Invasion Talk Across Fronts as Allied Plans Rise
German military commentator predicts massed Allied divisions in North Africa ready to strike at the Riviera when Britain signals an invasion. Britons hear of a looming amphibious push as Tito calls for decisive action and the Red Army prepares. Corsica is pictured as a springboard for a broad south flank attack coordinated with North Africa forces. The Channel coast endures a heavy air raid as Allied plans gain urgency.
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London
North Africa
Riviera
Britain
William Mo James
Marshal Tito
Red Army
Rome
Near East
Turkey
Corsica
DNS
Europe
Italy
James
Channel
Aathen
Rommel
France
Vichy Radio
Huge War Contract Totals Reported by Baltimore WPB
A Baltimore area report shows 4.606 billion dollars in war contracts placed through March 1944 under the War Production Board district. Major supply contracts total 409 million, facility projects 514 million, and foodstuffs were excluded. Regions in Maryland and Virginia are listed with contract figures.
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Baltimore
War Production Board
C. W. Creighton
Creighton
WPB
Anne Arundel
Calvert, Carroll
Charles
Frederick
Harford
Howard
Montgomery
Prince George's
St Mary's
Washington
Maryland
Arlington
Clarke
Fairfax
Loudoun
Virginia
Wounded Pvt Paul M O'Brien Reported In Italy
War Department telegram to Mrs William G Crummill 220 East Patrick Street says Pvt Paul M O'Brien slightly wounded in Italy on May 15. He is 23, a former Crown Cork & Seal employee in Baltimore, inducted December 1942, trained at Camp Van Dorn. He had said in a prior letter that nothing had happened and everything was peaceful.
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Paul M O’brien
Italy
War Department
William G. Crummitt
East Patrick Street
Crummall
Crown Cork & Seal
Baltimore
Pyt O'Brien
Camp van Dorn
Mary
O'Brien
Rome
Pvt O'Brien
Red Counter Attacks In Romania Reported Successful
The Red Army launched counterattacks north of Iasi in Moldavia, killing 800 Nazis and destroying 18 tanks. Soviet reports note fierce fighting with heavy losses for Germany, while censors stress no broad strategic shift across other front sectors.
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London
Red Army
Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Monitor
Berlin
High Command
Danube
Ploesti
Red Star
Puppet Government Set Up In Bulgaria
Berlin announced a new Bulgarian government led by Ivan Bagmanoff as premier and foreign minister forming a puppet regime similar to Hungary. Reports say Germany has poured troops into Bulgaria and taken command of the Bulgarian Army since the Bonlov fall.
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London
Hungary
Ivan Bagmanoff
Berlin
Transocean
Associated Press
Bonlov
Bulgaria
Attack on Kuriles Continues Amid Pacific Raids
American planes began new bombing runs on the Kuriles on Monday striking Shumushu in the northern chain as Ventura search aircraft reported moderate anti-aircraft fire and no damage noted. The strikes followed bombs hitting multiple Kurile islands including Shumushu Patimushiro Matsuwa and Shimushiri earlier in the week.
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Kuriles
Washington
North Pacific
Ku- Tile Islands
Shumushu
Navy
Ventura
Fleet Air Wing Four
Kurile Island
Patimushiro
Matsuwa and
Shimushiri
Troops Landed By U S On Biak Island In Fresh Push
Allied headquarters report American reinforcements have landed on Biak Island without enemy interference as part of a massed assault. Allied air forces bombed Manokwari and Biak adjacent areas while sniper and ground action continued around Mokmer airfield. Farther afield, raids hit Alet Island and Truk environs, with 75 Nipponese killed around Maffin Bay raising total since May 17 to 1,453. Bougainville also sees fresh US amphibious moves near Empress Augusta Bay.
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New Guinea
Seventh Fleet
Biak
Threes Alfields
Schoutens
Geelvink Bay
Japan Island
Dutch New Guinea
Maffin Bay
Bougainville
North Solomons
Torokina River
Empress Augusta Bay
Bay
British New Guinea
Madang
Guru
Hansa Bay
Wewak-Hansa Bay
Wakde
Pocomoke City Milk Deliveries Halt Over Price Dispute
Dairies Stevens and C. J. Ardis cut off retail milk to about 3200 customers in Pocomoke City Md amid an unresolved Office of Price Administration ceiling price fight. An OPA appeal for delay failed. Officials consider a rise to 15 1/2 cents per quart possible after talks with the price panel.
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Pocomoke City
OPA
Washington Gpa
Counci
Lions Club
Greeks Nab Nazis in Thesaly Revenge Strike
Greek patriots killed about 250 German troops with guns and knives after surprising them at a stream in Thesaly. The Germans were resting after a drive into Olympus area villages, where villagers were shot and atrocities reported. Seven Greek partisans died and eight were wounded.
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Cairo
Thessaly
Olympus
Light Rain With Seasonal Thundershower Across County
Thundershower Thursday evening delivered less than a tenth of an inch of rain and a drop from 91 to 73 degrees. Some areas received more rainfall than Frederick, while official totals stood at 0.04 inch and likely higher after deadlines. Relief for crops and gardens was noted as forecasts called for more thundershowers and cooler, partly cloudy conditions.
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Frederick
Mt Airy Soldier Wounded in Italy In May
Leroy Welty son of Mr and Mrs Chester Welty Mt Airy was slightly wounded in action in Italy on May 12 with a left leg injury. A War Department letter to his parents says he was improving by May 15. Welty, formerly with Farmers Cooperative Association, enlisted February 7 1943 and went overseas in November. His brother Pvt Clarence Welty with a medical detachment is believed en route overseas.
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Ple
Leroy . Welty
Chester Welty
Airy
Italy
War Department
Pic Welty
Farmers Cooperative Association
Africa
Pvt
Clarence Welty
Dance for Girl Reserves Members at Frederick High
A dance for current and former Girl Reserves members and guests is planned Monday evening in the Frederick High School gymnasium. Joe Stephens’ orchestra will furnish the music.
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Nance
Frederick High School
Joe Stephens
Backbone of Jap Resistance Bent
Admiral William F. Halsey reports in Auckland that Japanese strength in the Pacific has been severely bent. He cites losses of 150000 men 3800 planes and many ships and says Japan now fields about 15000 men in the South Pacific with only 2000 effective. He contrasts the Pacific theater and warns the Japanese backbone would break if not fully crushed.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Pacific
South Pacific
William F Halsey
Halsey
Bougainville
The
Solomons
Dean Of Men At W. Md Speaks At Liberty
Dr L Forrest Free, Dean of Men at Western Maryland College, addressed 22 Liberty High School graduates at commencement in the school auditorium. He urged youth to pursue justice equality and democracy, seek a meaningful vocation, and plan for postwar adjustments with ambition honesty and courage. Music by the school orchestra and glee club complemented the program.
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L. Forrest Free
Western Maryland College
Liberty High School
Charles C. T. Stull
Sardillo
Sereedy
Glee Club
Robert W. Russell
Coombs-Wellesley
Garden of
Deppen
W. Gordon Beecher
G Ernest Wunder
Linganore
Libertytown
Richard F. Kline Named Lions Club President
Richard F. Kline was named president of the Lions Club at the annual election after the weekly luncheon at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. He succeeds G. Raymond Shipley who becomes a board member. New officers include William H. Bartgis and Clifford M. Yinger as vice presidents, Glenn E Stovall, Herman C. Gubisch, Ira F. Ray, Jacob R. Ramsburg, Ralph H. Fellows, and board members Richard E. Zimmerman Alvey V. Renn. Memorial services for deceased members were led by Rev. Arthur C. Slade.
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Richard F. Kline
The
Lions Club
Francis Scott Key
Mr. Kline
G. Raymond Shipley
William H. Bartgis
Clifford M. Yinger
Glenn E Stovall
Herman C. Gubisch
Ira F. Ray
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Ralph H. Fellows
Richard E. Zimmerman
Alvey V. Renn
Mr. Shipley
Arthur C. Slade
Wallet Returned to Seaman Shupe After City Visit
Seaman Byron Otho Shupe U S N writes to Mr and Mrs C Irving Danner at 334 Park Avenue that a wallet lost in this city has been found. The Danners traced it through Kansas New York and Washington D C to reach Shupe. Mrs Danner says the wallet will be mailed to its owner today with money naval ID and papers intact.
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Virginia
Byron Otho Shupe
C. Irving Danner
Park Avenue
Danners
Frederick
Kansas
Shupe
New York
Naval Post Office
Washington, D. C
Seaman Shupe
Danner
Put Hitler In Asylum Urges Dr Barnhart
Dr William R Barnhart urged after world war II victory that Hitler belong in an asylum to avoid martyrdom and called for disarmament and an international police to maintain peace. He spoke at Thurmont High School graduation as 43 seniors received diplomas.
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Hitler
Dr. Barnhart
Wiliam R. Barnhart
Thurmont High School
Thurmont
Germany
Barnhart
Big Four
International Organization
Eugene W. Pruitt
Handel
Ashford
Blake
America
Herfurth Rev Charles
H Corbett
Gripsholm to arrive from Belfast with wounded and evacuees
The Gripsholm is expected to arrive in Jersey City on Tuesday morning June 6 from Belfast. The ship will carry wounded servicemen and civilian evacuees including many South Americans returning home. A raid by the American Export Liner was reported today.
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New York
Gripsholm
Belfast
Jersey City
N J
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International Woodworkers ofAmerica
CIO
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Paul M. O'Brien
India
Burma
U.S
Biak Island
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
East Church Street
Mt. Airy
Ferk
Yardley N
WSA
Monsanto Chemical Company
South Market—Oper
W. Md
Liberty
Dr. Free
Charles Kemp
Merle Adams
Calvary Methodist Sunday School
Kemp
West South Street
Markell Nelson
Joseph Wolfe
Adams
Nelson
Harry Keaster
Wolfe
Howard Kemp
William Handley
Herman Brust
Lions
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Norton Market ST
Market Sts
North Market St
Frederick Cloak & Suit Store
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