Allied bombing raids persist over Europe and Asia fronts
London reports continued Allied air power against Germany and southern Europe. RAF floods unchecked on dams, raids on Kassel Ruhr, coastal ships sunk off the Dutch coast. Allied daylight attacks target Calais, Alghero Sardinia, and southern Europe as Axis planes strike London.
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London
Europe
Germany
France
Belgium
Costal Command
Calais
Algheron Sardinia
Coastal Command
Axis
City recalls danger of unmuzzled dogs roaming streets
In a public notice, authorities urge immediate reporting of dog bites to the Police or Memorial Hospital due to rabies risk. The piece stresses owners must restrain pets, parents should keep children indoors, and seek prompt medical advice if bitten.
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Memorial Hospital
Abe
Ridgewood Company Among First to Produce Apple Syrup
The Ridgewood Fruit Industries plant in Winchester is among five U S plants and one in Canada that produced over 3 million pounds of apple syrup in 1942. The syrup, developed by the Agriculture Department to use off grade fruit, is made in Virginia Pennsylvania New York California and Oregon and will mostly replace glycerin in the tobacco industry.
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Ridgewood Fruit Industries, Inc
Winchester
United States
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
California
Oregon
Sulphur Spring Pollution to Be Studied for Grand Jury
Five property owners petition Frederick Circuit Court to issue a special investigation under Virginia law into alleged pollution of Sulphur Spring Run by Phil Williams. They claim garbage dumping on his Shawnee district land contaminates the water and threatens neighbors, presenting the case as a public nuisance. Signers include G. W. Forney B. J. Ford William Carpenter Martin S. Peters and W. W. Edmonson.
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Frederick
Mon- Oe Neers
Michie
G. W. Forney
B. J. Ford
William Carpenter
Martin S. Peters
W. W. Edmonson
Winchester
Steps Taken To Supply Gasoline To The Farmers
A message from Senator Byrd this afternoon stated that he has been assured that everything possible is being done to improve the supply of gasoline for farmers.
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Byrd
House Rejects Skip Tax Bill in Senate Approval
In Washington on May 18 the House, facing a potential Presidential veto, advanced a skip-a-year income tax bill for the third time. The Senate passed it by a 202 to 194 roll call after a heated session.
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Washington
House
Senate
Clark Pleads Not Guilty In Frederick County Killing Trial
Edward Clark 28 of Frederick county goes on trial in Frederik Circuit Court for feloniously killing Miss Violet Hounshell near Middletown on December 24, 1942. State contends he drank before the fatal crash and deliberately drove off the Front Royal road into a guard rail and embankment, impaling the victim with timber from the guard rail before she died at Memorial Hospital. Judge Harrison sets Friday 10 am for further proceedings.
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Edward Clark
Frederick County
Frederik
Violet Hounshell
Middletown
Clarke
Fred Thwaite
Front Royal Road
Lee N. Whitacre
Harrison
Sloan Kuykendall
Commonwealth
Dogs Killings and Rabies Precautions Shock City
Police report two dogs involved in rabies scare. Officers killed one roaming in the east, the other under examination by Washington labs. Amon Strosnider began rabies shots after an attack. Muzzle shortages hinder owners from keeping dogs muzzled as reports of dog bites rise.
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Robert Boyce
John Massie
Washington
Washington Laboratories
Police Department
Memorial Hospital
Amon Strosnider
Berryville
Teachers To Hold Final Meeting Tomorrow Evening
H. Denis Hoover, principal, says high school tract renewals for the ensuing year will be ready to sign for those desiring to renew them at the final meeting tomorrow evening.
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H. Denis Hoover
Missing Private Lineweaver in War Department report
Private Earl C. Lineweaver son of Mr and Mrs Bush Lineweaver of 811 South Kent street was reported missing in action in northern Africa since April 4. Parents received telegram May 5 with no further details and fear he may be a prisoner of war. He is almost 20, enlisted nearly three years ago and served in active infantry. He was born near Shenandoah county and has lived in Middletown and Winchester. His brother Private Kenzie Lineweaver is in foreign service, enlisted last June.
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Earl C. Lineweaver
Bush Lineweaver
South Kent Street
War Department
Africa
Germany
Italy
Linaweaver
United States Army
Shenandoah County
Middletown
Winchester
Labor Board stands firm in mine power dispute
The War Labor Board met in Washington and asserted authority over John L. Lewis in the coal mine dispute. It bars operators from bargaining unless Lewis recognizes the WLB, risking enforcement questions if operators bargain anyway. A three man panel drafts a report guiding the board before the Lewis extended truce ends.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
Lewis
WLB
New York
United Nations Launch Historic Food Meetings
At Hot Springs Virginia on May 18 delegates from 43 governments plus French and Danish representatives opened a United Nations Food Conference. Judge Marvin Jones heads the U S delegation as permanent chairman pending ratification. English is set as the working language, with June 3 target to finish work. The agenda centers on food as a tool for postwar recovery amid global hunger and surplus of unmarketable food.
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Hot Springs
Marvin Jones
United States
Jones
Roosevelt
Agriculture Committee
House of Representatives
Richard K. Law
First Aid Instructors Training Set At Handley High School
From May 24 to 28 a Red Cross backed first aid instructors training course will be held at Handley High School. Cecil C. Grim announces the event urging eligible individuals to enroll. Max W. Rote Jr from the Eastern Area Red Cross will conduct the program bringing extensive experience in first aid water safety swimming and field work.
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Handley High School
Red Cross
Cecil C. Grim
Max W. Rote, Jr
The
National Red Cross Aquatic Schools
Camp Letts
Edgewater
Rote
Grim
Winchester dispatch notes officer daughter abroad
Winchester toiverpool list of overseas service includes 2nd Lieut Emilie Rosen in Army Nurse Corps. Mrs J A Rosen of 121 Peyton street confirms arrival at overseas post. Lieut Rosenberger is a Handley High School and Winchester Memorial Hospital graduate.
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Winchester
J. A. Rosenberger
Peyton Street
Emilie Rosen
Lieut. Rosenberger
Army Nurse Corps
Handley High School
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Wake Island Blasting By Army Bombers Reported
Navy communique details May 15 air raid by Liberator B 24 bombers on Wake Island with weather hampering results. Two Japanese Zero fighters shot down and one more probably destroyed. Additional notes cover Rekata Bay Attu Island actions and ongoing U S bombardment and light casualties.
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Washington
Wake Island
Navy
Central Pacific
United States
South Pacific
Marine Corps Dauntless
Army Airacobra
Wildcat
Grumman
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Attu
North Pacific
Attu Island
Holtz Bay
Germans Strike at Kuban Front and Donets in Spring Offensives
Soviet dispatches report heavy fighting as German troops infiltrated forested hills on the Kuban front to retake positions near Novorossiysk and pressed attacks at Lishchansk on the Donets River. German air losses were tallied at 27 planes in a two day raid northeast of Kharkov.
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Black Sea
Novorossisk
Lishchansk
Donets
Kharkov
Schigry
Kursk
Voronezh
American Troops Take Key Ridge At Attu In World War II
American forces seize a main Japan defended ridge on Attu as Knox signals near end to eight day old engagement. In Europe fighting persists with Allied pre invasion operations continuing across southern Germany France and Belgium while RAF night mines disrupt Ruhr and Weser valleys. Australian hospital ship torpedoed sinks with heavy loss and 64 rescued amid Red Cross markings. Boston reports Knox predicting near strike on Axis main forts in Europe.
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Attu
Knox
U. S
Germany
France
Belgium
RAF
Ruhr
Weser
Australia
War News Stir Senate over Pacific Defense
Washington reports a Senate clash over diverting U S military strength to the Pacific as appeals rise. Burma fronts note a British commando raid on Maungdaw with hand to hand fighting and casualties. In Russia the Red Armies resist tank driven German assaults near Novorossiysk and on the Donets.
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Washington
Japan
Senate
U. S
Pacific
Burma
Maungdaw
Russia
Novorossisk
Axis War Losses in North Africa Reach High Toll
Report cites 227000 German casualties in the African campaign along with 400000 Italian and 220000 British losses. The figures reflect a costly desert fight as World War II operations unfold in North Africa.
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North Africa
Several Allied Generals May Direct Invasion
Allied invasion plans may use a multi commander approach with several generals directing different sections. Possible leaders named include Sir Harold Alexander Dwight D Eisenhower and George C Marshall though Marshall would not abandon his post. In a multiple assault each chief would command a prong with expanded duties and troops.
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William Frye
Washington
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
Marshall II
Nowers
Alexander
Eisenhower
Unil
High Europe
Simeh
Forces seize ridge as Attu defense crumbles
Secretary Knox announced American troops have captured a rocky ridge on Attu Island, seen as Japan's main defense line. The breakthrough comes as U S forces push north and south, aided by warships and air cover, signaling the likely end of the island battle.
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Washington
Attu Island
Knox
United States
Aleutians
Know
Pans
Attu
U. S
Navy
Holtz Bay
Massacre Bay
Rela Smal
Chichagof Harbor
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