Women’s Night At Church Of Christ Featured Revival
Rev Francis Hume Scott spoke on The Mastership of Jesus and freedom under a great guiding master. He announced topics for the week including The Three Crosses of Calvary What Time is it in the Life of the World and The Second Coming of Christ Tonight will be women’s night with all women invited to attend.
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Mrs Boxwell to Attend Grand Lodge Convention
Winchester Rebekah Lodge No 21 finalizes plans for members to attend the Grand Lodge of I O O F sessions in Roanoke. Anna Boxwell is elected to represent the local order and will stay at the Hotel Roanoke. Memorial services for Madison Lodge are set for June 2 with Rebekahs participating.
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Camel Cigarettes Highlight Slower Burn For Mildness And Flavor
The ad claims Camels use costlier tobaccos to burn more slowly. This slower burn is said to deliver extra mildness, extra coolness, and extra smoking per cigarette and per pack.
Celanese to Expand Virginia Plant With Additions
Celanese Corporation of America announced Newport News Virginia Engineering Company will build additions costing about 500000 dollars to the Celco plant near Pearlsburg Virginia. The project includes a two story cafeteria and extensions to manufacturing units, doubling floor space, with contracts to be signed soon and field work starting shortly.
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British Women Hurl Epithets At Nazi Prisoners
A crowd of angry British women shouted "Kill the murdering swine" as 22 captured German fliers landed in England from two Belgian ships. Military police restrained the crowd. The prisoners, captured 20 miles from Dieppe, were taken to internment camps. A Briton on the ship said Dieppe had been heavily bombed and port vessels could not depart due to mines.
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Battle Rages Across Belgium and Northern France Fast Pace
London dispatch reports the battle in Belgium and northern France as raging at the fastest mechanical pace achievable. British commentator says German mechanized units, once advancing, are now like cavalry patrols and often lost.
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Florists Convene in Roanoke Virginia
Virginia florists hold a session in Roanoke this week with attendees including Herbert W. Miller Mrs. Herbert W. Miller Leonard I. Miller and Miss Hilda Patton among those listed from the area.
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Leonard I. Miller
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Planes Rushed to England As Warproduction Orders Grow
In London on May 22 Col J J Ellewellin parliamentary secretary in the ministry of aircraft production said in the House of Commons that large orders for the latest warplanes had been placed in the United States and deliveries were being rushed. He declined to answer whether other countries like Italy could supply planes to Britain.
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Germans Drive Toward Channel as Allies Fight Retreat
German forces push northwest through a widened gap toward the narrowest English Channel neck with air bombardment of ports where allies might embark. A second thrust cuts SW into northern France near Soissons while blitzkrieg targets Ostend Dunkirk Boulogne and Dieppe as Allied retreat tightens along the Scheldt.
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Men And Mail exhibition across multiple venues
A picture titled Men And Mail showing the historical development of the mail service will be exhibited at Market Street Methodist Church auditorium on Tuesday night May 28 at 8 o clock. It will run at Douglas School Wednesday night at 7 30 and at Berryville high school Monday afternoon May 27 and Community Building Monday evening. The event is sponsored by the National Federation of Post Office Clerks.
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West Virginia convicts escape from road camp near Wardensville
Authorities search for two prisoners who escaped amid heavy fog on a road camp truck near Wardensville. They were last seen near Capon Bridge and remain at large as the hunt continues.
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Roosevelt urges action on larger Navy bill
The president appeals to Congress to approve a broader Navy reorganizing plan. He cites urgent international events and a need to quickly deal with aliens whose conduct conflicts with public interest. The request seeks rapid implementation as a restructuring measure normally activates within 60 days if Congress remains in session.
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Roosevelt Considers Dollar a Year Men Amid Cabinet Talk
White House officials say a mis understanding delayed Landon's view of a meeting that Washington showed interest in. Roosevelt at a press conference said others would help in the current situation and that a coalition cabinet was not something he had heard of in the newspapers.
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France reports new hope as tanks and infantry move
A French military spokesman said neither French forces on the Somme line nor the British in the northwest and Belgium had contacted the main German body. Heavy fighting centered in a fire scarred triangle from Amiens to Arras to Abbeville with German paratroopers arriving yesterday and extending toward the Cambria region.
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Budweiser as a Perfect Host and Beverage of Moderation
Advertisement promoting Budweiser as the Beverage of Moderation and a pleasant companion for entertaining. Describes Budweiser as a Perfect Host and suitable choice for gatherings.
Prayer Service at Church of Our Saviour Tonight
The regular prayer service is at 8 o clock with Rev. C W Lowe preaching on Need of Home Instruction. Afterward the Queen Anne Class will hold its meeting.
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Parachute Nazis Land Troops by Seaplane in Narvik Region
London report quotes Reuters that German forces are using large seaplanes to drop parachute troops near Narvik, the Arctic Norwegian port besieged by Allied forces.
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Norwegian Arctic
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Romania mobilizes 300000 reserves to active service
A general staff order issued in Bucharest calls 300,000 Romanian reservists to the colors within 24 hours. All leaves are canceled and officers and men must report back to units before noon tomorrow. The move greatly expands the armed forces, raising total active personnel to over 2,000,000 in a near general mobilization.
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Favorite Son Gesture for Senator Tydings at State Convention
A resolutions committee at the Democratic State Convention in Baltimore adopted a plan backing Senator Millard E. Tydings for the Democratic presidential nomination if President Roosevelt declines a third term. Drafted by party leaders, the measure ties to all factions and would direct the state's 32 national delegates to support Tydings only if the President does not run.
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Ambulance Unit Members Missing in War Zone
Paris reports four young members of Anne Morgan's American ambulance unit missing today. Officials believe five others previously missing are dead or prisoners. The four were last seen driving wounded south of a town now under German control. Another driver was reported missing.
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Swedish Vessel Erik Frisell Torpedoed in North Sea
The Swedish motorship Erik Frisell, 5066 gross tons, was torpedoed in the North Sea while attempting to reach England with American cargo. The ore carrier Bennos Aires, sailing March 15 for Stockholm after Baltimore and Hampton Roads, took refuge in Iceland following the German invasion of Norway. her crew were rescued.
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