World security talks damage control at Dumbarton Oaks
Dr Victor Hoo of China urged leaving the Mi kado issue to Japanese people and suggested another emperor might be chosen. Diplomatic circles say talks will focus on basic peace framework with potential temporary action while the UN decides on a postwar agency. Cadogan Gromyko and Stettinius led the first working session reviewing scope, timing, and mechanics of negotiations.
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Washington
Victor Hoo
Dumbarton Oaks
Japan
Hoo
Hirohito
Pacific
United Nations
Alexander Cadogan
Cadogan
Andrei Gromyio
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Americans Columns Strike To Trap Germans Near Bordeaux
In Irun Spain on August 22 a dispatch said 1,000 German troops surrendered around Bordeaux as a French volunteer army and an American motorized column closed in from the north. French volunteers, starting at Hendaye, grew to several thousand, freeing Bayonne and Dax as they moved toward Bordeaux. The Germans inside the pocket were described as shrinking their escape routes in concentric circles.
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Irun
Spain
Bordeaux
Loire
Nantes
U. S
Third Army
Hendaye
St. Jean de Luz
Biarritz
Bayonne
Dax
France
Petain Arrested by Nazi Police at Vichy Hotel
Swiss and French reports confirm Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, head of the Vichy regime, was arrested by German secret police at his Hotel Du Parc residence in Vichy along with associates. The action follows intensified German control and signals a collapse of the Vichy government as Maquis resistance grows nearby.
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Geneva
Henri Philippe Petain
Hotel du Parc
Vichy
France
Verdun
Franc
Bridoux
Eugene Br
Basel National Zeitung
Berlin
Gestapo
Petain
Switzerland
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
Belfort
Soviets Launch Fresh Flank On Iasi Route
London report says Iasi, Romania's fourth largest city, has been evacuated ahead of a new southern Russian offensive. The move would threaten rail links to Bucovina and position near Prut river and Galati, with Berlin asserting widened breaches in a two front push.
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London
Iasi
Romania
Tasi
Prut River
Bucovina
Great
Ploesti
Galati
Danthe
Balkans
Moscow
Red Army
Germany
Berlin
Dnestr
Russian Forces Press New Flank Against Warsaw Across Bug River
Eddied Gilmore reports from Moscow that Russian troops crossed the Bug northeast of Warsaw threatening the Vistula crossing and encroaching on German positions along the river. Rokossovsky’s forces drive toward Praga with 50 recaptured villages in a renewed Warsaw threat while Nazi counterattacks backed by air and heavy artillery surge.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Bug
Warsaw
Vistula
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Italy
Izvestia
Praga
Germany
Sandomierz
Russia
Bug River
City hosts popular pet show linked to summer program
MA Winchester notes the city Recreation Department pet show during the summer playground program. She highlights children’s love for pets and urges animal owners to heed SPCA water and care guidance in hot weather to prevent illness.
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City Recreation Department
Winchester
SPCA
Notice to Fruit Growers Open for Processing Apples
Notice to fruit growers that the Winchester plant is now open to receive processing apples. National Fruit Product.
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Winchester
National Fruit Product
Senators to Quiz Donald Nelson on WPB mission
Senate War Investigating Committee plans to question WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson about his temporary China mission and its impact on reconversion policies. Charles E. Wilson will be questioned in Nelson's absence while the White House defends the mission as confidential and not changing WPB policy.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Roosevelt
China
Ferguson
R-Mich
Nelson
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Army Services
White House
Stone Jars For Sale Sizes All by Snider & Sons
W B Snider and Son advertise stone jars in all sizes for sale. The notice lists their business and indicates available quantities.
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Sele
W. B. Snider & Son
Wanted Young Man To Learn Optical Trade
Classified ad seeks a young man in Loudoun to learn the optical trade. Apply at addresses 47 and 53 for details.
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Loudoun
Demands Trial For War Instigators
Roanoke Virginia August 22 1945 American Legion delegates hear Edward N Scheiberling urge delivery of Hitler and companions to United Nations for trial. He calls for actual firing line experience in peace talks and warns economic sanctions if escape to neutral nations occur.
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Roanoke
Hitler
United Nations
Edward N. Scheiberling
New York
Virginia Department
American Legion
Scheiberling
United States
Truman Says Republicans Have Bricks Not Campaign Plans
Senator Truman, Democratic vice presidential nominee, criticizes Republicans for only “throwing bricks” and says few speeches are planned in the campaign. He plans a Chicago trip to address the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention and will fly to Washington after two speeches. He also says he will not further discuss Admiral Kimmel's statements on Pearl Harbor.
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Kansas City
Snc
Truman
D-Mo
Rosevelt
Chicago
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Washington
Senate
Husband E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Kimmel
Hurricane sweeps Yucatan toward Merida and Progreso
A tropical hurricane struck the Yucatan peninsula and moved inland toward Merida and Progreso. Weather observers expect it to weaken before reaching the coast this afternoon and later reemerge into the Gulf of Mexico. The New Orleans bureau also tracks a milder Gulf system near Brownsville with winds up to 50 mph.
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Miami
Fla
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Merida
Progreso
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Gulf
Brownsville
Tex
County Board Calls 13 For Induction
Thirteen county men will depart Winchester Friday at 6:00 a.m. for the induction center in Roanoke to be assigned to service branches on arrival. Report to the county draft board at 5:30 a.m. then board a Roanoke bus at 6:00 a.m. Names include Patterson Opequon, Whitacre Siler, White Stephens City, Sherman Middletown, Welch Front Royal, Colan Stephens City, Stout Stephens City, Madigan Stephens City, Lindamood Star Tannery, Pope Clearbrook, Ritter White Post, Whitacre and Wilson Middletown.
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Winchester
Roanoke
County Draft Board
Lynn Austen Patterson
Opequon
Ralph H. Whitacre
Siler
Lawrence Edward White
Stephens City
Patrick Sherman
Middletown
Geo. Welch
Front Royal
Daniel Albert Colan
William Glenn Stout
Thomas P. Madigan
Luther E. Lindamood
Star Tannery
Leslie Osborne Pope
Clearbrook
Arthur Richard Ritter
White Post
Virgil Lee Whitacre
Whitacre
Boyd Wilson
Used appliances top cash price wanted
Ed Molden Electrical Appliance Store advertises top cash prices for used electric appliances. Listings show location at 15 8 Loudoun and contact phone 5702 with Tuesday and Thursday postings.
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Ed Molden
Loudoun
Thurstf
Special Sale of Used Heatrolas at J. W. Grove Furniture
Two heatrolas offered as nearly new with no certificates required. Item available from J. W. Grove Furniture Co located at 125 S. Loudoun St. sale notice dated August 22.
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J. W. Grove Furniture Co
S. Loudoun St
Roosevelt Transmits Social Security Resolutions From Conference
President Roosevelt sent seven International Labor Conference resolutions to Congress. He said they could aid demobilization and conversion of industry, employment and social security. He noted widespread support and potential future action to implement recommendations. The measures cover income security medical care for discharged service members and postwar employment planning.
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Washington
International Labor Conference
Philadelphia
Congress
Roosevelt
Dependent Territories
Breakers Hotel Abandonment Criticized by Senate Panel
The Senate War Investigating Committee called the Army original Breakers Hotel Palm Beach Fla acquisition high handed and arbitrary and said the abandonment decision is not justified by the facts. The hotel used as Ream General Hospital will be abandoned Sept 1 and returned to owners by Dec 14. The panel noted civil groups pushed for return and a cheaper Barracks type hospital at Camp Atterbury Ind was pursued to add beds.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Army
Breakers
Palm Beach
Fla
Ream General Hospital
War Department
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Blood donor clinic seeks 1400 volunteers in city
Stewart Bell Jr announces 85 donors registered at the headquarters opened yesterday over Drug Store aiding the ninth clinic set for August 30 to September 2. Volunteers are being enrolled at local factories with events planned through September 1, stressing the need for one tenth of the eligible population.
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Stewart Bell, Jr
Bell
Red Cross
National Fruit Product Company
Virginia Woolen and Winchester Woolen Company
Oscar Nebel Company
Beil
World At War Highlights Across Fronts In 1944 Campaigns
Allied forces push east from Falaise toward the Seine while Seventh Army closes Toulon. Petain and Laval reportedly arrested in Vichy. Red Army breaches toward Warsaw as Florence is occupied. Pacific losses tally high as Japan defends Guam Saipan and Tinian with heavy casualties.
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Pacific
Japan
Guam
Saipan
Tinian
Japan Urges Subjugated Asia in War of Life or Death
Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu urged East Asia's subjugated peoples to support a "war of life or death" against Allied forces, amid major Allied blows in the Marianas and New Guinea. Tokyo reported new air raids ranging from the Kuriles to Halmahera as General MacArthur vows air supremacy in the Moluccas.
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Associated Press
Japan
East Asia
Marianas
New Guinea
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Shigemitsu
Asia
Tokyo
Kuriles
Halmahera
Boero
Molucca
Philippines
MacArthur
Moluccas
Allied pincers close as French invasion drives German retreat
Allied forces drive nearly 300 000 Germans from action in western France since June 6 as three Allied armies wedge from the west toward the Seine. American Third Army advances from Mantes Gassicourt while encircling the German Seventh Army. Canadian British and American units push eastward. Heavy fighting near Paris continues with Etampes and Orleans under shellfire and large prisoner take from the Falaise pocket.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Seine
France
Argentan-Falaise
Third Army
Normandy
Mantes- Gassicourt
Paris
Seventh Army
Etampes
Berlin
Eta
U. S. Third Army
Mantes
de Calais
First Army
Sea
Argentan
Cabourg
Dives
Ile Havre
Houlgate
Gace
French Fight Along Belfort as Laval Flees Vichy
French marquis and the Germans clash in Belfort near the Maginot line while Pierre Laval escapes to establish a Nazi controlled seat. Swiss reports note 20000 to 30000 German troops moved to Belfort to defend a Rhineland gateway and preserve foothold in France.
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London
Algiers
Maginot Line
Belfort
Pierre Laval
Vichy
France
Rhineland
Laval
Bellegarde
Paris
French Army of the Interior
Maouts
Joseph Pierre Koenig
FFI
de Gaulle
Marseille
Spanish
Pyrennes
Riviera
Nice
Oil Refineries Under Attack
Up to 750 Fortresses and Libera tors attacked synthetic oil refineries at Odertal in German Silesia and at Korneuburg near Vienna in a widespread assault.
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Rome
Odertal
German Silesia
Korneuburg
Vienna
Promised Cool Wave Hits Winchester
A drizzle persisted through the day in Winchester keeping temperatures around the cool level. A brief heavy shower early morning cleared quickly and gave way to ongoing drip-drizzle through the afternoon.
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Winchester
Rees
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Workable Peace Agency
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Soine
Tou'on
Charles 8. Foltz
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Donald Nelson
Yucatan
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Falaise
Seine River
Florence
Eighth Army
City
J. B. Krueger
Orleans
By Wes Gallagher
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