Allied Air War Bombs Germany and France in Major Raid
Allied air forces from Britain and Italy mounted a vast attack on rail centers in Karlsruhe Mannheim Ludwigshafen and Saarbrucken plus French targets at Metz Strasbourg Marseille Nimes and Avignon. About 4200 planes divided into two waves struck from the channel and Mediterranean with heavy bomber and escort formations, aiming to overwhelm German transport facilities amid strong opposition.
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Hitler
Europe
Britain
Italy
France
Ctoss
Channel
Karlsruhe
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Saarbrucken
Metz
Strasbours
Llondon
Germany
Mediterranean
Marseille
Nimes
Rhone
Avignon
Salon
Berlin
Razanik
Sara
London
Basel
Plan To Import 1000 Laborers For Harvest
At the Frederick County Fruit Growers Association meeting it was announced a 250 prisoner of war camp may be set up in Frederick county if growers certify need and comply with requirements. The camp would serve harvest and winter work, with a capacity near 750, and dates from September 1 to March 15. Local agencies and War Manpower coordinated plans with a site still to be chosen.
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Frederick County
Franklin
3Rd Area Service
Extension Service and
War Manpower Commission
Prisoner of War Committee
Bond
War Department
Fred Stine
40000 Industrial Workers Act Made Idle By Walkouts
Detroit May 27 The Park plant of Chrysler Corporation was closed again today as international officials of the United Automobile Workers CIO began an investigation into a dispute that idle 11,700 workers last week across seven Chrysler plants. A company spokesman said pickets at the gates kept all but about 100 employees from entering and production of guns planes and truck parts was impossible. The plant employs 3,000 on three shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Park
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Chrysler
Nazis Use Rome Fall Talk as Propaganda Backdrop
London reports Nazi propaganda claims Rome will not be defended and forces will fall back to a northern line. The Vichy radio says the move aims to ease German shock and deflect blame if Rome suffers damage as Fifth Army penetrates toward the city.
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James F. King
London
Rome
Hitler
Fifth
Vichy
Transocean Agency
Claim Line
Albert Kes
Handley High Leads In State Literary Honors
Handley High School students took top honors in several contests under Garland R. Quarles given in 1944. Miss Blanca Danley placed first in the 1st Year Spanish exam while Miss Betty Ann Hendrie finished second. The school also won the Class B division in the Virginia Literary League creative writing contest with essays poems and short stories.
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Blanca Danley
Garland R. Quarles
Betty Ann Hendrie
Handley High School
Virginia Literary League
Special Attention Advertisers Notice May 30 1944
The Star and advertisers are advised that publication will be suspended Tuesday May 30 1944 in observance of Decoration Day national holiday by The Evening Star.
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Evening Star
Bulgarian Troops Deserting in Yugoslavia and Serbia
Bulgarian desertions in southeastern Yugoslavia were reported by the Yugoslav partisan mission with morale weakening as tension rises in the Balkans. Whole platoons and companies are abandoning units, and unconfirmed reports say Germans are disarming Bulgarian troops in southern Serbia.
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Bari
Italy
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Serbia
Family Sought Walker's Body After Court Ruling
Rebecca Walker mother of Howard Walker said the family tried to claim his body after his death at Richmond penitentiary but a state statute connected to his crime prevented return. Sisters Henrietta and Elizabeth Walker met him in the death cell and sought arrangements to bury him in Winchester. they were told it would take weeks. Walker reportedly accepted fate, received religious comfort, and was baptized on Wednesday.
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Rebecca Walker
Howard Walker
Richmond Penitentiary
The
Star
Henrietta
Elizabeth Walker
Baltimore
Richmond
Walker
Winchester
Eugene Walker
Florence Robinson
Elmira Briscoe
Allies May Form Super Cabinet
London May 27 Britain Russia and the United States may form a tri power super cabinet soon to handle international diplomatic problems and guide a post war world order. The idea aligns with Churchill's proposal for a controlling council of great war victors to oversee a world organization with enforcement potential. Hull noted US plans for a post war world organization may be ahead but formation before war's end is uncertain. Critics cite presses and parliamentary concerns over Europe advisory commissions and Polish Russian relations.
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London
Britain
Russia
United States
Churchill
Hull
Washington
U. S. Congress
Commons
European Advisory Commission
Board Cautions Sugar Applicants
The local War Price and Rationing Board warns consumers applying for canning sugar to attach the 37 SPARE stamp, not the 37 SUGAR stamp. Many applications show the sugar stamp, causing delay for applicants and issuing clerks as they process the forms.
Next Spray For Codling Moth Is Due Monday
Entomologist W. S. Hough notes the next codling moth spray should begin May 29 as moths remain active and worm damage rises. For 100 gallons mix lime two pounds, summer oil four quarts, and lead arsenate three pounds. nicotine sulphate adds greatly to moth destruction. Warning: avoid summer oil with sulfur fungicides or after a sulfur spray in two weeks.
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W. S. Hough
Labor walkouts idle thousands in lumber and Detroit plants
Labor disputes kept about 41 thousand workers from their jobs with no settlement imminent. In the Pacific Northwest lumber industry 106 plants were affected and up to 30 thousand workers idle, while in Detroit area 1,500 Chrysler workers did not work amid a fresh dispute. Officials warned walkouts may be unauthorized and electric service in Lincoln county Oregon was disrupted by AFL sawmill workers.
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Pacific Northwest
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Highland Park
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Associated Press
War Labor Board
Lincoln County
Ore
AFL
Toledo
Fleeing Nips Are Hotly Pursued
CHUNGKING May 27 The Chinese high command reports Japanese retreat after heavy losses from a trap at Tatangtzu 29 miles northwest of Tengchung on the Salween front Chinese planes strafed around Loyang killing troops and destroying trucks while Japanese counterattacks threaten Kaitou amid ongoing Burma theater actions.
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Chungking
Tatangtzu
High Command
Tengchung
Burma
Sie
Kaitou
14Th Army Air Force
Loyang
Joseph W. Stilw
Roosevelt Likely to Confer With Churchill This Summer
President Roosevelt indicated a possible summer conference with Prime Minister Churchill in London or nearby, suggesting Allied operations against Hitler’s Europe be termed Liberation rather than invasion. He avoided winter travel and hinted late spring or next year as potential times.
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Washington
Hitler
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
Atlantic
Mr. Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
London
Advance Weather Forecast May 27 31 for Zone 4 and 5
Winchester Evening Star publishes temperature outlooks for Frederick county zone four and nearby zone five. Zone 4 shows a rising then cooling trend with above normal temps and scattered light showers on Saturday and Monday. Zone 5 expects above normal warmth with a slower rise and thunder showers on Saturday Sunday and Monday.
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Frederick County
West Virginia
Winchester Evening Star
Atice
Clarke High Schools Hold Commencement Sunday
Clarke High Schools begin commencement activities Sunday with Berryville and Boyce high schools hosting services at the Baptist Church. Thirty-one graduates in the class will receive diplomas on Friday June 2 at the Boyce program in the auditorium at 8 30.
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Clarke High Schools
Berryville
Aos
Boyce High School
Baptist Church
Boyce
Gordon Mason
Peyton Craighill
Alfred R. Figg
George S. Lightner
O. W. Lynch
Gounod
Berryville High School
No Protection To Be Given Fliers
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels in the Voelkischer Beobachter says Germany will no longer provide police or military protection to Allied airmen forced to land in Germany. He claims Anglo American fliers have bombed residential areas and fired on civilians, justifying armed protection for downed pilots only. He adds it would be too much to expect German soldiers to shield murders of children amid panic.
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Stockholm
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Voelkischer Beobachter
Germany
Goebbels
Reich
Gandhi Insists British Yield in India Crisis
Gandhi, the ailing Indian National Congress leader, remains determined to press Britain to yield political power in India. He was released on health grounds after confinement that followed Congress actions in 1942. Indian leaders seek talks with the Muslim League to form a representative government, though Gandhi remains firm that settlement depends on British withdrawal.
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Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Indian National Congress
India
Gandhi
Congress
Anit India
Congress Party
All-India
Moslem League
Dian Gandhi
World At War Highlights From Multiple Fronts
Allied armor pushes toward Rome from Anzio aiming to take Valmontone and sever the Casilina route. U S bombers strike Rhine targets Karlsruhe and Mannheim while RAF raids hit Ludwigshafen and Aachen. Russians remain quiet as Red Air hits a German convoy near Barents Sea. Chinese forces pursue Japanese near Tatangtzu and advance toward Myitkyina in Burma. Allied air forces strike Kuriles Carolines and Marshall Islands as Japanese destroyers shell Votie.
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Europe
Anzio
Rome
Valmontone
Casilina
Western Europe
JU. S
Rhine River
Karlsruhe
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Aachen
Kuriles
Carolines
Marshall Islands
Chinese Capture Town In Burma Invasion Update
The Chinese seized the north Burma town of Warong and a supply dump in the Mogaung Valley with heavy enemy casualties. Allied forces from Zigyun advanced toward Myitkyina while fighting displaced Japanese troops near Bishenpur and Manipur river bridge. Royal and Indian Air Forces scored two direct hits on the Tanzang bridge, disrupting Japanese 33rd division communications.
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Asia
Tatangtzu
Salween
Burma
Myitkyina
Mogaung
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Warong
Kamaung
Zigyun
Irrawaddy Bend
Bishenpur
India
Imphal
Royal, Air Force
Indian Air Force
Manipur
Tanzang
U. S. Takes Part In French Talks With De Gaulle Visit
London report says United States will play a key role in talks during General De Gaulle’s London visit. Churchill faces pressure over recognizing the French committee as provisional government, with critics hoping for a new accord during De Gaulle’s talks. Eisenhower and his civil affairs staff plan to oversee France’s governance after liberation begins.
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London
United States
Charles de Gaulle
Churchill
Bgt
Roosevelt
de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Eisenhower
Square Dance Announcement at Shady Rest
A square dance is announced at Shady Rest for Thursday Saturday and Sunday with event timing indicated. The notice is concise and lists three consecutive days for the gathering.
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Shady Rest
Executor's sale of office furniture notice
Attend executor sale of office furniture at 10 a m Tuesday May 30 1944 at 20 Rouss Ave Ip 11.
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Rouss Ave
Notice on Noon Tuesday closing and delivery order timing
The notice states the business closes at noon on Tuesday May 30 and asks customers to phone orders for delivery before 10 a.m. The message is signed by Rileys.
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Rileys
Battlefields littered with weapons at Sezze
Allied Headquarters in Naples reports that Allied troops have occupied Sezze. The battlefield has weapons strewn across the area as forces advance.
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Naples
Sezze
Allied Forces Advancing on Liri Valley Front Near Rome
Fifth Army recon troops push north from the Anzio area toward Artena and Valmontone as German defenses crack under heavy tank battles. Eighth Army roars along the Liri Valley hitting Ceprano and Arce while French forces seize Monte Rotondo and Monte Quattodorci west of Pastena.
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Naples
Via Casilina
Fifth Army
Artena
Valmontone
Rome
Eternal City
Anzio
Mark W. Clark
Enbe
Liri
Eighth Army
Melfa
Arce
Sacco
Ceprano
Cassino-Rome
Albert Kesselring
Adriatic Ane
San Giovanni
Pastena
Monte Rotondo
Monte Quattodorci
Amasemo
Nazi Troopships Under Attack in Arctic Barents Sea
Russians report an air strike on German troopships in the Barents Sea north of Norway. Two transports and a ship named deer were sunk with three others damaged. Unspecified if ships carried new forces or withdrew. Berlin note says 69 Reds shot down. Russians report seven bombers lost and ten German planes downed.
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London
Barents Sea
Norway
Arctic
Moscow
Red Fleet
Stanislawow
Old Poland
Eeeeee 7
Comand
Berlin
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Handley
Special Attention
Board
British Capital
Bystice Associated Press
Red Air Force
U. S
Bulletin
Noland
Norgaard
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