116th Infantry Receives Presidential Unit Citation
A news release from the Infantry Division announces the 116th Infantry earned the Presidential Unit Citation for its D-Day assault on Normandy. The regiment’s colors display a blue streamer for the award, with history from the Meuse-Argonne actions through battles in Normandy, Northern France, and Western Germany, including St Lo, Aachen, and the Julich to Mönchengladbach drive. Component units trace back to Roanoke, Bedford, Lynchburg, Harrisonburg, and other Virginia towns.
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116Th Infantry
Charles Chardt
Haute
Normandy
Virginia constitutional convention debates poll tax repeal
Delegates discuss ending poll taxes for service personnel and civilians with plans to amend the Franchise section. Some urge immediate repeal for all armed forces members. others seek exemptions for veterans. The State Supreme Court previously ruled poll tax waivers for servicemen unconstitutional. The convention seats H. C. Minter amid a district dispute and faces several seating questions.
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Virginia
Tregards
Frank L. Ball
Arlington
District of
Colum
Je Lutz
John J. Wicker
Richmond
Virginia Ral Assembly
Armed ‘Forces
State Supreme Court
House of Delegates
H. C. Minter
Demt
PageeWarren
Rappahannock
Iam
Harrisonburg
Food Stamp Calendar Updates From Associated Press
Meats fats book 4 red stamps through X5 valid until June 20-28. Sugar book 4 blue stamps through 30 with next issuing May 1. Airplane coupons 15A 15A good for four gallons each June 21. Several coupons B6 C6 B7 C7 valid everywhere for rest of season. four and five year period extended.
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Associated Press
Isaac Hoffman Dies at 71 Cabinet Maker Passed Away in Winchester
Isaac G. Hoffman 71 died Sunday morning at his home from heart disease after a 15 year struggle. Services are set for Tuesday at 2 pm from 510 North Street with Rev. Vanderberry. interment Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers include Clarence Grimm and Arthur Chaney. He previously worked in Philadelphia and Charlottesville before returning to Winchester with his wife Margaret E. Pope two years ago. He was a member of the Methodist Church I O F and Artists Order of Mutual Protection. He is survived by nieces and nephews.
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Isaac G. Hoffman
North Street
R. W. Vanderberry
Market Street Methodist Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Clarence Grimm
Arthur Chaney
S. G. Cather
W. W. Dellinger
Landon Boyer
Charles Willingham
Hoffman
M. C. Thomas Company
Margaret E. Pope
Winchester
Methodist Church
Artists Order of Mutual Protection
Philadelphia
R. E. March
Jones Funeral Home
Allied push in Italy seals towns and ashore gains
Allied forces press through northern Italy capturing Milan and Mestre while Venice and Chioggia fall. Trieste, Genoa, and Venice areas see rapid advances as over 100000 prisoners are taken since April 9. German lines retreat near Brenner Pass as air operations continue over Abbiategrasso amid ongoing negotiations.
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Italian Freedom Volunteer Corps
Italy
Milan
Abbiategrasso
Benito Mussolini
Genoa
Venice
Belgrade
Trieste
Lake Gara
Brenner Pass
Lake Garda
Lake Como
Alps
William H. Lockhart, Jr
Redfield
Chioggia
Venetian
Mestre
Countywide effort to teach Bible in Frederick schools
Frederick County citizens from five districts met at the invitation of H A Snapp to launch a county wide plan for Bible study in public schools. The group stressed neutrality, opt in participation, written parental consent, and funding from churches and private groups. A committee led by C E Staples will present the program to Sunday Schools and churches after a school board hearing.
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Frederick County
H. A. Snapp
Virginia
Addiion
Virginia State Council of Religious Education and Churches
Federick County School Board
Snapp
C. E. Staples
N. C. Williams
B. F. Strother
Raymond L. Marks
R. E. Ayler
J. Floyd Booze
P. E. Lineburg
A. R. Wine
Ada Woore Robinson
Julian A. Larrick
C. G. Wilkins
Truck collision in Fairview avenue near Stines Grocery
A Schenck Cheese Company truck driven by Clifton Teets collided with a car driven by David Baughman yesterday afternoon near Stines Grocery on Fairview avenue during a clothing drive. The car sustained about $40 damage to the left rear fender and door while the truck had a crumpled fender. Police record notes the incident occurred in the area.
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Schenck Cheese Company
Clifton Janney Teets
W. Germain St
David Baughman
Sunnyside
Stine’s
Fairview Ave
Mussolini Executed in Milan After Escape Attempt
Eye witnesses recount Mussolini dying while shouting no as firing squad shot him in Milan. Graziani, captured by an American captain and Partisan guards, said Mussolini and cabinet left Milan for Como on April 25. Bodies dumped in a square once used for partisan executions, including Pavolini Starace Barracu Mezzasome among others.
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Graziani
Mussolini
Milan
Como
Allessandro Pavolini
Death by own action plane dives toward the Comfort
On April 6 in clear weather a Japanese plane dove at the Comfort, which was gleaming white among wartime ships. Anti-aircraft fire brought the attacker down short of the ship. Earlier that day two bombs were dropped near a sister mercy ship, but both misses.
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Comfort
Mercy
Mussolini Aide Executed as Fascist Purge Spreads
Milan reports the execution of Benito Mussolini touching off a purge of Fascism's leadership. Marshal Rodolfo Graziano is said convicted and executed. Rome dispatches note the American Fifth Army has entered Turin.
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Graziano
Milan
Benito Mussolini
Fascism
Rodolfo Graziano
Rome
Fifth Army
Turin
End of War Foreseen Says Nazi Chief Voice
A Hamburg radio commentator, the last major Nazi voice, declared that the war is drawing to a close and an irrevocable fact. In New York, Marshal Tito’s Yugoslav army reportedly captured Trieste, Alesie, and an American broadcasting station in Europe, per CBS recording.
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London
Hamburg
Nazi Germany
New York
Marshal Tito
Trieste
Alesie
Europe
CBS
Freed Soldiers To Come Home Soon
Paris reports Supreme Headquarters states every American liberated from German camps will return home as fast as possible. Sick and wounded will be evacuated first via medical channels. camps are prepared for others with baths meals clothes and medical care. On arrival they receive back pay and a 21 day furlough before redistribution or discharge. none will be sent back to Europe.
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Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Alata
United States
Germany
America
Europe
Mrs McFadden Dies Suddenly in Parsons West Virginia
Jessie Hodgson McFadden a native of this city died early today at her home in Parsons West Virginia. She is sister to Mrs Margaret Hodgson Goss and Joseph Hodgson of Winchester. Mr and Mrs Ed Goss and Mr Hodgson left for West Virginia.
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Jessie Hodgson McFadden
Parsons
W. Va
Starkey to Leave Winchester for Military Duty
Basil F. Starkey Shenandoah Area Council scout executive dep uty regional executive Major D. G. Van De Boe of the Boy Scouts of America arrives in Winchester from Philadelphia this evening. Starkey ordered to report for induction on May 14 and will depart late Tuesday for Palucah Kentucky where his wife and two children will stay with her family. From Kentucky he will report to Jefferson Barracks St Louis.
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D. G. van de Boe
Boy Scouts of America
Winchester
Philadelphia
Basil F. Starkey
Shenandoah Area Council
Starkey
Palucah
Allied forces cap Baguio as major drives advance in Pacific
British 33rd and 37th divisions seize Baguio with Gen. Douglas MacArthur reporting 20 000 enemy garrison virtually annihilated after a 3 1/2 month drive. Mindanao gains by the 24th Division followed by Digos and Parada airfield captures. Nimitz cites Okinawa toll of 11 413 ground casualties with 1 847 killed and 9 142 wounded.
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Baguio
Douglas MacArthur
Mile High
Philippines
24Th
Mindanao
Moro Gulf
Davao Gulf
Digos
Parada
Digros
Davao City
Luzon
Naga
Rangoon
Pegu
Okinawa
Japan
Naha
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Juveniles Arrested For Theft and Sale Of Gasoline Coupons
Two 16 year old youths from Winchester and Linden Virginia were arrested last Monday on larceny and sale of gasoline ration coupons. They allegedly stole gas coupons from Adams Esso Station and sold them. Police seek a third party who received the coupons. Prosecution will rest with the sales case.
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Winchester
Linden
Adams Esso
Salvation Army Revival Extended For One More Week
The Salvation Army revival meetings will continue for another week by request of attendees. Captain Clyde Koon leads services starting this evening with the message The Two Roads. Envoy Adams, who led the past two weeks, departs for Baltimore to continue services there.
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Salvation Army
Clyde Koon
Envoy Adams
Baltimore
Six Month For Larceny Dispositions In Police Court
Judge John Rice presided as Wheeler Nichols of Woodstock Lane faced drunken and petty larceny with fines and six months on the second charge. Preston Payne of Highland Avenue was fined five dollars and costs for drunkenness. Maurice Murnan of North Kent Street received ten dollars and costs for drunkenness. Robert Caldwell of Welltown Pike was fined twenty dollars and costs for disorderly conduct.
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John Rice
Wheeler Nichols
Woodstock Lane
Preston Payne
Highland Avenue
Maurice Murnan
North Kent Street
Robert Caldwell
Welltown Pike
Surrender News Triggers Berryville Celebration Then Fades
Rumors of Germany's surrender sparked a brief Berryville celebration with bells, horns, and fire sirens until President Truman denied the reports. In Winchester residents likewise awaited official confirmation before reacting. Radio rumors from San Francisco fueled the excitement over the unconditional surrender.
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Germany
Berryville
Truman
Winchester
Aise
San Francisco
German Marines At Kiel Mutiny
Whole companies of German marines mutinied at Kiel last night after authorities ordered them to entraine for infantry duty at the Hamburg front. Nazi Elite guards were deployed but failed to establish control, the Stockholm Dagens Nyheter said today. The dispatch was reported to the Office of War Information.
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New York
Kiel
Hamburg
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Office of War Information
Virginia Tops South Atlantic in Clothing Drive Reports
Virginia has the most reporting communities among seven South Atlantic states in the United Nations Clothing Collection. Henry Kaiser announced 10 Virginia towns totaling 189 248 population reported 210 568 pounds of clothing through April 29, part of 78 communities overall collecting 1 367 715 pounds for overseas relief, an average under one pound per person and far short of the five pounds per individual quota.
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New York
South Atlantic
United National Clothing Collection
Virginia
Henry J. Kaiser
Commonwealth
Kaiser
Strategic bombing ends in Europe as forces shift to Pacific
General Carl A. Spaatz announced that strategic bombing has completed its role in Europe and that U S forces, personnel and aircraft will be redirected to the Pacific as available. He spoke about American air power, noting the broader Allied context.
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Paris
Europe
Pacific
Carl] A. Spaatz
U. S
Strategic Air Force
Spaatz
American Ninth Army Advances Near Wittenberg and Passau
Allied forces push east of the Mulde and Elbe as Ninth Army links with Russians near Wittenberg and crosses toward Magdeburg. Third Army nears Passau and Linz while Munich resists. Patton nears Linz and Britain advances on Hamburg as Italy routs Nazi defenses.
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Paris
Ninth Army
Wittenberg
Prooress
Munich
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Apollendorf
Reisa
Dresden-Leipzig
Germany
Mulde River
Elbe River
Zerbst
Brandenburg
Berlin
Third Army
Passau
Linz
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Salzburg
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Hitler
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Ninth
Magdeburg
Stalin
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Elbe
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Dachau
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Isar
Hamburg
Patton
Oslo
Reich
Danube
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Rainbow
20Th Armored
Brelin
Russia
Answers to the Daily Quiz Corrected for Page 4
The note lists the correct responses to the page four quiz questions. It serves as an index of solutions for readers checking their work.
Annual Shorthorn Sale Draws Buyers from Six States
The Shenandoah Valley Polled Shorthorn Breeders Association held a bred Shorthorn sale at Winchester Stock Yard with about $13,000 in sales. Top cow and calf brought $600. grand champion female sold for $525 to F. W. Smallstig of Pittsburgh. grand champion bull went for $340 to an Eastern Shore buyer. Thirty four females averaged $335 and seven bulls averaged $225. Buyers came from six states. several high buyers included Hic kory Valley Farm and firms from North Carolina Ohio Maryland West Virginia and Virginia. The Mt Jackson F F A team won high team in the judging contest with Odell Miller taking top individual score. A large field of 29 teams and 85 individuals competed. prize money awarded to top finishers.
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Shenandoah Valley
American Polled Shorthorn Breeders Association
Chicago
North Carolina
Hickory Valley
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
Mt. Jackson High School F. A
Meems Valley Club
F. Ae A
Ih U
Odell Miller
Mt. Jackson PF. F. A
Front Royal Viscose Wins Two Over Washington Opponents
The Front Royal American Viscose nine edged Heurich Brewers 2-1 on Saturday and then routed United Typewriters 14-1 on Sunday, snapping a weekend series with two victories.
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Front Royal
Washington
Heurich Brewers
United Typewriters
Conference gears up as Dumbarton Oaks plan moves forward
The report outlines steps to advance the Dumbarton Oaks framework with four commissions on General Provisions Assembly Security Council and World Court. It notes potential UK US public discussion on the Polish government and possible Warsaw-Yalta interpretations and a Friday deadline for plan changes.
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Molotov
Poland
Russia
Britain
Anthony
Dumbarton Oaks
World Organization
General Assembly
Assembly of All Nations
Security Council
Commission
International Court of Justice
the Hague
United States
Washington
London
Warsaw
Herriot Arrives in Moscow After Liberation
Former French premier Edouard Herriot, imprisoned by the Germans and freed near Berlin by the Red Army, arrived today by plane at Moscow central airport marking his return to the Soviet capital.
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Moscow
Edouard Herriot
Berlin
Red Army
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