Allies Closing In On Germans From All Sides
Soviet and allied forces press on multiple fronts toward Germany. Russian troops reach near Belgrade and advance toward Orsova on the Danube while advancing into Yugoslavia. In Poland heavy fighting around Warsaw escalates with two army groups along the Narew river and Ostroleka falling to Reds as Ostroleka nears East Prussia.
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Moscow
Belgrade
Danube
Iron Gate
Red Army
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Turnu-Severin
Iron
Orsova
Poland
Warsaw
East Prussia
Narew
Ostroleka
Red Star
Germany
Red
Wolo
Narew River
East Prus
Lomza
City Dogs on Streets Cause Concern for School Aged Children
Winchester notes many stray dogs in the city as parents fear for children returning to school. An incident shows a girl stepping into the street to avoid a dog, narrowly dodging a truck. Owners urged to keep dogs off streets during school travel times.
Barber’s Patrons Given Warning in Victory Chair
Boston observers report a barber warning patrons with a sign promising to drop tools the moment victory bells ring. The note implies customers may leave partially shaved as celebration begins.
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Boston
Vday
Thomas Console
Victory
Russians Silent On Bulgar Armistice Pleas
Soviet Russia refused to answer the Bulgarian government’s armistice plea while signaling restraint on a Red Army invasion. Moscow urged Bulgarians to break the German alliance and restore independence and national honor, releasing diplomatic exchanges showing Sofia’s alleged collaboration in the Hitlerite war.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Foreign Commissariat
Sofia
Expect Increase In Enrollment In County Schools
County Superintendent Leslie D. Kline announced all schools opened on schedule though 14 teaching positions remain unfilled, mostly filled by substitutes. He expects enrollment to rise due to new rules and rising in-migration, with enforcement actions for unexcused student absences and farm work exemptions for older students. Mrs Rivers M. Lindsey will head Miller School in Winchester.
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Leslie D. Kline
Kline
Miller School
Winchester
Rivers M. Lindsey
Lindsey
Virap
Berry
Notice Day nursery and new furniture shipment
Notice items announce a Day nursery A No. 1 listing and a new furniture shipment received today. The notice mentions 3 piece living room suits with springs and porcelain top breakfast sets from J. W. Grove Furniture Co with contact phone 3504.
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J. W. Grove Furniture Co
Used electric appliances wanted for top cash
Ed Molden Electrical Appliance Store offers top cash for used electric appliances. Located near 15 and Loudoun, call 5702 for details. Advertisement appears in Tuesday and Thursday classifieds.
Friendship Fire Company Sets Evening Meeting
The Friendship Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting this evening at 8 o'clock in the company hall. All members are requested to attend. Captain Marion Anderson.
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The
Friendship Fire Company
Marion Anderson
Robot Bombings Are Subduing in London War Report
London officials announced the robot bombing campaign was near end with defenses and Allied encirclement largely neutralizing the threat. Lt. Col. Edwin Sandys reported 2,900 Allied airmen and 450 planes lost, 5,000 local deaths, and that only 2,300 of 8,000 bombs since June 12 reached targets, with three robots per one casualty recently.
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London
England
Gera
Britain
Sandys
France
Germany
United States Army Casualties in Normandy Slower Than Expected
Secretary of War Stimson reports American casualties through three weeks of the Normandy invasion total about half of earlier projections. June losses reached roughly 42,000 with 33,933 battle casualties, while July and August totals were not specified. Navy casualties stand at 59,964, bringing combined Army Navy casualties to 365,759.
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Washington
Eee
Aor
Stimson
France
Navy
Watch Death Then Of Watch Death Then Of
London reports a bombless night as Dover watchers scanned the French shore. Smoke and explosions marked the Nazi retreat from demolished dumps and gun emplacements amid the rocket bomb coast. Since last Friday the Germans have sent one brief barrage of robots.
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London
Britain
Dover
German Children Drafted for War Work in Total Mobilization
London reports Germany has ordered its eighth grade pupils into war work and mobilized Red Cross personnel into armament plants. Goebbels announced dissolution of the Prussian finance ministry and closure of many universities and periodicals. Traveling shows and fairs were banned as the Berlin radio described students giving up study to aid the war effort. Girls and seventh graders will join social work under Nazi welfare programs.
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London
Germany
Red Cross
Joseph Goebbels
Finance Ministry
Berlin
Wounds In France Fatal To Pvt Swartz Dated
Mrs Helen Swartz receives word her husband Pvt James F Swartz died August 17 in France from wounds received in action August 16. Inducted October 2 1943 he trained at Camp Croft S C and went overseas in spring. Survived by wife son Charles two his father Walter S Swartz and several brothers and sisters.
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Helen Swartz
Indian Alley
James F. Swartz
France
J. A. Ulio
Secretary of War
Pvt
Pvt. Swartz
Camp Croft
S. C
Normandy
National Fruit Products Company
Helen Anderson
Charles
Walter S. Swartz
Highland Avenue
Dorothy M. Swartz
Winchester
Frinces
Mildredchester
Lawrence C. Swartz
Washington
Howard W. Swartz
Elsie Chrobot
Woodbine
Wanted at once two waitresses and one porter
Help wanted ad for Golden Glow Coffee Shop seeks two waitresses and a porter. Apply in person or at location referenced in the help wanted brief.
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Golden Glow Coffee Shop
American French troops sweep towns in southern France action
Allied forces push toward the Doubs Valley as American and French units advance from Chalon sur Saone to Givry Arbois Poligny and other nearby towns while German forces pull back. A 24 hour destroyer bombardment hit targets along the Seven Army flank and port clearances continue at Toulon Marseille.
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Rome
France
Doubs Valley
Switzerland
Chalon-Sur- Saone
Givry
Saone
Allrey
Doubs
Poligny
Arbois
Bletterans
Chaumergy
Rhone
Besanco
Belfort
Germany
Chalon
U. S.S. Ludlow
Toulon
Marseille
Robert Kellas to be named Eagle Scout at Shawnee District Court
The Shawnee District Boy Scout Court of Honor will award Eagle Scout to Robert Kellas at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Christ Episcopal Church chapel. Kellas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Kellas, joined Troop Nine in 1941 and earned 24 merit badges, surpassing the 21 required. Only two other active Scouts in Winchester hold Eagle: Yockie Preston and Norman Hampton. The event marks the first Court of Honor since June with many awards expected.
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Shawnee
Christ Episcopal Church Chapel
Robert Kellas
Nicholas Kellas
S. Kent Bireet
Ronald S. Wilson
Ae Loudoun Street
Percen Kellas
Kellas
Winchester
Yockie Preston
Norman Hampton
Fascist Set Up In Argentina
Secretary of State Hull said there is a fascist movement in the western hemisphere with headquarters in Argentina. He required clearer Argentine stance on accepting refugee Nazis before commenting on assurances that no escaped German leaders would be sheltered. Hull noted U S hopes Portugal and Switzerland ...
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Washington
Hull
Argentina
United States
Portugal
Switzerland
POMS Sale of Stove Equipment Friday Evening
Auction notice for three dependent vel stove equipment to be sold Friday September 8 at 5 p m at S Kent and James opposite Catholic Cemetery J W Coontz listed as contact.
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Kent
James
J. W. Coontz
Lucca Occupied as Yanks Make Front Advances in Italy
Allied reports say American Fifth Army patrols entered Prato center and won positions north of the highway between Prato and Lucca, capturing Lucca before the Gothic line. British Eighth Army advances near Riccione and Besanigo on the Adriatic coast followed heavy fighting with Nazi forces. Cross River British troops moved toward San Marino's eastern border as fighting along a 14 mile front intensified.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Fifth Army
Prato
Italy
Lucca
Pistoia
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Riccione Mariana
Rimini
Besanigo
Ventena
San Marino
Dewey Launches 6700 Mile Main Drive for Presidency
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York opened a sweeping 6,700 mile campaign tour to the Pacific coast and back, starting with an evening speech in Philadelphia to outline postwar jobs. Roosevelt plans a September 23 AFL dinner in Washington as partisan activity stays quiet elsewhere. Independent electors in Mississippi form a slate opposed to the New Deal and cool toward the Dewey Bricker ticket. Sheldon, a former Nebraska governor, leads the group and says strategy talks will come soon.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Bath
Philadelphia
Convention Hall
Republican National Committee
Washington
AFL Teamsters Union
Mississippi
Dewey-Bricker
George L. Sheldon
Nebraska
Chicago
Sheldon
German Army Is Badly Crippled in Western Europe
Secretary of War Stimson said the bulk of Germany’s western army has been destroyed or crippled and remaining forces are insufficient to defend Germany. He noted Allied forces grow stronger and momentum favors the Allies while supply lines lag behind front units.
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Washington
Stimson
Europe
Germany
Charley Rouss Fire Co Plans September Meeting
The Charley Rouss Fire Co. schedules its regular monthly meeting for Thursday evening September 7 at 8. All members are urged to attend. David F. Hottle is president.
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Charley Rouss Fire Co
David F. Hottle
World at War: Allied Advances and Axis Reactions Across Fronts
Western Front sees American First and Third Armies push toward Germany as Patton threatens Metz and Hodges advances from Meuse bridgeheads. Canadians near Dunkerque. Russo Balkan front nears Belgrade and Yugoslav soil. Bulgaria declares war on Germany. Italian South France sees Lucca seize near Pisa as Rimini attack with Eighth Army. Pacific theater notes Hirohito and Koiso warning of intensified war.
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Germany
Battle of Seigfried Line
Patton
Metz
Moselle River
Hodges
Meuse
Belgium
Dunkeraue
Belgrade
Balkan
Tito
Berlin
Bulgaria
Poland
France
Lucca
Pisa
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Rimini
Patch
Seventh Army
London
C.B.S
Rome
George S. Patton
Third Army
Alexander M. Patch
Third
Nancy
Courtney H. Hodges
First
Leuven
Louvain
Sedan
Ardennes Forest
Japanese Warned Of More Raids
The emperor and Premier Kiniaki Kioso warned the diet that the war is escalating with intensified American air bombardment and a possible invasion. They cited a wider raid arc, including Marcus Island, Iwo Jima, and attacks around Mindanao, with plans to seize the offensive amid a temporary lull.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Japan
Hirohito
Kiniaki Kioso
Kioso
Marcus Island
Tokyo
Iwo
Volcano Islands
Imperial Capital
Philippine
Davao
Mindanao
Kiyang
U. S
Lingling
Public sale of household furniture and appliances
Household sale announced by Mrs. J. M. Oats at 502 S. Loudoun Street on September 9 at 1 o'clock. Includes sewing machine and radio among items.
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Houehold
J. M. Oats
S. Loudoun Street
Notes on Saturday delivery and phone ordering
Fragmentary ad text indicates Saturday evening deliveries with a phone order option at 3959 and a date or code 7 13 Thus 1p tf. The readable items show a basic contact and timing but lack full details.
Closing Notice for Dr James Bid Ends Monday Morning
A closing notice runs until Monday morning September 11 for Dr Howard L James. The item lists the agreement period and court or official reference code 9-7-1p-31.
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Agre Ee
Howard L. James
Allied Armies Join Forces Near German Border Across Moselle Front
Allied armor and infantry under Patton and Patch push toward the German border from Luxembourg to Nancy as heavy fighting erupts along the Moselle. Hodges’ First Army drives toward Namur and Leuven while the British push to the Albert Canal in Belgium.
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Miles Camdempsey
Antwerp
Netherlands
Albert Canal
Seine
Paris
Patton
Luxembourg
Nancy
Moselle
Metz
Hodges
Jodoigne
Namur
Leuven
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Reds
Warsaw Front
Miller's Hardware
Bulgar
Presser
Pingley & Carper
George Bria
Dewey
Rouss Fire CO
Koiso
Bulletin
U. 8
George
Ger
Pont-A- Mousson
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