Navy moves on Aeolian islands in bold assault
Allied forces push through southern Italy as U S Navy seizes key Aeolian targets and Marines clash along Calabrian shores. Bombardments continue toward Scalea and Reggio while Axis defenses endure heavy air and naval fire. Evacuations appear limited as German units withdraw under relentless pressure.
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Catanzaro
Italy
Calabrian
Scalea
Cape Palinuro
Straits of Messina
Reggio
Calibria
Ihe
Messina
Associated Press
Harper's Ferry Man Held for Telegraph Bridge Robbery
Heywood Cooper, 25, of Harper's Ferry, unable to post 1000 bond, remanded to Washington County Jail on charges of robbing the telegraph operator on the railroad bridge at Harper's Ferry. Clinton Edward Smith, Braddock Heights operator, was present when the incident occurred last Saturday morning. Cooper was captured by railroad guards and held for West Virginia State Police. bridge spans Maryland.
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Heywood Cooper
Harper's Ferry
Washington County
Clinton Edward Smith
Braddock Heights
Diay
Cooper
Smith
Balti More
Ohie
Harpers Ferry
West Virginia
Maryland
Letters From India And Africa From County Servicemen During War
Washington County Letter League mails updates from service members abroad. Technical Sergeant Charles S. Rainey reports acclimation in India with bamboo theatres and tea. Lieutenant Henry P. Laughlin recalls North Africa and the Solomons and notes home news as precious. First Sergeant William C. Crockett laments desert heat in Egypt and remembers a POW classmate Lyn don Zecher. Pvt Clyde I. Fitz from State Line voices wartime rationing concerns and hopes for the war’s end. Copies reach families through the overseas mail network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Letter League
India
Thomas W. Pangborn
Letter League
Charles S. Rainey
Army Air Corps
United States
Sgt. Rainey
Peoples Service Drug Stores, Inc
Hagerstown
Henry P. Laughlin
United States Navy
Tom Washington
D. C
Solomon Islands
Lieut. Laughlin
North Africa
Solomons
U. S
Washington
William C. Crockett
Egypt
Lyndon Zecher
Germany
Pvt
Clyde I. Fitz
Africa
Youth Will Face Federal Charges
Millard Arthur Johnson a 16 year old from Staten Island New York admitted stealing a car in Wheeling West Virginia and was turned over to FBI officials for prosecution under the National Auto Theft Act after a chase by State Trooper Harry Holsinger. Johnson drove the car to this area in about five hours and had been held for West Virginia authorities but they did not come for him.
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Millard Arthur Johnson
Staten Island
N. Y
Wheeling
W. Va
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Johnson
Western Pike
Harry Holsinger
Holsinger
West Virginia
Income Hits Peak in First Half of 1943
The Commerce Department reports national income at an unprecedented annual rate of 143.6 billion dollars for the first six months of 1943. It projects Americans will have nearly 47 billion dollars of income left after taxes by year end.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Maryland Racing Commission Denies Half Mile Dates
The Maryland Racing Commission unanimously denied fall racing dates at the states half mile tracks for Cumberland Bel Air and Marlboro A brief executive session note says the action followed a motion by Courtenay H Jenifer and seconded by George P Mahoney Hagerstown was the only half mile track to operate this year staging 10 racing days in July Cumberland Fair officials rejected a proposal to relocate the meet Hazleton dates were granted due to central location Chairman Frank Small Jr declined to elaborate citing many factors including a gasoline shortage and pleasure driving ban and other considerations
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Maryland Racing Commission
Cumberland
Bel Air
Marlboro
Courtenay H. Jenifer
George P. Mahoney
Hagerstown
Cumberland Fair
Hazerstown
Frank Small, Jr
Small
Bracken Warns Allies Plan to Bomb and Destroy Axis
Quebec reports Brendan Bracken claims Anglo-American High Command plans to bomb burn and ruthlessly destroy Germany and Japan. He says Europe and Japan are one war and notes invasion of continental Europe imminent with Allied forces ready to strike Germany’s flanks.
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John M.hightower
Quebec
High Command
Germany
Japan
Brendan Bracken
Roosevelt
Mackenzie
Canada
Churchill
Great Britain
Braken
Europe
Washington
May Government Subsidy Plan Aims To Stabilize Prices
The piece discusses a proposed food subsidy scheme where the government would buy nearly all of a crop at a favorable price and resell to traders at a controlled level. Potatoes illustrate the plan to curb prices and regulate consumption to prevent shortages when new crops arrive.
Government may buy entire crop to curb black market
The plan would allow control of the ronale to extend supply until next year’s harvest and possibly eliminate black markets by purchasing the whole crop. The Guatemalan monetary unit noted as au the quetrel.
Local Folks Predict War Ending Within Two Years
A group of Hagerstown residents expresses diverse views on when World War II will end. Opinions range from six months to two years, with many predicting Germany falls first and Japan capitulates soon after. Several interviewees note progress in training and supplies, while some doubt a quick victory and warn Japan may last longer.
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Miss. S
Italy
Germany
Hagers Town
Iongs
Japan
Hagerstown
Marthe
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U.S. Navy
Harper’s Ferry
R. M. Hays & Bros., Inc
Ivan Tarasov
Red Army
Tarasov
Eugene Savitsky
Russia
Poland
Wehrmacht
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Novorossisk
Kharkov
Bryansk
Uae
Bel-Air
Sicily
Strait of Messina
Aden
City
Mont Valla Avenue
Victory Gardens
Washington Street
Guatema Isau
St. Joseph Apia
Floor
Everly
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