American-Russian Jurisdiction Battle Shapes World Peace Plan
Amid San Francisco talks the Big Four bloc seeks firm control over Dumbarton Oaks amendments and a world organization charter. Delegates express cautious optimism as leaders Smuts Padilla Connally and Van denberg anticipate a constructive, flexible framework with broad agreement on major decisions.
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John M. Hightower
San Francisco
World Organization
Big Four
United States
Allied Outriders Shell Berlin Front As Russians Reach Suburbs
London dispatches report German claims that 1.5 million Soviet troops battered into five Berlin suburbs and pushed toward the city center from the south and west. They say Moscow forces fought through to Bernau Strausberg Fuerstenwalde Koenigs Wusterhausen and Zossen while Beelitz and Treuenbrietzen fell under swift Soviet pressure near Potsdam.
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London
Berlin
Moscow
Bernau
Strausberg
Fuerstenwalde
Koenigs
Wusterhausen
German Transocean Agency
Beelitz
Treuenbrietzen
Potsdam
Treunenbrietzen
Winchester Blood Donor Clinic Seeks Volunteers
MA Winchester urges large numbers to donate at the Twelfth Blood Donor Clinic in Winchester and Frederick County. Registration is at Room 22 Peoples Drug Store Loudoun Street daily 10 AM to 9 PM starting April 26. Call or visit 3831. The clinic awaits another strong showing from the Mobile Unit in Winchester.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Peoples Drug
Loudoun Street
Winchester Blood Donor Clinic
Washington, D. C
Antique Auction May 5 1945 at Winchester Virginia
An auction notice for May 5 1945 lists Miles B Dean as the organizer. The sale runs at 10 a.m. at 211 North Main Street Winchester Virginia. The ad emphasizes honesty in antiques and includes a sequence of page references.
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North Main St
Winchester
Miles B Dean
Missing Sgt. Miller, 22, AAF gunner in England
Telegram confirms Staff Sergeant William H. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Miller, is missing in action since April 4 while serving with an Eighth Air Force Bomber Group in England. He trained at Las Vegas and earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in Germany bombing missions.
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William _H. Miller
Joseph P. Miller
Clifford Street
Miller
Eighth Air Force
England
Alio
Adjutant General
Sgt
AAF
Las Vegas
Nevada
Germany
Bill
Grace Lutheran Church
Handley High School
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Joseph R
Mary Wolfe
Visayan Islands Area Cleared in Philippines Campaign
Manila reports General MacArthur announces near completion of central Philippines campaign with the Visayan islands cleared. Over 6.4 million Filipinos liberated. remaining resistance limited to Mindanao and upper Luzon. Twenty four divisions push into Mindanao and Libungan region. advancing toward Parani Manuangan and Lake Lanao area amid light casualties.
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Manila
Cebu
Douglas MacArthur
Central Philippines
Visayan Islands
Mindanao
Luzon
MacArthur
Malabang
Parani
Cotabato-Davao
Manuangan
Libungan
Davao
U. S
Lake Lanao
Bologna Falls to Fifth and Eighth Army in Italy Drive
Bologna, a major German stronghold on the Po valley frontier, fell to Allied forces. Fifth Army and British Eighth Army units including Polish and U. S. divisions entered the city after severing the Bologna Modena highway, with Generals Alexander Clark praising the drive.
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Rome
Bologna
Italy
Eighth
Eighth Army
Bohuszszyska
William G. Livesay
Charles Bolte
Apennines
Harold Alexander
Mark W. Clark
15Th Army
Fifth Army
Bologna-Modena
U. S
85Th
Mounta Large
Ienn Gaselecchie
Thur
Okinawa Battle Intensifies as U S Forces Press South
Fighting on southern Okinawa rages as American divisions drive toward Naha amid heavy losses. Nimitz reports 15 American ships and 2,569 Japanese planes sunk since March. Allied casualties in the zone total 7,895 with 1,467 killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Okinawa
Naha
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Yamato
Kakazu
Machinato
96Th
Yonabaru
Nimitz
Virginia Sailor Clyde Harlow Dies in Camden Crash
Clyde Hampton Harlow a 24 year old Waynesboro Virginia sailor stationed at the Philadelphia navy yard died in Camden Hospital from a skull fracture believed caused by being struck by a car on a road near Camden. Police found him unconscious on a lonely road with three women bending over him. Two said they had been at a cafe with him and were returning home when he collapsed.
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Camden
N. J
Clyde Hampton Harlow
Waynesboro
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Camden Hospital
Here
Harlow
World peace plan outlined by Churchill in Bristol
Prime Minister Churchill declared a world organization free and open to all nations and capable of restraining aggression. He spoke ahead of the San Francisco security conference and urged unity among English speaking peoples, noting the need to finish Japan and prepare for a lasting peace. The speech was delivered in Bristol as he received honors, with caution against premature festivities and a pledge to support his successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
United States
Senate
Finany
Dumbarton Oaks
Bristol Jengland
Churchill
San Francisco
Britain
Europe
Japan
University of Bristol
Polish Scientist Victim of Nazis Identified in Camp Burnings
In a Leipzig area concentration camp mass grave, a bespectacled Polish scientist was found among 324 victims of Nazi executions. Maj. Robert Rashid identified himself as noting the man studied English and a Byron page remained on his burned coat.
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Thekla
Germany
Leipzig
Maj
Robert Rashid
Berlin
Wis
Lord Byron
Temperature Drops to 37 in Winchester Tonight
The Winchester temperature fell to 37 at night, down from 38 the previous two evenings. Forecast calls for another cool night with possible showers, then generally fair and milder Sunday as the Research Laboratory records note.
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Winchester
Polish Questions To Be Discussed In Big Three Talks
Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov is due in Washington for a Big Three foreign ministers meeting in San Francisco to discuss Allied policy on Poland. Diplomats expect firm stand against inviting the Polish provisional government and will pursue talks on a new Polish government while awaiting Molotov’s arrival. Churchill announced a declaration on German crimes drafted with Stalin and Truman for release after the ministers meet.
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Washington
V. M Molotov
United States
San Francisco
Molotov
Stettinius
Eden
Poland
Warsaw
Yalta
Moscow
Churchill
Stalin
Truman
Kern Awarded Second D F C and Promoted to Major
Captain Bentley Kern 25 received an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Flying Cross for leading heavy bombardment formations on missions to enemy occupied territory. He was promoted to major, serves with the 389th Bombardment Group, has 32 missions, and flies as squadron commander in the Eighth Air Force. His Liberator Dann y Boy honors a fallen nose gunner. targets include Hamburg Kassel and Berlin. He is from Ellensburg Washington and attended Central Washington College.
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Bentley Kern
Liberator
Kern
John A. Kern
Cameron Street
Ellensburg
Washington
2Nd Air Division
William E. Kepner
Veeteran 389Th Bombardment Group
Hamburg
Kassel
Berlin
Danny Boy
Germany
United States
Washington State
Eighth Air Force
Link-up Near Paris Reports Put Forces Within Hours
The scene near Paris tightens as Russians and American troops close to contact, with Berlim broadcasts claiming 32 miles apart and Moscow saying 25 miles remain. A Daily Herald correspondent with the American Ninth Army on the Elbe says muffled Russian guns are audible as Berlin looms 45 miles away.
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Paris
Moscow
London
Daily Herald
Elbe River
Berlin
Berlin Open City Question Raised By German Radio
The German radio quoted by BBC says Berliners may wonder if Berlin could be declared an open city. There were no indications Russians would accept any unilateral declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
BBC
Soviet forces approach Berlin ring autobahn two miles out
Reuters reported German broadcasts indicating Soviet troops moving from the Proetzel Forest were nearing the ring autobahn about two miles from Berlin’s city boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boundary
London
Reuters
Proetzel Forest
Ring Autobahn
Berlin
U S First Army Enters Dessau New York
U S First Army troops entered Dessau today according to an American broadcast reported by CBS. The report notes the move as part of Allied operations and places the event in Dessau with CBS coverage.
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Dessau
New York
U. S
Europe
CBS
Allied forces drive toward Czech munitions cities and Elbe linkup
In Paris on April 22 U S Third Army units seized Asch just inside Czechoslovakia as they push toward Pilsen and Prague. Soviet and American patrols were reported within 25 miles south of Berlin, with potential joint touch near the Elbe within 24 to 48 hours.
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Paris
U. S. Third Army
Czechoslovakia
Asch
Pilsen
Prague
Moscow
Third Army
George 8
Patton
Onworth
Red Army
U. S
Elbe
Dresden
U. S. First
Mulde
Leipzig
Ninth Army
Wittenberge
Berlin
Hamburg
Gartower Forest
84Th Infantry
Prezelle
5Th Armored
Diesdorf
Abbendorf
Eisenhower
Zeven
Bremen
Germany
Coat Swapped For Cold War Bond Amid Drive
Dan E Leatherman of 609 Tennyson Ave could not find his topcoat but found it atop a coat Sarah Leatherman rallied 49 worn pieces to reach 50 for the clothing drive A war bond slipped from a coat pocket and money appeared in other pockets as neighbors donated items for the drive toward next winter’s refugees
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan E. Leatherman
Tennyson Ave
Ralph G. Hengeveld
Clothing Drive
Mr. Leatherman
Sarah
Notice on State Assessments Filing Dates and Office Hours
All state income tangible and intangible assessments are due by May 1. Earl Bailey will be in his office at the County Court House building on April 25 and 26 from 7 to 9 p.m. to assist in filing incomes and assessments. Comin of Avenue Fred, Co. 64-21 -bo-21.
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County Court House Building
Earl
Bailey
Fred, Co
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el Paso
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Mexico
Deleeation
By Richard Kasischke
Potsdamer Platz
Zossen
S. Sgt
Bill Miller
W.H. Miller
Handley
Flying Fortress
Bolonga
Fifth
Biel
Lynn Heinzerling
Virginia
By Alex Singleton
Major Bentley Kern
Bulletins
Ames M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Munich
Lake
Constance
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