Saipan Beachhead Smashed by U S Forces Near Charan Kanoa
Admiral Nimitz reported U S assault troops broke Japanese resistance at Charan Kanoa on Saipan after initial setbacks. Forces advanced about half a mile in the palm covered area with heavy mortar and artillery fire still opposing them. Carrier task forces bombed Chichi Jima and Haha Jima, destroying planes and ships as Saipan operations continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Charan-Kanoa Beach
Szipan Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Charan-Kanoa
Saipan
Tokyo Radio
Agingan Point
Tokyo
U.S
Charan Kanoa
Japan
Chichi Jima
Haha Jima
Bonin Islands
Yokohama
Iwo Jima
Kazan
Volano
Saipan Island
Marianas
Bonins
Bonin
Rent Control Office Opens in OPA Headquarters District
Landlords in Frederick County may obtain registration forms at Rent Division offices in the OPA suite on East Church Street Frederick from 10 A M to 4 P M daily. Brunswick sub offices will operate Fridays in the Mayor's office. Over 5,000 forms have been received, with 7,500 to 10,000 renters expected. completed forms go to Baltimore for final handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
East Church Street
Lucien E. D. Gaudreau
Baltimore
Frederick
Brunswick
Market Street
Gaudreau
Frederick County
District Rent Division
O'Sullivan
State Office of Rent Control
County
Finger Amputated in Bakery Accident at Glade Valley
William H. Peiffer a Walkersville bakery employee sustained painful injuries when his hand was caught in a dough divider at Glade Valley Bakery Friday afternoon about four o clock. He was taken to Frederick City Hospital after first aid. one finger was amputated and his condition was stated as satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Peiffer
Glade Valley
Walkersville
Frederick City
Japan Rejects Vladivostok Relief Pickup Plan
A House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee report says Russia rejected Japan's offer to collect relief supplies at Vladivostok for American prisoners. It notes an alternative port is available, and a new mail route via Teheran may speed exchanges. The document cites Japanese access restrictions in the Philippines and China and mentions Americans at liberty in Japanese controlled areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Vladivostok
Congress
House Foreign Affairs
Rep
Luther .Johnson
D-Tex
Far East
State Department
Doal
Japan
Red Cross
Philippines
China
Analdsing
Teheran
United States
Discharge of 5 year old after street accident
A 5 year old boy was struck by an automobile at Church and Market streets Friday afternoon. He sustained internal injuries but was discharged this morning from Frederick City Hospital. Driver Robert Masser was released on his own recognizance pending investigation. Witnesses and police described the boy falling in front of the car after his 9 year old brother crossed the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
Market Streets
Frederick City Hospital
Frst
Franklin Crummitt
James Leon Crummitt
Grove’s
James Marks
Norman Dietz
Robert McD. Masser
Gambrill State Park
Marks
Masser
James Leon Crummitt, Jr
CLASS PARTY AT ST PAULS LUTHERAN BURKITT SVILLE
The Lathes Bible Class of St Pauls Lutheran Burkittsville held its annual Friendly Sister party in the parish hall on Wednesday with about 45 members and guests attending. Mrs Anna Edwards and Miss Winnie Flint presented a fine program and a covered dish dinner followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Lutheran Church of
Burkittsville
Outerbridge Pry
Anna Edwards
Winnie Flint
Postwar Role for Higher Education Highlighted at Alumni Banquet
Dr. Harry C. Byrd of the University of Maryland warned that postwar recovery hinges on education, noting nations with educated citizens will lead. Frederick High School Alumni gathered at Vindobons, Bradock Heights, with Mayor McKeldin and Prof. Amon Burgee among honored guests. Burgee urged a return to sound fundamentals and God, as Nevin R. Waskey was elected president of the association. The event honored many alumni from 1897 through 1925 with reminiscences, songs, and a memory tribute to C. Thomas Summers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Byrd
University of Maryland
Frederick Boys’ High School
Vindobons
Braddock Heights
Theodore RO McKeldin
Baltimore
Amon Burgee
Burgee
Waskey
Nevin T. R. Waskey
Association
Roger B. Wolfe
Gordon F Palmer
John C. Engle
James H. Falk
Raymond I. Ford
Grayson H. Mercer
Harry Zeigler
Mr. Wolfe
Charles E. Moylan
Roy M. Stockman
Arthur V.: . Myers
L. Raybhu Specht
Wolfe
James H. Harris
William M. Storm
Richard E. Zimmerman
Pinkney A. Richardson
C. Thomas Summers
Byrd
Britain
Germany
Japan
Frederick Chamber Seeks Dual Highway Completion and Hospital Site
At a Frederick Chamber of Commerce meeting in the Francis Scott Key hotel, directors voted to urge the State Roads Commission to pave the entire planned dual highway to Hagerstown and to locate the Western Shore State Hospital in the county. The work is not expected to begin soon, with only a small portion paved while the rest has been graded. The board also planned letters to state health officials and the governor. Present were President Roger B. Wolfe and members Holmes D. Baker, James H. Gambrill Jr., Robert E. Delaplaine, Robert B. Crothers, William B. Bennett, Lloyd C. Culfer, and Secretary Orville F. Amick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Hagerstown
State Board of Health
Western Shore State Hospital
Roger B. Wolfe
Wolfe
Holmes D. Baker
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Robert E . Delaplaine
Robert B. Crothers
William B. Bennett
Lloyd C. Culfer
Orville F. Amick
Nazi General Slain In Normandy Front
London reports Major General Fritz Witt commander of the Tenth Panzer division was killed on the invasion front. Witt, 36, earned the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves. Berlin had earlier announced artillery General Eric Marcks was killed in action. In the U.S. bid news, Richmond officials say bids will open July 8 for a pumping station to add 16 million gallons of water for war plants in Hagerstown Maryland, costing about 22.39 million dollars with half funded by the Federal Works Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
DNB
Fritz Witt
Hitler Youth
Witt
Hitler Liebstandarte
Normandy
Berlin
Eric Marcks
Richmond
Hagerstown
C. L. Vickers
Federal Works Agency
Potomac River
Williamsport
FWA
Vickers
Theft Charged Held For Jury In Baltimore Driver Case
Magistrate session in Frederick adjourned early as Marvin Bob Henry of Baltimore was held for grand jury action on larceny of 270 dollars from Ian Pierce. Pierce alleges Henry stole the money while Pierce slept during a trip with two Baltimore women and Pierce. Henry has been jailed since Monday after a warrant by Constable Charles W Smith. The missing money included a 100 dollar bill. a wrist-watch tied to a soldier was recovered in the car. Latimer of Washington filed notice of appeal on a drunken driving conviction. Webber of Brunswick posted 750 dollar bond for assault and battery case. Latimer later found not guilty of reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Y. Bennett
Marvin
Bob” Henry
Baltimore
Ian Pierce
Frederick
Edward J. Smith
Bennett
Lee D. Latimer
Washington
Morgan R. Webber
Brunswick
Hugh Barnes
Pleasant
Henry
Charles W Smith
Pierce
Camp Detrick
Austin James
Latimer
Smith
Washingtonian
H. L. Basore
van Ness St
N. W
Webber
U S Air Attack Hits Japan's Pittsburgh at Yawata
Five Marylanders arrested in a federal probe of counterfeit sugar ration stamps are joined by a nationwide search for the source. The Hagerstown alcohol tax unit, FBI, and OPA report up to 40 involved, with four men facing preliminary hearings. Meanwhile, B-29s pounded Japan's steel center at Yawata, marking a historic long-range raid with heavy damage and no escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Maryland
OPA
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Leo McCormick
Baltimore
Clarke
McCormick
Charles H. Clarke,Jr
Washington County
Thurmont
Lancaster
Interstate Baseball League
U. S
Welles Little
Cushna
Joseph Himes
Knoxville
Howard T. Myers
Dargan
Frank Kefauver
Keedysville
Herbert Bryan
Clyde A. Farsworth
Chungking
Japan
Pittsburgh
Yawata
Yellow Sea
Kenneth B. Wolfe
Sky Giant
Associated Press
Thoburn Giant
America
Wiant
Wolfe
George B. Stratemeyer
Southeast Asia
Saipan
Marianas
Tokyo
China
Imperial Steel Plant
Makasan
Bangkok
Thailand
War Department
Laverne (Blondy) Saunders
West Point
Aberdeen
S. D
Saunders
20Th Air Force
Wolfe and Stratemeyer
John E. Upston
Tawas City
Mich
Biak Island counterattacks repulsed by Allies
Advanced Allied Headquarters in New Guinea reports three Japanese counterattacks with tanks on Biak Island repulsed. About 160 Japanese were on the islet off Northern Dutch New Guinea. Allied destroyers silenced artillery and mortars on the northern flank. Americans also captured Mokmer air drome as part of bomber-distance objectives toward the Southern Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chichi Jima
Iwo Jima
Nimitz
U. S
Kuriles
Marianas
Bonin Islands
Japan
New Guinea
Dutch East Indies
Saipan
Tokyo
Philippines
Charan-Kanao
Carapan
Marianas Islands
Luzon Island
Biak
Dutch New Guinea
Mokmer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. Byrd
Mayor McKeldin
B. H. S. Alumni
Harry J. Kefauver
Chester G. Clem
Grayson T. Lanner
Walter F. Zeigler
Robert E. Delaplaine
Arthur T Kreh
S. Fenton Harris
Harry O. Schroeder
James C. Biehl
Elmer E. Michael
George B. Delaplaine
N. Wilson Schley
F. B. Sappington
W. Roy Angleberger
Frank M. Dertzbaugh
H. Lavier Michael
R. Ames Hendrickson
W. Bartgis Storm
C. H. Hendrickson
David R. Zimmerman
Ward A. Angleberger
Edward S. Delaplaine
Lewis H. Knock
Dean W. Hendrickson
George L. Rothenhoefer
George W. Myers
Millard M. Rice
Roscoe B. Rhoads
Edward P. Thomas
Raymond N. Reeder
Harry F. James, Jr
J. W. Rothenhoefer
J. Harry Brandenburg
S. Elmer Brown
G. William Comfort
Joseph A. Haller
Charles C. T. Stull
Grover L. Michael
L. B. Feaga
Ralph E. Schroeder
G. Hunter Bowers
A. A. Pearce
Paul D. Simpson
Samuel D. Crone
Charles S. Houck
Austin P. Renn
Charles H. Himes
Paul
Michael
Grayson Abrecht
C. Cyril Klein
W. Buckey Clemson
J. William Falk
Allen R. Smith
J. L. Fleischman
S. Flanagan
L. Cramer Powell
Allen D. Kemp
James W. Martz
Howard T. Smith
A. G. Wallis
John Hershberger
Ernest B. Stephens
Otho J. Keller
John Wood
Gordon F. Palmer
I. J. Ramsburg
Jesse C. Shaver
Steiner Cramer
John H. G. Smith
L. Rayhu Specht
Ralph A. Putman
Lester W. Putman
Kyushu Island
Alton Kemp
Nancy Lee Curfman
W. W. Curfman
Wilt Stephens
Edward Long
Crit Walker
Barnes
Sherman Boone
Norman Trump
W. J. Offut
Joseph Veal
Barney D. Shapiro
Bernard G. Ours
Petersburg
Howard L. West
Wilkes-Barre
Roy H
Ramsburg
Dan Swomley
Corp. W. W. Corbin
Samuel E. Lehman
Pine Grove
John R. Kepple
South Market
C. E. Cline & Son ” Funeral Directors
ALLEN
North Market
S&t
Cal
Bernie’s Arena
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