 33 year old high school teacher aiding in the search.
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Louisville
James
Tommy”) Proctor
Bowman Field Air Corps
Boy Scouts
W. Lyle Pearce
Former minister of transport becomes aircraft production chief
Lieut. Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon succeeds Lord Beaverbrook as minister for aircraft production in a British cabinet shakeup. He is noted as the first man in Britain to hold a pilot's license.
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J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Asks Jail Terms For Saboteurs
Attorney General Jackson urged a uniform sentence scale for alien seamen convicted of sabotaging foreign ships in American ports. He proposed seven years for officers and five years for seamen, with no fines, in a case involving ten Italian officials and sailors from the Villarperosa at Wilson, North Carolina.
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Washington
Jackson
United States
Charles Rouse
Wilson
N. C
Rouse
36 Nazi Planes Down In 24 Hours Over Britain
London reports the RAF and ground defenses have shot down 36 Nazi planes in the last 24 hours. The tally includes 24 from last night and 10 more today in high altitude combat, with anti aircraft guns and balloon barrage credited in the action.
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London
Britain
RAF
Air and
HowVisitors May See Dionne Quintuplets Hidden Screen
The quintuplets are viewed through a hotted plate also called a fine mesh screen painted platinum color. This mesh screen prevents the children from seeing the visitors while allowing viewing access.
Meaning of "Thy youth is like the eagle" in the Bible
This answers that the eagle image signifies renewal through a cycle of rising into the sky then diving into the sea, where it moults and regains fresh feathers. The interpretation links youth to ascent and rebirth via a symbolic plunge.
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Helena Rubinstein
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Pink Clover
Elizabeth Arden Flower
Yardley’s
Houbigant’s
Coty’s Hudnut’s
Vita-Ray
Max Factor
Belcano
Baker’s Drug Store
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