Mighty Air Attack On Invasion Coast
Allied air forces bombed the Pas de Calais coast and Cologne as part of a sustained assault across the English Channel. American and British bombers roared over Paris and the Channel, with multiple formations striking Boulogne Calais and Cologne while weather and smoke limited visibility at times.
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Boulogne
Calais
Pas de Calais
France
England
Cologne
Germany
English
Channel
English Channel
Dover Strait
Folkestone
Bavaria
Bri
Britain
City playgrounds set to open with supervision
MA Winchester notes the recreation program will launch with city playgrounds opening Monday June 26 and Rouss Park June 19 under trained supervision. She urges parents to ensure children use the supervised play areas and avoid street dangers.
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Rouss Park
President Roosevelt to speak on fall of Rome tonight
President Roosevelt will address the nation at 8 30 p m Eastern War Time in a 15 minute broadcast carried by the four major networks to discuss the fall of Rome.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rome
Blood Donor Clinic Volunteers Invited for Winchester Event
Blood Donor Headquarters at Room 22 over Peoples Drug Store opens at 10 A M on June 10 to register volunteers for Winchester eighth blood donor clinic. Clinic dates are June 16 and 17 at South Loudoun Street Church. Red Cross staff assist daily June 10 to 16 except Sunday from 10 to 5 and 7 to 9 A M for registrations, diet guidance, and transport arrangements. Volunteers aged 18 to 59 in good health weighing at least 110 pounds. minors need signed parental consent. Call 6502 for details and appointments.
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Peoples Drug Store
Winchester
Loudoun St
Red Cross
16 More Nippon Ships Wrecked
United States submarines report sinking 16 Japanese merchant ships in the Pacific and Far East, including one large transport. Navy communique No. 522 notes these actions were not previously reported, bringing total enemy ships sunk to 148 combatants.
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Washington
United States
Navy Department
Pacific
Far East
United States Submariines
Navy Department Comunique
Nazis Are Hurled Back In Romania
Soviet bulletin reports German forces attacked north and northwest of Iasi Romania but were repelled with heavy losses. It cites 1,100 German dead and 30 tanks knocked out, plus 44 Nazi aircraft shot down. a Soviet torpedo plane sank a large German transport in the Gulf of Finland.
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London
Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Gulf of Finland
Frauds Charged In Handle Plane Frauds
A U S grand jury in Detroit indicted four people including former Ford employees for defrauding the government in sub contracts for machine tools used in B 24 bomber construction at Ford plants. The defendants Chrysler Joseph Kalman Andrew Kalman and Ralph W Pierce allegedly steered sub contracts to about 20 Detroit tool shops lacking design departments.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Clifford C. Crysler
Joseph C. Kalman
Crysler
Andrew Kalman
Joseph
Ralph W. Pierce
Ford Company
Chrysler
Joseph Kalman
Chrysler and
Pierce
Polish Premier Mikolajczyk Arrives in Washington for Talks
Polish premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk arrives in Washington on a courtesy visit to meet President Roosevelt. The talks aim to bridge gaps between Poland and the Soviet Union amid ongoing European questions and Poland's underground resistance.
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Washington
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Roosevelt
Russia
Poland
Stettinius
Soviet Union
Red Army
Mikolajczyk
Japanese Vanguards Press On Toward Changsha Sighted
CHUNGKING June 5 Japanese vanguards from the north struck within 25 miles of Changsha the provincial capital of Hunan marking a 17 mile advance from Sinshih. U S 14th air force supports Chinese defense while a second Japanese column from Shinshih is driven back. Further landings on Lake Tungting and attempts to cross the Sangtze River line are reported as part of a broader effort to converge on Changsha.
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Chungking
Changsha
Hunan
Sinshih
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Shinshih
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mustang
Warhawk
Yangtze River
Tungting Lake
Henan Province
Sunghsien
Loyang
Salween River
Yunnan Province
Burma
War Bulletin
Shewel
Tengchung
Cotton Strikers Vote To Return To Work In Virginia Mills
Spinners at Riverside and Dan River mills in Danville Virginia, members of the Textile Workers Union, voted to return to work after mill management said it would end employment of negro operatives in the spinning rooms. About 400 spinners had struck on May 22 in protest, causing stoppage by an estimated 2,000 other workers. Continued on Page 3. Col. 4
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Danville
Riverside
Dan River
Textile Workers Union
Diploma Exercises Set for Three County High Schools
Graduates from Stonewall Middletown and Gore high schools will receive diplomas at ceremonies Tuesday night. Stonewall 8:30 at the high school auditorium Middletown 8:00 at Grace Methodist Church Gore 8:30 program includes processions invocations addresses wills and class prophecies with awards presented by principals and teachers and student speakers listed for each school.
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Stonewall High School
Middletown High School
Grace Methodist Church
Middletown
Gore High School
Offenbach
J. B
Alpha Oe
Stephen Fay
Paul Dick
Carrie DeHaven
Louise Tevalt
Marie Conner
Irma Clem
Robyn Ann Williams
Charlotte Shiley
Paul Hymn
Jesus
Pope Pius XII Basks in Liberation Eve Rome View
Allied forces surge into Rome as Pope Pius XII appears on the Vatican balcony to bless crowds. British radio reports echo the jubilation while Germans retreat, rail yards bombed, and Italian partisans clash with fascists amid victory celebrations.
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Pope Pius XII
Rome
New York
Vatican
St. Peter’s Square
Godfrey Talbot
Italy
Pope Pius
St. Peter’s
London
Ferrara
Castel Maggiore
Bologna
Faenza
Forli
Venice
Rimini
France
Americans Welcome Liberation Through Rome Streets
Rome reports describe Fifth Army units entering the city past German resistance as crowds cheered and celebrated. Partisans in hammer and sickle armbands waved red flags while Romans embraced liberators with roses and kisses amid the Tiber and near the Colosseum.
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Daniel DE Luce
Rome
Mussolini
Fifth Army
Palazzo Venezia
Tiber
Oveonle
Forum
Vatican City
Colosseum
Prestige Is Lost Germans Say After Rome Fall
Stockholm reports Germans acknowledge loss of prestige after Rome falls. Berlin press notes evacuation due to Kesselring’s strategy and calls Rome’s capitulation a blow to Germany’s prestige. Aftonbladet’s Rome retreat seen as a tactical move. focus shifts to feeding Rome’s 1,155,000 residents and Allied difficulties.
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Stockholm
Rome
Berlin
Germany
Kesselring
Aftonbladet
The
Tiber
Nengeo
Ex-Duce Calls for Hard Life for Allied Troops
Benito Mussolini in Rome urged Italians to resist Allied advances after Rome fell, blaming monarchy treachery and vowing to fight with Germany. He declared Italians should not surrender and should make life difficult for the invaders, while praising German support.
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London
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Mussolini
Associated Press
Italy
Germany
World At War Highlights Across The Fronts
Fifth Army moves toward northern Italy crossing the Tiber after Rome. Eighth Army clears Sacco Valley near Rome. In Western Europe 1,250 U S bombers hit the invasion coast aiming Cologne. Ploesti output rises after heavy raids. In Asia Changsha under threat as Tokyo pledges all out offensive. Allied gains near Myitkyina. Pacific air strikes hit Kuriles Truk and New Guinea with Biak ongoing.
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Europe
Fifth Army
Tiber River
Italy
Rome
Eighth Army
Sacco Valley
Western Europe
U. S
Cologne
JBT Plans Permanent War Booth on Loudoun Street
The Junior Board of Trade sponsor a War Bond Dance on Flag Day June 14 at Winchester Armory to raise funds for a permanent war booth on Loudoun Street in front of the courthouse. The replica of the county court house will serve city and county groups during the Fifth War Loan Drive with heating for year round use. Admission is $2.20 per couple plus a War Bond pledge. a 20 piece Navy School of Music band will provide music. Marshall Jessee leads publicity.
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Winchester Armory
Loudoun Street
Court House
Board of Trade
County Court House
U.S. Navy School of Tions
Marshall Jessee
Enroll Pre School Children This Week
Lola V Moore, principal, announced today that Registration will be held at the office of the John Kerr School on Thursday and Friday June 8 and 9 1944 for pupils entering John Kerr School or Virginia Avenue School next September. The child's birth certificate must be presented to the registrar at enrollment. We urge city parents with children who will be six before October 1 1944 to register now.
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Lola V. Moore
John Kerr School
Virginia Avenue School
VSG Members to assemble at Rouss Fire Hall for Confederate Memorial Day march
Notice to VSG members to assemble at Rouss Fire Company Hall tomorrow June 6 at 10 30 a m for a Confederate Memorial Day march to the cemetery Equipment will be issued there and the assembly place has changed from City Parking Lot to Rouss Fire Hall
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VSG
Rouss
Yard Party at Welltown Church This Thursday
Community notice invites residents to a yard party at Welltown Church on Thursday night June 8. The ad promotes protecting eyes with Polaroid and Sun-Veil sunglasses from Hodgson and Brown.
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Welltown Church Thurs
Hodgson & Brown
South End Fire Company Monthly Meeting Call
The South End Fire Company calls a regular monthly meeting in the company hall. All members are asked to attend. Howard Hart, Captain.
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South End Fire Company
Howard Hart
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Bulletin
Paris
Hungary
W. W. Hercher
Nippon
Stonewall Middletown
Gore High Schools
Eternal City
Noland Norgaard
Naples
Mark W. Clark
Papal
San Lorenzo
Tiburtina
Ostiense
Trastevere
Eastern
Ploesti
Asia
Tokyo
China
Myitkyina
Kuriles
Truk
New Guinea
Biak Island
JBT
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