Millions Starve and Die Amid War Refugee Plight
Col. Daniel E. Wright, back with the army medical corps, reports to J. H. Yost on Greece and Albania’s devastation. He describes villages destroyed, disease rampant, and 75 000 Greek and Yugoslav refugees in desert camps living in 117 to 140 degree tents. He notes women and girls among wounded guerillas and fears the human cost of the western invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel E. Wright
Army Medical Corps
Winchester
Frederick County
J. H. Yost
Greece
Albania
Europe
War News From J M Roberts Jr On Allied Push To Cherbourg
The war column notes the Allied forces pinching the German line in France as Cherbourg becomes a target. It reports 25 000 to 30 000 German troops in the peninsula and suggests the Americans crossed to the western shore along planned routes. The piece warns against undue optimism but foresees a large attacking force forming on the Cherbourg peninsula backed by sea and air power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Reichswehr
Paris
Cassinas
Cherbourg
Sevastopol
Naples
Hitler
von Runstedt
French Forces Seize Port of Portoferraio Elba Island
French colonial battalions captured the Elba capital Portoferraio and advanced to fill two thirds of the island. Maj Gen Jean De Lattre De Tassigny’s troops crossed the isle and took Napoleon’s villa, with hundreds of prisoners including officers. Germans were pinned along the coast as weather hindered evacuation. Allied officers expect occupation before Sunday or Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elba
Porto-Ferraro
Porto Longone
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Napoleon
Portoferraio
Finnish Army Position Critical on Karelian Isthmus
Swedish dispatches from Helsinki say the Finnish army position is critical as Russian forces press toward Viipuri. Red Army troops are described as having the weight of men and materials crushing Finnish defense communications.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Karelian Isthmus
Viivuri
Markwood's Restaurant seeks beer and wine license in Winchester
The undersigned will appear before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on Thursday June 29 1944 to apply for a license to retail beer and wine over 3.2 percent at Markwood's Restaurant. H P Markwood proprietor 625 N Loudoun St Winchester Va beverages to be consumed off premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Markwood
H. P. Markwood
Loudoun
Winchester
Loudoun St
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Capitol Theatre
O’sullivan Rubber Co., Inc
Winchester, Va
Eddie Cantor
George Joan Murphy
Davis Nancy Constance
Kelly Moore
Don Douglas
Edwin L Aarts
Eddie Canter
Peeagh
Get Grom
Invasion News
Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Capitol
Evenive Star Daily
Jantzen
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray and Sheetz
Owners’, Landlords’ and Tenants
Ability Insurance
Hansbrough & Carter
North
Loudoun Street
Virginia
America
Richmond, Va
Boone
Squire Boone
Daniel
Farmers & Merchants
Winchester, Virginia
DR. L. M. Allen
Ray Erobinson
Paul M. Haldeman
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Col. Wright
Clarke County
J. A. Hotinger
N. Loudoun
Dial
Highland Avenue
Ashby Station
Roy P. Duvall
North Main Street
J. W. Arthur
J. M. Roberts, JR
Dewitt McKenzie
Montmorency Cherries
Harry Ridgeway
Orchard
P. O. Box
Winchester Poultry Co
W. Germain St
Fairmont
Frank Barrett
Bath
South Loudoun
N. Cameron
Cork St
Star
Morgan
Mgr
American Stores Co
Liberal Commission
E. Franklin
Richmond
Lady’s
Braddock St
S. Cameron
T. Swimley
Perry Wright
Esso
Wildwood
New Jersey
Call
H. A. Blandford
Rt. 2
City
Wilmer Nail
S. G. Cather
Childs
Highland Ave
L.W. Smith
Kernstown
Brown Chillfield
Harold C. Hartman
C. E. Babb
Millwood Ave
Chester
Avyrlawn Farms
Maryland
J. C. Oakes
Plymouth
Handley School
Moling & Cather
Kenneth M. Cather
Benton Snider
W. B. Watkins
Berryville
Elba Island
Duncan Phyfe
George W. Kurtz
Een
Surcicgt
Blade CO
Meweork 2
M. J
Westminster
Gray & Eddy
Hable’s Palace
20- Century-Fox
Maxwell Anderson
Anne Baxter
William Eythe
Michael O'Shea
Sweden
Earl L. Mason
N. Londoun
Duff’s
Lupton Orchard Service CO
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