Luftwaffe under pressure as Allied air raids widen
The Allied air offensive shifted to the Mediterranean and British ports with 1,800 sorties against railroads shipping and battle positions. RAF Mosquitos bombed Ludwigs hafen and northwest Germany while German losses included eight planes from Italy and six bombers in southern port attacks.
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Associated Press
Britain
Rhineland
Lud
Wigshafen
Germany
Italy
Portsmouth
German Air Force raids southern England as battle continues
London reports a night of heavy Luftwaffe activity with up to 300 planes attacking the south coast, especially Portsmouth, and four other coastal towns. Five German planes were shot down. a hospital was struck and casualties reported. Allied Mosquito raids targeted Jos.
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London
England
Berlin
Portsmouth
Jos
Germany
Luftwaffe
Yugoslavia
Cologne
Mannheim
RAF
Kiel
Ludwigshafen
Arget
Boy Scout Camporee At Handley Weekend
Ma Winchester notes the Boy Scout Camporee at Handley Saturday and Sunday offering locals a firsthand view of Scout training. She asserts training for youth includes camping as part of the organization’s comprehensive development.
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Handley
Naional
Right Is Upheld To Discipline
The War Labor Board today upheld management’s right to discipline employees who strike in violation of contract. It reversed the Detroit Regional Board which had ordered Norge Machine Products Division of Borg-Warner in Muskegon to reinstate 41 former workers with seniority but no back pay amid AFL Automotive Workers protests over high production rates. The AFL union had sought discharge of a platework employee.
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Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
Detroit
Norge Machine Products
Borg-Warner Corporation
Muskegon
AFL Automobile Workers
Piacework
Jury Is Picked For Mass Nazi Conspiracy Trial
A jury of ten men and two women was sworn in Washington to try 29 defendants accused of conspiring to establish a Nazi government. Evan, a Commerce Department clerk, was removed after a final challenge. Anthony Falcone, born in Italy, took his place. Alternate jurors were later chosen. Earlier Ernest Elmhurst sued his attorney Ira Chase Koehne and prosecutors Rogge Burns for 100000 alleging an information exchange pact.
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Washington
Fihal
Evan
Commerce Department
Anthony Falcone
Italy
Egan
Edward C. Eicher
Ernest F. Elmhurst
New York
Ira Chase Koehne
John Rogge
Joseph W. Burns
Slavs Liberate 3 Towns in Albania and Fronts in Yugoslavia
A Tito communique says Yugoslav Partisans liberated Koritza Elbasani and Berati in central Albania. It reports fierce battles in Bosnia and Croatia with Germans trying to clear key supply lines while Partisans claim to have repelled German forces in western Bosnia and damaged the Dobroderventa line.
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London
Albania
Koritza
Elbasani
Berati
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz
Tito
Bosnia
Croatia
Eesenang Most
Sitnica
Dobroderventa
Food shortages throwing Italy into confusion
Swiss reports from May 16 describe mass Italian refugee flows into Rome as the Allied push toward the Gustav line intensifies. Rail links south are disrupted, housing is scarce, and food is transported by trucks and planes to the south amid partisan clashes and saboteur attacks across Lombardy Piedmont and Tuscany.
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Bern
Switzerland
Italy
Mussolini
Rome
Florence
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Chiasso
Apennines
Bellinzona
Leutenant
Gallarate
Piacenza
National Committee of Resistance
Lombardy
Piedmont
Toscano
Byrd Objects To Pension Precedent For Canal Workers
Senator Byrd warns that approving pensions for about 1,900 Panama Canal civilian workers could set a precedent for 288,000 Army and Navy civilians on similar projects to seek pensions. He notes the bill would cost $1.443 million first year. Senator Clark calls the Panama case special and decries past inaction.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Panama Canal
Army
Navy
House
Clark
D-Mo
Pepper
D-Fla
Ellery Queen Serial Begins Tomorrow in Winchester Star
Ellery Queen's Calamity Town starts in the Winchester Evening Star tomorrow. The fast moving mystery promises scandal and murder with each chapter as the story unfolds daily in the Star starting tomorrow evening.
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Ellery Queen
Winchester
Winchester Evening Star
Star
Chinese Troops Capture Several Strategic Points
Chinese forces push west of the Salween river in a major offensive aided by American advisers and air support. They seize Mamien Pass Near Taeg-Chung, encircle Japanese near Tatangtzu, occupy Hongmoshu, and capture Pingka ruins south of Lungling as they rebuild the Burma road link to the Ledo road toward Myitkyina.
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Chungking
Salween River
India
Communiqtie
China
Wei Li-Hung
Mamien Pass
Taeg-Chung
Burma Road
Shwele River
Tatangtzu
Teng-Chung
Hongmoshu
Tengchung
Pingka
Lungling
Yunnan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Myitkyina
Allies Take Over Kohima Ridge in Major Indo-Burma Battle
Reuters reports from Kohima front in northeast India that Kohima Ridge now lies entirely in Allied hands, marking the end of the largest Indo-Burma battle to date. Southeast Asia Command in Kandy says a new Japanese thrust near India’s border was repulsed near Daletme with several positions abandoned for strategic defense.
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London
Reuters
Kohima
India
Kohima Ridge
Indo-Burma
Danville Strikers Return To Work
Danville knitting mills workers who struck yesterday afternoon returned to work today under the direction of local Textile Workers Union officials. A conciliator has been on hand to mediate between mill management and the union over pay rates and the closed shop.
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Danville
Danville Knitting Mills
Textile Workers Union of America
TWUOA
Bond Names Key Committees To Work On Farm Labor Program
Frederick County Labor Committee chairman Walker McC. Bond announces key committees to support the farm labor program aimed at saving critical crops. The plan stresses cooperation among Winchester citizens and county farmers and fruit growers, with potential additions to existing committees as needed.
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Bond
Walker McC. Bond
Frederick County
German Infantry Withdraws From Forward Positions Near Spigno
American troops reach Spigno after heavy shelling and German withdrawal signs. Maj Victor Hobson reports capturing an eight gun artillery battery near Mount Cavita as natives welcome US forces. Castellanorato battle sees tanks and artillery with 200 plus prisoners. infantry pulling back, artillery delaying action.
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FIFTH
Spigno
Mount Cavita
Victor Hobson
Birmingham
Ala
Castellanorato
Tyrrhenian
French Foreign Legionnaires
Australians Close In On Japanese Strongholds In New Guinea
Australian troops near Bunabun Harbor advance toward the Japanese airbase at Hansa Bay as Allied airmen bomb Wakde Island and surrounding targets. Gen Douglas MacArthur reports 40 miles advanced from Alexishafen and extensive damage across the 120 mile Hollandia area amid sustained raids.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Alexishafen
Bunabun Harbor
Hansa Bay
Bunabun
Cape Croisilles
Scouten Islands
Hollandia
Casualties Less Than Expected In Italian Offensive
Allied headquarters in Naples reports casualties in the Italian campaign were less than expected and praises Allied airmen. The staff member highlights French empire troops' frontline role while noting terrain and bridge repair slow Fifth Army advances.
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Allied
Naples
Italy
Harold Alexander
Allieg
Fifth Army
French Pursuit Breaks German Lines Around Cassino
Allied dispatch from Naples reports French troops breaking through the Gustav line south of the Liri Valley, pursuing disorganized German 71st Division remnants and threatening Cassino as British armor massed near the valley mouth. American and British forces advanced 3 to 8 miles, with 3,000 prisoners taken and the 131st infantry regiment reported nearly destroyed by French action.
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Gustav Line
Berlin
Naples
Liri
Cassino
Harold Alexander
Italy
Rome
Alexander
Adolf Hitler
Gustav
Spigno
Garigliano
Monte Fammera
Eighth Army
San Giorgio
Allies Drive on Gustav Line Crushing German Defenses
In Southern Europe Allied forces crush German defenses south of the Liri river in central Italy. Americans seize Spigno while French eliminate two Nazi regiments, with offensive gains of three to eight miles reported. Western Europe sees Mosquito raids on Ludwigshafen as German towns endure aerial blows. Eastern Europe notes unchanged land fronts but Soviet air strikes disrupt transport. In Asia Chinese troops seize key positions west of the Salween river while Japan launches a new thrust toward India near Imphal. In the Pacific Australians close in on remaining Japanese strongholds in northeast New Guinea as air bases are bombed.
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Europe
Liri River
Italy
Gustav Line
Spigno
Asia
Salween River
India
Tatangtzu
Imphal
New Guinea
Big Island
Two Jury Trials Set in Frederick Court
Two cases scheduled for trial next week in Frederick Circuit Court by Judge Burr Harrison. Harris faces charges of breaking into a garage at A C Boyer in Stephens City and removing four Goodyear tires valued over $50 from a Packard. Larrick is charged with writing a $335 check to Joseph Bayliss dated for a time when funds were insufficient.
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Frederick Circuit Court
Burr P. Harrison
Her Larrick
Frederick
Harris
A. C. Boyer
Stephens City
Goodyear
Larrick
Joseph Bayliss
Commercial and Savings Bank
Sheriff Bywaters
New Platoon Added to Virginia State Guard Company 115
Captain W A Baker announced that Company 115 of the Virginia State Guard received Adjutant General approval to add a platoon and an adjutant officer. The increase by 26 men will raise the company to three platoons. Baker asked interested men to contact him at the treasurer’s office.
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W. A. Baker
Virginia State Guard
Adjutant General of
State of
Virginia
Baker
VSG
Harper Magazine Writer Killed in World War II Action
Frederick Faust known as Max Brand, famed Harper's Magazine writer and creator of Dr. Kildare, was killed in action on the Garigliano front. The author of 85 books and pulps, nicknamed King of the Pulps, had prior reports of wounds and noted battlefield presence.
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Allied
Naples
Frederick Faust
Harper’s Magazine
Max Brand
Garigliano
Faust
Henry Buckley
Ters
PINGLEY & CARPER Clothing Disposal Notice
Storage overloading prompts charity donation of all clothes not removed within a week following a five point eight one page twelve line note. The store warns patrons that attire left for more than ten days will be given to charity.
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Pingley & Carper
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