Frederick County Board Praised for Agriculture Deferments
Col Joel D Griffing states Frederick County Selective Service Board shows generous application of agricultural deferments. A petition by 355 farmers was forwarded to Governor Darden, who referred it to the state office for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel D. Griffing
Berryville
Selective Service
Frederick County
Frederick County Board
Darden
State Selective Service
Tyding
Col. Griffing
John W. Rees
Winchester
L. O. Dick
Clearbrook
Thomas Cather
Morningside Drive
E. S Stotler
Whitacre
Col. Giffings
Virginia
Frederick County Selective Service Board
F. Grove White
Selective Service Board
Frederick
Selective Training and Service Act
County Agricultural War Board
Nazis Planning Secret Work In Home Industries
Senate War Mobilization subcommittee said it has obtained secret German documents showing how the Nazi regime planned to hide in strategic industries and finance a postwar commercial campaign after a supposed third attempt at world conquest. The panel will hold hearings on the economic base for German aggression with Kilgore leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Reedy
Washington
Senate
Kilgore
D-Wva
Senate Military Group
Strasbourg
Europe
Germany
Dr. Scheid
Stilwell Named Tenth Army Commander For Okinawa Campaign
Gen Joseph W Stilwell has been chosen by Gen Douglas MacArthur to command the U S 10th Army now mopping up on Okinawa replacing the late Lt Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr Stilwell transfers from chief of army ground forces to the Pacific and expects to assume command as soon as he can reach the theater This move follows conferences among Stilwell MacArthur and other Pacific leaders and places Stilwell under overall Tenth Army control while Okinawa operations continue
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Manila
Joseph W. Stilwell
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. 10 Army
Okinawa
Pacific Ocean Area
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
MacArthur
Stilwell
Tenth Army
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Roy S. Geiger
Ieap
Vinegar Joe
Burma-China
U. S
Washington
Chungking
Philippines
Josep
Vinegar Joe) Stilwell
Admiral Nimitz
Simon. Bolivar Buckner
Ilagan Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Army
Buckner
Doolittle Maps Bombing Forces For War Against Japan
Gen James H. Doolittle announced a two force strategy to bomb Japan with the 20th and 8th Air Forces. The 8th will report to him and coordinate with the joint chiefs of staff while the 20th remains under Gen Henry H. Arnold. Training will base at Colorado Springs with headquarters to shift as the 8th returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
James H. Doolittle
8Th Air Force
Europe
Pacific
Doolitle
Joint Chiefs of Staff
20Th Air Force
H. H. Arnold
Barney Giles
21St Comber Command
Saipan
Colorado
Doolittle
Colorado Springs
Colo
New Security World League Shaped By Nation Group
The United Nations charter shaping a World League for peace was finalized as a committee supported Australian Russian compromise giving the general assembly power to discuss any charter questions. Victor Andrade of Bolivia praised Australian Foreign Minister Herbert Evatt. The conference moves from commission action to plenary reports ahead of the signing announcement by Secretary of State Stettinius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
United Nations
Truman
Washington State
General Assembly of Nations
Security Council
Victor Andrade
Bolivia
Committee On Assembly
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Andrade
Stettinius
Garden Party Benefit at Macsfield for Gertrude Barton Nursery
Pa Frederick plans a Garden Party at Macsfield Saturday night to aid the Gertrude Barton Nursery School. The event features Miss Ewing’s pupils dance interpretations, Mrs. Linda Frazier singing, roulette, outdoor theater, and refreshments for a dollar admission in a sylvan setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pa Frederick
Macsfield
Gertrude Barton
Mail
Mansfield
Public sale of household furnishings near The Elms Inn
A residence on Valley Pike next to The Elms Inn will hold a public sale of household furniture on Friday June 22 at 1 pm. W. W. White is the listed location. Auction notices indicate a June date and time for sale items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. White
Valley Pike
the Elms Inn
Nippons Falling Back In Valley
Manila reports that up to 30 000 Japanese are pushed north of the Cagayan valley by the 37th Ohio Infantry Division advancing toward the Igorot strongholds. Nipponese retreat toward Aparti with Luzon air support sustaining daily Japanese casualty tallies as Filipino guerrillas and Igorots block mountain passages. Australian forces make a Brunei Bay landing to secure access points into the bay and defend Labuan and Jesselton frontiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Cagayan Valley
37Th Ohio Infantry Division
Luzon
Aparti
37Th
Cagayan River
Cordillera Mountains
Robert S. Beightler
Tlagan
Bormeo
Brunei Bay
Bay
Five Mile Strait
Labuan Island
Jesselton
City to open summer playgrounds with leaders named
Thousands of children celebrate school end as Handley Douglas and Virginia Avenue playgrounds open June 25. Hours are 9 30 to 11 30 a m and 2 30 to 6 30 p m Monday through Friday. Virginia Avenue leaders Miss Courtney Fauver and Miss Mary Clegg Miller. Handley leaders Mrs LeRoy Cahill and Miss Paulett Pifer. Douglas leaders Miss Effie McKinney and Miss Zelma Pinkett. Activities include soft ball volleyball crafts stories games tournaments and a pet show plus band concerts and Dress Up Day. The Recreation Department faces equipment and staff shortages due to wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Handley, Douglas
Virginia Avenue
Courtney Fauver
Mary Clegg Miller
Handley
LeRoy Ca
Virginia Gregory
Police Radio Installation Progress in Winchester
Motorola engineer Cole arrived in Winchester to supervise the police radio system setup. A transmitter and receiver are installed in the patrol wagon with more units planned for city and county cars and two maintenance trucks. An antenna move shifts from the IOOF building to a hill behind Handley School with a six by nine foot building for equipment. Richard Campbell Sgt. F. M. Funk and Officer Richard Borden assist. Auction notice follows for the estate of Mrs. Bell E. J. Baker at 21 S. Washington St with sale Thursday June 28 at 1 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motorola
Cole
Winchester
City Hall
Handley School
Richard Campbell
F. M. Funk
Richard Borden
Honor Roll To Be Enlarged In Winchester
The Winchester Frederick County Honor Roll on Boscawen Street will be enlarged as soon as material and labor are secured. Fred Ritter, JBT committee chairman, said three feet will be added to the width and the list will include men serving in the Armed Forces, with about 200 names yet to be recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester - Frederick County
Boscawen Street
Fred Ritter
JBT Committee
Ritter
County men ordered to report for induction next Monday
Elwood Pifer Payne James Clinton Shelly and Robert Lee Dick are among the county men who have received orders to report for induction next Monday, June 25. Names of the others was published yesterday. They will report to Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Pifer Payne James Clinton Shelly
Robert Lee Dick
Roanoke
Okinawa Victory Declared After 82 Days of Battle
Allied forces announce victory in Okinawa with organized resistance ending. Artillery protection lifted for American troops as enemy casualties climb, including 87 343 dead and 2 565 prisoners through June 19. Stilwell named commander of Tenth Army under Nimitz, replacing Buckner. Australian landings reach Brunei bay as Chinese forces push Japanese northward along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Nimitz
Van Zeeland May Try Forming of Belgian Cabinet
In Brussels Paul Van Zeeland, former premier and Royalist, is seen as Leopold’s likely choice to form a new Belgian cabinet though liberals socialists and communists oppose the monarch’s return. Catholics and conservatives have been the focus of talks. Van Zeeland is a Catholic with no party affiliation. Laval May Surrender. In Madrid Pierre Laval, the Vichy leader, promises to surrender to French justice when ready to defend against treason charges under an old extradition treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Ochiltree
Associated Press
Brussels
Paul van Zeeland
Leopold
Belgium
Austria
van Zeeland
Laval
Madrid
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Spain
Germany
Francisco Feo
Okinawa Campaign Ends After 82 Days of Savage Fighting
Admiral Nimitz announces the end of the Okinawa campaign after 82 days with U S forces securing a base 325 miles from Japan. The battle cost the US 35,116 killed and wounded and inflicted heavy Japanese losses, while pockets on the island were mopped up as Stilwell takes command of the Tenth Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Okinawa
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
U. S. Tenth Army
Nimitz
Prison Terms Set for 12 Poles in Moscow Trial
Twelve of sixteen Poles accused of subversive acts behind Red Army lines were convicted and given prison terms from four months to ten years. Three were acquitted, one trial postponed. Maj. Gen. L Bronislaw Okulicki got ten years, Jan Jankowski eight years. Sentences date from arrest on March 27. No appeals expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
L. Bronislaw Okulicki
Warsaw
Jan Jankowski
London
Moscow Radio
Okulicki
Major Jordan to Speak at Annual JET Banquet
Major George R. Jordan of the U S Army will address the Winchester Junior Board of Trade Banquet at the Country Club on June 29. He will discuss Russia, drawing on his 28 months as United Nations representative with the Alaska Wing and liaison work for the Air Staff ATC. New JET officers will be installed after dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Jordan
U. S. Army
Junior Board of Trade
Country Club
Jordan
Russia
Bremerton
Wash
New York City
United Nations
ATC
Winchester Day Cleaning Works Closing And Ration Notice
Notice to customers announces plant closure from July 2 to 7 for a vacation and urges calls for garments before closing. Beginning June 20 rationing limits cleaning to three garments per family per week due to high demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Day Cleaning
South
Braddock Street
Okinawa Campaign Ends After 82 Days of Fighting
U S forces claim victory after 82 days of combat on Okinawa. Casualties through May 24 run to 9 602 killed and 26 514 wounded for the U S Navy and Army with Japanese losses totaling hundreds of ships and 4 096 planes. Okinawa was invaded April 1 with aims to tighten Japan's blockade and soften the home islands for invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Japan
Nimitz
Okinawa
A Senaon
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Okinawan
Terse
Berryville Officer Describes Mine Sweeper Repairs
SAN PEDRO California June 2 UP The mine sweeper YMS-275 is being repaired after a Japanese mine damaged her stern in the South Pacific. Lt. R. M. Dorsey of Berryville Virginia said the crew were sweeping off Palau when a mine exploded a dozen feet away. No one was injured but several were shaken up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Calif
South Pacific
R. M. Dorsey
Berryville
Palau
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Griffing
Nippon
By Spencer Davis
Ree
New Security World League
Frisco
Nippons
Bell E. J. Baker
S. Washington St
W. W. Baker
The
Borneo
North Head
China
Port Wenchow
Shanghai
Liuchow
Robbin Coons
Seat East Shore
Home Army
Eddy Gilmore
Dick Petrie
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