30 To Leave Today For Induction Into Army
A large White group from Frederick leaves for Fort Lee Virginia for induction into the army after final physicals. They report to Board One at Winchester Hall at four o clock and depart for Baltimore and Ohio station. The list includes Guy W. Nusz Russell A. Brightwell George D. Garber Joseph Nelson Charles F. McKenzie and others. The July group receives a two week furlough and may be the largest to depart from the board in some time.
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Frederick
Fort Lee
Winchester Hall
Cave
Baltimore and Ohio
Guy W. Nusz
Russell A. Brightwell
George D. Garber
Joseph Nelson
Charles F. McKenzie
Herbert W. Collins
Angelo D. Heffner
Robert L. J. Carnes
Harold M. Dutrow
Bernard E. Dennis
George H. Nusbaum
George E
Sicily in Serious Plight as Axis Hold Catania Plain
London dispatch reports Vichy radio calling Axis position in Sicily extremely serious with further infiltrations needful to protect defenses in the Catania plain. Montgomer y's Eighth Army massed with heavy support fights on the plain while Axis air and artillery support presses Allied advances. raids on Palermo Messina and Naples cause building damage.
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London
Vichy
Sicily
Berlin
Rome
Catania Plain
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Catania
Associated Press
Palermo
Messina
Naples
Italian general surrenders with son south of Vizzinis
Allied forces report the commander of the Sith Napoli division and his son surrendered to Allied troops south of Vizzinis in North Africa on July 18. The event marks another Axis officer capitulating as the campaign continues.
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North Africa
Sith Napoli
Vizzinis
Hitler relinquishes command in latest German offensive
A foreign diplomatic source reports Adolf Hitler has given up control of the stalled Belorod Orel offensive and returned to Berlin for consultations. The informant, unidentified, cites information from inside Germany.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Belzorod-Orel
Berlin
Confervanta
Germany
Bombs Hit Messina In Major Allied Air Strikes
Cairo July 15 reports say seventy five United States Liberator bombers from the Middle East command attacked Messina Sicily in three waves dropping more than 400000 pounds of high explosives on the ferry terminal. Simultaneously air forces struck San Giovanni across the Messina Strait and used bases recently captured in Sicily for further operations.
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Cairo
Middle-East Command
Messina
U.S. Army Air Force
North Africa
Middle East
Aly
Germany
Sicily
Liberators
San Giovanni
Messina Strait
Italy
Yank pictures Major Bartgis in North Africa mission scene
A photo feature in Yank highlights Major James E. Bartgis, now in North Africa with the U S Army, as commander of a Construction Battalion of the Signal Corps. The spread shows battalion work, camp life, salvaged wire, message relays, and a stand up chow mess hall, with Bartgis identified in foreground. He formerly led a Maryland National Guard company and rose to major before transfer to Africa earlier this year.
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James E. Bartgis
North Africa
U.S. Army
Yank
Army Weekly
Bartgis
Signal Corps
Jines
Alii
Maryland National Guard
Hax
Africa
Time Waning For Offensive Against Kiska By U.S. Force
Washington reports U.S. planners see weather and timing pressing for a possible amphibious assault on Kiska Island to recapture the Japanese base this year. Attu’s battle showed rough defenses, while Amchitka and Attu flank Kiska offering bombardment and blockade options as long as weather allows.
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Kiska
U.S
Washington
Kiska Island
North Pacific
Atiu Island
Kiska Garrigan
Owl
Ncutz
Gild Ly
Aleutians
Attu
Amchitka Island
Amehitka
Japan
Gertrude Cove Shelled Again
Navy communique reports American light warship bombarded Japanese defense positions in Gertrude Cove on Kiska Island on July 14. The surface attack follows prior runs on July 6, 9 and 11 as U S forces plan possible amphibious assault to retake the island.
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Washington
Navy
Kiska Island
North Pacific
United Stars
Gertrude Cove
Kiska
Pennsylvania Insurgent Coal Strike Collapses
The insurgent coal strike in southwestern Pennsylvania collapsed today as a federal grand jury continued its investigation to identify those responsible for prolonging the walkout that began June 20 in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Italian Fascist Editor Acknowledges Sicily Landing Realities
July reports from Virginio Gayda and other Italian commentators acknowledge Allied sea and air control around Sicily. Dispatches from Rome say Allied forces are pouring men and equipment into Sicily and new landings on the island’s west coast could occur soon.
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Virginio Gayda
Sicily
Rome
Blood Donor Schedule Is Completed In Frederick
The Frederick Red Cross Blood Donor Service reports all 430 appointments filled six days before the mobile unit arrives. Mrs. Holmes D. Baker and Charles K. Taylor note a large reserve list for possible cancellations and the next visit set for November 22 and 23. County towns contribute groups from Sabillasville to Walkersville, with Everedy Company adding block reservations for employees. Appointments continue at the Key Hotel basement offices, phones 1764 and 1763-W.
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Snonethuergetiches Bheer
Frederick City
Army-Navy
Holmes D. Baker
Red Cross
Allin
Frederick
Sabillasville
I. B. Leon
Thurmont
Daisy Waesche
Emmitsburg
Harry Boyle
Middletown
Homer Remsberg
Brunswick
Myer Kaplan
Adamstown
Brown Sees More Meat And Gas For East States
Price administrator Prentiss Brown said meat supplies will rise as livestock move to market and the East’s pleasure driving ban will be lifted for “A” card holders soon. He noted corn prices remain steady, no live animal price ceiling planned, and hog price controls under review. Oil demand remains uncertain, and the ban for other card holders remains in effect.
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Washington
Prentiss Brown
Brows
Senate
OPA
Marvin Jones
Brown
Debt paid after years by unknown party in Radcliff case
Deputy Register of Wills Harry D Radcliff reports an unnamed party settled a long overdue debt, with interest, well past the statute of limitations. The amount, about 2500 dollars, will be distributed to entitled parties after careful processing.
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Register of Wills
Harry D Radcliff
Radcliff
Fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever claim youths life
John Levin Westerman aged 15 of Jessups died at Schnauffer Hospital Brunswick this morning about 4 39 from Rocky Mountain spotted fever after a short illness. He was the son of G Luther and Elsie Schnauffer Westerman and is survived by a sister Mary Anna and his maternal grandfather William Schnauffer. Funeral arrangements set for Saturday at 1 from the home with Uncle Levin West Schnauffer of Rosemont and Rev Joan W Westerman in charge. Interment at St Fem er Petersville. Funeral directors.
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John Levin Westerman
Jessups
Schnaufter Hospital
Brunswick
Rocky Mountain
Young Westerman
G. Luther
Elsie Schnauffer
Westerman
Schnauffer Hospital
Mary Anna
William Schnauffer
Levin West Sehnauffer
Rosemont
Joan W. Westerman
St. Mi
Femer Petersville
Hart Carty Co
Great Formations Of Planes Cross Channel
Allied planes believed to include bombers streamed across the English Channel toward France with a large escort of RAF fighters. anti aircraft fire was seen on the continent near Boulogne and toward Ge Tourquet from the English coast.
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Folkestone
England
English Channel
Augrthenny
France
Diideces Seqivdisl Yamaha
RAF
Boulogne
Ge Tourquet
English
Axis Rushed Work On Italian Defenses Amid Sicily Invasion
Reports from Italy describe heavy German labor by Todt organization crews in northern Italy and along the Po valley to accelerate fortifications after the Sicily invasion. Allied bombing disrupted bread supplies in Palermo and Catania triggering demonstrations before the landings revealed the bread scarcity.
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Madrid
France
Italy
Iiva
Sicily
Mie
Ihaly
Todt
Po Valley
Florence
Apenines
Ferrara
Alps
Nice
Atlantic Wall
Toe
Helramn
Catania
Palermo
50 Day Newsprint Quota Set by WPB
Washington July 1 WPB orders newspapers to limit print paper use and hold only a 50 day supply. Area north of NC and east of the Rockies to fix inventory. other states keep current daily stock. From August publishers may not exceed one third of quarterly quota per month. Small papers may top up to a full carload. H M Bitner notes aim to curb overordering.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
North Carolina
Rocky Mountains
H. M. Bitner
Allied Forces Make Deep Sicily Advances Under Patton Drive
Allied ground forces report significant progress in Sicily with American Seventh Army pushing inland toward Ragusa and Vizzini while British Eighth Army seizes Brucoli near Augusta. Lentini and Carlentini captured per NBC from a British cruiser off eastern Sicily. Catania bombardments continue.
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New York
Lentini
Augusta
Plain of
Catania
NBC
Alfred Wage
Sicily
North Africa
Eighth Army
Seventh Army
Ger
George S. Patton
Ragusa-Vizzini
Napoli
Vizzini
Gela
Bernard L. Montgomery
Brucoli
Bruceli
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Baltic
Montgomery
Melilli
Hermann Goering
Goering
Gotims
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Peicy
Carlentini
Sicilian
Patton
Early Army Navy Game Status Hinted by War Secretary
Washington July 13 Acting Secretary of War Patterson avoided confirming whether this year’s Army Navy football game would be played. He smiled and declined a premature announcement at today’s press conference.
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Washington
Patterson
Reward Offered for Family House Information
In the Local Mention column a note states a reward of 25 dollars for information leading to a rental and a house or apartment suitable for a family of four. The item emphasizes finding a residence and offers payment for helpful tips.
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Yank’ Pictures
Outfit
North American
Admiral Nimitz
MILU
Pearl Harbor
T. H
America
Pacific
Chester W. Nimits
Pacific Fleet
Air Milz
Hempskh Chin Childers
Pia Noy
Jo Adeeson Young
Tidlny Tare
Dempsey
Liew
Jack Demptey
Hannah Williams Dempsey
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