Bombardment of Japs Base and Allied Raids Across Pacific
Allied forces report extensive air strikes Sunday against the Munda base in New Georgia and targets at Rabaul New Britain and Buin area in the Solomons. Zeros shot down over Salamaua. Liberators and heavy bombers pound Koepang Timor and Taberlane seaplane base. additional attacks hit Babo and Vunakanau airstrips with multiple fires. Our ships also shell Bairoka. several enemy barges sunk or damaged while ground forces press Salamaua positions. One Allied plane lost in combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Munda
New Georgia
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Buinfaisi
Solomons
Salamaua
New Guinea
Macbeth
Porremainesees Z
Kolombangara
Kula Gulf
Faisi
Penfoci
Koepang
Timor
Aro
Taberlane
Babo
Marc Clurer Gulf
Dutch New Guinea
Vunakanau
Vn Muon Gulf
Wabi Lia
Lag
Gerhards
Bobdubi Ridge
Kela
Nmfalajo
Nmus
Lae
United States
Axis Fears Next Blow May Be In Balkan Area
A Soviet era report notes movement of new materials south through the Balkans toward a possible landing threat. Greek defenses on the mainland center on Mount Olympus as British and Greek forces resist a German invasion with positions extending east and west along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axis
Balkan
Istanbul
Turkey
Dwig Il - At
Aina
Mount Olympus Ae
Thurmont Man Jailed 100 Days for Repealed Fines
Robert John Eckenrode of Thurmont Route 2 received 100 days in jail after failing to pay fines totaling 110 dollars. Convictions cited operating a motor vehicle after fines were repaid and obscured plates. Fines of 100 and 10 dollars were imposed in the two counts. State Trooper Walter Wilt filed the charges. First sat works in America set up at Accomac, Va in 1630.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Stonera
Thurmont
Robert John Eckenrode
Thurn Route 2
Walter Wilt
America
Accomac
Kline Trial Postponed By State Request
The Circuit Court trial of Lewis Kline for complicity in the murder and robbery of Joh Henry Gillis was postponed at the request of Sheriff Horace M. Alexander and State's Attorney Edwin F. Nikirk. Associate Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer noted authorities need time to prepare, and no new date was set. Robertson was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in the Maryland Penitentiary last week at Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Lewis Kline
Joh Henry Gillis
Horace M. Alexander
Edwin F. Nikirk
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Kline
Russell A Robertson
Maryland
Hagerstown
Robertson
Nikirk
Paratroops Landed Hours Before Attack
Allied airborne forces dropped into Sicily hours before the invasion, with 34 hours of prior flights, delivering American and British paratroopers and gliders to eastern and western targets. Despite heavy anti aircraft fire, transports reached objectives with negligible losses, aiding the first major air assault in the Sicilian operation.
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Transport Command
Crete
England
Algeria
Sinly
Alod
Middle Pound
Catamia
Sicily
Utine
Vibo Valentia
West Virginia liquor stores close three weeks
West Virginia will suspend liquor sales for three weeks with all stores closed until August 2. The state liquor commission plans rationing to distribute quotas and ensure each person receives their share when sales resume. About 400,000 residents are expected to register for coupon books at over 200 sites statewide.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Lack Of Coal Hits Output Of Steel For War
In southwestern Pennsylvania a no contract no work insurgency disrupts coal mines feeding pig iron and coke gas needs. U S Steel plans to idle 12 of 37 blast furnaces in the Pittsburgh district and cut Clairton Works output to 30 percent as more than 18,000 miners join stoppages amid a federal probe sparked by the strike. Pickets block mine entries and 200 men in Brownsville join the push while UMW leaders urge resumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh District
U. S. Steel Corporation
Clairton
Here
United Mine Workers
U. S
Charles F. Uhl
Uhl
Washington
UMW
Brownsville
Fitch Cone Company
U. S. Steel
Potomac Edison Wins Two Public Utilities Ad Awards
At the Chicago conference of the Public Utilities Advertising Association Potomac Edison Company won two national and regional awards. Advertising manager C D Lyon accepted the prizes for the Potomac Edison group. The national prize honored the Residential Oil Enclosures series while the regional award went to Potomac Edison News as the best employee publication among smaller utilities in the Middle Atlantic Region including Maryland Pennsylvania Delaware New Jersey and the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Public Utilities Advertising Association
Potomac Edison Company
C. D. Lyon
Power Company
Potomac Edison Organization
Silver Star for Transport Commanders in Action
Washington July 11 two naval transport commanders were awarded the Silver Star for gallantry. Lieutenant Commander Harry F Bauer 33 of Chattanooga Tennessee listed as missing in action commanded the USS Gregory auxiliary transport lost off Guadalcanal after an engagement the deck fire started by a torpedo plane crash. Captain Robert McLanahan Smith 47 also listed missing commanded the naval transport Joseph Hewes sunk off Rabat in November 1942 by enemy torpedoes during the North Africa operation.
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Washington
Navy
Harry F. Bauer
Chattanooga
Tenn
Gregory
Guadalcanal
Gregors
Bauer
Gladys Bauer
Arlington
Robert McLanahan
Smith
Joseph Hewes
Rabat
North Africa
Helen Mason Smith
Prospect St
Beetles Abound in Hagerstown During July Surge
Japanese beetles appear more uniformly plentiful in Hagerstown with traps yielding 300000 pests in a day and a half. The heavy beetle activity concentrates in the southern and western sections as compared with the same period last year. Local officials note the bloom of pests and ongoing mitigation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Eisenhower Told Men In June Attack On Sicily Was Coming
Air Force Headquarters in North Attica reports Eisenhower disclosed in mid June that Allied operations would begin within the month and target Sicily. The press corps, warned to talk sparingly, watched as ships moved, convoys formed, and landing craft and trucks prepared for D day in a tense buildup before dawn.
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Eisenhower
Sicily
Belman HN. Morin Air Force
North
Attica
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Roe Telonhore
Resistance To Canadians T Ol we AD agate
Canadian troops landing on Sicily faced light resistance on beaches southwest of Pachino as they formed an extending bridgehead. Italian counteractions were limited though stubborn near Pachino, with large numbers of prisoners and very light Canadian casualties. Air and naval bombardment lit the night as ships fired from offshore guiding troops inland.
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Associated Press
Sicily
Pachino
Munro
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Canadian Assault Linked With British Forces In Bay Action
A wartime dispatch reports assault units from Canada landing in the western sector with naval bombardment support. The bridgehead is secured as Nova Scotia New Brunswick and Quebec troops join, while Royal Navy ships perform disembarkations. RAF aircraft operate over the area with no air attacks so far.
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Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Marriage license issued at Westminster for Hoff and Turner
A marriage license has been issued at Westminster for Robert E. Hoff and Madeline E. Turner of Sykesville. The couple is listed in the official records as seeking to wed in the near future.
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Westminster
Robert E. Hoff
Madeline
Turner
Sykesville
Stimson Now Is In London
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson arrived in London from Washington within 48 hours of Sicily’s invasion. He will confer with top Allied and American officers, including Lieut Gen Jacob Dévers, and was greeted by William L. Harriman aboard an undisclosed airfield. Stimson said in Reykjavik he came to visit his troops and bring good cheer.
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London
Henry L. Stimson
Washington
Sicily
Europe
Britain
Jacob L. Dévers
William L. Harriman
Stimson
United States
Union States
Alexander D. Surles
Harvey H. Bundy
William H
Wright
Gordon Grand
Millbrook
N. Y
Stim~sons
William Ford
Reykjavik
Iceland
License Numbers Of 211 Cars Taken At Races
Hagerstown July 11 A spokesman for a Baltimore based Office of Price Administration group said 2 percent of autoists at the Hagerstown race meeting were recorded as suspected pleasure drivers. On opening day 159 licenses were reported including 52 from Washington County. Investigators also checked taverns dance halls and pools and will seek explanations from violators before potential hearings. Estate close to $100000 Martinsburg W Va July 11 An appraisal of the late Thomas W Martin estate lists a value of $97 996 87 with Tangibles 2518 80 bonds and securities 26006 21 shares stock 60681 03 money and evidences of Spey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Office of Price Administration
Baltimore
Washington County
OPA
Martinsburg
W. Va
Thomas W. Martin
Spey
More Canadian Troops Landed on Sicily Invasion
Canadian reinforcements totaling several thousand arrived in North Africa within 24 hours to support the Allied invasion of Sicily. A convoy from England followed ships carrying the assault force, including medical personnel and British troops. The England to Mediterranean voyage was calm with naval protection and no enemy interference reported.
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North Africa
Savy
England
Mediterranean
Nearby Rains Muddy Streams
Heavy rain in nearby areas clouded Frederick County bass streams and raised the Potomac River three feet at Brunswick and Point of Rocks. Pipe Creek Owens Creek and Toms Creek carried muddy water into the Monocacy from Pennsylvania and Carroll County. Thurmont saw 92 degrees with rain three evenings, while the county overall endured heat and scattered showers.
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Frederick County
Potomac River
Brunswick
Point of Rocks
Pennsylvania
Carrol County
Pipe Creek
Owens Creek
Toms Creek
Thurmont
Montgomery County
Washington
Vicinity
Drowning at Harpers Ferry draws search effort
A 12 year old boy and a 73 year old man drowned in separate river accidents at Harpers Ferry West Virginia on July 1. James Ainsworth reportedly slipped into swift Potomac water near the first bridge pier while retrieving trousers. Richard Kidwell fell from a ferry boat in the Shenandoah during a trip with Nee Jay Marquette and suffered an apparent attack. Rescue teams used grappling hooks to recover the bodies with no success by day’s end.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Potomac
Shenandoah Rivers
James Ainsworth
Albert Ainsworth
Potomac River
Richard Kidwell
Hfelong Riverwan
Shenandoah
Nee- Jey Marquette
Kidwell
Marquette
County Welfare Board
Ainsworth
West Virginia
Holsinger and McGuire
Leister Isanogle
Washington County
School Board Chooses New President in Jefferson County
Charles Town July 11 M T Strider was named president of the Jefferson County School Board at the annual organization session The board renamed Henry M Sydnor superintendent of the county schools for a four year term
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Charles Town
W. Va
M. T. Strider
Jefferson County School Board
Henry M. Sydnor
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Bairoka
Kyla Gulf
Linten State
Daniel DE Luce
Germany
Tere
Potomac Edison Co
By Ross Munro
RAF
ENSES
Ayaa
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Blue Swan
Berger
N. Market St
C. €. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
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