Sumption Dies Suddenly at Home in Winchester
Vance William Sumption known as Jim, 35, died suddenly at 12:45 PM at his Shawnee Avenue home after reporting a headache at Miller’s Hardware Store. Born January 3, 1909, he was a son of William Sumption of Frederick County and Mary Stricker of Winchester. He belonged to Centenary Reform Church and Friendship Fire Company and is survived by parents in Fairmont, a brother Cordell Sumption of Philadelphia, and sisters Elizabeth Pleasants, E B Stafford, and Elsie Mae Gaunt. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of family. remains at Jones Funeral Home.
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Vance William Summption
Jim
Shawnee Avenue
Miller's Hardware Store
William Sumption
Frederick County
Mary
Stricker
Winchester
Bay
Centenary Reform Church
Friendship Fire Company
Fairmont
Cordell Sumption
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Pleasants
W. Va
E. B. Stafford
Radford
Elsie Mae Gaunt
City
Jones Funeral Home
Services announced for Mrs Mary Robey
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Van Deventer Robey wife of Walter Robey of Bluemont will be conducted Friday afternoon at Bluemont Methodist Church. Burial follows in Loudoun Ebenezer church yard with Rev Thayer of Hillsboro officiating.
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Mary van Deventer Robey
Walter Robey
Bluemont
Buebee
Commons Discusses Robots In Secret Session
The House of Commons met in a secret session to debate flying bombs. Capt Alec S Cunningham-Reid had pressed ministers over robot weapons and looting after bomb hits in southern England. Churchill had previously rejected secret talks on the robots.
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London
House of Commons
Alec S. Cunningim- Reid
Churchill
England
Invasion Update on Guam and Tinian Battles
Allied reports from the Marianas note Guam and Tinian under heavy Japanese resistance. Nimitz cites 2400 Japanese killed on Guam through July 24 with American losses at 443 dead, 2366 wounded, 209 missing. Tinian so far shows 1324 Japanese dead and 15 American dead with 225 wounded.
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Guam
Tinian
Saipan
Ushi
Richard W. Johnston
Johnston
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Ration Calendar Updates for Foods Shoes Gasoline and More
The ration schedule lists stamps for meats fats sugar and processed foods with indefinite validity for some book stamps. It notes gasoline 10 A coupons permitting three gallons in certain regions through August 8 and similar B C series coupons through September 30.
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Associated Press
Russian Cossacks Storm Into Lwow Frontiers Near East Prussia
Soviet forces made deep advances toward East Prussia and encircled German garrisons at Bialystok and Brest Litovsk. The Red Army pressed toward Lwow and Lipsk, cutting rail links to Riga, with Daugavpils surrounded and Riga within 70 miles.
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Latvia
Rife
Lithuania
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
G. F. Zakharov
East Prussia
Suwalki
Hitler
Lipsk
Triangle Bowder
Red Army
Brest Litovsk
Lwow
Jen
Hauffe
13Th Army
Bialystok
Ivan Bagramian
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Riga
Baltic
Red
George Lindemann
Poland
Junkers
Berlin
Wisla
Vistula
Bug River
25 Teachers Needed In Frederick County
County Superintendent Leslie D. Kline announced a critical teacher shortage for the 1944-45 term with 25 vacancies to fill before schools open. Two resignations, Mrs. Helen L. Cave and Mrs. Mabel C. Evans, reduced positions. vacancies span Kerns town Bryarly Round Hill White Hall Stonewall Gore Gravel Springs Mt. View Gainesboro Middletown Stephens City Armeil. Seventy-two teachers have been appointed so far. A morning meeting at 10 o'clock will consider the term start date.
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Leslie D. Kline
Kline
Frederick County
Helen L. Cave
Gore
Mabel C. Evans
White Hall
Miller
Mt. Airy
Kernstown
Bryarly
Round Hill
Stonewall
Gravel Springs
Mt. View
Gainesboro
Middletown
Stephens City
Armeil
Chinese Break Into Leiyang Amid Hengyang Battle
Chinese troops broke into the railway city of Leiyang after a drive that bypassed Hengyang. Street fighting continued as Hengyang endured bitter combat, with Chinese high command reporting unchanged positions and defenders repelling repeated Japanese attacks.
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Chungking
Leiyang
Hengyang
Bombing Raids Hit Vienna and Albania Oil Refineries
American heavy bombers and fighters attacked Vienna in bad weather, with Mustangs and Lightning fighters escorting and shooting some interceptors. A Liberator force struck the Berat Kucove refinery in Albania, while Mustangs swept over the Brod Zagreb area. Early dawn raids by Italian based Allied planes targeted communications in northern Italy and Yugoslavia.
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Vienna
Liberator
Berat Kucove
Albania
Brod-Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Italy
Russians Drive Deep Into Poland After Minsk Push
Reports from the front describe a rapid Soviet advance into central Poland with forces near Przemysl and Krakow. Soviet air support and reinforcements flood across the San river as German units suffer heavy losses and orders to fight to the last man are issued.
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Lwow
Silesia
Przemysl
Poland
Red Star
San River
Krakow
Jong
Bahamians Arrive In Winchester for Farm Work
Wilson G. Dunn, camp manager, says 104 Bahamians arrived in Winchester at 11 this morning. A 750-strong labor force is expected to be ready for farm work by September 1 with shelter and a mess hall completed. The Bahamians, from Georgia peaches, will thinning apples and picking peaches and early apples in the county.
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Wilson G. Dunn
Winchester
Dunn
Harley Dunbar
Norwood Griffin
Alvin Livengood
Nurse Freeman
Benny Perry
Georgia
Bywaters Resigns as School Trustee
George Bywaters of Opequon and Shawnee District, a four year term veteran, told Superintendent Leslie D. Kline he must resign due to other duties. Bywaters had been reappointed by the Trustee Electoral Board on June 7.
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George Bywaters
Opequon
Shawnee
Leslie D. Kline
Bywaters
Trustee
Tropical Storm Nears Jamaica
A tropical storm may have reached hurricane force as it approaches Jamaica. The Weather Bureau urged every precaution and monitoring by authorities and residents.
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Jamaica
Tami
Fla
United States Weather Bureau
Allied Forces Press Breakout From Caen Front In Heavy Battles
U S tanks and air power pound German defenses on a 25 mile front from St Lowest to the sea. Lt Gen Omar N Bradley reports local advances despite stiff resistance as British and Canadian forces hold and push toward May sur Orne Tilly la Campagne and St Martin de Fontenay south of Caen. German armored thrusts are repulsed as mobile warfare continues with carpet bombing and dug in defenses under heavy fire.
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St. Lowest
Omar N. Bradley
Supreme Headquarters
Erwin Rommel
Verriérés
Caen
Tilly-La-Campagne
Orne
Caumont
Rommel
St. Martin-de-Fontenay
May-sur-Orne
Tilly - la - Campagne
Falaise
Va Woolen Tops First Half In City Softball League
Va Woolen struck for 18 runs on 21 hits to rout Royal Crown 18 to 2 in a first half game. Burch and Anderson led with three hits each, Burch driving a homer and Anderson a double, with Willey adding a homer and multiple players collecting extra-base hits. The win secures Va Woolen the top berth while three teams chase second place.
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Virginia Woolen
Royal Crown Cola
Junior Board of Trade
South Bird
Royal Crown
O'Sullivan
National Fruit
JET
Cola
Larrick
van Woolen
Burch
Anderson
Willey
F. Johnson
Woolen
Clevenger
Lake
Legge
B. Patton
H. Patton
PFC McCormick Now In England
Mr and Mrs Albert McCormick of 20 South Kennt street report a War Department letter confirming their son Mervel E McCormick known as Jimmie is now in England. He served with Company I 116th Infantry since age sixteen and is in an Army hospital in England. No details on wounds were released.
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Albert McCormick
South Kennt Street
War Department
Mervel E. McCormick
France
Pfc
McCormick
Jimmie McCormick
116Th Infantry
England
Illness Fatal To Dr. Fred Hauser
Purcellville Virginia, July 26, Dr. Fred T. Hauser, 42, a prominent Purcellville physician, died after more than a year of illness. He is survived by his wife Juanita Shannon Hauser, two sons Fred and Shannon Hauser, and brother Rimmer Hauser of Winston Salem. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Bethany Methodist Church with burial at Goose Creek Cemetery in Lincoln.
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Purcellville
Fred T. Hauser
Juanita Shannon Hauser
Fred
Shannon Hauser
Rimmer Hauser
Winston Salem
Bethany Methodist Church
Goose Creek
Lincoln
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers to the daily quiz printed on page four list correct responses for ten questions. The set names Paratroopers Manchuria Anape Williamsburg Anatole France Siam Mus instrumental false appear among the solutions.
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Manchuria
Anape
Williamsburg
Anatole
France
Siam
If We'll Buy The Bonds Theyll Drop The Bombs
A short political cartoon caption argues that funding bonds leads to increased military action. The piece uses bold language to connect public debt with national security decisions and wartime risks.
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W. W. Sumption
Mary Robey
Commons
Robots In Secret
Yanks
The
Ivan D. Konev
Przemys
Frederick Andrus Gautesen
New York
Alf O. Gautesen
International
Fred Stine
U. S
South End
O’sullivan
Va. Woolen i
South Baal Crown oOullivan National Fruit Junior Board
R. C. Cola
Ab Kellam
Sf Keller
Lb Czel
Sf Knotsman
P Johnson
Furman
Cf Kola
Johnson
Barnhart
Patton
Ia Clevenger
Sf Anderson
C Patton
Grim
Ab Russell
C Lewis
P Rush
Lineburg
Sf Robinson
Ss Franks
Lb Ritter
Rf Holliday
Ib Binner
Weldon
Woolen Ab Patton
B Willey
Lf Clevenger
U Burch
Fred Hauser
Sega AB
John W. Rosenberger & Company
South Braddock
Brazil
Alaska
South Africa
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
DIAL
E. E. Harbaugh
Mgr
Valley Avenue
Coca-Cola
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