Sevastopol Siege Deepens as Smoke Envelops City
Pravda reports dense smoke over Sevastopol as Yeremenko’s maritime army assaults Baidar gates. Red forces press toward docks while German and Romanian troops face heavy bombardment and mounting casualties in the Crimea.
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Sevastopol
Prav~da
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Baidar Gates
Crimean
Yeremenko
Yalta
Inkerman
Feodor I. Tolbukin
Tarnopol
London
Berlin
Red Army
Russia
Black Sea
Riviera
Bullein
Sevastropol
Crimea
Kerch
Allied Bombers Hit Sofia Belgrade And Budapest
U S heavy bombers struck Sofia and Belgrade with strong forces targeting railroad yards and factories near Belgrade. Reports say several enemy planes were destroyed. Italy based forces attacked Budapest after daylight raids on Brasov and Turnu Severin.
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U. 5 S
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Belegrade
Balkan
Belgrade
Budapest
Hungary
Brasov
Turnu- Severein
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Red Army
Romania
Lockheed Constellation Sets New Sky Record
The Lockheed Constellation, a 57 transport plane, completes a record coast to coast flight in 1937 time, landing at Washington National Airport at 1 58 PM after departing Burbank. Howard Hughes and Jack Frye piloted the flight with 17 aboard.
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Armivoday
Utes
Burbank
Calif
Howard Hushes
Washington National Airport
Washington, D . C
Kansas City
Western Air Lines
Howard Hughes
Jack Frye
Hughes and Plan
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Anzio Beachhead Hit by Small German Raid
Allied artillery dispersed a small German attack on the Anzio Beachhead northwestern sector. British troops captured six prisoners. Allied Headquarters reported 277 air raids against the beachhead since January 22 and about 2,472 enemy planes, with 4,000 prisoners taken and 200 tanks or self-propelled guns destroyed in 12 weeks.
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Anzio
Rome
Italy
Hillover
Adriatic
Virginia Names E Blackburn Moore to Advisory Council
Speaker Tom Stanley announced the appointment of E Blackburn Moore to the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council. Other members include Delegates W E Cohon, E O McCue Jr, John B Spiers, and Major Chas R Fenwick. The council will study issues for the next legislative session and advise on needed laws.
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E. Blackburn Moore
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
Tom Stanley
W. E. Cohoon
Suffolk
E. O. McCue, Jr
Charlottesville
John B. Spiers
Radford
Chas. R. Fenwick
Arlington
Moore
House of Delegates
House
Bishop Hughes Critically Ill After Pneumonia Attack
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes acting head of the Eastern Methodist Conference is critically ill with pneumonia at Altoona Hospital. He was admitted last night after presiding at the Central Pennsylvania Conference and had recently been recalled to active service following Bishop Adna W. Leonard's death in an air crash last June.
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Altoona
Edwin Holt Hughes
Eastern Methodist Conference
Altoona Hospital
Hughes
Central Pennsylvania
Methodist Church
Adna W. Leonard
Munitions Blast Fatal To 1 000 Casualties At Bombay Port
A fire aboard a docked ship in Bombay triggered two ammunition explosions, burning for over 36 hours and causing about 1,000 casualties. Military police air raid services and relief groups mobilized to treat the injured and house hundreds made homeless.
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Bombay
German Aircraft Losses Said to Be Growing
London reports that Allied strikes since November may have removed up to 5000 German planes from production and front lines. German fighter output has fallen from 600 to about 350 daily, while losses rise due to expanded Allied operations and improved German defenses, with reserves depleted in a described window dressing of front line strength.
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London
Lemley Named On Electoral Board in Frederick County
An order in Frederick Circuit Court appoints C. E. Lemley of Stephens City to the School Trustee Electoral Board. He will succeed George P. Sedwick who resigned after moving into Maryland.
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Frederick
Bny C
Grace Lutheran Church Calls Rev Willian Eisenberg as Pastor
The Grace Lutheran Church unanimously called Rev. Willian E Eisenberg pastor after a morning worship service. The pulpit committee led by Eugene Cooper presented the recommendation. Eisenberg, a Roanoke College and Mount Airy Theological Seminary graduate, preached a favorable trial sermon March 26. The post had been vacant since November 1, 1943 when Rev Carl Honeycutt resigned.
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Willian E. Eisenberg
College Lutheran
Grace Lutheran Church
Eugene Cooper
C. M. Henkel
Mary K. Aulick
Harry A. Schmidt
Samuel R. Miller
Mr. Eisenberg
Roanoke College
Mount Airy Lutheran Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
Carl Honeycutt
Sunbury
Staunton
Salem
Lutheran Church
Greenville
Virginia Synod
Roanoke
United Lutheran Church
Seventh Blood Donor Clinic Held Successful Despite Cancellations
Wincheser reports a successful seventh blood donor clinic despite numerous cancellations due to colds. About 90 Shenandoah county volunteers kept their appointments while substitutes filled gaps, with Red Cross officials explaining that 200 volunteers are needed to reach 160 pints of donations, a figure affected by last week's flu like illnesses.
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Wincheser
Red Cross
Shenandoah County
Stewart Bell, Jr
Blood Donor Service
H. R. Kern, Jr
Condit
Heavy Jap Toll Inflicted North Of Imphal
British communique from Kandy announces very heavy casualties for Japan and captures key positions north of Imphal in counter operations. Mountbatten reports improved Allied positions near Imphal and notes ongoing air supported actions by Chindits and air commandos in Burma Burma-India campaign aims to cut enemy supply lines while official statements address relayed ground activity near Kohima Bishenpur and Moirang.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal
India
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Imbpal
Burma-India
Tactical Air Force
Yeu
Schwebo
Mawlu
Mandalay
Orde C. Wingate
Japan
Mountbatten
Geoffrey Layton
Mounthbatten
Rangoon
Bishenpur
Moirang
Kohima
Chest X Ray Clinic for Winchester Adults May First
The District Nurses Association of Winchester will sponsor a Chest X‑Ray Clinic for city adults on Monday May 1 at the Education Plant in the First Baptist Church. A 75 cent flat fee per x ray covers plates by Powers Company. The effort supports early tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in cooperation with the Virginia Tuberculosis Association and local groups.
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District Nurses Association of
Winchester
Virginia Tuberculosis Association
First Baptist Church
Powers Company
Fall of Sevastopol Looms as Soviets Move in Crimea
World At War reports rapid Soviet advance toward Sevastopol in Crimea while Balkans face Allied air pressure with raids on Belgrade and Budapest. Italian raids target Danube corridors as forces contest Carpathian passages.
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Russia
Sevastopol
Balkans
Belgrade
Budapest
Danube
Carpathians
6 191 New Tags Issued Here In April 1945
A total of 6 191 license plates were issued from March 15 to April 15 with revenue of 85 112 09 dollars. This compares to 4 134 tags and 57 971 40 dollars the year before. Autos led with 4 875, trucks 1 056, and other categories listed. The local office closed the final day with 38 customers and no late rush.
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Andrew
Mr. Bell
Bell
Chamber of Commerce Credit
R. B. Nelson
Christ Ep Church
Minor collision at Market and Water Streets
A slight accident occurred Saturday at Market and Water Streets involving S. J. Fisher of Carapalis Pa and Persell D. Plank of Grey Stone Terrace. No injuries reported and damage described as small.
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S. J. Fisher
Carapalis
Persell D. Plank
Greystone Terrace
Peace Overtures Made Long Ago Reported by London Daily Mail
The London Daily Mail cites a Istanbul dispatch claiming Germany made peace overtures to the United States last December via a neutral diplomat. Bar on Mann presented an eight point program while requesting it be sent to Washington and London, with Germany seeking a defensive alliance and evacuation of occupied territories.
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London Daily Mail
Istanbul
Germany
United States
Noel Monks
Baron Man
Killinger Red
Biain
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