RAF Bombers Hit Bremen In Third Raid This Week
The Air Ministry reports Bremen was blasted again by a large RAF force after three attacks in a week. Thirteen bombers failed to return as Canadian pilots supported the raid, which left many fires burning and one enemy night fighter destroyed. Other raids targeted Nazi air fields in Belgium and the Netherlands while Coastal Command attacked German shipping off the Dutch coast.
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London
Air Ministry
Bremen
Bromes
Belgium
Netherlands
Cologne
Essen
Germany
Hopkins To Wed Mrs Macy Hopkins To Wed Mrs Macy
New York July 3 Mrs Louise Macy, former Paris editor of Harpers Bazaar and fashion authority, announced she and Harry Hopkins presidential aide would be married in about a month. She met Hopkins six months ago through mutual friends Averell Harriman and wife. She said Hopkins is busy and wedding plans are not yet discussed but will proceed soon.
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New York
Louise Macy
Paris
Harper's Bazaar
Harry Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
Taken To Hospital After Auto-Truck Collision
David M. Barrick of McKaig was injured in a head on collision with a Maryland Transportation Company truck driven by Joseph Haugh of Keymar on a dirt road east of Mt Pleasant. Barrick was admitted to Frederick City Hospital with bruises to the left leg. Haugh sustained a knee injury described as not serious. Trooper Walter Wilt investigated and no charges were filed pending further inquiry.
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David M. Barrick
McKaig
Mt. Pleasant
Walter Wilt
Frederick City Hospital
Wilt
Barrick
Maryland Transportation Company
Joseph Haugh
Keymar
Haugh
Huge Army Appropriation Bill Signed into Law
Washington July 3 President Roosevelt signed a vast 42.82 billion dollar War Department appropriation bill. It provides funds for thousands of planes tanks and guns and to equip an army of 4.5 million by next July 2. Details were scarce for military security though sponsors say it will create the best equipped and largest army in history.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Farmers Asked To Begin Paying Debts
Washington July 3 President Roosevelt urged farmers to start paying debts mortgages and other obligations now to avoid hardships seen during and after World War I. The recommendation was conveyed in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Wickard with copies to Farm Credit Administration borrowers and endorses FCA efforts to use extra war crop money to settle farm mortgages and debts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Farm Credit Administration
FCA
Custody Battle For 17 Month Old Tears Through Court
A 17 month old girl sits in Circuit Court as habeas corpus arguments continue over custody. Florence N. Albaugh of Baltimore seeks custody from defendants Mr. and Mrs. William Franklin Smith of New Market who kept the child for weeks. The mother testified she plans to marry the father and provide a home, while the Smiths recount periods of care and say they found the child on a doorstep. Attorneys Walter E. Sinn for the mother and Holden Felton for the Smiths argued the case before Associate Judge Arthur D. Willard.
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Arthur D. Willard
Bessie Hyatt
Pearl
The
Smiths
Walter E. Sinn
Holden
Felton
Smith
Shoemaker
Phelps
Winfield Phelps
Mr. Phelps
Grayson Phelps
Grace
Phelpsy
Baltimore
Push Died Down In New York Market Trade
Buyers held faith with rails and motors as stock indices opened higher but the wartime buying surge faded. Trading stretched into the fourth hour with small gains and frequent declines, limiting overall momentum after yesterday’s rally.
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New York
Resterdsy
Roosevelt Backs War Food Grain Sale in Farm Bill Clash
President Roosevelt stepped into the congressional fight over the deadlocked Agriculture Appropriations bill to denounce pressure group tactics and urge approval to sell 125 million bushels of grain for feeding wartime needs. He backed the Senate farm security funding level and warned that continued resistance would bring public accountability for inaction.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congressional
Congress
Farm Security Administration
Senate
House
Armed Services
FSA
Children to Be Given Candy Treat On 4th
A. I. Ellin announced preparations for the American Legion Tivoli movie party on the Fourth of July for Frederick area children. He plans to buy 2,500 suckers for distribution after the 10 p.m. Tivoli theater showing and will have Francis Scott Key Post No. 11 legionnaires at 9:30 p.m. at Baker Park to escort children to the theater in a Victory Parade.
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A. I. Ellin
Frederick and Vicinity
Tivoli Theater
Francis Scott Key
Baker Park
Open Tonight at Maryland Baptist Assembly in Braddock Heights
Delegates are expected to join arriving this afternoon for the Maryland Baptist Summer Assembly at Braddock Heights. The program opens tonight with a 7 30 sunset service featuring Dr. Harry H. Clark of Columbia DC on Cedars or Serna Pines. Regular sessions begin tomorrow morning through July 10.
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Maryland Baptist Summer Assembly
Braddock Heights
Harry H. Clark
Columbia
D. C
Cedars Or
Serna Pines
British Merchant Vessel Torpedoed in Gulf of Mexico
The Navy announced that a medium-sized British merchant vessel was torpedoed in the Gulf of Mexico and that survivors have been landed at a Gulf coast port.
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Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
How To Collect 5 Auto Stamp Tax Is Puzzle
Washington July 3 Officials at Treasury convened to discuss enforcing the $5 federal use tax stamp for autos as sales of the first stickers lag behind. The stamps, required since February 1, must be affixed to windshields and carry penalties. enforcement trials face issues like tax stamp serial reporting and exempt laid-up cars.
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Washington
Treasury
Tragepero
Office of Price Administration
No Paper Saturday The News x91 not be published on Saturday
Editorial offices will be open after four o'clock Sunday afternoon. Business offices will be open Sunday evening from 6 to 7 o'clock.
Casualties Announced by U S Navy Dept
The Navy Department released its sixth casualty list of the war covering June 7 to 17. It shows 886 officers and men lost, wounded, or missing, including Navy Coast Guard and Marine Corps personnel, totaling about 11,000 casualties since the war began. Most losses were from direct enemy action. some were accidents at sea or in the air on duty. Some missing may later be found or reach safety without notifying authorities.
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Washington
United States Naval Forces
Navy Department
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
United States
Civilian Defense Urges Alert Amid Possible Axis Threat
Baltimore article reports July May-Cal era notice by Augustine 8. Janeway, chief of Stamoof the third Kegan, urging state directors of Fensylvania Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia to keep Civilian Defense corps in readiness during the weekend due to possible Axis bombing or sabotage. No specific threat indicated. emphasis on preparedness.
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Baltimore
Cal. Augustine
Janeway
Stamoof
Kegan
Fensylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Histrict
Unfumbiato
Civiliaty Defense Corps
Great Tank Battle Near Kursk Rages In Russia Front
German armor fights deep east of Kursk as hundreds of tanks clash with Soviet forces. Berlin claims a 300 kilometer breakthrough, while Red Army reports heavy German losses and Russian recapture of several villages. The Kursk to Kupyansk sector dominates the headlines.
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Moscow
Io Progress
Kursk
Getians
Red Army
Red Star
Kharkov
Belgorod
Volchansk
Kupyansk
Berlin
Belworod
Varchansk
American Creed Proposed as National Creed in Congress
Washington, July 3. The American's Creed by William Tyler Page, a veteran minor ity clerk of the House, would be officially adopted as the national creed under SA 2638 introduced by Senator Capper. Capper also urged SJR 154 to observe April 3, 1943, the creed's 25th anniversary, as National Creed Day. Page, a native of Frederick, Maryland, drafted the creed during World War I and it was accepted by the nation on April 3, 1918.
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Washington
William Tyler Page
House
United States
Senator Capper
R.kas
Capper
Page
Frederick
Hanse
Nation
General Freyberg Wounded in Middle East Conflict
Prime Minister Peter Fraser announced Maj. Gen. Sir Bernard Freyberg commander of New Zealand forces in the Middle East was slightly wounded by a shell splinter to the neck. The injury occurred as fighting continued in the region.
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Wellington
N. 2
Peter Fraser
Bernard Freyberg
New Zealand
Middle East
Rommel Meets First Reverse as El Alamein Battle Rages
Cairo dispatch reports the clash near El Alamein intensifying as British Eighth Army pressures Rommel. Axis retreat followed a major assault toward Alexandria with El Alamein held firm. Rommel’s forces reinforce with Italian Lillorio division, while RAF and US Air Force pound Axis lines and Tobruk supply routes.
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Cairo
Keypt
el Alamein
Nile Valley
Eighth Army
Rommel the Fox
Sea Alamein
Alexandria
HE Alamein
Qattara
Wieiunein
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Rommel
Buletin
Lillorio
Claude Auchin Ieck
Egypt
Auchinleck
Dhe
RAF
U. S
New Charge Filed In Emmitsburg Beer Licensing Case
Emmitsburg commissioner names a new charge against Leslie Ancarton after a prior six month suspension for selling beer to intoxicated persons while an appeal by Ancarton and a separate case for a different licensee proceed. A show cause hearing is set for July 13 at 10 30 in the commissioners office. The article notes license renewal delays and a survey showing most licensees sell little draft beer amid reduced bottled beer supply.
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An Emmittsburg Beer Liensee
WY Lulz Antellee
Paul M. Little
Leslie Ancarton
Ancarrow
Emmitsburg- Taneytown
Ifo
Fred Duncan
Brunswick
Duncan
Corun
Ladiesburg
Comptroller Requires Banks’ June 30 Financial Statements
Washington reports the comptroller of the currency issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks as of close of business Tuesday June 30. The notice asks banks to submit detailed financial data for regulatory review and public record.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
Railroads To Survey Local Train Service In Maryland
The Public Service Commission ordered all Maryland railroads to survey local and accommodation train service excluding commutation trains. The study aims to determine which schedules could be discontinued and follows a request from the Office of Defense Transportation in Washington.
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Baltimore
Pubdicic Service Commission
Maryland
Office of Defense Transportation
Washington
Light Cruiser and Five Destroyers Lost in Mediterranean
In a July 3 official announcement the British light cruiser Hermione was sunk during a Mediterranean convoy operation. Four British destroyers Bedouin Hasty Grove and Air dale and the Polish destroyer Arp Kwawiak were also lost in the action.
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London
Hermione
Bedouin
Hasty
Grove
Airdale
Kwawiak
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Joan
Painter
Nicholas Phelps
Alabama
William Oden
East Church Street
Quired
U.S. Navy Dept
Gen. Freyberg
Emmitsburg
State Bureau
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