Seventeen Candidates For Gainesboro Diplomas
Gainesboro High School lists 17 diploma candidates led by Frank Allanson and Daniel Omps. Commencement begins with the baccalaureate on May 31 in the high school auditorium. the event is photographed by Lemley. In London on May 23, Moscow radio reports the Russian army has occupied four populated places and strategic positions on the northwestern front.
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Gainesboro High School
Fred Braithwaite
Frank Allanson
Daniel Omps
Scott Wingfield
Junior Bayliss
Juanita Roe
Grace Sager
Nina Glynn
Lucille Dailey
Carlton Patterson
Crystal Trip
London
Moscow
Mexico Moves to Declare War on Axis in World War II
President Camacho to call Congress into special session to declare war and seize Axis assets in Mexico. Troops move to defend key points as public anger grows after Axis submarines sink Mexican ships. Government to impose alien controls and suspend certain constitutional guarantees while signaling military secrecy.
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Mexico
City
Manuel Avila Camacho
Congress
Setha Ripe
Florida
Dutch Policemen Doomed By Japs
Two Dutch police sergeants at Soerabaja Java were condemned to death by a Japanese court martial on charges of disseminating information deemed hostile by the Japanese. The verdict was reported by Domei in Batavia.
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Tokyo
Soerabaja
Java
Domei Cip
Batavia
N-E.i
Winchester Announces Ladies Cooking Class Opening
Win Winchester invites ladies to attend the Winchester school cooking sessions starting next Tuesday. Each session will be held and participation encouraged. If you cannot attend in person, you may join via Pop.
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Chester Tar
Rivers Flood Bottom Lands Endangering Croplands
The Shenandoah River flooded fertile bottom lands from Riverton Junction southward for the first time since 1936, with a 21 foot rise at Riverton Junction and rising levels reported at Berry's Ferry. Farmers expect crop damage once waters recede, observers say.
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Shenandoah River
Riverton Junction
Shenandoah
Riverton
Clarke
J. T. Lindsey
Berry’s Ferry
Lindsey
Presbytery Set To Convene Tuesday For McDonald Ordination
Winchester Presbytery will hold a special session Tuesday afternoon at 3 to finalize plans for the ordination and installation of Rev. Carlyle McDonald as a voice of the Opequon Group of Presbyterian Churches. Installation is scheduled for May 31 at Opequon Memorial Church. Also announced are services at Burnt Church tomorrow at 11 and at Round Hill at 8. McDonald’s sisters Margaret and Ellen McDonald, students at Marylin and Powhatan school respectively, will graduate.
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Winchester
Carlyle McDonald
Opequon
Opequon Memorial Church
Burnt Church
Round Hill
Margaret Mid
Marylin
Ellen McDonald
Powhatan School
Germans Promise Surprise From Submarine Off Havana
A mysterious broadcaster claiming to lead a German submarine warned Havana that a surprise would soon be delivered. He spoke in perfect Spanish, criticizing the British blockade and U S involvement, then went off the air after the threat.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Six Are Thought Drowned During Floods In Penna
Flooding across eastern Pennsylvania from heavy rains damages property and interrupts industry. The Bethlehem Steel plant suspends operations as rivers swell, and two women die of heart attacks amid rising waters. Residents report toppled houses and difficult communication in Honesdale Montoursville and surrounding towns.
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Penna
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
Delaware Street
Honesdale
Montoursville
Winchester History Project Aims to Grow Tourism Value
The Winchester Junior Board of Trade adopted Historical Winchester as a long range plan to develop and promote the city's historical assets for national tourism. Judge Philip Williams suggested commemorating Winchester’s 200th founding anniversary next year with FP. Largent Jr. named to lead the effort. speakers included Judge Williams and W. W. Glass who spoke on early local history and the value of preserving tradition.
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Winchester
Junior Board of Trade Today
Philip Williams
FP. L. Largent, Jr
J.B.T
Ben Belchie
Judge Williams
W. W. Glass
Glass
Frederick County
Judge W
Browning Quits Hollis Heads City Auxiliary Police
E P Browning resigns as assistant chief air raid warden. C W Hollis is named commander of Winchester’s auxiliary police under civilian defense. Hollis expands the force by 54 men and assigns precincts to regular officers with training officers Captain Boyd and Sergeant Funk.
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E. P. Browning
C. W. Hollis
Winchester
Browning
Anderson
J. P. Arthur
Hollis
Police Department
Boyd
Funk
FBI
Washington
Henderson seeks 200 million for price rationing office
Washington May 23 A House appropriations subcommittee discussed a tentative request by Leon Henderson for about 200 million dollars to finance the Office Price Administration rationing program He envisioned 90 000 to 100 000 staff nationwide to enforce price ceilings and rent controls A member called the task of administering several rationing orders a tremendously large operation and noted Henderson cited several possible sums to finance it
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Office Price Administration
House
Henderson
Winchester youths and nurses noted in brief items
Betty Jane Shull of 406 South Kent writes Stella Johan in England about her school grade after a Christmas card and plans a reply. Marion Olds, former Navy nurse, is listed as a Japanese prisoner in Kobe via Red Cross with mail directed to U S Navy Chief Nurse Marion B Olds. A doll request seeks an oriental doll for a Doll Show during a May 30 cottage tour. A Virginia campaign stop by Robert Brochu is mentioned and a Women’s Jury Club sends $40 to Chinese Relief Fund in Washington HQ.
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Winchester
Betty Jane Shull
Charles Shull
South Kent Street
Stella Johan
England
Stella
Betty Jane
London
Marion Olds
William J. Olds
Kobe
Red Cross
Melvin Green
Virginia
Biddeford
Maine
Robert Brochu
Sateas
Women’s Jury Club
Washington
Timoshenko's shock troops push from fortified Kharkov positions
Moscow dispatch reports Semeon Timoshenko's forces fighting from newly fortified lines before Kharkov. The Red Star notes German counter-attacks to the south with alternating successes despite 15,000 killed in three days. Soviet units dislodged the enemy from a fortified position and Germans abandoned field guns and a radio station.
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Moscow
Semeon Timoshenko
Kharkov
Red Star
Information Bureau
Japs Abandon Big Quantities Of Equipment
Chinese high command said troops withdrew to positions on Chuanshih Island at the mouth of the Min river after inflicting heavy casualties on a Japanese landing force. Reports said over half the invasion force was wiped out, with Japanese efforts near Foochow repulsed by warship fire and Chinese counterattacks along the Min and Chekiang fronts.
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Chungking
China
Chinese High Command
Chuanshih Island
Min River
Pukien Province
Min
Foochow
Pukien
Chekiang
Maritime
Mamoi
Kinhwa
Kiangsi
Tunglu
Hangchow
Chinetang River
Lanchi
Iwa
Red Star Reports Fierce Izyum Barvenkova Battle
The Red Star describes a see-saw clash in the Izyum Barvenkova sector below Kharkov as German forces attack multiple points. Soviet defenses are praised as solid and counterattacks drive back German tanks, with heavy Allied production claims and no decisive German gains.
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Red Star
Izyumarvenkova
Ukraiian
Kharkov
Miss Hamrick to Address Mt Clinton Seniors
Miss Garnett Hamrick a Mt Clinton high school faculty member has been invited to speak to the Senior Class on the evening of June 3. She previously taught at Stephens City high school and has resigned to complete a Master’s degree at Duke University.
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Garnett Hamrick
Mt. Clinton High School
Miss Hamrick
Stephens City High
Mt.ton
Duke Univer
Pancake Frye All You Can Eat at White Hall
All you can eat pancake frye offered at White Hall on Soft Ball ice area Monday. Event runs 1 pm to 2 pm with 30 cent price point. Note: OCR fragment provides limited details about time and location.
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White Hall
More Frenchmen Are Executed
Vichy reports a German army message stating ten attackers were executed and ten more would be shot if the assailants are not found within eight days. The notice is signed by authorities identified only as the Nazi message.
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Vichy
Mobilizing For Total War Speeds Up In U S Efforts
Washington reports show rapid expansion of armament and civilian output while peacetime goods decline. rationing surveys underway, housing shifted to temporary dormitories, inflation controls explored, wage stabilization discussed with AFL unions.
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Washington
America
Federal Reserve Board
Allied bombers cripple two Japanese ships near Australia
Allied bombers knocked out two Japanese ships from invasion bases north of Australia. A large transport at Rabaul was left crippled and a tanker at Lae severely damaged. The strikes reduced Japanese air strength by 13 planes as part of a broader defense offensive.
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Allied
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Lae
Guinea
Japan
Hillyard’s Paper Store Roof Painting Note
A brief item notes WE PAINT and leaky roofs at Hillyard's Paper Store on Piccadilly Street dated May 22. The notice records a maintenance action for the premises, with emphasis on roof repairs and painting work to address leaks.
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Hillyard's Paper
Piccadilly Street
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Gainesboro
Berlin
Bulletin
Richmond
Presbytery
Sumbarine
Man
Izyum- Barvenkova
Russia
Germany
Soviet Information Bureau
Timoshenko
U. S
Office of Defense Transportation
Interger
War Production Board
War Labor Board
Breeze Corporations, Inc
Newark
N. J
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