City Receives Auxiliary Fire Equipment For Civil Defense
Federal OCD funds will supply pumping units and gear to Frederick for civil defense. Mayor Gittinger appointed W Bartgis Storm as property officer. three trailer units, two skid types, and one front end unit arrive in three weeks to a month. Equipment will be stored with local fire companies and used under OCD direction for air raid protection. Six county towns including Brunswick Walkersville Thurmont Emmitsburg Myersville Middletown also receive gear.
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Frederick
National Office of Civilian Defense
Hugh V. Gittinger
W. Bartgis Storm
United Fire Company
OCD
Fire Engine Company
Gittinger
E. Austin James
L. Victor Kreh
State Office of Civilian Defense
County
UCW
Luvedor Adlona
Sennett
Mr. Storm
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
Brunswick
Walkersville
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Myersville
Middletown
Storm Damage In Millions From Texas Gulf Coast Hurricane
A hurricane along the Texas Gulf Coast caused multi million dollar damage with estimates of 1 million in Houston and 1 million in Galveston and Goose Creek Baytown Pelly area. Winds averaged 75 miles an hour with gusts over 100 and up to 132 at Houston airport. Streets flooded, trees toppled, homes ruined, and power outages blacked Galveston as residents sought shelter in public buildings.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Gulf Coast
Galveston
Goose Creek
Baytown
Pelly
Tri-Cities
Houston Municipal
Prs
German General Relieved Of Command In Netherlands
London dispatch says General Friedrich Christiansen, commander of German forces in the Netherlands, has been relieved of command to focus on other duties. Moscow radio reports he was cashiered for cowardice, per official Netherlands news agency.
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London
DNB
Agéner
Friedrich Christiansen
Netherlands
Omer
Aneta
Christiansen
Vatican City
NBC
Bern
Rome
Seventh Army Captures Cefala in Sicily Advance
Allied forces announced the Seventh Army has captured Cefala west of Messina and pressed east toward San Stefano and other targets. Canadian troops gained ground while the British Eighth Army remained halted before Catania as battles continued along a broad front with German defenses and Italian troops in the line.
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North Africa
Seventh Army
Sicily
Celfala
Messina Strait
San’ Stefano
Dwight D
Alimena
Cefalu
Petralia
Colesano
Cera Careveturo
Polizzia
Calteyrturo
Eighth Army
Catania
el Alamein
Egypt
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Cetalu
Etna
San Stefano
Nicosia
Agira
Catenanuoyva
Dittaino
Germans In Retreat At Orel Hold Last Stand
Nazi forces continue to fall back on Orel as the Soviets close in from three sides. German troops burn villages and force inhabitants into labor gangs to dig trenches and dugouts for defense on the central Russian front.
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Moscow
Orel
Red Army
Guenther von Kluege
German Troops Move South To Halt Allies In Sicily
Reports from Rome say German units were seen moving south in convoys through the Italian capital, with Italian soldiers accompanying. Mussolini’s resignation prompted new liberal newspapers in Rome and mutterings of continued Axis resistance if Germany provides aid.
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Sicily
Madrid
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Numbo
Riseoso
Heavy RAF Night Raid On Hamburg Continues
RAF bombers returned to Hamburg in a great night attack after a day of daytime raids by American bombers. The Berlin high command claimed heavy damage and losses for the attackers, while Ruhr valley targets and air fields were also hit. Mosquito fighter patrols operated over Germany Holland and France. Hamburg and Bremen ranked among the most bombed cities in the war.
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Germany
Britain
RAF
Low Countries
Berlin
Hamburg
Ruhy
Ruhr
Aho
Air Ministry
Holland
France
Clumburg
Pcace US bWwo
Milan
Oi Corriere Della Sera
Morgagni Street
Canale
Great
Nac
Naples
Bari
Taranto
Trieste
Venice
Turi
Charge G O P Group Seeks To Split Party
Washington July 26 internal ruckus in Republican ranks over a 1944 foreign policy declaration spills into public. The Republican Postwar Policy Association is accused of trying to split the party and push wartime peacetime isolation opposition. Officers from the association press for resolutions at the Postwar Ad Council meeting to be held at Mackinac Sept 7. Also notes urging Roosevelt to back an airport for Charleston and government takeover of the Old Sweet Springs tuberculosis sanatorium for war casualties.
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Washington
Republican Postwar Policy Association
Ang New Gmes
TE Ssangler
Republican National Committee
Sires
Zinia
Roosevelt
Charleston
Sweet Springs Turberculosis
Monroe County
Equity Hearing Weighs Specific Performance Of Davidge Will
In Equity Court Chief Judge Delaplaine heard arguments over allowing testimony to prove a contract by which Harold S Davidge would transfer his estate to his stepdaughter Roberta Baumgardner upon death. Attorneys clashed over jurisdiction between Orphans Court and Equity Court as the $25,000 to $30,000 estate remains tied to two unprobated wills and a caveat. Judge Delaplaine took the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S&s. Delaplaine
Equity Court
Harold S. Davidge
Roberta V. Baumgardner
Davidge
Baumgardner
Marjorie Davidge Mannix
New York City
Mannix
Iservos Parsons Newman
Manix
Orphans Court
Circuit Court
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Edward J. Smith
Delaplaine
Attacks On Kiska By Air Intensify In Pacific
Navy reports 19 air raids on Kiska Island over Monday and Tuesday, with Wake Island also engaged in Central Pacific operations. Bombers and fighter bombers strike Japanese defenses as fires and explosions accompany the attacks. One American Warhawk was shot down but rescued by a Navy Catalina.
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Washington
Pacific Command
Kiska Island
North Pacific
Navy
Wake Island
Kiska
Midway
Wake
Large Symphonies To Play In Small Cities
James C. Petrillo announced plan to send major city orchestras to small towns for free concerts with a $250,000 budget, potentially doubling if needed. Participating big-city ensembles include Washington, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Cincinnati, with other groups from Wilmington, Louisville, Toledo, Norfolk, Charleston, and Wheeling.
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New York
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Petrillo
White House
Trenancett Sho
Beaku
Washington
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Wilmington
Del
Louisville
Toledo
Ohio
Norfolk
Charleston
Wherling
W. Va
Italy not to get back all African colonies
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden stated in the House of Commons that allies would not return North African possessions to Italy after any honorable capitulation. He answered no when queried by Liberal MP Thomas Maguire. Also, a Budapest radio broadcast claimed Athens is under curfew due to recent events.
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Italy
London
Anthons Eden
House of Commons
Thomas Maguay
Athens
New York
Budapest
Europe
United States Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Churchill defends bombing Rome and replies on capitulation request
London July 28 Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that no official reply had been received to repeated requests for Italy’s capitulation. He mocked Mussolini’s disappearance as a possible reply, praised Rome raid results as encouraging, and defended the bombing of military targets near Rome as necessary despite proximity to monuments. Sir Archibald Sinclair affirmed Axis-aimed bombing targets and warned civilians take risks at occupied centers.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Rome
Rae Ig
Archibald Sinclair
Sinclair
Germany
Victory speed case hearings set for Thursday in Police Court
Nineteen cases over Victory speed limit violations are slated for hearing before the county OPA legal panel in Police Court Thursday evening. The list includes motorists from Frederick and surrounding towns. panel powers cover revoking gasoline rations for set periods. No pleasure driving charges appear on the docket this week.
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OPA
Luther Lb. Utermahlen
Frederik
Rosa May Utermahlen
Fred
Erick
Carl R Valentine
Rocky Ridge
Arthur L. Baker
South Carroll Street
Jerome J. Hoffman
Frederick
Paul S. Benchoff
Sabillasville
Irene Mogan
Blue Ridge
J Summit
John T Temp
Burkitt
Italian cabinet dissolves fascist party and upends law
Reports from Bern say Italy's new government acts to end the fascist Grand Council and abolish the fascist law, transferring state defense cases to military courts. Milan faces insurrection and street fighting as workers abandon jobs and fascist resistance persists amid chaos and rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corriere Della Sera
Milan
Pama Vadin
Tullio Giordano
Gazzetta del Popolo
Turin
Maisky Named Soviet Vice Commissar of Foreign Affairs
Moscow July 28 P Tvan Maisky, longtime Russian ambassador to London, was appointed Soviet Vice Commissar of Foreign Affairs. The announcement gave no immediate details but suggested Maisky could later return to London. It recalled that Maxim Litvinay also was named a Vice Commissar, joining five other officials in the post.
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Moscow
Tvan Maisky
London
Maisky
Maxim Litvinay
Issay
Baltimore Refuses Tolchester Ferry Operation
The Baltimore war price and rationing board refused Tolchester Lines Inc. the right to operate the bay ferry Bear Mountain for three months. Tolchester Lines holds fuel rationing of 162 500 gallons for the Francis Scott Key ferry service between Baltimore and Tolchester.
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Baltimore
Baltimore War Price and Rationing Board
Tolchester Lines, Inc
Bear Mountain
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Detroit
National Association For the Advancement At Calored
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United Nations
Chang Tao-Fan
Ovra
Stefani
Gran Hotel
Roberto Faranacci
Fascist Party
Spain
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Ivaghans
Pietro Badoglio
G.O.P
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Udy Ua i Forersen
Fden
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Rome Radio
National Fascist Party
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