Gen Roosevelt Dies At Front In World War II
Brigadier General Roosevelt Jr aged 56, son of the former president, died at his office bedroom on the battlefield after guiding the Fourth Infantry Division. He will be buried in France where his brother Quentin was killed, as the officer earned fame in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France. He led amphibious landings and served in multiple campaigns, wounded three times.
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London
Ge. Roosevelt, Jr
Battlefield
Fourth Infantry
France
Quentin
Roosevelt
North
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Quentin Roosevelt
Algeria
Sardinia
Corsica
Allied Air Strikes Hit Budapest Mantua and Normandy Rail Yards
Allied air forces bombed the Petfardo oil works near Budapest and the Ferencvaros rail yards, with Mustangs and Thunderbolts destroying several German planes. Liberators and Mustangs also hit Mantua rail yards in Italy and targeted Milan Trieste and Porto Marghera oil facilities as weather forced heavy sorties. In Normandy, a Thunderbolt and Thunderbolts mission damaged rail hubs and bridges with several U S fighters reported missing and a major Spitfire sweep over Laiglet yielding a large capture moment.
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Jats
Petfardo
Ferencvaros
Ustang
Intercepors
Budapest
Mantua
Italy
Mediterranean Air
Milan
Trieste
Porto Marghera
Thunderbolt
Thle
Normandy
Flack
Beauvais
France
U. S. 9Th Air Force
Laiglet
Caen
Answers to the Daily Quiz Correct Answers List
The printed page lists quiz solutions: 1 Petroleum products 2 1909 3 Mediterranean 4 Norman Thomas and Upton Sinclair 6 The commanding officer Went a little way forward etc 7 Eric Johnston 8 New York 9 Norway 10 Thomas Gray.
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Mediterranean
Norman Thomas
Upton Sinclair
Eric Johnston
New York
Norway
Thomas Gray
Ration Calendar Update for 1945 Staples
The article lists ration details for meats fats and processed foods with blue and red stamps, sugar stamp validity through early 1945, blue stamps for home canning, shoes stamps, and gasoline coupons varying by region with new period one coupons usable immediately upon issue.
Bracelet Found On Main Street Worth 200 Dollars
Rudolph Warren police clerk says a diamond bracelet found on a main street this morning will be returned to its owner after proper identification. The finder was Norman Cain of 301 Liberty Avenue and a local jeweler appraised the bracelet at about 200 dollars.
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Warren
Rudolph
Norman Cain
Liberty Avenue
Anderson Rites To Be Held Saturday
Funeral services for Bruce Gipson Anderson will be Saturday at 2 p m at his Berryville home. The Rev George S Lightner will officiate. A Clarke county farmer and widower of Lizzie Gordon, he is survived by son Walter B areas of Berryville. Interment will be Green Hill Cemetery in Berryville.
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Berryville
Bruce Gipson Anderson
George S. Lightner
Clarke County
Lizzie Gordon
Walter B.areas
Green Hill Cemetery
Roberts Rites Held for Takoma Park Man
Final rites were conducted at Mt. Hebron Chapel for A. L. Roberts of Takoma Park Maryland. Services were led by Rev. Dr. C. E. Hawthorne of Wallace Memorial Presbyterian Church in Washington with pallbearers Fred L. Glaize John Snyder Carl Hawkins Lewis Hudson Charles Mayes and Ollie Cooper.
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Washington
Mt. Hebron Chapel
A. L. Roberts
Takoma Park
C. E. Hawthorne
Wallace Memorial Presbyterian Church
Fred L. Glaize
John Snyder
Carl Hawkins
Lewis Hudson
Charles Mayes
Ollie Cooper
Stolen Florist Truck Recovered After Tip
Harold Shircliff reported seeing Smalls Florists panel truck parked along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. State Troopers recovered the stolen delivery vehicle early Tuesday about 13 miles east of Irwin, Pa. The truck was undamaged and stored at Donegal.
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Harold Shircliff
National Avenue
Smalls Florists
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pennsylvania
Irwin
Donegal
French Advance Threatens Terrificiofa and Arno Corridor
French forces pressed north from San Donato capturing San Gimignano and La Castre, closing to 17 miles from the Arno at Empoli and threatening Pogibonsi’s flank. Pastina fell after street fighting as Allied troops pushed toward the Arno. German garrison wiped out. Eighth Army gains included heights near Citta Di Castello, Monte Santamaria, and Monte Castiglio Maggio while Indians and Poles advanced elsewhere. Mediterranean air force flew 1,800 sorties targeting Trieste, Porto Marghera, Brescia, and Milan rail hubs. several enemy outposts fell with several Allied planes missing.
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San Donato
San Gimignano
la Castre
Arno
Empoli
Poggibonsi
San Gimigano
Pastina
Monte Maggiore
San Luce
Terricciofla
Era Valley
Livorno
Pisa
Eighth Army
Tiber
Citta di Castello
Santa Lucia
Colle Dei Orci
Adriatic
Piazza Simonetti
Casa Acqua
Lamontagnola
Ancona
Italy
Arezzo
Monte Santamaria
Monte Castiglio Maggio
Eisenhower Says Bombs Fell Off Course Not Targeted
Allied reports indicate German flying bombs over the Normandy beachhead were not directed there but veered off course due to faulty mechanism. Eisenhower, in a recent press conference, said no important damage occurred and said full reports have been received.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
England
Eisenhower
Red Army closes huge arms around Pinsk and advances
Soviet forces tighten encirclement around Pinsk as Cherniakhovsky and Rokosovsky push from Grodno toward the western Bug river. Baltic front groups reach toward Daugavpils Riga and Memel while air and ground offensives expand across central Baltic and Finnish fronts.
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Red Army
Pinsk
Baltic
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Ivan Bagramian
Daugavpils
Riga
Bagramian
Chernakhovsky
Wilno
Baltics
Memel
Baltic Sea
Baltic Front
U. S
Yeremenko
Opochka
Poskov
Novorzhev
East Prussia
Moscow
Baltic Republics
Daugapils
Latvia
Lida
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Grodno
Nova Ruda
Rizhany
Brest Litovsk
Yanks Struggle in St Lo Front as German Retreat Continues
Allied forces press costly advances against strong German rear guards along a 100 mile front. The Cherbourg Caen line shifts as Germans fall back toward Granville, shortening the front and hindering offense. Mounting air sorties face heavy opposition amid limited gains.
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Cherbourg
Caen
Granville
Bernard ¥. Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Battlefront
Weather forecast for upstate New York and Appalachian zones
Extended forecast covers July 15 to 19 1944 with a cool start Saturday and a warming trend leading to 90s by Sunday. Showers and cooler conditions expected Monday night or Tuesday, then warmer again Wednesday. Upstate New York rainfall about one half inch, heavier in thunderstorms. Appalachian region under one half inch overall, locally over an inch in mountain showers.
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New York
Appalachians
Rally Day at Zion Baptist Church Event in Boyce
Annual Rally Day at Zion Baptist Church Boyce set for Sunday July 16 with sermons by Rev Mrs Nellie Craig at 11 am and 3 pm and a Royal Light Quartet performance from Catonsville Md. Church Repairing Club No 1 sponsors the event with refreshments available all day and public attendance urged.
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Zion Baptist Church
Boyce
Church Repairing Club
Nellie Craig
Royal Light Quartet
Catonsville
Important Dairy Feed Payment Notice To Producers
T Fred Stine asks all producers with sight drafts for the May June dairy feed payment to return them if either signature is in indelible pencil. New ink signature rule applies to all drafts. County agent now accepts May and June sales tickets as evidence of eligibility. Payments are 45 cents per cwt for whole milk and 6 cents per pound for butter fat. Producers owed $1 or more should apply promptly.
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T. Fred Stine
Brill Rites Held For Hollis F Brill
Funeral services were held yesterday at Mt. Olive Methodist Church for Hollis F Brill who died Tuesday evening at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The Rev John W Mangum conducted the rites and interment followed in the church cemetery. He worked as a truck driver for Novicks in the city for the past two years.
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Mt. Olive Methodist Church
Hollis F. Brill
Winchester Memorial Hospital
John W. Mangum
Church
Winchester Fraternal Order of Eagles
Novicks
Two Jap Admirals to Oahu and Saipan Harbor Action
Allied reports say two Japanese admirals are moving toward Oahu as a strategic hinge for Japan’s defenses.Troops seized Maniagassa Island in Tanapag harbor, burying about 16 000 Japanese and taking many prisoners. Japanese remnants in New Guinea survive a 60 000 man force and push toward the coast to link with other pockets. Hengyang resists as U S air power targets supply lines and Tokyo claims 89 planes destroyed at Kweilin. no independent confirmation.
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Oahu
Japan
Maniagassa
Saipan
Tanapag
New Guinea
Aitape
Wewak
Hollandia
Hengyang
U. S
Hankow-Canton
Tokyo Radio
Kweilin
Record Camp Attendance at Rock Enon Hopes to Hit 500
Rock Enon Scout Camp enters its third week with 116 campers this week and 3225 camper weeks total. Officials note record attendance across Council Camps and expect about 500 for the season, with two weeks left and a final week for colored troops. Clarence Urffer of Regional Staff praised the camp and lake development during visits with Ashby Miller and John Scully Jr.
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Rock Enon
Council
Clarence Urffer
Philadelphia
Urffer
Region Three
Ash
Miller
John
Scully
National Council
W. W. Baker
Wurges
Hear Case Against Poultry Firm On July 21
After a July council action a warrant was issued and served on the Winchester Poultry Company operator for operating a slaughter house without council permission. Judge John Rice set Friday July 21 to hear the case with Harry R. Kern retained as attorney for the poultry firm.
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Winchester Poultry Company
John Rice
Harry R. Kern
Young Brother of Stephenson Soldier Dies in France
Mr. William M. Talhelm of Stephenson receives word that his brother, Pvt. Roy Talhelm, died June 24 from wounds received in France on June 8 while under fire. The 17 year old was son of Mr. W. H. Talhelm of Hagerstown Maryland and served with Company G 506 Parachute Infantry trained at Fort Benning.
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William M. Talhelm
Stephenson
Pvt
Roy Talhelm
France
Pvt. Talhelm
W. H. Talhelm
Hagerstown
506 Parachute Infantry
Fort Benae
Trial Justice Court Disposes Several Local Offenders
Cases disposed by Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards include Forest Adams near Stephens City fined 10 dollars and 30 days suspended for disturbance and disorderly conduct. Robert L. Rogers of Front Royal fined 5 dollars and 4.25 in costs for improper parking. Herbert Dunlap of Kearneysville West Virginia charged with reckless driving and no license assessed 15 dollars and costs.
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Court of Trial
W. Erle Edwards
Forest Adams
Stephens City
Robert L. Rogers
Front Royal
Herbert Dunlap
Kearneysville
W. Va
Rain Brings Hope for Local Fruit Growers
Rainfall of .91 inch yesterday and 1.16 inches over two days boosts second crop growth and eases drought in the area. Temperatures remained under 90 as at 2 PM the reading was 82 with a 65 degree low. Despite the boon, rainfall stays below June and July averages and drought harmed crops in many locales.
DeGrange Services Set for Martisburg Flight Officer
Funeral services for Flight Officer George W. DeGrange 32 will be held Saturday at 4 PM at Calvary Methodist Church Martinsburg for a glider accident death at Camp Mackall North Carolina. Capt C J Baker escorted the body arrived Martinsburg. burial in Green Hill Cemetery. He had worked for Winchester Gas Co before enlistment. September 1942.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Martinsburg
George W. DeGrange
Camp Mackall
N. C
C. J. Baker
Pery DeGrange
Washington
F. M. Lloyd
Marlowe
Mass Kathleen Louise Journell
Oanoke
Robert E Grange
New York City
Allace de Grange
M. J. Falk
Cochran
Green Hill Cemetery
Wildcats Seek Revenge In Game Here Sunday
Williamsport Wildcats, twice victimized by Park base ball, return Sunday for another clash with Park Nine. Marylanders show steady improvement with new players added for the Sun game. Winchester beat Williamsport 5-2 and 5-3 earlier. recent action vs Front Royal All-Stars shows the Wildcats are stronger. Park to use the same lineup that defeated Elkton last Sunday.
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Wildcats
Park Nine
Williamsport Wildcats
Marylanders
Winchester
Williamsport
Front Royal All-Stars
Front Royal
Park
Elkton
Winchester Soldier Williams Drowns in New Guinea
Pfc. Charles E. Williams Jr., 20, colored, is reported dead after drowning July 6 in New Guinea. Son of Charles E. and Martha Williams of 572 North Cameron, he joined the Army July 12, 1943, served in the Engineer Corps, trained at Camp Claiborne, and was overseas recently. He previously worked for Cooper Wholesale Co.. survived by a sister, Mary L. Finley.
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Charles E. Williams, Jr
New Guinea
War Department
Williams
Charles E
Martha Williams
North
Cameron Street
Winchester
Engineer Corps
Camp Clairborne
Cooper Wholesale Co
Mary L. Finley
Benny Trouper In New Guinea
Comedian Jack Benny and a troupe arrived at Port Moresby to begin a tour of camps in New Guinea. The group includes Carole Landis Martha Tilton Larry Adler and Peggy Bruner amid enthusiastic receptions by soldiers WACs native forces and First Lt. Lanny Ross.
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Port Moresby
New Guinea
Jack Benny
Fuzzy Wuzzies
Carole Landis
Martha Tilton
Larry Adler
Peggy Bruner
Lanny Ross
George Moreland Buried At Loom
George N. Morleand a lifelong Hampshire county resident died at his Loom home on Sunday July 2 after a long illness following influenza in World War I. He would have been 73 in October. Survived by wife Minnie V. Johnson two foster daughters and half brother James J. Moreland. Funeral at Central Methodist Church Loom with burial nearby. Pallbearers were six nephews Lester Richmond Bernard Whitacre Thurman Williams Otos Marion Moreland.
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George N. Morleand
Hampshire County
W. Va
Loom
Mr. Moreland
Minnie V. Johnson
Margaret McCauley
Lester Richmond
James J. Moreland
Hanging Rock
Central Methodist Church
Bernard Whitacre
Thurman
Williams
Otos
Marion Moreland
Major Wray Earns Bronze Star in Italy Action
Major Francis M. Wray received the Bronze Star for meritorious service on the Fifth Army Front in Italy. General Geoffrey Keyes presented the award. Wray, a UVA Law School graduate and former Clarke County Commonwealth Attorney, also earned the Silver Star in World War One. He studied at Charlottesville’s School of Military Government and served with the British Eighth Army in Sicily and Salerno, where he received the Order of the British Empire.
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Francis M. Wray
Italy
Geoffrey Keyes
Fifth Army
Wray
School of Military Government
Charlottesville
Eighth Army
Sicily
Salerno
University of Virginia Law School
Maj. Wray
Clarke County
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Associated Press
Anderson
Mediterranean Air Force
Brescia
Mestre
Veona
Mantuar
Pinzano
RAF
Lambrate
Indie
Suwalki
Cherniakhovsky
Konstantin K. Rokosovsky
Bug River
Warsaw
St. Lo
Thomas Christy
Pal
Tor
Trial Justice Court
DeGrange
Pfc. Williams
Benny Trouper
George Moreland
Fletcher
Cinenareet Vests
Eunees Laboratory
Eeeickly
Pletcher’s Castoria
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