Eddie Henry Rites Set For Sunday In Winchester
Eddie Henry Melon Henry 60 of 121 East Leicester street died yesterday afternoon at 4 30 following an eight month illness. He was a landscaper, son of the late Jackson Henry of Strasburg and Sophia Bradford Henry of Stephens City, born in Winchester April 1 1883. He belonged to Christ Episcopal Church and Friendship Fire Company, never married, survived by sister Minnie Henry and several nephews and nieces. Funeral from his home Sunday at 2 30 with Rev. R B Nelson officiating. Interment Mount Hebron. Pallbearers named.
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Biddie Lester
Melon) Henry
East
Leicester Street
Henry
Jackson Henry
Strasburg
Sophia Bradford Henry
Stephens City
Winchester
Christ Episcopal Church
Friendship Fire Company
Minnie Henry
R. B. Nelson
Mount Hebron
James Clevenger
George Eagle
William Richard
Frank Keckley
Maynard McCauley
Hector Ritter
Mrs J R Bailey Rites Planned With Out Of Town Attendants
The body arrives by hearse from Oxford for Mrs J R Bailey funeral services to be led by Rev W K Cunningham of Woodstock VA at Mount Hebron. Local and distant relatives gather at 385 Millwood Ave before the procession. Pallbearers include W A Bailey F A Shryock Wendell G Goode W Lodge Bowles Frank Grabill and Jacob Haun.
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Oxford
W. K. Cunningham
Woodstock
F. W. Bailey
Millwood Avenue
Mount Hebron
W. A. Bailey
F. A. Shryock
Wendell G. Goode
Winchester
W. Lodge Bowles
Boyce
Frank Grabill
Jacob Haun
Attu Fighting Seen Continuing Into Weekend
Navy officials reported no new Attu notices after Wednesday while a spokesman said information indicated the battle was ongoing. Authorities warned the fight could end before the weekend or take two or three more days to dissolve the final opposing groups.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Navy
Attu
We Have Not the destruction of Warsaw and Rotterdam now is the biter bit
In a letter from May 28 1944 from Arthur Ontario Pilot Philip Passmore recounts Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery telling Canadian airmen in Africa the Allies would bomb Italy town by town city by city until they blot them out and they scream for mercy The letter notes the U boats battle remains encouraging and continues.
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Warsaw
Rotterdam
Arthur
Ontario
Philip Passmore
Bernard Montgomery
Britain
Eighth Army
Africa
Italy
Igh
Edgewater Mine Idle in Wage Schedule Dispute
Edgewater mine of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company remained idle for a second day in a dispute over maintenance workers schedules. About 1,700 miners are employed at the mine which supplies coke ovens in Birmingham. A United Mine Workers official said union reps were conferring with miners to urge a return to work.
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Birmingham
Ala
Edgewater
Tennessee Coal, Iron and _ Railroad Company
United Mine Workers
Three Boys Die Watching Trains in Charleston
Three boys aged 9 and 12 were killed in Charleston when they sat on railroad tracks to watch a freight train pass. Identified victims were Robert Eugene Hall 9 Herbert Roy Hall 12 and Paul Kautz Jr 9. Police said they were struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train after the freight train on the opposite track.
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Charleston
W. Va
South Charleston
Robert Eugene Hall
Herbert Roy Hall
Paul Kautz, Jr
Roy T. Hall
Tennessee
More Bicycles To Be Allowed In Eastern Shortage Area
The Office of Price Administration will issue rationing certificates in June in 16 eastern states without regard to quotas. West Virginia remains under quota limits since only eight counties are affected. Any gainfully employed person or student needing a bicycle for war work or welfare can obtain one, including school pupils.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
West Virginia
Roaring River Floodfights and Mississippi Crest Watch
Mississippi and its flooded tributaries recede at key points while farmers await belated wartime food production. Cape Girardeau records a crest of 42.5 feet as Col. L B Feagin warns flood danger remains. Pine Bluff secures water with 125th Engineers linking to main supply amid damaged lines.
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Mississippi River
Mississippi
Cape Girardeau
Illinois
Arkansas
Feagin
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Ark
125Th
Robertson accuses War Board of forcing coal wage hikes
Rep. Robertson of Virginia charges the War Labor Board is pressuring coal operators to accept a wage scale that could bankrupt them without a national law to pass costs to consumers. He warns of inflation and critiques recent wage demands from unions and the railroad workers committee.
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Washington
Robertson
D-Va
War Imbor Board
Virginian
Ways and
Congress
AFL
CIO
War Labor Board
Senate
John L. Lewis
Ninth Birthday For the Dionnes in Family Home
The Dionne quintuplets celebrated their ninth birthday at home with their seven brothers and sisters present for the first time under one roof. A single birthday cake graced the dinner table as the girls blew out candles and opened gifts. Earlier, Rev. H. La France conducted Holy Communion in Corbeil Ontario.
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Callander
Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Rev. H. la France
Corbeil, Ont
Brothers Arrested and Weapons Seized in Draft Evasion Case
FBI agents in Baltimore arrest two Riva brothers Carston Charles Harms and Lawrence Harms on draft evasion charges. Seized 14 guns and 1151 rounds of ammunition. Carston, reclassified 1-A in 1942, wrote a letter opposing war. Both held on $5000 bond after hearings before U S Commissioner James K. Cullen.
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Baltimore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Riva, Md
Carston Charles Harms
Lawrence Harms
FBI
E. A. Soucy
Carston Harms
Old Age Pension Plan For Clockmakers Industry
A labor management pact in the clockmaker sector creates a industry wide old age pension. Manufacturers will pay 3 percent of weekly payroll into a pension fund starting January 1 1944. In three years the fund aims to allow 65 plus retirees at 600 dollars yearly. The agreement was between the Cloakmakers Union ILGWU affiliate and three associations. Israel Feinberg says 35000 workers are covered.
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New York
Cloakmakers Union
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Northern Group Of Presbyterians To Study Merger
The 155th General Assembly of the Northern Presbyterian Church approved a plan to reunite the two American branches, calling the merger plan worthy of study. A similar recommendation is expected for the Southern Presbyterian Church assembly in Montreal. Negotiations have spanned over a year, ending the Civil War split. William L. Young of Park College was named a fra ternal delegate to the southern conference. Dr John M Alexander spoke for the southern group at Detroit.
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Detroit
Presbyterian Church
155Th General Assembly
Northern Presbyterian Church
Southern Presbyterian Church
Montreal
N. C
William L. Young
Park College
Pinkville
John M. Alexander
Fayetteville
Detroit Assembly
Mussolini Plans Hard Defense to End in Sicily Sardinia
London reports Prime Minister Mussolini met with fascist leaders and vowed to resist to the end in Sicily and Sardinia. Fortifications along the mainland are to be strengthened immediately, anti aircraft batteries boosted, and Sicily’s damaged airports expanded, per the Morocco radio quoted by AP.
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London
Mussolini
Sicily
Sardinia
Morocco
Associated Press
Porege
Expects No Invasion On West Coast
Chester based report quotes Undersecretary of War Robert P. stating no invasion is anticipated on the West Coast.
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Chester
Robert P
Headliners Club Honors Reporters For Foreign Reporting
Atlantic City May 28 The National Headliners Club cites four war correspondents for best exclusive foreign reporting and 14 others with valor medals. Winners include Henry Cassidy Drew Middleton Keith Wheeler Bob Miller and Leo Disher. Posthumous honors go to Darnton Singer Petrov and Bell. Awards set for June 5 banquet.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Henry Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
Vern Haugland
Charles McMurtry
B. H. Crockett
Cassidy
Drew Middleton
New York Times
Keith Wheeler
Chicago Times
Bob Miller
United Press
Leo S. Disher
Henry Gorrell
John Hershey
Time
Merrill Mueller
Newsweek
George Lait
International News Service
Bryan Darnton
The
New
Patterson dismisses chance of west coast invasion
Patterson said there is no likelihood of a west coast invasion, asserting control of the Pacific. The remark followed Kilsoo K. Haan of the Korean National Federation testifying that Japan might seek a China peace and attack the west coast this summer.
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Patterson
House Immigrations Committee
Kilsoo K. Haan
Washington
Korean National Federation
Japan
China
Jewelry Designer Arraigned on Grand Larceny Charges
Paul E. Flato, a noted jeweler with celebrity clients, was arraigned in a grand larceny case over pawning jewelry turned over to him. Magistrate Murphy set a June 2 hearing and bail at 7500, while Detective Miller's affidavit accuses him of taking a 5500 emerald-cut diamond from Louis Bergam and pawning it for personal use. Flato told reporters I am the artist of the firm and I am just the goat.
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New York
Paul E. Flato
Raphael Murphy
Flato
Walter Miller
Louis Bergam
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corpora tion indicted for concealing test reports
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corpora tion on knowingly and wilfully concealing material facts from government agencies in connection with a Senate committee probe of war contract sub specifications. The firm allegedly removed surreptitiously reports of physical tests from Irvin works files between Jan 1 1942 and Mar 16 1943 near Dravesburg Pa. Four Carnegie-Illinois employees were not indicted despite earlier presentment. The jury recessed until next Wednesday to continue its inquiry.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation Today
Senate Committee
Irvin Works
Irvin
Dravesburg
Carnegie-Illinois
Nelson McVicar
War Food Administration to requisition idle farm machinery
The War Food Administration launches a nationwide search for idle farm machinery to requisition and distribute to boost food production. Farmers will be paid ceiling or fair appraisal values, with arrangements to resell to farmers in need. The effort follows salvaged implements from Pearl Harbor era losses and targets summer deployments.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Pearl Harbor
County War Boards
State War Board
Those Involved In Brawl Fined
Johnny Allen of Brooklyn suspended 30 days and fined 200 dollars by National League president Ford Frick for a bench clearing incident in Pittsburgh. Les Webber and Rube Melton were fined 75 and 50 dollars respectively. Fritz not penalized.
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New York
Johnny Allen
Brooklyn
Ford Frick
National League
Dodgers
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Frick
Les Webber
Rube Melton
Allen
George Barr
Barr
Webber
Melton
Fred Fitzsimmons
Fritz
Star Classified Ads Pay Big Returns On A Small Investment
Local classified ads boast strong returns for small campaigns. Sellers report quick responses and high visibility from compact ad placements, highlighting cost efficiency and broad reach for community notices and sales.
Full shifts resume at four rubber companies after CIO strike
Akron May 28 Full shifts were on duty at Goodyear Firestone Goodrich and Rubber Company after a five day strike by over 51 000 CIO members. Production returned to normal pace at General Tire and Rubber Company while other firms said it would take days to resume war goods. Government intervention considered as President warned action if not ended by noon.
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Akron
General Tire
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
B. F. Goodrich Company
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Goodrich
Goodyear
Firestone
Baltimore Grain Market Closing
Market rounds report May 28 with spot domestic prices: Wheat 1.55 per bushel Corn 1.10. Eggs steady near 89 cents. Butter 8 9 10. Nearby whites graded 37 to 40 cents per dozen. Local sports are featured in the Evening Star Daily.
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Baltimore
Evening Star
Doughton Could Back Sales Tax If Other Avenues Fail
Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee indicated support for a federal sales tax only as a last resort after all other taxation options are exhausted. He warned against aiming for a specific revenue target and said new tax legislation likely won’t be ready until late this year.
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Washington
Doughton
D-Nc
Aeam
Coughton
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Aia
French Conference Nears Arrival To Unite Forces In Algiers
Algiers reports General George Catroux arrived from London to assist in hosting General De Gaulle. De Gaulle expected to meet General Giraud to discuss joint action in Algiers and a possible unification of French elements. The London briefing indicated De Gaulle may have already left for the appointment.
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Algiers
George Catroux
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
London
de Gaulle
Giraud
Uni
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