Surrender of Nazis as Hitler Death Shocks German Command
Lt Gen Kurt Dittmar, once the voice of the German army, surrenders to U S Ninth Army after crossing the Elbe in a rowboat. He predicts a total German surrender after Hitler dies and names possible peace brokers including Brauchitsch Rundstedt and Guderian. He cites Hitler in Berlin and notes bomb plot details and Goering’s fate.
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U. S
Germany
Kurt Dittmar
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Berlin
Dittmar
Thefuehrer
Reich
Walter von Brauchitsch
Karl von Rundstedt
Heinz Guderian
U. S. Ninth Army
Elbe
Nordy
Fuehrer
Brandt
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Ichmarshal
Hermann Goering
4000 Liberated Men Return to New York
Nearly 2,000 former prisoners of war from Germany, led by advancing Russian troops, arrived at Staten Island as their army transport docked. Soldiers, some on crutches, greeted by Red Cross workers with coffee, then boarded trains to Camp Carson. Staff Sgt. John L. Bishop of Castleton, Vermont, was among the first ashore.
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New York
Germany
Staten Island
U. S
John L. Bishop
Righten Up On Nazi Prisoners Righten Up On Nazi Prisoners
The War Department ordered all service commands to stop Nazi prisoners of war in the United States from using the straight arm fascist salute. It also required the confiscation of Nazi flags pictures and emblems except for the insignia allowed to prisoners.
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Washington
War Department
Sal
Ration Calendar Shows Stamp Validity Across Food Groups
The entry outlines Book Four ration stamps for meats fats and processed foods with various codes and end dates through late June and July. It notes sugar stamps valid through June 2 and mentions a future validation stamp and a statement about 15-A coupons not being canceled.
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Associated Press
Ee A
Darden Talks On State Problems In Virginia
Governor Darden told about 1,000 at Warren County High School that free church and good schools are foundations of government. He urged universal education, basic and vocational training, better teachers, and a revolving fund for student loans. He called for industrial decentralization and growth with land aiding earnings.
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Front Royal
Darden
Warren County High School
America
Virginia
Govenor
Poles In London Question Warsaw Pact Validity
The Polish government in London declared the Warsaw provisional government treaty with Russia invalid citing non representation ofPoland. It said it seeks neighborly relations yet opposes the pact. Jan Drohorowski, ally of Mikolajczyk, was dismissed as undersecretary for information in the London administration.
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London
Russia
Warsaw
Tling
Jan Drohorowski
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Washington
German Unconditional Surrender Proposals Reported
Reports from various German regions and a Luxem bourg radio broadcast claim Himmler offered unconditional surrender to the Allies. British and American officials decline to confirm the offer, and Stet tinius says no comment while Cadogan denies the report.
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Luxembourg
Heinrich Himmler
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
San Francisco
Stettinius
Stimson
Alexander Cadogan
Meeting Across River Linkup Reported by Soviet War Correspondent
Soviet War Correspondent Konstan Simonov reports a historic linkup across the Elbe as two more divisions meet. He notes joint American and Russian forces on a vast front and recalls Americans learning the Russians may be veterans of Stalingrad.
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Moscow
Elbe River
Germany
Soviet Union
Konstan Simonov
Simonov
Berlin
Stalingrad
Reds Shake Earth In Celbration In Moscow Minting Dream
In Moscow on April 28 celebrants overflowed streets as 324 guns boomed a 24 volley salute to thrill crowds. Stalin announced to the allied armies at 7 25 pm and Churchill and Truman speeches were broadcast in translation to cheering Russians.
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Moscow
Stalin
Marshall Stalin
Churchill
President Truman
Mild interest in stock sale attracts few bidders
More than 500 shares offered at public auction by Dunn and Duvall for Berkeley Woolen, Virginia Woolen, and Winchester Credit Corp. Berkeley stock sold slowly with a top bid of 66. Winchester items sold at 70 and 90 dollars. Sale lasted about 45 minutes in chilly weather.
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Dunn and Duvall
Berkeley Woolen Company
Virginia Woolen Company
Winchester Credit Corp
Winchester
Winchester Credit Corporation
Front Royal Nine Faces Two Foes Tomorrow
The American Viscose team will meet the United Typewriters of Washington DC on the Front Royal diamond tomorrow at 3 30 in the afternoon. Viscose lost their opener to the Quantico Marines and were scheduled to play the Heurich Brewers this afternoon, a game that was rained out earlier this season.
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United Typewriters
Washington
D. C
Front Royal Diamond
Quantico Marines
Heurich Brewers
Patch's Seventh Army advances toward Torgau thrust
Patch's Seventh Army activity centers on Thursday near Torgau 28 miles northeast of Leipzig. First and Ninth Army operations along the Elbe are largely unreported as Russians offer few details. Berlin continues to be driven into mud as the front shifts with Wittenberg 26 miles northwest of Torgau and 17 east of Dessau signaling corridor expansion.
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Torgau
Leipzig
Elbe
Berlin
Wittenberg
Dessau
Reisa
Saxony
Dresden
Calpino Promotes Relief for Skin Irritations at Rhodes Drug
An advertisement urges readers troubled by poison ivy oak eczema or athlete s foot to visit Rhodes Drug Store and purchase Calpino today for relief.
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Rhodes Drug Store
Market Quotation Boosts To Eight-Year Peak In Rally
New York stock market climbs to an eight year high on heavy Saturday volume as rails motors steels liquors and industrials rise. Investors anticipate Nazi collapse loosened postwar controls and broad prosperity boosting demand for issues. About 800000 shares traded in two hours with many rails improving and government bonds steady.
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New York
U. S
Guilty Plea for Operating Slot Machines in Virginia
Manuel DeHaven of Clearbrook was fined 50 plus costs for keeping and exhibiting slot machines at Oak Grove tavern on Martinsburg Pike. Officers seized three machines and goods worth 80.53 during the Wednesday raid. case heard by Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards.
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Manuel DeHaven
Clearbrook
Oak Grove
Martinsburg Pike
Court of Trial
W. Erle Edwards
Adams Divorce Decree Recorded By Frederick Court
Edith Adams and Richard Adams were granted an absolute divorce by Judge Burr P. Harrison in Frederick Circuit Court. The couple married in Winchester in June 1939.
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Edith
Adams
Richard Adams
Burr P. Harrison
Frederick
Winchester
Middletown Men Fined for Vehicle Offenses in Local Court
Case disposals list two Middletown, Va. men. Irvin B. Grim allowed an unlicensed person to operate a vehicle with $5 and costs. Harold Lee Grim faced reckless driving and no operator's license charges, fined $20 and costs. Charles Workman of Buffalo, NY, cited for speeding, fined $10 and costs.
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Court of Trial
W. Erle Edwards
Irvin B. Grim
Middletown
Harold Lee Grim
Charles Workman
Buffalo
Church Laymen To Meet Sunday Stephens City Meet April 29
The quarterly layman meeting of the Stephens City Methodist Church will be held at the Stephens City church on Sunday April 29 at 7 30 oclock. Bruce Slaven of Harrisonburg will be the principal speaker with special music. Everyone is urged to attend.
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Stephens City
Allies push 31 miles in fifth army sector near Bergamo airport
Allied forces advanced about 31 miles and captured an airport near Bergamo. The Eighth Army faced stubborn resistance along the Adige Venetian Line as German troops from the 155th Division reinforced. Milan reports unclear. Genoa coastal batteries still resisted. About 1000more prisoners taken on the Eighth Army front.
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Fifth Army
Bergamo
Eighth Army
Ona Heidrich
Eighth
Milan
Genoa
34Th Infantry
Piacenza
Parma
Lugician
Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Markets Report April 28
Baltimore feed and produce lists show apples and eggs steady with 2 147 cases of eggs. cattle and calves mix of highs and lows with vealers 15.00-16.00 and light-weight calves down. hogs unchanged. sheep 60-80 lb lambs 20.00, 18.00-50 bulk. Chicago market active with salable cattle 500 plus strong gains to 25 higher. steers and yearlings top near 17.90, bulk 15.25-17.50. sheep 2,000 head with lambs and ewes showing mixed shifts, top 16.50-17.00 for western lambs and 10.00 for choice wooled ewes.
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Baltimore
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Chicago Grain Quotations Mixed in Early Trading
Chicago April 28 mixed grain markets show most futures with fractional losses in early trading. Wheat corn and rye weak at open with quotes drifting lower from opening prices for May July Sept and Dec contracts. Oats also softening across May July and Sept.
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Chicago
Four More Summoned For Failing To Send Children To School
Four Gore residents Albert Kerns Charles Amick and Martin Dunlap and Mt Williams resident Mrs Ed Lineburg were ordered to appear in Trial Justice Court for failing to send their children to school. Justice W Erle Edwards will hear the cases at 10 oclock on May 5.
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Trial Justice Court
Albert Kerns
Charles Amick
Martin Dunlap
Gore
Ed Lineburg
Mt. Williams
W. Erle Edwards
Nazi Leader in Berlin Declared to Die There
Fighting reports quote Dittmar claiming Hitler is in Berlin and will die there. He says Berlin’s fall will end Nazi resistance and dismisses the Bavarian redoubt as a myth.
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Hitler
Berlin
Dittmar
Winchester Va Company 115 Praised for Inspections
During the March 30 1945 annual federal inspection Captain W A Baker led Company 115 Virginia State Guard in Winchester to high praise. Maj Gen John F Williams and Brig Gen S Gardner Waller commended the unit for outstanding drill attendance and exceptional training with a 100 percent attendance rate noted as a model for Virginia guards.
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Winchester
Virginia State Guard
W. A. Baker
Baker
D. Dol. Spillman
Holmes Newcome
John
Kercheval
Third Service Command
John F. Williams
U. S
National Guard Bureau
Washington
WASG
State Guard of
Virginia
Philip Hayes
S. F
Baltimore
FE. E. Goodwyn
Wa. S. G
Rev Eisenberg To Teach Class At Grace Lutheran
The Grace Lutheran Church Men s Bible Class will meet Sunday at 9 45 in the morning. Miss Marie Garber will sing a vocal solo with Miss Mildred Jones on piano. The class will be taught by Rev W E Eisenberg.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Marie Garber
Mildred Jones
W. E. Eisenberg
Russians Overrun Hidden Diehards as Berlin Battle Intensifies
Reports describe Russians breaking into a ruined Berlin shelter where troops surrender with white flags while a long line of uniforms passes by. German high command said a relief army neared the city as Soviets shift toward Hamburg Rostock and Elbe linkups with American forces. Berlin radios warned the outcome would decide the war and questions persisted about Hitler’s location in the besieged capital.
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Derground
Hamburg
Rostock
Elbe
Berlin
Soviet Battle Report From Zoological Gardens Front
Enemy broadcasts admitted Rus were threatening the gardens outer fringes as an eight day clash neared a climax. Nazi radios urged Berlin mothers to arm while a Moscow dispatch said women snipers were in action. Aged men clerks teachers and other unskilled fighters resisted. Soviet writers said storm troopers wore civilian clothes but pressed the fight.
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Zoological Gardens
Eenemy
Berlin
Moscow
Red Troopers Find Russian Souvenir Habit and Hospitality
Red Troopers described as finding Russians eager for souvenirs chiefly American money and U eight per cent? The report notes Russians displayed unabated hospitality and heavy drinking, with one American captain joking about preferring a hangover to the preventive.
Compromises Discussed at Conference on World Assembly
At the conference the Russians endorsed a plan to include the White Russian and Ukrainian Soviets in a world assembly. Stettinius backed the move under Truman’s instructions to honor Roosevelt’s pledge to Stalin from Yalta. Molotov’s bid to seat the Warsaw government was defeated by a resolution urging the Big Three to resolve Poland disputes before the conference ends.
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World Assembly of Nations
Stettinius
Truman
Roosevelt
Stalin
Yalta
Molotov
Warsaw
Poland
Quiz Key Answers From Page Four
The list provides correct responses for ten questions: Bacolod California 860 miles False Montana Hundredweight The Marseillaise Boise Abyssinia.
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Bacolod
California
Montana
The
Marseillaise
Boise
Abyssinia
Unpainted Ladies' House Dresses News Item
Short ad note: unpainted ladies house dresses just received in sizes 3 to 8 with other items at 2 44 for boys playsuits.
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Reich Capital
Kenneth L. Dixon
Himmler
SILCO
Front Royal Nine
Patch
Seventh Army
Stock Market Report
Iotces
Clarke County
Rev. Eisenberg
Tempelhof
Robert Lee
Valley Pike
Towncraft
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Ues
Franklin Rugs
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