Full scale evacuation of Viipuri ordered
Soviet and Finnish dispatches from June 17 report a full scale evacuation of Viipuri under heavy Russian assault. Refugees stream from Karelia as Red Army pushes toward the city with substantial armor. Finnish leaders blow bridges to slow the advance while Soviet artillery and air support pound the Isthmus.
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Viipuri
Stockholm
Sweden
Helsinki
Siiranmaki
Red Army
Dagens Nyheter
Ahvenanmaa
Aland
Gulf of Bothnia
Moscow
Karelian
Red Star
Grigory Ivanov
Karelian Isthmus
Uusi
Kirkko
Seivistoe
Kanneljaervi
Workrooms For Surgical Dressings Expanded Countywide
Mrs. Holmes D Baker, chairman, says efforts to meet the million dressings by September are just sufficient. Thirteen branch workrooms operate in Frederick County with six new rooms opened recently including Frederick AWVS canteen. Chairs and assistants listed for Myersville New Market Jefferson Buckeystown and Braddock Heights. The main workroom at the Francis Scott Key hotel is air conditioned, totaling 14 rooms countywide. Cameras Permitted In Ocean Beach Areas Under Eastern Defense Command Lift Ban on Photography of Defense Installations Remains in Effect for Military and Naval Sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes D. Baker
Frederick
AWVS
William B. Lebherz
Harry J. Lebherz
Edward P. Thomas
Myersville
Elmer Harp
John McKee
New Market
Margaret Hopkins
Cnairman
Jefferson
Howard Fawley
Buckeystown
C. E. Nichols
J. C. White
Braddock Heights
Basil Lewis
Baker
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Red Cross Surgical
Frederick County
New York
Ocean Beach
Eastern — Defense Command
George Grunert
Eastern Defense
Bradley says 3,283 U. S. soldiers killed in first 11 days of Normandy
General Omar N. Bradley reports 3,283 Americans killed and 12,600 wounded in opening days of the Normandy campaign. He praises Doughboys for establishing the beachhead, notes higher casualties at the central beachhead and lower losses in the peninsula area, and declares the beachhead secure.
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France
Normandy
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
Frederick High graduate recalls 51 Europe bombing missions
Tech Sergeant Walter E. Schildt of Frederick outlines his 51 missions with the 15th Air Force from Africa then Italy, detailing raids on Ploesti Romania and Wiener Neustadt Austria. The 24 year old gunner survived heavy flak and engine losses, earning the Air Medal with seven clusters and marking a wartime career spanning five years in multiple theaters. He plans to return to training duties or potentially crew a new Fortress, and is engaged to a woman from Albuquerque New Mexico.
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Frederick
Ploesti
Romania
Messerschmitt
Wiener Neustadt
Austria
15Th Air Force
Walter E. Schildt
Mary Cockrell
West Patrick Street
Japan
Italy
Burgary
France
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Greece
Sergt. Schildt
Schildt
Africa
Sicily
Athens
Hickam Feld
Frederick High School
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Kingman
Aziz
South Dakota
Ar. Albuquerque
N. M
Kirls
Kamaing Falls To Chinese In Burma Front Advance
The Chinese 22nd Division captured Kamaing, a key north Burma supply base, and Lauhkuan, forming the first China Burma link since Japanese occupation. Allied gains near Myitkyina continued as Kohima-Imphal road positions were cleared and monsoon slowed operations. Japanese battalions have been reduced to about one fifth of strength, with reinforcements moving to the Mogaung Myitkyina area by foot due to rail disruption.
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Southwest Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Kamaing
Myitkyina
Burma
China
Lauhkuan
Associated Press
William F. Boni
Boni
Joseph W. Stilwells
Cord Louis Mountbatten
Mogaung
Kamaung
Parenta
Kohima
India-Burma
Kohima-Imphal
Imphal
India
Chindwin
Bishenpur
Mogaung- Myitkyina
Fire Claims 32 Race Horses at Michigan State Fairgrounds
A three alarm blaze at the Michigan State Fair grounds destroyed two barns and 32 race horses. Stable hand David Scott, 56, died after being burned while likely asleep in his quarters. Notable losses include Bell Buzzer, a Kentucky Derby entrant, and horses owned by Detroit's David Ferguson among others from Los Angeles Richmond Hendersonville and Tallinn. The fire left 69 horses stabled at the grounds. A separate item notes Moscow reports a state of siege along northern Germany.
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Detroit
Michigan State Fair Grounds
David Scott
Scott
Bell Buzzer
David Ferguson
Wise Colors
Pete Gino
Wise Duke
Hadmore
Ferguson
L. G. Bedwell
Los Angeles
N. T. Mayo
Richmond, Va
George C. White
Hendersonville, Tenn
E. Wheatley
Otto B. Johr
Japanese Claim Yawata Mills Unharmed After Raid
The Associated Press reports a Japanese broadcast stating the Yawata steel mills remained undamaged after Thursday night B-29 raids. It says American pilots were misled by wheat stalk fires near a farm house. Allies noted towers of flame 60 miles away and estimated up to a fifth of Japan's steel output at Yawata could be knocked out.
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Associated Press
Comet Agency
Yawata Steel
U.S
Japan
Yawata
Twenty Induction Call By Local Draft Board
Twenty men from the local Draft Board area have been called for Army induction soon. The group includes 17 white men one transfer and three colored men. Future calls will occur on induction day at Fifth Regiment Armory Baltimore with all inductees sent there for assignment.
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Fifth Regiment
Baltimore
William Harry Moss
Frederick
John Harrison Sigafoose
East A Street
Brunswick
Russell William Fox
East Fifth Street
Roger Stride Rothenhoefer
Robert Reed Harrison
D Jr
East Patrick Street
Charles Usher Gartner
Madison Street
Harvey Lee Thomas
Adamstown
Earl Livingston Crane
South Market Street
Thomas Calvin Carlin
Halethorpe
Charles Vincent Stockman
West South Street
William Russell Snyder
North Market Street
George Hume Anderson
Point of Rocks
James Edward McClellan
Rockwell Terrace
Arthur Royal Remsburg
Carroll Parkway
Charles Vernon McDonald
Charles Nelson Weddle
Seventh Avenue
Herbert Eugene Thompson
Middletown
Montgomery County
Robert Douglas Weedon
Lincoln Apartments
Charles Patterson
West Patrick Street
LeRoy Charles White
West
All Saints Street
Vigilant dog waits by the Sweet Hole on Monocacy river
Authorities report the dog still guarding the Sweet Hole near the Gas House bridge along the Monocacy river. Fishermen briefly chased it away but it returned as officials arrived. No owner identified. Showers north of Frederick yesterday evening cooled heat but traces fell in town. A 50 percent cut in Maryland mening inducted into armed services noted, attributed to difficulty in obtaining men under 21.
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Lounty
Frederick
Baltimore
Maryland
Armed Services
State Director of Selective Service
French Land On Elba North And South In Allied Push
Allied communique confirms French Army detachment under Gen De Lattre De Tassigny landed on Elba, securing the island for the Allies. Berlin broadcast notes Elba landings with fighting ongoing as Fifth Army had taken Grosseto and continued advance toward Foligno and Orvieto amid Italian coastal operations.
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Rome
Elba
Napoleon
Corsica
de Lattre de Tassigny
Italy
Eighth Army
Foligno
Terni
Spoleto
Trevi
Adriatic
Teramoa
Pescara
Grosseto
Orvieto
Pisa
Apennines
Berlin
London
Fifth Army
DNB
Associated Press
Portoferrato
Porto
Serraio
Patriots Fight Against Nazis in France Invasion Effort
June 1714 report from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force details French Patriot forces inside France aiding invasion. Sabotage halted rail traffic in Rhone valley, bridges destroyed, 70 locomotives sabotaged, 300 German prisoners taken, battles reported near Caen area and spreading across France against Vichy militia and German troops.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Rhone
London
Caen
Evacuation Reported Under Way on Cherbourg Peninsula
Allied forces report progress along the Douve river and near La Haye Du Palis as American units push to seal the Cherbourg peninsula. British actions north of Caumont yield limited gains while fighting continues around Caumont Tilly-Sur-Seulles and Montebourg.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Sauveur le Vicomte
Douve
Caumont
Troarn
Cherbourg
U. S
Cape
Carentan
la Haye du Palis
Montebourg
Sevastopol
Crimea
Caen
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Bavent
Orne River
Fifth Corps
Omar N. Bradley
82Nd
101St Airborne
St. Sauveur
la Haye du Puits
la Haye
Bradley
Nazi Plane Hailed Then Doubted as War Gadget
Allied experts view the so called Hitler 3 as a dangerous but limited device. It resembles a Fourth of July rocket with wings, carries a ton of explosives, and cannot be guided after launch. Critics say its value equals using bombers to indiscriminately strike Germany. A hospital hit in southern England injures many, while General De Gaulle returns to Algiers after London stay.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Germany
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Stockhom
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Henry K. C. Fox
Hansel E. Hurst
Hurst
Snow White Grill
East Patrick
Florence Trail
Court House
John R. Cheatham
Theresa Mathias
Charles McC. Mathias
A. Grant Mooper
Peninsula
Normandy Battle Zone
England
Algiers
Charles DeGaulle
Normandy Battlefront
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