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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1944
Page
3
Madrid dispatch notes German rail network strain as Allied bombings cripple transport toward the Normandy front. Reports claim 800 killed in train wrecks between March and May while railway workers and saboteurs struggle to keep lines open for war supplies.
Kansas City July 10 R B Handy Jr adjutant general of the Veterans of Foreign Wars says soldiers coming home from overseas report being refused furloughs given little rest or liberty and some wounded discharged from hospitals with only perfunctory physical exams. The VFW bureau in Washington has asked the Army and Navy to investigate the complaints.
Reuben Rovonov, a former Washingtonian who recently settled at Lawson farm near Monrovia, fractured his ankle this morning after falling from a wagon while hauling wheat. He was moved to Frederick City Hospital around 11 o'clock in Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Department ambulance.
Pvt. Leon Gochenour entered the Army on February 19 1943 and trained at Camp McCain Mississippi. He has been stationed in North Ireland since last October and was a truck driver before joining. Pvt. Claude Gochenour is at Camp Blanding Florida having just entered service. He formerly worked in Emmitsburg. They are sons of Mrs Ruth Gochenour of Emmitsburg.
About 200 people from adults to intermediate ages registered for the ninth annual Summer School of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland at Hood College. First classes began this afternoon with morning sessions for the rest of the week and a sunset vespers gathering planned. The faculty features Rev. Gustav K. Wiencke Jr and other pastors and lay leaders from Maryland and surrounding areas.
Baltimore era report notes potential early corn crop failure in Frederick and Montgomery counties unless heavy rains occur this week. Fifteen days without rain and possible thundershowers are forecast. Mayor Gittinger criticizes lawn watering as water ban looms, with some residents overwatering despite appeals.
John R. Raines of Baltimore was sentenced to one and a half years in Federal prison for false statements on his draft questionnaire. He had claimed 16 years as a minister at Tabernacle Baptist Church and was unfrocked in 1940. The case followed an FBI inquiry and testimony by Rev. Timothy Scruggs.
Moving women and children out of London and southern England proceeds in orderly fashion on the 26th day of the German air offensive. More than 50,000 children evacuated with a minor hitch in York resolved by compulsory order. Leicester station scene as evacuees and wounded from Normandy share cheers and chocolate. Robot attacks damage Guards Chapel Fleet Street, Regent Palace annex, and the Bankruptcy Court. Divorce granted to Mrs Eva Keeney from Lewis Keeney with alimony pending and costs assigned.
Thurmont resident Lieut Plumer recently graduated from Selman Field Monroe Louisiana earning a second lieutenant commission. The ceremony marked the start of his duties in the armed forces.
Vice President Wallace returned to Washington by plane and will report to President Roosevelt on his mission to China and Russia. He arrived from Seattle before 10 a.m. and officials said plans shifted due to the earlier return.
Allied bombers and fighters, aided by improved weather, support British and American advances in Normandy. RAF Mosquito and Boston bombers hit 18 trains and rail lines to the German front while fighter aircraft attacked targets in northern France. Canadian troops praise Typhoon pilots as the Normandy wing earns a telegram for yesterday's destruction of 85 German tanks trucks and armored cars.
Theodore A. Ricketts 被 named assistant postmaster at Rockville by Postmaster Norman E. Ward. He has served seven years at the office. Amelia Nicholson is promoted to temporary regular clerk for wartime duties. Nicholson previously worked at the Silver Spring gastric.
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