Hartford Circus Fire Toll Reaches 148 Dead
Hartford officials report 148 dead and 250 injured after the Ringling Brothers Circus fire. State's Attorney Alcorn says more arrests on manslaughter charges probable as inquiries focus on inadequate freighting, unsafe canopy treatment with paraffin and gasoline, and possible cigarette cause. Bail set at 15000 for Haley and Smith and 10000 for others. five officials arraigned.
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Hartford
Conn
Hugh M. Alcorn, Jr
Edward J. Hickey
Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus
Alcorn
Adj
Hickey
William Mortensen
James F. Kennedy
Waterford
Raymond E. Baldwin
Cigarette Shortage Reported by Wholesalers and Retailers
Baltimore wholesalers and retailers report a growing cigarette shortage with expectations it will worsen. Dealers limit sales to two packs per customer and ban cartons amid government purchases and paper scarcity. Supplies depend on return of used cartons and overseas distribution rises as enemy territory is occupied.
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Baltimore
Excessive Speed On Return From Races
A series of indictments and fines were handed down by Magistrate Edward J. Smith. Charles H. Johnson and William Fogle faced months in jail or fines for driving with revoked licenses and related violations. Walter Andrews and Samuel Johnson faced jail or continued hearings for drunkenness and larceny. Additional cases involved forfeit collateral, suspended sentences, and a trespass fine over a duck-relocation incident at a Maryland Frederick area court.
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Charles H. Johnson
East Sixth Street
House of Correction
William Frank Hn Fogle
Walkersville
Edward J. Smith
Walter Andrews
Frederick
Samuel Johnson
Mary Williams
Charles Town
Feagaville
S. Frank Scinta
John C. Patterson
Savage
Howard S. Douglas
Hagerstown
Chester G. Meyls
Baltimore
James J. White
Westminster
Theodore W. Bent
T Hyattsville
Elis R. McDonough
Roy C. Seward
Charlies Johnson
East Sixthstreet
Ellis Carty
Ben Phebus
Sailors Charged With Auto Theft In Baltimore
Two 17 year old sailors fresh from boot camp at Bainbridge Naval Training Center were jailed in Baltimore on charges of stealing an automobile May 22 from Ralph Boyd of the Military Police. Trooper James Simmons arrested Joseph Braun and Ralph Carter after their stories failed to check out, linking the stolen tires to Braun’s car found in woods off Route 40.
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Bainbridge Naval Training Center
Baltimore City
Ralph Boyd
Military Police
Baltimore
Joseph Braun
Ralph Carter
James Simmons
Randallstown Barracks
State Police
West Friendship
Simmons
Boyd
Navy
Bainbridge
Carter
Taneytown
Braun
Route 40
Germans Evacuate Paris Offices to Nancy Near Border
An authoritative French report states Germany is moving several Paris occupation offices to Nancy near the border. The offices moved include the economic control in France unit the Todt Organization and Gestapo archives.
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Paris
London
Nancy
France
Todt
Gestapo
County Soldier Wounded in France Again
Staff Sergeant Harry Gordon Sheetenhelm of Mt Pleasant area reported wounded in action by the War Department. He was first wounded in March 1943 in North Africa while serving as a private, now hospitalized in England. Inducted Jan 28 1942 he operated a dairy farm and Berkshire hogs and is careful in his letters home. The Fifth War Loan drive reached 98 percent of its 16 billion quota with 15.83 billion in sales through yesterday. A farm electrical tip urges proper fuse sizing and locating faults before replacing fuses.
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Little Mmore
Harry Gordon Sheetenhelm
Harry C. Sheetenhelm
Mt. Pleasant
War Department
France
Sgt
Scheetenhelm
North Africa
England
Sheetenham
British Isles
Washington
Treasury
Namber Air Field Taken By Americans
Allied forces announced the capture of Namber air field on Noemfoor in Dutch New Guinea, marking three bases seized on the island. MacArthur noted Kamiri was operational July 6 as Saipan operations and carrier strikes expanded in the Western Pacific.
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New Guinea
Namber
Noemfoor
North Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Kamiri
Philippines
MacArthur
Yap
Carolines
Saipan
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Guam
Rota Islands
Marianas
Nimitz
Jan
Rota
Japan
Marshall Islands
Postmasters Salaries Raised By Congress
Congress approved wage increases for first second and third class postmasters and custodial post office workers. Workweek rises to 48 hours with custodians earning overtime after 40 hours. Salaries boosted by 5 to 20 percent across defined pay ranges, with amounts ranging from $1,100 to $8,000 annually.
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Roosevelt
Schell Named Executive Deputy Administrator for War Shipping
WSA announces DB Schell of Frederick Maryland a lawyer with 25 years in government shipping activities is appointed executive deputy administrator.
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Washington
S. DB. Schell
War Shipping Administration
Frederick
Sixty six men trapped in Powhatan mine to be pronounced dead
In Bellaire Ohio 66 workers entombed in the Powhatan coal mine are to be declared dead tomorrow. Rescue teams drill two shafts toward a blocked area, aiming to reach a tunnel about 400 feet deep. Coroner to hold inquest for death certificates to aid workers compensation. authorities weigh any surviving chance.
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Bellaire
Powhatan
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Clyde Hardesty
Virginia Man Killed In Auto Crash On Route 340
Morgan G. Spurlock a 40 year old Waterford resident died after a Plymouth station wagon left Route 340 at Steihers Hill struck a power pole and overturned. The driver, Pvt James H. Spurlock a nephew of the dead man, is held pending investigation with manslaughter by motor vehicle expected to be charged. Speed estimated as excessive, car failed to negotiate a sharp curve. Spurlock died is survived by a funeral planned in Leesburg.
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Waterford
Plymouth
Steiher's Hill
Morgan G. Spurlock
Frederick City Hospital
James H. Spurlock
William M. Storm
Harold Basore
Virginia
Spurlock
Howard Tyergar
Brunswick
Schnauffer Hospital
Basore
L. R. Schoolman
M. R. Etchison
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J. A. Haley
George W. Smith
Leonard Aylesworth
Edward Versteig
David Blanchfield
Haley
Smith
Ringling Bros.Barnum and Bailey Circus
Wartford
Woodrow Boone
RFC
Richard A. Myers
William F. Fogle
Fogle
Arlington
N. J
Corp
W. W. Corbin
Wagner
Braddock Heights
W. R. Seiss
Rocky Ridge
A. Norman Dietz
Ant
Marjoris L. McLeod
Mary M. Crane
Ijamsville
Ruth Cook
Charles Smith
James W. Honeyett
New Blood Plasma Bank To D Association
Frederick City
Maryland
Edward C. Martmann
Grayson H. Bowers
Hospital Board of Managers
Russell Young
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hartmann
Sergt
Sheetenhelm
Harry G. Sheetenhelm
Namber Air Field
Saipan Island
Congress
WSA Executive
S. PD. Schell
Cal
Bernie's Arena
ASCAP
Great Lakes
Presque Island
ALLEN
North Market
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
United States Employment Office
Winchester Hall
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