Winchester Wholesale Grocery Faces OPA Shortage Charge
The Winchester Wholesale Grocery Corporation headed by George T. Garber is charged with a sugar coupon shortage totaling 60 000 to 100 000 pounds. Hearing before Region 4 OPA Commissioner Ben Williams was set in Alexandria. Sgt. Francis Funk aided investigations, and local authorities declined comment while OPA said the dealer may have sold sugar for illegal whiskey in Culpeper area. The issue surfaced from April 17 after Alcoholic Tax Unit and later OPA reviewed the case.
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Winchester Wholesale Grocery Corporation
George T. Garber
Greenwalt Avenue
Ben Williams
Region 4
Office of Price Administration
Federal
Alexandria
Francis Funk
Winchester
OPA
J. Ray Larcombe
Post War Highway Work Planned in Virginia and Interstate Network
Virginia highway officials outline postwar plans for a large interstate network. A Virginia delegation will join a federal meeting in Washington to discuss standards and costs. Commissioner James A. Anderson says Virginia faces huge expenses for 880 miles and notes federal funding remains limited.
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Richmond
Public Roads Administration
Washington
Jas. A. Anderson
Virginia
Anderson
North Carolina Line
West Virginia Line
Warm spell continues with 94 degree high forecast
The high reached 94 degrees in the mercury report from Winchester Research Laboratory, with a 69 degree low. This year's heat contrasts with last year’s 73 high and 62 low. The June 16 to 20 forecast from the Washington weather bureau predicts continued warmth early, cooling later, with scattered thunderstorms in District 4 and heavy storm activity in District 5, which includes nearby West Virginia.
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Mercury
Winchester Research Laboratory
Washington Weather Bureau
District 4
District 5
West Virginia
Eisenhower Credits Unified Allied Force for Europe Victory
Gen Eisenhower says the fall of Europe came only because air sea and ground arms fought as one unified force. He noted officers doubted an invasion was possible and stressed there was no separate sea or air war. The three-year stay included an hour-long press conference with questions.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eis
Europe
Eisenhower
Marshal von Rundstedt
Ardennes
Reich
Eifel
Saar
Fresh Allied Air Strike At Borneo
Allied forces advance in northwest Borneo after Japan's retreat from Brunei city. Australian troops take Brunei with minimal resistance while Nipponese withdraw toward Seria and Miri airfields. Labuan Island remains contested as engineers prepare a bomber base within 800 miles of Batavia and Singapore. Liberal bombers strike Hong Kong’s causeway with hundreds of jellied gasoline drums.
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Spencer Davis
Manila
Brunei
Borneo
Seria
Miri
Labuan
Brunei Bay
Tuimbalai
LST
Royal Engineers
Batavia
Singapore
Saigon
Indo- China
Hong Kong
Hongkong
Causeway
Saratoga Survives Heavy Iwo Jima Bombing Says Navy
The USS Saratoga sustained extensive damage during the early Iwo Jima battle but has been repaired at Puget Sound Navy Yard and returned to duty. Nine or ten Japanese bombers attacked, four shot down by AA fire, with subsequent crew casualties and injuries reported, amid a record repair effort.
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Puget Sound Navy Yard
Washington
U. S. Navy
Saratoga
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Ferguson Resigns His F H A Post
President Truman accepts the resignation of Abner H. Ferguson as administrator of the Federal Housing Administration effective July 1. Ferguson, a Paris Virginia native, will resume private law practice in Washington. He joined FHA in 1934 and previously served as general counsel.
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Washington
Truman
Abner H. Ferguson
Federal Housing Administration
Ferguson
Paris Va
White House
F.H A
Alfred Ferguson
Winchester
Fauquier County
Mr. Ferguson
Cleveland
Abner Ferguson
L. H. Stokes
West Leicester Street
Wreck on Pa. Railroad Leaves 16 Dead and 32 Hurt
A freight train derailment near Milton, Pennsylvania, left 16 dead and 32 injured as 21 freight cars derailed and a Washington Buffalo passenger train was toppled. Rescue crews used acetylene torches to reach trapped passengers while officials anticipated hours more to identify the dead. Named deceased include Mrs Francis Cheslock of Shamokin and N E Graeff of Harrisburg.
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Williamsport
Washington
Philadelphia
Francis Cheslock
Shamokin
R. C. Stratton
Camp Hill
N. E. Graeff
Harrisburg
Probing Roosevelt Loan Plan Proposed by Knutson
Rep Knutson says he will seek summons for Brig Gen Elliott Roosevelt and John Hartford before the House Ways and Means Committee to explain reports that Hartford loaned the late President's son 200000 and claimed a 19600 bad debt on 1942 taxes. The group will weigh an inquiry as Hartford funds and a 228500 bad debt item face IRS scrutiny.
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Washington
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Elliot Roosevelt
John Hartford
House Ways and Means Committee
Hartford
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Doughton
House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Coughton
Roosevelt
Harford
Texas
Arnold vows total destruction of Japan with 2,000,000 tons yearly air load
At Guam on June 15 General Arnold announced plans for a 2,000,000 ton annual bombing total by July 1 and warned Japan of a brutal campaign. He cited Osaka and Tokyo raids as proof and pledged 1,300,000 tons monthly starting July 1 with Kenney forces adding 700,000 tons.
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Guam
Japan
H. H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Arnold
Osaka
China
Tokyo
Nagoya
Yokohama
Kobe
Curtis le May
21St Bomber Command
Oscaka
Kawasaki
le May
Marianas
George C. Kenney
U. S. Far Eastern Air Forces
Eisenhower Endorses Universal Military Training
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told a House committee that universal military training in peacetime is required for fairness and survival in war. He urged rapid development of leadership and resources and noted the superiority of fully trained troops over partially trained ones in early campaigns. Secretary Stimson also urged peacetime universal training in his testimony.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Europe
Woodrum
D-Va
Stimson
Eisenhower
America
Tunisia
Italy
France
Atate
Okinawa Battle Signals Collapse Of Japanese Defenses
On Okinawa the Tenth Army pressed toward the Japanese command post as 96th Division troops captured Yaeju peak and flame throwing tanks surged caves. Maj. Gen. Del Valle and Gen. Bradley described a possible two day to two week collapse, with hundreds surrendering and many Japanese killing themselves rather than surrender.
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Guam
Tenth Army
Okinawa
96Th
Yaeju Peak
Yaeju Dake
Big Apple
Shuri
Japanessa
Pedro del Valle
Marine First Division
Kunishi Ridge
del Valle
Yaeju
Public sale of household furniture at Lynch residence
Public sale of household furniture at the residence of the late M. M. Lynch 814 South Washington Street scheduled for Thursday June 15 18 20 1p 3t. Auction to include personal effects from the Lynch estate with sale overseen by local authorities.
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M. M. Lynch
S. Washington Street
Testo Coens
Garbage collection schedule updated to twice weekly
Beginning June 18 garbage will be collected twice a week. Monday pickups move to Monday and Thursday, Tuesday to Tuesday and Friday, Wednesday to Wednesday and Saturday, Thursday to Thursday and Monday, Friday to Friday and Tuesday, and Saturday to Saturday and Wednesday.
War in Brief highlights 1945 air raids and Pacific advances
Allied air forces bomb Osaka while Gen Arnold plans 2,000,000 tons yearly. Australian forces seize Brunei without fighting. Okinawa reports highest Japanese defensive hill captured. In the Philippines US troops advance toward the Cagayan Valley and Mindanao. Chinese forces attack Wenchow and suburbs near Ishan. British troops repel assaults east of Prome and gain hill positions along the Manchi road.
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China
Wenchow
Shanghai
Ishan
Liuchow
Burma
Prome
Manchi Road
United Nations Charter Reform Faces Veto Clash
Several small nations with influence over UN votes push to revise the projected world security charter within five to ten years. They oppose a veto dominated council and seek a mechanism to exit if the big five block changes, signaling a looming showdown amid talks of potential amendment.
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San Francisco
United Nations
Security Council
Big Five
Industrial Sugar Allotments Cut Across Sectors
The OPA ordered July September sugar allotments cut about 37 percent from a year ago to align with scarce supplies. Industrial users face reductions from 23 to 8 percent below the April June ration with most groups at tighter bases. Bakers cereal firms drop to 40 percent base use. ice cream bottlers to 50. canners to 20 percent cut. pharma to 110 percent of base.
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Washington
OPA
Bakers
Ribbentrop Arrested in Hamburg After Nighttime Capture
A high British officer announced Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was arrested while sleeping nude in a Hamburg boarding house. He wore a poison can strapped to his body and was identified by British intelligence after a long Western Germany manhunt. He is in British custody en route to an English prison.
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Montgomery
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hamburg
Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Germany
Dudolf
U. S. Third Army
Ribbentrop
Sen
Riese
Eden
Vinecent Churchill
J. B. Odam
Paisley
England
R. C. Holloway
London
J. Gibson
Lancashire
Lueneberg
Henrich Himmler
Twenty-First Army Group
von Riblentrop
Himmler Himmler
Himmler
Britain
France
Russia
Soviet Russia
Firehouse Friday bingo and plant sale at Winchester
A Friday bingo at the South End Fire Co runs into June 15 1945 at 8 30 PM with a 125 prize and other prizes. FOR SALE Tomato and sweet potato plants offered by Winchester Seed Co. 6 14 1p 31
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South End Fire Co
Winchester Seed Co
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Iwo
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R.R
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Gen
Robbin Coons
The
Associated Press
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Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Mindanao
United Conclave
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