General Clash In Syria Feared After French Fire
Damascus reports say French troops fired on the Hama area north of the capital and fighting may spread. Acting premier Ja mil Mardam Bey warns of a possible general clash as orderly conduct struggles amid scattered shelling. Wadsworth and Gerald Young pressed for restraint while British units watch the tense scene.
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Damascus
Jamil Mardam Bey
Syria
Hama
Aleppo
Nama
Homs
U. S
George Wadsworth
Gerald Young
Paris
Gesdarme
Ninth Army
Beyrouth
Lebanon
Wadsworth
Washington
Mardam Bey
Euphrates
Lon
Public sale notice for Emma Loy property on Gainesboro Pike
Public sale set for May 31 at 1 p m on Gainesboro Pike near Hogue Creek Bridge selling personal property of Mrs Emma Loy. Also notice of job opening for dry cleaning department at Pingley and Carper Cleaners.
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Gainesboro Pike
Hogue Creek Bridge
Emma Loy
Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Golden Glow Coffee Shop Meal Hours Change Notice
Until further notice the Golden Glow Coffee Shop will serve meals from 7 a m to 3 p m with fountain and sandwich service until 11 30 p m May 28 item code 5 28 1p 4 notes a meat shortage affecting hours
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Fountain
Golden Glow Coffee Shop
French Partisans Reported Plotting to Snatch Laval
New York May 28 Rumors that French partisans plan to abduct Pierre Laval prompted Spanish authorities to intensify guards at Monjuich fortress where he is detained The Spanish government has taken no action on Laval surrender for trial Spain says it would hand Laval to an Allied war crimes commission but not to France as a political prisoner
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New York
Pierre Laval
Monjuich
Madrid
Federal Communications Commission
Laval
Spain
France
New Bomb Raids Against Nippon Reported From Tokyo
American B-29s and P-51s launched new raids on Japan. Tokyo said a dozen B-29s hit the Shikoku area and four were shot down. Mustangs attacked airfields near Tokyo for 40 minutes, with strafing and bombing in Chiba and Ibaraki. Earlier broadcasts claimed 27 B-29s mined waters from Kyushu to Honshu.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Shikoku
Japan
Kyushu
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Chiba
Ibaraki
Shiba
Tokyo Bay
Honshu
Miss Moling Dies In Hospital
Miss Mary Florence Moling of Winchester dies Sunday at Winchester Memorial Hospital after months of illness. Born November 2, 1866 in Frederick County, she lived in Winchester from childhood and worked with Moling and Seal. She was a Sunday School teacher and Presbyterian Church attendant. Survived by a niece and two nephews, funeral at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Tuesday at 4 PM. Interment Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. flowers not requested.
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Mary Florence Moling
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Miss Moling
Frederick County
John
Margaret Clark Moling
Winchester
J. Henry Moling
Moling and Seal
Moling
Presbyterian Church
Neilie Moling
Charles Fries
Julian B. Snapp
Brucetown
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Joseph A. Duckwall
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Fred Boyd
Clifford Grimm
Richard Hatcher
S. G. Cather
W. C. Hodge
William M. Richards
Foreign Policy Turns Into More Decisive Role
President Truman and Secretary Stettinius steer American policy toward a more decisive role in world affairs at the United Nations conference. Stettinius will address radio audiences from San Francisco tonight outlining a far-reaching foreign policy discussion as efforts continue toward a potential meeting with Stalin and Churchill. The talks focus on recapturing leadership between British and Russian policies and defending democratic ideals for dependent peoples, with the veto formula for the proposed world security council as the remaining major issue.
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San Francisco
Truman
Stettinius
White House
London
Moscow
Stalin
Churchill
United States
Yalta
Washington
Russia
Argentina
World Security Council
Council
Truman asks Congress to widen unemployment coverage
President Truman urged Congress to act during the emergency period to extend unemployment compensation to federal employees and maritime workers and others not insured. He called for federal financing, state administration of benefits, and minimum standards for weekly rates and duration to ease the transition from war to peace.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Massie Resigns From Winchester Police Force
Chief C W Hollis announced John E Massie resigned from the Winchester police force effective May 26.
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Massie
Polce
C. W. Hollis
John E. Massie
Winchester
Milk delivery change announced by Sanitary Dairy
Beginning May 30 the evening milk delivery will occur the following morning. Please have bottles ready for pickup and sanitation.
Chinese Push Deep Into Indo China Corridor Near Pingyang
Chinese forces pushed deep into the overland route to Indo China and reached near Pingyiang, 60 miles northeast of Nanning, as Chungking announced a major advance. Nanning’s recapture, led by Gen Chang Fah-Kwei, marks a key victory in the campaign, with Foochow and Ningteh actions also reported as part of the broader counteroffensive.
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Chungking
Indo-China
Pingyiang
Nanning
Chang Fah-Kwei
Ironsides
China
High Command
Ringyang
Lungchow
Silvier
Canton
Gulf of Tonkin
Chinese Central News Agency
Foochow
Ningteh
Saipu
Loyuan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shaoyang
Paoching
Hunan
Liuchow
Kwangsi Province
Kunming
Burma
Himalayas
U. S
Langson
Kwangsi
Si River
Winchester Community Concerts Announce Four Acts For 1945 46
The Winchester Community Concert Association selected four acts for the next season after a Saturday meeting. The lineup includes Nino Martini Metropolitan Opera tenor General Platoff and the Don Cossack Chorus Patrici Travers a 17 year old violinist Marina Svetlova prima ballerina of the Metropolitan Opera Company. Dates will be announced after artists set schedules with an October opening anticipated. The campaign drew 872 members, about 100 more than last year, with sizable support from Clarke County and surrounding areas.
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Winchester Community Concert Association
Nino Martini
Metropolitan Opera
General Platoff
Don Cossack Chorus
Patrici Travers
Marina Svetlova
Metropolitan Opera Company
Winchester
Clarke County
Labor Ministers Hand Seals To King At Palace
London May 28 The Coalition government dissolved as Labor Ministers led by Deputy PM Clement Attlee handed in their seals at Buckingham Palace. King George passed the seals to Churchill's caretaker government ahead of July 5 elections. Former coalition figures like A V Alexander Archibald Sinclair and Stafford Cripps move to opposition benches.
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London
Labor
Clement Attlee
Buckingham Palace
King George
Churchill
Attlee
A. V. Alexander
Lord
the Admiralty
Archibald Sinclair
Strafford Cripps
Tariff Bill Faces Tough Senate Battle After House Vote
In Washington the tariff fight moved to the Senate as President Truman seeks to reiterate his plea for expanded executive power. The House approved extending the reciprocal trade act for three years 239 to 153, with broader authority to cut tariffs, while leaders warned of a difficult committee and floor battle. The current act expires June 12.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
George
D-Ga
State Finance Committee
San Francisco
Rayburn
D-Tex
Two Men Die In Truck Crash Near Martinsburg
In Martinsburg West Virginia May 28 a giant trailer truck failed to round a curve and plunged 50 feet into a ravine at Falling Waters eight miles from Martinsburg. Todd Smith and J C Howard of Chattanooga Tennessee were killed when the cab dropped into a deep pool trapping them under water. State police and rescuers labored four hours to recover the bodies.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Todd Smith
J. C. Howard
Chattanooga
Tonn
Superservice Trucking Company
Liberated Americans In France England Move Homeward
Paris reports most American prisoners evacuated to France and England with over 30 000 already en route to the United States. Russians holdouts and stragglers remain to be accounted for. US Army transport and air command say over a million Allied POWs and displaced French civilians have been moved from Germany since April 1.
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Paris
France
England
United States
Germany
U. S. Army Transportation Corps
Air Transport Command
Ray P. Curtis Dies In Hospital At 56
Ray P. Curtis longtime employee of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company died Sunday at Winchester Memorial Hospital from double pneumonia at age 56. He lived at 245 Shawnee Avenue and began 31st year with the company after receiving a 30 year service emblem. Funeral services Wednesday at 4 from Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church with burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery and Odd Fellows rites. He leaves a wife Mary Mills, four children, a stepson, a brother and two sisters plus seven grandchildren.
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Ray P. Curtis
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Shawnee Avenue
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mr.Curtis
Luray
Edwin R. Curtis
Martinsburg
W. Va
Sadie Carter Curtis
Clarke County
Winchester
Madison Lodge
Rouss Fire Company
Old Dominion
Telephone Pioneers of America
Mary Mills
Ray P Carl Teor Winchester
Edwin Curtis
Romney
Blair Funkhouser
Crozet
Dovfrlas Sirbaugh
Oscar Zigler
Albert Curtis
Harry Taylor
George Banes
Grove City
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Ronald G. Wilson
R. A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
Mount Hebron
Odd Fellows Lodge
J H. Gghifflette
Mallory
W. H Gay
H. T. Green, Jr
Earl Blankenship
A. D. Fowler
Jones Funeral Home
Truman and Hoover Hold Talk on European Relief
President Truman met for about an hour with former President Herbert Hoover to discuss European relief needs. Hoover smiled on leaving, saying he could not discuss the talks. Truman invited Dewey and Landon to visit the White House for bipartisan consultations.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Alf. M. Landon
United States
Charles G. Ross
Dewey
New York
Landon
Kansas
Ross
Pfc. David Armel Dies Of Wounds In Okinawa
Mr and Mrs John E Armel of this city received a telegram from the War Department stating their son Pfc David E Armel died May 3 of wounds received on Okinawa. A confirming letter would follow and more details will be published as received.
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John E.armel
War Department
Pfc
David E. Armel
Okinawa
Move May Become Retreat From Shuri on Okinawa
Okinawa reports indicate Shuri fortress may fall back as Japanese defenses weaken. Seventh Division breakthrough on the east coast threatens to cut Shuri from the rear while Marines push toward Yonabaru and Naha amid heavy rain and artillery shifts.
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Guam
Okinawa
Shuri
Seventh Infantry
Seventh Division
Chan
Chester W. Nimitz
Gisushi
Yonabaru
Ozato Mura
Associated Press
al Copking
Puro Pound
Oes Shuri
Nimitz
Cocking
Tenth Army
Pedro A. del Valle
Asato
Naha
Archibald V. Arnold
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House of Commons
Telephone Company
Rose
Mr. Hoover
David Armel
7Th Division
By Hamilton Faron
22Nd Marine Regiment
Astate
Fourth Marine Regiment
Alan Shapley
John Kerr
City Rep
Lola V. Moore
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