Allied Airmen Launch Mighty Assault On Rommel In Egypt
Moscow dispatch reports German divisions advancing toward the Don from Rossosh press Soviet forces near Voronezh Kantemirovka and Lishchansk as Red Star notes German success but says Red Army counterattacks widen the fight and Germans dig in west of Voronezh. Berlin announces a Don river bridgehead and vast German losses in the Don battle with 85,689 Russians killed or captured and 340 planes shot down between June 28 and July 9.
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Egypt
Russ Front
Moscow
Rossosh
Don River
Red Star
Semeon Timoshenko
Don
Voronezh
Kantemirovka
Lishchansk
Orel
Kantem+ Krovka
Kursk-Voronezh
Red Army
Russia
Black Earth
Berlin
The
Roof Collapse Traps Seven at Newport Airport Warehouse
Eight civilians were injured and seven believed trapped when the warehouse roof at the former Newport Airport collapsed during concrete work. Ambulances, aided by Army Navy police and Red Cross, rushed to the scene. Joseph Viera, 38, of Fall River, was among the first rescued, saying workers were pouring concrete when the structure caved in. Hospital attaches reported broken bones and bruises among the eight men brought to Newport Hospital while recovery crews continued searching the debris.
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Newport
Army
Navy
Red Cross
Joseph Viera
Fall River
Mass
Newport Hospital
Civilian Travel Prospects Dubious for Railways
Washington July 11 Civilian travel aboard rail lines is seen as "none too good" by Joseph B Eastman director of Defense Transportation He told a Senate appropriations sub committee the chance of civilian rail travel being eliminated is unlikely but rationing could severely limit service Also Ankara notes US Ambassador Steinhardt attended the funeral procession for former Turkish Prime Minister Refik Saydam alongside UN and Axis diplomats.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Senate
Eastman
Ankara
Turkey
U. S
Laurence A. Steinhardt
United Nations
Axis
Refik Saydam
AWOL Black soldiers terrorize Flagstaff district
Six Black soldier troops armed with public safety items rampaged the Flagstaff business district about 3 am after being refused entry to an all night cafe. One fatally struck and another injured. two seized by police. Maj Nichols said all were AWOL and intoxicated. Investigation continues with civil authorities.
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Flagstaff
Aziz
Peery Francis
H. ©. Nichols
Sheriff's Office
Nichols
New Corporation Tax Structure Adopted
Washington July 11 The House Ways and Means committee adopted a new corporation tax structure in a stormy session. It centers on a flat 87.4 percent excess profits tax and a combined normal tax with a 45 percent surtax. Previously the panel had proposed raising the combined rate from 31 to 40 percent and replacing the sliding excess profits scale 35 to 50 percent with a flat 94 percent rate.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
Sub Which Hit Tirpitz Has Returned To Port
Capt. N. Lunin returns to port aboard the Soviet submarine credited with firing two torpedoes at the German battleship Tirpitz in Arctic waters. Lunin, famed for submarine exploits, is welcomed by the fleet admiral amid victory salutes in Moscow on July 11.
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Moscow
I.p
N. Lunin
Tirpitz
Arctic
Lunin
Soviet Union
War Stamps Offered At St Andrew’s Church
New Britain Connecticut July 11 a church sale will be held Sunday July 19 at St Andrew’s Roman Catholic church. Rev Matthew A Pankus pastor reports parishioners will buy war stamps instead of a church collection. Stamps in 25 and 40 cent denominations available in the church vestibule.
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New Britain
Conn
St. Andrew's
Matthew A. Pankus
British merchant vessel torpedoed off Atlantic coast
The Navy announced that a medium sized British merchant vessel was torpedoed off the Atlantic coast and survivors were landed at an east coast park.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
One Leg Severed and Other Mangled in Railroad Yard Accident
Baltimore and Ohio brakeman Lewis C. Clark Jr. of 119 North Market Street suffered the loss of his left leg and severe right leg injuries in a yard accident at the Bruns wick yards. He was rushed to Schnauiter Hospital in fair condition after being injured while braking a car moving toward the repair shops on the hump.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Brunswick
Lewis C. Clark, Jr
North Market Street
Schnauiter Hospital
Clark
Burma Bases Are Attacked
American planes raided northern Burma from Indian bases attacking the Myitkyina air field and town on July 4 7 and 66. Bomber missions damaged a railway bridge at Moguang and a ten car freight train. No U S losses despite monsoon storms and anti aircraft fire.
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New Delhi
India
Burma
Myitkyina
Army
Moguang
Myitkyma
U. S. Air Corps
29 Jap Planes Make Port Moresby Attack
Allied HQ in Australia reports twenty one Japanese bombers escorted by eight fighters attacked Port Moresby New Guinea yesterday. Anti aircraft fire kept them at high altitude and downed two bombers. One more was hit and trailing smoke as it faded. No damage or casualties reported per General MacArthur's headquarters.
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Allied
Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
MacArthur
Japs Leaving Europe Via Turkey Report
Ankara reports that Army and Navy observers and officials say Japanese forces are evacuating Europe through Turkey. The exodus aims to move home all useful personnel not essential in Europe to avoid stranding if the war extends, using the eastern route.
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Europe
Turkey
Ankara
Flood of requests for extra gasoline ration cards
A rush of applicants at North Market Street School seeks supplemental A cards as the county gears up for a heavy week of registrations. Officials report about 777 people obtained A cards yesterday, with 626 the day before, and note strong demand for trucks, buses, taxis, and even laundry machines.
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Conn
North Market Street
Parkway
Nazi 8 S. S. Head In Lublin Is Reported Slain
The BBC report cited by CBS in New York says Erich Guddert, chief of German police and Elite Guard commander in Lublin, Poland, was killed under unclear circumstances while on duty. The article notes the wartime position and the mystery surrounding the death.
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Nazi
S. S
Lublin
New York
BBC
CBS
Erich Guddert
Poland
Subsidies For Price Control Are Dropped
Washington July 11 A d ministration drops bid to revive subsidy plan for price ceilings. Leon Henderson warned ceilings might fail without subsidies but legislators say the dormant $759,090,000 subsidy proposal is off for now. Price Administrator J Henderson noted talks with Roosevelt and others about needed subsidies in important cases.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
J Henderson
Senate Appropriations
Roosevelt
Main Japanese Base Blasted in Chinese Campaign
Chungking dispatch reports Allied planes struck Linghwan the main Japanese base in Kiangsi province as part of the drive into central China. Lieut. Gen Joseph Stilwell announced the attack noting two planes failed to return in what he called a satisfactory operation. The Linghwan target lies near lines where Chinese forces recently claimed a major ambush and dispersion of a large enemy force.
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Chungking
Linghwan
Aemy
Centre Province
Joseph Stilwel
Toniwal
Flying Tigers
AVG
China
Linechwan
Kiangsi
Newsmen Enter Nazis Trial in Improvised Washington Court
Eleven newsmen and two government officials were admitted to the improvised courtroom where eight Nazi defendants face a life sentence before a seven general commission. The visit marked a rare look at the proceedings as the panel prepared to hear evidence. Nine prisoners sat glum, with a few smiles as reporters observed. Edward John Kerkling spoke with a defense counsel staff member during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
BAL Cigue Pure
FBI
Edward John Kerling
Defense Counsel
Baden-Feaga Wedding To Be In All Saints
The marriage of Miss Jean Deloris Feaga to John Alfred Baden will be held at All Saints Episcopal Church in a candlelit ceremony at 8 39 this evening. Rev Jackson L. Cole will perform, assisted by Rev Samuel Johnston. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Feaga, will wear white organza with embroidered bodice, pearl veil, turquoise jewelry, and carry white roses and gladioli. Bridesmaids include Miss Menelle Feaga and Lt. Menelle Feaga, with attendants from Frederick and Woodsboro in Nile green and pale pink gowns. The groom is a U S Navy chief specialist.
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Jean Deloris Feaga
Walter P. Feaga
West College Terrace
John Alfred Baden
Bristol
Prince Georges County
Washington, D. C
Baden
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Jackson L. Cole
Christ Episcopal Church
Cooperstown
N.Y
Cole
Samuel 8. Johnston
Feaga
George B. Stupp
Menelle Dave Feaga
Army Nursing Corps
Camp Claiborne
Mary Jang Landgren
Frederick
Bradley Bar Tick
Woodsboro
Robert E. Clapp
Elizabeth Zimmerman
Adelaide Baden
Landover
158 German Aliens In U S Rounded Up In FBI Drive
FBI announced the roundup of 180 men and 28 women in New York City Long Island and Westchester raids tied to 158 German aliens identified with the German American Vocational League a group alleged to fund saboteurs and Nazi activities in the United States The league claimed 2000 members in the U S with 20 locals and two publications and was linked to four spies recently convicted in New York espionage trials
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York City
Long Island
Westchester County
POL
PLA
Foxworth
Germany
FBI
Iarleind Moliin Miellen
League
Camp Bergwald
Bloomingdale
N. W
United States
U S Troops Aid Defense of Port Moresby
The War Department says American troops are taking part in defending Port Moresby New Guinea a key southwest Pacific outpost. Photographs released show air defense and ground crew activity with American Army planes aiding the base north of Australia amid long Japanese air harassment.
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Washigton
War Department
Port Moresby
Pacific
New Guinea
Tait Moresby
Auhieh
Australia
Mastinn Ab
Sleepwalking boy falls from second floor at home
Ten year old Billy Hall of Oak Hill suffered bruises and minor injuries after wandering in his sleep and falling from a second floor window at his new home. He was treated for cuts and bruises by a physician and is recovering, with his grandparents in Frederick noted in the report.
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Busy Tait
Amos Hall
Qak Hill
Billy
Crashiough
Ysician
Erie
Oak Hi
Mra Annabeile Hoff
Frederick Tha
Chief Signal Officer Arrives In England
Major General Dawson Olmstead, chief signal officer of the United States Army, arrived in England to supervise joint British American plans for regular supplies and equipment.
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London
Dawson Olmstead
United States Army
England
British Ground Forces Reach Five Miles In Desert Advance
Allied airmen launched the largest desert air assault in support of British troops as they pushed five miles along the El Alamein front’s northern sector before dawn. Prisoners were taken and Axis losses were reported as RAF fighters hit gun emplacements and Rommel reformed lines further north. The renewed desert battle followed ten days of quiet with fighting expected to be prolonged.
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Cairo
Reypt
el Alamein
Claude Auchinleck
el Akimelo
Malta
HAF General Headquarters
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Mediterranean
United States
Rommel
Heavy Rain Triggers Flooding and Canceled Bass Fishing
A heavy thunderstorm drenched Frederick County, lifting Carroll Creek to its highest level since August 1940 and flooding meadows and lanes. The Monocacy and other rivers ran muddy but receded as rain ended at midnight, while bass fishing for the weekend was ruled out due to the flooding. Roads were briefly blocked, a tree limb disrupted a power line, and carnivals in Emmitsburg and Middletown were halted by the downpour. Unionville saw only normal rainfall, while headwaters may have seen heavier totals.
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Carroll Creek
Oan
Albert Mercer
Wuat Second Street
Baker Park
Potomac
Maryland
Knoxville
Virginia
Fishing Creek
Frederick
Israel’s Creek
Catoctin Country Club
Tree Hill
Potomac Faison Co
Emmitsburg
Middletown
Unionville
Berlin broadcasts claim ships destroyed in Arctic waters
German high command reports that two merchant ships totaling 13 600 tons a destroyer and an escort vessel were destroyed by air attacks in Arctic waters off Murmansk in Kola Bay. One merchant ship of 6 000 tons was sunk similarly.
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Berlin
Arctic
High Command
Kola Bay
Murmansk
Tokyo Broadcasters Report Southeast Drive Toward Wenchow
Japanese forces advancing southeast along the Wu river from Tsingtien have pushed to within 12 miles of Wenchow, a Chinese river mouth base, after capturing Tsingtien in Chekiang. Wenchow lies 220 miles south of Shanghai by air, with the offensive newly announced. The Navy said a medium US vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean, with survivors landed at a Gulf coast port.
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Tokyo
Wu River
Tsingtien
Wenchow
Domei
Chekiang
Wendow
Shanghai
Washington
Navy
United States
Caribbean
Gulf Coast
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Root
U.S
Stilwell
Baden-Feaga
All Saints
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