Cooper Quits As Chief of Air Raid Wardens in Winchester Plan
Grover Cooper resigns as chief air raid warden amid opposition to cutting wardens to about 120 to conserve manpower. Col Alan Hart and Col Hart’s War Department plan drive civilian defense in Virginia with a restructure of posts and new offices at the George Washington Hotel. Arthur and Mayor Anderson lead defense coordination and volunteer mobilization efforts.
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Cooper
Grover Cooper
Winchester
War Department
Arthur
P. W. Boyd
S. Lee Grant
C . Hollis
J. P. Arthur
Alan L. Hart
Virginia
War MW Department
J. Pinckney Arthur
Anderson
General Assembly
Crover Cooper
Lee Grant
Andy Bowen
George Washington Hotel
Col. Hart
Richmond
Thomas P. Shelburne
Hart
U S Tanks Crash Kharkov Defenses and Kerch Gates
Berlin reports from German broadcasts claim U S tanks overwhelmed Kharkov defenses while German forces remain at Kerch. They also claim the destroyer cruiser and other ships were sunk or damaged on Arctic supply routes to Russia.
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U.S
Kharkov
Gates of
Kerch
Winchester Says If I Were a Cartoonist
M A Winchester muses on cartoonist life and temptations in a lighthearted column. The piece surveys creative envy and the lure of drawing as a career path with a wry, reflective tone.
Henderson Faces Car Ration Classes at Home
Short Rations Leon Henderson, head of the Office of Price Administration, must use ration cards for his two cars. He drives to work, a six mile round trip placing him in the B class. Mrs. Henderson holds two A cards for the family, granting six gallons of gasoline per week.
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Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Resignation of Southwest Zone Air Raid Warden
Stotler resigns as zone warden and is replaced by Anderson of Civilian Defense. The Southwest Zone has 62 air raid shelters under wartime operation. The chief air raid warden says the action grants his successor freedom to appoint a new warden for the Southwest zone.
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Stotler Resigns
Anderson
Pease
Ostion
Committee rejects tax on state and municipal interest
Washington May 15 The House Ways and Means Committee votes not to tax interest on outstanding or future state and local bonds. Secretary Morgenthau says proposals would tax profits in a time of national sacrifice. Newsmen briefed after morning session.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Morgenthau
Gas rationing begins as 43 percent hold B or X cards
The Winchester Eastern rationing board announces unit gas on weekly cards is three gallons though subject to change. Of 2,418 registered car owners 1,042 hold X or B-3 cards, 824 are non essential A records, 914 hold X cards, 284 B-1, and 268 B-2 cards. Some hoarding and prior fills may explain early lower station fill rates.
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Winchester
Frederick County
C. P. McVicar
Office of Local Rationing Board
United States
Noticsate
Garseosaursnoy
Seton
Merchants Invited To Price Meeting In Martinsburg
Martinsburg merchants are invited to a price meeting hosted by the Chamber of Commerce this evening at eight. Warren Eddy presiding as president and W R Strader as vice president lead the Merchants Association in extending a cordial invitation to attend.
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Martinsburg
Theartinsburg Chamber of Commerce
Warren
Eddy
W. R. Strader
Andreww
Secret Merchants’ Association
Mrs Roosevelt Reports From Beach as President's Reporter
Mrs. Roosevelt is covering beach activities as the president's reporter. She said she would command Wooten, but the army said no formal entertainment was planned.
President Roosevelt presses for more war planes and wartime airline control
Roosevelt told reporters more Toxatet planes are needed and the War Department should seize all commercial aircraft. He said almost any plane can aid the government and noted airline service may shift to full wartime status. He avoided specifics on new fronts and Madagascar. He warned private flying may be curtailed and trains could replace some travel.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Madagascar
United Nations
Indian Ocean
New York
Submarine That Supplied Corregidor Also Carried Philippine Wealth
The Navy disclosed that a submarine that delivered munitions to Corregidor last February also brought out a vast trove of gold silver and securities from the Philippine Islands. The value was not disclosed citing its large negotiable wealth significance. The note from the Secretary of the Treasury thanked Secretary Knox for handling the matter.
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Washington
Corregidor
Philippine Islands
Navy
Youth Trapped In Tunnel Rescued
PORTLAND Ore May 15 Alive but injured critically 16yearold James Harper was freed from a rock tunnel after 13 hours pinned by a 1500 pound boulder. Miners under Fred J. Rosenberg aided by Captain Louis J. Glick kept vigil as rocks teetered overhead. His mother Opal Harper waited as medics moved him to a hospital.
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Portland
Ore
James Harper
Louis J. Glick
Army Corps
Fred J. Rosenberg
Harhand
Opal Harper
Glick
Harper
Nation Under Terrible Urgency Says Sec Knox
Secretary of the Navy Knox declared the nation faced a terrible urgency to become powerful enough to withstand madmen who would rule the world. He warned that only force can stop the menaces, urging collective national effort to survive. He cited threats from Hitler Mussolini and Japan.
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Quincy
Mass
Knox
Navy
Hitler
Mussolini
Japan
Aadh
Wearied British In India and Allied Bombers Pound Japs
Allied bombers struck Japanese targets in the Pacific as British forces withdraw from Burma into Manipur after a long retreat from Mandalay. Vichy radio claimed Japanese advances 210 miles from Calcutta. Stilwell’s forces held the Burma road toward China as MacArthur’s air power hit Rabaul and offshore seaplane bases.
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India
Burma
Manipur
Vichy
Bay of Bengal
Chittagong
Calcutta
Stilwell
China
Pacific
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
United Nations
Louisiade Archipelago
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Demobilization of French Ships Progressing at Caribbean Bases
Washington says demobilization of French naval units at Martinique is advancing with agreement on military questions. Hull notes that idle French merchant shipping in Caribbean harbors raises an economic issue, while broader military questions remain under discussion. 22,000 ton carrier Bearn and other vessels are immobilized to deter Axis threats.
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Washington
Martinique
Hull
Caribbean
United States
Bearn
Guadeloupe
Col William Couper to Speak at Confederate Memorial June 6
Col. William Couper of the Virginia Military Institute will deliver the principal address at Confederate Memorial exercises on June 6. Turner Ashby Chapter of the U D C announced the plan to observe a VMI day in this region. The date recalls General Turner Ashby’s interment and the flowers of that time. Couper’s remarks highlight roles in past and present conflicts.
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William Couper
Virginia Military Institute
Turner Ashby
U D.C
Col. Cooper
Carey Criticizes Lewis For Public Peace Proposals
Norton Virginia May 15 James B Carey engineer of the CIO addressed the Virginia coal council convention and charged John L Lewis with public peace proposals between CIO and AFL without CIO President Phillip Murray consent He urged unity among labor leaders and unions Ray Thompson CIO president and George Titler UMW district 17 treasurer defended Lewis and regretted the matter before the convention.
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Norton
James B. Carey
Virginia
Coa O 3 Council
John L. Lewis
Phillip Murray
Ray Thompson
C.I.O
George Titler
Tury
District 17
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
City And County Brevities From Clarke County War Effort
The Clarke county note highlights war effort shifts as hunters train for plow work and horse drawn transport. Guests Miss Jacqueline Winslow and Miss Angela Kroll visit Bellfield, while Winslow tours Army camps in New York. Fire rescue squads reject women volunteers, with Col Hart noting other heavy labor roles. Potential city attack risk warned if Washington is bombed, though Coventry avoidance hoped.
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Clarke County
Berryville
Jacqueline Winslow
Angela Kroll
New York
Col. Hart
Taylor Barr
Barr
Hitler Asks Japan to Help In Russian Offensive
Berlin reports say Soviet forces broke through Kharkov defenses and advanced seven miles beyond the Donets river, while German planes bombarded east of Kerch. London said Hitler instructed his ambassador to Tokyo to urge Japan to attack Russia as the Kharkov drive continued.
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Hitler
Japan
Donets River
London
Adolf Hitler
Tokyo
Russia
Bock
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Crimea
Kerch
Great Caucasus
Japan Credited With New Ships in Naval Build Up
Berlin dispatch reports Japan launched two 45 000 ton battleships and four 35 000 ton battleships last year and plans three more this year. Tokyo source cited by Del Popolo says US Navy no longer has five to three advantage, a claim contested against latest Jane’s Fighting Ships.
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Berlin
Milan
Italy
Tokyo
del Popolo
United States
United Nations
Bingo South End Game at Rouss Fire Hall
The Bingo event at Rouss Fire Hall starts at 8:30 PM with a $50 door prize and admission cost noted as 15-15-Fri-1p-tf.
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Rouss Fire Hall
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Arctic
High Command
North Cape
Norway
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Murmansk
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Phillippine
Dial
Sec
The
Associated Press
Mandalay
Joseph W. Stilwell
Col. Couper
V.M.L
Murray
Coventry
Wash
Caucasus
Roger D. Greene
Russa
Moscow
Ukraine
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