Germans Fight Above Viipuri and Russians Press West
Berlin reports German troops active above Viipuri in southern Finland as Finland Germany ties sharpen. Soviet forces break front lines near East Prussia advancing toward Kaunas Bialystok Grodno Daugavpils while Wilno holds under air supply.
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Moscow
Red Army
Alytus
Lithuania
East Prussia
Kaunas
Baltic
Berlin
Wilno
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Grodno
Latvia
Pripyat
Bialystok
Daugavpils
Pinsk
Kurt Dittmar
Girl Scout Camp Appeal At White Rock August 2016
In an appeal from Girl Scout officials the need for their annual summer camp at White Rock is highlighted for August 2016. The piece praises the Scouts for youth training and urges full citizen support. Safety slogan notes being careful and avoiding carelessness.
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White Rock
Boy Scouts
Normandy Gains Build Ups For Bigger Operations
Washington July 12 The Normandy campaign five weeks in shows definite gains. Allies landed with few casualties and established a beachhead at Cherbourg area. The beachhead is being expanded as a base for future operations with heavy enemy losses and 54 000 captured. Local fighting continues around Caen as British Canadian forces widen positions for supply and a secure port.
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Washington
Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Cotentin
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Bokily
Caen
Soldier Wounded During Invasion Receives Purple Heart
Pfc. Finley Whitlock 21 of 553 Highland Avenue has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in the Normandy invasion. An infantry scout, he landed on D Day and was the first from his company ashore. Wounded in the shoulder by German artillery, he was treated and evacuated to England. Whitlock enlisted in 1939 at Fort Meade and served at southern posts before overseas duty.
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Pfc
Finley Whitlock
Highland Avenue
France
United States Army General Hospital
England
Whitlock
Abe Whitlock
Army
Fort Meade
Bombers Resume Heavy Attacks In Munich Sector
Around 1,000 American heavy bombers attacked Munich area targets in the second strike in two days. Fighters convoyed Fortresses and Liberators to Germany’s fourth largest city, a key rail bottleneck for traffic into Italy and France. Allied attacks also hit fuel dumps in Normandy and German transport and supply dumps near Paris as Weather complicated operations.
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London
Munich
Nazi Party
Germany
Italy
France
Normandy
RAF
Reich
Ruhr
Britain
Toulon
Mediterranean
Chalonsvitry
Paris
Allied armored push advances on Italian front near Livorno
American light armored units moved two miles along the western coast of Italy and seized Castiglioncello as Fifth Army nears Livorno. Inland, infantry met stiff German resistance near Pastina and Casale, while Lighth Army cleared Meone Morra and Muccignano. Adriatic Italians advanced near Ancona as battles continue across the peninsula.
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Rome
Castiglioncello
Fifth Army
Livorno
Leghorn
Casale
Pastina
Poggibonsi
Lalatio
Lajatico
F%4
Tiber Valley
Meone Morra
Mucignano
Civitella
Nestore
Tiber
Pietralunga
Adriatic
Musone
Ancona
Pettovaliane
Paralysis Toll Rises as Poliomyelitis Spreads
Richmond Virginia physicians report North Carolina poliomyelitis cases at 224 with Virginia adding 14 cases in a week for a total of 34, including nine in the Richmond area. Emergency overnight hospitals have been set up in Charlotte Hickory and southwestern North Carolina and Red Cross nurses assist in epidemic work.
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Richmond
North Carolina
H. H. Henderson
Virginia Bureau of Communicable Diseases
Henderson
Ben E. C. Harper
State Bureau of Tuberculosis and
Raleigh
Carolina
Charlotte
Hickory
Red Cross
Virginia
New Serial Begins in Star Tonight
Tomorrow the Star prints Faith Baldwin's The Rest of My Life With You starting Thursday July 13. A poignant drama about a mother's love for her only son unfolds as a trusted novelist delivers a compelling tale.
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Star: Tomorrow
Faith Baldwin
Tokyo Children Being Moved
New York July 12 The Tokyo radio said about 30 000 school children have been evacuated from Tokyo to rural districts since July 8 under government plans to move children from cities as a precaution against air raids. The FCC recorded broadcast notes evacuees include third to sixth graders with provincial relatives and those without local relatives.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Board of Education
Unbroken Heat Wave Persists Amid Stifling Drought
A brief shower at the Winchester Research Laboratory produced .15 inch of rain but did not ease the heat. At 2 30 pm the temperature stood at 98 degrees, two degrees above yesterday's 96. A 70 degree low earlier offered little relief as the day wore on.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Cherries at Nicodemus Orchard Harvest Update
A note from Nicodemus Orchard reports cherries starting to be picked. Last ten days to two weeks indicate harvest window.
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Nicodemus
Appeal for More E Bond Sales in Fifth War Loan Drive
Winchester and Frederick county face a $35,000 shortfall to meet their E bond quota with less than three weeks to redeem pledges and boost purchases. Wendell Barney urges quick readereduction and notes bonds bought through July 31 count toward the local total, with local civic groups able to credit gains as the drive ends.
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War Finance Committee
Winchester
Frederick County
Wendell Barney
Barney
Mass
Commonwealth of Virginia
Nazis Oil Output Cut by Allied Air Attacks
Allied air forces report major strikes against German oil facilities sharply reducing Nazi petroleum production in six months. The offensive hit 51 refineries 13 synthetic plants and 89 aircraft factories in Britain Italy and Russia. German losses from January through mid year reached 7 655 planes while U S losses totaled 3 425.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S. Air Force
Germany
United States
France
Reich
U. S
Britain
Italy
Russia
Invasion Front Advances Amid World War II Battles
Allied forces counter German assaults on Normandy as they push forward toward St Lo. Red Army breaks through German lines near East Prussia. Italians seize Castiglioncello near Livorno. Allied bombers target Nazi war plants and armor. In the Pacific, Japan’s island defenses are bombarded and American air forces strike. British and American troops advance in Burma.
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Normandy
St. Lo
Reich
Tactical Air Force
Hollis Brill Dies After Arsenic Poisoning
Hollis Franklin Brill 31 died at Winchester Memorial Hospital from arsenic poisoning after a Baltimore to Stephens City run for Novick Transfer Company. He arrived at his sister Mrs. Harry Booths home about 11 p.m. and admitted taking poison about 30 minutes earlier, with arsenic and coca cola found in his car.
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Hollis Franklin Brill
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Novick Transfer Company
Harry Booth
Stephens City
W. Lomax Parker
Mr. Brill
West Cork Street
Novick
Booth
Parker
Brill
Shortage Looms For Cigarettes In War Time
New York July 12 The shortage of popular brands of cigarettes probably will continue until the European war ends trade sources said today. Key factors include tax free cigarettes sent overseas for military stockpiles and tight leaf tobacco inventories limiting government export allocations.
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New York
Allied forces smash German armor near St Lo after heavy tank battle
Allied troops reported destroying more than 20 German tanks in fierce fighting along a 48 mile Normandy front. American forces pushed toward Lessay and St Lo, with Le Desert and Angeville Sur Ay among nearby targets, as British Canadian units gained ground but faced strong German resistance.
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Lessay
le Desert
St. Lo
U. S
St. Jean de Daye
No Man’s Land
Bernard L. Montgomery
Angeville Sur Ay
la Bourdonnerie
Omar N. Bradley
St Lo
Bayeux
Pacific War Ramains Uncertain As Saipan Tide Turns
Allied forces press a broad offensive across the Pacific after overwhelming Saipan. Nimitz and MacArthur signal further strikes on Marianas and Kurile targets while Tokyo reports intensified raids on Saipan and Guam. Chinese and British units push back Japanese forces in China and India theater.
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Saipan
Tokyo
Guam
Marianas
Marianas Islands
Adm
Nimitz
Pagan Island
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Kuriles
Japan
Truk
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Ceram
Halmahera
East Indies
Sorong
Maffin Bay
Aitape
Wewak
New Guinea
Pal- New Britain
Bougainville
Hengyang
Yungfend
Liling
U. S
Clinton Vincent
China
Yunnan
Tungchung
Lungling
Mangshih
Burma
India
Chepu
Dr Boyd To Head Medical Board In Virginia
RICHMOND Virginia July 12 The next regular examinations of the state board of medical examiners will be held at Hotel Richmond September 19 22 Dr P W Boyd of Winchester president of the board was re elected at the organization meeting held last night Other officers re elected were Dr J W Preston of Roanoke secretary treasurer and Dr P St L Moncure of Norfolk vice president
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Richmond
State Board of Medical Examiners
Hotel Richmond
P. W. Boyd
Winchester
Boyd
J. W. Preston
Roanoke
Norfolk
Call Jurors For McClure Trial In Winchester Court
Thirty prospective jurors are ordered to report at 10 o clock tomorrow in Winchester Corporation Court for the trial of Ralph Earl McClure, 19, on an alleged attempted rape of a five year old girl. Attorney Harry R. Kernhaw represents the defense.
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Winchester Corporation
Ralph Earl McClure
Eugene P. Dearing
Amon I. Harmon
George W. Bayliss
Theodore Morris
F. W. Bailey
Richard Biggs
Leroy F. Cahill
Robert Dale
Howard O. Hart
Mathew H. Ebersole
Charles C
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Prussia
Office of War Information
Stockholm
Jon Tidningen
Afton Tidningen
Martha Minton
Buzzella’s
Invasion
Gladwin Hill
Edward Kennedy
Winchester Evening Star
The
Associated Press
Janpan
U.S. Navy
Pacific
Tengchung
Yunnan Province
Hollis F. Brill
By Wes Gallagher
Odon
Orne
Louvigny
trans-Odon River
Crucifi
Esquay
Rommel
Strategic Air Force
St. Andre de L’epine
Recesl
J. B. Krueger
Noemfoor
Tinian
Dr. Boyd
McClure
Margaret L. Hodgson
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