Americans Press Across Normandy Front Toward St Lo
U S troops drive toward St Lo from Lessay and Periers in western Normandy, closing to within a mile of St Lo outskirts. British forces recapture Hill 112 and advance near Caen as air sorties drop, while German resistance slows but fights fiercely along the Lessay Periers route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Allied
Expeditionay Force
U. S
Dessay
Normandy
St. Lo
Periers
Lessay-St. Lo
Lessay
Esquay
Maltot
Caen
la Barre de Semilly
Dday
Beauvais
Nippons Report Continuation of American Raids
U S Pacific Fleet reports continued carrier plane attacks on Guam for ten straight days aided by warship shelling. Liberator bombers reportedly struck Iwo Jima in the Kazan group, 870 miles northwest of Guam, while the port Apra area remained a focal point of bombardment and damage to munitions dumps and coastal defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo Radio
Guam
Iwo Jima
Kazan Group
Kazan
Volcano Island
Saipan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Rota
Plannes
Marc A. Mitscher
Port Apra
Rail yards near Paris hit by RAF heavy bombers
British Lancaster bombers struck the Villeneuve-St. Georges railroad yards on the southeastern outskirts of Paris as part of a large night and day air offensive. Sheltering and reconnaissance noted heavy rolling stock and ammunition trains. seven bombers missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
France
Normandy
Germany
Villeneuve-St. Gorges
RAF
Tours
Forest
U. S Army Air Force
Amiens
Britain
Friendship Yard Party At Kerr Court
The Friendship Fire Co holds a yard party this evening on Kerr Court with refreshments Bingo and amusements. Uncle Joe and his Gang entertain the public from 8 to 9 o clock. Also notes a baseball game Sunday at Rouss Park between Winchester and Williamsport Md at 3 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Yard
Friendship Fire Co
Kerr Court
Uncle Joe
Rouss Park
Winchester
Williamsport
Taps Sound for Spanish American War Veteran Howard Shull
Howard Elijah Shull, 69, Marlboro farmer and early Virginia State Trooper, died at Mount Alto Hospital Washington DC after a period of ill health. A Spanish American War veteran, he served in Company A 2nd Virginia Infantry and was a charter member and former commander of Col. James O Baker Camp. He is survived by six children and eight grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Elijah Shull
Marlboro
Virginia
Mount Alto
Washington, D. C
Veteran’s Hospital
Briscoe C. Shull
Sadie Clagett
Hampshire County
Shull
2Nd Virginia Infantry
James O Baker
Frederick County
Manuel Mello
Marboro
Helen J. Shull
Wacs
New York City
Clay Shull
Winchester
Howard Shull
Williams Shull
Mem
Ft. Belvoir
Auction sale listing for trucks and radios
An auction will be held at 12 noon on July 18 at the County Court House for a 1941 Chevrolet 1 ton truck two late model car radios and one late table model radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
County Court House
Illness Fatal To Judge Ozlin Virginian Leader in Virginia Politics
RICHMOND VA July 15 State Corporation Commissioner Thomas William Ozlin 60 a longtime Virginia political figure died last night at St Luke s Hospital He had been critically ill for days and his family was at his bedside The native of Lunenburg county studied at the University of Richmond where he started a law practice in Kenbridge He taught one session at Fork Union Military Academy and entered politics as mayor of Kenbridge in 1912 He later served in the House of Delegates from 1917 to 1928 and helped sponsor an investigation of the State Highway Department Ozlin joined with Senator Byrd in the way as you go road program He was speaker of the House in 1928 and later returned to law farming and banking careers In 1933 Governor Pollard appointed him to the Corporation Commission He wrote opinions that drew wide attention and he remained a prominent Virginian until his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Thomas William Ozlin
Virginia
St. Luke's Hospital
Ozlin
Lunenburg County
University of Richmond
Kenbridge
Fork Union Military Academy
General Assembly
House of Delegates
House
State Highway Department
Harry F. Byrd
Upper
Senate
Highway Department
Ozlin-Byrd
Byrd
Lunenburg
Corporation Commission
Pollard
George A. Peery
Desperate Japanese Seek Escape From New Guinea Battle
Allied headquarters report two starving Japanese groups in New Guinea try to escape encirclement. The 18th Imperial Army pushed to Driniumor River east of Aitape but was halted by American outposts. In Sarmi Maffin Bay, Japanese remnants fled into jungle as Biak and Noemfoor fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Hazadous
18Th
Imperial Army
Driniumor River
Aitape
British New Guinea
Sarmi-Maffin Bay
Biak
Noemfoor Islands
Geelvink Bay
Nazis Plea For Soft Terms Draws Propaganda Notice
AP reports Das Reich carries an article by Joseph Goebbels claiming both sides desire peace, interpreted by OWI as urging the United States and Britain to soften terms. The piece, broadcast from Berlin in English, counters Bolshevik hostility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
U. S
Office of War Information
Unite States
Britain
Berlin
United States
Americans Close In On Livorno Seaport in Italy
American troops pushed within three and a half miles of the Livorno seaport and captured Chianni, as German resistance melted. French forces seized Poggbionsi area on Bastille Day, while other U S units advanced toward the Arno Valley and edge of Livorno.
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Rome
Livorno
Leghorn
Chianni
Fifth
Atillery
Arno
Bastille Day
Poggibonsi
W bYong
Ghizzano
Eee
Arno River
Villamagna
U. S
Belvedere
Era Valley
Arno Valley
Chiani
Belated Report On Ship Fire
The U S Navy disclosed that an accidental fire aboard a minesweeper caused the deaths of one officer and one man and wounded three others aboard a PT boat carrying Lt Gen Mark W Clark and Army officers to the Anzio beachhead on January 28. The PT boat and escort entered the area during a red alert and were not identified as friendly. The PT boat captain was exonerated of blame. details remain withheld for military reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
U.S. Navy
United States
Mark W. Clark
Anzio
Clark
French Patriot Mandel Reported Killed in Transit
Paris reports Georges Mandel, 59, a French leader who sought a North African government to continue the war, was said by Vichy radio to have been killed while being moved between prisons. The account said the car was attacked on the road and offered no date or further details. It suggested he may have died during a rescue attempt by French patriots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Georges Mandel
North Africa
Germany
France
Vichy Radio
Prison de la Sante
Mandel
Vichy
World War Fronts in All Battles Reported by Red Press
The Red Press notes Russian front offensive between Tarnopol and Luck and parallel offensives toward German soil. American troops push four miles toward Periers near St Lo while Italian front sees slow U S gains toward Livorno. Tokyo claims airmen executed after first superfortress raid. U S attacks Guam and Kazan group. Japanese cross Pei river toward Canton and Hengyang rail town held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Press
Berlin
Tarnopol
Luck
Periers
St. Lo
Tokyo
U. S
Guam
Kazan
Volcano
Saipan
Asiatic Front
Pei River
Canton
China
Hengyang
Japanese retreating from Manipur hills near Ukhrul
Allied forces pushed after the main Japanese retreat from the Ukhrul area in Manipur with contact established at Maoku ten miles southeast of Ukhrul. Mountbatten headquarters reported the exit of Japanese from the Manipur hills toward the Chindwin Valley as road blocks and mortar fire halted further advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal
Manipur
India
Chindwin
Burma
Ukhrul
Maoku
Ings
Humine
Manpur
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Russians Launch Long Offensive Into Southern Poland
German high command reported a Russian offensive extending up to 500 miles across southern Poland from Tarnopol toward Lwow and Luck, threatening Brest-Litovsk and Warsaw approaches. Some penetrations were contained in counter thrusts as news outlets noted shelling near Grodno and continued redirection of forces toward East Prussia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Poland
Junker
East Prussia
Red Army
Tarnopol
Lwow
Luck
Lublin
Warsaw
Brest-Litovsk
Bug River
Berlin
Moscow
Pripyat
Baltic States
CBS
Grodno
Russians Advance Near Grodno In Baltic Front Push
Moscow dispatches say Russians crept within seven miles of Grodno as German counter attacks north of Grodno are reported. Berlin radio notes German withdrawals from Wolkowysk while Russians strike south and southeast of Daugavpils and near Opochka. Breaches widen as five Russian armies drive westward up to 23 miles daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grodno
Moscow
Paris
Berlin
Wolkowysk
Bialystok
Tottering Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Latvia
Red Army
Opochka
Daugavpils
Biatystok
Brest Litovsk
Baltic
Velikaya
Middle Baltics
Pripyat
Pinsk
Europe
Japanese Report on Executions Warns Allies in War Broadcast
New York July 15 A Japanese broadcast to American forces in the southwest Pacific reported that several Allied airmen captured during a raid on northern Kyushu were executed. The message warned that any airman who bails out over Japan would be executed and likened it to Tokyo raiders two years prior. US reports noted four B 29s lost on June 15 with one downed over target, two crash sites, and one missing. no losses in the July 7 raid.
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New York
Southwest
Pacific
Federal Comunications Commission
Kyushu
Japan
Tokyo
FP. C. C
Singapore
Hell
U. S. Army
Slim Sargent to call figures at Shady Rest dances
Slim Sargent will call figures at every square dance at Shady Rest. Dances are held each Thursday and Sunday, with a noted Saturday session at 7 15 p m to 11 p m.
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Slim Sargent
Shady Rest
Snow Hill Dressing Plant Planned by Peninsula Growers
The Peninsula Poultry Growers Inc of Milford Del is building a cooperative dressing plant in Snow Hill Md on five acres purchased from the town. Estimated cost is 150000 for construction and trucks with a daily dressing capacity of 35000 to 45000 broilers and a total capacity of 100000 birds. Snow Hill grants a ten year tax exemption and the plant will connect to the town light plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peninsula Poultry Growers, Inc
Milford
Del
Snow Hill
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