Labor Picture Clouded By Conflicting Developments
Idle miners declined to about 3,800 nationwide while the War Labor Board weighs wage and overtime issues in a lengthy report on soft coal disputes. Pennsylvania staging a partial return to work, with Pittsburgh area talks and a new strike at Montour No. 10. John L. Lewis contests WLB jurisdiction as UMW seeks bargaining revival.
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Associated Press
War Labor Board
Washington
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
James Mark
Pittsburgh
Montour No. 10
Pittsburgh Coal Company
S. Umw
Ohio
WLB
John L. Lewis
United’ Mine Workers ‘Poss
Lewis
UMW
Quarles Kuykendall to Address Winchester Police Officers
FBI official H I Bobbitt announces the FSI Quarterly Police Conference for Winchester at 7 15 p m May 26 in the Winchester Armory. G R Quarles and J Sloane Kuykendall will speak on defense related investigations and vehicle theft enforcement with a film on espionage methods.
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H.I. Bobbitt
Richmond
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FSI
Winchester
FBI
United States
G. R. Quarles
Winchester Public
J. Sloane Kuykendall
Frederick County
Virginia
Dissolution Move by Communist International Demands National Action
In a Moscow broadcast the Communist International executive committee urged sections worldwide to dissolve its structures as outdated. It said national workers should unite to defeat Hitler, ceasing international center functions during wartime. The move emphasizes independent national mobilization against Nazi forces.
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Eddy Gilmore Mi
Russia
Communist International
Comintern
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Soviet Monitor
London
Hitler
Moseeww
Communist International Committee
Berlin
Large Hams Figure In Frederick County Meat Trial
In Frederick Circuit Court this morning Jack Segle Boone testified about two hams and shoulders tied to a meat theft case. Witnesses linked the meat to the Shiley farm theft with notes on trimming and the Uncle John’s Cabin Camp site near Hagerstown.
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Jack Boone
Hagerstown
Frederick County
Jack Segle Boone
Frederick
Raymond Perrine
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Commonwealth
Perrine
Raymond Shiley
Shiley
Shiley Meat House
Doris Ridenour
Poe
Coady
Winchester Seed Co Offers Tomato and Sweet Potato Plants
Winchester Seed Co advertises can furnish any quantity of tomato and sweet potato plants.
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Winchester Seed Coo
Commencement Plans Coped With OPA Ruling
OPA restrictions foil night commencement programs while baccalaureate services remain allowed. diplomas may be handed during the ceremony. Some schools will hold commencements in the regular day schedule. Athletes may use one car for team transport, possibly affecting remaining baseball games and schedules across Frederick Clarke, Stephents City, Berryville, Middletown, Gore, and Stonewall schools.
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OPA
Lesle D. Kline
Richmond
Kline
Frederick Clarke High School
E. Ayler
Stephens City
D. Cooley
Berryville
Seathere
Fred Braithwaite
Middletown
Gore
Stonewall
Sgt Ralph Pope Confirmed Prisoner of War
War Department reports Sgt Ralph W Pope a prisoner of war of Japan after being captured in the Philippines. He enlisted in August 1939 and was first listed missing May 7, 1942. International Red Cross communication confirms he is alive as a captive.
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Ralph W. Pope
Sgt. Pope
Philippine Island
The
War Department
Attu Fight Enters Final Phase as Japanese Split
U S forces on Attu island report Japanese troops divided into three groups at Chichagof harbor Chichagof valley and north Lake Nichols. Attu village destroyed except for a church and one building while fuel depots and other installations burned. Additional raids on Kiska Kahili Ballale noted with weather limiting results.
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Washington
Attu Island
Navy
Chichagof Harbor
Chichagof Valley
Lake Nicholas
Attu Village
North Pacific
Attu
Sarana-Massacre Bay
United States
Chicago Valley
Army Liberator
Kiska
South Pacific
Consolidated
Kahili
Ballale
Shortland Island
Farmers Plan To Open Labor Center
Country Farm Labor Committee votes to establish a farm labor center to recruit and place seasonal workers. needs estimated at 1 000 to 1 500 workers. Walker McC Bond named to steer committee with County Agent Stine. Amos Shryock Andrew Bell Roy Cather to secure office space and personnel. A wages committee to be named. migratory labor camp site committee chaired by Harry W. Butler reviews locations. A L Prye conducts classes for youths recruited for farm work. Nursery notes: efforts directed at Winchester citizens and others not presently in farm work to volunteer.
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Country Farm Labor Committee
Roy Cather
Walker McC. Bond
Stine
Amos Shryock
Andrew Bell
Harry W. Butler
Migratory Labor Camp Site Committee
A. L. Prye
Handley
Winchester
Joy Drivers Face Police Court On Pleasure Driving Bans
Richmond officials announce a statewide drive to enforce a revived ban on pleasure driving. OPA chief investigator William C. King says officers and state police will stop motorists, issue violations, and send them to local boards for hearings as courts prepare to resume pleasure driving cases.
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Richmond
OPA
William C. King
Petersburg Pike
Route 1
Broad Street
German Defenses Are Assaulted
An ominous quiet marked the Russian front as the expected German offensive nears. German forces continued stocking ammunition tanks and men for summer operations. Soviet sources cited heavy Russian artillery near Novorossisk, claiming tanks mulled, machine-gun points and dugouts hit, and an ammo dump blown.
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OSCOW
London
Novorossisk
Balakbaya
War bonds drive noted in county and city schools
Frederick thwaite of Gainesboro school received from Secretary Morgenthau a Merit certificate for April sales exceeding 2060. Gainesboro students welcome the recognition. Shiley, a witness in Commonwealth vs Legle Boone, identified the hock end of a ham as the portion involved in the alleged meat theft.
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Star
Winchester
Frederick County
Frederick Thwaite
Gainesboro
Morgenthau
Shiley
Commonwealth
Legle Boone
Allied Axis Air War Rises From North Africa Skies
Allied air forces claim a three day tally of 285 Axis planes destroyed or damaged in strikes on Sar dinia and Sicily with 96 shot down yesterday along with advances on Pantelleria. US bombers hit Sicily and Sardinia while Libera tors claim 300000 pounds of bombs on Italian ports and nine US fighters shot down.
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North Africa
Sardinia
Sicily
Northwest African Air Force
U. S
Middle East
San Giovanni
Reggio Calabria
Cairo
Sciacca
Castelvetrano
Pantelleria Island
Cap Bon
Strategic Air Force
Villacidro
U.S. Air Force
Aerial warfare deepens in southwest New Guinea
Allied headquarters report intensified air war as Japanese push to supply New Guinea bases. 47 Japanese planes attacked, totaling about 70 losses for the week. Allied forces claim one bomber shot down and three missing as barges are spotted moving supplies along the coast.
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Australia
New Guinea
Pacific
Japanese Thrust Frustrated Near Tengyueh and Ichang
Chungking reports more than 700 Japanese troops killed in an abortive attack north from Tengyueh, with Chinese forces halting the thrust west of the Salween. Chinese bombers hit Ichang on the Yangtze, while Tokyo said Japanese drives advanced in lower Hunan and into central China. The agency cited casualties and counter claims amid intensified air raids and ground fighting.
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Chungking
Tengyueh
Salween River
Tony
China
Lake Tungting
Ichang
Yangtze
Tokyo
Associated Press
Hunan
Chi
Highlights Of World At War Air Offensives Across Major Fronts
World War II briefing notes Allied air offensives over Sicily Sardinia Pantelleria and southern Europe report a three day tally of at least 218 Axis planes destroyed. RAF strikes Berlin for third straight night and British flights hit occupied France trains. ships sunk in the English Channel and mines laid. Moscow reports Communist International calls for branch dissolutions amid tensions with Hitler.
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Sh Ruis Sminy
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Europe
RAF
Berlin
France
English Channel
Two Axis Vessels Sunk By Bombs
London reports Whirlwind fighter bombers sank two ships and damaged a third in an enemy convoy east of Cherbourg during RAF intruder missions over France. Mosquitoes Beaufighters and Boston bombers supported night operations. trains were also hit in several areas.
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London
English Channel
RAF
France
Cherbourg
Air Ministry
Berlin Again Under Attack by Mosquito Bombers
London reports nighttime raids on Berlin by Mosquito bombers with mines laid in enemy waters and attacks on French targets. Whirlwind fighter-bombers sank two ships off Cherbourg, damaged a third, and American B-17s hit Wilhelmshaven and Emden, while U.S. heavy bombers suffered losses amid strong enemy defenses.
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London
Brietain
Berlin
Reich
France
French
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Hitler
Europe
Cherbourg
Grand Lodge Of Va. To Meet In Lynchburg
The annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Virginia Odd Fellows opens tomorrow in Lynchburg and runs through May 26. Winchester attorney W Erle Edwards is slated to become Grand Master, succeeding Brookneal’s B F Ginther. Delegates from Madison and Stephene Lodens attend as sessions begin.
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Grand Lodge of Virginia Odd Fellows
Lynchburg
Odd Fellows
Virginia
W. Erle Edwards
Winchester
Frederick County
B. F. Ginther
Brookneal
Grand Lodge
C. L. Wrigh
Stephene Lodenselggge
Madison Lodge
Earl Bailey
Gate
Madison
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Sgt
Ralph Pope
Atu
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Japanese Challenge
Japan
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Rabaul
Smolensk
Leningrad
Italy
Mussolini
Fuehrer
North Sea Naval
Bremen
Grand Lodge of
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