Union Service For Peace Conference Well Attended
The Rev. Robert A. Whitten presided at a joint Winchester union service at Braddock Street Methodist Church. Guest speaker Rev. Fred T. Laughan discussed Dumbarton Oaks proposals and national policy, urging a good neighbor approach and noting barriers to peace amid postwar plans for the San Francisco Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
Winchester
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Ministerial Action
Federated Council of Church Women of
Fred T. Laughan
First Baptist Church
Front Royal
Clara Eliason
Federated Council Church
San Francisco
L. G.ers
United Church
Ronald Byne
Loudoun
Laughon
Dumbarton Oaks
United States
Laughton
Russia
Roosevelt
The Great Rome Entertains Kiwanis
The Great Rome Kiwanis meeting drew local figures with Miss Nettie Carbaugh contributing to planned chorus. E. J. Libby attended as guest of Ralph Lawson, Montgomery Ward manager, while John Warner led in Dr. R. H. Kerlin’s absence.
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Rome
Saaristan
Mar
Kiwanis
Yesteraecee
Oewie
L. Ll Mil
Nettie Carbaugh
Ie Kiwanis Chorus
E. J. Libby
Ralph Lawson
Montgomery Ward
John Warner
R. H. Kerlin
R. C. Camp Hospital Meeting Tonight
Community leaders from fre ez groups veteran organize church groups women's clubs business and professional groups and the general public urged to attend the Red Cross Camp and Hospital Council meeting at the George Washington Hotel tonight at 8 o'clock. Mrs Gertrude A McCormac announced the open discussion led by Mrs J Edward Johnston Baltimore Md a veteran Red Cross volunteer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freez
Red Cross
George Washington Hotel
Gertrude A. McCormac
Toy
Army and Navy
J. Edward Johnston
Baltimore
Special Fruit Committee To Meet For Reorganization
The Frederick County Fruit Growers Association forms a special committee to study reorganization into a dues paying group. A meeting is scheduled at the county courthouse Monday at eight o clock with guest Dr Gordon H Ward from VPI to review plans. Committee members include Wyatt Richard Fred L Glaize Roy Cather H W Butler and Stewart Bell Jr.
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Frederick County
Germans urged to end fighting by captured officer
A high ranking German officer captured by the Americans issued a radio appeal from Luxembourg to stop the fighting at once. The message was broadcast as the first such appeal from a senior German official.
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Kirchheim
Luxembourg
Meeting With Reds Now Closer in Central Europe Front
Allied forces push toward Munich and the Austrian frontier as Patton's Third Army advances through the Danube corridor from Dillingen to Augsburg while Seventh Army closes on Munich. Russian and Western units near Elbe positions, with Regensburg and Regensburg region under light resistance.
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Oldenburg
Bohemia and
Moravia
Ruhr
Stalingrad
Germany
Pilsen-Prague
Linz
Salzburg
Third Army
Munich
Moscow
Red
Elbe
Rieza
Saxony
Dresden
Berlin
Potsdam
Lower
Patton
Regensburg
Danube
Kelheim
Sulzbach
Ingolstadt
Municch
Alexander M. Patch
Black Forest
Ulm
Stuttgart
Aalen
Waldshut
Zurich
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Italy
Seventh Army
Iller Canal
Udm
Patch
Hellcat
12Th Armored
Dillengen
Anhausen
Dillingen
Wertingen
Augsburg
Czechoslovakia
Bismarck
Europe
Austria
Linkup Reported with Russians and Americans in Elbe Region
Swiss radio claimed a joint advance between American and Russian forces in the Elbe area this afternoon but no Allied confirmation was available. Italian partisans reportedly captured Benito Mussolini in Pallanza on Lake Maggiore.
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London
Elbe
OWI
Benito Mussolini
Pallanza
Lake Maggiore
Soviet Forces Take Bruenn Czech Armament Center
Premier Stalin announced Soviet troops have captured Bruenn the German armament center in Czechoslovakia. Verona falls to the Fifth Army as they advance toward Brenner pass.
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London
Bruenn
Czechoslovakia
Marshal Stalin
Veona
Rome
Verona
Brenner Jass
Armor Division Advances Toward Austrian Frontier
The 11th Armored Division moved nine miles southeast today to near Purholz, reaching about eight and a half miles from the Austrian frontier as units of the Third Army push from eight miles from Austria.
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Austria
Third Army
Purholz
Civilians face higher ration costs for meat and dairy items
The Office of Price Administration announced new ration values for May. Civilians will see higher points for margarine and most cheeses, with meat supplies tighter overall. Veal lamb mutton and pork gains are modest, while beef drops by about 9 million pounds. mutton remains largely point free.
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Washington
OPA
Hard Coal Miners Vote On Strike
More than 65,000 anthracite workers in Pennsylvania are asked to vote on a strike under the Smith Connally Act. Polls open at 6 am to 8 pm at over 300 locations near colleries and breakers. The ballot asks if workers will permit an interruption of wartime production. Results go to President Truman.
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Hazelton
Pennsylvania
G. Krivonos
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Krivonos
Truman
New York
Heaviest Rainfall of Year Logged at Winchester Lab
Rain yesterday brought total for the month to 3.31 inches and 9.90 inches for the year at the Winchester Laboratory. The 31 year April average is 10.53 inches. Forecast calls for no rain tonight but windy early and cooler tomorrow. High 78 and low 51. Vegetation may surge with continued warmth as drought improves.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
War Department reports U S casualties exceed nine hundred thousand
Washington April 26 Army and Navy combat casualties since the war began total 929 373 Secretary of War Stimson lists Army losses at 829 001 through April 14 and Navy adds 100 372 The weekly rise is 16 895 Killed wounded missing and prisoners are detailed for both branches with 268 957 wounded returning to duty.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Secretary of War
Stimson
Caution Urged In Celebrations Over V E Day
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that great caution should guide any celebrations when V E Day is proclaimed. He warned against bells and feasts while Germans still hold territory and liberation in Holland, Norway, and the Channel Islands remains incomplete. He urged that victory in Europe not eclipse continued resolve against Japan and a united public stance.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Chanel Islands
Holland
Norway
Germany
Japan
Dry forces gain in push for local option duties
Evanston April 26 The National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union says the United States is drying up again. WCTU president Mrs B Leigh Colvin cites a survey showing 4 073 bone dry areas in 29 states as of January 1 1945 up from 3 333 in 1944 with many local option elections pending. She blames liquor traffic violations for the trend amid rising beer sale concerns.
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Evanston
Ill
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
United States
B. Leigh Colvin
WCTU
Colvin
Red Troopers close in as Berlin siege tightens
Russian forces widen the ring around Berlin as two Soviet armies encircle the city. Reports say Goebbels and Hitler likely absent, while Konev and Zhukov push from Elbe toward American bridgeheads and Berlin suburbs.
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Ahe
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Berlin
Hitler
Goebbels
Hamburg
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Wilhelm Keitel
Elbe
Reich
Ivan 8
Konev
West Bank
Riesa
Mulde River
Mulde
Jungfernheide Park
Charlottenburg
Zhukov
Gregory K. Zhukov
Jungfernheide
Falkenhagen
Spandau Statte Forest
Spandau
Doeblitz
Havel
Lichterfelde
Botanical Gardens
Dahlem
Berlin-Magdeburg
Steglitz
Tempelhof
Soviet forces seize Berlin districts amid heavy street fighting
Moscow dispatches describe Russians crossing the Spree and pushing into Lichtenfelde Zehlendorf Treptow and Britz near Tempelhofer Airdrome. They report 6,000 German dead in a day and total German losses surpassing 11 million through 1945 as Konev and Vasilevskiy encircle and advance toward central Berlin.
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Reds
Argus Aviation
Moscow
Spree
Tretow
Berlin
Ilin
Spee
Stalin
Hamburg
Mainazi
Thefuehrer
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Konev
Gregory K. Zhukov
Lichtenfelde
Zehlendorf
Treptow
Britz
Tempelhof
Plaza Theater
Alexander Platz
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Oslo
Platz
Elbe
Reis
Torgau
Alexander M. Vasileevsky
Pillau
Police Radio Equipment Arrives in Winchester
More of the new police radio gear arrived in Winchester yesterday including the transmitter. Remaining items to arrive are the remote control console and three mobile units.
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Winchester
Gov Darden to Address Front Royal Chamber Meeting
Gov Colgate W Darden Jr will speak at the Front Royal Chamber of Commerce annual meeting in Warren County high school auditorium at eight. An informal dinner for the governor and party will be at Hotel Royal at six with invites extended to Winchester and chambers from Strasburg Harrisonburg Staunton Luray Charlottesville.
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John J. Wanner
Ent
Andrew Bell
Front Royal
Colgate W. Darden
Darden
Front Royal Chamber of Commerce
Warren County High School
Hotel Royal
Winchester
Chambers of Commerce
Strasburg
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Luray
Charlotteville
RMA Cadet Corps
Frederick county vote totals for constitutional delegate
Three of the five Frederick county election commissions met at the courthouse to tabulate the 21 precincts Tuesday for the delegate to the constitutional convention. The certified count to the Secretary of the Commonwealth in Richmond was 228 votes for J. Sloan Kuykendall with additional precinct tallies: Russells 10 Bakers Mill 13 Gainesboro 30 Ashtons 9 Dolans 11 and White Hall 13. Commissioners present were Arnold Smith R. M. Muse and Bryan Stotler.
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Frederick County
Court House
Erning
Namin
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Richmond
J. Sloan Kuykendall
The
Star
Russells
Bakers Mill
Gainesboro
Ashtons
Dolans
White Hall
Arnold Smith
R. M. Muse
Bryan Stotler
Former Ration Clerk Surrenders on Gasoline Coupon Charge
George N. Hillman age 28 former chief clerk of the Petersburg Ration Board surrendered to U S deputy marshals in Richmond on a warrant accusing him of unlawful acquisition and possession of gasoline coupons. He waived hearing and posted a $5 000 bond for October federal district court.
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Richmond
George N. Hillman
Petersburg Ration Board
United States
Hillman
Federal District Court
Petain Defends Duty Remain at Post Despite Exile Claim
In June 1940 at Bordeaux Petain refused to leave France and chose to stay at Vichy as chief of government and later chief of state. He asserts the Reich forced him to leave April 20 944 and defends his decision as safeguarding his honor and those who followed him. He says only by remaining can he fulfill his duty.
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Bordeaux
France
Vichy
Attendance Record Honors Winchester Company 115 in State Guard
The latest official bulletin shows Winchester Company 115 achieving 96.80 percent attendance, highest in the state. Average strength is four officers and 90 enlisted men, with four officers and 87 enlisted on average. Captain W A Baker seeks recruits at the Armory Friday at 7 30 PM.
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E. E. Goodwyn
Virginia State Guard
Winchester
W. A. Baker
Armed Services
Governor Praises Guardsmen At Fredericksburg Banquet
Governor Colgate W. Darden praised the State Guard at the annual Company 104 banquet in Fredericksburg Virginia. He called the 50 companies essential for peacetime order and defense during National Guard absence and warned that Europe’s war impact requires continued home front precautions and preparedness. He commended guardsmen for their readiness to respond to state calls.
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Fredericksburg
Colgate W. Darden
State Guard
Germany
Europe
Envoy Adams To Conclude Salvation Army Services
Envoy Adams, known for nightly messages at the Salvation Army Chapel, will conclude services this week. Citizens are urged to attend while days remain. Adams is described as a forceful speaker who quotes large portions of the Bible from memory. Tonight features Historic City Four and Friday Smiths Quartette with Moments of Meditation.
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Envoy Adams
Salvation Army Chapel
Smith
Answers to the Daily Quiz Printout
Correct responses listed for page four questions include: Harvard versus Steamboat, 3d Ukrainian Army, Grass, Netherlands Indies, Mississippi, no it was called an experiment noble in purpose. Alexander Pope.
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Diamena
Harvard
Steamboat
Ukrainian Army
Netherlands Indies
Mississippi
Alexander Pope
Calpinol Promotes Ivy and Fungus Relief at Rhodes Drug
An advertising notice urges readers to pick up Calpinol at Rhodes Drug Store to treat skin irritations from Poison Ivy and Oak as well as eczema and athletes foot.
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Rhodes Drug Store
Nazi Lake Boats Surrender on Lake Constance
A German naval flotilla on Lake Constance surrendered to Swiss authorities. They will remain in Swiss ports until the lake shore is fully occupied by the Allies, according to the Swiss radio.
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London
Lake Constance
Va minister offers Senate prayer
The Rev. Dr. William Henry Topping Squires of Norfolk Virginia gave the opening prayer in the Senate today. He was invited to open the session by Senator Byrd of Virginia.
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Washington
William Henry Topping Squires
Norfolk
Senate
Squires
Byrd
D-Va
Farm Youth Group To Meet Monday
Frederick county Board of Agriculture youth committee meets at eight Monday night in the court house to plan activities. Members include Nelson Carpenter Carroll Campbell Mrs John Whitacre Miss Mary Gay Marker and Harry Hershman with invited chairs from poultry dairy livestock and soil conservation committees and guests Miss Ruth McNeil Raymond Hoover and A L Frye.
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Frederick County
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Associated Press
U. S
Schoendeberg
Gov. Darden
Petain
Adams
Coca-Cola
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