Flying Forts Bomb Italian Base Network In Sicily Sardinia
Allied air forces pounded Italy's southern defenses from Sicily Sardinia and Pantelleria. Flying Fortresses hit Comiso base while medium bombers struck Ponte Olivio and Pantelleria with Sea Warhawks escort. Ground targets at Villa Cirdo and Golfo Aranci burned as 348 planes claimed destroyed in eight days.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Comiso
Ettack
Oy Air
Ponte Olivio
Villacirdro Air Field
Golfo Aranci
Middie East
Malta
Tirso
Rome
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Mersa Matruh
el Daba
Egypt
Mania
Porto Ponti Romano
Aranci Gulf
Handley band marches for Decoration and Memorial events
Mr Winchester notes Handley students marching through town for Decoration Day Memorial Day and Commencement exercises leading the student body to Mount Hebron. About 30 marchers perform well as the band gears up for a Memorial Day program and related ceremonies. An odd wartime aside mentions a prize contest and a joke about a hypothetical weapon.
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McKilwee
Handley Band
Handley
Mount Hebron
Casualties For Allies In North Africa Listed
Washington May 27 American Army casualties in North Africa through May 15 totaled 2 184 9 70 000, Stimson said Axis losses included 30 000 killed 26 400 wounded and 266 began November 8 These figures include Tunisian reports not Egyptian Libyan Axis losses Total personnel and supplies losses noted Allied air forces pound Italian islands Sicily Sardinia and Pantera while convoys move from Gibraltar to Suez Allied bomber strength in Britain grows with RAF raids increasing the pace of air power in the theater.
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Washington
North Africa
Stimson
Axis
Tunisia
North
Afric
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Gibraltar
Suez
Americans Bag 74 German Planes In One Day
The U S Eighth Air Force announces a record daily victory with 74 German planes destroyed May 21 in unescorted raids on Emden and Wilhelmshaven. Twelve bombers were lost, bringing total May losses to 301 destroyed in eight raids across 16 targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veélsen
Holland
Germans Prepare For Defensive War In Summer
Dispatches from Berlin report Germany plans a defensive struggle this summer while Nazi leaders hope no large Allied offensive begins before they can rebuild losses. A Stockholm Tidningen correspondent cites German political circles predicting no major action for at least a month, and Nazi military circles acknowledge gaps from defeats in Russia and North Africa. They say Hitler would refrain from launching a major offensive and instead pursue intensified warfare.
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John Colburn Olm
Berlin
Germany
Donets
Stalmen
Stockholm
Tidningen
Hitler
Dunn Sells and Resells Sow and 8 Pigs for War Bonds
Coleman Dunn promoted war bonds at Piedmont Livestock Sales with a Hampshire sow and eight pigs donated by Pred Robinson. The entire lot sold for 32,450, but the sow and pigs overall fetched 7,000 before resales. Multiple buyers across Virginia and Maryland purchased individual pigs, and several buyers donated or resold items to raise funds.
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Dunn
Coleman Dunn
Sam Coleman
Piedmont
Hampshire
Pred Robinson
Plains
Henry Fishback
Robert Fishback
C. P. Talbot
Springfield
James L. Mayhugh
Nokesville
Geers W. Spinks
J. A. Stanbery
Marshall
Standbery
Claude W Oliver
Alexandria
R. G. Pierce
Rectortown
J Car’ Kincheloe
Manassas
Horace Canard
Georges Vendrin
Catlett
Vendrin
P. W. Anderson
Fierce fighting on Attu and Chichagof amid island battles
Washington reports two days of heavy combat south of Chichagof harbor with light American casualties so far. Stimson says Japanese losses likely heavier. U S forces press hand to hand fighting across Attu Island ground.
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Washington
Chichagof Harbor
Navy
Attu
Stimson
Navy Department
North Pacific
United States
Chichagof
Kiska
United States Army
Army Liberator
Army Lightning
War Stimson
Attu Island
VPF and VRM Parade Call for Co 115 and 35 Men
Captain W A Baker of Company 115 VPF asks all men to assemble at the armory tomorrow night May 28 at 8 o clock sharp wearing green or blue and to have khaki ready by Monday. He requests employers to arrange release for workers who start at 1 o'clock and finish around 4 o'clock.
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W. A. Baker
Baker
Violent Upsurge Reported in Kuban Valley Front
London reports a major Soviet attack in the Kuban bridgehead near Krymskaya Moldovanskoje and Kijevskope pressuring German lines. Soviets claim heavy fighting, 1,600 German counterattacks repelled, 67 German planes downed, with Soviet losses contested by Berlin.
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Kuban Valley
London
Kuban
DNB
Berlin
Associated Press
Moldovanskoje
Kijevskope
Krymskaya
Novoroossisk
Novorossisk
Moscow
Hich Comand
Kuban Bridg
Velikie Luki
Scouting Activ
Veliki Luki
Staraya Russa
Caucasus
No.n
No Diversion In Combining Pan’s Strategy
London May 27 Maj Clement Attlee deputy prime minister told the House of Commons that no neutral powers will divert the United Nations from bombing Germany. He said Axis war potential destruction by air bombings is vital and the Allies will not relax their war prosecution until complete victory is achieved, despite Spanish condemnations and outlawing moves.
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London
Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons
United Nations
Germany
Notice to Customers of Peoples Cleaners
Notice to customers of People's Cleaners due to lack of space please ticket specs 5-27-1p-3t.
Winchester Seed Co Tomato and Sweet Potato Plant Offer
Winchester Seed Co offers tomato and sweet potato plants in any quantity. Publication appears as a classified notice with plant availability and supplier name.
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Winchester Seed CO
Akron Rubber Plant Strikes End After Presidential Deadline
CIO unionists end production stoppage at three Akron rubber plants as a noon deadline set by the President looms. Goodyear Firestone and other plants resume shifts while URW leaders push for immediate war-time production, with a June 16 reconsideration deadline for the wage dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Akron
B. F. Goodrich Company
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear ‘Fire and Rubber Company
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Firestone
Goodyear
General Tire and Rubber Company
Goodrich
George H. Bass
War Board
Bass
Army and Navy
URW Lo
Fires
Goodrich Plution
National War Labor Board
London Hearing Rumors Of Italian Collapse In War News
London front pages banner rumors Italy may collapse amid reports Rome radio and financial circles fear imminent developments. Coverage notes Churchill inviting Italy to quit the war while broadcasts stress Allied air power and public opinion remains unshaken.
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London
Rome
Churchill
Italy
Daily Telegraph
Rome Radio
Ministry of Information
Reuters
Stalin Replies to Roosevelt Note Sealed in Moscow
In Moscow on May 27 Joseph E. Davies announced he received a written sealed reply from Premier Stalin to Roosevelt’s note. Davies said the content was for the United States and he would depart for home with no details disclosed. Photos showed Davies, Stalin, and Molotov smiling at the Kremlin.
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Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
Stalin
Secre
Roosevelt
Kremlin
United States
Davies
Cave
Molotov
Tzvestin
Vda
Communist Party
Wardens To Hold Meeting Tonight
P Browning Chief Air Raid Tenden announced a meeting at the OCD office tonight between 7 and 8 o clock to secure additional equipment. Fire watchers are to wear arm bands and bring identification cards. A bingo or prize event follows at 8:30. ROUSS FIRE CO. (5-6-Thur.&Fri.-lp-tf)
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P. Browning
OCD
Rouss Fire CO
Fire consumes historic Saratoga mansion near Boyce
Firefighters from Winchester Friendship and Berryville John Xer’s Company battled a blaze at a three story stone mansion once tied to Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan. The fire started in a flue around 1 pm and by 2 45 pm water attacks limited flame to the roof and third floor. first and second floors suffered water damage. Miss Mary and Agnes Page occupied the home at the time. Agnes was taken to a nearby residence.
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Saratoga
Boyce
Daniel Morgan
Friendship Fire Com
Winchester
John Xers Company
Berryle
Page
Mary
Agnes Page
R. G. Mitchell
Glyn
Machinists Vote To Leave AFL
The International Association of Machinists announces it will quit the American Federation of Labor on May 31 amid a jurisdictional row. IAM cites Hutcheson’s carpenters union as muscling in on its field with AFL approval and vows to remain independent hoping for equal treatment with other unions.
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Washington
International Association of Machinists
American Federation of Labor
AFL
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William L. Hutcheson
Carpenters Union
Machinists
APL Executive Council
Harvey W. Brown
Brown
IAM
Presbyterians of South Convene in Montreat North Carolina
The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church opens at Montreat North Carolina with devotion and election of moderator. The session runs to June 2 with reports and committees. A plan for union with the Northern church is submitted for study across 88 presbyteries.
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Montreat
N. C
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Ben Lacy Rose
Hood
Tex
Charles G. Rose
Fayette N. C
Federal Council of
Florida
Missouri
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MR Winchester
Ingo Careh
Osmar
OPA
Osmar Swanson
Mickey
Jimmy Yates
Mar
Swanson
Hollywood
Masters Allen Hawthorne
Lester Arnold
Masters Bryan Minnegerode
Jack Minnegerode
Wm. Hendrie
Nelson Page
P. H. Sprenkle
E. B. Whiteside
Peters
Eng
Weemend
Britain
Balakleya
Leningrad
Rostov
Red Army
British Broadcasting Corps
Algiers
Premier
Wardens
Clarke
A.F.L
Presbyterians of South
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