Bay State Bond Drive Surges as Civic League Tops Efforts
Bay State city report shows 32.3 percent of $123,373 in sales while local figures reach $84,962.50 on a $300,000 quota. W R Barney urges citizen support for the bond sale as Liane Club schedules a 10 am event. Bond posters and a war bond poster auction are planned, with a mobile display arriving at 8 pm to boost purchases on Loudoun Street. Civic League and affiliated groups pledge bonds, boosting the White Team lead to $375,000 with Blue at $107,800 and Red at $46,825. Lions sales are expected to help Red.
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Bay State City
Massachusetts
W. R. Barney
Liane Club
Wes
Mernine
Civic League
Sien
Red Trail
Lions
Pace 4 Quiz Question Answers
Catherine Drinker Bowen is named. Dutchman refers to Abel Janszoon Tasman in 1642. The quote completes I was at the theatre last lit. The unit is pounds per yard. The animal is calf with step granddaughter as kin. True. The agency is Foreign Economic Administration. The historical figure is Abraham Lincoln. The country is Portugal.
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Catherine Drinker Bowen
Dutchman
Abel Janszoon Sasman
Foreign Economic Administration
Abraham Lincoln
Portugal
Back The Attack Buy War Bonds Rally
Citizens rally behind the war effort urging purchase of war bonds to support national defense. Organizers emphasize patriotic duty and financial contribution to sustain military operations and victory. The event highlights collective resolve and public funding.
Army unveils 120 millimeter anti aircraft cannon
Erie proving ground officials reveal a 120 mm anti aircraft gun in testing. The 30 ton mobile unit features an automatic rammer and high rate of fire by 12 shells per minute. Col Rundell notes crew of 19 and secret control system. Previous highest weapon was 90 mm with 35 000 foot reach.
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Carter L. Davidson
Erie
Lacarne, O
United States Army
Lake Erie
Grand Rapids
Mich
F. E. Rundell
Proving Grounds
Col. Rundell
Gerhardt Leads 29th Division in Normandy Action
Maj. Gen. Charles Hunter Gerhardt named commander of the American 29th Infantry Division serving in Normandy. He is the son of a general and veteran of the last war, with prior service in the European theater.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Charles Hunter Gerhardt
Normandy
City Scrap Collection Scheduled by Scouts
City residents must place scrap paper securely tied along with metal tin cans waste fats and rags on the curb by 9 00 am Saturday The drive is organized by Boy Scouts with assistance from the Junior Board of Trade.
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Junior Board of Trade
Allied air campaign hits Bucharest refineries and Karlovo airfield
Aircraft from the Mediterranean Allied air force dispatched about 1,200 sorties and crushed two Bucharest oil refineries and the Karlovo German air drome. Twenty three enemy planes were downed and six Allied aircraft were reported missing.
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Bucharest
Karlovo
Bulgaria
Mediterranean
Dewey Seeks Talks With Chiefs After Nomination Conference
Dewey pledges to confer with party chiefs as he meets reporters at the Stevens Hotel. He defends the foreign trade plank, asserts U S sovereignty in war decisions, and notes the unbossed convention. Dewey, greeted by thousands, plans a brief news conference after a hotel breakfast with Bricker and GOP leaders.
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Germany
Dewey
Stevens Hotel
Heignt
Jim
Charley
United States
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Stevens
Missing Keg Found Returned to Terminal Tavern
A half barrel of Budweiser went missing on Braddock Street and was found late yesterday by an unidentified man. It was returned to its owner, the Terminal Tavern, who said it likely rolled from a car on the way from Virginia Storage. The incident worried several Winchester residents.
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Braddock Street
Terminal Tavern
Horse Missing Six Weeks Is Found
The bay mare strayed from Homer Line farm on May 22 and was found near Gerrardstown West Virginia almost six weeks later. County officers reported the missing horse after futile searches until Sine notified authorities that he had recovered the animal in West Virginia.
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Homer Line
Gerrardstown
W. Va
Sine
West Virginia
Germans Push Hard Near Minsk in Harsh Marshes
Red Star correspondent Peter Pavlenko describes the Borisov sector as peat swamps and marshes with hidden machine gun nests and dense mines. German forces are stalled while Gen. Rokossovsky’s White Russian Army moves toward the Minsk Warsaw railway, threatening a southward breakthrough. The Moscow communique notes Finnish front gains with enemy troops cleared southwest of Viipuri and a 19 mile advance between Lakes Ladoga and Onega.
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Konstantin Rokossovsky
Bobruisk-Litovsk
Staryi Dorogi
Minsk
Minsk-Warsaw
Red Star
Peter Pavlenko
Borisov
Moscow
Gulf of Finland
Viipuri
Ladoga
Onezhskoe
Onega
Dewey Agenda Includes Hoover Conference In Chicago
The report notes a Dewey schedule with a conference featuring former President Herbert Hoover and other party leaders during the day. He will stay in Chicago tomorrow and likely depart for Albany on Saturday.
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Herbert Hoover
Chicago
Albany
Desertions Mount After Henriot Assassination in Paris
Paris slaying of Philippe Henriot, Vichy propaganda minister, triggers new desertions by provincial officials. Berlin dispatches note Germany lost four valuable comrades. Darlan’s interior ministry seeks transfers as officials report disappearances. Mont de Maran militia leader shot amid desertion attempt crossing the Pyrenees. Vichy radio says investigators hit a blank wall seeking the assassins who fled by car.
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Madrid
Paris
Philippe Henriot
Vichy
France
Berlin
Germany
Henriot
Secor
Joseph Darnand
Himmler
Darnand
Ministry of the Interior
Hehriot
Mont-De- Maran
Landes Department
Pyrenees
Vichy Radio
Shiner Guilty Of Driving While Intoxicated
Ray A. Shiner of Falls Church Va was found guilty yesterday of operating a car while intoxicated. He had been involved in an accident Sunday when his 1941 Hudson struck a 1941 Ford parked at 445 North Loudoun Street damaging the parked car about 25 dollars. the Ford was driven by Brown V. Kingree of Middletown.
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Ray A. Shiner
Rt. 1
Falls Church
Shiner
North
Loudoun Street
Brown V. Kingree
Middletown
Induction Day Rolls Reported By Clarke County Men
Fifteen men from Berryville Clarke County left this morning for induction at Camp Lee. Names include Howard Malcolm McDonald Kenneth Nelson Longerbeam Frank Weaver Welch John Leon Dillon Raymond Howard Haun Wilton Garver Weaver John Ivan Lee Donald William White Charles Davis Huff Edward Chapman Amold Ramey James Mason Triplett Charles Elwood Tumblin John Franklin Baker and Reginald Lucius Mills.
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Berryville
Camp Lee
Howard
Malcolm McDonald
Kenneth Nelson Longerbeam
Frank Weaver Welch
John Leon Dillon
Raymond Howard Haun
Wilton Garver Weaver
John Ivan Lee
Donald William Whi
Charles Davis Huff
Edward Chapman
Amdolph Ramey
James Mason Triplett
John Franklin Baker
Reginald Lucius Mills
Kiwanis Hears WAVES Recruitment Talk at Winchester Meeting
The Winchester Kiwanis Club hosted SP 3c Virginia Lee Hopper and SP 3c Lucille Leslie Rowe from the Office of Naval Officer Procurement in Ashington as official guests. Rowe urged WAVES enlistment while visiting Kiwanis. Myer M. Levin attended as a guest.
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CGR
Virginia Lee Hopper
USNR
Lucille Leslie Rowe
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Ashington
SP Rowe
California
Kiwanian
Myer M. Levin
Williamston
N. C
Washington, D. C
Kiwanis Club
Martin T. Weigard
Winchester
Winchester Club
Weigand
Capitol District
32000 Prisoners Taken In Italy War Report
Allied headquarters say Italian front during the campaign now tops 32000 enemy prisoners. American gunners destroy a German artillery unit and tanks. Eighth Army reports heavy combat near Lake Trasimeno and Perugia with several enemy guns and troops eliminated. Villages west of the lake occupied as German morale collapses.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Lake Trasimeno
Perugia
Casella
Prattavécchia
Lafoce
Fifth Army
War Bonds Buy The Weapons For Our Invasion
A short wartime note urges readers to purchase war bonds to fund weapons and equipment for American forces preparing for the invasion. It emphasizes citizen patriotism and collective support.
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Cloverdale Soft Drinks
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