Rommel May Withdraw Axis Army To Matruh Egypt Front Battles Shift
Berlin dispatch reports British reserves enable an offensive in Egypt as Rommel may withdraw from his El Alamein position toward Matruh. Maori troops clinch gains near El Alamein as British forces press the Axis, with heavy air and ground fighting continuing and Rommel’s retreat likely debated by Allied observers.
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Rommel
Matruh
Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Basel
National Zeitung
Egypt
Cairo
New Zealand
New York
the Times
Rome
Erwin Rommel
Auchinteck
Ugo Cavallero
Wilhelm Keitel
Alexandria
el Alamein
el Daba
el A’amein
Lord Halifax To Spend One Month In London
Lord Halifax the British ambassador to Washington has returned to London and will confer with Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. He flew from the United States and is expected to stay about a month in London.
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Lord Halifax
London
Lord Mallfax
Washington
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
United States
Dr Baker to Edit Church Publication in Evangelical Synod
Rev Dr David D Baker of St Louis elected editor of The Messenger official publication of the Evangelical and Reformed church at the General Synod meeting in Cincinnati from June 24 to July 1. He succeeds Rev Dr Paul S Leinbach who died recently and will begin work in September likely from St Louis. Delegates from Potomac Synod include Rev Dr Ralph E Hartman and A LeRoy McCardell. About 300 delegates attended. Sunday service held at Univ stadium with 8000 present and 500 voice choir. Merger talks noted as missionaries to Japan reportedly withdrawn. Delegates from Pacific Northwest East and Midwest. Dr and Mrs Hartman returned home Thursday.
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David D. Baker
St Louis
Baltimore
Traq
the Messenger
Evangelical and Reformed Church
General Synod
Cincinnati
Baker
Paul S. Leinbach
St. Louis
War Emergency Relief Fund Committee
Ralph E. Hartman
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
A. LeRoy McCardell
Evangelical Church
Potomac Synod
Hartman
McCardell
Netherland Plaza
Uwnay Nati Stadium
Japan
Congregational Christian Church
Generals Synod
Pacific Coast
Northwest
East
Middle West
Mrs. Hartman
Mr. McCardets
Warfields Land Today At Jersey City
Rev Dr Gaither Warfield his wife and daughter have been released from the diplomatic exchange liner Drottningholm now at Jersey City after spending nearly a week aboard. Government agents continue a thorough probe of passengers while Warfield plans to spend the week in New York and Frederick with his brother before reporting to Methodist Mission HQ. The Warfield family endured internment and Nazi imprisonment before their release in the Warsaw Poland area earlier in the war.
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Gaither P. Warfield
Drottningholm
Jersey City
Dr. Warfield
Robert L. Warfield
Mr. Warfield
Poland
Warfield
New York City
Frederick
New York
Warsaw
Drottningham
Soldiers at Camp Fickett Seek Equipment for Recreational Halls
Local soldiers at Camp Fickett Virginia request donated equipment for several recreational halls. They seek a piano, upright preferred, plus tables, chairs, zinc racks, a ping-pong table and a pool table. The USO coordinates transport and notes furniture need not be new or fancy.
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Camp Fickett
Frederick
USO
Nelson Opposes Grain To Rubber Plan In War Urgency
War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson protested a plan to produce synthetic rubber from grain arguing it would divert critical materials urgently needed for the war effort. He warned the program could strain supplies during the pivotal wartime period.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
General Wavell Reported Arrived in Cairo for Talks
A BBC Paris broadcast said General Sir Archibald Wavell, commander in chief in India, had reached Cairo and was in urgent conference with General Sir Claude Auchinleck, his successor in the Middle East command.
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London
Tyly
Paris
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Cairo
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Britain
Middle East
American Air Blows At Anis Fo Be Heavier
London dispatch notes rapid growth of United States air power in Nazi-occupied Europe after July Fourth opening. Ground prep, transport, and pilot influx rising. Boston bombers used in early daylight sweep, with larger Liberator and Fortress bombers anticipated for future operations under Lieut. Gen. Henry H. Arnold.
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London
Genndy Wil
United States
Europe
Holland
United States Army
Orient
Mediterranean
England
America
HAF
United States Air Force
Henry H. Arnold
United States Army Air Forces
British Convoy Losses and War Effort Outlined
Lt Gen Gordon Nevil MacReady told Washington in an address opening a Smithsonian exhibition that less than one in 200 convoys ships has been lost. He said Britain’s navy has sunk five and a quarter million tons of enemy merchant shipping and that about 60 percent of Britain’s national income is going into the war effort. He warned against profiteering and noted limits on personal wealth during wartime.
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Washington
Gordon Nevil MacReady
United Nations
Britain
Sub fires torpedo at Swedish ship near Stockholm
A submarine fired a torpedo at a Swedish ship about 100 miles south of Stockholm in Baltic waters today. The torpedo missed and exploded on the shore. Swedish warship depth-bombed the submarine.
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Stockhalm
Sabermarine
Fred
Baltic
Stockholm
Kursk offensive floods eastern front with heavy fighting
A Russian defense in the Kursk region fights a major Nazi push toward Voronezh and the Moscow Rostov line. Soviet and German reports cite battles around Belgorod Volchansk and Kursk as the front remains volatile with heavy losses and tank engagements.
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Setk
Moscow
Russia
Don River
Voronezh
Moscow- Rostov
Kursk-Kharkov
Don
Moscow-Rostov
Kursk
Kharkov
Belgorod
Volchansk
Chiang Kai Shek predicts Japan weakened in winter
Chiang Kai Shek in a broadcast declares that by the end of this winter Japan will be only one tenth as strong as the Allies. He thanks the United Nations for support and says Japan is deepening its morass in China as resistance grows. Masaryk in London reports the Czech government in exile foreign minister arrived after eight months in the United States. A birth is announced for a daughter at Frederick City Hospital with mother and child doing well.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
United Nations
Masaryk
London
Losdun
Jan Masaize
United States
Sergi
Ars Charles W Magaha
North
Market Street
Frederick City Hospital
Sorat Magaha
State Police
Plunge Down Elevator Shaft Injures Grocery Worker
Wilfred Reeder, a D. C. Winebrew er employee, fell from a shaft in a warehouse after an elevator was moved without notice. He was struck by a loaded hand truck, fracturing both ankles and possibly causing internal injuries. The safety gate failed to operate. the rack weighed over 280 pounds and carried about 300 pounds of merchandise.
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Wilfred Reeder
D.C. Winebrewer, Inc
Gilim
City Hospital
M. Etchison and Son
Reeder
Jacob Mackley
Three Injured In Highway Accident
Three people were injured when their car collided with a second vehicle that stopped suddenly on the bowd between Humstie and Bethesda yesterday. Mrs. Fern Coffey W A Smith and Cessler Weatley were taken to Georgetown Hospital with cuts and fractures. Weatley suffered severe head wounds after breaking the windshield. Coffey had three broken ribs and minor injuries. Smith injured a knee and cuts. Coffey formerly lived in Frederick Junction and now resides in Clarendon Va. Weatley and WA Smith also live in Clarendon and Frederick Junction respectively.
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Bowd
Humstie
Bethesda
Fern Coffey
W A. Smith
Cessler Weatley
Georgetown Hospital
Washington
Mr. Weatley
Coffey
Smith
Frederick Junction
Clarendon, Va
A. B. Smith
Weasley
Clarendon
WA. Smith
Stop Gap Action For Agriculture Money
The Senate Appropriations committee approved stop gap legislation to provide 93.9 million dollars for the Department of Agriculture in July, with rules that any spending must be offset from regular appropriations later. A marriage license was issued in Hagerstown for John J. Murphy and Esther M. Cox, both of Frederick.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Department of Agriculture
Hagerstown
John J. Murphy
Esther M. Cox
Frederick
Natives Evacuated From Western Aleutians and Pribilofs
Natives and a few white residents have been evacuated from the western Aleutians and the Pribilof Islands north of Dutch Harbor. About 1,000 evacuees were moved by the Navy to Juneau, Alaska, with housing provided. Attu residents largely remain, as no natives are reported on Kiska. Army bombers and Navy patrols continue attacks on enemy shore installations when fog allows. Evacuations include roughly 450 from St George and St Paul, 80 from Atka, a small group from Umnak, and about 120 from Unalaska. Dimond urged evacuating all western Aleutians to protect residents from war actions.
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Washington
United States
Aleutian Islands
Masten
North Pacific
U.S
Kiska
Agatla
Navy
Japan
Aleutians
Pribllof Islands
Bering Sea
Dutch Harbor
William Zimmerman
Juneau
Alaska
Indian Bureau
Attu
Dimand
Zimmerman
Pribilof Islands
St. George
St. Paul
Atka
Umnak
Unalaska
Dimond
Aleutians Islands
Deliberate Raid Hoax Traced to Unauthorized Source
Baltimore July 6 a mysterious telephone call to civilian defense personnel in southwestern Baltimore county was called a deliberate attempt to stir up trouble Col Henry S Barrett state director of air raid precautions said the hoax message ordered a welling a signal indicating enemy planes were nearby He warned of severe penalties for those caught. Mary Sexton 16 of Castlewood Va was returned home after being picked up by police for running away with another girl 19 the two rode hitchhikes earlier Baltimore transit. A V Tidmore Plymouth sedan 406 Carroll Parkway was stolen at Braddock Heights Independence Day with no report of recovery.
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Baltimore
Baltimore County
Henry S. Barrett
Halethorpe
Welinge” Dlone
Col. Barrett
Mary Sexton
Castlewood
Sergt. R. OG
James Marks
Sexton
Sfdawn
A. V. Tidmore
Carroll Parkway
Braddock Heights
William Tidmore
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Lewistown
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Thuremont
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Frederick Raoule
John Ananias
Turner
Jack Stealton Bierly
Sabillasville
Larry William Getaendanner
Leonard Arthur Fagle
Thurmoatt
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Keymar
Francis Elroy Eichelberger
Thurmont
William Cornelius Wachter
Harvey LeRoy Kaufman
le Gore
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Rudolph McKinley Blank
Ray Ernest Warner
Richard Wilde Walker
Tamsville
James Carlos Bridges
Mt. Airy
George Grant Frushour
Rocky Ridge
Harry Thomas
Ephraim Bell
Jamigan
New London
Bernard Joseph Clark
Floyd Howard Stull
East Church Street
Charles Waller Moser
John Coleman Wiles
Lee McClary Wiles
Duval Winfield Sweatner
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Wade Iampton Wenner
Dickerson
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Lloyd Mahlon
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Arlington
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Lanty
Howard Franklin Carty
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