Gandhi's Release Based on Health Grounds
Mohandas K. Gandhi, 74, was released from detention at Poona on health grounds after 21 months in the Aga Khan’s palace. British authorities cited faucias in his condition and moved him to a palatial residence for care. His release prompts hopes for consultations with colleagues essential to any future political settlement in India.
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London
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Poona
India
Aga Khan
Japan
Vitali Das Thackersey
Gandhi
Bombay
V. K. Krishnamenon
The
India League
Britain
Indian Congress
Rommel says German invasion forces ready for drive
Rommel declares invasion imminent and says German soldiers armed with new weapons are ready for the utmost. He warns Allies will face great surprises and notes a “complete novelty” in tactical measures after touring the Mediterranean coast. Reports also say Luftwaffe air burns will shorten invasion paths toward Berlin.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Ministry of Information
Rommel
Africa
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
el Alamein
Montgomery
President Seeks 1945 Lend-Lease Funds in War Aid Move
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 3.45057 billion dollars to carry forward lend-lease for the year ending June 30 1945. He also asked that expended balances be available, totaling 7.188893 billion. The request covers industrial and agricultural supplies for Allied war needs and related services. Senator Ellender urged a national policy on final lend-lease settlements, noting 21.794237819 billion lent and 2.129151000 billion received in reverse lend-lease by March 15.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Ellender
D.-La
United States
White House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Comdr Mumma Receives Second Legion of Merit
The Navy awarded Comdr Morton C. Mumma Jr. the Legion of Merit with a gold star for command of a motor torpedo boat squadron in the New Britain New Guinea area. He lists Berryville Virginia as his home and is presently on duty in Washington while residing in Arlington VA. The first award cited damage to Japanese destroyers and sunk vessels in the New Guinea campaign from February 5 to November 5. The second citation covered a blockade by torpedo boats in the New Britain New Guinea area from November 5 1943 to February 8 1944.
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Washington
Navy
Comdr
Morton Co
Mumma, Jr
New Britain-New Guinea
Mumma
Berryville
Arlington
New Guinea
Letter from overseas son to his mother honors Mother’s Day
The Star presents a poignant letter from a Winchester boy overseas to his mother. The editor urges readers to read it as one of the finest tributes a son can pay a mother and ties it to the upcoming Mother’s Day on April 14. The message aims to evoke a satisfied patriotic feeling among Winchester readers.
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Winchester
Weather Clears For Big Race At Churchill Downs Derby
Churchill Downs Louisville May 6 Threat of a muddy track for the 70th Kentucky Derby vanished as the day broke clear and cool. Stir Up the Greentree stable star with Eddie Arcaro remained 7 to 5 favorite in a field of 19 three year olds. Ownership groups kept entries intact as officials expected no more than 16 starters. A $64 675 purse would be awarded to the winner the largest in the races history.
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Churchill Downs
Louisville
Eddie Arcaro
Payne Whitney
Greentree
Stir Up
Hershey Sees Under Twenty-Six Draft Pool Lasting Longer
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey predicts the under twenty six draft pool may extend into early fall rather than ending in July. He notes lower than expected calls and fewer rejections for men under 26, with about 1.7 million in the pool and an estimated 150 thousand deferred, including roughly 70 thousand in the Merchant Marine.
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Baltimore
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Hershey
Joint
National Guard
Adjutants- General
U. S
Selective Service
William Huyett Dies Of Sudden Heart Attack
William Stephenson Huyett 62 prominent county farmer and Frederick County Democratic Committee chairman died at 10 45 last night at his home near Clearbrook Stricken while doing farm chores Born November 16 1881 son of Luther A Huyett and Elvira Stephenson He married Hattie Clevenger in 1906 Survived by widow six children and one sister two grandchildren funeral Monday 2 30 at his home Interment Quaker Hopewell Friends Meeting pallbearers listed.
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William Stephenson Huyett
Frederick County
Democratic Committee
Clearbrook
Luther A. Huyett
Elvira Stephenson
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Roanoke College
Hattie Clevenger
England
Harry C. Light
William James J
Elizabeth Lunsford
Quaker Hopewell Friends Meeting
G. Wilson Whitmore
J. L. Joliffe
Fred Ridgeway
Harry McCann
S. W. Shewbridge
Fight Brews Over Benefits Bill
Washington May 6 A new state s rights fight grows over educational provisions in the veterans benefits bill slated for House action next week Educational leaders call the school features a serious threat to freedom of education Rep Rankin defends the plan as safeguarding rights to the fullest A coalition of national organizations labels the bill the most serious threat to state and local control of education yet seen in the country
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Washington
Rankin
D-Miss
Veterans’ Committee
Public sale of Mrs Annie M Lemley goods at Lemleys Store
Public sale of all personal household goods of Mrs Annie M Lemley deceased at Lemleys Store Stephens City Virginia ce llth at 2 pm 1944 Executor I Brumback details indicate sale by executor of estate with scheduled time and location.
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Annie M. Lemley
Lemley
Stephens City
I. Brumback
Allies Continue India Advance
Allied forces in eastern India have cleared key positions around Kohima and push forward in the Kohima area. Lt. Gen. Stilwell’s Chinese troops advance south of Inkangahtawng and break Japanese defenses near the Lahkraw river in the Mogaung valley, with reports suggesting the Kohima battle could be the largest yet.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
India
Joseph W. Stilwell
Inkangahtawng
Mogaung Valley
Burma
Lahkraw
Mogaung
Reuters
Nazis Advance In Eastern Bosnia
London May 6 German troops launch a tank and air supported offensive in eastern Bosnia breaking through to Vlasenica and bringing up reinforcements around Uzice Tito announced. He said Yugoslav partisans have killed about 900 enemy soldiers across the front and maintain initiative in Slovenia with raids in the Dalmatian Alps.
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London
Bosnia
Vlasenica
Sarajevo
Uzice
Josip Broz
Tito
Macedonia
Hitler
Slovenia
Dinaric Alps
Delmatia
Adriatic
Split
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Chinese Hold On Road Narrows Under Japanese Push
Japanese forces push along the Peiping Hankow railway narrowing Chinese hold to about 40 miles. Southward advances reach Loyang within 10 miles of Sunghai junction as an east west link. Chinese communique notes another column moving toward Honan via Anhwei after capturing Fonyang.
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Chungking
Peiping-Hankow
Sunghai
Loyang
Tokyo
Yuhsien
Sian
Szechwan
World War I Veteran Receives Purple Heart
Col Hudson of the U S Army presented Pfc Thomas E Sirbaugh with the Purple Heart. Sirbaugh, a World War I Ar gonne veteran, recently applied for the award. W G Baker, captain of the local Virginia State Guard company, noted Sirbaugh has been a member since its formation over three years ago.
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Col. Hudson
U.S. Army
Virginia State Guard
Thomas E. Sirbaugh
Pfc
Sirbaugh
Argonne
W. G. Baker
VSG
Man and Wife With Nine Children Seek New Home
In Rahway New Jersey on May 6 a rubber worker and his wife with nine of their twelve children faced eviction. After sleeping on courthouse benches and in a Salvation Army shelter the family has struggled to find a landlord willing to rent to a very large household. One son is overseas with the army. The former landlord says legal notices forced the move to allow building on the site.
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Compton
Rubber Company
William
Comptons
Highlights Of World At War
Western Europe Allied bombers attack north western France as air offensive enters fourth week. Southern Europe Allied bombers raid rail yards and oil storage near Ploesti after Pescara dam breach. Eastern Europe Russian fronts unchanged. Eastern Asia British offensive to clear Kohima. Stilwell’s Chinese advance toward Mogaung. Japanese expansion in Henan Province. Pacific MacArthur air attacks on Schouten Islands and Wewak. naval airmen hit Paramushiro in the Kuriles.
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Western
Europe
France
Ploesti
Romania
Pescara Dam
Italy
Eastern Asia
Kohima
Stilwell
Mogaung
Henan
China
Pacific
MacArthur
Schouten Islands
Wewak
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Civilians Moved Back By Nazis Near Front Lines
Allied headquarters in Naples reports the Germans evacuated Italian civilians beyond the Fifth Army front by up to 20 miles. In the Garigliano sector infantry actions rise while an enemy boat crossing attempt is repulsed. Beachhead and Eighth Army fronts see minor clashes as Cassino defenses fall to Allied fire.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Garigliano
Eighth Army
Cassino
Russia Massing On Big Scale Near Polish Border
London May 6 reports relayed from Stockholm say the Russians massed men and equipment on an enormous scale in Old Poland for a drive toward Berlin. Red Army concentrated near Kowel and Kolomyja while railways in former Poland draw strategic attention. Russian air and sea units sank five German and Romanian ships off Sevastopol as the siege of the Crimean port continues. A Red Army correspondent says Russians are burning and squeezing enemy from near impregnable stone nests.
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London
Stockholm
Old Poland
Berlin
Red Army
Kowel
Warsaw
Kolomyja
Stanislawow
Czech
Poland
Sevastopol
Crimean
Pilot Killed as Army Planes Collide Near Cuckoo
Two army planes from the Richmond base collided about two miles below Cuckoo Virginia at 8 15 this morning. One pilot died, the other parachuted to safety. Major A K Barker reported the pilots had not yet been positively identified.
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Louisa
120Th Army Air Force Base
Richmond
Cuckoo
A. K. Barker
Allied Air Offensive Opens Fourth Week Against Romanian Targets
Allied Liberators and Flying Fortresses, about 500 to 750 aircraft, struck five Romanian cities including Brasov, Campina, Pitesti, Craiova, and Turnu-Severin in a daylight raid. Bombs hit rail yards and an aircraft factory as RAF aircraft joined overnight attacks on Campina oil storage and Ploesti region targets. Damage figures unavailable and some enemy planes were shot down.
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Cap
France
Allied
Naples
Balkans
St Brasov
Bucharest
Campina
Pioesti
Turnu-Severin
Pitesti
Craiova
Budapest
Cariova
Romania
Pescara Dam
Italy
Three Fugitives Apprehended in North Carolina Pickup
FBI headquarters announced the arrest early today in Washington North Carolina of three Virginia convicts who supposedly kidnapped and robbed a farmer during their flight. Director Hoover identified the men as Roberts Daughtry Hinton and Johnson. A stolen car from Norfolk Virginia was found and two suspects surrendered after a gunfight. Johnson was captured nearby. A Roanoke Virginia complaint charged them with violating the federal dropping law. All three had prior housebreaking terms.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, N. C
Virginia
Alleg
J.edgar Hoover
Robert Daught
FBI
North Carolina
Norfolk
Surender
Hinton
Johnson
Roake
Near Agreement On FCC Bill Sparks Bipartisan Talks
A report notes Senators Wheeler and White are seeking a return to their older monopoly stance as discussions unfold over an FCC bill. The article suggests a tentative accord forming despite party differences.
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Washington
Wheeler
Dent
White
R-Me
Allied bombing deepens Balkan and Adriatic disruptions
British and Allied aircraft bombed Pescara dam cutting river flow and crippling German communications as Eighth Army clashed on the Adriatic front. Ploesti and the Turkish oil center were hit, with heavy losses reported among Axis and Allied forces amid a broad Mediterranean air offensive.
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Pescara Dam
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Turin- Severin
Ploesti
Mediterranean Airforce
Mediterranean
Bracin
Pes
Turmerin
Household furniture auction on Berryville Pike
Household furniture sale to be held Friday the 12th at 1 p m near Berryville Pike. Mrs. W Bromley listed. See page 2 for details.
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Berryville Pike
Bromley
Square Dance at Shady Rest This Week
Community event at Shady Rest hosting square dance sessions on Thursday Saturday and Sunday at 1 PM. Event details list days and times for dancers and neighbors.
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Shady Rest
Tomatoes peppers and cabbage ee ee shop and green oases
The Flower Shop offers produce items including tomatoes peppers and cabbage as part of a local market display described with unusual wording and ambiguous references to vendors or stalls.
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European Advisory Commission
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Norway
Mohandas K. Securcte
Baetos
Ion A Nei
Tis
Villa
Field Marshall
Viscount Wavell
Lord Wavell
Sen. Ellender
MR Winchester
William Huyett
Wife
Associated Press
Russia
Edward Kennedy
F.C.C
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