Unified wartime unification plan gains attention in military study
A survey of military opinion signals growing support for unified postwar policy. Gen. George C. Marshall advocates consolidation with Maj. Gen. William F. Tompkins leading a study group and Brig. Gen. John McCauley Palmer aiding, while Adm. Harry Warnell proposes a two-division single department handling research, development, and procurement with civilian-educated officers.
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Dia
Marshall
War Department
George C. Marshall
William F. Tompkins
John McCauley Palmer
Navy
Adm
Harry E. Warnell
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Warnell
Rodosaves To Hold Handicap Tournament Friday
Evening Star Ladies League will stage the Dorothy Allen handicap tournament for this year’s participants. Three games will be rolled with a handicap of two thirds the difference between each bowler’s average and the 110 scratch. Entry is $1.50 with prizes based on entries and a single 8 p.m. shift. Contact Virginia Butshier or Health Center management to enter.
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Evening Star Ladies League
Dorothy Allen
Virginia Butshier
Health Center Management
Realty Transfers in Frederick County Details Leases and Purchases
Frederick County Realty transfers list lease to Horace C. Browne for Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts at Rock Enon with $1,000 paid semi annually and option to purchase at $3,000. William L. Rush to Robert H. Letterman 95 acres near Middletown for $4,100. Georgia E. Bucher to B H Keeler 63 acres and improvements near Stephens City for $10 and consideration. James C. Sawyer to Amy R Havermale Sunnyside Addition lot for $1 and consideration.
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Katie Boyd Glaize
Horace C. Browne
Treas
Shenandoah
B. H. Keeler
Stephens City
James C. Sawyer
Amy R. Havermale
Sunnyside
Germans Send Reinforcements to Varna Amid Odessa Siege
Desperate measures unfold as German troops land at Varna to reinforce and rescue some 100 000 troops trapped in Odessa. Reports say Nazi units aim to halt the Red Army advance pounding Varna from three sides as reinforcements head by sea to aid the besieged forces.
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Varna
Black Sea
Odessa
Orndorff Will Admitted To Probate In Frederick Court
The last will of George Thom as Orndorff deceased is admitted to probate in Frederick Circuit Court. Wife Sarah Caroline Orndorff receives all personal property and a life interest in real estate. Upon death, nephew Isaac Orndorff gets 50 dollars and the remainder to Bertha Malone and Ellsworth Dodson as executor with a 200 dollar bond. Appraisers named include Robert Line Hollis Reynolds Jack Orndorff W F Brill and Bruce Himelright.
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George Thomas Orndorff
Frederick
Mary C. Wall
M. Horna Rhodes
F. L. McWilliams
Sarah Caroline Orndorff
Ellsworth Dodson
Robert Line
Hollis Reynolds
Jack Orndorff
W. F. Brill
Bruce Himelright
Bombers Patrol Japanese Northern Gates and Matsuwa Raid
War journalist recounts a bomber flight from Tokyo south to Matsuwa Island and across the Kuriles to Paramushiro and Shimushu. Army and navy aircraft probed the area with reconnaissance flares while anti aircraft bursts lit the clouds. The crew endured cold and near misses as the mission pressed on.
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Iies
Tokyo
Matsuwa Island
Pan Air Naval
Mikado
Hokkaido
Matsuwa
Kuriles
Onekaton
Paramushiro
Shimushu
North Pacific
Chadbourne Steward
San Francisco
Richard A. Ware
Hot Springs
Matsuawa
Allied air pounding continues on New Guinea targets
Allied airmen have dropped more than 3 000 tons of bombs on Japanese bases along New Guinea's northeast coast in the last two weeks. At Aitape heavy bombers struck a major blow mid month, igniting fuel and supply areas, destroying the nearby village Pro, and mauling offshore installations.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Aitape
Bougss MacArthur
Oma
Hollandia
Wewak
Pro
Caroline Islands
Truk
Parent ‘Atoll
Rabaul
New Britain
Columbus Establishes Settlement at Giudad Casibe
On his third voyage Columbus founded a settlement near Giudad Casibe, in the region formerly known as Santo Domingo, now part of the Dominican Republic.
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Columbus
Giudad Casibe
Santo Dominigo
The
Dominican Republic
Easter Social Roundup Among Winchester and Stephenson Residents
Community notes list visits and illnesses among locals. Mr Williams Kamen and families hosted Easter at the Molden home on Front Royal Road. Several residents from Winchester and near Stephenson are mentioned, with well wishes for recovery and updates on health and travel.
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Kamen
Mrs
Lester Molden
Front Royal Road
Senate Truman panel notes Liberty ships to shift focus
The Truman committee reports the War Department will discontinue troop transports on Liberty ships. Senator Wallgren argues danger in their use, while Chairman Truman and Senator Kilgore praise the decision. Cracks were found in a small percentage, with hull strengthening and welding changes reducing failures, urging focus on larger Sea Victory ships where possible.
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Washington
Senate
Truman Committee
War Department
Wallgren
D-Wash
Truman
D-Mo
Kilgore
D-Wva
Charles P. Gross
Transportation Corps
House
War Shipping Administration
Sea Victory
Darden Backs Fund for Negroes Colleges Nationwide Drive
Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr endorsed the United Negro College Fund campaign for 1.5 million dollars in a letter to national chairman Walter Hoving at 38 East 57th Street New York. The fund unites 27 private Negro colleges to secure nationwide support for their maintenance, with Virginia Union University Hampton Institute Howard Fisk Shaw Tuskegee among others across 12 states and the District of Columbia.
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Colgate W. Darden, Jr
United Negro College Fund
Walter Hoving
East 57Th Street
New York
Virginia Union University
Richmond
Hampton Institute
Tidewater
District of Coumbia
Howard University
Wim
Fisk University
Nashville, Tenn
Shaw University
Raleigh
N. C
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Soldier Living Space In English Tent Cities Noted
Report notes that each American soldier occupies about 35 square feet of sleeping and living area in the English tent cities, reflecting harsh quarters and crowded conditions for troops stationed abroad.
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England
Local School Closure Notes and Community Updates
Sapon Bridge CAPON BRIDGE W Va Apr 19 The local School has been closed for several weeks. Everyone is invited to attend services at ten o'clock this Sunday. Miss Juanita Linaburg who has been visiting near Bloomery has returned. Mrs Kenneth Seldon James Blond and Miss Cooper were in Winchester last Thursday. Pvt and Mrs Wilbur LaFollette returned to Fort Bragg NC where Pvt LaFollette is stationed. Miss Myrtle Simmons has returned home from Alexandria VA where she had been employed.
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Capon Bridge
W. Va
Juanita Linaburg
Loring Push
Bloomery
Kenneth Seldon
James Blond
Missa Cooper
Winchester
Wilbur LaFollette
Fort Bragg
N. C
Pvt. Laollette
Myrtle Simmon
Alexandria
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Ploeste
Orndorff
Wey
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S. Loudoun St
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Drodile
Mr. Williams
Frank Keckley
James Loy
Mamie Patton
Bertha Ashwood
Lee Orndorff
Near Stephenson
Marple
Ella Bowman
Massey Green, Jr
Susan
Green
Ott White
Perry Nail
Emma Nail
Earnest Davies
Norfolk, Va
Cleve Marple
Paynes Chapel
Harry Smithey
Ladies Aid
Mrs. Boyd Ramey
Pais
Lydia E. Pinkham
Darden
Pine Motor Co
Sapon Bridge
California
Crisp Florida Pascal Celery
Chesterfield
Abacco Farmer
Morrisville
Nature
Science
Hesterfield
EY Bond
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