American Fliers Rake Foe Targets
Allied air units across northern France blasted rail junctions highways and airfields behind Normandy lines in a coordinated strike. U S heavy bombers Liberators and fortresses led the assault supported by Marauders Havocs Mustangs and Lightnings. RAF bombers targeted Etampes and Berlin in night operations.
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Gladwin Hill Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Normandy
Germany
France
Paris
Erwin Rommel
U. S
Etampes
RAF
Berlin
English Channel
Hitler
Reich
Yanks Press Toward Cherbourg as Flooded France Yields
American forces supported by Allied airpower push through flooded French terrain toward Cherbourg. They cut rail lines below the port and seized Isigny and Tevieres while advancing on Carentan and Ste. Mere Eglise amid the German retreat and heavy fighting near Caen.
Germans Eager To Surrender Near Normandy
June 10 London reports Germans in Normandy showing panic and seeking surrender as Allied forces advance. An RAF bomber crew forced down after towing a glider was captured and later freed by Canadian troops at a chateau where Nazi guards surrendered. The crew and a dozen prisoners entered an Allied command post.
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London
Normandy
France
RAF
Notice of Laundry Service Shutdown in Mid June
Sanitary Laundry Inc. will not handle any laundry from June 12 through June 17 due to lack of storage space. The notice lists the date range and indicates the temporary service interruption.
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Sanitary Laundry, Inc
For Sale 1941 Ford De Luxe Sedan Excellent Condition
For sale one 1941 Ford two door De Luxe sedan in excellent condition with good tires. Inspection available at 225 West Boscawen Street. Shenandoah Valley National Bank administrator of the estate of J. Edward Harris. (6-8-1p-31)
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West Boscawen Street
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
J. Edward Harris
Elks Building Closure for Interior Painting
The Elks lodge announces the building will be closed during interior painting work. No public events or access while renovations proceed, with reopening plans to be announced after completion.
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Elks
Davis and Elkins to Confer Doctor of Divinity
The Rev. Ronald S. Wilson, pastor of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church since April 1937, will receive an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Davis and Elkins College in Elkins West Virginia at the next graduation. He will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon. He is a Davidson College alumnus and has studied at Union Theological Seminary. He served as student pastor at the University of Virginia and led church work in Greensboro prior to Winchester. He has chaired the Synod committee on Christian Education Movement and Women’s Work and sits on Winchester Presbytery’s Board of Trustees.
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Ronald S. Wilson
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Davis and Elkins College
Elkins
W. Va
Wilson
Davis and Elkins
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
University of Virginia
Grensboro
Winchester
Synod
Winchester Presbytery
Ministerial Association
Citizens Urged To Vote In City Elections
Charles H. Harper, chairman of the City Electoral Board, urged all voters to cast ballots next Tuesday in the city election. The mayor and six councilmen are to be elected with candidates including Dr. C. A. Anderson for mayor and Democratic nominees A. Lee Coble, W. W. Dellinger, and Rebert J. Smith for Ward Two, plus incumbents Perc y D. Miller Dr. Allen T. Hawthorne and J. Thomas Kremer. Three councilmen will be chosen per ward.
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Charles H. Harper
City, Electoral Board
C. A. Anderson
Percy D. Miller
Allen T. Hawthorne
J. Thomas Kremer
A. Lee Coble
W. W. Dellinger
Rebert J. Smith
Smith
Willard Webster Injured by Falling Log Near Aldie
Willard Webster 28 of 505 Fairmont Avenue and employee of P W Plumly Lumber Company was injured when a log fell while loading near Aldie Virginia. Struck on pelvis and right leg he was rushed to Winchester Memorial Hospital and expects X rays to reveal full extent of injuries. He is resting as comfortably as possible after the 7 35 PM ambulance call and 45 mile drive.
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Willard Webster
Fairmont Avenue
P. W. Plumly Lumber Company
Aldie
Winchester Memorial
Webster
Plumly Lumber Company
Four German trawlers sunk off the Dutch coast
Allied coastal forces sank four heavily armed German trawlers off IJmuiden and later another was torpedoed as clashes persisted along the invasion coast. A British torpedo boat was sunk with two casualties. Details also described U S intercepts and a destroyed German craft near Cherbourg with a damaged destroyer.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Royal Navy
Admiralty
Ijmuiden
Brittany
Ile D’quessant
U. S
Din Pardee Moon
U. S. Navy
Isles de St. Marcouf
Cherbourg
Roosevelt
Germans Fleeing North In Italy Increased Panic
Allied forces push north in Italy with Fifth Army expanding a broad front beyond Rome while capturing Tuscania and Vetralla. Eighth Army advances near the Adriatic sea as German 10th Army withdraws, facing demolitions and minefields hindering pursuit. Prisoners include young cooks and bakers as Goering’s units shrink in strength.
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Albert Kesselring
Italy
Fifth
Tuscania
Tarquinia
Mark W. Clark
Rome
Eberhard von Mackensen
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Mackensen
10Th Army
Tiber
10Th
Viterbo
Hermann Goering
Sicily
Tugscania
Vetralla
Veterloo
Moricone
Trivoli
Arsoli
Subiaco
Orsogna
Guardiagrele
Miglion
Winchester Captain Seabright Wounded in Italy
Capt Glenn W Seabright a Winchester native and eldest son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Seabright was seriously wounded in action in Italy on May 21 The telegram from the Adjutant General said he is in hospital and will have a mailing address provided as reports come in He was a 34 year old army officer with a long military record including the 133d Infantry 3d Division and service in North Africa and Anzio
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Glenn W. Seabright
Winchester
Italy
Dorothy L. Seabright
North
Washington Street
Washington
Captain Seabright
Arthur S. Seabrgiht
South
Cameron Street
Sallie Noel Seabright
Sidney Seabright
Zorpha Baker Seabright
Pvt
Carl Seabright
Army Air Ground Forces
Tonopah
Nevada
Mitchell Seabright
Seabright
Dorothy L. Lupton
Daniel W. Lupton
Mr. Lupton
116Th Infantry
Virginia National Guard
Regular Army
Fort George G. Meade
80Th Division
Camp Forrest, Tenn
General Staff and Command
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
North Africa
Anzio
3Th Division
Biak Island air battle sinks Japanese destroyers
American Mitchell bombers at mast height destroyed four Japanese destroyers and damaged a fifth off Manokwari Dutch New Guinea near Biak. U S fighters downed five or six enemy aircraft while three Americans were lost. American forces also pressed Mokmer airfields and bombed Borokoe and Sorido as part of the Biak push.
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Biak Island
Manokwari
Dutch New Guinea
Gleevink Bay
Biak
Mokmer
New Guinea
Schouten
Tokyo
Philippines
Davao
Mindanao
Derflinger Rites To Be Held Sunday
Lt. James Derflinger 26 was killed with crew in a crash Wednesday 75 miles from Columbia South Carolina. He will be buried in Reliance Virginia with full military honors tomorrow at 2 o'clock at United Brethren Church. The Rev. L P Tedrick will officiate. He is survived by his widow two brothers and a sister and his parents Mr and Mrs Floyd Derflinger of Reliance.
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James Derflinger
Columbia
S. C
Reliance
Floyd Derflinger
United Brethren Church
L. P. Tedrick
Winchester Volunteer Firemen’s Association Meets June 12
A special meeting of the Winchester Volunteer Firemen's Association is set for Monday evening June 12 at 8 o'clock in Friendship Hall. All firemen are urged to attend as matters of interest to the department will be discussed. E. W. Argenbright, Chief.
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Winchester Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Friendship Hall
E. W. Argenbright
Price Ceilings Set On Used Cars Across Nation
The Office of Price Administration established price ceilings on all used passenger cars sold by dealers or private owners, pegging values to January 1944 levels for about 23 makes and 6,000 models from 1937 to 1943. Older cars cannot exceed prices of the 1937 model, amid continued war-era price controls and dealer opposition due to lost revenue. Chester Bowles noted the action reflects strong pressures to raise prices without controls.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
Tojo Message Highlighted in Tokyo Papers on Invasion
Tokyo papers amplified Hideki Tojo's message of encouragement to Hitler regarding the Allied invasion of northern France. The English broadcast for U S monitors says banners and headlines in morning editions reflected the wartime message.
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New York
Hideki
Tojo
Adolf Hitler
Nothern
France
Tokyo
United States
U. S
Firemen To Meet Monday Night in Winchester
Chief E W Argenbright announced the Winchester Firemen s Association will meet Monday at 8 o clock at Friendship Hall to plan participation in the Fifth War Loan Drive The firemen will run the bond booth on Tuesday June 20 The meeting will also include the alarm with members of the Fire Committee from the Common Council
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E. W. Argenbright
Winchester Firemens’ Association
Friendship Hall
Common Council
Argenbright
Yard Party Planned by Red Bud U B Church
The Red Bud United Brethren Church invites neighbors to a yard party on the church lawn Thursday evening June 15 with rain date Friday June 16. Ice cream cakes and other foods will be served.
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Red Bud U. B
Merchants Name Bond Committee Plans War Bond Promotion
A Merchants Association meeting formed a Bond Committee to study and implement promotion plans for the Fifth War Loan Drive. W R Strader names the committee with Brady Largent chairing the merchants division. Stores will not close on Flag Day and will stay open to boost War Bond and War Stamps sales.
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Mit
W. R. Strader
Retail Merchants Association
Brady Largent
Merchants Division
War Finance Committee
Clyde Hall
Ray Nanning
Earl Crowser
Lowery Philips
Herbert Solenberger
Myer Hamburger
Thomas Timberlake
Bob Gains
A. F. Hand
Walter E. Neiles
Edward Startzman
James Chauderis
Strader
Prisoners of War Read U.S. Ruins Belief in Early Arrival
Three Italian prisoners of war at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville reported they thought the United States was in ruins upon arriving in the country. Lt Bayard Stockton, provost major, said today he believed New York had been destroyed along with eastern seaboard cities.
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Phoenixville
Valley Forge General Hospital
United States
Bayard Stockton
New York
Wanted Bookkeeper and Office Worker Ad
Job ad from Winchester Steam Laundry seeking a bookkeeper and general office worker. Apply in person during business hours 6 to 9 and 1 to 3.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Invasion Front Drives Toward Cherbourg
Allies smash toward Cherbourg in a large scale assault as fierce fighting rages less than 15 miles from the port. U S bombers support ground troops while two columns close on Carentan on a shortest line across the peninsula. German 14th Army retreats northward on the Italian Front and Fifth Army seizes Tuscania as Eighth Army advances along the Adriatic. Russian forces on the Karelian isthmus press the offensive behind heavy fire and tanks.
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Cherbourg
Carentan
Penensula
Cven
U. S
Fifth
Tuscania
Eighth
Adriatic
Allied report: five Japanese ships destroyed in southwest Pacific action
Allied headquarters report at Pacific front says at least five Japanese warships were destroyed and three damaged as Japan attempts to bolster its position in the southwest Pacific. American forces consolidate control of the Mokmer airdrome on Biak.
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Pacific Front
Southwest
Pacific
Biak
Mokmer
Allies Tighten Siege on Japanese Bases in Burma Front
Allied forces press the siege on Japanese positions at Myitkyina Mogaung and Kamaing in Burma while defeating counterattacks and pushing toward Kohima. Chinese troops report capturing Lungjing in southwest China and engage Japanese near the outer defenses of the capital of Hunan in battle.
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Asiatic Front
Burma
Myitkyina
Mogaung
Kamaing
Kohima
Lungjing
China
Hunan
Chinese Forces Smash Southern Lungling Base In Yunnan
Chinese forces have seized the southern Lungling sector in Yunnan and hold the second major Japanese base there. A strong roadblock 22 road miles southwest of Mangshih is now established, according to the Chinese high command. A front spokesman quoted the fall of the position.
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Chungking
Lungling
Yunnan Province
Mangshih
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Port
Wes Gallagher
Montebourg
Bayeaux
Isigny
Tevieres
Bayeux
Ste. Mere Eglis
Caen
Pivot City
Ste. Mere Eglise
Carentian
Omar Bradley
Russia
Cassino
D-Day
Caen- Bayeux
Es Mans
Bradley
Caren
U. S. Airborne
B. P
Ronald Wilson
Holland
Robert C. Wilson
Robert Eunson
Truk
Eten Island
Merchants Name Bond Committee
The
Associated Press
Karelian
Leningrad
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