Allied military government to govern Sicily established
Allied North Africa announces the first combined American British military government for Sicily. General Eisenhower designates Gen Sir Harold Alexander as military governor with Maj. Gen. Lord Rennell as chief civil affairs officer. AMGOT imposes no political activity and abolishes fascist structures while governing through local non fascist officials.
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North Africa
Sicily
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Lord Rennell of
Rodd
Washington
London
Combined Chiefs of Staff
AMGOT
Eee Fascist Party
Ee Be
Bridge disaster as shovel boom jams Route 50 girders
An 8 ton power shovel rammed the Cacapon river bridge near Capon in Capon Bridge when its boom failed to clear overhead girders by three inches. The accident damaged three girders and cracked concrete curbing. the shovel valued at 6800 dollars and the truck driver Vernon Willison of Martinsburg escaped injury. Road officials assess remaining damage and repair timing amid material shortages.
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Cacapon River
Capon Bridge
Potomac Ction Company
Fry Trucking Company
Martinsburg
Keyser
Vernon Willison
West Virginia Road Commission
Nazis Put Two New Divisions Into Russ Fight
Soviet dispatches report Germany has added two divisions, one armored and one infantry, to pressure the Orel sector as Red Army units focus on halting a Nazi advance. Front reports claim heavy fighting near Orel with German successes and Soviet counterattacks, while battlefield losses mount on both sides.
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Moscow
Orel
Red Army
Orel-Bryansk
Orel- Kursk-Belgorod
Allied Planes Paralyze Axis Lifelines In Southern Zone
Allied air forces strike southern targets in a daytime raid paralyzing docks rail lines and ferry routes with 50 direct hits. Reggio Calabria Vibo Valentia and Crotone airfields suffer daylight assaults as Sicily rail and comms face heavy pressure. American Liberators from Middle East bases hit Bari Airdrome while Ninth Air Force reports air battles and losses.
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RAF
Reggio Calabria
Vibo Valentia
Crotone
Sicily
Middle East
Bari
Adriatic
Kernstown Dog Found With Rabies
Dr. C. Milton, a veterinarian, received today a report from Washington that rabies was found in the head of a dog in Kernstown. The dog's owner Sam seats brought the animal to the clinic for diagnosis on Wednesday.
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Milton
Washington
Sam
Bomber named for Winchester urged in wartime drive
A wartime plea praises a bomber bearing a Winchester name as part of a drive to buy war stamps. Citizens in Virginia and Winchester are urged to contribute money, with suggested amounts, to support the war effort and honor the old Dominion. The note condemns local firearm carelessness and youth with weapons in city streets.
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Virginia
Old Dominion
Winchester
Starlings
Roads Ho ding But Weakened, Yellett Asserts
Yellett warns road maintenance is weakened as surface treatment lags and heavy defense trucks damage surfaces. He urges keeping steel lug tractors off highways and notes reduced work on Frederick and Clarke county secondary roads due to manpower in the armed forces.
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Yellett
Frederick
Clarke
Farmers urged to secure vacation labor for farm needs
The Star urges farmers to quickly contact labor centers about volunteers willing to spend vacations on farms. Washington workers are reportedly eager to come to this area for farm help and to secure suitable lodging and meals.
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Star
Washington
Two Sprays Advised For Fruit Moth Control
Entomologist W H Hough of the Winchester Research Laboratory recommends two sprays for the second brood of codling moth. Begin first spray by July 19 and second by August 2 using copper sulfate lime and lead arsenate per 100 gallons. Some orchards may require a single late July spray if moth injury has been minimal.
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W. H. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Can't Turn Back Say Italians
Rome radio stated Italy could not reverse course now after delays with Hitler. It warned surrender would not guarantee peace and that victory aim remains Berlin, with Italians facing life or death in the war. Leaflet drops over Rome followed the Italian high command report of Allied air activity.
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London
Rome
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Germany
High Command
Blood Donors Clinic in Winchester Sets City Record
The two day blood donors clinic concluded as the most successful yet, with a record 160 pints collected in four hours and only six rejections. Organizers expect at least 200 more pints as volunteers continue today, praised by L G Sjostrom for the strong community effort. Winchester’s low rejection rate noted by clinic personnel highlights local healthfulness.
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Winchester
L. G. Sjostrom
Blasting Manda To Destruction In Southwest Pacific
Eighty two more tons of bombs struck the Japanese air base at Munda on a Friday. American air forces returned with a massive low level attack delivering hundreds of tons of ordnance over several days. The series of raids began with the invasion and involved multiple drops totaling well over three hundred tons at Munda.
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Southwest Pacific
Yinane
Solomons
Munda
Scout Stamp Sales Total Reaches 2701 in Shenandoah Area
Stanley Mate, Boy Scout Executive for the Shenandoah Area Council, announced that scouts have sold war stamps totaling 2701 since the Shan gri-La campaign began. Troop 3 led by Ray Garrabrandt tops the contest, with more results to be released soon.
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Stanley Mate
Shenandoah
Shangri-La
Mate
Ray Garrabrandt
Hospital Nursing Graduates to Receive Caps
The School of Nursing at Memorial Hospital will hold commencement at Christ Episcopal Church on Tuesday August 3 at 8 p m Miss Sara Hamilton announced Rev R B Nelson rector of Christ Church will be speaker and McGuire hospital president will give the diploma Jay Lowden will sing A large number of graduates and attendees are planned
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School of Nursing
Memorial Hospital
Christ Episcopal Church
Sara Hamilton
R. B. Nelson
Christ Church
Will McGuire
Jay Lowden
Miss Hamilton
Ts “Neter
Arvella Mt. Jackson
Pearl Rogers
Kimbalton
Wilson
Bombers Hit Amsterdam Industrial Targets In Raid
London reports American heavy bombers raided Amsterdam in the occupied Netherlands and on return fighters, with early claims of up to 50 enemy aircraft destroyed by fortress gunners. Two bombers were missing from the daylight raid.
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London
Amsterdam
Netherlands
British Eighth Army Advances Toward Catania in Sicily
Reports from London and Algiers indicate the British Eighth Army has pierced German lines at the bottleneck to the Catania plain and is in contact with outer defenses of Catania. A BBC broadcast via Algiers and heard in New York places the advance within six miles of the city.
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London
Morocco
Associated Press
Eighth Army
Catania
Algiers
Reuters
New York
BBC
CBS
Axis Situation Critical Near Catania Sicily
Allied front line dispatches report the Axis position around Catania growing more critical as Allied forces establish a joint American British military government ashore. Montgomeries desert army presses toward the city driving back Hermann Goering units and elements of the 15th German armored division.
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Allied
North Africa
Catania
Sicily
Bernard L. Montenery
Hermann Goering
Rommel Reportedly Flees France After Sicily Landings
London bulletin cites an Algiers radio quote from a Swiss source stating Erwin Rommel hurriedly left Axis Les Bains France for Lyons the night of the Sicily invasion and that no further word has come on his whereabouts since.
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London
Algiers
Erwin Rommel
Axis Les Bains
France
Lyons
Sicily
Turkish Troops Mass Near Lees Dodecanese, Ankara Reports
The Paris radio broadcast reported by the Associated Press claimed Turkish forces were concentrated in southwestern Anatolia opposite Lees Dodecanese Is. The report reflects wartime troop movements and Allied concerns in the region.
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London
Paris
Associated Press
Ankara
Anatolia
Lees Dodecanese
Planes of unknown origin over Busova and Balkans
A London dispatch says Algiers radio reported daily flights by planes of unknown nationality over Busova. The broadcast notes two air raid alerts in recent days following these incursions.
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London
Algiers
Associated Press
British E boat damaged in clash with German escorts off Imuiden
Reports from a Berlin broadcast relayed by the Associated Press say one of four British E boats sustained damage in a sea clash with German escort vessels off Imuiden on the Netherlands north coast early to dawn.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Imuiden
Sone
Netherlands
Germans Rally Forces Near Mt Etna After Bombardment
NBC's Alfred Wage reports from a British cruiser off east Sicily that German forces are attempting to rally at the foot of Mt Etna after combined warship and artillery bombardments opened a path for British armored units into Catania. He notes Etna is north of Catania and that roads behind Catania have been targeted since Friday afternoon as gun batteries shelled southern suburbs.
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New York
Alfred Wage
National Broadcasting Company
Sicilian
Mt. Etna
Catania
Caytania
Allied fleet advances on Sicilian coast captures Lentini and Scordia
General Montgomery drives the sea flank with a powerful Allied war fleet. He reports capturing Lentini and Scordia as part of the Sicily campaign, pushing forward against stubborn enemy positions.
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Sicily
Montgomery
Lentini
Scordia
For Sale Coca Cola Bottling Site at 25 Gerrard St
Property formerly occupied by the Coca Cola Bottling Company at 25 Gerrard Street, brick building 40 by 80 with steam heat and 80 by 115 lot. price reasonable. Contact B. M. Sullivan.
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Coca Cola Bottling Company
Gerrard St
B. M. Sullivan
Trustee's Sale Notice for Wade H. Settle Property
Trustee's sale set for Saturday July 24 at 12 noon in front of the Court House. Property at 72 Greenwalt Ave, Wade H. Settle City lot 60 feet by 120 feet with a six room residence. Auction notice appears in section 1 page 31.
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Court House
Wade H. Settle
Greenwalt Ave
Local stocks and bonds for sale in Winchester Virginia
On the 24th day of July 1943 at eleven a m I will offer for sale in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia the following local stocks and bonds 1 share of Farmers and Merchants National Bank Stock 1 share of Winchester Milling Corporation Stock 1 share of Colonial Brick Co Stock tor of Lewis 1-1T-23-1p-21.
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County Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Winchester Milling Corporation
Colonial Brick Cor
Tor of Lewis
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