Red Army Tightens Noose Around Wilno and East Prussia
British dispatches say Soviet vanguards reached within 60 miles of east Prussia as Wilno endures a death hold. Luninets evacuated and rail links near Gomel Brest Litovsk cross there. Russians push toward Utena and Memel as mutinies are claimed near Wilno and Kaunas.
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London
East Prussia
Red Army
Wilno
Wilna
Luninets
Pripyat
Pinsk
Warsaw
Gomel- Brest Litovsk
Wilno-Rownee
Wilno-Daugavpils
Utena
Litthuania
Memel
Baltic
Georgia
Winchester praises summer camping near Shenandoah Area Scouts
MA WINCHESTER notes a fine summer camping program in the Shenandoah Area for Boy Scouts praising the initiators of a permanent camp site. More scouts have attended Rock Enon this year than last year at the council camp. Visitors are invited to inspect the facilities. Louis O Connell urges following safety rules.
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Shenandoah
Rock Enon
Louis
O’connel
More Women and Children Are Moved To Safety
London reports the evacuation of women and children from the city and southern towns continues smoothly on the 26th day of the German bombing campaign. Over 50,000 children have been moved, with a minor hitch in York swiftly resolved by a compulsory order. In Leicester, evacuees greeted a hospital train arrival at the central station.
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Moscow
Wilno
Kaunas
Russia
Bed
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Bug
Warsaw
Trafic
Berlin
Romania
Baltic Front
Druja
Braslov
Daugapils
London
England
York
Leicester
Invasion Front Advances and Russian Front Movements
British troops push from Caen widening a corridor across the Odon river as Americans deepen the left flank beyond La Haye Du Puits. Russian forces drive west of Wilno cutting a rail link between Daugavpils and Kaunas. In the Asiatic Front Chinese launch a large offensive in the south of Hunan while Burma reports end of organized Japanese resistance at Ukhrul.
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Caen
Odon River
la Haye du Puits
Wilno
Vilna
Dauganpils
Dvinsk
Kaunas
Wilso
Asiatic Front
Hyper Province
Hunan
Burma
Ukhrul
Winchester Reaches War Bond Quota Lead in Drive
Winchester and Frederick County report bond sales totaling 1 329 125 50 over the Fifth War Loan Drive quota, with individual E bonds at 141 187 50 of 300 000. Local and county groups including Stephens City 4 H clubs contributed 18 500 while a gala street dance and band sales boosted civic participation. Robert Y. Conrad Post pledged 44 800 and Capitol Theatre attendance reached 55 400 in bond sales.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Winchester
Frederick County
Wendell Barney
Tion
Friendly Grove
Middletown
Stonewall
North Frederick
Gore
Evandale
Stephens City
American Legion Post and Auxiliary
Loudoun Street
Uncle Joe
Robert Y. Conrad Post and Auxiliary
Capitol Theatre
Wen Barney
Captain Thomson Killed In Action In Pacific Area
Captain Paul J. Thomson Jr. of the U S Marine Corps was killed in action in the Pacific. Telegrams to his mother Mrs Paul P Thomson confirm his death during a recent engagement after June 14 near Tarawa where Marine forces suffered heavy losses. Born in New Orleans in 1920 he graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1941 and rose from second lieutenant to captain. He commanded a battery of the Tenth Artillery, Second Division, and fought at Tarawa. He is survived by his mother and a sister Mrs Harry F Byrd.
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Winchester
Paul P. Thomson
Morgan Street
Paul J. Thomson, Jr
Pacific
General Vandegrift
United States Marine Corps
New Orleans
Thomson
New Orleans Item-Tribune
James M. Thomson
Gaylord
Clarke County
Virginia Military Institute of
Lexington
Tarawa
Tenth Artillery
A. P. Thomson
Summit Point
W. Va
Battle of
New Market
Gretchen Bigelow
W . Mass
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia Drought Persists Despite Weekend Showers
Scattered thundershowers in Virginia brought slight crop help but did not end the drought described as among the worst in state history. Tidewater truck crops suffer, Danville measured 1.31 inches aiding corn and tobacco, while Richmond and Lynchburg received minor totals. Some areas saw no rain, and hot dry winds in Frederick worsened conditions. Rain remains essential for crops and pastures statewide.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Tidewater
Danville
Richmond
Lynch
Lynchburg
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Frederick
Infantry Advances Across Gothic Line Near Visterra
American infantry captured the German stronghold of Volterra and pushed four miles forward along the Gothic line. They pressed toward Livorno and Pomaja, while taking 80 enemy prisoners near Rosignano and killing 20 with 22 captured nearby. Eighth German divisions including the 36th SS Regiment and the Ninth Panzer Grenadier were identified in the sector.
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Noland Norgard
Rome
Visterra
Volterra
Arno
Florence
Pisa
Livorno
Leghorn
Pomaja
Lajatico
Rosignano
Castellina
Fifth Army
Ninth Panzer Grenadier Regiment
Eisenhower Warns of Long Bitter Battles Ahead
General Eisenhower cautioned against world optimism and predicted prolonged, heavy fighting before final victory in Europe. He praised Allied successes from Tobruk to France, stressed the need for sober realism, and noted Caen’s capture as part of a steady push while acknowledging ongoing hardships. He also praised the Soviet victory at Wilno and commented on new weaponry and air attacks.
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Eisenhower
Europe
Russia
Africa
Italy
France
Tobruk
Gestapo
Germany
Caen
Wilno
London
Powe An
Wanted Colored Maid With Good Pay And Conditions
Classified note seeking a colored maid offering good working conditions and pay. Contact by calling 5872.
For Sale Prestone permanent antifreeze gallon cans
Limited quantity available at Pure Service Station 120 N Cameron St. Gallon cans priced at 2.65. Purchasers advised to hurry.
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N. Cameron St
Flank Is Periled Weak German Strongpoints In Normandy Taken By British
Allied air forces bombarded rail targets and bridges in northern France as British and American troops advance in Normandy. RAF Mosquitos attacked 18 trains and rail links. Lancasters struck an oil plant area. mines were laid in enemy waters. Typhoons strafed German positions close to Canadian troops near Le Havre.
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Normandy
Gladwin Hill
London
English Channel
Normandy Battlefront
France
Seine River
Mosanitos
Buer
Lancasters
RAF
Seine
le Havre
Quillebeuf
Duclair
Germany
Germans Struggle to Avert Defeat on Transport Front
German newspapers reaching Spain reveal a desperate push to stave off defeat on the transportation front. The effort links production areas with front-line armies as the wider battle for Europe hinges on logistics.
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Madrid
Normandy
Russia
Italy
Europe
Spain
Winchester Soldiers Share Hospital Ward Coincidence
Private Beverley Byrd, a paratrooper from Winchester, is recovering in a Wales hospital after a left arm wound. Capt. Mifflin B. Clowe Jr., also from Winchester and recently wounded in France, lies on the adjacent cot. Both were among the first ashore on D day and were treated side by side by coincidence.
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Beverley Byrd
Wales
Mifflin B. Clowe, Jr
Winchester
France
Clowe
Old Company I
Byrd
Cherbourg
Saipan falls clearing direct strikes on Tokyo
United States forces conquer Saipan after 25 days of fierce battle, opening land based bomber raids on Manila and the Japanese homeland. Saipan's capture shifts Allied leverage 1,150 miles farther west from the Marshall Islands as Nimitz's drive continues.
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United States
Saipan
Pacific
Japan
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Manila
Marshall Islands
Wallace Reports At White House
Vice-President Wallace returned to Washington by plane and will report to President Roosevelt on his mission to China and Russia. Wallace arrived from Seattle before 10 A M. Early said plans shifted to an earlier White House visit ahead of the July 19 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Washington
Wallace
White House
Roosevelt
China
Russia
Seattle
Wash
Stephen Early
Chicago
Yankees Wedge Deeper Into Germans Flank
Allied forces press the Caen front in Normandy with Montgomery’s British Eighth Army driving east from the Odon bridgehead to seize Bretteville Sur Odon Eterville Malot and Hill 112 within a three mile broad arc while American units push from the Vire river bridgehead toward Sainteny Periers and Lessay ahead of a potential Cherbourg corridor opening.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Bernard L. Montgomery
Orne
Caen
Normandy
Montgomery
Fauborg de Vaucelles
Bretteville-Sur-Odon
Fall Eterville
Malot
Hill 112
Orne River
Cherbourg
Vire
St. Jean de Daye
Omar N. Bradley
Sainteny
Carentan
Periers
Lessay
la Haye du Puits
la Haye
Odon River
Key Hill 112
Esquay
V F W Meeting Tonight At Roy Erle Home
The Veterans of Foreign Ward meet at Roy W. Erle’s home 1619 Valley Avenue tonight at 7 30. Transportation is provided for members lacking it from the Farmers and Merchants National Bank corner. Urgent business to be discussed.
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Veterans of Foreign Ward
Roy W. Erle
Valley Avenue
Farmers and Merchant’s National Bank
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