Americans and Nips Lock In Savage Battle West of Davao
Trapped Japanese troops fought hand to hand with Americans of the 24th Infantry west of Davao city on Mindanao. Major General Roscoe B. Woodruff’s veterans clashed with knives and bayonets in 12 foot Cogon grass as divisions pinched a large Nipponese garrison in Bukidnon.
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Dean Schedler
Manila
24Th
Davao City
Mindanao
Roscoe B. Woodruff
Talomo
Davao
Bukidnon
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Candy and dinnerware sale notices at local outlets
Candy for sale all kinds 24 5c bars and packs 1.00. Twin Diners in Indian Alley advertise complete dinnerware sets. See samples at Sears Order Office 1218 Loudoun St. Dial 4101 listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
Loudoun St
Organizing For Collective Defense Gains Backing
The United States plans a world security measure allowing any nation group to organize for collective defense. Secretary Stettinius says the Americas will negotiate a long term mutual defense treaty after the conference, with Russia still to respond on trusteeships. The aim is to strengthen the Pan American defense framework and set up bases for security as fears over veto power lessen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
San Francisco
United States
United Nations
World Security Organization
Stettinius
Truman
Russia
Pacific
Japan
London
Mexico City
Washington
Japanese Admit Heavy Opposition on Okinawa
San Francisco May 16 Japanese Comei news agency bitterly admitted that defenders of Naha face overwhelming odds as American troops continue to be reinforced. The radio dispatch said garrison units are stubbornly resisting while two of six American divisions are said to have been destroyed.
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San Francisco
Okinawa
Comei
Naha
Federal Communications Commission
Britain aims to release 750000 troops this year
Labor Minister Ernest Bevin outlined a man power re allocation plan in Commons promising up to 750000 discharged by year end starting June 18. The program lowers compulsory service for men over 30 and ends auxiliary call ups for women while noting ongoing commitments in Europe and to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Commons
Bevin
Japan
Europe
Yugoslav Demands Create Delicate Carinthia Snarl for Allies
AP report describes a tense, dual British and Tito administration in Carinthia with Yugoslav proclamations on walls in Klagenfurt. Allies weigh occupation terms as they consider how much Austrian territory to include in a potential Greater Yugoslavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Ochiltree
Associated Press
Carinthia
Ela
Trieste
Tito
Klagenfurt
Yugoslavia
Austria
Ivanoe Bonomi
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Karl von Rundstedt
Albert Kesselring
Goebbels
Moscow
Hitler
Kesselring
von Rundstedt
Farmers Urged To Buy War Bonds In 7th War Loan
Agriculture Secretary Wickard and three national farm organizations urged farmers to buy bonds to the limit in the seventh war loan drive. The Treasury reported series E sales at 991 million before the formal drive, aided by payroll savings begun April 9.
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Washington
Wickard
Treasury
African Bankers’ Association
America
Mining Idleness Spreads Across Northern West Virginia
A crippling mine stoppage spread in Marion and Monongalia counties as 19 northern West Virginia mines idle. Christopher No. 6 at Four States with 287 workers halted operations, joining 5,076 employees producing 43,550 tons daily. UMW Local 160 leader Delmar Hagedorn announced policy of no contract no work after Morgantown meeting, about 250 attendees and 30 new members. The loss estimate reaches 110,000 tons of production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Marion County
Monongalia
Christopher No. 6
West Virginia
Delmar Hagedorn
Monogalia County
United Mine Workers’ Clerical, Technical and ‘Supervisory Employee Union
Morgantown
UMW
Solid Fuels Administration
Monay
Huge Quantities Of War Materiel Are Being Moved
Paris May 16 The United States Army must rehabilitate and ship millions of tons of war materiel from Europe to the Pacific theater after V E Day. Brig Gen Morris W Gilland says 5 5 million tons of supplies and 700000 tons of ammunition remain in Europe with over a million items including locomotives and tools to be moved or redistributed.
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Paris
Europe
Pacific Theater
United States Army
Morris W. Gilland
European
Pacific
United States
Gilland
Quartermaster Corps
Ordnance Department
Signal Corps
Engineer Corps
Chemi
Allies vow military rule in Germany under occupation
Maj. Gen. Lucius D. Clay announces that the Allied government will be military as the occupation of Germany proceeds. United States will stay long term. goals include breaking war-making power, eradicating Nazism, and punishing war criminals, while rebuilding minimal civilian administration and essential industry.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary
Lucius D. Clay
Eisenhower
Germany
United States
Clay
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S. Group Council
SHAEF
Frank J. McSherry
Robert A. Clyde
Final School Scrap Collection In Winchester
Winchester students will collect paper and tin tomorrow and Friday for the Scrap Flag competition. John Kerr and Virginia Avenue schools will handle tomorrow, Handley High and Handley Elementary on Friday. John Kerr leads with 8.51 pounds per student, Handley Elementary close at 8.34, Handley High 7.45, Virginia Avenue 6.45. City salvage tally shows 61 7195 pounds of paper and 11 836 ds of tin called to date.
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Germany
Japan
Winchester
Younsters
John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Ley High
Handley
John Kerr School
Handley Elementary
Handley High
Ben Belchie
Winchester Salvage Committee
Stuents
Naha Reported Captured as Marines Fight on Okinawa
New York reports unconfirmed claims that Naha the Okinawa capital may have fallen to American forces. Marines on the island battled furiously at dawn as they push the Japanese back into the interior of Takamotoji town amid heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Bazzinoti
40Th
Mangima River
del Monte Air Center
Sayre
31St
Maramag
Luzon
Ipo Dam
Manila
32Nd
Imugan
Balete Pass
Imagan
Santa Fe
First Cavalry
Dinangonan
Infanta
Tarakan
Borneo
New Guinea
Sauri
Formosa
Indo-China
Dutch East Indies
Guam
Naha
Okinawa Island
al Dopking
Associated Press
Marine Regtment
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Honshu
Kyushu
Nimitz
Clearbrook Woolen Mill to Receive Army Navy E Award
William H. Lawrence Jr. announces that the Clearbrook Woolen Mill has been awarded the Army Navy E Award for efficiency in production. The June 6 ceremony at 3:30 will present the flag to plant workers and their families. The mill currently makes material for the Quartermaster General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearbrook Woolen Mill
William H. Lawrence, Jr
Clearbrook
War Department
Clearbrook Woolen Company
Quartermaster General
Retailers To Hold Bond Rally Monday Morning
Local retailers and their employees will hold a bond rally at the Capitol Theater Monday May 21 at 9 oclock with doors opening at 845. The rally will feature Navy and Marine Corps combat films and likely the All Star Bond Rally film. Stores will close 9 to 10 for the event and Wendell Barney leads the campaign among about three to four hundred participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Theater
Navy
Marine Corps
U. Sg. Treasury
Retail Merchant's Association
Wendell Barney
Charges Against Battery Firms
The Department of Justice sues Electric Storage Battery Company of New Jersey and Willard Storage Battery Company of Cleveland for a world wide conspiracy in distribution to suppress a high grade Cadium battery with a claimed ten year life. The action argues the conspiracy kept the battery from the American market affecting war equipment.
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New York
Department of Justice Today
Electric Storage Battery Company
Willard Storage Battery Company
New Jersey Corporation
Willard Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Justice Department
City Men Leave For Induction
Fourteen local men were ordered to report for induction today by the Winchester Draft Board. Names include James Burke Aubrey Franklin Ley Medford Marquis Pangle Claude Baker Smalts Jr Douglas Hetzel Edward Oates Theodore M. Myers Lawrence T. Long Maynard L. Patterson Richard Kenzie Goode Luther Baker Howard Owen Allen Charles Thompson. Tomorrow twenty one county men are ordered to report to Roanoke for induction plus Frederick County board selections Oscar Whitacre Ward Merica Walter Oliver Richard Dayton Omps Cecil Eaton Aubrey Grim George White Berlin Webber William Webber Arthur Stotlemyer Lester Burkhart William Boyce Ernest Wallace Delbert Sibert Kenneth Layman Nolen Grandel Richard Whitacre Fred Cheshire John Strother Fred Clem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
James 5. Burke
Aubrey Franklin Ley
Medford Marquis Pangle
Claude Baker Smalts, Jr
Douglas EB
Hetzel Edward Oates
Theodore M. Myers
Lawrence T. Long
Maynard L. Patterson
Richard Kenzie Goode
Luther Sylvester Baker
Howard Owen Allen
Charles Edward Thompson
Joseph J. Farley
Frederick
Navy Awaits News From Nazi Subs
The Navy expects word from an estimated 10 to 20 fugitive U boats still at large in the Atlantic as surrender deadlines approach. Two subs, U 858 and U 805, are in U.S. ports with crews interned. U 1228 and U 873 head for Portsmouth under escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Navy
Atlantic
United Ports
Cape May
N. J
Portsmouth
N. H
North Atlantic
Germany
Canadian
Azores
Britain
Nurse Wanted for Baby Apply In Person
Wanted nurse to care for infant with best wages offered. Apply in person at 326 Amherst Street. Suitable for capable caregivers seeking immediate employment and steady position.
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Amherst
Churchill Faces Questions on Nazi Tolerance Policy
In Parliament Churchill stated Allies plan that Germans should run their country under Allied direction and that Britain will not administer Germany. He would not detail Doenitz’s Flensburg regime and asked for time to craft his reply. He spoke after meetings with Eisenhower Monty and Brad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Germany
Commons
Mes
Karl Doenitz
Doenitz
Eisenhower
Montery
Omar Brad
Associated Press
Paris
Flensburg
A. P
Patria
George Hall
Mon Cermady
Austria
Berlin
Vienna
Hall
Moelwyn Hughes
Dodecanese
Damaskinos
Rhodes
Hull
Churchhill
Karl Doenits
Notice to attend meeting at George Washington Hotel
All persons who wish to obtain a meat quote are invited to attend a meeting at the George Washington Hotel Thursday evening at 8 oclock. The notice date appears as 5 16 16 21.
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George Washington Hotel
Auction sale of antiques and household effects
Auction sale of antiques and household effects set for May 17 and 18 starting at 9 30 a m at the American Building 211 N Main St Winchester Va. Conducted by Boyd G Heaging.
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American Building
Main
Boyd G. Heaging
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Davis Grocery
Margaret L. Hodgson
U. S. Navy
International Soundphoto
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Augsburg
U. S
Allied Direction
Bulletin
C. B
James Leydsley
Winchester Draft Board
Ollie C. Cooper
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