Allied Airmen Resume Raids on Italy Mainland
Allied aircrews continued attacks on Naples Capodichino Milazzo and other targets in Sicily and southern Italy from Saturday into Sunday. Bombers pounded rail yards harbors and hangars while escort fighters battled enemy interceptors and claimed several air victories and casualties on both sides.
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Italy
Page
Raples
Capodichino
Naples
Iith
Milazzo
Adrane
Randazzo
Asis
Sicily
Saaturday
Vibor
Niles
Messina
Oliva
Crotone
Ionian
July rainfall drops. Chewsville records extreme dryness
Weather notes from Chewsville observer D. Paul Oswald report a dry July with only 1.37 inches of rain against 3.86 inches average. Ten high temperatures reached 84 degrees or more, with July max at 92 and low at 42. Comparative figures show 4.30 inches in July 1942 and much higher totals in other years.
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D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
Victory Garden
Man Arrested for Intoxication Hiding Watermelon
Danbury police arrest a man on intoxication charges after he tried to conceal a watermelon under his shirt. Officers found a jar of cheese spread, skins, corn, shoe polish, an auto mirror, brake parts, pepper relish and a pickle in his possession.
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Danbury
Conn
Heroic Marine Killed in Action at Tulagi
Adeline Goss of Tampa, Florida, received a telegram confirming the death of her Marine son, Gunner Robert Goss, in action after a gallant stand at Tulagi. Goss, 18 years in the Marine Corps, had been recommended for the Congressional Medal of Honor for wiping out a seven-man Japanese nest, despite injuries. The British Embassy had arranged to present the Conspicuous Gallantry award to Mrs. Goss.
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Tampa
Fla
Ava
Adeline Goss
Washington, D. C
England
War Department
Robert Goss
Marine Corps
Tulagi
Goss
Lord Halifax
Cavetown Plant Damaged By Fire
The Southern Packing Company plant at Cavetown suffered extensive damage in a fire that began around 1 45 pm. Clyde Shaver estimated losses at 20 000 to 25 000 with the main building largely intact except for windows. Fire units from Hagerstown Smithsburg Waynesboro aided by pumping water from a farm tank.
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Southern Packing Company, Inc
Cavetown
Clyde Shaver
Shaver
Western Enterprise Fire Company
Hagerstown
Smithsburg
Waynesboro
John Phetteplace
Caretown
James Wolfinger
OCD
Attack Reported By Local Woman
Miss Helen Harper, 22, was beaten by an unidentified man after a failed assault in Chambersburg. She told police she had just left a taproom and walked with the man to Central Avenue when he struck her, leaving two black eyes and a swollen face. She reported the incident to Mrs. N. B. Naugte and sought help at Chambersburg Hospital.
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Helen’ Harper
Chambersburg
South Central Avenue
Miss Harper
N. B. Naugte
Burkhart Avenue
Ham Salad Roll Recipe Promises Big Dinner Delight
A printed recipe promotes hearty ham salad rolls using Star Ham and simple ingredients. It suggests 4 servings for a family of four, with ham celery pickle eggs and mayonnaise, inviting to toast buns and garnish with egg slices.
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Armour
Germans Speed Evacuation of Berlin Amid Bombing Warnings
Berlin residents were told to prepare gas masks wet blankets water and lights as detailed shelter procedures were issued. Hamburg's civilian population of about 1,000,000 was ordered to leave with the city largely deserted after heavy aerial attacks. Fire and water main failures hindered efforts to control widespread fires in the ruined port area.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Ruhr
Germany
Norial
St. Pauli’s
Bombers Hit Ploesti Refineries In Major Raid
The raid involved 150 to 200 Liberators bombing Ploesti oil complex targets including refineries storage tanks distilleries and cracking plants. Brigadier General Ent led the mission with airmen from Tulsa Detroit and others reporting massive destruction and strong enemy fighter defense during a costly but deemed successful operation.
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Victor H. Straim
Prevetor
Strahm
A. G. Ent
Ploesti Fields
Laigest
Turkey
Red Army Air Force
J. M. Blyer
Tulsa
Okla
Bis
Blyer
Norman Appold
Detroit
Mich
Four Men Escape From Penal Farm
Police seek four colored men who escaped from the Penal Farm around 9 last evening. Names and descriptions: Walter Harris 20, 5 ft, 168 lbs. Moses Keeth 22, 5 ft 10, 149 lbs. James Wright 16, 5 ft 5.5, 129 lbs. Claude Williams 20, 5 ft 11, 161 lbs.
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Walter Harris
Moses Keeth
James Wright
Claude Williams
Stolen Money Partially Recovered After Car Theft
Eighty four dollars of the 112 dollars stolen from J. Aaron Hege’s automobile at the 100 block John street were recovered by Patrolmen Wolford and N. Smith. Hege and two children he picked up for a swim were later questioned. the wallet had been left in the car and the money found on the rear seat. The two children were summoned to Juvenile Court today.
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J. Aaron Hege
John Street
Wolford
N. Smith
Hege
Six Injured In Auto Accidents On Fairview Mountain
Six people were injured when their car collided with a large army tractor on Fairview Mountain near Clearspring. Ruth E. La Gassee, 21, of St. Clair Shores Michigan, operated the tractor eastbound on Route 40 and skidded into the westbound car driven by Harry Bishop, 39, of Berkeley Springs. The car was demolished. all six occupants were taken to Washington County Hospital for treatment. Names include Lorena Hovermale, 63. Rachael Peck, 30. Paullette Bishop, 14. Julia Michael, 21. Ruth Bishop, 37. Bishop and Mrs Hovermale remained hospitalized last night. The tractor reportedly skidded 114 feet into the car. The operator had minor injuries. The tractor was only slightly damaged.
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Fairview Mountain
Clearspring
Leister Isanogle
Ruth E. la Gassee
St. Clair Shores
Mich
Harry Bishop
Berkeley Springs
Washington County Hospital
Bishop
Lorena G. Hovermale
Big Pool
Rachael Peck
Paulette Bishop
Julia Michael
Ruth Bishop
Ruth
Cavetown Pike
Isanoge
Winters
Cayetown Pike
Paul Jones
Smithsburg
Luther S. Spangler
North Locust Street
John R. Hamilton, Jr
Maryland Hotel
Isatogle
Jones
Hagerstown
Spangler
Hamilton Auto
Harold J. Cosgrove
Western Pike
Cosgrove
Elwood Hutzell
Woodpoint
Benjamin Conrad
Forrest Street
Ross Fite
Funkhouser to Lease and Open Plant in Charles Town
Raymond J. Funkhouser of West Virginia will take over the three story Goetz Sons Co. factory in Charles Town and begin moving equipment within a week. The new plant will manufacture airplane and gun parts. Goetz Sons Co. traces back to 1856 with roots as a saddlery business started by Adam D. Goetz.
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Raymond J. Funkhouser
West Virginia
A. D. Goetz Sons Co
Charles Town
W. Va
Hiram Goetz
Goetz Co
Funkhouser
Goetz
Adam D. Goetz
Mercersburg
Hagerstown
Martinsaburg
Mayor and 9 others killed in big glider crash
Stout Field Indianapolis witnessed the fatal crash of a military glider and tow plane during a city tour. Mayor William Dee Becker of St Louis and Maj Robertson were among the dead as the aircraft broke apart midflight and the tow cable snapped. FBI says probe is ongoing with no sabotage indicated.
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Stout Field
Indianapolis
Pfc
J. M. Davis
Joseph C. Payne
St. Louisi Union
Payne
Army
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Army Air Forces’ Intelligence Division
FBI
Robertson Company
Becker
St. Louis
Bernard F. Dickmann
Democratic
Robert Hannegan
Major Robertson
Charles A. Lindbergh
Robertson
Robertson Aircraft Corporation
Lambert Field
Maj
Albert Bond Lambert
William Dee Becker
Army glider crash discussion prompts grim pledge
An Army glider crash discussion yields a stark remark from Becker about danger and death. The article notes directives on second examinations for draft eligibility and 4F reclassification if declared unacceptable, with boards instructed not to recall those defectives unless cleared by a medical advisory board.
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Becker
Cece
Limited Service Status Change in Induction Procedures
The notice explains changes to limited service eligibility for registrants. Those examined and found qualified for limited service but rejected due to quota will be accepted in August. Registrants previously deemed acceptable but not inducted will be reexamined upon return to the Armed Forces Induction Station.
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Selective Service Medical Advisory Board
Armed Forces
Inquest Postponed In Death Of Delmar Elias
An inquest into the death of Delmar K. Elias of Hagerstown, 25, was postponed from last Wednesday and will be held Monday evening at Barbour funeral home in Shippensburg at a scheduled time. The postponement cites the absence of the track driver involved in the collision.
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Delmar KE. Elias
Hagerstown
Barbour Funeral Home
Shippensburg
Elias
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General Brereton
Sonotone Hearing Service
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Baltimore Life
Ner
St. Joseph
Bentz & Dunn
Hill & Dale
Tom Oe
Crane
O. P.O
West
Washington Street
Sateen Moamehdtine
Menaia
Cass Key
Caskey Baking Co
Sherwin-Williams
Cours Schindel, Rohrer & Co
Potomac St
Ajirloom
Chatham
Salem
Nashua
Pepperell
Planet
Aeea
Liberty
Everly
Aval
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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