Poles in Exile Plan World Protest Over Moscow Conference
London based Polish government in exile plans to press their case before Poles in America as Moscow readies delegates for a conference to form a Polish national government. They dispute Army loyalties and asset debts while UK and US relations remain token after Mikolajczyk’s resignation.
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Poland
Moscow
Warsaw
London
London Group
America
Britain
United States
Stanislaw Mikolajczyyk
Peasant Party
Virginia hearing stresses publicizing state resources for postwar industry
Richmond June 14 speakers at a Virginia Advisory Legislative Council public hearing urged making state information readily available to spur industrial development and postwar employment. The council, led by Delegate E Blackburn Moore, includes Sen. Lloyd C. Bird and several state business and labor leaders.
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Richmond
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
General Assembly
Virginia
E. Blackburn Moore
Berryville
Lloyd C. Bird
Thomas C. Boushall
Morris Plan Bank of Virginia
Joan Hopkins Hall, Jr
J G. Holtzclaw
Virginia Electric and Power Company
C. T. O'Neill
National Bank and Trust Company
Charlottesville
Allen J. Saville
Charles W. Wampler
State Board of Agriculture and Immigration
Harrisonburg
J. St. George Bryan Dies in Richmond
J. St. George Bryan, 66, vice-president and director of Richmond Newspapers Inc. and former vice-president of News Leader Co., died today. He was the last surviving of five brothers known in Virginia, including John Stewart Bryan and Jonathan Bryan.
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Richmond
J. St. George Bryan
Richmond Newspapers, Inc
News Leader Company
Virginia
John Stewart Bryan
William and Mary College
Jonathan Bryan
Rothesay
Robert C. Bryan
Thomas Pinchney Bryan
Richmond Bar Association
Rites Held Yesterday For Mrs Goodridge
Last rites for Mrs. Ethel Goodridge were conducted at Boyce Methodist Church with Rev. O W Lynch officiating. Interment followed at Greenhill Cemetery in Berryville. Surviving family includes her mother Mrs Minnie Marshall Carroll and son Carroll Goodridge, with five siblings listed.
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Ethel Goodridge
Boyce Methodist Church
O. W. Lynch
Greenhill Cemetery
Berryville
L. H. Loy
C. B. Stinson
J. W. Suddith
Herman Lanham
Charles Jenkins
W. H. Racey
Washhington
D. C
Philip Lanham
Boyce
Thomas Carroll
Philippine Islands
Noah Carroll
Demobilization Plans Not Yet Approved by Marine Corps
June 14 report from Tokyo states no demobilization plan exists. Headquarters of the Marine Corps says conditions in the Pacific must allow for demobilization before any procedure is announced. Navy and Nip shipping are cited in connection with ongoing or new hazards in Honshu west of the main island.
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AN Francisco
Honshu
Main
Tokyo
Marine Corps
Corps
Pacific
Senators Fearful Return After Plane Trouble Over Atlantic
A U S Army plane carrying six Senators and 13 soldiers diverted to Casablanca two hours from Europe due to motor trouble. Senator Gurney reported a loose gas line caused spitting and fear aboard during the return from Europe. other travelers included Stewart McClellan Byrd Revercomb Eastland with Russell and Maybank staying over to visit Berlin.
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Washington
Casablanca
Atlantic
Gurney
R.S. D
Senate Military and Naval Affairs Committee
Europe
United States
Stewart
D.-Tenn
McClellan
D.-Ark
Byrd
D.-Va
Revercomb
R.W. Va
Eastland
D.-Miss
Russell
D.-Ga
Maybank
Berlin
Hold Two For Larceny of Steer
Frederick county men J. T. Miller and Otis Cave are charged with grand larceny of a steer owned by A. E. George of Alexandria. Investigators say the animal was killed and butchered on June 7 near Gore. Miller posted $1,000 bond for release awaiting trial.
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J. T. Miller
Otis Cave
Frederick County
A. E. George
Alexandria
Miller
George Farm
Gore
Cave
Robert DeHaven
Wolfe
Pingley
George
DeHaven
German General Staff Kept Gas Use In Check Devers Says
General Jacob L. Devers stated that despite German stocks of a new poison gas called Green Ring III there was no evidence Hitler planned to use gas as an offensive weapon. He noted mass anti gas gear but redirected efforts to high explosives. A wartime expert cited D Day and Remagen as two potential gas use moments, deemed the last major opportunities for Germany.
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Jacob L. Devers
Devers
Sixth Army Group
Western Front
Hitler
Africa
Italy
D-Day
Normandy
Remagen
Rhine
Reyna
Gail
Beauchamp
Belisha
Sunshine
Reyna Thayer
Woman is badly clawed by cat in Deal Avenue incident
Mrs. Huff of 412 Deal avenue was badly clawed about the ankles by a cat in front of the Spanos residence at 20 W. North avenue. Dr. R. A. Shafer treated her as Officer Lowery investigated. A dog near the scene spooked the cat which had a litter of kittens. The animal attacked when the dog brushed Mrs. Huff.
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R. A. Shafer
Round-Up of Nazi Troops Ordered in Germany Pocket
Wiesbaden reports that American units moved into a no-man's land south west of Chemitz with orders to round up 15,000 German soldiers and refugees. The 12th Army group said Americans would advance to the pocket center while Russians would take responsibility for prisoners in the eastern half.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Chemitz
12Th Army Group
Third Seventh To Stay In Europe
Secretary of War Stimson announced the Third and Seventh armies will be the American occupation forces in Germany, replacing the 15th Army. Gen. Patton will return to Europe, while Lt Gen Wade Haislip leads the Seventh. The 9th Army is to return to the United States in July, with the 15th remaining in Germany until at least December.
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Washington
Stimson
Germany
George S. Patton
Europe
Alexander Patch
United States
Wade H. Haislin
Ninth
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Wiliam H. Simpson
U. S. 9Th Army
U. S
Senate Divides Over Postwar Tariff Policy Debate
Washington June 14 The Senate clashed over postwar trade policy The Finance Committee stripped authority to cut tariffs by 50 percent from the bill in a 10 to 9 vote Chairman George D Ga predicted reversal on the floor The split among Republicans surfaced as Tobey NH and Smith NJ sided with the administration amid charges of outside lobbying and political pressure
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Washington
Senate
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Chamber
Tobey
RNH
Smith
Taft
Ohio
Brewster
De Gaulle to Confer in Washington on Syria Lebanon
Gen. De Gaulle plans to fly to Washington next week to discuss the Syria and Lebanon crisis with President Truman. French spokesmen call the situation increasingly unsatisfactory and note no replies from Britain Russia or China to the fire power conference proposal. Damascus reports Syrian Premier Kuatli demands prosecution of French generals for war crimes amid the fighting that has left about 800 dead and 1,500 wounded.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Washington
Truman
Syria
Lebanon
United States
France
Britain
Russia
China
Damascus
Sharki Kuatli
Fernand Oliva Roget
Paul-Etienne Beynet
Answers to the Daily Quiz Briefly Listed
The page lists quiz answers including emergency maternity and infant care for wives of enlisted men and items such as soft g, interior diameter, four inches less, April 20, psychoanalysis, Tran, bird of the thrush family, and third class.
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Bremen
Bremerhaven
George
Tran
Soldiers Can Play With Children At Montgomery HQs
Field Marshal Montgomery ordered troops to speak and play with little children in his area while keeping the policy of non fraternization with Germans. General Eisenhower had issued a similar order last week.
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Montgomery
Germany
Eisenhower
Rival to My Heart Dragon Queens Beauchamp Hall Scene
Gail Benton faces a tenseBeauchamp party as Reyna Thayer demands payment for a disputed medical bill. Cassius McCormick confronts Reyna over a thousand dollar charge while Gail wrestles with looming gossip and a courtroom threat. Stephen and Gail plan a poolside outing amid unresolved tensions.
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Burke
Gail
Reyna Thayer
Dr. McCormick
Stephen
Cassius McCormick
el Greco
Reyna
Gail Benton
Cassius
Dode
Agnes
Howard
Allied Relations Much Improved
Churchill told the Commons that relations among Britain the United States and Russia had improved with no real basis for France Syria misunderstandings. He cited better British Russian ties after the Poland deadlock, and noted General de Gaulle sending Edouard Herriot to London to mediate. He stressed no aim to supplant French friends in Syria though France relations were strained by Syria events.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Great Britain
United States
France
Syria
Poland
General Gaulle
Edouuard Herriot
Globe
Citizens Observe Flag Day Festivities and Bond Drawings
The rally offered a bond purchase incentive with a chance to win merchandise and a bond. Five War Bonds were donated by the Lions Club and O'Sullivan, to be drawn at 11. W. W. Glass gives the Flag Day address at 8. Sonny Frye and His Play Boys provide music for square and round dancing as WINC broadcasts the event. The Retail Merchants' Association hour will reveal two $100 War Bond winners, with prizes awarded Friday at Capitol Theatre.
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Lions Club
O'Sullivan
W. W. Glass
Sonny Frye
WINC
Loudoun Street
Retail Merchants’ Association
Capitol Theatre
Star Herald Briefs Highlight Local Coverage And World Events
The Star offers concise items covering local happenings and international news. Readers can expect quick updates across communities and major events with emphasis on timely, readable updates from trusted reporters.
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the Star
Strange Animal On Prowl In Opequon Section
Residents in the Opequon area report a prowling varmint described as black and brown up to eight feet long. Sale Newlin fired at the intruder in his barn yard as it tried to reach his pig pen. neighbor Woolford joined the hunt and they trailed the animal to a briar patch by dusk without a confirmed hit. The exact identity of the creature remains unknown.
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Opequon
Winchester
Sale Newlin
Newlin
Pierce
Attlee To Attend Big Three Meet
Prime Minister Churchill said in Commons that Maj. Clem Attlee, leader of the Minority Labour party, would accompany him to the Big Three conference with Premier Stalin and President Truman. The meeting would occur before Britain's July 5 election results, which are due to be announced July 25.
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London
Churchill
Commons Today
Clement R. Attlee
Labor Party
Stalin
Truman
Britain
Question on air aces in two world wars
The German ace Von Richthofen led WWI with 80 victories. In WWII, by December 1 1944, Russian pilot Pokryshkin led with 59. An ace is defined as a pilot credited with five or more aerial kills.
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von Richthfon
Pokryshkin
Furious Fighting In Philippines Keep Japanese Defenders At Davao River
Allied forces in Mindanao pressed a stubborn Japanese force on both sides of the Davao River as U S troops led by Col. Thomas E. Clifford and Maj. Gen. Roscoe Woodruff advanced through jungle and terrain. In Luzon, Beichtler's 37th Infantry Division broke through at Oroung Pass near bagabag with heavy air support.
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Davao River
Mindanao
Thomas E
Jock) Clifford
1Th Infantry
Mandog
Associated Press
Richard Berkholz
Davao City
Talomo-Kibawe Trail
94Th Division
Roscoe B. Woodruff
Jen S. Doe
41St
Nicholas E. Sloan
Hoopeston
Roy W. Marcy
Walla Walla
Wash
Talomo River
34Th Regiment
Lester Wheeler
St. Petersburg
Fla
Ula
Baguio
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Manila
Robert S. Beichtler
37Th Infantry Division
Oroung Pass
Bagabag
Cagayan
Efficiency of light from incandescent lamps
Only about two to three percent of electrical energy in an incandescent lamp is converted into visible light. In sodium and mercury lamps the amount of visible light generated is somewhat larger.
Virginia State Guard to Camp at Berryville Grounds
Company 115 Virginia State Guard members from Warrenton Arlington Alexandria and Winchester rendez vous at horse show grounds west of Berryville Va on June 23 for a two day bivouac. A Sunday concert and parade on June 24 feature the Newton D Baker Army Post Hospital Band and band streamers for 1945 honor companies 113 114 and 115.
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Ilth
Virginia State Guard
W. A. Er
11Th Battalion
Everett A. Hellmuth
Horse Show Grounds
Berryville
Warrenton
Arlington
Alexandria
Winchester
11Th Battalion Infantry
Va. S. G
Newton D. Baker Army Post Hospital
Martinsboro
W. Va
War Department
National Guard Bureau
H. A. Williams
A. R. Dunning
W. A. Baker
Hellmuth
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ING Features Syndicate
Kate
Springdale
Katie
Attlee
Vla
Copr, Advertisers Exchange Inc
Miller’s Drug Store
Jeris
Toc
Pinaud
Sibek CT
Yardley Hair Tonic
Chevy Chase
Eau D
Yardley
Briggs Tobacco
Cambridge Tobacco
Philippines
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