All Navy Yards Told To Speed Up Defense Works
Navy establishments were ordered to speed up defense preparations by adding shifts and expanding civilian shipbuilding by at least 15 000 workers within three months. The increase will be spread across eight yards including Portsmouth New York Mare Island Philadelphia Boston Charleston Norfolk and Puget Sound. President Roosevelt summoned top admirals and congressional naval committee leaders to discuss labor law effects on shipbuilding.
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Washington
Lewis Compton
Compton
Navy Department
Marine Corps
Navy
Portsmouth
New York City
Mare Island
Philadelphia
Boston
Charleston
Norfolk
Puget Sound Navy Yards
Roosevelt
Senate
House Naval Committee
Vinson
White House
Full Credit
Wheeler Named To Head Lions
J. K. Wheeler, comptroller at the O'Sullivan Rubber Company, was elected president of the local Lions Club succeeding Bryan Stotler. Wheeler will be installed June 25 with Patt Barr Marvin D. Weaver Llewellyn Jackson Earl L. Mason Ben Cather and Chet Hobert as officers and D. H. Sencindiver C. F. Schenck William S. Wheatley John G. Over as directors. Wheeler, a Berwick native and 1924 Penn graduate, is married to Wilba S. Hummel of Pine Grove and has ten children in Handley High School. He is active in the Baptist Sunday School and Boy Scout work.
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J. K. Wheeler
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Lions Club
Bryan Stotler
Wheeler
Patt Barr
Marvin D. Weaver
Llewellyn Jackson
Earl L. Mason
Ben Cather
Chet Hobert
D. H. Sencindiver
C. F. Schenck
William S. Wheatley
John G. Over
Berwick
University of Pennsylvania
Wilba S. Hummel
Pine Grove
Winchester
Handley High School
The
Baptist Sunday School
Stephens City Plans Big Pageant and Water Project
Five hundred or more residents will take part in a May 29 pageant to close the school session. The town is digging in for a new water supply, recently buying a fire engine and organizing a fire company with an auxiliary. Students issued The Newtown Pippin, a yearbook praised as fit for a larger institution. The piece predicts continued progress for Stephens City and notes community initiative as key to moving forward.
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Stephens City
Newtown Pippin
Awning Offer From E W Armstrong Co
Porch and window awnings available from E W Armstrong Co located at 39 E Picadilly St. Call 639 for details on Tuesday and Friday service windows.
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E.W. Armstrong CO
E. Picadilly St
Red Cross Drive Lags With $640 Toward $2000 Goal
Winchester and Frederick counties struggle to meet a $2000 quota as only $640 is collected so far. Executive secretary Miss Edythe Ballard notes the drive underperforms against original plans to finish by week’s end. The campaign may be extended to reach the target if donations accelerate.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Red Cross
Edythe Ballard
Miss Said
Pageant at Stephens City to close 1940 commencement
More than 500 residents will perform in an elaborate pageant at Stephens City High School on Wednesday afternoon May 29 to finale the 1940 commencement. Joist Hite scenes feature William Herrell as Joist Hite and Mrs Rachel Clevenger as Malanie Hite with other pioneer tableaux followed by school activities and campus scenes. The open-air program on the high school campus invites the public to attend.
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Stephens City
Julian Steele
Joist Hite
Shenandoah Valley
William Herrell
Rachel Clevenger
Malanie Hite
Eldridge Lemley
Corrine Gardner
Allied Bombers Deep In Germany In Rhineland Raid
Paris May 21 Allied bombers from Britain and France struck lines deep in the Rhineland. German losses reportedly outrun the Allies’ earlier claim, while land fighting saw repulsed German infantry near the Somme and Aisne. Heavy shelling hit Montmedy fortifications as Allied withdrawal in Belgium aimed to blunt the German river-port threat.
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Paris
Rhineland
Somme
Aisne
Bethel
Montmedy
Belgium
Rhine
No Smoking Card Stirs Language Mix at Virginia Mill
In Clearbrook Virginia Elmer Dorsey notes a multilingual no smoking placard at his mill. The banner lists languages from Polish and Italian to Albanian Greek Chinese and Hebrew detailing prohibitions with a final English line In other words No Smoking.
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Clearbrook
Elmer Russell Dorsey
Europe
Asia
Dorsey
Nie Walno Palic
Vietato Fumore
Nevale Rukyt
Rauchen Verboten
Kaditi Prepovedano
Esta Prohibido
Pumar
Socnpenaeter
Defense de Fumer
Rokning Forbjudes
Labeemraaaninor
Rogning Udt
Dedicate Annual To M. M. Lynch
Maurice M. Lynch receives the first full pledged Stephens City High School yearbook the Newtown Pippin. Senior officers present him with a copy. inscription praises his long tenure as Frederick County and Winchester Public Schools superintendent.
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Maurice M. Lynch
Newtown
Stephens City High School
Cecil Teets
Martha Richard
Gladys Pawcett
Victor Carbaugh
Lynch
Winchester
Stephens City
Fcture
Nestor
Winchester Bar
Frederick County
Rachel Welch
Future Farmers
Newtown Pippin
Central Finance Board
Americans Slow To Flee Danger In War Europe
Secretary Hull said Americans in Europe are slow to flee looming war dangers despite official warnings. State Department efforts urged escapes to Ireland or Bordeaux and other ports in Spain Portugal and western Europe. Only 75 have reached Bordeaux so far, he notes.
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Washington
Hull
Europe
State Department
England
Ireland
Bordeaux
France
Spain
Silk and Cotton Play Suits at Wisner’s Winchester
Silk and cotton play suits offered at Wiener’s located at 128 N Loudoun St Winchester. Item promotes sage colored silk and cotton fabric suits in a one page one time listing.
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Loudoun St
Winchester
French Withdraw From Laon To Right Line Lines
Paris reports French withdrawals to straighten lines around Laon as German forces push toward the English Channel. Berlin claims Abbeville Amiens Arras fell while Parisian observers see potential Allied initiative. war ministry notes the German drive slowed amid heavy fighting northwest of Paris.
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Paris
Laon
France
English Channel
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Abbeville
Amiens
Arras
War Ministry
Frontiers and Air Alerts Across Europe May 21
Reports from Skopje Paris Ankara London detail a Yugoslav Albanian frontier closure by Italy, an air raid alarm in Paris, a Turkish mission heading to Syria, balloon barrage mobilization near London, and continued disruption of cross-continental telephone lines.
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Paris
Ankara
Turkey
Syria
Europe
London
Air Ministry
Britain
Landon to Meet Roosevelt Tomorrow at White House
The White House announced Alf M Landon will confer with President Roosevelt tomorrow after a scheduling mixup. Rep Wadsworth will join the president today as a campaign aide to Frank Gannett while Landon’s visit was briefly postponed to Thursday.
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Washington
White House
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Rep
Wadsworth
R-Ny
Frank Gannett
New York
Stephen Early
Landon
Early
Finds False Teeth In Potato Patch
Hartington Nebraska May 21 Emil Evanson finds his missing false teeth in a potato patch on Walter Nielsen's farm. Nielsen located the teeth while stacking straw. Evanson now has a spare set and plans to recover his own.
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Hartington
Neb
Emil Evanson
Walter Nielsen
Evanson
Martha Bowman Property Sale at Cameron Street
The Martha Bowman property No. 615 S Cameron Street will be sold at the front of the Court House at noon on Saturday May 25. The action is listed under case 21-1p-41.
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Martha Bowman
Cameron Street
Court House
Preparations' Being Speeded By Mussolini
Rome May 21 Italy and Germany ally move toward war as blackouts and three day air raid drills hit Milan Turin and other industrial regions. Ciano speeches hint Italy awaits Mus solini order, while demonstrations against Britain and France flare in Rome and Milan as questions of mobilization and timing loom.
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Richard G. Maslock
Rome
Italy
Germany
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Milan
Cremona
Mussolini
Terni
Turin
Britain
France
Coasu
Balkans
German motorcycle detachments reach Abbeville region
Paris May 21 AP Small detachments of German motorcycle troops penetrated the outskirts of the Abbeville region near the English Channel. The spokesman said advance units moved along open roads west of Arras and Amiens while German planes bombed and machine gunned routes crowded with refugees.
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Paris
Abbeville
English Channel
Somme
Arras
Amiens
Reynaud
Nazis Claim 15 Miles From English Channel Reach Eiffel Tower View
Berlin reports rapid German advances in France and Belgium with Abbeville Amiens and Arras captured. Giraud and staff fallen. Rethel Namur Ghent actions cited. Allied forces numbered about 1.55 million facing the push toward the channel.
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Berlin
English Channel
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Abbeville
Amiens
Arras
France
Ninth
Giraud
Rethel
Laon
Aisne-Oise Canal
Bulge
Belgium
Namur
Ghent
Valenciennes
Dieppe
Boulogne
Adolf Hitler
Winchester and County Brevities Recall Old Town Scenes
Richard Griffith and Dr. A D Henkel display two street scene prints from bygone years. One shows the hitching yard and market area near Capitol Theatre site. the other depicts West Boscawen Street near Grace Lutheran Church. Chrome plated bullets replacing old shells are issued by the Norfolk Navy Yard. Citizens praise avoidance of yesterday’s hail storms in the Shenandoah Valley region.
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Winchester
Richard Griffith
A. D. Henkel
Market Place
Capitol Theatre
Boscawen (Water) Street
Grace Lutheran Church
McVicarne
Caarley — Fire Company
Vine
Norfolk Navy Yard
Shenandoah Valley
Intense anti air fire and invasion fears in Britain
Intense anti aircraft fire off the southeast coast signals peril as British and Allied observers assess a feared German thrust toward England. Reports note losses of the cruiser Effingham and minelayer Victoria, amid a broader narrative of threatened invasion and naval reverses.
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England
London
Seacoast
Belgium
Drew Middleton
Associated Press
Arthur Mann
Mutual Broadcasting System
English Channel
Berlin
Britain
Effingham
Admiralty
Aisne
No Jan
Old-Timer Has An Excuse Ready
An 81 year old driver, claiming long experience behind the wheel, argues this is his first offense as discussion centers on a driving incident dated May 21.
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Christian Storebardinie
Valon
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