Russians Surround Minsk as Red Army Presses In
Remnants of a demoralized German army pour into Minsk as three Soviet armies converge from the northeast east and southeast. Gen. Ivan Cherniakhovsky leads rapid advances toward the capital with hundreds of German surrendering. Borisov and other rail hubs reported under Red control.
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Moscow
Minsk
Gestapo
White Russia
Hitler
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Berezina
Red Army
Borisov
Red Star
Yakof Miletzky
London
Pripyat
Ivan Bagramian
Baltic
Soviet Union
Old Poland
Disna
Prozoroki
Latvia
Lithuania
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Bombing of Nazi Railway Centers Is More Intense
London reports waves of Allied bombers with fighter escorts crossing the channel after weather delays. RAF heavy bombers hit German rail centers near Vierzon and attacked oil plants near Homberg while American and British aircraft targeted air fields and rail lines in France and Belgium.
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Channel
Continent
RAF
Vierzon
Orleans
Normandy
Germany
Homberg
Rhine
France
Belgium
Villers Bocage
Battlefront
Supreme Headquarters
Seine
Fifth Army repels German tanks near Cecina advancing toward Livorno
Fifth Army infantry beat off German tank counterattacks near Cecina and pressed north toward Livorno and Pisa as French forces advance toward Siena. Adriatic front sees Chienti river withdrawal. Eighth Army crosses streams. Germans retreat toward Musone river near Ancona. American armored column breaks through minefields to seize Montecerboli Montecastelli and San Dalmazio.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Cecina
Livorno
Leghorn
Pisa
Siena
Florence
Adriatic
Chienti
Eighth Army
Musone
Ancona
Fifth
Guardistallo
Casale
Lake Trasimeno
Buonconvento
San Giovanni
Montecerboli
Montecastelli
San Dalmazio
Saipan Clash Moves Toward Pacific War Climax
American forces push toward Garapan on Saipan as 17 days of shelling leave a chalky ridge line and set the stage for attacks on northern Japanese positions. Casualties run high for both sides with 1,474 Americans killed and 7,400 wounded through June 28, while Japanese losses far exceed Allied figures hidden by battlefield removals. US forces report nightly Japanese raids but strike little damage.
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Saipan
Cuia Navy
Garapan
Pacific
Raymond Spruance
Philippines
Gasoline Board Postpones Meeting For Holiday
The regular weekly meeting of the Gasoline Board is postponed from Tuesday July 4 a national holiday. The board will reconvene on July 11 with the same agenda and officers expected to attend.
Notice of Local Businesses Closing and Events
Photographic Studio of Hush G Peters to close until July 10. Chuck and Rays opens tonight serving beer sandwiches and dancing under new management. Yorks hosts a July dance with Le Sean from 9 30 PM.
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Hush G Peters
Chuck & Ray’s
Yorks
le Sean
Square dance at Shady Rest announcement
Shady Rest hosts square dance events Thursday Saturday and Sunday with a dress clearance sale. Margaret L Hodgson list notes include four dresses for a set price.
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Shady Rest
Margaret L. Hodgson
Polish Commander Sees Possible End To War This Year
General Kazimierz Sosnowski, Polish commander-in-chief, returning from the Normandy front, predicted the war could end this year. He said enemy resistance is already smashed in many sectors and cautioned that the final phase will be the hardest.
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London
Kazimierz Sosnowski
Normandy
Admiral Cather Dies in California Native of Frederick County
Rear Admiral David C. Cather 66 a native of Frederick county died June 27 in Los Angeles California. He led naval medical services in Washington and served worldwide in the Navy before retiring. Survived by a half brother Harry Cather with ties to Winchester and Washington. Funeral services and burial at Arlington National Cemetery planned with interment beside his wife.
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Frederick County
Los Angeles
Calif
Cather
Naval Medical Department
Washington
Navy
Adm
Clark and
Delia Shaw Cather
Frederick
Harry Cather
Tennesse
Cathers
Whetzells
Winchester
Clearbrook
Hunter Brown
Hiram Lodge No. 21. A. F
Free Masons
Winchester Commandery
Arlington
Arlington National Cemetery
Ill wind fuels unusual gas giveaway in Raton
A stalled tank truck on a hill in Raton New Mexico crashed into a curb. The driver offered passersby free gasoline from his tank rather than allow it to drain into the sewer. No injuries reported and no coupons required.
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Raton
N. M
Hosier Plant Closes for Employee Vacations
Oscar Nebel Hosiery Company shuts its plant for a near two week hiatus to grant a paid one week vacation to workers. Operations pause until July 10 with interior painting by Robert Patton underway. Other local mills also close for Fourth of July vacations and equipment overhauls.
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Oscar Nebel Hosiery Company
Robert Patton
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Virginia Woolen
Wall Of Death Rider Speedy Spencer Faces Scars From Thrill Show
Speedy Spencer or Speedy as he is known performs the Wall of Death under the Rouss Fire Company sponsorship ending a week's stand. He bears scars from two lion claws and a broken arm while recalling a 1930 Arkansas crash that left him injured and determined to continue riding. Born in Minnesota to a farming family, he joined Brown and Dyer Shows after years as a mechanic and rough start on the bowl.
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Rouss Fire Company
Art
Speedy” Spencer
Speedy
Brown and
Dyer
Brown
Arkansas
Japanese Launch Northern Drive toward Hengyang
Chungking July 1. The Japanese have begun a northward push from the Canton area aiming to join forces with a line moving southward along the Hankou Canton railway. Heavy fighting reported as the invaders seek Hengyang, 250 miles north, to cut inland routes and neutralize American airbases in China. American air forces bombed Hengyang railway facilities as Stilwell's headquarters reported Chennault's wing hit enemy positions and started large fires.
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Canton
Hanker- Canton
Hengyang
Free China
Peiping
China
Chinese
U. S
Hunan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Claire L. Chennault
Stilwell
Germans Proclaim Florence Open City
London dispatch reports the Oslo radio stating Germany has declared Florence an open city to protect its museums and art treasures. Florence lies just a short distance from Italian battlefront lines.
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Florence
London
Oslo
Norway
Jaly
Legion Post To Meet Monday For Officer Elections
The Robert Y. Conrad Post of the American Legion will convene Monday night at 8 in the Farmers and Merchants National Bank Building to elect officers for the new year. Commander C. P. Schenck, recovering in Charlottesville Hospital, is expected to preside.
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Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
C. P.schenck
Charlottesville
Germans Admit Allied Success In Italy Offensive
Rome July 1 The German High Command cited the Allied offensive in Italy as launched with absolute coordination. It notes Allied troops moved through previously impassable mountains, praised tank and vehicle performance, and described unprecedented artillery barrages and air-guided fire that bypassed strong points.
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Rome
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Fifth Army
Unusually High Grain Yields Reported This Year
Farmers threshing barley rye and wheat report record or near record yields with abundant straw. James P. Reardon leads wheat at 248 bushels from 8 acres about 31 bushels per acre and barley at 278 from 6 acres about 46 1/3 bushels per acre. Fort Collier Farms also near top with 18 acres barley 787 1/2 bushels averaging 43.7.
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James P. Reardon
Fort Collier
I. Fred
Herman B. Stine
Winchester stores to close on Independence Day
W R Strader, president of the Winchester Retail Merchant Association, announced this morning that city stores would be closed on Tuesday July 4 Independence Day. Stores will be open on Monday as usual but will close on the Fourth of July with no special observance planned in Winchester.
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W. R. Strader
Winchester Retail Merchant Association
Winchester
WLB Moves to Settle Two Major War Labor Disputes
The War Labor Board acts to resolve two key conflicts amid wartime production disruptions. It orders an end to the Timken roller bearing strike in Canton Ohio and postpones a 26 000 Midwest truck drivers walkout while hearings in Washington proceed. Additional idle workers and plant disruptions across 10 disputes affect steel, coal, and other war industries.
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Associated Press
War Labor Board
In & War
WLB
Washington
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Canton
United Steelworkers Union
CSO
Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Fliynn
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Invasion Front Hammers Caen as Allies Hold Line
German armored assaults strike inland on the Caen front while British and American forces repel repeated attacks and push two and a half miles toward the area near St. R the Soviets encircle Minsk cutting routes to Warsaw on the Soviet front. Allied forces press north toward Livorno Pisa and Siena on the Italian front as German withdrawals shift to the Musone River. In Asia Japanese sieges continue with Henyang held and Formosa harbors bombed as Chinese forces gain in north Burma. In the Pacific U S Army and Marines advance on Saipan with substantial casualties while Yap and other Jap held islands face air strikes by MacArthur forces.
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Normandy
Caen
Livorno
Pisa
Siena
Musone
Adriatic
Pacific
Saipan
U. S
Yap
McArthur
Gliers
German Danish Clashes Continue in Copenhagen Streets
Stockholm July 1 reports reach Malmo say Danish patriots fight German troops in Copenhagen streets behind barricades. Demonstrations were machine-gunned by Nazi planes during a two day general strike as flags of several nations appeared in the turmoil.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Malmo
Free Danish Press Service
Williams denounces teachers in politics in Roosevelt drive
Richmond attorney Lewis C. Williams a Board of Visitors member calls the telegram urging teachers to aid Roosevelt politics a disservice and says schools must stay out of politics. He cites Byrd’s figures on federal payroll costs and warns of manpower and funding shortages harming education progress. Reynolds, Roosevelt reelection officer, says he telegraphed school superintendents’ president Givens seeking support in Virginia.
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Richmond
P— Lewis C. Williams
University of Virginia
J. Louis Reynolds
Williams
Senator Byrd
United States
Roosevelt
Reynolds
G. H. Givens
Russell County
School Superintendents’ Association
Virginia
South End Fire Company to Hold July Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Fire Company will be held in the company hall on Monday evening, July 3, at eight o'clock. All members are requested to attend this meeting. Howard Hart, Captain.
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The
South End Fire Company
Howard Hart
German Armor Reinforced In Caen's Battle
Allied dispatch reports German armored units under Rommel jammed into the Caen area as American and British forces push along the Odon River salient. In Normandy, American troops near St Lo and La Forge advance while Britons inflict tank losses. Rommel assumes command and directs piecemeal counterattacks.
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Caen
We will be closed July 3 and 4
PINGLEY and CARPER Cleaners announce a two day closure on July 3 and 4. The notice lists the business name and location code 6-29-1p-3t, with no further details.
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Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Special Attention ADVERTISERS Tuesday July 4 1944 Star notice
The Evening Star notes no publication on Tuesday July 4 1944 Independence Day as national holiday advertisers and readers are advised of the schedule change and holiday observance.
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