Encirclement of Vienna Finished by Red Forces
Soviet front dispatches report the completion of the encirclement of Vienna by Malinovsky’s forces. German troops were driven from the eastern Vienna garrison with shelling and hand to hand fighting, as Reds tightened the crescent between the Danube and the canal.
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Vienna
Red
London
Moscow
Rodion Malinovsky
Moravia
Bruenn
Brno
Oder River
Breslau
Richthofen
Silesian
Danube
Danube River
Danube Canal
Leonoidetadt
Brigittenau
Prater
Reichsbruecke
Florisdorf
Malinovsky
Leopoldstadt
Highlights Of World At War
Nine Allied armies push through collapsing resistance on the Western Front with advances toward the Russian lines. Soviet forces tighten around Vienna area as Germans retreat from the Austrian capital. British and American troops seize Lugo and Masa, while Pacific actions include Jolo landings and Okinawa advances. Chinese forces push northwestern Honan and northwest toward the Shan states in Burma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austrian
Bratislava
Pacific
Jolo
Sulu
Okinawa
Mank
Honan
Siitisa
Burma
Shan States
Battle not out for Governor battle Virginia candidate quits
State Senator John 5. Battle said he will not be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Virginia in the August primary. He praised supporters but stated he is not now nor does he expect to be a candidate.
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Charlottesvile
John 5
Battle
Virginia
Winchester merchants vote to close Wednesdays in summer
The Winchester Merchants Association voted 24 to 4 to close stores at noon on Wednesdays in June July and August. Regular hours end at 5 pm other days, with Saturday hours to 9 pm. New officers include W Ralph Pifer president and R S Jordan vice president. Holiday observances list July 4 Labor Day Thanksgiving Christmas New Year Memorial Day and Confederate Memorial Day noon closure on June 6 and Armistice Day observance Monday 10:30 to 12:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Merchants’ Association
W. Ralph Pifer
R. Strader
R. S. Jordan
Andrew Bell
Evelyn Grimes
J. R. Poland
Perfectior’ Garments Company
Martinsburg
Allen Gray
Earl Clowser
E. T. Hand
Frederick Say School Board Reappoints Superintendent Kline
In special session the Frederick Say School Board reappointed Leslie D. Kline as division superintendent, noting his 1917 start and prior roles in Clarke county and Winchester. The board also named 66 teachers for the 1945-46 term across Gore Gainesboro Middletown and Stephens City assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Say School
Boad
Leslie D. Kline
Kline
Clarke County
City of
Winchester
Gore—Paul Beable
Clementine L. Ward
Mary Jane
Pauline Norris
Carrie Brumback
Louise Jenkins
Mildred Gordon
Sadie Shull
Caroline Hickerson
Mary Maphis
Myrtie Rhodes
Oneta Shipe
Stephens City
Robert E. Ayler
James C. Gordon
Evelyn Good
Anna Lee Eastep
Pauline Rhodes
Virginia Estep
Ida Samsel
Ruth Samsel
Martha Punk
Kathleen Swing
Bertha Stickley
Mar
British Advance Seven Miles In Italian Theater
British Eighth Army tanks lead the drive across the Senio River capturing Lugo Busignano and Cotignola in the opening phase of a seven mile advance along the Ravenna Bologna corridor. Fifth Army clears Hub Massa and advances toward La Spezia as New Zealanders play a key role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lugo
Senio
Massa
la Spezia
Rome
Eighth Army
Busignano
Cotignola
Ravenna
Bologna
Fifth
Italy
Fifth Army
Po Valley
Rimini
Forli
Packy Orndorff, Stephens City Sailor, Dies in Pacific
Paxton Wood Orndorff Seaman 2 C U S Navy died April 6 1945 while serving on Manus Island in the Pacific. Born August 3 1926 he was a Stephens City High School standout and popular baseball pitcher who enlisted in the Naval Reserve after graduation. He is survived by his parents and a brother. Burial at sea or locally was considered possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Wood Orndorff
Stephens City
Navy Department
Paxton Wood Orndorff
Navy Magazine Department
Manus Island
Admiralty
Pacific
Seaman Orndorff
Orndorff
Packy
Naval Reserve
Bainbridge
Camp Shoemaker
Calif
Methodist Church
Norbert Gregory Orndorff
J. H. Orndorf
Swift Moving First Troopers Sweep Plains to 120 Miles From Russians
A rapid advance sends the lead troopers across the plains toward a point about 120 miles from the Russian lines. Other units push toward a juncture with Red forces as the front tightens.
Allied armies surge toward Berlin from Ruhr and Thuringia
American Ninth Army closed to within 90 to 100 miles of Berlin after capturing Essen and pressing toward Brunswick with armored divisions. The Fourth Armored Division and First Army pursued rapid advances across central Germany while Eisenhower warned of collapsing German resistance in the west and Bradley's forces neared Leipzig.
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Paris
Ninth Army
Berlin
Essen
Brunswick
U.S
Third Army
Fourth Armored
Germany
Ninth
Ruhr
First
Thuringian
Harz
Krupp Works
Hitler
Krupp Munitions and Iron Works
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Supreme
Old Hickory
Hell On Wheels
Oker
Fifth Armored
Leland S. Hobbs
Hermann Goering Steel Works
Saltzgitter
Nordhaven
Eisenhower
West
Elbe
Elbe River
Magdeburg
Oder River
Omar Bradley
Leipzig
Saxony
Film by Clark Gable Shown at Fire Hall Tonight
Due to high demand two screenings of Combat America will be at Sarah Zane Fire Hall this evening at 7 30 and 9 00. Admission is free and the public is invited. The earlier hotel venue was canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gable
Maj. Clark Gable
America
Sarah
Citizens urged to observe Clean Out Your Closet Week
Frederick county clothing drive chairman Ralph Hengeveld urges residents to gather serviceable summer and winter clothing and blankets for overseas relief. Bundles should be taken to collection depots. items need not be cleaned. An appeal will be broadcast on the local radio station at 6 30 p m tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Ralph Hengeveld
Hengeveld
Help For Hapless May Be Delayed By Nazi
UNRRA warned that aid to liberated Europe may be slowed by pockets of Nazi resistance as military operations continue. The second quarterly report to Congress notes relief will come as forces ease up, with UNRRA aiding liberated lands to combat hunger and disease while people meet much of their own needs.
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Washington
UNRRA
Congress
Roosevelt
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United Nations
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Greece
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
United States
Men Report For Pre Induction Exams At Roanoke
Winchester men listed for pre induction physicals at Roanoke include Amos M Lew Raymond F Copes Francis W Whitehead Claude B Smaltz Jr Leonard L Rudacille Lewis A Barbour Maurice R Trenary Douglas E McFarland Hetzel E Oates Theodore M Myers Kenneth W Forney Lawrence de Long George A Haigh Joseph McCarty Michael A Russell William B Coffinberger Louis Dc Gilliam Fred G Smith Richard K Goode Luther S Baker Hamilton R Krane Howard O Allen Ralph V Embrey Charles Bompson F Summons Leslie Galliday Charles W Shade Preston D Payne James Burke Aubrey F Loy Medford M Pangle Edgar F Bennett William L Kendrick Maynard L Patterson George O DeHaven Raymond B Kendall. Fifty four more men from Frederick county Selective Service board were also sent. Names appeared in a recent issue of The Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Roanoke
Amos M. Lew
Raymond F. Copes
Francis W. Whitehead
Claude B. Smaltz, Jr
Leonard L. Rudacille
Lewis A. Barbour
Maurice R. Trenary
Douglas E. McFarland
Hetzel E. Oates
Theodore M. Myers
Kenneth W. Forney
Lawrence de Long
George A. Haigh
Joseph McCarty
Michael A. Russell
William B. Coffinberger
Louis Dc. Gilliam
Fred G. Smith
Richard K. Goode
Luther S. Baker
Hamilton R. Krane
Howard O. Allen
Ralph V. Embrey
Charles Bompson
F. Summons
Leslie Galliday
Charles W. Shade
Preston D. Payne
James Burke
Aubrey F. Loy
Medford M. Pangle
Edgar F. Bennett
Willam L. Kendrick
Maynard L. Patterson
George O. DeHaven
Raymond B. Kendall
Frederick County Selective Service Board
Siar
Skimpy Diet Triggers POW Strikes At Camp Lyndhurst
Two hundred forty eight German prisoners at Lyndhurst Branch Camp near Waynesboro ended a half day strike and returned to work after being placed on a bread and water diet Public Relations officers announced. Col A E Potts of Camp Pickett said the prisoners had received the prescribed diet for prisoners of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Pickett
Lyndhurst
Waynesboro
A. E. Potts
Allied Air War Routs Nazi Luftwaffe in Massive Bombing
About 2,150 U S heavy bombers and fighters swept across southern Germany targeting airfields rail yards and depots around Nuernberg Regensburg and Munich. German losses totaled 798 aircraft destroyed on the ground or in air and 63 beaten up over four days with 25 heavy bombers and 15 fighters lost by the U S Eighth Ninth Air Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.S
Germany
Nuernberg - Regensburg - Munich
Ingolstadt
Munich
Obertraubling
Kraiburg
Muhldorf
Freiham
Regensburg
Donauworth
Amburg
Luftwaffe
U. S. Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Leipzig
Plauen
Berlin
Fruit Damage In Virginia Frost Hits Citrus? Not Specified
Virginia reports extensive fruit damage from last week’s freeze with apples in the northern western and southwestern regions hardest hit and peach crops significantly reduced. Officials note expected smaller peach yields than early April forecasts and a statewide rain shortage while soils grow too hard to plow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Wiener’s Offers 20 Percent Off Coats and Suits
Local retailer Wiener’s advertises 20 percent discounts on coats and suits. The brief notice highlights sale items and dates, inviting customers to visit the shop for apparel bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiener
Counter Stabs Against Yanks Costing Japs Very Heavily
American infantrymen gained a foothold on a ridge near Kaka su on Okinawa as Japanese defenders mounted a stubborn counterattack. Tsugen Island fell to American forces, securing a harbor for supplies and positioning near Nakagusuku. Casualties rose, with 175 killed or wounded and 789 wounded by midweek, as Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge noted stronger Japanese artillery and heavy fighting along a 4 1/2 mile front toward Naha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Kaka~su
Okinawa
Tsugen Isle
Nakagusuku
Tsugen
Nuku Bay
Kazu
John R. Hodge
Pacific
Naha
Nazi airmen executed in March revolt crackdown
Headquarters reports 102 members of the German Air Force were executed on March 31 to quell an officer revolt. Among those named as executed is a general identified as Baber.
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Baber
British Sunk Nazi Pocket Battleship Admiral Sunk
Reconnaissance shows that the pocket battleship Admiral was sunk in an RAF attack on Kiel Naval base the night of April 9. The British Air Ministry announced the discovery today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiral
RAF
Kiel Naval Base
British
Air Ministry
City Cab Offers 24 Hour Service in Cork
24 hour taxi service advertised by City Cab in Cork with contact number 3602. Listing includes multiple code numbers for routing or rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Cab
W. Cork
Dial
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Richard Kasischke
Associated Press
Western Front
Hannover
Hamburg
Merchants’ Association
Board
Fortes
Brunswick Aircraft Center
Bulletins
James M. Long
Henry B. Jameson
Leif Erickson
Ley & Carper
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