Truman Says War Plan Remains Unchanged In Congress Address
President Truman reaffirmed that the grand strategy remains unchanged as he spoke to a joint session of Congress. He urged Allied duty to punish aggressors and secure lasting peace, warning Hitler may seek refuge in Bavaria while praising Roosevelt and outlining continued leadership by senior Allied commands.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Hitler
Germany
Tokyo
Leahy
Marshall
King
Arnold
Eisenhower
Nimitz
McArthur
Rayburn
Axis
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Death of H D Fuller Winchester Banker Shocks City
H D Fuller prominent Winchester citizen and banker dies suddenly after a long career as a leading Virginia banker. Organizing member of Farmers and Merchants National Bank, funeral set for Tuesday at Christ Episcopal Church with interment in Mount Hebron. Lifelong resident born July 5 1861 married Mai Faulkner in 1889, survived by wife and extended family.
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Virginia
Hogan Douglas Fuller
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Winchester
Christ Episcopal Church
R. B. Nelson
Fuller
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Harry F. Byrd
Richard E. Byrd
Thomas B. Byrd
Whiting Faulkner
Martinsburg
J. H. Yost
S. Donald McFadden
Fred S. Boyd
A. Lee Coble
William McPherson Fuller
Jane Stephenson Douglas Fuller
Mordington
Charles Washington
Isaac Richardson Douglas
Frederick County
Mai Faulkner
W. Va
Puller
Clark Announces Spring Campaign In Italian Area
General Mark W. Clark says a Spring offensive has begun with U S Fifth and British Eighth Armies active along the Italian front. Bombers from the U S 15th Air Force struck targets south of Bologna. In Paris a parallel report notes Third Army nears Czechoslovakia as German forces rush from the East. Berlin area sees intensified fighting and prisoner reports as Ruhr pockets face liquidation.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Mediterranean
U. S. Fifth
Eighth Armies
Eighth Army
Fifth
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Bologna
Fifth Army
Italy
Reich
Many Fire Bombs Rain On Tokyo By U S Airmen
In Guam on April 16 Elmont Waite reports another wave of 400 Super Forts bombed Tokyo while it still burned from the prior raid. Recon photos show extensive destruction in the arsenal area and the Itabashi complex, with Japanese claims of enemy losses and seven hour fires. Kawasaki suburb targeted as part of a 25 mile built up Tokyo bay corridor.
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Elmont Waite
Guam
Tokyo
Itabashi
Radio Tokyo
Kawasaki
Japan
Tokyo-Yokohama
Tokyo Bay
Russians Launch Major Offensive From East of Berlin
Berlin reports confirm large scale Soviet offensive from east of Berlin with bitter fighting along a 60 mile front from the Neisse to the Oder. Seelow Heights captured and bridgeheads linked near Kuestrin as Russian forces press toward Wriezen and Tangermünde amid German counterclaims.
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Seelow Heights
Berlin
London
The
Neisse
Oderbruch
Oderbruch, A Low Plain On the West Bank of the Oder
Oder
Schwedt
Stettin
Seehausen
Quota Set for Seventh War Loan in Winchester and Clarke
Dr. Francis P. Gaines announces a $1,475,000 Seventh War Loan quota for Winchester and Frederick counties with $425,900 in E bonds, $750,000 in other bonds to individuals, and $300,000 for corporations. Clarke county totals $385,000 with $80,000 E bonds and $285,000 to individuals plus $20,000 for corporations. Bonds purchased between April 9 and July 7 count toward drive quotas.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Francis P. Gaines
Lexington
War Finance Committee
Virginia
Clarke County
Gaines
Roush
Wreckage of Pittsburgh Plane Found in Mountain Crash
A Pittsburgh Central Airlines transport crashed on a 2000 foot ridge in Cooper's Rock State Park killing all 20 aboard. Rescue teams found a damaged tail and scattered fragments on the hillside after the stormy flight from Pittsburgh to Birmingham.
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Pennsylvania Central
Cooper’s Rock State Park
Here
Pittsburgh
Birmingham
Ala
P.C.A
Morgantown
Prominent Winchester Banker David Reardon Dies at 59
David Michael Reardon, longtime Clarke and Frederick county banker and former farmer, died at 3:30 Sunday in Winchester Memorial Hospital at age 59 after a period of illness. He was unmarried, survived by a brother James Reardon, and buried at Sacred Heart Church with bank directors among pallbearers. Burial followed at the Catholic cemetery after services at Sacred Heart Church.
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David Michael Reardon
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Reardon
M. H. Reardon
Clarke County
Mary J. Reardon
White Post
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Winchester
Commercial and Savings Bank
James
Winchester Commonwealth
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Sacred Heart Church
Julian Bullock
O. L. Jamison
John I. Sloat
J. H. Yost
Ss. D. McFaden
Harry Bowers
A. B. Solenberger
Bank to Close One Hour for Employee Funeral
The Commercial & Savings Bank will close from 10:00 to 11:15 Tuesday morning to observe the funeral of employee David M. Reardon. Bank personnel will announce when services conclude.
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David M. Reardon
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Congregational Church Hosts Stockton Gould Campaign Night
Congregational Christian Church invites attendees to a Monday night event led by Pastor Robert A. Whitten. The program on April 16 at 7 45 p m features pictures of the great west and stories of thrilling conversions.
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Congregational Christian Church
Robert A. Whitten
Stockton-Gould
Great West
Roosevelt’s Body Laid To Rest In Family Garden
The Roosevelt family garden at Hyde Park, New York, paid final tribute as Franklin D. Roosevelt was laid to rest in the estate’s old garden. President Truman, Cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, and foreign dignitaries attended the simple ceremony. Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Alfred Clay were among guests. The presidential train carried mourners to the estate as a 21 gun salute opened the service.
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Howard Flieger
Roosevelt Estate
Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
President Truman
Washington
Roosevelt
Truman
White House
Supreme Court
Mackenzie King
Canada
Alfred Clay
Warren G. Harding
Warmer Weather Seen Tomorrow in Winchester Forecast
Winchester endures cold dreary spell with temperatures near 48 overnight and 68 by afternoon. Intermittent rain tonight and a warmer Tuesday with showers expected. Rain totals reach 0.47 inch this weekend and 8.06 inches for the year, while Saturday's warmth peaked at 83.
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Winchester
Mercury
Winchester Research Laboratory
Public Sale Notice for J. P. Arthur and H. D. Robinson
Public sale of personal property scheduled for April 18 at 10 AM. Details and advertisement refer to notice on page 4, item 13, section 1.
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J. P. Arthur
H. D. Robinson
Underground Nazi Jet Fighter Plant Found 90 Feet Underground
U S Second Armored Division tank men discovered a German salt mine factory producing 600 mph jet fighters 90 feet underground. The plant valued at $10 million recently began production at 120 planes per month, aiming for 700 monthly.
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Tarthun
Germany
U. S. Second Armored Division
Griffing To Be Draft Director
Governor Darden announced Col Mills F. Neal resigns as State Director of Selective Service for a military assignment and will be replaced by Col Joel D. Griffing of Berryville. The governor praised Neal’s service and noted the importance of his new responsibility.
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Richmond
Darden
Mills FP. Neal
Selective Service
Joel D. Griffing
Berryville
Neal
Commonwealth
Virginia
Earhart Died in Italy of Injuries
Captain Robert H. Earhart died March 27 in Italy from injuries while attached to the RAF. Survived by wife Harriet Adams Gainesboro, two and a half month old son, and parents Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Earhart of Pipestone Minnesota, plus several siblings in military service.
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Earhart
Italy
Robert H. Earhart
RAF
Harriet Adams
Walter E. Adams
Gainesboro
Robert Earhart, Jr
C. P. Earhart
Pipestone
Minn
Samed Forces
Manila Death Claims Pvt Charles W Blanchfield
Pvt Charles W Blanchfield son of Mr and Mrs H L Blanchfield formerly of this city was killed in action February 28 1945 in Manila He entered service January 12 1942 trained at Camp Meade Fort McClellan and Greenville Pa Shipped overseas July 1943 he died in Manila survived by his parents four brothers two serving in France and one sister Friends recall him as kind and helpful to the sick.
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Charles W. Blanchfield
H. L. Blanchfield
Manila
War Department
Blanchfield
Clamp Meade
Fort McClellan
Ala
Greenville
France
Young Blanchfield
Declaration for coal due by May first at Snider & Son
Ww. B. Snider & Son requests filing of coal declaration at their office before May 1. The notice appears in an April 16 listing, identifying the firm and the filing deadline.
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Ww. B. Snider & Son
World War Fronts Show Allied Pushes Across Europe and Asia
Western Front Americans within eight miles of Germany and closing on Nuernberg with Elbe bridgehead as Canadians reach North Sea. British French siege Bremen and Bordeaux. Eastern Front German offensive from Oder toward Berlin. Soviet tanks reach near Linz. Italian Front Fifth Army opens, Bologna area. Pacific Fleet bombards Tokyo, Kenfu operation near Okinawa, Luzon mop up, near Baguio.
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Paris
Third Army
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Berlin
Ninth Army
Magdeburg
Elbe River
Barby
Brandenburg
Nuernberg
Elbe
North Sea
Holland
Bremen
Bordeaux
Oder
Verona
Linz
Tokyo
Kawasaki
Kenfu
Kerama
Okinawa
U. S
Luzon
Baguio
Hitler calls for fresh blood bath in Bolshevik fight
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler urging Germans to drown Bolshevik assault in blood. He warns of fate for women and children as Soviet forces face a strong front with heavy artillery. Hitler declares those who fail their duty are traitors as orders call for renewed offensives.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Siberia
Asia
Canadians and Poles Near North Sea in major German sweep
Canadian and Polish forces reached the North Sea within five miles of Eden and pocketed perhaps 200000 Germans. Allied armies trapped German forces in the Harz and Ruhr areas as Seventh and Third Armies closed on Nuernberg and Chemnitz. By midnight, 143394 prisoners were taken with over 550000 surrendering in April.
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Ruhr
Don Whitehead
Bremen
Big Saxony
Chemnitz
Leipzig
Halle
Dessau
Berlin
North Sea
Eden
Harz
Third Army
Seventh Army
Nuernberg
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Nuembern
Munich
Panzer
Panzer Lehr
Germany
George
Ton
Hof
Czech
Skoda
Pilsen
Neurnberg
Upper Rhine Plain
Black Forest
Ernst Busch
Albert Kesselring
Emden
City Cab and Candy Stand Ad Promotes Services
Reer beta candys now a lower New stand at 30 E Lane Pe Mon Thurs 1p 11 24 hour service. City Cab operates at 28 W Cork. Dial 3602.
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Lane
City Cab
W. Cork
Dial 3602
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H.D. Fuller
Ww. Calhoun Sterling
Washington, D.C
Clark
Po Valley
Eastern Front
James M. Long
Kuestrin
David Reardon
Miller School
Bier
Griffing
Associated Press
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