Soviet Summer Drive Pushes Toward Koenigsberg and Riga
Soviet forces advanced toward Riga and Koenigsberg as vast columns moved from Latvians to the East Prussian front. The Berlin front saw heavy German counterattacks while the Soviet high command announced a major summer offensive with mass artillery and air support. The report notes fierce battles near Smolensk and Vitebsk, with heavy Russian tank and aircraft losses on both sides and Finnish front maneuvers as Govorov’s forces push toward Helsinki.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazvino
Riga
Pelotsk
Koenigsberg
Berlin
Warsaw
Red Army
Germany
Napolleon
Berezina
Grand Armee
DNB
Ernst von Hammer
Von _Haramer
Smolensk-Orsha
Vitebsk
von Hammer
Obol
Dvina
Baltic
High
Finland
Leonid Govorov
Leningrad
Moscow
Svir
Oneza
Ladoga
Podporozhye
Svalda
Lodeinnye Pole
Karelian
Viipuri
Helsinki
Byrd Favored by Republicans in Chicago Platform Fight
Senate action and Chicago convention chatter dominate as Byrd earns backing from some Republicans while others push Dewey against the Roosevelt administration. Dewey attacks the New Deal as a sprawling bureaucracy and Kelly condemns limits on business and labor. Byrd unity is questioned as Staessen supporters plan a presidential bid despite rejecting a second place slot. Pathfinder poll shows GOP leaders against a third term for any future president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Virginia
Chicato
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Byrd
Rep
Eaton
R.N. J
Dewey
Roosevelt
Platform Committee
Chicago
Sen. Vandenberg
Congress
Aiso
Harry F. Kelly
Michigan
Senate
Sen
Pad
Sen. Bailey
D-N. C
Guiley
CIO
Philip Murray
Sidney Hillman
Harold E. ‘Staessen
James L. Wick
the Nites
Daily Times
Pathfinder Magazine
Allies advance in Italy as forces near Ancona and Grosseto
American tank and infantry units push inland toward Folonica and Roccastrada while French colonial troops advance near Castiglione d’Orcia. Sth army nears Camerino and Macerata as German claims report limited Allied gains north of Grosseto. Allied air power totals 2,300 sorties with ten planes lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chienti River
Morrovalle
Montecosaro
Ancona
Giancarico
Grosseto
Folonica
Fisa
Highway 73
Roccastrada
Castiglione d’Orcia
Chinal
Perugia
Adriatic
Sth
Camerino
Macerata
High Command
Italy
Albania
Yugoslavia
Navy reports describe carrier battle and Pacific actions
American ground forces push northward with support from a decisive air battle that halted a Japanese carrier assault near Saihan. Allied air forces bomb Truk and Ponape in the Carolines while Task Force 5 prowls the western Pacific. Admiral Spruance leads Force 59 as the hunt for Japanese ships continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pare 1
Saihan
Nimitz
Southwest
Truk
Carolines
7Th Army Air Force
Marshall Islands
Ponape
Marshalls
Western Pacific
P Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
Pate
Russia
Ee A
Gals Line Up For Nylon Stock As Government Sells Limited Supply
Thousands of women waited in the sun to buy nylon hose as U S Marshal Edney Ridge opened a sale of 6500 pairs at 10 am in Greenbush. The entire stock sold in a little over an hour with shoppers limited to three pairs each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Edney Ridge
Air Fighters Down In Coast Robotic Bomb Attacks
Air fighters reported downing several robot bombs with at least three more shot down this evening as patrols pursued intrusions along the coast. Morrison said the raids caused civilian casualties but did not disrupt major war activities or morale, while German propaganda called the robot the empire’s main retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston Gazette
Andanes
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Enterprise
U.S. Navy
Nimitz
Philippine Sea
Marianas
Ansher
Morrison
Roderic Hil
French Resistance Delays German Reinforcements in Southwest France
Allied reports say resistance forces disrupted railways and roads across Brittany Loiret Aisne and areas north of Paris hindering German reinforcements to the beachhead. French patriots claimed execution of Gestapo chief Gissler at Murat as de Gaulle loosens ties and allows liaison officers under supreme headquarters control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cruse
France
Bordeaux
Bordeauxs
la Rochelle
la Reole
Periquez
Bayonne-Anglouleme
Raane
Brittany
Loiret
Aisne
Paris
Gissler
Murat
Supreme Headquarters
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of Nationaliberation
de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allies Press Cherbourg as German Défense Collapses
Allied forces widened pressure around Cherbourg on multiple fronts as 15 German divisions in the Nor mandy theater were identified and fortified lines cracked. American troops seized key ridges and towers, closing on Fort du Rowe and the La Mere a Canards area while preparing to strike Maupertus and Querqueville airfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cherbourg
Saint Vaast
Cap Levy
Mountainville Ridge
Qeteville
la Mere
Glaciere
Mont Duroc Ridge
Rey
U. S
Querque- Ville
Fortress
von Schutben
Heraiemo
Eden denounces mass executions blamed on Gestapo
Eden pledges continued government effort to identify and prosecute all responsible for wartime killings. He cites Gestapo responsibility for the Dresd en camp massacres, noting prisoners provided evidence and that several European officers and British fliers were victims, with no Americans involved. Survivors recount recaptured officers held in grim Gestapo prisons before execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
Dresden
Gestapo
Congress Increases Debt Limit and War Funding
Congress boosted the debt limit to 260 billion dollars and projected an actual debt of about 258.9 billion by July 2 if the war endures. Appropriations fell to roughly 66 billion in new money, versus 114.6 billion last year and 147.1 billion the year prior. Navy led with about 27.57 billion. Army received 15.43 billion plus 29 billion from prior appropriations. War and defense funds authorized since July 1, 1940 rise to an estimated 220 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Roosevelt
Navy
Army
Allied air forces hit rail targets and supply convoys in France
Allied air units attacked rail yards and lines between Tours and Portiers and Orleans and Vieroy. Bombs struck ridges at Nantes La Roche Saumur Niort. North of Le Mans railyards were bombed and strafed. A formation shot down several German planes at an Alençon airfield. Two enemy truck convoys near Gouvets and west of Marigny were destroyed along with locomotives 30 freight cars and 20 oil tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gour
Peninsula
Bettween Tours
Portiers
Orleans
Vieroy
Nantes
Laroche
Saumur
Niort
Lemans
Alencon
Gouvets
Marigny
Obituary Notices for Landers and Nelson Families
Mrs. Gertrude Shelton Landers wife of Arnold Landers of Anjean died Thursday in a Ronceverte hospital Services set for 2:30 p.m Sunday near Erwin N C Wallace Wallace mortuary East Baltimore in charge Beatrice Melon 16 of 13301 Washington St E died Thursday night in Charleston hospital Surviving relatives include her mother and father overseas a brother Howard A Nelson jr three sisters Ruby Ruddell Mary Frances and an aunt Mrs Blanche Glover body at Preston Law son mortuary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Shelton Landers
Arnold Landers
Anjean
Ronceverte
Erwin
N. C
Wallace & Wallace Mortuary
East Baltieelle
Nannie Beatrice Neon
Navinke
Beatrice Melon
Washington St. E
Charleston
Howard A. Nelson, Jr
Ruby
Ruddell
Mary Frances
Blanche Glover
Preston-Lawson, Mortuary
Mountbatten Leads Allied Strike On Andamans
A war brief notes Mountbatten's SE Asia command reporting the 34th Allied strike on the Andamans. Six enemy planes shot down and four damaged in daylight and night raids on Port Blair airfield. No enemy shipping seen. attacks followed dawn operations and targeted airfields from distant bases in Ceylon or India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andamans
Adm
Arthur Power
Sabayig
Soerabaja
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Port Blair
Alles
India
River Task Force merce bond buyers broadcast by Buddy Frazier
Bond buyers will have specialized numbers read by Charleston pianist Buddy Frazier during a broadcast. The Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor showing of several war films at 7:43 p.m. today at the Victory theater.
Terrific Wind Disaster Strikes Shinnston Area
Eyewitnesses describe a black funnel tornado that ripped through Pleasant Hill Wyatts Peora and Shinnston, killing and injuring residents. Rescuers worked by flashlight, power cut, hospitals flooded, and state guards deployed as counties faced widespread devastation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislture
Pleasant Hill
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Shinnston
Methodist Church
West Virginia
Wyatt
Peory
Taylor County
Simpson
Road Commission
Peora
Careron C. Fierce
M. M. Neely
H. Clare Hess
Charleston
St. Marys
Shinnston Chareh
Gales Kill, Injure Dozens Across Pittsburgh Area
A severe thunderstorm and high velocity winds swept the Pittsburgh region, causing an estimated 19 deaths and about 250 serious injuries. Frame buildings were toppled from McKeesport to Greensburg and Waynesburg, and the Sun-Telegraph radio tower fell at Allegheny County airport. Winds near 88 mph in Pittsburgh, with 41 to 49 mph gusts elsewhere for extended periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
McKeesport
Greensburg
Waynesburg
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Allehany County
Tommy Esque Tours Italy with Yank Show
Tommy Esque, a former Charlestonian, joins the Yard Bird Revue touring allied battle fronts in Italy. The company, allied with U S service entertainment, has played army camps in the UK and North Africa and Sicily before reaching Italy. Esque notes meetings with Delbert Melton of Dunbar and expresses eagerness to return to Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Esque
Italy
Tommy Eque
Anv
Young Esque
Sage
States
North
Africa
Sicily
Delbert Melton
Dunbar
Esque
Charleston
West
Year Jail Terms Meted to Woman
Helen Breckenridge alias Helen DeGrio, 32, pleaded guilty to attempted larceny of an automobile and theft of goods valued at 103.90, receiving two 12 month sentences to run concurrently in intermediate court. Oswald DeOrio, 21, of Mingo Junction, got nine months for larceny of goods from Bert McDougie. Other defendants faced related charges and sentences including John Peters and Willie May Jones. A Mildred Kincaid indictment was nolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Breckenridge
Helen DeGrio
Washington, St. E
Bert Mc Dougie
Oswald DeOrio
Mingo Junction
Breckenridge
McDougle
Louis Schlesinger
Jackson St
John Peters
Ward
Willie May Jones
Spring Hill
Cel Ferrell
Quinwood
Greenbbrier
Mildred Kincaid
Charleston
George Akins
Capitol St
Salem Hard Hit Weather Wrecks Roads and Crops
Rain poured for nearly three hours flooding Tenmile Creek and a five mile stretch of U S Route 10. Salem area crops were washed out and Mannington Marion county streets flooded. Beckley reports wind damage to a barn and service interruptions. Crops suffer across scattered parts of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College
Tenmile ‘Creek
Salem
Mannington
Marion County
Beckley
West Virginia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cor
A. A. White
Herrin
W. Va
Belle Church of the Nazarens
Ernest Gold
Postar
Maquis
Puco Quind
Mret Slase Co
Rotary
William G. Thompson
Montgomery
St. Albans
Rotary Club
St Andrews Methodist Church
Mountbatten
Monongahela
West Penn
Gypsy
Vance Bo
England
Purity Maid
Erals
Independen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!