Normandy Cemetery Dedicated By 29th Division In France
Soldiers of the 29th Division honored their fallen in Normandy at a newly established cemetery with white crosses. Lt. Col. Blank spoke as Maj. Gen. Gerhardt led the ceremony, singing and prayers echoing over the grounds near the front. Meanwhile Russian advances reported near Warsaw Lwow and Lublin prompted Allied alerts as fronts stretched across Poland.
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France
United States Army
Normandy
Legion of Blue and Gray
Blank
Infantry
Charles Hunter Gerhardt
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Gerhardt
Allied Bombers Strike Europe In July 24 Raid
A British force of up to 500 U S heavy bombers attacked German airfields harbors and targets in southern France northern Italy and Yugoslavia. They dropped 2800 tons on Kiel before dawn while Allied planes from Italy bombed Bucharest.
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London
U. S
France
Italy
Yugoslavia
Kiel
Bucharest
England
Normandy
The
Reich
Blood purge and high command deaths in Germany
Dispatches report mass executions of German officers as Gestapo squads push a wide blood purge to quell rebellion against Hitler. Two generals and the air force chief of staff died from the July informative blast, with the death toll at three.
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Journal de Geneve
Germany
Hitler
Langericht
Grause Haus
Vienna
London
Air Force General Staff
Berlin
Gestapo
Guenther Korten
Heinz Brandt
Army General Staff
Fuehrer
Berger
Heinrich Bergner
Associated Press
Soldier Wounded In Normandy
Mr and Mrs Albert H McCormick of 20 South Kent street were advised by telegram from the War Department that their son P F C Mervel E McCormick has been seriously wounded in France. The wire cites injuries sustained June 19 with a letter to follow. McCormick, 21, entered service with the Virginia National Guard and has served overseas 19 months.
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Albert H. McCormick
South Kent Street
War Department
P.F.C. Mervel E. McCormick
France
P.F.C. McCormick
Virginia National Guard
Americans Hold Southern Pisa In Fifth Army Advance
Fifth Army units held the southern district of Pisa while others cleared enemy positions along the Arno from Empoli to the coast. They advanced near Cascina and near Florence within about 20 air miles, with Pisa on the southern side partially held and several towns secured.
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Edward Kennedy
ROMF
Fifth Army
Pisa
Empoli
Poggibonsi
Florence
Arno Canal
Cascina
Arno
San Miniato
Ponte A Evala
San Romano
Angelica
Tenuta del Tombolo
Marina di Pisa
Dewey to Confer With Bricker in Albany Meeting
Governor Thomas Dewey and running mate John Bricker plan a Wednesday session in Albany with Mrs Bricker to map campaign duties for the GOP ticket. Bricker will tour national committees in New York City on Thursday as Dewey prepares for a GOP governors conference in St Louis August 2 and 3.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas Dewey E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bicker
Ohio
Bricker
Chicago
Executive Mansion
Brickers
National Anmittees
New York City
Dewey
St. Louis
Notice: Late Planting Seed Potatoes and Garden Seeds
Winchester Seed Co. lists late planting seed potatoes and garden seeds in a public notice. Identifies product types and catalog reference 7-21-1p-31 for ordering availability and timing.
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Winchester Seed Co
U. S. Forces Suffer Minor Setback in Normandy Front
Allied headquarters reported limited advances along the 100 mile front with British and Canadian units gaining near Maltot and Etauvaux while Americans held positions near Periers after a German counter attack. Casualty and prisoner tallies showed significant German losses, with about 60 thousand prisoners taken overall.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Caen
Troarn
le Havre
I.4
Omar N. Bradley
Leves
Periers
Seves
Paris
Erwin Rommel
Democrats Plan Active Support for Roosevelt Truman Ticket
Virginia Democratic leaders announced an active campaign for the Roosevelt Truman ticket. Chairman Horace H. Edwards and others discussed convention outcomes, campaign plans, and expectations of a southern western coalition.
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Richmond
Horace H. Edwards
Virginia
Democratic
Chicago
E. R. Combs
State Senate
Byrd Sacco
Slater
Wallace
West
Allies Warn Against Easing War Mobilization
London reports German reverses in Poland place the Russian army near Warsaw. Eden warns against relaxation and urges united effort to crush Germany and Japan, calling Hitler a symbol of lust for power and stressing decisive action to break the war-mongering chain.
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London
Poland
Warsaw
Anthony Eden
Reich
Berlin
Tidningen
Stockholm
Home Army
Himmler
Hitler
Eden
Germany
Japan
Germans Set Up New Bomb Bases
London reports on the 40th day of robot attacks as experts say Germany has established new flying bomb bases in Belgium and near London. The government says about 100000 mothers and babies and 82000 school children have been evacuated from London.
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London
Britain
Belgium
Mass tagging of 250 cars over stamp display in Winchester
The Internal Revenue Bureau reports 250 cars tagged Saturday in Winchester for failing to display a 35 Motor Vehicle Use Stamp. The exercise will extend into Clarke Warren and Shenandoah counties with 60 percent of tagged drivers already owning the stamp. Approximately 4 300 stamps have been issued at the city post office.
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Winchester
Oe Internal Revenue Bureau
S. C . Galliday
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
City
Nelson Page
Purple Heart For Pvt Byrd After Normandy D Day Wound
Private Beverley Byrd of the American paratroops awarded the Purple Heart by Col George Bryan Conrad in the city. Byrd landed in France at 2 20 am on D Day with many paratroopers behind German lines and was wounded in the arm and wrist three days later. He was evacuated to an English hospital and is improving. The Purple Heart honors wounds in action.
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Beverley Byrd
Normandy
D-Day
George Bryan Conrad
Conrad
Hunter H. McGuire
Eisenhower
London
Gerbler
Byrd
France
England
George Washington
Russian Front Advances Near Warsaw Breaks Into Polish Centers
Red Armies push toward Berlin within 50 miles of Warsaw and break into Lwow and Lublin, key Polish rail centers. German forces retreat disorganized through central Poland as Soviet offensives gain momentum.
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London
Warsaw
Lwow
Lublin
Transocean Agency
Red
Siedlce
Jaroslaw
Berlin
Brest Litovsk
Moscow
Siedice
Poland
Allied and Axis Fronts See Shifting Gains in War Update
Invasion fronts report British seizure of Troarn western area and rail hub while withdrawing under German counterattacks. Nazis retreat toward line from St Germain to Decot and Noyers. U S forces seize southern Pisa and secure Arno banks as Allies advance. RAF heavy bombers strike Kiel. Mosquitoes target Ruhr. In the Pacific, Americans close Guam and move toward Tinian and Saipan. land planes hit Yap Palau and Woleai and sink a small Japanese vessel off the Philippines.
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Troarn
St. Germain
Decot
Noyers
Guam
Tinian Island
Saipan
Yap
Palau
Woleai
Philippines
Asiatic Front Reports Chinese Attack in North Hunan
Chinese forces strike toward Lianzhang and press on Hengyang as U S planes bomb Changsha in the North Hunan theater amid continued fighting and aerial bombardment.
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Asiatic
Lianzsiang
Hunan
Hengyang
U. S
Changsha
Churchill Visit in Normandy Lifts Soviet Hopes
Soviet citizens and troops, buoyed by Prime Minister Churchill's three day Normandy tour, expect a major Allied offensive soon to drive Germans from France. Reds press eastward toward Warsaw as Hitler shifts units across Poland and the Baltic regions in a calculated stand.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Winston Churchill
Normandy Front
France
Red Army
Russia
Warsaw
Berlin
Normandy
Poland
Hitler
Visla
Vistula
Germany
Ukraine
Soviet Baltic Republics
East Prussian
Expects Greater German Revolt
Moscow dispatch notes European Tass observer says German generals’ conspiracy against Hitler continues inside the Reich and predicts a new revolt will arise with greater force. Reports from various sources say internal German strife remains acute despite official propaganda.
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Moscow
Tass
Hitler
Reich
Germany
Stay At Home To Dodge Paralysis
Richmond Virginia reports four new poliomyelitis cases today eight Roanoke city cases five in Roanoke county and a total in the state since June 1 of 82 There is an infantile paralysis isolation ward at Roanoke hospital operated with health officials Camps statewide halt operations while calls for travel advice rise Most cases have appeared since June 11 and the 1943 total was 61.
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Richmond
Roanoke City
Roanoke County
State Health Department
Roanoke Hospital
Virginia
North
Invasion of Tinian Presses Pacific War Forward
Naval dispatches report a day-old landing on Tinian moving from firm beachheads as Guam isolation tightens. Marines from the Second and Fourth divisions push inland while Nimitz promotes Holland F Smith to command Fleet Marine Forces Pacific.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Tinian Island
Marianas
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Tinian
Saipan
Port Apra
Philippines
Philippine
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Ian Corregidor
Isley Field
Mariana
Nimitz
Holland F. Smith
U. S, Marine Corps
Fifth Marine Corps
Fifth Amphibious Corps
Fleet Marine Forces of the Pacific
Hitler Orders Army Salute Replaced by Party Salute
London reports that Hitler directed that the party salute be substituted for the army salute to show loyalty from all armed forces. The official DNB broadcast said the change was at the request of military leaders and would be used nationwide. Goering spoke for Keitel and Doenitz in confirming the move.
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London
Hitler
DNB
Berlin
Reichsmarshal Goering
Marshal Keitel
Doenitz
Five room bungalow with garage for quick sale
For sale a five room bungalow with bath lights cistern and garage on an 80 by 160 lot. Priced for quick sale at 3750 dollars. ROY P. DUVALL.
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Roy P. Duvall
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