Cherbourg Port Facilities Investment Highlights
A historical overview notes Cherbourg as a major trans Atlantic port with fortified naval harbors and commercial docks at the Diverte mouth. It details the city’s fortifications, industries such as shipbuilding and metal work, and the long French investment into harbor works under Louis XIV to Napoleon. The piece closes with a wartime wartime appeal to buy war bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherbourg
Europe
France
Normandy
English Channel
Department
la Manche
Louis XIV
Louis XVI
Napoleon Bonaparte
Divette
War News Reflections on Allied Invasion Plans in France
The piece analyzes possible Allied invasion strategies across northwestern France from Brittany to Le Havre, considering beachheads, flanks along the Loire and Seine, and the role of Calais. It notes intensified German defenses, rocket emplacements, and signals Ike’s aim to strike at the enemy, with Nimitz’s today’s tone signaling broader wartime developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Robertson, JR
Dewitt MacKenzie
Germany
France
Brittany
Brest
Loire
St. Nazaire
le Havre
Seine
Hitler
Avranches
Laval
Rennes
Bain
Nantes
Paris
Calais
Belgium
Eisenhower
Pacific
Admiral Nimitz
Presbytery Grants Licensure for Rev. Kenneth V. Shick
The Winchester Presbytery licensed Rev. Kenneth V. Shick, pastor-elect of Front Royal Presbyterian Church, after examinations on theology sacraments and church government. Ordination and installation were set for Sunday July 2 at 11:00 AM, with charges to be delivered by Dr. Harry M. Crim and Rev. J. S. Duckwall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth V. Shick
Front Royal Presbyterian Church
Winchester
Harry M. Crim
Strasburg
J. 8. Duckwall
Lewis Holladay
A. B. Mann
Schick
J. A. Trostle
Ronald S. Wilson
D. D
Charles H. Gibbons
Keyser
W. Va
Second Presbyterian Church
Norfolk
Public Sale of Desirable City Real Estate in Winchester
Special Commissioner offers three parcels at public auction in front of the Winchester County Court House at 11 a m on July 15 1944. Parcel one is 101 Cork Street near George Washington's Headquarters with seven rooms. Parcels two and three are unimproved Shawnee Heights lots on Shenandoah Avenue fronting 40 feet, 150 feet deep. Terms require one third cash, balance in two annual installments with bonds bearing 5 percent interest and a deed of trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lee Merriken
Orphans’ Court OF
Baltimore City
Lucy Henson
Lucky Henson
Maryland
Kathryn Williams Cooper
Brewer Street
Baltimore
Sandy Alexander Jackson
Ida E Williams
John Williams
Bunker Hill
West Virginia
Clayton Williams
Winchester
Virginia
Florence Williams
Pearl Bundy
Star
Philip L. Sykes
Samuel Lasch
Leo J. Cummings
John H. Bouse
Register of Wills
Braddock and
Cork Streets
Cork Street
George Washington
Shawnee Heights
City of Winchester
Shenandoah Avenue
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Capitol
Bide Hs
Kaaki
Moviegoer. Ae
Paramount
John Sutton - Binnie Barnes
Eddie Cantor
George Murphy
Joan Davis
Constance Moore
Jantzen
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray and Sheetz
Lupton Orchard Service CO
DIAL
Hansbrough & Carter
Loudoun Street
America
Buffalo Bill
Cody
Wyoming
Whitney
Col
William F. Cody
Farmers & Merchants
Winchester, Virginia
DE. L. M. Allen
Ray Robinson
Paul M. Haldeman
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
J. W. Arthur
Rouss Ave
Perry Wright
Esso
P. O. Box
Wildwood
New Jersey
Dellinger Bros. Garage
I.e
Trianon Restaurant
Loudoun
White
Smith Pontiac Sales & Service
Peoples Drug Store
Piccadilly
Elmer Orndorff
Business School
W. Germain St
Norge
H. A. Blandford
Rt. 2
City
Bickers Motor Co
E. Baker St
Long John
Jonah Good
Grimes
Harry Pitcock
Stephens City
Call
Davenport
Braddock St
Crisman’s
S. Main St
Bicker’s Motor Co
Poland
China
Claude Gore
Clearbrook
Hampshire
Guernsey
T. B
Bangs
Fiddlers Green Buttermaker
Glencairne
Klondike Breeding
Richmond
F. L. Duncan
Waverley Farm
Cork St
Ridgeway
John H. Lewis
E. C. Creswell
Richard Ave
Kent
Braddock
Star Office
Martinsburg Pike
Ray Sheetz
Gray Ave
Montmorency Cherries
Harry Ridgeway
Orchard
Corporation Court of
Quinlan v. G. G. Baker
Admr
Als
County Court House
James P. Reardon
Corinne Barnett
Dunn and Duvall
Roy P. Duvall
North Main Street
Hable’s Palace
Anne Baxter
ST. Mark
William Eythe
Michael O'Shea
Sweden
Tila Hayworth
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Earl L. Mason
N. Loudoun
J. A. Hobriver
George W. Kurtz
Buxton and Amity
Army
Sray & Eddy
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