James Baecher Died Yesterday at 72 in Winchester Area
James Pius Baecher 72 of Sulphur Springs road southwest of Winchester died at his home yesterday afternoon after six months illness. He worked for the Virginia Woolen Company and was buried from Sacred Heart Catholic Church with interment in the Catholic Cemetery. He is survived by his widow Ida E. Kern and children Audrey Cletus Cecil Mary Richard Teets plus other relatives. Friends meet at Jones Funeral Home before the church service.
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James Pius Baecher
Winchester
Mr. Baecher
Virginia Woolen Company
Anthony Baecher
Germany
Margaret Sowers Baecher
Pennsylvania
Ida E. Kern
Audrey Baecher
Cletus Baecher
Los Angeles
Cecil Boone
James Hart
Richard Keffer
Strasburg
Mary Teets
Upperville
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Intermient
Jones Funeral Home
WAACS Leaders and Kiwanis Guests Attend Club
Lieut Jamison Dowdy of the WAACs spoke at the Kiwanis Club with Set Jean Lacko and Auxiliary Eleanor Nolley. Garland Canter won the attendance prize. John Babbage of Baltimore and Lewis Gennell were guests of Amos Shryock. A telegram of sympathy went to J C Oakes of Vin ton Va on his father's death. Rev T M Swann will receive the honorary Doctor of Divinity from Randolph-Macon College on June 7.
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Jamison Dowdy
Waacs
Set
Jean Lacko
Eleanor Nolley
Kiwanis Club
T. R. Cather
Garland Canter
John Babbage
Baltimore
Lewis Gennell
Amos Shryock
J. C. Oakes
Vinton
Yamamoto To Receive State Funeral In Tokyo
The Tokyo broadcast reported Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto will be honored with a state funeral. His ashes will be buried beside Admiral Russo-Japanese War hero, honoring Yamamoto as a war legend. The plan coincides with the ninth anniversary of Admiral Togo’s burial in Tama village.
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Associated Press
Isoroku Yamamoto
Japan
Tokyo
Germans Claim To Have Spotted a Large Allied Convoy
A Berlin broadcast via Transocean claimed a large Allied convoy passed through the Strait of Gibraltar toward the Mediterranean. The report listed ships including a 60,000-ton Cunard liner, three British aircraft carriers, three battleships, 12 destroyers, eight corvettes, two US gunboats, two British submarines, and several transports anchored at Gibraltar. No confirmation from Allied or neutral sources was provided.
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Associated Press
Transocean
Algiers
Spain
Berlin
Strait of Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
United States
Liberian President Arrives in U S for Honors Visit
Liberian President Edwin Barclay landed in the United States en route to Washington for honors at the White House. He travels with President-elect William V. Tubman and officials, greeted by Brig. Gen. B. O. Davis. After luncheon, Barclay proceeds to the capital for formal ceremonies on the south lawn and an overnight at the Executive Mansion.
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Baltimore
Edwin Barclay
Liberia
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Barclay
Williamv. S. Tubman
Africa
United States
Fred Hibbard
State Department
B. O. Davis
Executive Mansion
La Crosse Rubber Mills Plant Closed By Walkout
United Rubber Workers CIO members walked out and set up a picket line at the La Crosse Rubber Mills Company Plant, forcing closure of the factory manufacturing war goods. General manager Leo Larkin said no demands were made and he was not informed of the walkout’s reason. Union members declined comment.
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LA Crosse
Wis
United Rubber Workers Union
CIO
la Crosse Rubber Mills Company
Leo Larkin
Larkin
Revised Finals Programs Set
Berryville schedules revised for finals due to a ban on pleasure driving. Berryville program now set for Tuesday morning June 8 at 9 30 with children and as many parents as can reach the school. Stephens City program combines baccalaureate and commencement at 8 p m Sunday May 30 at the Methodist Church with varied ceremonies and speakers.
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Berryville
Stephens City
Methodist Church
Largo
Austria
Walter Smith
Lutheran Choir
Harvey W. Ashby
Robert Smallwood
Kenneth Carbaugh
Ella Louise Sargent
James Loften
William Galliday
Robert E. Ayler
Frank L. Roof
Furman
Radio Dropped for SOS Rescue Aids Survivors
A portable radio transmitter dropped from a British plane enabled 19 survivors of a north Atlantic torpedoed ship to be found by a destroyer. The foolproof device, about the size of a coffee grinder, automatically sends SOS signals when a crank is turned. Heavy seas and bad weather prevented air searchers from locating the men during an eight day 25 000 mile search.
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London
North Atlantic
Air Ministry
Alabama Miners Return To Pits
Alabama coal miners involved in a walkout over fines for unauthorized stoppages were returning to work. A union source said operators were directed to refund $1 levied per miner for each walkout, ending the strike that had closed eight shafts and halted production for more than 5,000 workers since last Saturday.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Teresees
Land War Shifts North Front as Russians Claim Small Gains
Moscow reports land action moving from the south to the north central Soviet front where four settlements were captured amid overall uneasy calm. Russian air forces pound German railways, dumps, and columns in softening campaign with bombers striking behind lines. Heavy fighting around Leningrad area noted as eight enemy planes were shot down by Baltic Sea pilots.
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Moscow
Rosvavl
Yelnya
Spas” Demeniskoe
Leningrad
Red Baltic Sea
Clarke County Democratic Committee Candidacy Fees Listed
Clarke County electoral notice lists candidate filing fees: Treasurer sixty dollars, Sheriff thirty, Clerk fifty, Commissioner of Revenue forty, Board of Supervisors four, Commonwealth Attorney twenty four, and Democratic Committee members one. Fees must be paid to the County Treasurer with a receipt attached to the declaration of candidacy. Acting chairman Ralph N. Ware and secretary George H. Burwell oversee the process in Capt. Frank M. Wray's absence.
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Commissioner of Revenue
Board of Supervisors
Commonwealth
Democratic Committee
Frank M. Wray
Clarke County
Ralph N
Allied air raids hit Sicily ports and airfields
Destroyed docks and ships at Licata and Empedocle followed by strikes on sulphur works and a power station at Portoscuso. Fortresses beat German fighters near Trapani with twelve planes down as 26 enemy aircraft were shot down in the theater.
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Messina
Trapani
Sicily
Licata
Empedocle
Portoscuso
Terranova
Bobba
War Nurse Aide Alleges Auto Attack by Barber
A young war nursing aide told police she was lured into a car during the rain and fought off advances for two hours against Nathan T. Barber, 29, who faced an attempted rape charge last month. Barber was free under $2,000 bail. the case was cited to the June grand jury.
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Richmond
Nathan T. Barber
K. S. Marcuson
F. E. Major
West End
Barber
O. D. Garton
Hastings Court
Nathan T. Barbour
Route 10
Sdyvan Road
Denounces Labeling Rule of C. P. A.
Clarke W. Tobin vice-president Propper Mc Callum Hosiery Company Boston called the OPA branding rule the worst blow against free enterprise in U S history. He testified before a House sub committee examining government restrictions on brand names and claimed the order seeks to destroy branded goods and trade names.
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Washington
OPA
Clarke W. Tobin
Propper McCallum Hosiery Company
Boston
United States
House
Tobin
Russians Deny Favoring Japs
Moscow May 26 Tass, the Soviet news agency, denies rumors that Japan is obtaining valuable information from Russian meteorological stations for operations against U S forces. Tass calls the claim false and says it is spread for tendentious purposes by isolationist circles in the United States.
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Moscow
Tass
United States
Russia
Dutch Queen Flies To See Daughter
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands arrived in Montreal by air en route to Ottawa to visit her daughter Crown Princess Juliana. The May 26 dispatch notes the royal visit as she travels to meet the family in Canada.
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Montreal
Wilhelmina of the
Netherlands
Ottawa
Crown Princess
Juliana
Young Clarke County Farmer Died Today
Kenneth Earl Willingham 27 died at 5 45 through illness at his Idane home in Jefferson County West Virginia He is survived by his father William Earl Willingham of the county his mother Laura A Symons of Fauquier County his brother John A Willingham and four sisters Elizabeth Willingham Mrs Ralph Zombro Mrs Lacey Jackson and Mrs Robert Jackson Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 pm from John H Enders Funeral Home with Rev Edward Vaughan officiating Interment in Greenhill Cemetery
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Kenneth Earl Willingham
Idane
Jefferson County
W. Va
Mr. Willingham
Wm. Earl Willingham
This County
Laura A. Symons
Fauquier County
John A. Willingham
Elizabeth Willingham
Ralph Zombro
Lacey Jackson
Robert Jackson
West Virginia
John H. Enders
Edward Vaughan
D. D
Greenhill Cemetery
Potato Prices To Consumers Down Up For Producers
The OPA announced price changes to ease potato scarcity. Consumers face a seven percent cut, while farmers receive a 30 cent per hundred pound rise. wholesalers’ markups are limited to 60 cents per hundred pounds to curb multiple charges. Onions also see a 40 cent per 50 pounds markup limit.
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Washington
OPA
Prentiss
Brown
Baltimore Grain Market Closing Report
Baltimore grain prices May 26 show No 2 red winter wheat at 1.57 1-2 May delivery and Winchester Market Wheat at 1.55 per bushel. Corn stands at 1.10 per bushel based on deliveries.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Fresh Canadian reinforcements arrive in Britain
Fresh reinforcements for the Canadian army overseas have arrived in Britain to join dominion troops awaiting a European front, as disclosed today.
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Britain
Liberators Drop High Explosives on Messina Raid
U S bomber forces operating from the Middle East dropped 175 tons of high explosives and incendiaries on the Sicilian port of Messina in daylight. Allied reports say Flying Fortresses also attacked Messina and bombed an oil depot and railways. RAP fighters targeted Preveza seaplane base in Greece, destroying one seaplane and setting several afire.
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Cairo
United States
Rator
Middle East
Sicilian
Messina
North Africa
RAP
Mediterranean
Preveza
Greece
Aegean Sea
Curtail Executive Power Over War Funds Voted
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to strip Roosevelt of authority to use war emergency funds for federal operations. The move is part of a 143 million dollar deficiency bill. The panel broadened a House provision to bar presidential transfers and removed a House restriction on certain FCC and Virgin Islands officials.
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Dashington
Senate Appropriations Committee
President Roosevelt
Congress
National Resources Planning Board
Home Owners Loan
House
Goodwin B. Watson
William E. Dodd, Jr
Federal Communications Commission
Robert Moris Lovett
Virgin Islands
Dempsey Divorce Case Mirrors Apartments Rush of Testimony
A former friend testified in State Supreme Court that Hannah Williams Dempsey and Benny Woodall were found asleep in Dempsey's Manhattan bedroom after a party. Witness Harry Goldman said he woke in the living room and saw Woodall in bed with trousers on and shoes off while Mrs Dempsey was wrapped in blankets.
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White Plains
Benny Woodall
State Supreme Court
Hannah Williams Dempsey
Woodall
Jack Dempsey
Mrs. Dempsey
Dempsey
Lew Jenkins
Wi Jenkins
Harry Goldman
The
Bronx
J. Addison
Arthur F. Driscoll
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Office OF Defense Transportation
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Greyhound Lines
Clarke
Ita
E. Gerrard St
Harvey Ritter
Pine Motor Co
Dodge
Plymouth
Thea
Ge Lon
America
Northern
United Stat
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