House Upholds Roosevelt Veto On Food Subsidy Bill
Washington July 2 In a decisive vote the House sustained President Roosevelt’s veto to block a subsidy ban tied to extending the Commodity Credit Corporation. The clash over inflation costs and wage stability ended when 228 favored overriding, 154 opposed, leaving CCC extended to Jan 1, 1944 with a $30 million borrowing boost. The Senate action looms as lawmakers consider a simpler continuation.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Capitol
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
House Banking Committee
Waine Senate
A & Team
A& Disposition
Taft
Ohio
House Agriculture Committee
Office of Price Administration
Truck Company Buffet Supper Brings City Officials Together
City officials, foremen, and drivers from rival firms attended a buffet supper Friday night at Citizens Truck Company basement. Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger and aldermen joined police chief and city registrar among guests. event organized in place of the canceled annual banquet due to war conditions. A committee led by Charles F. Bell arranged the gathering.
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Fwe
Citizens Truck Company
Hugh V. Gittinger
Russell H. McCain
Edward P. Oden
Charles P. Staley
Emmett R. Bowlus
Arthur C. Poulsen
Mohri F. Wachi
The War Interpreted By Glenn Babe
An analysis of Mussolini Italy and Italian public mood as World War II pressure mounts in Europe. The piece cites Fascist rhetoric, fears of invasion, and Italian hopes for an end to the war while noting Allied power and Mediterranean strategic threats.
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Europe
Italy
Eustissles
Mussolini
Bay
Orer
Winston Churchill
United Nations
Virginio Gayda
Rome
Mary
Germany
France
Lavora Fascista
Mediterranean
Admiral Hoover To Talk With Robert In Caribbean Talk
Washington July 2 The Navy says Vice Admiral John Howard Hoover will confer with Admiral Georges Robert High Commissioner of Martinique. The talk concerns Martinique's status amid the French National Liberation Committee at Algiers and may affect alignment with the Allies after prior U S breaks with Martinique officials due to German influence.
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Washington
Navy
John Howard Hoover
Georges Robert
Martinique
Hoover
10Th Naval District
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
Algiers
Payal Spoliceman
Robert P Arking
United States
Enemy Plane Losses Reported by Allies in World War II
Allied forces and anti aircraft units claim a total destruction of 18 081 German Italian and Japanese airplanes from the war start to end of June. Russians destroyed thousands more and the Royal Navy and US Navy added further losses in the early Pacific period. US and British losses total 9 906 planes, excluding Pacific and Burma.
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London
United States
Royal Navy
France
Pacific
Burma
Mutiny Reported by Warships at Brindisi
A Tass dispatch from Geneva quoted Italian Fascist militia reports that crews aboard Malian warships anchored at Brindisi refused a southbound "special mission." The dispatch cited executions of leaders and a naval commission formed to purge the crews.
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London
Paates
Miliitia
Geneva
Hoe
Brindisi
Italy
Nine Homeless After House Is Destroyed
A two and a half story frame house in Bartonville was destroyed by a fire Friday afternoon leaving Mia, Haymara Milder Qrand and seven children homeless. Fire apparatus failed to pump water due to mechanical trouble and delays, with two engines arriving late. Loss estimated above four thousand dollars and insurance lapses noted. Neighbors helped, while residents sheltered at a relative’s home.
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Mia
Haymara Milder
Bartonsviles
Thy Fa
Suifweer
Ivestiginggd
Bredee Millard MM. Arusi
James Day
George Marper
Richard Lipps
Harry Smith
Lewis Kline
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Independent Hose Company
Maldebrand
Gasoline Use Down More Than A Suned Third
Gasoline use in Maryland has fallen by more than 35 percent since the pleasure driving ban began May 20, state OPA Director Leon McCarmick said. He noted fuel savings averaging about 1.28 million gallons daily and reduced tire wear as the ban shapes behavior. Ocean City and Chesapeake Bay resorts will be watched as investigators check compliance, with possible further ration actions pending.
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Baltimore
Maryland
OPA
Leon McCarmick
le Getared
Oyen
Dom
Incident Near Athens Sparks NBC Report On Planes
An NBC recording reported that United States planes confronted a Greek Cas t near Athens tonight, with radio body details noting a tense incident. The report centers on clashes or patrol actions amid ongoing tensions in the region.
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Athens
New York
United States
Cagst
NBC
Wounded Vet Finds Courage at Halloran General Hospital
Joe, home from war, lies in Halloran General Hospital on Staten Island with missing limbs or injuries. He greets relatives with a grin and a cigarette, saying Dont feel sorry for me I am a hero, while praising fellow servicemen who were less lucky. At the hospital Red Cross volunteers guide him to crafts, reading, music, and a large library for his new start.
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Green Highlands
Staten Island
Jove
Peidins
Cleo Robert
Grand Rapids, Mich
Anthony Friguld
Visalia
Calif
Casablanca
Joe
Red Cross
Nis
Larger Rations Of Meats Are Unlikely
Washington July 2 The Agriculture Department said it sees higher hog slaughter in the last half of the year but little chance civilians will receive larger meat rations. Civilian supplies will remain below last year due to greater military and lend-lease demand. Egg supplies may be similar to last year but consumer demand will outstrip ceiling prices.Vegetable supplies are about 3 percent below 1942 with favorable weather not offsetting the drop.
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Giraud
Algiers
Henri Giraud
Washington
Giraudright
United States
Rene Chambe
Col
Francois de Linsres
Guillaume George Picot
Agriculture Department
Department
HMI Fede
Japanese radio claims Allies plan major Pacific naval battle
A German controlled Vichy radio quoted by a Japanese spokesman said Allied forces were seeking a major naval clash in the South Pacific. The broadcast reported that the Allies aimed at Japan and would strike at Rabirul near the New Britain base, with Japanese forces prepared to resist.
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Wapidon
Vichy
Rewters
Local man given thirty day sentence in Brunswick case
Lester Hopwood of Smithsburg was fined $20 and costs by Magistrate Howard Marvin Jones on Friday for a Brunswick matter. Hopwood, jailed to begin a 30 day sentence, faced the penalty after the court action.
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Zeine Ye
Dusaderry
Brunswick
Lester Hopwood
Smithsburg
Howard Marvin Jones
Hopwood
Seven Negro Selectees Called For Induction
Draft Board No. 2 sent notices to report for examination and induction for seven Countians. The men named are David Holland, Joseph Dorsey Key, Gordon Woodrow Dorsey, Charles Edward Biggus, John Thomas Howard, John Preston Thompson, George Albert Bowman. An induction pool of 42 will be dispatched. fifteen more acceptances were sent to Camp Lee this week from Board No. 8.
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David Holland
Frederick
Joseph Dorsey Key
Libertytown
Gordon Woodrow Dorsey
Mt. Airy
Charles Edward Biggus
Mt Airy
John Thomas Howard
Middletown
John Preston Thompson
Ijamsville
George Albert Bowman
Voth County
Ary M. Kline
Myersville
Francis S. Arnolds
Emmitsburg
Bernard M. Hargelt
Sjamsville
Nelson E. Jones
Mervyn A Rbeitholtz
Russell L. Fisher
Rocky Ridge
Alton M. Myers
Thurmont
Richard L Haron
Lantz
George M
Water County FSA to Resume Loans in About One Month
John Leatherman, director of the Farm Security Administration’s Maryland division, announced funds will be appropriated to resume loans in about a month after the division stopped operations April 10 due to a funds shortage. Only a few applications have been received since. County ward agents will handle funding through the Rural Agricultural Credit Corporation while rehabilitation and food production supervision continue.
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Baltimore
John Leatherman
Sidfe Farm Security Administration
Watef
Marylard Fsa
FSA
Operahams
Wat
Rural Agricultural Credit Corporation
Leatherman
Nazis Fall Back In East Near Dorogobuzh
German radio said troops withdrew to fortified positions near Dorogobuzh on the Moscow front about 50 miles northeast of Smolensk. The AP-Recorded broadcast noted Soviet attacks in the sector previously, while the Soviet midnight communique mentioned infantry charges taking German trenches in one area.
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London
Dorogobuzh
Moscow
Smolensk
High Command
Associated Press
Austasia
Monitor
Counter Attacks by German Troops Repulsed on Moscow Front
Reinforced German troops launched fierce counter attacks in the Moscow front sector, but artillery and riflefire repulsed them, killing around 600 officers and men. Soviets reportedly took some prisoners and materiel. In the Caucasus, Germany claimed a Soviet landing near Novorossiysk was finally repulsed after heavy fighting. Tass reported bombers sank ships at Kerch, Senaya, and Taman, and hit enemy depots and concentrations Wednesday night.
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Novorossosk
Black Sea
Moscow
Kerch
Senava
Kerch Strait
Tass Tapaicn
Kere
Senaya
Taman
Three Railway Targets Hit by RAF Bombers
London says RAF Boston bombers struck three railway targets in France and the Low Countries today while Typhoon fighters attacked locomotives in harassing operations on Nazi communications. Typhoons also hit an oil storage tank near Ijmuiden causing a 100 foot flame.
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London
RAF Boston
France
Air Ministry
Ijmuiden
Netherlands
Ghent
Belgium
Lille
Courtrai
LU. S.j
EAP
Low Countries
Rotterdam
State Guard Promoted For Home Safety Duty
Brig. Gen. Dwight H. Mohr of the Maryland State Guard argues the U S program could safeguard domestic security more than adequately if compulsory. He urges drafting men exempt from military service for part time State Guard duty under the War Department to free regular troops for overseas service after inspection of the British Home Guard.
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London
Juy
United States
Dwight H. Mohr
Maryland State Guard
Mohr
War Department
British Home Guard
U. S
Gene Krupa Sentenced to One to Six Years in San Francisco
Jazz drummer Gene Krupa was sentenced to one to six years for inducing a minor to transport narcotics. Judge Foley ordered the term to run with a 90 day prior sentence, pending board terms, while Krupa’s associate Pateakos remains at large as the FBI investigates draft charges and marijuana possession.
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San Francisco
Gene Krupa
Hot Licks
Thomas M. Foley
Krupa
Foley
Board of Prison Terms and Paroles
John Pateakos
Pateakos
FBI
Woman Fined After Trial In Point of Rocks Court
Mrs. Molly Brady of Point of Rocks was found guilty of assault and fined $10 by Magistrate Edward J. Smith after a Friday night Police Court trial. The victim, Mrs. Mary P. McGaha, testified Brady slapped her, pulled hair, and broke glasses on June 26 at Mrs. Spalding’s home, amid jealous tensions. Spalding corroborated the slap. McGaha described being taunted as “trash.” Brady denied striking but admitted hair-pulling.
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Molly Brady
Point of Rocks
Aid Batte
Mary P. McGaha
Migistrate
Edward J. Smith
McGaha
Bessie Spalding
Brady
Spalding
Pauline Fry
Edward Ruckle
Baltimore
Robert I Martin
Ianval
Baliunule
Buckle
Dorothy Since
North Market Street
West Patrick Street
Jean Gouker
West South Street
Martin
Martin L. Gray
Lewistown
Edward B. Brown
South Bentz Street
Enola Martin
Middletown
W. QO. Crisman
Winchester Va
Charles E. Hardine
Takema Park
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