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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1944
Page
10
Virginia hatcheries, after a record year in 1943, are slowing down for the rest of the hatching season. Officials said hatcheries set 18 percent fewer eggs in the first two weeks of April than a year earlier, but the number of chicks hatched rose four percent as the drop in egg settings began around April 1.
The piece argues the Luftwaffe remains capable though weakened by Allied bombing and that Hitler must marshal reserves for an imminent invasion. It forecasts major air battles around D-Day and notes Stalin and the Red Army also gird for simultaneous spring and summer offensives to crush Nazi Germany.
London reports German offensives across Yugoslavia are largely held in check by Marshal Tito's forces. Partisans claim 160 Bulgarian prisoners captured in a Macedonian counterattack as Axis units attempt to strike near Kumanovo and Surdulica.
About forty percent of American airmen reported missing in Europe were later located in German prison camps. A yellow flag on a ship’s halyard warned of pestilence aboard, signaling health concerns at sea.
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