Senate Moves Fast on Defense Bills as Adjourn Draws Near
Washington May 27 Senate leaders set a swift timetable to wind up the session in two weeks while House managers doubt adjournment before June 15. Key items include defense measures and a $1.11 billion relief bill. Debate over the Logan-Walter bill and Wagner act amendments looms. the House hopes to floor the relief bill by midweek.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Barkley
Kentucky
Adams
WPA
Eee
Bund
Organics
City urges private blitz against mosquitoes this summer
Officials urge citizens to check yards and containers for standing water to reduce mosquitoes. Clean up vegetation and damp spots to prevent breeding. Winchester Frederick Red Cross campaign seeks contributions at 113 to aid war refugees.
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Winchester-Frederick Red Cross
Woman stabbed in sleep near hospital in Baltimore
Mrs. Helen Knight 21 was stabbed twice in the abdomen by a man who entered her room as she slept. She staggered to Annapolis road from her home near the hospital by spanning motels, her condition listed as serious. Police Lt James McCurley said she gave a description and name of the assailant and that he fled after the stabbing.
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Baltimore
Helen Knight
Annapolis Road
James McCurley
Handley Grads To Be Feted
One hundred five members of the Handley High School senior class will be feted tomorrow at 7 p.m. as guests of Winchester Rotary Lions and Kiwanis clubs at the George Washington Hotel. Henry H. Covington presides. J Sloan Kuykendall Winchester attorney will speak. Invited guests include school principals from Middletown Gore Gainesboro Stephens City and others. Garland R. Quarles Handley supervisor will present class officers. Class officers are John Knight president Edith Dunn vice president Dorothy Hawthorne secretary Jean Forney treasurer.
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Handley High School
Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis Clubs
H. Denis Hoover
Middletown High School
Allen de Haven
Gore
Pred Braithwaite
Gainesboro
R. E. Ayler
Stephens City
Lionsub
Garland R. Quarles
Handley School
W. R. Legge
E. P. Browning
Nancy G. Larrick
John Knight
Edith Dunn
Dorothy Hawthorne
Jean Forney
Supreme Court rules unions not liable under anti trust laws
The Supreme Court held six to three that labor unions are not subject to the Sherman anti trust act unless they restrain interstate commerce substantially. Justice Stone said a Philadelphia union damages case was not governed by anti trust, while noting the sit down as unlawful. The ruling narrows union exposure to anti trust actions and guides DOJ policy.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Stone
Philadelphia
Hughes
Justeves, McReynolds
Roberts
Justice Department
Dr McIntyre Selected to Speak at Ferrum Commencement
Dr W W McIntyre superintendent of Winchester District Virginia conference Methodist Church will deliver Ferrum Virginia commencement on June 4 at 10 30. He and Mrs McIntyre plan to attend Southern Seminary graduation at 10 30 on June 3 where their daughter Margaret H McIntyre is a class member. They will attend the Ferrum alumni banquet on June 4 evening.
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W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
Virginia Conference, Methodist Church
Ferrum
Democratic committee pledges support for June 11 municipal vote
At a city Democratic executive meeting ten members voted unanimously to back the Democratic candidates in the municipal election on June 11. The group also decided to contact absentee members and urge them to pledge support as well. Noble Pierce presided as chairman.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Noble Pierce
Allies Supposed Plan Attacks On Refugee Liner President Roosevelt
Berlin reports that German sources warn the United States embassy of a possible or planned Allied attack on the refugee ship S S President Roosevelt as it travels to Ireland with Americans. Berlin says warnings were sent to Alexander C. Kirk and promises to deliver concrete facts soon.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Sree
United States
Roosevelt
Ireland
Alexander C. Kirk
S. S
DNB
Boston
Germany
New York
State Department says precautions taken for President Roosevelt voyage
The State Department announced all precautions were taken for the United States liner President Roosevelt en route to Ireland to bring Americans home from Great Britain. Britain and Germany replied favorably to Hull’s telegrams asking that the President Roosevelt be not molested.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Roosevelt
Ireland
Great Brit
Britain
Germany
Hull
Nazi blitz seeks quick knockout in Channel clash
Sudden air and torpedo waves by Nazi warplanes aim for a fast knockout in the battle for the English Channel as they press high speed assaults.
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Berlin
English Channel
Stephens City High to Graduate 48 in Outdoor Pageant
Stephens City High School will graduate a class of 48 Friday at 5 p.m. in an outdoor ceremony featuring a pageant with 500 participants. Students listed include Allen Loy, Helen White, Ruth Brill, and many others across five rows of seniors.
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Cecil Teets
Betty Hack
Harding Williams
Doris Adams
Ralph Kline
Mary Clev
Britain denies Italian exile story and other WW II notes
The British Embassy denied an Exchange Telegraph report that British nationals were ordered to leave Italy. Lord Frederick Cambridge, cousin to King George, is listed as missing in action in northern France. Egypt forms a national guard and seeks volunteers. Gibraltar imposes a curfew for non uniformed persons. French guns shell the German rail system near Baden. An American passenger ship is believed to be the last into the Mediterranean while fears of Italy entering the war grow.
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Italy
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King George
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France
United States
FBI Probing Claims of Foreign Power in Shenandoah Valley
Rumors allege foreign agents operate in the Shenandoah Valley area. FBI secrecy blocks confirmation while A G Leake of Middletown refuses to discuss, citing FBI request. Leake runs a 300 acre farm along a Washington Cincinnati air route, with WWII service noted.
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FBI
A. G. Leake
Leake
Middletown
Washington
Red Cross Drive Reports $1371 Toward County Quota
The Winchester and Frederick County Red Cross drive in city hall at noon in July reported $1371.71 raised toward a $2000 quota. Miss Edythe Ballard, executive secretary, noted progress as new booths reopen this week with volunteers including Ne Ridings Chapel Rev John Brown Middletown Mrs E W Grant Clearbrook Rev R B Moore Brucetown and Emma Parks Robinson named as chair of the colored drive.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Edythe Ballard
Ridings Chapel
John Brown
Middletown
E. W. Grant
Clearbrook
R. B. Moore
Brucetown
Emma ‘Parks Robinson
Hoover Speaking on U S Defense Tonight NBC Hookup
Former President Herbert Hoover will discuss National Defense on a nationwide NBC broadcast starting at 8 30 p m eastern standard time. The address is carried across major networks and emphasizes U S defense policy and security priorities.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
National Defense
English Channel Mastery and Lost Million Fate at Stake
French report their famed 75s unleash heavy fire as German infantry batter lines in vain. The outcome of the Channel defense and the so called lost million remains uncertain with the struggle intensifying along the front.
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English Channel
Associated Press
Flanders
English
Maxime Weygand
Bapaume-Peronne
Hitler
Lille
France
Courtrai
Belgium
British, Belgian Forces Hold Line As German Attacks Press
London bulletin reports German daytime assaults on the flanks of the British expeditionary force with British infantry counterattacks aided by French tanks. British and Belgian troops fight side by side in Belgium as enemy attacks press, while rear areas suffer heavy bombing and anti aircraft units shoot down several planes.
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London
Belgium
Fierce Allied German battles in Flanders struggle
Allied and German armies clash in Flanders with aims to control the English Channel supply routes. French and British forces report heavy losses as pincer moves threaten the last Allied troops, with actions near Ypres, the Lys valley, Meuse sector, and a Menin drive.
German Alien Released After Investigation in Maryland
An unnamed 56 year old German man, found loitering near a woolen mill, was released after investigation. He identified himself as Oscar Nettlau of Hagerstown Maryland. Private Ward reported learning the alien came to the United States from Germany in 1910 and had not taken citizenship papers. No connection to recent spy rumors was found.
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Oscar Nettlau
Hagerstown
Ward
United States
Germany
Nettala
Weekend Rain Totals Aid Local Vegetation
A heavy weekend rainfall recorded 1.31 inches at Research Laboratory with 1.22 inches falling last night. The wet spell is expected to greatly benefit vegetation of all kinds in the area.
Funeral for Sovereign Brooke Hodgson Next Day at Hall
Members are requested to meet at Hall tomorrow at 3 30 p m to attend the funeral of Sovereign Brooke Hodgson. The notice also lists TAXI contact 576 for 24 hr service from C Hodge dated 5 25 21.
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Brooke Hodgson
C. Hodge
Men and Mail film shown at local churches and schools
City and County Brevities report a film titled Men and Mail to be shown tomorrow at 8 PM in Market Street Methodist Church auditorium and Wednesday at 7 30 PM at Douglas School with free admission to thank local post office clerks for the service. Frank J Best returns to Frederick county after 52 years with Santa Fe. Mrs Roosevelt stops at a filling station en route to Morgantown. an assistant notes her arrival.
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Douglas School
Winchester
Frank J. Best
Frederick County
The
Santa Fe
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Morgantown
Harry Himelright
Harry
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