Girl Pleads Not Guilty As Charged
A 21 year old unmarried mother charged with abandoning her newborn in the National Cemetery pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Judge Burr P. Harrison. The infant girl was found March 16 in a box wrapped in clothing. The mother waived grand jury and petty jury and the judge took the matter under advisement.
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National Cemetery
Burr P. H. Harrison
Frances Funk
H. S. Pifer
Harry K. Benham
James P. Reardon
Commonwealth
Harison
Japanese Regard Drive Aims At India War Front
Allied sources report Japanese forces in eastern India around Imphal and Kohima face a strategic push to seize two major Allied bases. A captured Japanese order cites it as vital to end the war, while Mountbatten’s forces indicate the Allies hold the upper hand and monsoon weather could decide retreat or advance.
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New Delhi
India
Imphal
Kohima
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Associated Press War
Charles Grumich
Grumich
Nazi Air War Inflicts Unrepairable German Damage
Washington May 4. Secretary of War Stimson reports the Allied air assault has piled up destruction of German transportation facilities beyond repair and reduced fighter strength and bomber effectiveness. In April alone Army air forces dropped a record 43 500 tons on Germany and held targets.
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Washington
War Stimson
Stimson
Germany
Chalons-Sur- Marne
British Tanks Sweep Kohima Front as Jap Drive Halts
Official reports say four British tanks with air support are clearing the Kohima area of Japanese forces. The enemy drive up the supply road on the India Burma front is halted and invaders are being swept from India. Arrows on may indicate attack directions.
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Kohima
India
Burma
Obituary Notice for Calvin E. Omps Died at Noon
Calvin E. Omps died at noon after an accident involving a moving tractor at a Ridge area farm. He was survived by his wife Mary Unger and four children, with a large extended family in Ridge and Angers Store. Funeral services are planned Saturday at 2 pm at Mt. Hebron with Rev. T. J. Hawkins officiating.
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Richard L. Omps
Ridge
Virginia House of Delegates
Phena Dick
Angers Store
Mary Unger
Preston Henshaw
Highview
W. Va
Offrey Prelip
Eugene Wilkinson
James Michael Omps
Mt. Hebron
T. J. Hawkins
Mrs Jolliffe Appointed Chair of Women’s War Bond Division
Mrs Ethel Jolliffe president of the Winchester Quota Club becomes chairman of the women’s division of the War Finance Committee Wendell R Barney announced. She succeeds Mrs Harold Brown and Mrs Ed Molden, who served as temporary co chairs after the post war loan campaign.
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Ethel Jolliffe
Winchester Quota Club
War Finance Committee
Wendell R. Barney
Jolliffe
Harold Brown
Ed. Molden
Barney
Brown
Russians claim heavy fighting as 600 Germans slain on eastern front
The Moscow broadcast cites 600 German deaths in crumpling Nazi attacks southeast of Stanislawow and south of Tiraspol. It reports continued lull elsewhere, with Romanian sources noting heavy action near Targu-Frumos west of Iasi and oil fields, plus rail and air raids across Lwow Sambor Lwow regions and near Sevastopol.
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London
Stanislawow
Tiraspol
Moscow
Bucharest
Targu-Frumos
Iasi
Lwow
Sambor
Poland
Roman
Romania
Sevastopol
Crimea
Pretty Marge Vattendahl Buys Sign for Bong Support
Pretty Marge Vattendahl, girlfriend of Maj. Richard Bong, signals 4.0 meaning 100 percent support for servicemen at Poplar Wisconsin. She reportedly plans marriage to Bong, famed for shooting down twenty seven Japanese planes in the Pacific.
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Marge Vattendahl
Richard Bong
Poplar
Wis
Pacific
Millions to Change Work Faces After War Ends
Brig Gen Frank T Hines told a Senate subcommittee that about 20 million people may need to switch to new jobs after hostilities end. He warned of potential economic and social disruption and urged retraining and unemployment protection as many ex servicemen and war workers must relocate and shift from military to civilian production.
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Washington
Frank T. Hines
Hines
Veterans Administration
Baruch-Hancock
Senate
Kilgore
R-Wva
Allied forces repel Japs' Burma attacks and gain high ground
Allied troops repelled Japanese raids around Ko suc, securing high ground near Maungdew Buthedaung road in Burma. A counterattack supported by tanks drove Japanese from a penetrated position near Buthedaung. Imphal area remains under pressure with no change reported. A RAF U boat sighting near Socotra noted but nationality unclear.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Iy 4
Jina
Lord Louis Batten
Maungdew Buthedaung
Indiana
Socotra
Aden
Britsh
Saas
Communique Details Russian Attacks Across Several Fronts
The communiqué reports heavy Russian assaults east of the Fire River in Romania and along the Dniestr River with fierce fighting. It notes intensified strikes on Sevastopol and other targets as defenses repel the onslaughts.
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Romania
Sevastopol
Dniestr
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