Middletown Still Tops In League
Middletown high school defeated Boyce 4 to 0 to remain undefeated in the Frederick Clarke Baseball League. Gainesboro upset Stephens City 2 to 1, while Berryville rallied to beat Gore. The loop standings show Middletown leading, with Gainesboro tying for third with Stonewall.
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Stonewall
Boyce
Berryville
Gainesboro
Stephens City
Gore May
Middletown High School
Frederick Clarke Baseball League
Berryville A
Gore
Middletown
Clem
Lloyd
Aer
Dalton
Jenkins
Cooley
Eugene Clem
Oyd
Bobcats
McCarty
Smallwood
Lineberg
Morrison
Boyd
White
Frederick
Ration calendar outlines stamp validity through mid year
The Associated Press lists Book Four red meat and fat stamps T5 through X5 valid to April 28 and others Y5 Z5 A2 through D2 to June 2 E2 through J2 to June 30 E2 through P2 to July 31. Processed foods stamps C2 to G2 valid April 28 and H2 to M7 to June 2. N2 to 6&2 to June 30. T2 to July 31. Sugar stamp 35 for five pounds valid through June 2 with May 1 as next validation. Airplane shoes Book three stamps 1 2 and 3 valid indefinitely. OPA has no plans to cancel.
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Associated Press
OPA
Demonstration clubs test pressure cooker gauges in May
Home Demonstration Club meetings in Frederick county will test pressure cooker gauges in May. Residents should bring only pressure cooker lids to the nearest regular meeting. The gauge tester serves several counties and operates only in May alongside the Kitchen Arrangement demonstration.
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Frederick County
Home Demonstration Leaders Meet on Kitchen Arrangements
Eighteen leaders of Freder ick County Home Demonstration Clubs attended demonstrations on kitchen arrangement at Hayfield and Stephens City. Helen D. Alverson Home Management Specialist highlighted test motion as a factor in many kitchens. Leaders will demonstrate how to prevent lost motion in farm kitchen work at the May meeting.
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Frederick County
Hayfield
Stephens City
Helen D. Alverson
Mayor Plans Dinner Event Honoring Governor Darden
Mayor C R Anderson and Aaron Bell secretary of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce will attend a dinner in Front Royal tonight to honor Governor Darden.
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C. R. Anderson
Aaron Bell
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Front Royal
Darden
Welfare Workers Visit Clarke County Office
Miss Ina Steele state field worker from the Commission of the Blind and Miss Christian Lohrmann eye medical worker visit the Clarke county welfare office in Berryville on Thursday to meet with Welfare Supervisor Miss Russell.
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Ina Steele
Commission of the Blind
Christian Lohrmann
Berrymvile
Russell
Clarke County
Thursda
United States Emphasizes Cooperation at Peace Conference
Stettinius, Soong, and Eden urged cooperative action among peaceful nations to safeguard security, justice, human rights, and sovereign equality. They warned that without justice and fair dealing, a new world conflict could destroy civilization.
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Red Army
Stalin
Stettinius
United States
World Organization
Soong
Eden
Camp and Hospital Council Explained to Baltimore Groups
Mrs. J Edward Johnson outlined the Camp and Hospital Council as a Red Cross liaison channel uniting civic, service, women and fraternal groups to aid convalescent servicemen. A nearby hospital requested musical instruments for reconditioning. donations through Red Cross HQs will be directed to the council for action. An additional meeting is planned with many organizations present.
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J. Edward Johnson
Baltimore
Rea Cross
George Washington Hotel
Gertrude A. McCormac
Camp and Hospital Council
Johnston
Red Cross
District Nurse Association
U. D.C
Wipe Out German Elements Says Churchill
Prime Minister Churchill declares in a British Information Service release that Allied forces have crossed Germany and will destroy remnants of Nazi military resistance. He stresses united Anglo American Soviet action, with ample forces to subjugate the Hitler Reich and fulfill their duty together.
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Washington
British Information Service
Churchill
Germany
Allied Vanguards Hit Verona Area as Fifth Army Advances
A wartime communique reports mop up progress near Verona with pockets of rearguard fighting. German commander Maj. Gen. Boehlke of the 334th Infantry was captured as the Fifth Army advances. Legnago and Cerea fell to the 91st Division and Ranger Col. Bill Darby led a fast Tenth Mountain capture of an airport at Villafranca. Eighth Army crossings, Canale and Adige advances continued with heavy air support and losses on both sides.
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Alps
Verona
Vigasio
Boehlke
334Th
Fifth
Fifth Army
91St
Legnago
Adige River
Cerea
Bill Darby
Fort Smith
Ark
Tenth Mountain Division
Villafranca
Commmunique
Eighth Army
Eee
Canale
Setar
Adige
Stalin Calls For Big Gun Salutes In Moscow
Stalin orders 24 artillery salvos from 324 guns in Moscow to honor the Elbe linkage between American and Russian forces. The salute mirrors a capital-city capture tribute and is announced as bells ring across the Moscow radio.
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Stalin
London
Marshall Stalin
Elbe
Moscow
New York
William Robertson
Los Angeles
Torgau
Ada
Germany
ABC Acts Case Disposed in Police Court in Virginia
Roland Naura in Schinn Middlebury Va cited under section 95 of Order A 10 ABC Acts of Virginia fined 25 dollars with costs. A thirty day sentence was suspended by Judge John Rice in police court in Middlebury.
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John Rice
Roland Naura
Schinn
Middleburg
ABC Acts of Virginia
Prisoner Rescue and Mass Killings Reported Near Elbe and Gardelegen
Major Fred Craig described freeing prisoners during a patrol near the Elbe while German columns marched toward American lines. He stated plans to remove prisoners within 42 to 72 hours. Separately reports note the mass murder of 1,100 political prisoners at a barn near Gardelegen, including a Black POW named John who tried to escape.
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Fred Craig
Friendship
Tenn
Craig
U.S .Ninth Army
Elbe
Gardelegen
John
Russians Reach Beelitz and Press Berlin Front
Soviet troops pushed toward Prenzlau while advancing on Stettin on the Oder estuary as Berlin endured intensifying street battles. NBC reported Russians and Americans positioned on opposite riverbanks near Leipzig, with reports of calm crossings and a widening attack across the Elbe front. Two major objectives followed: the Baltic base at Stettin and Breslau's siege, with Berlin’s urban fighting nearing its seventh day.
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Beelitz
Reich
Prenzlau
Stettin
Oder
Elbe
NBC
Roy Porter
Paris
Leipzig
Porter
Berlin
Bruen
Brno
Hitler
Breslau
Fuehrer
Greater Berlin
German general staff predicts war to end soon in Berlin
A top German general, among the best-informed staff, told reporters the war would end within days. He said Hitler remained in Berlin and would probably die there after surrendering to American troops who met him crossing the Elbe under a flag of truce.
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Hitler
Berlin
Elbe
Star News Summary Window Opens For Local and Global Events
The Star outlines its broadened coverage of local, national, and world events. Readers are invited to follow developments across communities, governments, and markets as they unfold daily.
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the Star
Plane Crash Kills Several Near National Airport
A Page Airways Lodestar transport en route from Miami to Rochester crashed on takeoff at National Airport near Washington. The 14 passenger plane rolled into a ditch after failing to lift off, burning upon impact. All aboard were removed. some were already dead.
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Washington
Page Airways Transport
Miami
Rochester
N. Y
National
Russian Forces Claim Key Advances Toward Berlin
Premier Marshal Stalin announced that First White Russian Army troops captured Schwandau on the western outskirts of Berlin and Potsdam five miles inside the capital region, with Rathenow 33 miles to the west, signaling major gains near the German capital.
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London
Cpandau
Flaming
Berlin
Hotsdam
Rathenow
Marshal Stalin
Yanks Enter Genoa Amid Allied Advance
American army troops entered Genoa as part of the Allied advance on April 27, with reports from Rome noting the event.
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Genoa
Rome
Genoany
Cattle Judging Contest Draws Junior Entrants Saturday
A full field of junior contestants will compete in the Shorthorn Cattle Judging Contest at the Winchester Stock Sales Pavilion on Saturday at 10:00 AM. FFA chapters from multiple towns and 4 H clubs from several counties will send teams to judge bulls heifers and cows in three classes. Cash prizes will be awarded before the sale at 1:00 PM, with Paul Swaffar and W R Legge mentioned in connection with judging and supervision.
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Winchester Stock Sales Pavilion
Marshall
Handley
Lincoln
Lovettsville
Middletown
Stephens City
Mt. Jackson
Strasburg
Toms Brook
Front Royal
Leesburg
Berryville
Boyce Manassas
Nokesville
W. R. Legge
Votational Agriculture
Army pledges no leniency in prisoner handling probe
Washington April 27 Brig Gen B M Bryan Jr head of the prisoner program told the House Military Committee that isolated cases of coddling will be corrected. Army representatives awaiting recall for questioning conferred with lawmakers about reports of lenient treatment and said mistakes were promptly fixed. Bryan denied prisoners were allowed dances overfed moved at their own request or given favors unavailable to GIs.
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Washington
House Military Committee
War Department
B. M. Bryan, Jr
Army
Bryan
Six B-29s Bomb Six Kyushu Airfields At Okinawa Front
At medium altitude in good bombing weather, 100 to 150 Super Fortresses bombed six southern Kyushu airfields by daylight. The targets serve as staging bases for Japanese aircraft raiding Okinawa. It was the second B-29 raid within 25 hours on southern Kyushu.
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GAUM
Kyushu
Okinawa
Kyu
Wind Storm Disrupts Winchester Streets
A severe wind storm struck Winchester early this morning prompting city crews to remove fallen trees. A large tree blocked South Stewart Street between Clifford and Cecil, taking over an hour to clear. No injuries or major property damage reported, and the Dumont Shows at the old airport sustained no serious harm. Temperatures dropped from 78 to 44 overnight, rising to 57 this afternoon.
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City Street
South Stewart Street
Clifford
Cecil
Fairmont Avenue
Washington Street
Boscawen Street
North Loudoun
Kent
Dumont
Mercury
Link-Up Prelude To Final Blow
London views the Elbe linkup between American and Russian troops as a symbolic triumph toward victory. Officials tempered celebrations, noting the action is a final prelude to closing battles in the north and south as Britain remains cautiously hopeful regarding the end of the German campaign.
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London
Elbe
Berlin
Eisenhower
Churchill
Britain
Yanks Hammer Deeper Wedge
In an Okinawa battle update Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley’s 96th Division pushed through the first Japanese line and drove a wedge deeper into secondary positions. New high ground near the center gave Doughboys control of dominating terrain around Naha after a 400 foot peak was seized as Japanese withdrew under heavy shelling. Resistance was light.
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Guam
James L. Bradley
96Th
Okinawa
Doughhboys
Naha
Lifts Big Burden From Jap's Minds
San Francisco April 27 Japanese propaganda chief says American B 29 raids lift morale of homeless by relieving worry over property and belongings. Domei report cited by the FCC quotes Shimomura president Nippon Board of Information.
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San Francisco
Japan
Comei
Federal Communications Commission
Hiroshi Shimomura
Nippon Board of Information
Shimomura
Domei
Last Desperate Hope of Hitlers Nazi Gang Extinguished
President declares the Allied victory a final end to Adolf Hitler's regime while praising Franklin D Roosevelt and stressing continued home-front effort until the war ends in Europe and the Pacific.
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Europe
Pacific
Patton Forces Break German Line as Allies Sweep Toward Austria
Allied forces push through Austria toward Linz and near Munich as Patton’s Third Army closes on Linz and Memmingen falls near the frontier. French and American units push toward Munich while Bremen and other North Sea ports threaten German defenses. The Canadian advance breaks the Kustlin canal line toward Wilhelmshaven and Emden.
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Denmark
Schleswig Holstein
Kutsen
Emden
Bremen- Haven
Wilhelmshaven
North Sea
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
St. Palten
Vienna
Patton
Linz
Austria
Passau
Danube
Paris
Augsburg
Tiger
10Th Armored
Memmingen
Bremen
Hamburg
Schleswig-Holstein
Kust
Canal Line
Berchtesgaden
Third Army
Salzberg
Regensburg
Valhalla
Texas and
Oklahoma
Furth
Czech
Pilsen
Prague
Germany
Third
11Th Armored
Lower
Elbe
Dresden
Canadian First Army
Kusten Canal
Bremenhaven
Leer
Ems River
Allied armies breach into Austria amid rapid advances
Reported sweeping advances across central Europe as Allied forces push into Austria. Third Army crosses Inn river, Ninth Army aids breakthrough near Elbe, French and Seventh Armies close pockets behind the front. Bavarian towns show celebrations as flags rise and soldiers enter frontier regions.
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Ters
Eisenhower
Third Army
Seventh Army
Ninth Army
Elbe
Barby
Austria
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Holland
Germany
Italy
Constance
Lake
Friedrichsafen
Augsburg
St. Polten
Passau
Lackenhorst
Czechoslovakia
Third
Inn River
Danube
Passir
Thunderbolt
Holmes E. Dager
Home Demonstration Club Schedule May 1 to May 3
The May 1 meeting of the Middletoad Home Demonstration Club with Mrs Emmett Rogers is at 2 30. On May 2 Gore Club meets Mrs J W Larrick at 2. Radio broadcast by 4 H County Council from 12 35 to 12 50. May 3 Shawnee Club meets Mrs Ada Marker at 1 P M.
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Middletoad Home Demonstration Club
Emmett Rogers
Gore Home Demonstration Club
J. W. Larrick
Shawnee Home Demonstration Club
Ada Marker
Quiz Answer Key Listed By Number
Correct responses include George W. Norris of Nebraska Death Valley California Hercules Washington Monument in Washington D C American Samoa Troy weight The United States and Great Britain Maine May 14 to June 30 Greece
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George W. Norris
Nebras
Death Valley
Calif
Hercules
Washington Monument
Washington, D. C
American Samoa
Troy Weight
The
United States
Great Britain
Maine
Greece
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Ms City
Toaday
VPI
Clarke
SILCO
Silico
Mrs. Johnston
ABC
Bulletins
FFA
Winchester
Armed Services
America
Blood Donor Center
Organization of the World For Peace
Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Rhodes Drug Store
Betty Crocker
Penne
W. F. Brown
S. Braddock St
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