Baranowicze Falls Opens Path To Warsaw Drive
British Open Drive Against Caen, Outer Defenses Are Broken Nazis Flee Baranowicze Fall Opens Way To Drive On Warsaw, Bialystok. German high command says Baranowicze abandoned, Soviets near Wilno, 100 miles from East Prussia border, with 217 miles gained in 17 days from Orsha to Wilno.
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Caen
Warsaw
Bialystok
London
Baranowicze
Old Poland
Berlin
Moscow
Wilno
Wilna
Pinsk
Pripyat
Orsha
East Prussia
Baltic States
Gas Ration Hearings To Be Resumed This Week
The county OPA legal panel will resume hearings on alleged violations of the 35 mile per hour Victory speed law. Twenty eight motorists from across Frederick County were summoned to appear next Thursday at 7 30 pm in the Police Court room at City Hall to determine possible revocation of gasoline rations. Names and addresses include Roger E Ambush Tuscarora Harold E Burkett Frederick area Perkins A Demby East New Market Md B V Doody Frederick Route 35 Samuel H Eddins Brunswick William A Eyler East Ninth street Robert M Gardiner Thurmont Charles F Handley Frederick 392 Madison Street Carl R Hood Mt Airy RF Clinton K Hughes Braddock Heights James R Jackson Frederick Route 4 John R Kepple Braddock Heights Harold C Lackey Frederick Hattie Belle L Miller East Fourth Street Homer C Mitchell Jr 1312 North Market Street George W Ogle 221 East Second Street Alton R Putman Frederick Route 3 Jno B Richardson West Patrick Street George W Snyder Mt Airy Route 4 Stanley W Stull 9 E Street Thurmont Walter E Stull Lewistown Max Wasgenburg East Church Street Charles W Warfield Mt Airy Route 5 R K Weedy Brunswick Douglas K Whittington Frederick Route 4 Charles C Wildason 908 North Market Street Thomas H Williams New Market Frank E Willar Mt Airy
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OPA
City Hall
County Rationing Board
Roger E. Ambush
Tuscarora
Harold E. Burkett
West Patrick Street
Perkins A. Demby
New Market
B. V. Doody
Frederick
Samuel H. Eddins
West Potomac Street
Brunswick
William A. Eyler
East Ninth Street
Robert M. Gardiner
Thurmont
Charles F. Handley
Madison Street
Carl R. Hood
Mt. Airy
Clinton K. Hughes
Braddock Heights
James R. Jackson
John R. Kepple
Harold C Lackey
Hattiebelle L. Miller
East Fourth Street
Homer C. Mitchell, Jr
North Market Street
George W. Ogle
East Second Street
Alton R. Putman
Jno
B. Richardson
Patrick Street
George W Snyder
Stanley W. Stull
E Street
Walter E. Stull
Lewistown
Max Wasgenburg
East Church Street
Charles W. Warfield
R. K. Weedy
Douglas K. Whittington
Charles C. Wildason
Thomas H. Williams
Frank E. Willar
Hitler Directs Western Military Operations Says Pravda Reporter
Yakov Viktorov reports Hitler has assumed personal control of Western military operations after Field Marshal Von Rundstedt was replaced by Field Marshal Von Kluge. The German announcement two days earlier confirmed Rundstedt’s removal.
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London
Moscow Radio Today
Yakov Viktorov
Pravda
Adolf Hitler
West
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Viktorov
von Rundstedt
Guenther von Kluge
DeGaulle Entertained At White House Washington Visit
General Charles DeGaulle continues talks with President Roosevelt in Washington. He has met Roosevelt daily with no discussion of recognition, while a series of receptions and inspections keeps the French leader in the public eye. Pershing and De Gaulle share a cordial exchange about Petain's health during a meeting.
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Washington
Charles DeGaulle
White House
Roosevelt
DeGaulle
DeGaulie
Casablanca
Robert P. Patterson
George C. Marshall
Blair House
France
de Gaulle
AEF
John J. Pershing
Petain
Pershing
Marshal Petain
Roosevelt Denies Engagement To Captain Briggs
Col Elliott Roosevelt denied through an Army associate that he was engaged to Captain Ruth Briggs of the Women's Army Corps or that he planned to become engaged to her or anyone else. Earlier dispatches quoted Briggs relatives confirming the claim. An officer friend said the denial was requested for the press and Briggs added we are just good friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elliott Roosevelt
Army
Ruth Briggs
Women’s Army Corps
United States
Briggs
Commanding German Army Leader Relieved By Fuehrer
Fifth Army headquarters released a captured order of the day dated June 6 announcing Col Gen Eberhard von Mackensen has been relieved of command of the 14th Army. The note expresses heavy heart and hopes for better times as fresh German forces move north.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Eberhard von Mackensen
Anzio
Fuehrer
Water shortages deepen as drought grips county towns
Water supplies in Brunswick Emmitsburg and nearby towns show steep declines amid a thirteenth day of dry spell. Officials fear leaks from the Brunswick reservoir line while Thurmont and nearby areas escape serious impact for now as 90 degree heat returns and canning plants bolster deep well supplies.
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Maryland
Brunswick
Emmitsburg
Virginia
Potomac River
Washington County
Emmitsburg Water Company
North
Thurmont
Middetown
Myersville
British Submarines Sink 11 Ships in Council Sea Action
London reports the Admiralty announcing that British submarines sunk two large transports one large tanker one medium supply ship and seven smaller vessels. The losses occurred in action noted by officials on July 8.
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London
The
Admiralty
Von Rundstedt under house arrest rumor and moves
London reports a rumor from Stockholm that Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd Von Rundstedt, recently relieved as Germany’s west front commander, was placed under house arrest amid replacement notices. Hitler allegedly promised another assignment in a cordial letter. Meanwhile US forces attacked three oil refineries in the Vienna basin and bombed Veszprem airfield in Romania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Macow
Stockholm
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Germany
DNB
Rundstedt
Adolf Hitler
Rome
American Liberators
Vienna
Austria
Veszprem
Romania
Maryland Motorists Lacking 200000 Stamps
Federal officials estimate at least 200,000 Maryland motorists still lack abuse tax stamps for their automobiles as of July 8.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pvt Fulmer Killed in Action in French Invasion
Private Edward L. Fulmer 20 of Middletown is reported killed in action in France on June 24 while troops crossed into Cherbourg. A paratrooper from Fort Benning, he had served since February 1943 after work at Bethesda and earlier training in Mississippi. Survived by parents, maternal grandmother in Middletown, paternal grandfather near Frederick, and one sister.
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Edward L. Fulmer
Middletown
France
War Department
Fulmer
Edward J. Fulmer
Middiestown
Fort Benning
Loverseas
Cherbourg
Middletown High School
Hagerstown
Bethesda
Mississippi
North Ireland
England
Edward Lighter
Charles Fulmer
Frederick
Eugene Huffer
Frederick County
Col Warfield Dies In Action In France
Lieut Col William E Warfield 36 native of Damascus and longtime regimental staff officer of the 115th Infantry was killed in action in France. He died June 10 while serving overseas after earlier landings in Normandy. He taught in Takoma Silver Spring and worked in Washington realty before the war. Survived by widow Esther Stanley and two children Natalie Jo and Robert E plus his mother and sister.
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William E. Warfield
Damascus
115Th Infantry
France
War Department
Woodland Drive
Silver Spring
Warfield
Warfeld
Normandy
Old First Regiment
Maryland National Guard
115Th
State Armory
Fort Meade
England
The
National Guard
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Takoma
Robert L. McKeever
Washington
William H. Warfield
Elisha Warfield
Super-Forts Hit 5 Targets in Japan China Mission
Twentieth Air Force reports B-29s struck five enemy targets on Kyushu including Sasebo war base and Yawata Omura steel plants and two Chinese sites Laoyao and Hankow. No losses. four bombers lost on July 15 mission including one missing after landing.
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Washington
Twentieth Air Force
Kyushu
China
Sasebo
Yawatai
Omura
Laoyao
Hangchow
Hankow
Yangtze River
Tobata
Yawata
Norfolk
Bremerton
Pittsburgh
Japan
Asssault
Marco Polo Bridge
Peiping
Auto crash injures Frederick man at Biggs Ford bridge
Leon Ridenour, of near Frederick, suffered about 15 cuts to his right arm and possible arm fracture after he swerved into the side of the Biggs Ford bridge between Walkersville and Route 15 to avoid a collision with another car. He was taken to Frederick City Hospital for treatment after 1:45 a.m. State police investigated. The other vehicle driver, Sherman William Shuff of Thurmont, was reportedly transporting Ridenour to the hospital. Damages to the auto estimated at $200.
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Near Frederick
Walkersville
Route 15
Leon R. Ridenour
Frederick
Ridenour
Sherman Boone
Frederick City
Boone
Trnper
S. F. Scinta
Sherman William Shuff
Thurmont
Surrendering Civilians Ferry Toward American Lines on Saipan
A July Saipan report by BR Richard Johnston describes Japanese civilians, exhausted and starving, moving along a designated refugee road toward American lines as island defenses crumble. Marines and Army units push through Marpi Point ridges, clearing caves and canals while Garapan work details widen roads and remove wreckage. The narrative notes mass burial of Japanese soldiers, ongoing fighter resistance, and the inevitable Allied victory despite continued clashes.
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Joint Expeditionary Force
Saipan
Navy
Marpi Point
United States
Ike Quail
Mt. Papotchau
Marps Point
Tinian Island
Rata
Guam
Garapan
Twenty five men ordered to report for induction
A July induction list from Draft Board One orders twenty five registrants to report to the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore. The group includes 19 whites with two transfers and six colored men, many in younger ages and some over 26, with 19 listed as fathers. The list names 20 plus transfers and several addresses, noting a second July pre induction call to follow.
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Armed Services
Fifth Regiment
Baltimore
George Alien Strathern
Walnut Street
Brunswick
James Richard Steele
North Market Street
Franklin Ellsworth Beachley
Middletown
William Irvin Bohrer
East B Street
Lawrence Heeler Clagett
Loring Clarence Young
Burkittsville
Marshall Joseph Barner
West Potomac Street
Frank Clinton Dover
Melvin Otto Powers
Ira Calvin Rice
South Market Street
William Mitchell Houck
Boonsboro
Garrett County
Richard Jordan Marshall
Rockwell Terrace
Henry County
Tenn
David Marshall Williams
Philadelphia
Philip Calvin Swann
Frederick
Charles Douglas Bowie
Lincoln
Joseph Theodore Leaks
James William Hill
Bennie Bently
Phebus Avenua
Truckers Delay Claiming Gas Ration Books
At the county War Price and Rationing Board office truckers have not claimed gasoline ration books though many are ready. If not secured by August 1 they will be canceled. Applicants for banks must show 1944 certificates of war necessity from the ODT.
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County War Price and Rationing Board
ODT
Davis Dies After Month of Illness at 69
David Franklin Davis a longtime Frederick resident and businessman died at Frederick City Hospital after a month’s illness. He was 69. Survived by siblings in Frederick Westminster Middletown and Baltimore, he was a Calvary Methodist Church member and Columbia Lodge No 58 A F and A M. Funeral services by C. C. Cline and Son were set for Monday at 3 30 p.m. at the funeral home with burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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David Franklin Davis
Frederick
Frederick City Hospital
Franklin H. Davis
Libertytown
Rebecca Cobrentz Davis
Middletown
Samuel W Fox
Annie C. Daniels
Walter H. Davis
Westminster
South Market Street
East Patrick Street
Columbia Lodge
Mt. Olivet
CC. E. Cline and Son
Allies Close In On Caen In Major Normandy Offensive
Allied forces push from Caen toward the German anchor in eastern Normandy. British Canadian troops reach within about two miles of Caen center while American forces advance at St Jean de Caye and La Haye du Puits. Montgomeries plan uses heavy bombardment and flame throwers as fighters strike through pillboxes and fortified towns.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Normandy
Supreme Command
St. Jean de Caye
la Haye du Puits
Bernard L. Montgomery
Paris
Herouville
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
St. Jean
Vire
Thevire Et Taute Canal
St. Lo
Cherbourg
Galmanche
la Bijade
Lebisey
Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Orne
Carpiquet
Roger D. Green
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Bug River
Fallen Kowel
Gen. Pershing
Col. Roosevelt
Pvt
Col. Warfield
Route 3
Hurt
Biggs Ford
U.S
Richard Johnston
Combined Allied Press
Izmir
Turkey
Distomo
Lidice
Eam
Andarte Resistante
David F. Davis
St. Jean de Daye
Front
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