Crisis voice echoed at Handley High graduation dinner
One hundred five Handley High seniors heard Winchester attorney J Sloan Kuykendall warn that today’s youth face America’s gravest crisis since 1776. He urged vigilance education and high minded citizenship as the Class of 1940 carries future national fate.
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Handley High School
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Winchester
America
Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions Clubs
Kuykendall
Covington
Henry H. Covington
Rotary Club
Mary Louise Sartelle
Elizabeth Grim
Henry Covington
A. B. Groves
Bryan Stotler
The
Lions
Garland R. Quarles
Nancy Ek
E. P. Browning
W. R. Legge
Caroline Hockman
Walter Bailey
Catherine Beattie
Jacqueline Womack
Lena Rammacciotti
Robert Bridgers
Margaret Smith
Markets to Close for Memorial Day May 30 194?
Most financial and commodity markets nationwide will close on Memorial Day with two exceptions. Naval stores markets in Savannah and Jacksonville will stay open for regular trading. The New Orleans cotton futures market will close for the day.
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New York
United States
Naval
Savannah
Jacksonville
New Orleans
British Unit Reaches Sweden After Oslo Front Retreat
Swedish news agency reports 180 British officers and soldiers, cut off by German advance from Oslo, crossed into Sweden after retreating 75 miles from Lillehammer. Many were exposed and taken to hospitals and internment camps.
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Stockholm
Oslo
Sweden
Lillehammer
Sunrise Pancake Brand by Winchester Milling Corp
Sunrise brand manufactured by Winchester Milling Corp appears in product listing language. The note implies pancake mix or related breakfast item marketed by the company. No additional action or event details are provided.
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Sunrise
Winchester Milling Corp
Lindbergh offers New Jersey country home to state
Governor A Harry Moore said Col Charles A Lindbergh offered the home from which the infant Lindbergh was abducted as a gift to New Jersey He favored acceptance and proposed converting the big gabled white house into a state children's home The property covers about 382 acres atop Sourland Mountain with a 1931 building cost reported at 50000 dollars Legislative approval would be required.
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Trenton
N. J
A. Harry Moore
Charles A. Lindbergh
New Jersey
A. Lindbh Co Jr
Sourland Mountain
American Planes Show Superiority In Real Action
Paris dispatch reports a government spokesman stating American airplanes are arriving in France in considerable quantities and showing superiority in action over any on the front. He highlights bombers diving close to the ground before releasing bombs and pulling up, noting American bombers are faster and more maneuverable than German aircraft.
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Paris
France
Germany
Dipping Vat Demonstration Planned at Stephens City Farm
A portable sheep dipping vat will be demonstrated on May 31 at 3 o'clock on Dr. P. B. Stickley’s farm in Stephens City. George Herring of Blacksburg will attend. Vat purchase is expected to be completed soon.
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P. B. Stickley
Stephens City
George Herring
Blacksburg
British Forces Move Toward Channel as Narvik Falls
British Expeditionary Force advances from Flanders toward the English Channel amid a German trap. Narvik port in Norway is reported captured by Allies as Belgium capitulates and King Leopold surrenders, prompting questions on withdrawal paths for Allied troops.
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Flanders
English
Norway
Narvik
Dunkerque
S. Fall
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Fageness
Forsneset
Mirrea' Duff Cooper
Leopold
Boulogne
Supplemental Defense Plans Progress in Defense Financing
Congress pursues a two fold defense funding strategy with a $3 billion defense obligation and a $1.137 billion navy air force expansion. A seven member presidential commission arrived to accelerate armaments production while Rep. Marcantonio opposed the bills on shipbuilding and defense financing.
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Senate
Rep
Marcantonio
Al-Ny
Germans claim major advances and heavy Allied losses in Western Front
Nazi forces report rapid progress from the coast through northern Flanders with air raids on retreating columns and troop concentrations. They claim destruction of Allied planes and ships off Belgium and France, and assert French positions near Cassel and Armentieres are collapsing. Narvik also cited as fallen or damaged, with conflicting reports between Britain and Germany.
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Cassel
Nieuport
English Channel
North Sea
Narvik
Arctic Circle
Norway
Car Crash Fatal to a Negro Girl Continued
A car driven by Fred G. Schuller 43 of near Winchester left the highway and overturned. Deputy Robert DeHaven said Schuller was charged with driving while intoxicated and A H Sargent, a companion, with being drunk. Hearings were not held today.
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Fred G. Schuller
Winchester
Robert DeHaven
Said. Schuller
A. H. Sargent
Ypres Is Stormed By Hitler Legions
The article reports a continued Nazi assault on Ypres with northern Allied forces in a Flemish pocket. France concedes a critical situation after the Belgian army capitulation but claims a 30 mile coast stretch from Dunkirk remains in Allied hands despite pressures. A Paris communique hints at French troop moves and gains along the Somme and Aisne fronts.
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Flanders
Dun
Paris
Somme
Aisnevers
Awards at Stephens City health unit essay winners named
Opal Tusing and Winifred Walker of Stephens City High School received county health unit essay grand prizes at a Handley High School music festival. The program included processional, speeches, piano solos, poems, and a 1940 class tribute as part of Stephens City commemoration.
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Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Opal Tusing
Winifred Walker
Stephens City High School
County Health Unit
Handley High School
Stephens City
Homer Welch
Cecil Teets
Ruth Hausenfluck
More Arrests In Insurance Murder Plots
Philadelphia reports an ongoing crackdown with a new batch of wholesale arrests tied to an insurance murder plot. A prominent physician is under surveillance as a potential mastermind. Twenty-five people were rounded up after a counterfeiting tip. Two men and two women已 sentenced to the electric chair. Several others given life or awaiting judgment.
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Philadelphia
Lagar
Jersey
Sive
O'Ryan Urges 1000 Planes to Aid Allies Now
Major General John F. O'Ryan proposes sending 1,000 American planes and crews to support the Allies, arguing it would deter war under international law and better defend American interests than delaying. He cites a London report from Captain Howard Bird praising British pilots despite shortages of planes.
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New York
John F. O’ryan
Alps
United States
O'Ryan
Howard Bird
London
Bird
German U Boats Renew Attacks Near Salvora Island
The German submarine offensive resumed with an attack five miles from Salvora island off Spain. The French merchantman Marie Jose of about 5,000 tons was torpedoed and sunk. The British tanker Telena of 7,400 tons was shelled but afloat and towed to Vigo.
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Ingo
Spain
Salvora Island
Marie Jose
Telena
Vigo
Robert Goshert's Funeral Thursday
Mr. Harry Goshert of 304 Virginia avenue reported the death of his uncle Robert Goshert of Quentin Pa. The funeral will be held there at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
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Harry Goshert
Virginia Avenue
Robert Goshert
Quentin, Pa
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A syndicated daily crossword item outlines clues and grid notes including an entry list with numbering for 49 51 and 52 as well as a note on Holmium symbol. The text indicates King Features Syndicate distributed the puzzle content.
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