Lieutenant Moffitt Jr Home On Furlough
Lieutenant Hugh Alfred Moffitt Jr. of the U S Army Air Corps stationed at Dover Delaware arrived for a ten day furlough with his mother Mrs H A Moffitt at North Main Street. Known as Chigger he has served since October 1940. Peru decrees placer miners may develop only two and a half acres at a time.
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Hugh Alfred Moffitt, Jr
U. S. Army Air Corps
Dover
Delaware
H. A. Moffitt
North Main Street
Moffitt
Chigger
Weather Affects North and South States With Showers
Thundershowers forecast for North Carolina this afternoon and east portion tonight with cooler sounds in the west and central areas. South Carolina expects thundershowers this afternoon and tonight, cooler in the northwest portion. Georgia sees thundershowers this afternoon and in the south portion tonight with little change in temperature.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
British MPs Demand Account of Churchill War Policy
The Commons debate calls for Prime Minister Churchill to explain his handling of Libya setbacks. The session underscores democracy and free speech as essential wartime rights, even amid strategic decisions shaping the Middle East and global conflict.
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House of Commons
Churchill
Libya
Middle East
John Bull
Forty One Girls Pass Swim Tests During Swim Week
During the week of June 22 to 29 the Y M C A offered Learn To Swim for girls with 151 participants from all elementary and secondary schools. Forty six completed either the Beginners Test or the Swimmer test, listing numerous named participants across streets and neighborhoods.
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Y.M.C.A
A. J. Simeon
Mabel Tharmburg
Steel St
Dorothy Ann Brown
Russell St
Frances Rothrock
Woodrow Ave
Peggy Sykes
Avery
Ruth Ellen Monroe
Tipton St
Barbara Mabrey
Montheu Ave
Mary Burney
Richardson St
Mary Tow White
Osborne St
Delories Clement
Willowbrook
Betty Joe Green
Tate St
Betty Jo Waener
S. Wrenn
Mandelle Snipes
South Wrenn
Tommy Carter
South St
Francia Barber Dovbson
Cedrow
Peggy Marie Allen
Regina Mae Jarrett
Eleanor Mavis Hauser
Chestnut St
Betty Ruth York
June Huckaby
West Willis
Billie Beatrice Griffith
Lindsay St
Russians Hold Sevastopol Front Amid Heavy Losses
Soviet reports say tanks and armored cars, 54 mortars and 24 guns faced German forces as 28 planes were shot down in a day. A midnight communique noted enemy gains at Sevastopol amid fierce close combat with hundreds of enemy dead after 20 successive assaults, while a thrust from Gzhatsk tested Moscow’s outer defenses in the first major action on the central front in four months.
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Fedor von Bock
Sevastopol
Moscow
Gzhatsk
Red Army Breaks German Wedge Near Gzhatsk
In autumn battles near the capital, Gzhatsk a Nazi base on the Smolensk highway west of Moscow saw the Red Army breach a German wedge briefly holding positions. The British radio reported the seventh German infantry division as "completely broken as a fighting unit."
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Smolensk
Moscow
Red Army
Kittybombers Strike in War Zone Aid RAF Lines
The RAF and United States air force bombers reportedly ran a shuttle service across the battlezone from dawn to dusk to disrupt enemy supply routes. American Kittyhawk bombers aided operations, with one RAF leader saying 31 tanks were knocked out in a series of 45 sorties. A U.S. tank corps general praised close air and ground force cooperation and protection during withdrawals.
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Brok
RAF
United States Air Force
Siegfried Line
Churchill Defends War Strategy After Tobruk Loss
In the House, Churchill says allied plans for Africa and the Middle East were secret and that Tobruk’s fall was unforeseen. He cites heavy losses, discusses Roosevelt talks on troop and supply movements, and accepts responsibility for Tobruk while criticizing critics who call for new defense leadership.
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Middle East
House of Commons
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Roosevelt
United States Army Air Force
United States Service
Tobruk
Italian
Libya
Egypt
Claude Auchinleck
Britain
Erwin Rommel
Auchinleck
Malta
Mediterranean
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Ragan Installed As Rotary Chief
R. R. Ragan was installed as president of the Rotary Club at the Sheraton Hotel. He succeeded Paul W. Casey as club leader. Dr. O. B. Bonner became vice president with Ragan. P. C. Smith joined as a new member. Casey, Ragan and Smithdeal attended the Rotary International convention in Toronto.
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R. R. Ragan
Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
Paul W. Casey
Charles F. Carroll, Jr
Casey
Ragan
O. B. Bonner
P. C. Smith
David L. Stanton
Casey, Ragan
Curtis Smithdeal
Rotary
Toronto
Canada
Smithdeal
Dominion
British Attacks Off Frisian Islands Bomb German Bases
British air raids last night set a medium sized enemy ship afire and bombed airfields and railways in occupied territory. Three German bombers were shot down while one British plane was lost. German raids over southern and western England and South Wales caused limited casualties.
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London
Frisian
Air Ministry
England
Wales
Lynchburg City Attorney Shot Dead in Office
T Gibson Hobbs city attorney of Lynchburg Virginia was shot to death in his office June 30 police arrested Warren Myers a salesman and charged him with murder A few minutes later T F Daniel Hobbs former law partner and Virginia House of Delegates member was killed in the same office building A year ago they defended an Illinois firm in a big lawsuit filed by Myers a member of the law firm said
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Virginia House of Delegates
Lynchburg
T. Gibson Hobbs
Warren Myers
T. F. Daniel
Hobbs
Illinois
Myers
Army Flame Thrower Demonstrated At Fort Belvoir
James N. Daniel reports the U S Army demonstrated a new flame thrower at Fort Belvoir Virginia. The 68 pound unit shoots a 2300 degree flame in short bursts to breach pillboxes and fortifications, with the Siegfried Line as the main expected battlefield use.
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Milly
Army
Engineers
U. S. Army
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