Rubinoff Pleases Winchester With Encore Filled Concert
The guest artist, under the Winchester Lions Club, drew spontaneous applause and encores. The program featured Mendelssohn Liebesträume Chopin and Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue among others, with Rubinoff remarking his American spirit transcription as a concert highlight.
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Winchester Lions Club
Mendelssohn
Lisat
Chopin
Katscher
Rubinoff
Gershwin
America
Market Quotation Highlights for Livestock and Produce
The May 20 market notes cover price steadiness in chickens and fowl, with rocks and leghorns listed. Major livestock markets in Baltimore Chicago and Pittsburgh show steady to higher quotes across hogs cattle and lambs, with details on weight classes and typical top prices. The report also mentions dairy butter quotes and a brief reference to quiz answers and Dominion of Canada items.
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Itimore
Baltimore Livestock Baltimore
U. S
Caine
Chicago Livestock Cago
Dept
Pittsburgh Livestock
Pittsburgh
Pa. Dept. Agri
Market Report Shows Narrow Session With Dividend Boosts
New York May 20 irregular indices with scattered gains in merchandising farm equipment utility and specialty groups. Dividend cuts depressed sentiment while American Telephone's 2.25 quarterly payment provided relief. U S Steel Bethlehem hit multi year lows as bonds eased and most issue leaders drifted.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
American Telephone
Goodyear
Goodrich
Boeing
Sperry
Western Union
Anaconda
Westinghouse
Allied Chemical
Santa Fe
Sears Roebuck
DuPont
Chesapeake & Ohio
General Motors
British Bombers Hit Mannheim and St Nazaire in Heavy Night Raids
British air ministry reports 14 bombers missing after night raids on Mannheim and St Nazaire ending an 11 day lull. Halifaxes Lancasters Manchesters and Wellingtons struck with heavy explosives while fighters attacked enemy airfields in France and Holland. Mannheim, Europe’s second largest inland port, hosts Badische Anilin, Lanz armament, and Daimler-Benz plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Ministry
Mannheim
St. Nazaire
France
Holland
Europe
Badische Amlin Chemical Works
Lanz Armament Works
Daimler-Benz Engineering Works
Germany
Baltic Sea
Warnemuende
Rostock
Britain
Fast Anglia
Reconstruction To Tax Faith
The Rt. Rev. Henry D. Phillips, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia, warned that postwar reconstruction will test faith and ingenuity. He said the task will be bigger than the war and urged Christlike action over hatred and greed. The opening session at St. John's Church drew over 75 clergy and lay attendees.
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Wytheville
Henry D. Phillips
Southwestern
Virginia
Phillips
St. John's Church
Reds Fight Way To Kharkov
Soviet and German forces traded positions near Kalin and Kerch as battles continued. Russian cavalry retook several points northwest of Moscow, claiming German losses and prisoner captures. Axis reports claimed Kerch resistance crushed, while Donets diversion intensified near Barvenkova and Izyum with troops joining battle on the Izyum Barvenkova front.
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Kalinin Front
Moscow
Kerch
Berlin
Caucasus
Soviet Information Bureau
Kerch Strait
Caucasian
Barvenkova
Lozovaya-Slavyansk
Donets River
Izyum
Price Ceiling Moves Hit Broad Range of Goods
The universal price ceiling covers nearly all retail items and consumer goods. Observers see wider implications including potential rationing if shortages arise. Officials hint at limits on inventories past a set period, with exceptions for stockpiles built up in anticipation of tighter supplies.
Rites Held For Mr Eddy Founder Of Local Press
Funeral services were held for Tate J. Frank Eddy 66 a member of a prominent local family who died Sunday. The Rev R A Whitten officiated and interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included G Gibson Baker Hugh K Green John V Eddy Richard K Eddy C Fred Barr and William C Miller. Eddy with his brother C Vernon Eddy founded the Eddy Press which operated here for many years.
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Tate J. Frank Eddy
R. A. Whitten
Mount Hebron Cemetery
G. Gibson Baker
Hugh K. Green
John V. Eddy
Richard K. Eddy
C. Fred Barr
William C. Miller
Mr. Eddy
C. Vernon Eddy
Eddy Press
Baltimore Grain Market Closing Report
Baltimore May 20 Wheat No 2 Red Winter grain domestic 1.193-4 May 4 Winchester Market Wheat 1.14 bushel Corn 90c Prices based on deliveries at mill.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Cavalry Regiments Sent Overseas in World War I
The 2nd 3rd 6th and 15th Cavalry Regiments were sent overseas to France during the first World War. The 2nd Regiment earned battle credits and saw action at St Mihiel and the Meuse Argonne.
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United States
France
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Tempo Increases Curtin Warns of Graver War Demands
Prime Minister John Curtin warned Australians the tempo of the struggle is increasing and fighting men face the supreme test. He spoke in support of the second liberty loan opening June 2 and warned of grave possibilities in the coming weeks while U S and Australian fliers reported sweeps over northern island fringe with possible preparations for a new thrust toward Australia.
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John Curtin
Curtin
Australia
United States
Islan
Douglas MacArthur
Average life of a US one dollar bill
The question and answer note that a United States one dollar bill has an average lifespan of nine months. The item presents a concise fact about currency longevity.
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United States
Rains Lift Virginia Crops but Hays Still Lag
Rains through May 16 ended drought in most of Virginia and steadied crop and pasture prospects. Early corn and strawberries benefited. bean stands uneven from prior dryness. Potato crop gains noted as moisture returned. Farm labor shifts toward family work with fewer hired hands amid defense-driven demand.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Norfolk
Crop Reporting Service
Newport News
Hull Notes Hope Of Early Victory
Secretary of State Hull told reporters there are grounds for hope the United Nations may achieve victory sooner than expected. He noted U S power and facilities are expanding for offensive and defensive operations and discussed immobilizing French warships at Martinique, with fuel oil removed but enough oil left to run lighting and minor systems.
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Washington
Hull
United Nations
United States
Martinique
Police Capture German War Prisoner at Beach Head
Irish police captured a German war prisoner after his Messerschmitt was hit by anti-aircraft fire and ditched at Beach Head Sussex. The prisoner reportedly bailed out before the aircraft crashed.
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Reon
Beach Head
Sussex
Mrs Booth McGuire to Open in No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Mrs Booth McGuire takes a lead role in No Orchids for Miss Blandish, the London stage revival opening soon. It marks her first appearance since hostilities began, following many New York productions before her London successes.
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McGuire
London
Lonely AEF Bride Waits Amid World War I Duty
Mrs Herbert Cooke formerly Thelma Smith, a poet and the first AEF bride, sits at her garrison cap in a Central Press photo. She waits as her husband to be completes his wartime duty.
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Herbert Cooke
Thelma Smith
Poet First
A.E.F
Siige
Central Press
Churchill held prime minister and defense roles during war debate
In a British war debate Sir Stafford Cripps said Churchill did not attend as he had nothing new to add. Hore-Belisha pressed for separation of political command from military leadership amid ongoing Japanese advances and Axis threats.
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Churchill
Stafford Cripps
Stafford
Hore-Belisha
Defense
Stalin
Russia
Germany
Himmler Seizes Control in Netherlands Amid Nazi Plans
London dispatch reports Himmler has taken command of Dutch Nazi storm troopers and retained control of Gestapo in the Netherlands. A Tass report said Germany planned to make the country an autonomous Niedermark province under Dutch Nazi leader Anton Mussert. The exiled Dutch government warned of looming changes. German retaliations included executions, re-arrests, and hostage seizures of prominent citizens.
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London
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Gestapo
Netherlands
Stockholm
Tidingen
Aneta
Tass
German Reich
Niedermark
Anton Mussert
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Hoagy Carmichael
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Cameron & Piccadilly
Loudoun St
Loudoun &T
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Cameron St
National Ave
W. Piccadilly St
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Leesburg
Army and Navy War Relief
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George A. Hamid
Relief Societies
Jones Funeral Home
Yomsn
Lydia
Pinkham
Mrs. Booth
Winchester Furniture CO
South Main St
Lonely A.E.F. Bride
H. Cooke
Himmler
Netherands
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Braddock St
Dial
Jefferson
RichmMone, Virginta
Tecessco Tate
Mperbeccoma
Pas Jefferson
Histone
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Pontiac
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