Railroads Ready For Grim Invasion Transport Task
The June 1 report details a massive, secretive casualty transport plan for wounded from invasion fronts. Railroads will move patients by ship plane and hospital train to U S Army facilities, with major debarkation ports at New York Charleston Boston and Hampton Roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Keystone
War Department
Nusf
Army Transportation Corps
England
U. S. Army
New York
Charleston
5. C
Boston
Mass
Hampton Roads
Army
James J. Strebig Press
Answers to the Daily Quiz
The page lists quiz answers including William T. Sherman for question one and Harrisburg for three. It notes Argentina’s Buenos Aires and identifies American, Alumni, and South Carolina as correct responses, with the final item the mammalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Sherman
Harrisburg
John Tyler
Is Sufficient
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Alumni
South Carolina
51st Blue Ridge Hunt Horse Show On Carter Hall Grounds
With 166 entries and possibly 200 by show time the 51st Blue Ridge Hunt Horse Show will be held at Carter Hall Millwood on Saturday. Major and Mrs Haggin Perry and J North Fletcher lead entries with multiple thoroughbreds including Royal Wood and Sailor's Bride. Local exhibitors like Mackay Smith and Gilpin also enter. Lunch is by Clarke County Visiting Nurse Association and the matinee starts at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Carter Hall
Millwood
Major
W. Haggin Perry
Cobham
Val
J. North, Fletcher
Warrenton
E. Gardner Prime
J. Wesley Edel
Baltimore
O'Sullivan
R. J. Funkhouser
Charles Town
A. Mackay Smith
L. M. Allen
George P. Greenhaulgh
George H. Burwell
A. S. Hewitt
Kenneth N. Gilpin
James Lindsey
Perrys
Greg Simon
Naswin
North Fletcher
Count Andrew
Lachie Blackie
Kenneth Gilpin
Teddy’s Cross
Abram
Clarke County Visiting Nurse Association
Germans Claim Big Ship Bay
London dispatch reports a German communique claiming in May German naval and air units destroyed 24 American and British transports totaling 131700 tons and 23 supply ships of 169000 tons. It also says 17 destroyers and escort vessels, two submarines and eight speedboats were damaged in the unconfirmed broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Fifth Army Advances Toward Rome Amid Fierce Fighting
Allied forces press the Lanuvio sector and capture key positions near Valmontone and Ardea as British and French units push along Highway 6 and toward Avezzano. German withdrawals speed under pressure from Fifth Army infantry and armor. New Zealand troops seize Sora as British forces overrun Rivi and Torrice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake of
Nemi
Velletri
Fifth Army
Rome
Saint John Lateran
Kennedy
Saint Peter
Valmontone
Tyrrhenian
Lanuvio
Fosso di Campoleone
Lanuvia
Ardea
Albert Kesselring
Kepp
Pontine Marsh
Carpineto
Lepini Hills
Via Casilina
Patricia
Frosinone
Monte Pisciarella
Ferentia
Avezzano
Eighth Army
Sora
Prosinone
Arce
Rivi
Torrice
Graduation Day at Clarke County High Schools
Graduation ceremonies featured Superintendent Archie F. Robertson and Principal C. E. Miley Jr. presenting diplomas. Valedictorian John Roger Casey delivered remarks and the chorus performed Verdi. Graduates named from Berryville include Lucille Fiddler Elaine Bell Cordelia Kelican Jane Carter and others. from Boyce list includes Virginia Copenhaver Jean Denny Reva Feltner Edith Fincham and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page School
Archie F. Robertson
Clarke County Schools
Garland Quarles
C. E. Miley, Jr
John Roger Casey
Aida
Verdi
Berryville
Lucille Fiddler
Elaine Bell
Cordelia Kelican
Jane Carter
Louise Jones
Martha Lou Wisecarver
Thelma Tapscott
Weonna Alcombrack
Susie Clark
Walter Rutherford
Garnett Thompson
Evelyn Foltz
Patricia Wynkoop
Jessie Freeman
Juanita Gardner
Eleanor Lee
Dorothy Rogers
Ann Duval Fishpaw
Mary Anne Davis
Dorothy Fletcher
Brownie Stolle
Reginald Fuller
Tommy Polhamus
Butch McKay
Carroll Williams
Jack Emmans
Conrad Burner
Ronald Locke
Leonard H. Bell, Jr
Betty Jean Shaffer Henry
Nancy Price
Boyce Virginia Copenhaver
Jean Denny
Reva Feltner
Edith Fincham
Ella Sue Goode
Mary Catherine Grubbs
Edna Ridgeway
Mady Thomas
Rachel Williams
John Rober Casey
Woodrow Coulson
John Ivan Lee
Jacob B. Vorous
Donald Whitacre
June Listed As Fateful Month
London reports June as a pivotal wartime month with air attacks on the Channel defenses and Allied advances toward Rome. Tito orders a decisive Yugoslav assault and claims in Dalmatia, while Germany tightens control in France as Vichy cancels horse racing due to the war situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hitler
Marshal Fito
Turkey
Marshal Tito
Red Army
Dalmatia
Adriatic
Rome
Albert Kesselring
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
France
Vichy
Buses and streetcars idle in St. Louis strike
In St. Louis about 3,500 Amalgamated Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America members walked off the job over overtime pay. Some vehicles remained idle at 2 AM while city sidewalks filled with workers. The wage dispute centers on overtime interpretation despite a recent 4 to 6 cent hourly wage rise and an eight hour day rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
AFL
Hollingsworth of Millwood Dies After Stroke
Hollie H. Hollingsworth, a Millwood merchant, died after a Sunday stroke at his home and subsequent hospitalization in Winchester. He lived in Millwood and had no immediate survivors. His body rests at John H. Enders Funeral Home, Berryville, with burial details pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollie H. Hollingsworth
Deuke
Winchester
Wood
Winchester Hospital
Millwood
John H. Enders
Berryville
Forum Group Elects Officers at First Baptist Church
A. Lafitte was elected president of the Adult Forum of the First Baptist Church. D. O. Louderback was named vice president and Mrs. Julian Armel secretary-treasurer at the final 1943 44 meeting. About 60 attendees joined a picnic at Mr and Mrs John Hepfer home on Martinsburg Pike. Plans for next year and potential forum committees were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lafitte
First Baptist Church
D. O. Louderback
Julian Armel
John Hepfer
Martinsburg Pike
Ater
Claims Big Army In North Africa
London reports Berlin radio said 15 Allied divisions including five tank units are concentrated in French North Africa for an assault on southern France. DNB dispatch notes ten infantry and five armored divisions would join Eisenhower’s west coast invasion, with Moroccan and Algerian troops involved. Corsica could be used as a springboard for invasion, while the Italian Riviera might be targeted next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
French North Africa
France
DNB
Eisenhower
Europe
Corsica
Riviera
Payroll Padders Had Snug Jobs at Hingham Shipyard
U S Attorney Edmund Brandon charged that 137 Hingham shipyard workers arrested yesterday engaged in the worst payroll racket of the war. Workers allegedly exploited draft deferments to defraud the government while earning 75 to 100 dollars weekly in addition to wartime wages at Bethlehem Steel’s ship division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U.S
Edmund J. Brandon
Hingham Shipyard
Brandon
E. A. Soucy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Soucy
Hingham Yard
Bethlehem Steel Company
Miller Freed To Resume Practice After Murder Acquittal
Gray haired attorney Robert I. Miller was acquitted of murdering Dr. John E. Lind who had been shot as Miller tried to remove his wife from Lind s car in downtown Washington. The 11 jurors found him not guilty after 77 minutes of deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert I. Miller
John E. Lind
Miller
Allies Close In On Japanese Strongpoint In Burma
Allied forces including American and Chinese troops report capturing the Kalakawahg strongpoint on the Mogaung valley road in north Burma. They establish lines south of Warong and Shadaw and push against pill boxes guarding the Myitkyina base as Mountbatten notes progress from multiple fronts. Malakawnga identified as the center of resistance in the valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Kalakawahg
Mogaung Valley
Burma
Warong
Shadaw
Belee
Myitkyna
Louis Mountbatten
DeValera Wins Eire Election In Fianna Fail Majority
Prime Minister Eamon De Valera led Fianna Fail to a clear victory in Eire's general election. With incomplete returns, Fianna Fail held 68 seats in the Dail, three short of a majority, while Fine Gael had 25, farmers nine, independents eight, labor seven, and national labor four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Fianna Fail
Fine Gael
Farmers
Independents
Labor
National Labor
Germans Repelled Russian Assaults Near Iasi
London dateline reports large Nazi attacks north of Iasi Romania cost Germany thousands of dead with no territorial gains. Soviet broadcasts claim repeated tank and infantry charges were met by Red Army counterblows stalling the German advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Russians claim major eastern front breakthrough
The Russians said they knocked out 122 German tanks and shot down 164 enemy planes in the first two days of the battle. Berlin cited aims to strengthen positions near Ploesti and the Danubian fields with a possible drive into oil regions. A great air battle left 87 Soviet planes downed as minor actions continued elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ploesti
Danubian
Moscow
Europe
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Army Chief of Transportation
Surgeon General
Interterritorial Military Committee
Association of American Railroads
Transportation Corps
Fiakor
Blue Ridge Show
Tulsa
Okla
Lillian B. Roth
H. H. Hollingsworth
Forum Group
North Africa
Virginia
National Brewing CO
DeValera
Naud
Wales
John W. Rosenberger & Co
S. Braddock St
U.S. Pat
Mat
United Food Stores
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