Submarine Sinkings Reach 589 Enemies Since War Start
Navy communique No. 522 reports United States subs very recently sank 16 more Japanese merchant ships in Pacific and Far East waters. The tally includes one large transport and one large cargo vessel among the 16, plus seven medium cargo vessels, two small cargo vessels, four medium cargo transports and one small cargo transport. Total enemy ships sunk to date reaches 589, with 148 combatant vessels.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Navy
Navy Department
Pacific
Far East
Polish Premier Arrives Today for Courtesy Visit
Polish Prime Minister Stanislaw Mikolajczyk arrives in Washington on a courtesy visit at the invitation of the U.S. government. He will meet President Roosevelt and American officials to discuss European and Polish questions and seek to narrow gaps with the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Roosevelt
Russia
Poland
Stettinius
Soviet Union
Red Army
Churchill
Posthumous Purple Heart for Private Dansberger
The Purple Heart is awarded posthumously to Private Dansberger son of G William Dansberger of this city. He was listed dead by the War Department after being missing since the fall of Bataan. He served in the Signal Corps in the Philippines at the war's start and received a sympathy card from General George C Marshall noting he fought valiantly in service to his country.
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Dansberger
G. William Dansberger
Danzberger
Henry L. Stimson
War Department
Bataan
Signal Corps
Philippines
George €& Marshall
Allied Bombers Hit Boulogne Calais in Major Channel Raid
American heavy bombers and fighters joined by RAF units hammered Boulogne and Calais targets across the French coast. Berlin radio claimed UK and US forces faced heavy actions as operations extended over the English Channel with no British planes lost.
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London
Paris
Berlin
Hungary
Boulogne
Calais
Pas de Calais
France
England
Cologne
Germany
English
English Channel
RAF
Pfc Mussetter Dies From Stab Wound at Fort Benning
Pfc John Henry Mussetter Jr., 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mussetter of Henderson's Corner and grandson of former Judge Henry P. Mussetter, died at Fort Benning Georgia after a stab wound. He served nearly two years after entering as an aviation cadet, later transferring to infantry. A Gaithersburg High School and St. John's College graduate, he was an only son with three sisters and his parents. The family was notified by telegram and seeks further particulars.
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John Henry Mussetter
Sjr
J. H. Mussetter
Henderson's Corner
Henry P. Mussetter
Orphans Court
Ijamsville
Fort Benning
Mussetter
Infantry
Gaithersburg High School
St. John’s College
Miss Virginia Carty Weds Walter J De Lillo In Quiet Baltimore Ceremony
Miss Virginia Carty daughter of J W L Carty Frederick and the late Mrs Carty married Walter J de Lillo son of the late Mr and Mrs Joseph de Lillo of New Castle Pennsylvania. The ceremony at 4 30 pm Friday was performed by Rev Father Carroll C Kerr at St Williams Catholic church Ten Hills Baltimore. Only the bride’s father and LeRoy F Evans Peabody faculty attended. Both are prominent in musical circles. The bride, a Frederick native, has been with the Peabody Conservatory and is a Hood College graduate now dean of Peabody. The groom, formerly a Hood violin instructor, is a National Symphony Orchestra member and Baltimore Symphony Personnel Manager and Peabody staff, with Johns Hopkins training and a Peabody Master of Music.
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Virginia Carty
J. W. L. Carty
Frederick
Carty
Walter J. de Lillo
New Castle
Joseph de Lillo
Carroll C. Kerr
St. Williams Catholic Church
Ten Hills
Baltimore
Clark declares 14th German Army defeated after Rome capture
Naples radio quotes Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark praising Fifth Army for capturing Rome and destroying parts of the 10th and 14th German armies. He cites 20 000 prisoners and air support from Gen. Eaker. Clark notes improvements in Rome and orders to pursue and destroy retreating forces.
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London
Naples
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Clark
Rome
Eaker
Ira C
Algiers
Rome Falls to Allies as Partisans Aid Breakthrough
In Rome the Fifth Army and Italian partisans fought street battles to push back the German Wehrmacht. Civilians aided the advance as tanks pierced the city center, bridgeheads, and key avenues while Rome’s old sites echoed with the clash and cheers from crowds.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Centocelle
Tiber
Wehrmacht
San Lorenzo
Porta Maggiore
Fiat
Basilica of
Santa Maria Maggiore
Via Nazionale
Pfe
Kenneth Kopplin
Huron
S. C
Two Sisters Die En Route to Funeral in Crash
Two sisters from Trumansburg New York Mrs Francis Breen and Mrs Claude Cronk died after a Greyhound bus veered off a 20 foot bank near Halseyville New York injuring ten others. Mrs Nellie Gott of Baltimore died Friday after noon at her son's home. Funeral services for Mrs Gott were held today in Barnesville. Relatives expected joint services for the Gott sisters in Trumansburg.
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Nellie C. Gott
Dickerson
Halseysville
N. Y
Francis Breen
Claude Cronk
Trumansburg
Ithaca
Beallsville
Baltimore
Richard Brooke Gott
Municipal Court of
District of Columbia
Paul McDonald
Gilbert McDonald
St. Michael's Church
Overlea
James
British Submarines Sink 31 Axis Ships in Two Seas
The Admiralty reported British submarine patrols have sunk 31 Axis vessels in the Mediterranean and Aegean, including 26 merchantmen and five naval auxiliaries, in recent operations.
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London
Mediterranean
Aegean
Admiralty
Court Rules Insurance Is Interstate Commerce
The Supreme Court ruled that insurance is part of interstate commerce and falls under the Sherman Antitrust Act, overturning a 75 year old decision. The ruling, announced in Washington on June 5, declares insurance as a national commerce concern.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Local Pilot Missing In Action War Dept States
Lieut. Lloyd H. Herbert twenty five, son of Mr and Mrs Harry H Herbert of 6 East South street, reported missing in action since May 19 over Germany. He was a bomber pilot based in Great Britain, with four prior missions cited by his wife. Herbert married Miss Anna Margaret Anders, daughter of Major and Mrs Guy Anders, who reside with her parents at Virginia Beach.
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Lloyd H. Herbert
Harry H. Herbert
East South Street
Germany
War Department
Lieut
Herbert
Great Britain
Berlin
Brunswick
Lieut. Herbert
Anna Margaret Anders
Guy Anders
Virginia Beach
Major Anders
Fort Story
Frederick High School
Farmers and Mechanics Bank
Potomac Edison Company
College Park
Nashville
Pope Pius XII Appears on Vatican Balcony
New York June 5 Pope Pius XII appeared on the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square as crowds gathered below. British radio correspondent Godfrey Talbot reported that the scene recalled Victory Day in London with cheering people and British soldiers passing by. CBS recorded the broadcast.
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New York
Pius XII
Vatican
St. Peter's Square
Godfrey Talbot
Italy
St. Peter's
London
CBS
Japan Ready To Open Formidable Offensive
Tokyo radio declares Japan ready to launch the most formidable offensive against the Allies to cut China in two and foil American strategy. The broadcast says the moment to strike has come.
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London
Tokyo Radio Today Assoried
Japan
China
Currens Prisoner Of War Parents Informed
Sergt. Ralph E. Currens son of Mr and Mrs E E Currens 519 Elm street was reported missing in action over Germany on March 8 and is now a prisoner of war according to an telegram from the War Department and a report from the International Red Cross. The Provo st Marshal will send a information letter. his parents plan to inform relatives of other missing crewmen.
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Ralph E. Currens
E. E. Currens
Elm Street
Germany
War Department
International Red Cross
Sergt. Currens
Lieut
Herbert
Currens
Lloyd Herbert
Great Britain
Bern
Lancaster
Veterans Administration
Washington
England
Negro Held For Joy Ride In Damaged City Car
Paul Welsh reports his car missing from the parking grounds after he left it to see a movie. Harold Weedon Jr and David Carroll, both of Buckeystown, allegedly used the car for a joy ride. Weedon was captured after a chase. Carroll remains at large sought as an accomplice.
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Moving Pictures
Paul Welsh
Damascus
Sergt
Austin Heffner
Sergt. Heffner
Welsh
Harold Weedon, Jr
Buckeystown
David Carroll
Weedon
Carroll Creek
Carroll
Troops Strike Across Rome as Allies Reach Fallen Empire Seat
Allied forces press the Rome breakthrough amid fierce street fighting as Fifth Army breaches toward the capital. Germans retreat under heavy air and ground pressure, with Kesselring’s troops split between depots and the coast. Pope, Vatican moves, and diplomacy shift as Rome falls to Allied control after nine months of battle.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Tiber
Rome
Vatican
Berlin
Baron von Weizsaecker
Holy See
Villa Bonaparte
Vatican City
Japan
Hungary
Slovakia
Romania
Finland
Madrid
Vittorio Emanuele
Umberto
Fiat
Harold Alexander
Fifth
Eighth
Albert Kesselring
Marx W. Clark
Italy
Jtors
Ploesti Oil Output Cut 75 Percent By Allied Bombing
Allied officials report Romania s Ploesti refinery capacity cut to under 25 percent after five raids totaling about 4500 tons of bombs from May 5 to May 31. Only one refinery remains capable of meaningful output, with Astra Romana Steaua Romana and Concordia Vega now inactive.
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Naples
Romania
Ploesti
Astra Romana
Royal Dutch Shell
Steaua Romana
Concordia Vega
Kontinental Gel
Japs Striking Near Changsha In Chinese Front
Field dispatches report Japanese vanguards within 25 miles of Changsha with a 17 mile advance from Sinshi as the U S 14th Air Force provides strong support to Chinese troops. A second Japanese column ten miles southwest from Shinshih was driven back and lake shore landings were made north of Yiyang. Chinese authorities call this an enemy screen for the Changsha drive.
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Chungking
Changsha
Hunan
Sinshi
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Shinshih
Ford Residence Acquired by Hood College for Dormitory
President Henry T Stahr announced Hood College bought the residence of Mr and Mrs Raymond T Ford at Rosemont Avenue to relieve campus housing needs. The Grounds and Building Committee will name the house and set to house 14 students as enrollment grows.
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Henry T Stahr
Raymond T. Ford
Rosemont Avenue
Hood College
Stahr
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