Tito Claims Nazi Drive Smashed
London dispatch reports Tito announcing that Yugoslav Partisans defeated a German general offensive in Yugoslavia. He notes ongoing fighting in Macedonia as Axis forces press to split units from Bulgarian Partisans along the Yugoslav border. The communique accuses Germans and Mihailovic Chetniks of collaboration and mentions about 40,000 Bulgarian troops.
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London
Josip Broz
Tito
Yugoslavia
Macedonia
Mihailovic
Serbia
Brevities From City And County
Winchester police radio station WSKQ is heard as far as Kago Illinois and Buffalo New York. J W Brauner of Williamsville wrote that messages to Romney and Martinsburg West Virginia were clearly received. Brauner is in the National Radio Relay League. The local station operates about five years for contacting other police departments. Fred Affleck has turned the police headquarters grid into a green lawn with keep off the grass signs. Elbows McFadden, a former pro boxer now in the Merchant Marine, notes a drop in enemy submarine activity as he nears another voyage from Winchester with German prisoners aboard.
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Winchester
WSKQ
Kago
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Buffalo
N. Y
J. W. Brauner
Williamsville
Romney
Martinsburg
W. Va
Brauner
National Radio Relay League
Fred Affleck
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Cameron Streets
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Murmansk
Russia
Canada and Britain hail harmony in North American security
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King told British lawmakers that Canada and the United States embody the harmony and reciprocity of a smaller nation living securely beside a powerful state. He said joint defense and resource pooling strengthen defense of the North American continent. Churchill praised Canada, noting its 11 million people guard the empire during perilous months and link the old world to the new.
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London
MacKenzie King
Canada
United States
North American
King
House of Lords
House of Commons
British Commonwealth
Churchill
Palace of Westminster
Ada
Japanese push in China widens as Loyang battles grow
Chinese reports describe a new Japanese thrust on Loyang in northern Henan while admitting the enemy controls the Peiping Hankow railway. They claim repulsed crossings of the Yellow River near Menghsien but face forces crossing near Yuanchu and Lunghai advances toward Yenshih. Tungkwan could become a key gateway to the rich northwest.
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China
Loyang
Henan
Peiping- Hankow
Yellow River
Menghsien
Yuanchu
Lunghai
Yenshih
Hankow
Tungkwah
Tungkwan
Italian Liberation Corps Grows To Major Force In Italy
Nazi advertises that the Italian Corps of Liberation in Italy has expanded from a single motorized unit to include whole battalions of famed Italian regular army units. The claim frames the force as a growing threat and highlights Allied propaganda on the organization.
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Italy
Funeral services for Charles Wood held at White Post
Funeral services were held at 2 30 this afternoon for Charles Wood former White Post resident killed in a Sunday night accident Rev J A Figg officiated at the White Post Methodist Church with burial to follow.
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Charles Wood
White Post
J. A. Figg
White Post Methodist Church
Cooper Case Has Been Continued
The case against Thomas C. Cooper of 4 West Cork street and Timore Maryland was continued until Friday morning May 19. Attorney James P. Reardon moved for continuance in Trial Justice Court. Cooper faces charges of operating under the influence with no operator license and driving with faulty brakes. The only other case heard was Raymond Adkins of Roanoke Virginia fined $5 and costs $4.25.
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Thomas C. Cooper
West Cork Street
Timore
Ames P. Reardon
Cooper
Trial Justice Court
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