Plans for 4-H summer camp in George Washington Forest
Plans discussed for an annual 4-H summer camp in George Washington Forest near Woodstock. Counties Clarke Rappahannock Frederick Winchester plan cooperative camp with per person $50 investment toward permanent equipment for camp facilities. Junior members ages 10 to 15 and seniors 14 and up to attend two-week sessions in August. Attendees listed include county agent Stine and local residents.
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Virginia Hancher
Robert Dailey
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Orville Willey
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Blitzkrieg Advances Across Holland Belgium Alarms Britain
London reports the Nazi drive into Holland and Belgium signals a possible move on the French Maginot line or a coastal blitz toward Britain. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth offer Buckingham Palace to Queen Wilhelmina as she flees. she sails the North Sea for safety. The admiralty says British warships bombard German troops on the coast.
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Queen Elizabeth
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Ohio and West Virginia Primaries Signal Presidential Delegates
Ohio and West Virginia voters weighed candidate pledges and delegate lines as Roosevelt and Taft faced unopposed presidential ballots. The piece details Democratic and Republican delegate allocations, major candidates, and factional fights in Ohio, West Virginia, and neighboring states. It also notes Bricker’s unopposed renomination and other senatorial contests amid a busy party battlefield.
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Associated Press
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Robert A. Taft
Charles Sawyer
North Coronet
West Virginia
Connecticut
North Dakota
Wyoming
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
John W. Bricker
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George White
R. Carl Andrews
Homer A. Holt
Statehouse
R. Hugh Jarvis
Morgantown
Public Auction of Household Effects in Winchester Virginia
Martha Bowman offers household goods for sale at 610 S. Cameron St Winchester Va at 10 am Saturday May 18 1940. Items include parlor suite beds tables chairs stoves rugs carpet dishes sewing machine and more. Terms: no property to be removed until paid for. Duvall Dunn auctioneers
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Science Shows Red Heads Hot In Unique Test
In a World’s Fair exhibit a six foot glass case housed six young women, two per hair color. Red heads radiated twice the body heat of brunettes while blondes registered as the coolest. A dial tracked the heat output during the experiment.
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New York
Nazis Near Rotterdam In World War II Update
A French military spokesman said the Dutch army faced a grave situation as German forces moved toward Rotterdam along both banks of the Rhine. The German high command reported advances toward Utrecht and Rotterdam while French defenses repelled several German attacks on the Maginot front and Allied bombers damaged German communications between the Rhine and frontier areas. Dispatches note a train of German prisoners was machine-gunned by German airplanes near Tournai, killing 20.
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Sympathy Urged For Alcoholics by Boston Psychiatrist
Boston doctor Dr. Merrill Moore urged families to show sympathy to alcoholics and seek treatment rather than scold. He cited psychotherapy to uncover underlying causes like fatigue and fear, and said alcohol is a symptom, not the sickness, affecting the brain and heart when overused.
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Treasury Receipts and Debt Figures Reported May 11
Treasury figures show receipts of 6.58 million dollars against expenditures of 15.99 million. Gross debt stands at 42.746 billion dollars, with an increase of 10.122 million over the previous day.
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues
Readable crossword clues list including and across items with numbered entries and down clues. Mentions Chinese coin half ems exclamations agreement of oyster and various definitions. Ends with land-measure distributed by King Features Syndicate the 7/4 date.
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John Mason Brown to Lecture at Century Club Meet
John Mason Brown addresses Century Club members at the George Washington Hotel on Saturday May 18 at 3 30 pm. Sponsored by Mrs Henry Gilpin the lecture titled Broadway In Review highlights his theatre experience and editorial background in New York and Montana institutions.
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Columbia University
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Brown
Louisville Courier-Journal
Henry iWatterson
Harvard University
University of Montana
Theatre Arts Monthly
New York Evening Post
Huge Petroleum Stores Fired In Amsterdam Defense
Amsterdam authorities announced fires in Western harbor petroleum stores as Dutch forces pulled back to a water defense line. The mayor urged calm, saying fires were precautionary actions by military authorities. The conflagrations centered on western harbor storage and the Battaische depot across the harbor from central Amsterdam. The Dutch high command said a German thrust at the 16 mile dam across the Zuider Zee was repulsed.
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Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 list Norway as 1 and Samuel Francis Smith as 2. Other items include Augusta 1012 Burma and a reference to Washington Bureau of moareving and printing and an Electrician. Cornwallis is 8 and Catholic 9 and Fleas and ticks 10.
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Mystery RAF Planes Revealed For First World War
London reports reveal secret RAF aircraft types including the Bristol Beaufort twin engine bomber described as fastest with a 200 mph plus speed and crew of four. The Beaufort joined the attack on Waalhaven near Rotterdam while the Defiant fighter reportedly shot at German bombers over Holland and Belgium.
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Clarke County School Board Appointment Notice 1940
Notice by the Clarke County School Trustee Electoral Board to meet at Berryville County Court House at 2 30 P M on Tuesday May 28 1940 to appoint Clarke County School Board members who will take office July 1 1940 for a four year term Signed May 14 1921
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Berryville
Nazi Thrust Hurled Back In Belgian Frontier Battle
Paris reports repulse of a German assault at Longwy near the Belgian and Luxembourg frontiers. German attacks in the Forbach Saar sector were also checked and patrols near Wissembourg repelled. Northwest of Liege a mechanized battle continued near Tirlemont with French claims of heavy air losses for the Germans.
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