Parachutist rumors probe near Doubs Maryland
The Third Service Command said military authorities investigate reports that parachutists or objects were dropped from unidentified planes near Doubs and Shenandoah Junction Maryland last night. Police, State Guard, FBI, and Military Intelligence are reviewing sightings with precautions taken and no arrests reported. Local authorities note defense plants were warned and eyes remain on the area as searches continue.
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Baltimore
Third Service Command
Doubs
Shenandogh Junction
Army Filter Center
State Police
State Guard
FBI
Miltary
Service Command
Frederick County
Potomac River
Washington
Bartgis
Annapolis
Defense Highway
Nasee Tyke
Ellicott City
OCD
Frederick
O'Daniel Faces Runoff After Texas Primary
Dallas reports Senator W. Lee O'Daniel is forced into a runoff with James V. Allred after the Democratic primary. With only two percent uncounted, the Texas Election Board declared a runoff set for August 22. The Texas Congressional delegation heads homeward amid speculation on their role in O'Daniel's bid for a second term.
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Dallas
W. Lee O'Daniel
James V. Allred
Texas
O'Daniel
Burea
Stock Trends Mined in Muted Market Session
New York on July 28 saw a subdued stock market with light buying and negligible selling. Volume was only slightly higher than the prior slow session, keeping the overall trend moderately mixed and unremarkable.
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New York
Negroes Vote Challenge Planned in Arkansas Primary
In Little Rock Pine Bluff and Forest City Negro Democratic Association members were urged to seek ballots in the Democratic preferential primary despite a rule restricting to white electors. Dr J M Robinson said followers should bow politely and leave if refused while Police Chief Pitcock ordered police to monitor polls.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Negro Democratic Association
Pine Bluff
Forrest City
J. M. Robinson
Negro Organization
J. A. Pitcock
Early Corn Crop Starts Canning Amid Record Pace
The corn harvest is the earliest on record with excellent growing conditions. Frederick City Packing Company predicts an opening Friday, the earliest in over fifty years, followed by August 1 as the next earliest. Thomas and Company began packing at 60 percent capacity, targeting peak activity next week for about two weeks, with daily receipts to rise from 100 tons to 170 180 tons and potentially 209 tons daily if a high average continues. Monocacy Valley Canning may open Walkersville by Thursday, weather permitting, and branch canneries at Adamstown and Gaithersburg are delayed due to slower ripening. This compares to August 27, 1924, when cannery starts were later.
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Frederick City Packing Company
Thomas and Company
East South Street
Thomas
Monocacy Valley Canning Company
Walkersville
Thomas Company
Adamstown
Gaithersburg
Nazis Shoot 28 At Lille and jail for crimes
German forces announced the execution of 28 Lille area residents including many mine workers on charges covering sabotage weapon possession and communist activity. In Douai French courts sentenced two to life and 23 to 40 years for stealing ration cards. many defendants were miners. Reports from Courtrai note arrests of hostages after five fires in one night and the seizure of radios and bands.
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Vichy
Lille
Douai
Coutrirai
Denies CCC Camps Abandoned Equipment Claims
Washington reports CCC director James J. McEntee told Rep. Gillie that hundreds of investigations disproved rumors that government equipment was destroyed or abandoned when CCC camps closed. Senator Clark had cited reports of tires and rubber goods burned at a Florida Missouri camp.
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Washington
JP1
James J. McEntee
Civilian Conservation Corps
Rep
Gillie
Ind
CCC
Clark D-Man
Senate
Florida
Attack Is Launched By British In Keypt
Severe fighting broke out along the El Alamein front as British ground and air forces struck after Rommel’s African army. The clash saw heavy artillery duels as Australian and South African troops held the northern positions on a 40 mile front. British bombers targeted Rommel’s supply centers while Axis aircraft contested the skies and Malta activity rose.
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Rommel
Alexandria
Nile Delta
Suez
Sir Claude Auchinleck
Roommel
Cairo
el Alamein
Cme
Suez Canal
Suez Canal Zone
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
el Daba
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RAF
Malta
Britain
Mediterranean
Tokyo Raid Thrilled Internees in Japanese Camp
Laurenta Marques reports on General Doolittle’s air raid over Japan thrilling internees between Tokyo and Yokohama. A twin-motored raid skimmed rooftops near Kawasaki, with factory damage at Nagoya and Kawasaki, while Yokosuka and Kobe losses were noted. civilians recalled a mass burial of Japanese Marines at Yokosuka amid broader wartime destruction.
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Portuguese East Africa
General Doolittle
Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
U.S
Kawasaki
Tieet Field
Tamagawa Valley
Fuji
Kobe
Osaka
Nagoya
Yokosuka
Loeodore Walser
Waseda
Walser
Merchant urges compulsory savings to curb inflation
New York merchant Julian Goldman told the Senate Finance Committee that 25 to 30 billion dollars of surplus purchasing power should be diverted through a compulsory savings plan. Senator Taft supported the idea, arguing it could curb inflation better than taxes, while Goldman warned prices and black markets rise despite ceilings and urged a practical savings mechanism.
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Washington
New York
Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Ohio
Julian Goldman
Goldman
World War I era costs and food controls rise on home front
A Frederick News study covering April to October 1917 shows spiraling living costs in World War I. Farmers hold wheat for higher prices while consumers fear price spikes. food pirates and speculation draw Senate scrutiny. A food control bill emerges as flour prices fail to drop and farmers face wheat losses. Women’s fashion faces critique amid wartime economy, with policymakers debating a static style era and Hoover pressured by East Side women about rationing.
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Frederick News
Senate
Washington
Congress
New York
East Side
Herbert Hoover
Fro
U S Aleutian Tactics Hit San Francisco
Senator Monrad C. Waleren criticizes Washington for failing to push Japanese forces from the Aleutian Islands. He warns that every day enemies stay costs more lives and delays a drive out, as he prepares for a Senate Military Affairs subcommittee trip to Alaska to inspect defenses.
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San Francisco
Monrad C. Walleren Dash
Washington
Aleutian Islands
Army
Navy
Wallgren
Waleren
Senate
Alaska
Light Profiteers Whipped in Alexandria Under New Law
In Alexandria, profiteers convicted under a revised price ceiling law were whipped today. Each received multiple lashes across the back with leather and rope thongs before being taken to a hospital. The punishment marks a shift from previous use on soldiers and police.
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Alexandria
Draw Bridge Knocked Down By Oil Tanker
An oil tanker struck the Chesapeake City drawbridge over the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal just before noon, plunging the structure into the canal. No injuries reported. the tanker was southbound to Chesapeake Bay and towed by a tug. The south abutment and port bow hole were noted, with wreckage across the Intracoastal canal.
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Chsapeake City
Chtsapeake and
Delaware Canal
Chesapeake Bay
John M. Reed
Chesapeake City
Reed
Delaware River
St. George's del
Train Service Curtailment Plans In Wartime
Washington reports Transportation Director Joseph Eastman said local train service likely will be cut during the war where bus service suffices. Commuter trains remain. agencies will survey rail and bus routes to free engines and cars for more critical use, despite local inconveniences.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Ali Masalulls
Gasoline Barge Blast Kills Five Near Paducah
Paducah Kentucky July 28 Five men were reported killed today by a blast on an empty gasoline barge moored at a landing on the Illinois side of the Ohio River near here. Police Chief W E Bryant said the bodies of five men could be seen on the burning barge and one survivor was thrown clear by the blast.
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Lourenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
Hongkong
Clive
Stanley
Hongkong Island
St. Stephen’s College
Ricind
Paducah Ky
Illinois
Ohio River
Here
W. E. Bryant
San Francisco Bay Area Under Brief Air Alert
The Bay Area was under a 53 minute alert ending at 12 07 a m Pacific War Time today due to unidentified targets later identified as friendly. There was no radio silence or blackout.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Gravest Moment Of War After Rostov Falls
Soviet and German statements painted Rostov’s fall as a turning point with German columns reaching near the Don and pressuring Stalingrad. Red Star cited escalating difficulty for counterattacks while Pravda noted German reinforcements from France. London quarters reported cautious notes on a Western front. Birmingham endured a heavy bombing raid as RAF bombers targeted Hamburg.
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Stalingrad
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Don
Kalach
Volga
Red Star
Europe
Rostov
Novocherkassk
London
Voronezh
Don River
Manych
Sal
Rostov-on-Don
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Caucasus
Nogorcherkassk
Astrakhan
Caspian Sea
Semeon Timoshenko
Diane
Gate
trans-Caucasus
Pravda
Communist Party
Germany
France
English Channel
Berlin
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
French Channel
Birmingham
RAF
Hamburg
Land Assault Possible On Port Moresby
In the Pacific theater Gen Douglas MacArthur reports expanded Japanese positions in New Guinea after a landing at Gona. Allies monitor ground patrols near Oivi, Kokoda, and Buna while Japan eyes a potential land assault on Port Moresby to threaten Australia. In Australia, Darwin and Townsville were attacked or repelled in isolated raids as Chinese and Allied forces widen activity on the Nanchang Hangchow railway frontier.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Mhred
Slaps
New Guia
United Nations
Gonna Mission
Perusa
Papa
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Australia
Twce
Darwin
Northeen
Npetealis
Ovhota
Townsville
Antenirerath
Buna
China Front
Chifang Kai-Shek
Nanchang-Hangchow
Mount St. Marys Football Faces War Time Cut
Mount St. Marys College announces head coach James Bull Draper has entered the Army as a lieutenant at Fort Myer Virginia. Wally Opekun to lead the squad on an abbreviated schedule after Catholic University suspends football for the duration. Western Maryland and Washington College games remain on the calendar with dates adjusted for the war.
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Emmitsburg
Mount St. Mary's College
James Bull Draper
Armed Services
Catholic University
Tee Te Jabs BC Pagan
Draper
Fort Myer
Cogan
Wally Opekun
Opekun
Baltimore Launches New Cruiser Baltimore
Massachusetts launches new cruiser Baltimore at Fore River yard of Bethlehem Steel. Fifth in line to bear the Baltimore name, the ship was christened by Mrs. R. W. Jackson wife of Baltimore's mayor. The name recalls a continental brigantine of 12 guns that aided coast defense along Delaware and Chesapeake Bays.
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Quinexs
Mra
Baltimore
U.S Navy
Maryland
Fore River
Bete. Steel Company
R. W. Jackson
Factory Employment and Payrolls Up Again
Baltimore reports June gains in factory employment and payrolls despite expectations of a decline. Employment rose 0.7 percent and payrolls increased 2.1 percent from May to June, contrasting the 19 year averages of declines.
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Baltimore
Maryjana
Record low smallpox cases set in 191
An all time low in the United States marked the year 191 with only 1432 reported smallpox cases nationwide, reflecting a dramatic decline in the disease’s spread.
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United States
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