Roosevelt weighs defense program and firearm registration bill
President Roosevelt and officials consider a supplemental defense package exceeding 500 million dollars to advance U S military readiness with possible total near 600 million. Attorney General proposes firearm registration and transfer tax to curb fifth column threats. Congress faces tax and borrowing debates as war plans intensify.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Morgenthau and
Woodring
Louis Johnson
George C. Marshall
Army
Congress
Internal Revenue Office
Winchester urges visit to George Washington open site
The George Washington building has drawn about 1,500 visitors since opening April 30 under Frank N. McCormick. Some 1,360 names appear on the register with many visitors from multiple states. The collection includes Civil War relics such as General Lee’s Order No 9 and Turner Ashby Camp minutes.
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Frank N. McCormick
General Lee
Turner Ashby
George McCormick
Frank
Commencement Exercises at Stephens City High School Pageant Highlights
Barring rain, 48 seniors will receive diplomas at 5 pm as Stephens City High School holds commencement with a large student pageant. Anne Lemley wins eighth grade leadership award. Gladys Fawcett earns Readers Digest subscription. Gilbert Davidson receives a $360 Strayer's Business College scholarship. Fay Moyer and Gladys Fawcett receive cash awards from the Women's Civic League of Winchester.
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Stephens City High School
Stephens City
Joe Clevenger
Melanie Hite
Joist Hite
May Jane Grim
Susan Marie Sargent
Paxton Orndorff
Reba Wriggleman
Helen Pappas
Eldridge Lemley
Corrine Gardner
Will Herrell
Morris Lemley
Arthur Grim
Lemley
Raf Aviar
Anne Lemley
Gladys Fawcett
Gilbert Davidson
Strayer’s Business College
Washington, D. C
Davidson
Shenandoah
Frederick
Fay Moyer
Women’s Civic League of Winchester
Fatal Crash Kills 15-Year-Old Negro Girl Irene Williams
Irene Williams of White Post, 15, died after a pickup overturned on a curve two miles east of Stephens City. Five passengers, all colored youths, were involved. 18-year-old James Moses sustained a fractured arm and driver Lewis Griffith escaped with minor injuries. Griffith said he drove with one hand and could not make the turn. The truck owner was N. N. Simpson of Carolina Termite Exterminator Co. A second crash on the same road was under investigation.
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Irene Williams
White Post
Stephens City
Memorial Hospital
James Moses
Elizabeth Moton
Edna Combs
Memorial Day Observed With Services and Parade
Memorial Day will be observed Thursday May 30 with store and bank closures and a 2:30 PM National Memorial exercises at the National Cemetery. Speakers include Major Robert Reeves principal speaker with representatives from American Legion and Veterans groups attending. A parade led by McKinnees Band and Virginia National Guard units will proceed to the cemetery, with flower donations invited and parade participants meeting at 2 PM.
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Ladies’ National Memorial Association
National Cemetery
R. E B. Avey
Andrew Bell
Retail Merchants Association of the
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Reeves
Front Royal
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United Spanish War Veterans
Leslie Fries
Ladies National Memorial Association
C. R. Anderson
Russell Joyce
Handley Faculty
Carl A. Honeycutt
E. T. Clark
D. D
McKiiwee
Virginia National Guard
Rotary Official Howard Heads to International Conference
D. J. Howard district governor elect of Rotary International and Mrs. Howard plan to depart Friday for Miami then sail to Havana Cuba for the annual international conference June 9-13. Howard will also attend the international assembly June 3-7 with district governors and officers. Cecil Cooley secretary Harrisonburg site likely attends. President Payne of the Staunton Club expected.
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D. J. Howard
Rotary International
Harrisonburg
Payne
Staunton Club
First White Explorer Who Toured Southwest Didn't Like The Area
The 1540 Coronado expedition to the American southwest failed to find gold and ended in disappointment. In Albuquerque a Coronado Cuarto Centennial celebration opens, uniting Zuni Rio Grande tribes and descendants of Spanish and Anglo pioneers to honor the pioneer.
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Southwest
Albuquerque
N. M
American Southwest
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Cibolo
Mexico
Rio Grande
Coronado
New Spain
Coronado Cuarto
Announce Goals For Flag Week In Winchester
The Flag Week committee in Winchester outlines aims for June 7 to 14. It seeks patriotic education and public support to promote the ideals and institutions, with specific objectives to secure cooperation from individuals, homes, and businesses.
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Winchester
National Flag Week Plans Include School and Church Observances
Government urges window displays in stores and banks, patriotic exercises at schools on June 7, and Flag Sunday on June 9 with special church services. Fraternal and civic groups to arrange programs, while The Star and movies promote the undertaking. A spirit of national exaltation and American fellowship pervades as the nation celebrates Flag Week.
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Star and Movies
America
Yuletide
Freedom
Buddy Poppies On Sale on Memorial Day in Winchester
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2123 will vend buddy poppies all day in front of their headquarters at 110 North Loudoun Street. Additional street sales by girls will raise funds to aid disabled World War I veterans and orphans of veterans.
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Buddy
Winchester
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2123
North
Loudoun Street
Lille and Ostend fall to Nazis as German forces advance
Berlin reports Lille in France and Ostend in Belgium captured. German high command says Allied forces around 700,000 men face destruction as Belgian army capitulates under King Leopold III. Claims include storming Ypres and attacks near the channel coast.
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Berlin
Lille
Ostend
Flanders-Artois
Leopold III
Ypres
Channel
Kem- Both
Skeleton Found on Office Site in Virginia
Workmen digging for the Northern Virginia Power Company office on North Cameron Street uncovered human bones suggesting the site once served as a cemetery. The bones were given to police and later to Kurtz Funeral Home with plans for reburial not yet made. A jaw fragment suggested the remains might be a 17 month old child. The project, costing about 50 000 dollars including appointments, has been underway for some time.
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Northern Virginia Power Company
North Cameron Street
Henry H. Covington
Northern Virginia
Kurtz
Discriminating In Their Selections
Leslie McDonald reported burglars stole items from his sandwich shop in Pawhuska Oklahoma on May 29. The missing goods included boiled ham beer cigars orange juice soda popcorn potato chips and two aspirins.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Leslie McDonald
Boy Scout’s Good Turn Returns Pocketbook
In Belleville Illinois on May 29 Mrs. Mary Gamble praises Clarence J. Keller for spotting a pocketbook on a car and warning her. The purse fell but Keller recovered it and returned it to the owner, demonstrating the Boy Scout good turn habit.
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Belleville, Ill
Mary Gamble
Clarence J. Keller
Keller
Gamble
den Tremene
Belgian royal children arrive in Lisbon for remainder of war
Paris Soir reports the Belgian royal children reached Lisbon and will stay there for the war. Lisbon dispatch notes they departed Cahors, France by car last Sunday. Concrete machinegun posts are being built along a southeast England port promenade to deter parachute incursions with sandbagged fortifications already in place.
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Paris
Paris Soir
Lisbon
Cahors
France
England
Britain’s Expeditionary Force Fights Rear Guard Action
Reliable sources report Britain's expeditionary force in Flanders conducting a stiff rear guard action to cover a withdrawal toward the coast. Fighting described as orderly with no chaos or confusion.
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London
Britain
Flanders
Where Is Leopold Secret of King Leopold's Location
Authorized German sources say the whereabouts of King Leopold of Belgium are being kept secret amid Allied attacks. It is believed the Allies might attempt to bomb his residence if his location were known.
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Berlin
Leopold
Clarke county names new four member school board
Clarke county selects a new four member school board to start July 1 for four years. Greenway district gains Beverley B. MacKay. Chapel district gets Clay B. Carr Jr. Battletown district appoints Dr. Carroll H. Iden. Longmarsh district fills John Hardesty. Chairman Ralph Ware retires after 1928 appointment. board members had not stated reappointment plans.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Court House
Greenway
Beverley B. MacKay
Chapel
Clay B. Carr
Battletown
Carroll H. Iden
Longmarsh
John Hardesty
Hugh F. Pierce
W. W. Small
O Jr
Ears Post Mite
Iden
Ware
MacKay
Arthur Buckley
Carr
J. L. Carper
L. J. Langbein
Ralph Ware
Holmes Hardesty
J. EB. Harris
Winchester
Germans Tighten Trap as 700000 Allies Near Encirclement
German forces unleash three crushing blows along the Flanders front. Allied troops, about 700,000 strong, are pressed toward a perilous encirclement. British and French units retreat to the English Channel seeking an escape from a possible surrender or defeat.
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English Channel
Bombers Press German Forces in Flanders Skirmishes
In France on May 29 Allied air crews attacked German transport columns tanks and armored trucks with bombs and machine gun fire. British low level bombing runs piercing the German pressure as crews dove to about 500 feet over targets.
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France
Flanders
Pulverizing Nazi Attacks Push German Advance at Ypres
The Associated Press reports three crushing Nazi offensives stormed Ypres and captured Lille and Ostend, tightening the trap on 700,000 Allied troops. London confirms a retreat toward the English Channel with a stiff rearguard action to cover withdrawal as the Allied line collapses in places.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Ypres
Lille
Ostend
Flanders
English
London
War Today analysis by DeWitt MacKenzie reviewed
Interpretive look at The War Today by DeWitt MacKenzie AP foreign affairs writer. The piece examines strategic implications and diplomatic angles shaping the current global conflict with a focus on policymaker decisions and international responses.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
MacKenzie
The
Associated Press
Aircraft Trade Equal To Demand
Baltimore May 9 Glenn L Martin head of the Martin aircraft company told aviation writers that the American industry can far exceed German output with a government program and steady orders He said the United States could match Germany in 12 months as Germany has done in three years He added German capacity is not equal to the US and noted differences in production methods and on line processes.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin
Germany
Washington
Richmond Captain Hoskins Signs Boston Sox Contract
Stuart Hoskins catcher captain of the University of Richmond 1940 Southern Conference champions signed a Boston Red Sox contract today with a $2,500 bonus.
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Richmond
Stuart Hoskins
University of Richmond
Boston Red Sox
Censor Labels Cover Mail From England In WWI Era
Winchester hosts 1940 debut of home grown strawberries at 20 cents a quart basket. Frederick county to gain about 5000 dollars in teacher pay raises next session, about seven percent. Frank N. McCormick, formerly with Pennsylvania railroad, recalls royal visits and diner service for King Leopold, King Albert, the Prince of Wales, and President Wilson.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Richmond
Frank N. McCormick
Pennsylvania Railroad
South
Loudoun
Cannon Ball House
King Leopold
King Albert
Mr. McCormick
Prince of Wales
Wilson
Lovett's sale on silk dresses half price
Friday and Saturday only one group of new silk dresses reduced from 5.95 to 16.50 now half price all sales final Lovett's Shoe and Dress Shop 158 N Main St
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Lovett’s Shoe and Dress Shop
N. Main St
Battles and retreat at Dunkirk and Narvik amid Allied evacuation effort
News describes wartime losses and destruction of war materials as the Allied retreat continues in complete order with morale unshaken. Lille near Ypres, Ostend, and Narvik are cited as strategic loci as German advances squeeze the Allies. Fighting in Dunkirk’s streets is reported as Berlin signals suggest possible flag salute.
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Lille
Ypres
Berlin
Ostend
Dunkerque
Port
Main
Still Hanging On Dan Wright Letter Warns of Growing Seriousness
Dan Wright a sanitary engineer and adviser stationed in Turkey under the Foundation writes Jake Yost cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank under date of May 9 1940. Wright reports holding on but notes increasing seriousness and provides a lengthy, if fragmentary, paragraph comment as received.
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Dan Wright
Turkey
Ministry of Hygiene
Foundation
Jake Yost
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Wright
Yost
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