Dolan Rites Set For Tuesday After Fatal Illness
Harry W Dolan 29 of Winchester died at Memorial hospital after several weeks illness. Survived by father Staige W Dolan widow Margaret Merriner and three children Patsy Billy Mary Jane. Also survived by three brothers Master Sgt Douglas W Dolan Philip S Dolan and Ronald Dolan and sister Mrs Verus Pugh. Service Tuesday at 2 pm at Methodist Church Whitacre with Rev L C Messick officiating burial at adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Harry W. Dolan
Memorial Hospital
Whitacre
Staige W. Dolan
Need
Eva
Dolan
Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester
Margaret Merriner
Patsy
Billy
Mary Jane
Douglas W. Dolan
Tucson
Ariz
Philip S. Dolan
Ridge
W. Va
Ronald Dolan
New Guinea
Versus Pugh
Omps
Methodist
L. C. Messick
United Brethren
Loring Pugh
Russell Pugh
Gilbert Whitacre
Fred Whitacre
George Whitacre
John Patterson
House Opens Way for Poll Tax Vote
The House discharged the Rules Committee to vote on anti poll tax legislation tomorrow. The measure would bar poll taxes as a prerequisite to voting in federal elections. Seven southern states still charge poll taxes. The floor vote was 268 to 110 as Speaker Rayburn announced.
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Washington
House
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
Virginia
Arkansas
Georgia
South Carooina
Mississippi
Alabama
Texas
Colmer
Dmiss
UMW
John Lewis
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
Land
Bender
Ohio
Baldwin
Rayburn
U-Boat Sinks Panamanian Ship Off U S Coast
A Panamanian merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk in daylight off the U S east coast as a U boat attacked while a U S patrol plane circled overhead. Survivors arrived in Norfolk with Captain Jorgen Knudsen of Svendborg aboard.
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Norfolk
United States
United States East Coast
Jorgen Knudsen
Svendborg
Navy sinks ship after torpedo strike. eight minutes between shots
Navy reports a submersible fired two torpedoes at the ship. eight minutes elapsed before the second torpedo hit an engine room, sinking the vessel with 37 crew and 14 Navy gun crew aboard. Two crewmen died, 49 survived in three lifeboats, later rescued and landed at an East Coast port.
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Navy
Nils Wirstrom
New Orleans
Toredo
Anther
Norfolk
Five of 16 Jap Bombers Bagged on Attu Raid
Navy communique reports on May 23 the United States Army Air Forces and Navy fighters engaged 16 Japanese twin engined bombers over Attu. Five bombers were shot down and one US fighter missing. Another fighter was shot down but the pilot was rescued. Ground fighting continued as Japanese resistance was liquidated.
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Washington
Attu
Aleutians
United States
Navy
North Pacific
United States Army
Attu Island
Army Lightning
Mrs Beavers Died Sunday At Bartonsville
Laura Virginia Beavers 78 died Sunday morning at 4 30 at her daughter's home in Bartonsville. She was a Shenandoah County native, widow of Jacob H. Beaver, with nine children and many grandchildren. Funeral at Trinity Lutheran Church Stephenson City tomorrow at 1 pm, interment in Zirkle graveyard New Market.
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Laura Virginia Beavers
H. C. Carbaugh
Bartonsville
Lewis A. Lightfoot
Georgia
Sarah Elizabeth Harshberger Lightfoot
Shenandoah County
That County
Jacob H. Beaver
W. H. Beaver
Waynesboro
G. Franklin Beaver
Winchester
R. W. Robertson
Thomas Lee Beaver
Lee H. Beaver
Stephens City
F. B. Anderson
Alfred Beaver
Strasburg
Harry H. Spiggle
Toms Brook
Trinity Lutheran Church
F. L. Roof
F. B. Lingle
Zirkle
New Market
Tragic Train Wreck Near Atlantic City Kills Fourteen
A passenger train of 15 cars derailed on a sharp curve near Atlantic City, tearing apart cars and scattering wreckage. Rescue efforts lasted hours as cranes lifted cars and authorities counted 14 dead. Pvt. Felix A. Shagin of Passaic, New Jersey freed his foot from a crushed shoe after a heroic act.
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Lantic City
Pvt
Felix A. Shagin
Passaic
N. J
Answers to the Daily Quiz Review
The page lists correct quiz answers including New Ireland Juridical True She is Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson Sir William Howe states New Hampshire New York New Jersey and New Mexico Black paint Frances Perkins Secretary of Labor False and a note about the British Eighth Army advancing nearly 1,400 miles from New York to New Orleans in Tripoli capture.
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New Ireland
True
Thomas Jefferson
Sir William Howe
New Hampshire
New York
New Jersey
New Mexico
Frances Perkins
Labor
False
Tripoli
New Orleans
Allied Air Attacks Resume With Heavy Bombardment
The article notes a large Allied air offensive over Europe after a one night lull, with most attacking aircraft Canadian. Dortmund received about 1,350 tons of high explosives on May 4, and four Canadian bombers were among 38 lost. The raids affected Zeebrugge, Zeebrugge targets, and northern France rail objectives while RAF fighter-bombers hit English coast towns.
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Dortmund
Europe
RAF
Zeeburgge
Belgium
London
France
Vinside
Zeebrugge
Channel
Baltimore Market Quotes May 24 Livestock and Produce
Market reports from Baltimore Chicago and Pittsburgh show mixed cattle hogs and sheep demand. Prices list steady to lower trends with top steer quotes around 17.25 and hogs at 14.65 for 120-130 pounds, while calves and sheep show variable figures across regions and weights.
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Baltimore
W. Va
U. S
Aia
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
U. S. Dept. Agri
Pittsburgh
Five reasons for job transfers outlined by USES official
Mr Shade outlines five general grounds for issuing statements on job transfers. Discharge or seven day layoffs, lack of full use of highest skill, compelling personal reasons, or sub standard wages may qualify. Workers may appeal USES findings to a local area panel with Mr Shade as non voting chair.
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Shade
War Labor Board
USES
Management
Abor
Stock Market Holds Ground Amid Uncertain Labor Taxes outlook
New York May 24 stocks generally failed to advance with only scattered favorites showing moderate strength. Analysts cited no major changes in the news picture as buyers waited for clarity on labor controversies and upcoming tax details.
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New York
Anaysis
Market Session Sees Hesitancy with Mixed Trends
Questions tempered optimism as the session opened with hesitancy and slackening dealings. By the fourth hour trends were uneven while bonds held steady and commodities showed improvement. In shares, leaders included Glenn Martin and Woolworth while several firms like U S Steel and General Motors lagged.
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Glenn Martin
Standard Oil
N.J
Southern Pacific
Re & Ohio
Montgomeryard
Woolworth
Sears Roebuck
Bethlehem
International Harvester
Philip Morris
Consolidated Edison
U.S
Night air raid hits Pantelleria and surrounding targets
Allied air forces raid Pantelleria harbor and air field with B-25 and B-26 strikes destroying ships, warehouses, and dispersal areas. RAF Wellingtons drop demolition bombs on harbor installations while Lightning fighters hit a zinc works at Iglesias and targets on Piana, San Pietro, and Carloforte islands.
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RAF
Carloforte
Piana
San Pietro Island
Carlosforte
Iglesias
Sardinia
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Motorola
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Silvertown
East Piccadilly St
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Marpers Ferry
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EAS
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S. Braddock St
Baltimore Livestock
Pittsburgh Livestock
Stock Market Report
Pantelleria
Goodye Bicycles
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Goodyear
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