Germans Seek Way To Avoid Such Losses
Stockholm June 29. German naval experts consider equipping U-boats with radio location gear to better dodge Allied air and sea patrols and to locate convoys. Friedrichshafen remains main construction center. RAF raids targeted the site last week. The move could end pack tactics and reduce large submariner losses, with flotillas returning from basing after suffering about 23 percent casualties.
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Friedrichshafen
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Bomb maker and six workers summoned in sabotage case
Amerigo Antonelli president and treasurer of Antonelli Fireworks Co. and six employees were summoned to Federal Court in Rochester New York for hearings on sabotage charges. FBI evidence alleges they conspired to produce defective aerial bombs and hand grenades at the Spencertown plant.
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Antonelli Fireworks Co
Rochester
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V-Mail Voting By Troops Proposed
Washington proposes V-Mail voting for armed forces on foreign duty. Senators Lucar and Green call for absentee ballots sped back as email with write in options for President Vice President Senator and Repean a. Commanding officers would ensure every man votes. Domestic troops to vote on regular absentee ballots via postcards. Historical note cites past election reforms.
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United States
Two Decorations For Distinguished Action
Washington June 29 Two decorations for distinguished action were presented to Mrs Mary A Thomas of Rockville Md mother of Corporal Robert G Thomas listed missing in action after a flaming bomber crash during a September 29 attack on a Japanese cruiser in the Solomons She received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart posthumously as part of a ceremony Brig Gen Laverne G Saunders commanding officer of the 11th Bombardment Group presided over the event.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Mary A. Thomas
Roc Tville
Solomons
Laverne G. Saunders
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Corporal Thomas Presents Awards at Army Air Forces HQ
Corporal Thomas, a member of the unit, presented the awards at Army Air Forces headquarters. He also presented to Mrs. Thomas Silver Air Corps wings, a gift from Major General George E. Stratemeyer, chief of the air staff. Warren, his father, watched with friends as the ceremony unfolded.
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Thomas
Army Air Forces Headquarters
Air Corps
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George E. Stratemeyer
Air Staff
Warren
Traffic Laws Interpreted For Bicycles With Motor Vehicle Rules
Maryland Safety Commission release interprets revised motor code to apply same road rules and penalties to bicycles animals and animal-drawn vehicles on highways. Drivers and streetcar operators must follow official traffic devices unless directed by a peace officer. When facing a flashing signal drivers must stop and proceed as for a normal intersection.
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Maryland Safety Commission
Driving instructions for intersection safety and car adjustment
The text instructs that a driver facing an amber signal may proceed cautiously through an intersection. It also notes that an adjustment to a car’s differential can cause a humming noise.
June Ends Torrid Heat With Tuesday Downpour
June bows out as Tuesday cools to 52 degrees at night after a heavy shower. The rain adds 0.41 inches, ending nine straight days of heat and humidity while bringing the month’s total to about 2.04 inches versus the 4.30 normal.
Outdoor evangelistic services planned by Bennettsville Nazarene Church
Rev Raymond Browning, noted preacher from Bennettsville South Carolina, will lead annual outdoor evangelistic services for the Church of the Nazarene. The series begins this evening and runs through July 11 with the tent set up in the 800 block of Trail Avenue. Local pastor Rev Neal Hutchinson will assist.
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Poer
Bennettsville
S.C
Church of the Nazarene
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SO Aratai
ROW LY
Trail Avenue
Neal Hutchinson
Mannix Sentenced to 18 Years for Attempted Rape
Charles Joseph Mannix, 33, a marketing specialist for the U S Department of Agriculture, was sentenced by Federal Judge William Coleman to 18 years in a federal penitentiary for attempting to rape a 27 year old WAVES member on the U S Public Health Service grounds near Bethesda last May 27. The jury convicted Mannix after a two stay trial and recommended mercy.
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Baltimore
Charles Joseph Mannix
U. S. Department of Avriculture
William
Colewan
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WAVES
Mannix
Coleman
U.S
Bound for Jury Recommendation Faces Near-maximum Federal Sentence
Report notes a defendant was bound for the jury's recommendation and received a sentence two years shy of the federal maximum, reflecting a substantial penalty under federal law.
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