Japanese Cabinet Falls as Koiso Resigns En Bloc
Tokyo reports Gen Kuniaki Koiso and his entire cabinet offer resignation in response to the war crisis. Emperor Hirohito names Admiral Suzuki Kantaro to form a new council amid mounting defeats including the Okinawa invasion threat.
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Tokyo
Weser
Prussian
Hannover
London
Kuniaki Koiso
Hirohito
Baron Kantaro, Suzuki
Privy Council
Koiso
Okinawa
Domei Agency
Suzuki
San Francisco
Tokyo Home Radio
Federal Communications Communications Commission
Board of Information Announcement
Domei
Imperial Palace
Fight Won Against Constructing Dams Editorial
The Potomac and Shenandoah dam proposals faced strong opposition at a Washington hearing with 1500 to 2000 attendees. Virginia West Virginia and Maryland lawmakers voiced opposition as did Mrs Durr sister in law of Chief Justice Black. The Board of Army Engineers rejected all 14 dams and the campaign may require Congressional action to revive.
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Washington
West
The
Washington Star
Department of Interior
Clarke County
Army
Durr
Justice Black
Arlington County
Virginia Committee of
One Hundred
New Dealers
Virginia
Byrd
Smith
West Virginia
Maryland
Robertson
Radcliffe
Roe
Tydings
Revercomb
Kilgore
Randolph
Board of Engineers
Potomac
Shenandoah
America
Board of Army Engineers
Ma Winchester backs proper V E Day observance plan
Ma Winchester urges veteran groups to organize a memorial service for V E Day with outdoor procession options. The Legion asks merchants and residents who have not bought an American flag to secure one, with orders via Bob Schenck at phone 202.
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the Legion
Bob Schenck
Masbate Island Falls to American Forces in Philippines
Masbate, a sugar rich island in the central Philippines, was seized by Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush’s 40th Division with guerrilla help. MacArthur said Japanese lifelines to the East Indies are severed by a chain of US air bases from Luzon to Tawitawi. Bombers also attacked Hong Kong, targeting Kowloon and Takioo docks, with 126 tons of bombs.
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Manila
Masbate
Philippine Island
Rapp Brush
Hong Kong
China Sea
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
East Indies
Luzon
Tawitawi
Sulu
Borneo
San Berardini Strait
Samar
Kowloon and
Takioo
Fire Hall Show Promises $300 in Prizes Thursday
Sarah Zane hosts an event at the Fire Hall on Thursday April 5 at 8 30 p m with $300 in prizes and additional awards noted. The listing mentions other prizes beyond the stated amount.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Public Sale for Anna Evans Personal Property
Public sale of Anna Evans personal property set for Friday April 6 1945 at 1 00 PM details appear in advertisement.
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Anna Evans
Public Sale of Ida Good Estate at Woodland Ave
Public sale on April 6 at 1 30 PM for the Ida Good estate 916 Woodland Avenue includes household goods and furniture. Proceeds go to satisfy debts and distribute remaining assets. Auction to be conducted at the residence with terms announced at the door.
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Woodland Ave
Ida Good
Stanley Won't Run For Governor
Stanley, speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, announced he will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor. Lieutenant Governor William M. Tuck is the only announced candidate for the August 7 primary. Stanley will not run for re election to the House from Henry and Martinsville.
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Stanleytown
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia House of Delegates
William M. Tuck
Halifax
Stanley
House
Henry and
Martinsville
Congress
Thomas G. Burch
Tuck
Democratic
United States
Harry F. Byrd
A. Willis Robe
Lexington
Clifton A. Woodrum
Roanoke
John 8. Battle
Charlottesville
William M. Neff
Abington
Battle
Neff
Colonial Kitchen Sells Ice Cream Only This Saturday
Colonial Kitchen will offer only ice cream this Saturday with no candy available. The店 notice specifies a limited sale day and product.
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Colonial Kitchen
Army Engineers Drop Potomac Dam Plan After Flood Control Review
Army engineers abandon a plan for 14 Potomac river dams after a review. Rep Beall expects more attention to reforestation and farming. The adverse report ends the major flood control project, with 176000 acres at risk if built.
Sarah Zane Fire Co Regular Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co will be held Friday April 6 at 8 p m All members are requested to be present Capt Loryn M Crabill signed this notice for the department
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
Loryn M. Crabill
Veterans groups plan V E Day memorial service in city
The Robert Y. Conrad Post of the American Legion and Winchester Post 2123 VFW will form plans for a V E Day observance in this city. They called for a solemn day of thanksgiving and a public memorial service for city and county men who died in the present conflict.
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Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Winchester Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legion
Legion Post
Iny
Ickes Seeks Government Seizure of Soft Coal Mines
Washington April 5 solid fuels administrator Ickes said he hopes for a wartime order seizing soft coal mines today after noting 13 blast furnaces of United States Steel Corp have shut down and 20 more will be down by tomorrow noon. He warned of a serious steel production interruption and urged immediate action.
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Washington
Solid Fuels
Ickes
United States Steel Corporation
War Labor Board
WLB
Urged To Attend VSG Meeting
Virginia State Guard Company 115 calls a regular meeting at the Winchester Armory Friday April 6 at 7 30 PM to discuss important business.
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Virginia State Guard
Winchester
Russians Press Into Greater Vienna in Major Tank Battles
London April 5 Russians fight toward Vienna as two Ukrainian and one other Soviet armies clash with German lines around the Austrian capital. They report capturing airfields near Baden and Schwechat while heavy tank engagements rage in Vienna’s suburbs and along the Liesing and Weizbach rivers.
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Austria
Hitler
Germany
Moscow
Baden
Schwechat
Vienna
Zowelfaing
Budapest
Weizbach
Rodio Malinovsky
Feodor Tolbukhin
Liesing
Deer Park
Zweelfaxing
Laae
Erlau
Rodaun
Inzersdorf
Perchtoldsdorf
Tolbukhin
Reiche
Nephew Is Killed In Luzon Action
Captain Barrett Langdon Tyler of the U S Army was killed on Luzon March 15. He served with the 43rd Artillery Division after training at Camp Blanding and Camp Shelby. A Williams College graduate and Hartford Theological Seminary alum, he earlier served as assistant rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Hartford. He is survived by his father, Rev. Dr. Barrett P. Tyler of Reinbeck New York and his wife.
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Barrett Langdon Tyler
U. S. Army
Luzon
Philippine Islands
John W. Rosenberger
43Rd Artillery
Southwest Pacific
Williams College
Hartford Theological Seminary
Trinity Episcopal Church
Hartford
Conn
Camp Blanding
Fla
Camp Shelby
Miss
Barrett P. Tyler
Reinbeck
N. Y
France
Non-Ration Shoes To Be Increased
The War Production Board announced plans to raise production of non rationed shoes to meet essential civilian needs. Aimed at offsetting leather shortfalls, the program targets gum ouch gabardine footwear and seeks about 150 million pairs of non leather shoes for the rest of the year.
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Washington
War Production Board
Repe
World War II Fronts Push To Key Frontiers
Western Front reports Britain and American forces along a 40 mile front near the Weser while Canadian units advance in Holland and the Third Army nears the Thuringian plain. Russian offensives push toward Vienna and Bratislava as German resistance collapses elsewhere. Italian front quiet with rising activity in Valle Comacchio. Pacific forces advance toward Haha and Okinawa with Marines flanking and airbase chains severing lines to the East Indies.
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Weser River
Holland
Third
Thuringian
Germany
Ruhr
Wuerzburg
Eisenhower Doubts Clean Nazi Surrender Possible
General Eisenhower told President Roosevelt that a clean-cut military surrender by Germany is unlikely. He foresees extended guerrilla warfare and suggests a proclamation may mark V E Day rather than a decisive German collapse. He warns German fragments will fight on, requiring massive force to suppress.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roosevelt
White House
Europe
Eisenhower
Louise's Beauty Salon Secures Help to Meet Demand
Louise's Beauty Salon adds staff to handle increased patron demand. An aid notice appears with a hotel contact and partial classified item references. The brief lists a George Washington Hotel phone number 5971 and a separate rental and job ad line for Miller Chemical Corp with a contact 4869 and a date-style tag.
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Louise
George Washington Hotel
Bombers Strike At Columns Of Fleeing Enemy
Allied air and ground forces pressed toward Berlin, driving toward the Elbe as Hannover and other key targets faced heavy bombardment. Four U.S. Ninth Army divisions and the British Second Army battered retreating Nazi columns from Hamelin toward Mainz and Elbe, with major cities like Hamm, Dortmund, and Wuerzburg reported near capture. The Third Army advanced toward Czechoslovakia, mopping up pockets and taking 16,454 prisoners as it neared the border.
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Paris
Weser
Hannover
Elbe
Berlin
U.S. Ninth Army
Second Army
Hamelin
Minden
Maiy
Plauen
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Leipzig
Jena
Brunswick
Berea
Ham
Hamm
Dortmund
Wuerzburg
Heilbronn
Seventh
Nuernberg
Karlsruhe
Stuttgart
Eisenach
Seincarmeres
Rouss Fire Co. Meeting Notice For April Sixth
The Charlie Rouss Fire Co regular monthly meeting is set for Friday evening April 6 at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. Dettra, President. Also an auction sale notice lists Cedar Grove household and kitchen items for sale Tuesday the 10th at 1 p.m., Lat. L. Hocksman.
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Cedar Grove
Winchester
R. Smith
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Aidiggat
Alps
Russia
Moscow Radio
Foreign Commission
Vyacheslav Molotov
Great Britain
Molotov
Soviet Union
US. S. R
U. S
U S. R
San
Francisco
Nao
Take Sato
Rus
Sugar Isle
Donald Sanders
Potomac River
Army Engineers
Rep
Beall
R.md
Engineers’ Board For Rivers and Harbors
John J. Kingman
D.-Va
Waynesboro
Savage River
District of Columbia
R.W. Va
Easten Panhandle
VSG
Greater
By Richard Kasischeke
Danube
Bratislava
Russola
Associated Press
Red Army
Hungary
Valle Comacchio
Amercans
Haha
Ums MacArthur
Gen. Eisenhower
Miller Chemical Corp
James M. Long
North Sea
Hamburg
L. L. Hocks
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