Blake To Be Returned By Money From Bail Forfeit
County Commissioners vote to release $2,590 bail forfeited in Freder ick County to fund bringing George Wilson Blake back for trial on four grand jury indictments. Sheriff Horace M. Alexander and officials plan a two week coast to coast transport with guard, possible auto route via nightly jail stops. Strong local case cited on sodomy and assault indictments. FBI record noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wilson Blake
Frederick County
Horace M. Alexander
Tomorrw
Mi Cumpany
Portland
Ore
Blake
Sherif
Edwin F. Nikirk
William M. Storm
Patric M. Schnauffer
Alexander
Mwe
Nikirk
Promotion for Dr B O Thomas Jr to Lieutenant Commander
Dr. B O Thomas Jr receives a promotion to the rank of lieutenant commander after completing a course in aviation medicine at Pensacola. He departs for New York for duty, visiting family in College Talk since July, while his wife and young son stay temporarily with Mrs. Albert N McCardell as they plan to join him soon. AXPA reports indicate a significant drop in newsprint usage in the first half of this year compared with 1942 and the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blo. Thomas, Jr
Pensacola
Ela
New York City
Thomas
Wih
Albert N McCardell
East Second Street
Comdr. Thomas
New York
AXPA
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Wwenapers
Not in Person Mapped July Message From Rome Radio
The soldier newspaper Stars and Stripes reports Premier Mussolini sent a radio message to Italian troops in Sicily saying I am with you in spirit. The Rome station quoted the message as read.
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Mied
North
Sie
Armetnen
Dalian
Soldier
Stars and Stripes
Mussolini
Sicily
Rome
Six motorists lose gasoline rations after OPA hearings
Six city and county motorists had their gasoline rations suspended from ten to 60 days following hearings before the county OPA legal panel on alleged Victory speed violations. Six others were cleared for lack of evidence, and nineteen were ordered to appear in Police Court on charges of pleasure driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Harry S Trout
Buckeystown
Earl C.ropp
Middletown
John T. Croghan
Fredérick
Samuel Paul Warfield
Frederick
Jesse H. Clark
Mr. Airy
Clark H
Charles W. Linthicum
Hyattstown
Grayson F. Barthlow
West South Street
Bernard W. Warrenfeltz
William Fout
John J. Rhoderick
Bessie L. Barkier
Elmer Hildebrand
Mason T Summers
George E. VanFossen
East Eighth Street
Harry D. Kinna
Jefferson Street
Walter D. Main
Ambrose Norwood
Water Street
Ira L. Burdette
Mt. Airy
H. C. Brown
Lantz
Paul &. Freshman
Thurmont
Walter Fuss
Howard J
Joan
Charles K. Smith
Graceham
J. Henry Troxell
Emmitsburg
Resignation Declined At Brunswick Lutheran Church
At a church council meeting Rev. Karl Luther Mumford’s resignation was not accepted and a leave of absence was granted for wartime service. A supply pastor may be called during the vacancy. Mumford announced his commission as a first lieutenant in the U S Army Chaplains Branch and will depart August 16 to attend Chaplains School at Harvard University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Council of the
Brunswick Lutheran Ehnarge
Karl Luther Mumford
Mumford
Bethany Lutheran Church
Brunswick
Army of the
United States
Chaplains
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Laval Booed At French Meeting Held In Algiers
In Algiers a Bastille Day talk co chaired by General Charles De Gaulle drew boos for Pierre Laval Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. De Gaulle said the French will rise again after three years of malaise and the national uprising will greet the Alps as it stands prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
Algiers
Associated Press
Alps
Pierre Laval
Adolf Hiller
Benito Mussolini
Destruction Spread By Vast Allied Air Attack
Allied headquarters report a large air offensive across Sicily and surrounding waters. Bombers and fighters sank two merchant ships and damaged two destroyers while downing 42 enemy aircraft at the cost of seven Allied pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Sicily
Amie
Au ConAquMue
Bosg
Milo
Catania
Increase In Civilian Meat Rations Plan Revealed
Washington sources say the Office of Price Administration is drafting a plan to lift civilian meat rations. The proposal faces price ceiling hurdles on live hogs and cattle, with industry and farm spokesmen voicing skepticism. If unlocked, more beef could reach packing houses to curb the black market and expand civilian access short term pending livestock supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Office of Price Administration
Capital
OPA
Patton Leads American Breakout in Sicilian Landing
War dispatch reports General George S. Patton Jr. personally commanded U S Seventh Army forces at Gel 1 as American troops fought hard against German tank units defending Sicily. He waded from a landing barge to take charge and push German forces from the beach as bridgehead gains grew by sunset.
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Montgomery
George §. Patton, Jr
U. S
Seventh Army
Sicily
Patton
Gelz 1
Gela
Con
Pattats
Gaenersd
Floating Shield? Italy's Fleet Refuses To Fight
British observers say the Italian fleet will not challenge Allied landings in Sicily. The once feared force remains in harbor after heavy losses, with about three battleships seven heavy cruisers and few torpedo boats. Half the fleet sits at Spezia and Taranto, paralyzed for battlefield action.
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Tandon
Mussolini
Sicily
Rome
Italy
Africa
Mediterranean
Llatian
France
Aval
Effert Poth Tinlee
Spezia
Ligurian Sea
Taranto
Gulf of Taranto
Brunswick carnival operator fined for crooked aerial bowling game
Anthony J. Ledogen alias A J Lamar and partner Lu Carpenter ran an aerial bowling game at a Brunswick carnival. Ledogen was fined 250 dollars and costs by Chief Judge Edward S. Deplantine for operating a gaming table after authorities proved bets were taken though money was not paid. Police evidence supported the claim of deliberate misthrowing to dodge winnings.
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Brunswick
Edward S. Delaplaine
Anthony J. Ledogen
A. J. Lamar
Augusta Ga
Edwin F. Nikirk
Ledogen
Lu Carpenter
Nikirk
Carpenter
Lee Merriman
Edward Oland
Knoxville
E. Austin James
Merriman Dialond
Ledegen
James
Ledbep
Airdromes in Italy Bombed by Liberator Bombers
Heavy Liberator bombers based in the Middle East Command dropped about 425000 pounds of high explosives and incendiaries on Crotone and Vibo Valentia airfields in Italy. The United States communiqué said three hangars were hit at Vibo Valentia and fires and smoke rose from Crotone with eight aircraft left burning on the ground. no fighters rose to intercept.
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Cairo
Middle East
Crotone
Vino Valentia
Italy
United States
Vibo Valentia
Adnate
Rexzio Calabria
Graf of Tanto
Gil Tires Agie
Roosevelt Watches Sicilian Landings From Sea
Lieut. John Roosevelt son of the President was among American officers aboard a destroyer protecting landings in the Gelat area during the Sicily operation. A separate dispatch reports air forces conducting bombardment and strikes across China, from the Yangtze to French Indochina, under Gen Stilwell.
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Lieut
John Roosevelt
Sicily
North Africa
Ias Chungking
U.S
Fapanen
Yandlve River Font
Ft “de-China
Afer W. Stilwell
Allied Air Blitz Strikes Aachen and Northern France
Hundreds of American planes bombed western Europe including Aachen and northern France as British forces lose planes in a night raid. German defenses, rail hubs, and industrial sites faced bombardment while civilians in southeast England watched the skies.
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London
Europe
Aachen
Ure Reich
France
Channel
Aitchen
Hollawed
Britain
Cologne
Vita
Texile
Plas
Aathen
Zimmerman Farm Boy Surprises Hatch of Bantam Brood
In a Baltimore area note, a man recounts his daughter Betty's bantam nest theft and the hot weather. After six days, three eggs hatched amid a motherless brood, as the farmer reports a fine corn crop and a Bastille Day telegram from the French government. The scene shifts to stock markets where stocks drift higher but gains narrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zimmerman
Baltimore Pike
Mer. Zammernyayy
Betty
Mr. Zimmerman
Scusan
Allied Drive In Sicily Races Ahead On East Coast
Allied forces sweep Sicily from Augusta toward Catania as American and British units push inland and secure ports. Comiso Ponte Olivo and Naro fall while a motor torpedo flotilla strikes Messina Strait. Allied air and naval power sustain the advance with heavy bombardments and supply convoys.
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U.S. Seventh Army
Comiso
Ponte Olivo
Catania
Allied
North Africa
Mpy
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Augusta
North
Attica
Amerigai
Aprigento
Bernard L. Montgomery
Sicilian
Naro
Agrigento
Patton
Porto Ampedocle
Messina Strait
Ponte Olive
Gela
Ragusa
Sicily
Syracuse
Hames
Nlermann Goering
Niscemi
Licata
Modies
Wayensa
Priolo
Asis
D’avet
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Oregon
B. O. Thomas, Jr
Laval
Trapani
Enna
Oll
Noel Monks
London Daily Mail
Chambersburg
Jules Tre — Dale Elias
Hagerstown
Green Village
West Europe
Batilun
Pimooey
Papeier Hivenito
Frenen Niet
Marshad Petain
York
Wetl Ud
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