Allied drive surges along Hollandia to seize airfields
Forces across New Guinea pressed the Hollandia front toward Astrolabe Bay advancing on Madang and Ramu Valley. Japanese rear guards fell back as invasion troops linked Tanah Merah and Humboldt bays with a 24 mile road. By Tuesday they menaced Cyclops and Sentani airfields while fighting around Aitape and Sentani.
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Hollandia
Drome
Madang
Ramu
Astrolabe Bay
Cantors
Aitape
Teday
Testi
Madane
Follandia
Sixth Army
Tanahmerah
Humboldt Bays
Hollendia
Aittane
Humboldt Bay
Lake Sentant
Nefarr
Erlywy
Cyclons
Sentani
Be kind to animals and spring blooms near Handley Library
Mr Winchester urges kindness to animals and support for the humane society to aid life and health of workers and pets. He notes spring signs with tulips and fruit blossoms appearing despite rain and suggests warmer days to bring apple blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humane Society
Handley Library
Waner Baseball Bat Captured During Island Invasion
A Japanese baseball bat bearing Paul Waner's autograph was captured during the American invasion of Namur Island in the Kwajalein Atoll. The bat, autographed by Waner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, was reportedly to be sent to Greenstein for potential auction during the Fifth War Loan drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Waner
Brooklyn Dodgers
Namur Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Wilmington
Waner
Truitt
Greenstein
Ten Are Feared Lost In Steamer Crash On Lake
Two ships collided in heavy fog on Lake Erie at dawn. Ten Reed was feared lost with 26 survivors aboard the Ashcraft en route to Erie. The Frank Vigor collided with Phillip Munich near Conneaut. crews transferred to safety as officials awaited clearer reports.
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Erie
Jesus- Ten Reed
Ashcraft
Columbia Transit Co
Frank Vigor
Lake Erie
Phillip Munich
Kinsman Transit Co
Conneaut
C. L
Publishers Pro War Labor Board Public Sale Notice
Public notice from New York under the War Labor Board advertising a sale of 50 head of Registered Polled Shorthorn cattle. The sale is set for Saturday April 29 at 1 pm at Winchester Stock Yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publishers Pro- War Labor Board
New York
War Labor Board
Winchester Stock Yards
Ward President Ejected From Company Office
Chicago April 27 two soldiers ejected Sewell L Avery chairman of Montgomery Ward and Company from his offices after he refused government orders. Attorney General Biddle said the government had taken charge to run the plant and books would be turned over to bookkeepers. Ward's contract with a CIO union pending a ruling on majority representation sparked the seizure. Wayne C Taylor said Biddle advises him as acting manager for the U S government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Sewell L. Avery
Roosevelt
Avery
Francis Bidiley
Biddle
Mr. Avery
Taylor
Wayne C. Taylor
United States
War Labor Board
Rosevelt
Ward
CTO
Secretary of War
White House
U. S
Harris To Retire From Congress
NORFOLK VA April 27 Representative Winder R Harris will not seek re election He is understood to have accepted a private post in Washington and will retire from Congress Vivian L Page remains the only definite Democratic candidate in the August 1 primary Page has mailed his entrance fee and will file petitions and notice of candidacy with the state auditor and party chairman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Winder R. Harris
Ledger-Dispatch
Harris
Washington
Conazaress
Vivian L. Page
L. McCarthy Downs
State Auditor
Col
Awning business ad listing Winchester store and contact
Awning firm advertises at Residence and Stores 39 E Piccadilly Street Winchester with phone number 4643. The notice parameters indicate a local business promotion with contact method for orders and inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Piccadilly St
Winchester
For Sale Shares of Bank Stock Auction at Court House
16 shares Farmers and Merchants Bank stock and 5 shares Shenandoah Valley Bank stock to be sold in front of the Court House on Saturday April 29 at 12 noon. Auctioneer C. I. L. Brumback. 1t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Shenandoah Valley Bank
Court House
C. Il. Brumback
Dover Strait Towns Rock Signals Last Minute German Blow
London reports a major explosion along the Dover Strait as Deal and other towns are rocked in what may be a last minute German blast for coastal defenses. The same day a shelter in a south coast town was struck killing several occupants during German raids. Allied air offensive continues with mass raids on Essen Schweinfurt and rail targets near Paris, involving US Libs and British bombers.
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London
Deal
Dover Strait
West Wall
Portsmouth
Essen
U. S
Atlantic Wall
Schweinfurt
Paris
France
Germany
Italy
Channel
Pittsburgh
Villeneuve St. Georges
Hamburg
Jap Bombadier Scatters Booty Taken By Allies
A wartime dispatch aboard a U S destroyer off Hollandia reports a Japanese bombardier dropping a bomb on a captured Allied ammunition dump. The blast set the dump and hundreds of fuel drums ablaze while Lt Gen Walter Krueger watched from offshore. The explosion was described as a huge, Christmas-tree like blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Eunson
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
Associated Press
Bush
Mollandia
Aeria
Plan For Future Drives Against Japanese Is Set
Secretary of War Stimson outlined future Allied offensives against Japan after the New Guinea coast leap and coordinated ground sea and air moves. He forecast longer hops and warned Tokyo of the expanding pattern, noting Hollandia and Aitape landings as a signal to threaten Japan’s empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
New Guinea
Stimson
Hollandia
Aitape
Douglas MacArthur
Palau Islands
Tokyo
Sloan Kuykendall Named State Board of Law Examiners Member
J Sloan Kuykendall of the Winchester Bar is named by Virginia Supreme Court to the State Board of Law Examiners in succession to the late Senator Aubrey Weaver who died in the Hotel Jefferson fire. Kuykendall is UVa Law School graduate and Romney native.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Sloan Kaykendall
Winchester
Supreme Court
Virginia
State Board of Law
Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
Hotel Jefferson
Kuykendall
University of Virginia Law School
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Romney, West
University of Virginia
Reds drive to erase Sevastopol amid city bombardment
Moscow dispatch says Soviet artillery controls Sevastopol as German and Romanian positions in the city shrink. Red Star reports guns reach enemy shelters, dive bombers join barrages, and Russians seize a key hill near the port, with several transports hit in the Black Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Crimean Front
Sevastopol
Red Star
Dnestr
Black Sea
Poll Tax Deadline Set for May 6 Voters
Voters must pay poll tax by Saturday May 6 to be eligible for the fall election. The tax deadline is governed by the pre voting law. The general election date is November 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Baker
World at War Highlights Aerial Bombardments Across Fronts
Allied air forces pound German targets with heavy tonnage as the war rages on. Russian artillery tightens grip on Sevastopol while Romanian reports indicate Soviet thrusts north of Iasi. In Italy fronts remain quiet aside from small German actions on the Adriatic coast. Stilwell’s troops advance in Burma with Manpin taken and Kohima shelled. Japanese moves press toward Tengfeng and Chenghsien as Pacific fronts report gains at Hollandia.
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Russia
Sevastopol
Iasi
Burma
Stilwell
Mogaung Valley
Manpin
Kamaing
Kohima
Adriatic Sector Attacks Fail Amid Quiet Air Action
An Allied communique reports no enemy planes observed over the Adriatic sector during the day and one Air Sea Rescue craft missing. A brief right flank engagement near the Fifth Army line yielded prisoners, while other sectors remained quiet and Allied forces suffered no damage or casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Lieto Sea
Corsica
Three Chest X ray Clinics Planned Next Week
Plans move ahead for three chest X ray clinics next week. On Monday May 1 Winchester adults may get X rays for 75 cents 9 to 5 at the Baptist Church. Tuesday Erick County TB Association serves county residents including students with school buses provided by the county school board. The Baptist Church hosts the clinics and the final session occurs at Kerr School for elementary students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
District Nurse Association
The
Baptist Church
Erick County Tuberculosis Association
Kerr School
Elemen
Stilwell's Troops Score Fresh Success In Asia
Allied reinforcements stream into Kohima in the Manipur valley as British and Chinese forces press toward key lines. Manpin falls to Stilwell's troops with six mile gains in 24 hours while Kohima faces a looming major battle and renewed Japanese resistance in northern India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
Assam
Manipur
Imphal
Dinapur
Bengal-Assam
Himalayas
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mogeaung
Manpin
Oan
Moraung
Manvin
Kamaine
Mogaune
Stilwell
Warong
Inkancahtawne
Manpir
Dent William Boni
U. S
India
Eastern
Boni
Winchester mass recreation meeting announced
Sam Preston president of the local Recreation Council says a mass meeting of Winchester citizens will be held in the George Washington on Monday night May Sth at 3 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Preston
Recreation Council
Winchester
George Washington
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French
Hollandia Airdrome
MR Winchester
Congress
Jap Bombadier
Jo “Wineeer
J. Sloan Kuykendoll
By Eddie Gilmore
Winchester Ministerial Association
American Legion
Ministerial Association
State Office of Civilian Defense
Vnia
OCD
State Control Center
Assam Plains
U. S S
Neemoe
Adriatic
China
Tengfeng
Chenghsien
Midsten
Noose
Lloyd
Thoburn Wiant
Mass Recreation Meeting
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