Maurice M. Lynch Called By Death
Winchester mourning the death of Maurice M. Lynch a longtime lawyer and public figure born May 14 1854 in Virginia He completed fifty seven years of continuous practice and served the community in law politics religion and social life Funeral services are set at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with burial at Reverend Father McGilley Pallbearers include Judge Burr P Harrison and others A memorial service at the County Courthouse will honor his life and public service The obituary notes Byrd lauded him as the first citizen of Winchester and recalls a long career in the Winchester Bar consistent with his Democrat ties and community leadership
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Maurice . Lynch
Dean
Washington Etyes
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Father McGilley
Burr P. Harrison
Harry R. Kerns
R. Gray Williams
James P. Reardon
John D. Glover
Lynch
Maurice M. Lynch
Winchester
George Washington
J. Merle Thorpe
Nation’s Business
Harry F. Byrd
John B. Minor
University of Virginia
WFA OPA Appoints Apple Advisory Committee
The WFA and OPA announce a nine member apple industry advisory committee split evenly by region. Members include Reuben G. Benz Yakima Paul Seea Wanatchee James E. Kiahre Hood River Henry W. Miller Jr Paw Paw W V Wessel Tem Hudson John Lyman Middlebrook Chan Ce Taylor Albion Clarence E Dutton Milford Center Paul Stark Louisiana Mo. The group will meet in Washington on April 19 to coordinate price control rules for the upcoming season.
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Office of Price Administration
Apple
East
Mid- West
Reuben G. Benz
National Apple Institute
Yakima
Washington
Paul Seea
International Apple Association
Wanatchee
Wash
James E. Kiahre
Hood River
Oreg
Henry W. Miller, Jr
Paw Paw
W. Va
Wessel
Hotel Marshall Opening Announced for Saturday Morning
Lucy P. Marshall to host as a home cook meals venue offering special Sunday dinners. Announcement notes opening on Saturday morning with the Hotel Marshall brand as the host establishment.
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Hotel Marshall
Lucy P. Marshall
Senator Byrd Remarks On Maurice Lynch Memory
Senator Byrd pays tribute to Maurice Lynch praising his kindness and universal respect. He calls Lynch one of the finest and noblest characters he has known and notes Lynch was an intimate friend of his family across generations.
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Senator Byrd
Maurice Lynch
Special Session of Court Held for Memory of Maurice M. Lynch
Judge Burr P. Harrison orders a special court session at two o clock Sunday April 2 to present bar resolutions honoring Maurice M. Lynch dean of the bar and to allow members to attend his funeral. Committee James P. Reardon R Gray Williams H K Benham to present resolutions and clerk to notify bar and newspaper for public attendance.
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Burr P. Harrison
Maurice M. Lynch
James P. Reardon
R. Gray Williams
H. K. Benham
Allies Occupy Mount Marrone in Italy Front Drive
Allied troops surged through the central Italian front and seized Mount Marrone, a 2 mile high peak about 13 miles northeast of Cassino. Heavy bombardment damaged monastery fortifications, German raiding parties were repelled near the railway station, and American destroyers shelled positions near Barroceto on the Anzio front. Fighter-bombers hit bridges at Roseto and Pedaso while air patrols watched the area.
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Naples
Mount
Marrone
Cassino
Barroceto
Anzio
Roseto
Pedaso
All Draft Calls Must Be Filled Hershey Asserts
Washington reports Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey says calls for military manpower must be met and industry and agriculture must adjust. A draft bulletin to 6 400 boards notes 574 000 men under 26 hold non agricultural deferments, with 3 677 000 total non agricultural deferments and 1 722 000 agricultural deferments.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Manpows
Paul V. McNutt
War Production Board
Army and Navy
Selective Service Bulletin
Congress
Britain Tightens Wartime Security Across the Isles
The April 1 British security measures bar visitors from a wide coastal restricted area, suspend cross-channel travel, and curb information flow. US censorship blocks convoy news, furloughs are limited, trains are canceled with brief notice, and airmail to neutrals is banned to prevent intelligence leakage.
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D-Day
British Isles
England
United States
Britain
South End Fire Company Meeting Announced
The South End Fire Company will hold a meeting Monday evening. All members are requested to be present. Howard Hart, Captain.
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South End
Cambans Hell
Schmeling Sees Pope During Rome Visit
Max Schmeling, former world heavyweight boxing champion of Germany, reportedly met Pope Pius XII in Rome. The German news agency, via the Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau, transmitted the audience and noted Schmeling’s arrival in Rome to box a young Nazi stationed on the Cassino front.
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Stockholm
Max Schmeling
Germany
Pius XII
Bueau
Rome
Schmerling
Cassino At
Navy extends Pacific carrier operations amid Palau and Truk raids
Admiral Nimitz announced more than 50 aircraft carriers patrolling the Pacific as U S forces struck Palau and Truk. The latest raids followed air attacks on Truk and other Carolines, while Kwajalein and the Marshalls were noted distances westward in the ongoing campaign. Navy Secretary Knox described the carrier force as expanding and mobile across the Pacific.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Palau
Chester W. Nimitz
Truk
Seventh Air Force
Central Pacific
Carolines
Dublon
Uman
Moen
Param
Fefan
Nimitz
Navy
Kwajalein
Marshalls
Chicago
Knox
Bombing Resumed Over Germany in April Air Campaign
London reports Ameri can Liberator bombers opened a new month of operations over Germany. Swiss communique claims American planes dropped incendiaries on Schaffhausen near the border, starting fires by mis step. Early dispatches note 30 planes involved and rail lines into Schaffhausen suspended temporarily. Coastal watchers report a sizable Allied force crossing the channel after Mosquitos raid western Germany.
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London
Germany
Schaffhausen
Switzerland
Swiss Railways
Channel
Japanese Aerial Set Up Shaken
Tokyo dispatch reports Japanese aerial set up shaken as Soviet news agency continues coverage from Moscow. Gen. Takeo Yasuda is quoted amid ongoing tensions and ongoing pages.
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Moscow
Tokyo
Takeo Yasuda
St.ae Ee
New JET Officers Installed At Annual Banquet
Robert B. Grove was installed as president of the Winchester Junior Board of Trade at the annual banquet held at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall. New officers named include Robert Dechart as first vice president, George Weldon as second vice president, Peachy Hockman as treasurer, Ted Mosely as secretary, and Ed Molden as state director.
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Robert B. Grove
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Ed Molden
Robert Dechart
George Weldon
Peachy Hockman
Ted Mosely
Molden for State President Nomination Ties to Lynchburg Convention
Ed Molden, outgoing president of the Winchester Junior Board of Trade, seeks the State President role of the Virginia Junior State Chamber of Commerce. His nomination was announced in Splinters at a banquet last night, as delegates prepare to travel to the Lynchburg State convention on April 14 15 and 16.
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Molden
Virginia Junior State Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
Dof
Lynchburg
Ed Molden
Winchester Jbt
Local group honors members with merit citations and praise
Molden praised about a dozen members for outstanding work and presented meritorious awards. Cited were Wendell Barney chairing the War Finance Committee Sherman W. Dick heading the USO Committee Laurie E. Hill leading the fire prevention code drafting committee and Thurman C. Mason as chairman.
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Molden
Ceros
Wendell Barney
War Finance Committee
Sherman W. Dick
USO
Laurie E. Hill
Common Council
Thurman C. Mason
Ickes Presses Public Hearing On Arabian Pipeline
Secretary of the Interior Ickes pushes for open hearings on a 1250 mile Arabian pipeline and Persian Gulf oil tapping plan. Senate special petroleum policy committee likely to call him and hear him in open session.
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Washington
Ickes
Senate
Special Petroleum Policy Committee
The
Petroleum Reserve Corporation
Tha
Brewster
R.-Me
Maloney
D.-Conn
Col
John Leavell
Petroleum Attache
Japanese push in India nears Imphal amid heavy losses
Japanese forces push west toward Imphal on the Manipur plains with patrols within a dozen miles of a key jungle center. In Kohima hills British Indian troops fight a second Japanese column as Mashan road junction reportedly isolates the British Fourth army. Allied air power continues daily strikes, while Chinese forces advance in northern Burma toward Laban as Auchinleck cites air assault impact.
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New Delhi
India
Imphal
Manipur
Ukhrul
Kohima
Ishrul
Palel-Tamu
Tiddim
Burma
Singapore
Mashan
Indian Fourth Army
Shaduzup
Mogamez
Laban
Sir Claude Auchinneck
Indian Legislative Assembly
Finland Cabinet Considers Moscow Armistice Move
The Finnish cabinet weighs a new Moscow communication that could open an armistice pathway. Juho K. Paasikivi, Finland's peace envoy, has reestablished contact with the Russians after rejecting Moscow's initial terms.
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Helsinki
Moscow
Finland
Juho K. Paasikivi
War Highlights Across Fronts From Russia To Pacific
Soviet forces press toward Odessa Tiraspol and Kishinev while Berlin reports Russian advances near Jablonica Pass. Allied troops push in central Italy near Cassino. US heavy bombers strike Germany after Mosquito raids. Japanese forces advance toward Imphal India as Allies close on Madang New Guinea. Weather improves in Aleutians signaling potential action.
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Russia
Odessa
Tiraspol
Kishinev
Berlin
Jablonica Pass
Carpathians
Czechoslovakia
Pacific
Madang
New Guinea
Aleutians
Russia Gains Confidence as Sakhalin Rights Cut
Washington reports diplomatic experts say Moscow’s move to end Japanese rights in northern Sakhalin and to halt fishing in Siberian waters signals a stronger Soviet position. They note oil and coal concessions have limited Japan and that con sulates were closed, shifting leverage in the region.
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Flora Lewis Washington
Russia
Sakhalin
Siberian
Soviet Union
Japan
North Sakhalin
Russian Sakhalin
Forteniastis
Sakha
Cadet Nurses Receive Caps In Impressive Ceremony
Twenty young women enrolled at Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing received their caps in a candlelit service at the Presbyterian Church. Miss Virginia Reid Hollar led nursing staff and the nightingale pledge was recited as caps were placed and lamps lit. A reception followed with students acting as hostesses.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Presbyterian Church
Virginia State Board of Nurse Examiners
United States Public Health Nursing Service
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Virginia Reid Hollar
Spearheads Reach Approach To Czech Pass
Berlin radio reports Red Army spearheads reached the northern approaches of Jab lonica Pass through the Carpathians into Czecho Slovakia. The pass lies about 15 miles south of Delatyn, which Russian troops seized on Thursday. The broadcast notes gains but says German fighting power remains intact.
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London
Berlin
Jablonica Pass
Carpathian Mountains
Czecho-Slovakia
Associated Press
Delatyn
Moscow
Sporodenka-Kolomea
Czernowitz
Balkans
Red Army drives on Odessa Tiraspol fronts in Russia news
Soviet forces break through to Odessa and Tiraspol with major outposts captured. Zhukov consolidates position near the Rumanian border as Malinovsky’s army advances on Ochakov. Reports note large day’s gains across the Odessa Tiraspol sector and 260 towns taken.
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Moscow
Russia
Odessa
Tiraspol
Lower
Dniester
Izvestia
Ochakov
Gregory EK
Zhukov
Konev
Prut
Odessa-Tiraspol
Malinovsky
Red
Five Men Sent for Army Service
Five men left the city morning to report to United States Armed Forces. Three were called by the city and county draft boards and ordered to Ft. Meade. Roy Briley Wickes Jr, Roebuck Brill, and Frederick F Welson Jr also ordered to Ft. Bann by the county. M. Hardy, 15 Ww. Whitlock, and James Hunter Bolen of Parkway were called by the county.
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Uni States
County Draft Board
Ft. Geo. Meade
Winchester Board
Roy Briley Wickes, Jr
Oe Roebuck Brill
Frederick F Welson
Ft. Bann
M. Hardy
Whitlock
James Hunter Bolen
Parkway
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Howard Hart
Max Schmelling
Pontiff
Carl Campbell
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Red Cross
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U. S
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Czech Pass
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