Invasion Blood Drive Appeals Nationwide Donation
As Allied forces assault in France a national appeal urges all eligible people to donate blood for overseas plasma. In Winchester and Frederick County a June 16 and 17 clinic at South Loudoun Presbyterian Church is announced with Red Cross donation HQ opening June 10 to arrange appointments for donors aged 18 to 56.
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France
Bur~ay
Teas
Red Cross
Winchester
Frederick County
Loudoun &J
Peoples Drug Store
Allied Advances Push into Italy and Romania Fronts
Allied forces report gains east of Rome with New Zealand troops taking Balsorano as Alexander declares German strength broken. The Fifth Army surpasses 18 000 prisoners and heavy bombers hit oil refineries, rail yards, and the iron gate canal in targets across Romania and Yugoslavia with losses of 16 heavy bombers and 17 other aircraft.
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Fifth Army
Eighth Army
New Zealand
Balsorano
Sora
Highway 32
Avezzano
Harold Alexander
Italy
Alexander
Kesselring
Fifth
Mediterranean
Hitler
Europe
Balkans
Pioesti
Brasov
Pitesci
Turnu-Severin
Romania
Belgrade
Talking General Is Sent Home After D-Day Disclosure
Supreme Headquarters announced that a senior American general was demoted from major general to lieutenant colonel and sent home for indicating the D-Day timing. The breach occurred at a London cocktail party about two months before the invasion, when he reportedly said the operation would occur before June 15. Eisenhower ordered the investigation and action after security police were alerted by a woman guest.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
America
Supreme Command
London
Eisenhower
Robert Johnson Dies in Winchester Hospital
Robert Lee Johnson 77 a native of Clarke county died this morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital. He was son of Benjamin F. Johnson and Eliza Lee Johnson of Clarke county. He leaves two children and two sisters Mrs Lucy Buckner and Mrs James Chapel both of Clarke county. Funeral arrangements未 completed. body at John H Emncid Funeral Home in Berryville.
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Robert Lee Johnson
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Benjamin F. Johnson
Eliza Lee Johnson
Lucy Buckner
James Chapel
John H. Emncid
Berryville
Winchester Lions Awarded Prize
Ben B. Bland urged Virginia Lions to form committees on education post war planning world peace and military affairs at the 24th district Lions International meeting in Richmond. The Winchester Lions Club won an attendance prize with 96.69 percent and Lexington club 98.83 percent.
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Richmond
Virginia Lions Club
General Assembly
Ben B. Bland
Portsmouth
Lions International
John Marshall
Bland
Winchester Lions Club
Lexington Club
Correct Spaghetti Sauce Point Value
The Winchester War Price and Rationing Office alerts retailers to errors in spaghetti sauce point values on the June processed foods chart. Correct values list points by package size and type including combinations with cheese and labeled fats and mixed vegetables, with specific ounce and pound ranges and corresponding point totals.
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Winchester
Bass Season Opens Here On June 24
Game Warden F W Pingley announced that the bass season west of the Blue Ridge opens June 24. He cautioned anglers planning early vacations to note the opening date for fishing.
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F. W. Pingley
Blue Ridge
Nazi Propaganda Claims Invasion Timing Known
Nazi leaders including Goebbels assert they know the exact moment and place of Allied invasion plans. Rommel and Runstedt echo the view but acknowledge high casualty costs could be required to breach the Atlantic Wall. Rommel pins showdown in France near the Atlantic coast.
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Larry Allen
Nework
Nazi Germany
Europe
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Deutschland
Goebbels
Reich
England
Germany
Ervin Rommel
Gerd von Runstedt
Rommel
Atlantic Wall
France
Atlantic
Baker Infant Dies In Berryville
Five month old William Wilson Baker son of Woodrow Baker and Emma Getts of Page county died suddenly at home in the Shewbridge Apartments Berryville. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. tomorrow at John H Enders Funeral Home with Rev L A Parker of the Baptist Church officiating and interment in Green Hill Cemetery.
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William Wilson Baker
Woodrow Baker
Emma Getts
Page County
Shewbridge
Berryville
John H. Enders
L. A. Parker
The
Baptist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
D Day Prayers Fill Winchester Churches Across Town
On the evening of D Day, Winchester churches held special services aligned with the Allied invasion of France. Highland Avenue Chapel Loudoun Street Presbyterian Christ Episcopal Grace Lutheran served many worshippers with large crowds and extra chairs. Attendees prayed privately and jointly as clergy from multiple denominations led both Greek and English prayers.
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Winchester
France
Highland Avenue Chapel
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Christ Episcopal Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Joseph Ducknall
Highland Avenue
Loudoun Street
Ronald Wilson
Episcopal Church
James Pappas
Thomas Daniel
St. Constantine and Helen Church
Washington
Oath with Reservations Tied to Nazi Ties
Pete Gissibl, a prosecution witness in the mass sedition piracy trial, admitted on cross examination that he took the oath with mental reservations. He said the reservation was that he would never fight Germany because he loved the mother country.
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Washington
Pete Gissibl
Bund
Chicago
Maximilian St. George
Joseph E. McWilliams
Gissib
Weimar
Germany
Nazi Party
County Agent Seeks Volunteer Farm Workers
Fred Stine announced his office has begun receiving calls for part time orchard and farm work at the prevailing wage. He appeals to local citizens with spare time to file their names and addresses at his office for possible call.
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Fred Stine
Clarke Congratulates Fighting Fifth Army on Rome victory
Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark sent a congratulatory message to the American French and British divisions of the Fifth Army after the capture of Rome. He praised the Allied fighting team and said the victory opened the way for new assaults toward final victory.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Bayeux Is Given Up By Enemy Invasion Effort
Allied forces push inland in Cherbourg peninsula as airborne and sea landings continue. Glider and C-47 troops secure bridges amid heavy fighting near Caen Bayeux and St Mere Eglise while German counter thrusts threaten coastal areas.
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Berlin
Erwin Rommel
Kurt Student
Crete
RAF
Calais
Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
U. S. Ninth Air Force
al- Nied
Orne River
Carentan
DNB
St. Mere Eglise
Orme River
Caen
Bayeux
Orne
Oliver F. Crespo
Corsica
Tex
Peninsula
Ninth Air Force
John Mann Methodist Church Sets Second Rally Date
In the first board meeting of the new year Rev EB Jackson and church officers set the second rally to raise 2000 for a furnace and repairs. The first rally yielded 770.23 and the second is planned for the first Sunday in August. A large turnout attended D Day services and weekly prayer is planned at 8:30 on Tuesdays.
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EB. H. Jackson
John Mann Methodist Church
Corpus Christi D Day Services At Sacred Heart Church
The Sacred Heart Catholic Church will hold special Corpus Christi services with Masses at 6 and 8 in the morning and 7 30 in the evening. The church will remain open for adoration all day with confessions offered this afternoon from 5 to 6 and tonight from 7 to 8.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
School Trustees Re-Elected In Frederick County Meeting
The Frederick County Trustee Electoral Board in the school board office at 10 a.m. re-elected all current trustees. Present were Jonas O. Chamberlin R. L. Smith and Clarence E. Lemley who was chosen chairman. Reappointment terms listed: Fred J. Larfick one year George Bywaters two years F A Whitacre three years L O Dick four years G H Richard four years
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Frederick County
Jonas O. Chamberlin
R. L. Smith
Clarence E. Lemley
Mr. Lemley
Fred J. Larfick
George Bywaters
F. A. Whitacre
L. O. Dick
G. H. Richard
Civil and Police Court Dockets Before Judge John Rice
The morning session disposes Cant Miller of Parkway Hotel city for drunk with $10 fine and $5.25 costs. Nail Wilmer R F D 3 jailed for drunk with $10 fine and $5.25 costs. Elmer Asbury Kiter Bunker Hill West Virginia pleads drunk disorderly and assault on an officer given 30 days to serve five with a $5 fine and $5.25 costs.
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John Rice
Cant Miller
Parkway
City
Nail Wilmer
Elmer Asbury Kiter
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Russia Prepares Major Allied Offensive in Europe
Moscow reports Red Star announces a mounting attack by all Allied armies toward Berlin. Soviet leaders, after Tehran promises remain, move to advance while celebrations flare. Dispatches highlight Eisenhower as Allied supreme commander amid unprecedented press focus.
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Red
Germany
Red Star
United Nations
Teheran
O Ae
Berlin
Russia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Young war hero seeks mother's consent to wed
Lt. Melvin L. Kerby, twice wounded in Sicily and Salerno, asks his mother for permission to marry Vera Behrens in Stillwater Oklahoma. He is 20 years old and the news notes his wartime sacrifices and need for his mother's consent before marriage.
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Stillwater
Okla
Melvin L. Kerby
Sicily
Salerno
Vera Behrens
Third State Guard School opens in Virginia
The third state guard school opens at the third service command center in Fort Eustis Virginia with about 60 men from 15 counties and two companies of the Virginia Reserve Militia. Attendees come from Lebanon Marion Bristol Staunton Harrisonburg Charlottesville Fredericksburg Warrenton Alexandria Arlington Winchester Covington Pearisburg Blacksburg. Pennsylvania State Guard expected to join starting June 12 for a week of class work close order drill military courtesy target practice and hikes.
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Fort Eusu
Trial Justice Court Docket for Copeland Armistead Minor
Case actions by Justice W. Erle Edwards list Russell Copeland of Stephens City charged with assault with deadly weapon on Edward Armistead and held for Grand Jury. Armistead, colored of Stephens City, pleads disorderly conduct with 60 days to serve 15 remaining suspended, $25 fine and $10.25 costs. John Albert Minor of Winchester―failure to obey stop sign with $5 and $4.25 costs.
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Peat
W. Erle Edwards
Russell Copeland
Stephens City
Edward Armistead
John Albert Minor
National Avenue
Winchester
McKee Rites Held at Fairview Church
Funeral services for George McKee were held at Fairview Church with Rev. Roy Schmucker of Winchester officiating. Friends gathered at Giffin Funeral Home in Capon Bridge for the 2 o clock service and pallbearers listed as Orville Garrett Lawrence Haun Kenzil Oates Leslie Fletcher Charles Sirbaugh and J B White.
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Fairview Church
George McKee
Giffin
Capon Bridge
Roy Schmucker
Winchester
Orville Garrett
Lawrence Haun
Kenzil Oates
Leslie Fletcher
Charles Sirbaugh
J. B. White
70 Allied aircraft lost in invasion theatre announced
London reports Allied air forces have lost seventy aircraft since the invasion began. Breakdown includes seventeen fighters, twelve C-47 troop carriers, twelve CC-42 gliders, thirteen British heavy bombers, six Thunderbolt fighters, four Havocs, two Lightning fighters, two medium bombers, one RAF Beau fighter and one American heavy bomber.
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London
Star Coverage Promises Complete Local National World News
The Star pledges full coverage of events at local, national, and world levels. Readers can expect timely reports, in depth analysis, and continued updates across all major beats.
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the Star
Scout Executive Fills Church Pulpit at Boyce Baptist
Basil F. Starkey, a scout executive, spoke as guest preacher Sunday at Boyce Baptist Church. The address highlighted youth programs and community service.
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Basil F. Starkey
Scout
Boyce Baptist Church
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