History's Greatest Force Of Airmen Blast Germans
More than 1,500 American heavy bombers attacked Pas De Calais and central Germany targets including oil refineries, a tank depot, and aircraft plants. The 2,000-plane fleet faced German fighters and heavy flak as missions extended toward Hannover Hamburg Magdeburg and Brunswick.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Pas-De-Calais
Germany
Emmech
Hannover
Hamburg
Madgeburg
Politz
Magdeburg
Brunswick
Stockholm
Malmo
Baltic
Stettin
Europe
Normandy
Paris
Pas- De-Calais
England
Airforce
Henry H. Arnold
European Air Force
Ernie He
Hail And Wind Damage County Fruit And Farm Crops
Thunder storms hit the county yesterday with hail and strong winds causing uneven damage to fruit and farm crops. Gore Timber Ridge and nearby areas reported the heaviest losses, while Middletown Stephens City and Woodstock saw minimal impact. Insurance reports indicated damage reaching Frederick and Warren counties, with lighter damage near Berryville and Winchester mixed in.
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Timber Ridge
Henry Gold Orchard
Middletown
Stephens City
J. W. Arthur Insurance Company
Hansbrough and Carter
Frederick County
Front Royal
Warren County
Hansbrough
Carter
Pee
Gore
Clarke County
Berryville
Woodstock
Leatherman
Hampshire County
Winchester
Opeation
Little North Mountain
Kernstown
Middle Road
Nain
Hunting Ridge
Baptist
J. Floyd Morrison
Major Italian Communication Center Seized
Allied forces entered Perugia, a major Italian communications hub near Florence and Rome, as Eighth Army pressed northward. Elba fell to French troops, with 1,800 prisoners taken. Fifth Army advanced north of Grosseto, while German minefields and mountain troops resisted in the Perugia area.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Rome
Perugia
Florence
Elba
Porto Longone
Eighth Army
Fifth
Fifth Army
Grosetto
Orbetello
Italy
Trento River
Adriatic
Rimini
Finland Surrenders Viipuri as Soviet Offensive Breaks Finnish Line
Reports from Stockholm and London state Finnish forces yielded the key port Viipuri to Soviet troops. Red Star claimed coastal defenses collapsed while 18th and 10th Finnish brigades were defeated near the city. Soviet air and artillery targeted ships attempting escape as Govorov’s spearheads moved into Helsinki’s vicinity.
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London
Viipuri
Moscow
Mannerheim Line
Mannerheim
Finland
Russia
Sweden
Baltic Republic
Red Star
Gulf of Viipuri
Red Army
Yellow Regiment
Helsinki
London News- Chronicle
Leonid A. Govorov
Winchester Firefighters Display At Bond Booth
Local fire companies showcased equipment despite threatening skies at the Bond Booth. Chief E W Argenbright named Harry Lewis Lee Brown Pat Dunn and Bill God enour to run the booth with efficiency.
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Bond Booth
E. W. Argenbright
Harry Lewis
Lee Brown
Pat Dunn
Bill Godenour
Winchester
Used electric appliances wanted for cash at Ed Molden store
Ed Molden Electrical Appliance Store advertises top cash for used electric appliances. Located at 15 Loudoun, phone 5702. Notice appears in the mid February edition, listing days Tuesday and Thursday.
Strictly pure Shellac brushes offered at Hill Yards
An advertisement for pure shellac brushes from Hill Yards on Piccadilly Street. It notes product purity and available bristle paint brushes, with catalog line 6-20-1p-41.
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Hillyards
Piccadilly St
Wallace in China for conferences
Vice-President Wallace arrives in Chungking as personal representative of President Roosevelt to press closer Sino Soviet ties. He cites Hu Shih on a boundary policy and plans discussions with farmers soldiers and Generalissimo Kai-shek on matters of mutual interest.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Wallace
China
Welt
Siberia
Hu Shih
United States
United
Canada
E Land
Bond Slave Auction Planned July 3
A Fifth War Loan Drive event features the auction of local citizens as slaves for chores such as dishwashing and lawn mowing. Slaves will be sold to the highest bidders in War Bonds at 7 30 P M on July 3 at Court House Square, held in War Bondage by the Junior Board of Trade and the Girls Athletic Association.
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Court House Square
Junior Board of Trade
Girls Athletic Association
Playground Leaders Assigned for June 26 Openings
Playground leaders under Miss Virginia Gregory take summer duties as city play areas open June 26 supervised by a Senior and a Junior leader. Senior leaders include Elizabeth Conklin at Handley and Effie McKinney at Douglas. junior leaders include Lenora Rusk and Zelma Pinkett with other staff assignments at Rouss Park and Virginia Avenue.
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Virginia Gregory
Winchester High Schools
William Manby
Virginia Avenue
Manby
University of Illinois
Ilinois
Champaign
Illinois
Evelyn Preston
Betty
Jane Gearing
Rouss Park
Gearing
Bob Jones College
Cleveland
Tenn
Virginia Oss
Handley Elizabeth
Clarke Ration Office Changes Meeting Dates
Clarke County Price and Ration Board No 48 22 in Berryville announces office hours changing starting June 24 The weekly meeting day shifts from Wednesday to Saturday The office opens 10 00 to 5 00 on Tuesday Wednesday Friday and Saturday Closed after 12 00 a m on Monday and Thursday for staff work The next board meeting is Saturday June 24 All gas and tire applications should be in the office from that time
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Clarke County
Berryville
Progress Made Against Japs In Northeast Offensive
Allied forces pushed 17 miles toward Imphal from Kohima, the greatest single day gain in the counter-offensive against Japan. The advance narrowed the Kohima Imphal gap to 29 miles, with 3,500 Japanese reported killed. Mao Songsam, Tuphema, and areas west of Maram fell as the Naga hills were cleared and a large ordnance dump plus 10 artillery pieces were seized.
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Kohima
Imphal
India
Mao Songsamg
Tuphema
Maram
Naga
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Germans Admit Serious Plight Over Cherbourg
London dispatch reports Senemes broadcasts admitting Allied isolation of Cherbourg port while Nazi high command claims no major fighting on the peninsula. They say enemy activity is limited to probing the southern front around Cherbourg with red reconnaissance forces, with frontal blows between Tilly-Sur-Seulles and Caumont said to be frustrated.
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London
Senemes
Cherbourg
Fortress of Cherbourg
Tilly - Sur - Seulles
Caumont
Normandy
Berlin
Local Bond Sales Reach $300,000 Lead In Contest
Winchester Massachusetts bond buyers led a week of activity but trailed in the ongoing contest. Through June 16 local bond sales totaled $40,706.25 compared with $39,487.50 previously reported for the city. Total Winchester bond sales stood at $79,887.50.
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Winchester
Mass
W.R. Barney
Massachusetts
Official Bond Sales Through Saturday Show Progress
Bond sales through last Saturday reach 920 bonds totaling 313 018 25 dollars. Winchester Frederick County quota stands at 1 300 000. E Bonds 865 42581 25 F and G 27 87937 and others 28 182 500. Barney forecast near half quota by week end. American Association of University Women and Child Guidance Club pledged 7750 in War Bonds. Cakes auctioned for charity raised 1675 with Grant Pollock as auctioneer. Firemen from Winchester Volunteer Fire Company assisted bond selling today.
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Barney
Winchester-Frederick County
American Association of University Women and
Child Guidance Club
Grant Pollock
Chers
Winchester Volunt Fire Company
Allies reach Cherbourg fortified area in contact with defenders
Berlin radio reported Allied forces have reached the fortified area of Cherbourg and that their spearheads are in contact with German defenders, signaling progress in the town's siege.
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London
Berlin
Cherbourg
German troops urged to surrender near Cherbourg
German forces cut off by the American advance around Cherbourg were warned over BBC signals that escape via the Cherbourg peninsula coastal waters would be certain death. The British officer cited VoN Arnim's trapped troops in Tunisia as a lesson, urging surrender as the wisest move.
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New York
Cherbourg
Juergen Vom Arnim
Cape Bon
Tunisia
Americans Reach Near Cherbourg In Fast Offensive
American forces break through toward Cherbourg driving deep south of the port with the Ninth Division leading the assault. Valognes falls and Montebourg is by passed as German defenses crumble and retreat tightens around Cherbourg.
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U. S
Port
Valognes
Montebourg
Invasion Front Bloodies Cherbourg and Bombardment Blitz
Advancing U S troops move within five miles of Cherbourg port and pound German positions with heavy artillery as over 1 500 heavy bombers strike German cities along the Pas de Calais coast. Allied forces also report gains in Italy and the Pacific theater amid major air battles with Japan and Chinese advances in Burma and China.
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U. S
Cherbourg
Pas-De-Calais
British and U S Forces Break Through Near Cherbourg
Allied forces push along the Normandy front advancing two miles southwest of Tilly-Sur-Seulles seizing Hottot-Les-Bagues while repelling two German counterattacks. U S forces north of Barneville reach a first break through sealing Cherbourg peninsula as Lt Gen Omar Bradley’s assault breaches the second German line.
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Normandy
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Hottot-Les-Bagues
U. S
Barneville
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
Saipan battle nets 300 Japanese planes down in major air fight
U S Pacific forces repelled an enormous Japanese air assault off Saipan while Marines and Army troops pushed inland toward Magicienne bay. Ashito airstrip was seized as Sea-Bees prepared the base on Saipan's southern coast.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Pacific
Midway
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Ashito
Japan
Central Pacific
Tokyo
Magicienne Bay
Nafutan Point
Sainan
U. S
Guam
Rota
Local Soldier Is Promoted To Major
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Resseguie announce their son George has been promoted to major. Major Resseguie serves in the South Pacific. George Jr. spent the weekend with his grandparents.
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L. B. Resseguie
George
Major Resseguie
South Pacific
George Ressequie
George Jr
Tri County I O O F To Meet Here
Madison Lodge I O O F hosts Tri County association meeting at 8 PM Grand Master Morris G Smith from Farmville to deliver the principal address Attending lodges from Warren and Shenandoah counties expected to participate
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Tri-County Associa
Madison Lodge
Warren
Shenandoah Counties
Morris G. Smith
Farmville
Summer School Opens June 26 at Handley High
Summer school starts June 26 at 8 00 A M for tenth and eleventh grade English only for pupils who need graduation credit. Classes will be held at Handley High School with no other subjects offered, per an announcement to The Star.
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Handley Summer School
The
Star
For Sale City Property Brick Dwelling
For sale a seven room brick dwelling with furnace and bath. Phone 3847. Also notice of 42 car loads of wallpaper just received at Hillyard's.
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Hillyard's
Fraternal Order of Eagles To Open State Convention
The state aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles holds its opening session at Sarah Zane Hall on Thursday morning, June 22, at 10 a m. The public is cordially invited to attend. Secretar y.
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Order of Eagles
Sarah Zane Hall
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Bulletins
Bulletin
George Wells
Recreation Department
Clarke Ration Office
Civic Booth
Wes Gallagher
Great Harbor
St. Martin de Grand
trans-Atlantic
Associated Press
Roger Greene
Vacones
U.S
Marianas
U.S. Adm
Nimitz
Asia
Tiangzuo
Myitkyina
Burma
Hankow- Canton
Changsa
Island of
South End
O.O.F
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