Army Mobilized for Red Counter Attacks at War Front
Soviet dispatches report the Red Army fully mobilized after six weeks of war delivering consecutive counter blows. Four German divisions wiped out, including the 137th at Smolensk, as Soviet units drive wedges into weak spots. Communists warn Germany seeks to reach Soviet life centers. Fighting continues near Smolensk, Nevel, and Zhitomir with no major engagements noted.
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Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Communist Party
Pravda
Soviet Union
Nevel
Zhitomir
Induction list announced for draft boards one and two
Draft Board No 1 will induct seven white and four colored registrants next week. Names leaving here August 7 include James Wilson Fox and others with addresses in Ha Zerstown and nearby towns. Draft Board No 2 lists nine county inductees slated for August 6 and August 8 from various routes and towns including Hagerstown Frederick and Williamsport.
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Hazerstown
James Wilson Fox
George
David Sollenberger Kennedy
Virginia Avenue
Carroll Edward Gelwicks
North Mulberry
Mayo Allison Kreiling
Frostburg
Richard Frederick Schlotterbeck
Elizabeth
Ellis Franklin Knode
South Potomac
Robert Snyder Paxson
Coffman Avenue
Archie DeSales Saunders
West Bethel
Edison Allen Gaines
West North
Vincent Reeder Keys
Charles William Butler
Lanvale
Harold Milton Brumbaugh
Hagerstown
Richard Roger Sinnisey
Mason Woodrow Waters
Security
Kenneth Kesley Eckard
Roy Albert Faith
Hancock
Alvey Elwood Hann
Frederick
George William Rowe
Cleanspring
Joseph Roger Howell
Williamsport
Lester
Bovey Fisher
Keedysville
Maryland Weather: fair and cool tonight. fair Sunday
The United States Weather Bureau reports Maryland will be fair and slightly cooler tonight, with Sunday expected to be fair and moderately warm in western areas and cooler in the east. Chesapeake Bay winds shift from northerly to northeasterly, remaining fair tonight and Sunday.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Two Towns Donate About 50 Pounds Of Aluminum
Mt. Briar and Chestnut Grove contributed about 50 pounds of pots and pans to the aluminum drive. Donnie Reeder was the banner contributor with 11 pounds, initially meant for sale. Collection was led by Miss Bonita Young and Charles T. Reese under W. D. Albin in the Rohrersville district.
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Mt. Briar
Chestnut Grove
Donnie Reeder
Bonita Young
Charles T. Reese
W.D. Albin
Rohrersville
Water usage hits record in Hagerstown July totals
Hagerstown set a city record with 172,200,000 gallons used in July, averaging 5,555,000 daily. A single day high of 6,260,000 gallons occurred on July 28, with 23 percent from mountain reservoirs and the rest from the Potomac. Edgemont and Smithsburg hold 38,000,000 gallons, with daily consumption limited to 500,000 amid drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Albert Heard
Municipal Water Department
Potomac River
Edgemont
Smithsburg
Mrs Lucinda Utz 95 Dies. Heard Lincoln Gettysburg Address
Frederick Maryland obituary noting Mrs. Lucinda Martha Utz aged 95 who testified she heard Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address. She died last night at her daughter Mrs. Walter E. Burall's home in New Market.
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Frederick, Md
Lucinda Martha Utz
Lincoln
New Market
Walter E. Burall
New Highway Opened East of Hancock
The two mile stretch of National Highway east of Hancock is completed and opened today after a week of use with one way traffic on a short edge section until yesterday. The State Roads Commission says shoulders of the new 24 foot road will get four inches of limestone screenings and be stabilized later to match other shoulders toward Hagers town. guard rails to be completed in coming weeks with no road closure expected.
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Hancock
State Roads Commission
Hagetts Crossroads
Hagerstown
Finland Declared Enemy Territory by Britain
Britain designated Finland an enemy occupied territory after severing diplomatic relations with Helsinki. All Finnish goods face seizure and a government order halted commercial and financial transactions between the nations. Communications were interrupted as Foreign Secretary Eden learned of the break, though Britain said war is not declared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Finland
Helsinki
Anthony Eden
Britain
Fairplay Boy Fatal Shooting Claims Two Young Victims
An accidental shotgun discharge in the James Barnhart home in Fairplay killed eight year old Marvin Burger and wounded six year old Charles O'Brien from New York City. The boys, along with Richard Barnhart seven, were handling the gun owned by James Barnhart. O'Brien was taken to Washington County Hospital with a badly damaged right foot as surgeons work to save it. The incident occurred around 11 o'clock this morning in a kitchen area with the gun reportedly loaded with a powerful shell.
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Marvin Burger
Frank Burger
Fairplay
Charles O'Brien
New York City
Washington County
James Barnhart
Burger
O'Brien
Washington County Hospital
Richard Barnhart
Richard
Daily Mail
Aged Pensioner Marries 16Yearold Girl in Zanesville
In Zanesville Ohio on August 2 a 73-year-old pensioner married a 16-year-old girl. The ceremony was performed by Rev W W Thompson of the First Baptist Holiness Church of God of America after officials declined to read it. Emma Sue Schultz said she wanted to marry Charles Shipman, both residents of nearby Darlington, with consent from the girl's mother.
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Zanesville
Muskingum County
Roseville
Charles S. Shipman
Emma Sue Schultz
W. W. Thompson
First Baptist Holiness Church of God of America
Unconscious From Bite Of Insect
Charles Slick of 346 North Mulberry Street was rendered unconscious by a supposed insect bite and rushed to the hospital by city police last night. Neighbors notified authorities as Sergeant Kiser and Patrolman Doornsberger escorted him to treatment and then to his home.
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Charles Slick
North Mulberry Street
Mr. Slick
Kiser
Doornsberger
Slick
Norway in Revolt Nazi Moves Prompt Civil Emergency
Oslo reports German Commissioner Terboven is empowered to declare a state of emergency to handle disturbances to public order and economy. The move allows civil authorities to order executions or long imprisonments and confiscate property, though Berlin denies a civil siege is in effect. Officials say this is a precaution for a decisive wartime moment while stressing civil control, not a military siege.
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Oslo
Norway
Reich
Joseph Terboven
Stockholm
Berlin
Terboven
Norwegians Ordered To Give Up Radios Coastwide
An order from German occupation authorities requires all radios in the coastal region from the Swedish border to Allesund to be surrendered. The rule extends to the Lofoten Islands and cities north of Allesund including Kristiansund Molde Tromsoe Harstad and Setermoen.
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Oslo
Norway
Allesund
Lofoten Islands
Allessund
Kristiansund
Molde
Tromsoe
Harstad
Setermoen
Maryland New York Celebrates Sesquicentennial Pageant
Maryland New York on Otsego county’s southern border marks its sesquicentennial with a pageant outlining the town’s history. The town lies midway between Albany and Binghamton on Route 7 and is noted for its quiet farming region and its fame from James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales.
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Maryland
N. Y
Otsego County
Albany
Binghamton
Cooper
World War II target practice at CAMP ROBINSON
Eugene Beibler, a selectee at CAMP ROBINSON, eyes his service pistol and notes two notches. A supply sergeant calls them bullseyes, saying they came from target practice.
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Camp Robinson
Ark
Eugene Beibler
Vichy Put On Probation By United States
United States announces probation on Vichy regime, saying France must defend its territories against Axis aggression. Acting Secretary Sumner Welles accuses collaboration with Axis and warns that France’s failure to resist Japanese aggression in Indo China threatens American security.
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Washington
United States
Vichy
France
Sumner Welles
Bold Robbery Seek Trio In Pontiac Sedans
Police in Maryland and Pennsylvania seek a youth and two girls after a bold hold up in Waynesboro early today. They approached John Frush in a parking lot, took about $10 and his wallet with papers, then fled in a black 1936 Pontiac sedan toward Maryland. Authorities issued a sharp lockout.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
John Frush
Waynesboro
Frush
Workers at St Louis munitions plants skip shift
Construction workers at two Weldon Springs government munitions plants did not report for the 8 o'clock shift. Spokesmen said the men called it a weekend holiday, declining time and a half on Saturdays and Sundays after a War Department wage cut. The plants total 123 million dollars in value.
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ST. Louis
Weldon Springs
War Department
Greed Led To Pinning Of Murder On Loveless And Miller
Sheriff Baker disclosed that greed prompted the framing of Earl Loveless and James Lee Miller for the Poffenberger murder. An argument over stolen money, overheard by a jail inmate en route to an asylum, sparked the officers’ case leading to their convictions.
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Loveless
Miller
Poffenberger
Earl Loveless
James Lee Miller
Joseph D. Baker
Washington County
Sykesville Asylum
Baker
Sykesville
Single Spark Could Set Off War Says Cabinet Minister
Japan faces a showdown as President Roosevelt acts to embargo aviation fuel and sharply cut oil exports vital to its war effort. The move follows talks with Allied ministers and sets Tokyo against Western powers, with Britain and the Dutch East Indies constraining supply and U S silk stocks frozen to curb defense production.
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Washington
Japan
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Dutch East Indies
United States
U. S
Silk Mills Ordered to Cease Production at Midnight
The United States government ordered Silk and Hosiery Mills to halt production at midnight to conserve raw silk for defense needs. About 175,000 workers face unemployment as mills may switch to rayon or nylon, with potential Army and Navy requisition of silk supplies. The move follows trade restrictions on Japan and targets stockpiles for parachutes and other defense uses.
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Washington
Pacific
Office of Production Management
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
Japan
Wound Fatal To Ernest Hackey
Ernest Wm. Hackey 25, formerly of Hagerstown, died in Frederick hospital after July 13 gunshot wounds from an altercation in front of his home. Joe Walter Brown, colored, held on assault with intent to kill, admitted shooting and was accused of firing at Hackey’s father and wife. Survived by parents Er nest W. A. and Virginia Hackey and sisters Margaret Blanche and Gladys, all of Hagerstown.
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Ernest Wm. Hackey
Hagerstown
Frederick Hospital
Ernest W. A
Virginia Hackey
Joe Walter Brown
Frederick
Brown
Hackey
Margaret
Blanche
Gladys Hackey
Berlin Claims Many Of Foe Tanks Seized
Berlin reports a week of war updates claiming 2000 Russian prisoners captured and 737 tanks seized or destroyed along with two armored trains. The official summary covers last Saturday through today and reflects German gains in the conflict.
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Berlin
Bprulin
Soldier Fights Off Shark With Fists
Private Howard E Sweatman, 20, a Fort Moultrie student, fought a shark with his bare fists off Sullivan's Island. He suffered deep chest gashes, muscles torn, and required an operation. His condition improved to good after treatment at the post hospital. He arrived from Fort Oglethorpe and was bathing chest-deep when attacked.
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Charleston
S. C
Howard E. Sweatman
Fort Moultrie
Post Hospital
Sweatman
Fort Ogelthrope
Sullivan's
New Welding Class Starts Monday at Training Center
A welding class begins Monday evening August 4 at 7 00 p m at the National Defense Training Center. Classes run seven to eleven each weeknight for sixteen weeks five days weekly. About ten places remain applicants should register first with the Maryland State Employment Service 45 East Washington Street then at the National Defense Training Center.
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National Defense Training Center
Maryland State Employment Service
East Washington Street
Na-P
Japan Speeds Self Sufficient Drive as Fuel Embargo Looms
Vice Admiral Seizo Sakonji warns newspapers that the tense international scene could trigger an explosion, while Domei notes Washington's oil embargo to Japan. Tokyo concerns focus on oil, tin, and rubber cuts driving Japan to expand output for defense. Encirclement fears grow amid U S and Soviet Russia moves, with conflict over supplying Russia via the Pacific.
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Tokyo
Seizo Sakonji
Commerce and Industry
Domei Agency
Roosevelt
Japan
Japan Times and Advertiser
United States
South Orient
Russia
Domei
Nié¢hi Nichi
Soviet
Pacific
Sakonji
Peach Growers Here Hopeful Over Market Stabilization
Washington county peach growers, buoyed by a Georgia dispatch, expect to market much of their late crop as Georgia Elberta prices plunge. Drought delayed Georgia maturity by a month, flooding the market and depressing prices from 2inch Elbertas to 75 cents then 55 cents, depressing overall sentiment here but raising hope of stabilization when the Elberta crop arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Georgia
Arsenals Delayed By AFL Work Holidays
Sandusky Aug 2 AFL unions staged work holidays delaying construction at Plum Brook Ordance Works and Ravenna Ordance plant. About 600 AFL carpenters walked out seeking a 21 cent raise from 1.12 an hour while 1200 other AFL trades, including electricians and plumbers, protested overtime pay reductions.
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Sandusky
AFL
Plum Brook Ordance Works
Ravenna Ordance
Plum Brook
A.fll
A.F.L
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Jacob
Kappy
Migden
Irving Penn
Maryland, N. Y
Whitney Straight
English Channel
C.P
F. D.R
Far Eastern
Lord Halifax
Richard G. Casey
Ralph Close
Ernest Hackey
Soldier
Shark
Peach
Arsenals
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