Submarine Bonefish and Destroyer Callaghan Lost
The Navy reports the submarine Bonefish with 85 crew missing after an overdue patrol and presumed loss. The destroyer Callaghan was lost in the Okinawa area due to enemy action with three killed, 49 missing, and 73 wounded. Cmdr Lawrence L. Edge, 33, commanded the Bonefish and hailed from Columbus Georgia.
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Washington
Navy
Okinawa
Lawrence L. Edge
Columbus, Ga
The
Naval Academy
Plans Completed For Northern Virginia Feeder Calf Sale
Five counties are represented on the sale committee for the 1945 Northern Virginia Feeder Calf Sale to be held Friday October 12 at the Virginia Livestock Auction Market in Winchester. Committee members include J W Olcott Berryville L T Larrick White Post Julian Everley Boyce Lem Sutphin Warrenton J H Cunningham Marshall I Fred Stine and Hugh Brill both of Winches Loudoun County William Cockrill Leesburg and Raymond Hoover Woodstock. Stine is sales manager and H H Terry of Monterey will auction. The sale is under Clarke Farmers Cooperative Inc Berryville. Entries may be made to any committee member by September 22.
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Northern Virginia
Virginia
Winchester
Clarke County
J. W. Olcott
Berryville
L. T. Larrick
White Post
Julian Everley
Boyce
Fauquier County
Lem Sutphin
Warrenton
J. H. Cunningham
Marshall
Frederick County
Fred Stine
Hugh Brill
Loudoun County
William Cockrill
Leesburg
Shenandoah County
Raymond I. Hoover
Woodstock
Stine
H. H. Terry
Monterey
Clarke Farmers’ Cooperative, Inc
Great Liners To Be Demobilized
The London Daily Mail reports the Queen Mary Queen Elizabeth and Aquitania will be demobilized and returned to Cunard after four more Atlantic trips with American troops. These liners, requisitioned for war duty, have carried most U S soldiers home from Europe and previously brought hundreds of thousands of troops to the continent.
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London
London Daily Mail
Cunard Line
Atlantic
U. S
Europe
Administrator's Sale of Harry C Newcome in Winchester Va
The administrator will publicly auction the household furniture of Harry C Newcome deceased in front of the County Courthouse Winchester Virginia at 10 A M Saturday August 18 1945. Items include bedroom suite buffet tables chairs heating stove cooking stove and other articles cash terms Roy Duvall auctioneer J B Bywaters Admr Harry C Newcome estate.
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Harry C. Newcome
County Court House
Winchester
Virginia
J. B. Bywaters
Admr
Roy Duval
In memory of Sgt Everly S Carper
A mother writes of her son Sgt Everly S Carper who died bravely in France on August 11 1944. She recalls the sorrow of his loss and her hopeful faith in reunion beyond grief. The verse expresses enduring love and longing from a grieving mother.
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Sgt
Everly S. Carper
France
Japan's capitulation delay fuels Allied urgency and force
Mackenzie notes Tokyo's surrender offer left the country beaten to its knees and prepares for a swift Allied coup de grace. Allies suspend some operations as a mercy gesture, yet launch dawn attacks on Tokyo area while Red Army advances in Manchuria and Mongolia. Russian marines reportedly seize Rashin and Yuki, aiding a broader push toward the Yellow Sea and northern China.
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Japan
Tokyo
Pacific
Germany
Admiral Halsey
Manchuria
Outer Mongolia
Inter Mongolia
Yellow Sea
Red Army
China
Kwangtung
Moscow
Korea
Rashin
Yuki
Sea of Japan
Grave Editorials In Jap Papers Highlight Crisis Tone
AP reports Tokyo Sunday editorials urge national unity during crisis. Yomiuri Hochi calls for waiting royal command and avoiding internal splits. Nippon Sangyo Keita warns against sentimentalism and demands courage. Mainichi notes people grieve and seek to ease Majesty’s anxiety. Crown Prince target of Tokyo press coverage.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
FCC
Yomiuri Hochi
Obn
Tokyo Shimbu
Nippon Sangyo
Mainichi
Hozumi
Shigeto Hozumi
Experienced sales lady wanted at Leggett's Dept Store
In person applications invited for an experienced sales lady in ready-to-wear at Leggett's Department Store. Post dated 1 31 11.
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Leggett’s Dept
Wender's
Yanks Anxious To Leave For East
In Kandy Ceylon the Southeast Asia command announced movement home details will be published a day or so after surrender is signed. Older overseas troops will get priority breaks, possibly home for Christmas or Thanksgiving if peace comes. Deactivation plans for the theater were laid out at New Delhi, with Lt Gen Raymond A. Wheeler presiding as acting supreme commander in Mountbatten’s absence.
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Kandy
Ceylon
India- Burma
Southeast Asia
New Delhi
Raymond A. Wheeler
Adm
Lord Mountbatten
Answer on Am ericas division name contraction
J Dake explains the division name Am ericas as a contraction of American Forces in New Caledonia. The final letter is not shown in the excerpt.
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U. S. Army
Americas
J. Dake
New Caledonia
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