Pepper Urges Safe Delivery of Supplies by Convoy
Senator Pepper urged U S aid to ensure safe delivery of all supplies to Britain Canada Australia and Africa regardless of source. Senate Commerce Committee backed a foreign ships requisition bill and Tobey planned to offer an amendment banning naval convoy duty.
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Washington
Senate
Pepper
D-Fla
United States
Shepper
Te Caenee Coun
Britain
Canada
Australia
Africa
Senate Commerce Committee
Tobey
R-Nh
Roosevelt
Strike moves to government as Bay area shipyards idle
In San Francisco on May 13 an operator said the government must end a shipyard strike paralyzing Bay area yards and delaying up to half a billion dollars in defense contracts. Frank Knox, chairman of the Bay area shipbuilders committee, and E F Dillon lament the stalled talks with Bethlehem Shipbuilding after 22 years of no agreement. they urge O P M involvement.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
Frank Knox
Pacific Coast Shipbuilding
Office of Production Management
P.M
Bethlehear Shipbuilding Company
E. F. Dillon
O. P.M
Crushed to Death Under A Tank in Maryland Site
Raymond Riggleman 24 of Live Md. was crushed under a water tank that toppled on a dirt road near the Savyee river project in Westernport. He had been sprinkling dirt on dam site roads when the truck surged and trapped him under the running board. This marked the third fatality at the site since work began.
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Westernport
Raymond Riggleman
Live Md
Here
Needs County Ac. Ce
Riggleman
Ren
Bernard Riggleman
Miss Pierce Held For Grand Jury In Moreland Shooting
Berryville Virginia May 13 Blonde Marie Pierce 26 a divorced wife of Ted Jones was given a preliminary hearing charged with feloniously shooting Louis Townsend Moreland 50 Moreland died May 6 at Memorial Hospital of peritonitis after a March 17 wound Moreland and Pierce had earlier claimed accidental shooting Dr Tappan testified Moreland died of peritonitis following autopsy by Dr Miller The next grand jury set for May 26 Judge Kackley refused to let Sheriff Buckner answer defense questions about a dying declaration
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L. T. Moreland
Kackley
Miss Pierce
Buckner
Mr. Moreland
Berryville
Marie Pierce
Ted Jones
Court of Trial
Loring Rackley
Louis Townsend Moreland
Clarke County
Moreland
Memorial Hospital
Frank Tappan
P. W. Boyd
Winchester
Tappan
James Miller
S. M. Carper
Missing Couple Found Dead In Charred Wreck
LEWISTOWN Pa May 13 Aviation's graveyard of the Alleghenies yields another victim in the charred wreckage of a plane carrying Mr and Mrs Benjamin Brewster to Warren Ohio for a visit. The 25 000 ship struck Shade Mountain 25 miles south of Lewistown in fog. Coroner Straub ruled accidental deaths from impact and fire.
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Lewistown
Aviation
Alleghenies
New York
Benjamin Brewster
Air
Pennsylvania
Charlies W. Straub
Brewster
Leonie Debary Lyon
Roosevelt Field
Warren
Straub
Evening Star Cooking School Opens at Sarah Zane Hall
The Winchester Evening Star cooking school opens at 2 p m in Sarah Zane Hall on North Loudoun Street with Edna M Ferguson leading as director and lecturer. The course runs through Friday afternoon and includes tips on homemaking and note taking, with guidance to visit cooperating merchants for friendly support.
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Winchester Evening Star Cooking School
Sarah Zane Hall
Loudoun Street
Edna M. Ferguson
Ferguson
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Await Action On Road By Pass Near Fort Story
Aides to Senator Byrd said War Department officials advised early action on a proposed new by pass road at the Fort Story, Virginia reservation. The plans reportedly cleared corps area headquarters in Baltimore and were awaiting final action in Washington.
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Washington
Byrd
D.-Va
War Department
Fort Story
Corps
Baltimore
Robert L. Bell Dies In Clarke County
Robert L. Bell, 70, of Clarke County, died this afternoon at his residence near Je. He had been active in county affairs for many years. Funeral arrangements will be posted.
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Robert L. Bell
Clarke County
City and County Draftees to Be Inducted End of Month
Winchester issues call for nine more selectives to Roanoke Va for induction on May 31 bringing county youths inducted to 54. City list includes Kuykendall Berlin Grandstaff Spielman Baker Miller Ritenour Luttrell Cupp. County list includes Foreman Engle Smith Clem Carper Householder Frye Potts Andrick. Medical exams conducted today with more scheduled. city office sent no new questionnaires for registrants ranked 500 to 599.
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Winchester
National Guard
Comene
Office of County Selective Board
Roanoke
George W. Kuykendall
Ashby
Winchester Hospital Seeks $30,000 Fireproof Wing
The Winchester Memorial Hospital may be enlarged by a fireproof addition costing about $30,000. It would add four surgical wards and room for 26 more patients, according to Dr. H. H. McGuire, president of the hospital's Executive Committee.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
H. H. McGuire
Winchester Memorial Hospital Reelects Officers
Winchester memorial hospital board re elected Dr Hunter H McGuire president C I Brumback vice president Dr James Miller secretary and Bennett McCarthy treasurer The meeting also discussed expanding surgical space with an addition west of the current unit costing about 30 000 with 24 000 available from legacies and plans to build this summer.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hunter H. McGuire
C. I. Brumback
James Miller
Bennett McCarthy
Board of Directors
McGuire
Ebert
Winchester
Hospital Finances Clear as Debt Is Paid in Full
In his annual report Bennett McCarthy announces that since January 1 1941 all notes and bonds have been paid, leaving the hospital debt free. The facility reports 11 more patients daily in 1940 vs 1939 and a general cash balance over 8000 dollars signaling liquidity for ordinary needs and future cushion. He notes income from pre marital testing and praises the three hospital auxiliaries and the first nursing school class due to graduate in early fall.
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Bennett McCarthy
Hess Flight to Britain Signals German Morale Blow
British and German accounts debate Rudolf Hesss sanity and motive after his flight to Britain. Officials say Hess identity is confirmed and he is sane, while his act strains Nazi unity and raises questions about leadership during wartime.
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Hess
Washington
Rudolf Hess
Britain
Third Reich
British Ships Strike at Benghazi Harbor in Libya
A British cruiser destroyer squadron led by Ajax bombarded Benghazi harbor, Libya, sinking two merchantmen and setting others ablaze with high explosive shells. The action occurred near dusk Saturday as planes shadowed the fleet and Nazi aircraft attacked from the sky.
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Larry Allen
Bengasi Harbor
Libya
Cirenaica
Ajax
Graf Spee
Crete
Eichnela
Atlantic Losses Show Decline as British Close In On Italians
London reports April Allied and neutral shipping losses in the Atlantic at 301,070 tons, the lowest in 11 months. RAF bombers attack Bremen and western Reich while two British columns converge near Ambala Jaji in northern Ethiopia, trapping about 38,000 Italian troops. Tobruk siege continues as German tanks strike British positions. Hitler reasserts control of the Nazi party. A German message claims a Darlan meeting in France foreshadows concessions and troop passage.
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London
Rudolf Hess
RAF
Germany
Bremen
Western Reich
Luftwaffe
Amba Alaji
Ethiopia
North Africa
Hitler
Tobruk
Libya
National Socialist Party
Hess
Darlan
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
France
Jean Darlan
Mediterranean
French North Africa
Hess Flight to Scotland Spurs Nazi Claims of British Trap
Berlin reports say Rudolf Hess was lured into a trap by British Nazis and that party leaders showed determined will for victory after Hitler’s address. Hess’s family status denied as sympathy for his personal tragedy circulates. wartime aims remain unchanged per Nazi sources.
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Hess
Berlin
Rudolf Hess
Scotland
Reich
Adolf Hiver
Hitler
Niews
Fuehrer
Germany
England
Generally Fair Next Five Days Forecast
Washington May 13 extended outlook covers May 13 7 30 m to May 1 7 30 m. Central periods show generally fair weather with scattered showers mainly light in northern areas. Temperatures start below normal then rise toward normal later in the period.
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Washington
Middle Aren
Opequon Chapel Hosts Benefit Chicken Supper
HAM AND CHICKEN SUPPER Friday night May 16 from 5 to 10 PM at Opequon Chapel Opequon Virginia. Benefit new church. Ticket 50 cents per plate. CARTWRIGHT Taxi 24 hour service. Phone 453-W.
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Cartwright Taxi
Opequon Chapel
Opequon
Awning and home shop advert promotes new store
E. W. Ing Co. announces awnings for porch and windows and a new showroom at 41 E. Piccadilly. Wall paper and painting contracting offered by Gardner B. Hillyard. Contact 639 for details.
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E. W. Ing CO
E. Piccadilly St
E. Piccadilly
St. Wall
Gardner B. Hillyard
Hess Tells Two Guardsmen of Spectacular Hop
GLASGOW Scotland May 13 Hess related to two Home Guards that he landed in Scotland after an 800 mile flight from Germany He said he fitted an extra gasoline tank and planned to reach Scotland but parachuted after losing the plane He claimed there were no bombs and he did not threaten the guards who took him into custody He spoke for about ten minutes to guards Robert Gibson and Jack Patterson as they questioned him at a local airport hut
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Glagow
Scotland
Rudolf Hess
Britain
Augsburg
Hess
Robert Gibson
Jack Patterson
London
Riudolf Hess
Messerschmitt
Germany
Alfred Duff Cooper
Hitler
Ivan Kirkpatrick
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Glasgow
Lord Beaverbrook
New Parsonage To Cost 10500 For Market Street Church
The Market Street Methodist Church congregation voted to buy a Jefferson Street lot for a new parsonage costing about 10500. Rev. Garland Hopkins said construction will start soon as a memorial to Bentley Kern funded by a Kern heir bequest. 8500 has been raised with 2000 more needed. The old parsonage at 312 South Cameron Street will be sold after completion.
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Market Street
Hunter N. Kern
Bentley
Mr. Hopkins
Society of Christian Service
Hamman
South
Cameron Street
Hess Surrender May Alter War Course
British reports say Rudolf Hess parachuted onto a Scottish moor last weekend with a possible Nazi secrets mission. He survived the crash and is hospitalized. London notes the event may represent the first breach in the Nazi party since 1933 and could impact propaganda and strategic assumptions in the European war.
City Auto Licenses Overdue Since May First
Notice states automobile licenses were past due May 1 and officers have been instructed to ease law. C. W. Hollis, Chief of Police.
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C. W. Hollis
New Real Estate Office Opens at 41 East Piccadilly Street
Local real estate firm Willis announces a new business location at 41 East Piccadilly Street along with services in painting and paper contracting. Gardner B. Hillyard is listed among area providers.
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E. Piccadilly St
H . Gardner B. Hillyard
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Evening Star
Clarke
Paris Eye
Henry Milton Grandstaff
Chester D. Spielman
Halford “Red” Baker
Charles Oliver Miller
Shirley Ritenour
Burrell C. Luttrell
John K. Cupp
Dr. McGuire
Newards
Virginia
State Health Department
West Virginia
Hospital
Great Britain
Atlantic
Wardara
Scotchman
Willis
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