Allied air raids batter Europe in fifth day of assault
News summary reports about 3,500 Allied planes in a day-long offensive against German airfields rail yards and other military targets in France and Germany. Americans led daylight raids with Liberators and Flying Fortresses. British bombers attacked Dortmund Brunswick and other objectives. total tonnage exceeds 5,000 and overall five-day weight nears 22,000 tons.
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London
Hitler
Europe
Dortmund
Brunswick
Germany
Epinal
Chaumont
Avord
Orleans-Bricy
Bourges
Etampes-Mondesire
Caen
Chateaudun
France
Refio
Britain
Italy
U. S
Maar
Allied Offensive At Anzio Opens New Phase In Italy
Allied headquarters report a coordinated May 23 assault on the Anzio beachhead with Lt General Mark W. Clark directing the attack. The Eighth Army struck east against the Hitler line while Fifth Army forces pushed the coastal sector and the Liri Valley fronts, supported by heavy air bombardment.
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Allied
Naples
Anzio
Eighth Army
Italy
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Cisterna
Appian Way
Alban Hills
Rome
No Man’s Land
Liri
Ponte-Corvo
Acquino
Piedimonte
Pontine Marshes
Berlin
Pico
Hitler Line
Lake Fogliano
Littoria
U.S
Fruit Growers Meet Prompts Local Optimism in Frederick County
The old lady notes monthly gatherings of fruit growers in Frederick County and the Shenandoah Valley showcase progress and shared methods. She views meetings as a sign that local fruit interests will thrive and be open to new techniques.
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Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley
Memorial Day Program Planned at National Cemetery
Plans are set for the annual Memorial Day exercises at the National Cemetery under the American Legion Rob ert Y Conrad Post 21. Veterans groups Boy Scouts and local bands will participate with Rev T J Hawkins delivering the address and Rev Dr E T Clark Rev R B Nelson pronouncing the benediction. Commander G F Schenck will host the event with McIlhine s Band providing music and Lincoln Gettysburg Address read by A C Halvosa. Company 115 Virginia State Guard will fire volleys and bugle calls. Participants assemble in front of John Kerr School at 2 pm next Tuesday.
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National Cemetery
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
Veterans
Boy Scouts
Guard
Mcllwee
Americanism Committee
T. J. Hawkins
Braddock Street Methodist Church
the Post
E. T. Clark
R. B. Nelson
Congress passes streamliner tax bill to simplify returns
Congress sent to the White House a sweeping income tax reform dubbed the streamliner. The measure eliminates the wartime Victory tax, creates normal and surtax rates, and adjusts withholding starting January 1 to collect tax via wage withholdings for 30 million taxpayers.
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Washington
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means
Iself
Invasion Tenseness Grips Britain As Trains Cut
Britain faces heightened invasion tension as main line passenger trains suffer drastic cuts, leaving civilians stranded. Troops receive priority on remaining services while German air scouts hover. Refers to recent RAF officer killings in Stalag Luft II and Eden promises full inquiry.
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James F. King
London
Britain
Staons
Stockholm
Daily Express
Stalag Luff II
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Allied air reach extends over New Guinea and beyond
Allied war updates report Wakde airfield in New Guinea now within fighter escorted bomber range. MacArthur’s planes operate from Wakde while Sixth Army tanks face Japanese resistance at Toem. Halsey and Kinkaid meet in Australia with naval leaders amid ongoing strikes in the Carolines and Marshalls.
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New Guinea
Wakde
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Sixth Army
Dutch New Guinea
Tor
Toem
Hollandia
Sarmi
Maffin Bay
East Indies
MacArthur
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Australia
Thomas C. Kinkaid
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Halsey
Ernest J. King
U. 5
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific Fleet
San Francisco
Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Seventh Army Air Force
Ponape
Carolines Base
Capt Baker seeks VSG volunteers for Company 115
Captain W. A. Baker said 20 men are needed immediately for Company 115 of the Virginia State Guard. The unit has been authorized to increase by 26 men and one officer, with five more men expected to be drafted into the Army. He urged men from Winchester and Frederick County to volunteer and contact Baker at City Hall or the Armory on Fridays to help with internal duties at home as servicemen go abroad.
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W. A. Baker
Virginia State Guard
Winchester
Frederick County
Srevice
Graduation Exercises Complete At Gainesboro Class Of Ten
Ten Gainesboro High School seniors will receive diplomas on June 7 as part of annual commencement with baccalaureate services June 4. Principal Fred Braithwaite announced the ceremony includes a talk linking the war effort and education with Navy and Army themes. The class includes Roxanna Batt, Katherine Dabes Bale, Lamar Owens Lutzenhiser, Eleanor White, Kathleen Stent, Clara Tinsman, Kenneth Taylor, and Pvt William R Berry serving overseas.
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U.S. Army
Gainesboro High School
Fred .C. Braithwaite
G. W. Ports. Jr
G.W. Ports
Park View, Methodist Church
Lyrsbure
Kathleen Strother
Roxanna Bat
Navy
Lamar Owens
Army
Kenneth Tay-lor
Fred Braithwaite
Roxanna Batt
Katherine Dabes Bale
Lamar Owens A Lutzenhiser
Eleanor White
Kathleen Stent
Clara Tinsman
Kenneth Taylor
William R. Berry
Ward Accused of Violating Many U S Labor Laws
Gerard Reilly of the National Labor Relations Board testified before a special House committee that the Montgomery Ward Company repeatedly violated labor laws across its Kansas City Portland Ore and St Paul plants. He linked these practices to the Chicago plant seizure and noted failed bargaining and espionage alleging a factory union push and stalled certification. The Chicago plant seizure followed on April 26.
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Washington
Gerard Reilly
Nation Labor Relations Board
Montgomery Ward
House
Chicago
Reilly
Kansas City
Portland
Ore
St. Paul
Local Soldier Wounded in Hollandia Action
Pfc Bruce C Sheard 28 was slightly wounded on May 2 in Hollandia New Guinea. He joined the army in May 1943 and went from Australia to New Guinea. Before service he worked at Omps Funeral Home. Mrs Phyllis Sheard of 302 North Loudoun reports her husband told her May 7 he was in hospital but progressing well.
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Phyllis Sheard
North Loudoun
Bruce C. Sheard
Hollandia
New Guinea
Sheard
Australia
Omps Funeral Home
von Sheard
Senator Bridges Charges Rumor Of Navy Cruiser Transfer
Senator Bridges told the Senate reports claimed one or more American Navy units, including a cruiser, had been transferred to Russia. He urged a forthright statement on any naval transfers amid fears of appeasement policy as World War II rages with Japan.
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Washington
Bridges
Senate
Russia
Rusia
New Hampshire
Japan
Frost Damages Britain Fruit Crops in Kent and Vale
Frost on May 6 harmed England fruit areas. Weald in Kent reports heavy losses with plums in Vale of Evesham and other regions including South Lincolnshire. Wartime weather news ban limits detail though confirming widespread damage.
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London
England
Weald
Kent
Brit
Britain
South
Lincolnshire
Vale of Evesham
Russian Front Holds Steady as Dnestr Probes Continue
London reports a lull along the eastern front with small German reconnaissance near Tiraspol in the Dnestr valley. Moscow says Nazi attacks were repulsed and 300 Germans killed. 23 Nazi planes destroyed in two days of air battles or anti aircraft fire.
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London
Tirsapol
Dnestr
Moscow
Annual Stephens City High School Commencement Plan
Stephens City High School announces graduation activities starting with the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday June 4 at Trinity Lutheran Church and concluding Monday June 5 with diplomas. Thirty three seniors are candidates for graduation with Emily Fawcett giving the student address and Billy Golliday welcoming. Principal R E Ayler presents awards. Leslie D Kline offers closing remarks.
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R. E. Ayler
Stephens City High School
Candioe
Ayler
Trinity Lutheran Church
Stephens City
T. J. Hawkins
Braddock St. Methodist Church
Winchester
M Auditorium
Billy Go
Ilass
Emily Fawcett
Leslie D. Kline
James Bowman
Burl Carpenter
Boyd Combs
Billy Galliday
Meredith Himelright
Robert Lamp
Paxton Orndo
Chinese Forces Cut Old Burma Road At Chefang
Chinese high command reports a big counter offensive in Honan and that forces striking toward the Burma border have cut the old Burma road at Chefang, isolating the Lunling base and encircling the Japanese garrison there.
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Eastern Asia
Salween River
Burma
Chefang
Myitayina
Burma Road
Salween
Chefaung
Lunling
Mandalay
Yunnan Province
China
Public sale notice of antiques and household goods
Public sale scheduled for Saturday May 27 at 10 a.m. features antiques and household goods including two spinning wheels and three coal oil stores. Laura Snyder located one mile east of Stephenson Virginia. Also requested top cash for used electric appliances by Ed Molden Electrical Appliance Store. Loudoun phone 5702.
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Laura Snyder
Mi. E. Stephenson
Molden
Loudoun
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U. S. Naval
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Senator Bridges
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