Fire Sweeps Dinner Bell Inn Near Frederick injuring two
Two people were hurt when fire swept the Dinner Bell roadside tavern on Route 40 five miles east of Frederick. The brick building burned to the ground trapping residents who jumped from second story windows. Fire delayed by wind and a water shortage. firefighters battled flames around 7 AM Sunday.
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Thurmont
Rourer
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Charles F. Cramer
Mater
Margaret Myers
Frederick City Hospital
June
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Cramer
Witliam F. Ogle
Lewistown
Tramsville
John Creager
Megime
Sia S.J. Eysher
Meg Gertrude
Ritch Town
Guffer Coal Act Faces Congressional Hurdles
The Guffey Coal Act, extended to stabilize prices, faced House committee rejection as Roosevelt urged a prompt conclusion and reported backing. Senator Cooper questioned industry status amid postponed hearings. Also, real estate transfers include Victor and D. M. Birley selling property in Thurmont and nearby buyers purchasing homes in the same area.
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Indio Ans
Sikorski Dies in Gibraltar Plane Crash
General Wladyslaw Sikorski, Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile, died when a Liberator crash off Gibraltar killed 15 others including his daughter Sophia Lesniewska and MP Col. Victor Cazales. Eyewitnesses say engine failure caused the crash. pilot survived. Acting Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk named to lead as successor and Defense Minister Marian Kukiel placed in charge.
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Gibraltar
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Middle East
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Poland
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Germany
Andrzej Marecki
Gralewskki
Pobiewski
Adam Kulakowski
Wladyslaw Racziewicz
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Backdoor Route To China Promised Rail Link Expansion
Plans disclosed for a new overland supply route to China via the Turkestan Siberian railroad. Tseng Yang-Fu said shipments could begin soon as China commemorates the war anniversary amid continued clashes with Japanese forces.
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India
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Air raids hit Le Mans and Cologne in July offensives
U S Army reports show substantial damage from independent day air attacks on Le Mans Rhone factory near Nantes and Cologne. Photographs marked results satisfactory with major hits on rail yards, depots, shelters, and a large aircraft plant. Capt Raymond Ketelson of Houston led the Le Mans strike as a direct hit damaged a factory area and runways.
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Nantes
France
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Raymond P. Ketelson
Houston
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Ballies
Cologne
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Gereon
Kalk
Deutz
Tiamsville Boy Fatally Hurt By Auto
Wilbur Edward Snyder a 13 year old of Samsville died after a bicycle collision with a westbound car on Route 0 near Haugi s blacksmith shop. Driver Grover Cleveland Welty of Martinsburg W Va was questioned and released as investigation continued.
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Samsville
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Basore
Young Snyder
Ijamsville
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Tatement
Bombing Raid Damages Cologne Cathedral Roof Report
Within a week raids on Cologne show bomb weight near a thousand aircraft, with devastation noted as far greater. Preliminary photos indicate the north transept roof suffered damage while the rest of the cathedral appears largely intact.
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Tones Accuses Wallace Of Falsehood
Washington July 5 Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones denied Wallace charges of stalling on the home front and accused the Wallace backed BEW of malice and half truths. Jones said the RFC, not BEW, delayed stockpiling crucial war materials. Wallace charged RFC with slow action and Jones defended thrift and patriotism amid wartime procurement disputes.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
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Byrd Economy Committee
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Black man abducted by taxi driver on rural roads
William Abraham Whiting, colored, of near Adamstown, was jailed after Norman Despeaux, a local taxi driver, accused him of forcing the driver to navigate county roads and farm lanes for hours Sunday morning. Whiting, unarmed, was found unharmed near Adams town. Despeaux reported driving Pvt George Ambush and others earlier that night.
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Adamstown
Norman Despeaux
Whiting
Brandon Duvall
Despeaux
Franklin Baker
Adams
Duvall
Pvt
George Ambush
Wigmood Stuy
Atlameion A
Gem Frederick
Stup
Treaner Tuvall
Baker
South Court Street
Rockville
State Police Chef Killed In Car Crash
George Lee a 60 year old chef at State Police Barracks B Lin den Hills died from a fractured skull after a wreck near Frederick on Route 340 while accompanying Trooper Harold B Basore on an emergency call Four others were injured in the crash and four suspects were jailed in connection with a Point of Rocks disturbance Police said the incident involved a riot and a knife wound required 19 stitches to close.
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Linden Hills
Harold B. Basore
Frederick
Lee
Frederick City
Basore
Hagerstown
State Roads Commission
Point of Rocks
Charles V. Main
Catherine Coffman
Brunswick
Howard Sheetz
James Gibson
Floyd Jones
Margaret Thomas
Mary Frances Williams
Lucketts
Gibson
Sheetz
Frederick City Hospital
Point Oz Rocks
Ballenger Creek
Allied Air Offensive Over Sicily Sets Record With 43 Downed
Allied HQ reports July Fourth air battle over Sicily with American and British planes destroying 43 enemy fighters and damaging five of ten air bases. RAF and Middle East Air Force support join over Catania Sciacca Milo Comiso Gerbini and Malta escorts as Axis defenders fight back. Ern est E Utterback notes a fifteenth July 4 corn harvest on his Braddock pike farm amid corn borer concerns.
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Mediterranean
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Northwest Africa Air Force
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Charles Wertheimer
Braddock Pike
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