Allies Hit New Georgia Munda Airdrome and Kolombangara
Allied communique reports attacks near Munda Airdrome on New Georgia Island and naval actions off Kolombangara with several Japanese destroyers sunk or damaged. Bombers struck Kahili and Salamaua in New Guinea, fighters claimed two enemy aircraft, and air power backed ground clashes as MacArthur showcases a rising Pacific offensive with over 260 planes in a single day raid.
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Munda
Kahili
Soalomots
Salamaua
New Guinea
Buin-Faisi
Salamata
Kolombangara Island
Tiane
Kaukena
Dutch New Guinea
Lautem
Timor
Darwin
Utosuy
Communiqtie
MacArthur
Bougainville
Solomons
Pacific
South
Southwest Pacific
Pacific War Theater
Soio
Pvt Mulcahey Listed for Camp Van Dorn Service
Frederick man Pvt Micheal Mulcahey appears listed as stationed at Camp Van Dorn Mississippi. Formerly employed by Winebrewer and Som Inc his service number is 33725192 and address details appear in the entry.
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Pvt
Mulcahey
Frederick
Camp van Dorn
Miss
Bewee
1D. C. Winebrewer and Som, Inc
Michee! Mulcahey
A.S.N
Yg Combat KS ‘Ven
Discovery Of Corn Borer Is Disturbing But Not Alarming
Henry R Shoemaker county agent reports European Corn Borer finds in many fields causing concern but not alarm. Weather could limit second brood damage. Dr E N Cory notes rising reports beyond Frederick County. Control relies on destroying stalks before moths hatch. one worm overwinters. First Maryland finding was 1934. corn and potatoes affected.
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Henry R. Shoemaker
E. N. Cory
Frederick
Maryland
Frederick County
Air Force credited with sinking enemy ships off Bougainville
Allied war reporting says light cruiser two destroyers and a submarine chaser were sunk Saturday off Bougainville by bombers. Destruction totals include two beached destroyers sunk after guns had reduced 131 to 17 enemy ships in the Kula Gulf. Gen Douglas MacArthur reports seven cargo ships and 14 loaded barges destroyed in new drive. Berlin radio claimed 10 Allied bombers down in Amsterdam raid. U S Air Force says two. German reports also note two planes down during nuisance flights over Germany Saturday night.
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Kula Gulf
Douglas MacArthur
Berlin
Amsterdam
U. S. Air Force
Germany
Enemy Airports In France Are Attacked
British bombers and fighters attacked targets in France and shipping off the Dutch Coast for the second time in 24 hours. Typhoon bombers with fighters destroyed two aircraft at Abbeville. Beaufighters escorted by Spitfires and Typhoons damaged two ships off the Netherlands. Four enemy fighters were shot down, and Mustangs patrolling the Dutch Coast claimed two more. Eight British planes were missing from Sunday operations.
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London
France
Air Ministry
Abbeville
Coastal Command
Netherlands
Holland
Belgium
England
Local Social Notes From Ladiesburg and Nearby Areas
Mr and Mrs Ho seged Darel and We and Alps Austin Duttra spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Lewis Duttra. Miss Marion Stevens of El mira is spending a week with Mr and Mrs Aubrey Duttra. Daniel Lind son of Mr and Mrs Walter Lind in North Africa area promoted to sergeant. Mrs William Humphrey of Elkwood spent days with daughter Mrs Olivier Linton and family. Marion Stevers Mr and Mrs Lewis Dutlin. Carroll Grass of Jefferson visited his parents Mr and Mrs Lester Grass.
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Ladiesburg
Darel
Austin Duttra
Lewis Duttra
Marion Stevens
Elmira
Aubrey Duttra
Daniel Lind
Walter Lind
William Humphrey
Elkwood
Olivier Linton
Marion Stevers
Lewis Dutlin
Carroll Grass
Jefferson
Lester Grass
Fragmentary Gettysburg Notes on Local Visits and Furloughs
Community snippets from Gettysburg and New Castle report Mrs Lovia Harner visiting at the Wolliffe home in Gettysburg. Mrs Dennis Boyd returns home after two weeks with her parents Mason Caldwell in New Castle Virginia. Pvt Francis Snider takes a short furlough to see his mother Edna Snider. Albert Lutt and daughter Cherie Ann visit Gettysburg family at their home.
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Edna Snider
Albert Lutt
Cherie Ann
Gettysburg
End Mire
Degnie Boyd
Mail schedule boosted at Emmitsburg by 3 pm departure
Emmitsburg postmaster Louis Stoner announced an added 3 pm departure mail for Baltimore and Hagerstown with 1 pm and 4 45 pm options for Baltimore and intermediate offices. Mail should be deposited 15 minutes before departures due to heavy mail from Mt Saint Marys College. Arrivals come from Baltimore at 7 am and 3 pm, with 8 15 am for Hagerstown and the west.
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Baltimore
Hagerstown
Bluebird plumage shows structural color not pigment
The bluebird’s feathers lack blue pigment. Brown or blackish underlayers carry a pris matic layer that reflects blue light, producing the color. Very little green is present in the plumage.
New System Of Grading Eggs Ignored In Baltimore
In Baltimore on July 1 the Office of Price Administration egg grading system failed to gain traction with retailers and consumers during its first week. Officials admitted enforcement would be difficult as most buyers and grocers disregard the 18 grade ceilings, calling the scheme a professor’s joke and noting most people judge eggs by size and freshness rather than grade.
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College Park
Maryland
U. S. Department of Agriculture War Board
Federal Crop Reporting Service
Joseph H. Blandford
War Board
County War Boards
Baltimore
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Harry W. Walker
Baltimore Independent Retail Grocers’ and Meat Dealers’ Association
Price Co
Jap Planes Raid Guadalcanal Positions
Japanese planes attacked American positions on Guadalcanal for the first time in over a month, injuring personnel and causing light damage to installations during the night of July 16-17. The raid also hit Savo Island with no damage. American planes then targeted Nauru Island in the Central Pacific, with Catalina bombers returning safely after igniting large fires at enemy positions.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Navy
Savo Island
Nauru Island
Central Pacific
Laval's Secret Police Arrest Many Frenchmen
Swiss reports say Vichy police and German troops swept raids in France to seize enemies of Pierre Laval and suspected foes of the regime. About two hundred people were arrested in Haute Savoie near Switzerland, with Italian troops moving out and Germans replacing them. Independent arrests by Axis forces also occurred, amid considerable public unrest.
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Bern
Switzerland
Vichy
France
Pierre Laval
Haute Savoie
la Suisse
Stamp News Highlights Limited New Issues Worldwide
Philatelists face scarce stamp releases as wartime laws block importations and Allied production remains sparse. Uruguay offers a single new two centesimos stamp while Argentina unveils a Mercury centered 50 centavos airmail. Canada reissues King George VI in rose violet, and the United States ponders a Capper bill to issue a three cent stamp for the Capitol cornerstone anniversary.
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New York City
Uruguay
Argentina
Airmail
Canada
United States
Congress
Senator Capper
R-Kas
Washington
dAne Seale Distaay Ilas
Law and stamps mingle in 1963-44 duck stamp sale
The piece notes the 1963-44 U S duck stamp now on sale featuring two wood ducks in flight from a Boh etching. It cites collectors and waterfowl hunters, and mentions a six stamp series to be issued by Lebanon and Syria for a medical congress. It also references a Roosevelt era gold clause fight and a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Walter E. Boh
J. and
H. Stoluw
New York
Beirut
Syria
Lebanon
Norman
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Congress
Roosevelt
Defies OPA To Tell Him How To Use His Gas
A New York businessman, Norman C. Norman, defied the OPA by refusing to appear before a rationing board on a non essential driving charge and threatening to keep his A ration book if suspended. He says he will challenge the action in court and has asked the OPA regional administrator Sylvan Joseph for response to his letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
OPA
Norman C. Norman
U. S. Supreme Court
Sylvan Joseph
Focal Rationing Board
Birds Leave Yosemite Valley After Acorn Failure
Due to two years of acorn crop failure several bird species that had resided in Yosemite Valley for twenty years migrated away during the recent winter season.
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Yosemite Valley
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