County and City Reach Water Use Agreement for Montevue
County officials said an accord with the city on Montevue water rent and sewer charges was reached years ago and payments have been made. The 1940 records show a $1000 bill for water from 1934 to 1939, with annual charges of 200 for water and 150 for sewerage and a perpetual water-pumping right in shortage times.
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Uincial Annuicyei
Montegue
Montevue
She Ily
Gounty
Wileieby
Montevue Springs
A. Grant Hooper
George v. Arnold
At Bhattos Maye Ae Eee
Montevue Water Service
Edward J. Smith
Edward FP. Oden
Hugh W. Gittinger
French Forces To Aid In War On Japanese
Washington reports General Ileuri Honore Giraud said President Roosevelt pledged to equip a French North African Army of 300000 men and French forces will aid after defeat of Axis powers in Europe. Goebbels arrived in Cologne to assess damage from Allied raids as Vichy radio relayed the visit.
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Washington
Ileuri Honore Giraud
Roosevelt
Europe
Alert in London ends after brief air raid warning
London reports a short air raid alert on July 9 with both anti aircraft batteries firing. The all clear was sounded 18 minutes later as pre Londoners were directed to air raid bars for safety.
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London
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau scorns Third Wave slogan
At a press conference on July 9 in Washington the Treasury chief described the proposed Third Wave Loan slogan as a testing ground. He said more bonds and sweat, the less blood and tears, would not be used. Morgenthau added the group’s suggestion was unacceptable and dismissed it.
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Washington
Treasury Secret
Morgenthau
Roosevelt Will Not Press Lewis to Sign New Wage Pact
President Roosevelt stated he does not intend to compel John L. Lewis to sign a new wage agreement with coal operators. He criticized calls for government-backed signing, noted no law to force such action, and suggested reviewing sections of the new anti strike law for potential sanctions against recalcitrant unions.
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Roosevelt
Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
WLB
Submarine War Toll Rises as 33 Jap Ships Sunk Since June
U S submarines press the Pacific, sinking 33 Japanese supply ships since June 1, including transports and tankers, with three destroyers likely sunk and nine more ships damaged. News notes another tally of 10 transports and wrecked vessels, widening the total sunk or damaged in the Pacific since Pearl Harbor to 283, with 200 sunk and 24 probably sunk.
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Washington
U. S
Pacific
Japan
Navy
Knox
Ee Bea
Pearl Harbor
Cologne Bombed Again in Allied Night Raid on Cologne
The RAF resumed heavy night bombardment of the Rhineland city of Cologne after a four night lull, eight bombers lost, mines laid in enemy waters, and British fighters striking air fields and rail targets in France and northwest Germany. German minesweepers damaged. daylight raids followed across the channel toward northern France. Cologne had been hit previously on June 28 and last Saturday before this 119th raid.
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London
RAF
Germany
Rhineland
Cologne
Air Ministry
France
Britain
Cairo
Ninth Air Force Liberators
Gerbini
Africa
Japs Report Attack On Attacking Troops At Rubiana
Berlin broadcast quotes Tokyo headquarters stating Japanese air units attacked enemy troops advancing on Rubiana island off the New Georgia coast near Munda Point. No Allied confirmation available. The dispatch claimed numerous large fires and thirty one enemy planes shot down.
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London
Tokyo
Berlin
Rubiana
New Georgia
Munda Point
Await Word If Blake Waives Extradition
County authorities may learn in a few days whether George Wilson Blake a fugitive labor organizer wanted to face four grand jury indictments will agree to return to Frederick He is in custody in Portland Ore and extradition waivers are under discussion Portland officials sent telegrams for status and to learn if Blake will sign waivers If he does not the case moves to Oregon courts to seek extradition Blake fled after posting 82500 bail in Police Court and Portland authorities prepare indictments
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George Wilson Blake
Frederick
Portand
Ore
Blake
Portland
Albert S. Yates
Horace M. Alexander
Oregon
Oeal
Thas
Goering Said Out Of Danger by Swedish Report
Stockholm reports Goring still ill earlier but now out of danger per Gotenborg paper Handels ochssocf artstidning. Goering under care of two specialists as of last Thursday. heart attacks said to have ceased. Emmy Goering appeared publicly on July 4 at Ruhleben races in good humor. Calais radio also denied illness rumors about Goring and Hitler.
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Stockholm
Handels Ochssocfartstidning
Reichsmarshal Goering
Goering
Emmy
Ruhleben
Calais
Gaefing
Adolf Hitler
Plans Toward New York July 9 Stock Market Rise
Specialized buying of rails and industrials supported today s stock market showing an overall upward turn after early resistance. Investors shifted toward rail and industrial shares as trading activity picked up in New York.
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New York
Continuous air raids blast Sicilian defenses and targets
Allied air forces under northwest Africa Malta and Middle East base commands pounded Sicily for the sixth straight day. Liberators and fighters destroyed 21 Axis aircraft and damaged several more while striking Catania and surrounding airfields, rail yards, and industrial sites. Axis losses included eight fighters.
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Alice
Gerbini
Catania
Comisa
Sviacca
Cap Passero
Sicily
Valletta
Africa
Middle East
Cairo
U. S. Ninth Air Force
United States
No Officers Before FCC Hearing
President Roosevelt directed War and Navy Departments to refuse cooperation with a House probe into the FCC. No active or inactive officers will appear, and requested documents will not be supplied as the public interest is cited. Patterson and Forrestal letters accompanying the positions are released.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War and Navy Departments
Federal Communications Commission
House
Rep
Cox
U-Ga
FCC
Armed Services
Clifford J. Durr
Commission
Ife
Georgia
Robert P. Patterson
War
James V. Forrestal
Secretary of Navy
Forrestal
United States
Robertson May Be Star Witness In Prosecution
State seeks Robertson as star witness in the trial of Leo Kline for accessory before the fact to murder in the Gillis killing. Robertson, serving 32 years for second degree murder in the Calis case, is to be interviewed at the penitentiary as prosecutors press for his testimony Tuesday. State's Attorney Nikirk obtained a judge's order to compel production of Robertson, with 14 more witnesses listed for summons. Defense says trial will be before the court without a jury. Kline pleads not guilty.
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Mupsail Ake Tikhol Pail
John Henry Calis
Robertson
Leo Kline
Edwin F. Nikirk
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Kline
Robertsau
Gillis
Sherif
E. Austin James
W. Jerome
Aininaietad
Trat
Siren test ends blackout with 15 second all-clear signal
The Maryland Council of Defense announced a test of an audible all-clear signal using a steady 15 second blast to replace lights as the end of alerts. Frederick city and county join statewide test to determine if audible all-clear improves on the current method and if adopted for future raids.
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Office of
Civilian Defense
Frederick
Ds de Ube
Third Service Command
Faut
State” Councils of Defense
Maryland Council of Defense
Helena and USS Helena Battle in Kula Gulf Rescue
Allied dispatches recount the U S cruiser Helena being hit and sunk by Japanese forces in the Kula Gulf near New Georgia. Survivors describe a chaotic night of shellfire oil slicks and desperate raft rescues as American destroyers pursued the fleeing enemy.
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Allied
Australa
Helena
Kula Gulf
Wales
Carliee
Helena Sur
Alan Jacksey
Australia
Osmiar White
Apstedian
Wihrty
Reseed
Aboot Jackson
Theternal Namd
Photius
Tokyo Express
New Croorgia Island
Mundh
Midimeht
Fred
Fellows
White
Klegee
Rebkaee
114 Billions Appropriated By Congress
Congress approved vast direct war outlays in 1944, with War Department at about 59.0 billion and Navy near 34.7 billion, totaling more than 107 billion across armed services and support agencies. Officials projected airplane and ship programs to sustain a massive wartime expansion into July 1944.
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Washinton
Army
Navy
United States
War Department
War and Navy Departments
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Ran
Mitlee
Tven
OPA
WPA
Ins
Chicago Fire Claims Three Dead and Three Missing
Chicago fire officials reported three firefighters killed and three believed trapped or dying after a blaze. Rescue crews worked to reach workers pinned beneath debris on a first floor stairway as the roof and front wall collapsed.
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Cain
di Pire Department
Michael d. Corrigan
Eneh Candi Ian
More Waste Kitchen Fats Needed For War
Washington July 9 America housewives turned in about 40,000 pounds more waste kitchen fats in May than any prior month since salvage began. Salvage director Paul C Bibbot of the War Production Board said the gain is gratifying yet falls short of the 16,667,000 pound monthly quota.
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Washington
America
Paul C. Cabbot
War Production Board
Eight Cent Rail Wage Increase Debated
A Washington Tennessee discussion centers on an eight cent wage rise for non operating railroad workers. President Roosevelt expresses no expectation of change before late next week while an emergency board backs the raise and Fred M. Vinson opposes it, urging drastic cuts.
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Washington
Roose
TV Gs Wetee
Fred M. Vinsson
Battle for Kursk Salient Intensifies Amid Tank Onslaught
Reports from Red Star and Pravda describe heavy German thrusts in the Kursk salient near Belgorod as 250 tanks assault Russian lines. Soviet counterattacks reclaim ground while Luftwaffe fails to gain air superiority. German losses rise to 36,000 killed and more than 1,800 tanks damaged across four days.
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Kursk
Belgorod
Red Star
Red Army
Orel-Kursk
Dersely-Blazging
Battlefeld
Guenther von Kluge
Moscow
High Command
Berlin
Associated Press
Balgorod- Orel
Pickets Keep Coal Miners From Work
In southwestern Pennsylvania a 24 hour picket action began at all mines around Uniontown as labor factions protest constraints. Lawrence Blum a 52 year old freight train conductor from West Brownsville reported being struck in the head by slate thrown by about 50 pickets at the Colonial 3 mine of H C Frick Coke Company A U S Steel subsidiary as his train entered a siding near midnight. United States Attorney Charles F Uhl said he is preparing a full report on the situation at the request of Attorney General Francis Biddle following a two hour briefing with mine operators.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Colonial 3
H. C. Frick Coke Company
A. U. S. Steel Corp
United States
Charles F. Uhl
Francis Biddle
Axis Libers: Airmen Bail Out After Sicilian Raid
A Ninth Air Force communique says crew members bailed from two Liberator bombers that attacked Catania in Sicily were machine gunned by enemy fighters. The report notes the raid occurred yesterday and details the peril faced by aircrews.
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Cairo
United States
Ninth Air Force
Catania
Sicily
Treasury reports 25 million income tax returns for 1941
Washington on July 9 reports the Treasury found 25,071,249 persons filed income tax returns for 1941, a gain of 11,160,588 from the previous year. The filing reflects the government’s ongoing effort to tax earnings as millions contribute to federal revenues.
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Washington
The
Treasury
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Sicilia
U.S
Sauk
Kolonte Bangarasland
Kila Gulf
New Genraiad
Congress
Chicago
Axis
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