Mayor Gittinger seeks police chief change over Poulsen
Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger announced dissatisfaction with Chief Arthur C. Poulsen and indicated support for a new head of the Police Department. He cited a trial period and urged immediate action after police commission and civic group pressures, emphasizing more patrols and city-wide presence, including handling desertions and early morning shifts.
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Hugh V. Gittinger
Police Department
Arthur C. Poulsen
Police Commission
Poulsen
Frederick
Tne
Marshall Murray
Murray
Sergi
Daniel Swomlex
Sergis
Swomley
Frank Dorsey
Frederick County Firemen Meet Thursday
The Frederick County Volunteer Firemen Association will hold its annual meeting Thursday at 8 pm in the Independent Hose Company hall. No parade or frills due to wartime. officers will be elected and business transacted. Representatives from Independents, Juniors, United and Citizens Truck Company and all volunteer units from Brunswick to Emmitsburg are expected. Current officers listed: Troxell president, Spitzer first VP, Gladhill second VP, Etzler third VP, Smith secretary, Weybright treasurer, Wachtel chaplain.
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Frederick County Volunteer Firemen's Association
United and
Citizens Truck Company
This City
Brunswick
Braddock Heights
Middletown
Myersville
Walkersville
New Midway
Graham
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Charles F. Troxell
Frank L. Spitzer
Ray C. Gladhill
George L., Etzler
Robert L. Smith
Frederick
D. Saylor Weybright
William S. Wachtel
Italians claim successful Sicily counter attacks
London July 12 Italian communique broadcast from Rome and recorded by Associated Press says Axis forces in Sicily fought off Allied invasion, with fierce fighting continuing. It asserts Italian and German troops launched counterattacks and forced enemy withdrawals in several coastal sectors while Allied efforts to enlarge five areas failed.
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London
Sicily
Rome
Associated Press
Allied landings press on in southeastern Sicily
NBC commentator Ralph Howard reported from Algiers that Allied landings continued in southeastern Sicily. The mayor praised the city’s 24 police officers and said he did not favor removing the police chief, claiming no change in administration since he took office and urging steady leadership.
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Poulsen
Axis Looks For Other Invasions By Allies
Axis leaders in Germany and Italy watched the Sicily battle with anxiety as Allies reportedly held four bridgeheads on the island and prepared for further invasions along the Mediterranean. Rome faced tension with Mussolini and King Vittorio Emanuele public appearances, cabinet reshuffles, and a propaganda drive while food disruption from rail interdiction deepened Italy’s strain. Berlin warned of supply line risks as Axis plans shifted to potential actions in the Balkans amid heavy Allied bombing of Crete.
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Europe
Germany
Italy
Mediterranean
Sicily
Berlin
Home
Rome
Milan
Mussolini
Vittorio Emanuele
London Daily Mail
London
Naples
Alfred Cucco
Fascist Party
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Balkan
Crete
Balkans
United Nations
Patton Leads Americans And British In Sicily In Pacific War
Valletta Malta July 22 1943 United States forces in Sicily are led by Gen George S Patton while Gen Bernard L Montgomery commands British forces under Eisenhower the Mediterranean alliance. The article lists senior officers and notes Ensign Frank Toon a Pacific veteran who hopes to return to combat after describing his wartime service and experiences aboard a ship during early Pacific battles.
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Patton
Montgomery
Sicily
Pacific
Valletta
Malta
George S. Patton, Jr
United States
Bernard L Montgomery
Mediterranean
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Bertram Ramsay
Aled
Harold Alexander
British Forces
Sir Bernard J. Montgomery
Mediterranean Air Command
Sir Arthur Tedder
United States Naval Forces
Henry K Hewitt
Frank Toon
Southwest Pacific
Ensign Toon
Charlotte
Moses McCanner
South Market Street
Deep Sea Diving School
Washington, D. C
Enaigi Toon
Pearl Harbor
Ensyn Toon
Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Toon
Deep Sea
Navy
One Jap Cargo Ship Sunk and Two Damaged
American bombers and Navy patrols attacked four Japanese cargo vessels 280 miles southwest of Attu, sinking one ship and leaving another in sinking condition while badly damaging the remaining two. A new bombardment hit positions at Gertrude Cove on Kiska and on Little Kiska Island.
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Washington
Kiska
Navy
iMai
Lily
Holtz Bay
Attu
Japan
Gertrude Cove
Little Kiska Island
Water Hearing In Baltimore City to Probe Carroll Creek Water Draw
Baltimore officials left early to attend a 330 oclock hearing before the Water Resources Commission. The session will review the withdrawal of about 240 000 gallons of water from Carroll Creek at its Montevue Springs juncture for Detrick Field usage. County Commissioner Charles G. Geisbert and Attorney William M. Storm speak for the county. Mayor Hugh J. Gittinger and Attorney F Auslin James for the city. Several property owners along the stream were planning to attend. no objections to the withdrawal were scheduled, but questions may arise.
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City and Counts
Baltimore
Carroll Creek
Montevue Springs
Detrick Field
Charles G. Geisbert
William M.storm
Hugh J. Gittinger
F. Ausslin James
Ory
Water Resources Commission
Most Critical Period Of Invasion To Come
Ottawa reports Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King told the House that the first critical period for Canadians in the Sicily invasion has passed while warning that the most critical period is ahead. Thomas Carty of East Fifth Street was arrested at home Saturday as an Army deserter and later handed to military police for dispatch to an Army post.
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Ottawa
W. L. MacKenzie King
House of Commons
Sicily
Thomas Carty
East Fifth
Shem Paw
Rhoads
Soviet leaflets broadcast to Germans report invasion
The Office of War Information said Soviet planes dropped leaflets over Nazi lines on the eastern front announcing the invasion. A broadcast directed to Germany in German described Russian land defenses along the front and warned Germans about Allied fighting and bomber activity.
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York
Landsprak
UUS
Germany
Ofice of War Information
Lost Her Dress During Can overture in Harrisburg
A fragmentary report from Harrisburg details a boating accident on the Susquehanna where three people were rescued after a canoe overturned. One woman clung to the craft demanding a blanket as her male companions were saved.
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Harrisburg
Allied forces seize key ports in southeast Sicily drive 2000 prisoners
Allied headquarters reports rapid Sicilian advance with Syracuse captured. Gela Pozzallo Scoglitti Licata Ispica Noto and others fell as 2000 prisoners were taken. Italian forces defect under heavy bombing and air opposition increases while navies landed more troops and supplies along a 100 mile coast.
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North Africa
Syracuse
Sicily
Licata
Gela
Pachino
Cape Passero
Avola
Noto
Pozzallo
Scoglitti
Ispica
Rosolini
Livorno
Napoli
Catania
Sicilian
Pozzalo
Cape Carrenzi
Ragusa
Pozzailo
Gels
Ispics
Reenteos
Nata
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Corleon
Corsica
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Mediterranean Sea
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Tyrrhenian Sea
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Iaxra
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Adrano
Patern At
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Etnag
Palaazolo
Ase Medica
MARS
Ifacuteste
NauausTa Yracuse
Va ‘Piste
Ie Oterae
Palmi
Scighiocri Ae San Giovanni
Reggio Colabre
Cape Spartivento
Coltagi
É Vittoria
George S Patton, Sr
Northwest Africa Air Force
Ger Carl A. Spaatz
Northwest African Tactical Air Force
Sir Arthur Cuningham
Strategic Air Force
James H. Doolittle
Air Cmeer
Northwest African Coastal Air Force
Hugh P. Lloyd
Solomons
New York
Cissie Loftus
Cecila
Lincoln
Allied
Morocca
Pete DU Amle Ah
Ade Yoni Hedieees
Milo
Sciacca
Gerbini
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Maine
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