Frederick Fair Board Backs October Exhibition
Frederick County Agricultural Society members reaffirmed plans to hold the annual Frederick Fair in October despite wartime conditions. The board approved minor changes to admissions and taxes and advanced a new 4-H Club class with $100 prize for best baby beeves. Premium funds will boost dairy cattle parity, with races and attractions staged by George A. Hamid Inc. The event remains subject to war developments.
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Frederick County Agricultural Society
Frederick
State Fair Board
George A
Maryland
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Taneytown
Timonium
Maryland Fair Board
Pennsylvania
York
Allentown
Reading
First Casualty List From Alaska Announced
The Army released its first Alaska casualty list naming 41 American soldiers killed in the June 2 Dutch Harbor raid or related Aleutian air operations. The officers numbered six with 35 enlisted men from 18 states, part of 931 Americans killed in action or died of wounds since the war began, as War Office figures total 4,801 dead, 3,218 wounded and 38,124 missing nationwide.
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Washington
Alaskan
Dutch Harbor
Aleutian Islands
Army
Alaska
Office of War Information
United States
Department
Roosevelt Honors Hoover on 25 Years in Justice Dept
President Roosevelt sent a letter congratulating J Edgar Hoover on his 25 years with the Justice Department. He praised Hoover for efficiency and results and noted Hoover’s rise from Library of Congress clerk to leading the FBI, marking the 19th class graduation of the FBI National Police Academy founded by Hoover in 1935.
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Washington
Roosevelt
FHS
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Library of Congress
Hoover
FBI National Police Academy
Ship Sunk Off East Coast In Mid July Harsh Weather
The Navy announced the torpedoing and sinking of a medium sized United States merchant vessel about 800 miles off the east coast. Survivors have been landed at an east coast port.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Nine Japanese Ships Reported Sunk by U S Submarines
The Navy announced that U S submarines in the western Pacific sunk five Japanese ships including one modern destroyer and damaged or possibly sank four more vessels, as of today in Washington.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Western Pacific
Modero
Corn Canning To Begin In Coming Week
Frederick city plant operators said sugar corn packing will start mid to late next week with a large season expected due to favorable growing weather. Thomas and Company begin Tuesday. Adamstown and Gaithersburg follow early in the week. Government takes 35 percent of the pack for armed services. CPA sets prices. sugar rationing certificates required. Growers will be paid more per ton for Stowell's Evergreen, Golden Bantara, and Country Gentleman varieties.
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Frederick City
Frederick County
Thomas and Company
Armed Services
CPA
Stowell
Gaithersburg
Adamstown
Western Maryland Canning Company
Thurmont
German Sailors Aid Japanese Axis Partners
Berlin dispatch from German broadcasts reports German sailors aiding the Japanese Navy by helping supply the Axis partner. The July 25 bulletin states the sailors are assisting in logistical tasks for Japan in the war alliance.
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Berlin
Bankrupt Adjudicated for Marion L Goldman Dress Shop
Judge W C Coleman in U S District Court Baltimore adjudicates Marion L Goldman and the Francis Dress Shop as bankrupt. Case referred to Holden S Felton as referee. Petition filed by Miller Coat Company Eleanor Dress Company and Miller and Baker Baltimore creditors.
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W. C. Coleman
U.S. District Court
Baltimore
Marion L. Goldman
Francis Dress Shop
This City
Holden S., Felton
Miller Coat Company
Eleanor Dress Company, Inc
Miller and Baker
Warns Nation Beware Of 3 Saboteurs Ordered Here
Washington July 23 FBI director J Edgar Hoover urged vigilance for three alleged German saboteurs who may enter the United States. He named Walter Kappe Joseph Schmidt and Rheinhold Barth as trained agents with orders from Nazi high command. Posters will aid in detection as the eight other Nazis face trial in Washington.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
United States
Hoover
Justice Department
Walter Kappe
Kappel
Kappe
Alfeld
Germany
Hitler
Fritz Gissibi
Teutonic Society
Barth
Stuttgart
New York
Long Island
Bund
FDI
J. F. Paffrath
Deutscher Konsum Verbund
Fritz Kuhn
Deutscher Weckruf Bund Beobathter
Kuhn
Florida
WPA expects jobs for 13000 WWI veterans after CCC closure
Washington July 25 The Works Progress Administration said it expected to find jobs for many of the 13000 World War I veterans who became unemployed with the closing of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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Washington
Works Project Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
East Coast Housewives Seek To Stockpile Meat Supplies
East coast housewives rush to lay in meat as beef pork and veal shortages spread. Retailers report empty packing houses and higher prices while independents warn of grave scarcity and call for live stock price ceilings and production controls. Philadelphia stores face tight stocks though some chains see ample weekend demand. Connecticut urges poultry use and promotes eggs and seafood in place of meat.
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Associated Press
New York State
Joseph Cohn
The
Meat Trades Institute
Organization of Independents
Philadelphia
Washington
Syracuse
Connecticut Agriculture Department
Connecticut
Benes presses for second front in West
Exiled Czechoslovak leader Eduard Benes urged a western front in 1942 and warned Britain the United States and Russia could receive peace offers by October if a decisive victory is not achieved. He spoke to Czech soldiers as London workers delivered a petition to Downing Street and joined calls from Amalgamated Engineering Union leader Jack Tanner for immediate Allied action.
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London
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Britain
United States
Russia
Benes
No. 10 Downing Street
Hitler
Germany
Jack Tanner
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Blackpool
Tanner
International Metal Work
Ers Federation
Leahy Reassigned From Vichy To Chief Of Staff
President Roosevelt accepted Admiral William D Leahy’s resignation as Ambassador to France at Vichy so he could be chief of staff to the president and commander in chief of the Army and Navy. The letter praises his work and notes no new ambassador will be named, leaving S Pinkney Tuck in charge.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William D Leahy
Vichy
France
Army
Navy
White House
Staf
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
S. Pinkney Tuck
Destroyer Champlin Launched At Fore River Yard
Quincy Mass July 25 The U S S Champlin one of four destroyers built this year at the Fore River shipyard of Bethlehem Steel Company was launched to days.
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Quincy
Mass
Champlin
Fore River
Bethlehem Steel Company
Naval planes bomb tanks and trucks in Western Desert
British Naval Air Service hit Axis forces near El Daba and Alamein using nonstop attacks. Bombers targeted tanks, armoured cars, and motor transport, met heavy anti-aircraft fire, and returned safely after a dawn-based strike. Additional airfield targets northwest and west of El Daba.
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Larr
Naval Air Service
Desert
el Daba
London
Junkers AB
Egypt
Alamein
EL Alamein
Insurance Agents Head Protest Gas Rationing
Salisbury July 25 Den mead Kolb president of the Maryland Association of Insurance Agents protests to Maryland legislators and OPA head Sean Henderson against drastic gasoline rationing for those dependent on it for existence and family maintenance. He asks use every means to secure fair distribution for those who must rely on gasoline for normal operations. He calls the present allotment of gasoline to salesmen ruinous and demoralizing.
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Salisbury
S. Den‘mead Kolb
Maryland Association of Insurance Agents
Maryland
OPA
Sean Henderson
Kolb
U S Bombers Wreak Havoc In Attacks On The Axis
United States Army bombers conducted seven daylight raids in a week, striking Axis ports at Tobruk and Benghazi in Libya and Suda Bay in Crete. The RAF supported by engaging El Daba and Fuka airfields, destroying ground targets and downing several Axis planes. Ground fighting featured artillery duels in central and northern sectors, with RAF fighters assaulting enemy vehicles as Rommel's forces faced reduced air support.
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Cairo
United States
Tobruk
Libya
Suda Bay
Crete
U. S. Army
RAF
el Daba
Alfround
Fuka
U. S. Army Air Force
Bengasi
Rommel
Mediterranean
Ionian Sea
Bomber Maps On Alien Find In New York
New York July 25 officials said aerial photographs and bomber maps showing vital spots in New York and nearby areas were seized from 11 enemy aliens. The images include the George Washington Bridge, Hudson banks, factories, reservoirs, and other targets. maps cover parts of South and Central America, Peru, and Chile. Nine Germans, one woman, and two Italians were captured. one German worked at a Kingsland munitions plant destroyed in 1917. an Italian admitted service at Tobruk in 1937.
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New York
New Lesser Stern Fii J
P. E. Foxworth
FSI
Foxworth
Germany
George Washington Bridge
Hudson River
South
Central America
Peru
Chile
Kensica Reservoir
Westchester County
New York City
Hackensack
Pagsaic
New Jersey
Paterson
N. J
Kingsland
FBI
Tobruk
Americans Praise Desert Project In Cairo Visit
Brig. Gen. Russell L. Maxwell, head of the U S military mission in Egypt, and staff call the desert project a splendid example of American military housekeeping on a grand scale. British minister R G Casey, visiting today, says it will add punch to United Nations effort and is impressed by the enterprise.
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Cairo
Egypt
Russell L. Maxwell
United States
Deoork
Cmd
R. G. Casey
Withington
United Nations
Casey
Japs Fail To Land Supplies At Buna Gona
General MacArthur's headquarters reported Allied air power prevented Japanese landings at Buna Gona in New Guinea. Bombs dropped on troops and installations set fires and silenced an anti aircraft battery as ships withdrew under naval escort. No casualties were reported.
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MacArthur
Australia
Buna-Gona
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Port Moresby
Buna
U. S. Navy
Conarols
Kokoda
Kumusi
U.S. Army
Mrst
Papuan
Salamaua
Lae
Flowers And Cake For Judge Willard
Former Judge Arthur D Willard, who retires from the bench, today celebrated his seventieth birthday. Court House associates recalled him with two dozen red roses and Marion S. Moberly presented a birthday cake.
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Arthur D Willard
Court House
Marion S. Moberly
Williard
Mussolini Welcomes Return of Savoia Marchetti Plane
In Rome an Italian Savoia Marchetti aircraft completed its first round trip from Rome to Tokyo and back. Premier Mussolini personally welcomed the crew upon their return to Italy, as announced today in Rome.
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Berlin
Savoia Marchetti
Tokyo
Italy
Mussolini
Rome
Durban Air Raid Alarm Lifted After Delayed Warning
Durban, a seaport of 150000 people and third ranking urban center in the Union of South Africa, was under air raid alarm for one hour and 13 minutes tonight. The alert was lifted at 6:28 p.m without incident.
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Warpan
Katal
Union of South Africa
Durban
Wedges Drive Into Forts Guarding City in Don Steppe
July 25 dispatch from Moscow reports United States bombers flying wing to wing with Soviet planes in operations against German armored columns along the Don steppes and near Stalingrad. The Germans reportedly broke through at Rostov and sought to seize Novocherkassk in heavy street fighting while Red Star urged steadfast defense and sacrifice.
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Moscow
United States
Red
Don Steppes
U. S
Nas
Caucasus
Rostov
Stalingrad
Don
Volga
Sea of Azov
Aue Getmeny
Tsimlyansk
Red Star
Troeless
Red State
Tropa
Berlin
Novocherkassk
Rostov-on the-Don
Watch Your Taxes Something's Cookin
Baltimore officials and county leaders sought new revenue sources after a projected 14 percent drop in gasoline tax receipts from wartime rationing. State Roads officials said May and June saw less reduction than expected, with further declines likely after June 30.
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Baltimore
Baltimore City
William A. Codds
State Roads Commission
Captain Lammers Killed in RAF Plane Crash
Capt Howard M. Lammers United States naval liaison officer at Colombo Ceylon was killed in a RAF plane crash near Delhi India on July 25. The US commission reported the plane struck a hill in cloud. He was about 48 and had served in Colombo for 18 months.
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Lammers
Delhi
India
Howard M. Lammers
United States Naval Licaison
Colombo
Ceylon
United States Commission
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