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May 2 British, in amphibious
assault, invade Rangoon area in
h
Km ma; Australians invade
Tarakan island east f Borneo.
May 3 Allied planes rip Nazis
attempting to escape from Germany into Denmark by sea; British 8th army occupies Trieste; Rusfrom Berlin.
crush German resistance in
sians
April 12 President Franklin I. north-centrGermany in
(J3,
of
cerebral
Roosevelt,
dies
Rostock and Ham- suree
between
(ia.
at Warm Springs,
is declared a "hos- Prague
burg;
Harry S. Truman becomes 3'Jnd V. pital rity."
S. President.
'
May 4 Germans surrender Den-- !
April 15 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Holland and all northern
mark,
buried in rose garden at his Hyde Germany.
Resistance now is cen-- '
Park estate.
tered in southern redoubt, but
April Hi Gen. Clark launches Nazis still occupy Norway.
general offensive in Italy.
May T Germany surrenders
April M Soviet armies break
into Berlin.
April 25 San Francisco Conference for postwar security opens.
Chronology World War II
QNAP
HOTS
By
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Frances Gilbert Frazier
Staff Writer
Sept.
Cherbourg; Russians in Vitebsk.
J9 Yanks bomb Bucharest.
1 Beds take Minsk.
(Caen falls to British troops.
19 Leghorn, Ancona fall to
Americans,
July 21 U. S. troops invade Guam.
July 30 Russians reach East Prussian territory.
Aug. 3 Rcnncs taken by Americans.
Aug. 5 Americans euter Brest.
Aug. 7 Russians seize Polish Gali- eia oil fields.
Ang. 12 Florence freed by Allies.
Aug. 15 Allied troops invade south-
Germany launches Invasion
1
June
July
July
July
of Poland.
The reports have it that Adolf
Hitler is dead Lal week. Benito
Mussolini died the most ignominious death possible lor any man.
Both of these men died as they
had lived, craven cowards to the
was screaming
Mussolini
end.
"NO! NO!" to his assailants as he
left this mortal earth, and almost
before his body hit the ground, tlie
populace wire spittinR out their
long-- i epre; scd
euoni.
Those who bad criuued even as
they
lor favor, tinned
with the fury ol demons let loose
and sfill further degraded the form
of their erstwhile II Dure, the idol
of their people
Adolf Miller, be he dead or alive,
has lost the vaunted adoration of
o into obHie Germans and will
livion as quickly as he came into
hoot-licke- d
power.
Three weeks ano. another man
went down hat long road to everlasting Kternily and the whole
I
world mourned his passing. Every
walk of lile was represented in
the grief that was universal, for
each felt thai he bad lost a personal
And valued friend.
Thai's (lie dilfeienee between
Democracy"
and Despotism
Willi the coiKpicring and inieine
dilional surrendering ol the
the whoie world begins a
Nothing will over he
new era.
quite the same
There's scarcely
,1
home th.it lias not been touched
by the grim linger ot this war.
Many families will be incomplete
forever; others marred and sear-re- d
by casualties. Those returning
to their loved cues with unscathed
iMtilics will ever carry
m their
hearts ami imud. the horrors
lhrou::h which they have passed
c'o
Victory
Death and life will
lever have Hie same value as il
did before they veiil into Hie fearful massacre. Tin ir lips will compress with tin' agmiy of memory
and the desne In lorgel d m the
upward march id the future
We have much work ahead ol us
and we have all Mol to work in
.inis'on to prepare for the end
nf the other war in which we arc
now cngaeed
'Then will come
plenty ol Inn' for celebrating.
Let's get oin bad debts collected
before we ;.o on a linaiicial spree.
To our iiiiiiiI. there is one way
flnd the only way in which we can
return to normalcy and Hie right
course to follow. 'This war. and
all wars, are caused by one single
hlea; greed
Perhaps the word is
Illy chosen but it amounts to the
same thing, call it selfishness.
vanity. cgoti: m. or by whatever
name you chouse to call it. It all
stacks up In the fact that there
is too little consideration given thej
other fellow. As long as Ibis sit-- I
nation predominates the lives of
all of us. there will be continual!
II is in- unrest and more wars
Tvitable.
Somehow, the lirsl rule that the
when
writer was taught
she
studied bridge might do well for
the present time and lor all of us.
It was this: "Ueinember there
are three other players: respect
their rights at all .timus."
f.!er-man-
ft FIRST
OF A
WOW
Sept.
Britain and France
nounce that a state of war exists
with Germany.
3
an-
1940
April 9 Germany Invades Norway
and Denmark.
May
Germans repel British attempt to invade
May 10 Germany invades the low
Churchill becomes
countries.
prime, minister.
s
of British troops
June 2
extricated from Dunkirk.
June 10 Italy enters the war.
June 18 Nazis occupy Paris.
June 22 French accept German's
peace terms.
Four-fifth-
British driven out
l
Greece.
May 10 Kudolph Hess lands in Britain by parachute.
German paratroopers tak
June
Crete.
Germany invades Russia.
June
Dec. 7 Japanese make sneak attack on i'riirl Harbor, the Philippines and Hong Kong.
Dec.
I'. S. declares war on Axis
Russo-Finnis-
H
pit:
April IXlkMildtle leads American
fliers in bombing of Tokyo and
oilier Japanese cities.
May ti Coricgidor surrenders.
May 9 American forces defeat Japanese Beet in the Coral sea.
July I British Eighth army halts
Rommel at El Alameln.
Auk. 19 Commandos raid Dieppe.
Oe. "B Battle of Solomons starts.
-r.
Nov.
s. troops land in North
Africa.
Hie
April 25
h
April 2C American and Soviet
armies ollicially joined.
April
Benito
ZH
Mussolini,
one
time dictator of Italy, killed by
Partisan firing squad. His body
was brought to Milan where il was
scorned and spit upon by I lie people he once ruled.
April 28 False report ol Germany's unconditional surrender
Hashed across America "by Associated Press from San Francisco.
Kcporl was later denied by President Truman.
April 2K Fifth Army reaches
Swiss Border.
April .'Ml General Mai k ( lark
announces virtual cml ol Italian
battle.
May
German radio report-- ,
death of Adolf Hitler at post in
Berlin, (.rand Admiral Karl Doe-nbecomes Fuehrer of Germany.
.May .
Marshal Statin announces capture of Berlin hy Russian armies.
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Mac-Arth-
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Pacific.
915
April
enter suburbs
if Vicuna. Americans smash tier-maStrasbourg-defense lines on Wescr river.
Jan. 9
MacArthur lands on
shores of Llngayen gull, Luzon is I'oiith of remaining Japanese licet,
land, Philippines.
including battleship Vaui.ilo, sunk
Jan.
Jap ships sunk by American planes in Fast China
off
by American task sea.
April !- l- Russians take knenigs-l.erg- .
force: Germans drop resistance in
west end of bulge.
April 10 Allies down .:'7 Git
jan. ia
announces oprn
ing of great Russian winter offen- man pt.inrs.
sive.
April II C S. !tih army reaches
Jan. 17 Russians take Warsaw. Kibe river at Magdeburg 57 miles
Jan. 19 American counterattack
to cheek Germans below Strasbourg; Russians take Lodz. Kra
Jan.
Germans open drive for
5
7
Russians
.
Indo-Chin-
French Invade Elba.
-rtcau troop enter
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service men in the camps
are calling home and they'll
appreciate your help ia
leaving the lines for them.
May
'
Gen.
Mark
(lark
an-
nounces iiueomlition.il surrender of
all German Iroops in Northern
Italy and Western Austria.
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SUMER DECLARATION
the necessary form for tiling ln
The Declaration requires you to slate, among other things, the numbti
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the amount
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THEY USED TO CALL
HER FATTY
Almost unbelievable loss ol weight is
possible (or most overweight people
through a pleasant, nb&oltitcly liarin
While calini
less reducing mclliod.
plenty, it is possible to lake oil as imnl
as three to five unsightly pounds a vcek
No exercise, no starvation diet, no ic
are occessai
(tucing drugs or
for those who seek to regain a graceful
youthful figure In tact, the rcmetl
Way 13 so confidently icromnicnded
that you may try Trcinett will, out risking a .cnny You and youi li tends must
marvel at the exciting ilupiuv einelit
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results yen seek in ?D Jay:., ui youi
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Jan. 30513 survivors of Balaan
death march rescued in raid on
Cahanatuan prison camp.
Feb. 1 Lt. Gen. Eichclbcrucr's
8th army, flanks Manila by land
ing south of city.
Feb. i Americans drive to heart
of Manila, liberating 1.350 at Santo Tomas prison camp.
Feb. 5 "Big Three", Roosevelt.
Stalin, and Churchill reported to
have begun conference at secret
spot, later disclosed to be Yalta, in
Crimea. Japanese set lire to Manila in battle of extinction.
Feb. 7 "Big Three" announce
agreement on coordinated blows
for destruction of Nazi Germany.
Krl. 10
First army lakes
Sehwaminenaucl dam. Russians
lake Elbing.
Feb. 12 "Big Three" announce
agreement on nine-poiprogram
at Yalta. Allies take Klcvc and
Prucra.
Feb. 13 Russians crush last resistance in Budapest.
Feb. 14 Japs slaughter civilians,
start new fires in south Manila.
Feb. 16 Paratroops land on
Carrier task force of over
planes raids Tokyo. Mac
completes capture of Balaan.
Feb. 171.500 planes bomb Tokyo in second day of task force
raids.
Feb. 20 Fleet Admiral Nimitz
announces landing on Iwo Jima.
Russians launch drive into Brandenburg.
Feb. 229,000 planes bit Germany in greatest air raids of war.
3rd Marines land to reinforce 4th
r.
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TAX: On Children s Pass, 2c; Adttll I'a-- . he.
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2
for coal wilh your
and your order
Generally a dealer
delivering,
No
is prohibited
and the consumer
is
thept
to you.
April
1,
litlli.i
than
80',' r
If you place your order and your
Con-
sumer Declaration with your dealer
fore May
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be-
before October
of your normal
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annual requirements if you are ready,
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f the consumer's
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SATl'HDAY
MAY 12
"Bordertown Trail"
Will; Smiley I.tirnctlc and Snnsef 'Carstin.
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You Must Go to the Office of Your Coal
Dealer to Fill Out Your Declaration
cmnica Lake and Sonny TiilT.
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SHOW
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All New Applicants' For Coal Fill Out Cards
From Dealers and Leave at Chamber
Willi
P.ela
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y:ay
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"Roughly Speaking"
Starrinn Rosalind Russell and Jack Carson.
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'WEDNESDAY
MAY 16
"What A Blonde"
Willi !Jol Mitchimi and Barbara Hale.
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Jan. 20
Roosevelt inaiiciiraleil
for fourth term: Russians 200 miles,
from Berlin.
Jan. 22 Germany's salient into
Belgium collapses.
Jan. 23
Russians reach Oder
river in Silesia, about 13 miles
rrom Bcsslau: Americans re cap
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Episcopal church attended the
Diocesean Convention of Western
North Carolina which was held in
Hendersonville on Tuesday of this
week: Mrs. J. F. AM. Dr. .1.
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Robert G. Tatum.
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Fifth army troops establish
A n? in beachhead.
Jan. 31 Americans invade Marshall
Islands.
Feb. Itt racilic fleet attacks ftuk
with heavy Japanese sea and air
losses.
Feb. 29 Yanks invade Admiralty
Islands, overrunning Los Negros.
Mar. 4 First
air raid
smashes Berlin.
Mar. 15 Allies level Cassino.
Mar. .10 I!rd army drives into
Romania.
Apr. 10 Reds recapture Odessa,
last major Russian city in hands
of Nazis.
Apr. 22 C. S. Iroops laud along
front on Dutch New Guinea.
May 8 Russians recapture Sevastopol and the Crimea.
June 4 Rome falls.
June ti Allies begin invasion of
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Important Facts
bombs obliter-
Six-to- n
ate Hitler's chalet near
Neater Victory) THURSDAY,
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Kai-she-
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Danzig.
25-2- 7
German lose
battle of
Stalingrad.
:
May i
Tunis ami Birrle fall, ending German resistance in North
Africa.
.Inly 10 Allies invade Sicily.
July ::s AlusMtlini out, Badoglio becoming premier.
Sept.
Allies hind in southern Italy.
Sept. 8 Italy surrenders unconditionally.
Nov. M Americans invade Gilberts,
M.ikm and Tarawa.
Nov. il Roosevelt, Churchill and
k
Cliiaiii;
meet at Cairo.
Nov. '.'K Roosevelt, Churchill and
Stalin meet at Teheran.
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TA8UT5. SALVE. NOJE DROPS
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rm
194
miles tow ..i
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CUIllltl ICS.
Jan.
Feb. 2 I .MacArthur announces
liberation of Manila.
Feb. 27 Americans score break-- t
Lhrciigfi of Nazi lines. 9th army
units plunge toward Rhine under
news blackouts. Russians drive 44
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oil-ric-
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April (i Germans invade Yugoslavia
and lake command of Greek-Italia- n
front.
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Russians across Oder.
General of the Army
Feb. 23
Ki:ienhoer announces opening of'
great olfensive by L'. S. first and
ninth armies. Russians take Poz-na-
mrie:in cross Frfl
river. Americans land on Palawan,'
Aug. 22 Romania sues for peace.
in Philippines.
Aug. 25 Paris liberated.
Roosevelt reports to
.March
Sept. 1 Allies overrun World War I Cuugrrs.- - on Valla conference. !Hh
battle fronts.
army takes .Miicnchcn Gladbach.
Sept. 11 Roosevelt and Church- reaches Krefeld.
ill arrive in Quebec for conference:
.March ".
!th army readies!
American troops inv.de (ierniany:
Ilhine at two points.
U. S. troops land in llalniiiheras.
March ti Cologne taken. Patton
Sent. 17 Allied airborne army
ad- lands behind lines at Am hem, in ipens olfensive u till 3
i,iiiir toward Rhine. Russians'
Holland.
armisreach Oder river outlet at Baltic.
Sept. 19
March 7 I'. S. first army cap- tice signed.
Sept. 25 2.000 survivors of "Red lured great Lmlcndorff bridge in-- 1
thej
Devil" British nirhoiu division tact at Kcmagcn and cros-.equit Arnhem. Holland, after land-la- Itliine.
Nov. 21 Superforts based on!
Sept. 17.
Oct. 11 Americans hecin de- S. lip. in bomb Tokvo first time.
March l."i - I'. S, seventh army
struction nf Aachen after t.eim.ms
reject ultimatum to surrender city. went over to the olfensive on a
(let. la
Germans announce ."ill mile Iroip in the S.i.u and
death of Field Marshal Frw in Rom- Palatinate.
.March Hi
I'. S. third army
mel.
Oct. 17
Americans mop up broke across the Moselle river
south of (ibleii. oiilllankiiig the
Aachen.
Saarland and Palatinate.
Oct. 18 Hitler decrees formaMiirch 17 I'. S. third army caption of German Hume Guard, with
Gestapo Chief Heinrieh llimmler tured ( olilcuz, seal of American
occupation forces in the lirsl world
in command.
Oct. 20 Gen. Douglas Ma Arth- war.
March "'! - I S. third army
ur lands on l.ryte, in I'liilippin-- s.
Jap navy routed and crossed Rhine between Mainz and
Oct.
crippled in battles in Philippine Worms.
Alarcli ::! British second army,
waters, 53 to GO enemy slops licim:
with Canadian first army units,
bit and 24 sunk.
Oct. 28 Gen. Joseph W. Stiluell crossed Rhine west of W'csel.
I
C. S. ninth army
March
revealed as recalled from Far East
at request of Generalissimo liiaiu,' crossed Rhine south of Wcscl.
March 25 German defenses east
Nov. 13 Churchill reveals silk- of Rhine smashed by three allied
ing of German battleship lirpitz armies.
March :Hi I S. seventh army
in Nnrvvoclaii fjord by It A F Lancrosses IHi.ne Americans laud on
n
caster loins'
bombs.
Dec. 6 British troops lire on Cchu, in Philippines.
March
British warships join
EI.AS (Leftist) Iroops in Athens.
Dee. 15 MacArthur lauds on Amcrir.ms in raids on Kyukiis as
Tokyo continues to report Anieii-.ai- i
Mindoro, in Philippines.
landings there.
Dec. 16 Germans launch great
April I Fncirclciiiciit of Ruhr
winter rouiileroffensive against IJ.
'omplctcd by allies. Americans
S. first army in Ardennes forest.
Dec. 17 Germans drive into Bel- laud on Okinawa island, in Ryuk-vuwith help of 77th division
gium and Luxembourg: France and
Russia announce mutual assistance troops who previously had landed
treaty.
in Kei ama islands in same Ryu- - j
Pec. 23
Americans cut into kyu group.
April I 1'. S. third army moves!
edges of German salient: l!. S.
bans racing, taps professional ath- fi urn Gntha toward l.rfurl and
Lcil.ig in apparent effort to unite
letics for manpower.
Pec. 25 MacArtflur announces with Russian forces and cut off
successful conclusion of campaign German escape into Bavarian
noiiutaiiis.
for Leyte Island, Philippines.
April
Americans take Kassel,
Dec. 26 Germans 50 miles inRussians take
side Belgium and 4 miles from Got ha and Suhl.
Meuse river their point of deepIratislav a. Russians denounce
treaty with Japan. Preest penetration in counlcrofTcnsivc,
Dec. 27 Relief column reaches mier Koiso's cabinet resigns. Admiral Kaiilaro Snuki, called to
American troops trapped in
:
Germans admit some Iroops form new Japanese cabinet.
in Belgian bulge pulled back.
named commander of all
Dec. 28
German offensive in land forces in Pacific and Nimitz
Belgium reported broken.
emiuaniiei" of all naval forces in
1941
May
and 5th on Iowa .lima. Pravila says
ern France.
France.
June 15 V. S. invades Marianas.
June 18 German robot planes attack England.
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