Frederick Storm Causes $10000 in Property Loss and Damage
Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger estimated city property damage at $10,000 or more after a tornadic storm with winds over 60 mph. Crews cleared debris through Friday, with four foot limb lengths along curbs for pickup, and residents urged to avoid blocking sidewalks. Montevue Almshouse roof damage and widespread tree loss reported, along with damage to Krantz farm roof, Fox trailer, and utility lines.
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Frederick
Hugh V. Gittinger
Frederick City
Jesse W. Kolb
Krantz Farm
Montevue Pike
Pike
A. C. Fox
South Catoctin Avenue
Fox
North Market Street
East Second Street
Gittinger
L. Rayhu Specht
Seventh Street
Bentz Street
Opossum Town Pike
Harmon Staley
William J. Davis
Fishing Creek
Linganore
Harmony Grove
Robert E. L. Putman
State Roads Commission
Liberty
Israel's Creek
Baughman's Lane
West Frederick
Col
E. Austin Baughman
Jacob Rohrback
McNair Killed in Normandy Frontline Action
Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair former commander of the Army Ground Forces was killed by enemy fire in Normandy while observing front line operations. At 61, he directed training of ground troops overseas and was praised by Gen. George C. Marshall as "the brains of the Army."
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Washington
Lesley J. McNair
Army Ground Forces
Normandy
War Department
McNair
Army
Ben Lear
George C. Marshall
Elm disease alert as Frederick storm blows over elms
M R Snoderly, Agriculture Dept representative, surveyed Frederick after a storm and warned of Dutch elm disease spread from fallen limbs and bark. He urged residents to burn or store debris in dark places, noting Elm bark beetles breed there and can infect healthy trees. The city remains free so far. More storms and cooler weather expected after a 30 degree drop.
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College Terrace
M. R. Snoderly
Department of Agriculture
Frederick
Frederick City
Three Killed In Action Across Frederick County Areas In France
War Department telegrams inform families of three soldiers killed in action in France and one missing. Sgt. Roy C. Koontz of Mt. Pleasant died June 29 in an Army brigade action after service in Hawaii and England. Sgt. John Thomas Whipp of Libertytown is missing in France since June 12. Tech Sgt. Winifred S. Burns, husband of Alberta Phelps, was killed July 4 in France after training at Camp Atterbury. Pvt. George L. Gigeous, 19, Boonsboro native, was killed in action in France on June 17 after July 1943 induction and Camp Croft training.
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Frederick County
France
War Department
Clagettsville
Montgomery County
Washington County
Middletown
Roy C. Koontz
Vernon J. Koontz
Mt. Pleasant
Koontz
Hawaii
England
Reading
Vernon
Italy
William
Woodsboro
Bessie Clipp
Margaret West
29Th Division
John Thomas Whipp
John D. Whipp
Libertytown
Whipp
Liberty High School
F. H. Hedges
Camp Atterbury
Ind
George L. Gigeous
Hermin E. McKnight
Alvey C. Little
Boonsboro
Armed Force
Camp Croft
8. C
Wilbur A. Poffinberger
Polish Premier To Visit Stalin In Moscow
Premier Stanislaw Mikelajczyk of the Polish government in exile left London for Moscow to confer with Premier Stalin. The cabinet approved the trip as part of a bid to bridge the split between the London Polish leadership and the Polish Committee of Liberation amid wartime Polish governance talks.
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London
Stanislaw Mikelaczyk
Moscow
Stanislaw Mikelajczyk
Stalin
Polish Committee of Liberation
French Patriots Annihilate 116 Truck Nazi Convoy
Supreme Headquarters reports French patriots defeated German tank attacks in ambushes and annihilated a convoy of 116 trucks in Saone-et-Loire. The communique from an advanced command post confirms continued successful warfare against the foe.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Supreme Command
Saone-Et-Loire
Red Army Crosses the Vistula Stoking Warsaw Threat
Reports from Moscow and London claim Soviet infantry crossed the 600 foot Vistula near Deblin Pulawy southeast of Warsaw aided by amphibious trucks and heavy artillery. Izvestia quotes Polish resistance as Warsaw hearing the artillery while German defenses fall back across the river.
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Vistula
Moscow
Vistula River
Warsaw
Silesia
Izvestia
Deblin-Pulach
Berlin
German Silesia
Deblin
Pulawy
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Bug River
Red Army
Visla
Hitler
Baltic Front
Narva
Gulf of Finland
Stanislawow
Kelemya
Czechoslovakia
Bialystok Evacuated By Nazis
London reports Bialystok 110 miles northeast of Warsaw evacuated last night amid heavy fighting. The city, with 91 000 residents and key rail links, has been surrounded for days as German defenses protect East Prussia and Moscow notes place it near advancing Russian lines. It was Poland’s textile center and a fortress position.
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London
Moscow
Brest Litovsk
Bialystok
Warsaw
Leningrad
East Prussia
Poland
Lodz
Big Port Not Fully Ready
Secretary of War Stimson said Cherbourg, captured June 26, is not yet repaired enough to fully supply Allied armies in Normandy. He praised invasion supply services under Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee and noted ongoing beach landings on the original beaches while Cherbourg awaits permanent occupation.
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Washington
Stimson
Cherbourg
Normandy
John C. H. Lee
Investigation into Monocacy fish deaths begins
State Department of Health officials started an inquiry this morning into the death of fish in the Monocacy River below the disposal plant. Chief Engineer George L. Hall Mayor Hugh V. Gitlinger City Engineer W. Raymond Walter and Henry Schilp joined the inspection team, which moved from the plant toward the river after 10 o clock.
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State Department of Health
Frederick
Monocacy
George L. Hall
Health Department
Hugh V. Gitlinger
W. Raymond Walter
Henry Schilp
Nazi party paper says nerves stressed by total mobilization
The Voelkischer Beobachter quotes Hitler followers saying never have their nerves and hearts faced heavier trials since the war began. The remarks come in response to Paul Joseph Goebbels' speech on total mobilization in Berlin.
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Stockholm
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Rabbi Halpern Leaves for Greenfield Call
Rabbi Israel I Halpern will leave Beth Snolom in Greenfield Mass to begin work August 15 at Greenfield Hebrew Congregation after a Ontario vacation He leaves a year of community outreach with Christian churches Lions Club and Bnai Brith and will join his wife and son at Crystal Beach Ontario before moving to Greenfield.
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Israel I. Halpern
Greenfield Hebrew Congregation
Greenfield
Mass
Ontario
Canada
Beth Snolom
Rabbi Halpern
Lions Club
County
Bnai Brith Lodge
National Jewish Fraternity and Service Organization
Crystal Beach
Lawrence
193 Nazi Planes Shot Down In Three Days
Rome reports Allied air battles over Europe produce a record loss of 193 German planes in the past three days. Allied Liberators strike Belgium and Hungary while British bombers hit southern France. Budapest, Givors Baden, and BrusselsGhent rail targets are attacked amid heavy air combat and fires.
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Rome
Manfred Weiss
Budapest
Hungary
London
Brussels
Ghent
Berlin
U. S
Italy
Normandy
Givors-Bader
Lyon
France
Hamburg
Givors-Baden
How to Prevent Ulcer Flareups by Nighttime Feeding
Dr Walter Alvarez of the Mayo Clinic advised that during emotional crises ulcer patients should begin hourly or bi hourly meals at night, especially between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m., to buffer gastric acid and protect the mucous membrane. He notes ulcers often worsen from empty stomachs during stress and that anxiety increases gastric acid.
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Chicago
Walter Alvarez
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn
Journal of the American Medical Association
Allied Convoy Reported Massing for Italian Landing
Berlin radio said masses of Allied warships transports and landing craft were concentrated with several divisions of troops in the Tyrrhenian Sea area near La Spezia and Genoa for an imminent landing in northern Italy.
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London
Berlin
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
la Spezia
Genoa
Flying Bomb Attacks On London Resumed
On July 27 after a 12 hour lull German flying bombs again hit London and southern England. The opening barrage was light but a bomb in a residential district killed and injured several people while a group of previously damaged empty houses were completely destroyed.
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London
England
American armored drive breaks through German lines near St Lo
Allied reports from the Normandy front show American tanks and infantry penetrating toward Periers and Canisy. U S forces reached Le Mesnil Hermman and Canisy while expanding the corridor from St Gilles and Canisy toward the Vire river.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Lo
Periers
St. Gilles
Canisy
Vire
le Mesnilllerman
U. S
France
Lessay
St. Lo-Coutances
Marigny
Battle casualties for United States exceed 311000
Fierce fighting in two hemispheres pushes U S battle casualties past 311000 with more than 63600 dead. The cost in men now far exceeds World War I totals, drawn from Army Navy files and updated figures from Normandy Saipan and Guam Air Forces losses.
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Washington
United States
Normandy
Saipan
Guam
Killed in Action Capt John Reckord of Baltimore
Capt John Reckord 26, nephew of Maj Gen Milton A Reckord, was killed June 23 in the European theater. He is survived by his mother Mrs William A Hooper, wife Betty Catling Reckord of Catonsville, and an infant daughter. He studied at University of Maryland after West Point prep.
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Baltimore
John Reeckord
Milton A. Reckord
War Department
Reckord
Third Service Command
John G Reckord
William A. Hooper
Betty Catling Reckord
Catonsville
French Paratroop Fight in Normandy Aids Invasion
Air Minister Fernand Grenier announced that French parachute troops are engaging behind German lines in Normandy and seven French aerial squadrons participate in the invasion. The statement highlights coordinated French forces under the French Committee of National Liberation.
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Normandy
Algiers
Fernand Grenier
French
Committee of National Liberation
Allied Armor Advances In Normandy Invasion Push
British and American forces extended the Normandy breakout with tanks and infantry driving to towns around Caen and St Lo. German counterattacks were repulsed as Allied spearheads cut toward Coutances and Canisy, threatening a Vire defense bend and widening inland reach.
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Normandy
Esquay
Caen
Verrierex
Omar
Nv Bredley
Doughboys
Periers
Caumont
St. Lo
Montrabot
Canisy
U.S
Marigny
Coutances
Canlsy
St. Gilles
Vire
Schacht Reported Murdered by Gestapo
London reports a Stockholm dispatch stating Dr. Hjalmar Schacht Reich minister without portfolio was shot by the Gestapo. The claim echoed prior unverified reports and German broadcasts gave no confirmation. Rome reports renewed German counterattacks eight miles from Florence as Allied forces press toward the city.
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Dr. Schacht
Gestapo
London
Algiers
Stockholm
Hjalmar Schacht
Schacht
Sabang Harbor Installations Destroyed in 35 Minute Bombardment
Allied task force including battleships cruisers and destroyers shelled Sabang at the western tip of Sumatra for 35 minutes under carrier air cover. Shore batteries were silenced and one merchant ship was sunk while two jetties were wrecked. Two crewmen died, others wounded. Dockyards and workshops sustained heavy shell damage. Admiral Mountbatten HQ reported the attack.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Sabang
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Sumatra
Bom
Bardment
Ateast
Targer
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Theo G. Bilbo
Maso Clinic
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