Soviet Forces Battle Front Near Lwow and Kaunas
Soviet and German forces clash across a 600 mile front from the Bug river to Latvia as Red Army advances threaten Lwow, Kaunas, and Brest Litovsk. Maslennikov leads a power-packed offense aided by air superiority and tanks pushing toward Polish and Baltic targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latvian Republic
Ivan Maslennikov
Third Baltic
Velikaya
Ostrov
Latvia
Bug
Warsaw
Lwow
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Sokal
Red Army
Brody
Stalin
Kaunas
Daugavpils
Dyinsk
Lnow
Gons
Europe
Ivan Ivanovich Maslennikov
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad Front
Induction Draft Leaves for Baltimore from Board One
Twenty four local area men head to Baltimore for induction into the armed services, including 20 whites and five colored men with two transfers. William M. Houck of the State Police detachment accompanies the group to report to the Fifth Regiment Armory for branch assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Armed Services
William M. Houck
State Police
Fifth Regiment
George A. Strathern
James R. Steele
Franklin E. Beachley
William I. Bohrer
Lawrence H. Clagett
Loring C. Young
Marshall J. Barger
Frank C. Cover, Jr
Howard L. Waltz
Ira C. Rice
William A. Brachey
Wilbur L. Ford
Paul FE. Staley
Forrest E. Tribbett
George R. Bender
George W. Rutherford
Melvin O. Powers
Richard J. Marshall
Philip C. Swann
Charles D. Bowie
Joseph T. Leaks
James W. Hill
Bennie Bently
Port Chicago explosion lists 213 naval dead
Among the missing and presumed dead in the Port Chicago California explosion Monday night were two weapons ship crews. The AP announced the names of 213 naval personnel lost. In London, July 20 Lt. Gen. Sir Noel Mason MacFarlane resigned as chief of the Allied Control Commission in Italy to undergo medical treatment.
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Chicago
Calif
Elgar Gant
Eloise Gant
Derwood
Montgomery County
Associated Press
Macfarlane
London
Noel Mason MacFarlane
Allied Control Commission
Italy
Heavy Rain Falls Here
July's second substantial rain swept over Frederick and county areas Wednesday evening boosting the month's total to over two inches. Rainfall favored most sections except Fishing Creek reservoir where water remained eight inches below capacity. Walkersville saw heavy rain while Brunswick reported a three hour plus shower improving reservoir inflow. Emmitsburg had moderate showers. Crops including tomatoes beans and other truck crops were helped by the rain.
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Frederick
Fishing Creek
Frank Wedds
Walkersville
Brunswick
Emmitsburg
Wallace Forces At Convention Rallying
Wallace, counted out 24 hours earlier, launches comeback bid at Chicago Convention Rally on July 20. Senator Truman gains cabinet backing, Postmaster General Walker endorses Truman, and Wallace gains 16 Kansas votes boosting his renomination push.
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Chicago Stadium
Henry A. Wallace
Harry S. Truman
Roosevelt
Frank Walker
Truman
Wallace
Kansas
Requisites Outline For Western Shore Chronic Hospital Site
State Budget Director Walter Kirkman outlined four site requirements for a Western Shore hospital for chronically ill patients to Frederick County officials. Sites must be near a general hospital, accessible by transport, and have electricity water and sewage ready, with reasonable access for the largest patient population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Shore
Walter Kirkman
Frederick County
Kirkman
Western Shore Hospital
Frederick City Hospital
Robert H. Riley
State Department of Health
A. L. Penniman, Jr
Chamber of Commerce, Service Clubs
Frederick County Medical Society
Winchester Hall
Russell H. McCain
Maryland
Welfare Board
Eastern Shore Hospital
A. Grant Hooper
Montevue Hospital
State Board of Health Committee
Valentine Farm
Ceresville
Fred
Japanese Emperor Names Two to Form New Government
Premier General Hideki Tojo’s fall signals the end of his cabinet as Emperor Hirohito orders General Koiso and Admiral Yonai to assemble a new government in cooperation. The move indicates a united army and navy approach amid Japan’s advancing crisis and defeats, including Saipan, with Koiso and Yonai seen as aggressive expansionists and a shift away from Tojo’s power. Churchill to speak in Aug. 2 address. local officials host visitors at the Catoctin Country Club site prospect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hideki Tojo
Japan
America
Britain
Tokyo
Hirohito
Kunaiki Koiso
Korea
Mitsumasa Yonai
Koiso
Yonai
United States
Thana Annamonte
Tojo
Saipan
Fai
Hitler
Germany
Mussolini
Italy
Domei
Mikado
Koicho Kido
Koiso and
Kido
Army
Imperial Palace
Drowns In Mount Pool At Mt St Marys College
Marlin Lee Keeney an 18 year old apprentice seaman USNR died in an accidental drowning in the outdoor pool at Mt. St. Marys College near Emmitsburg during a swimming class. The medical examiner ruled accidental death after school officials and Deputy Sheriff Buhrman investigated. Keeney, a Walkersville High School graduate, is survived by his mother, stepfather, half-brother, and maternal grandfather. funeral arrangements are set for Saturday at Grace Lutheran, Rocky Hill.
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Marlin Lee Keeney
New Midway
USNR
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Emroitsburg
W. R. Cadle
Emmitsburg
R. Paul Buhrman
Young Keeney
Walkersville High School
Grace Lutheran Church
Rocky Hill
Catherine Keeney Beard
Wilmer Lee Beard
Franklin Beard
Carl L. Keeney
Woodsboro
Blast Death Toll Now 322 at Port Chicago Calif
Port Chicago California July 20 the blast of two ammunition laden ships left 322 dead or missing confirmed by a Navy list of 213 names. Also 69 merchant sailors 31 armed guards 5 Coast Guardsmen and 4 civilians were noted as dead or missing. A special court of inquiry will convene tomorrow to examine all aspects of the catastrophe.
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Port Chicago
Calif
Navy
12Th Naval District
Maxwell Charged With Beating Roxbury Guard
Elmer S Maxwell superintendent of Roxbury State penal farm is under arrest on a July 10 assault on guard Lee Winebrenner. A warrant signed by Magistrate John H Hetzer led to his arrest, with a hearing ordered for Friday night in Williamsport. Winebrenner, a Frederick resident, has served as Roxbury guard since late last year.
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Roxbury
Elmer St. Clair Maxwell
Maxwell
John H. Hetzer
Williamsport
Lee Winebrenner
Winebrenner
Frederick
Hetzer
Remnants Of Nazis Along Orne River Outflanked
British tanks and infantry pushed four to five miles deep on a wide front south of Caen with Dempsey's Second Army armor fanning out near Troarn Bourguebus and Vimont. Rommel’s former prisoner O Connor led armor into German positions after four mile spearhead from Troarn as American front reports limited village advances and river crossings near Lessay.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Ernieville
Frenouville
Roger D. Greene
Bourguebus
Orne River
Miles C. Dempsey
Second Army
Troarn
Caen-Paris
Vimont
Orne
Providence
R. I
Cabourg
English Channel
Villers Bocage
Erwin Rommel
Paris
Richard Nugent O'Connor
St. Lo
Periers
Supreme Command
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Ay River
Lessay
Underground Revolt in Belgium Linked to French Action
A special communique from General Eisenhower’s headquarters reports an underground revolt in Belgium joining with the French underground. It notes extensive French activity including destroying 26 bridges in ten days and attacking Germans, forcing abandonment of three towns in the Ain department. A train carrying flying bombs in eastern France was destroyed by French forces.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Belgium
Eisenhower
Ain
France
Three Military Leaders Injured In Hitler Bomb Plot
Berlin announced Adolf Hitler was burned and bruised in an unsuccessful assassination bid. Three of his military leaders were seriously injured, including Lt. Gen. Schmundt, with Jodl and others slightly hurt, as the Reich leader hosted Mussolini afterward.
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Berlin
London
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Alfred Jod
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Benito Mussolini
Schmundt
de Camp
Alfred Jodl
Korten
Buhle
Bodenschatz
Heusinger
Scherff
Brenner Pass
Italy
Fuehrer
Duce
Mussolini
DNB
Brandt
Bergman
Berger
Edmund Hofmeister
Munich
Berchtesgaden
Hofmeister
Moscow
Great U S Air Armada Hits Reich
London July 20 reports say another 2000 American planes darkened central Germany skies to strike aircraft factories and synthetic oil plants around Leipzig. The armada included 1200 bombers and up to 750 fighters with raids from Britain Italy and the south.
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London
Germany
Leipzig
Italy
Reich
Tyrol
Bavaria
Britain
RAF
France
Thiv
Death Of Gen Hamann Announced In Berlin
Berlin obituary notice reports Maj. Gen. Adolf Hamann may have been captured by Russians after Moscow reports earlier this month claimed he was to be tried and hanged if found guilty. TheBerlin notice references his role as commandant of the German garrison at Bob Tuisk.
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Madrid
Berlin
Deutsche Alt‘gemeine Zeitung
Adolf Hamann
Moscow
Hamann
Bob/Tuisk
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Suwalki
Nazi Reich
Daniel DE Luce
Niemen River
East Prussia
Aubustow
Suwalki Triangle
Poland
Bug River
Russia
Evera
Frederick Plea
Ysnai
Tyesser
Federal Communications Commission
Churchill
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Mount Pool
County Naval School
Grate Church
G .C. Barton
Bourquebus
Borgmann
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
U.S
Erny
Chaulnes
Amiens
Normandy
Hirt Rey
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