Mr Hodgson Dies Suddenly at 79 in Winchester
Francis Brooke Hodgson 79 long time Gastone resident died at 9 45 p m at home 120 Fast Clifford street death due to heart attack He was born Round Hill Frederick county October 16 1860 survived by wife Laura W Hodgson and three children James A McFad Joseph Hodgson and Ward C Goss all of Winchester A sister in Kansas a brother in Winchester and an aunt in Winchester Funeral Tuesday at 4 pm with Rev Honeycutt Nelson and Wilson officiating interment Mount Hebron Footnotes list pallbearers Woodward Louis Grim Marion Amerson Tom Trier Richard Brown and Pred White
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Francis Brooke Hodgson
Gastone
Clifford Street
Round Hill
Samuel Lee Hodgson
Winchester
William R. Willis
Hodgson
Hickory Camp No. 34
Woodmen of the World
Friendship Fire Company
Centenary Reformed Church
Carl Honeycutt
Grace Lutheran Church
R. B
Japanese Beetle Quarantine Rules Relaxed Nationwide
The Agriculture Department will lift most interstate movement restrictions on fruits and vegetables from heavily infested areas, except for refrigerated shipments. Inspections at highway stations for small non commercial lots will be reduced temporarily while certificates of freedom remain required for all refrigerator car and motor truck shipments. The action reflects the remote risk of spread from small shipments. States with heavy infestation include Connecticut Delaware Maryland New Jersey New York Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
A. Strong
Ént
Bureau of Entomology and
Connecticut
Delaware
Maryland
News
New York
Pennsylvania
District of Col
Nazis claim forces could guard England landings
Berlin reports German sea power including submarines and torpedo boats would protect Nazi landings in the British Isles as part of plans to take England easily.
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Berlin
Gertail
British Isles
Mrs. Cora Shatzer Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Cora Viola Shatzer wife of Chalmers D Shatzer died Sunday at her home West Fairfax Lane after a long illness of complications She was 55 and had been ill since Thursday Survivors include her husband three children Lester Shatter Mrs Dorothy Lee Marshall and Miss Isabelle Shatter one grandchild Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 PM at the Cramer Funeral Home Chambersburg with Rev L G Bridgers officiating Burial will follow at Lincoln Macnattel Cemetery Chambersburg
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Cora Viola Shatzer
Chalmers D. Shatzer
West Fairfax Lane
Oge F
Annie West
Eeeeens
Burg
Mr. Shatzer
Winchester
Lester Shatter
Dorothy Lee Marshall
Isabelle Shatter
Terry Mar
Cramer Funeral Home
Chambersburg
L. G. Bridgers
United Brethren Church
FBI Probes Reports of Foreigners Near Strasburg Farm
Reports say an elderly foreigner with a portable shortwave radio was seen near a farm in the Massanutten foothills east of Strasburg after crossing the Shenandoah. Authorities note possible companion with a high speed camera and a bank deposit record at Strasburg. FBI agents reportedly called in. verification unavailable.
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Vota Aoa
Mr. J
Wooeel
Shenandoah River
Crabill
Strasburg
Puller
Toms Brook
FBI
Oothills
Massanuteten Mountain
Warren County
Frank Best Returns Visit to Winchester Circa 1916 Reunion
Frank Best plans a Virginia visit including Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive with family. He received seventeen congratulatory letters from officials and businessmen. His father was Dr. William J. Best of Brucetown. his mother’s death disrupted the 1916 Winchester funeral amid a storm. his grandson William Best Thompson studies medicine.
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Best
Asa
Maurice M.th
Winchester Ar
Virginia
Shenandoah National Park
Skyline
Winchester
Fennog Tay
Mount Hebron
Mr. Best
William J. Best
Brucetown
Otis G. Thompson
Clinton, Okla
Makers of Tools Will Cooperate in Defense Acceleration
Representatives from the War Navy and Commerce departments join Burter John and E Lovely of Vermont in urging rapid development of essential tools for the defense program. D Dunbar of Worcester Massachusetts accompanies them.
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Esq War, Navy and Commerce Department
Burter John Accompanying
E. Lovely
Eneres
National Machine Tool
D. Dunbar
Worcester
Mass
C O F SERVICES Re bekahs Royal Neighbors
A fragmented notice references C O F SERVICES Re bekahs and Royal Neighbors. It mentions a modern echo and a retired Rev. related context and notes historical discussion by Greek historians about the earliest use of coal as fuel around 300 B C.
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Rebekahs
Ray Hammond
BE. R. Sper
Martinsburg Club Wins First Tri-State Match
The Winchester Golf Club finished fourth with 6.5 points in the Tri-State Golf Association event at the rain soaked Opequon Club in Martinsburg. Martinsburg led with 12.5 points while Alexandria, Frederick, Winchester, Purcellville, Harrisonburg and others followed. Winchester players Campbell, Grimm, Yates, Kerlin, Arnold, F Glaize, P Glaize, Bosserman, Scully and Slavin earned points in best ball and match play events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Golf Club
Tri-State Golf Association
Opequon Club
Martinsburg
Alexandria
Frederick
Winchester
Purcellville
Harrisonburg
Campbell
Grimm
Yates
Kerlin
Arnold
F. Glaize
P. Glaize
Bosserman
J. Scully
L. Slavin
Bishop Peele Reappointed At Southeastern Jurisdiction Conference
At Asheville North Carolina the Southeastern Jurisdictional conference reappointed Bishop W W Peele. He will oversee the Virginia conference and be assigned to the South Central European conferences, while Bishop Moore moves to North and South Georgia and the Florida conference. The meeting also deferred a plan to set up machinery to register conscientious objectors for military service.
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Moore
Orient
Africa
Europe
G. Ray Jordan
Winston- Salem
N. C
W. W. McIntyre
Editorial condemns listening to enemy radio broadcasts
Alexandria dispatch notes the Egyptian Gazette urged readers to avoid enemy broadcasts calling listening treasonous in effect if not intent, and warned every minute spent listening is a minute in Hitler's service.
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Alexandria
Egyptian Gazette
Hitler
Miss Blair Resigns as County Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Madeline Blair resigns as Frederick County Home Demonstration and 4 H Club agent after two and a half years. Elizabeth Sprouse, University of Tennessee graduate, will succeed her July 1. Sprouse to arrive around June 1 for a month of transition. Blair cites growth in activity and new Evandale Club as notable outcomes of her tenure.
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Madeline Blair
Frederick County
Elizabeth Sprouse
University of Tennessee
Blair
Chatham
Sprouse
Miss Blair
Winchester
Brick County
Evandale Club
Armel
Decline in U S Exports Reflected in April Report
Commerce department data show U S exports fell by 27 million in April with sharp drops to Scandinavian and Dutch trade. European capital flight touched off higher American security buying in February. Total exports for April reached 324 million despite regional decreases.
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Washington
Comnmerce Department
Treasury
United States
Germans and Allies Fight From Calais to Boulogne
German forces push toward Calais and Boulogne while claiming progress near the Scheldt and Lus Hammering river valley. British and French leaders swap commands as optimism rises about Italy easing maritime policy amid Mussolini’s silence as youths press for war.
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Page One
Enciémnes
Scheldt
Lus
Calais
Britain
Boulogne
John Greer Dill
Imperial General Staff
Edmund Tronside
Rome
Italy
Mediterranean
Mussolini
NZ pilot Cobber Kain shoots down 20 German planes
Royal Air Force ace Edgar Cobber Kain from New Zealand accumulates 20 confirmed aerial victories. After downing two Heinkel bombers, he fends off six Messerschmitts and adds two more kills.
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Royal Air Force
Edgar
Cobber) Kain
New Zealand
Val
Hospital ships bring wounded to south England port
Two hospital ships arrived with an undisclosed number of wounded from the British expeditionary force in France. Earlier, three ships brought several hundred wounded to the same port, with fourteen dead en route. War office casualty lists lag behind as more wounded are landed amid evolving counts.
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London
England
France
War Office
Germany
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia Killed in Flanders War Injury
Berlin reports the death of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia from wounds received fighting in Flanders. He was the eldest son of former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm and the second Hohenzollern casualty of the European war after his cousin Prince Oscar. He died Sunday morning after an abdominal wound on May 23 and had been decorated with the Iron Cross first class.
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Berlin
Prince Wilhelm
Prussia
Flanders
Friedrich Wilhelm
Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
Oscar
Wilhelm
Brussels
Marmor Palace
Dorothea von Salviati
Italy
Frederick the Great
Bonn
Car Loadings on B and O Increase
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reported 49 946 loads for the week ended May 25, up 7 581 from last year and 1 604 from the prior week. The piece also notes unrelated trivia on birth control origins and the Comstock era.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Army Casualty Totals Across the War Reported
The official army casualty figures for the war are 35 killed or fatally wounded, 122 wounded, 28 taken prisoner, 203 missing, and 2 038 dead. The numbers exclude the air force and reflect the total for the entire conflict.
Italy’s Mussolini Forum Sees Wartime Chants Amid Rally
In Mussolini Forum 10,000 Fascist youths chant war slogans as Mussolini’s regime watches. Ciano returns from Albania with pledges of support while Britain considers easing contraband controls in a move tied to minimizing material flow to Germany.
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Duce
Mussolini
Ciano
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Albania
Italy
Sir Wilfrid Greene
Clarke Damage Suit Continued
A $10,000 damage suit filed by William E. Eagle and George Levi against the Norfolk and Western Railway Company was continued by Philip Williams until June 1. The case stems from a January 1939 truck collision at a Boyce crossing in which Reene Francis Eagle, Maryland, died.
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Berryville
William E. Eagle
George Levi
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Philip Willams
Boyce Crossing
Reene Francis Eagle
Maryland
Ydéuth
Police Court Notices From Hayfield and Nearby Areas
Court records list Lena Dyke 27 of Hayfield Virginia facing disorderly conduct with a $15.25 fine. Virginia Hoover 21 of Washington DC charged with statutory rape with 3 months to 3 years in jail. Ernest Weil of Baltimore cited for driving while intoxicated with a $110.25 fine. Rsaph Beavers 19 of Front Royal road charged with petty larceny and motor theft from Hersey Ice Cream plant. Hulver 27 of Lisbon Maryland cited for reckless driving with a $14 fine. Phillip Mackey 31, colored, of South Main street, charged with drunk and disorderly conduct with a $10.25 fine.
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Lena Dyke
Hayfield
Virginia Hoover
Washington, D. C
Piccadilly Street
Ernest P. Weil
21St Street
Baltimore
Rsaph Beavers
Front Royal Road
City
Hersey
Hulver
Lisbon
Phillip Mackey
South Main Street
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Mr. Hodgson
Federal Agency
Cammer Tire Co
FORD
Asy
Dodge
Shenandoah
Chambersburg, Pa
Frederick County School Board
Leslie D. Kline
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry, W. Va
Frank Best
Santa Fe
Peele
Miss Sprouse
U.S
General Electric
General
Miller
Anderson
E. Boscawen St
Cobber
Kain
Malthus
New York Society For the Suppression of Vice
Anthony Comstock
Comstock
Clarke
Ea ‘Baricide
Ail Ee Economical
Dnee Epost
Reliable Desiers
Barium Reduction Corp'n
South
Charleston, W. VA
Bickers
Bickers Motor CO
N. Braddock St
West Boscawen St
NASH
Dan. Low
Chrysler
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Ayerte
Auburn
Marquette
Studebaker
Motor CO
Chapman
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