Allies unleash massive air assault across Europe
A thousand American bombers and 1,200 fighters bombed Poland and Germany including Poznan Kriesing Leipzig Tutow Cottbus Sorau while other fleets hit France Belgium and Austria. Night raids struck Angers Ludwigshafen and northwestern French coast as RAF mines and flood of bombers continued.
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London
Germany
Poland
Vienna
Wiener Neustadt
Europe
France
Belgium
Italy
Austria
U. S
Poznan
Kriesing
Leipzig
Tutow
Cottbus
Sora
Lower Danube
Kriesling
Sorau
Berlin
Pozan
RAF
Angers
Ludwigshafen
Pric
Britain
Air Ministry
Increased Tension On German Invasion Fronts
James M. Long reports rising tension along Marshal Von Rundstedt’s invasion front amid heat on the Glassy Strait of Dover. German commentators claim Ike missed an invasion date, with reports noting nerves and heightened alert.
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Marshal von Rundstedt
Strait of
Dover
Eisenhower
Germany
Hitler
Transocean Agency
Foreign Office
DNB
Gazette
Tent Gives States Praise For War Efforts
President Roosevelt commends states for rapid mobilization and unified action against the common enemy at the 36th annual governors conference in Hershey Pennsylvania. Governor Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts presents the message as he notes the cooperative spirit and unity forged in wartime.
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Wick Temple Hershey
Roosevelt
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
National Conference of Governors
New York
Americans Chinese Troops Penetrate Myitkyina Burma Front
U S and Chinese troops push deeper into the main Japanese base at Myitkyina while Chindits withdraw west of Mogaung after five days of heavy fighting. Allied advances cut the southern exit from Myitkyina as the battle continues.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Myitkyina
Mogaung
Mandalay-Myitkina
Southeast Asia Command
Special Attention Advertisers Notice May 30 1944
The Star and Advertisers are advised the newspaper will not publish on Tuesday May 30 1944 Decoration Day national holiday.
Frederick County Board of Agriculture to Meet May 31
The quarterly meeting of the Frederick County Board of Agriculture is set for Wednesday night May 31 at 8 oclock in the County Court House Winchester. Chairman Walker McC Bond asks full attendance and outlines key topics including emergency farm labor subcommittees, school boys and women on farms, Stephens City cannery plans, returning veterans on farms, war board activities and the Fifth War Loan drive.
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Frederick County Board of Agriculture
County Court House
Winchester
Walker McC. Bond
Bond
Walker Mo. Bond
A. I. Pry
Ruth McNiel
Stephens City
C. C. Rhodes
Fred Stine
Croswell
E. M. Punk
J. A. Everly
Washington Star Increases Price For Weekday Edition
The Evening Star will raise the price of its street and newsstand weekday edition from three to five cents starting June 1. Home delivery remains unchanged at 10 cents for the Sunday Star.
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Washington
Evening Star
Sunday Star
War Stamp Box Supper Planned At Gainesboro
Mrs. Ethel Jolliffe announces a War Stamp Box Supper at Gainesboro high school on June 17 as part of the Fifth War Loan Drive. Coleman Dunn will auction boxes filled by girls, bidders purchase War Bonds and War Stamps, with proceeds benefiting the drive. Special music and a full program are planned by the North Frederick and Gore Home D e m ency Groups, starting at 8 30.
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Ethel Jolliffe
Winchester-Frederick
North Frederick and
Gore
Rebel Strike Ends at Chrysler and GM Plants in Michigan
Detroit reports end of Chrysler rebellion with 7,300 affected workers returning to duty at Detroit and Saginaw GM plants. A new Detroit plant strike halts Federal Mogul production for bearing engines, with 1,500 UAW CIO members quitting over two stewards fired. Bread lines grow as Detroit bakers face walkouts.
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Detroit
Michigan
Chrysler
Saginaw
General Motors
Parke, Davis & Company
Uaw-Cio
Highland Park
Fewer Apply To Buy Liquor In Virginia
Virginia officials expect liquor book registrations to top about 575000, not greatly exceed the prewar civilian total as military service and fewer construction workers reduce numbers. New ration provisions take effect Thursday with liquor from the American distillery deal. a bonus of one fifth of domestic beer is added in June. No registration on Memorial Day. old for new exchanges no longer allowed.
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Richmond
State Liquor Board
Investigation Of Intercepts To Be Pressed
Senator Reed declares a national scandal in the misuse of intercepted censored mail. He presses a Senate post office subcommittee inquiry into leaks of copies and paraphrases, naming State Department involvement and correspondence between Vivien Kellams and Count Frederick.
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Washington
Reed
R-Kas
Byron Price
Senate Post Office
State Department
Vivien Kellems
Connecticut
Frederick
Kimmel Urges Open Trial as Delay Legislation Advances
Rear Admiral Hasband E. Kim mel pushes for an open court martial as Congress moves to extend the start window to one year from June 7. The Senate Judiciary Committee targets September 8 for action against Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter Short with closed sessions to discuss the resolution.
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Washington
Hasband E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
House Rules Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Senate
Hatch
D-Nm
Naval
Justice Department
Ferguson
Rmich
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Chandler
D-Ky
Wiley
R-Wis
City Observes War Memorial Day Quietly in Winchester
Winchester and Frederick county mark Memorial Day with a quiet observance led by Robert Y. Conrad Post No. 21 American Legion at the U S National Cemetery. A parade forms at John Kerr School with veterans Boy Scouts Virginia State Guard and Minute Men followed by a program including Lincoln Gettysburg Address and taps. Baseball All-Star game at Winchester Park starts 3 PM with Middletown facing county clubs.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
U. S. National Cemetery
Boy Scouts
Virginia State Guard
Minute Men
McKlwee
John Kerr School
Hawkins
E. T. Clark
A. C. Halvosa
R. B. Nelson
VSG
C. F. Schenck
Winchester Ball Park
Middletown
Blue Ridge
Mre
World At War Highlights Across The Fronts
Western Europe reports Allied heavy bombers escorting fighters striking aircraft factories in Poland and eastern Germany while Rome line advances bring Allied forces within 17 miles of the capital. In Asia China presses Japanese forces near Hankow Canton railroad and advances toward Myitkyina. Pacific actions include Sixth Army holding Biak and contesting Mokmer airfield.
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Europe
U. S
Germany
Poland
Berlin
Danube
Glassy Channel
Asia
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Henan
Yunnan
Stilwell
Myitkyina
Burma
President Sends Report on Labor Conference Actions
President Roosevelt sent a report to Congress detailing the twenty sixth international labor organization conference in Philadelphia. Delegates from forty one countries approved recommendations on income security social security for armed forces medical care social policy and employment services along with national public works planning. The conference also adopted the Philadelphia declaration and resolutions on social provisions of the peace settlement and on economic policies for UN social objectives.
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Washington
Rosevelt
Congress
International Labor Organization
Philadelphia
United Nations
Large Winchester funeral for Mrs Virginia Seal Miller
One of the largest funerals in Winchester was held Sunday at Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church for Mrs Virginia Seal Miller who died last Thursday from injuries after a fall. Rev Dr S L Flickinger officiated reading poems and prayers with pallbearers named as John Fisher, David Jenkins, James Miller, Robert Hockman and William.
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Winchester
Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church
Virginia Seal Miller
S. L. Flickinger
James Whitecomb Riley
Mt. Hebron
John Fisher
David Jenkins
James Miller
Robert Hockman
William
Aliied advance near Rome claims German divisions crushed
Allied reports say three of 18 German divisions were virtually destroyed in the May 11 broad offensive with over 15,000 prisoners taken. American tanks moved toward the Alban hills within 16 miles of Rome, as Fifth Army pressed on four Rome line strongholds and neared Compolone, Valmontone, and Lanuv ia on the Appian Way.
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Rome-line
Rome
Fifth Army
Valmontone
Eighth Army
Liri
Sacco Valeys
Allied
Alban Hills
Naples
Aprilia
Compoleone
Fifth
Via Casilina
Via
Casilina
Campoleone
Velletri
Appian Way
Lanuvia
Pontine
Japs Try to Halt American Guinea Advances on Biak Island
Allied forces under Lt Gen Walter Krueger push on Biak Island as MacArthur reports deepening footholds near Bosnek Mokmer airfield. Americans seize enemy guns and free 200 Japanese laborers while repelling Japanese snipers as air and naval support guard the advance toward the Philippines.
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New Guinea
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
Biak
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Bosnek
Mokmer
Schouten
Palau
Mar-Arthur
Ves
Atkack
Sarmi
Wakde
Maffin
Allied Forces Press Toward Rome Across Battlegrounds
American troops advance toward Rome amid German counter-attacks as Eighth Army breaks German rear defenses in the Liri and Sacco valleys. Fifth Army pushes along the mountain front near Sermoneta Basiano Norma and Ceprano while French forces seize Monte Siserno and push toward the Liri. Leese’s forces bridge the Liri and Sacco rivers and close on Arce and Monte Oreo as the beachhead fight continues along the Anzio Albano corridor.
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Rome
Associated Press
Youngree
Edward Kennedy Ee
Eighth Army
Liri
Sacco
Valmontone
Sermoneta
Bassiano
Norma
Sn'pers
Fifth Army
Villa Santo Stefano
Monte Siserno
Ceprano
Oliver Leese
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By James M. Long
U.S
Charles A. Grumich
Special Attention
the Evening Star
Washington Star
Brown’s
Gainesboro
Mogul Company
Kansas
The
Pacific
Biak Island
Virginia Miller
Bulletin
Algiers
Sid Feder
American Guinea
MacArthur
Bosnek Consolidated
Brown's Meat Market
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