Roosevelt weighs recommissioning WWI destroyers and barges defense funding
President Roosevelt disclosed that the government may recommission 35 World War destroyers not yet in service and study financing plants for expanded defense production. He asked Congress to remove the Army air force plane limit to enable a 50,000 aircraft goal and to provide 100 million for defense operations plus 106 million in contract authorizations.
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War Department
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Oaten
Army
House Military Committee
L. D. Gasser
War's tulip fate and spring garden musings
MA Winchester muses on war's impact on Holland tulip trade while noting east side Handley Library plantings peeking from bridal wreath. The column reflects early spring digging, bird life with a pair of catbirds visiting the porch, and comments on cats roaming free.
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Holland
Handley Library
Hoover Endorses Roosevelt Defense Plan
Former President Hoover, now out of office, endorses Roosevelt's defense program after reading the Congress message. He asserts defense armament should be revised from war experience and emphasizes national defense. He had previously warned that Roosevelt's policies moved war closer to the United States.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
National Defense
Hoover
Dewey Backs Rapid Defense Expansion Plan
New York May 17 Thomas E Dewey a Republican candidate said he joined President Roosevelt in hoping military needs can be met and opposed by accelerating orders for planes and materials He urged a prompt large and efficient expansion of national defense.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Gold Coffin of King Tut Moved to Safe Place
Cairo officials announced that the gold coffin of King Tut-Ankh-Amen and other treasures from the Cairo museum are being removed to a safe location as a precautionary measure.
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King Tut
Cairo
King Tut-Ankh-Amen
Cairo i
United States Heads Toward War Predicted by British Press
London reports amid headlines such as United States Prepares For War. Roosevelt asks Congress to arm without hindering Allied purchases of American warplanes while Britain and France confront escalating conflict. Analysts say U.S. help may come too late to shift near-term battles.
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London
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
America
London Daily Mail
G. Ward Price
Britain
France
Ringen Daily Telegraph
Hitler
News Chronicle
Italy
Dr. Taylor to Speak Tonight on Frederick Orchard Outlook
Dr. Porter Taylor of the United States Department of Agriculture will discuss the fruit outlook at a Frederick county orchardists meeting in the courthouse tonight at 8. Dr. A. H. Teske of Blacksburg and Dr. A. B. Groves of Winchester will also take part in the program.
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Porter Taylor
United States Department of Agriculture
Frederick County
A. H. Teske
Blacksburg
A. B. Groves
Winchester
Noted critic to lecture tomorrow at Century Club
John Mason Brown, noted dramatic critic of the New York Evening Post, will lecture tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 o'clock before Century Club members at the George Washington Hotel. The event is sponsored by Mrs Henry B Gilpin and admission is by card. Brown’s subject is Broadway In Review. This will be his second appearance here.
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John Mason Brown
New York Evening Post
Century Club
George Washington Hotel
Mr. Brown
Henry B. Gil Pin
Broadway
Spitz Pup Rescue Brings Happy Fox and Spitz Family
Oscar the pet fox pup dies after overindulging in drinks at Bob Mason's restaurant. Mason then adopts three fox pups for Frisky the Spitz. The quartet thrives in a secure pen, Frisky caring for the pups as they play together with a visiting black cat.
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Oscar
Bob Mason
Mason’s
Reynard
Mason
B. V. Graves
Roosevelt defense program predicted to boost U S industry by mid summer
Administration economists expect President Roosevelt's billion dollar defense program to stimulate American industry by mid-summer while few changes occur in WPA relief. They foresee private job gains financed largely byTreasury borrowing, with banks holding idle funds mobilized for the effort.
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Washington
Administration
Roosevelt
Treasury
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
New York
Belgians Move On To Ostend
Reuters reports Belgium's government relocated to Ostend on the North Sea coast from Brussels. A Belgian communique datelined Ostend and later corrected to Brussels signaled the move. the dispatch notes King Leopold's whereabouts were not disclosed as he assumed army command on invasion day.
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London
Ostend
Belgium
North Sea
Brussels
Reuters
Havas
Leopold
Ebert 85 Fredericktown farmer dies at Stevenson's home
Martin T. Ebert longtime Frederick county farmer dies at his Stevenson home after illness. Born June 15 1854 he would have been 86 next month. He was a Greenspring area native and part of a prominent local family with German roots dating to the 1700s. His widow Elizabeth Rutherford Ebert had died in 1939. He subscribed to the Winchester Evening Star for over 40 years and recalled Civil War memories from his father's farm during an interview in 1938.
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Martin T. Ebert
Frederick County
Stephenson
Ebert
William H. Ebert
Greenspring
Wurtemburg
Germany
Adams County
Elizabeth Rutherford
Oie County
Winchester Evening Star
Sweden bars sailors from foreign ships in Stockholm harbor
STOCKHOLM May 17 Sweden forbade all sailors on foreign vessels to leave their ships while in Stockholm harbor as a further restriction on foreigners. In Nancy France military authorities reported several air bombings of outlying districts with casualties described as slight. In New York May 17 the British armed liner Cameronia arrived from Scotland with 65 passengers who were told not to discuss the voyage and thirty British marines to man American ships purchased by the lines aboard.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Nancy
France
New York
Ner Cameronia
Scotland
Britain to press drive to capture Narvik port
Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax said Britain will vigorously press the Allied campaign to seize Narvik in Norway, aiming to establish a secure base for the Norwegian government and strengthen wartime operations.
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London
Britain
Narvik
Norway
Lord Halifax
Dutch Queen's escape ship narrowly dodged mine
A destroyer carrying Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands to England on Monday had a narrow escape when a German magnetic mine exploded just 40 yards ahead of the vessel, according to officials in London.
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London
Queen Wilhelmina
Netherlands
England
Cripple Clinic Here Tomorrow At Memorial Hospital
Clinic invites persons under 20 with natural or accidental deformities to attend at Memorial Hospital from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dr. Robert V. Funsten will oversee examinations. Sponsored by the District Nurse Association.
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Memorial Hospital
Becn
Robert V. Funsten
Bal
Public Sale Notice at 401 S Braddock St
Household and kitchen effects of C P Bailey deceased to be sold Monday May 20 at 1 o clock at 401 S Braddock St. listing by Mrs C P Bailey. Sale notice dated May 16 1916.
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S. Braddock St
C. P. Bailey
German Troops Deepen France Advance Amid Retreat Claims
Ex-Squalus skipper Morton Mumma commands Sailfish after recommissioning at Portsmouth NH Navy Yard. Submarine Squalus sunk May 23 with 26 lives lost and cost $1,400,000 to recondition. Mumma married Virginia Elder of Berryville Virginia, daughter of the late L N Glover and J Robin Elder.
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Morton. C. Mumma
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Mumma
Virginia Elder
Berryville
L. N. Glover
J. Robin Elder
British Expect Fresh Onslaught
London reports British forces checked the German drive on Brussels and anticipate a new push. The War Office announced a second Australian contingent heads to Palestine as Britain strengthens defenses. Germans concentrate on the Slovak Hungarian frontier amid Italy’s uncertain aims. The Air Ministry says Allied air losses are down and RAF targets German lines. Home Security warns of potential parachute landings and urges motorists to guard cars. Over 250000 volunteers join home defense.
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Brussels
Empire
War Office
Palestine
Great Britain
Near East
Romania
Hungary
Italy
British
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Britain
Ministry of Home Security
Belgian Government Relocates to Ostend Amid Moving Army
A communique reports the Belgian government has moved from Brussels to Ostend and that the army has shifted to new positions calmly and in good order. The notice emphasizes orderly redeployment and civilian-military coordination during the shift.
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Brussels
Ostend
Gamelin Orders Troops to Die on Spot
Paris May 17 Allied commander in chief General Maurice Gamelin ordered his troops to die on the spot rather than yield more ground to German invaders.
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Paris
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Allied retreat from Antwerp to Sedan reported
Allied troops were said to have fallen back along a 115 mile front from Antwerp to Sedan. Brussels remained under Allied cover as British officials warned the situation was extremely grave. A spokesman noted slight improvement in Belgium versus yesterday despite the overall peril.
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London
Antwerp
Sedan
Brussels
Ee A
Belgium
The
Press Association
Germans Press On Toward Paris Amid Maginot Line Break
German mechanized troops advanced to about 100 miles from Paris amid Parisian martial law. German sources claimed the Maginot line was penetrated in a manner beyond even optimistic German hopes while Allied forces reportedly retreated.
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Associated Press
Germany
Paris
France
Germans Press Deep in France Near Paris
Berlin reports German troops are deep in northern France within 76 miles of Paris as they drive through a breach between Maubege and Montmedy. An official source says events in days ahead will show the meaning of forcing the opening and hints the campaign targets France and Paris.
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Paris
Quarles urges Winchester area to back Red Cross drive
Winchester school superintendent Garland R. Quarles urged Winchester and Frederick County residents to support the Red Cross War Relief drive. He framed the relief effort as essential amid the war crisis and noted the local chapter received a telegram from Red Cross manager Richard Allen requesting drive totals by tomorrow.
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Quarles
Red Cross
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester
Frederick County
American Red Cross
Zion
Edythe Ballard
Richard Allen
H. J. Womeldorf
Allen
Allied retreat on Meuse front from Antwerp to Sedan
German reports say Allied forces are retreating everywhere along the 115 mile Meuse river front from Antwerp to Sedan France. The French high command described actions against Nazi armored units as they press the lineup.
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Meuse
Antwerp
Belgium
Sedan
France
German Troops March Into Brussels Reported
Nazi forces advance into Brussels as German high command announces troops entered the city tonight amid ongoing combat in occupied Belgium.
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Berlin
Brussels
German advances stall along Sedan front in all night fighting
French ministry said German thrusts were bottled up by French mechanized columns and air support. Fighting raged violently south of Sedan with villages changing hands multiple times. Germans claimed success on the Maginot extension, the Dyle line, and the capture of 12,000 Allied prisoners as Zeeland fell under occupation.
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Prante
Rethel
French War Ministry
Sedan
Maginot Line
France
Dyle
Brussels
Belgium
Ostendorth Sea
Zeeland
Neth
Will Be Saturday At 10 Oclock and No 6108
Household effects of Martha Bowman listed for sale to be held Saturday at 10 o clock. All items described with location on Evon Street. Auction entry notes item number 6108 and emphasizes sale of personal property.
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Evon St
Martha Bowman
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