Allies Launch Heavy Air Attack on Buna and New Guinea Bases
Allied bombers pounded Buna and New Guinea targets, destroying ground installations and eight enemy planes in two hours. Off New Britain and the Tenimber group, ships were damaged or sunk while Lae Salamaua and Port Moresby defenses faced fierce air assaults.
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Australia
New Guinea
Lae
Salamaua
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Stern
Seloe Island
Darwin
Kal Islands
New Britain
Buna
Owen Stanley Range
Buna-Gona
Port Morssby
Guinea
Cneck
Bataan
Malaya
Answers To War Quiz on Page Five
Answers to a wartime quiz are displayed on page five. The item notes that the top wing is worn by an observer in naval aviation and the bottom by a pilot. It identifies Rostov as a Russian city and explains Eagle Day as academy slang for payday.
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Nevers
Rostov
Frederickton peanut shortage shocks local shoppers
Frederick residents faced a peanut shortage as roasting machines were pulled from several downtown stores. Merchants reported last year’s crop nearly exhausted due to war demands, with only a few dealers stockpiling nuts. A trickle of new supply arrived this morning easing fears for weekend shoppers.
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Frederick
County Boy Dies After Auto Strikes Toy Wagon
Ammie Mylo Koontz 11, son of Ralph O and Amanda Taylor Koontz, was killed near Jefferson when his toy express wagon was struck by a automobile driven by Gradon Tobery. Maude Deck 22 was injured near Lime Kiln. Tobery said he did not see the boy. investigation ongoing. Funeral for the Koontz boy set for Tuesday at 3 p.m. in St. Pauls Lutheran cemetery. he leaves several siblings and his parents.
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Ammie Mylo Koontz
Ralph O
Amanda Taylor Koontz
Jefferson
Maude
Buckeystown
Frederick City
Gradon Tobery
East Eighth Street
Koontz
William. Houck
Route 340
Albert S. Hargett
Guy Douglas Hargett
Tobery
Walkersville
Miss Deck
Houck
Wilmers
Fhih Street
Luby
Carty
Pic
Ralph Lee Koontz
Fort Meade
Robert
William
Jack Dick
Thelma
Phyllis
Miriam
Pogey
Betty Koontz
Nettie Koontz
Railroad worker injured in fall at Brunsw ick yards
A Baltimore and Ohio Railroad worker fell from a car while lifting steel in the Brunswick yards. He was treated at the railroad emergency hospital and then moved to Frederick City Hospital. His condition was reported satisfactory. Fellow workers said he lost his balance and tumbled from the car.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Brunswick
Frederick City
Wages and Prices To Be Included In New Hill Bill
Washington reports a cost of living control bill to stabilize farm prices and industrial wages. Senate leaders Barkley Wagner Brown Steagall outline a plan to grant the president power to stabilize costs, with hearings set and action targeted by late September. Italy and Germany rank first and second as birthplaces of foreign born U.S. residents.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Barkley
House
Wagner
Senate Banking and Currency
Brown
D-Mich
Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate Farm Blue
Stearall
House Banking and Car Committee
Spence
D-Ky
J. Patman
D-Tex
Thomas F. Ford
D-Calif
Banke Bee
Reedent
Steagall
Senate Committee
Weg Beak SR Bk Ae Henderson
William H Davis
National War Labor Board
Agricultue Wickard
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
National Farmers Union
Barklevy
Italy
Germany
U. S
Axis Submarine Raid Hits Barbados Area
Axis submarine attacked Ata Pastiela Bay in Barbados, firing five torpedoes and staying 23 minutes under shore batteries fire. Eight Allied merchant ships were claimed as sunk in official notices. no casualties were reported.
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Axis
Barbados
Eeeee Bay
Bridgetown
British West Indies
Canada
Confesses To Killing Of Two Social Workers
A 21-year-old Army deserter Robert T Bailey signed a confession admitting he killed two Wisconsin women, Miss Neil Pietrangeli and Miss Dorothy Baun, near Tomah after meeting them in Madison. He claimed theft of their car and money was motive and denied rape.
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Santa Maria
Calif
Robert T. Bailey
Thomas Weldon
Kenosha
Wis
Tomah
Weldon
Bailey
Neil John Pietrangeli
Dorothy Baun
St. Croix
Highway 11
Forc
Eau Claire
le Sueur Mian
Miss Pietrangeli
Sioux City
Alberta Coon
Pauline Conley
California
Army bomber crash near Columbia kills seven
A military bomber from the Columbia Army air base crashed on landing during a routine training flight killing four officers and three enlisted men. Only one occupant survived the impact. an injured crewman died en route to a hospital as the plane was destroyed.
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Columbia
D. C
Columbia Army Air Base
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United States
New Caledonia
Pacific
U. C
Army Signal Corps
NEA
Kanaka
Associated Press
Ata Pastiela
Royal Canadian Naval
The
Black Watch
Royal Highlanders
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Allen
C. C. Carty, Inc
Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Delphey
Belt Service
Ril
Silk & Rayer
Pearl Harbor
Hendrickson
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