Hearings On Victory Speed Cases In Maryland Court
Motorists charged with speeds over 35 mph faced a local OPA legal panel in a lengthy Frederick Court House session. William M. Storm presided in Judge Willard’s absence. 23 more cases are set for tomorrow. Several defendants disputed speeds, some tickets were dropped when owners proved not drivers, and others admitted higher speeds in haste or while passing vehicles.
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OPA
Court House
William M. Storm
Arthur D. Willard
Baltimore
Gos Intuclat
Lewis F. Bidie
Frederick
Route 1
Thomas C. Cartin
Adamstown
Ray H. Ridenour
Thurmont
Stanley. Bury
Unionville
Perret Rune Commercer Veer
Frank A. Rippeon
Walkersville
Charles C. White
Wisner Street
Jug Bridge Hill
Robert S. Delauder
Jefferson
Ohio
James P. Finan, Jr
Magnalia Avenue
Detrick Field
Melvin R. Schwearing
West Patrick Street
Clark E. Heffner
East Second Street
Paul M. Biser
Melvin E. Crouse
Earl F. Oden
Pennsylvania Avenue
Arthur Randolph
Monrovia
George M. Jacobs
Route 3
Rockville
Raymond K. Slifer
H. Diffenderier
Wilson Avenue
Mt. Pleasant
Offix
Lester L. Boone
Piecevick
House 3
Hie
Salerno Bombardment by Wellington Bombers Night Raid
Allied Wellington bombers attacked Salerno on the Italian mainland south of Naples in a new foray from African bases. The raid hit railway yards and shipping, with 41 killed and 50 injured in Salerno and the Messina Straits area. Italian claims of Allied losses and another air attack in the Aegean and nearby regions were noted. Northwest African Air Force said the Naples royal arsenal complex suffered major damage including the torpedo factory, airframes works, barracks, and central railway facilities.
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Salerno
Naples
Neady
Pulsein
Middle East
Cairo
Scarpanto Island
Aegean Sea
Castelvetrano
Milazzo
Sicily
Olbia
Sardinia
Messina Straits
Associated Press
Gulf of Tunisia
Bizerte
Mediterranean
Jaffa
Palestine
Northwest African Air Force
Cancella
Castoria recall resolves sugar related fault
Sterling Drug Inc announced that a nausea irritant in Pletcher's Castoria came from a change in water chemistry combined with reduced sugar content. The firm said the sugar cut was wartime conservation and aging was affected. New bottles with a green band hit the market around Sept 15 after a May 3 recall. Local officials note no blackout alert information.
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New York
Pletcher
Sterling Drug, Inc
OCD
Baltimore
Allies Warn Dutch To Quit Factories
London June 23 Allies broadcast an urgent warning to Dutch workers via Radio Orange urging avoidance of war factories and relocation of families. The Dutch government in exile attributed the warning to the Allied High Command and promised harsher air attacks on occupied Dutch plants if needed to pressure production.
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London
Halland
Radio Orange
Netherands
Anda
Netherlands
Germany
Rickenbacker In Moscow On New Mission
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker traveled to Moscow as the War Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson’s representative. He arrived in a four engine Liberty plane and was greeted by Ambassador Standley and Russian officers. The visit follows his world war front tour and may include meetings with Kremlin leaders including Premier Stalin.
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Moscow
Eddie Rickenbacker
Henry L. Stimson
Rickenbacker
Peeneey
Kremlin
United States
William H. Standley
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Alexander Dahl
War Department
William Nichols
Heat Wave With 95 Degree Temperatures Persists
The ongoing heat wave pushes toward another day near 95 degrees with a fourth straight 90s spell, matching 1942 for length. June already records more 90-degree days than last June, while a light morning breeze tempers heat briefly. Thunderstorms vanish for county, rainfall remains scarce, crops show mixed progress as beans, tomatoes, and early sugar corn advance.
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W. OQ
United Nations May Recognize Committee of National Liberation
Algiers reports the United Nations likely to recognize the French Committee of National Liberation as the provisional government of France. The move aims to restore harmony among factions led by Generals Charles de Gaulle and Henri Gouraud, settling a contentious postwar division.
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Algiers
United Nations
French Committee of National Liberation
France
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Goraud
DE Gaulle
London
Reuters
Toaay
Michelier
Yantiq
North Africa
Collinet
Dakar
Alexied
Miners End Strike Trek As Rail And Steel Firms Respond
United Mine Workers began returning to coal pits in Pennsylvania and West Virginia ending the third stoppage in seven weeks. Officials said a general resumption could come tomorrow or Monday, with U S Steel reporting 16 percent back in West Virginia and eight percent in Pennsylvania. The union expected most activities to restore operations as patches of uncertainty remain. Washington sources indicated a separate order set aside an emergency board’s pay raise for non-operating railroad employees, with potential reconsideration within ten days after legal questions on reconvening if needed.
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Pruntsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pennsylva
West Virginia
Washington
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Pennsivan
Sivel
U.S. Steel
UMW
Fred M. Vinson Vhas
Ao Milion
Vinson
Roogrevelt
William M Leiserson
National Railway
Rome Open City Plan Urged to Avert Bombing
London reports an RAF commentator says Rome could be saved from destruction only if made an open city and the United Nations are convinced it is not aiding the Axis. The commentator, speaking anonymously, noted the idea does not reflect a final decision by Rome and recalled Prime Minister Churchill’s earlier statement that fuel exemptions from bombing could be used if needed.
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London
Rome
United Nations
Churchall
Food Price Rollback Fight Precedes Senate Debate
Washington June 23 Opponents of the price rollback program press Senate floor action as Republicans and Democrats push for a two year extension of the Commodity Credit Corporation and a $1 billion borrowing boost. The move comes after administration compromise efforts failed to block the fight.
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Washington
Senate
Hal D-Ala
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCO
Robber Quiets Night Clerk With $183 Carfare Claim
Night clerk at a Los Angeles hotel was robbed of $183.07. The thief, who joked about taking the seven cents for carfare, left the clerk, Oh, gad adam sighed Ine Fo Kraft, shaken by the prior incident and fearing a repeat. The fragmentary report notes the earlier encounter with the same man.
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Los Angeles
Gad Adam
Kraft
Peli
Ice
Saboteurs in France disrupt railways and power plants
Washington reports Allied air raids and French guerrillas crippling transportation in occupied France. Sabotage derailed a troop train to the Russian front and damaged locomotives, power plants, and water works. From March 14 to April 15 Savoy saw 122 acts, mainly in power facilities.
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Washington
France
Europe
English Channel
Savoy
U S Planes Join In Blows At Japs In China
U S air forces strike Japanese positions near Lake Tungting in northern Hunan province and three towns on the Yangtze. They also sink two steamers and damage a gunboat on Tungting Lake and the Yangtze river, while strafing shipping. The towns of Kienli Shihihow and Hwajung are cited as remaining Japanese strongholds in the Tungting area.
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Chungking
Lake Tungting
Hunan
Claire L. Chennault
Tungting Lake
Yangtze River
Kienli
Shihihow
Yangtze
Hwajung
Tungting
Worst Crooks In Angeleno Postcard Confession
A postcard received by H M Katz owner of a gold buying agency accuses unknown thieves of selling fake gold. The writer claims a set of supposed gold worth 800 penetags was only 34, and police say brass was substituted for gold in a display window as a precaution.
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Los Ang
H M. Kate
Katz
Vallee to End Radio Show for Coast Guard Welfare Fund
Rudy Vallee will end his radio programs to join the Coast Guard welfare effort. He is stationed at Wilmington California and has contributed his salary to the Coast Guard fund since enlisting a year ago. The move follows his Navy service in World War I. London reports Paul Patterson and Mark Watson have arrived in Britain to study the current war situation.
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Hallywood
Calif
National Broadcasting Company
Rudy Vallee
Coast Guard
Vallee
Wilmington
Coast Guard Welfare Fund
Navy
London
Ute
Paul Patterson
Baltimore Sunt
Mark
Watson
Ainponers
Britain
Women's Clubs To Buy Bombers To Bomb Japan
Washington reports the General Federation of Women's Clubs launches a Buy A Bomber campaign to fund heavy bombers for use against Japan. L Whitehurst of Baltimore leads, urging bond purchases alongside club gifts. Initial goal is 50 heavy bombers with 15 000 clubs contributing, plus pursues for medium and pursuit aircraft.
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Washington
Japan
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Todos
Mes
L. Whitehurst
Baltimore
Federalian
Bouwhe Lalmoke Ve le UE Skate Penerattuns
Strauer
Ume Els
Italian Army Called Home From Front Lines
Berlin radio and German broadcasts indicate Mussolini called home as Italian troops defend the mainland and occupied territories. Reports say invasion is feared with Italy possibly the landing target while Nazi strength shifts toward the Calabrian coast and other Mediterranean sectors.
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London
Atl
Suh
Berlin
Mussolini
Europe
Italy
Erich Schneyder
Transocean News Agency
Faily
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Ashikates
Jaly
Kurt Jechiel
Stockholm
Social Demokraten
Bruesseler Zeitung
Luus
Bees Too Hot Company For Him, Attorney Says
Bees infested the office of attorney Richard F. Zimmerman in the Cramer building for about a year stinging him on the neck during a recent visit. Local beekeeper Forest D. Covell removed the hive by tearing a wall section, extracting the bee cores, and transferring them to a box, from which the swarm departed. Covell reportedly faced many bees but was not stung.
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Richard F. Zummmerman
Forest D. Covell
Covell
President In Top Condition Despite War Strain
Washington observers say Roosevelt is healthy enough to endure another campaign and term. The 61 year old president has shown resilience, takes trips that refresh him, and remains capable of handling daily burdens after long days, despite limited exercise and missed rest trips to Warm Springs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capital Observer
Columbia
D. C
Warm Springs
Speaker
Roland
Queen Wilhelmina Guest At Hyde Park Visit Noted
Washington reports President and Mrs Roosevelt hosted Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands at Hyde Park New York last Sunday in what officials call a social visit. The queen has been in Ottawa and then returned to Canada after meeting the Roosevelts.
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Washington
White House
Nationa l Supply Association seeks sanitary service or essential industry status
A fragmented notice from June 23 indicates the National Supply Association asked the War Manpower Commission to classify it as sanitary service or at least as an essential industry amid looming national labor and supply concerns. The garbled text names Washington and references a “face collapse” tone but lacks clear, complete details.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Muelheim Hit By RAF Night Raid In Ruhr Action
RAF night attack blasted Muelheim in the Ruhr along with Oberhausen and other Ruhr towns. German and Allied reports disagree on losses. British communique says 44 bombers lost and fires reported in Krefeld, Muelheim, and surrounding areas. Canadian Bomber Command supported the operation amid intruder patrols over Holland and France.
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Lona
Muelheim
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Reefeld
Rhineland
Hull
U. S
Holland
France
Krefeld
Maelheim
DNB
Bertin
Associated Press
Oberhausen
Muelhein
Tthe Raf
Oberhaugen
jMueiicium
Southern Governors Back Roosevelt Fourth Term If Concessions
A survey of southern governors at the annual conference shows strong Democratic support for Roosevelt in 1944 despite discontent with New Deal policies. They stress platform concessions as bargaining points and warn the South will not back the ticket without gains. The report notes regional bargaining power and the desire to influence the national convention outcomes.
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Columbus
Roosevelt
Too Much Work Leavenworth
June 23 report notes Cyl. Lestie Vietor asks for a three day pass to recover from a ten day furlough He spent the first five days scrubbing floors at his new family home and the last five days lay bored as a volunteer Sghting Alooa at Kansas City.
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Leavenworth. Kas
Cyl
Lestie Vietor
Kansas City
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Hamilton Avenue
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East Sixth Street
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Joint Commission For Political Prisoner and Refugees
Phelps IL
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Conn
William Lyon Previs
Rapinel
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Wilhelmina
Hyde Park
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Atlicicg
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Naw
John W. Umberger
Donald Cashour
Zimmerman
Monocacy Broadcasting Company
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Detroit
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