Willkie Linked to story on FCC, Palmer testifies
Greta Palmer testified before a House committee that Wendell Wilkie suggested an article on the FCC later criticized as having dubious legal standing. Palmer said Wilkie directed her to Bill Paley and NBC’s Niles Trammell, while Wilkie aides denied any involvement.
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Washington
Reader's Digest
Congressional Commie
Proposes Communications Commission
Wendell Wilkie
Ames L. Pry
Greta Palmer
New York
House Committee
Rep. Miller
R-Mc
Fly
Miller
Miss Palmer
Bill Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System
Associates of
Wilkie
Willkie
Federal Communications Commission
Burma battle update from Stilwell reports on Myitkyina action
Allied air forces pound positions north and west of Myitkyina as Stilwell notes heavy casualties and loss of equipment. The campaign targets the Japanese 18th Division in a bid to decimate enemy forces.
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Burma
Myitkyina
Chinese Forces Widen Gap On Multiple Fronts
Chinese and Japanese forces clash near Loyang and Chumatien as reports say Japanese troops regain a foothold while Chinese offensives push toward the North-South Peiping Railway. Chinese foreign affairs officials defend the southern push as key to war effort. Belligerents include Chinese forces under Lt. Gen. Stilwell and American air support behind a 14th Air Force communique.
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Ing
Loyang
Peipingankow
Chumatien
Chumaatien
Chinses
K. C
Yunnan
China
Chin
Joseph
Burma
14Th Air Force
Tinsman Child Dies of Pneumonia in Winchester Hospital
Betty Lou Tinsman three month old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Tinsman of Upperville died at 5 15 yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a week as a pneumonia patient Her mother Miss Reva Taylor of Frederick county is the nurse and grandparents Mr and Mrs Stewart Taylor Greenspring and Mr and Mrs Herbert Tinsman Upperville survive The funeral will be at Stewart Taylor home Greenspring then Chestnut Grove Church with Rev George Ports officiating Interment will follow
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Betty Lou Tinsman
John Tinsman
Upperville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Reva Taylor
Frederick County
Tinsman
Clarke County
Stewart
Taylor
Greenspring
Herbert Tinsman
Stewart Taylor
Chestnut Grove
George Ports
Committee Forms Publicity Units For War Bond Drive
Wendell R. Barney announces a new publicity division for the Winchester Frederick County War Finance Committee on the eve of the Fifth War Loan Drive. Grant Pollock LaMar Keen Gene Miller named to the publicity panel and C F P Schenck to head the new special events division. A revised roster will be published soon as plans for the drive to raise 1 200 000 quota begin June 14.
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Wendell R. Barney
Winchester - Frederick County
War Finance Committee
Realty Transfers Reported In Back Creek and Nearby Areas
Elizabeth Nicholson and others convey 54 acres along Hogue Creek in Back Creek District to Earl J. Nicholson and others for $10 and other consideration. Anne Griffith and others transfer an on site lot on Glaize Ave to Clarence W. Housenfluck for $3.00. Nellie Amick and others sell 54 acres near Gainesboro to Winifred Adams for $10 and other compensation. Lula Henson and others transfer lot three miles south of Winchester along Front Royal to H W Whitacre for $10. Inez Luttrell and others convey a lot near Burnt Church Road and Route 522 to John Snyder for $5.
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Elizabeth Nicholson
Earl J. Nicholson
Hogue Creek
Back Creek
Anne Douglas Griffith
Clarence W. Housenfluck
Glaize Ave
Nellie V. Amick
Winifred Adams
Gainesboro
Lula V. Henson
H. W. Whitacre
Winchester
Front Royal
Inez R. Luttrell
John Snyder
Burnt Church Road
Route 522
Stewart Hulver Granted Absolute Divorce
Stewart L. Hulver is granted an absolute divorce from Audrey Burnhop Hulver by Judge Burr P. Harrison in Frederick Circuit Court. The couple, married here in 1938, are not allowed to remarry for six months.
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Stewart L. Hulver
Audrey Burnhop Hulver
Burr P. Harrison
Frederick
Brighter Outlook After Italian Front Battles Near Cassino
Allied forces report a firmer advance with German resistance cooling. A bridgehead at Rapido may expand toward Highway 6 and Monastery Hill as German shelling decreases and prisoners reveal grim resignation under dust.
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Eighth Army
Rapido
Monastery Hill
Cassino
Minute Men Vote on Joining Virginia State Guard Platoon
Minute Men deferly vote on joining Company 115 Virginia State Guard. They seek to become a full VSG platoon and have written Richmond about the possibility. An additional officer may join the local VSG unit and another platoon could be added.
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Virginia Reserve Milita
Virginia State Guard
VSG
Richmond
Foremen's Union Strife Threatens War Production
Detroit May 17. The Foreman's Association of America fights for recognition as bargaining agent for supervisory plant employes amid strikes idling nearly 50,000 war workers. Hudson Motor Car and Briggs Manufacturing shut plants over unauthorized foreman absences and output disputes with the Navy and Army.
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Germany
Arnold
Airforce
U. S
Walter M. Nelson
Foremen’s Association
United States
War Labor Board
Robert H. Keys
National Labor Relations Board
Detroit
Foreman’s Association of America
Hudson Motor Car Company
Hudson
Brigers
Mack Avenue
Navy
Bureau of Aeromautics
Briggs
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Uawcio
WLB
War Department
Packard Motor Car Company
Wale
Packard
Foremen’s Union
Washington
Land Investment Is Encouraged By War Bond Advisory Head
Virginia farmers should invest all surplus in war bonds now rather than buy land. S. Walker of Orange, chair of the Agricultural War Bond Committee, urged officials in Charlottesville as plans for the Fifth War Loan (June 12 to July 18) were discussed. He warned land values run about 23 percent above the 1935 39 average and urged waiting until after the war for land purchases.
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Charlottesville
Virginia
Z S. Walker
Orange
Chaiman
Virginia Agricultural War Bond Advisory Committee
Walker
Chancery Case to Be Tried May 23 in Frederick Court
A chancery suit Ervin R. Wilson versus Harvey Hawkins is listed for trial in Frederick Circuit Court on May 23.
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Ervin R. Wilson
Harvey Hawkins
Frederick
Cassino Falls Attracts Allied Push In Liri Valley
Allied forces hold high ground in a triangle near Castellanorato Spigno and Monte San Angelo as they drive to crush German defenses south of the Liri river. British Indian and American units sever the Gustav line, retake Pignataro, and push the Rapido bridgehead deeper while RAF and Mediterranean Air Force pound Piombino harbor and shipyards.
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Liri
Castellanorato
Spigno
Monte San Anglo
San Giogio
Ausonia
Esperia
Rapido River
Pignataro
Via Casilina
Cayes
Cassino
90Th Panzer Grenadier Division
Erwin Rommel
Afrika Korps
Africa
Rapido
Mediterranean Air Force
Mana
Piombino
Voltri
Hters
RAF
Wellingtons
Santo Stefano
Portoferraio
Isle of
Elba
Wheeler Claims Information Is Being Withheld
Senator Wheeler charges that much information on European politics is being withheld from the American people. He cites suppression of a Tito Mihailovic reference and a press interview clearance by the Allied Mediterranean command. He warns that political details beyond the war effort create public confusion about foreign policy.
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Washington
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Senate Today
Congressional Record
Mediterranean
Mihailovic
Senate
Europe
Democratic Republic
School Heads Are Changed In County
Leslie D. Kline county superintendent announces James C. Gordon named principal of Stephens City High School succeeding R E Ayler who declined reappointment Gordon formerly led Miller School and will be replaced by E G Durst teaching at Handley this year.
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Leslie D. Kline
James C. Gordon
Stephens City
R . E. Ayler
Mr. Gordon
Miller School
E. G. Durst
Handley
Baptists condemn Catholic plan to curb Protestant missions
Atlanta May 17 The Southern Baptist Convention adopted a resolution denouncing Catholic efforts to drive Protestant missionaries from Latin America. The measure cites statements by archbishops and bishops and notes Catholics face fewer visa hurdles. Errett Gill Jr. led the resolution linking curtailment to potential government action.
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Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
Latin America
United States
Errett Gill, Jr
Richmond
Foreign Mission Board
Convention For
South America
Geo Ade Famed Humorist Dies of Heart Attack
Brook Ind May 17 George Ade a renowned Hoosier author and humorist died last night at 78 after his third heart attack in a week. He had been in a comatose state since last Saturday and left a prolific career spanning newspapers magazines books plays and films.
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Brook
Ind
George Ade
Women Collect 2265 Pounds of Waste Fats in April
Winchester and Frederick county housewives contributed 2 265 pounds of waste fats to the war effort in April. Mrs. Robert Grove, local chairwoman, announced that used fats remain vital to the armed forces for explosives and medicines including alfa ointments and other military and industrial needs.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Robert Grove
Carrier Planes Hit German Shipping Off Norway
American made Wildcats and Hellcats from carrier aircraft attacked ships off Norway escorted by the British home fleet. Hits were scored on a fish oil factory and oil tanks near Stadlandet 130 miles north of Bergen and 180 miles south of Trondheim. Nine enemy planes were shot down, two damaged, with five Allied planes lost. No Allied ships were damaged. Bomb damage also reported on two medium supply ships and two armed trawlers.
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London
Norway
Stadlandet
Bergen
Trondheim
Admiralty
Disciples To Hold Brotherhood Meet in Richmond
Disciples of Christ plan a two day brotherhood convocation at Seventh Street Christian Church in Richmond. It is part of a nationwide sequence of convocations to discuss the church role in creating a new world order and the Christian churches program in this effort.
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Richmond
Disciples of Christ
Seventh Street Christian Church
Christian Churches
Daniels Urges Consolidation of Armed Forces
Josephus Daniels told the House Post-War Policy Committee that Pearl Harbor showed the need for a single national defense department and unified command. He argued divided command in Hawaii allowed Japan to strike and urged merging the army and navy into coordinated control.
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Washington
Josephus Daniels
Roosevelt
Navy
House
Pearl Harbor
Daniels
Rosevelt
Army and Navy
Raleigh, N. C
News and Observer
Hawaiian
Department of National Defense
Treating 6 Miles of U S Route 522
F M Yellett of the Virginia Highway Department says asphalt surface treatment has begun on U S Route 522 from the West Virginia line for about six miles and should finish next month. Nelson H. Clark of Luray is the contractor, with work starting in Frederick county then Clarke county. Prisoners from Camp No 7 were moved to Stephens City and split into four gangs for roads in Frederick Clarke Warren and Rappahannock counties.
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F. M. Yellett
Virginia Highway Department
West Virginia Line
Nelson H. Clark
Luray
Frederick County
Clarke
Yellett
Frederick, Clarke, Warren
Rappahannock
Star Headlines Local and World News Coverage
Star provides complete coverage across local markets national and international events. Readers get timely reporting on politics economy culture and society with updates from reporters and wire services.
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the Star
War Reporter Larry Allen Freed After 20 Months Prisoner Exchange
Larry Allen the war correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winner was exchanged after twenty months as a prisoner of war held by Italians and later Germans. He was captured September 13, 1942 near Tobruk during a North Africa raid aboard the destroyer Sikh and later confined in camps in Italy and Poland. Native of Mount Savage Maryland, Allen joined the Associated Press in 1933 and had covered major sea battles including the Illustrious attack in 1941.
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Barcelona
Spain
Larry Allen
Eetherian Peat
Allen
Mediterranean
Tobruk
North Africa
Sikh
Chieti
Poland
Galatea
Mount Savage
Associated Press
Baltimore News
Washington
Portsmouth
Ohio
Huntington
W. Va
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B. F. Goodrich
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E. Piccadilly St
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