Allies Launch Major Normandy Air Push From Italy and Britain
Allied air forces pound German airfields and rail targets as hundreds of bombers from England, Italy, and the Mediterranean strike deep into the Reich. Fortresses and Marauders bomb Evreux Dreux and Munich area targets while fighters escort. Berlin radio reports heavy air battles over the Alps with raids reaching Bavaria and Franconia.
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Germany
Munich
Innsbruck
Austria
England
France
Normandy
The
Reich
Britain
Italy
Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr
Evreux-Fauville
Dreux -Lillieres -L’eveque
Berlin
Alps
Bavaria
Franconia
RAF
Caen
Five Dollar Motor Vehicle Tax Stamp On Sale In Winchester
The 1944 Five Dollar Motor Vehicle Tax Stamp is now on sale at the Winchester Post Office. Postmaster Nelson Page announces these stamps must be displayed on the windshield of every car in use by July 1, or the owner may face federal penalties.
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Winchester
Nelson Page
Blood Donor Drive Draws Small Local Response
An adjoining column reports only 28 volunteers at Blood Donor 1f yesterday. An elderly observer doubts the index, urging every physically able resident to call Blood Donor Headquarters tonight or tomorrow to donate a pint to aid wounded relatives and friends overseas. Two days remain before the clinic Friday and Saturday. Phone 6502 for an appointment now.
Germans Fight Bitterly On New Lines North of Rome
German forces north of Rome blast lines from Lake Bolsena to the sea but Allied Fifth Army breaches hold. Allies seize Valentano and advance toward Latera while South African and Eighth Army units push on toward Orvieto and Pescara. Allied air and naval actions disrupt German withdrawals as fighting hots up along multiple fronts.
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Rome
Lake Bolsena
Fifth Army
Orbetello
Valentano
Latera
Orvieto
Bagno Regio
Tyri Nm
162Nd Turcoman
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Saline River
Pescara
Popoli
Sulmona
Terni
Tiber Valley
Carsoli
Budapest
Mediterranean
Winchester Election Sees Sparse Voter Turnout
A 1:30 pm survey of four city precincts in Winchester reports only 53 votes cast. Polls stay open until sunset with expected light turnout as city offices carry no contests and most voters may vote after work.
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Winchester
City Hall
Benton Snider
Friendship Fire Company
W. E. Jones
Sarah Zane
Berryville Holds Tiny Town Election With Nine Votes
In Berryville at 1:30 today only nine votes were cast for town officials. Officials expect a few more by sunset to reach about twenty voters. Unopposed candidates: Leonard H. Bell for mayor, Kenneth G. Levi for Recorder, De Russell for Ward 1, Robert Laleron for Ward 2, WP Planton Rairesee Ning for re-election, and Frank Tappan who did not seek another term.
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Berryville
Leonard H. Bell
Kenneth G. Levi
de Russell
Robert la Ler
Planton Rairesee Ning
Frank Tappan
French Patriots Seize Tarbes in Pyrenees Battle
French patriots seized the city of Tarbes, capital of the upper Pyrennes, after a brief battle Saturday and Sunday. They report 300 German prisoners taken, along with Frenchmen and other travelers. Tarbes, a city of about 35,000, is now under Maquis control.
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Spain
Tarbes
Pyrennes
Clark lauds Fifth Army troops after Rome breakthrough
General Mark W. Clark told Fifth Army troops that German forces in Italy were in full flight after capture of Rome. He welcomed British French and American units to a new rest center outside Rome and urged them to visit historic sites while keeping orderly conduct.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
Clark
Many Pigs Still Awaiting Sale
CHICAGO June 13 Most of the pigs at the market today should have stayed home and the heaviest carry over for a normal day in memory is reported at the Chicago stockyards Receipts reached 28000 with 15000 in holding pens an estimated 30000 would go unsold today Officials attribute the large carry over to farm hogs arriving in large numbers a labor shortage in slaughtering concerns ample pork by products and reduced lend lease buying to absorb surplus.
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Chicago
Chutists Were Tortured Allegations From London Broadcast
NBC reporter from London cited indisputable evidence that Germans tortured and murdered American paratroopers during the early hours of the Ormandy landings. The claims followed Richardson returning from American airborne division headquarters near Carentan with details of an alleged incident.
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York
Sance Richardson
NBC
London
Richardson
Carentan
Frederick County Supervisors Adopt 1944 45 Budget
Frederick County Board of Supervisors adopts the 1944 45 budget at a public hearing with a 40 cent general levy and 1 dollar for county schools. The vote also approves secondary roads construction and maintenance funding, and fire wardens pay scales for registered and new firefighters. Routine reports were presented by county officials.
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Frederick
Rommel Reported Out as German Command Faces Shakeup
Unconfirmed Allied reports from Supreme Headquarters say Marshal Erwin Rommel may be removed from command of the Seventh and Fifteenth Armies facing Allied invasion in France. Rommel and Von Rundstedt have disagreed on defense, with Rommel eager to strike while Von Rundstedt favors caution. London dispatches quote Leslie Randall of the Evening Standard saying Rommel is believed out, though no concrete news has reached Allied HQ since the invasion began.
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Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Karne-Von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
France
Low Countries
North Africa
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Bernard Montgomery
Normandy
Hitler
Leslie Randall
London Evening Standard
Montgomery
London
21St Army Pre
Evening Standard
Berlin
Coua 2
Marshal Rom
Reid Marshel’ von Rundstedt
Victory Livestock Sale Held With Virginia Market on June 27
Victory Livestock Sale sponsored by E M Punk Frederick County War Board to support the 5th War Loan Drive will be held June 27 with the Virginia Livestock Auction Market. Julian A Everly will supervise the event with the Shenandoah Production Credit Association coordinating consignments and War Bond emphasis. Farmers may consign livestock to be sold through regular channels and paid for in War Stamps. 4 H Club and FFA participants are invited to take part and announce consignments to the Shenandoah Production Credit Association office.
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E. M. Punk
Frederick County
Usda War Board
Virginia
Julian A. Everly
War Board
Masurer
Shenandoah Production Credit Association
Everly
Clarke County
Eer
FFA
Finland May Be Knocked Out of War This Month
London reports say Soviet forces advance on Viipuri and Helsinki with Finland’s fate linked to a rapid neutralization. Moscow claims Finnish resistance but Raivola and Kivennapa fall as evacuation spreads from Viipuri.
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Finland
Russell Landstrom
London
Viipuri
Helsinki
Moscow
Red Army
Raivola
Kivennapa
Germans Begin To Question Allied Breakthrough Invasion
German press ponders how Allies breached the Atlantic wall as Berlin questions Rommel’s troops and the Luftwaffe. A Berlin refugee reports SS formations arriving and civilians fearing Nazi precautions amid Moscow’s advances.
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Stockkholm
Jjune
Berlin
Atlantic Wall
Deutsche Allgemein Zeitung
Atlantic
Voelkischer Beobatcher
Rommel
Luftwaffe
For Sale Montmorency Cherries by Mrs Ridee
Cherries offered for sale at 50 cents orchard price and 60 cents delivered. Contact Mrs Harry Ridee at telephone 6786 after 6 30 PM. Includes Winchester reference.
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Montmorency Cherries
Harry Ridee
Zallon
Orchard
Winchester
Wanted Used Electric Appliances Top Cash Price
Ed Molden Electrical Appliance Store advertises high cash payments for used electric appliances. Located at 18 8 Loudoun, contact phone 5702. Runs Tuesdays and Thursdays.
World At War Highlights Invasions And Front Advances
Invasion front near Cherbourg as American troops move within ten miles of the port after captures and beachhead expansion. British units seize Troarn while heavy bombers target Germany. Red Army advances toward Viipuri's region in Finland. Fifth Army breaks through east of Orbetello and Adriatic coastal advances continue. Allied air forces pound Pacific defenses around the Philippines and Biak. Chinese forces defend Changsha as North Burma troops tighten control on Myitkyina.
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London
U. S
Italy
Germany
Western Front
Cherbourg
Normandy
Montepourg
Troarn
Paris
England
Poland
Pacific
Philippines
Palau
Marianas
Biak Island
Blood Donor Registration Continues Ahead of Clinic
Registration for the Friday and Saturday blood donor clinic proceeds with only two days left. Mayor Anderson urges volunteers amid reports of heavy wartime casualties and notes local men serving with the 29th Division. Red Cross staff in Room 22 over Peoples Drug Store arrange appointments from 10 to 5 and 7 to 9 daily, call 6502.
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Red Cross
France
London
National Guard
Virginia
Maryland
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Co. I
C. R. Anderson
Winchester
Mar
Peoples Drug Store
Amiianis
Advance Weather Forecast for June 14 to 17
The forecast shows continued warmth with above normal temperatures through Friday. A cooler trend is expected Saturday with ice temperatures and overall warming continuing into the weekend.
Stalin lauds western front as grand and masterful
Premier Stalin paid tribute to the western front declaring the war history does not know such broad conception and such grandiose scale and masterly execution. The Red Army marshal added history will take note of this achievement. Stalin spoke to foreign correspondents at the Soviet press department.
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Moscow
Stalin
Western Front
Soviet Press Department
Allied forces advance on Cherbourg Caen fronts in Normandy push
Allied troops drive a wide Normandy breakthrough with Americans seizing Cherbourg vicinity towns including Troarn and Pont L'Abbe. British forces take Troarn near Caen as US fourth infantry toppled Montebourg and push toward the port rail line. Overall situation described as very satisfactory.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Cherbourg
Caen
Troarn
Troan
Sees No Ear'y End For War
Larry Allen, AP correspondent, repatriated after 20 months in Italian and German camps, says German trains run on time from Grand Central Station. From Statue of Liberty he notes Nazi slogan Freiheit und Brot. He claims Germans have little damage and that the invasion marks the war’s true start, with a long, bloody struggle ahead.
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New York
Larry Allen
Grand Central Station
Statue of Liberty
Allen
Germany
Lome
Crowley Warns UNRRA Funding Cut Would Cripple Relief
June 13 Washington Leo T Crowley foreign economic administrator told Congress a proposed 350 million dollar reduction in the U S contribution to UNRRA would cripple the agency as Allied invasion sharpens urgency of relief efforts Liberation of French territories by the invasion forces increases pressure for U S assurance and aid to areas on the continent Continued on page 5 Col 6
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Washington
Leo T. Crowley
Congress
United States
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Allied Forces Break German Defenses on Cherbourg Front
Supreme Headquarters reports U S Fourth Infantry Division breached Cherbourg defenses capturing Montebourg and advancing toward the port. Another American spearhead took Pont Abbe near Ste Mere Eglise as fighting tightens across the Cherbourg peninsula.
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U. S
Balleroy
Bayeux
Caen
U. S. Fourth Infantry
Montebourg
Erbourg
Cherbourg
Ste. Mere Egalise
Pont L’abbe
West Coast Railway
Carentan
France
Erwin Rommel
Ballerov
Cerisy Forest
St. Lo
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S. Fourth Infantry Division
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Romania
Balkan
Red
Gulf of Finland
Associated Press
Karelian
Changsha
Burma
Myitkyina
Great Port
Bulletin
Wes Gallagher
le Ham
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