Leaves From Notebook Of War Correspondent In Brittany
In Brittany the American armored thrust trims hedgerow resistance and isolates towns on the Brest peninsula. Peaceful Bretons till the land as convoys move along, gathering grain and offering cider, while St Malo Dinard and Brittany towns reflect a resilient, devout and independent countryside.
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Brittany
Normandy
Brest
France
Caen
Valognes
St. Lo
St. Malo
Lorient
Dinard
Armorica
Newfoundland
Iceland
White Post social notes from Reliance visitors and camp trips
White Post Virginia notes list visitors from Reliance and Winchester. Families including the Sargent Elsen and Masemer clans are mentioned with several trips to Shenandoah River camps and Milldale on the Shenandoah. One son, Arthur Owens, earns a technical sergeant promotion in Kentucky.
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White Post
Clayton Sargent
Reliance
C. W. Wood
Ernest Elsen
Kathleen Thompson
Richmond
Barbour Baldwin
Berryville
Paul Dutrome
Dick Compton
Shenandoah
Walter Owens
Arthur
Kentucky
Sharman Masemier
Washington
Winter Tomblin
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Sherman Masemer
Warren Carper
Social News From Chambersville Area
Chambersville notes list visitors and guests from Laplatta Maryland Winchester Oklahoma and Hayfield plus local residents. Names include Mr and Mrs John Hoover Mr and Mrs William Smith Madge Smith Audrey Patrice Judy Fisher Mary Braithwaite Hunter Hoover Dolly Roe Grace Ritter Pfc and Mrs Franklin Jenkins Garett Foreman Michael Strout and others. Social calls span Hagerstown Norhmd Nor...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambersville
John Hoover
William Smith
Laplatta
Edward Smith
Madge
Winchester
Audrey Patrice
Judy
Oklahoma
John Fisher
Mary Braithwaite
Hunter Hoover
Hayfield
Clarence Clowser
Walter Clowser
Hagers
Pfc
Franklin Jenkins
Fort Bragg, N. C
Garett
E. O. Foreman
Michael
Jean Strout
Carter's Little Liver Pills Aid Digestion Claim
An advertisement asks if you suffer indigestion and headaches after meals and claims Nature must produce a vital digestive juice. It promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills to increase this flow, promising relief in about 30 minutes and urging use as directed at any drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Carter
More Flying Bombs Over England
German attacks on London with flying bombs occurred just before midnight and again before dawn causing casualties and damage. Robots also dropped on southern England during the two raids.
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England
London
If We'll Buy The Bonds Theyll Drop The Bombs
An antiwar slogan critiques funding bonds as enabling war. The brief commentary contrasts fiscal support for weapons with the human cost of conflict, suggesting a protest stance against government debt used for military actions.
Local News From Reliance Virginia Update on Residents
Reliance Virginia notices report new residents moving into the A M Dyke house and visits from Miss Mamie Anderson to Grover and Mrs. Stickley. Deaths are announced for Nelson Broy and Pete Cullers with dates in France and Italy. Sgt Tilden Stickley visits from Camp Livingston after a fifteen day furlough. a lawn party funds repairs to the school basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
Carr
A. M. Dyke
Mamie Anderson
H. B
Grover
William Stickley
Miss Anderson
Plains
Jones and Son
Indiana
Jones
Clinton Yates
James
Broy
France
Pete Cullers
Cullers
Italy
Tilden Stickley
Washington
Sgt. Stickley
Camp Livingston
Aubrey Fuller
Gracey Knolls
I. K. Grover
Gilbert Brumback
War Bond Drive Urges Citizens to Keep Invasion Rolling
A wartime appeal urges citizens to buy War Bonds immediately to sustain military campaigns. The campaign emphasizes collective sacrifice and national resolve, linking bond purchases to ongoing operations abroad and eventual victory.
Whitney Horses At Maryland Meet
In Marlboro Maryland about 75 women including Mrs M Elizabeth Whitney of Llangollen Virginia will campaign horses during a ten day meet starting August 23 Ex jockey Johnny Morris will train Mrs Whitney s racers and has Spikery Bomba Away and Dizzy Heights among them for the upcoming sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro
M. Elizabeth Whitney
Llangollen
Johnny Morris
Mrs. Whitney
Spikery
Bomba
Dizzy Heights
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Patsy
Betty Bradfield
Colleen Rasier
Bessie Lonas
Harry Windle
Rosenberger
the Food Center
Bell
Bell Clothes Stores
Front Royal
George Washington Garage
Coming
WSM Grand Ole Opry
Roy Acuff
Rachel
Oswald Pap
Velma
Jessie Riddle
Harmonica Ford Rush
Uncle Joe
Oxford
Gobar
Dial
American Red Cross Blood Donor Service
Carol Brent
Whitney
Maryland
Tippen
Trympus
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ontgomery Ward
S. Loudoun St
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