Soviet Air Fleets Hammer Germans In Baltic Push
Red Army forces capture Orsha in a Soviet advance as four fronts bombard German reserves and targets behind lines. Col Gen Vershinin directs air strikes on bridges while Gen Cherniakhovsky becomes the Soviet Union's youngest general. Brisk fighting continues near Mogilev and Vitebsk as incursions push from the north.
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Red Army
Bulge
Orsha
Mogilev
Vershinin
Sevastopol
Sergei I. Rudenko
N. P. Papivin
Ivan Bagramian
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Vitebsk
White Rusa
Cherniakhovsky
Soviet Union
GOP Claims Peace That Will Endure At Chicago Convention
Republican leaders pushed a peace and constitutional government platform at the Chicago convention. Governor Earl Warren's possible vice presidential bid loomed as Rep. Joseph Martin urged the party to oppose the New Deal and warn of radical groups allied with CIO PACs seeking a fourth Roosevelt term.
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Chicago Stadium
Earl Warren
California
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Martin
House
Communist Party
Earl Browder
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Roosevelt
America
French Prisoners Parade Under Allied Eye Near Cherbourg
Report from June 27 describes 15 truckloads of Nazi prisoners driven toward American beach cages while French civilians cheer and racial signs appear. Negro soldiers grin as roughly 750 prisoners ride in trucks, some smiling at the Normandy countryside en route to captivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Normandy
Cherbourg
Barley Yields Reported In Middletown Area
Winchester reports two barley crops threshed in Middletown and seeks more data from Clarke and Frederick counties. Cooley Brothers yield 37 bushels per acre from 14 acres, totaling 516 bushels. Edwin B. Orndorff on the former Heater farm threshed 20 acres for 1,000 bushels, averaging 35.1 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Clarke
Frederick
Neigh
Cooley Brothers
Edwin B. Orndorff
Used electric appliances wanted for cash at Ed Molten Store
WANTED Used electric appliances top cash price Ed Molten Electrical Appliance Store 15 Loudoun Phone 5702 Tuesday and Thursday square and round dance every Tuesday Old Mill Wheel 46-22-1p-51)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molten Electrical
Loudoun
Bonds Bought To Be Dedicated To Servicemen
Bonds will be dedicated to servicemen tomorrow at the Bond Booth run by the Civic League United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the American Revolution. A motto Buy a Bond in honor of your favorite serviceman will be displayed and folders will be available for buyers to note the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic League
United Daughters of the Confederacy
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Bond
Talks Business With Stalin in Moscow Interview
Eric Johnston of the U S Chamber of Commerce met with Premier Joseph Stalin in the Kremlin for about two and a half hours. The discussion centered on future US Soviet trade with Stalin answering directly and praising American war production and agriculture. Johnston then planned to tour Russia’s inland industrial base in the Urals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Eric Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Johnston
United States
Soviet Union
Stalin
Red Army
Urals
Russia
Lt Stimmel Decorated for Distinguished Flying Cross
Mrs Leora May Stimmel of 300 Parkway receives word that her son 1st Lt Ralph R Stim, a B 24 Liberator command pilot with 30 missions, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross after already earning the Air Medal and oak leaf clusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leora May Stimmel
Parkway
Ralph R. Stim
Stimmel
Doc
Prisoners flooding Cherbourg as Allied forces secure port
Thousands of German prisoners stream into American custody at Cherbourg as Allied units clear the arsenal area and surround Hardinvast. Among those captured are Lt Gen Carl Wilhelm Von Schlieben and Rear Admiral Hennicke with 800 men, while a German field hospital holding 1,000 wounded is seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherbourg
Cher
Hardinvast
Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben
Hennecke
Col Svse
Doornoys
Madison Lodge Hosts Last Night To 1 0 C F Tri County Group
Eight lodges attended the Tri County Association meeting of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Winchester. Madison Lodge No 6 hosted 61 attendees with T Ingles presiding and speakers including Morris G Smith Grand Master of Virginia Odd Fellows and W E Frisbie Grand Senior Warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Lodge
C.F. Tri-County Group
Tri-County Association
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Winchester
Madison Lodge No. 6
T. Ingles
Bentonville
Singing of
America
Edgar Mason
Smith
Morris G. Smith
Farmville
Virginia Odd Fellows
W. E. Edwards
New State
Mgr
Mr. Smith
Germans Driven From Chiusi By British Troops
Allied forces report the Eighth Army retook Chiusi nine miles southwest of Lake Trasimeno after a fierce defense by German troops. Castiglione Del Lago fell to the British advance with 200 prisoners taken, as air battles over Vienna and raids on Trieste oil refineries continued.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Chiusi
Fifth Army
Italy
Piombino
Livorno
Pisa
Lake Trasimeno
Chitsi
Castiglione del Lago
Vitellino
Perugia
Siena
Florence
Vienna
Aquila
Trieste
Dairy Judging School Hosted by 4-H at Stine Farm
Mr. Delmar J. Young will lead a dairy judging school for Frederick and Clarke county 4-H boys at 2:00 P M Friday at Fred Stine's dairy farm. All boys urged to attend to prepare for a daily judging contest at county district and state levels in July alongside the milking contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar J. Young
Frederick and
Clarke County
I. Fred Stine
Urgent Need For Surgical Dressings Appeal
Mrs B B Dutton urges immediate creation of 48000 surgical dressings. Volunteers meet daily at Presbyterian Church rooms 9 AM to 5 PM. Regular Thursday night class for business girls led by Bertha Kline from 7 30 PM to 9 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Dutton
The
Presbyterian Church
Bertha Kline
Yard Party at Mr Strother's Grove White Hall
White Hall Mite Society sponsors a yard party at Mr Strother's Grove on Thursday evening July 6th inviting the community to join for social and fundraising activities.
Allied air operations and combat reports from Caen and Normandy
Allied and Axis air actions across Europe are reported with bombings on Budapest Brod and Drohobycz, raids on Trieste and Vienna, and Mosquito sorties over Caen. Weather limited some strikes while British Beaufighters hit E boats near the Hook of Holland and several German fighters were shot down amid dense clouds.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Budapest
Brod
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Russia
Drohobycz
Poland
England
France
Channel
Britain
Normandy
Italy
Hook of Holland
Aquila
Trieste
Vienna
Mediterranean
Austria
Normandy Battlefront
Caen
Rouen
Advance Weather Forecast June 28 30
Zone Four hot weather dominates the period with afternoon highs above 90 and nights above 70, higher elevations cooler in the 60s. Scattered thunderstorms are likely in upstate New York and western Pennsylvania Thursday or Friday and again Sunday with limited rain. Zone Five hot with highs in the 90s and lows above 70, cooler in the mountains. storms continue intermittently through Sunday and no general cooling before then. Total rainfall expected under one inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Penna
Cherries at Nicodemus Orchard Harvest Picks Start
Local orchard at Nicodemus announces top weather window and pick start for ripe cherries as season progresses. Last ten days to two weeks indicate peak fruit availability for customers and harvest operations in late June.
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Nicodemus Orchard
Septic Tank Cleaning Offered by Elmer Orndorff
Elmer Orndorff of Winchester Virginia advertises septic tank and cesspool cleaning services. Includes address 35 EB Gerrard Street and phone number 6200 for contact. Dated June 27, one page edition.
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Elmer Orndorff
Gerrard S&j
Winchester
Invasion Front Advances as U S Forces Occupy Cherbourg
Highlights report U S infantry completing Cherbourg occupation opening harbor rehab. British forces strike near Caen driving back seven Nazi divisions. Russians report weakened White Russia defense bulge near Orsha Mobilev and Bobruisk. Italian fronts push Germans from Chiusi Piombino. Pacific fronts see Saipan fights Garapan and MacArthur forms new Far East air force. Allied forces reach Moraung Burma while Chinese hold Hengyane.
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Associated Press
U. S. Infantry
Cherbourg
Caen
Russia
Orsha
Mobilev
Bobruisk
Saipan
Garapan
MacArthur
Indies
Philippines
Asiatic Front
Moraung
Burma
Hankow-Canton Railway
China
Hengvane
War Bond Sales Reach $841,949 in Local Drive
Local issuing agencies report total war bond sales of $841,949.50 through Saturday, led by 1,683 bonds. Wendell Barney, chairman of the Winchester Frederick County War Finance Committee, notes progress toward the Fifth War Loan Drive quota of $1,300,000 with detailed breakdowns for E, F and G, and Percentage Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Barney
Winchester- Frederick County
O Sullivan Closes For Vacations
O Sullivan Rubber Company plans a plant wide shutdown from July 2 to July 10 to grant vacations and allow maintenance overhauls. General Plant Manager Jim Mason announced the move after a family show at Capitol Theatre featuring "Synthetic Rubber" and "The Battle of Tarawa" war films and a communal picnic that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Mason
O’sullivan
Capitol Theatre
O’sullivan Rubber Company
Tarawa
Allied push nears Caen as Cherbourg falls to Seventh Corps
British forces advance within three miles of Caen in eastern Normandy while American Seventh Corps completes capture of Cherbourg. Allied losses cited exceed 70 000 Nazi casualties with 32 000 prisoners. Montgomery forces seize three towns and press toward Caen as Bradley praises Cherbourg operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Normandy
Cherbourg
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Paris
Seventh Corps
Joseph L. Collins
Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben
Hennecke
Omar N. Bradley
Montgomery
Odon
Allies Take Mogaung in Northern Burma After Battle
Allied forces led by British and Chinese troops seized the Japanese stronghold of Mogaung in a three day fight. The final assault came from three sides following a heavy air bombardment, pressuring Myitkyina and slicing into the Japanese 18th division as remnants fled southward. The Burma road was cut again near Lungling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Mogaung
Burma
Myitkyina
Singapore
Salween
Lungling
Four Divisions Smashed in Cherbourg Battle Progress
Supreme Headquarters reports that Allied forces have shattered four German infantry divisions and numerous naval units as the Cherbourg campaign advances. British and Canadian troops press the eastern flank near Taen and Caen while three more towns La Gaulle Cheux and St Manvieu fall in a five mile stretch. Warship guns aid the push as port salvage teams race to convert Cherbourg into a major supply hub for Europe’s liberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherbours
Europe
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tilly-Sur-Suelles
Taen
Caen
Normandy
la Gaulle
Cheux
St. Manvieu
Cherbourg
Heavy Rocket Bomb Attacks Over Southern England
English report describes a night of heavy rocket bomber assaults over southern England. German devices pierced cloud cover in multiple waves, causing damage and prompting air raid warnings as authorities traced the attacks to new rocket types and improvised strategies.
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London
Gereman
Southern En
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Bulletin London
Gop
Alliance of New Deal Group
Bulletin
Lt. Stimmel
W. E. Frisbie
Newport News
W. Clifton Cuningham
Alexandria
Dave Hottel
Virginia Coffman
Rebekah Assembly
Everett D. Kline
Inside Sentinel
Rand
Alson Hott
Bobbie Edwards
Front Royal
Alexan
Noland Norgaard
By Austin Bealmear
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Collins
By Wes Gallagher
Winchester Evening Star
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