Russians Close Trap On Last Die Hard Nazis
Russians reveal pressure on the remaining Nazi forces as the German Atlantic fleet units anchored and Doenitz surrenders. Dunkerque is noted as a prior British defeat site while Sark Jersey and Guernsey are cited as occupied Channel Islands. Stalin addresses the war situation amid disarmament of 120,000 Germans in Holland.
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Karl Doenitz
Dunkerque
Channel
Sark
Jersey
Guernsey
France
United Kingdom
Holland
Marshal Stalin
Mes
Allied Leaders Hail Germany Surrender as Russians Push in Bohemia
Dispatches report Truman and Churchill congratulating the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. Soviet forces led by Konev and Yeremenko press into Bohemia from the east, with thousands captured and a growing trap around Prague. Germans flee toward American lines amid a last-ditch assault on a concentration camp.
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3Rd Army
Prague
Caslau
Czechoslovakia
Weather Binge Continues With Snow and Floods
Snowstorm disrupts baseball, postponing many games as six inches fall in Montpelier and five inches in Augusta. One death and multiple injuries reported near Starr South Carolina from a tornado. Normal weather elsewhere. Boston notes paralyzed streets and widespread telecom outages with isolation of about 60 communities in New England.
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Weather Bureau
Montpelier
Augusta
Albany
Fort Plain
N. Y
New England
New York State
Starr
S. C
Gulf and
Mountain States
Pacific Coast
Phoenix
Ariz
Jacksonville
Fla
Boston Dispatch
New England Telephone Company
Highfield Soldier Reported Missing
Sgt. Llewellyn C. Eyler age 29 of Highfield Maryland is reported missing in action in Germany as of April 17. Inducted April 15, 1941 he served in the Quartermasters Regiment of the 29th Division before transferring to the Infantry and has been overseas since September 1942. He worked at the Blue Ridge Summit barber shop prior to his induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llewellyn C. Eyler
Highfield
Germany
Robert Eyler
Quartermasters
Blue Ridge Summit
County Board Named Defendant In Barnyard Land Case
The County Board is named as defendant in a dispute over Bellevue farm property intended for hospital use. Reports say commissioners plan to reserve two acres along the Middleburg pike and Northern avenue and sell rest to home buyers. Plaintiffs allege county violated deed terms since 1940 depriving heirs of rights. Plaintiffs include Edwin M. Conner and E. Catherine Overington with attorneys Levin Stone Braker and Wilsworth R. Roulette.
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Bellevue
Middleburg Pike
Northern Avenue
Levin Stonebraker
Wilsworth R. Roulette
John Nicodemus
Edwin M. Conner
E. Catherine Overington
Luther Roy Wilson
Frank Kennedy
Grandpa John Nicodemus Wilson Estate Claim
Plaintiffs Harry Eugene Wilson John Nicodemus Wilson and Margaret Wilson Jackson seek a two thirds interest in the estate of their grandfather John Nicodemus who died intestate. Attends Meeting County Agent Mark Miller attending a Maryland state meeting of agricultural agents in Baltimore today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Eugene Wilson
John Nicodemus Wilson
Margaret Wilson Jackson
John Nicodemus
Mark Miller
Maryland Agricultural Agents
Baltimore
Welcome party honors new Keedysville resident Mrs Shank
Keedysville May 10 The Golden Rule Sunday school class at St. Peter s Lutheran church hosted a welcome party for Mrs Harry Shank with a reading by Mrs John Flook and a poem Spring by Mrs Lena Mades. The event featured group singing and a gift presentation to Mrs Shank.
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Keedysville
Golden Rule
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Harry Shank
Our Town
John Flook
Lena Mades
Harry Remsburg
Lester Hines
Howard Remsburg
Roy Hollinshead
John Moats
Raymond Lowe
Nan Kretzer
Clarence Smith
Bernie Smith
Pearl Poffenhberger
Alice Virginia
Remsburg
Blaine Shank
Austin Flock
Ezra Baker
Associated Women of the Farm Bureau
Hamilton Hotel
Mothers of Olive Branch
Clarence Foltz
Donald Gantz
Robert Thomas
Bdile Baker
All Eastern Star
Richard Clipp and
L. T. Baxter
Singapore Seen As Next Goal
Calcutta May 11 Singapore is eyed as Mountbatten's next objective after Rangoon. Fresh and rested troops, including paratroopers and amphibious units, back by a growing fleet could strike Malaya north of Singapore or Sumatra across the Malacca Strait. A Malaya drive would launch from bases 400 to 600 miles away.
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Calcutta
Rangoon
Burma
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Singapore
Mountbatten
Malay Peninsula
Sumatra
Malacca Strait
Malaya
Pacific
Two Pennsylvanian Townships Vote On Wet-Dry Issue
Franklin County townships St. Thomas and Peters petitioned for local option elections to decide beer and liquor sales at the June 19 primary. Peters Township petitions drew 289 signatures for malt beverages and spirits. St. Thomas 131. Counties include 66 municipalities statewide with wet dry votes. nine liquor only, twelve beer only, while 45 jurisdictions decide both.
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Franklin County
St. Thomas and Peter
Peters Township
St. Thomas Township
Pennsylvania
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Neo One
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Helen Vinson
Jerome Cowan
George Tobias
Warner Brog-Fies
Prchard Macavay
Jarry
William Keighley
Philippines
Henrys
Secunico
Rae Eee
Egi
Empresa
Columaa
Pictur Eed
Otto Kruger
Nina Foch
William Wright
Pennsy
Milly’s
Cushwa
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Howard’s Paint Store
E. Washington St
Fotl- Varn
Washington ST
Sears Catalog
Roebuck and CO
Sears
Potomac Street
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