Japs Lose Ground in Attu Chichagof Valley Battle
U S Navy report says Japanese positions in Chichagof Valley on Attu Island were wiped out with a follow up drive against a second main position around Chichagof. US planes bombed and strafed targets, starting fires as troops cleared the valley but the overall Attu situation remained partially undisclosed.
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Washington
United States
Chichagof Valley
Attu Island
Navy
Chichagof
North Pacific
Chichagot Harbor
Canal
South Pacific
Niagara
Cape Surville San Cristobal Island
U. S
Avenger
Ringi Covenue
Vila
Kolombangara Island
Dauntless
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel
United States Army
United States Army Air Forces
Chichacof
Attu
First Aid Training Saves A Winchester Man
At Stephens City a worker saved a man’s life by applying artificial respiration after an electric shock. Reports say the victim would have died without first aid and the inhalator brought by Winchester men. The incident underscores the value of first aid training for every home.
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Stephens City
Winchester
Reeerick County
True To Their Name And Reputation True To Their Name And Reputation
Four farmers in Rock Minnesota traced nightly chickenhouse raids to foxes on the E. J. Kain farm. They found a den with a mother fox and seven cubs and a cache including 25 chickens, pheasants, an owl, a hawk, a muskrat, gophers, a small pig, a weasel and two toads.
Coal Committee Calls For Meeting In Washington
FAIRMONT West Virginia coal leaders prepare for a policy committee meeting on Saturday in Washington to discuss a new contract. Secretary Harry Bennett of Mine Workers District 31 and President C Fremont Davis traveled to Washington to resume talks under a War Labor Board ruling. The WLB denied a $2 daily raise but urged negotiations on portal to portal pay and other disputed points.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Harry Bennett
District 31
Washington
C. Fremont Davis
War Labor Board
Benne
WLB
Decoration Day Observance Plans Announced
The May 31 Decoration Day program is set with a parade forming at 32 oclock on Cameron between Bos cawen and Cork facing south. The route goes Cork to Loudoun to the cemetery where National Schenck Services will be held at 2 30 oclock. Garland Quarles will be speaker. Further details to follow.
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Cameron
Boscawen
Cork
Loudoun
Schenck
Garland Quarles
Seek Volunteers For Land Army
A renewed appeal for volunteers to serve in the woman's land army here today. It was announced that the course at V. P. I. beginning May has been postponed until June 7 because of the small response. Women who wish to volunteer may obtain information by calling the office of County Agent Stine.
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Woman's Land Army
Land Army
Ee Eee
Stine
Bingo at Sarah Zane Hall on May 27 Event
Bingo event set for Thursday May 27 at 8 30 p m at Sarah Zane Hall with door prize of 200000 dollars. Proceeds and additional details not provided.
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Sarah Zane Hall
Panel Backs 8-Cent Wage Rise for Rail Workers
An emergency board of the national railway labor panel recommended an 8 cent per hour raise for more than 6 million railroad employees. The 15 non-operating unions had sought 20 cents and a 70 cent minimum plus union shop, but the board did not endorse those. The increases are tied to the national stabilization program and aim to correct inequities during wartime. Byrnes will decide on modifications, as the War Labor Board is not involved.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
National Railway Labor Panel
Little Steel
War Labor Board
Meney Board
WLB
Edsel Ford Dies at 49 Amid War Material drive
Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford and longtime chief executive of the Ford Motor Company, died at 1:30 a m at his home in Grosse Pointe Shores. He was 49 and had been gravely ill after abdominal surgery and undulant fever. His four children were with him, and his sons Henry Benson and William were on leaves from the armed forces. Edsel had been directing a major wartime production program for Ford.
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Detroit
Edsel Ford
Henry Ford
Ford
Grosse Pointe Shores
Ford Company
Edsel
Florida
Henry
Benson
William
Armed Services
Josephine
Handlian Yearbook Dedicates To Boys In Service
Handley High School issues Handlian with the theme Handley In War Time. Ten students who left class to bear arms are profiled in biographs under a Victory V. The book highlights contributions to the war effort and wartime spirit.
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Handley High School
Handley
Jesse Kiracofe
Hartwell Slayden
Carroll Mason
Chris Veatras
Daniel Doyle
Jen Legge
Billy Sempeles
Japs Rolled Back In Attack Near Chungking
Chinese troops halted a Japanese column driving toward China s rice bow west of Lake Tungting and slowed a three way drive possibly aimed at Chungking. Forces south of Yuyanek wan 35 miles from Ichang were badly beaten days ago as other Japanese units pressed south and west.
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Chungking
China
Lake Tungting
Yuyanekwan
Ichang
Luther Herbaugh Treated For Shock After Accident
Luther G. Herbaugh, about 45, was jolted by an electric motor at 158 o clock this morning and fell unconscious. C. E. Bass nearby gave artificial respiration and Pat Dunn of Reuss aided with an inhalator while Harry Lewis provided first aid at Friendship ambul.
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Luther G. Herbaugh
M. J. Grove
C. E. Bass
Pat Dunn
Reuss
Harry Lewis
Ambul
Pleasure Ban Be Continued In Eastern Gas Shortage Area
Vermont senators said Interior Secretary Ickes informed them the pleasure driving ban in the eastern gasoline shortage area will stay in effect this summer. Ample gasoline will be available for rural use and for transporting war workers, they added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vermont
Ickes
Aiken
Austin
CIO Executives Consider Plea Of Back To Work
Akron Ohio May 26 The executive board of the CIO United Rubber Workers met to review the War Labor Board plea to end a work stoppage that halted production at three major rubber plants and affected a fourth. union leaders met after discussions in Washington with WLB officials who promised a rehearing on wages. About 51 000 idle workers include General Tire and Rubber workers who had rejoined after leaving, while Firestone and Goodyear plants also idle. Goodrich and others remain affected as the WLB delays action until production resumes.
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Akron
CIO
United Rubber Works
War Labor Board
Sherman H. Dalrymple
UMW
Washington
WLB
General Tire and Rubber Company
General’s
B. F. Goodrich Company
Goodyear Tire
Firestone
Goodrich
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
Grace Lutheran Hosts Winchester Conference Meeting
Grace Lutheran Church led by Rev. Carl A Honeycutt will host the Winchester conference of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia June 1 2 with a 10 am program opening and Holy Communion at 11 am Liturgist Rev F L Roof sermon Rev C J Rice president in address Rev E B Smith devotions and business session on the Common Service Book speakers Rev J H Fray Rev F B Lingle and Rev F L Roof in the afternoon Vespers at 8 pm with sermon by Rev John W Onymoe the morn oe Seek ee pe ver and Boliek
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Grace Lutheran Church
Carl A. Honeycutt
Winchester
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
F. L. Roof
C. J. Rice
E. B. Smith
J. H. Fray
F. B. Lingle
Carl] A. Honeycutt
John W
Boliek
Handley High to Hold 1943 Graduation Exercises
Handley High School will open its 1943 commencement with an 8 pm sermon Sunday June 6 in the school auditorium. The service is led by the Winchester Ministerial Association with Rev. L. G Bridgers presiding. Lieut Commander Roland W Faulk Navy Chaplain will deliver the address. He is a Louisiana native and Duke Divinity School graduate. He has served on the Idaho Saratoga Chester and in Cavite and Bremerton and is currently an assistant to the chief of chaplains. The Handley Glee Club will sing at the baccalaureate.
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Handley High School
Winchester Ministerial Association
L. G Bridgers
Roland W. Faulk
United States Navy
Faulk
Louisiana
Workers strike halts Buffalo plant at U S Rubber Reclaiming
Buffalo May 26 wartime labor unrest halts production at the U S Rubber Reclaiming Company Buffalo plant as 438 workers walk out in a second five months. Company vice president John J Plumb says workers quit without demands while Herbert Welch union official cites a delay in the war labor 12 cent hourly boost. The dispute centers on pay averaging about 90 cents per hour per Plumb versus union claims of 84 cents.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U. S. Rubber Reclaiming Company
C. I. &. United Rubber Workers’ of
John 8. Plumb
Herbert Welch
Plumb
Allied air pounding Italy targets Sicily Sardinia Pantelleria
Allied air forces from North Africa and the Middle East attacked Italy’s outer defenses across Sicily Sardinia and Pantelleria with dives on docks rail yards power stations and the Messina naval base. The raids involved hundreds of bombers and fighters. eleven Allied planes failed to return but officials said great damage was done to key industrial and military targets.
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North Africa
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Northwest African Air Force
Mediterranean
Northwest African Command
Messina
Middle East
Nazi Party Purge Rumored to Expel Weaker Members
The Berlin radio quoted Gauleiter Robert Wagner saying the Nazi Party must shed members unlikely to set a proper example at home and on the front. He warned that those unwilling or unable to lead by example will be expelled, a move framed as strengthening resolve during heavy fighting.
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Associated Press
Finland
Gera
Berlin
Robert Wagner
Alsace
Baden
Wagner
Helsinki
Aus! Suomi
Europe
Germany
Federal Communications Commission
World At War Highlights Air Offensives Across Europe
RAF raids on Dusseldorf and Dortmund pound targets as 500 bombers strike Rhineland cities. Allied air forces hit Sicily and surrounding islands delivering heavy blows on Messina while U S Liberators and Flying Fortresses target Italian defenses. In the Pacific, winter weather constrains operations with Attu contested and Japanese ships sustaining losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far Pacific
Southwest Pacific
North Pacific
U. S
Attu
Clarke to Have Local Primary Fees Are Set
Clarke County Democratic committee schedules a party primary for local offices at the courthouse with August 3 1943 set for elections and committee member selections. Fees for candidates are prescribed by Virginia law, with a $50 clerk fee and a $1 minimum if no salary exists, to be certified to the Electoral Board.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Democratic Committee
Virginia
Electoral Board
British Workers Seek Voice at Labor Party Conference
London May 26 The National Executive Committee of the Labor party announces the establishment of a guardian of international peace and an agency of consultation and decision on major issues, to be presented to the party's annual conference in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Labor Party
Britain
Guardian of International Peace
Raid by 500 Bombers Pounds Duessel dorf in Ruhr Offensive
London reports a massive RAF strike with as many as 500 heavy bombers targeting Duesseldorf after a Dortmund raid. The attack, described as generating fires and heavy damage, followed a second major assault in three nights and threatened German arms centers.
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London
Dortmund
Duesseldorf
Germany
Tack
Air Ministry
Otmund
Calais
Ruhr
Adolf Hitler
Rhine
Cologne
Souhwest Dortmund
Creat Krupp
Archibald Sinclair
British Air
House of Commons
Abbeville
France
England
Fire School Session Slated at Kerr Building
The regular weekly meeting of the Fire School will be held Wednesday evening May 26 at 7 o clock at the John Kerr Building on East Cork street. Sir WM. Argenbright, Chief, is listed as interested.
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Schoo
Kere
Fire School
John Kerr
East
Cork Street
Sre Naied
WM. Argenbright
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