Red Army Push Near Bucharest In 4 Day Romanian Drive
Soviet forces on a 150 mile front advanced toward Bucharest within 180 miles as they pressed from Jasi toward the Danube and Ploesti. Tolbukhin and Malinovsky led the drive while German resistance frayed, and Bucharest reportedly faced panic amid Romanian political shifts. In Paris, French patriots claimed liberation after four days of fighting and the rise of the FFI against Vichy authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Romania
Hitler
Balkans
Jasi
Bucharest
Ploesti
Riga
Baltic States
Red Army
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Fedor I. Tolbukhin
Danube
Antonescu
London
Paris
National Council of Resistance
Paris Committee of Liberation
French Republic
Parisian
FFI
French Forces of the Interior
Vichy
Grenoble Falls to American Forces in Sudden Advance
American Seventh Army unleashed a rapid armored and motorized assault into Grenoble, a major industrial city 140 miles north of the Mediterranean. Allied HQ said French interior forces supported the push as Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch’s spearhead moved within about 240 miles of the southern Paris region, signaling a potential link with the Rhone Valley front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noland Norgaard
Rome
Seventh Army
France
Grenoble
Mediterranean
Alexander M. Patch
Paris
Rhone Valley
Lyon
Stine Projects 2 Million Bushel Crop Amid Labor Shortage
Fred Stine county agent told Winchester Junior Board of Trade that Frederick County may harvest a two million bushel apple crop despite drought and lower fruit cleanliness. He noted a need for about 6 000 harvest workers in addition to 3 000 year round labor and urged JET to help recruit manpower at processing plants. The group planned a Victory Celebration as Germany falls and discussed War Loan bonds aiding Jeep purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Fred Stine
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Frederick County
Germany
Ma Winchester Urges Winchester Scrap Drive
Ma Winchester advocates a city scrap drive urging residents to save tin cans paper scrap iron waste fats and clean rags for the war effort. She notes a month has passed since the last collection and urges citizens to participate to accumulate materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Notice to Fruit Growers Opens Winchester Plant for Apples
National Fruit Product Inc announces entry to processing apples at the Winchester plant. Public notice dated August 19, 1941 indicates readiness to receive fruit from growers for processing and shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
National Fruit Product Inc
German Murderers Get Their Deserts
The 12th SS tank division accused of murdering 19 Canadian soldiers in France has been destroyed in the Normandy pocket. A Canadian officer warned any future appearance by the unit would mean a re formed division bearing the same number. Canadians pursued elements near Falaise before the division vanished into the death trap south of Trun with heavy German casualties.
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First Army
12Th
Normandy
Falaise
Trun
Mrs. Minnigerode Dies In Winchester Hospital
Dorothy Loane Minnigerode, wife of John H. Minnigerode, died at Winchester Memorial Hospital at 2 30 AM after months of illness. Born in Baltimore, she moved to Winchester in 1926 and became active in Christ Episcopal Church and local clubs. Survived by her husband, son Bryan, daughter Dorothy, mother Mrs Grace Morgan Loane, and brothers Morgan and J W Loane. Funeral plans to be announced by The Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Loane Minnigerode
Winchester
John H. Minnigerode
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Minnigerode
Baltimore
Grace Morgan Loane
Ernest King Loane
Hannah More Academy
Christ Episcopal Church
St. Mary’s Guild
Little Garden Club
Red Cross Canteen Corps
Bryan H. Minnigerode
Dorothy L. Minnigerode
Morgan Loane
J. W. Loane
New Officers of Legion Take Posts
At the Virginia Department American Legion convention in Roanoke the Robert Y. Comrad Post No. 21 Winchester announces new officers for the coming year. A C Halyosa becomes commander with Eugene F Dearing as first vice commander and P G Ire as second vice commander. For sale 3 piece used living room suite 37 50 J W Grove Furniture Co 125 127 S Loudoun St Phone 6472.
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Virginia
American Legion
Roanoke
Robert Y. Comrad
Winchester
A. C. Halyosa
Eugene F. Dearing
P. G. Ire
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
S. Loudoun St
Stone Jars For Sale By W. B. Snider & Son
Stone jars of all sizes offered for sale by W. B. Snider & Son. Also notices a wanted ad seeking a young man to learn the optical trade with application at 47 S. Loudoun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Snider & Son
S. Loudoun
Lend-Lease to Continue Until Japan and Germany Surrender
President Roosevelt urged Congress to extend lend-lease through June 30 at 28.27 billion dollars and warned against curtailing aid after Germany falls. He asserted unity, speed toward victory, and a durable peace depend on maintaining Allied supply and support across the war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Japan
Germany
Anay
United Nations
Berlin
Tokyo
National Association of Manufacturers
State Department
Freckleton Plane Crash Kills Dozens In England
A Liberator bomber crashed into Freckleton, Lancashire, killing at least 50 people including 34 children at a church school. American crew and troops aided rescue as villagers describe a battlefield scene with multiple buildings burned and a mass of wreckage.
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London
Freckleton
the Press Association
British
England
Hitler
Ration Books Must Be Returned To Board Warned
War Price and Rationing Board cautions merchants to immediately return any found ration books to the issuing board. The notice reiterates that finding and keeping a lost War Ration Book violates rationing rules and carries a possible $10,000 fine or imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Price and Rationing Board
New Allied Landing Reported Near Bordeaux
Early dispatches from Hendaye via the Spanish frontier claim a new Allied landing on the southwest coast of France near Bordeaux. The report appeared well authenticated but was not confirmed or denied by Allied headquarters. Charles S. Foltz of the Associated Press Madrid bureau filed the dispatch after crossing into France following German movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bordeaux
France
Supreme Allied
Hendaye
Charles S. Foltz
Associated Press
Madrid
Blood donor drive reaches 227 volunteers in two days
At the Red Cross Blood Donor Headquarters, 227 volunteers had signed by noon on day two of registration. Plants like National Fruit Company and Virg Woolen Company contributed, as officials urge stronger participation to reach 1400 donors by August 29 amid ongoing war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Weldon
Education Commission
Harrisonburg
Ben Belchie
Robert Grove
State War Finance Committee
Jaycees
G.A.A
County Court House
Red Cross
Serce
National Fruit Company
Virg Woolen Company
Winchester Woolen Mills
Oscar Nebel Hosiery Company
Oscar Nebel’s
O’sullivan Rubber Company
Harry Kern
Peoples Drug Store
Winchester
Strategic Halmahera Island Bombed in Large Strike
Gen. MacArthur announced a record 135 ton bombing of Halmahera Island 30 miles south of the Philippines to erode the barrier between New Guinea forces and the recapture of the Philippines. Liberators and Mitchells struck airfields dumps and defenses destroying eight planes and a freighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Japan
Halmahera
Philippines
MacArthur
New Guinea
Flores Sea
Marcus Island
Fears of National Socialism Cited by Revercomb
Senator Revercomb warned at the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment that signs point toward national Socialism in the United States. He cited a broken economic structure and a debt approaching 267 billion dollars, arguing some favor continued taxing and spending and regulation beyond wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chapman Revercomb
R-Wva
Revercomb
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Allied Forces Reach Paris as Liberating Push Advances
World War II front lines report French civilians celebrating as Allied forces near Paris while British and Canadian troops drive Germans toward the Seine. U S armored units push across France toward Sens and Grenoble, with new Allied landings noted on the Bay of Biscay. In Russia the Red Army advances toward Bucharest as German positions around Riga show strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Seine
U. S
Sens
U. S. Seventh Army
Grenoble
Berlin
Bay of Biscay
Bordeaux
Bolsheviks Get German Praise
London reports an SS article in Schwarze Korps praising Bolshevik mobilization methods as a model for German wartime effort. It argues Nazi total war measures should mimic Bolshevik intensity while denying shared race or blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Schwarze Korps
Hitler
Dr. Goebbels
Gestapo
Himmler
Draped Actresses Arrive for Furniture Sale
A carload of actresses arrives as J. W. Grove Furniture Co announces a sale with prices from 11.50 to 39.50. The store is located at 125-1275S Loudoun Street and can be reached by phone 6472.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
Loudoun St
Public Sale Aug 26 in White Hall Va for Emma T. Anderson estate
A public sale of household goods will be held Saturday August 26 at 11 a.m. in White Hall Virginia. Auction by Walter T. Anderson as executor of Emma T. Anderson deceased.
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White Hall
Walter T. Anderson
Emma T. Anderson
German retreat a rout by Wes Gallagher
Allied columns drive a widening trap as German forces fall back toward the Seine and Paris. Canadian British and American units push Germans from the Loire toward the river while 40 000 to 50 000 Germans are said captured in the Falaise pocket and Paris is claimed liberated by French patriots.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Seine
Paris
U. S
Sens
Reich
George 5. Patton
Third
Fontainebleau
Upper Seine
Seventh Army
Lower Seine
le Havre
Exreux
Vernon
Falaise
Charles de Gaulle
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Tad
Iasi
Tolbukhin
Bessarabia
Malinovsky
Galati
East Prussia
Lomza
Jegava
Latvia
James M. Long
Me de la Cite
Pierre Koenig
Interior
Stine
Board of Directors
I. Fred Stine
John Mann
Lawrence Miller
Legion
Ands
Strategic Isle
J. B. Krueger
The
Russia
Balkan
Andall
Wes Gallagher
Eilsenhower
Eisenhower
Neunkirchen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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