United States Seeks Path Through Veto Deadlock at UN Talks
U S delegates push for progress in Russia Britain China and France clash over veto rights as Moscow awaits next move. Amb Andrei Gromyko reports to Moscow that major powers reject his veto interpretation. Fourteen points show partial agreement but final decisions on veto application to charter amendments and other issues remain pending.
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John M. Hightower
Associated
San Francisco
United States
World Security Council
Russia
Britain
China
France
Guillermo Bell
Guillermo Belt
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Stettinius
Assembly of All United Nations
The
World Organization
Council
Assembly
Yalta
Security Council
Riley's Market to Close at Noon Wednesdays Start June 6
Riley's Market will close at 12 noon on Wednesdays beginning June 6. For better selection of meats and vegetables, phone orders Tuesday afternoon for Wednesday morning delivery.
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Riley's Market
South End Fire Company Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Fire Company will be held Monday evening June 4 at 8 p.m. All members are requested to attend. Howard Hart, Capt.
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South End Fire Company
Howard Hart
Churchill Will Outline British Stand On Syria
London reports say Prime Minister Churchill will define Britain’s stance on Syria in the House of Commons this week as Turkish and Arab tensions rise. Damascus notes describe a critical Levant, with French protection evacuations and Bedouin threats near key towns. Syrian leaders accuse France of traps and vow to resist, seeking indemnity through an international committee.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Churchill
House of Commons
Syria
Damascus
Levant
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
DeGaule
Kuneitra
Hama
Deraa
Soueida
Jamil Mardam Bey
Parliamnt
Cairo
Abdel Hamid Karamah
Lebanon
Saadullah el- Gabry
Syrian Chamber of Deputies
DeGaulle
University Plans Veteran Aid at Virginia Center
Charlottesville VA June 4 announcement of a Veterans Administration guidance center at the University of Virginia to assist honorably discharged World War II veterans in northern Virginia. A vocational guidance service aids disabled returning veterans, with L I Richards as advisor and C M Stoddard as training officer, the second center in Virginia.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Veterans’ Administration
Virginia
L. I. Richards
C. M. Stoddard
University Center
Armle Pfc David E Armel Dies From Okinawa Wounds
Pfc David E Armel son of Mr and Mrs John E Armel of Route 1 Berryville and Frederick County near Clarke Frederick line died May 3 from wounds received on Okinawa after about two years overseas service.
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David E. Armel
John E. Armel
Berryville
Frederick County
Clarke-Frederick County
Okinawa
Pfc
Armel
Reports Jap Task Force On Prowl
San Francisco, June 4. The Blue Network said Melbourne overseas radio quoted Tokyo stating two Japanese naval task forces approach Okinawa with death by own action missions. One force has three carriers and three battleships. the other one carrier, one converted carrier, three battleships and ten smaller units. This mirrors a FCC report on Japanese Domei dispatch about two enemy task forces near Okinawa.
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San Francisco
Blue Network
Melbourne
Okinawa Island
Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Dome
Okinawa
Imperial Navy
Pappas Family In Greece Reports Deaths Invasion
A letter from Greece received by James Pappas of 316 E Piccadilly St describes the deaths of three of his brothers at the hands of Italian invaders. The attackers burned their home and fields, destroyed clothing and personal effects, and food and shelter shortages in Greece worsen.
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Greece
James Pappas
Piccadilly St
Pappas
Winchester
City Industries Pay Large Sums To Their Workers
R Gray Williams told the Civic League that Seventeen Winchester industries employ about four thousand people with total annual wages exceeding 5.5 million dollars. The estimate covers firms with products sold mainly outside the Winchester District and funded by local purchases and taxes. He cited a 1940 Department of Commerce survey placing city retail sales above 8 million dollars and retail wages around 1 million dollars, though not independently verified.
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Winchester
R. Gray Williams
Civic League
Williams
Department of Commerce
Seniors Learn Philosophy From Dr. Rustin Sermon
Dr. John W. Rustin, pastor of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church in Washington, D. C., delivered the Handley high school baccalaureate sermon urging graduates to develop a life philosophy marked by courage and faith instead of indifference or pessimism. The sermon opened Handley’s 1945 commencement season with other events to follow including Friday graduation and a Mount Hebron Cemetery pilgrimage. The service was directed by the Winchester Ministerial Association with Rev. Robert A. Whitten presiding. Assisting clergy offered invocation and benediction, and Garland Quarles introduced the speaker as music from the Glee Club, Vivace Club, and A Cappella Choir filled the program.
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John W. Rustin
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church
Washington, D. C
Handley High School
Handley
Mount Hebron
Austin
Winchester Midnisterial Association
Robert A. Whitten
T. J
Carrier Attacks Resumed Against Nippon Targets
Guam reports renewed carrier raids on Japan after B 29 fire raids devastated major Nippon industrial cities. Seaborne fighters and flying boats from Kerama Islands bases attacked Kyushu airfields for two hours, with trains also hit on the southern island. Tokyo warned of martial law as Tokyo residents dig subterranean shelters and Osaka’s heart is described as burned out after yesterday’s heavy incendiaries.
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Guam
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Nippon
Tokyo
Kerama Islands
Kyushu
Tokyo Mainichi
Marianas Islands
Osaka
Iwo Jimas
James M. Roti
Manchester
Tenn
Plans Set For Southern Memorial Day Observances
The Stonewall Cemetery service schedule for Wednesday June 6 marks Southern Memorial Day and D Day anniversary. The parade forms at City Hall at 10:30 and marches at 11 along a route to Piccadilly Loudoun Cork Cameron Boscawen to Stonewall Cemetery. Garland R Quarles delivers the memorial address with Handley Band, Rev Fulcher, and 4 volley taps by Company 115 WSG. In rain the event moves to City Hall courtroom.
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Stonewall Cemetery
City Hall
Piccadilly
Loudoun
Cork
Cameron
Boscawen
Handley Band
William H. McIlwee
F. T. Fulcher
W. W Glass
Garland R. Quarles
WSG
W. A. Baker
Scrap Flag Presented to John Kerr School in 1944 45
The 1944 45 S Scrap Flag was awarded to John Kerr School at morning ceremonies planned by Winchester Salvage Committee chair Ben Belchie. Sgt. W K Sirbaugh presented the flag. Raymond Clark accepted for the school. Certificates of Merit from the War Production Board were also awarded.
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John Kerr School
Ben Belchie
Winchester Salvage Committee
W. K. Sirbaugh
Winchester
Belgium
Battey Hospital
Georgia
Raymond Clark
Lois S. Groves
WINC
Leslie Gollday
Mary B. Bear
Freddy Ritter, Jr
Belchie
Sgt. Sirbaugh
17Th Airborne Division
War Production Board
John Kerr
Sharon Omos
Virginia Avenue
Mary Williams
Handley High
Bessie L. Corkey
Handley
Evelyn Pearman
Virginia Sargers
Halsey dismisses Kamikaze threat amid Okinawa air duel
Halsey returns to sea duty as Third Fleet commander and blasts Kamikaze planes as a nuisance while carrier aircraft strike Kyushu airfields. Nimitz reports 26 enemy planes shot down as Japan mounts a five day Okinawa air attack. Allied plans aim to crush Japanese naval power and demand unconditional surrender.
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Guam
Okinawa
Nippon
Kyushu
William F. Halsey, Jr
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Halsey
Pacific
Halsey
Nipponses
Congress Reception For Eisenhower
Washington June 4 General Dwight D Eisenhower will be received by a joint session of Congress on his return from Europe Senate Majority Leader Barkley said after conferring with President Truman. The date is not set yet but expected arrival is June 18 and Speaker Rayburn said Eisenhower will be asked to address the session. The reception will echo the Pershing precedent after World War I.
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Washington
Dwight D Elisenhnwer
Congress
Europe
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Truman
Western Front
Rayburn
Gen. Eisenhower
John J. Pershing
Notice of temporary closing and no deliveries
The Fair Play Storf announces closing at noon on Wednesday and will not perform deliveries. The notice specifies no delivery service for that day.
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Storf
Fighting Is Hard in Philippines
Manila reports heavy fighting as Maj. Gen. Roscoe Woodruff's 24th Infantry Division drives into the mountains around Mt App on Mindanao. Guerrilla Col Wen dell Fertig seizes Bayabas village in a bloody clash, while Col William Herbert's forces take Alhambra Mulig and Ula. Other 24th units move west of Panacan and Col Edward Starr's 31st Infantry repels a Japanese force near Malaybalay as Maj. Gen. Clarence Martin presses to trap remaining Japanese.
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Manila
Davao
Mindanao
Roscoe B. Woodruff
24Th Infantry
Mt. App
Wendell Fertig
Bayabas
William Herbert
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alhambra
Mulig
Ula
24Th
Thomas Clifford
Panacan
Edward Starr
31St Infantry
Malaybalay
Clarence Martin
Meat distribution plan aims for fair nationwide share
Washington June 2 The OPA promises each county a fair share of the short meat supply under a new distribution plan. Federal inspection limits cross state shipments and bowles says the plan is a step toward fair, even distribution. The scheme follows an earlier order restricting farm slaughter for sale and non inspected plants. The plan bases its reference on the first quarter of 1944 and takes effect June 1.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Okinawa and surrounding theaters show shifting battle lines
AP reports dwindling opposition on Okinawa with marines sealing the Chinen peninsula and pressing along Oroku base. In the Philippines heavy fighting flares near Davacan Mindanao and Manila watersheds as Americans advance. In China and Burma, Japanese supply lines and rail corridors are disrupted while Allied forces capture key highlands and rail routes north of Rangoon.
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Philippines
Davacan Mindanao
Mt. Apo
Manila
Peninsula Sealed Off By HAMILTON W. FARON
American infantry on Okinawa’s southern coast breached mud and fortifications in a two mile advance on the 64th day of the campaign. Maj. Gen. Archibald O’Arnold’s 7th division and elements of the 96th Infantry moved toward Chinen and near Shipzsto, with Japanese troops retreating toward hills in the island’s far south.
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Guam
Okinawa
Japan
Tokyo
U. S
Nakaguguku Bay
Archibald O' Arnold
Chinen Peninsula
Associated Press
al Copking
Chinen
U.S
Quakmires
First Marine
96Th
James L. Bradley
96Th Division
Tera
Kamizato
Sashiki
Arnold
Toyama
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Clark
White House
Mark Clark
5Th Army
Harry S. Truman
Chicago
International Soundphoto
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Mr. Williams
Civic League Talk
John Rustin
Leif Erickson
Barbara Sturm
Gladys Barman
Manchuria
Liberia
Marbin
Pacific Ocean
Nanning
Sakhalin
Karafuto
International
Eisenhower
Russell Brines
Island
West Center
Oroku Peninsula
Naha
Chinma
Siang River
Canton-Hankow
Hengyang
Changsha
Kanow Hongkong
Fourteenth Airforce
Liuchow-Kwangsi
Burma
Thanduwang
Rangoon
Paunggyi
Toungoo
Rangoon-Mandalay
Peninsula
Hamilton W. Faron
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