Edgar Lemley dies of heart attack in Stephens City
Edgar L Lemley 75 a Stephens City merchant died at his home at 8 oclock last night from a heart attack after two weeks of illness He had long been identified as a civic leader and diehard church member Surviving are his widow three sons a daughter and a great granddaughter Funeral services will be held Monday at 3 pm from the Lutheran Church with interment in Green Cemetery Pallbearers include former store employees and local townspeople
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Stephens City
Edgar L. Lemley
Staunant T
Jacob and
Annabelle Bradford Lemsey
Kinger
Lemley
Annie Manuel
Fred
Ted
U. S. Navy
Jack Lemley
Washgton
D. C
Pamela Lemley
Washington
Ae Ais
Cecil Teets
Garland Strickler
Marshal Galli‘day
David Petrie
Julian Steele
P. B. Lineburg
Drinking Drivers Threaten Road Safety Across Nation
The Nation Safety Council reports high balls on highways as a growing menace. Indiana State Police superintendent Don F. Stiver notes a 27 percent rise in fatal traffic accidents caused by drinking in 1941 and urges strict city and state enforcement to curb the problem. He calls drivers intoxicated at the wheel nearly treasonous during wartime resource mobilization.
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Chicago
Nation 1 Safety Council
Don F. Stiver
Indiana
Intail
Stiver
Answers to Daily Quiz Page Four Revealed
The page lists quiz answers including Cowcatcher for question five, True for six, a musical instrument for eight, Glass for a given item, and an ape for ten, with stray letters showing the format of the answer key.
Axis outlines 1942 goals in foreign policy review
A Fascist review in Il Telegrafo quotes Count Galeazzo Ciano outlining Axis aims for 1942. Russia, the Mediterranean, and India are named as priority theaters with a shift to productive economic organization to sustain a “last battle.” Ansaldo foresees Europe as a besieged citadel yet immune to invasion or bombardment.
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Rete
Seins Festi
Governme
Russia
Mediterranean
India
Galeazzo Ciano
Leghorn
Il Telegrafo
Axis
Europe
Ansaldo
Axis Europe
Tribune de Geneve
Germans Claim Heavy Russian Losses On Eastern Front
Berlin dispatch reports the German high command stating Russians suffered heavy losses in successful tank led attacks on the central eastern front. The Germans also say Russian thrusts on the Lapland and Murmansk fronts to the north were weak.
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Berlin
Lapland
Murmansk
Bobby Feller to be transferred from Navy station
Newport Rhode Island May 9. Captain Carey Magruder announced that former Cleveland pitcher Bobby Feller would be transferred soon to the Newport training station. Feller has pitched for the Norfolk Virginia training station team but Newport has no baseball squad.
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Newport R.I
Bobby Feller
Carey Magruder
Cleveland
Newport
Bobby
Norfolk
Allied forces claim victory as Japanese fleet faces setback
The communique states Allied scouting planes spotted Japanese warships massing north of Australia. MacArthur counters Tokyo’s claim of a trap and says US battle squadrons, with Australian support, pursued a battered enemy. Australian papers hail a big victory while Curtin praises the outcome. Tokyo reports minor losses, including a tanker carrier sunk and 89 Allied planes down.
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Australia
MacArthur
Tokyo
United States
Sydney
Washington
Navy
Imperial Tokyo
Sankichi Takahashi
Seven New Aircraft Carriers and Cruisers Under Construction
Seven new aircraft carriers of a modern design and four cruisers are under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, with others at Quincy Massachusetts and additional carriers authorized. The Essex Bon Homme Richard Intrepid Kearsarge Jin Hancock Randolph and the four Massachusetts carriers Cabot Bunker Hill Oriskany and Ticonderoga form a growing American fleet, while eleven carriers are to be in active duty including Lexington Saratoga Ranger Enterprise Hornet Wasp and Yorktown.
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Newport News
Mavy
Indiana
Pearl Harbor
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Bethlehem Ship Building Company
Quincy
Mass
Essex
Bon Homme Richard
Intrepid
Kearsarge
Jin
Hancock
Randolph
Massachusetts
Cabot
Bunker Hill
Oriskany
Ticonderoga
Birmingham
Mobile
Biloxi
Vicksburg
Lexington
Saratoga
Ranger
Enterprise
Hornet
Wasp
Yorktown
Ormond L. Cox
National Association of Manufacturers
Cox
Navy
Newport News Yard
Eagles Mother's Day Program at United Brethren Church
Tomorrow at 3 oclock the local Eagles Aerie presents its annual Mother's Day program in the United Brethren Church. Rev L G Bridgers assists. Andrew Bell is the principal speaker. The Chanters directed by Floyd Haines provide music. attendance is by invitation.
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Eagles Aerie
United Brethren Church
L. G. Bridgers
Andrew Bell
Floyd Haines
Swift German Sub Sinks Honduran Ship in Gulf Action
At 7:25 p.m. a German submarine attacked a Honduran registry vessel about 100 miles offshore. A shell struck the main mast and wheel house, wounding two mates and disabling the ship which burned as survivors were rescued at 1:30 a.m. Thursday.
Reverend Lowe Seeks U S Army Chaplaincy
The Rev. Lowe plans to apply for a United States Army chaplaincy after leaving the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour. His successor at the church is the Rev. C. A. D. Freseman.
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U. S. Army
Lowe
Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
C. A. D. Freseman
Japs Bottle Up Chinese Forces Near Mandalay
Chungking reports Japanese forces cut in Burma have struck toward the rail line 26 miles northeast of Mandalay. The Chinese position astride the rail line is described as bottled up and facing annihilation, with a Japanese counterattack repelled along the Burma road corridor.
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Chungking
Burma
Nonnecr
Mandalay
Toda
Jamestown Post Journal Raises Newsprint Price
The Jamestown Post Journal announces a price increase effective Monday. Single copies go from three to four cents and carrier-delivered to 22 cents per week.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Jamestown Post-Journal
Mother's Day Service Planned at Payne's Chapel Ridgeway W Va
All mothers in the community are invited to a special service at Payne's Chapel in Ridgeway West Virginia tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Guest speaker will be John H. Rosenberger of Winchester and Rev. M. Smith of Bunker Hill Methodist charge will lead the program.
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Payne's Chapel
Ridgeway
W. Va
John H. Rosenberger
Winchester
M. Smith
Bunker Hill
Special Music At Open Door Bible Class
Morning Sunday School hour at the Open Door Bible Class will feature special musical selections by singers from the Highland Avenue Chapel. Rev. W A Wilkerson will teach the lesson, and the class begins at 9 45 o clock with a new invitation to all members.
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Presbyterian Church
More Money Is In Circulation In April Report
The Treasury reports money in circulation on April 30 totaled 11.765 billion dollars, about 87.63 dollars per person. The per capita amount rose by 1.42 dollars in the month and 19.43 dollars from a year earlier.
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Washington
United States
The
Treasury
Catesby Jones Chosen President of Science Academy
Roanoke May 9 Major W Catesby Jones chief chemist of the Virginia Department of Culture was elected president elect of the Virginia Academy of Science and will assume the presidency in 1943 44 Dr Marcellus H Stow will be president next year The twentieth annual meeting closed today Dr E C Miller directing librarian of the Medical College of Virginia was re elected secretary treasurer and Dr Sidney S Negus of the Medical College of Virginia was re elected assistant secretary
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Roanoke
W. Catesby Jones
Virginia Department of Culture
Virginia Academy of Science
Marcellus H. Stow
E. C. Miller
Medical College of Virginia
Sidney 8
Négus
Japanese to Train Koreans for 1944 Military Service
Tokyo dispatches report Japan will introduce compulsory military service in Korea in 1944. A voluntary Korean army has existed for two years, with more than 25,000 volunteers since the start of this year, though only about 3,000 were accepted.
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Berlin
Korea
Tokyo
War Production Continues Across Industries In 1940s War Drive
Kangzler notes widespread industrial output with guns carbines plane parts and shells in mass production. He observes conveyors shifting from brake bands to helmets carbine barrels bomb sights and aircraft wing sections, reflecting a broad mobilization.
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Kangzler
Why some crosses bear three arms
The three arm cross symbolizes the Holy Trinity. An ancient version exists on a Coptic Church in Jerusalem. The form was adopted by popes and is known as the papal cross.
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J ’ Ee
Market Quotations From Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Markets
U S Dept estimates field prices for livestock and produce in Baltimore and Chicago. Steers steady with week, top 13.50 for 1,300 lb good, cows and bulls up 25 cents, hogs steady near 14.40 top, sows 12.60 to 13.10, lambs and sheep varied, feeder cattle mixed. In Chicago, salable hogs 5,100, nominals on good hogs, top 14.10, cattle and calves show mixed gains and weak finish, fed steers near 14.50 to 16.50, heifers steady, cows 9.00-10.25, vealers 14.00-15.50.
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Baltimore
U. S. Dept
UN Sr
Chicago
U. S
Baltimore Grain Market Closing Report
Baltimore May 9 grain market closes with No 2 red winter at 120 1 4 for May delivery 04 and corn 96 98. Winchester Market quotes Wheat at 1.15 per bushel and Corn at 90 cents. Prices based on deliveries at mill.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Mothers Program at Opequon Chapel
At the Opequon Chapel Young People's division meeting on Sunday evening at 7 30 mothers of the church will take part. Mrs A Harold Rowe of Winchester will be guest speaker. The theme is Making Friends at Home.
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Young People’s Division
On Chapel
Opequon
Mothers of the Church
A. Harold Rowe
Winchester
Spea
Americans Soon To Come Home
A Reuters report from Barcelona says the first train carries United States and Latin American diplomats consular staff and journalists bound for Portugal to swap Axis nationals. About 70 travelers from the United States Cuba and Guatemala are aboard with more trains due on subsequent days.
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London
Reuters
Barcelona
United States
Portugal
Americas
Cuba
Guatemala
I Is Our Unvarying Rule Never To Refuse Our Ser
A brief readable fragment notes a pledge or motto about steadfast service and unwavering rules. The text emphasizes resolve and commitment without indicating a specific event or person. Further details are not present in the accessible portion.
Stock Market Report Gains on Busy Saturday Trading
Stocks advanced modestly on a lively Saturday session with notable short covering and some new demand. Transfers reached about 200000 shares in two hours as many favorites moved to new year highs before retreating. bonds rose while commodities dipped.
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Chrysler
Fter
Westinghouse
American Can
American Tobacco
B” Dow Chemical
du Pont
Union Carbide
Allied Chemical
Eastman Kodak
J. C. Penney
Owens-Illinois
Sperry
Continental Oil
Pepsi-Cola
International Harvester
Anaconda
United Air Lines
American Airlines
Texas Co
U. 8. Steel
Bethlehem
Italian Empire Day Observed With Big Parades
Rome marked Empire Day with large parades before King Victor Emmanuel III and Mussolini in Piazza Venezia. Il Duce walked to the Vittorio Emanuele monument amid cheering crowds, while a German radio ignored the sixth anniversary of a proclaimed empire.
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Berlin
Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Piazza Venezia
Il Duce
Palazzo Venezia
Duce
Ethiopia
Italian East Africa
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Turkey Praises U S Diplomat Steinhardt in Ankara
The Istanbul newspaper Aksam complimented the United States for understanding Turkey and paid tribute to U S Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt. It said in the short time he has been in Ankara he has won deep love and respect and strengthens Turkey's hopes for future good relations with America.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Aksam Today
United States
U. S
Laurence Steinhard
Ankara
Steinhardt
Aksam
America
Russians claim near annihilation of eighth Soviet ski brigade
A Finnish communique reports that nearly the entire eighth Russian Ski Brigade has been wiped out and its commander killed in recent fighting on the far northern front. The text mentions the dramatic losses as of May 9 in Helsinki.
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Helsinki
Young Men Invited to Enlist in Any Army Branch
A fragmented wartime notice invites 18 to 46 year olds to enlist in the army with branch choices including air, ground crew, artillery, infantry, paratroopers, and staff roles. It calls for physical training directors and recreation directors in Hemler Pied, Bil Bilo area. Eligible ages 18 to 46. parachutists open to 18 to 30.
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Ealue
Air Bd
Hemler Pied
County Meetings On War Bond Campaign
A sequence of community meetings outlines plans to promote war bonds and stamps for eligible residents. Scheduled sessions include Chows, Middletown, Byron, Brumback, Chairview, Wave Store, Deemer, Clearbrook and other locations with times in the evening, led by local chairs including M. Pease.
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Middletown
Byron
Brumback
Eoene
Chairview
Wave Store
M. Pease
Enemere
de Emer
Clearbrook
Dr Darby Fulton To Preach Sunday in Winchester
The Rev Dr C Darby Fulton executive secretary of the committee for Foreign Missions of the Southern Presbyterian Church will preach at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church in Winchester as a guest of Rev and Mrs Ronald Wilson. Evening service at 8 o clock.
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C. Darby Fulton
Committee For Foreign Missions
The
Southern Presbyterian Church
Winchester
Tomo
Ronald Wilson
North Braddock Street
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Determining Vehicle Mileage for Registration Card
The article explains how to compute the average daily miles driven by the vehicle for which a registration card is sought. It directs the applicant to record miles from home to work and back, and to determine the total miles driven per day for this vehicle.
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Alge Aanie
Skmilea
Paraphrase of Weekly Work Travel Calculation
A fragment notes weekly travel for a gainful occupation and dividing the total by seven. The text suggests a calculation method or schedule related to workers commuting to their jobs.
London War Report Calls Coral Sea Battle Greatest Sea Air Fight
Reports from London describe the Coral Sea clash as the greatest sea and air battle in history. The Daily Mail calls it brilliantly successful and questions where the American fleet is, while the News-Chronicle says it may be one of the decisive battles of the war and threatens Japanese communications lines.
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Dorsetshire
Cornwall
Bay of Ee
The
Daily Mail
Coral
Pearl Maree
Singapore
Dang
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S. Cameron St
National Ave
W. Piccadilly St
Berryville
Roy P. Porter
Eagles
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Rev. Lowe
Northern
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Payne’s Chapel
Catesby Jones
Baltimore Produce
Chicago Livestock
Opequon Chapel
Jones Funeral Home
Stock Market Report
Lennie
Lon Chaney, Jr
Thomas
Nicians Baldts
Darby Fulton
B. F. Goodrich Silverton Store
Majestic Mayonnaise
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Dial
Winchester, Va
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