Americans Edge Forward In Great Normandy Drive
Allied air forces pounded six Nazi airbases in southern Nor Boulogne as 1,000 bombers hit targets near Cherbourg and Pas de Calais. Clouds hampered operations but fighter bombers struck convoys bridges and German airfields while RAF Mosquitos and Lancasters targeted Berlin and Duisburg. 2,500 Allied sorties were flown with several aircraft missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Bealmear
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normany
Nor- Boulogne
Britain
Pas-De-Calai
France
Normandy
Cherbourg
Pas-De-Calais
Duisburg
Berlin
Pas de Calais
U. S
French
England
Supreme Headquarters
Hitler
RAF
Air Ministry
French Seize Elba Island to Secure for Allies
French troops landed on Elba led by Maj. Gen. Jean De Lattre De Tassigny and secured the island for the Allies. The action followed Allied advances on the Italian mainland with the Eighth Army pushing toward Foligno and taking Spoleto and Trevi. Adriatic sector units connected with Partisans at Serramo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Heinzerling
Rome
Elba
Napoleon
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Corsica
Italy
Eighth Army
Foligno
Terni
Spoleto
Trevi
Adriatic
Serramo
Island of
Finnish Forces Evacuate Viipuri As Red Army Advances
Soviet forces tighten grip on Viipuri as Finns evacuate the city amid heavy artillery and assault waves on the Karelian Isthmus. Red Star reports describe immense Russian bombardment and Finnish withdrawals from Uusikirikko Seivistoe and Kanneljaervi as Moscow closes in.
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Moscow
Viipuri
Karelian
Red Army
Red Star
Grigory Ivanov
Karelian Isthmus
Uusikirikko
Seivistoe
Kanneljaervi
Handley Summer School Registration Set at Handley High
Handley High School will hold summer school registration for high school subjects at the general office starting Monday at 10 a.m. All students interested should register to enroll.
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Handley Summer School
Handley High School General Office
Truckers Register for Gasoline Monday
War Price and Rationing Board announces registration for 3rd quarter gasoline for all truck owners starting Monday June 19 during office hours 1 to 4 pm. Holders of Certificates of War Necessity must obtain new coupons by June 29.
Garbage collection doubles starting June 19
Beginning June 19, garbage will be collected twice weekly with updated pickup days for each current collection day. All garbage must be curbside by 7 00 A M and brush tied in bundles.
Handley Seniors Present Honor Board To School
Handley High School graduation drew a near capacity audience as 81 seniors received diplomas from City Superintendent Garland Quarles. Awards were given to Richard Grove, Courtney Fauver, Pavey Lup, and Nell Bryant, with a class gift of an Honor Board unveiled in the main hall. Richard Grove delivered the valedictory, Courtney Fauver the salutatory, and the ceremony included a choir concert and honors for leadership, scholarship, and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Garland Quarles
Seaman Keith Ritter
Quarles
American Legion Medal
Robert Y. Conrad
Robert Y. Conrad Post
Amer= Legion
Nell Bryant
Handley
George Boyd
Executive Council
Bruce Lovett
Richard Grove
Courtney Fauver
Edward Clark
Charles Line
L. G. Bridgers
Square Dance Event at Shady Rest This Week
Shady Rest hosts square dance sessions Thursday Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. all are welcome.
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Shady Rest
City Property for Sale Seven Room Brick Dwelling
For sale a seven room brick dwelling with furnace and bath. Phone 3847. Listed in the public notice column with basic contact details.
Winchester and Hagerstown meet at Park Sunday
Baseball at Park 3 p m Sunday features Winchester versus Hagerstown. Also sale offer cherries at orchard one mile from Winchester on Martinsburg pike by C Irvin Cather.
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Winchester
Hagerstown
Orchard
Martinsburg Pike
C. Irvin Cather
Casualties Lower Than Expected on Normandy Beachhead
General Bradley reported 3,238 Americans killed and 12,600 wounded in the first 11 days of the Normandy campaign, totaling 15,883 casualties. He praised doughboys for securing the beachhead while noting higher losses on the central sector. Local guardsmen from Winchester and Frederick County had served prior to the war.
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Bradley
Peninsula
Winchester
Frederick County
National Guard
Cake Auction For War Bonds Planned Monday
The War Bond Booth will resume Monday with the American Association of University Women and the Child Guidance Club running the booth. A cake auction is set for Monday afternoon from 3 to 4 with about 40 cakes offered to top war bond pledgers and Grant Pollock as auctioneer.
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American Association of University Women
Child Guidance Club
Grant Pollock
Northern Virginia Power the
Child Guidance’ Club
Mead
County Court House
Yanks Win Biak Battle Amid Relentless Drive
Advanced Allied HQ New Guinea reports a complete Biak victory after a week of rugged fighting. American encirclement and three Japanese counterattacks, with tank support, left 160 Japanese dead and two tanks lost. The American strategy relies on pressure, artillery, naval bombardment, heavy mortars, rockets, and air power.
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New Guinea
Biak Isand
Dutch New Guinea
Biak I
Mokmer
Biak
Fourth cover spray for codling moth advised week of June 19
W. 8. Hough of the Winchester Research Laboratory urges growers to apply the fourth cover spray for codling moth during the week of June 19 in orchards showing last season’s major injury. He warns that neglecting the late worm injury from the first brood can cause costly fruit loss, and notes this will be the final spray until the second brood appears in July.
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W. 8. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Virgina
Construction Job Strike Continues in Front Royal
A large walkout at Rust Engineering Co on the American Viscose plant addition in Front Royal Virginia involves 2100 to 2200 workers from various craft unions. The strike began Thursday in protest of an employee discharge for smoking on flammable premises. Commonwealth's Attorney John Downing seeks ABC store closure as a precaution while most workers are expected back Monday.
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Front Royal
Rust Engineering Company
American Viscose Corporation
Comonwealth
John Downing
Warren County
Commonwealth
A.B.C. Board
A.B.C
Downing
Guerrillas Active Across France Near Caen Front
London dispatches report Guerrilla action 150 miles south of Caen with French patriots clashing with Vichy militia and German troops. Underground reports say battles spread nationwide as several hundred guerrillas in trucks pressed Nazi garrisons for hours.
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London
Caen
France
Pressuire
Invasion Front Advances Amid Normandy Push
German troop movements hint at Cherbourg evacuation as U S forces near complete entrapment of Nazi garrison. Heavy German attacks repulsed near Troarn. U S command reports 3 283 killed and 12 600 wounded. Other fronts note Elba landings and progress toward Rome, Viipuri developments, and Pacific operations including Saipan and Biak.
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Cherbourg
U. S
France
Troarn
Caen
U. S. Command
Normandy
Stilwell Led by Chinese Relief Forces In Burma Link
Chinese guerrillas and Kachin Levies under Gen. Stilwell captured Lauhkuan, forming the first China Burma link since Japan’s occupation. Lungling area stabilized as Chinese troops halted Japanese advances at the Shwell river. elimination of Lameng strongpoints clears Burma Road access. Japanese forces pull back from Tengchung toward the south as three mountain passes are cleared to improve troop movements.
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Salween Front
Joseph W. Stilwell
Lauhkuan
Howan Pass
Myitkyina
Burma
Stilwell
Mamien Pass
Tatangtzu
Hungmushu
Rouss Play Park Opens Thursday With Expanded Activities
Rouss Park Play Area will open June 22 instead of June 19 under trained leadership. The park offers organized play and water activities, softball, court games, and more from 8 30 a m to 12 noon Monday through Friday and 2 30 p m to 6 p m Sunday. Miss Betty Jane Gearing is Senior Leader with a Junior Assistant. Swimming participants must wear regulation swim wear. information via Winchester Recreation Dept. Phone 4946.
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Rouss Park
Betty Jane Gearing
Winchester Recreation Dept
British Tommies Thwart Five-Pronged Nazi Assault East of Orne
Allied forces report progress as U S troops advance two to three miles toward Cherbourg peninsular. Artillery targets the last escape road while a fighter pilot notes possible German retreat. US forces reach Douve river north of St Sauveur Le Vicomte, with further moves near La Haye Du Puits. Montebourg recaptured.
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Orne River
Caen
Sevastopol
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Cherbourg
Cape
St. Sauveur le Vicomte
U.S
Douve River
Bricquebec
Valognes
Montebourg
Caumont
Troarn
Allies pound German launches as invasion toll rises
German robots struck Britain with fire spitting bombs. crews halted by RAF and ack ack fire. In France, American and British units pushed from Cherbourg toward Montebourg and Troarn as heavy fighting raged along a 100 mile front. Bradley reported 3,283 Americans killed and 12,600 wounded in 11 days of invasion. loss figures expected to rise.
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London
Germany
Fish Channel
England
Pas-De-Calais
Hitler
RAF
Spitfire
Britain
Sevastopol Cherboure
Sevastopol
Crimea
Omar N. Bradley
France
U.S
Mother of Pastor's Wife Is Dead
Mrs. Alvin Garthright mother of the pastor's wife died last night at her home 12 South Third street in Mond. The funeral is set for 4 o clock tomorrow afternoon in the city. The Rev Mr Hawking and family left for Richmond after the death of Mrs Garthright.
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Alvin Garthright
R . J. Haw
Dock Street Methodist Church
South Third Street
Mond
Hawking
Richmond
Aare Garthright
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Jeff
Air Forces
Army
Peninsula Trap
RAF Heavies
Elba Island
Ies
Tee
Viipuri City
Stockholm
Eddy Gilmore
Sweden
By Don Whitehead
Yanks
The
Associated Press
Asiatic Front
Kamaung
Saipan
Japan Island
Biak Island
Tokyo
Yawata Steel Mills
William F. Bont
Rouss
Wes Gallagher
James F. King
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