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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1944
Page
1
Drapery department offers women's flannelette pajamas in all sizes and latest hosiery. Millinery features Hendersons felts. Mercery presents men’s dressing gowns. Tan officers boots and sisal rope stocked in all sizes. Dad’s floor wax and Fursetts tomato sauce touted with garden honey 9d per ik. phone listed.
British forces breached the eastern Normandy line crossed the Odon River south of Caen and pushed deep into German positions. A major tank battle rages on the Plateau between the Odon and the Orne as Caen garrison faces possible outflanking. Staff reports say German infantry positions broken through and enemy in dire straits. British advances exceed five miles in three days amid heavy losses for both sides.
Soviet summer offensive in White Russia forms a gigantic pincers movement against Minsk. Orsha fallen. Russians push toward Mogilev and Bobruisk, surrounding five German divisions near Vitebsk. German remnants retreat along a 160 mile front as 80 Red Army divisions pursue. Berlin notes a new Russian blow between Ostrov and Pskov along the Estonian border.
An Allied communique reports progress along the Italian front against stubborn German resistance. Allied air forces struck flying-bomb bases in northern France and targets in the Paris area. Saipan battles bring heavy losses as Pacific resistance stiffens. Japanese aggression worsens outlook for China. Vichy minister Philippe Henriot was assassinated in Paris, with German reports alleging French patriots as killers.
Russians push into Orsha and Mogilev suburbs after rapid capture of Vitebsk and Ilobin, threatening German retreat toward Minsk and Poland. In two days the Red Army claims 1700 towns and villages occupied, with Moscow Radio declaring the front collapsed and Minsk the next major battle site.
The Baptist services on Sunday will be held at Stratford at 11 and Gloucester at 2 30 in the afternoon. J H Deane, president of the Baptist Union of N S W, will be the preacher.
An advertisement touts Heenzo as a three in one cure for coughs colds and throat ailments. It claims internal use for coughs broncho influenza and colds. It also markets nasal drops to relieve catarrh and a gargle for sore throats. A bottle cost two shillings and yields a pint of cough remedy for all ages.
Platform options include Stakeside bodies with two speed axles and choices for short or long wheel base. The item describes configurations for utility or freight use, focusing on versatility in payload, stability, and chassis length to suit varying loading needs.
Advertisement details semi-trailers and logging trailers with single and dual axles, vacuum hydraulic brakes, delivery in 14 days, permits arranged. Contact L. J. Gleeson in Wingham, phone Wingham 32.
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