Russia seeks three votes at world body conference
Russia presents a plan to seat the Ukrainian and White Russian Soviet republics as charter members of a proposed world assembly. Molotov reports a reply from Stalin on Poland talks, while an executive committee may form the security council with five permanent members and six smaller nations. Americans in caucus as delegates prepare for daylong sessions in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Russia
United States
Ign
Molotov
United Nations
Organization
Assembly
Stalin
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Stettinius
Eden
Poland
Aton
Security Council
Council
Britain
China
France
Iran
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Canada
Brazil
Mexico
War Memorial Opera House
T. Wong
Jettinius
Earl Warren
California
Roger D. Lapham
German fugitives hide on island in Mediterranean
New York dispatch says a group including OSCO Ro Ley and several Gauleit ers arrived by plane at Minorca in the Balearic Islands. The report claims an airfield on the Spanish island was fitted for German planes bringing fugitive Nazis and placed under General Jose Moscardo, head of the Falange militia.
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New York
Aro
Osco Ro Ley
Minorca
Mediterranean
Jose Moscardo
Falange
Cities In Italy Are Falling To Allied Soldiers
In a Rome dispatch April 26 the U S Fifth Army broke into the Lombard plain advancing on Parma and Reggio while threatening to trap remaining Nazi forces. The British Eighth Army crossed the Po near the Adige line near Venice as Mussolini reportedly fled Milan.
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Rome
U. S
Fifth Army
Parma
Reggio
Italy
Eighth Army
Adige
Venice
Apennine
Verona
Brenner
Switzerland
London
Turin
Piacenza
Genoa
Ligurian
Benito Mussolini
Milan
Third Army
Germany
Memmingen
The
Austria
Blood Donor Clinic to Help Save a GI Life
The American Red Cross invites Winchester residents to register as blood donors at the Peoples Drug Store office from April 26 to May 3. Donors will contribute to the Winchester blood drive on May 2 to 4 to aid service members. Each pint can save a life and give donors a strong sense of making a difference for a G I.
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American Red Cross
Peoples Drug Store
He Ld
Winchester
G. I
Warns School Boys Against Painting PW On Clothing
Maj Gen Philip Hayes of Baltimore warns Third Service Command area schoolboys not to paint PW on clothing as it imitates prisoners of war and could lead to civilians being mistaken for real POWs. Governor Darden forwards the letter to the state superintendent to urge school authorities to discourage the practice.
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Richmond
Third Service Command
Philip Hayes
Baltimore
Darden
Hayes
Dabney S. Lancaster
Petain Surrenders to French Authorities in France
Paris reports Marshal Petain, 89, travels from Switzerland with his entourage toward the French border after a Swiss detour. A formal arrest by Gen. Koenig’s officers is expected, with Petain seeking clemency as his defense begins.
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Paris
Andre Mornet
High Court
Marshal
Petain
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Joseph Koenig
Achille Bazaine
Bazaine
Switzerland
Olten
Vallorbe
Waedenswyl
Mme, Petain
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
France
High Court of Justice
Correction on directory sale at Chamber of Commerce
Notice corrects an ad by Southern Directory Company claiming directory availability at the Winchester Chamber of Commerce office. The chamber states it did not sponsor or sell the directory. Also mentions Hodgson & Browns glass repairs and Ridgewood Fruit Industries cider apples with dates and page references.
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Southern Directory Company
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Chamber OF Commerce
Freilassing Raid Echoes Hitler Hideouts Strike
RAF Liberators blasted Freilassing in a follow up to the Bechtesgaden siege with 350 Lancasters and escorting fighters. The attack hit Hitler chalet and Kehlstein mountain while U.S. and British air forces struck Berchtesgaden area and Os lö submarine depot.
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London
RAF Liberators
Freilassing
Hitler
Eagle Nest
Bechtesgaden
Kehlstein
U. S
Eighth
15Th Air Forces
Berchtesgaden
Pfc Shaffer Killed in Action During World War II
Pfc Allen B Shaffer son of Mr and Mrs W B Shaffer Berryville is reported killed in action on August 28 1944. He enlisted February 19 1943 trained at Camp Lee Mississippi and Tennessee and Fort Jackson South Carolina went overseas April 23 1944. Born Paris Virginia he attended Upperville High School and worked as a painter before service. He is survived by his parents a sister Mrs W A Hartmar of Waynesboro and a brother W B Shaffer Jr of Berryville.
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Allen B. Shaffer
W. B. Shaffer
Bergville
Pfc
Shaffer
Camp Lee
Mississippi
Tennessee
Fort Jackson
S. C
Paris
That Place
Upperville
R. Clark Lloyd
Millwood
Pfc. Shaffer
Beryville
W. A. Hartmar
Waynesboro
W. B. Shaffer, Jr
Berryville
Sale of Household Property Postponed to April 27
Sale of household property postponed until Friday afternoon April 27 at 1 o'clock. Charles A. Richard, Stephens City.
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Charles A. Richard
Stephens City
Doctor Pifer to Resume Practice on May Day
Dr. Herman I. Pifer will resume his medical practice on Tuesday, May 1, following a period away from work. The notice states the date clearly and names the physician returning to service.
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Herman I. Pifer
Delicious Candys Now Available at Valley New Stand
Candy shop announces new stock at Valley New Stand located 30 E Piccadilly St. Hours listed Mon Thurs 1pm to closing. Grand opening promotions begin April with limited time offers for local shoppers.
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Valley Newstand
Piccadilly St
Nazis Use Tools To Fight Reds
A Moscow telegraph reports Berlin residents resist the Soviet assault as the Red Army closes in. Russian artillery and Katusha rockets pound the city while barricaded streets slow attackers. A Ukrainian rebel turned soldier seeks revenge on Ernest Blanker, seeking his killers.
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Moscow
Berlin
Red Army
Sergei Penchalov
Tass
Penchalov
Vasili Kordjuk
Ernest Blanker
Oder
Scrap Collection Set For Sunday in Winchester
Winchester officials announced an April scrap collection to occur Sunday afternoon with a clothing round-up. Residents should place waste paper tin and used clothing on the curb by noon. The city is divided into ten districts covered by 30 trucks three per district run by JBT and Boy Scouts.
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Winchester Salvage
JBT
Boy Scouts
Jury to Convene May 4 in Winchester Court
Twenty local men are ordered to report at 9 30 a m in Winchester Corporation Court on May 4 for jury duty. A jury will be impaneled to hear the Commonwealth's case against Dan Atkins charged with felonious assault and robbery of Hunter Brown on March 8. Prospective jurors named include Ward Thresh Kenneth Kremer H M Offutt John O Chapman John R Gano Roy A Cather V R Strader Edward Moore George Sanders Croswell Henderson Fred Stryker Jr Henkel Lamp James Pappas John J Warner Douglas O Grim R T Bryarly Cecil Grim D W Ritenour Robert O Ritter Clarke T Cooper.
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Winchester Corporation Court
Meee
Ury
The
Commonwealth
Dan Atkins
Hunter Brown
Ward Thresh
Kenneth&. Kremer
H. M. Offutt
John O. Chapman
John R. Gano
Roy A. Cather
V. R. Strader
Edward 8. Moore
George T. Sanders
Croswell Henderson
Fred R. Stryker Jr
Henkel Lamp
James Pappas
John J. Warner
Douglas O. Grim
R. T. Bryarly
Cecil E. Grim
D. W. Ritenour
Robert O. Ritter
Clarke T. Cooper
Americans Reach Key Okinawa Positions Seize Kakazu Ridge
GAUM April 26 Ameri cans advancing on the southern Okinawa front have seized Kakazu Ridge Kakazu town strategic hills and Hill 178 on the east coast. The southern Okinawa outer defense wall was breached after seven days of heavy fighting. Yank forces reported high enemy casualties and substantial territory gains with American losses listed and naval actions including carrier strikes from Tokyo to Formosa.
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Gaum
Okinawa
10Th Army
Kakazu
Japan
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
John R. Hodge
24Th Army Corps
Roys
Geiger
Marine Third Amphibious Corps
D-Day
Tokyo
Formosa
Yamato
Mindanao Wounds Pfc Coffman Reported Serious
Mrs Evelyn Grubb of Opequon Va learned from the War Department on April 21 that her brother Pfc George C Coffman was seriously wounded on Mindanao Island Philippines on March 15 He wrote March 23 saying facial injuries were not serious and he would be fine in a few months Coffman lived with Mrs Grubb and worked at O Sullivan Rubber Co He served four years with three in the Pacific and recently earned the Good Conduct medal and the Combat Infantryman badge.
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Evelyn Grubb
War Department
Pfc
George C. Coffman
Mindanao
Philippines
Grubb
Aes
Coffman
Opequon
Handley High School
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Pacific
Pfc. Coffman
Evelyn Grubbs
Arnold
Russians claim Stettin port capture as Berlin battle rages
Soviet forces report control of Stettin on the Oder estuary while heavy fighting continues in central Berlin. Tass says Red Army men fighting in the heart of the capital near Alexanderplatz amid encirclement of Berlin. German high command details battles at Goerlitzer and Schiesis cher stations and Templehof and Zehlendorf.
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Rathenow
Havel
Nauen
Berlin
Templehof
Tiergarten
Reichstag
Hamburg
Tass
Red Army
Alexanderplatz
German High Command
Goerlitzer
Schiesischer
Zehlendorf
Charlottenburg
Tagel
Siemensstadt
Stettin
Oder
Berin
World At War Fronts Reach Key Frontiers
Western Front reports the 3rd Army within 11 miles of Berchtesgaden and German lines south of Munich under threat as Seventh and French First Armies move to encircle the city. British actions in Bremen and Hamburg advances. Canadians near Emden. Americans poised near a juncture with Soviet forces. Soviet fronts push across the Elbe, encircling Berlin with 500000 Nazis believed trapped as two Soviet armies seal the pocket. Italian Front notes Palma and Reggio Emilia fall as Allied forces pursue fleeing forces toward home.
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Berlin
U. S
Patton
Alpine
Danube
Berchtesgaden
Austria
Munich
Bremen
Hamburg
Emden
Elbe River
Headicae
Regensburg
Alexander Match
Augsburg
Hitler
Germany
Lowland
52Nd
Iron Third
Thirfield
Focke Wulf
Weser
Desert Rats
7Th Armored
Tittling
Thunderbolt
11Th Armored
Passau
Danubian
Czech
Rome
George 5
Czechoslovakia
Eger
Cheb
Americans Break Through Southern Okinawa Defense Ring
American forces report entry into the second defense ring on southern Okinawa while fierce fighting continues for Baguio on Luzon. Min-danao drive nears a decisive stage as Superforts bomber operations target Shikoku, the Japanese home island, for the first time.
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Pacific
Okinawa
Baguio
Luzon
Mindanao
Shikoku
Shawnee Scout Rally Monday Draws 300 Scouts
About 300 Boy Scouts from 14 Shawnee District troops in Frederick and Clarke counties gather Monday evening at Handley playground. Troops meet at 5 pm for games and supper, then join in a camp fire program at 8 pm led by Lawrence Bame and Rev. A T Gaskins.
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Shawnee
Frederick
Clarke
Handley Playground
W. H. Lawrence
Lawrence
Fred Bame
Rev
A. T. Gaskins
Russian Shells Hit Arneburg as Bremen advances unfold
Allied forces press toward Munich and Austria as British troops seize over half of Bremen including the Focke Wulf factory area. American units near Passau and Danube crossings push into Czechoslovakia while German resistance stiffens along the Elbe and Danube corridors.
Graduation Note on Bulova Ladies Watches Shipment
A shipment notice dated April 25 notes Bulova Ladies watches arriving for graduation audience. Hodgson & Brown listed as the address or seller, with a parcel code 4-25-1p-21.
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Hodgson & Brown's
Hodgson & Brown
Florists to Close for Floral Art Clinic in Richmond
City florists who belong to the Florist's Telegraph Delivery Association will close Friday April 27 to allow management and staff to attend a Floral Art Clinic in Richmond on that date.
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Richmond
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Danube Valley
John M. Hightower
Associated Presh Diplomatic News
Jeerlin
Corfeus
Zechoslqvarias
Northwest
Noland Norgaard
Ridgewood Pruit Industries
Plenty Wallpaper
Hillyards
Henry B. Jameson
Eighth Air Force
Skoda
Pilsen
15Th Air Force
Fuehrer
Oslo Fjord
George Coffman
Berlirt
Bulletin
Oder Estuary
Richard Kalischke
Flaming
American Postiae
Elbe
Associated Press
Palma Reggio D'Emilia
Shawnee Scout Rally
Arneburg
Burger Park
Austin Bealmear
Ninth Army
Nazidom
First Army
FBI
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