Rev Mr Baer Accepts Call To Lansdale Church
In a Frederick service Dr. Kieffer announced the resignation of Rev. Harold C. Baer as assistant minister of the Evangelical Reformed church. Baer will leave July 17 to assume pastorate at St. John's church Lansdale Pa. He was elected April 19 1942 and came to Frederick July 1 1942. A reception for Mr and Mrs Baer is planned July 13.
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Evangelical Reformed Church
Henri L. G. Kieffer
Harold C. Baer
Baer
St. John’s Church
Lansdale
A. Nevin Sayres
Board of Christian Education
Frederick
St. John's Church
Evangelical Church
Mt Pleasant
Kieffer
Tripute
Evangelical
Christian Services Resume on Saipan Amid War
On Saipan in the Marianas Christian religious services resumed for first time since U S and Japan hostilities began. Navy Catholic and Protestant chaplains held services for evacuees and native Christians in stockades and along the front lines. A Mass noted as the first since Catholic missionaries were interned or fled after Pearl Harbor. Protestant services also conducted. Washington, July 3 The Office of Price Administration promised to inform consumers how much prices will rise for shirts, dresses, sheets, pillow cases under cotton textile mill price advances.
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Garapan
Saipan
United States
Japan
Marianas
Navy
Washington
Office of Price Administration
No Paper Tomorrow July 4
The News will not be published on Tuesday July 4. The editorial office opens after 4 pm and the business office operates from 6 to 7 pm.
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Busies Ase
German officer cites misinformation behind Normandy surrender claim
British radio quotes a captured German officer saying in Russia he was told Luftwaffe was in the west while in Normandy he is told Luftwaffe is in the east. BBC notes the officer surrendered two days after arriving from the Russian front as CBS reports.
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New York
British Radio Today
Russia
Normandy
BBC
CBS
Frederick Blood Donor Unit Plans Four Day City Visit
The Maryland Red Cross Blood Donor Service unit will visit Frederick July 17 to 20 and Brunswick July 21 to collect blood for the war effort. Volunteers may sign up at the Red Cross office in the Francis Scott Key hotel with daily targets of 168 donors in Frederick, 672 total for the four days, with schedules and locations at Calvary and First Methodist churches.
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Red Cross
Francis Scott Key Hotel
France
Frederick Countians
Frederick
Tve
Brunswick
Myer Kaplan
Calvary Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
German Drive to Crush Underground in France
Reports say German troops push a large scale operation in Dordogne to crush French resistance described as civil war abroad. Copenhagen protests escalate as Danish patriots barricade streets. About 50 000 foreign prisoners escaped since Allied France invasion, causing concern. Germans also deploy tanks bombers and infantry in frontier regions.
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London
France
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Madrid
Dordogne
Japs Drive To Gain Rail Route Control
Japanese forces probing the Canton Hankow rail line thrust a spearhead 46 miles south of Hengyang in a drive to control the route. Chinese high command said reinforcements were urgent as the campaign intensified.
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Chungking
Hengyang
Canton-Hankow
U S Capitol Flag to Be Raised in Rome on July 4
The flag that flew over the U S Capitol on December 8 1941 when war was declared against Japan and on December 11 1941 when war was declared with Germany will be raised in Rome on July 4.
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U. S. Capitol
Rome
United States
Washington
Japan
Germany
Certification Program Opens for New Commercial Vehicles
The Office of Defense Transportation will issue certificates for purchases of new commercial motor vehicles beginning July 5 under the new program that brings all such equipment under ODT authority.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
West Shore Plans Postwar Meeting on County Programs
A West Shore meeting of county commissioners from the western counties will discuss postwar planning. Held at 1.36 p.m. in Westminster, the session aims to draft a tentative program for each county and explore cooperative action to maximize federal funds for postwar projects including roads and schools.
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Boards of County Commissioners
Western Shore
Westminster Court House
Paul F. Kuhns
Westminster
Western Shore Organization
A. Grant Hooper
Frederick County
Quiet Fourth Observed Across City Amid Low Fireworks
Traffic rose as three day holiday drew motorists and Blue Ridge Lines reported crowded buses. A band concert in Baker Park will mark the Fourth with a children’s parade and salvage drive at Tivoli theater where admission is a bundle of paper. Officials expect mild weather and few firecrackers.
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Blue Ridge Lines
Baker Park
Tivoli Theater
U S and French Troops Occupy Siena Amid Fighting
Allied forces captured Siena after a week of heavy combat with German defenses. Civilians celebrated with silk banners and the Palio delle contrade as Osimo fell near Ancona and Cecina saw fierce clashes on the Italian front.
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Siena
Florence
Dewey May Confer With G O P Governors
Governor Thomas E. Dewey suggested he may travel within the next month for a conference with 25 Republican governors on presidential campaign plans. He avoided comment on national issues and said he did not expect to deliver speeches soon.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Charlie Keller to Play Sunday With Bushwick Nine
Charles Keller former Yankees outfielder at Sheepshead Bay training station has permission to play Sunday games with the Bushwick semipro nine. He will debut next Sunday against the Homestead Grays Negro National League champions at Bushwick.
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New York
Charles
King Kong) Keller
New York Yankees
U. S. Maritime Service
Sheepshead Bay
Bushwick Nine
Homestead Grays
Prominent Englishmen Killed By Flying Bombs
The report states flying bombs killed Maj Gen Sir Arthur Scott and Sir Percy Alden, both long noted public figures, and novelist Aimee Byrne, as German rocket attacks resumed on southern England.
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London
Arthur Scott
Aimee Byrne
Percy Alden
England
Pvt. Carbaugh Wounded in Invasion of France
Pvt. Melia A. Carbaugh Jr. informed his parents by letter that he was wounded during the invasion of France. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Melvin A Carbaugh of this city. No word from the War Department yet. The letter was dated June 18 and notes he serves with the 29th Division.
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Pvt
Melia A. Carbaugh, Jr
France
Melvin A. Carbaugh
War Department
Three Arrested Within Period Of Two Hours
Three persons were arrested twice within a little over two hours by city police last night. Ardy Wetrell, Cora Wetrell, and Blank of Benit street faced charges of disturbing the peace, with later reports listing loitering and fighting. William Bagert and Joseph Bowers also faced similar charges. collateral was set for some and hearings were ordered.
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Ardy Weteell
Willam T. Blank
Benit Street
Cara Wetzell
Frederick
Martin Kanade
Norman Trumps
William Bagert
South Carroll Street
Joseph Bowers
Water Street
Blank
Bagent
Trump
Burras
Wetrell
Blank Cora Wetrell
Ardy Wetrell
Washington July 3 Pa Comptroller Calls for Economic Review
The Comptroller announced a call for a condition review of all paths as the voice of business reports on events dated July 39. A birth is noted for Madame Higluar Procope wife of a former tax official to the United States.
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Washington
Comptroller of the
Voice of Business
Jtma
Madame Higluar Procope
Pfonnsaint Taxtier
United States
Soviet Tanks Reach Within Ten Miles of Minsk as Offensives Surge
Red Army troops and cavalry pushed to within ten miles of Minsk while by-passing columns threaten Wilno and Brest Litovsk. German rail links to Wilno and Brest-Litovsk faced disruption as Soviet forces advanced on the Warsaw Moscow axis with heavy fighting reported around Minsk.
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Minsk
Wile
East Prussia
Sloboda
Wilno
Brest-Latovsk
Wilejka
Baltic Republics
Poland
Russia
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Grodno
Pravda
Napoleon
Ivan Chernaiknovsky
Third Army
Warsaw
Old Poland
Krasnoc
Brest- Litovsk
Stolpec
Neieswiez
Baranawicze
War Material Quotas Lag. Army Seeks Faster Production
In Washington on July 3 the Army says weapons quotas are behind schedule and asks the War Production Board to intensify efforts to boost production.
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Washington
Army
War Production Board
Three German Generals Killed in Eastern Front Action
London reports the German high command confirms the deaths of three generals in continued fighting on the eastern front. Identified are Generals Martinek and Pfeiffer, both artillery officers, and General Schuenemann whose branch was not specified.
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London
Martinek
Pfeiffer
Schuenemann
Americans Press Cherbourg Peninsula Offensive Across Normandy
American First Army drives south along a 40 mile front on the Cherbourg peninsula. Forces seize St Jores and push toward St Lo while British artillery hits the Caen area. Heavy rains, hedgerows, and strong German resistance shape the advance as air support and artillery aid the push. 40,000 prisoners reported in the Cherbourg area as reorganization begins for further offensive action.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
St. Jores
St. Sauveur le Vicombe
St. Lo D’'Ourville
Carentan
St. Lo
Normandy Front
France
la Haye du Puits
Normandy Battlefront
Normandy
Barneville
St. Sauveur le Vicomte
First Army
St Lo D'Ourville
Caumont
Odon River
Caen
Omar N. Bradley
Bhldehond
Allied forces close in on Cherbourg sequence of prisoner gains
An AP dispatch from Cherbourg reports 2000 to 3000 more prisoners captured as the American tally reaches about 40,000, signaling total D-Day era releases surpassing 55,000. Supreme Headquarters confirms Bradley leads the U S First Army, part of the 21st Army Group under Montgomery and Eisenhower, with Dempsey commanding the British Second Army.
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Cap de la Hague
Associated Press
Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Bradley
U. S. First Army
21St
Normandy
Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
M. C. Dempsey
Second Army
Kuriles Attacked Three Times By U S Planes
Tokyo radio reported American planes attacked the northern Kuriles three times over the weekend causing slight damage to military installations.
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U. S
London
Tokyo
Kuriles
Testimonial Dinner Honors Frederick Post Office Retirees
About thirty Frederick post office employees attended a testimonial dinner Thursday at the Peter Pan Inn near Urbana honoring two former staff members Francis P. Little and John H. Staley who retired within six months. The event included no formal program and a fellowship atmosphere.
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Frederick
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
Francis P. Little
John H. Staley
Harry Sanders
Roy Sandergill
Russell Strine
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