Diplomate Affairs Mishandled Says Brewster at Nebraska
Norfolk Neb May 1 Senator Owen Brewster charged that White House meddling behind the scenes worsened foreign affairs while domestic trouble worsened abroad. He praised military conduct as satisfactory and attacked theories questioning patriotism for urging prudent national effort.
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Norfolk
Neb
Owen Brewster
Washington
Nebraska
Brewster
White House
Hull
Moscow
Teheran
Stalin
Churchill
Cacee
Harry Hopkins
Maine
Smash Secret Targets In Northern France
Allied air assault with 1500 planes pounds Nazi targets in northern France including installations and rail lines. The heavy raid aims to disrupt war industry and transport as pressure grows on Germany in the European theater.
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France
Japanese Bases Near Philippines Heavily Bombed
Allied air forces on newly captured New Guinea airfields launched full scale strikes on Japanese bases to the northwest and east. Bombers hit Schouten Islands Sorong Biak Island Mokmer Sorido airstrips and hit Wewak Rabaul and other targets, destroying planes and fuel dumps in a push toward the Philippines.
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New Guinea
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Schouten Islands
Sorong
Newmering
Wake
Hollandia
Wewak
Ansa Bay
Rabaul
New Britain
Fifth Army Airforce
Biak
Turkey
Dutch New Guinea
Stilwell Seizes Half of Mogaung Valley in Burma Drive
Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell reports recapturing almost half the Mogaung Valley in northern Burma. First all American tank unit enters Asiatic continent action as Chinese spearheads advance toward Manpin and Inkangahtawng. Bases at Mogaung and Myitkyina under threat while Japanese mass near Imphal Kohima area.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mogaung
Stilwell
Joe
Myitkyina
Manpin
Inkangahtawng
Wararup
Inkangahtawang
India
Imphal
Kohima
Public notice for May 6 and an agent designation
Public notice references May 6 and an agent Valiey Pike. The fragmentary text indicates an appointment or listing involving an agent with the initials ae and contact or file numbers 5-1 -3-ip-21. Names and spans are incomplete but show official notice style.
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A. A. Ae
Valiey Pike
Puerto Rico on Verge of Revolt Says Commissioner
Puerto Rico is near revolution, says Bolivar Pagan, resident commissioner in Congress, demanding Gov Tugwell resign. He accuses Tugwell of dictatorship matched only by Hitler and Mussolini, cites armed guard and luxury castle life as scandalous under U.S. rule.
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Puerto Rico
Bolivar Pagan
Congress
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Pagan
Tugwell
Hitler
Mussolini
White House
Onewell
United Tates
Puerto
United States
Private James Shivers Visits Fort Worth After 17 Months
Fort Worth Tex May 1 Pvt James Shivers 21 of Griffin Ga left the Fort Worth army air field yesterday for the first time in 17 months. He was given a city tour by Red Cross motor corps members Miss Ruth Miller and Sarah Watson. Shivers said he intends to come to town more often.
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Fort Worth
Tex
James Shivers
Griffin
Fort Worth Army Air Field
Red Cross Motor Corps
Ruth Miller
Sarah Watson
Shivers
Buyers From 6 States Bid $14,000 For Purebred Shorthorns
Buyers from six states attended the Shenandoah Valley Polled Shorthorn Breeders Association spring sale on Saturday.49 head sold for 14,045 dollars with top money to a Winchester heifer bid in by Cherry Hill Farm from Reistertown Maryland. Bulls and heifers averaged 294.50 and 263.75 respectively as buyers from West Virginia Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio and Michigan competed. Notables including Dan Cox sale manager Coleman Dunn and Shorthorn World’s Will Johnson attended.
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Shenandoah Valley
C. B . Sons
Avon
Ohio
West Virginia
May
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Fred Stine
Dan Cox
Coleman Dunn
Will Johnson
The
Shorthorn World
Russian Lull Is To Break Soon
London May 1 The Soviet government newspaper Izvestia said the lull on the Russian front would end soon and a new offensive would burst on the Germans with the force of a hurricane. The Germans must guess where the next blow will land as Soviet land front fatigue and regrouping continue.
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London
Izvestia
Black Sea
Hn Man
Idritsa
New Record Made Across Atlantic Flight By American Export Airlines
New York May 1 American Export Airlines announced a new Atlantic flight record of 15 hours 30 minutes from New York to Foynes Ireland achieved April 17 18 by a fully loaded Flying Ace piloted by Captain Charles Amos Thompson of New York The flight clipped 21 minutes off the prior record set April 15 16 by Captain Folan A Stewart four engined aircraft The record covers 11 746 miles in 66 hours 12 minutes with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia present and the Airlines official statement confirming the feat
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New York
American Export Airlines Today
Foynes
Ireland
Charles Amos Thompson
Thompson
Folan
A. Stewart
Elliott Motors Wins Damages Verdict in Route 50 Crash
A seven man jury awarded Elliott Motor Lines 27,609 damages against S. A. Riley and W. E. Riley after a August collision on Route 50 east of Winchester. The Elliott truck carried Army material valued over 20,000. remaining damages cover the destroyed and burned truck. Trial opened last Thursday after multiple delays. verdict followed jury instruction that the plaintiff could recover all or none.
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Elliott Motor Lines
S. A. Riley
W. E. Riley
Route 50
Winchester
Elliott
H. R. Kern
H. R. Benham
Elliott Marshall
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Riley
I. Sidney Hodgson
E. Frye
Floyd Snapp
Guy F. Frind, Jr
P. E. Maine
John H. M. Bennett
Carlton Ramey
C. W. Taylor
Two Men Report To Armed Forces
Two men reported for active duty with the United States Army. George Baker Ritter of Rt. 1 Winchester was ordered to report by the Frederick County Board. Both men reported to Fort George Meade, Maryland.
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United States Army
George Baker Ritter
Rt. 1
Winchester
Frederick County
Ft. Geo. Meade
Allied radio vows Western and Southern liberation soon
London May 1 The new US overseas broadcast station AESTIE announced in Britain that Allied armies will reach occupied Europe from the west and south with Soviet forces attacking from the east. Robert E Sherwood urged underground workers to stay ready for a signal to strike, warning to be discreet and listen for orders from Eisenhower and Wilson.
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London
U. S
Britain
Europe
Robert E. Sherwood
Office of War Information
J. S
Aestie
Sherwood
Eisenhower
Sir Henry Maitland) Wilson
Abandon Efforts To Save Ship Off French Coast
London reports German destroyers were not salvaged after being set afire and driven ashore near the western coast of France following a naval clash in the English Channel. Canadian destroyer Athabaskan was sunk by a torpedo. RAF and RCAF Typhoons scored hits as German trawlers pulled the fireship off the beach. The Haida rescued a few survivors from the Canadian vessel.
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London
English Channel
Athabaskan
RAF
Admiralty
Ashanti ‘Couessant
France
World War II Frontline Highlights Across Multiple Theaters
Nonstop air offensive into the 17th day with 1000 U S bombers striking German targets in northern France near Paris and two rail sites in France. Mediterranean air forces attack Genoa for the third straight night with Livorno and Monfalcone near Trieste also hit. Ground fronts report inactivity as Stalin signals simultaneous eastern and western offensives. Chinese fronts note Huliao Pass loss in Honan after eight days. First all American tank unit enters combat in northern Burma as Japs mass for Imphal attack. Pacific fighting continues after Hollandia base capture with air and sea actions around Schouten Islands, Rabaul, Wewak, Handas Bay and Wakde Island.
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Italy
Genoa
Livorno
Monfalconé
Trieste
Big
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Schouten Islands
Rabaul
Wewak
Handas Bay
Wakde Island
Japs Start New Drive In China
Chinese field reports confirm the fall of Huloa Pass a key fortified position guarding Loyang. Japan launches a northward thrust from Anhwei toward Ying Shang and Hankow as American planes back Chinese troops in the Chenghsien area amid rumors of a broader offensive and possible coastal landings.
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Chungking
Huloa Pass
Loyang
Yellow River
Hai
Peiping-Hankow
Chenghsien
Henan
S. Army
Anhwei
Yingshang
Railway
Hankow
Chester W. Nimitz
Manassas Wins Shorthorn Judging Contest At Spring Sale
The junior judging contest for Future Farmers of America and 4 H Clubs drew 67 entries from nearby counties. Winners in three classes of purebred shorthorns were judged by W R Legge with master placings by George Beattie from Beltsville. Awards included $2.50 per class winner and $10 ties for top individuals.
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Future Farmer of America
Shenandoah Valley
W. R. Legge
Northern
Virginia
George Beattie
U.S. Department of Agriculture Experimental Farms
Beltsville
Burgess Hoffman
Manassas F. F
Zane Neff
Mt. Jackson F. F
Dennis McCarty
Marshall F. F
William Piercy
Manassas F. FP
Burl Carpenter
Round Hill 4-H Club
Bulls
Byron Wood
Aldie F. F
Dennis Irvin
Nokesville F. F
Dg Carlisle
Berryville F. FP
Marshall - Asaf
Manassas F. F. A
den- Powe
Marshall Drince Wales
Chan
Daylight RAF air offensive strikes Nazi targets in France
Fifteen hundred Allied planes hit rail lines and installations in France and Belgium on the 17th day of the pre invasion air offensive. Up to 500 heavy bombers and escorts reported no losses. US Marauders joined raids on railyards as RAF and Allied forces hammered Namur and Haine Saint Pierre. Weather hindered some passes but many formations bombed targets with good escort and limited flak.
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London
France
Belgium
Merauders
Mustang
Namur
Haine St. Pierre
Maintenon
Paris
Germany
Harry Shirley
Elwood City
Harland Paul
Portland
Ore
RAF
Second Tactical Air Force
Cort
New Zealand
May Day Parade Staged In Red Square By Reporter
Eddying through Red Square on May Day, a foreign war correspondent donned a disguise to test if a parade would occur. Instead a crowd of sun boys trailed him toward Lenin’s tomb while Kremlin guards intervened and dispersed the gathering.
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Tunnell
Aiken
R.-Vt
Roosevelt
Labor
Eddy Gilmore
DPD
Red Square
Great Square
Lenin Museum
Revolution Square
Lenin
Kremlin
Tovarich
South End Fire Company Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Fire Company will be held Monday evening May 1 at eight o'clock. After the business meeting a social session will be held. All Phlin-are asked to attend this meeting. Howard Hart Captain.
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South End Fire Company
Phlin
Howard Hart
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