Destroyer Also Among Enemy Ships Sent Down In Pacific War
Navy Secretary Forrestal reported 17 Japanese vessels sunk by American submarines in Pacific waters, including a light cruiser and a destroyer. He credited submarines with crippling Japan’s fleet as merchant ships fall faster than Japan can sustain, while warning main battles will be costly and likely in land combat as the war accelerates toward 1944 end.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Pacific
Japan
Fifth Army presses advance toward Livorno and Arezzo
Fifth Army troops push from the southwest and south within five miles of Arezzo on the Florence road while American units near Rosignano move toward Livorno, 130 miles from Seaside Livorno. German resistance slows progress as heavy guns and tanks clash, Tigers knocked out, and pillboxes, minefields, and anti-landing mines complicate the advance.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Arezzo
Florence
Italy
Rosignano
Livorno
Fifth
Commander of Nazi Army Corps Captured
London reports the capture of Lt. Gen. Von Leutzow, commander of the 35th German Army Corps, with about 40 officers seized in operations behind Russian lines near Bobruisk. This marks the 22nd Nazi general officer killed or captured in three weeks across Russia and France.
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London
von Leutzow
Russia
France
Moscow
von Luetzow
Bobruisk
No Authority To Raise Rents Under New Law Not Yet Interpreted
Rent director Lucien E. D. Gaudreau warns landlords cannot raise rents under the new rent control act until orders are issued and changes are interpreted next month. Tenants urged to report attempts to raise rents as of July 1 1943. Registration nears 5 000 with penalties for noncompliance. offices in Balti more and Brunswick handle filings.
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Lucien E. D. Gaudreau
The
News Today
Gaudreau
O'Sullivan
Baltimore
Church Street
Brunswick
Tremendous Gains By Red Army Cont in Baltic Push
Russian forces drive toward Latvia and Lithuania amid rapid advances across Daugavpils Wilno and Kaunas front lines. Berlin notes new landings near Narva as Germans struggle to halt the Soviet onslaught. Railway line through Poland to Leningrad seen as crucial to Baltic defense and German supply lines.
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Moscow
Latvia
Lithuania
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Wilno
Kaunas
Kowel
Ald
Poland
Berlin
Narva Bay
Estonia
Finland
Narva
DNB
Melansaari
Lammasaari
Teikassari
Vilno
Vilna
Ivan Bagramian
Dvina
Ivan Onerniakhovsky
London
Warsaw
Leningrad
Bialstok
Grodno
Daugvapils
Riga
Europe
Baltics
Polotsk
East Prussia
Wilno-Kauas
Ace Gabreski Tops U S Air Force Fighter Scores
Lt Col Francis Gabreski of O11 City Pennsylvania became the top scoring U S Air Force fighter pilot by downing his 28th plane near Evreux France. Maj Robert S Johnson of Lawton Oklahoma and Maj Richard I Bong of Poplar Wisconsin each held 27 victories. Gabreski's 28th was a Messerschmitt 109.
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Eighth Air Force
Britain
Francis Gabreski
O11
City
Evreux
France
Robert S Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Haven Holt
Gabreski
Bombing Toulon as Fifth Assault Hits German Base
U S heavy bombers attacked the French harbor of Toulon today in the fifth assault on the German naval base. The operation targeted Nazi facilities as Allied forces press a coastal bombing campaign across occupied France.
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Rome
U. S
Toulon
Rigid Search At Salvage Center For Live Ammunition
A Frederick Army salvage center, guarded by barbed wire and a heavy earth roof, screens and renders safe large live explosives found among war wreckage. Lt Hopkins notes ordnance specialists inspect loads to prevent deadly accidents as salvage operations swell to multi million dollar yearly scale.
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Vincent C. Hopkins
Frederick
Iron and Steel
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Frederick Center
Hopkins
Messeerschmidt
Edwin C. Barringer
Scrap Iron and Steel Institute of America
No Objections To Withdrawal Of Water From Monocacy
City and county officials show no objections to the War Department plan to withdraw about one million gallons of water daily from the Monocacy River for Camp Detrick and return a similar amount of treated sewage. A hearing is set at Johns Hopkins University Monday afternoon at four. Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger doubts city representation.
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War Department
Camp Detrick
Monocacy River
Hugh V. Gittinger
Johns Hopkins University
Montevue
Worman's Mill
Bombing Mission Returns After 7,000-Mmile Flight
U S Flying Fortresses flying from England to Russia then Italy completed a 7,000 mile bombing trip. They hit railroad yards in France during the Italy to Britain leg and returned to England.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U.S
England
Russia
Italy
France
Britain
Quintuplet Boys Born In Turkey Near Mardin
Quintuplet boys, all healthy, were born at Mardin near the Turkey Iraq Syria border. Premier Saracoglu plans to bring them to Ankara for government supervision to support a pro-natal campaign. Separate item: Roy Wagner, a New Jersey engineer at Camp Detrick, is reported in satisfactory condition after a Route 40 automobile overturn near Braddock mountain. police charge him with operating under the influence.
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Ankara
Mardin
Turkey
Iraq
Syria
Saracoglu
Roy Wagner
New Jersey
Camp Detrick
Frederick City Hospital
Braddock Mountain
Wagner
Route 40
W. W. Corbin
State Police
In Each Other's Way
London July 5 German communique reports South at Minsk formations fighting their way further backwards as the war effort continues.
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London
Minsk
Texas Democrats May Lose Their Votes
Houston July 5 Texas Democrat voters may be effectively prevented from casting their vote for the party nominee according to a signed page one editorial by Commerce Secretary Jesse Jones in the Houston Chronicle.
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Houston
Tex
Pi—Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Houston Chronicle
Texas
Powerful Task Force Still Hits At Bonins
The Tokyo radio reported a strong American naval task force remained in the Bonin Islands area shelling Chichi Jima and attacking Iwo Jima with hundreds of carrier planes. Admiral Nimitz announced shelling of Iwo Jima and attacks on both Iwo Jima and Haha Jima. Tokyo also said Japanese forces on Saipan were advancing under heavy odds.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Chichi Jima
Bonin Islands
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
U.S
That Island
Haha Jima
Imperial Headquarters
Saipan Island
Marianas
Quota Progress Report In Frederick County War Loan Drive
Frederick county has reached about 45 percent of its 2 million dollar Fifth War Loan quota. County Chairman W Clinton McSherry urges no relaxation as the final push begins, hoping to go over the top before the drive ends for three issues on Saturday. July sales of E F and G bonds will count toward results.
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Frederick County
W. Clinton McSherry
British Subs Sink 9 Ships in Far Eastern Patrols
The Admiralty reported recent submarine patrols in Far Eastern waters sunk nine supply ships and damaged two more. British subs bombarded shore installations at Shoe Seu mawe on Sumatra north coast and Ross Island off Malaya.
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London
Admiralty
Shoe Seumawe
Sumatra
Ross Island
Malaya
Brunswick Man Injured After Bus Hits Car and Patrolman
A Brunswick man and two others, including a Baltimore patrolman, were injured when a bus struck a stopped car, pushed it 100 feet, mounted the curb, and struck the officer on the sidewalk. Earlier, Howard G Grove of Brunswick, a Pennsylvania railroad fireman, was trapped under a street car and later taken to Mercy Hospital in critical condition.
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Baltimore
Howard G Grove
Brunswick
Pennsylvania Railroad
Grove
Mercy Hospital
Flying Start for Stocks as Demand Surges in July
New York reports heavy demand for steels motors rails and specialties pushing stocks to their highest levels in nearly seven years. London broadcasts say Marshal Tito's partisans captured Trnovo in eastern Bosnia per the free Yugoslav radio communique.
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Flying Start
New York
Trnovo
London
Marshal Tito
Bosnia
Free Yugoslav Radio
Stimson Sees Pope in Audience with Pius XII
Pope Pius XII received Secretary of WarHenry L Stimson in a formal audience on July 5. The meeting marked a high level exchange between the Vatican and the American administration during wartime.
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Stimson
Pius XII
Advance Of More Than Two Miles Scored By U S Forces
Supreme Headquarters announces heavy fighting in Lia Haye Du Puits where American troops advanced along the front for over two miles. In Caen sector British lines face Rommel’s attackers as combats intensify. Eisenhower returns to HQ after July Fourth celebration with Quesada, touring Cherbourg area and meeting Montgomery and Bradley.
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U.S
Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Lia Haye du Puits
Supreme Command
la Haye du Puits
Caen
Baron and
Esquay
Erwin Rommel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Elwood Quesada
Normandy
Quesada
U. S
Ninth Air Force Fighter Command
Cherbourg
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
Omar N. Bradley
First Army
Air Fields Are Bombed Again in Allied Assaults
London reports July air operations across Holland Belgium and Pas-de-Calais with up to 590 U S planes in forenoon strikes supported by fighter dive bombing and strafing at undisclosed European targets. British bombers attack rail yards bivouacs and rocket sites while overnight actions climax with RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes pounding yards near Paris Orleans and other sites.
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London
Holand
Belgium
Pas-de-Calais
France
RAF
Channel
Ruhr
U. S
Europe
Villeneuve St. Georges
Paris
Orleans
Loose Pipe Sparks Alarm At Schroeder's Store
A stove pipe in the cellar of Schroeder's clothing store on Weert Patrick Street near the Square Corner worked loose again. Smoke triggered an alarm, drawing Independents Uniteds and Citizens Truck Company to the scene. No fire, second consecutive Wednesday call due to the same issue. Repairs had been made but did not stop the looseness. Officer Marshall Murray reported the alarm at the Square Corner. firemen adjusted the pipe and left.
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Schroeder
Weert Patrick Street
Independents, Uniteds and Citizens Truck Company
Fremen
Marshall Murray
Square Corner
New Landings By Russians On Viipuri Bay
Stockholm July 5 Russian troops began large scale landings on the northern shores of Viipuri Bay in southern Finland in an effort to establish a bridgehead behind Finnish lines. The Finnish high command said landings were from many boats early Tuesday aided by coastal batteries and smoke. Viipuri at the head of the bay has been recently captured. Landings also reported on islands in the Bay of Narva, with Soviets reportedly driven back on two islands. Fighting described as violent continues.
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Stockholm
Viipuri Bay
Finland
Red Army
Viipuri
Narva
Parking Meter Receipts Gain in Frederick in 1944
Frederick city parking meter receipts rose about 1500 during the first six months of 1944, totaling $9,377.13 versus $7,884.08 in the same period of 1943. May led with $1,968.42 and monthly totals largely exceeded last year, suggesting stable use by regular parkers.
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Frederick City
Elgin Hemp
Hemp
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U.S. Air Force
Fred W. Stabley
Bonins
Take
la Vlaye du Pauls
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