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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1940
Page
11
Allied forces endured a brutal withdrawal through Belgium and northern France as German bombers and machine guns battered retreating units. Troops, wounded and unhurt, boarded trains toward safety while civilians and volunteers supplied food and aid.
Annapolis Md May 31 midshipmen opened nine days of events at the Naval Academy on the Severn. Three battleships arrived and the victors in drills were named along with the color girl and three top seniors in merit. At 4 35 pm the graduating class prepared for the sale of Guernsey male calves as part of festivities.
Roy Cather announces a new Boy Scout unit to be named Troop No 2 with Earl Fansler as first assistant scoutmaster and Irvin Cather as next in charge. Advisory committee includes Rev. R. B. Nelson R. T. Barton and Graham Rosenberger. Robert Glaize serves as scribe.
The New York Texas and Arkansas arrive in the bay marking the start of June week activities at Annapolis. Graduation is set for June 6 at Thompson Stadium as visitors, including Charles Edison, gather for parades dances and ceremonies while hotels fill ahead of possible remarks by President Roosevelt. Over five million pounds of gelatin is used yearly in ice cream production.
Laurel Kuykendall, a 14 year old farm girl from near Cookeville Tennessee, is pictured in Washington DC after being named national spelling champion. She won 500 dollars and the event drew about two thousand finalists from nearly two million grammar school children across the United States. The record mentions a question about the word tiff and its mineral barite, explaining its use for crude ore.
Ground barite and barium compounds are processed into chemicals used for making paint lacquer floor coverings rubber goods paper and related products. The byproducts derived from these minerals fuel diverse manufacturing sectors.
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