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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-07
Allies Now Only 13O
 Miles From Paris
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Fleadquareers observers believed only the prompt arrival of fresh Nasi divisions could prevent the Americans from breaking through the Sarthe river line running through Alencon. Le Mans and An. gers. little more than 100 miles from Paris.
 As the new offensive pounded eastward, Bradleys tank and lnfan. try forces ln Brittany struck hard at remaining enemy troops on the Peninsula to seal their victory with Che capture of Brest, St. Nasalre and Lorient.
 Headquarters announced that the Americans had taken is.sOo prison. CTS and killed another 3.a00 Ger. mans. and 1t was expected that those figures would be increased substantially when reports from all of Bradley's far.ranglng columns were tabulated.
 The Americans captured Brieuc on the north coast of Brittany, west of beselged st. Malo, and Au. ray. i0 miles east-southeast of the southern Port of Lorlent, while other forces massed for a final as. sault on Brett.
 Fall Anticipated
 The fall of Lorient, Brest and St. Nazaire. the main Maxi U-boat nests in northwestern France, was ex. pecteC to be only a matter of days.
 German broadcasts said the Allies had thrown four armies into the new offensive and German DINE corre- spondent admitted that the new British thrust had broken through at several points on the Thury Har- court Wire sectoI
 Bradley's American armor. how- ever, was making the swiftest prog ress as the Germans struggled tc extricate their endangered left flank from the base of Brittany.
 The Nazis were retreating so rap- Idly before the onrushing American armor that they were forced to leave the key Mayenne river crossings in- tact. permitting Bradley's columns to sweep on beyond the river along five direct highways leading to Paris.
 Acress the Mayenne
 The Americans were across the Mayenne in force along a 40-mile front, converging on Le Mans, one of the main highway and railroad hubs on the southwestern route to the capital.
 Ten miles to the north, a sixth U. 6. column pulled up almost abreast of the forces east of the Mayenne, driving into Confront. l35 miles west of Paris. BEG reported that the Germans were removing their administrative ofiices from Paris to Nancy.
 Far to the rear. American units swung into position for the assault on Brest. at the western tip of Brit tany. and chopped through the dis integrating enemy lines around St. Nazaire and Lorient.
 The Lorient garrison sent word to American forces rolling up tine south coast from Vannes, 28 miles to the southeast, that it wished to sur- render. but specified that it would surrender only to the Americans and not to French patriots. The Amesi- canG found French patriots in cons trol of Vannes when they reached that port yesterday.
 British four-enginer Lancaster
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(Continueo from Page ID them filled with troops. also were sunk.
 At the same time, this combined aerial and naval po-'er blasted ground installations. airfields and towns on Muko Jima, Ami Jima. Haha Jima and Chichi lima in. the Bonins and Two Jima in the Vol cano Islands. Nimitz said the town Of Omura on Chichi lima was de- stroyed by shellfire.
 6 Planes Shot Down
 Six enemy planes were shot down over Two Jima and six others de- stroyed and five damaged on the ground. while one was wrecked on the ground at Chichi Jima. Sixteen American planes and l9 flyers were lost Go enemy anti-aircraft fire in the two-day assault. NimitZ made no mention of damage to warships.
 The toll inflicted in the raids brought the Japanese losses since the beginning of the Marianas campaign on June 10 to: Ships-56 sunk, four probably sunk, 86 dam aged or possibly sunk; Planes-93i destroyed. 9 probably destroyed and i60 damaged. Tn the same per- iod the United States lost i98 planes and suffered damage to four ships.
 Tn the Guam operations. Nimitz disclosed that fighter planes of the fourth marine aircraft wing are now operating from the newly-won airfisld on Orote Peninsula in close support of the ground forces which battered their way through strong Japanese defensive points on roads paralieling the western shore.
 Northward Drive
 Tho drive northward carried the marines through the towns of Ukudn near the west coast and Li- guam. nearly halfway across the island. There was no further report of ai.e troops which had riyen up the east coast to near Lumuna pniut.
 During the tWo-nile advance Sat- urday, the marines destroyed nine field guns and two tanks, while American artillery accounted for several troop laden trucks.
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fkOHItuueu hEofu EaSC " pockets northeas of Montelupo and south of Sigma. lThe London radio in a broadcast recorded by cBS asserted that A. lied troops "now stand along a 50- mile stretch of the south bank of the river Arno from it's mouth near Pisa to a point several miles beyond EloFenee.'D
 The sector in the vicinity of Pisa held by the U. s. Fifth Army was reported generaly quiet, with light exchanges of mortar and artillery fire,
 Ip the hills northwest of Arezzo, gndiaD troops pressed forward to reach Mount CapaninO, nine miles northwest of Arezzo. They met a eoHDter-attack on nearby Mount Orillo and 6asso Della Regina. The latter, with an altitude Of 3.74I feet and similar points, were defended strongly by German machine guns and nlertars and made this difficult lighting country,
 Polish Troops
 Polish troops fighting along the AdFiatie coast have reached a point one mile north of the coastal town 0g Genigallia in advances from two 70 three miles on a 20 mile front. Italian troops operating to the west Of the Polish unit have occupied M0Eltale, I6 miles southwest Of eepigallie, and ostTa, II miles southwest.
 Tp the central sector of Florence enemy snlpers were firing from windows all along the north bank o< the ATno and ty small buildings had been blown up to block the northern end of Ponte Vecchio, the only bridge across the river still standipg, German and British pa, aFoJs fired at each other from Op- Doslte ends of the bridge,
 Tbe naFFoW streets running down eo the river were corridors of death on both banks, The majority of casualties ip those streets were civ.
 nut Eitb bte major forces being HonceptFated lD the east and west HlEbuyhs Y appeared that historic #|0Fenee ttssIf would escape becom- fng at battlefield,
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army as ls retreats eastward, hotly pursued hy American tanks and the fanlFy and 'haraseed at every tur1 hy Allied aircraft" Qorrell said ssThe conquest of Brittany hes prov cd muc heasier than originally anti. cipated."
 A senior British stan ofIlcer told United Press War Correspondent William Wilson and other newsmen at Beyeux that the next two ur three weeks may be the most critical and momentous of the whole waE for the German armies
 The Allies already virtually havt destroyed iS Of the S5 German divi- sions engaged in Normandy, he said. More than ea.0o0 prisoners have been taken. 7i 300 by the Americans. Tho Americans have buried lo.61V Germans since D-Day, June 6.
 The British ofEicer said lt would brave "terrlbly dlfncult" feT the Germans to recover the situation with their left flank wide open as the result of the American drive in Brittany.
 Late Dispatches
 Late front dispatches indicated the Germans might attempt Co ster the Allied onslaught by driving . wedge toward the hinge of the Nors mandy and Brittany PeninsulaS bt-l low Avranches in an effort to split the American front in two.
 Gorrell said heavy enemy traffic have been noted this morning south and west of Mortain, l3 Ia miles east of Avranches. Tn some In. stances, he said, enemy vehicles over ran American roadblocks
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bombers blasted the submarine pens at korlent, one Of oermany's main U.boat bases on the Atlantic. with slx.ton super blockbusteFs last even. ing in an attempt Go prevent sub. marines from escaping before the ground forces could take the port. Direct hits were scored and It was possible that debris blocked the pen exits, trapping the submarines.
 Rattle for Brest
 The battle for Brest, Frances main Atlantic naval base at the western tip Of the Brittany penin- sula. went into its third day with American forces apparently massing strength on it's perimeter before launching their final assault on the port.
 Armored and ground forces were closing In on St. Nazaire. at the base of the Brittany peninsula, from the Loire estauary a few miles to the cast and from the north. A Bri- tish cruiser and four British and Canadian destroyers caught seven German ships attempting to evacu. ate men from St. Nazbalire in tho Bay of Blscay yesterday and saik all seven. Another convoy later was spotetd off St. Nazaire. but 1t es. caped into the base without loss.
 Farther north in Normandy, Ale lied forces were on the March. Bri- tssh and Canadian forces captured i,2OO.foot Mt. Pincon, 2B miles south east of Caen, and American troops finally cleared the last remnants from Wire, another 28 miles to the southeast. to strengthen further the Allied flank and pave the way for a possible breakthrough toward Paris south of Caen.
 Naxi Radio
 The German radio said It. Gen. Sir Miles c. Dempsey's British End Army had begun an offensive east of the Orne river below Caegl yes- terday, but there was ino imnledi- ate confirmation the Anglo-Can- adian attacks in that area had been on more tban a local scale.
 American armored columns poured across the Mayenne river. first na- tural defense barrier east of the Brittany peninsula on the road to Paris, after capturing Ambriers, 3eis miles southeast of Avranches and 1852 miles west of Paris: Mayenne, seven miles south of Armbriers and g miles northwest of Le Mans: La- val, IT miles south of Mayenne and 4S miles vast of Laval: Houssay, 10 miles south of Laval, and Chateau Gontier. seven miles south of Hous- say and @ miles southwest Of Le- Mans.
 The American advance was so swift the Germans had no time to blow up bridges across the Mayenne at the five towns and all were cap- tured intact. Roads from all five converge upon Le Mans. only ll2 miles southwest of Paris.
 United Press War Correspondent Henry T. Gorrell reported from the front that the liberation of Paris now appeared to bo weeks rather than months away. The Germans left flank, exposed when they com. mitted their main forces to Nor mandy. has been skirted by the Americans in Brittany and found to be virtually non existent. he said.
 Complete Confusion
 Complete and utter confusion exists in the ranks Of the German
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The lst grenadier division. just arrived from Germany. was among the enemy units sent into retreat.
 The battle for Warsaw's eastern suburb of Praga roared on without a decision. The Soviet command made no report of the progress of the see-saw battle and probably will make none until Praga has been captured.
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Spain win increase It's production of synthetic flores.
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PhiIo. Strike Is Finished

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tcoDtinusd from Page D affairs for the next tWe years Q task which will be far more difficult then two years ago when no R00ses welt vote was ln effect.
 Sources declared today that e0nr siderable dlshaFmony prevails withs In q. Q. ?. party ranks which may never be healed fully and may even crop up before election time.
 
 paiFymen of Australia wsnt . government subsidy,
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Complete and utter confusion exists in the ranks Of the German
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The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-09-28
OPA Tells of
Ceiling Price on
Shipping Cartons

The district Office of Price Ad-
ministration (OPA) is receiving
complaints that overseas cardboard
shipping cartons are being sold at
wide variations Of price by retail
ers, John E. Robinson, Jr., dis
trict director stated today.
The price which a retailer pro-
poses to put on such container
must first be filed with the district
OPA office for approval if it is
not the price for which the con-
tainers were offered for sale during
March, 1912, when prices were
frozen at the highest figure asked
during that period, Robinson said.
Failure to obtain such approval
puts the retailer in violation of
price ceilings. Specific complaints
of overcharges should be made by
purchasers, at local boards.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-06
Youth Group Met
Here On Monday

The Youth Fellowship group of
the West jefferson Methodist
church, was host to a group OF gu
young people on Monday night,
when plans were discussed for
organizing a union meeting for
this district.
The Youth Fellowship of the
North Wilkesboro Methodist
church, under the direction of
Rev. A. C. Waggoner, presented
a very interesting program on
the Importance of the youth
groups in the churches and towns
or communities in which they live.
The West jefferson, North
Wilkesboro, jefferson and War
rensville groups were represent
ed at the meeting. Another meet
ing will be held in North Wilkes
boro in June and it is hoped at
that time that more churches in
this county and in Wilkes and
Watauga counties will be repre-
sented.
After the program the young
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-06
Coward - Barnes
Vows Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley P. Coward,
of Crumpler, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Mabel
Virginia, to Mr.. James William
Barnes, son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Barnes, of Bardstown, KY, on Dec
ember 20, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. L. Martin, at Detroit, Mich.
Rev. Wendell L. Taylor officia-
ted at the ceremony. The living
room and dining room were beaut-
fully decorated with Spanish pine,
and white chrysanthemums, and
the vows were said in front of the
mantle which was decked with
pine and soft lights. The bride
wore a dress of pale aqua blue
with a corsage of orchids. Only a
few intimate friends of the couple
were present.
Immediately following the GER
money, the wedding dinner was
served, after which, large three
tier cake, with miniature bride
and groom on top, was cut by the
couple.
Mrs. Barnes is a graduate OF
Virginia Carolina high school, and
at the time of her marrige was q
junior at Berea College, Berea
KY, where she was majoring in
home economics.
Before entering the Army in
1941, Mr.. Barnes was employed as
Shipping Clerk, of Louisville, KY
He was a Staff Sergeant with the
Army Air Corps, and has served
one year in England as an Aerial
Gunner on a bomber. During
this time he received several
merits of honor. After returning
to this country in September, he
was given an honorable discharge
from the Army, and is now en-
ployed with the Packard Motor
Company, in Detroit.
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Sturgills News.

Miss Pearl Spencer won a $500
War Bond for selling the greatest
number of bonds in the Helton
School during the recent drive
Mrs.. Charley Waddell has
moved to the J. E. Rails home
place.
Mr.. Carl Francis left last Nom
day to enter Naval service.
Miss, Lois, Griffitts spent the
week end with Miss Reba Faw, at
Silas Creek.
Misses4Bobbie, Marion and Doris
Griffitts, Kathleen Ashley, and
Christine Sexton were visitors at
Grassy Creek, Sunday.
Mr.. Horton Eller has returned.
after spending some time in Penn
sylvania.
Miss, Lena Ashley spent the
week end with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Ashley.
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Personals

Mrs. Glen Paul Mcclure, Of
Baltimore, Md, visited relatives
in the county last week.
Rev. r. C. Wagner, pastor OF
the Jefferson Methodist church, is
receiving treatment at a hospital
in Winston-Salem this week.
Mrs. Brice Gambill left last
week to join her husband, who is
stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia.
Miss Clairene Oliver, student
at Mars Hill College, spent the
week end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Brian Oliver, at Jeffer'
son.
Misses Polly and Roberta Austin
Clairene Oliver and Colleen Lit
tie were the dinner guests of Mrs
Joe Worth and Miss Jennie Clyde
Worth, on Saturday night.
Rev. and Mrs. D. L. Davenbarg-
err, of Pulaski, Va, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Ham Marsh, at Glendale
Springs, Sunday.
Mr.. Estle Woodie, of Wilbar, is
now employed at Detroit, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clint Mcneil en-
tertained a number of friends anc
relatives at a dinner, Monday
night, in honor of their son, Pvt
Claude H. McNeill, who left fol
Camp, Tuesday.
Miss Pauline McNeill, of Char
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-06
SEVERAL PATIENTS
IN ASHE HOSPITAL

The following are patients at
the Ashe county hospital this
week: Miss Jennie Todd, Jeffer-
son, treatment; Marvin Roop,
Husk, treatment; Mrs. Buster
Blackburn and son, of Bina; Mrs.
Spencer Jordan and daughter, of
West Jefferson; Robert H. Pruitt,
Tuckerdale, treatment; Mrs. Dale
Paisley and daughter, of Lansing;
Mrs. Gather E. Kilby, Crumpler,
operative; Mrs. Avery Elliott,
Ball, treatment; Mrs. Herman
Gentry, West Jefferson, opera
tive; John w. Goodman, Jeffer-
son, operative; Mrs. Newton
Goodman, Todd treatment; Mrs
Frances Goodman, Creston; Mrs.
A. E. Parsons, Mouth of Wilson,
Va; Walter Brown, Fleetwood,
treatment; Mrs. Fred J. Barker
and daughter, of Bina; and Jesse
Woodie, Laurel Springs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-06
Baptist Group
Met On Tuesday

The Mabel Vannoy Missionary
Society of the West Jefferson
Baptist church met Tuesday night
with Mrs. Sam Davis and Mrs.
Hoyle Stringer, as joint hostesses
at the home of the former. Twelve
members and one visitor were
present.
The president, Mrs. J. B. Hens
lev, presided at the business meet
ing and Mrs. Chas. Davis was in
charge of the program, the topic
being, "The Everlasting Kingdom
in the Land of its Beginning"
Mrs. Rex Morton conducted the
devotionals and in the absence OF
the speaker of the evening, Rev
Louis J. Yelanjian, due to bad
weather, round-table discussion
was held.
The home was beautifully dec
Grated with spring flowers. De-
licious refreshments were served
carrying out the Easter motif.
The meeting in May will be
held with Mrs. Thomas Sears.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-06

Mr.. and Mrs. John Houck, for
merly of West Jefferson, who
have been making their home in
johnson City for some time, have
moved back to the county, and are
making their home at Grassy
Creek.
Mr.. G. B. Price, of Raleigh, is
visiting his family at Creston, this
week.
Mrs. r. c. Miller, who has been
spending some time with her hus-
band, Pfc. r. c. Miller, who was
stationed at Memphis, Tenn, has
returned to the county and is Wis
iting friends and relatives here.
Pfc. Miller has been moved to Re-
no, New.
Misses Evelyn Dare and Katrina
Vannoy spent last week end in
North Wilkesboro, visiting Misses
Margaret and Joan Phillips.
Misses Nena Bell Barr, Myrtle
Dean GRAPHICAL, Roberta and Polly
Austin, have returned to the Wo-
mans College, after spending the
spring holidays with their parents
here.
Miss Kathleen Woodie, student
at Lenoir Rhyme College, spent
the past week end here with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. 0. Wood,
20
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lotte, spent the week end with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clint Nc
Neill.
Mrs. Jesse Severt has returned
home, after spending two weeks
with her husband, S.-Sgt. Jesse
L. Severt, who is stationed in Ma
ryland.
Mrs. C. D. Miller and Mrs. Ar
thur Miller visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Rudy Wyatt at Glendale Springs,
recently. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Wyatt have been i'll for some
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Sheets and
family, of Transou, spent the last
week end here with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Holden Bare.
Mr.. Clint Hurley, of Kannapolis,
was in the county on business this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Sheets, of
Kannapolis, visited relatives in
the county last week.
Mrs. Rudd Sheets, who is en-
ployed in Baltimore, Md, is
spending few days with her mo-
Their, Mrs. Alice Sheets. Mrs.
Sheets will accompany her back
to Baltimore, for a visit.
Mr.. E. B. Arnold was a visitor
here on Saturday.
Mrs. Howard Conner spent the
past week end with friends at
Smethport.
Miss Bernice Nichols, who has
been employed at Newport News,
Va, has returned to her home.
Miss Retha Nichols, who has
been visiting her parents, has now
returned to Newport News, Va,
where she is employed.
Mrs. Alice Daugherty recently
left for Newport News, Va.
Mrs. Ed Ruester and daughter,
Louise, of Atwater, Ohio, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Houck, this week.
Mrs. James Barlow spent the
week end in Bristol, Va, visiting
Miss Margaret Barlow.
Mr.. Lester Phipps and Mr.. John
Zackery, of Gary, w. Va, spent
the week end with their families
at Grassy Creek.
Mrs. Kyle Blackburn and
daughter are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Hart this week.
Mrs. Robert Michael, of Noun
tain City, Tenn, spent the past
week with her sister, Mrs. Leo
nard Ham, of Grassy Creek.
Miss Faye Howell and Ruth
Trivette spent the week end in
Sparta with Ruth's parents, Rev.
and Mrs. w. M. Trivette.
Mr.. c. D. Goodman is in Bait
more this week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Littlewood,
of Helton, were visitors here We'd
Inesday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-06
McCrady - Ragan

A marriage of much interest
here is that of Miss Virginia Nc
Grady, of Baltimore, Md, to Sgt
Vernon Shelton Ragan, of the U.
S. Marine Corps, on Wednesday,
March %, at the Naval Academy
Chapel, Annapolis, Md, with the
chaplain performing the cere-
mony.
Mrs. Ragan is formerly of Da-
mascus, Virginia. Sgt. Ragan is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Ragan of Todd, and has been in
service for four years and is now
stationed at Annapolis.
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MRS, MARY MCMILLAN
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY

Mrs. Mary Mcmillan was hon
ored at her home on Monday ev-
ening with a surprise birthday
party by members of her immedi-
ate family.
Mrs. Mcmillan, who had been
away visiting for the day, return
ed home to find everything in
readiness for the celebration of
her birthday.
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people were invited to the base
ment where informal games and
songs, led by Rev. John Jordan
and Mrs. Sharpe Shoemaker were
enjoyed. Delicious refreshments
were served.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Shepherd,
of Laurel Springs, announce the
birth of son, John Reeves Shep-
herd, on Thursday, March 80.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter R. Bau-
guess, of Washington, D. c., for
merly of this county, announce
the birth of a son, weight, 7 lbs,
4 ozs., on Wednesday, April 5.
Mrs. Bauguess was the former
Miss Albertine Hurt.