Reds Press On as French Hit Cassino with Heights Captured
French forces under Gen Alphonse Juin drive toward Cassino in Italy pushing two miles past Acquafondata and seizing three heights over 3 000 feet including Mt Ferro Mt Pagano and Mt Pile in a push that surrounded Viticuso while Americans assault Mt Trocchio and German fortifications. Casualties and prisoners reported as Allied artillery and patrol activity continue on the Cassino front with German withdrawals and heavy fighting along the Cervaro sector.
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Edward Kennedy Arters
Giers
Fifth Army
Italy
Cassino
Acquafondata
Alphonse Juinas
Rome
Viticuso
Casino
Mt. Ferro
Vallrotonda
Mt. Pagano
Mt. Pile
San Pietro
Mt. Trocchio
Eighth Army
Civitella
Cassoli
Cervaro
Yugoslav
Loryn Crabill Re elected Captain Of Sarah Zane Fire Company
At the annual meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Company last night Loryn Crabill was re elected captain for his eighth straight year. Officers named include first lieutenant Voyon Omps second lieutenant H M Linkous third lieutenant Roy P Duvall treasurers Grover C Cooper and R B Brown Sr secretary Lee Winkfield chaplain Rev L G Bridgers assistant chaplain Rev Norman Cooper surgeon H S Pifer counsel W E Edwards chief pipeman ard Huff and C McVicar trustees Grover Cooper R B Brown Sr B M Sullivan and W Lee Fisher. James N Moling, who died in January, was noted. A large attendance followed by refreshments and a smoker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Loryn Crabill
Vyoyn Omps
H. M. Linkous
Roy P. Duvall
W. Lee Fisher
General Fund
Grover C. Cooper
R. B. Brown
Finance Fund
Lee Winkfield
L. G. Bridgers
Norman Cooper
H. S. Pifer
W. E. Edwards
Ard Huff
C. >. McVicar
Grover Cooper
B. M. Sullivan
Lee Brown
J. Henry Moling
James N. Moling
Kennedy blasts federal income tax form as muddled
Joseph P. Kennedy, former ambassador to England, says the federal income tax form is so muddled it makes people lose faith in leaders and government. He calls it scandalous and urges revision into plain language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Joseph P. Kennedy
United States
England
Boston Globe
Miss Sara Hamilton Named Winchester Hospital Superintendent
Winchester Memorial Hospital announced Miss Sara Hamilton as superintendent succeeding Beulah Brown who resigned due to ill health. Hamilton, born in 1907 in Pecan Mississippi, is a Christ Hospital School of Nursing graduate with a long career in nursing administration, including posts at McMillan Charleston Moore County and Charlotte Memorial. She has been superintendent of nurses at Winchester since 1943 and is active in Red Cross Nursing Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter H. McGuire
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Sara Hamilton
Miss Hamilton
Beulah M. Brown
Mississippi
Anna E. Hamilton
West
Cork Street
Pecan
Alabama
Withrow High School
Cincinnati
Christ Hospital
McMillan Hospital
Charleston
W. Va
Moore County Hospital
Pinehurst
N. C
New Charlotte Memorial Hospital
Charlotte
Winchester
Hamilton
American Red Cross Nursing Service
Amer
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Lieutenant Flickinger Killed While On Maneuvers
Lt. Walter Steven Flickinger, 30, son of Dr. and Mrs. S. L. Flickinger of Winchester, died in Florida on maneuvers near Tallahassee. He was a 1933 College of William and Mary graduate, served with the 1118 Engineers Aviation Battalion, and had earlier worked with the National Park Service. Burial plans to be announced. services canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Steven Flickinger
S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Tallahassee
Fla
Flickinger
Dale Mabry Field
Marysville
Winchester
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Easton
Handley High School
William and Mary Cole
Williamsburg
Company B
1118
Engineers Aviation Batallion
Dale Mebro Field
Fila
Brooks Flickinger
Quenton Flickinger
Floyd Flickinger
Joseph Flickinger
Margaret Flickinger
Alice Stahl
WPB Holds To Newsprint Plan In Face Of Pressure
Washington January 15 War Production Board chairman Donald M Nelson says the WPB will keep its plan to stockpile Canadian newsprint beyond original estimates. Publishers urged dropping the policy while groups proposed allocating extra paper as it becomes available. About 18 000 tons a month is the excess supply Canada says it can provide this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Canada
Nelson
Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee
WPB
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Dominion
Legions Of White Russians Race On To Take Pinsk
Soviet reports describe Rokossovsky and Vatutin advancing on the Pripet marshes toward Pinsk and Rovno. Russian forces claim to have smashed stronger German defenses, liberated hundreds of towns, and inflicted heavy losses as they press westward across the Pripet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinsk
Mozyr
Skrigalov
Rokossovsky
Soviet Union
Kotsury
Kalinkovichi
Pripet
Nikolai Vatutin
Kiev-Warsaw
Horyn River
Sarny
Stepan
Rovno
Kiev- Warsaw
Dnieper
Vatutin
Pripet Marshes
Novo Grad Volynski
Ukraine
Vinnitsa
Ukrainian
Bug River
Eyes Examined by Experienced Optometrists
Eyes examined by experienced optometrists and glasses properly fitted by competent opticians. Broken lenses matched Hodgson and Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgson & Brown
Poles Brighten Attitude Toward Boundary Settlement
British officials and the London press hailed the Polish government in exile for seeking talks with the Soviet Union over the Curzon line. Poland urged the United States and Britain to mediate a discussion to settle all outstanding questions and restore cooperation with the Red Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
United Nations
Soviet Union
Curzon Line
United States
Britain
Red Army
U. S. State Department
Washington
London Times
Anthony Eden
Tadeusz Romer
Polish Republic
Poland
Seven Killed In Theatre Bombing In London
A lone enemy air raider dropped a bomb into a crowded suburban cinema killing seven and injuring 31. About 3 000 people were in the theatre when the blast shattered a nearby department store and damaged surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
audienc#e
Lost or stolen gas books and papers
Lost or stolen gas ration books and valuable papers from a Buick owned by Mrs. George Semples. Anyone with information is asked to call 6855.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buick
George Semples
Claims Federal Fiscal Policy To Be Unsound
New York January 15 The former Treasury secretary John W Hanes said in an address for the Women's National Republican Club that federal fiscal policy is morally unsound and causes hesitation among the American people. He blamed labor strikes on political manipulation and urged a firmer government stance toward labor and wartime morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John W. Hanes
tUnder
The
Treasury
National Republican Club
Fae
Hanes
U.S. Lines
State Board Opposes Darden on Dabney Lancaster Removal
Richmond Va Jan 15 The State Board of Education opposed Governor Darden’s recommendation to remove Dr Dabney S Lancaster as ex officio member of state higher education boards. The board praised the governor’s educational program and favored a plan making at least half of future high school teachers men. The board argued the superintendent of public instruction should coordinate all state education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Board of Education
Darden
Dabney S. Lancaster
Guerrilla Hero Vic tor Liventsov Returns to Moscow
MOSCOW January 15 Tass reports Col Victor Liventsov 25 commander of a White Russian guerrilla brigade arrived in Moscow after two and a half years behind German lines. He was twice decorated with the Order of the Red Banner and named Hero of the Soviet Union. His unit is credited with killing thousands of Germans and destroying vast quantities of fascist equipment including up to 30 trains. The Germans placed a 100000 mark price on his head.
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Sluch
Horyn
Nikolai Vatutin
Styr
Stochod
Kovel
Moscow
Stepan
Sarny
Rovno
Rokossovsky
Pripet Marshes
Fallen Mozyr
Kalinkovichi
Red Star
Ippa River
Tass
Victor Liventsov
Order of the Red Banner
Soviet Union
Russia
Liventsov
World At War Highlights: Axis and Allied Actions Abroad
The AP reports on German raids including Brunswick and Berlin by Mosquitos, Soviet gains in White Russia, French defense in the Mediterranean with a Cassino advance, Japanese theater actions, and Allied air and artillery strikes in the Pacific Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sio
New Guinea
Germans Close on Sarajevo Amid Balkan Offensive
London dispatch reports German forces smashing the Vrbas valley from Banja Luka to 45 miles from Sarajevo. They seize Bugojno Gornji Vakuf Prnjavor while facing Yugoslav partisan resistance near Kotar Varos. Partisans push from Bijelina Jamja as Herzegovinian patriots cut a Dubrovnik rail line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vrbas
Banja Luka
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz
Tito
Bugojno
Gornjivakuf
Banja Luks
Prnjavor
Kotar Varos
Cadjovich
Bijelina
Jamja
Dubrovnik
Mostar
Luk
Jasenica
Diklic
Bulgar Capital Evacuated After Allied Bombardment
London dispatches report Sofia ordered emptied of its 300000 residents after heavy Allied air strikes. The center of the city was said to be knocked out by day and night attacks this week, with the Marine HQ and Hotel Slavianska Beseda destroyed. Evacuees to be housed in provinces as more towns to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sofia
Istanbul
Slavianska Besseda
Bulgaria
Docho Christov
Legion Anniversary Program Set With Five Gold Star Citations
Horace Browne announced the Rob ert Y Conrad Post No 21 American Legion will mark its 25th anniversary with a joint Legion and Auxiliary meeting at Yorks Inn on Tuesday at 7 PM. The climax will be Gold Star Citations for five next of kin in the current global conflict, cleared through National Headquarters.
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Horace Browne
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
York’s Inn
C. F. Schenck
Robert ¥. Conrad
Americans Also Active Over Reich
RAF heavy bombers hit Brunswick Germany with 2000 long tons of bombs in 23 minutes setting a new per minute record. Mosquitoes attacked Berlin as Magdeburg and northern France were bombed. 38 aircraft were lost. Allied daylight raids totaled about 1409 planes with 16 losses. Russian bombers struck a Black Sea convoy. Brunswick, population 200,000, lies 100 miles west of Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Brunswick
Germany
Berlin
Magdesburg
Revere
France
Hanover
RAF
Messerschmitt
Air Ministry
Magdeburg
Allied
United Nations
Black Sea
Norway
Oschersleben
Halberstadt
Bielefield
Meppen
River City
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U. S
Sarah Zane
Incom
H. H. McGuire
W.P.B
Winchester Evening Star
By Henry C. Cassidy
Old Poland
Towad Pinsk
Konstantin Mreokossovsky
Education’ Board For
Lancaster
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Legion
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