Allied Aerial War Pressed Vigorously
Allied Britain pledges unreserved aid as air war against Japan and Germany intensifies. RAF night bombings and daytime raids target Boulogne Cap Gris Nez while German Ruhr valleys face flood damage from reservoir breaches after Sunday mine operations.
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London
English Channel
Europe
RAF
Straits
Boulogne
Cap Gris Nez
Mohne
Eder
Germany
Ruhr and
Weser
Axis Tunisian Campaign Losses 324000 Troops
Allied North Africa reports total Axis losses in Tunisia from Mareth to final resistance reach 324000 men including about 30000 killed 27000 seriously wounded and 267000 captured. Simultaneously US air raids strike Pantelleria Trapani and other targets as part of Italy and Sicily operations. Churchill pledges British effort with US and Allies until Japan is defeated.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Pantelleria
Cap Bon
Tunisia
Trapani
Africa
Americans Brace For Pacific Counter Strokes
American forces tightened a trap around Japanese positions on Attu Island, with units from Holtz Bay and Massacre Bay advancing and clearing passes toward Chichagof Harbor. Capture of several 3 inch anti aircraft guns is noted and Rekata Bay seaplane base was bombed.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Attu Island
Navy
North Pacific
United States
Holtz Bay
Massacre Bay
Chichagof Harbor
South Pacific
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Knox
Davies Delivers Roosevelt Letter to Stalin
Joseph E. Davies arrived in Moscow bearing a letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt for Joseph Stalin. Davies, once U S ambassador to the Soviet Union, did not know the letter’s contents and planned to present it soon at the Kremlin and the Soviet guest house.
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Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
Oat Ae Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
U. S
Soviet Union
$1 Hat Sale Sparks Seasonal Headwear Rush
A glitchy advertisement fragment shows a $1 hat sale offering spring hats and a large lock of hats. Readers see repeated lines and unclear text but the main idea is discounted spring headwear attracting shoppers.
Censorship Tightens Over Flood Damage After Reservoir Bombing
German authorities barred neutral reporters from detailing flood damage and casualties from the Mohne and Eder reservoir breaches. Berlin cited state control while observers warned hundreds drowned and war industries suffered. Government statements linked the bombing to a Jewish refugee and promised punishment for its planners.
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Spe Eee
Tman
Airge
Mohne
Eder
Berlin
Ruhr
Weser
London
Restricting Executive Power Aimed at Trade Pact Voice
Senator O Mahoney urged the Senate Finance Committee that Congress must restrict executive authority over reciprocal trade agreements or risk being sidelined in postwar reconstruction. He warned bypassing Congress may erase the people's voice in reorganizing the new world if a treaty is not required. George of Georgia supported the view during the session.
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Washington
Congress
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate Finance Committee
O’mahoney
United States
Mie George
D.-Ga
Polish Russian Dispute Reported Under Discussion
Repots indicate Polish and Russian circles are debating a proposed formula on joint action. Sources note uncertainty over whether the arrangement will be acceptable to both sides as the Polish exile government faces criticism from the Russians. Geneva inquiries follow a propaganda incident and alleged murders of Poles nearby.
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Churchill-Roosvelt
Geneva
Ah Abe
Witness testifies Clark threatened to wreck car
A witness told Frederick Circuit Court he did not hear Edward Clark threaten to wreck the car and kill all aboard before the Christmas Eve crash that killed Violet Hounshell, 19, on the Front Royal pike. The trial, led by Judge Harrison, examines Clark charged with murder as occupants of the car headed to a tavern en route to Memorial hospital.
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Herbert Lewis
Violet Hounshell
Front Royal Pike
Winchester
Edward Clark
Harry Kern
Clark
Frederick County
Frederick
Harrison
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Commonwealth
Hounshell
Memorial Hospital
Paul Lee
Walter Brown
Front Royal Road
Paul Clark
Miss Hounshell
Edith Adams
Lewis
Sunnyside
Registrants from Winchester and Frederick County Called for Induction
Bus loads of registrants from Winchester and Frederick County left for physical examinations at Vincennes today as Selective Service boards prepare an official list of those accepted for service. The Star will publish the list promptly once finalized. The read list includes Armel, Fae wet ee brose Maxwell Rome Talmage Butcher and many others with route and hometown identifiers truncated in the report.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Ens A
Selective Service Boards
Complete Victory Only Solution Eden Tells House
London May 19 Eden told the House of Commons that complete and final Allied victory is the only solution to the European refugee problem. He said the aim is to create conditions where people can think and worship freely. Peake noted the UN can do little for those under Hitler now and 120 million in occupied Europe would escape if possible.
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London
Anthony
Eden
House of Commons
Osbert Peake
Home Affairs
Bermuda
United Nations
Hitler
Poland
William J Muse Dies at Home Near Gore Frederick County Pioneer
William J Muse about 75 prominent farmer banker and churchman in Timber Ridge Frederick county died at his Gore home after a week illness. He was a Frederick county native husband of Minnie C Garvin and served as director of Western Frederick Bank and superintendent of Bethel Methodist Sunday School for 18 years. He also operated a commercial orchard and was a Modern Woodmen of America member. Survived by widow two sons and one daughter with funeral by Modern Woodmen.
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William J. Muse
Timber Ridge
Frederick County
Mr Muse
Robert Muse
Minnie C. Garvin
Gore
Muse
Western Frederick Bank
Modern Woodmen of America
Bethel Methodist Sunday School
Mr. Muse
M. Made
Three Thousand Coal Miners Strike in Pennsylvania
In Johnstown Pennsylvania more than 3,000 coal miners idle as government mines manager Don Gingery says he will report the situation to Secretary Ickes. The strike arises from a contract dispute with War Labor and follows a Monday pledge by John Lewis.
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Johnstown
Don Gingery
Pennsy
Ickes
Gingery
John Lewis
The
United
Frederick and Clarke Schools Plan Programs
Commencement actions span two towns with Frederick and Clarke districts. At Boyce High School the baccalaureate is June 6 at Methodist Church, with Rev. Charles Glaize delivering the sermon. June 11 at 8:30 p.m. features the commencement in the new high school auditorium with Irene Shutts as salutatorian and graduates listed.
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Boyce High School
Charles E. Miley
Charles Glaize
Irene Shutts
The
Vale the Salutatorian
Helge Andersen
Paul Frazier
Charlotte Anne Feltner
Margaret Good
Edna Huff
Mary Jane Huff
Elizabeth Ridgeway
Mildred Ritter
Marie Stickel
Berryville
Grace Episcopal Church
Henry G. Lane
Hesitation to bomb Rome stated by RAF official
London May 19 The RAF official told the House of Commons the force would not hesitate to bomb Rome if war needs made it helpful and convenient. The claim followed Italian reports in London papers that RAF had dropped leaflets over Rome listing it among bombing targets.
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London
Rome
Harold Balfour
Air
House of Comm
Ons
Italy
Fire school session at John Kerr School tonight
The fire school regular session will be held this evening on the play court at John Kerr School on East Cork Street. All firefighters and interested youngsters over years are urged to attend. Chief WM Argenbright invites participation.
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John Kerr School
Cork Street
Meenneghenn
WM. Argenbright
County Orders All Dogs Near City Confined
Frederick county health authorities order all dogs within three miles of Chester confined to premises or muzzled and leashed when away from home amid a rabies scare. Nine more bite reports raise the total affected, with six dogs slain and one to be destroyed.
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Star
Frederick County
Washington
Herbert Pletcher
Liberty Avenue
Elmer Orndorff
Kenneth
East Gerrard Street
Anderson
Virginia
Ritz Lee
Bowen
A. J. Bowen
West Clifford
H M. Offutt
South Loudoun
Corbin
Berryville Avenue
Delmas Sewell
Charles Street
Braddock Street
Mrs. Russell
Cameron Street
Cecil Brown
Baker Street
Anna
Allied raids flood German transport system amid dam breaches
Allied raiders hit Germany's transport network just before dawn as floodwaters from two dam blasts submerged over 54 towns in the Ruhr and Weser valleys, leaving an estimated 554,000 Ruhr families homeless. A third dam near Moehne Reservoir faced possible breach while Africa reports list Axis Tunisian campaign losses and prisoner tallies. The Pacific theater notes a possible Japanese counter stroke as American forces stay alert.
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NBC
London
Molne
Dsn Hollenbeck
Air Ministry
Postens
Channel
Ruhr
Kassel
Weser
Berlin
Duisburg
Rhine
Froendenberg
Associated Press
Germany
Moehne
Big Problem For Tax Conferees
Washington May 19 A hard pressed conference committee faced an urgent deadline to agree on a pay as you go tax bill acceptable to the House Senate and President Chairman George of the Senate Finance Committee warned that if the bill is delayed beyond next week it could not take effect July 1 and might not be in force before January He noted no irreconcilable differences despite House action rejecting the Senate plan two to one and the Senate bill's broad cancellation of a full year's income tax with limited exceptions while the House would cut about 75 percent by abating the first two surtaxes
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Washington
House
Senate
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Bingo Night Promises Door Prize of 175 Dollars
The notice specifies a Thursday bingo session on May 20 at 8:30 with a door prize of 175 dollars. The entry includes parenthetical numbers 19 19 20.
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Zane
Churchill urges aid to China and pacific focus at Capitol
Prime Minister Churchill declares Japan must lie in ashes before peace and stresses urgent aid to China. He warns Britain has equal Pacific interests, after secret talks with Roosevelt. Security tight as dignitaries attend, with MPs and military guards surrounding the Capitol in a landmark UN day appearance.
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Churchill
China
Pacific
Senate
Hitler
Mussolini
Europe
Dutch East Indies
Malayan
Singapore
Britain
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United Nations
Roosevelt
Capitol
Capitol District of Columbia
Capitol Police
Secret Service
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Martha
Norway
Myron Taylor
Vatican
Bernard M. Pee
Lord Moran
White House
Supreme Court
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