All-Time Record For Aircraft Destroyed In One Action
U S Pacific Fleet reports Saipan action set an all time theater record with 402 Japanese planes downed in one operation by Mitscher's Task Force 58 off Guam. Nimitz revised enemy losses June 10 23 and noted 147 ships damaged sunk or probably sunk. American forces on Saipan pushed 500 to 800 yards against entrenched defenders amid heavy Japanese resistance.
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U. S
Saipan
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Marianas and
Bonins
Empire
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Mare A. Mitscher
U.S
Saipan Island
Mt. Tapotchau
Mitscher
Guam
Iwo Island
Seventh Army Air Force
Truk
Army
Navy
Marine
Marshalls
Carolines
Maryland Tornado Toll… Three Dead and Sixty Injured
A devastating tornado swept Maryland from Deer Park to Cambridge causing three deaths in Western Maryland and about 40 injuries. Damages near Cambridge and in Garrett County exceed one million dollars with schools, warehouses, and homes destroyed. Red Cross and Girl Scouts aided victims. no looting reported as state guard secured damaged sites.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Garrett County
Cambridge
James Sebold
Deer Park
Robert Paugh
Potomac Valley Hospital
Keyser
W. Va
Sebold
Fred Faugh
Ruby
Dorothy
K. Phillips Packing Company
FLD
St Clair High School
Mountain Lake Park
Stern
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Red Cross
Girl Scout
Dwight H. Mohr
Maryland State Guard
Phillips
Phillips Coane
Herbert Hearn Hardware Company
Evacuation Of Berlin Ordered By Nazis
Hungarian passengers arriving on a German airliner said Nazi authorities ordered the evacuation of Berlin. The London radio reported that day as American liberators attacked the city. Images showed more than 30 bomb clusters in central Berlin and damage to major sites including the Reichskanzlei Gestapo War Office and Propaganda Headquarters.
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Lisbon
Berlin
Hitler
Reichschancellery
London Radio
CBS
Gestapo
War Office
Propaganda
Baltimore City Health Department
Health Department
Tornado Toll Rises to 146 as Relief Speeds Aid
Red Cross and relief workers rushed to aid thousands left homeless across Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland after a deadly tornado. Across Shinnston and Clarksburg 77 dwellings destroyed 325 other buildings damaged with 16 killed in Allegheny County.
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Pittsburgh
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Clarksburg
W. Va
Waynesburg
McKeesport
Shinnston
Pleasant Hill
Lucas Mill
Sohlon
Shinnston State Armory
Methodist Church
Jerry Wakefield
Washington
Carney Smith
Alexandria
Gustave G. Meyer
Dravesburg
Boston
Greenock
Versailles
Port Vue
Peterson Plan
Allegheny County
Meyer
Fireman Second Class Delaughter Stationed at Camp Bradford
The message lists the service member Delaughter at Barracks 16 A T B Camp Bradford Norfolk Virginia and notes his wife’s residence at 121 West Fourth Street.
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Delaughter
Camp Bradford
Norfolk
West Fourth Street
By Jiminy Triumphs In Dwyer To Challenge 1944 Three-Year-Old Title
Alfred Parker's By Jiminy, a Pharamond 2nd colt, romped by five lengths to win the 2000 Dwyer at Aqueduct, earning $39,250 and boosting his status as a top 1944 three-year-old contender. Pensive and other Derby stars faced stiff challenge as fillies Twilight Tear and Duraznz also attracted supporters. By Jiminy has $75,730 career earnings.
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New York
Warren Wright
Pensive
Alfred Parker
Jiminy
Aqueduct
Pharamond
Parker
E. R. Bradley
C. ¥. Whitney
Mrs. Payne Whitney
George Widener
William Ziegler, Jr
Wright
Twilight Tear
Brownell
Duraznz
Autocraft
Ariel Flight
Bounding Home
Shut Up
Stymie
Kaytee
Ted Atkinson
Conscientious Objectors Volunteer for Army Disease Tests
Washington June 25 122 conscientious objectors volunteered as human guinea pigs for influenza and pneumonia experiments under Army supervision. Of these 94 became ill but all recovered. Studies showed virus pneumonia can be transmitted by nasal washings and disproved serum-based immunity for influenza.
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Washington
War Department
National Service Board of Religious Objectors
Preventive Medicine Service
Army Surgeon General's Office
Yap Island Bombed by 45 Tons of U S Weapons
Advanced Allied Headquarters New Guinea reports 45 tons of bombs dropped on Yap Island as MacArthur air crews hit 15 Japanese targets June 23 WWII actions also struck Woleai Truk and Palau in the Caroline Islands. Additional mopping up on Biak Island killed 345 Japanese during June 22–23 operations.
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Allied
New Guinea
Yap Island
Marianas
Douglas MacArthur
Yap
Woleal
Truk
Palau
Caroline Islands
Biak Island
Schouten Group
Dutch New Guinea
Banda Sea
MacCluer Gulf
Marine Private Wright in action in the Pacific
Pacific Area Private John C Wright son of Mr and Mrs Roy L Wright Thurmont stationed at Camp Lejeune New River NC is now in action with the Marines in the Pacific area.
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John C. Wright
Roy L. Wright
Thurmont
Camp Lejeune
New River
N. C
Pacific
Pfc Robert R Hauver Spends 20 Day Furlough in Thurmont
In Texas by Pfc Robert R Hauver recently spent a 20 day furlough with his wife and son at Thurmont. He is stationed at Big Spring Texas and his address is Pfc Robert R Hauver 33717976 Section C 2509 A A F Base Unit Big Spring Tex.
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Robert R. Hauver
Thurmont
Big Spring
Texas
Tex
Willkie undecided on 1944 campaign plans
New York June 25 Wendell Willkie Republican 1940 presidential nominee said he had no plans to attend the GOP National Convention and would reveal his future course after the 1944 ticket is named. He said he would remain flexible for the time being. He also indicated he was undecided about his 1944 presidential campaign. A separate note mentions the Norwegian coast town Bodø having no sun in December.
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Willkie
New York
Wendell Willkie
Army Corps Leaders Named for France Invasion Scene
Supreme Headquarters disclosed Major Generals Leonard Gerow and Joseph Lawton Collins as corps commanders of American forces in France. General Eisenhower placed Brig. Gen. Joseph Pierre Koenig in command of resistance forces in the interior. Gerow commanded the 29th Division in France starting February 1942 after service in Mexico, the Philippines, China, and France. Collins directed the Guadalcanal campaign and led forces in the final push against Japan.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Leonard Townsend Gerow
U. S
Britain
Joseph Lawton Collins
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Geron
Collins
Guadalcanal
Mexican
Philippines
China
Marylanders Shoot Down Nazi Planes Over Europe
At the U S Strategic Air Forces in Europe HQ on June 25 American fighter pilots flew multiple missions in raids and escort duties, shooting down 24 German planes and destroying four on the ground. Maj James D Landers from Joshua Texas led a Lightning squadron that downed four foes. Lt Jack S Crandell of Westminster Maryland downed two, while Lt High D Chapman of Sharpsburg Maryland and Lt William E Bristow of Richmond Virginia each destroyed one.
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U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Jam. D. Landers
Joshua
Tex
Jack S. Crandell
East Main Street
Westminster
High D. Chapman
Sharpsburg
William E. Bristow
Richmond
Maryland tomato harvest uses nail polish to judge ripeness
College Park reports Maryland tomato picking relies on color tests using nail polish applied to hands as a guide to ripe fruit. The State Agricultural War Board noted the method aims to standardize color comparison among inexperienced workers.
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New Wrinkle College’ Park
Maryland
State Agricultural War Board
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Ted
Washington Street
Richard T. Delaughter
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Baltimore
College Park
Econ Re
Frederick
South Market
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
America
Pfc
Bodo
Gerow
Ervice Allen
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