Stilwell Army Captures Japs Big Burma Base
Allied forces under Joseph Stilwell capture Myitkyina Burma airdrome and base. Merrill’s Marauders led a 24 day march to seize the airfield south of the city, enabling air and ground offensives to link the Ledo Highway with the Burma road. Myitkyina’s fall ends a key supply route to China and strengthens allied operations in the northern Burma campaign.
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Pag
Myitkyina
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Frank Merrill
Myitky Man
Beoveig
Miyutkvina
Stilwell
Burma
Yunnan
Rangoon
Reds Break German Lines Near East Prussia Front
Warsaw and the Vistula breach area see intensified German air force concentrations as Russian advances push toward Konigsberg and Insterburg. Cherniakovsky’s troops strike east of Tilsit capturing Lukse while about 200 towns fall under rapid movement. Transocean broadcast notes Polish underground clashes in Warsaw and the Carpathians.
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Warsaw
Vistula
Moscow
Konigsberg
Insterburg
Eydhkuhnen
Niemen River
Tilsit
Ivan Cherniakovsky
Lukse
Transocean
London
Carpathians
Nazis May Soon Quit France as Allied Push Gathers
DD Eisenhower outlines a strategy to destroy Hitler’s western armies with swift new strikes toward Brittany and its ports Brest St Nazaire Cherbourg. Allied supply lines could be reinforced from Britain and the United States, boosting reinforcements and munitions while flanking sea movements loom. Patton’s status remains unclear, alongside other senior leaders who have not yet been heard from.
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Eisenhower
Hitler
Brittany
Brest
St. Nazaire
Cherbourg
France
Britain
United States
George S. Patton
Patton
Captain Weddle Wounded in Normandy Fighting
Captain Leroy R. Weddle commander of Company B 15th Infantry was wounded by shrapnel in France and sent to a British hospital. A V mail letter to his wife in West Antietam Street said he suffered left arm injuries and possible severe shock, with recovery expected for some time. The note hints the wound occurred around St Lo during the Normandy campaign. Weddle had 14 years prior service with Maryland National Guard and 22 months in England before D Day.
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Leroy R. Weddle
15Th Infantry
Normandy
Leroy Weddle
West Antietam Street
Weddle
France
Washington County Letter League
St. Lo
Hagerstown
CIO Drives Ambulance Aid In Hagerstown
The UAW-CIO Local 842 launches a voluntary fund drive at several plants in Hagerstown to save the Goodwill Ambulance Service. President Sherman Snodderly reports over 3300 raised, aiming for a thousand more. Goodwill’s Harvey Maugans warns the service faces closure without funds. city and county supporters contribute modest sums while corporate donations remain sparse.
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Uaw-Cio
Hagerstown
Goodwill
Sherman Snodderly
Auto Workers Union
LAW
Commierielal
Harvey Maugans
Goodwill Ambulance Company
Board of Governors
Maugans
Council of
Board of County Commissioners
State Bank Deposits Show Large Increase in Maryland
Maryland's 112 state banks posted a deposits rise of 132.7 million in the first half and 218.2 million for the year ending June 30. Investments grew by 23.9 million by June 30 and 195.96 million compared with 1943 levels, according to State Banking Commissioner John W. Downing.
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Baltimore
Maryland
John W. Downing
Philly Strikers Defy FDR Order At 69th Street Terminal
Philadelphia transport strikers defied a seizure order as a walkout persisted at the 69th Street elevated terminal. Disorder injured 14 and 11 shop windows smashed while Army control was asserted to keep transit running. Police responded to a shad disturbance at Hunting Park as hundreds of thousands sought other means to work.
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69Th Street
Hunting Park
Broad Street
James McMen Mine
General Emergency Committee
P.T
Army
Third Service Command
Roosevelt
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Washington
James P. McGranery
Biddle
United States
MacGranery
Philip Hayes
War Department
McMenamin
Franklin Howard
Howard
Gen. Hayes
Charles E. Ebert
P.T.C
Ebert
James J. Fitzsimon
Transport Workers Union
CIO
Surplus Army Trucks Available for Farmers at Ft Meade
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration says several hundred surplus Army trucks of various sizes are on sale to farmers at Fort Meade at or below OPA ceiling prices. Farmers must apply through the AAA, with forms available at the AAA office. Approved applications transfer purchase to the farm dealer, and trucks range from pickup to one and a half ton and larger, with inspection at the camp.
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Ft. Geo. G. Meade
OPA
County Office of Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Job Placements On Increase Here
The power Commission in channeling the hiring of all male workers through the USES reports July job placements at 541 versus 302 in June. Active job seekers fell from 655 in June to 270 in July while job releases dropped to 21 from 63. Visitor counts declined from 3565 in June to 2010 in July, indicating reduced job seeking activity.
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Power Commission
Stouffer
Auto Stolen in East Baltimore Neighborhood
Dorothy Dermony reported a theft last evening of her 1926 Buick from the 100 block of East Baltimore Street. Police were notified today and are investigating the incident.
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Dorothy Dermony
Baltimore Street
Pfc Hull Receives Purple Heart for France Wounds
Pic. Harry T. Hull, wounded in France on July 11, is awarded the Purple Heart. His wife in Sharpsburg recently received the medal. Son of Mrs. Frank Hull of Sharpsburg, he served with Company B 29th Infantry Division and is recuperating in a hospital.
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Pic
Harry T. Hull
France
Sharpsburg
Frank Hull
First Artificial Fertilization Of Human Ova Reported
In Science, John Rock and Miriam F. Menkin report the first artificial fertilization of human eggs outside bodies, observed under a microscope with photos. Two eggs divided into two cells and a third into three, aiming to study early conception and human sterility at Harvard Medical School and Free Hospital for Women in Brookline.
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New York
Science
John Rock
Miriam F. Menkin
Department of Gynecology
Harvard Medical School
Fertility Clinic Laboratory
Free Hospital For Women
Brookline
Mass
Restaurants Meet Explains NPR-2 Price Rules
In Hagerstown and Washington county a City Hall meeting outlined NPR-2 food service price regulations. Marty Yingling of the state OPA described item lists, posters, and posting requirements tied to 1943 price bases, with caps on coffee, and rules on menu retention and non coercion.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Marty R. Yingling
Baltimore
State
OPA
Lawton Brown
Hotel Hamilton
Maryland Restaurant Advisory Council
Yingling
NPR-2
Divorce Granted in Washington County Court
Mrs Kathryn E Hylan of Frederick was granted an absolute divorce from Paul R Hylan of Hagerstown. The court awarded Mrs Hylan custody of infant Terry Lee Hylan and ordered Mr Hylan to pay court costs.
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Kathryn E. Hylan
Frederick
Paul R. Hylan
Hagerstown
Theircnuit Court
Washington County
Hylan S
Terry Lee Hylan
Hylan Ws
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