Dedicate Portraits In Clarke County Bar
In Berryville Virginia Justice George LeVa presided as portraits of Clarke bar members were dedicated in a special court session. Twenty nine portraits featuring 30 attorneys and six judges were presented along with brief biographical sketches. The event honored Clarke’s legal history and included remarks by Judge Williams and others.
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Berryville
George le
Clarke Bar
Philip Williams
Joseph F. Moore
Moore
Williams
Edmund Pendleton
Loring C. Kackley
Clarke
Frank Wray
A. Garland Williams
Justice Kackley
J. Ed Thoma
Commonwealth
Edward McC. Williams
Browning
Crenshaw
Richard Parker Crenshaw
New
Baltimore Livestock And Produce Markets May 28
Market report from Baltimore and Chicago detailing prices for livestock poultry eggs and produce. Includes cattle hogs sheep calves and dairy items with price ranges and top quotes. Also notes butter eggs and poultry rates from Selphia and wholesale pork loin prices in Chicago.
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Baltimore
N. Y
Baltimore Livestock
Dept. Agr
Chicago
Produce Selphia
Plymouth Rocks
U. S
Clarke Crenshaw Presides As Judge Richard Park Occupies Bench
Clarke Crenshaw is the fifth person to preside as Judge Richard Park occupies the Clarke bench. Guests included lawyers from the 17th judicial circuit with Frederick Clarke Warren and Shenandoah counties and Judge J. R. H. Alexander of Leesburg. A local bar dinner in the Community building preceded the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe
Ay Clarke Crenshaw
Richard Parkie
Clarke
17Th Judicial Circuit
Frederick
Warren
Shenandoah
J. R. H. Alexander
Leesburg
Grain futures dip then rally as European news unsettles markets
Chicago May 28 grain prices swing on European news with wheat and corn falling early then rebounding. July wheat 83 1 4 to 3 8 cents, December 84 to 84 1 8. Corn July 63 1 4 to 1 8, Sep 62 3 8 to 1 4. Oats July 34, Sept 32 1 2. Beans July 89 1 2, oats rye and lard and belly quotes listed. Cash grain mixed with no Wheat sales reported.
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Chicago
Europe
Chicago Cash Grain
Winchester
Wheat and Corn Prices Listed for Deliveries
The notice shows grain prices with wheat at 93 cents per bushel and corn at 70 cents, based on deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lasalle Actor Co., Inc
Stock Market Relapse and War News Drive May Trading
The May 28 New York market opened with a sharp relapse as stocks hit multi year lows and prices swung in the first half hour. Investor sentiment briefly recovered on Churchill’s House of Commons statement that Britain and France would fight on despite danger. A large rearma ment spending plan also supported trading amid volatile transfers and delayed pivots.
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New York
Belgium
Leopold
Wall Street
Churchill
House of Commons
Wall
Flower Show Postponed to September by Garden Club
The Chester and Clarke County Garden Club executive committee votes to postpone the June 5 flower show until September. The next meeting is at Mrs. Melvin Green’s home on Tuesday June 4 at 3 30. The delay allows members to attend Leesburg’s show on June 5.
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Inchester and
Clarke County Garda Club
Melvin Green
Leesburg
Stores to Close on Memorial Day
Stores in the city will be closed all day Thursday May 30 in observance of Memorial Day under an agreement reached by the Retail Merchants Association. Announcement came from R. E. Avey president and Andrew Bell secretary.
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Retail Merchants’ Association
R. E. Avey
Andrew Bell
Teachers Tentatively Appointed in Frederick County
Frederick County School Board tentatively re appointed about 70 teachers while Superintendent Leslie D. Kline withheld the list. Appointees must show the equivalent of a professional certificate or obtain credits through summer school or extension courses to qualify. Ten years ago a resolution barred hiring without the normal certificate, affecting about 13 persons. 29 extension courses have been offered in that period, 15 would have sufficed. After September 15, 1942 all teachers must hold a collegiate professional certificate.
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Frederick County
Leslie D. Kline
Kline
Allied Reaction Amid Belgian Surrender Moves
In a hastily arranged broadcast Reynaud framed the French cabinet’s response after King Leopold’s capitulation. He urged renewed effort while noting Belgian forces held positions from Menin to Ghent as German flanks faced counterattacks along the Lys and Meuse, with Calais resisting northward thrusts.
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Lys
Menin
Somme
Aisne
Meuse
Calais
Boulogne
Reynaud
Belgium Surrenders as Nazi Offensives Break Through
Amid Leopold's capitulation the German high command announced major advances across the front in Flanders and Artois. Bruges within six miles, Scheldt crossings secured, and towns like Orchies and Douai captured as Allied resistance falters. Rome circles expect Italy to enter the war to aid Germany.
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Belgium
Royal Air Force
Leopold
Hitler
Flanders
English
Paris
Bruges
Artois
Valenciennes
Scheldt Canal
Orchies
Douai
Lille
Rome
Italy
Germany
New Taxes To Finance Defense 1941
A joint statement from conferees says the Treasury chief relayed the conclusions to the President who approved the program. Doughton and Harrison will convene their committees at once to draft details. Congress may be asked to fund the defense plan with a $3 billion debt increase and new taxes to be determined.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Doughton
Harrison
Congress
Dough
President Roosevelt Labels Leopold Surrender Sad News
White House press secretary Stephen Early repeated the president calling Leopold's capitulation sad news. Ambassador William Bullitt telephoned at 4:30 a.m. EST to report the Belgian king's action, but Roosevelt was not contacted directly. Marguerite LeHand informed the secretary, and word reached the president four hours later. The Belgian embassy had no official word at the time.
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Washington
Stephen Early
White House
Roosevelt
Leopold
Germany
Early
William Bullitt
France
Handley High Announces 105 Seniors for Graduation
The Handley High School class of 1940 final graduation is set for Friday June 7 at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. The program includes a Handley Chorus concert an invocation by Rev Bridgers and benediction by Rev Womeldorf. John Knight will transfer senior symbol to Delmar Robinson and Margaret Smith will deliver the salutatory. Garland Quarles will present diplomas and awards.
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Handley Gymnasium
Winchester
Mount Hebron Cemetery
John Kerr
Judge Handley
Handley School
Handley Chorus
H. J. Womeldorf
Margaret Smith
John Knight
Delmar Robinson
Ancell Baker
Dorothy Moore
Robert Bridgers
Garland R. Quarles
Superintendent of Schools
Prized Spaniel Minnie Coco Killed by Car
Minnie Coco, a pedigreed cocker spaniel owned by Mary Louise Gershank, was killed yesterday at 11:30 AM when struck by a car in front of her residence on West Boscawen Street. The 20 month old female dog was a neighborhood favorite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Coco
Mary Louise Gershank
Belgian King Leopold Surrenders to End Bloodshed
Berlin reports an official statement on May 28 announcing King Leopold of Belgium has decided to lay down arms to stop bloodshed and destruction. The surrender is said to be against the wishes of much of his government which would remain with their English and French allies.
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Berlin
Hitler
Leopold
Belgium
Lawmakers accuse NLRB of hampering defense plans
Two House members claim the National Labor Relations Board slowed defense prep. Rep. Hoffman of Michigan cited delays in shipping airplane motors to Philadelphia naval factory, while Rep. Cox of Georgia accused the board of sabotaging business under a harsh law. Amendments to the Wagner act are set for tentative House action later this week.
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Washington
House
National Labor Board
Hoffman
R-Mich
Philadelphia Naval Aircraft Factory
Cox
D-Ga
Merce
Six Killed In Plane Crash Near Mojave Calif
May 26 reports list four dead in a Douglas bomber crash near Mojave California. Several injured including Sergeant John B. Stewart of Midway Alabama. Killed: Second Lieut. Jess A. Smith Riverside California Second Lieut. Charles A Kett Riverside California Sergeant Thurman T Riverside Private Wayne G Ka Burling Burling Burling Private Doyle H. Beanville Texas Private Eugene A. Schuz Twitch Falls Idaho.
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March Pield
Calif
Mojave
John B. Stewart
Midway
Ala
General Hospital
San Francisco
Jess A. Smith
Riverside
Charles A, Kett
Thurman T
Wayne G. Ka
Burlin Ij
Kirby
Vate Doyle H. Beanville
Texas
Eugene A. Schuz
Twitch Falls
Ida
Honorary Lindbergh Membership Cited by French Air Group
Paris May 28 The French Air Association announces honorary membership for Col. Charles A Lindbergh after his Atlantic crossing. The award follows Lindbergh’s May 19 speech and honors him as aligned with the Lafayette Escadrille and Foreign Legion volunteers who defended France in 1914.
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Paris
Colles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Ogqragin
Escad
Iebergh
Lafayette Escadrille and
Foreign Legion
France
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Natl Dairy
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Penn R. R
Republic Steel
Sears & Roebuck
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Texas Corp
Union Pac
U. S. Steel
Va-Car Chem
Va-Car Pac
Western Union
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Leopol
Pierrot
Ghent
Mim Allan
Cadillac
LaSalle
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Handley High
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Amu
Jones Funeral Home
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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