Russians in One of War's Greatest Victories
London reports the Red Armies captured Orel and Belgorod in a twin victory, threatening German defenses in South-Central Russia and forcing retreat toward the Dnieper. Stalin hailed the achievement in a daylong salute as Soviet troops push west from Bryansk and Belgorod toward the Ukraine.
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London
Orel
Belgorod
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Dnieper
Stalin
Res
Bryansk
Ukraine
Moscow Fartisan
Kharkov
Smolensk
Ming
Donets
Berlin
Ludwig Sertorius
Ante Cania Sammentator
Kiev
Associated Press
Ore
Stalingrad
Volga
Lomm
Kursk
Moscow
Breansk
Briansk-Kiev
Sesk Areca
Victo
Flaming Orel
R8th
Positatin
Hearing on sanctions for race meet parking violations
Eighteen summoned in an OFA panel hearing led by former Judge Willard to address charges of pleasure driving near the Hagerstown race meet. witnesses include Joseph L. Himes and Walter Ridge as cases link beer sales, trucking, and proximity to Camp Detrick.
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Arthur D Willard
Willtam M. Form
OPA Legal Panel
Joseph L. Himes
Thurmount
Hagerstown
Huffer J. Ahalt
Burgittsville
Glendt K. Baker
East Seventh Strect
Frederick
Walter E. Ridge
Emmaisburg
Analt
Baker Sais
Peta Martingale
Dullesburg
Josep T. Reagan
Point of Rocks
F. Charles Town
Arrges
Russell Bach
West Patrick Street
Willard
Anur
Camp Detrick
Bach
Howard H. Falconer
East Second Street
AHL Airy
Baltimore
Tendrop Tan
Henry Sk. Delander
Knoxville
Sternes
George Willian Wiles
Veale Wawn
Kriehandl Po
Cme York
Rosa Mar
Willcsees
Fred. Gaither Jr in Sicily invasion first wave
A Frederick, Maryland native, Corp. Francis S. Gaither Jr., writes that he landed with the initial invasion wave on Sicily’s southern shore on July 10 and notes extreme heat. He mentions mail from home and being among U S troops advancing toward Palermo as Allied forces push inland after Castelvetrano. He is identified as the first Frederick resident reported in both major Mediterranean offensives.
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North Africa
Mediterranean
Francis
S. Gaither
Frederick
Sicily
Tunisia
Gaither
Elm Street
Bokee
North
Africa
Palermo
von Sieils
Castelvetrano
Niga
Corp Gaither
Fredericksonian
U. S
Hershey Discusses Drafting Fathers in Selective Service
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, national director of Selective Service, said local boards would decide if a pre Pearl Harbor father with one child should be drafted before a parent with more children. He anticipated no set ruling on drafting fathers and noted boards would weigh individual circumstances.
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Carson City
Nev
Lewis B Hershey
Selective Service
Pearl Harbor
Gt Ac
Undulant Fever Traced To Local Dairy Herds In Frederick County
State officials traced three 1943 undulant fever cases in Frederick County to isolated dairy herds. Cows whose milk caused the infections were destroyed. victims are recovering. Typhoid prevention emphasized for all residents with immunizations and water sanitation noted.
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Funston
Frederick County
Diair WO Kenton
de Kefauver
Kefauver
Point of Rocks
Potomac
Maryland
Usabelaad Poten
The Brothers In Service Qings Show Tucker’s Camp Address
A fragmented notice mentions Mrs Blaine G Tucker of XelaWak Rit and a Tucker in medical detachment at Camp Carl EB. It lists a housing address in Hq. & Hq. Biry IMaxer and notes a unit in England.
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Blaine G. Tucker
XelaWak
England
Pal Tucker
Ate ‘Arty
Carl EB
Equalized Rationing In WW II Petroleum Policy
Secretary Ickes backed equalized wartime gas allotments after a Midwest East hearing. He urged a 35 cent crude price raise to boost production and ease rationing. Ohio Wisconsin Wisconsin congressmen pressed for quick completion and Beall of Maryland praised the move.
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Chicago
Ickes
Mid-Continent
Middleewest
Southwest
Ail
Office of Price Administration
Board of Economic Stabilization
Mid
B. K. Majewski
Oil Company
National Marketing Committee
OPA
Middle West
Beall
Washington
R-Md
Midwest
Beallaid
Minister Woolfall Found Dead Near Rockville
The body of Rev. Hubner A. Woolfall aged 41, former Episcopal pastor in St Louis, was found hanged from a tree in the grounds of a sanitarium for nervous diseases in Rockville. He had been a patient there, lived recently in a Rockville hotel, and previously served churches in Washington and Laurel Maryland before moving to St Louis for a decade. His sister Mrs. James Maynard of New Rochelle and three brothers survived him. one brother, Army Captain Frederick Woolfall, is in Africa.
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Rockville
Hubner A. Woolfall
Episcopal Church
St Louis
F. J Broshham
Montgomery County
Woolfall
Washington
Laurel
St. Louis
James Maynard
New Rochelle
Frederick Woolfail
Africa
Elmer Raines
Harry Selby
Lisbon
Howard County
Fred Cekk Gouty
Raines
Clarence E. Raines
North Africa
Betty Glantz
Baltimore
Norfolk
Navy
Flood toll rises in West Virginia three counties
Relief crews counted at least 14 dead and six missing as floods swept three central counties. Victims include Mrs. Howard Bee and her infant daughter from Calhoun County, while others died or were unaccounted for along O'Brien Fork Creek and the Little Kanawha river region. Damages run into millions with dozens of homes, schools, roads, and bridges destroyed or washed away.
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Sutton WoVa
Aue
West Virginia
Damass
Tanners’ Creek
Caicson County
C. L. Hawkins
Grantsville
Howard Bee
Bee
Calhoun County
Kanawha
Hawkins
Ayers
Klipstein
L. L. Waugh
Lydia Queen
Martin
Robert
Alma
Sutton
Phyllis
Peggy
Waugh
Copen
J. Holt Byrne
Tom Daugherty
Gaylord Daugherty
Feom Idea
Heaters
Byrne
Baltimore and Ohio
Burnsville
Calvary Methodist Class Holds Annual Picnic
The Truth Seekers Class of Calvary Methodist Church held its annual picnic at Mrs. Herman Brust's home with many members and friends. Games were played, gifts exchanged during the Thoughtful Sisters revealment, and plans for the coming year were drawn. The gathering closed with the Lord's Prayer.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Herman Brust
Seaman’s Body Identified In Atlantic Ocean
The body of Walter Goggin a 39 year old seaman of Cumberland Maryland was found floating in the Atlantic near Delaware Capes on Tuesday. Goggin was reported missing July 12 from an outbound merchant ship and identification was made from papers found in his clothing by a Coast Guard crew.
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Lawes. del
Atlantic Ocean
Delaware
Capes
Walter Goggin
Cumberland
Coast Guard
More Men To Be Called Soon In National War Draft
Frederick County officials say about 29 percent of the men already called to the U S armed forces will be required again in the next 14 months. The Selective Service magazine forecasts 2 000 000 more people added to the armed forces and 1 600 000 to munition jobs by July 1944 to reach a net 11 300 000 in service next year.
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U. S
Frederick County
Selective Service
Frederick
V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Congress
Se Wacs
Berlin Faces Likely Bombardment Says RAF Forecaster
London reports a RAF commentator warned Berlin is due for a heavy bombing raid soon. He stressed Berlin as government seat and industrial hub, noting morale and citizen reaction differ from Ruhr raid responses.
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Berlin
London
RAF
Reich
Germany
Man Dies After Being Hit by Auto Near Mt. Airy
Oscar S. Burdette of Watersville near Mt. Airy dies from a fractured skull and leg injuries after being struck on Route 40 late Monday night. State police traced the driver Charles W. Wood of New Market, who cited glare from another car as the cause. Funeral services set for Watersville with interment at Howard Methodist chapel. Average thickness of Green land's cap is 1000 feet.
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Lisbon
Oscar S. Burdette
Watersville
Mt. Airy
Frederick City
Herman M. Snyder
Ridgeville
Burdette
Glenn Markle
Randallstown Barracks
Charles W. Wood
New Market
Wood
Allen and Lucretia Bur Gette
Howard County
Rufus Burdette
George Burdette
Poplar Springs
Lare
Howard Methodist Chapel
Long Corner
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Frank
Geman Troous
Orel Wews
Alent
Albert Herry Smith
Colored Elks Club
Tech
Sat
Howard F. Schaeffer
Cpl
Richard L Schaeffer
Pet
Clyde J. Schacter
Camp Edison
Sea Girt
Nob
Richard
Schaeffer
Grand Cu
Camp Langden
N, H
Clyde J
Nelshon Plate
Weesey fYer
Buckeystown
Aone
Corp. F
Gaither, Jr
Hershey
Brunswick
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Nelson
Tucker
Pri
Carl FB. Tucker
Clarence J. Brown
Rohio
Congressional Committee
Frank B. Keefe
R-Wis
Tekes
Keefe
Bennett Champ Clark
Dma
Wolobebo
Rfc
Charles N. Raines
Greenland
Bobby
South Market
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
E. Patrick St
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