Winchester Medical Men Rally For WarService
Winchester and Roanoke show high enlistment with eight physicians leaving Memorial Hospital for armed forces. Dr. Hunter H. McGuire says loss is serious yet staff will carry on, names the eight doctors and notes the service continues until the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Roanoke
Hunter H. McGuire
Memorial Hospital
Direc
McGuire
Virginia
U. S. Navy
R. F. Cline
Thomas A. Gibson
William P. McGuire
J. B. McKee
James A. Miller
Chester A. Riley
George H. Smith
E. C. Stuart, Jr
Churchill congratulates Ike as Allied forces invade Tunis and Bizerte
Prime Minister Churchill praises the simultaneous advance of British and American armies into Tunis and Bizerte. He lauds the Allied teamwork with French forces and sends congratulations to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Tunisian campaign leaders including Sir Harold Alexander and Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Tunis
Bizerte
Tunisia
Harold Alexander
Arthur Tedder
Arthur
James H. Doolittle
Carl A. Spaatz
Arthur Coningham
Harry Broadhurst
Axis Prospects On Cap Bon Peninsula Bleak
London May 11 Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the House of Commons Axis prospects in their final African stand on Cap Bon Peninsula are bleak as the Capri forces lack large towns or ports. Britain’s First Army reported heavy casualties and 50 000 Axis prisoners taken since May 5 with Axis demoralization observed as American tanks entered Bizerte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cap Bon Peninsula
Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons
Attlee
Cap Bon
Britain
Tunis
Bizerte
Casablanca
Adana
Air and
Seate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold R. L
Holland Under Siege As Dutch Strike Action Reported
Reports from Aneta say a state of siege was decreed across Nazi occupied Holland after disorders linked to a planned general strike. Twenty six Dutch patriots were executed and ten sentenced to death amid interruptions to food supplies.
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London
Mar&y
Netherlands
Aneta
Holland
Arthur Seysz- Inquart
Stockholm
Sevnska Dagbladt
Europe
Hitler
Italy
Moscow
Switzerland
ts—Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Nazi Secret Notice
Goering
Himmler
Berlin
Tribune
Geneva
Earth Shaking Blast Fatal To 2 Workers In Carbide Plant
A midday explosion at the Carbide and Carbon Chemical Company unit on Blaine Island in South Charleston, West Virginia, killed two workers and injured at least 13 others. Fire and smoke rose hundreds of feet as ambulances ferried the injured to Charleston hospitals. traffic was diverted and police secured the area. The blast occurred at 12 45 p m, in the same unit involved in a fatal 1941 blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Carbide and Carbon Chemical Company
South Charleston
Co. E McCormick
Arnold Turley
Orval Wheeler
Charles Phillips
H. A. Thorntown
O. K. Faber
J. D. Black
Robert L. Carter
A. C. Snyder
H. D. Welker
Blaine Island
Kanawha River
War Plant
Patrick Street
Edge Wood
Thomas Rayburn
WAACS Open Permanent Recruiting Station Here
It was announced that a WAACS recruiting station will open in Winchester on May 14 with Lt Jameson B Dowdy as assistant. Recruits may join at the station, which will operate every Friday, with the office location to be announced in the near future.
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Armanent Waac
Stais
Winchester
Jameson B. Dowdy
Astory
WAACS
Closure Notice For Pingley and C Nw Tee Peers
Pingley and C Nw Tee Peers will shut their operations Wednesday and Thursday due to a death in the family. The temporary closure affects all services during the two day period.
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Pingley
Nw Tee
Ninety-Eight Students Set for Handley High Diplomas
Eighty-nine Handley High School seniors are candidates for graduation in June. The Winchester public schools close June 11 with a graveside procession at Mt. Hebron. Eleven members of the class have enlisted in the armed forces, reducing the class from about 100. Roger Edmonds has returned to England. Names of the 28 boys and 61 girls remaining to graduate are listed, detailing their readiness and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Winchester
Judge Handley
Mt. Hebron
Roger Edmonds
England
Marion Brill
Daniel Doyle
Edward Embrey
Joseph Harry
Jesse Kiracofe
Allen Legge
Carroll Mason
Billy Sempeles
Hartwell Slayden
Ralph Vaught
Chris Yeatras
Eugene Babb
Stuart Bailey
Campbell
Garvin Ryland Conner
John DeHaven
Chauncey Dorsey
Maurice Duffey
Benjamin Dutton
Neil Hoke
Harry Jenkins
Douglas Jones
Bobby S. Kern
Roger Laign
Will Robert Spaid
Douglas Stickley
Virgil Strader
Roy Unger
William Way
Kitty Lou Arnold
Jane Doris Dearing
Mary Dusing
Betty Anne Duvall
Jean Fahrney
Rhoda Fletcher
Betty Forrest
Genevieve Fox
Jane Goss
Mary E. Greenawalt
Dorothy Grim
Molly Anne Grim
Marie Hannum
Mary Louise Hook
Dorothy J. Jakimier
Isabelle Larrick
Charlotte Meade
Mary Elizabeth Miller
Katherine Mills
Jane Myers
Hilda Nelson
Anna C
County Budget Approved Retaining Levy and School Support
County officials approved the budget retaining a 40 cent general levy and directing the school levy portion to public education. The plan also allocates funds to military training efforts at a Front Royal station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pingley
U. S. Army
Front Royal
War Manpower Areas Set Up in Virginia
Six War Manpower Commission areas organized in Virginia with area directors appointed. Leo R. Werts notes these zones will address and support Hampton Roads labor shortages and War Production needs. Areas include Richmond Exmore-West Point Hampton Roads Northern Virginia Roanoke and Southwest Virginia with listed directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Richmond
War Manpower Commission
Leo R. Werts
WMC
Region Four
Werts
Hampton Roads
Petersburg
Emporia
Farmville
Boston
John W. Stephens
Exmore
West Point
E. Clyde Smoot
Suffolk
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Newport News
Nathan H Gowing
Northern Virginia
Alexandria
Winchester
Front Royal
Culpeper
Harrisonburg
Fredericksburg
Charlottesville
Staunton
George D. Delo
Roanoke Area
Roanoke
Covington
Buena Vista
Lynchburg
Martinsville
Danville
Joseph D. Herbert
Irector
Southwest Virginia
Radford
Pulaski
Galax
Richlands
Tol
Relashin
R. Caughan
Frank A. Cavedo
Cavedo
Eleigh Stevens
Deferments Declared for Frederick County Registrants
The Frederick County USDA War Board recommends farm classification deferments for listed registrants. Deferment decisions include David E. Anderson 2-C J. W. Loring Payne 2-C Willard L. Riley 3-C Amos Ritter 3-C Ernie C. Kerns Lawrence E. Owens John H. Kerns Mervel L. Dailey Frederick W. Jobe per regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Usda War Board
Mrs. Grace Pierce Dies Suddenly in Berryville Va
Mrs Grace Childs Pierce 76 wife of Frank Hugh Pierce and mother of Noble C Pierce died of a heart attack at her Berryville Virginia home about 9 30 last night Born February 21 1867 she lived in Clarke County most of her life She was an long time member of Swimley Church and survived by eight children including Noble C Pierce and John Levi Hardesty
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Grace Childs Pierce
Frank Hugh Pierce
Noble C. Pierce
Winchester
Democratic Executive Committee
Berryville
E. Ralphert
H. Hardesty
John Triplett Hardesty
John Levi
Matthew Jones
Bombers Batter Continent Anew In Fierce Stab
London reports Allied bombers pound the continent anew with big formations crossing the Channel while German Focke Wulf fighters raid an East Anglian town. The attack left several casualties as the inn housing girls was struck and many residents were killed.
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London
English Channel
France
Boulogne
England
East Anglian
City And County Brevities From the Annual License Drive
Police have issued summons to 78 auto owners to appear in court as part of the city license round-up. Captain Harry Ebert, back from overseas for a 30 day furlough, is noted among the firsts of the raid on Romanian oil fields by American bombers. That night several U. S. planes forced landings in Turkey due to fuel shortages and crews were interned until recently.
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Harry
Dutch) Ebert
U. S
Turkey
Red Army Presses Novorossisk Amid Fierce Fighting
Red Army troops push forward yard by yard at Novorossisk amid heavy combat along German lines. Axis resistance stiffens as the Red Air Force conducts large scale attacks on supply routes, while German reinforcements and armor enter the Kuban front. Black Sea fleet reports air strikes on enemy ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Novorossisk
Red Air Force
Kuban
Black Sea
French Forces Demand Unconditional Surrender in Zaghouan
A French communique from Algiers reports German forces in the Zaghouan mountains west of Cap Bon have asked for armistice terms. The French commander demands unconditional surrender and complete war material handover under the Casablanca formula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap Bon
London
Algiers
Zaghouan
Comander
Uny
Casablanca
Allied fires threaten Cap Bon as British forces advance
May 11 reports armored columns of the British First Army moving along coastal roads on both sides of Cap Bon found many fires set by German forces. Indications emerged that the Germans were preparing for possible surrender in North Africa.
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Allied
North Africa
First Army
Cap Bon
Resistance Collapsing on Cap Bon in North Africa
Allied dispatch from London reports Cap Bon enemy resistance collapsing and prisoner captures rising hourly as the campaign continues.
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London
Reuters
Allied
North Africa
Cap Bon
Morale Crumbles Among German Troops in North Africa
Reports from Cap Bon front say German morale has weakened notably. One unit reportedly volunteered for imprisonment in an Arab cart drawn by a plume adorned horse while others signaled surrender by making the Y gesture.
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Cap Bon Front
Allied gains seal Cap Bon break through in North Africa
Allied dispatch reports British First Army breached Cap Bon peninsula cutting off German Italian forces. Soliman Hammamet Grom Kalia Menzel Bou Zella fell as 5 000+ prisoners were taken including 600 Hermann Regiment. Hitler Mussolini messages found among captives. Public sale notice listed following.
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Hamman Lif
First Army
Hammamet
Soliman
Grom
Kalia
Menzel Bou Zella
Cape
Hermann Regiment
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
British Forces Seal Off Cap Bon Death Trap
British First Army closes in on 80 000 German and Italian troops in Cap Bon Peninsula as warships intercept Axis escape attempts. Western perimeter guards advance on Hammamet while spearheads strike Axis last-stand positions. In Burma Tokyo claims Japanese near Indian frontier and shelling continues. Russian forces push deeper into German defenses around Novo...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap Bon
Associated Press
North Africa
First Army
Hammamet
Pantie Particulars From Toe Page 5
Fragmentary OCR notes reference pantie particulars and toe page itemization with code like 5.66.1 10-11-19-1p 00. Details are unclear but suggest fashion or garment listings in a newspaper section. No full context or names identified.
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Dr. McGuire
British First Army
By E. C. Daniel
Carbide
Handley High
Continent
East Anglia
Bulletins
William D. King
J. J. Dunlap
B. Piccadilly
J. Dunlap
Court House
Burma
Tokyo
Russia
Novaros
Balkans
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