Flying Forts Pound Kiel and Calais
Allied air forces bombed Kiel the submarine hub and Calais fortifications while Duisburg endured a massive raid. About 3,000 Allied planes, with 750 bombers and 2,800 tons dropped on Duisburg, supported by large fighter sweeps to disrupt German troop and supply movements ahead of the invasion. British losses totaled 30 planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kiel
U. S
Pas-De-Calais
France
Duisburg
Hannover
Belgium
Germany
Brunswick-Hannover
Europe
RAF
Air Ministry
Bombers Close In On Tokyo From Aleutian Front
Army 11th Air Force mission from an Aleutian base reached Shimushiru Island 900 miles from Tokyo, dropping bombs on Shimushiru and nearby Ketoi. The operation marked the closest approach to Japan proper by Army or Navy raiders since the 1942 Doolittle raid, with additional attacks on Paramushiro shipping by B 25s and Navy Ventura bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleutian
Tokyo
Kuriles
Army 11Th Air Force
Shimushiru Island
John A. Nixon, Jr
Omaha Neb
Shimushiru
Ketoi Islands
Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Ketoi
Japan
Matsuwa
Paramushiro
Hokkaido
Army
11Th Air Force
Rabies Alert As Dogs Roam Winchester Streets
MR WINCHESTER notes increased stray dogs in Winchester and urges owners to take precautions amid rabies cases in nearby areas. She cites no local rabies cases this past summer and only one in the county, urging vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Occupied Areas Urged to Aid Allies With Local Knowledge
Eisenhower's supreme headquarters urged occupied countries to provide detailed local information on roads bridges rivers woods and potential landing fields to assist invasion efforts. The broadcast followed a German threat of reprisals and advised vigilance against fake leaflets while awaiting further direct instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Eisenhower
Bidding Spirited At Annual Cattle Sale Saturday
At the second annual purebred cattle sale at Virginia Livestock Auction Market Hereford cow Dorothy Donald 2d toped females at 360 dollars sold by C C Turner Tim berville to Paul Adams Middleburg. Aberdeen Angus bull Revolution 16th topped bulls at 300 dollars sold by Red Gate Farm Berryville to G B Holtzman Jackson. Eleven Hereford females sold for 3097 50 total. Seventeen Angus females averaged 150 47 dollars each. Four Shorthorn bulls averaged 237 75 dollars. Total females 5830 50 average 201 05. bulls 2674 50 average 205 73. Continued on Page 2 Col 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Dorothy Donald 2d
C. C. Turner
Timberville
Paul A. Adams
Middleburg
Red Gate Farm
Berryville
G. B. Holtzman
British Borrow 1 400 Navy Ships Under Lend Lease
Washington May 22 The United States now owns the world’s largest navy and has leased almost 1 400 naval craft to Britain under lend lease. Included are destroyer escorts PT boat craft and barges with total value around 200 million dollars. Larger ships sail from U S docks under their own power and remain the property of the United States for the war duration.
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Washington
United States
United Kingom
Lend-lease War Materials Move Out At Rapid Pace
President Roosevelt reported to Congress that lend-lease aid is growing quickly with $24.255 billion in equipment and services sent to Britain, Russia, and China. More than 60 percent went to Britain and Russia, with substantial planes, tanks, and vehicles aiding Allied forces in Europe and the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nation
Lend-Lease
United Nations
Britain
Russia
China
Roosevelt
United Kingdom
Germany
Money to loan on Real Estate
C. T. care Star. (5-22-1p-31)
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C. T. Care Star
Sheep shearing machines and implements arrive at mill
Public sale notice lists May 27 at 10 a m for antiques and household goods one mile east of Stephenson Va. Also mentions executor's sale of office furniture and hardware store Mill er's Hardware.
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E. Stephenson, Va
Wanted Laborers at Once at Va Apple Storage
Advertises immediate need for laborers at a Virginia apple storage facility. Specifies call for applicants and workers, indicating short-term or ongoing employment. No detailed company name beyond location provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple
Operations Resume At Ward Factory Under Government Control
Springfield Illinois May 22 The Hummer Manufacturing Company second Montgomery Ward property seized by the Army resumed production under government operation as workers on the early shift reported for 7 am Lt Col Nelson Talbott War Department in charge said 198 of 200 early shift workers returned Spokesmen said Over 90 per cent could notify last night With 325 employed on two day shifts there were 350 total including about 100 office workers No disturbances plant officials cooperating with a 10 man Army contingent seized yesterday under Roosevelt orders The plant makes propellers carburetors and gun mounts for military aircraft and farm equipment The Montgomery Ward Chicago properties were seized April 26 returned May 9 after a union election showed CIO majority There was no direct connection between Ward Chicago dispute and Springfield plant but both cases involved a maintenance of membership clause.
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Springfield
Hummer Manufacturing Company
Montgomery Ward
Nelson Talbott
War Department
John J. Saxer
Roosevelt
AFL
War Labor Board
WLEB
White House
Hummer
Army
Chicago
CIO
Ward
Germans Watching Weather for Invasion Clues
London reports Germans monitor western European weather as a possible invasion tip-off. Brighter conditions in the past day promised improved landing chances while heavy Allied air raids resumed on continental targets. Moscow radio cites unconfirmed word Rundstedt visited Petain in Rouen amid rumors of his removal.
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London
Europe
Dover Straits
Moscow
Geneva
Paris
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
West
Petain
Rouen
von Rundstedt
Berlin
Fruit Growers To Hear Experts In May Meeting
Frederick County fruit growers are invited to a Friday May 26 gathering at 8 pm on the second floor of the County Courthouse. Organizer Walker McC Bond will chair and report on labor efforts and recent meetings. Discussions will cover price ceiling, pest control, and fruit cultivation updates with specialists from Staunton Berryville Washington and Blackshore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Fred Stine
Frederick County Fruit Growers
County Court House
Walker McC.bond
Fruit Growers Association
W. F. Young
Staunton
Ralph N. Dorsey
Berryville
A. H. Teske
Blackshore
Dr. Magnes
Washington
W. S. Hough
Important Road Junction Taken In Burma Drive
Allied forces gained control of the road junction northwest of Myitkyina linking to Nagaung and Fort Hertz as heavy rains slowed battles in northern Burma. Stilwell’s columns reached a third of Myitkyina amid urban fighting while air forces disrupted Japanese positions and ferried reinforcements to the besieged garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Burma
Nagaung
Fort Hertz
Charpate
Namkwi
Mogaung
Fort
Hertz
South Asia Command Comunique
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Kamaung- Mogaung-Myitkyina
Kumon
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S
Irrawaddy River
Kamaing
Burma-India
Stilwell
Nipponese Draw Up Peace Terms
London reports a Berlin broadcast says Japan published in a Tokyo periodical that peace terms demand on the United States include confiscation of the entire American navy and payment of all expenses from taking over ships. It outlines handing over merchant ships large vessels, destroying naval facilities, and a punitive liability for scuttled ships.
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London
United States
Berlin
Japan
Soldier Uses Self As Bait in Mosquito Studies
CAMP DAVIS NORTH CAROLINA Corporal Walter Stevens works three nights a week for 15 minutes using a glass and rubber device to catch mosquitoes as a human guinea pig for the medical inspector's office. Each specimen is lab checked and malaria risk from bites is deemed remote.
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Camp Davis
N. C
Walter Stevens
Berryville merchant Silas Baughman dies after illness
Silas Franklin Baughman prominent Berryville merchant and churchman dies at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a ten day illness. He was stricken at his Berryville store on May 11 and later suffered a stroke. He served Grace Episcopal Church as Vestry member and Senior Warden and treasurer since 1908. He was survived by a sister, two nieces, and a great niece.
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Berryville
Silas Franklin Baughman
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Baughman
Pennsylvania
Katie Brosius Baughman
Maryland
J. T. Griffith
Willie Overacre
Bedford
Katherin Baughman Lutz
Monroe Street
Washington
Mary Katherine Lutz
Edith Lutz Matthews
Ralph McClure Indicted By Jury In Winchester Court
A seven man special grand jury in Winchester Corporation Court indicted Ralph Earl McClure for a felony charging attempted assault on a 5 year old girl on May 17. Foreman J L Kalbach and witnesses for the commonwealth testified. The panel also indicted William A Walker for breaking and entering at night and stealing chickens valued at 52 dollars from Hanover Dressed Poultry Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Corporation
Ralph Earl McClure
C. W. Hollis
Warren Rudolph
Rich Borden
Commonwealth
J. L. Kalback
William A. Walker
Walker
Hanover Dressed
Highlights Of World At War
SOUTHERN EUROPE U S troops enter Terracina 24 miles from Anzio beachhead Polish troops of Eighth Army take Piedimonte German bastion guarding Liri valley approach to Rome Central pivot town of Pico changes hands repeatedly WESTERN EUROPE Flying Forts bomb Kiel while Liberators pound Pas De Calais Night flying RAF heavies hit Duisburg Sunday raids damage 300 Nazi locomotives canal locks power lines gun positions
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Europe
U. S
Terracina
Hitler
Anzio
Eighth Army
Piedimonte
Liri
Rome
Pico
Kiel
Pas-De-Calais
France
RAF
Heavies
Duisburg
Pacific raid and Burma drive in World War II news
U S Navy bombers strike Marcus Islands while land based Liberators hit Shi mushiru in the Kuriles. Stilwell campaigns look toward Myitkyina as Chinese units hold Salwell river positions and Loyang siege endures in Honan. Fighting continues near Imphal and Kohima in Burma.
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Marcus Islands
Tokyo
Shimushiru Island
Kuriles
Asia
Stilwell
Myitkyina
Burma
Salwell River
Loyang
Honan
Imphal-Kohima
Missing Clarke Gunner Reported German Prisoner
Berryville Va May 22 Mr and Mrs Rice W Feltner are advised their son Staff Sergeant Marshall W Feltner a waist gunner on a bomber is prisoner of war of the German government according to a War Department wire via the International Red Cross. He had been listed as missing in action since April 13 over Hungary. He trained at Kingman Army Air Field Buckley and Lowery Fields and Buckley and Lowery prior to earning his wings September 13 1943.
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Berryville
Rice W. Feltner
Marshall Feltner
Hungary
War Department
International Red Cross
Marshall W. Feltner
Sgt. Feltner
Buckley and
Lowery Fields
Kingham Army Air Kingman
Ariz
States
Florida
Italy
Boyce Bish School
U S Troops Advance On Terracina In Italy Front
Allied forces report seizure of three mountains northeast of Terracina and a nine mile coastal advance toward the city. U S patrols pushed into Terracina itself before withdrawing as German reserves flood toward Rome. French and Polish units also engage along the Liri Valley and Pico sector amid heavy combat.
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Naples
Terracina
Anzio
Rome
U. S
Third Defense Wall
Italy
Terracina- Pico
Monte Marino
Monte Autone
Monte Capiccio
Pico
Monte Leucio
Pontecorvo
Liri
Bombing Attacks On Minamitori Island Report
London dispatch reports a Tokyo broadcast claiming Japanese defenses repelled air raids on Minamitori Marcus Island. The broadcast says 32 raiding planes were shot down and notes damage to Japanese installations while referencing past American attacks on the outpost midway between the Marshal Islands and the Bonins.
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London
Tokyo Radio Today
Central Pacific
Associated Press
Minamitori
Marcus Island
Marshal Islands
Japan
Bonin
Tokyo
U. S
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Calais
Austin Bealmear
MR Winchester
Bulletin
Ned Nordness
By Howard Flieger
Congress
Miller’s Hardware
Ward Factory
By Charles A. Grumich
Appian
Cassino
Pignatauro
Espedia
Formia
San Oliva
Iiri
Gaeta
Siri
Silas Baughman
Clarke County
The
Ralph McClure
Eastern
Clarke
Set. M. W. Feltner
Noland Norgaard
Baston
Piedmonte
Liti
Seige
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