Germans Retreat From Adriatic Front Near Rome
Allied Seventh Army pressed after German retreat in Italy advancing to Viterbo and Tarquinia. US and Allied units captured Viterbo prize area and Tarquinia, while Germans withdrew north of Tarquinia to avert encirclement. Vetralla encircled as the rapid drive continued toward Rome.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Fifth Army
Viterbo
Tarquinia
Tenth
Vetralla
Adriatic
Strikes End as Wright Aero Plant Workers Return
A four day strike involving about 15 000 Wright Aero workers in Cincinnati ends with employees back at work and production described as almost normal by a company executive. CIO official George Addes and Col George K Strone deem the strike over amid racial tension disputes and prior ultimatums. Across the nation four other strikes were settled in Canton Ohio East St Louis Illinois Passaic New Jersey and Toledo drivers paused a regional WLB protest. Overtime pay issues affect Portland taxi drivers as gas rations are halted by the OD T leaving 450 drivers out.
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Associated Press
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Cincinnati
George Addes
Cleveland
International
United Automobile Workers (Cio
George K. Strone
Army Air Forces Central District Procurement Office
Detroit
Ohio
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Canton
Cbeamester Glass Company
East St. Louis
Ill
AFL
New Jersey
Dupont Rayon Company
Old Hickory
Tenn
Wilmington
Calif
Victor Chemical
Mt. Pleasant
Navy
Special Ordnance
York
Bombers Hit Munich While French Rail Targets Suffer
Allied heavy bombers numbering 500 to 750 struck Munich area targets from the south in a pincer in coordination with western blows on France. Air operations were limited by bad weather and airframes, with 52 German planes downed and Allied losses of 35 fighters and five bombers reported.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Munich
Germany
France
Italy
Augsburg
Britain
Seine River
Paris
Sea
RAF
Rennes
Fougeres
Alencon
Mayenne
Pontaubault
Normandy
Strasburg Man Among Wounded in Virginia Troops
Nine Virginia soldiers were wounded in action, the War Department announced. Pvt. John W. Crider is listed among the wounded. his mother Mrs. Cora N. Crider, Route 2, Strasburg, is named as nearest kin.
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Washington
Virginia
War Department
Southwest Pacific Area
John W. Crider
Cora N. Crider
Strasburg
Tojo Sends Hitler Confidence Note
Berlin radio reported Prime Minister Tojo of Japan sent a message to Adolf Hitler expressing confidence in German arms' victory over British and American forces in a London broadcast dated June 9. The note suggests Tokyo’s support for a German win against the Allies.
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Tojo
Hitler
London
Berlin
Japan
Adolf Hitler
Rummage Sale At Water Street Benefit June 10
Rummage sale at 13 W Water St from 10 a m to 6 p m on Saturday June 10 proceeds go to Willing Workers at Highland Ave Church. Local notice lists event location and time for community assistance.
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W. Water St
Highland Ave
For Sale 1941 Ford De Luxe Sedan in Excellent Condition
For sale a 1941 Ford two door De Luxe sedan in excellent condition with good tires. Inspect at 225 West Boscawen Street. Shenandoah Valley National Bank Administrator of Estate of J Edward Harris.
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West Boscawen Street
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
J. Edward Harris
York Friday Night Dance With Sophisticates
At York’s Friday night event the Sophisticates from Washington host a dance from 9 30 to 12 30 PM. The program promises music and social dancing for attendees in the local community.
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York
Washington
Piccadilly Diner Reopens Under New Management Saturday
The Piccadilly Diner will begin operations under new management this Saturday June 10 from 6 to 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piccadilly
Postwar Needs Survey Committee Formed in Winchester Area
The Coordinating Council for Post-War Planning in Winchester and Frederick County appointed a three member committee to prepare a questionnaire for a local postwar needs survey. Members include Grant Pollock, Mrs Harold Brown, and Miss Frances Beverley with a committee chair to be named.
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Coordinating Council For
Winchester
Frederick County
Grant Pollock
Harold Brown
Frances Beverley
Chamber of Commerce
1.C.C.F
W.O.W
Ed. L. Molden
Kiwanis Club
Royal Arcanum
C. O Clark
Sarah Zane
South End Fire
C. P. McVicar
JET, Friendship and Rousse Companies
Parks and Recreation
Sam Preston
District Nurse Association Jr
Hospital
Park Association
Annie Preston Starling
Civic League
Old Fredericktown
Harry McCann
Red Cross
GAA
April Blood Donors Urged to Update Diet Guidance
April blood donors who volunteered for the June clinic are urged to visit or call headquarters for new diet and health instructions. Telephone 6502.
President Roosevelt Says France Fight Progress Slow but Steady
At a news conference President Roosevelt said the fighting in France is making slow progress but progress is still progress. He noted the sea is a bit rougher and offered no other war news.
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Washington
Roosevelt
France
Refugees to Be Brought to Fort Ontario Shelter
President Roosevelt announced that about 1,000 European war refugees will be housed in an emergency shelter at Fort Ontario near Oswego New York. The plan aims to share wartime burdens and return refugees to their homelands after the conflict ends.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fort Ontario
Oswego
New York
Robert Murphy
Algiers
Italy
Mediterranean
United States
Osage
Reds Move to Open New Offensive on Eastern Front
Moscow reports indicate preparations for a major Red Army offensive on the eastern front to complement Western Front blows. Recent front travel notes align with forecasts of a large-scale attack to push Nazis from Russian soil toward Berlin, with Soviet troops seizing a strategically significant height north of Iasi in Romania and fending off counterattacks.
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Moscow
Lune
Red Army
Hitler
France
Italy
Berlin
United Nations
Germany
Iasi
Romania
Tiraspol
Dnestr
Vitebsk
White Russia
De Gaulle to Visit Roosevelt This Summer
President Roosevelt said he expects General Charles De Gaulle from the French National Committee of Liberation and proposed two possible visit windows between June 22 and 30 or July 6 to 14. Vice Admiral Raymond could also receive De Gaulle, delivering the invitation from the President.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
French National Committee of Liberation
de Gaulle
London
Churchill
Raymond Tive
Clarke County Town Elections Set for Berryville and Boyce
Clarke county voters will head to Berryville and Boyce next Tuesday June 13 to cast ballots in town elections. Berryville offices show no contests with incumbents Leonard H Bell mayor G Keneth Levi recorder and L N Russell Robert L Fowler Dr D Blanton Allen and Roy E Potts as council candidates Potts seeking Dr Frank E Tappans former seat Tappan not a candidate. Berryville election officials are George H Levi G C Sponseller J H Carlisle and Miss Annie Carlisle Miss Evelyn Carlisle with the ballot blank for write ins.
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Berryville
Boyce
Clarke County
Leonard H. Bell
G. Keneth Levi
L. N. Russell
Robert L. Fowler
D. Blanton Allen
Roy E. Potts
Potts
Brother Wounded Twice In Italy Son Of Johnston Family
Hilda Stotelemyer of 573 North Market Street reports Frank Johnston of Charles Town has been wounded twice in Italy. The first wound was in the back, the latest in the right shoulder. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Johnston.
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Hilda Stotelemyer
Market Street
Italy
Frank Johnston
Charles Town
Friday Bingo at Rouss Fire Hall Nightly
Friday evenings at 8 30 residents gather at Rouss Fire Hall for bingo games. The event runs weekly starting on Friday with doors opening early for players and prizes.
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Rouss
County Agent Seeks Farm Labor Estimates for Harvest
County Agent I. Fred Stine urges farmers and fruit-growers to file requests and estimates for labor this summer and fall. He notes six labor sources including Native, urban, and other pools, to ensure enough workers for hay, grain harvests and peach thinning.
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Fred Stine
Stine
Farm Labor Committee
End of Strategic Airfield Seized Amid Burma and Kohima Fighting
Allied forces report capture of the northern end of Myitkyina airfield in Burma and British advances toward Imphal on the Kohima front. Chindits take Hola near Myitkyina. Chinese troops gain ground inside Myitkyina. actions continue in Mogaung Valley with roadblock gaps closed and Kohima area positions captured or advanced.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Joseph W. Still
Myitkyina
Burma
India
Kohima
Imphal
W.D. A. Lentaigne
Hola
Mogaung
Lachi
Kamaing
Sakan
al- Hed
British Colonel Churchill Reported as Prisoner
The German high command claimed Lt Col Tom Churchill, commander of Lusino Island in the Adriatic, has been taken prisoner. They note he is a nephew of the British prime minister. Major Randolph Churchill was in Yugoslavia, last reported on the mainland. London dispatches offered no confirmation of landings on Lussino or Lissan Island under a British general named Churchill.
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Tom Churchill
Lussino
Adriatic
Berlin
Churchill
Randolph Churchill
Yugoslavia
London
Lissan Island
Invasion Front Advances Near Cherbourg and Other Fronts
U S troops push within 18 miles of Cherbourg and expand inland from Normandy beachheads amid German counterattacks. Italians report German retreats near Rome and losses at Ste Mere Eglise while weather hampers air and sea operations. Soviet and Asian fronts show gains and movements as Pacific air forces strike targets off New Guinea and Mokmer Airdrome repairs proceed on Biak Island.
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U. S
Cherbourg
Normandy
Ste. Mere Eglise
Carentan
Chinese Told To Stay At Posts
Chinese forces in Changsha hold their positions as Japanese columns advance from the north. Commanders direct defenders to remain at posts and strive for victory, with 70,000 to 80,000 troops reported in columns toward Hu Nan. Japanese reinforcements from Manchuria push into Shansi and Henan regions amid railway activity.
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Chungking
Changsha
Chiang Kak- Shek
Hu- Nan Province
Hankow-Canton
Manchuria
Shanshi
Shenshi
Yellow River
Henan
Peiping-Hankow
Yencheng
Chenghsien
Chenghsie
Sincheng
Channel Weather Not So Good Channel Weather Not So Good
Rain began last night on the Dover Strait and ceased by 9 A M. Southwest wind freshened as the day progressed making the sea choppy with a nasty swell. Temperature 54 degrees and a light drizzle with misty low clouds reducing visibility to one to four miles at times. White caps broke off the English coast while fog-like low clouds hampered sight along the strait.
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London
Dover Strait
Wanted Bookkeeper and general office work
Help wanted ad seeking a bookkeeper and general office assistant. Apply in person at Winchester Steam Laundry.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
For Sale 1937 Packard Sedan And Willys Coupe
Sale notice listing a 1937 Packard four door sedan with low mileage and clean condition plus a Willys coupe in A-1 shape with new tires. Motor Co. advertisement. price not specified.
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Packard
Willys
Motor Co
Americans Take Ste. Mere Eglise As Allied Push Near Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters reports American troops capture Ste. Mere Eglise 19 miles southeast of Cherbourg while Germans claim a push toward the port. U S infantry and parachute forces form a 28 mile salient in the Cherbourg peninsula with German prisoners at least 2 400.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Ste. Mere Eglise
Cherbourg
U. S
Allied forces advance toward Cherbourg in heavy battle
A major American thrust neared Cherbourg after securing Ste. Mere Eglise as Allied armor intensified actions along a 60 mile beachhead. Canadians and Britons pressed Caen with coordinated assaults while Formigny fell, strengthening routes between Cherbourg and inland France.
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Cherbourg
Ste. Mere Eglise
Supreme Headquarters
France
Allied
Caen
Pivot City
Formigny
Bayeux
Jap Cruiser Is Hit By Bombs
Allied air forces report a Japanese heavy cruiser near Warparin Bay in Waigeo Island sustained two 500 pound bombs near its bow with resistance from enemy fighters. Liberators damaged one fighter and likely destroyed another. MacArthur said night patrols sank an enemy destroyer near Halmahera and hit another near Manokwari. American forces pushed toward Mokmer airstrip on Biak Island as Yang veterans advance westward toward Borokoe and Sorido.
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New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Warparin Bay
Waigeo Island
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Halmahera
Manokwari
Waigeo
Biak Island
Manokari
Mokmer
Borokoe
Sorido
County Towns To Hold Elections
Voters in Middletown and Stephens City go to the polls Tuesday with Stephens City ballots blank as no candidates filed by the legal deadline. Voters may write in mayoral and six council seats for the town, with W. Borden M. Rhodes Syd G. Larrick Trone Sperry C. Lesie Wright and B. E. Rogers as options.
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Middletown
Stephens City
Rick
G . W. Borden
M. H. Rhodes
Syd G. Larrick
Trone W. Sperry
C. Lesie Wright
B. E. Rogers
Allied beach head grows as D Day forces disclosed
London dispatches report Lt Gen Omar Bradley leading the Allied force with Canadian Third Division on the beach head, joining Sixth British airborne and First American and 50th Northumbrian divisions. Brig Gen Paul Williams commands 9th Airborne operations. Weather worsens but favors unloading. Advances near Berniers sur Mer Caen Carentan and Cherbourg region noted with a race for supplies ongoing.
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Omar N. Bradley
Paul L. Williams
Detroit
Berniers-Sur-Mer
Orne River
Caen
Berlin
U. S
Valognes
France
Carentan
Cherbourg
Allied Progress
Supreme Headquarters
T Dispatches
Notice of Laundry Service Interruption and Auction Sale
Notice states laundry service will be unavailable June 12 to June 17 due to storage pace. Also lists an auction sale on September 10 at 12 noon in front of the courthouse and mentions 17 shares Potomac Edison 6 percent. Duvall and Dunn.
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Front Court House
Potomac Edison
Duvall and Dunn
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French Plains
U.S
Theis
Reich
Gladwin Hill
Reds
Gen. de Gaulle
Clarke
The
Kesselring
Eastern Asia
Chanksha
Salween River
China
Shoutens
Bulletin
Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary
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