Marines Reach Ridge Near Shuri In Fierce Okinawa Action
First Marine Division troops drive to the crest before Shuri castle on Okinawa as flame throwing tanks clear Japanese fortifications and riflemen press through ravines in a tank led push. Lt. James Paulus reports heavy mortar fire while Marines seize a ridge overlooking the Ryukyuan capital.
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Guam
First Marine Division
Okinawa
Shuri
James Paulus
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
GNAM
First Division
James Paulos
Ryukuuan Monarchs
7Th Infantry Division
96Th Infantry
Sixth Marine Division
Naha
John R. Hodge
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
10Th Army
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Ryukyus
Japan
Nimitz
Army lowers discharge age to 40 for enlisted men
Washington May 21 The Army set 40 as the age at which enlisted men may apply for discharge and noted a prior reduction to 42 last month. About 30,000 in the 40–41 age group are affected and 8,000 eligible WACs 40 or older will qualify. Commanders may retain men 40 or 41 for up to 90 days if replacements are unavailable. The War Department signaled a possible further cut when feasible.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Treasury
Ted R. Gamble
Early Meeting Of Big Three Urged As War Issues Grow
Postwar tensions rise over Trieste Adriatic port and war criminals as Allied powers face swift trials and Doenitz administration questions. Field Marshal Schoerner captured and handed to U S forces. Himmler hunt continues amid decentralization plans. Russian critics call halt to Allied Doenitz collaboration.
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ED. L. Campbell
Associated Press
Europe
Adriatic
Trieste
Moscow
Doenitz
Lynn Heinzerling
Italy
Tito
Ferdinand Schoerner
Czechoslovakia
Schoerner
U. S
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
London
Reich
Karl) Doenitz
Marines Reach Shuri After Heavy Okinawa Bombardment
On Okinawa, First Division Marines assault Shuri from hills, breaking through coral ravines toward the northwest outskirts. Lt. James Paulos notes hand to hand fighting after tanks advance, with heavy Japanese counterattacks near Shuri and the city’s eastern approaches.
Public Sale Notice for Le Town Property in Valley New Island
Public sale of Lineburg property set for Saturday May 26 at 11 a.m. in front of the Court House. Ads inside mention Delicious candies now available at 30 E Piccadilly St with hours listed. Located at Valley New Island.
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Valley Newsland
E. Piccadilly St
Lineburg
Bo’ Court House
Elected To Office At State Meeting In Roanoke
Ed L. Molden of Winchester was elevated to national director of the Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Roanoke war conference. Other attendees included Robert B. Grove G. T. Binner and P. L. Hockman with Molden to assume duties July 1. King Meehan of Newport News was elected state president.
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Ed L. Molden
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Winches
Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce
Roanoke
Molden
Robert B. Grove
G. T. Binner
P. L. Hockman
Paul Manns
Richmond
Junior Board of Trade
Winchester
King Meehan
Newport News
Fight Seen Over Price Controls
Washington May 21. A bitter Congressional struggle forms over price control as the Senate prepares to debate when and how to relax wartime controls. Senator Taft argues early easing is needed to prevent economic strangulation and curb unemployment during reconversion. the administration favors continued strict regulation to sustain business stability.
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Washington
OPA
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Admin
Mrs J E Massie Found Dead In Winchester Home
Mrs Lois Ida Shanker Massie 36 wife of Winchester Police sergeant John E Massie was found dead Sunday morning in the basement of 517 Fairmont Ave. Dr H S Pifer coroner and Capt Tom Boyd investigated. A verdict is expected in days. Survived by husband, son James Milton, daughter Margaret Ann, brother Berlyn Shoanaker, sisters Mrs Lee McDonald and Mrs Nellie Bennett. Funeral Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev T J Hawkins. pallbearers listed. interment Mount Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Ida Shanker Massie
John E. Massie
Winchester
Fairmont Avenue
H. S. Pifer
Tom Boyd
Inwood
W. Va
Lee McDonald
Akron
Ohio
Nellie Bennett
Clinton
Jones Funeral
T. J. Hawkins
Turner Locke
Lawrence McCarty
Howard Hart
George Ritter
Lawrence Grim
Raymond McMullan
Mount Cemetery
Stonewall High to Hold Baccalaureate and Diploma Night
Stonewall High School will hold a baccalaureate sermon Sunday night June 3 at 8 30 in the school auditorium with Rev John Teter delivering invocation and benediction Chaplain McAfee of Newton D Baker Hospital Martinsburg W Va to address the graduates Diplomas and awards will be presented Thursday night June 7 at 8 30 with Rev P T Pulcher delivering invocation and benediction Clay B Carr Clarke County School Board president will give the graduation address The list of diploma recipients includes Howard Newton Carper Jr William Lynwood Carpenter Eugene Davis Funkhouser Robert Bruce Gibos Douglas Boyer OConnell Hazel Marcella Bageant Catherine Louise Golightly Helen Juanita Gordon Mary Ellen Nethers Dorothy Virginia Owens Dorothy Augustine Rennie Mary Catherine White Mary Catherine Williams Gertrude Ada Stump Two graduates left for the Navy May 11 and their diplomas will be presented to families at the same time Hildred Randolph Blandford James Vernon Hutton Jr.
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Stonewall High School
John Teter
Winchester
Chaplain McAfee
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
P. T. Pulcher
Clay B. Carr
Clarke County
Howard Newton Carper, Jr
William Lynwood Carpenter
Eugene Davis Funkhouser
Robert Bruce Gibos
Douglas Boyer O'Connell
Hazel Marcella Bageant
Catherine Louise Golightly
Helen Juanita Gordon
Mary Ellen Nethers
Dorothy Virginia Owens
Dorothy Augustine Rennie
Mary Catherine White
Mary Catherine Williams
Gertrude Ada Stump
Navy
Hildred Randolph Blandford
James Vernon Hutton, Jr
Store Clerks To Seek Record War Bond Sales Here
More than 300 Winchester merchants and store employees met at the Capitol Theater to plan boosting the Mighty Seventh War Loan Drive quota to 110 700. Ralph Pifer led the Retail Merchants Association and War Finance Chair Wendell Barney outlined a sales contest with bonds and stamps as prizes for varying sale amounts.
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Winchester
Capitol Theater
Ralph Pifer
Retail Merchants Association
War Finance Committee
Wendell Barney
Barney
German Plot To Kill Eisenhower Claimed a Hoax
Chicago lieutenant colonel served as Eisenhower double in December on routes between St Germain and Versailles. The plan, blamed on Otto Skorzeny, was declared a hoax by SHAEF as a morale boost story. Skorzeny was captured by U S Seventh Army. evidence shows no such operation was planned.
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Paris
Chicago
Pariss
Supreme Allied
Eisenhower
Smith
Albert Buonnano
Cranston
Otto Skorzeny
Gestapo
Henrich Himmler
Milt Eisenhower
U. S
Seventh Army
Skorz¢n
Marshal von Rundstedt
Mussolini
Col
H. G Sheen
SHAEF
Skorzeny
Sheen
Allied Task Force On Prowl Near Kyushu
In a broadcast intercepted by the FCC the Japanese Comet Agency says a Allied task force is on the prowl and appears to be approaching Kyushu. It notes increased Allied carrier raids on Kyushu and Anami Archipelago since last Thursday with activity over the area since dawn Saturday.
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San Francisco
Kyushu
Japanese Comet Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Anami
Marianas
Chinese Chalk Up Coastal Success
Chinese troops hammering eastward along the East China coast have moved toward the vicinity of Toochow after capturing Foochow. Forces reportedly reached a position about twenty miles north of Toochow, with mentions of distant Mamolerstit miles and continued advances.
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Chungking
East China
Foochow
Darnkorny
Nerthine
Toochow
Maintenance of Peace Sought In Yugoslav Area
Yugoslav forces retreat from Austria in trucks supplied by the British Eighth Army and are expected to be outside the border tonight. A Yugoslav controlled newspaper in Trieste adopts a conciliatory tone toward Marshal Alexander’s message to troops, hinting at a settlement while duel occupation persists.
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Trieste
Carinthia
Styria
Austria
Eighth Army
Dere
Harold Alexander
Il Nostro Avvenire
Marshal Tito
Alexander
Caitariai
Tito
Yugoslavia
Gainesboro High Commencement Activities Set This Week
Gainesboro High schedules activities from Wednesday May 23 including a class picnic and a May 30 graduation at 8 20 p m in the high school auditorium Ten seniors will receive diplomas Rev J A McMurray of Winchester Va will deliver the annual sermon next Sunday at 8 p m Other events include a Friday junior senior banquet and a church service at Gainesboro Methodist Church with a program of hymns scripture and prayers
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Glamesboro
J. A. McMurray
Winchesetr
Edit
Beethwaite
Ainier
Truman Awards Medal to Tech. Sgt. Jake W. Lindsey
President Truman awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to Tech. Sgt. Jake W. Lindsey of Lucedale Mississippi in a joint session ceremony. He praised Lindsey for eight German hand to hand combat and cited the broader heroism of U.S. service members as the war continues with overwhelming force in the Pacific and victory in Europe.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Tech
Jake W. Lindsey
Lucedale
Miss
Europe
Pacific
Japan
Lindsey
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Freedom Of Press Is Up For Test
The House Veterans' Committee weighs contempt against Albert Deutsch over VA press access. Dispute arises as lawmakers consider citing Deutsch to court while Edith Nourse Rogers seeks reversal of a 13 to 5 vote. Rep Wolcott calls for a legislative settlement on news confidences.
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Washington
House Veterans’ Co
House
Albert Q. Maisel
Veterans' Administration
Albert Deutsch
New York
V. A
Rankin
Miss
Deutsch
Federal District Court
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Rogers
Wolcott
R.mich
Congress
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Stonewall
George Tucker
Gainesboro High
C. H. Palmer
D. D
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William Farmer Braithwaite
Charles Oden Denny
Russell Wilton Grove
Rodella Lee Adams
Gladys Irene Bageant
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Anna DeHaven
Mary Lee Miller
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