War Fury Predicted As Allies Attack Japan
Washington June 28 General Joseph T. McNarney told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the United Nations are rapidly approaching a final victory and will bring the war home to Japan so the entire empire feels its impact. He cited Pacific gains, Attu’s victory, and coordinated land and air offensives with Churchill. He warned against overconfidence though as enemies remain on multiple fronts.
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Washington
Congress
United Nations
Japan
Joseph T. McNarney
Senate’ Appropriations Committee
Senate
Uni
McNarney
Pacific
Attu
Churchill
North
Africa
Gurney
Rationing Shoes and Community Fronts Mentioned
The letter recalls a sergeant in a four mile march who removed his shoes and kept them off after twenty miles, highlighting frugalities. It also notes an old iron fence once linked to local properties and jokes about donations from a paint dealer and brush wielders to recoat the fence.
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Gov. Holliday
Cameron Street
Sant Beat Sais Tnt Anon
Nelson Moore Are Candidates No Opposition
At a June 22 meeting of the 25th state Senatorial Democratic Committee Burgess E. Nelson of Mt. Jackson was named the party nominee for state senator from the district. On the same day E Blackburn was named by the Democratic Committee for the Clarke Frederick and Winchester legislative district.
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Democratic Committee
Burgess E. Nelson
Mt. Jackson
Clarke
Frederick
Winchester
E. Blackburn
Death of Winchester grocer Lloyd Carper at 51
Lloyd C. Carper 51 of 339 Kerr street died suddenly of a heart attack Saturday at 4 30 pm after feeling unwell at the Fairplay store on South Loudoun street. He owned and operated that store. Survived by a step son Lieut George B Guthridge of Texas and five siblings. Active in the Lions Club and Winchester Lodge No 867 BPOE. Funeral from his residence Tuesday at 3 pm with Rev Carl Honeycutt officiating. Pallbearers listed. Burial at Mount Hebron.
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Lloyd C. Carper
Kerr Street
Winchester
Fairplay
South Loudoun Street
George B. Guthridge
Texas
Earl Mason
Magnus Carper
Grover Carper
Roy
Eston Carper
Pennsylvania
Carper
Lions Club
Winchester Lodge No
Braddock Aoe
Beaufort Bomber Attacks Jap Freighter Near Buka Passage
A Beaufort bomber on reconnaissance over the Solomon Islands attacked a freighter and its escorting destroyer southwest of Buka Passage. It scored damaging near misses, then machine-gunned both ships after unloading bombs. Four-engined bombers later bombed and strafed the area. no interception occurred.
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Beaufort
Solomon Islands
Buka Passage
Buka
Bougainville
Miners Slow To Return To Work Across Coal Fields
Unofficial field reports show about 156000 miners idle nationwide with prior week estimates above 200000. In Pennsylvania 110000 idle, 58000 in hard coal and 52000 in western soft coal, while western Pennsylvania hard coal gains offset by walkouts in Barbour Taylor area. UMW leaders plan talks to restore work as turnout expected near 90 percent when shifts start.
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Appalachian
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Illinois
Alabama
Union
Western Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Barbour-Taylor County
UMW
Pver
Important To Conserve Tires, Jeffers Warns
The local ration board received a telegram from W. M. Jeffers in charge of rubber to Prentis M. Brown urging strict tire conservation. He notes synthetic rubber production is delayed by facility and manpower shortages and asks boards to inform the public to conserve, limiting Grade 3 tires if needed to avoid stricter regulations.
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W. M. Jeffers
Prentis M. Brown
Washington
NOTICE LIONS Due to the death of Lloyd C. (Ip-1)
A brief notice announces the death of Lloyd C. with the Lions club indicating a funeral or memorial event. No further details provided in the fragment.
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Lloyd C
Increased Air Power Planned for Allied Drive Against Germany
General Henry F. Miller announced the Eighth Air Force command is ready for a major new plane flow to support a stepped up offensive against Germany. He said supplies, including 4,000 pound bombs, are adequate and a 45 percent rise in bomb tonnage could be fielded by July if ordered.
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AAF
Bri
M 28
Henry F. Miller
Ve 8. Army
Eighth
Jereeee
Germany
Miller
Eighth Air Force Service Command
Washington
Readjustment Of Ceiling Prices Being Proposed
Senator George proposes readjusting price ceilings to balance farmers and war workers purchasing power as Congress nears final approval of a bid to curb se food price coll cessors. Byrnes and Brown reportedly urge direct subsidy payments to farmers to hold the line against rising living costs amid the price rollback debate.
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Washington
George
D.-Ga
Congress
Capitol Hill
Wear
James F. Byrnes
Prentiss Brown
Boisson Resigns as Governor General of French West Africa
Pierre Boisson resigns as Governor General of French West Africa. The French Committee of National Liberation accepted the resignation and asked him to stay until a successor is named. His territory includes Dakar and a French fleet including the battleship Richelieu.
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London
Pierre Boison
French West Africa
French Committee of National Liberation
Reutters
Algiers
Boisson
Dakar
Charles de Gaulle
North Africa
Jean Darlan
Henri Giraud
Richelieu
Washington
Kirke L. Simson
American Bombers Strike Kiska Base In Repeated Raids
U S forces bombed the Kiska base in heavy and medium attacks, starting large fires and damaging anti air emplacements. The Navy said Kiska had been struck sixteen times in three days. Attacks also hit bases in Kahili Rekata Bay Munda Cila and Ballale in the Solomon Islands.
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Washington
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Navy
South Pacific
Kahila
Rekata Bay
Munda
Cila
Ballale
Solomon Islands
Italian Papers Prepare Nation for Invasion Draft
Italian newspapers warn civilians to brace for invasion as Allied raids intensify on Sicily Sardinia and the mainland editors say everyone must defend cities street by street with weapons. Il Popolo di Roma notes heavy Allied damage and invasion preparations while officials deny Mussolini ceded power to Scorza and caution on leaks about Rome air raids.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Bern
Il Popolo di Roma
North African
North Africa
Gibraltar
Mussolini
Carlo Scorza
Fascist Party
Priday
Scorza
Italy
Rome
Allied Air Raids Hit Naples and Italian Ports
Allied planes raid Naples and other Italian ports as a convoy is broken up. Two ships sunk and several set ablaze. In Europe, U S heavy bombers strike targets in France in a round the clock air offensive following a morning RAF sweep.
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London
United States
France
United States Army
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Bochum
Penue
Allied Air Raids Hit Eleusis and Hassani Near Athens
Ninth Air Force Liberators blasted Axis airfields at Eleusis and Hassani near Athens in a strong follow up to the Salonika raid. The mission saw seven enemy aircraft destroyed amid heavy resistance while RAF bombers struck Naples by night guided by Vesuvius glow.
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George Tucker
Cairo
Ninth Air Force
Athens
Salonika
Balkans
Eleusis
Hassani
Vesuvius
Naples
RAF Wellingtons
North Africa
Italy
Italian High Command
Nine Straight 90s Hit Winchester With Heat Stress
For the ninth day Winchester temperatures rose into the 90s reaching 92 degrees by mid afternoon. The hot spell dries lawns and gardens, stressing crops as moisture becomes scarce.
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Winchester
World At War Highlights From Allied Fronts
Highlights from AP report on WWII actions across Greece France Russia and the South Pacific. American bombers hit air dromes near Athens and Naples. France faced heavy Mosquito bombings. Soviet forces reported capture of a Finnish strongpoint on the eastern front. Allied attacks on two Japanese submarines were noted southwest of Suva and in the Coral Sea.
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Greece
Athens
Naples
Mediterranean
France
Ger
Atlantic Wall
Russia
Great Eastern Front
Karelian Isthmus
Aleutians The main Jap camp area on Kiska
A terse report notes the main Japanese camp area on Kiska Island, Alaska, identified in the Aleutians theater. It mentions strategic positions and potential Allied reconnaissance of the camp.
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Kiska
Burma Bombers Hit Railroads and Plants Again
U S medium bombers struck enemy held railroads and plants in Burma with RAF support without loss, aiming to disrupt supply lines and war production behind the front.
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Burma
U.S
De Gaulle Warns Allies Against Interference on Invasion Plans
An unofficial Akyab Island bulletin quotes General Charles De Gaulle asserting Allied commander in North Africa will tolerate no interference in invasion preparations amid French political disputes.
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Akyab Island
Charles de Gaulle
North Africa
Attack Japanese Submarines From Air Over South Pacific
Two Japanese submarines were bombed from the air in separate South Pacific areas over the weekend. A Hudson patrol bomber dropped depth charges 200 miles southwest of Suva in Fiji, leaving a heavy oil slick. A second submarine was attacked in the southern Coral Sea with crews reporting a crash dive. Aerial raids targeted Munda Vila Kahili Ballale and Rekata in the Solomons, with heavy blows on Munda totaling 35 tons over two days.
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Naval
South Pacific
Kahili
Buin
Munda
New Georgia
Navy Liberator
Aganst Ballale
Shortland
Navy Avenger
Rekata By
Santa Isabel Island
Navy Dauntless
Vila
Kolombangara
Suva
Fiji Islands
Coral Sea
Army
Navy
Solomon Islands
Hudson Navy
Thifiji Islands
Solomons
New Georgia Group
Ballale
Bougainville Island
Rekata
Santa Isabel
weMune
Allied air raids hit Naples and Sicily as Axis fleets suffer
Allied announces raids over Naples waterfront and coastal targets in Sicily and Reggio Calabria with damage described as limited. Axis naval and air actions faced counterattacks by Allied forces including German fighters over Sicily and minor raids on Italian ports. Precautionary German moves and ongoing supply strain in Sicily are noted as waterside and harbor facilities remain under pressure.
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North Africa
Wellington
Boa
Ind’al
Naples
Rome
Associated
Catania
Reggio Calabria
Sicily
Bizerte
Paris
Bosphorus
Black Seas
Aegean
Associated Press
Reuters
Kara
London Daily Mail
Mescdria
Colored Men Report Today At Roanoke Station
The following colored trains left this morning for the induction station at Charles Wadell Carver Howard Walker Robert Anderson Willard Powell Gibson Leslie Samuel Magruder Edward Boyd Jonnie William Webster Les Marshall Finley Nathan Er Russell Leroy Mason Clarence Charles Allen Brooks Henry Leftridge Clarence Good Jr.
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Howard Walker
Robert Anderson
Willard Powell Gibson
Leslie Samuel Magruder
Edward Boyd
Jonnie William Websterles
Marshall Finley
Nathan Er
Russell Leroy Mason
Clarence Charles Allen Brooks
Henry Leftridge
Clarence Good, Jr
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