Kiwanis Club Sells War Bonds For 18 Jeeps
The Winchester Junior Board of Trade and the Girls Athletic Association ran a bond booth on Monday and sold enough war bonds to cover the cost of 18 Jeeps. Total sales reached 24,575 dollars, with about 1,550 dollars per Jeep. A Jeep ride was offered to all who pledged to buy bonds, funded by a nearby army camp.
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Winchester Junior Board of Trade
The
Girls Athletic Association
War Finance Committee
Russians Press Warsaw Front and Seize Polish Cities
Russian forces advanced toward Latvia and Lithuania amid heavy fighting, reporting captures near Polotsk and several towns. Berlin media described German casualties and the abandonment of Kowel as the Red Army pushed toward the Polish frontier, with Naval and Finnish fronts seeing action along Narva Bay and Viipuri Bay.
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Kowel
Warsaw
Wino
Polotsk
Dubova
Germans Giving Ground In Italy Under Fresh Blows
Allied advances continue near Arezzo on the Rome Florence axis and near Rosignano, with American troops pushing toward Livorno. U S heavy bombers hit Toulin harbor as German resistance stiffens. Germans counter with artillery and armored defenses including Tiger tanks.
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Italy
Noland Norgaard
Rome
Eighth Army
Arezzo
Florence
Rosignano
Livorno
Rossenano
Fifth Army
Rimini
Pisa- Livorno
Nazi Airfields and Rocket Nests Bombed Across Western Europe
Allied air forces from the United States and Britain struck in Holland Belgium and Pas de Calais France targeting airfields rocket launch sites and rail yards. The daytime raid involved up to 500 US planes with heavy bombers and fighters while British formations attacked rail yards troop areas and oil plants in the Ruhr as part of a continued assault on German logistics.
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London
Holland
Belgium
Pas-De-Calais
France
RAF
Channel
Ruhr
U.S
Europe
Oss
Villeneuve St. Georges
Paris
Orleans
Normandy Battlefront
Second Tactical Air Force
Allied Air Headquarters
Pacific
Pas-De- Calais
French Channel
German
Halvosa Elected Post Commander
The Robert Y. Conrad Post No. 21 elected A. C. Halvosa as commander succeeding C. F. Schenck. Offiers named include Eugene Dearing as first vice commander P. G. Ireland as second vice commander Leonard Miller as finance officer L. E. Hill as service officer and Rev. T. Clark Rev. R. B. Taken as chaplains with R. E. Griffith as historian. Directors J. H. Lowden EP. Parker William Swisher and G. Yr. Jones Jr. were named to attend the Roanoke state convention August 20 22 with delegates C. F. Schenck and A. _____ remaining at Charlottesville hospital.
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Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
A. C. Halvosa
C. F. Schenck
Eugene Dearing
P. G. Ireland
Leonard Miller
L. E. Hill
William
R. E. Griffith
Panewink
J. H. Lowden
EP. Parker
William Swisher
G. Yr. Jones
Roanoke
Charlottesville
World at War Highlights Summary by the AP
Russia reports German formations retreating south of Minsk as Red Armies press toward Latvia and Lithuania. In Normandy, Allied troops advance along the Cherbourg peninsula toward Ste Catherine and La Haye du Puits. Allied air forces hit Holland Belgium and Pas de Calais, following RAF raids. In Italy, Eighth Army nears Arezzo with forces also reaching Rosignano. In the Pacific, American ships strike the Bonin Islands destroying ships and planes as Tokyo reports July Fourth carrier raids.
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The
Associated Press
Russia
Nazi Comunique
Minsk
Latvia
Lithuania
Normandy
Cherbourg Peninsula
Ste. Catherine
la Haye
du Putis
Bonin Islands
Tokyo
Booth Dedication Marks War Activities Display
Ben Belchie presided at the dedication of a permanent war activities booth. Ex mayor W. W. Glass opened with a county courthouse history. Robert Grove of the JBT presented the program as officials and war group leaders spoke. A flag raising preceded the ceremony with the American Legion presenting the flag and pole.
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Ben Belchie
County Court House
W. W. Glass
Robert Grove
JBT
T. Sgt. Mujak
C. P. McVicar
Andrew Bowen
Ed Molden
Stewart Bell, Jr
Edith Garrabrandt
Wendell Barney
P. L. Hockman
Ray Garrabrandt
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
Booth
P. G. Ireland
Claude Grim
Allen Gray
Phil Hunter
Eisenhower Returns to Normandy on Fourth of July Flight
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports General Eisenhower flying over the Normandy battle area with Major General Elwood Quesada in a Mustang fighter. He observed from the air and by road, visiting an enemy pocket near Cherbourg and meeting with General Sir.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
D. Eisenhower
Elwood Quesada
Normandy
Eisenhower
Quesada
U. S
Ninth Air Force Fighter Command
Cherprem
France
Fisenhower
Sir
Ritz Lee to Close This Week for Vacations
Closing notice states The Ritz Lee will shut Thursday and Friday for vacations. Also announces Nicodemus Orchard cherry harvest starting Wednesday the 28th with ten days to two weeks remaining.
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Ritz Lee
Nicodemus Orchard
Dr. E. C. Stuart Returns to Practice at Home
Dr. E C Stuart senior resumes professional duties at 17 W Boscawen Street with office hours 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 p m. in the evening.
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E. C. Stuart
Boscawen St
D. m
Local Bond Sales Top Million Mark
Local bond sales through Saturday July 1 reached 1 085 000 with 131 000 in E bonds. Winchester Kiwanis Club members staffed the bond booth as volunteer sellers in the city this afternoon.
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Kiwanis Club
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Fewer Accidents During Holiday
America marked a comparatively safe Fourth of July with 447 fatalities across traffic drownings and miscellaneous causes over the long weekend. The toll was 150 more than last year, with California leading at 37 total deaths and Illinois and Pennsylvania reporting 35 and 32 respectively.
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Associated Press
America
National Council of Safety
The
Safety Council
States
District of Columbia
California
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Japanese Report Details Heavy Air and Sea Fighting Near Iwo Jima
The Tokyo radio said a powerful American naval task force remained in the Bonin Islands area and that severe fighting continued around Chichi Jima. It reported shelling of Chichi Jima by cruisers and destroyers and hundreds of carrier planes in action, and noted repeated attacks on Iwo Jima with carrier based planes. Admiral Nimitz announced U S forces shelled Iwo Jima and carrier aircraft attacked both Iwo Jima and Haha Jima. An Imperial Headquarters communique later described the fighting as confused with Japanese forces greatly outnumbered.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Chichi Jima
Bonin Islands
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
U.S
Haha Jima
Imperial Headquarters
Actque
Rouss Fire Co. Monthly Meeting Notice
The Charlie Rouss Fire Co. holds its regular monthly meeting on Thursday evening July 6 at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. David F. Hottle, President.
Many Coal Miners Idle Across Western Pennsylvani a
Western Pennsylvania miners did not report for work on Monday holiday as absenteeism rose. Eight mines with 3 500 workers produced 16 000 tons daily while 110 000 area miners showed about 20 percent absence. Expected losses included 110 000 tons Monday and about 75 000 tons for today.
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Pitsburgh
Pennsylvania
Harry A. Sutter
Solid Fuels Administration
Sutter
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Bombers Complete 7000 Mile Bombing Flight
U S Flying Fortresses flew from England to Russia June 21 then to Italy and back to England finishing a 7000 mile bombing mission. They struck railroad yards in France during the Italy to Britain leg of the voyage.
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Beai
U. S
England
Rusia
Italy
France
Diminished Volume of Robot Bomb Attacks Reported
London reports a drop in flying bomb attacks on southern England with Prime Minister Churchill expected to address Parliament about the Nazi menace. Foreign Secretary Eden says Churchill may speak Thursday and discussion of a secret session arises as questions mount about potential retaliation and wartime strategy.
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London
England
Winston Churchill
Commons
Anthony Eden
Churchill
Churchhill
Public
The
Daily Mail
Confederate veteran Eli Powell dies at 106 in New Orleans
New Orleans July 5 veteran Eli Powell the last survivor of nearly 300 Confederate veterans from Camp Nichols died at 106 Born Winchester North Carolina January 15 1838 Powell joined the Confederate Army at Alexandria Louisiana served in Company I a sharpshooter unit and was wounded several times He recalled helping carry mortally wounded General Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville and called Jackson the master strategist of them all.
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New Orleans
Eli Powell
Camp Nichols
Powell
Winchester
N. C
Alexandria
Chancellorsville
German munition ship explodes in Aarhus harbor
Free Danish Press Service reports a German munition ship blew up in Aarhus harbor causing damage near 25 million dollars. Initial figures claim at least 80 killed and 300 injured with about 1,000 buildings damaged and several vessels set ablaze in Denmark second city. Cop en hagen unrest reportedly easing after five days of strikes and concessions.
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Stockholm
Free Danish Press Service
Aarhus
Denmark
Copenhagen
Navy reports 17 Japanese vessels sunk by U S submarines
Secretary Forrestal announced at a news conference that American submarines in Pacific waters have sunk 17 Japanese ships, including a light cruiser and a destroyer. He said submarine warfare will accelerate, shrink Japan's merchant fleet, and push Tokyo toward a difficult endgame in 1944.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Pacific
Japan
Tito Partisans Seize Trnovo in Eastern Bosnia
A Free Yugoslav radio communique reports Tito's partisans captured Trnovo in eastern Bosnia. The London dispatch notes the event as of today with reference to the German front, indicating a backtracking or reverse claim context.
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London
Marshal Tito
Trnovo
Bosnia
Free Yugoslav Radio
Submarines Sunk Nine Supply Ships in Far East
London July 5 British submarines have sunk nine supply ships and damaged two others during recent patrols in Far Eastern waters the admiralty announced today.
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London
Far Eastern
Admiralty
German Planes Shoot Down 26 Russian Bombers Near Kirkenes
A Berlin radio broadcast said German fighters downed 26 of 80 Russian planes attacking toward Kirkenes above the Arctic Circle. The clash occurred last night near the Norwegian harbor as the Russians pressed their assault.
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London
Berlin
Kirkenes
Arctic Circle
Hill son of air defense chief killed in action
London reports Flight Lieutenant L T P M C Hill, only son of Sir Roderic Hill, chief of air defense for Great Britain, has been killed in action. The announcement came today.
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London
Roderic Hill
Air Defense
Great Britain
American fleet presses Bonin Islands drive for battles
Allied forces intensified action across all Pacific fronts with Adm. Spruance’s Fifth Fleet pushing toward the Bonin Islands while paratroops land on Noemfoor and Saipan operations continue. Chinese forces hold Hengyang as Ledo Road plans surface and Stilwell pushes toward Myitkyina.
Meeting Notice Includes Marion Anderson
A brief public meeting notice mentions attendance by MARION ANDERSON and a captain, with the exact meeting details and purpose not fully legible in the fragment.
Doughboys press in Normandy as La Haye Du Puits falls
Allied forces drive toward La Haye Du Puits amid fierce front-wide fighting in Normandy. American units advance on multiple fronts including Cherbourg peninsula and Carentan, with German Tiger tanks countering and Rommel’s forces striking near Caen.
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U. S
Normandy
Caen
Erwin Rommel
Carpiquet
la Haye
Cherbourg
St. Jores
Carenttan
St. Jomes
Carentan
Mrs. M. H. Russell Dies In New York
Mrs. Marshall H. Russell died at her Savoy Plaza home in New York City yesterday and will be buried in Aiken South Carolina. Funeral services were held at St Patrick's Cathedral. She is survived by her husband and two sons John Marshall Russell, serving in Italy, and James B. Russell.
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Marshall H. Russell
Savoy Plaza
New York City
Aiken
South Carolina
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Russell
Winchester
John Marshall Russell
James B. Russell
Elizabeth Ley
Kentucky
Thomas Sherlin
Marshall Russell
Gardner W. Brown
James I. Russell
Harry K. Russell
Yard Party at Kernstown Methodist
A yard party is planned at Kernstown Methodist Church on Thursday July 6 featuring sandwiches ice cream and cake. Proceeds support church activities.
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Kernstown
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