U S Delegates Seek Tighter Co Operation Among Powers
U S delegates press firm and friendly negotiation to prove a workable postwar world order with a United Nations founded in postwar Europe. Hopkins seeks a path to resolve the Poland issue and avoid a deadlock between Russia and the western Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
San Francisco
United States
Europe
United Nations
Truman
Harry Hopkins
Stalin
Kremlin
Germany
Poland
Hopkins
Russia
Britain
World Organization
State Needs Guard For Some Time
Gov Colgate W Darden Jr urged maintenance of the Virginia State Guard and Virginia Reserve Militia until at least a year after victory in the Pacific. He spoke at a banquet closing a conference with 100 officers and enlisted men from Shenandoah Valley and North Central Virginia. Brig Gen E E Goodwyn and Adjt Gen S Gardner Waller spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Virginia State Guard
Virginia Reserve
Pacific
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Tenth Battalion
Congress
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
E. E. Goodwyn
Emporia
Gardner Waller
Rummage Sale Benefit by Willing Workers at Highlands Church
A rummage sale to benefit Willing Workers is set for Saturday May 26 starting at 10 AM at Highlands Avenue Church. Proceeds will support the group with activities at the American Legion Building located at 213 North Loudoun Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Avenue Church
American Legion
N. Loudoun St
Candy shipment 24 packs five cent bars and more
Notice lists a new candy shipment including 24 packs of five cent bars at 1.00. Also available chocolate syrup and cigars at Whities' Twin Diners referenced with item code 5-24-1p-31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whities
Old Airport Service Station to close for repairs
The Old Airport Service Station will be closed for repairs until further notice. Mrs. C. S. Feltner.
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C. S. Feltner
Broad Concept of Social Security Before Congress
A broad concept of social security including health insurance was introduced in Congress by Senator Wagner and Rep. Dingell. The plan proposes higher employer and employee contributions, universal health coverage, a 10-year federal push with large funding for rural health, permanent U S Employment Service, broader coverage, and nationalized unemployment insurance. The measure aims to extend protections to farm workers domestics and non profit workers, with added old age and unemployment benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Wagner
Dingell
D.-Mich
Senate
U. S. Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
Social Security Board
Heinrich Himmler Reported Death by Suicide
London May 24 report by Exchange Telegraph Agency says Heinrich Himmler killed himself with poison three days after capture by allied forces. Reuters also announced the suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pi— Himmler
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Reuters
Slow Progress Against Japs in Philippines Amid Pacific Raids
Manila dispatch reports slow yard by yard gains against Japanese in the Philippines as Sixth Division Australians chase Nippon forces on Tarakan Island in north Borneo. Other actions span Wewak Bougainville and Buin trail with campaigns two to six months old. in Luzon, units under Col. Stanley R. Larson push past Balete toward Santa Fe as 300 tons of bombs drop in support.
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Fred Hampson
Manila
Philippines
North Borneo
Tarakan
Wewagq
British New Guinea
Buin Trail
South
Bougainville
Solomons
Luzon
Baguio
Balete Pass
25Th Division
Stanley R. Larson
Tchiladega
Ala
Balete
Cagayan Valley
Santa Fe Village
Charles L. Mullin
Eleven Seniors to Graduate at Middletown High on June 4
Eleven members of Middletown High School graduate class will receive diplomas from Principal H. Dennis Hoover at graduation exercises Monday June 4 at Grace Methodist Church Middletown. The program includes processional invocation address of welcome dedication of the annual class history last will and testament prophecy poem salutatory and valedictory, with diplomas and awards presented by Hoover and a baseball trophy presented by Gene Miller. The 1945 class roster lists Robert Barr Thomas Borden Nancy Long Mildred Legg Sperry Anna Jenkins James Cooley Angie Burcham Cleo Lemarr James Clem. The Rev. Wrightson S. Tongue will deliver the annual sermon at Grace Methodist Church prior to graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
H. Dennis Hoover
Grace Methodist Church
R .B. Moore
Cleo Lamarr
Thomas Borden
Nancy Long
Pauline Orndorff
James Cooley
Angie Burcham
Lois Spring
Anna Jenkins
H. C. Borden
Robert Hubert Barr
C. H. Barr
Gene Miller
Winchester Evening Star
Mildred Legg
Jean Shiley
Robert Barr
Mildred
Sperry
Cleo Lemarr
James Clem
Wrightson S. Tongue
New Market Methodist Church
Grace Methodist Chuch
Germany Loses All National Identity Under Allied Occupation
Allied authorities dissolve the German national state collapsing Doenitz’s Flensburg government. Germany is partitioned into Allied zones with disarmed forces and no independent political or economic life. Prison camps take key leaders as Eisenhower orders German workers returned to farms for occupation needs.
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Germany
Karl Doenitz
Flensburg
Doenitz
Eisenhower
Reich
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Julius Streicher
der Steurmer
U. S. 101St Airborne Division
Hitler
Supreme Allied
Trieste
Venezia
Guilia
Italy
Chinese Banker Faces Charges In Chungking Case
Fu Yuan-Chun, manager at the Chungking branch of the Henan Provincial Bank, was charged with embezzling 299000000 Chinese dollars. The sum equates to about 4 million in black market dollars or 75 million at official rates. He allegedly withdrew bank funds under false names, funded private deals, hoarded cash, and made loans at high interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Fu Yuan-Chun
Henan Provincial Agricultural and Industrial Bank
For Sale Zinc Sulphate by Green Chemical Co
A sale notice lists zinc sulphate offered by Green Chemical Co with terse terms and a reference to a summer season window. Details are fragmentary but indicate an industrial chemical listing for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Chemical Co
Early Big Three Meeting In Works Says White House
Press Secretary Ross said an early meeting of the Big Three is in the works and Hopkins and Davies are in preliminary missions to Moscow and London. The projected conference will include Truman Churchill and Stalin, with time and place not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Ross
Harry L. Hopkins
Joseph E. Davies
Moscow
London
Ross
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Hopkins
Davies
San Francisco
Harry S. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Russia
Uncle Sam Boosts Gasoline Rations for Motorists
Government raises basic A ration by 50 percent effective June 22 and increases B ration ceilings. A16 coupons rise to six gallons per period, averaging three gallons per motorist. B ration holders may request occupationally justified increases starting June 11, as A coupons remain valid in six-month series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sam
Midwest
OPA
Petroleum Adminitration For War
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Peoples Cleaning Co. Announces Saturday Delivery Window
Peoples Cleaning Co will open Saturday May 26 for clothing delivery from 8:00 to 11:00 A.M. and again from 3:30 to 5:30 P.M. The notice specifies the service hours for that day.
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Peoples Cleaning CO
Bomb Laden Super Forts Rain Hell On Tokyo Targets
Nine million pounds of incendiaries dropped by more than 550 Super Fortresses in the largest single air strike of the Pacific war burned wide areas of Tokyo. Fires spread near the Shinagawa district, rail yards south of the palace, and numerous inflammable shops, with pilots reporting massive flames and urban destruction.
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Lief Erickson
Guam
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Maj
Luther A. Jones
Monroe
Japan
Shinagawa
Nippon
Air Force
Ge. Thomas
Powers
Charles Holder
Santa Monica
Calif
Max Sampson
Bellefonte
Bomber Command
Tama River
Tokyo Radio
France Demands Laval Surrender Over Treason Charges
Paris reports a strongly worded note demanding the surrender of Pierre Laval to France. Laval has been in Spain for three weeks facing treason charges. a prior plan to transfer him aboard a British ship to a French port has broken down with no reason given.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Spain
France
Foreign Office
Laval
Fierce Fighting Continues On Okinawa Front
American forces press the Okinawa battle, entering Naha on the west and expanding gains at Yonabaru on the east. The 77th and 96th Infantry Divisions push toward Shuri while Japanese positions on the hills are subjected to crossfire and counterattacks.
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Okinawa
Naha
Yonabaru
77Th
Statue of Liberty
Shuri
96Th
Seventh Division
Chinen Peninsula
Nakagusuku Bay
Chinen
Fourth Marine Regiment
Asato
Naha-Shuri -Yonabaru
Archibald V. Arnold
Attu
Leyte
Berryville Graduation Exercises Set On School Campus June 8
Berryville high school will hold graduation on the campus Friday evening June 8 at 7 o’clock. The baccalaureate service is Sunday June 3 at the Presbyterian Church in Berryville with Rev. R. K. McDonald delivering the sermon. Thirty six seniors are candidates for graduation including Harry Lee Arnold Edward Perry Berlin Jr Robert Lee Brill Dudley Earl Brown J Granville Carlisle Richard Carter Haske Levi Jenkins Ralph William Linaberg John Fenimore Milleson Lynn Ellsworth Slonaker William Edward Wisecarver David Wisecarver William Fleming Wisecarver Hazel Foltz of Boyce Virginia and others. Foltz is valedictorian and Nancy Davis salutatorian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville High School
Presbyterian Church
Berryville
R. K. McDonald
Harry Lee Arnold Edward Perry Berlin, Jr
Robert Lee Brill Dudley Earl Brown
J. Granville Carlisle
Richard Carter
Haske
Levi Jenkins
Ralph William Linaberg
John Fenimore Milleson Lynn Ellsworth Slonaker William Edward Wisecarver
David Wisecarver
William Fleming Wisecarver
Truman to fly to San Francisco for UN conference
President Truman will travel by plane to San Francisco to address the closing session of the United Nations Conference. A possible side trip to the Pacific Northwest for rest is under consideration, with a return to Washington soon after. The plan includes a likely stop in Olympia if it goes ahead.
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Washington
Truman
San Francisco
White House
Pacific Northwest
House
Charles G. Ross
Cetary
San Francisco Opera House
Washington State
Olympia
Ross
National Capital
Matt Connelly
Casualties Near One Million Reported by Army and Navy
Washington May 24 The Army and Navy released figures showing almost a million casualties since the war began. Army totals include 886 525 killed wounded missing and imprisoned with 302 910 of the wounded returned to duty and 25 856 prisoners exchanged. Navy tallies list 42 807 killed 52 005 wounded 10 505 missing and 4 247 prisoners.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Patternson
Blue Ridge Hunt Club Horse Show at Carter Hall
On Wednesday May 30 the annual Blue Ridge Hunt Club Horse Show will be held at Carter Hall Virginia now owned by Gerard Lambert of New York. The show features top northern Virginia horses with classes starting at nine in the morning and continuing all day. Service men admitted free and a grounds lunch will benefit the County Nurse Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ridge Hunt Club
Carter Hall
Virginia
Gerard Lambert
New York
Oak Grove
County Nurse Association
Hyde timber lands sale notice Tuesday May 29
James P. Reardon, Trustee, announces a sale of Hyde timber lands to be held Tuesday May 29 at 12 o'clock, with notice published in the local records.
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BAY Hyde Timber Lands
James P. Reardon
Delicious Candys Now Available at Valley News Stand
Candy lovers can find a selection of delicious candies at the Valley News Stand located at 30 E Piccadilly St. The shop advertises hours on Monday and Thursday starting at 1 PM and notes pricing or promotions.
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Valley New
Piccadilly St
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Diplomatic News
All-Nation Assembly
Yalta
U. S
8Th Air Force
England
Bradley Field
Conn
Middletown High School
Tom Ochiltree
Ernest B. Vaccaro
A. State Library
By Hamilton Faron
Grum
10Th Army
Helen Jean Arnold Jane Elizabeth Ashhe
Betty Jean Boxwell
Dorothy Brown Carroll
Gladys Crim
Nancy Huyette Davis
Marilyn Vanetta Deavers
Eleanor Josephine Drury Georgie Kathleen Elliot
Wadesville, Va
Anna Louise Fiddler
Rae Linden Fletcher Hazel Belle Foltz
Boyce
Willa Mae Kackley
Beulah Winifred Kackley
Eva Pope Kibler
Jane Cary Lindsay
Millwood
Jeanett Marie McCarty
Bluemont
Virginia Carson Owens
Wenona Alcombrack Payne
Wilma Justine Pitta
Gertrude Sarah Reed
Peggy Virginia Russell
Nancy Jane Wolfe
Charles Town
W. Va
Hazel Foltz
Ray Foltz
Nancy Davis
R. E. Davis
Frisco
Blue Ridge
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