Ninety six bus drivers cited for speeding in Virginia
Richmond May 16 Ninety six inter city bus drivers and one school bus operator were ticketed within 24 hours for speeds well over the wartime 40 mph limit. Plain clothes state troopers issued the summons between 9 am and 9 am Thursday as enforcement tightened statewide.
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Richmond
Virginia
Division of Motor Vehicles
Darden
Col. M. S. Battle
Colnel Battle
Battle
Giles Co
Giles County
Motion Pictures To Feature Poogram At Church Meeting
The Intermediate Fellowship Club of Market Street Methodist Church will resume showing sound motion pictures Sunday at 6 P.M. Open to Junior and Intermediate age youths not belonging to other groups. League leaders include Mrs. May Carper, Mrs. Gilbert Whitmire, and Mrs. Wilbur Peer. Mr. Bowling Flood serves as visual education counselor.
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Market Street Methodist Church
League
May Carper
Gilbert Whitmire
Wilbur Peer
Bowling Flood
China War Fronts Grow in Importance to Allied Victory
DeWitt MacKenzie and Glenn Babb analyze the expanding Chinese front in World War II. Japan intensifies attacks across Suiyuan Shansi Honan Hubei Hunan Kianxi and Chekiang while Burma routes open toward Yunnan. U S aid to China remains critical to access Asia and pressure Japan.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Glenn Babb
Mongolia
South China Sea
Suiyuan
Shansi
Honan
Hupeh
Hopeh
Huhan Kiansgi
Chekiang
Burma
Yunnan
Yunan
Sea Mountains
Mekong
Salween
Red River
Chungking
Hitler
Russia
Europe
China
Asia
Japan
Washington
Stillwell
Roosevelt
Russian Bomber Bombs Helsinki. First Hit Since January
A lone Russian plane dropped several bombs on Helsinki early today, killing four people and wounding six civilians while damaging three houses. Anti aircraft fire stopped a second raid. Air raid alarms had sounded April 29. the last bombing of the Finnish capital was January 20.
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Helsinki
Finland
Your Health for Authoritative See Dr. Clendening Danly
A health column directs readers to page 4 for authoritative guidance from Dr. Clendening Danly on medical topics and insights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clendening Danly
Blackburn Moore Addresses Ladies
E Blackburn Moore member of the House of Delegates spoke to the Woman s Club of Clarke county reviewing the last legislature s work Berryville Mayor Leonard H Bell followed Moore addressing local problems Miss Rose MacDonald presided The annual club breakfast to save gasoline and plans for the annual flower show were announced by Mrs E P Berlin with Mrs Jerome Clarke arranging.
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Berryville
E. Blackburn Moore
House of Delegates
Woman’s Club of
Clarke County
Leonard H. Bell
Moore
Rose MacDonald
E. P. Berlin
Jerome Clarke
Salvation Army Reports Three Month Activities
The Salvation Army summarizes a three month period ending March 31 with evangelistic open air services in one city, 62 public Citadel services, 13 weekly women’s sewing groups, four quilts for a transient shelter, regular classes in music leadership and crafts totaling 49, 149 applications for assistance, and a Winchester life saving guards unit of 15 girls aged 11 to 18 under Mrs. Adjutant Robey.
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Salvation Army
Citadel
Winchester Corps
Girl Scouts
Adjutant Robey
Japanese Claim 12495 Prisoners Taken At Fort Corregidor
Tokyo broadcasts report Imperial HQ says 12495 prisoners captured by Japanese on Corregidor fortress in Manila Bay on May 6. Most are Allied troops. 640 defenders killed. U S War Department estimated 11574 captives from Corregidor and nearby forts.
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Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Corregidor
Manila Bay
War Department
Washington
Transport Outlook Described as Desperate in Richmond
Virginia Electric and Power Company president Jack G. Holtzclaw said nine Richmond buses are out of service due to tire shortages, describing the transportation outlook as desperate. The W E P C transit system serves Richmond Norfolk Petersburg and Portsmouth with buses and streetcars, projecting 135 million passengers this year, up 33 million from 1941. average per vehicle load is 178 thousand.
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Richmond
Jack G. Holtzclaw
Virginia Electric and Power Company
W.E.P.C
Norfolk
Petersburg
Portsmouth
Holtzclaw
Manila Hemp Trade Sparks Quiet Market Activity
A brief market note records Manila hemp activity with minimal commentary. Traders report nominal interest and steady prices as demand remains subdued in the current session.
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Capiitool
Robert Cummings
Reagan
Field
Stormy
Cassie
Kines
Wally Eros
Charles Coburn
Claude Rains
Judith Anderson
Nancy Coleman
Kaaren Verne
Maria Ouspenskaya
Harry Davenport
the Capitol
Richard Arlen
Jean Parker
Gray
EDDY
Nih
Tez
Bank Credit
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ous
James E. Edmonds
Camp Lee
the Food Center
N. Londoun St
Chiang Kai-Shek
United Nations
Crimean
Kharkov
Soviet Union
Hankow
Australia
India
Siberia
Haymaker
Free China
Inner
Blackburn Moore
George W. Kurtz
Certified Public Accountants
Rouss Avenue
Lynchburg
Hansbrough & Carter
B. Smalts & Son
Cammer Tire Co
Handley School
Winchester
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry, W. Va
J. W. Arthur
General Insurance
Hable
Palace
Wyomin
Smiley Burnette
Dick Tracy
Rebecca
Priscilla Lane
Robt
Cummings
Alfred Hitchcock
Brigham Hopkins
Palm Beach
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray & Sheetz
Lupton Orchard Service CO
DIAL
Daily Crossword
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Inia
LIN al Wria
Manila
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