Churchill Resigns As Prime Minister of Britain General Election To Be Held
U S Flank Drive Imperils Nippons By JAMES LINDSLEY. Guerrilla action in Okinawa reports a dramatic U S Seventh Infantry Division flanking Yonabaru to threaten Naha and Shuri as Maj Gen Archibald W Arnold notes gains and a push along ridges paces the advance with the 96th Division completing the capture of Yonabaru and advancing toward Shuri and Naha in a bid to sever Japanese supply lines and dominate Okinawa's coastal routes.
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James Lindsley
Guam
U. S. Seventh Infantry
Yonabaru
Okinawa
Naha
Shuri
Archibald W. Arnold
Bronxville
N. Y
Rioi
Intertrashika
Seventh
Sions
Two Marine
Divi Army
Key Shuri
Haughland
Associated Press
96Th
Panese
Pedro A
Churchill resigns as British PM and calls for new election
London May 23 Prime Minister Churchill resigns and King George VI asks him to form a caretaker government ahead of Britain’s first general election in ten years. Labor ministers leave coalition. election expected July 5 with Churchill leading a temporary administration.
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London
Churchill
George VI
Britain
Labor Party
Chaurchill
Downing Street
Ministry of Information
Labor
Commons
John Anderson
James Grigg
Andrew Duncan
Lord Thers
Germany
King George
the Treasury
Ministry of Defense
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Fusal
Buckingham Palace
Europe
Conservative
Clement Atlee
No. 10
Winston Churchill
President To Address Final Plenary Session In San Francisco
President Truman will travel to San Francisco to address the closing plenary of the United Nations World Organization Conference. Secretary of State Stettinius said the trip is likely in early June and expects the conference to conclude successfully soon after. He noted a broad range of subjects may be discussed and confirmed no exact date yet.
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Washington
Truman
San Francisco
United Nations World Organization
Stettinius
Charles G. Ross
White House
State Department
Man in Roanoke Fined for 13 ABC Book Registrations
Roy Barnett Gills of Pulaski was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in Roanoke jail after being accused of registering 13 times for ABC books. He was arrested Monday on a drunkenness charge. registrations spanned Roanoke and Pulaski Giles Montgomery counties plus Petersburg and Norfolk. He faces additional trials for registration and a chicken stealing charge in Pulaski county.
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Roanoke
Roy Barnett Gills
Pulaski
ABC Books
ABC
G. W. Colton
L. W. Colton
L. W. Howerton
Gills
Giles
Montgomery
Petersburg
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Colton
Pulaski County
Mountain Ridge Stormed by American Flame Tanks
American ground forces led by Maj. Gen. William C. Chase’s 38th Division stormed Woodpecker Ridge in the Manila watershed employing flame throwing tanks for the first time. The assault, supported by artillery and air strikes, left 330 Japanese dead as part of the division’s expanded battle tally in the Luzon campaign.
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Manila
Luzon Island
William C. Chase
38Th
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Philippines
Malabasay
38Th Division
Woodpecker Ridge
Bataan
Americans Turn To Eggs Milk In Big Quantities
Civilians swap meat for eggs and milk as reserves for butter cheese evaporated milk and eggs tighten. Government reports warn shortages may grow and diets could shift to vegetables by August while meat supplies worsen and fat and oil stocks shrink. European and British outlooks also reflect tighter food availability with ration adjustments anticipated.
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Associated Press
Europe
Warren F. Draper
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Britain
Russian Soldiers Training Again
EDDY GILMORE reports from Moscow on May 23 that the Red Army is in the midst of its greatest training period in 27 years. Dispatches from across the nation, including Siberian garrisons, describe intensive marching firing tactics and strategy drills. Red Star calls the shift from war to a serious, thorough training period and urges discipline to ensure full participation. Garrisons in Berlin Budapest and Vienna are cited as carrying out training while assisting in restoring city life.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Siberia
Red Star
Army officer predicts heavy 18-year old draft calls rise
An anonymous Army officer said by fall 18-year olds will fill about 85 percent of draft calls, while Hershey noted 18-year-olds would make up about 45 percent of the July 90 000 man call. He cited Navy enlistment of 17-year-olds and a future replacement plan easing draft pressure through 29.
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Washington
Army
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Navy
Hershey
Sergeant James E. Holland Killed in Action
Mrs. Nellie R. Holland received a War Department telegram confirming Sgt. James E. Holland was killed on April 19 in Germany. He served with General Patton’s 7th Army after overseas duty in France and Germany since November 1944. Born May 22 1920 in Gainesboro, he lived in Frederick County and Winchester, worked for Safeway, and attended Braddock Street Methodist Church. He is survived by his mother and two brothers.
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War Departments
James E. Holland
Germany
Nellie R. Holland
West
Leicester Street
Frederick County
Winchester
Handley Schools
Safeway Stores
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Set
Holland
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Camp Campbell Ky
Ne Cermany
Pfc
Willard Holland
1St Army
Russell Holland
Senate Committee To Visit Europe
Senator Russell announces three more senators joining a delegation to Europe to study redeployment problems. The group includes Byrd McClellan Eastland members from Naval Affairs and Appropriations. Others are Stewart Maybank Gurney Revercomb from Military Affairs. trip expected to last about three weeks.
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Washington
Russell
D-Ga
Europe
Byrd
D-Va
McClellan
D-Ark
Naval Affairs Committee
Eastland
D-Miss
Appropriations
Naval
Stewart
D-Tenn
Maybank
D-Sc
Gurney
R-Sd
Biddle to Leave Cabinet Post
Attorney General Francis Biddle plans retirement from the Truman cabinet as President Truman prepares a public announcement. Biddle submitted his resignation with other holdover Roosevelt appointees on April 12, and a White House briefing set a 4 PM news conference to disclose the replacement. Federal Judge Lewis B. Schwellenbach has been mentioned as a possible successor.
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Washington
Francis Biddle
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Biddle
Roosevelt
Ross
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
State of Washington
United States
County Man Attacked by Owls Near Sunnyside
C M Tucker, 70, living with Mrs Annie Foreman near Sunnyside, was attacked by hoot owls under willow trees while rounding up chickens. The birds knocked off his glasses, scratched his face, injuring his left eye and leaving him bruised. He retreated to the house for medical aid then returned to finish chores. His daughter Mrs Harry Shirley also resides at Sunnyside.
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C. M. Tucker
Mr. Tucker
Annie Foreman
Sunnyside
Owls
Tucker
Harry Shirley
Japs Optimistic As To Russia
Moscow observers doubt Tokyo’s declaration severing ties with Germany changes Soviet stance. Diplomatic circles stress no official Russian comment, no shift in Russo Japanese relations since World War II, and warn of overoptimism from Tokyo about new talks with Soviet Russia.
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Moscow
Tokyo
Germany
Japan
Soviet Union
Ussr
Russia
Marshal Stalin
Hitler
Winchester Community Concert Drive seeks new members
The Winchester Community Concert Association launched its 1945-46 season membership drive with a Monday night dinner at the Trianon Restaurant. The drive funds the second season of great music at Handley High School and aims to secure memberships by 9 p.m. May 26.
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Winchester Community Concert Association
Trianon
Winchester
Helen Jepson
Metropolitan Opera
Handley High School
Trapp
Saon
Ray Sartelle
Dorothy Larrick
Lucilleer
Helen Massie
Harold Welch
Community Concerts, Inc
New York
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Miles Music Store
Tension High In Lebanon Area
Tension remained high in Syria and Lebanon as France reinforced troops, sparking clashes and bloodshed. Paris held a long cabinet session with no sign of withdrawal and ordered troops to stay on defensive. Arabs observed a general strike in Palestine in sympathy with the Levantine nations.
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London
Syria
Lebanon
Cairo
Paris
Atdifan
Jerusalem
Palestine
Pan-Arab League
San _ Francisco
Leba
State Crops Need Better Weather
The Virginia Crop Reporting Service reports continued wet weather hurting field work and hay, with heavy rains washing newly worked fields in Smyth Wythe Culpeper and William Sussex. Labor shortages persist, farming tasks are skipped, and planting progress lags behind last year across corn soybeans cotton and peanuts.
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Richmond
Virginia
Smyth
Loudoun County
Frederick County
Japanese Troops Hit By Bombers In Manchuria Rail Attacks
U S 14th Air Force bombed northbound Japanese trains to deter redeployment from Shanghai toward Manchuria. Bombed 30 car troop heavy artillery and motorized vehicles north of Pengpu. Further trains at Penepu and Peipin Zonekow were firebombed as Chinese reports say Japanese retreat continues in Hunan.
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Chungking
Shanghai
Manchuria
14Th Air Force
Albert C. Wedemerger
Penepu
Anhwe Province
Buletin
Pengpu
Peipin
Hankow
Henchow
Kiang
Shaoyang Payoang-Chihkiang
Shaocyan
Chinese Combat Command
Glass Conspiracy Probe Targets Pittsburgh Plate Glass
The Justice Department filed an anti trust suit in Toledo Ohio to strip Pittsburgh Plate Glass of 106 warehouses and stores. The complaint names Pittsburgh Plate Glass Libbey Owens Ford Glass Company of Toledo seven other manufacturers 16 officers and a trade association for alleged conspiracy to monopolize flat glass production processing and sale nationwide through mergers price fixing territorial divisions and other controls.
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Washington
Justice Department
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Department
Toledo
Ohio
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Pittsburg
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Pittsburgh
Libbey-Owens- Ford
United States
Public Sale Notice for Linehurz Property
Public sale of Linehurz property set for Saturday May 46 at 11 a.m. in front of the Court House. See advertisement inside for details.
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Linehurz
Court House
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