First and Last of 30 Missions Toughest Says Sgt Geanious
Staff Sergeant James Geanious, 24, home on a furlough after 30 daylight missions over continental Europe, recalls the first and last missions as the toughest. He describes a close call over Berlin and a fierce Junkers 88 attack that left his Liberator riddled with holes yet limping home.
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James Geanious
Europe
Hitler
Fortress
Tor
8Th Air Force
Geanious
England
Berlin
Winchester
Jerries
Army Air Corps
Handley
Peoples Drug Store
Langley Field
Las Vegas
Nev
Investigation details censorship leak in commerce intercepts
The Kansan reports ongoing probes into censorship leaks tied to a German metals syndicate linked figure Karl Von Zedlitz and broadcaster Drew Pearson. Rep. Coffee cites letters in House debate as Reed pushes to trace sources amid alleged misuse by executive agencies handling intercepts.
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Karl von Zedlitz
Buenos Airres
Drew Pearson
Reed
Kellers-Zedlitz
Kansan
Department of Commerce
South America
Herbert Hiner Burial Connects Winchester and Lexington
Herbert A. Hiner, 68, a Winchester native known as Cuby, died Saturday in Lexington, Virginia. He was buried at Mt. Hebron Cemetery after services in Lexington and graveside rites in Winchester. He worked for the Virginia Woolen Company and lived in Lexington the past eight months with his son George Hiner. He also left a daughter Emily Hiner of Winchester.
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Herbert A. Hiner
Winchester
George Hiner
Lexington
Mt. Hebron
Harrison Funeral Chapel
B. T. Chandler
Virginia Woolen Company
James M. Hiner
Louisiana
Taylor Clark Hiner
Clarke County
Emily Himer
Berryville Avenue
U. S. Planes Span Germany in Major Allied Blitz
Allied air forces continue vast raids across Germany with 14 500 tons of bombs dropped since Saturday. American bombers and fighters targeted synthetic oil plants, depots, and rail targets in central and western Germany while RAF losses rose. Bombing extends from the Channel coast to Leipzig with heavy damage near Aachen and Berlin area and raids on Belgium and France as well.
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Sion
Danube
Germany
Vienna
Britain
Italy
U. S
RAF
Dominion
Mersebureg
Zeitz
Lutzkendorf
Conigsborn
Cologne
Bourg-Leopold
Belgium
Aachen
Dusseldorf
Berlin
France
Nantes
Rennes
Hitler
Brighton
Torquay
Torauay
Auto Workers vote to curb walkouts as plants reopen nationwide
The CIO United Auto Workers urged restraint after a mass meeting of Chrysler Local 490 voted to heed International President R J Thomas. Chrysler plant pickets ended and Chrysler and Chevrolet plants in Saginaw and Highland Park resumed operations. Reinstatement talks followed for 16 discharged workers, while Bakery Drivers Local 51 extended vacations amid stalled Parke Davis negotiations with state mediation officials.
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International Executive Board
Chevrolet
General Motors
Saginaw
Chrysler
United Automobile Workers
CIO
International Union
R. J. Thomas
Thomas
William Jenkins
Highland Park
Uawcio
Sam Hurst
Local 51
Davis
Management
United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers of America
Fifth Storms Toward Rome
Allied forces press the Rome offensive as German divisions 71st 94th and 715th on the retreat. Lt Col Ziegler notes heavy losses and high casualties in the 3611th Grenadiers and 3rd Battalion. Fifth and Eighth armies report over 15,000 prisoners. Allied fighter bombers destroy about 200 vehicles and three tanks and hit an ammunition dump north of Rome.
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Page
Hermann Goering
Rome
Ziegler
Grace Lewis 12 Dies After Illness in Winchester Hospital
Grace Sarah Lewis aged 12 died Sunday at 4 50 PM in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a three week pneumonia illness. She was born November 22 1931 in Renick West Virginia and lived in Shenandoah Valley since early childhood. Survived by parents William 8 Lewis and Grace. siblings Quillie Boggs Flora Sibert Lockie Cooper Thelma Lewis Herbert Lewis Hubert Lewis. funeral Wednesday with 2 PM service at the late home followed by 3 PM services at Macedonia Church conducted by Rev Floyd M Lucas. Interment in adjacent cemetery.
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Grace Sarah Lewis
William
Lewis
Papermill Road
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Renick
W. Va
Shenandoah Valley
Toms Brook
Shenandoah County
Toms Brook Methodist Church
Kernstown
Frederick County
Quillie Boggs
Flora Sibert
Fishers Hill
Lockie Cooper
Thelma Lewis
Herbert Lewis
Hubert Lewis
Stephenson
Henry Carbaugh Named President of Luther Leagues
Henry Carbaugh of Stephens City was elected president of the Luther Leagues of the Winches Church at the annual spring fes held yesterday in Stephens City. Rev J P Derrick delivered the main address. Officers installed included Earl Miley Jr Sarah Shryock Frances Orndorff Toms Brook treasurer Agnes Smith Strasburg education secretary Roberta Frye Warnersville W Va life service Dorothy Brown Winchester missionary Landon Walker Woodstock sustaining membership Bettey Ann Miley Toms Brook statistician Mildred Coward Shepherdstown W Va intermediates Charlotte Galli Woodstock promotional Robert Funkhouser Strasburg publicity.
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Henry Carbaugh
Stephens City
Luther Leagues of the Winches Church
J. P. Derrick
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Woodstock
John W. Magnum
Lebanon Lutheran Church
Shenandoah County
Earl Miley, Jr
Toms Brook
Sarah Shryock
Frances Orndorff
Agnes Smith
Strasburg
Roberta Frye
Warnersville
W. Va
Dorothy Brown
Winchester
Landon Walker
Bettey Ann Miley
Mildred Coward
Sheperdstown
Charlotte Galliday
Robert Funkhouser
Freedom and Opportunity in Postwar Governance Debate
Governor Saltonstall argues for state role in economic stability and bottom up government while Governor Schricker calls for state leadership in postwar reconstruction. The conference centers on balancing federal and state powers for growth and opportunity.
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America
Saltonstall
United States
Massachusetts
Henry F. Schricker
Indiana
Lichliter Case Comes Up Again in Virginia Court
Clarence Lichliter of near Berryville faces a Clarke Circuit Court jury for a second time on charges of stealing clover seed from E. Blackburn Moore. The March trial ended in a four hung jury. The panel includes Henry S. Jenkins and others. five witnesses testified before noon. The case was to go to the jury later today.
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Thomas E. Blackwell
Bennie Romine
A. H. Lee
J. W. Heironimus
O. M. Lloyd
Floyd H. Foltz
Commonwealth
William Clevenger
Harry Robinson
Harry Olbright
Noble Pierce
Mr. Alversion
Reverend Flickinger to Attend Synod Sessions in Frederick
The Rev. Dr. S. L. Flickinger of Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church will attend the church synod meetings this week in Frederick Maryland. Sessions will be held at Hood College.
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8S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church
Church Synod
Frederick
Hood College
Hold Inquest In Jacobs Death
A coroner inquest into the death of Edward B. Jacobs, found burned to death in his Boyce area home on May 19, was held last week. The coroner Dr. Frank E. Tappan has not yet issued a verdict, expected to be accidental death. Jacobs was a well known horse trainer who lived alone apart from a colored laborer who was not present at the time of the blaze. Jacobs’ body was recovered after the house collapsed and cooled.
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Berryville
Edward B. Jacobs
Boyce
Commonwealth
Edward McC. Williams
McC. Williams
Frank E. Tappan
Jacobs
Whitacre Named Co Chairwoman on War Bond Drive
Mrs Landon B Whitacre of Whitacre Virginia is named co chairwoman of the Winchester Frederick County War Finance Committee The appointment assigns her to coordinate county groups in support of the latest war bond drive to defeat the Axis.
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Ethel Jolliffe
Winchester - Frederick County
Landon B. Whitacre
Whitacre
Forces gain village Charaw in Mogaung valley
U.S. and Chinese forces moved down the Mogaung valley and captured Charaw village north of Kamaing about 40 miles from Myitkyina. British Chindits airborne troops withdrew from positions along the enemy's communication line southwest of Mogaung.
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Mogaung
Charaw
Kamaing
Myvityvina
Army Takes Over Spotter Work In Virginia Defense
Virginia members of the aircraft warning and ground observer corps have been relieved of their volunteer duties by a War Department order. The two corps will be fully taken over by the army while air raid wardens remain in operation. 350 Norfolk filter center volunteers are released as the center becomes military staffed, but the public warning system remains unchanged.
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Geanious
Atlantic
Navy
Army
England
Genarius
Hom
Winchester
Andy Grove
Norfolk
Virginia
Aircraft Warning Corps
Ground Observer Corps
War Department
Charles A. Gayle
Richmond
J. H. Wyse
State Office of Civilian Defense
Abraham Parlett Dies At Home Of His Niece In Frederick
Abraham T. Parlett 85, carpenter and builder, died at noon at the home of his niece Mrs. Mary Ebert Hollar 443 North Loudoun street after a lingering illness. He was the last of the family of Rev. Isaca T. Parlett and Esther Boyd Parlett. Survived by nephews and nieces. his wife predeceased him. Funeral at 4 PM Wednesday at Mrs. Hollar's home, rev W F Grover officiating, interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Abraham T. Parlett
Frederick County
Mary Ebert Hollar
Loudoun Street
Winchester
Parlett
Isaca T
Esther Boyd
John Henry Parlett
Hollar
W. F. Grover
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Future Farmers Elect Carbaugh As Federation President
Mason Carbaugh of Stephens City High School was elected president of the Northern Virginia Triangle Federation Future Farmers of America at a Front Royal meeting. Other officers include Dee Griffith Waren County High School vice president Joseph Jenkinswood town High School secretary Smith Dorsey Handley High School treasurer William Huff Washington High School reporter Bud Denny Gainesboro High School sentinel Prof J J Foster Warren County High School advisor. William Huff of Wantin High School won the federation public speaking contest and will vie for representation at the State Rally in August.
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Mason Carbaugh
Stephens City High School
Northern Virginia Triangle Federation
Future Farmers of America
Federation
Front Royal
Dee Griffith
Waren County High School
Joseph
William Huff
Wantin High School
Rocket Fighters Used On Japs In Pacific Air War
Washington May 29 The Army air forces say rocket equipped fighter planes have been used successfully in combat against the Japanese. Rockets fired from five fighter types the P 40 Warhawk P 47 Thunderbolt P 38 Lightning P 39 Airacobra and P 51 Mustang attack land targets such as bivouac areas bridges ammunition dumps and sea targets like barges and light shipping.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Pacific
China-Burma- India
Mills Are Sawing Despite Strike in Longview
Longview Washington May 29 The world's largest sawmills Longbell and Weyerhaeuser operated today with about 80 to 90 percent of their crews despite a CIO mass meeting last night recommending to go fishing. Union leaders gave no immediate statement though G S Howell president of IWA Local 536 said mills likely would close.
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Longview
Wash
Longbell
Weyerhaueser
Congress of Industrial Organization
G. S. Howell
International Woodworkers of America
Plans for Department of Forces merge draw cautions
Senator Hill proposes unification of army, navy and air forces into a co equal Department of Forces. Rep Woodrum warns against precipitate action and says the House committee will report after hearings. He stresses not rushing revolutionary reorganization during a critical military hour. Washington, May 29.
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Hill D
Ala
Department of Forces
Special House
Woodrum
D-Va
House
Army
Navy
Washington
Mt Carmel Baptist chants new pastor Rev T T Gaskins
Rev T T Gaskins of Washington accepts call to Mt Carmel Baptist Church. The parish has been without a resident pastor since October. Gaskins studied at Manassas and Washington Baptist Seminary. He begins Sunday services immediately and will move his family by July 1.
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Augustus T. Gaskins
Washington
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Gaskins
Manassas
Washington Baptist Seminary
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Silvertown
E. Piccadilly St
B. F. Goodrich Tires
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Luther Leagues
RMS
Aiu
Cloverdale
Cloverdale Soft
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