Bumper Wheat Crop Strains Area Storage and Markets
Wheat harvest yields 26 to 35 bushels per acre with top quality No 1 garlicky wheat. Storage facilities in Frederick and Carroll counties are taxed as Baltimore warehousing and rail shipments reach capacity. The Farmers Cooperative Association reports 90,000 bushels shipped to Baltimore with 70,000 to 75,000 more expected, while 38 percent of wheat goes to government storage. Barley yields also high at about 40 bushels per acre across farms.
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Baltimore
Frederick
Carroll
Local Farmers Cooperative Association
Carroll County
Randall May Win Over Tydings Predicted
Baltimore dispatch notes former Senator Townsend of Delaware head of the Republican senatorial campaign committee says the GOP trend in Maryland could sweep Blanchard Randall to defeat over Senator Tydings. Townsend, in Albany for a Dewey conference, says Dewey is strong in Maryland and bases predictions on the presidential candidate's strength.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Townsend
Delaware
Maryland
Blanchard Randall
Tydings
Sun
Paul W. Ward
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Captain Hewlett Sues For Divorce In Indiana
Capt. Thomas H. Hewlett, a former surgeon and prisoner of war since Corregidor, files for divorce from wife Martha B. Hewlett in New Albany Circuit Court. He filed through an attorney given instructions by Hewlett via the International Red Cross.
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Hewlett
New Albany
Ind
Thomas H. Hewlett
Martha B. Hewlett
International Red Cross
Army Medical Corps
Japanese garrison cut off at Lungling now isolated
Chungking reports the Burma road between Lungling and Mangshih is blocked. The Japanese garrison at Lungling is cut off from the east, north and south, according to the Chinese high command.
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Chungking
Burma
Lungling
Mangshih
Two American Submarines Lost, Navy Confirms
The Navy announced the loss of two U S submarines, the Trout and the Tullibee, both overdue from patrols with about 65 crewmen each. The Trout, renowned for its Philippines missions, had earned a presidential unit citation for sinking enemy shipping and damaging more, while the Tullibee was a newer vessel commissioned in 1943 under Commander Charles F Brindupke.
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Washington
U. S
Navy
Philippines
Trout
Army
Corregidor
Frank Wesley Fenno, Jr
Albert H. Clark
Mary Crane Clark
Irvine Drive
Orinda
Calif
Tullibee
Charles F. Brindupke
Ann R. Brindupke
Murray Avenue
Annapolis
RAF Planes Hit Nazi Convoy Off Helgoland
The RAF Coastal Command reported Beaufighters attacked a 40 ship convoy off Helgoland at dusk. Four merchant ships were hit with torpedoes, two sunk, five escort vessels set afire, and most other ships damaged. Rockets and flak met the attack as British planes pressed home their strikes. Helgoland is 35 miles north of the German coast. New York stumbles in market as early rally fades and broad selling resumes.
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London
RAF Coastal Command
Helgoland
Air Ministry
North Sea
Private Charles E. Kerchner Killed in Action in France
Private Charles E. Kerchner of Walkersville was killed in action in France on June 21. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles H Kerchner.
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Charles E. Kerchner
Charles H. Kerchner
Walkersville
France
J. S. Cunningham
Brunswick
War Department
Jack J. Cunningham
England
115th Infantry Took St. Lo 29th in hardest fighting
The 29th Infantry Division, with Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania troops, earned fame for the St. Lo victory after eight days of brutal combat. The 115th Infantry led the final thrust on July 18, breaking German defenses as a green unit helped by other regiments. Major heroism, coastal assault fatigue, and the death of a Virginian major marked the fierce operation. Local units attached to the 115th include Company A and the W5th former First Infantry.
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Virginia
Pennsylvania
St. Lo
Normandy
115Th
Meuse
Charles Hunter Gerhardt
Church of St. Croix
115Th Company
115Th Infantry
W5th
First Infantry
Maryland National Guard
National Guard
Baltimore City
Koiso Named Premier As Yonai Becomes Navy Minister In Cabinet
Domei dispatch from Tokyo reports Gen Kuniaki Koiso named Premier of Japan with Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai as Navy Minister and temporary Deputy Prime Minister. New cabinet lists includes Mamoru Shigemitsu as Foreign Minister and other ministers, marking Japan's first post Pearl Harbor cabinet. Koiso, 64, formerly Kwantung Army chief of staff and Korea governor general, led expansionist policy and previously served as overseas minister under Yonai. Emperor Hirohito ordered Yonai to cooperate with Koiso in forming a new government, with plans for co-Premiers.
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Associated Press
Kuniaki Koiso
Korea
Long
Japan
Mitsumasa Yonai
Navy
Domei
Tokyo
Yonaii
Pearl Harbor
Koiso
Hideki Tojo
Saipan
U. S
Tojo
Yonai
Cab ‘Inet
Greater East Asia
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Gen. Sugiyama
Shigeo
Odachi
Sotaro Ishiwata
Hiromasa Matsuzaka
Harushige Ninomiya
Hisatada Hirose
Ginjiro Fujiwara
Toshio Shimada
Yonezo Maeda
Chuji Machida
Hideo Yodama
Taketora Ogata
Kwantung Army
Manchuria
Admiral Yonai
Kiranuma
Hirohito
Allies Closing In On Florence Threat From Three Sides
Rome July 22 Fifth and Eighth Army troops pressed toward Florence from three directions with infantry close to the city. The Fifth Army seized Tavernelle Barberino di Elsa and Capanne, while Castel Flementino fell 17 miles southwest of Florence. Eighth Army units in the upper Arno valley neared San Giovanni as American patrols moved toward Pisa. Polish forces advanced two to three miles toward Senigallia near the Misa river mouth.
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Rome
Fifth
Eighth Army
Florence
Fifth Army
Tavernelle
Barberino Dale
Elsa
Capanne
Arno
Castel Fiorentino
San Giovanni
Pisa
Adriatic
Senigallia
Misa River
Bishop Anderson Dead at 84 in Buzzards Bay Summer Home
Bishop William F. Anderson, 84, retired from the Boston Area of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died of a heart attack today at his summer home in Buzzards Bay Massachusetts.
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Anderson
Buzzards Bay
Mass
William F. Anderson
Boston
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mud bogs down Normandy front as rains halt advances
Allied command says heavy Normandy mud stalls movement with no major advances reported in 24 hours. Minor shifts include Maltot still German held and Esquay change, while patrols clash on back roads as weather delays reinforcements.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
France
Supreme Command
Esquay
I Caen
Orne
Odon
Supreme Commanda
No Man's Land
St. Martin de Fontenay
Noyers
Monts
Bayeux-St. Lo
Berigny
Roosevelt Sends Message To Truman in Nomination Note
Chicago July 22 Franklin D Roosevelt congratulates Harry S Truman on his nomination for Vice President. Roosevelt telegraphed praise and asked to share plans while Truman replies thankful and ready to run mate with Roosevelt. Truman postpones resignation as Senate committee chairman until he meets the committee.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Missouri
Senate
Two From Here Meet On Ship In Mid-Atlantic
Frederick High School graduates Cpl Eugene A Kefauver and Pvt Robert Monroe Stauffer met July Fourth mid ocean on a transport to England. Kefauver, armorer in the Army Air Forces, is son of Mrs Ruth W Kefauver of 201 Dill Ave. Stauffer, in personnel work, is son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Stauffer of Walkersville and husband of Dorothy Yinger Stauffer of 310 East Third St. They were home on furlough in March and had seen each other then. their sea meeting is the first since landing safely in England.
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Frederick High School
Eugene A Kefauver
Robert Monroe Stauffer
Mid-Ocean
England
Othe
Cpl
Kefauver
Ruth W. Kefauver
Dill Avenue
Army Air Forces
Pvt. Stauffer
Ralph Stauffer
Walkersville
Dorothy Yinger Stauffer
East Third Street
Red Army near Warsaw as Soviet forces press advance
Soviet forces pushed toward Warsaw driving through a jagged frontline. Rostering gains include breaching German lines, cutting key railways, and advancing within about 90 miles of the Polish capital while offensive operations expand around Brest Litovsk and Suojarvi amid renewed Karelian attacks.
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Moscow
Red Army
Warsaw
Baltics
Ivan I. Maslennikov
Ostrov
Pskov
Tishina
Latvia
Hitler
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Czeremcha
Vielkoryia
Western Bug
RAF Plans Hit Berlin and Pardubice Oil Refinery
RAF planes hit Berlin in a night raid while Italian-based bombers struck into Czechoslovakia and attacked the Pardubice refinery near Prague. British Mosquito bombers pressed the assault on Germany as weather hampered heavy home-based raids.
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London
Ploesti
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Berlin
Pardubice
Prague
Europe
Romana
English Channel
RAF
Hitler Says Coup Crushed as 100 Officers Executed
London July 22 Adolf Hitler declared in an order of the day that an attempted coup by a small circle of unscrupulous officers was crushed. He pledged loyal obedience until victory and said traitors were wiped out in hours. Reports from Stockholm and Berline censorship described arrests and executions, with rumors of navy unrest and mass arrests in Berlin.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Stockholm
Sweden
Rommel
Normandy
Berlin
der Bund
Bern
Switzerland
Gestapo
Walther von Brauchitsch
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Sigmund Wilhelm List
Fritz Erich von Mannstein
Radio
France
Algiers
Basel
Kiel
Stettin
Brazzaville
Fraternal Association of All
Madrid
Germany
Robert Ley
Fuehrer
Ludwig Beck
Count von Stauffenberg
Frankfurt
Wehr
War Loss Cited as Cause of German Revolt By Badoglio
Marshal Badoglio in Rome said Germany’s loss of the war drives any revolt as the German army cannot halt Soviet offensives and has no reserves for Italy or Normandy. He doubted a mass uprising, noting most Germans are in the armed forces or occupied, with only civilians and forced laborers at home.
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Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Germany
Mussolini
Italy
Hitler
Normandy
Badoglio
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
New German Government Claimed by Moscow Broadcast
A Moscow broadcast cited Radio Atlantic claiming a new German imperial government had been formed. Radio Atlantic is a clandestine German language station with a history of anti Nazi propaganda and undisclosed location and connections.
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London
Moscow
Radio Atlantic
Wong
Must Meet Car Pool Rules or Lose Gas in Dallas
The regional Office of Price Administration said after August 1 war price and rationing boards nationwide will refuse supplemental gasoline rations to B and C card holders who fail to comply with car pooling regulations.
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Dallas
Tex
Office of Price Administration
Below freezing lull marks rare mid July night
An official minimum of 49 degrees was recorded at the local weather station marking one of the coldest midsummer nights in memory, though not a July record. It was the coldest night since early June with prior July forties noted last year. Heavy dew covered the city and county alongside the low temperatures.
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Randall
New York
Blue and Grey
D-Day
Don Whitehead
U. S. 29Th Infantry Division
Otto Richard Wergin
Walter Otto Froehling
Mid-Atlantic
Bretton Woods
N. H
United Nations Monetary Conference
International Monetary Fund
World Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Marion Hans
Evan Donovan Hans
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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