U S Forces Wreak Havoc On Japs In Bonins
U S warships and carrier planes attacked within 70 miles of Tokyo on July 4 sinking or beaching three Japanese destroyers and a cargo ship while shooting down 23 planes. Nimitz announced bombardments of Iwo Jima and Haha Jima with ships shelling and planes firing rockets as Saipan nears full seizure.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Western Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Iwo Jima
Kazan
Haha Jima
U. S
Saipan
Garapan
Tanapag
Bonins
Nimitz
Bonin Islands
Tokyo Radio
Central Pacific
U. 5
Banins
United States
Raymond
Ts Spruance
Fifth
Japan
Spruance
Mare A. Mitscher
Mitscher
Garspan
Fifth Fleet
Americans On Noemfoor Island Reinforced Invasion Update
Allied headquarters in New Guinea reports reinforcements arriving to strengthen the American perimeter on Noemfoor Island off Dutch New Guinea. Japanese positions east of Kaeuri airstrip being liquidated with tanks as troops push toward the island’s remaining airfields. Yap Island raid by Southwest Pacific bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Noemfoor
Dutch New Guinea
Kaeuri
Kamin
38 Rescued After 16 Days Adrift At Sea
The American freighter Richard Hovey was attacked in the Arabian Sea. 38 survivors were rescued at Cochin after 16 days adrift in a lifeboat built for 31. Four crew members were killed. Captain Hans Thorsen and three seamen were taken by a Japanese submarine. An improvised still saved lives, supplying seven ounces of water per man daily.
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Washington
Richard Hovey
Cochin
India
Wat Shipping Administration
Hans Thorsen
John Arthur Drechsler
Whiteside
Arabian Sea
James F. O'Connor
Miami
Fla
O'Connor
WSA
Saipan advance reaches Garapan and western coast
Nimitz says Marines and infantry have captured Garapan Tanapag and Tanapag harbor on Saipan’s west coast and control seven eighths of the island. A carrier group struck Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands sinking and damaging Japanese aircraft and ground forces. The 27th Army Division fought through ridges to encircle Lingao village as battles near the northeastern tip of the island continue.
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Nimitz
Saipan
Garapan
Tanapag
Twe Island
Ivo
Tokyo
Tnacsa
Doughboys
Inadsa Point
27Th Army Division
AL Cingau
Iiand Nimit
Thom
Tanapaz
Tesapac Harbor
Saipans
Tanjapaga
Fourth Marines
Iwo Island
Yellow Springs soldier CALVIN C Cannon dies in France
War Department telegrams report Pfe Calvin C Cannon of Yellow Springs killed in action in France after previously being wounded in Sicily. His family learned of his death while another telegram notified Mrs Doris Reeder that her husband Pfe Carmi E Reeder was wounded on Biak Island. The community recalls Cannon’s prior service and notes two other brothers in the Army.
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War Department
Frederick County
France
Biak Island
Pacific
Clayton Cannon
Yellow Springs
Pfe
Calvin C. Cannon
Sicily
Doris Reeder
West Seventh Street
Pfe Carmi E. Reeder
Biak
Cannon
Normandy
Cherbourg
Pre Cannon
Guy E. Nusz
Clarence E Nusz
North Africa
Ple Cannon
Africa
Pfc
Pile Reeder
Johnson
Reeder
Camp Wheeler
Fort Ord
Calif
PAYS VISIT TO CITY
Lee E Smith, Canton Ohio contractor, spent several days revisiting his youth in Frederick. Born on a Feagaville area farm, he built barn and general construction, notably the News-Post plant around 1910. He recalls Frederick’s steel gash bulldozer era and early wages, later moving to Akron and then Canton eight years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee E Smith
Canton
Mr Smith
Feagaville
News-Post
Frederick
Smith
Counts
Akron
le Speciale
Seebon
Five Alarm Fire Destroys Mill Building and Lumber Shed
A five alarm fire at Hurzberger and Sons Millworking Co. damaged a lumber shed and a portion of the mill. Police and firemen traced the blaze to a match discarded by a seven year old boy. Five firefighters were injured. one worker, William McDaniel, was rescued by a hand line and four others treated for lacerations. The juvenile suspect was released to appear in Juvenile Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. Hurzberger and Sons Millworking Company
William McDaniel
Acute hotel shortage in Baltimore eases after spring peak
Baltimore officials report hotel room demand has declined from last spring. Weeknights are generally available without reservations, except Saturdays. Servicemen influx keeps Saturday nights crowded. In April, many hotels limited occupancy to five days and required two to three weeks advance reservations. Albert Fox of the Maryland Hotel Men's Association notes seasonal drop and foresees a possible rebound but not to spring levels. Downtown hotels say demand remains higher than supply, yet pressure has eased.
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Baltimore
Albert
Fox
Maryland Hotel Men's Association
Three Hour Police Court Session Closes After Wild Middletown Disturbances
Dozens testified as Magistrate Edward J. Smith prolonged the session amid disturbances at Braddock Heights. Evelyn Howard was fined for assault with a deadly weapon, while William Blank and others faced multiple counts of peace disturbance. Wrecked tavern cases and drunk and disorderly charges followed across Libertytown and Frederick with fines from five to twenty dollars. In Joy’s Restaurant incident James Overstreet received ten days for intoxication. Shift in Nazi troops reported as Germany pulls 30,000 soldiers toward France and Low Countries.
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Middletown
Braddock Heights
Libertytown
Ethyl] Blank
Howard
Helen Blank
Feagaville
Gels
William Blank
Cora
Audrey Wetzel
Joseph Bowers
Frederick
Wetzel
Bowers
Charles Moxley
Elwood Bussard
Merle
Glen Wiles
Wiles
Norman Duvall
Albert Everly
Mildred Etzler
Arthur Sirk
Louis Myers
Etzler
Ethel Fisher
Anna Hicks
James Overstreet
Joy
West Patrick Street
Overstreet
Two Company A Men Wounded in Normandy Invasion
Letters from England reveal two Company A, 115th Infantry sergeants wounded in Normandy. Sergt. George C. J. Spurrier reports being separated from his brother Staff Sergeant Willis M. Ray Spurrier. both remain with the unit through training. Sergt. William Cannon, back in England for a leg wound, says the invasion was tough but progress is good and return home is hoped soon.
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115Th Infantry
England
Normandy
George C. J
Jim” Spurrier
Roscoe C. Spurrier
East Seventh Street
Willis M. Ray Spurrier
William Cannon
France
Garel C. Cannon
Cannon
Sergt. Spurrier
Ray
Sergi Spurrier
Spurrier
Jim
Crowds See Games on Holiday Doubleheaders Across A.L. and N.L.
July 4 crowds totaled 172,891 at eight major league doubleheaders led by Yankees Indians attendance 37,579 at Yankee Stadium. Chicago drew 31,718 as Cubs beat Braves twice. In Westminster, over 125 registered for the Methodist Church leadership school at Western Maryland College.
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New York
New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Yankee Stadium
Chicago
Cubs
Boston Braves
Westminster
Baltimore
Investigation Of Wreck On B and O Continues
Rockville July 4 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad wreck at Warren Sunday morning injured 30 people. State's Attorney Joseph B. Simpson Jr ICC and FSI continued the probe, saying reports from cooperating agencies are pending. A lantern on the Metropolitan Special rear car contradicted passenger claims. The freight train had two engines, one pushing and one pulling. Jack C. Rhody 50 Baltimore suffered fractures and chest injuries and was improving at Washington Sanitarium Takoma Park.
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Rockville
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Warren
Joseph B. Simpson, Jr
ICC
FSI
Simpson
Metropolitan Special
St. Louis
Washington
Jack C. Rhody
Baltimore
Washington Sanitarium
Takoma Park
Independence Day Quietly Observed
Ninety degree heat and heavy highway traffic marked a quiet Fourth of July with crowds at Baker Park for a softball game and band concert while carnivals drew crowds in Walkersville and Brunswick. Firemen sponsor events in Walkersville and Brunswick, pools were crowded, and a large children's party at the Tivoli Theater drew about 700 youngsters. Fishermen found good days on the Potomac and Monocacy rivers as state police noted near wartime traffic. Extra buses aided overflow travel. Stimson arrived in Rome aboard a flag-draped train, greeted by Allied commanders. A Baltimore man was robbed of $1000 after a party, with $900 found later under a rug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Park
Walkersville
Brunswick
Steadman-Keenan Post
American Legion
Potomac Rod and Gun Club
Braddock Heights
Tivoli Theater
Francis Scott Key Post
Potomac
Monocacy
Blue Ridge Lines
Stimson
Rome
Harry H. Johnson
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Baltimore
William Brecht
Dual Highway Work Aimed For 1944
Kiwanis club hears governor report on Frederick Hagerstown highway relocation slated for 1944 War Production Board review. Petroleum War Council speaker warns counterfeit gasoline coupons deplete civilian supplies and urges rationing. war gas use. Club members recognized. bond and stamp drive totals exceed six thousand six hundred dollars.
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Frederick Hagerstown
Kiwanis Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Herbert R. O Conor
State Roads Commission
Facilities Review Board
War Production Board
Frederick- Hagerstown
Roger B. Wolfe
Petroleum Industry War Council
Club
James H Grove, Jr
Wolfe Francis B. Sappington
James H. Ffarris
J. Vernon Coblentz
Charles K. Taylor
Frederick City
William M. Storm
Washington Growing Metropolis Population Rises by 1943
The census bureau estimates the Washington metro area population increased from 914,153 in 1940 to 1,163,271 in 1943, with 499,005 males and 664,266 females in 1943. The area includes D C, Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland, and Alexandria City and Arlington County in Virginia, based on Ration Book Four applications.
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Washington
Census Bureau
District of Columbia
Montgomery
Prince Georges Counties
Alexandria City
Arlington County
Nazi Prisoners Escape From Gettysburg
FBI Baltimore director John W. Vincent asks local police to watch for two German POWs who escaped from Gettysburg stockade Monday afternoon. Kostaniak, 27, and Ostermaier, 22, are described as ex infantry sergeants. Kostaniak speaks no English, Ostermaier bilingual. Both wore blue denim with PW on clothing and carried German uniforms. Citizens urged to report sightings to police or FBI.
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John W. Vincent
FBI
Baltimore
Gettysburg
Adams County
Thomas Kostaniak
Axel Osterenaier
Kostaniak
Ostermaier
Park Bill Signed to Establish Harper's Ferry National Monument
President Roosevelt signed a bill authorizing a Harpers Ferry National Monument in West Virginia to honor Revolutionary and Civil War events. The park may encompass up to 1500 acres and will be created after the current war ends, with land and buildings to be donated and accepted by the Interior Department.
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Washington
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Harpers Ferry National Monument
Roosevelt
Rep
Randolph
D-W. Va
Secretary of the Interior
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Noemfoor Island
Carver
NBC
Erwin Rommel
Western Front
Pfc. Cannon
Pic
London
Norway
Low Countries
Berlin
Ios
Sergt George C. J. Spurrier
ALLEN
North Market ST
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Philadelphia
South Market
Catalina
Hendrickson
Trong
Nipwsea
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