Germans Torch East Prussia Front As Red Army Advances
Soviet fliers report villages like Schirwindt burned as Red Army groups mass near the East Prussian border. Cherniakhovsky’s Third White Russian Army advances 40 miles east of Insterburg toward Konigsberg, with 30 settlements captured in 24 hours amid heavy tank battles near Warsaw and northeast regions.
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Moscow
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Szeszuppe
Lithuania
East Prussia
Chersiakhovsky
Siauliai
Niemen River
Insterburg
Konigsberg
Estonia
Vistula
Warsaw
Pravda
East Prussian
Red Army
Nikolai Prokofiev
Greater Germany
Bareer
Izvestia
Nazi Resistance In Southern France Crumbles
Allied forces reported the crumbling of German resistance in southern France as the U S Seventh Army advanced inland along the coast from the Riviera beachhead. American casualties numbered under 300 with about 7 000 German prisoners including a general and staff. Patton’s tanks pushed toward Paris as forces widened the gap toward Rouen while other Allied units closed the Falaise pocket and converged on Le Havre and the Seine. Through a broad push from Caen toward the north, Canadians and Poles pressed toward Chambois as air power aided the drive.
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Rome
France
U. S. Seventh Army
Riviera
Alexander M Pateh
Maritime Alps
Toulon
Cannes
Rhone
Aix en-Provence
Marseille
Balkan
Hyeres Islands
Port-Cros
la Napoule
Gulf of Napoule
BBC
London
Durazzo
Albania
Balkans
George S. Patton
Paris
Rouen
Seine
Patton
Eiffel Tower
Berlin
Seventh Army
Gace
Laigle
Argentan
Eure
Dreux
Falaise
Seventh
Caen
le Havre
Chambois
Dunkerque
Political Plans and Dubious Moves Stir 1944 Campaign
President Roosevelt met today with Senator Harry S Truman to discuss campaign plans. Democratic leaders criticized Governor Thomas E. Dewey over his fear of a four power alliance at Dumbarton Oaks and accused him of partisan political attacks. Senators Connally O Mahoney and Tunell condemned Deweys statements as political sabotage and shifting positions on world issues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
Dumbarton Oaks
Vandenberg
R-Mich
America
Connally
Dewey
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Albany
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
League of Nations
Tunel
Ddel
New Yorker
St Malo Citadel Surrenders After 11 Days of Battle
The citadel at St Malo falls after 11 days of heavy American bombardment. German commander Col Andreas Von Aulock capitulated as supply lines failed. Reports say Berlin announced garrison succumbed to enemy superiority and a wounded veteran pledged to turn Breton port battle into another Stalingrad. Heil Hitler.
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London
Andreas von Aulock
St. Malo
Caucasus
Breton
Stalingrad
Austock
Fuehrer
Heil Hitler
Germans Escape Barges Under Bombers Attack
Allied air power hit German forces west and east of the Seine as 23 enemy planes fell. Liberators bombed Roye airfield and (with Fortress and Liberator jets) four bases near Metz Nancy Essy St Dizier and Romilly sur Seine. RAF Polish Mustang and American formations claimed several dozen enemy kills and targeted fuel dumps and air bases while Mosquitos struck Mannheim.
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London
Seine
Roye Field
Paris
Metz
Nancy-Essy
St. Dizier
Rommilly-Sur-Seine
Seventh Army
Beauvais
RAF
France
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Roye
Mannheim
Falaise- Argentan
Brest
Notice to Fruit Growers and House Cleaning Wanted
We will be open to receive processing apples at the Winchester Plant Friday August 8th. National Fruit Product Co Inc. Also a wanted man for house cleaning by the hour to apply at 326 Amherst St.
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Winchester
National Fruit Product Co., Inc
Amherst St
Public Sale Notice Near Clear Brook
Public sale of household goods livestock and farm machinery on Saturday August 19 at 1 pm located 2 miles east of Clear Brook. Auctioneers OConnell and Riley.
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Clear Brook
O'Connell and Riley
Poles in Warsaw Claim Radio Broadcasts Resume
New York reports the British radio says transmissions from Warsaw were heard yesterday for the first time since Poland fell to Germany. The BBC quoted the Warsaw station claiming 30 Polish daily newspapers are now published in the capital and that home forces repelled heavy German attacks.
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New York
Poland
Warsaw
BBC
OWI
Seventeen Teaching Posts Remain Open in County
County schools face 17 vacancies listed by Superintendent Leslie D. Kline as the new term approaches on September 7. Positions include specialists in agriculture science math Spanish and elementary grades with recent assignments at Bryarly Stephens City and Mountain View.
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Leslie D. Kline
Bryarly
Stephens City
Irene R. Powers
Warren County
Yvonne Pierce
Winchester
Margaret Kern
Evelyn Weakley
Kline
Roger P. Sager
Star Tannery
Tansport
Mountain View
Gore High School
Plan To Enlarge Local Honor Roll
Fred Ritter, chairman of the Junior Board Committee for Winchester and Frederick County, says weather permitting names of several hundred servicemen will be added to the Honor Roll on Boscawen Street next week. He outlines plans to enlarge the roll and to mark future names of those killed or died in service with a legend. Ritter cites slow induction rates and limited workers as reasons the board cannot stay fully updated, noting the Junior Board of Trade lacks access to enlistment lists unless volunteered by the serviceman or family.
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Fred Ritter
Winchester
Frederck County
Boscawen St
Ritter
Frederick County
Junior Board of Trade
Nazis Admit Normandy Loss and Reserve Pullout in France
London reports Berlin radio admitting the Normandy defeat and warning of large-scale German withdrawals in France. Beobachter quotes Germany aiming to regain momentum with a revolution in armament production and a shift to mobile warfare to change the war's course.
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London
Normandy
Berlin Radio Today
France
Max Krull
DNB
Transocean
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Beobachter
Soldier recalls Hawaii duty and Langford kiss in memoir
Pfc. Robert Bacon recalls serving in Roosevelt's Hawaii honor guard and presenting a Hawaiian lei to a visiting Hollywood actress. He also describes meeting the President and receiving a 30 second kiss from Frances Langford during her performance.
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Bend
Ore
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Pfc
Robert Bacon
Frances Langford
Election Vote In November May Show Large Drop
An Associated Press survey of governor and senator races in 18 states shows primary turnout down in 16 states from 1940 or 1942 levels. Total votes in most primaries fell by up to nearly half, with only Ohio and South Carolina showing larger poll totals.
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Washington
Associated Press
Ohio
South Carolina
Dewey Plans Speaking Drive Into Pennsy and Kentucky
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey shifts to a speaking drive for his presidential campaign. He will address crowds in Philadelphia on September 7 and Louisville on September 8, with more stops possible as he presses the effort into border states and beyond.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Eerber
Pennsy
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Dewey
Paul Lockwood
Philadelphia
Louisville
New York
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Convention Hall
Wendell L. Willkie
Advance Weather Forecast for Zones Four and Five
Zone Four: fair and cool weekend with a slow rise in temperatures through the week. Weekend highs near 80 to upper 80s, interior reaching 90 by Wednesday. Light showers possible north of Maryland around Monday or Tuesday, generally under half an inch. Zone Five: fair and cool weekend with highs near 80, rising to around 90 by Tuesday and Wednesday. Some light showers near the Great Lakes and mountains around Monday, amounts under half an inch.
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Virginia
Maryland
Great Lake
Mother Sought After Leaving 11 Day Old Baby in Hotel
Richmond police sought a woman listed as Mrs. Jean Morrison of Kinston North Carolina after she abandoned her 11 day old daughter in the Hotel Richmond hours after discharge from Medical College Hospital. The infant was found crying and taken to a hospital in poor condition. The suspect, described five six tall 110 pounds with long bobbed brown hair and glasses, wore a white dress and red sandals and claimed her husband had been killed overseas. She had a ticket from Kinston to New York and baggage checked through to New York.
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Richmond
Jean Morrison
Kinston
N. C
Medical College Hospital
New York
North Carolina
World At War Highlights Across Fronts
Highlights report Allied advances on the Riviera Paris and northern France with an all out drive for the city. Allied troops encircle remnants of the Seventh Army while German towns burn along the East Prussia border.
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France
Three piece Maple living room suite offered at 139 50
J W Grove Furniture Co advertises a three piece solid Maple living room suite in spring construction for 139 50. Located at 125 S Loudoun. Advertisement dated August 18.
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J. W. Grove Furniture Co
S. Loudoun
Bingo at South End Fire Co Friday Night
Friday at 8:30 PM a bingo event at South End Fire Co offers a $100 door prize. Proceeds go to the organization in a local community notice.
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South End Fire Co
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