Salamaua Under Artillery Fire in Pacific Front
Allied notes from the South Pacific Command report Salamaua and Munda fronts under heavy bombardment. Japanese positions in caves and blockhouses face air and artillery strikes as Allied forces push forward slowly through jungle. American planes and ships intensify efforts, while Bougainville airbase and Rendova Island are also mentioned in the broader campaign.
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Southwest Pacific
Munda
New Georgia
Galamaua
New Guinea
South Pacific
Admirsl William F Halsey, Jr
Ase
Lee
Car Rock
Salamaua
Enerat
Pianer
Bouganvile Stree
Jmrge Freignite
Het
Smth
Meniac Agt
Kahili
Bougainville Island
Solomons
U. S
Rendova Island
Sales Tax Again Is Possibility
Washington lawmakers explore a sales tax as a potential source of revenue to meet wartime needs. Senator Byrd urged the Treasury to back a sales levy, while Treasury opposition persisted. Doughton signaled support only as a last resort, and a meeting with Morgenthau was anticipated.
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Doughten
North Carolina
Axious
Treasty
Rooze
Treas
Morgenthau
Treasury
Byrd D-Val
Doughton
Crisfield Ration Board Chairman Appointed
Baltimore August 3 J William Eggleston of the State Office of Price Administration announced the appointment of G F E Sheriff as Crisfield ration board chairman. Ley AL McCarmack said Holland resigned to become a paid clerk to the board. Sheriff is connected with the Eastern Shore Lottery Company. Mable Holland was former chair. Tawes exonerated in Georgia plea case. Tull resigned in protest after Tawes investigation order.
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Baltimore
Dtm
William Eggleston
State Office of Price Administration
G. F E. Sheriff
Crisfield Ration Board
Ley AL McCarmack
OPA Direct
Holland
Sherudt
McCormaick
Lege
Otina
Mable U Holland
Crisfield
J. Mule Jard Tawes
Georgia
Flonis Tull
OPA
Tawes
Leler
Americans Halt German Counterattack Near Troina Sicily
American troops met a savage German counterattack, stopped it, and pushed the enemy back from Troina, advancing toward the road to Messina. Germans retreat toward Messina as Allied forces capture a high ridge overlooking Troina, a key position on the road to Randazzo and the Etna region.
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Sicily
Messini
Troina
Mount Etna
Minster
Cimebil
Cammans
Troina -Esterday
Messing
Randazzo
Srey
Messina
Chickens Housed in Hotel Drama Studio Move
The Shoreham Hotel shifts operations to use its adjoining space for a drama studio housing young stage hopefuls as management secures permits from Washington DC authorities. The scene centers on relocation near Rockville area and notes a sale on Rast Street with around five thousand nine hundred dollars in consideration.
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Washington
Sharean
District of Columbia
Wesith Effeer
Shoreham
Trent
Ace Barten & Peare
Rockville
Liberty Ship Named For Arunah Abell
Baltimore August 9 A Liberty ship honoring Arunah Shepherdson Abell founder of the Baltimore Sun was to be launched late today at Bethlehem Fairfield shipyards. Mrs G Bernard Fenwick of Baltimore county a Sun founder granddaughter was named sponsor of the vessel. Abell with two partners founded the Sun in spring 1897 and also started the Philadelphia Public Ledger a year earlier.
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Baltimore
Arunah Shepherdson Abell
Baltimore Sun
Bethlehem Fairfield
G. Bernard Fenwick
Baltimore County
Sun
Abell
The
William M Swain
Alanah H Simmons
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Health clinic to be held at Winchester Hall Thursday
County health department nurses announce Dr HJ Slusher will conduct a child hygiene clinic at Winchester Hall Thursday afternoon starting at 1 o clock Infants up to one year will be examined Diagnoses on nutritional requirements and general health and care will be given The next clinic on August 1 will serve children from one to six years old
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County Health Department
HJ Slusher
Winchester Hall
AIRY MAN HURT IN ROUTE 40 ACCIDENT NEAR RIDGEVILLE
An unidentified man, Oscar Burdette, was brought to Frederick City Hospital by the Herman M Snyder ambulance from Ridgeville after a collision on Route 40 near Ridgeville. He suffered serious leg injuries and was reportedly unconscious. State Police said an investigation is underway from the Randalls fowt Barracks in Was.
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Frederick City
Herman M Snyder
Ridgeville
Oscar Burdette
Mt. A
Burdette
Route 40
Randalls Fowt Barracks
Riots Grip Harlem Prompt Curfew After Deadly unrest
In Harlem New York after rioting left five people dead and 540 injured, 509 arrested and about 4 million dollars in property damage. A curfew from 10 30 pm was enforced with 600 police and 1500 patrolmen patrolling the area as bars liquor stores theaters and the wartime dim out were shut down.
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New York
Matthew J. Eden
Uptown Chamber of Commerce
Frederick meter receipts near 1944 revenue target
Meter receipts in Frederick for the first seven months suggest a total near 15 000 for 1944, possibly surpassing it. If kept, the five remaining months could reach about 16 000 with December already strong, while July shows a year over year gain. Letters granted administration in William F Good estate to widow Mary J Good to settle with B and O Railroad.
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Frederick City
Elgin Hemp
William F. Good
Brunswick Railroad
Sykesville
Orphans’ Court
Mary J. Good
Brunswick
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Nazis Prepare To Quit Orel
Aug 3 London reports say the Berlin radio claimed the Red Army had reached Orel and that Nazis were preparing to abandon the city as Soviet forces closed in from seven directions. Moscow's brief communique noted heavy fighting north and northwest of Orel with over 40 villages overrun.
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London
Berlin
Orel
Reuters
Moscow
Red Army Advances Push Through German Lines Near City
Red Army units captured nine tanks and other materiel and occupied 26 villages southwest of the city. They killed at least 2,400 Germans in the sector and gained significant booty. In the Donets Basin southwest of Voroshilovgrad, Russians beat off heavy German infantry and tank attacks as noted in the midnight bulletin.
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Red Army
Donets Basin
Voroshilovgrad
Soldier Seeks Donor Identity Behind Mystery Package
Private Isaac Ramsburg of Creagerstown, now with military police in Cincinnati, seeks the donor who sent an all inclusive package his unit found near a gun position in the Southwest Pacific. He recalls the donor’s photo inside the package and hopes to learn her name.
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Wir
OCS
Camp Hood
Tey
Biian W. Reily
WAC
John A. Reilly
St. of the Army Military Police
Army
Issac Ramsburg
Creagerstown
Ramsburg
Military Police
Cincinnati
Coast Artillery
Southwest Pacific
Soldier Returns From War Recounts Package Mix Up
The letter describes a package that combined magazines with toilet articles lacking a return address and mentions an unknown pretty girl possibly from Frederick. It notes Private Ramsburg’s recovery at Ashford General Hospital in West Virginia after Southwest Pacific duties, a brief furlough with his parents, and refuting rumors of losing both legs in action in early July.
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Hank
Frederick
Southwest Pacific
Ramsburg
Ashford General Hospital
West Virginia
George Ramsburg
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