Bombing Raids Hit Hansa Bay and Nearby Airfields
Allied air and naval forces launched heavy raids along the coast destroying harbor targets and bases. In two days 210 tons dumped at Hansa, 830 tons expended across the base, and bombers targeted Atoll of xi and other Carolines as fighters and Liberators supported strikes on Rabaul and New Guinea airfields.
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F. Hansa Bay
Arthur
Hansa Bay
King
Hollandia
Atoll of
Carolines
South Pacific
Nomoi
Unclear wartime letter hints at supply moves and political pressure
Fragmentary text reports a wartime letter discussing supply allocation and possible enforcement of aid to critical areas. It references MacArthur, a campaign, and a governor reflecting on mobilization and public reaction. The exact details are obscured by the damaged source.
Battle updates report Allied gains in Burma and Imphal area
A Southeast Asia communique notes Allied infantry pushing through difficult terrain in eastern Burma near the Mogaung river and Chpum, driving Japanese from positions and inflicting heavy casualties. It cites an advance toward Imphal from the Imphal Tiddim road and improving conditions in the Imphal sector, with Chinese forces also pushing south and freeing positions west of the Aung Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishenpur
Moirang
Imphal
Lakeak
Domei
Kumon
Mogaung
Burma
Chpum
Southeast Asia
Manir
Imphal-Tiddim
Nmunique
Aung Valley
Pumsin
Plumbers and Contractors Plan Roanoke Convention
A convention check shows plumbing and agricultural firms prepare representation at the annual Vir Associated Plumbing and Contractors meeting opening in Roanoke Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MBERS
Plumbing
Vir
Associated Plumbing and Ing Contractors
Roanoke
War Manpower Office launches area job recruitment drive
George D. Delo announces an intensive campaign by the War Manpower Commission to recruit workers for vital wartime industries. The United States Employment Service will interview unemployed or part time workers in Winchester and Front Royal to refer them to Front Royal plants, with sessions at Winchester USES office and Berryville Fire Station on specified days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Delo
War Manpower Commission
Northern A
Delo
United States Employment Service
Winchester
Front Royal
Nanve
Henry E. Biggs
W. M. Shade
Everett E. Wilfong
Berryville
Lemley Rites Held For Annie M Lemley at Stephens City
Funeral services were held at 3 PM for Annie M Lemley 75 widow of Edgar L Lemley who died from burns suffered in a home accident several days prior. The Rev Frank L Roof and Rev L P Tedrick officiated at the late home on Stephens City with burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie M. Lemley
Edgar L. Lemley
Frank L. Roof
L. P. Tedrick
Stephens City
Green Hill Cemetery
Services Held for James Alexander Shipper 37
Funeral services were conducted for James Alexander Shipper aged 37 at Mt. Hebron Chapel in Winchester. The deceased died Monday at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore and was buried in the grandparents’ family plot, following arrival of the body yesterday. Reverend Ronald S. Wilson led the ceremony at Mt. Hebron Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Alexander Shipper
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Winchester
Kurtz
Ronald S. Wilson
Mt. Hebron Chapel
A. W. Whetzel
Soviet Forces Advance in Crimea and Dnestr Reach
Soviet units under Tolbukhin stormed Ishun and Voitnka in northern Crimea, driving toward Sevastopol as 100,000 garrison troops hasten for a last stand. Simferopol nears, with 150 towns liberated and thousands killed or captured. Elsewhere Rodion Malinovsky’s army seized Kalayeva near Ovidiopol and crossed the Dnestr to establish bridgeheads, threatening Chisinau.
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Crimea
Tolbukhin
Ishun
Moscow
Sivash
Voitnka
Crimean
Karachakangil
Sevastopol
Simperopol
Sevastspol
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Third Ukrainian
Kalagleva
Ovidiopol
Odessa
Dnepr
Romania
Red Army
Tiraspol
Dnestr
Dubossary
Grigoriopol
Chininau
Trout Restocking Plans For Virginia Streams
Virginia Game Warden Pingley outlines 1945 stocking plans noting 500000 trout added this year. Fish reach 8 to 16 inches with some 17 or 18 inches. 100000 large trout held over for growth. Overall, over 1000 tons of game fish released. Public streams not disclosed until season opens after April 20.
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Virginia
Pingley
Frederick County
Commission of Gaime and Inland Fisheries
The
Game Commission
Two Jockeys Hurt In Pimlico Race
Two jockeys were injured in the first Pimlico race when Sea Letter fell in the stretch, taking Disco Track down with it. Conn McCreary and Martin Blettacker were knocked out, carried to a hospital as Sea Letter and Disco Track escaped injury.
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Baltimore
M. Hunt
Sea Letter
Pimlico
E. S. Fawcett
Conn McCreary
St. Louis
Martin Blettacker
Somerset
Ree
McCrearvy
Disto
Corrects Mistake On Deferments
Selective Service headquarters issued telegrams to state directors clarifying deferments for key men under 26 in trucking work. Deferments apply to firms with equipment over 16 000 pounds gross vehicle weight, correcting a prior 16 000 ton error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
Phone facilities to be improved between Strasburg and Harrisonburg
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia was authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to today to improve its facilities between Strasburg and Harrisonburg, Va. at an estimated cost of 18,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of
Virginia
Federal Communications Commission
Strasburg
Harrisonburg
Bong becomes top American ace with 27 planes
Allied Headquarters reports Capt. Richard T. Bong of Poplar Wisconsin has shot down 27 enemy planes in aerial combat to become the highest ranking American ace in any war. His 26th and 27th victories were over the Japanese base at Hollandia New Guinea. Bong surpasses Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker’s 26 victories. All Bong’s victims were shot down in air battles.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Richard T. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Bong
Hollandia
New Guinea
Eddie Rickenbacker
Congress Medal For Ex-Football Star
Washington April 13 Captain Maurice L Britt an infantry officer and former football star has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action in Italy the War Department announced today
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Washington
Maurice L. Britt
Italy
War Department
Three Babies Die From Hospital Formula Mix Up
Coroner investigates boric acid poisoning after the hospital used boric acid powder instead of dextrose in formula for 20 infants. Three newborns of navy families died, a four day old girl died, and seven others were seriously ill or under observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Dayold
George Enders
New London
James D. Evans
Groton
Robert Goodman
Norwich
Edward G. McKay
Toughens Policy Toward Neutrals
Britain and the United States tighten the Irish blockade and slash steamship service to protest Turkish chrome shipped to Germany and condemn Spain for Allied oil stock seizures in Spanish Morocco. The war ministry says Britain will cut steamer service after April 24 while extending diplomatic notes to Spain and Turkey.
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London
Britain
United States
Germany
Spanish
Morocco
Ministry of War Transport
U. S
Spain
Turkey
Hull
Ceiling Prices On Gas Ranges Set Across Nation
The Office of Price Administration announced price ceilings for used gas cooking ranges to curb price gouging as supplies dwindle. Effective April 19 for private sales and dealers, the ceilings replace March 1942 highs, with retail limits ranging from $6.25 to $73.50.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Rites Today for Mrs Rosa Mason Herrell
Mrs. Rosa Mason Herrell 70 wife of John W. Herrell prominent Gore farmer died Monday night in Memorial Hospital after weeks of illness. Funeral services were held this afternoon at two from her Gore home conducted by Rev C H Anderson. Burial followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester.
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Rosa Mason Herrell
John W. Herrell
Gore
Memorial Hospital
C. H. Anderson
Winchester
Mount Hebron
Navy Reveals Large Increases in Torpedo and Gun Production
The Navy reports torpedo output rose 900 percent from December 1941 to December 1943 and fire control detectors up 3,000 percent from December 1941 to December 1942. Lead computing sights for 20 millimeter guns rise sharply in 1944. shell and gun production also show major gains across 6 inch and smaller calibers with anti aircraft weapons expanding from about 10 tons to 200 tons monthly.
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Washington
Navy
U S Casualty Totals Rise in World War II
U S casualties exceed 178 681 with 134 632 army casualties through March 23. Killed 23 322. wounded 55 066. missing 28 014. prisoners 28 230. Of wounded 28 977 returned to duty. Navy total 44 049 with 18 749 dead, 11 505 wounded, 9 374 missing, 4 421 prisoners.
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Washington
Stimson
Navy
No War Mother Named Locally
Radio WINC reports no local nominations yet in the Virginia War Mother contest sponsored by the Women's Division of War Finance Committee. Nominations may be self made or presented by family friends or groups. the winner is for outstanding voluntary war effort contributions. Nominations close April 28.
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WINC
Women’s Division of War Finance Committee
Trial Justice Court dispositions for speeding fines
The Court of Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards disposed cases including Raymond H. Jarrells of Harrisonburg Va fined 10 dollars and costs 4.25 for speeding and E Owen Hatcher Font Royal fined 5 dollars and costs 4.25 for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Trial
W. Erle Edwards
Raymond H. Jarrells
Harrisonburg
E. Owen Hatcher
rFont Royal
Allied Bomb Raids Hit German Rail Centers Osnabruck Invasion Targets
Allied air forces massed raids across France Belgium and Germany with RAF Wellingtons hitting Budapest for the first time and Osnabruck bombed with 4000 pound bombs. Russian air forces joined in Balkans strikes as U S Liberators and Fortresses downed 10 enemy planes. Homes along the Channel shook from distant shell and AA fire.
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France
Belgium
Hitler
Red Army
Balkans
Moscow
Constanta
Germany
Crimea
Osnabruck
Ruhr Valley
French Channel
Boulogne
Calais
Women Held In Mexican Plot
Thirteen suspects including two women were rounded up by police in Mexico City over a seditious plot to assassinate President Manuel Avila Camacho and other leaders. Officials called the conspiracy minor, linking the shooting of Lt. Antonio De La Lama Rojas to an isolated case of mental abnormality. Some detainees allegedly worked on bombs amid reports of secret meetings in a carpentry shop.
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Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
Maximino Avila Camacho
Plutarco Elias Calles
Lazaro Cardenas
Jose Aguilar Y. Maya
Avila Camacho
Antonio de la Lama Ro
Rites Today For Mrs Derflinger
Funeral services for Martha Ellen Derflinger widow of C Derflinger are set for 2 30 p m at her northwest home. She leaves four sons and four daughters including James Walter and Henry Derflinger Bertha Carson and Frank Miller of Riverton John Calvin Derflinger U S Army in New Guinea Mrs Sibert and Mrs Herbert Joly of Winchester two sisters and a brother Charles E Graham and twelve grandchildren survive Rev Irving R Johnson will officiate burial at Prospect Hill Cemetery Pallbearers include George Graham R J Graham Herbert Joly Frank Miller Johnson Pomeroy and John Sibert
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Ellen Derflinger
Eliza Ritenour Graham
James Derflingers
Walter Derflinger
Henry Derflinger
Bertha Carson
Frank Miller
Riverton
John Calvin Derflinger
U. S
New Guinea
South Pacific
John Sibert
Herbert Joly
Winchester
Robert Spiker
Middletown
James Miller
Charles E. Graham
Irving R. Johnson
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Geo. Graham
R. J. Graham
Johnson Pomeroy
Lieutenant's Family Sends Message to President expressing regret
The lieutenant's family conveyed to the president a message expressing regret for his action.
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