Russian Stand At Conference Shapes Peace Agenda
The United Nations conference faces a power tussle as Molotov blocks Stettinius for chair and pushs for rotating leadership. Molotov argues for a Soviet role in a growing coalition to preserve security, while Washington and London resist. A midnight meeting sought agreement on committee chairs and a rotating presidency among the big four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
Molotov
Stettinius
Fee
Ganonibecan
United States
Britain
Eden
Soong
China
Security Council
General Assembly of the World Organization
Russia
Soviet Union
James H. Enoch
Eft
Thomas J. Kyle
Iwo Jima
Europe
Pacific
Truman
Dr. Herman I. Pifer resumes practice May first
Notice announces that Dr. Herman I. Pifer will resume medical practice on Tuesday May 1. The brief item appears among public notices and classified snippets in the newspaper.
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Herman I. Pifer
Prisoners Freed By Thousands Across Front Lines
Allied prisoners of war are freed in vast numbers as American and Russian forces close the gap. Thousands march west toward American lines while many ill prisoners await U S Army transport. A U S First Army jeep patrol overran 11 POW camps and hospitals east of the Mulde toward the Elbe, with over 50 000 freed in two camps including 8 600 Americans.
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Paris
U. S. First Army
Mulde
Elbe
City Democratic Committee Sets Fees and Filing Deadline
City Democratic Committee fixed entrance fees for city treasurer at 50 dollars and city clerk at 5 dollars and set two percent of salary for other offices as filing fees. May 9 is the candidacy filing deadline for the August primary. Incumbents in fire city offices plan to run again. A mass meeting to elect a new Democratic committee is set for May 31 at 8 PM at City Hall, Noble Pierce, chairman, presided.
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City Democratic Committee
Noble Pierce
Public Sale in Winchester Offered for multiple securities
Dunn & Duvall as agents for owners offer 246 shares Berkeley Woolen Co 190 shares Virginia Woolen Co 112 shares Winchester Credit Corp at public auction in front of County Court House Winchester Virginia on Saturday April 28 at noon in small blocks auctioneers agents for the owners.
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Winchester
Virginia
Berkeley Woolen Co
Virginia Woolen Co
Winchester Credit Corp
Dunn & Duvall
Goering Resigns and Vanishes Amid War Uncertainty
A London dispatch says Hermann Goering resigned as Luftwaffe chief due to an acute heart condition and fled by air with his wife. Moscow reports place Goering in unknown destination, with Reichsmarshal said to have taken assets worth $20 million. A German broadcast claimed Ritter Von Grein promoted to Field Marshal as Goering’s replacement.
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London
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Moscow
Berlin
Goering
Hitler
Goeting
Luftwaffe
Fueher
Ritter von Grein
von Grein
Russia
U. S. Ninth Army
Advance Weather Forecast for District 4 and 5
The extended forecast for April 28 to May 2 1945 shows District 4 expect warmer on Saturday with cooler Monday and warmer Tuesday or Wednesday. Rain possible especially in the north with showers in the south. District 5 including West Virginia calls for warmer Saturday cooler Sunday or Monday and warmer Tuesday with considerable rain mainly in the north late Saturday through Sunday and again around Wednesday.
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West Virginia
German Crean Up In North Italy
U S Fifth Army forces pushed within 35 miles of Milan as the Italian front closed around the Red Alpine redoubt. Allied advances reached Genoa on the Ligurian coast while Nazi units reportedly withdrew toward the Bavarian border to reinforce a defense. Verona fell as US troops breached the Adige line and the Brenner Pass area neared.
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Rome
U. S
Fifth Army
Milan
Red Alpine
London
Genoa
Mussolini
Verona
Adige
Brenner Pass
Australia
Italy
Petain Confined In Plain Room In Paris Trial Move
Paris news reports Petain has been confined in a stark room at Fort Mont Rouge awaiting treason trial. He arrived in Paris early today after crossing from Switzerland. Crowds at Pont Arlier station shouted death, while his wife chose to stay with him during detention.
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Paris
Rouge
Mars
Petain
Gen. de Gaulle
France
Switzerland
Germany
London
Marshal Petain
French
Ministry of Information
Fort Mont Rouge
Pont Arlier
Inner Defense Core of Berlin Is Cracking Up
Berlin reports say Soviet Marshal Zhukov’s forces surged into Moabit and near Tiergarten as Konev’s First Ukrainian Army claimed Tempelhof while flame throwers and street fights unfold. German defenses, including the inner defense zone, are described as being pushed back amid urban combat and rail tunnels.
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Berlin
London
Gregory K. Zhukov
Moabit
Tiergarten
Siemanstadt
Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Tempelhof
Boabit
Elbe River
Germany
High Command
Barnow-Zossen
First Day Blood Donor Registration Reaches 262
First day blood donor registration at the twelfth clinic in Red Cross rooms over Peoples Drug Store reaches 262 volunteers with 159 from Shenandoah county Woodstock. Winchester recruits largely from industrial plants. Carl Wilkins leads with nine donations and a ten donor appointment.
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Red Cross
Peoples Drug Store
Shenandoah County
Woodstock
Winchester
J. W. Arthur
Eunice M. Braithwaite
Mary R. Kane
Cleda Todd
Carl Wilkins
Special notice 10 percent sale at Grove Furniture
A two day sale at J. W. Grove Furniture Co. 125 S. Loudon St offers 10 percent off any living room suite for cash or 10 percent credit toward a 33 1 3 percent down payment. Silent ad notes dates April 28 and April 30.
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J. W. Grove Furniture Co
S. Loudon St
Shawnee Station to Close Mondays Until Further Notice
Shawnee filling station will be closed on Mondays until further notice.
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Shawnee
Call To Tokes' for Chicken Dinner Sunday
Community notice inviting readers to a chicken dinner event hosted on Sunday April 29 by Call To Tokes. Proceeds support local activities. Event details include time and location to be announced.
Patton Forces Reach Radio Contact With Russians West of Vienna
Paris April 27 Gen Patton's Third Army invaded Austria and moved toward Vienna establishing radio contact with the Russians west of the city. American units closed toward Munich Brenner Pass and received reports of a near physical junction with Soviet forces. The Seventh Army neared Munich from the northwest while the Fifth Army pressed north from Italy. The center showed 17 miles to contact near Dresden. The Redoubt south held against forces from multiple directions.
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Austin Bealmar
Paris
Patton
Third
Austria
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Munich
Brenner Pass
Fifth
Italy
Third Army
A. P
Edward D. Ball
First Army
Dresden
Bre
Farm Credit Groups Hold Meeting Here
Frederick Maryland Petersburg Keyser Romney Staunton Winchester Farm Credit Groups met in Shenandoah Production Credit Association office for an employees training conference. Leaders discussed long and short term credit and educational outreach while a Q and A session featured Take A Look At Yourself with Ashley Brumback in charge.
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Farm Credit
Frederick
Maryland
Petersburg
Keyser
Romney
West Virginia
Staunton
Winchester
Shenandoah Production Credit Association
W. C. Bailey
E. L. Mason
Frederick Association
Ashley Brumback
Julian A. Everly
Production Credit Associations
National Farm Loan Associations
Julian A. Ever
Ashby Brumback
Dorsey
N. V. Ruby
F. L. Brengle
W D. Bromley
Chas. H. Remsber
J. H. Snyder
Elva Mille
Evelyn Delpny
Ruth Groff
Dudley Rexrode
Dorthea Kile
E. W. Whitesel
Betty Shanholz
Gilmore
T. M. Oates
Mary D’aulto
W. Dorsey Hines
H. W. Beard
Production Credit Corporation of Baltimore
John G. Lace
George Stevens
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
Ice boxes delivered to J. W. Grove Furniture Co.
Twelve 65 pound metal ice boxes arrive at J. W. Grove Furniture Co located at 125 South Loudoun Street. Delivered on date shown in ad code 4-27-1p-11.
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J. W. Grove Purniture Co
S. Loudoun St
South End Fire Co Prize Night Ad
South End Fire Co advertises Friday night events on April 27 1945 at 8 30 pm featuring door prize number nine and other prizes.
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South End Fire Co
Allied armies meet in heart of Nazi Germany
President Truman announced that Anglo American and Soviet forces met in central Germany near the Elbe at Tor gau, signaling Germany split in two. The 69th Division under Maj. Gen. Emil Reinhardt participated, and officials stressed this is not final victory but a turning point aiding Allied unity and a future peace organization.
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Washington
Hitler
Reich
Germany
White House
Truman
Moscow
London
Torgau
Elbe River
Berlin
69Th
Emil F. Reinhardt
Europe
United Nations
Organization of the World For Peace
Eisenhower
Nazi Germany
Gether
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C. G. Wilkins
Admiral McIntire
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