Red Army Drives Into Polish Territory Captures Key Cities
Red Army forces crossed the Vistula and captured Bialystok Stanislawow Daugavpils Rezekne and Brest Litovsk as part of a large offensive. Moscow announced the gains with Stalin praising troops for storming Bialystok and Stanislawow and pushing toward Warsaw.
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London
Red Army
Vistula River
Daugavpils
Rezekne
Bialystok
Stanislawow
German Silesia
Moscow
Red
Brest Litovsk
Bug River
Warsaw
Marshall Stalin
Monitor
Czech
Delaytin
Berlin
Dnestr
Stalin
Farm Safety Week Message Brightens County Window
MA Winchester urges observance of National Farm Safety Week noting 1943 farm accidents killed 20,000 and injured many more. County 4-H clubs display safety materials in the Northern Virginia Power Company window urging caution amid heavy farm production.
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Northern Virginia Power Company
General McNair Killed In Action On Normandy Front
Lt Gen Lesley J McNair former commanding general of the Army ground forces was killed by the enemy while observing frontline action in Normandy. He was 61 and credited with training the overseas forces, praised as a brilliant officer by Gen George C Marshall who called him the brains of the Army.
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Washington
Lesley J. McNair
Army Ground Forces
Normandy
War Department
McNair
Army
Ben Lear
George C. Marshall
Marshall
New Damage by Robot Bombs
London reports after a 12 hour lull German flying bombs returned over southern England causing new damage and casualties. A bomb struck a residential district destroying houses and killing and injuring residents. elsewhere empty houses were razed. Goebbels issued veiled threats as V-1 bombs, weighing 2249 pounds, remained in use according to official sources.
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London
England
Paul Joseph Goebels
Casualties Pass 300000 Mark in World War II
Washington reports U S wartime casualties surpassing 311000 with over 63000 dead. Army totals through July 6 show 207283 casualties including 37237 killed and 39731 missing. Navy losses listed at 650496 with 21433 killed and 4699 prisoners. Normandy period June 6 to 20 adds 24162 casualties including 3082 killed and 13513 wounded.
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Washington
United States
Normandy
Saipan
Guam
Army
Navy
St. Lo
Liberators Hit Belgian Targets Amid Wider Allied Air Attacks
American Liberators and escorts attacked rail hubs in Brussels and Ghent as part of a broad air offensive that also struck Budapest raids by US and Italian based formations. Normandy operations faced poor weather with overcast skies, while RAF and Mosquito raids hit French rail centers at Givors Baden and harassed Normandy movements.
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London
Brussels
Ghent
Berlin
U. S
Italy
Budapest
Normandy
Givors-Baden
Lyon
France
Hamburg
Belgium
Germany
Flakm
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Armgivers-Baden
RAF
Lake Geneva
Givors
Badan
Paris
Normandy Front
Mediterranean
Allied
New Troops Seen Off North Italy
Berlin radio reports masses of Allied warships transports and landing craft concentrated in the Tyrrhenian Sea area for a possible landing near La Spezia and Genoa in northern Italy. No Allied confirmation.
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London
Berlin
Tyrrhenian Sea
Minent New
Italy
la Spezia
Genoa
Pisa
Fifth
Florence
Rimini
Adriatic
Cassino
Rome
City and County Rally for Record Waste Paper Drive
Officials and groups prepare for a Saturday waste paper collection aimed at a national economic need. A fleet of 10 trucks will collect curbside paper and other salvaged materials starting at 1 30 PM, with county drives led by 4 H clubs and Home Demonstration agents urging farmers to stockpile paper for designated stations.
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Armed Services
Ben Belchie
World War Fronts Forward in Global Pushes
On all fronts the Allies push to break German defenses and seize key positions. Russian forces evacuate Bialystok and press toward Warsaw while Narva falls opening a Gulf of Finland advance. American armor drives into Normandy and Italians seize Pisa areas as Pacific forces attack Sabang Guam and Tinian. Chinese defend Hengyane as Verrieres holds and Esquay falls south of Caen.
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Associated Press
Bialystok
Red Army
Vistula
Warsaw
Poland
Narva
Gulf of Finland
Normandy
Verrieres
Esquay
Caen
Four More Nazi Generals Dead
London reports four additional German generals killed or captured amid the summer offensive. Lt. Gen. Moser-Hillman, Lublin commandant, was captured. Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Grimm died in Munich. Col. Gen. Geyer von Schweppenburg reportedly shot near Normandy. Gen. Von Machenfeldt arrested in the Hitler plot. Propaganda Minister Goebbels hinted at more high ranking officers dead or executed.
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London
Moser-Hillman
Lublin
Wilhelm Grimm
Munich
Berlin
Freiherr Geyer von Schweppenburg
Normandy
Stockholm
Morgen Tidingen
von Machenfeldt
Hitlera
Sas
Grosbbels
Hitler
Other Generals Implicated in Nazi Broadcast
German radio claimed Infantry Gen. Olbright Col. Gen. Ludwig Beck and Col. Gen. Erich Hoepner plotted against Hitler. Olbright was said shot after a court martial Beck reportedly died by suicide upon arrest Hoepner allegedly in custody awaiting trial Goebbels linked unnamed generals to sabotage and dereliction on the Russian front.
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London
Olbright
Ludwig Beck
Erich
Hitler
Beck
Hoepner
Berlin
Thse
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Hopener
For Sale At Court House Winchester Va Auction
Auction notice listing ten acres of stock at the Potomac Edison site in Winchester Virginia to be sold at the courthouse on Saturday July 29 at 12 noon. Auctioneers are 7 and Duvall. Includes Ladies Auxiliary of Winchester Post 2123 W F W hosting an Oldtime Yard night at John Kerr School with Mrs J G Fosbrink.
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Court House
Winchester
Potomac Edison
7 & Duvall
John Kerr School
J. G. Fosbrink
Used Electric Appliances Wanted in Loudoun Store Ad
Ed Molden Electrical Appliance Store seeks used electric appliances for top cash. Located at 15 South Loudoun Street. contact phone 5702. Notice appears in Tuesday and Thursday classifieds.
Fresh home grown frying chickens offered with door delivery
Local poultry offer delivers home dressed frying chickens to homes with Saturday evening service. Orders should be placed by 9 p m. Call 3959 to arrange delivery and selection.
Dewey Outlines 15 Point Action Program for Governors
Governor Thomas E. Dewey announced a 15 point program of action for the Republican governors conference in St Louis beginning August 2. He pledged to end petty bickering and warfare between government units and said he and running mate Gov John Bricker are in accord on campaign issues. Subjects include public expenditures health unemployment programs labor public works highways and federal state local relations.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
St. Louis
Frederick County Fruit Growers Meet Set for Tomorrow
The Frederick County Fruit Growers Association schedules its monthly meeting at 8 PM tomorrow at the county court house. Amos Shryock will report on wage rates for picking and packing tasks while Norman C. Kipp discusses transportation for crops and E Blackburn Moore addresses peach and apple price ceilings. Reports from Allied industries and an emergency farm labor program update are also on the agenda.
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Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
County Court House
Frederick County Farm Labor Committee
Amos Shryock
Norman C. Kipp
E. Blackburn Moore
A. H. Teske
Allied Industries
Sale of household goods at J E Ware residence
Notice announces sale of household goods on Saturday July 29 at 1 pm at the residence of J E Ware 106 Southwerk St. Auction details show the location and time for the public sale.
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J. E. Ware
Southwerk St
Purse Found In Store Ad Seeks Finder Identity
A lost purse with money is found in a store and will be returned to the person who identifies its contents and pays for the ad. Pifer Printing Company.
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Ad. Pifer Printing Company
Wanted Man for House Cleaning by the Hour
Help wanted notice seeking a man for hourly house cleaning duties at 326 Amherst Street with application instructions provided on the listing.
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Amherst St
Hats 50c and $1.00 Mary S Yeakley
Hat prices listed as 50 cents and one dollar for Mary S Yeakley with reference to a date code 7-27-1p-2t. Line appears as a brief advertisement or notice in a historical newspaper record. Details are fragmentary.
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Mary S. Yeakley
Pisa Becomes Major Battle Ground as Allies Push
Allied forces press toward Florence with the Eighth Army repelling German counterattacks eight miles from the city. Pisa shows signs of becoming a key target with barricades and observation posts noted north of the Arno. American artillery destroys railway cannon and armor while ground forces sweep house to house near San Romano and Castelnovo.
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Rome
Florence
Eighth Army
Pisa
Arno
Fifth Army
San Romano
Horseshoe
Castelnovo
Vallechio
4Th Parachute
San Casciano
Tiber
Cerfone
Sansepolcro
Adriatic
Goebels echoed as Nazi nerves fray under total mobilization
London dispatch reports Voelkischer Beobachter, Berlin Nazi organ, admitting nerves and hearts face heavier trials since the war began. It notes Joseph Goebbels' push for total mobilization and Reich Plenipotentiary for mobilization stating reserves will shifted from home army led by Himmler to fronts.
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London
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Berlin
Nazi Party
Reich Plenipotentiary
Gauleiter
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmiler
Germany
German
Silesia
East Prussia
Junkers
French Patriots Repel German Tank Attacks Across Front
Allied communiqué reports French patriots defeat German tank ambushes and destroy a convoy of 116 trucks in Saone et Loire. Maquis raids continue with armored column actions in the Pyrenees and disrupted enemy rail lines in Normandy and other areas. Units repelled interior force assaults since July 15 as German reinforcements moved to sustain attacks.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Supreme Command
Saone-et-Loire
Maquis
Normandy
Pyrenees
Sabang Harbor Demolished by Allied Forces in Raid
Allied warships and planes struck Sabang in the Indian Ocean demolishing harbor works, sinking a freighter and wrecking jetties and wharves. Mountbatten reported a 35 minute raid with cruiser destroyer and carrier aircraft. Japanese damage claims were modest.
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J. B. Grueger
Associated Press
Indian Ocean
Sabang
Dutch East
Guam
Tinian
Saipan
Ushi
Pacific
U.S
Philippines
China
Douglas McArthur
New Guinea
U. S
14Th Air A7ce
Hengyang
Yochow
Chungking
Hankow-Canton
Chennault
India
Myitkyina
Malacca Strait
Sumatra
Malaya
Singapore
Americans Break German Line At St Lo In Major Invasion Advance
American armored spearheads pushed southwest of St Lo breaking central German defenses. Forces seized Periers and Lessay, cut the St Lo to Avranches highway, and moved toward Coutances, with advances from Marigny and Caumont tightening a trap on retreating Nazi units.
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U. S
Periers
Lessay
France
Fallen Marigny
Coutances
St. Lo
Avranches
Normandy
Brittany
Fallett Marigny
St. Gilles
Canisy
Vire
le Mesnil Herman
Doughboys
Percy
Cherbourg
Marigny
St. Lo-Coutances
Caumont
Mouffet
Berigny
Caumont-St. Lo
St. Samson- De-Bonfosse
Lmesnil
Our Semi Annual Clearance Sale at N. and P. Style Shoppe
A brief notice advertises a yard party hosted by the White Hall Grange at Strother's Grove on Thursday night the 27th. The piece also references a continuation on page 2 and lists the address 150 N. Loudoun St for the N. & P. Style Shoppe sale.
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Loudoun St
Strother’s Grove
White Hall
Paper Wanted The War Effort Needs All to Fax Lane
Public notices call for paper donations to support the war effort between Main and Braddock streets. The item shows a listing for Tuesdays and Thursdays with a one page format reference.
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Main and
Braddock
Thurs
Dress Stock Listing at 156-158 N Loudoun
A compact listing notes stock of summer dresses available at the shop located at 156-158 North Loudoun with reference code 1-34-1p-26 indicating the inventory tag.
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Loudoun
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