Red Forces Close On Wilno As Battle Front Deepens
Soviet columns push along a 350 mile front toward Wilno as Berlin reports 10 miles to the city. Cherniakhovsky and Rokossovsky advance to within 11 to 16 miles of Baranowicze, threatening key Baltic communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wilno
Berlin
Latvia
Lithuania
Minsk
Soviet Baltic Republics
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Ivan Bagramian
Svir
Naro
Lituania
Mikhailishki
Red Army
Warsaw- Leningraid
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Vilna
Viliya
Kaunas
Balkan
Estonia
Mikhailish
Soli
Baranowicze
Brest Litovsk
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Rokossovsky
Be You, Be You Small Help Smash Vacant Time
MA Winchester notes children in city playgrounds enjoy the experiences but many do not enroll due to vacations or other activities. Civic groups started the program, yet some youths miss the chance to occupy vacation time. Betty Brayle, a former fourth grade student, writes a safety slogan encouraging participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Brayle
Wanted Colored Maid Good Conditions and Pay
Classified notice offering a colored maid position with good conditions and pay. Also advertises sale of gallon cans at 2.65 and mentions Purd ee Station at 120 N. Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Purdee Station
N. Cameron
Peace Feelers By Nazis Continue
CBS correspondent Glen Stadler reported from Madrid that the Nazis have made at least six devious peace feelers since the fall of Rome and the invasion, all failing to reach the intended recipients. A Foreign Office spokesman denied Franz Von Papen, ambassador to Turkey, was issuing peace feelers, calling such claims fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CBS
Glen Stadler
Madrid
Rome
Foreign Office
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Fire kills 146 as Ringling tent disaster shocks Hartford
Dozens of hospitals treat about 250 injured after a blaze in the Ringling Brothers main top. Investigators find the canvas coated with a water proof mix of gasoline and paraffin before the show in Sarasota. Most dead are children. two thirds of fatalities are female.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Ringling Brothers Circus
James F. Kennedy
Sarasota
Fla
Bombers Strike Germany From Two Directions in Major Allied Air Battle
About 2,000 U S planes attacked Leipzig area plants while another force from Italy hit an oil plant near Breslau. Up to 1,000 British bases bombers penetrated deep, facing strong Luftwaffe resistance as crews targeted coke and synthetic oil plants, rail yards, and an airdrome in Zagreb. Captain Fred Christenson of Watertown led American pilots in the combat.
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London
U. S
Leipzig
Germany
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Breslau
U. S. Italy
Yugoslavia
Austria
Odertal
Zagreb
Reich
Britain
Fred Christenson
Watertown
Passenger Train Plunge Fatal Near Jellico
A Louisville and Nashville passenger train carrying more than 1,000 soldiers plunged 50 feet into a gorge near Jellico Tennessee killing at least 15 including the engineer and fireman. Unofficial counts reached 40 dead and 250 wounded as rescuers freed trapped victims and rushed survivors to hospitals in Lake City LaFollette Jellico and Corbin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jellico
Tenn
Louisville and Nashville
Clear River
Here
Express
C. L. Alley
Lake City
LaFollette
Corbin
Williamsburg
J. W. Tummins
Etowah
Willard Yardbrough
Knoxville Journal
Tele
Elks Rally for E Bond Quota in Winchester
Winchester Elks push to meet a $140,000 shortfall in E bond sales, using a radio booth, a caravan through Frederick and Clarke counties, and local clubs to boost contributions. Grant Pollock remains at the mic as plans include visits to Gore Midletown Stephens City Berryville Boyce and Clarke county. Massachusetts leads with $169,834.25, while Winchester shows $131,257.50 to date.
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War Finance Committee
Winchester
Frederick County
Winchester Elks
Lodge
Grant Pollock
The
Elks
Massachusetts
Mass
Bay State
Hiram Lodge AF. & AM
Stephens City
Booth
Elks Club
Uncle Joe
Barn Dance
Gore
Midletown
Berryville
Boyce
Clarke County
Clarke
Kiwanis
Lions Club
War Food Admin to raise wheat loan rate about 7 cents
The War Food Administration is expected to announce a late today rise of roughly seven cents in the national average loan rate for wheat. The new rate would be about 1.35 dollars per bushel, up from 1.28 dollars in May for the 1944 crop, reflecting an increase in the loan value and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
Bombing of Sasebo and Yawata by B 29 Super Fortresses
U S 20th Air Force bombs Sasebo naval base and Yawata steel center on Kyushu in the second main Japanese strike. Gen H H Arnold announces from Washington that the attack, the third on Japan proper since Pearl Harbor, targeted naval installations and industrial sites. Both cities lie on Kyushu with the operation under the 20th Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wawshington
U. S
Sasebo
Yawata
Kyushu
H. H. Arnold
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Norfolk
Bremerton
Wash
20Th Bomber Command
Drillers Move to Reach Miners Trapped in Mine
BELLAIRE OH July 7 Skilled crews prepared to drill through 350 feet of earth to reach 64 men entombed in the pompatan mine 15 miles south of here A rock fall started a blaze cutting off escape The mine was sealed after rescue teams abandoned hope A small drill could reach in two days and a larger drill in five days no word has come from the miners since the fire broke out
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Pompatan
Here
Waieetae
Sgt Richard E. Owen reported missing in action in France
Mrs Ruth Owen of 120 West Cork Street has been notified that her husband Sgt Richard E Owen is missing in action in France since June 6. He enlisted February 1941, trained as a Ranger and volunteered as a Paratrooper. He worked at the city post office. His wife, formerly Ruth McCann of Winchester, and his brother Carpenter Paul Owen, U.S. Navy, are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Owen
West
Cork Street
Richard E. Owen
France
Owen
National Guard
Ruth McCann
Winchester
Paul Owen
U.S. N
Gasoline Records Open To Public
Washington July 7 The Office of Price Administration authorized local boards to publish the gasoline allotment facts for drivers on B and C cards and the reasons for extra allotments by various methods as long as it does not hinder the board’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chinese Troops Break Siege in Hengyang Drive Japanese South
Chinese forces claim a sharp comeback from Hengyang in Hunan province breaking the siege and driving back Japanese troops 25 miles along the Hankow Canton railway. They say only scattered Japanese remnants remain south of Leiyang as the main Japanese force retreats northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Hunan
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton
China
United Nations
Chiang Kai-Shek
Leiyang
London Braces Under Threat of Flying Bomb Attacks
Londoners endure nightly German flying bomb strikes as Churchill urges calm and resilience. Shelters fill the Underground, and authorities report continued damage and casualties while the public adapts to a new era of bombardment.
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London
Churchill
Ger
De Gaulle pledges end of German presence in France this year
Gen Charles De Gaulle told the French delegation that 1944 will not pass without the last German in France being killed captured or driven from their soil He urged France to be great strong and free and to unite and rebuild by its own efforts He praised Allied progress and pledged that French forces will soon return to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Military Against Production Cut
Two labor vice chairs of the War Production Board urged immediate civilian goods production where feasible. They warned such a program could undermine nationwide hiring controls and hinder expanded military programs, opposing Donald M. Nelson's plan to resume civilian aluminum use and versioned industry readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Army
Navy
Nelson
Joseph D. Keenan
Clinton S. Golden
AFL
CIO
Advance Weather Forecast July 8 to 12
Region four remains warm with hot afternoons and only slight cooling in upstate New York by Sunday. Virginia mountains see showers with limited drought relief and isolated totals around one inch. Region five stays warm with local showers in West Virginia and Southern Ohio, cooler by midweek, total rainfall under an inch though mountain areas may exceed one inch.
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Region
New York
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Invasion Front and Fronts Advance Reported Across Europe
Nazi garrison at La Haye Du Puits reported captured by American forces. British patrols reach Caen docks. Cherbourg front widened to 25 miles. 1,500 American heavy bombers and fighters pound Germany and Austria. Italian front sees pressure toward Leghorn with Pisa and Florence near halt. Russians near Wilno as Japanese push stalled on Hengyang. Saipan commanders offer sanctuary to civilians amid doomed forces.
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la Haye du Puits
Caen
Carentan
Cherbourg
Japa
Hengyang
Saipan
Fifth Army Push Almost Halted By Nazis Troops
German forces halt part of the Fifth Army advance toward Livorno Pisa and Florence in northern Italy as American units clash in Rosignano and along a 30 mile front. Tank and artillery fire harass supply routes while infantry fight house to house.
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Italy
Fifth Army
Lignorno
Leghorn
Pisa
Florence
Rome
Gothic Line
Livorno
Eighth Army
Rosignano
Yankee Speed Seems To Date Nazi Gunners
Lt General Omar Bradley leads a dawn American offensive across the Vire River near Airel advancing toward St. Lo. The lid of Caen remains contested with German strongpoints, as U S forces establish a bridgehead and push in a wide arc against entrenched defenders amid heavy bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
Normandy
Vire
Airel
la Haye
St. Lo
St. Jean de Daye
Caen
Second Army
Orne
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Clayton Allamong Missing In Italy
Word has been received that Pvt. Clayton Allamong son of Mr and Mrs Walter C Allamong 301 E Piccadilly street is missing in action since June 4 while attached to an Army Division in Italy His wife Mrs Thelma Allamong resides in Cleveland Ohio and he has a son also serving in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Clayton Allamong
Walter C. Allamong
E. Piccadilly Street
Italy
Thelma Allamong
Cleveland
Ohio
Pvt. Allamong
South End Fire Co Friday Night Door Prize
The South End Fire Company announces Friday night activities at 8 30 o clock with a $100 door prize. The notice appears in a local Friday schedule section. Sarah Zane Fire Company holds its regular monthly meeting Friday at 8 o'clock with all members urged to attend. Loryn Crabill serves as captain for a separate fruit pickup at Nicodemus Orchard starting Wednesday the 28th with last orders due in ten days to two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Fire Co
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Sarah Zane Fire C
Loryn Crabill
Nicodemus Orchard
Miller's Hardware Ad Highlights Dry Cells and Flashlights
A compact listing from Miller's Hardware promotes dry cells and flashlights. The note references a stock line and a basic hardware selection for household needs.
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Miller's Hardware
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