Invasion of Okinawa Opens Pacific Sea War Front
U S forces landed on Okinawa early Easter morning around Katena on the western shore quickly taking two airfields and several villages. Admiral Nimitz said the operation is decisive but warns Japan must be conquered. Buckner called it the most valuable island yet invaded as forces push inland toward prepared Japanese positions. The capture gives airfields and extends control in the East China Sea and tightens the blockade around Japan.
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U. S. Tenth Army
Okinawa
Japan
Little Anchorage
Chester W. Nimitz
Katena
Nimitz
Simon Bolivar Buckner
10Th Army
34Th
Pacific
Buckner
Richmond Kelly Turner
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Formosa
Luzon
Coaast Ku Bay
Third Army Crashes Kassel Berlin-Bisect Drive Headline
Allied forces press a massive advance across Germany with the Ninth Army crossing far beyond the Rhine and the Third Army driving into Kassel and Fulda. The First and Ninth arm ies trap 21 German divisions in the Ruhr while Montgomery’s forces push toward northern ports.
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Rhine
Kassel
Paris
Ruhr
Holland
Ninth
Germany
Fulda
Berlin
Lengerich
Muenster
Hamburg
Bremen
Montgomery
21St Army Group
Westphalian
Rheine
Enschede
Gronau
Zutphen- Enschede
Walther von Model
15Th
First Parachute Army
Volkssturm
Volksgrenadier
Model
Seventh
Nuernberg
Stuttgart
Leipzig
Czechoslovakia
Wilhelmshaven
Ems River
Johannes Blaskowitz
U. S. Ninth Army
Emscher Canal
Duisburg
Dortmund-Ems
Kiel Canal
Reich
Third
Omar N. Bradley
Eisenach
George 8. Patton
Bavarian Alps
Hitler
Supreme Headquarters
Army B Group
Odgen
Eisenhower
Byrnes Resigns as War Mobilizer. Vinson to Succeed
President Roosevelt accepted James F. Byrnes resignation as director of War Mobilization and Reconversion and named Fred M. Vinson to replace him. Byrnes will stay until Vinson’s Senate approval, then will assume new duties. Vinson previously led economic stabilization and has served on the D C Circuit Court of Appeals and as Kentucky representative.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
Byrnes
Vinson
Senate
Congress
Germany
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Kentucky
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Japanese Army Orders Atrocity Slaughter in Manila
Captured Japanese documents from Manila battle indicate orders to kill civilians in the intramuros district. A February 13 message instructed mass execution of all non Japanese while protecting Japanese personnel. A February 8 directive told crews to gather Filipinos in houses for disposal to avoid manpower and ammunition waste.
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Manila
U. S. Army
14Th Corps
Kobayashi Group
Intramuros
Red Spearhead Nearer Vienna as Russians Press Drive
Soviet forces push toward Vienna from the east and south with Tolbukhin and Malinovsky advancing near Wiener Neustadt Bratislava and Lanschutz. Prisoner surrender tops 32,000 as Glogau falls and a massive assault on Stettin is reported.
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Vienna
Feodor J. Tolbukhin
Sopron
Menseidler See
Wiener Neustadt
Lietha Mountains
Italy
Bratislava
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Karpaty Mountains
Trnava
Slovakia
Lanschutz
Szenc
Tolbukhin
Malinovsky
Danube
Heland
Easter in Winchester Brims With Peaceful Faith
The Grace Lutheran chimes opened an Easter morning marked by solemnity and prayer. Churches reported full attendance as residents traveled by auto to services and hoped for lasting peace on earth before the next Easter. About 2,000 local youths were away from home during the holiday.
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Grace Lutheran
Old Time Box Social at George Washington Hotel
A local box social hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW No. 2123 at the George Washington Hotel on Tuesday night April 3. Auctions begin at 7 o clock and the public is invited to attend.
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George Washington Hotel
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Massive Floods and Storms Leave Deaths Across Deep South
Floods tornadoes and tidal waves kill at least eight and leave hundreds homeless across the deep south. A three foot Gulf tide floods 30 blocks in Morgan City Louisiana while Mobile Alabama reports a drowning. Tornadoes destroy homes in Caney and Mangla. Red Cross sets flood refugee camps as more rain falls.
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Associated Press
Deep South
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Chafalaya
Morgan City
Mobile
Ala
Mobile Bay
Caney
Mang la
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Red Cross
Louisiana
Erath
Nippon Broadcast Warns Of Invasion as Okinawa Strikes
San Francisco April 2. A Japanese radio broadcast viewed Okinawa invasion as near and fatal to the nation, noting steady American progress since Guadalcanal and possible mainland landings. A Comei report claimed 15 B-29s shot down in a pre dawn Tokyo raid with 200 plus planes from Guam attacking Nakamima Mushashino plant.
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San Francisco
Okinawa
Federal Communications Commission
Guadalcanal
Japan
China
Comei
Tokyo
Guam
Nakamima-Mushashino
No German Bomb Has Hit England Since Thursday
London reports no V bomb landings in England from Friday dawn to Saturday dawn marking the first 24 hour raidless period since February. Officials note withdrawals from northern Holland and the closing of launch sites, while cautioning against premature declarations of an end to the terror.
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Henry B. Jameson
London
Great Britain
England
Holland
High Command
Hitler
Normandy
1945 Auto Tag Sales Reach 2,860 Units
Andrew Bell reports 2,860 1945 auto tags sold after a slow start, totaling 39,425.60 dollars for 15 days. Last year 2,826 licenses brought 37,817.35 dollars. The largest single day receipts were 4,460.35 dollars last Wednesday and 313 tags sold on Saturday. April 15 is the license deadline.
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Andrew Bell
Bell
Guardsmen Stand Federal Inspection
Captain W A Baker of Company 115 Virginia State Guard reported satisfaction with his unit's two part inspection. The Friday night drill tested close order, guard duty, bayonet work, chemical warfare, first aid and submachine gun instruction under Lt. Col Raymond Goodridge and Maj Reamer Gillen with observers from U S Army and National Guard Bureau.
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W. A. Baker
Virginia State Guard
Raymond E. Goodridge
AUS Sr. State Guard
Reamer G. Gillen
AUS
William D. Smith
P. Rudson
Richmond
Edwin V. Condon
National Guard Bureau
War Department
Washington, D. C
Vernon B. Vaden
Washington
John Butler
Va. State Guard
Robert Beeton
Bruce Wallen
11Th Battalion
March Temperatures Show Extreme Variability In Brief Month
The article notes a windy mild March with unseasonable warmth and blossoms early. It records eight days above 80, three at 88, and eight days below freezing, including a low of 27 at Winchester Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Winchester Victory Passes Tests in Chesapeake Bay Trial
The Winchester Victory, an 455 foot cargo carrier built for war and peace, passed a rigorous 27 March trial in Chesapeake Bay. A Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard crew conducted six hour endurance runs, crash stops, anchor and rudder tests, and full speed astern checks before Maritime Commission inspectors and the shipyard’s officials. The vessel delivered to the Maritime Commission will be operated by J. H. Winchester Company under Captain R. M. Watson and Chief Engineer D. Shackleford.
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The
Star
Baltimore
Winchester
Virginia
Winchester Victory
Chesapeake Bay
Bethlehem Fairfield
Maritime Commission
Maritime C Is
United States Maritime Commission
J. H. Winchester Company
R. M. Watson
D. Shackleford
Pfc Harry Denny Dies in Germany Accident
A World War II letter to Mrs. Joseph Denny from Chaplain Merton B. Green details the death of her son Private First Class Harry R. Denny in Germany on March 8 1945. Denny of B Battery 153d Field Artillery Battalion was killed when a tractor slipped on a wet brick road and overturned trapping him. He reportedly died instantly and did not suffer.
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Joseph Denny
Wolfe Street
Harry R. Denny
Germany
Merton B. Green
Denny
Field Artillery
Harry
Diplomats Race to Avert Breakover Over Polish NATO Seat
U S diplomats push toward a quick resolution with Russia over Polish participation in the San Francisco United Nations Conference. Poland’s Warsaw regime and representation at the talks spark a bid to avoid delays beyond April 25, with Moscow insisting on recognizing the current government.
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Washington
United States
Russia
San Francisco
Yalta
Cour
United
Warsaw
Poland
Hore
Moscow
Britain
Winchester Volunteer Firemen to Meet Monday
The Winchester Volunteer Firemen's Association schedules its regular meeting for Monday evening April 2 at 8 o'clock. All firemen urged to attend, especially officers of the four companies. W. E. Argenbright, Chief.
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South End Hall
Winchester Vlunteer Firemen's Association
W. E. Argenbright
Keffer to be Installed VFW Commander in Winchester
J E Keffer well known city merchant will be installed commander of Winchester Post Veterans of Foreign Wars at 3 o clock tomorrow night at George Washington Hotel Other newly elected officers to be installed by State Quartermaster Adjutant W Woodall are R W Earle vice commander Philip H Fowle junior vice commander Capt D M Sprinkle quartermaster W W Baker trustee and H B Sydnor chaplain The VFW meeting and install follow.
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J. E. Keffer
Winchester Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
George Washington
W. Woodall
R. W. Earle
Philip H. Fowle
D. M. Sprinkle
W. W. Baker
H. &. Sydnor
VPW
Wanted Presser Contracts Offered for Williamsport Deliveries
Help wanted notice from Pingley and Cat for cleanings with a tar bark delivery contract to Williamsport Maryland. Oates will tar bark this season at a rate of 18 dollars per short ton. Applicants should come to the office to receive contracts.
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Pingley & Cat
I. A. C. Oates
Williamsport
South End Fire Company Meeting Tonight at 7 30
The South End Fire Company holds its regular meeting this evening at 7 30. All members are urged to attend. Howard Hart, Captain.
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South End. Fire Company
South End Fire Company
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East China Sea
Noose
West
James M. Long
By Fred Hampson
Ind
Stettin
Eddy Gilmore
Neudorffl
Messerschmitt
Austria
Stalin
Oder River
Glogau
Breslau
Baltic
East Prussia
March
Lion
Pfc
Harry Denny
John M. Hightower
State Department
J. E. Keffer New
VFW
Miller Chemical Corp
Howard Hart
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