German Blitzkrieg Nears England as Channel Battles Rage
London reports heavy fighting in the English Channel coast near Boulogne and Abbeville in German hands. Churchill warns of threatened communications as German mechanized forces drive into Allied rear in Belgium. Weygand leads Allied efforts to restore and reconstitute the front amid arrests and security dragnets at home.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons Today
English Channel
Boulogne
Abbeville
Belgium
Maxime Weygand
Britain
Archibald H. M. Ramsay
Oswald Mosley
British Isles
House of Commons
Clement R. Attlee
Great Britain and Ireland
Eire
Ireland
Alfred Duff Cooper
England
United States
Landon Seeks U S Role in Postwar World Construction
Alf M. Landon said after a May 23 conference with Secretary Hull that he personally supported U S participation in rebuilding the postwar world. He noted discussions covered Europe Latin America and the Far East and hinted at political tensions surrounding a third Roosevelt term.
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Washington
Alf M. Landon
Hull
United States
Landon
Europe
Latin America
Far East
T Roosevel
Tandon
Roosevelt
White House
Repubican and Will
Nothon
Nazi Flag Waving Over Channel Areas Of Belgium
Louis P. Lochner reports from the English Channel front where German forces fly the swastika. U boats and speedboats await orders while infantry and artillery mass for an anticipated push on England. Citizens adjust to occupation as cafes and streets mingle.
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Belgium
Louis P. Lochner
English Channel
Germany
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
England
Saxony
Mecklenburg
London
Sees Wreckage Left By Nazis In Rotterdam
Reporter Lynn Heinzerling tours Rotterdam after German invasion shows extensive ruins in the business district and shattered Dutch defenses. He notes the impact of Nazi air raids and the destruction of modern warfare during a three day survey of the Netherlands battlefront.
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Rotterdam
Lynn Heinzerling
Birmingham
Ohio
Associated Press
Berlin
Netherlands
Hol
Rhenen
The
Gosmein
Ae Iz Ctof
Registration Days Set for John Kerr and Virginia Avenue Schools
May 28 and 29 are the registration dates at John Kerr School office for all pupils entering John Kerr or Virginia Avenue School next September. registrar cg Saal will be present at enrollment time. Principal Lola V. Moore asks city parents with children turning six by September 30, 1940 to register, and nurse Yr Ms Organ will discuss health concerns with parents.
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John Kerr School
Virginia Avenue School
Cg Saal Ia Ee Mus
Lola V. Moore
Organ
Damaf Veattantins
American Legion Supper Meeting Noted in Post Notice
A special supper meeting of the R. Y. Conrad Post American Legion will be held tomorrow evening at 8 oclock. Hosts include Harry McCann Roy Butler Harry Stotler Leslie Reed and Jake Marple. The gathering at Chapman Motor Co Amherst Road will feature a country ham dinner with all trimmings announced by post adjutant Ralph Hengeveld.
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R. Y
Flag Week Observed Here June 7 14 In Winchester
Garland R. Quarles announced a local Flag Week committee to spur interest for the June 7 to 14 observance. Members include J. Pinckney Arthur Andrew Bell Harry F Byrd Jr Mrs George Snarr Rev Robert A Whitten Mrs Herbert Larrick Dan Henry Ben Belchie Fr R E Hannon J G Fosbrink Miss Lucy Kurtz. The event promotes Americanism and national solidarity with ceremonies nationwide. Further details for Winchester will be announced by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester
J. Pinckney Arthur
Andrew Bell
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
George Snarr
Robert A. Whitten
Herbert Larrick
Dan Henry
Ben Belchie
R. E. Hannon
J. G. Fosbrink
Lucy Kurtz
America
Quarles
United States Flag Association
Pentesans
Senate Approves Large Naval Bill Amid Defense Push
The Senate passed a $1.47 billion navy appropriations bill accelerating the wartime defense program. President Roosevelt planned a national address on defense as 2,970 airplanes and 2,500 ships were authorized, adding to an air fleet of about 1,800 planes and 933 ships with $326 million in aviation spending.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Navy
Mae
Barlow Promises Terrifying Earth Shaking Answers to Critics
In Baltimore on May 23 two government attorneys argued in an injunction suit that live tests of Barlow’s liquid oxygen carbon bomb on goats at Aberdeen are justified for national defense. They said the U S government owns the goats and proving grounds and that interference would violate the Constitution. Barlow pledged to deliver terrifying earth shaking answers to critics while the explosive tests proceed.
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Baltimore
Lester P. Barlow
National Defense
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Barlow
U. S
Bernard J. Flynn
T. Barton Harrington
United States
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Jow
Congressional Committee
Briefs Invited On Fruit Storage
The Wage and Hour Division of the U S Department of Labor in Washington granted a review of the seasonal nature exemption for cold storage of apples in the Appalachian area. The International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union filed for review of the findings by Harold Stein. Interested parties may submit briefs in triplicate by June 15, 1940, in support of or opposition to the determination. apple storage warehouses in Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and West Virginia are affected.
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Department of Labor
Washington
Appalachian
Ee States Department of Law
International Longshoreman’s and Warehouseman’s Union
Harold Stein
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
German Raiders Seek To Unite Other Forces
German mechanized raiders in Belgium and France try to join forces in the Calais Boulogne area to harry the British Belgian rear. A breakthrough near Audenarde prompted a northward turn of the Abbeville sector raiding column.
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Bern
Switzerland
Belgium
France
Calais-Boulogne
Audenarde
Abbeville
Blue Bells Triumph Over Dandelions in Middletown Field Day
In Middletown Virginia on May 23 sophomore and junior girls from the high school organized a field day. Two squads the Dandelions and the Blue Bells competed in potato races volleyball horseshoes and more. The Blue Bells won the softball game 43 to 0 amid amused spectators.
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Middletown
Dandelions
Blue Bells
Red Cross Funds Still $1,000 Shy Of Campaign Quota
Red Cross drive in Winchester Frederick reports $983.52 raised by noon at city hall. Organizers extend booth operations in drug stores and banks through the week as new volunteers join Miss Edythe Ballard in the effort. New workers include Mrs L W Riley Mrs Victor Arthur Mrs Ben Arthur Mrs Martin Wisecarver Miss Gretchen Thomson Mrs Virginia Hottle Mrs A C Halvosa Mrs George Hodgson Mrs Elizabeth Clark Mrs Lewis Allen Miss Betty Riley and Miss Jane Bickers.
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Winchester- Frederick
L. W. Riley
Victor Arthur
Ben Arthur
Martin Wisecarver
Gretchen Thomson
Virginia Hottle
A. C. Halvosa
George . Joseph Hodgson
Elizabeth Clark
Lewis Allen
Betty Riley
Jane Bickers
Police Wagon To Be Prettied Up
Harrisburg mayor Mulliken jokes about repainting the police wagon to brighten its dark image. He weighs blue green or maroon as possible colors for the vehicle to counter the gloom associated with the so called black mafia.
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Harrisburg
Howard E. Mulliken
Opening Dance at Dickey Ridge on Skyline Drive
Rummage sale at Reform Church 139 North Main at 10 o clock Saturday May 25 with sale hours 1p to 1t and opening event on Skyline Drive Saturday June 1 staying within standard community notices.
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Dickey Ridge
Skyline Drive
Rummage Sale Reform Church
Main
Roosevelt plans Fireside Chat on defense needs
Bulletin dispatches show President Roosevelt set to discuss defense conditions and needs in a Fireside Chat to be broadcast Sunday night. Churchill reiterates pledge of no separate peace with Germany. Ireland vows no entry during address by Greg O Kelly. Pope Pius receives Roosevelt envoy at the Vatican. Romanian mobilization reaches nearly 300000 reservists. NBC CBS and ABC to relay Empire Day broadcast of King George IIII.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bucharest
Rumania
New York
NBC
CBS
MBS
King George of
Great Britain
600 At Star's Cooking School Ends With Gifts
Attendance at Winchester Evening Star cooking school rose to at least 600 at Sarah Zane hall on North Loudoun street. Miss Mary Ann Kidd runs the classroom which will close Friday afternoon. gifts of groceries and merchandise went to numerous residents including Ernestine Carper, Mrs. N. W. Hoffman, Mrs. Cecil Grapes, and others listed with street addresses.
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Winchester Evening Star
Sarah Zane Hall
Loudoun Street
Mary Ann Kidd
Ernestine Carper
Peyton Street
N. W. Hoffman
Parkway
Cecil Grapes
National Avenue
E. E. Peer
Gray Avenue
Ethel Rudolph
South
Cameron Street
Emily Elliott
William'’B. Neel
Newton Cather
Elizabeth Duncan
W. Pall Mall Street
Winifred Carper
R. Solomon
West Street
Miss McArtor
Franklin Payton
Highland Avenue
Margaret Duvall
Kent Street
Vera MacMillan
Morningside Drive
Ralph
Weygand Seeks To Reunite Northern and Central Armies
Paris May 23 AP French armies fight to reunite northern and central forces and cut off the German spearhead pushing through northern France to the sea. The central French army with British and Belgian support and using tanks planes and artillery battles the Germans between Cambrai and Valenciennes as the long southern salient narrows around Abbeville.
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Weygand
France
Paris
Cambrai
Valenciennes
Abbeville
Flanders
British Army Fighting For Life In Crisis
British forces on the Western front endure an extremely grave crisis as German advance creates a gap near Audenarde Belgium while Allied lines hold in Arras. British factories run seven days a week as emergency powers are drafted and Britons unite to crush Hitler Germany.
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London
Arras
France
Audenarde
Belgium
Brussels
Royal Air Force
Nct
Hitler
Germany
Industrial Limestones Feature in The Commonwealth
The Commonwealth magazine includes a photo of M. J. Grove Lime Company quarry at Stephens City with four levels and an article on industrial limestones by Arthur Bevan. Cacapon State Park near Route 7 will open May 29 with a new bathhouse and a partial Skyline Drive. A large sawdust pile fires smoulders east of Winchester. Karen Andre was found guilty of first degree murder in The Night of Jan 16 stage trial at the Corporation Court Room.
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The
Commonwealth
Magazine of
Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Stephens City
Arthur Bevan
Cacapon State Park
Virginia Line
Winchester
Karen Andre
Little Theatre
Corporation Court Room
City Hall
Gretchen Thomson
Blackburn Moore
John Woolfolk
Garland Quarles
W. B. Watkins
Jack Crowl
W. B. Alexander
B.B. Dutton
C. A. Davis
Three Zones Defined On Northern Battlefield
The front is described in three zones: a stabilizing Aisne line from Rethel toward an undefined point, the strong Somme line from Ham to Abbeville, and a northern jagged front toward Cambrai Valenciennes. German forces press in mixed with French scouting near St. Quentin Laon and Peronne while Amiens remains under German control.
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Aisne
Rethel
Paris
Somme
Ham
Abbeville
Cambrai-Valenciennes
St. Quentin
Laon
Peronne
Cambrai
Amiens
Escaut
Scheldt
Valenciennes
French fight back in northern France amid Cambrai push
Paris May 23 French army regains momentum in a northern battle near Cambrai as see-saw fighting reaches outskirts of the city. Naval losses reported include a submarine a torpedo boat and a supply ship off Dutch and Belgian coasts. lines along the Somme and Channel ports monitored.
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Paris
Prance
Adolf Hitler
Prerith
Flanders
Cambrai
Valenciennes
Somme
Ham
Abbeville
Admiralty
Fran
Martha Bowman Property Sale at Court House Noon May 25
The Martha Bowman property at No. 615 S. Cameron Street will be sold in front of the Court House at noon on Saturday May 25. The notice appears in a local public sale record with filing reference 5-21-1p-41.
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Martha Bowman
S. Cameron Street
Court House
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Pope Pius
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
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