Silent Policy On Deliveries Being Pursued By President
President Roosevelt pursued a policy of silence on future methods of delivering goods to Great Britain. Officials say he aims to safeguard operations as army and navy technicians craft new measures while lawmakers debate convoy plans and emergency authority.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Army
Navy
Reynolds
Senate Military Committee
Wallace
United States
Ie Ataslon
Nlss
Spe
Britain
Weatherwise Wit From Mr Winchester
A rambling, humorous note on weather talk and finding a silver lining in adversity. The piece mocks overused weather questions and mentions an air conditioned equipment salesman as an example of practical aid during sultry days.
See Yourself in the Movies Tonight at Palace Theatre
Palace Theatre presents See Yourself in the Movies tonight. Lighted marquee promotes the program as a brief entertainment showcase with screenings for local patrons.
Miss Parker Named Incoming President Of Home Economics Club
Stephens City announces Miss Parker will succeed Miss Snyder as president of the Home Economics Club. Parker is daughter of Mrs. Arthur Parker of Winchester. Snyder is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Snyder of Kernstown. The group raised 225 this year for student fair costs, a refrigerator, cottage repairs, utensils, and equipment through lunches, dinners, and other fundraisers. Mrs. Pauline Rhodes serves as the home economics instructor in Stephens City.
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Miss Parker
Home Economics
Stephens City
Miss Snyder
Arthur Parker
Charles Steel
Winchester
T. O. Snyder
Kernstown
Pauline Rhodes
No Time Limit On New Quotas Of Selectees
The Star reports rising quotas for Winchester Freder ick and Clarke counties totaling 288 men, up from 113. Officials warn the number may be required eventually with unclear timing. Induction at Roanoke and local draft details are noted along with names and volunteers slated for future calls.
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Star
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Winchester Selective Service Boards
Mills
Nealtore
Roanoke
Prederick
George W. Kuykendall
Ashby C. Stouffer
Sidney H. Veasey
Lester A. Jackson
John A. Vermilyea
Charles E. Showalter
Robert S. Baker
John L. Hottel
Delbert H. Rogers
Berlin P. Frye
Henry M. Grandstaff
Chester D. Spielman
Halford “Red” Baker
Charles Oliver Miller
Shirley Ritenour
Burrell C. Luttrell
John K. Cupp
Harry S. Yeakley
Daniel L. Kremer
James G. Eagle, Jr
Hee W. Smith
Kelley T. Ly S. Carper
M. H. Householder
James
German Interests Pay Lehigh Valley in Black Tom Claim
A court filing reports German interests paid Lehigh Valley Railroad 10 million plus for property damage caused by the Black Tom explosion in Jersey City during World War I. The payment totals 10 016 953.60 dollars and reflects claims arising from the wartime blast.
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Philadelphia
United States District Court Today
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Jersey City
All Are Asked To Display Flag
The Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Merchants' Association urged businesses and citizens to display the American flag tomorrow on National Decoration Day. Those without flagpole sockets should display from a doorway or window, including private residences.
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Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants’ Association
Memorial Day Observed With Parade and Ceremonies
National Memorial Day will be observed in Winchester tomorrow with exercises at the United States National Cemetery beginning at two o clock. Ex service men from two mill companies and the Winchester Protective Force Company 115 will march without arms, joining the parade with groups including United Spanish War Veterans Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion and Boy Scouts. The program features McIlwee Municipal Band invocation by Rev G E Hopkins address by Flournoy L Largent Jr master of ceremonies Dr C R Anderson and benediction by Rev Pr R E Hannon. Taps and three volleys by Robert Y Conrad Post close the ceremony.
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United States National Cemetery
Ye O'Clock
Winchester
Winchester Protective Force
United Spanish War Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Cameron Street
Flournoy L. Largent, Jr
Trial Justice
National Cemetery
C. R. Anderson
McIlwee Municipal Band
G. E. Hopkins
Harry T. Cook
Lincoln
R. E. Hannon
Robert Y. Conrad Post
British Claim Capture of Khanagta in Iraq
Cairo dispatch reports the British Royal Air Force as saying Khanagta, a town about halfway between Fallujah and Baquba, Iraq, has been captured in operations described as successful.
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Cairo
Egypt
Khanagta
Iraq
Fallujah
Baghdad
Royal Air Force
Many Communists Working In Navy Yard of Philadelphia
Washington May 29 The House committee investigating un American activities said a study of Communist party election petitions in Philadelphia showed many signers worked in navy yard arsenal and other government positions The inquiry disclosed 83 signers in Philadelphia navy yard 40 in Frankford Arsenal 114 in the city transportation system 50 WPA workers five employed by the electric company and 12 teachers and six newspapermen
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Washington
House Committee
UN American Activities
Communist Party
Philadelphia
Navy Yard
Arsenal
Starnes
D-Ala
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Prankford Arsenal
Electric
Freight Truck Tops In Fairfax Stalling Winchester Traffic
A Crawley Monark Transportation truck carrying about ten tons of freight including cake yeast toppled near Fairfax blocking both directions of Winchester Washington No. 50 from midnight to about 2 AM. Driver Arthur Streit Jr escaped serious injury after swerving to avoid an oncoming car. Wrecking crews cleared the road and bus traffic resumed. delays extended toward Middleburg and a New York passenger's hotel delay into 3 AM.
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Winchester-Washington No. 50
Fairfax
Crawley-Monark Transportation Company
West Virginia
Arthur Streit, Jr
Winchester
Washington
Streit
Greyhound
Lenah
Aldie
Middleburg
New York
Natural Bridge
George W
Congress Approves Seizure Power for Foreign Ships
Senate approves a measure allowing the government to seize more than 80 foreign ships idle in American waters. The compromise bill, sent to the White House, includes provision for compensation and equitable treatment for foreign seamen displaced by ship acquisitions.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Nar
House
City automobile licenses due May first
City notice states automobile licenses were due by May 1 with enforcement instructions from the chief of police. The fragmented text identifies Hollis as the issuing official.
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Orce
A Saas Hollis
Pole
Wednesday Palace Theatre Listings at 82Pp TM
Readable fragments show Palace Theatre listings with times and venue at 211 WN Lou Down Street. Details are unclear but indicate show or event tonight at Palace Theatre with abbreviated notes like Ip-11 and Ip-1t.
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Loudoun St
Hareb
It Was a Hot Party for His Family in Richmond
Richmond, May 29. Theodore A. Petras of the Byrd expedition mailed a letter from Little America on January 10 asking a Richmond supper club to reserve a family reunion. The chosen date May 28 proved the hottest night of the year with a 0.98 degree reading in the city.
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Richmond
Theodore, A. Petras
Little America
Romani scam targets Cumberland woman for money
A Cumberland resident, Miss Hammersmith, lost over $3,100 to alleged Romani con artists who claimed to increase money. A storefront band of palm-reading gypsies lured her with talks of God and healing, tore a dollar into pieces, and vanished after the victim handed over funds. Police launched a search for the group.
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Cumberland
Hammersmith
Baltimore Street
Canal Street
Miss Hammersmith
God
Jesus
Three From Hood Accounted For Off London
London May 29 British shipping circles had hoped more Hood survivors would be found but informed sources said only three were accounted for an officer and two seamen. Hood with over 1300 aboard exploded after a shell struck a magazine. One survivor, Robert Tilburn, was later confirmed safe in Iceland after word that another Robert Tilburn was presumed lost.
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London
Hood
Bismarck
Het Ween
Robert Tilburn
J. FP. Tilburn
Iceland
Admiralty
Robert
Little Boy Bites A Thermometer News at Home
A two year old, Kenneth Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Williams of 810 South Gowen, bit a thermometer at home. He managed to swallow a large amount and burned his mouth. his parents and a factory worker at O S U Winchester Laboratory described the thermometer liquid as dangerous but the child is reported to be okay.
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Kenneth Williams
Russell Williams
South Gowen
Willian
O'Sur- Winchester
Auction Sale For Household Furniture At 2105 Market Street
Wanted room for homemakers market phone 3355 at once. Auction sale May 31 at 10 a.m. features household furniture dining dishes bedding living room suites rugs range mower and more at 2105 Market St. Mrs. Hattie C Bowman.
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Market St
Hattie C. Bowman
See a Can in the Movies at Palace Theatre
Palace Theatre screens See a Can in the Movies tonight with a brief program of short films and a feature reel. Local audience invited for a varied evening of cinema.
National Guard May Be Kept In Federal Service
Washington May 29 Indefinite duty for the national guard was likely as President Roosevelt proclaimed a broad national emergency. Congress may be asked to authorize keeping 291 000 guardsmen in service beyond a one year training period.
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National Guard
Roosevelt
Congress
War Department
Stimson
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Defense Act
SA Tnd Petal Psn
Seces Eer
Nazis Unwilling To Admit Max Schmeling Dead
A German spokesman reported Schmeling was killed in Crete but cautioned a deliberate refusal to confirm the death. An early Crete battle involved a captured German with falsified papers claiming Schmeling, who reportedly fought and was killed after a skirmish with parachutists and a rifle shot in a dogfight.
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Max Schmeling
Crete
Fly
Schmelling
Crete Falls to Germans as Suda Bay Is Captured
German forces seal Suda Bay and Candia on Crete in a fast collapse of British resistance. Italian troops strike from the east as Hitler's air force presses the island, with Eden warning Germany must not threaten lasting peace in Europe.
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Suda Bay Harbor
Candia
East End
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Crete
Suda Bay
Anthony Eden
Britain
Germany
Europe
Hitler
Almyra Bay
Pascit Fs
Alvy
Don
Nazi Freighter Lech Intercepted Off South American Port
The German freighter Lech, 3290 tons, attempting to ram a British blockade from a South American port, was intercepted by a British ship. The Admiralty would not confirm whether it was scuttled by its crew, sunk by the British, or captured. The Lech departed Rio de Janeiro on April 28 with fuel oil, cottonseed, hides, iron, coffee and other merchandise.
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London
Admiralty
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
West Virginia road work to widen Route 11 near Frederick county
State advisories say Route 11 will be widened to three lanes toward the Virginia line, a multi month project nearing completion. The article notes extensive construction and mentions an Heinz Company cut about the Shope Blossom Festival, plus various local features and cinema listings at the Palace Theatre.
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Virginia Road
Frederick County
Virginia Line
West Virginia
Geo Beta
The
Virginie
Tat Peruaiey Ooetiias
E Ley
We’re In The War Says British Press
London papers on May 29 echoed Roosevelt’s Washington speech declaring the United States virtually at war with the axis. Banner fronts proclaimed “We are in America” and “U. S. declares country already at war,” asserting guns will speak next.
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London
Roosevelt
Washington
United States
America
U. S
Ickes Pushes Daylight Saving and Gasless Sundays
Interior Secretary Ickes urged nationwide daylight saving time and voluntary power conservation to avert shortages. He suggested Congress could enact daylight time and warned of restricted electricity use including night baseball to preserve aluminum and defense production. He also cited possible gasless Sundays and tighter oil transport rules on the eastern seaboard.
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Washington
Ickes
America
Awauibeeeed 7
Congress
Submit Report on Coal Dispute Progress
Washington May 29 W H Davis vice chairman of the Defense Mediation said a board preparing recommendations on the coal dispute hoped to complete its report and publish it tomorrow The panel began drafting last Saturday after failed talks between northern and southern operators and the United Workers CIO The union seeks seven dollars a day while operators propose six dollars sixty cents
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Washington
W. H. Davis
Defense Mediation
United Workers
CIO
Davis
Soa
Memorial Day Closures Reported for City Businesses
Most businesses will close tomorrow for Memorial Day observance. The post office will have no delivery and banking institutions will shut, while Handley library operates as usual.
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Neever
Handley Library
South End Hose Co Monthly Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Hose Co. is at the hall Monday evening. All members are requested to attend. Cap tain Howard Hark is scheduled. J. C. Penney Co. will be wired all day May 30. Dial 3631. Willis Real Estate. Tonight Palace Theater.
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South End Hose Co
Howard Hark
J. C. Penney,co
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Lillian Snyder
Stephens City High
Fairfas
No. 50
Edward E. Bomar
M Schinn
Schmell
Max
Eden
Pace Sfx
H. J. Heinz
Burnie
Col
James Wood
Winava
Shenandosh
Natty
Benny Goodman
Winches
DIAL
Willis Real Estate
Palace Theate
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