Jap Counterattack On Okinawa By Amphibious Forces
Japanese amphibious units totaling about 600 men made a coast landings behind American lines on Okinawa. The assault, supported by tanks and kamikaze planes, was repelled with heavy Japanese casualties and sinking of several small U.S. ships. American forces reported 154 Japanese planes shot down and significant damage to enemy assault boats and tanks.
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Guam
Okinawa
Japan
U.S
77Th Infantry
7Th Division
America
Seventh Division
U. S
Yontan
Frozen Men May Get Thawing
Washington reports that draft regulations will allow some 18 to 37 year old men in war plants to shift to civilian production after V E Day. Deferments depend on transfer to essential or critical activities and require board approval unless the move yields greater war contribution.
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Washington
Germany
Russell H Carpenter's Barber Shop Hours Change
Notice states Russell H Carpenter's Barber Shop will open 8 a.m. and close 6 p.m. daily starting May 7 except Wednesdays at noon and Saturdays at 9 p.m. The change affects all regular business hours.
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Russel H. Carpenter
South End Fire Company to Meet May 7 at 8 PM
The South End Fire Company holds its regular monthly meeting Monday evening May 7 at 8 o clock. All members are asked to attend. Howard Hart is the Captain.
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South End Fire Company
Howard Hart
Germans Sought To Ignore Reds In North
Field Marshal Montgomery disclosed that he rejected a Nazi offer to surrender three German armies facing the Russians. Negotiations for the northwest German, Holland, and Denmark capitulation were completed, with Blumentritt proposing surrender of armies 12th, 21st, and the Third Tank. Montgomery refused, stating no dealings on the eastern flank.
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Montgomery
21St
Germany
Holland
Denmark
Guenther Blumentritt
Baltic
Weser
Call to Germans to persevere in fight, Doenitz appeal
A German language broadcast alleges Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz urged soldiers in the center south and southeast to keep fighting to save Germans from Bolshevization and enslavement. The message claims to quote Doenitz calling for continued resistance despite armistice in other sectors.
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New York
Karl Doenitz
Doenitz
Army to discharge 2 million after V E Day
Washington May 5 A House military committee memo says 2 million troops will be discharged beginning after Germany falls and 6 million picked troops sent to Japan. The plan prioritizes dependents and active service length under a new point system amid an overall 1.4 million net reduction.
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Washington
Germany
Japan
House Military Committee
15Th Army
Pacific
Shenandoah Brick and Tile Corporation Chartered
The State Corporation Commission issued a charter to Shenandoah Brick and Tile Corporation of Winchester to mine and quarry silica rock sand clay shale and other materials for brick and tile. Maximum capital 100000. Real estate up to 1000 acres. Joseph F. Hughes of Baltimore named president.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Shenandoah Brick and Tile Corporation
Winchester
Joseph FP. Hughes
Baltimore
Big Four reach accord on Oaks plan with two points reserved
The United States Russia Britain and China praised near full unity on the Dumbarton Oaks security plan with two exceptions for reviewing international relations and regional defense. Molotov sought 24 hours for final decision while Stettinius announced a briefing on the plan at a news conference.
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Stalin
World Security Council
United States
Russia
China
Britain
Washington
Molotov
World Organization
Security Council
Stettinius
Eden
Soong
Knob Hill
Conference Secretariat
Hard Coal Mines Continue Idle
Wilkes Barre Pa May 5 No contract no work appeared to be the miners answer today to Interior Secretary Ickes order that whistles will blow Monday in a mine now under government control. Felix Tomashefsky acting president of Glen Alden Coal Co local says members will not return until a new agreement is signed. John Girlock president Lehigh Valley Coal Co says unions would have difficulty calling miners to weekend meetings even if a wage deal is reached. John L Lewis UMWA president declined comment when asked if he would direct miners to return to work Monday. Operators and UMW leaders resume contract talks at 2 pm today.
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Wilkes-Barre
Ickes
Aoa
Felix Tomashefsky
Glen Alden Coal Company
New York
John Girlock
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
New York City
Lewis
UMW
A D Cather Sale Postponed to May 10
A D Cather sale is postponed until Thursday May 10 at 10 a m. The notice lists livestock machinery and a large lot of household furniture for the event.
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A. D. Cather
Wanted Presser Five Days Week at Cleaners
Job ad for a presser position at Pingley and Carpers Cleaners seeking a worker five days weekly. Details show contact to apply at the shop, highlighting weekday schedule and employment terms. The brief notice mirrors a classified employment listing from the era.
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Pingley & Carpers Cleaners
Denmark Forms New Government After German Surrender
Jubilant Denmark moves to form a new government after Germany’s unconditional surrender. King Christian IX designated former Premier Orla Buh to organize the administration as Danes celebrate with mobilized resistance and a hopeful entry to the United Nations.
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Stockholm
Denmark
United Nations
Little Kingdom
Christian IX
Orla Buh
Dagens Nyheter
Sweden
Buhl
Copenhagen
Christian
Swe
Allied and German Surrenders Reshape War Fronts
Reports from Paris and London describe widespread German capitulations to Allied forces led by General Devers and Eisenhower. Only pockets and the German Seventh Army remain active as Prague rises in resistance amid Czech uprisings and calls for Allied withdrawal of German troops.
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James M. Long
Paris
Alll
Eisenhower
Jacob L. Devers
Sixth Army Group
Supreme Headquarters
Seventh Army
Army Group G
Holland
Denmark
Germany
Schulz
Norway
Busreau
Admiral Doneitz
Devers
Seventh
Chemnitz
Linz
Austria
Innsbruck
France
Europe
London
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Bohemia
Karl Doenitz
Japs Airfields Heavily Bombed In Latest Raid
Guam May 5 A force of about 50 B 29s bombed three southern Kyushu airfields in the day’s third neutralization raid. Earlier 150 200 Super Fortresses attacked the Hiro naval aircraft plant at Kure on Honshu. Maj Gen Curtis E Lemay said the results were good. Shiran Ibusuki airfields were hit for the first time joining Kanoya in the southern island targets.
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Guam
Kyushu
Hiro Naval Aircraft
Kure
Honshu
Curtis E. Lemay
21St Bomber Command
Japan
Kanoya Naval Air Station
Shiran
Tsusuki
Ibusuki
Okinawa
Canadians Poised for Demobilization After Europe Service
The Canadian Army signals its last battles in Europe and shifts focus to returning soldiers home. An immediate rise in rotation leave could precede a mass exodus from Europe for release in Canada. A Dakota transport fleet will speed service members to England for leave.
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Europe
Norway
Canada
England
Britain
City Playgrounds To Open June 25 In Winchester
Miss Virginia Gregory city recreation director said Winchester playgrounds will open June 25 for nine weeks with paid and volunteer leadership. Detailed announcements soon. She also noted gym classes for men and women held four months in 1944-45 have ended and will resume next fall.
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Virginia Gregory
Winchester
Gregory
Russians Press Toward Linkup With U S Amid Czech Drive
Soviet forces claim to have liberated all Slovakia as they push toward Olmuetz and Prague. Red Army units thrust 10 miles against heavy German resistance in Moravia while preparing a drive toward Vienna and the Czech capital.
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London
Red Army
Slovakia
High Command
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Olmuetk
Olomouc
Moravian
Rodian Y. Malinivsky
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Moarta
Prague
Olmuetz
Morava River
Krenovice
Navy Prisoners Await Return From German Captivity
Six U S Navy sailors the first prisoners of war liberated in Europe await transport home. They include Lloyd E Miller Troy Winters Carl Thompson John Moore Richard Vaughn and William Williams. Their ship the USS Carlton was torpedoed on the Murmansk run in June 1942 and sank after crew members escaped in life rafts.
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U. S. Naval Station
England
U. S
Lloyd E. Miller
Ranger
Tex
Troy T. Winters
Corinch
Miss
Carl R. Thompson
Prichard
W. Va
John L. Moore
Richmond
Richard Vaughn
North Charleston
William W. Williams
Centerville
Mass
Williams
Carlton
Murmansk Run
Norh
Norway
North Cape
Kirkenes
Oslo
Aarlbog
Denmark
Wilhelmshaven
Bremen
Brownout Lifting Won't Free Coal
The War Production Board announces the brownout will end after a presidential statement declaring Europe’s war over. Despite lifting, coal shortages persist and the end of hostilities may not replenish stocks. continued conservation of fuel in homes offices and stores remains necessary.
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Washington
War Production Board
Europe
Krugé
Executions Hit Paris as Vichy Police Chiefs Die
Bulletin reports Lucian Henri Rottee former Vichy detective chief and Fernand David chief of a special police brigade were executed in Paris after being convicted last month for torturing and killing members of the French resistance.
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Paris
Lucian Henri Rottee
Vichy
Fernand David
Berlin feeds from field kitchens as Russians advance
Long lines of Germans form at Red Army supplied field kitchens in Berlin. In the ruins Berliners hunt for horse carcasses as famine grows, according to dispatches from Moscow.
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Moscow
Berlin
Red Army
Ruhr destruction key to German war effort says Patterson
On May 5 Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson stated that he believed the destruction of Germanys Ruhr industrial region was the reason the German war effort could no longer be sustained.
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U. 38
Ninth Army
Robert Patterson
Ruhr
Germany
German Radio Declares Local Hostilities Ceased
London May 5 reports the German radio from Wilhelmshaven interrupted a musical program to state that at this moment all hostilities in their area have ceased.
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London
Wilhelmshaven
Swedens Internment Plan For Nazi Officials Reported
Stockholm newspaper says the most dangerous German diplomats and functionaries in Sweden, labeled 100 per cent Nazis, would be interned on Signee island in Lake Vaettern north of Joenkoeping.
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Stockholm
Stockholms Tidningen
Sweden
Signee
Lake Vaettern
Joenkoeping
German Nazi leader seized near Berchtesgaden
Reports say Max Amann a top Reich official was captured by U S Seventh Army troops near the summer home of Gestapo chief Himmler at St Quirin northeast of Berchtesgaden. The capture comes as Allied forces press operations in the Bavarian area.
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Paris
Max Amann
Hitler
U. S. Seventh Army
Gestapo
Himmiler
St. Quirin
Berchtesgaden
Australians Across Tarakan Fight For Oil Center
Australian troops seized the Tarakan oil barracks as heavy combat raged. An American column entered Davao City in Mindanao with U S Seventh Fleet and allied air support, while Japanese defenders clung to a hill above Tarakan town amid bitter fighting and derrick gunfire.
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Manila
Tarakan
Borneo
Davao City
Mindanao
Philippines
U. S. Seventh Fleet
13Th U. S. Air Force
Tarakan City
Ney
Spencer Davis
Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Te Town
Doctor Hugh Clark Out Of Office Indefinitely
Notice states Dr. Hugh Clark will be unavailable at his office for an indefinite period. The fragment references Cider apples and Ricse- WANTEDwood Fruit Industries with a number 5938, dated May.
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Hugh Clark
Wood Fruit Industries
PINGLEY CARPER Plans New Weekday Hours
Effective May 7 the business will operate five days weekly Monday through Thursday with hours from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday hours run 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday night service will be available while Saturday remains closed.
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Pingley & Carper Cleaners
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