French Ships To Be Put Out of Use In Caribbean Talks
Negotiations with Admiral Georges Robert about France’s Caribbean possessions continue with the United States not recognizing the Vichy government. The im mobilization affects the carrier Bearn and cruisers Emile Bertin and Jeanne D Arc, with merchant ships involvement unclear.
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Georges Robert
Martinique
United States
Vichy
Bearn
Emile Bertin
Jeanne D'Arc
Paris
Nar Daviess
Georges Robert As
Marine’s Missing Nephew Reported From Manila Bay Action
Winchester residents learn their nephew Jackson Price Rauhof 30, a Marine, is listed among missing after action near Manila Bay. The Marine Commandant notes information is slow and may indicate captivity or wounds. Rauhof served 15 years, lived in Winchester after 1940, attended Handley High School, and played in the school band.
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Lillian Winkfield
365
National Avenue
Willie M. Sampsell
U. S. Marine
Jackson Price Rauhof
Winchester
Manila Bay
Marine Corps
Philippines
Rauhof
Jack Rauhof
J. P. Rauhof
Harrisonburg
New Infantry Divisions To Be Given Intensive Drills
Secretary of War announced the formation of four more infantry divisions for September and summer field maneuvers stressing offensive operation. The 49th Fort Custer Michigan. 98th Camp Breckenridge Morganfield Kentucky. 102nd Camp Mavey Paris Texas. 104th Camp Adair Corvallis Oregon are reserves. Nuclear nucleus June 15. units training August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of War
49Th
Fort Custer
Michigan
Camp Breckenridge
Morganfield
Kentucky
Camp Mavey
Stimson
Treasury chief proposes minimum tax on all filers
Secretary Morgenthau urged a minimum tax of several dollars on everyone who files an income tax return arguing many who owe nothing still must file. He floated $5 as a target and said $100 million yearly could be raised, while noting constitutional questions and possible reclassification as an excise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
Randolph Paul
Treasury
Paul
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol Hill
Tion Press
Winchester Says Speed Laws Not Needed Amid Material Shortage
Virginia official argues speed limits unnecessary due to rubber and gasoline shortages. He cites out-of-state motorist protests when Virginia officers detain drivers. The broader call urges national cooperation in observance of travel restrictions regardless of regional conditions.
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Virginia
Ting
Round and square dancing at Valley View Tavern tonight
Valley residents invited to Round and Square dancing events at Valley View Tavern this evening with music and social dancing from local organizers. Participants encouraged to bring friends and enjoy refreshments.
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Valley View Tavern
British Officers Resting at Capon Springs
British officers staying at Capon Springs resort hosted by Louis L Austin. The party includes General Pratt who led arrangements for the Dunkerque evacuation after the fall of France during the current conflict.
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Capon Springs
Louis L.austin
Peace Springs Resort
Pratt
Dunkerque
France
124 Diploma Candidates at Handley School
An official list shows 124 candidates for diplomas at Handley School. Names read include James Prisley and Donald Thana among the students awaiting graduation.
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Handley School
Prisley
James Springler
Donald Thana
Gas Rationing May Be Extended Through Nation
In a press conference the official called for a 1500 mile Texas to New York Philadelphia pipeline as the only sure solution to the eastern petroleum shortage and said a new steel allocation for the line would be sent to the War Production Board. He noted nationwide transportation rationing and an extension of gasoline rationing in effect in 17 states may continue indefinitely as the war lasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
New York-Philadelphia
Greamnent
War Production Board
Ickes
St. Lawrence Remains Suspected Grave of Axis Sub Victim
In Levis Quebec on May 14 a report cites a submarine sinking related to Axis forces and questions whether the victim may still be alive. The fragment references a submarine incident and potential gravesite discovery along the St. Lawrence.
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St. Lawrence
Levis Quebec
Bio
Arkansas Pilot Had Good Aim
London reports an Arkansan pilot aided RAF operations off the Norwegian coast. His crew attacked two enemy ships, leaving one aflame and the other a total wreck. Bombs exploded near the stern as smoke obscured the vessel’s outline, and a large supply ship ashore near Vangso was set ablaze.
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London
R. A
Ark
Corieee
Cos
Tee Ee Eees
Air Ministry
Dennett
Vangso
Hudson
Survives Three Blasts Aboard Cargo Ship
A sturdy medium cargo ship survived three torpedoes and prolonged shelling from an Axis submarine and reached a Gulf of Mexico port safely. One life was reported lost in the engagement.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Japanese Claims Too Extravagant In Coral Sea Dispute
German naval spokesman Rear Admiral Luetzow said on Berlin radio that early Japanese reports overstated Allied losses in the Coral Sea. He cited the Warspite as a misreported sinking and noted Tokyo's latest claim also included a 20,000 ton tanker sunk, which British reports denied.
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Berlin
Luetzow
Imperial
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Coral Sea
Awaiting Priority Rating On Winchester Water Project
Officials still await a priority rating for the Fay's Spring auxiliary water project. The water supply remains tight with no official start date and projections suggesting a 60 day supply after work begins, but a crisis could hit around August 15 if construction delays persist. Restrictions already affect major cities in Virginia due to drought.
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Fay’s Spring
Winchester
Virginia
More Single Men May Be Needed
Major Selective Service director told the House Military Committee that in the near term it may be necessary to induct into the army more single men who have been deferred and married men with working wives. He said disruption of established families should be avoided if possible, though heads of families might be shifted into essential industrial war work. Hershey joined army and navy officials in endorsing, with reservations, the bill provisions for campus revolvements of men’s service.
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House Military Committee
Army
Hershey
Navy
Quake in Ecuador Kills and Injures Several
GUAYAQUIL Ecuador May 14 A number of people were killed and others injured in a strong quake that struck the region today. Rescue teams coordinate relief efforts as aftershocks raise fears of further damage.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Handlian 1942 Dedicated to Miss Susan Saulsbury
The 1942 Handlian dedicates its twenty first volume to Miss Susan Saulsbury a longtime Winchester Public Schools faculty member who keeps precise records handles admission slips defense stamps and tickets and contributes to school life. The edition features all departments with editors Shryock Ayers Edwards Gearing Johnson and others and lists extensive staff roles across art literary and athletic sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Saulsbury
Winchester Public Schools
Saulsbury
Susan Shryock
Alta Mae Ayers
Thelma Edwards
Betty Jane Gearing
Marian Johnson
Helen Cooper
Earl Charnock
Anne Woolfolk
Charles Pitzer
Briscoe Ginn
Mary Beattie
Lewis Richards
Colleen Shine
Doris Jones
Everett Conner
Eugene McIntyre
German Wler Beaten Off Over Iceland Raid
United States Army reports a German long range bomber off eastern Iceland was shot down today by heavy anti-aircraft fire. No crew status is known and the raid’s outcome remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reykjavik
Iceland
United States Army
Gas Hoarding Reported As Gas Rationing Nears
Traffic swelled at filling stations as rationing neared with motorists filling tanks to beat limits. Handley School reported 2,340 of 2,390 county applicants registered on Tuesday with more by tomorrow. Some infinite supply X cards were issued in Winchester area though numbers were not available.
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Handley School
Winchester
German Legions In Relentless Pursuit of Foe
Berlin broadcasts report German forces pushing on the Kerch peninsula and along the Donets front in relentless pursuit. The narration notes resisting enemy actions and aligns with Russian breach reports as the battle continues.
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Berlin
Gercommand Man
Kerch Peninsula
Canadian Troops Land in England for Training
Thousands of fresh Canadian troops from an Atlantic convoy reached camps in southern England for advanced training as the Canadian First Army moved closer to its final shape. The German high command reported two British motor torpedo boats sunk off the Dutch coast after a clash of light naval forces, with one German boat also lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Atlantic
Canadian First Army
Berlin
Beer shortages persist in Madrid since 1941 start
Madrid report notes ongoing beer shortage with sparse supply since early 1941. The fragmentary item mentions a prolonged beer scarcity affecting the city and its residents.
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Laval
U.S
Kharkov
Russia
Robert
Caribbean
America
Britain
Red
Associated Press
Germany
Leningrad
Red Star
Red Army
Moscow
Ukraine
Kerch
Ukrainian
Marshall Semeon Timoshenko
China
V. Marines Regiment
Jack Weoe
Arcbuel 4A
Thenabat Seid
Army Air Forces
Treasury Chief
Morris Cather
Shryock
Arkansas
Handlian
Charles Zuckerman
Eugene Sirbaugh
Bill Butler
Wayne Whitham
Doris Register
Paul Nicholson
Vincent Fansler
Jane Cather
Reba Snarr
Siva Triplett
Edgar Whiting
Ores
Peggy Anderson
Wler
Bulletins
Spain
Madrid
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