British Take Three Towns In Campaign In Normandy
Allied forces push from Cherbourg toward Caen as British troops seize La Gaulle Cheux and St Manvieu while Montgomery drives on the eastern flank. Cherbourg falls ending the second phase of liberation and opening the port for larger Allied operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Normandy
Caen
Doughboys
Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben
Hannecke
Europe
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Caer
Mormandy
la Gaulle
Cheux
St. Manvieu
Tilly
Warren Urged to Join Dewey Ticket at Chicago Convention
California delegates press Gov. Earl Warren to publicly accept the vice presidential nomination if offered and team with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to regain the White House. Warren resists nominating him or California votes without consensus while convention activities unfold in Chicago with Hoover and Luce speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Stadium
Earl Warren
California
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
Warren
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Dwight Green
Ilinois
Washington
Chicago
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Herbert Hoover
Connecticut
Clare Boothe Luce
Dewey to Fly to Convention in Chicago
Governor Thomas E. Dewey and four aides plan to fly to the Republican convention in Chicago if nominated by noon tomorrow. If not, the party will travel by train Thursday with Paul Lockwood, James Hagerty, Lillian Rosse, Elliott Bell, and Hickman Powell expected to accompany him. Dewey says he has not been consulted on the draft platform but his views are known to New York leaders. He continues business as usual apart from photo sessions with press crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Chicago
Dewey
Paul Lockwood
James C. Hagerty
Lillian Rosse
Elliott V. Bell
Hickman Powell
New York
Camermen
Not To Be Legal Holiday In Maryland For July 3
Maryland Governor and OConor announced July 3 will not be a legal holiday this year to avoid disrupting vital war work. Departments may let staff take July 3 off with pay made up later, while some agencies run on skeleton crews. Dutch officials report Netherlands currency minted in the United States to be used in liberated Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
O'Conor
Maryland
U.S
London
Hitler awards Iron Cross to naval commander in Normandy
The Berlin radio told Germans that Admiral Walter Hennecke received the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross for planning Cherbourg’s destruction. The FCC relay called the feat unprecedented in coastal defense. An Allied communique from Supreme Headquarters reported Hennecke captured during the Cherbourg liberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Walter Hennecke
Normandy
Cherbourg
Federal Communications Commission
Supreme Headquarters
Hennecke
Letters From Davidge Shown In Court Case
A trial in Circuit Court admitted letters by Rob ert H. Davidge to his sister Mrs Marjorie D Mannix as evidence in an equity suit brought by Davidge’s stepdaughter Mrs Roberta Baumgardner. The letters discuss wills and Davidge’s wish that Baumgardner receive much of his estate, with additional remarks from Edward Mannix about past statements and wills dated 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Davidge
Frederick
Marjorie D. Mannix
Brooklyn
N. Y
Edward S. Delaplaine
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Roberta Baumgardner
Davidge
Baumgardner
Mannix
Ther
Hoover vows to fight in campaign after Republican convention
Former President Herbert Hoover arrived in Chicago for the Republican convention and said he will stay in the fight until he dies. He endorsed the party’s platform, including the foreign affairs plank, and indicated he will support the ticket with full energy. Hoover appeared in good health despite the heat and planned to barnstorm as appropriate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Wendell Willkie
Hoover
New York
Fire damages girders in Bollinger home basement
An air burner explosion sparked a basement fire at Theodore Bollinger’s residence Monday morning. Emmitsburg Volunteer Fire Department extinguished the blaze with little damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Bollinger
Emmitsburg
Martin Opens GOP Convention With Gamble on Reform
Massachusetts Rep. Joseph W. Martin, new permanent chairman, vows to save constitutional government and build an enduring peace. He blasts the New Deal as bungling and defends Republicans on labor, economy, and postwar production while labeling Democrats prisoner to the New Deal. He warns against radical organizations influencing the election and urges restoring Congress’s authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Martin
House
Earl Browder
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Roosevelt
Congress
America
Republican Party
Children Can Fish In Lake Saturday
Culler Lake opens for children under 14 this Saturday and runs through August 31. Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger notes many eager youngsters and reports of big fish. Fishing is allowed Mondays Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays 7 to 11 am and 3 to 7 pm. Creel limit five per day. all catch part of haul. Under eight must be with an adult. Lake is clear after algae removal and recent storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culler Lake
Hugh V. Gittinger
Berlin Says U S Has Landed New Army Corps
A Berlin broadcast heard by CBS stated that a second American Army Corps, the Eighth, has landed on the Cotentine Cherbourg peninsula and taken over the southern sector. The report describes the unit as standing on the peninsula and assuming control of the southern area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U. S
New York
CBS
Eighth
Cotentine
Cherbourge Peninsula
Cherbourg Falls to Doughboys as German Prisoners Surge
Allied forces report about 30 000 German prisoners taken since D-Day with large stores of equipment and a German field hospital holding 1 000 wounded. Cherbourg's arsenal area cleared and key commanders Von Schlieben and Hennecke surrendered after fierce fighting in the final phase of the port reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Supreme Headquarters
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
France
Germany
Maupertus
Cap de la Hague
Bradley
von Schlieben
Pennsylvania
Fra Wryehe
Tilly
Don Whitehead
Hardinvast
Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben
Hennecke
Eighth Army Retakes Chiusi and advances toward Livorno
Allied lines report Eighth Army recaptured Chiusi nine miles southwest of Lake Trasimeno after heavy fighting and rescued fifteen South Africans. Castiglione del Lago area falls to the advance with two hundred prisoners taken. Fifth Army pushes along Italy west coast toward Livorno and Pisa with limited gains near Perugia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Eighth Army
Chiusi
Fifth Army
Italy
Piombino
Livorno
Pisa
Lake Trasimeno
Castiglione del Lago
Lake
Trasimeno
Vitellino
A Card Tire Supply Delayed To 1945
Washington June 27 rationing chief Charles F Phillips of the Office of Price Administration said new tires for A card motorists will not be available until early 1945 rather than this fall as earlier believed A and B card drivers face a large backlog of applications since May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles F. Phillips
Office of Price Administration
Phillips
Committee Ignores Willkie Objections to platform plank
The Republican platform committee approved a foreign policy plank defending a pledge to enforce world security through an international organization using peace forces. Wendell Willkie and others criticized the stance as the panel backed the provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican Platform Committee
Wendell Willkie
GOP governors push stronger foreign policy plank at convention
On the convention floor Republicans press for a stronger foreign policy plank as G O P governors ask the platform committee to back a world military setup to enforce peace. Chairman Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts and former President Herbert Hoover address the second day’s proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne
Associated Press
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Herbert Hoover
Saipan battle tightens as Japanese defenses stiffen
Japanese infantry resistance stiffens along the Saipan front as U S forces reach a sector likely to mark the start of Japan's last stand. Five heavily defended pockets on Mt Tapotchau are bypassed as Marines and Army push toward Garapan and Conway Village, with snipers and machine gunners delaying patrols ten blocks into the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Handleman
U 5
Associated Press
Joint Expeditionary Force
Saipan
U. S
Navy
Japan
Mt. Tapotchau
Garapan
Conway Village
Two Autos Stolen In Frederick Area Theft
Authorities linked two car thefts in Frederick by morning. Rev Paul V Helm's Ford Tudor was found at Seventh and Market with ignition key in place and glove box rifled. E E Currens reported his LaSalle stolen from his Elm Street garage last night with keys inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonsboro
Seventh
Market Streets
Frederick
Paul V. Helm
Douglass Stup
Mr. Helm
Currens
E E Currens
Elm Street
LaSalle
Maryland
Dewey Wins Major WV Delegates At State Convention
West Virginia Republican delegates pledged 14 of 19 votes for Dewey and five for Bricker at the state convention. Earlier, 10 votes were already claimed for Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
West Virginia
Chicago
Bricker
Bombers Hit Budapest and Brod as Allied Air War Expands
Up to 500 American heavy bombers struck Budapest and the Brod rail yards today while U S Strategic Air Forces in Russia reported bombing a Drohobyca oil plant in Poland. British Halifaxs attacked a northern France installation and Mosquitoes bombed Gottingen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Budapest
Brod
U. S
Russia
Drohobyca
Poland
England
France
Channel
Italy
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Red Army closes in on Minsk gateway in major Bulge drive
Moscow reports a large Soviet offensive across a 250 mile front aimed at Orsha Mogilev and Bobruisk. Red air fleets from four fronts attack German reserves and bridges while four armies converge on Minsk to Warsaw. Orsha and Mogilev outskirts see heavy trench and fortification assaults as Vershinin Krulkin Rudenko and Papivin direct air and ground operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Germany
Orsha
Mogilev
Bobruisk
Minsk
Warsaw
Hitler
Reich
Red
CBS
Vitebsk
Vershinin
Sevastopol
Timofey Krulkin
Sergei I. Rudenko
N.P. Papivin
Stormovik
Salvage Parley Warns Scrap Shortage May Hit Steel
Edwin Barringer of the Scrap Iron and Steel Institute warns that a war extended into next winter could depress high grade scrap supplies and threaten steel production. He reports a 400 000 ton drop in scrap inventories in four months and about eleven weeks of visible scrap supply remaining against a 2 000 000 ton per month usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin &. Barringer
Barringer
Scrap Iron and Steel Institute of America
Washington
Army
Third Service Command
R. W. Biefkohl
Baltimore
Service Command
Frederick Overseas Salvage Segregation Center
Philip Hayes
Frederick Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
Campaign Urges $250 for Ship Fund Named After City
Mayor's appointed committee led by Frederick Victory pushes for $250 by Saturday to fund books and recreational equipment for the 5S. S. Victory aims a final drive as only $46 has been received in 2.5 weeks. Donations may be left at City Hall or the C. Burr Artz Library. ship named for the city to be launched in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh V. Gittinger
U.S. Maritime Commission
C. Burr Artz
Paris Mining by Nazis Reported by British Radio
British radio, quoting frontier reports, says Germany plans to evacuate Paris while the city is heavily mined. Delayed action bombs are in tunnels, dynamite in sewers and abandoned sections of the underground railway, according to the CBS broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
CBS
Rocket Bombs Cause Eye Injuries Warn Windows Stay Closed
A London dispatch reported by British information services says eye injuries from blast debris are so common that the Ministry of Health warns people to stay away from windows during attacks. Most injuries were caused by flying glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
British Information Services’ Office
London
Ministry of Health
Also Mentioned on This Page
White
G.O.P
Willkie
U.S. Air Force
Fred Stabley
Frederick Victory
Newsparern
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!