Nazis Surrender Areas Near Europe Center to Montgomery
The Associated Press reports that Dutch Danish and North German capitulations are to take effect tomorrow as the Big Four near an agreement on a revised peace formula. The San Francisco talks note progress toward a world organization with plans for a trustee system and regional defense pacts amid closed committee sessions and high level diplomacy.
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General Assembly
International Court of Justice
John M. Hightower
San Francisco
Big Four
Dumbarton Oaks
World Organization
United Nations
Molotov
Moscow
Stettinius
Eden
Soong
Britain
United States
Senate Naval Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Eastland
D-Miss
Tobey
R-Nh
Capehart
R-Ind
Pacific
Harold E. Stassen
Germans Queued to Surrender Fed by Fear of Reds Across Front
German soldiers surrendering in large numbers to American and British forces flood Allied lines to avoid capture by the Russians. Front reports show prisoners swelling Britain’s capacity strain as food and housing grow scarce. More than 3 million Germans have been captured since D-Day, with Britain seeking a larger share but the United States reluctant to divert ships from homebound troops.
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Romney Wheeler
London
Britain
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
Ninth Army
Elbe River
Gallagher
Daily Express
United States
the Express
U. S
America
Von Kleist Surrenders to US Third Army in Germany
The German Marshal von Kleist, credited with the 1939 Poland invasion and the 1940 France breakthrough, surrendered April 25 at Mitterfels to the 26th Infantry Division of the U.S. Third Army. Found by privates, he was accompanied by his wife and Capt. Von Seydlitz.
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Edward D. Ly
Paul Ewak- von Kleist
France
U.S. Third Army
von Kleist
Wehrmacht
Mitterfels
Hitler
von Seydlitz
von Kleiest
Poland
Corpse of Hitler Not Found in Berlin Chancellery Fire
Moscow dispatch reports the Chancellery at Wilhelmstrasse burned without locating Hitler or Goebbels bodies. Red Star notes journalists saw dead German troops, burning buildings, shattered streets, and a collapsing Reichstag while Soviet forces cleared the city.
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Hitler
Hun Chandllery
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Third Reich
Wilhelmstrasse
Red Star
Fuehrer
Goebbels
Hermann Goering
Air Ministry
Tiergarten
Izvestia
Red Army
Leonid Vysokostrovsky
Pavel Troyanovsky
Berlin
Unter den Linden
Reichstag
Academy of Art
Pingley and Carper Cleaners Weekly Hours Change
Notice announces new five day operation starting May 7 with hours 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Thursday and Friday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Open Friday night and closed all day Saturday.
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Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Antique Auction At 211 North Main Winchester Va
Miles Dean announces an antique auction on Saturday May 5 1945 at 10 am at 211 North Main Street Winchester Virginia. The notice includes other classifieds for Valley Newsstand candy cider apples Ridgewood Fruit Industries and a fire company meeting for Charlie Rouss Fire Co chaired by president C Dettra with refreshments.
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Honest Antiques
North Main St
Winchester
Miles Dean
Sarah Zane Fire Co. Monthly Meeting Set May 4
The regular meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co. is scheduled for Friday evening May 4 at 8 p m. All members are requested to attend. Captain Loryn M Crabill notes the event.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
Loryn M. Crabill
Americans Smash With New Fury At Okinawa Front
American troops press a fresh, intense assault against Japan's Okinawa defenses as heavy guns dominate a front bulged with caves tunnels and pillboxes. Casualties for Okinawa Ryukyus total 16 964 Americans with 2 978 killed while navy losses reach 5 551 with 1 131 killed 2 816 wounded and 1 604 missing.
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Guam
Okinawa
Japan
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Okinawa-Ryukyus
Iwo Jima
10Th Army
Iwo
Nimitz
Clarke Ration Board Moves Meetings to Saturdays
The War Price and Ration Board of Clarke County changes regular meetings from Wednesday to Saturday through the summer. Applications for tires and supplementary gasoline will be accepted on Saturdays instead of Wednesdays as in the previous six months to better serve farmers and county residents.
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War Price and Ration Board of
Clarke County
Time Is Short For Paying Poll Tax
Richmond Virginia May 4 voters have only today and tomorrow to pay poll taxes for participation in the August primary and general election. A 30 day period before the election allows eligibility, but no one will be allowed to vote this year unless the tax is paid by Saturday.
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Richmond
Severe Damage To Fruit Seen General In Area
Severe damage from below-freezing temperatures in April and this month has reduced the apple crop by about 75 percent and affected nearby areas. Appalachian Apple Service manager Carroll Miller and Ines Martinsburg say the 1945 yield will be less than 1943’s half crop. Miller notes fruit including apples peaches and cherries were frozen, not just nipped, with Yorks near maturity frozen to the seed as peach and cherry stock also blasted.
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Carroll Miller
Appalachian Apple Service
Ines Martinsburg
Miller
Fruit Growers Meet Tonight in Frederick County
The Frederick County Fruit Growers Association will meet at 8 o'clock tonight in the county courthouse. Agenda includes a report on German prisoners of war for farm work and a reorganization committee report. Speakers are Porter Taylor, Carroll Miller, and A H Teske with talks on apple markets and management challenges.
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Frederick
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Carroll Miller
Appalchian Apples Inc
A. H. Teske
Taylor
Miller
Teske
Chinese Drive In Hunan Launches Counteroffensive
An army spokesman in Chungking announced that Chinese forces began a general counter-offensive in Hunan to save the Chihkiang air base. Chinese troops, reinforced by American airborne units, halted the Japanese advance after destroying about 3,000 enemies.
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Chungkking
Hunan
Chihkiang
Chungking
Chinese Combat Command
Strate
World At War Highlights Across Fronts
Western Front Americans advance into Italy link with veterans, push toward Czechoslovakia and Linz fortress as British move toward Denmark after Russians. Eastern Front Soviet British forces crush enemy in northern Germany with mass German surrenders along the Red Army front. Italian Front U. S. Fifth Army nears junction with northern push, Yugoslav Partisans occupy Fiume and Pola. Pacific Front Chinese counteroffensive in Hunan to shield Chinkiang air base, Rangoon drive advances, Tarakan fights and Okinawa bombardment as U.S. bombs.
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Italy
Czechoslovakia
Pilsen
Linz
Denmark
Germany
Red Army
U. SS. Fifth Army
Fiume
Pola
Pacific
Hunan
Chinkiang
Rangoon
Tarakan Island
Borneo
Okinawa
U.S
Police Catch Loafers and Bowers Sentenced for Vagrancy
Police court acted on a vagrancy tip arresting Fred Mumaw Bowers 60 formerly of Franklin West Virginia at 7 West Piccadilly Street. He received 12 months in jail and a $100 fine for vagrancy while being investigated for illicit liquor. Sgt Francis Funk and Officers Hawkins Milburn led the case. Two others were picked up on vagrancy charges Leonard Wilson Sealock was given a week to find work or face four years in jail Ernest Summers of Arlington Virginia has not been tried yet.
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John Rice
Fred Mumaw Bowers
W. Piccadilly Street
Bowers
Franklin
W. Va
Francis Funk
Hawkins and
Milburn
Funk
Leonard Wilson Sealock
Ernest Summers
Arlington
Winchester Agrees V E Day Plans Amid War-Era Awe
Winchester and Frederick county residents, awaiting Germany's surrender, prepare for V E Day. Merchants close after 3 PM if surrender news arrives late, or for the day if earlier. Churches urged to open for prayer, with services at 8 PM. The American Legion calls for thanksgiving and prayers for the road ahead.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Germany
W. R. Pifer
Retail Merchants’ Association
Pifer
Anderson
South End Pure Co Friday Prize Event
Friday May 4 1945 at 8 30 p m at South End Pure Co offers an $125 door prize plus other prizes. The event runs weekly Fridays through the month.
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South End Pure Co
A D Cather Sale Postponed to May 10
Auction notice says A D Cather sale is postponed to Thursday May 10 at 10 a m. Livestock machinery and a large lot of household furniture are included.
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A. D. Cather
German Radio Appeals To Citizens To Keep Calm
Paris reports Eisenhower announced surrender of all German forces in Holland and northwest Germany and Denmark to the 21st Army group effective at 8 a m tomorrow. The broadcast urged calm and discipline as Doenitz and Nazi officials ordered measures to limit bloodshed?
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Holland
Denmark
North Germany
Montgomery
Paris
Eisenhower
Germany
Helgoland
Frisian Islands
Marshal Montgomery
21St Army Group
Italy
Austria
Czecholovakia
Norway
Bremen
Wilhelmshaven
Karl Doenits
Fuehrer
Josef Terboven
Werner Best
Doenus
Bitter Japanese Resistance Met By Australians
Australian veterans faced bitter Japanese resistance on Tarakan island on the second day of the invasion. Nipponese mining created 30-foot craters along the highway delaying Aussie tanks toward the airstrip as troops pressed inland with fixed bayonets to widen the beachhead.
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Manila
Tarakan
Borneo
Fair But Cool Week End Forecast For Districts
The five day forecast from Saturday May 5 to Wednesday May 9 shows New York area showers Saturday with interior rain, otherwise fair conditions. Temperatures start cool and rise modestly through Monday or Tuesday, cooling again by Wednesday. District 5 also expects near normal temperatures with cool starts and a gradual warm up before a cooler finish.
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District 4
New York
W. Virginia
British halt drive toward Kiel as war news shift
Paris reports the British halt their advance toward Denmark just short of Kiel canal, amid signs of surrender by Nazi troops in the region. Allied forces push in Italy from Brenner Pass with Innsbruck and Salzburg taken, while Linz is besieged and Bohemia invaded. Chinese whispers of a Dutch ceasefire surface as Canadians aid civilians.
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Paris
Denmark
Kiel Canal
Germany
Italy
Brenner Pass
Innsbruck
Salzburg
Linz
Bohemia
Pilsen
Skoda
Vienna
Holland
First Army
Heo
Kiel
Flensburg
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Fragmentary line notes schedule detail with day and time references. It mentions exceptions for Wednesdays and Saturdays at 9 p m and includes parenthetical codes. The readable portion hints at a broader page listing or timetable. The exact program or event name remains unclear.
Doctor Hugh Clark Out Indefinitely
Dr. Hugh Clark will be out indefinitely, with no stated return date or reason given in the notice.
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Hugh Clark
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Valley Newstand
E. Piccadilly St
Wood Fruit Industries
C. C. Dettra
Appalachian Service
American Legion
A. C
Europe
Church of American
Bulletin
Sonnel
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