Red Army advances near Warsaw and Narva amid blitz in Europe
Soviet forces reach the east bank of the Vistula and encircle garrisons at Lwow while advancing toward Warsaw. U S planes support with heavy losses to German air forces as American tanks push in Normandy near St Lo, Marigny, and St Gilles.
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Visla
Warsaw
Kiev
Stanislawow
Tartar Pass
Carpathians
Moscow
Red Army
Vistula
Nazi Germany
Dvinsk
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Lwow
Stalingrad
Stalin
Transocean
San
Wisla
Pulawy
Poland
East Prussia
Prussia
Danube
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Siedice
Ivan Bagramian
First
Berlin
Fifth Improving Its Hold Upon Broad Arno Front
Allied forces push along a 30 mile front toward Florence as Fifth Army gains widen south of the Arno near Pisa. Eighth Army nears Florence outskirts while snipers are cleared in San Miniato and San Romano amid heavy German shelling and river-crossing risks.
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Eighth Army
Florence
Fifth Army
Pisa
Arno
San Casciano
San Miniato
San Romano
Goebbels Signals Big Mobilization For Nazi War Effort
Propaganda Chief Goebbels reported plans for total mobilization as Hitler tightens control. Berlin TV broadcast notes Himmler ordered to reorganize reserves and move manpower to front. Berlin and London dispatches describe a looming general mobilization across Nazi occupied Europe.
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Goebbels
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Eastern Front
Hitler
London
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Europe
Madrid
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Reichmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Goering
Himmler
Puehrer
Sale of household goods by auction at J E Ware residence
Notice announces a sale of household goods on Saturday July 28 at 1 p m at the residence of J E Ware 106 Southwerk Street Also a yard party Thursday night July 27 in Strother's Grove hosted by The White Hall Grange A purse found in a store will be returned to the rightful owner upon identification of contents and payment for the ad A Pifer Printing Company advertises found money policy Wanted man for house cleaning paid by the hour apply 326 Amherst St
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J. E. Ware
Southwerk St
Strother’s Grove
White Hall
Ad. Pifer Printing Company
U S Planes Blitz Nazis Near Lwow in First Eastern Front Strike
U S Air Force—flying from Russian bases—destroyed 38 German aircraft near Lwow in a tactical sweep with the 15th Air Force. Mustangs surprised Junkers-87s, shooting several to the ground while Lightnings strafed the Mielec airdrome. no American losses reported. Pilots claimed four locomotives and 13 trucks destroyed behind German lines.
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Moscow
Vistula
U. S
Lwow
Wisla
Pulawy
Warsaw
Berlin
German Silesia
U.S
15Th Air Force
Russia
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Mielec
Wistoka River
Lnow
Soviet Union
Raymond Spurling Wounded In Italy
Mrs. Leona Spurling of 422 8S Loudoun street received a telegram stating her son Pfc Raymond Spurling was wounded in Italy. Spurling, a Handley High School alumnus, worked at Oscar Nebel Hosiery before joining the army and serving with Company B and later Company P. The report confirms his military status and local civilian tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Spurling
Loudoun Street
Eany Woubaeh
Cele Sury
Pany
Seein Inferne
Spurling
Handley
Oscar Nebel Hosiery Fac
Lost Folding Check Book At North Street Shoppe
Folding check book with owner's card draft and lodge card missing. Phone Mr F B Omohundro. Reward offered by George W ton Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Omohundro
George Wton Hotel
Reward
City to Appeal Dismissal of Winchester Slaughter House Warrant
City Solicitor James P. Rear don announces an appeal to the Winchester Corporation Court to reverse Judge John Rice’s dismissal of a warrant against C. F. Nicholas for operating a slaughter house within city limits without council permission. The judge ruled the ordinance invalid as possible special legislation violating Virginia constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Reardon
Winchester Corporation Court
John Rice
C. F. Nicholas
Rice
Virginia
Corporation Court of
City of
Winchester
Singer Electric Sewing Machine and Piano for Sale
Modern upright piano and Singer Electric sewing machine with cabinet offered for sale. Located at 104 West Boscawen. Sale notice appears in a local classifieds section with a postal contact.
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West Boscawen
Planes Aid Ground Fighters in Normandy Push Across Front
U S Marauders and fighter bombers backed the First Army in Normandy pressing south of the Periers St Lo road as dawn broke. RAF heavy bombers attacked Stuttgart Berlin Bremen Mannheim and Wanne-Eickel in successive nights with over 1 000 four engine craft and many smaller planes amid reports of renewed German bomber movements over Austria.
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London
U. S
First Army
Periers -St. Lo
Normandy
Germany
Stuttgart
Berlin
Bremen
Mannheim
Wanne-Eickel
Reich
France
Vienna
Rome
World At War Highlights From Frontline Actions
Highlights report French American tanks opening a four mile gap west of St Lo and fighting in Marigny. Rommel’s army stalls British thrust near Caen. Soviet forces near Berlin advance toward Wisla and Lwow with US planes aiding. Nazi leaders rally mobilization efforts. Pacific actions include Palau Sabang and Guam beachheads with Orote Peninsular battle.
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France
St. Lo
Marigny
Rommel
Caen
Emergency Fund Authorized For Polio Fight In Virginia
Basil O'Conner of the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation authorized an emergency fund of 27500 dollars to aid Virginia in the poliomyelitis epidemic. John B. Middleton announced the grant. four additional polio cases were reported in Virginia today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Basil O’conner
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Virginia
John B. Middleton
Allied Navy Task Forces Strike Palau and Sabang Bases
Allied naval task forces operating far apart claimed raids on Palau in the western Pacific and Sabang in the Dutch East Indies. Tokyobroadcasts said U S carriers hit Palau with light damage and that Sabang faced raids causing several ships and a submarine sunk.
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Pacific
Palau
Philippines
Sabang
Dutch East Indies
Tokyo
Guam
Orote
Tinian
Western Pacific
East Indies
Hit
Amage
Sumatra
Marianas
Japan
Mindand
Hollandia
McArthur
New Guinea
U. S
Carolines
Saipan
Peace With Italy Now Considered
Washington report outlines a British proposal for a provisional peace with Italy aimed at normalizing relations with the United Nations. The plan would set aside territorial questions, clarify Italian prisoners of war, and allow Italian troops to reform for front line service. It would also address Italy's armistice terms and bolster Premier Ivanoe Bonomi's government while leaving Germany talks for later.
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Washington
Italy
Russia
United Nations
Ivanoe Bonomi
Germany
Rotarians To Hear Lt Byrd Thursday
Winchester Rotary Club schedules Lt. Harry F. Byrd Jr United States Naval Reserve as guest speaker during a leave from the Pacific tour. Byrd, a past club president, will be introduced by Harold Brown. An Aims and Object Committee meeting approved goals to strengthen membership wartime services postwar community prep fellowship and youth work.
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Harry F. Byrd, Jr
United States Naval Reserve
Pacific Combat
Winchester Rotary Club
Byrd
Harold Brown
U S Tanks Break German Defenses Near St Lo In France
U S tanks in their first major operation in France breached four miles into Nazi defenses west of St Lo and pressed toward Marigny as Tiger tanks with 88 mm guns countered the advance. Infantry and air support accompanied the armored push, aiming at southern defenses and a road junction north of the St Lo Coutances route.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
St. Lo
Contro
Marigny
St. Gilles
St Gilles
Coutances
Marigny Tiet
U. S
France
St. Lo-Periers
Yanks Siege Nipponese on Guam Amid Smoke and Shells
U S Pacific Fleet reports American forces encircling Guam’s Port Apra area as Marines advance on the Orte peninsula. Jap defenders retreat by sea and through cave strongholds while bombardment blankets Agat and neighboring areas.
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U. SS. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Port Apra
al Cocking
Associated Press
Orte Peninsula
Sumay Naval
John R. Henry
Agat
Agna
Henry
Potomac Edison Preferred Auction at Court House
Will sell 5 shares at auction front Court House at noon Saturday July 29. Dunn and Duvall are auctioneers.
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Front Court House
Dunn & Duvall
Allied Breakthroughs Grow on Normandy Front
American infantry attack along a 24 mile front near Caen and St Lo, seizing La Chapelle En Juger and pushing toward surrounding villages. Heavy fighting continues as German defenses stiffen around May Sur Orne, Tilly La Campagne and Verrieres. Prisoners are being moved back while Sherman tanks lead assaults after bombardment. Nearby, a clearance sale at Lovett’s on Loudoun Street is noted.
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la Chapelle-En-Juger
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
May-Sur- Orne
Tilly-La-Campagne
St. Lo
St. Lo Periers
Public Auction Sale Of Phil H. Gold Estate
The undersigned will offer to sale at public auction in front of Merchants National Bank. Terms of sale cash. Farmers and Merchants National Bank administrator c a t a d b n of Phil H. Gold Estate. Dean and Duvall auctioneers. 21 26 28 1p 31.
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Merchants National Bank
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Phil H. Gold Estate
Dean & Duvall
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Shaan
Sead
Abe
Bulletin
Narva
Daniel DE Luce
Wisls
Kolomia
Carpathian
Hungary
Baltic
Kaunas
Roy P. Duvall
St Lo
Gladwin Hill
Third Parachute
Carentan
Lessay
By Noland Norgaard
NGS
New York
NBC
CBS
Ortune
Amherst
Raymond Spurling
N. & P. Stile
Loudoun St
Nicholas
Singer Electric
The
Winchester Evening Star
J. B. Krueger
Rotarians
Lt. Byrd
Potomac Edison
Lovett
N. Loudoun
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