Major Wardensville Fire Destroys Nine Buildings
A dawn blaze in Wardensville Hardy county West Virginia destroyed nine structures including the White Star Restaurant and three story apartment building. Damage pegged around $100 000 with several other buildings damaged. Fire started in the restaurant basement and spread rapidly as volunteers fought the flames before fire units arrived.
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Wardensville
W. Va
Hardy County
White Star
C. J. Lee
John Snyder
Lynn
Roy Orndorff
Lutheran Church Parsonage
Orndorff
Wardensville Telephone Exchange
B. C. Orndorff
Winchester Isling Corporation
L. M. Walker
Carrie i
J. N. Baker
Lee
Dorie Theater
C. E. Dellinger
Moorefield
Strasburg
Edinburg
Bombers Actively Coordinating With Red Army in Balkans
Allied bombers increasingly coordinate with the Red Army as they strike Romania Bucharest and Ploesti. A Navy-AP report from Naples notes uncertainty over American air liaison officers joining Soviet missions yet highlights the wartime need for synchronized operations to avoid clashes and hit Balkans targets from Italy.
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London
Russia
Red Army
Balkans
Romania
Bucharest
Ploesti
Mediterranean
Red Armies
Naples
Associated Press
Daniel de Lace
Italy
Senator seeks Senate probe of Miss Kellems actions
Senator Reed called for a Senate investigation into allegations of unpatriotic conduct by Vivien Kellems 46 a West Port Connecticut war plant operator and into her counter charges that her mail was tampered Reed proposed inquiry by the Senate Post Offices and Post Roads Committee and the Justice FBI State Department and other departments to probe possible illegal or seditious activities by Kellems The move follows House claims that Kellems made seditious speeches about tax policies and correspondence with Count Von Zedlitz labeled a Nazi agent
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Washington
Reed
R.-Kans
Senate
Vivien Kellems
West Port
Conn
Senate Post Office Committee
Senate Committee On Post Offices
Senate Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
Department of Justice
FBI
Department of State
Miss Kellems
Rep. Coffee
D.wash
Worst Strike Year Since 1926 Looms For Britain
British labor unrest worsened during 1944 with over 1,000,000 work days lost. March strikes totaled 125,000 miners in South Wales and Monmouthshire, and 90,000 in Yorkshire, disrupting war production. Maj. Gwilym Lloyd George warned Parliament of the impact as unauthorized walkouts continued despite wartime controls.
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London
Britain
South Wales
Monmouthshire
Yorkshire
Gwilym Lloyd George
House of Commons
York
Air Forces Pummel Nazi Targets in Italy and Balkans
Allied air units struck a German airfield in Zagreb while fighting raged along Italian fronts. The 15th Air Force reported 16 German planes shot down over northern Yugoslavia and three heavy bombers lost. In the Anzio area German guns threatened the beachhead, but Allied artillery and tanks attacked enemy positions. A separate flight targeted Banja Luka, destroying many planes on the ground.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Naples
U. S
15Th Air Force
Balkan
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Anzio
Carroceto
Fifth Army
Associated Press
Kenneth L. Dixon
Rome
Anzio Bay
Dixon
Cassino
Banja Luka
Sarajevo
MA Winchester's Blood Donation Message
Carl H. Claudy Jr presents a wartime tribute as MA Winchester speaks of donating blood with pride and tenderness. He reflects on fallen school friends lost to war and prays his gift may aid others while lamenting one missing comrade.
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Carl H. Claudy, Jr
Wives urged to guard stamps in wartime ration books
The Office of Price Administration urged housewives to protect ration books as replacements are limited. Book Four lasts about three times longer than earlier books, airplane stamp 1 for shoes remains valid in Book Three, and other stamps may be designated later. Book One will be withdrawn when shoe stamp 18 expires April 30.
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Washington
Office of Price
OPA
Death Comes To Mr. Diffenderfer At Ninety-Two
Lewis McKim Diffenderfer aged ninety two died at his home 502 South Cameron Street after a brief illness. Born December 25 1852 in Winchester he spent a lifetime in the community. He was active in Market Street Methodist Church and the Rouss Fire Company and leaves a daughter Eliza and three nieces and a nephew. Funeral at 3 30 Sunday from his home with interment in Mount Hebron.
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Lewis McKim Diffenderfer
South
Cameron Street
Christmas
Mr. Diffenderfer
John W
Eliza Harry Diffenderfer
Winchester
Diffenderfer
Ob Span
Market Street Methodist Church
Rouss Fire Company
Ida Anderson
George Anderson
Eliza Diffenderfer
J. Frank Lindergreen
Winter Park
Fla
R. Frank Barr
John Smith
John Diffenderfer
Baltimore
Sarah Zane Fire Co regular meeting announced
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co. will be held Friday evening April 7 at 8 P.M. All members are urged to attend. Pat's Beauty Salon opens for business.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
Loryn M. Crabili
Bingo Night at Rouss Fire Hall Opens Fridays
Every Friday at 8:30 PM bingo is held at the Rouss Fire Hall announcing weekly play and venue to the community.
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Rouss
Japanese Probing Deeper In India
Japanese jungle detachments push 35 to 50 miles from the Bengal Assam railway toward Stilwell’s northern Burma offensive and China air supply routes. Imphal remains cut off as Allied forces press patrols west of the Imphal Kohima road and repel isolated attacks.
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New Delhi
Bengal-Assam
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
China
Imphal
Kohima
New
Delhi
Imphal-Kohima
India
Southeast Asia Command
Chindwin River
Fourteenth Army
Tem plars Service Broadcast From Arlington Easter Morning
Easter Sunday sunrise service by the Knights Templar at the Unknown Soldier tomb in Arlington Cemetery will be broadcast nationwide on the Columbia System from 7 30 to 8 15. Gen Pershing and Gen Marshall expect to attend. Pershing to place a Templar wreath on the tomb and Marshall to deliver a victory prayer. Bishop Oliver J Hart to preach the sermon.
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Knights Templar
Arlington Cemetery
Columbia
Winchester
George C. Marshall
Army
John J. Pershing
Pershing
Marshall
Oliver J. Hart
Episcopal Diocese of
Pennsylvania
Republicans Organize In City Win chester Delegates Elected for District
A City Republican meeting in Winchester elected delegates to the Harrisonburg District Convention to be held tomorrow and to the Roanoke State Convention on April 15. Delegates include W. O. Grove and H. Russell Potts with a long list of alternates. Howell Bond was named chairman with A C Halvosa as vice chairman and Mrs. W R Talbert as women's VP. The treasurer position and city precinct posts to be filled later.
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Republican Party of
Winchester
Harrisonburg
W. O. Grove
Peachy Hockman
H. Russell Potts
A. C. Halvosa
E. P. Browning
Roy A. Larrick
Robert A. Grim
Miller Streit
W. H. Kline
Boyd H. Hamman
Ernest Carper
H. B. Garber
E. C. Parker
Ruth Thomas
Walter Talbert
Ray Robinson, Jr
Arthur Robinson
J. H. Yost
John Glover
Robert Grove
Claude Grim
Charles Anderson
Eugene Cooper
J. H. Myers
Joe Kalbach
Brady Largent
Roy Duvall
Harry Willis
Scott Atkinson
Delmar Robinson
W. H. McIlwee
Gladys Haldeman
Charles Garber
Alvin Haines
Jerry Welch
Walter
World At War Highlights From The Front
Germans fight to hold Odessa at any cost as Russians push forward. Tarnopol siege attempts fail for Nazi forces. U S heavy bombers strike Zagreb airport while Italian fronts stall. Allies repel Japanese assaults in Imphal sector as Fourteenth Army holds key roads. Hollandia wrecked by Allied raids. Truk hit again. Mosquito bombers strike Hamburg Ruhr Rhineland as German battleship suffers damage.
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Associated Press
Russia
Odessa
Tarnopol
Bradley to American officers before invasion
Lt General Omar N Bradley told American officers in England that rumors of large invasion losses are tommyrot and pledged confidence in naval, air power, and troops. He cited Tunisia losses of three to four per thousand as a contrast and urged resolve and leadership in the coming assault.
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James F. King
England
Omar N. Bradley
Europe
United Kingdom
Barnum and Bailey
Tommyrot
Navy air crewman lauds teamwork aboard USS carrier
Carl L. Campbell, First Class Petty Officer, addressed the Rotary Club about combat aboard a major American aircraft carrier. He recounted Africa and Pacific campaigns including Truk bombardment and Tarawa, praising crew cooperation and courage while noting dangers from Japanese planes and thrilling events witnessed at sea.
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Carl L. Campbell
United States Navy
Rotary Club
Uncle Sam
Carl
Africa
Pacific
Truk
Tarawa
Charles Harper
Winchester
Speaker
W. Nelson Page
Rotarians
Wilkie silent on future plans after campaign tour
Wendell Willkie returned to New York from a campaign tour and declined to elaborate on his political future. He said his Omaha statement withdrawing his candidacy was comprehensive and would not be amended. He planned to devote time to his law practice in New York and avoided answering questions about Dewey.
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New York
Wendell Wilkie
Grand Central Station
Wilkie
Omaha
Thomas E. Dewey
Grand Central Terminal
Wisconsin
Wilsow
For Sale Upright Baldwin Piano
For sale upright Baldwin piano in first class shape listed by Clowser Transfer at 216 N Loudoun. Contact details not provided.
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Baldwin
Loudoun
New Guinea Air Raids Indicate Westward Push
A 250 plane raid against Hollandia Dutch New Guinea shows Allied air power moving westward in the Pacific. The attack dropped 320 tons of bombs and 250000 rounds of ammunition on Wednesday after a 400 ton strike Sunday. No enemy planes opposed the raid. Fires were set in fuel dumps and a ship in harbor was set ablaze. MacArthur reports the fighting continues with heavy air activity in the theater.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Japan
Pacific Theater
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Wewak
Douglas MacArthur
Shady Rest Square Dance Announcement
Shady Rest hosts square dances every Thursday Saturday and Sunday with music by Woody Carlisle. tf code indicates schedule notes.
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Shady Rest Square Dance
Woody Carlisle
Eagles Notice Calls Delegates to April Meeting
All past and newly elected delegates to the state are urged to attend the meeting on Tuesday night April 11 at 8 PM. Secretary (4-T-1Ip-1t).
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Pgm
Effort To Lift Tarnapol Siege Appears Futile
Russian and German forces clash around Tarnopol and Odessa fronts. Soviet offensives under Zhukov and Malinovsky push toward encirclement, with fierce street fighting and heavy losses reported as German attempts to rescue garrisons falter.
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Tarnapol
Tarnopol
Mars Gregory K. Zhukov
Zhukov
Skala
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Odessa
Razdelnaya
Black Sea
Malinovsky
Attorneys Seek Affidavits In City Concerning Walker
A colored attorney was in the city yesterday securing affidavits related to the Howard Walker case. Walker, a condemned man scheduled for execution April 28, faces possible stay efforts as his lawyers challenge his mental responsibility. A fundraising drive among the colored community is reported for Walker’s defense.
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City
Walker
Howard Walker
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