British Build Huge Carrier Hermes cargo plane announced
London reports the Hermes Cargo Carrier, a four engine all metal low wing plane built by Handley Page for 16 000 pound payload and 340 mph top speed. It rivals civilian designs postwar expansion and accompanies the 50 passenger Hermes transport. The Shetland airliner remains larger in weight and wingspan.
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London
Hermes
Society of British Aircraft Constructors
Handley Page Company
Shetland
Mackenzies Column On Okinawa War Realities
Mackenzies column argues Okinawa shows grim fighting and Japanese fanaticism, warning that stopping Japan will require Allied effort but not predicting the same level of total war for home island invasion. He notes Japanese fighters are willing to die and become a tough foe.
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Okinawa
Japan
Wanted late model Singer sewing machine ad
Classified advertisements show several WANTED and FOR SALE notices. Items include a late model Singer sewing machine in No. 1 condition, a 12 inch electric fan, farm caretaker positions at 257 Parkway, plumbing and sheet metal work, summer apples for market, a man and wife to work on a small farm, a Geyser sawmill, a desirable two story house in Winchester, heavy tarpaulins, Hamp shire buck and ewes, and an eight foot McCormick Deering binder with contact details and dates in June.
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Singer
Star Office
Winchester
Battle of Japan Likely Follow Different Path Says General
General Arnold contrasts Japanese civilian resolve with battlefield ferocity. He predicts a heavy aerial bombardment before any invasion and foresees 2,000,000 tons of bombs on Japan next year, leaving industry crippled by autumn. He notes Germany buckled under Allied bombing, suggesting Japan’s flimsy cities are highly vulnerable.
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Okinawa
Tokyo
Japan
Arnold
United States Army Air Forces
Germany
Reich
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SMAGH
Rich
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Warwer
Obert Tani Rch
Nclark “ Massey
Tomfort
Warner Bros. Cool
Andrea King John Ridgely
Late World News
Capitol
Gos
Lee
Haspel
Loraine Seersucker
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray & Sheetz
Earl L. Mason
Dial
Loudoun St
Farmers& Merchants
Lewis M. Allen
Kay Robinson
Paul M. Haldeman
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
EAL Estate
Wood
Etc
Win
Chester
Fonse
Kent Street
Deal Avenue
Roy P. Duvall
N. Main ST
MacKenzie
Dewitt MacKenzie
L. H. Caskey
Martinsburg
W. Va
E. W. Barr
Winchester Cold Storage Packing House
Lohr la Follette
Yellow Springs
C. H. Lakey
Princess Anne St
Fredericksburg
E. W Armstrong Co
E. Piccadilly
Hampshire
McCormack Deering
Robert L. Whithers
Berryville
Shenandoah Brick & Tile Corp
Winchester, Va
North Loudoun
Stone
Rutgers
Smalls Florists
Frederick County
Fairmont
N. Main
Cameron St
Cabinet Radio
Freemont St
Front Royal
Sanitary Dairy
Timothy
John J. Copenhaver
Boyce
Baylass Dept. Store
Cameron
P. D. Care Star
Briggs and Stratton Motor Bike
S. Cameron
Amos R. Wilkinson
City
Leo B. Farver
Machinest
Shenandoah Brick
West End
R. C. Otto
Geo. W. Kurtz
George W. Kurtz
N. Loudoun St
J. W. Arthur
Rouss Avenue
Edgar Beverage
11Th St
Waynesboro
Duff’s
Dream Ee Loaibe
Sweetheart
Loudoun Street
Virginia
Gray &Eddy
Hable's Palace
WED
THOR
Fred — Macmurray
Joan Leslie
Haver
Gene Sheldon
Anthony Quinn
Carlos Ramirez
Alan Mowbray
Cette NA
Lupton Orchard Service Co
Hansbrough & Carter
George Washington Garage
Chevrolet
International
Ford
Pine Motor CO
J. A. Hotinger
N. Londoun St
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