De Gaulle War Effort Watched Before Possible Visit
Washington reports the White House and State Department monitor the French National Committee's cooperation with Allied invasion commands. Roosevelt's stance remains cautious, keeping relations on a military level, with final policy determined by Eisenhower in France. Churchill has invited De Gaulle to London, aiming to boost his leverage for broad Allied support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
White House
State Department
French National Committee
Roosevelt
de Gaulle
Committee
Algiers
Edwin Wilson
Eisenhower
France
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Churchill
London
Meet Enemy Near Kohima
Southeast Asia Command reports Allied troops meeting opposition eight miles southeast of Kohima while Japanese abandon villages along a south road. Farther south Allied forces gain features 15 miles above Imphal after repelling two counter-attacks. In Burma's Mogaung valley Chinese troops hold Seton and Kamaing roadblock. Maj. Gen. Lentaigne's forces seize large dumps with 200 railway cars of ammunition. Allied aircraft hit Japanese communications and positions over a wide area.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
Imphal
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Mogaung
Burma
Seton
Kamaing
Pinhmi
W. D. A. Lentaigne
Residing In Texas After Wedding May 20
Lieut. and Mrs. Charles Edward Hudson Jr reside in Paris Texas after their May 20 wedding at the bride’s parents home. The bride Miss Jane Ann Morrell wore a pastel blue suit with pink orchid corsage. Ceremony by Dr. Robert F. Gribble with music by Mrs. Duane Thomson and Mrs. E C Matter. Reception followed then couple departed for a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Edward Hudson, Jr
Paris
Tex
Lawrence N. Morrell
Dallas
Hudson
Charles E. Hudson
Jane Ann Morrell
Robert F. Gribble
Austin
Duane Thomson
E. C. Matter
Durant
Okla
Helen C. Morrell
Horace W. Vaughan
Camp Maxey
North Dallas High School
Lieut. Hudson
Virginia Military Institute
Junior Auxiliary Shower Benefiting AWVS Canteen
The Women's Auxiliary of the Junior Fire Company hosted a Monday evening shower at the Junior engine house for the AWVS canteen. They presented Mrs. Joseph H. Himes a large array of kitchen items and food supplies funded by a prior bingo and member contributions. Mrs. Himes accepted with a speech as the group, led by Mrs. Margaret Engle and Mrs. Minnie Boost, supports canteen work feeding thousands monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Fire Company
AWVS
Joseph H. Himes
American Women’s Voluntary Services
Auxiliary
Himes
Margaret Engle
Minnie Boost
Thurmont Area War News Readers Share Updates
Private Sier’s address is A S N 39730857 Fort Riley Kansas while his brother T/5 Cpl Howard L Sier has been in Australia for two years and six months. Franklin Firer Gardner is furloughing with his parents in Thurmont as Miss Anne Pryor visits from Waynesboro. Irene LaRue Korrell born last Saturday at Frederick City Hospital. Pvt Edward A Crowther visits before returning to a new post. Aviation Cadet Bernard Rhoderick in basic flying training at Independence Army Air Field Kansas. Pvt Glenn E Orrison leaves Frederick for Marine boot camp at Parris Island South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt. Sier
A.S.N
F.A.B.W
Fort Riley
Kan
Cpl
Howard L. Sier
Australia
Edward A
Ted) Crowther
Army Comunications
Pvt
Crowther
City Opera House
Bernard F. Rhoderick
Norman F. Rhoderick
East Church Street
Independence Army Air Field
Kans
Glenn E. Orrison
West Patrick Street
Navy
Frederick
Baltimore
Parris Island
S. C
Union Bridge Briefs and Local Notices
Mrs. Joseph Bowman suffered a broken left arm at the wrist last Sunday evening when she fell descending a stairway at her home near town while preparing to attend church services. Mrs. Emma Romsport plans a brief stay at Union Bridge before moving to Frederick. Mr. and Mrs. David M. Culler moved back to Baltimore after selling their Bark Hill home. Cleatus Grinder and John Lightner were visiting Union Bridge from army camps in Texas and New Jersey. Patricia Roop, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Roop near Mt. Union, has rheumatic fever and is confined to bed. James R. Joy Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Joy of Liberty town, earned a four year scholarship to Mt St Joseph College.
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Union Bridge
Joseph Bowman
Emma Romsport
Frederick
David M. Culler
Bark Hill
Baltimore
Cleatus Grinder
Texas
John Lightner
New Jersey
Patricia
Roger Roop
Mt. Union
James R. Joy
Libertytown
Mt. St. Joseph College
Notre Dame Academy
Sisters of Notre Dame
St. Peter's Church
C. B. Morrison
Hagerstown
C. W. Binkley
Linwood
E. W. Culp
West River
Mon- Hee
Pyedimond
Chevy Chase
Western Maryland College
Edward Ricketts
Frederick City Hospital
Howard Gray
Karl Warehime
Finksburg
Warehime
Harry Reese, Sr
Odie Osteen
A. O. Osteen
James Carbaugh
Terry
James Wheeler
Greenmount
Orion Hess
Maxine Sinnott
C. N. Fuss
J. G. Brown
Sewell
N. J
Godfrey Brown
Charles Minnick
Union Bridge Methodist Church
Eugene Zander
Washington, D. C
Clyde Grimes
Gray Home
Wendell Allen
Johnsville-Middleburg
Church of the Brethren
Union Bridge notes and parish events highlight local life
Local residents from Union Bridge and surrounding areas attend confirmations, anniversaries, and hospital visits. Graduations unfold at Notre Dame Academy in Libertytown with parish church ceremonies set for June 11. Community members travel from Hagerstown and Baltimore for family and church events.
Emergency Hospital To Get Penicillin
Emergency Hospital in Frederick designated as an additional depot for the limited distribution of penicillin. The move expands a 1,000-hospital network to supply civilians, building on an earlier group that included 23 Maryland and six Delaware hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Maryland
Delaware
Frederick
City Gets Heaviest Shower Of The Month
The city recorded its heaviest shower of the month overnight delivering ten tenths of an inch of rain. The brief wet spell freshened vegetation after a long dry period while the weather bureau hinted at more showers to come. Temperatures cooled to 57 degrees last night. A day is defined as twelve hours to the Chinese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
War Prisoners To Work In Carroll Canneries
Fort Meade public relations office announced that several hundred German prisoners of war would be sent next week to a new Westminster camp for work in regional canning factories. The site is being renovated by about 50 German prisoners under Capt. Dewey Taylor and will be adequately guarded by the POW section of the 1322nd Service Unit at Fort Meade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort George G. Meade
Fort Meade
Westminster
Dewey Taylor
To Aid Surgical Dressing Drive Opens Room in Frederick
The AWVS announces a new room at 125 East Patrick Street to produce surgical dressings for the Red Cross drive aiming to 100,000 dressings. Weekly hours Monday through Friday 10 AM to 4 PM with evening shifts by volunteers. staff includes Mrs William Bo Leh he Edward P. Thomas and Mrs H Leichert.
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American Red Cross
Frederick County
AWVS
East Patrick Street
William Bo Lehhe
Edward P. Thomas
H. Leichert
Japs Claim American Division Smashed at New Guinea Estuary
The Japanese Domei agency quoted a South Pacific front war correspondent saying a ten day prepped attack smashed the American beachhead at the Tor river estuary in northern New Guinea. It claimed an overwhelming counter‑offensive began May 27 and that more than 3,000 Americans were dead or wounded with remnants escaping to Wadke island. no Allied confirmation followed.
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Associated Press
Domei
South Pacific Front
Tor River
New Guinea
Wadke
Germans Begin to Question Atlantic Wall Invasion
Berlin press speculates on how Allies breached the Atlantic Wall and why German defenses failed to halt the landing. Reports note concerns of civilians, SS redeployments, Rommel's forces, and the Luftwaffe as confusion grows in Berlin about imminent Russian action and naval interception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Berlin
Atlantic Wall
Deutsche Allgemein Zeitung
Atlantic
Voelkischer Beobachter
State Board of Health postpones date to inspect sites
The State Board of Health has not set a date to inspect prospective sites for a Western Shore hospital for the indigent. The trip was canceled after a member could not be present. Also reported, Carroll Huffer suffered a severe leg cut while swimming in Catoctis creek and remains at home. An electric heater contains nickel for five radio headsets for aviators.
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State Board of Health
Western Shore
Catoctis Creek
Carroll Huffer
Rodney Huffer
Broad Run
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Newspapf
Harold Lagerstrom
Middletown
Knoxville
Albert
Margit
Charles Main
Seaman
John Seachrist
Mr. Lagerstrom
Camp Detrick
John Crispell
Corrinne
Wesleyan
Crispell
Chemical Warfare Service
J. Homer Remsberg
Carol
Joyce
Jack
Cecil K. Holter
Ira D. Mert
National Holstein-Friesian Association
Columbus
Girls High School
Frederick High School
Calvary Methodist Church
Raymond I. Ford
Ford
Marion Zipley
Mildred Forney
Mary Butcher
Louise Rhoads
Mary Ott
Alice Witter Thomas
Katherine Michael
Irvin Remsberg
Arthur Grove
Lucille Nicodemus
Edith Miller
Grayson E. Bowers
Henry H. Abbott
W. Bartgis Storm
Mazie Stephens
Benjamin Shuff
Thomas L. Estes, Jr
Thomas 3Rd
Samuel L. Steel
Harold C. Baer
Gretchen
Mr. Baer
Henry Baer
Somerset
Holmes D. Baker
Waverly Farm
Francis Scott Key
Col
John T. King
Virginia King
Marshall Hood
Karen Jane
Henry Hood
Mt. Airy
William Marshall Hood
Atlanta. Ga
L. B. Nicodemus
Carroll Parkway
Virginia
Harborton
Lions
Vindebena
Haserstown
Boonsboro
Frederick Lions Club
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Cumberland
Lloyd C. Culler
A. Hart Etchison
B. M. Davis
Richard F. Simmons
Joe Stephens
Medora M. Mantz
Catherine A. Eichelberger
Hood College
Ocean City
Cambridge
USO
Margaret Rubeck
Armed’ Forces
Alton ¥. Bennett
Alvin G. Quinn
Frances Gibson
Shirley Berkowich
Johns Hopkins University
Louis Berkowich
Eleanor Louise Clarke
Charles H. Clarke
U. S
Cadet Nurses Corps
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Albert Riffle
Sgt Elwood Biffle
Alien Ferguson
Cape Cod
Mass
Howard Late
Byrd
Harry C. Byrd
University of Maryland
Vindobona Hotel
Braddock Heights
Theodore R. McKeldin
Roger B. Wolfe
Chester G. Clem
Nevin T. R. Waskey
Lester B. Feaga
Rayhu Specht
James H. Falk
Betty Mae Heatwole
Romney
W. Va
Raymond Shank
North College
Terrace
Charles Wise
Wise
A. M. Diller
West Second Street
West Point Military Academy
Albert A. Sier
Odie Sier
Monrovia
Franklin Firer Gardner
Field
Calif
Harry Firor
Floyd Hape
Jean
Anne Pryor
Waynesboro
Pryor
John Jackson
Donald Lewis
Grantsville
E. L. Annan
Michael
Wesley M. Compher
Charles E. Smith
Frederick and
Ladiesburg
Frank B. Korrell, Jr
Irene LaRue
Frank Korrell
Route 3
G. C. Hendrickson
Urbana
Edwin Plassing
West Baltimore Street
Louise Thomas
Willam and Mary College
Williamsburg
E. P. Thomas
Rockwell Terrace
Oscar Williar
Olive
Frederick County National Bank
North Market Street
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Carroll Canneries
YA Ieae
Sinclair
Patrick & Carroll Streets
Rogers Park Drug CO
Park Heights Avenue
Bedford
Morovia Supply CO
Monrovia, Maryland
DOSH
Earl Dosh
Dosh’s Livestock Market
Frederick, Md
Fulton
Dad
Waldemars
Kemsberg
Jouelry A
Key Hotel
Bidg
Fredericktown
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