Red Army carved Crimea advances in six day drive
Soviet forces seized Yevpatoriya and Feodosiyya in Crimea as Marshal Stalin announced in two orders of the day. Tolbukhin and Yeremenko led tank and infantry blows toward Simferopol while other armies captured Tiraspol and Falti ceni and closed on Ploesti. The Black Sea Fleet Air Force aided by blasting ports as Axis defenses crumbled.
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London
Red Army
Crimea
Yevpatoriya
Sevastopol
Iya
Joseph Stalin
Feodosiyya
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Akmanai
Moscow
Tiraspol
Odessa
Falticeni
Cernauti
Ploesti
Reda
Skala
Dmestr
Black Fleet
Black Sea Fleet
Constanta
Black Sea
Clifford Grim Elected Vice President of Handley Board
Clifford D. Grim, long time Handley Board member and owner manager of the Hansbrough and Carter interests, was elected vice-president of the Handley Board of Trustees succeeding the late Maurice M. Lynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Grim New
Handley Board
Clifford D. Grim
Handley Board of Trustees
Maurice M. Lynch
Grim
Hansbrough and
Carter
Nazis Stage Raid Over England
German raiders swept southeast England and London areas last night. An official statement reported a small number of casualties and property damage with limited impact on the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Home Counties
Greater London
Gay
Two Serve Time For Sugar Thefts In Court
In Corporation Court Judge Burrie arraigned Harrison, Baker, Finchum, Reid Finchum, and George Clark on sugar theft charges from National Fruit Product Co. Baker and Finchum received two year suspended sentences with ten years probation and court costs. Arthur Gaithers was arraigned but awaiting medical clearance before sentencing. No date set for further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrie
Harrison
Carl D. Baker
Sulphur Spring Road
John Reid Finchum
East Water Street
George M. Finchum
George Clark
Siven
Arthur G. Gaithers
Hull Backs St Lawrence Seaway Plan for Postwar Era
Secretary of State Hull endorsed quick congressional approval of a 421.6 million dollar St Lawrence seaway and hydroelectric project after the war. Senator Bailey urged treaty passage. Aiken warned a treaty needs two thirds, and the Senate rejected the project in treaty form in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
Congressiona
St. Lawrence Seaway
Bailey
D-Nc
Senate Commerce Committee
United States
Canada
Aiken
Senate
St. Lawrence
Evanue Beauty Shoppe Opens Under Miss Madeline Davis
The Evanue Beauty Shoppe opens at 113 W. Monmouth St. operated by Miss Madeline Davis. Patronage is welcomed as the new business begins serving customers with contact listed at phone 3777.
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Evanue Beauty
Madeline Davis
Evanue Beauty Shoppe
Monmouth St
Rouss Fire Co. Meeting Notice
The Charlie Rouss Fire Co. will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday evening April 13 at 8 oclock. Members are urged to attend for standard business and updates.
Parker Named Vice-President At Mid-Atlantic Promenade
Edwin C. Parker Grand Chef de Gare of Virginia was elected 1st Vice President of the Mid-Atlantic Promenade held at Grove Park Inn in Asheville North Carolina April 8 9 10 The organization includes 12 Grand Voitures with DC Alabama Delaware Florida Georgia Kentucky Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia Ralph Dowd elected president Harryman Avocat Nationale from Tennessee elected 2nd vice president Clarence E Smith elected secretary Three Voyageurs James Hollingsworth Henry Shobe Francis Guage elected to Executive Committee Mrs Parker accompanied Parker on the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin C. Parker
G&re
Virginia
Asheville
North Carolina
Ae Grove Park Inn
Mid-Atlantic Promenade
District of Columbia
Alabama
Delaware
Dist
James Hollingsworth
South Carolina
Henry Shobe
Tennessee
Francis Guage
Parker
Mother and four children perish in Brady's Run fire
Beaver Falls on April 13 reports a house fire at the Franklin McMaster home in Brady's Run that killed mother Florence agdsnueen 34 and children Sally 8 Jane 4 months Jack 6 and William. Father suffered burns while trying to rescue them. Jacob 13 escaped unscathed.
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Beaver Falls
Franklin McMaster
Florence Agdsnueen
Sally
Jane
Jack
William
Beaver Valley General Hospital
Jacob
MacArthur Rejects Sweep Talk in Presidential Nominations
Gen Douglas MacArthur replies to Rep A L Miller saying he does not anticipate winning the Republican nomination or carrying every state. He warns against internal conditions mirroring external threats and lauds the American people if given truthful information.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Rep
A. L. Miller
R.neb
Southwest Pacific
House
MacArthur
Miller
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Public urged to volunteer as blood drive faces cancellations
The Winchester seventh blood donor clinic risks failing without 75 new volunteers after over forty appointment cancellations due to colds. Mrs. H. R. Kern Jr. and Prof. Garland R. Quarles appealed in theaters for reserves, with Red Cross staff at headquarters offering registration and details from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. daily.
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Winchester
H. R. Kern, Jr
Garland R. Quarles
Stewart Bell, Jr
Srvice
Frige
E. E. Harbaugh
Red Cross Volunteer Services
Peoples Drug Store
Red Cross
Oil Sales Startup Formats Its Independent Venture
A note states the author has started an independent oil business and invites friends to support the new venture. It mentions self employment and a shift to direct selling without detailing products or locations.
Farm and Poultry Fencing Barbed Wire Ad
Sears Catalog Shopping Service offers barbed wire fencing in 12 percent gauge 4 point 14 gauge 2 point. Order via SEARS at 121 S. Loudoun St. Dial 4101.
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SEARS
S. Loudoun St
Dial
Japs Improve Positions In Imphal Zone
Japanese forces edge around Imphal northwest and southwest, with hill positions seized in hand to hand fighting. Comet reports say airfield thrusts near Imphal and other advances nine to twelve miles away as British Indian troops defend key points along Bishenpur and Silchar routes.
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Washington
Stimson
Imphal
Kohima
New Delhi
Manipur
India
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Tokyo
Sengmai
Eee Pee
Dse
Palel
Moirang
Domei
Bishenpur-Silchar
Silchar
German claim of new secret weapon chills London
London reports a German broadcast from Radio Nation alleging a secret weapon that fires a chemical projectile freezing everything within 500 yards to 332 degrees below zero. The claim says it would kill all within range and topple steel and concrete. British officials dismissed the iceberg tale as a false pretense.
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London
Radio Nation
Britain
Channel
North Sea
Thames Estuary
Pilot Kenneth Bohrer Killed in California
Lt Kenneth Bohrer 25 son of Mr and Mrs Clarence L Bohrer Cumberland Md killed in California according to War Department reports He was a pilot who received his wings last summer His mother formerly Miss Muriel Lanham of Winchester Surviving relatives include extended connections in Cumberland Winchester and Reynolds Store Funeral plans possibly in Cumberland and body to be interred at Mt Hebron Cemetery
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Clarence L. Bohrer
Cumberland
War Department
Kenneth Bohrer
California
Muriel Lanham
Winchester
Calvin Martin
Inda Fawcett
Ray Bohrer
Harley Place
Reynolds Store
Mt. Hebron
Ceme
RAF Bombs Hit Budapest Rail Hubs in Allied Raid
Allied air forces struck Budapest and surrounding rail yards with two ton blockbusters to disrupt German supply lines to the Russian front. American and RAF raids damaged Wiener Neustadt and Fischamend Markt in Austria, with heavy anti aircraft fire and several air battles over the targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Heinzerling
Naples
Wiener Neustadt
Bad Voslau
Pischamend Markt
Austria
U. S
Mediterranean Air Force
Rome
Yugoslavia
Budapest
Germany
Balkans
Vienna
Fischamend Markt
Central
Italy
Riviera
Albenga
Var River
Imperia
Imperia Was Missed. Liberators
Zagreb
Used electric appliances wanted for cash at store
Ed Molden Electrical Appliance Store seeks used electric appliances for top cash payment. Located at 15 8S Loudoun. Phone 5702. Notice dated Tuesday. Advertised for Tuesdays and Thursdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Molden
Loudoun
Potomac Edison Auction of Shares at County Court House
Potomac Edison conducts a sale of a few shares on Saturday April 15 at 12 noon. The event is held at the county court house with Coleman Dunn as auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Edison
Front County Court House
Coleman Dunn
Lost tire and wheel near Winchester Va
Lost 750 x 16 6 ply truck tire with G A tube mounted on a steel wheel. Reward offered if returned to The Valley Service Station in Winchester Virginia. Contact ip 11.
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Valley
Winchester
Soviets Advance in Crimea Near Sevastopol
Russia reports Soviet forces pushing through Crimea to within 46 miles of Sevastopol as Finland appears to reject Russia's peace terms. U S bombers raid Europe from both sides while Pacific clashes slow Japan. Stilwell fights in Burma and Allied counterattacks hinder Nipponese efforts along the Bengal Assam line. Americans continue air raids on northern Kurile Islands.
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Associated Press
Russia
Crimea
Sevastopol
Finland
Pacific
Bengal-Assam
India
Stilwell
Burma
Kurile Islands
Central
Germans Regroup on Beachhead Southwest of Cassino
Allied war report from Naples notes German forces in the Garigliano sector near Cassino growing more aggressive. Engineers appear to mine the Garigliano river while minor patrol clashes occur along the Adriatic sector. Allied artillery shells enemy trucks six miles south of Cassino and fronts at Anzio remain quiet with artillery duels nearby.
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Naples
Garigliano
Cassino
Adriatic
Crecchio
Anzio
Rome
Cisterna
Scout Camporee Planned for Handley Playground
Shawnee Boy Scout District officials met with District Commissioner Laurens Jones to outline a camporee on May 20 and 21 at Handley playground. Troops from Frederick and Clarke counties will camp overnight as preparation for a council camporee at Rock Enon in June. The group also discussed the monthly troop visitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee Boy Scout District
Frederick
Clarke County
Laurens Jones
Handley Playground
Starkey
Rock Enon
Seed Potatoes Available in Various Varieties
Seed potatoes offered include Irish Mountain Cobbler and Green Katahdin. Prices listed at $4.50 per unit with purchase requirements noted.
Bombers Strike German War Targets From Italy and Britain
U S heavy bombers struck German aircraft plants and related facilities today. Fifteenth Air Force bases in Italy hit a Messerschmitt factory near Győr and a rail yard and machine works while Eighth Air Force bombed Augs bu r and Schweinfurt ballbearing works and Lechfeld air force installations. More than 500 bombers and 750 to 1,000 fighters took part in raids designed to disrupt repairs and inflict new damage.
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London
U. S
Italy
Hungary
Britain
Germany
15Th Air Force
Foggia
Messerschmitt
Gyor
Budapest
Railroadq Car and Machine Works
Augs- A
Oberpfaffenhofen
Lechfeld
Schweinfurt
Adolf Hitler
Vesces
Brod
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Zagreb
Frankfurt
Finland Rejects Russian Peace Terms.
STOCKHOLM April 13 Russia's modified peace terms for Finland were discussed after Helsinki reports that Parliament backed Prime Minister Edwin Linkomies. The cabinet's stance was presented as a repeat of March talks, with Finland again deferring to the Russians while keeping its peace emissary Juho K. Paasikivi in play.
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Stockholm
Russia
Finland
Helsinki
Edwin Linkomies
Linkomies
Ger
Juho K. Paasikivi
Kaearag Wig
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Simferopol
New York
E. C. Parker
Rep. Miller
Mountbatten
Buddy
New Zeland
Castle Hill
RAF
Europe
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