Berliners Told To Remain Home Under Goebbels Order
Berliners face a ban on mass departures to fields and forests to escape Allied raids as Propaganda Minister Goebbels orders residents to stay home unless permitted. The Berlin reports describe efforts to clear debris, power and water outages, and a shift toward dispersing crowds to aid cleanup amid nightly bombings and transport disruptions.
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Plondon
Berlin
Hiercity
Joseph Goebbels
Spain
Goebbels
Madrid
ABC
Ber- 1 1
Rritar
Germans Trapped as Soviet Push Presses From Kharkov
Soviet forces tighten grip as German positions around Orel near collapse. Russian airmen bomb and harry German depots while fronts along Kharkov and Voronezh regions shift into a broad summer offensive. Bryansk area stalls briefly but resumes movement as withdrawals toward the west are anticipated.
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Orel
Kharkov
Voroghiloverad
Dnieper
Dnieptropetovak
Doets
Bryansk
Moscow
Kerr Completes Training Course
Kerr John RB 36 of Hagerstown Maryland completed recruit training at the U S Naval Training Station Great Lakes Illinois with top honors. He arrives on a nine day leave with wife and daughter Betty Jane. Kerr prev held PE instructor roles and will graduate as Chief Specialist in Navy physical instruction. He is active in local sports fraternal groups and is a Westminster Maryland graduate.
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John RB
Kerr
Hagerstown
Route 5
U.S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Betty Jane
Navy
Municipal
State Aerue
Eagles
Elks
Lions
Moose
Westerm
Maryland College
Westminster
FBI Conference Led by Baltimore Agent to Be Held Tomorrow
FBI special agent in charge announces a conference for law enforcement officers from Washington and Frederick counties to meet Tuesday evening at 7 30 in City Hall court room Hagerstown. Donald Parsons of the FBI Laboratory will discuss firearms identification with slides and a relevant film shown during the session. All accredited officers may attend and an open forum will follow for discussion of mutual problems.
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I. W
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Bahamians Ready To Start Working At Green Ridge Camp
A group of sixty five Bahamians arrived at Green Ridge camp prepared to work as part of wartime labor. They begin in Hancock with peaches and early apples to follow this week. More arrivals to Hancock and Smithsburg are expected as War Food Administration sends workers to remain until late October to help complete the harvest.
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Green Ridge
Mark Miller
Hancock
Smithsburg
Nine From County In Casualty Lists
Nine from this county appear in casualty summaries from War and Navy Department releases. One Army sergeant from CleArspring and one merchant seaman listed as friend to be notified died. Seven local men are missing, four in the Army, including Bowser Williamsport Elliott Hagerstown Keefer Chewsville. Seamen Gardner and Stine and Navy Captain Smith from Hagerstown are listed as missing or dead. Cumberland residents account for six war deaths, with Baltimore Sun staff compiling the totals from official releases.
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Ernest N. Bowser
Williamsport
Charles F. Elliott
Hagerstown
Paul W. Keefer
Chewsville
Garland G. Gardner
George P. Stine
Keedysville
Robert McL. Smith
United States Navy
Service Notes From The British Isles And Local War Leaves
Spickler, graduate of Shepherd State Teachers College, and family reside in Weverton. Navy sailors Harp and Bruce report leaves and postings from North African and Atlantic service, with Bruce praising Army life and desert training. Officers Ohman and Millhouse newly assigned after Infantry OTS at Fort Benning and Camp Wheeler. Mong brothers reach England and Australia, awaiting letters. A local poet, Albert St Clair, composed Soldier’s Life on a Desert Frontier while stationed in California.
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British Isles
Spickler
Shepherd State Teachers College
Shepherdstown
Lorna
Harry Spickler
Weverton
George M. Bohman, Jr
William Millhouse
Officers’ Training School For Infantry
Fort Benning
Ohman
Fort McClellan
Alabama
Millhouse
Camp Wheeler
Macon
Georgia
Army
Farm real estate valued at over 36 billion in 1942 March
The total value of farm real estate as of March 1942 was estimated at more than 36 billion dollars, reflecting extensive ownership and rising land values during the period.
Hit Run Motorist Sought After City Crash
Police search for a hit and run driver who side swiped three cars and narrowly missed a pedestrian near Jonathan and Franklin streets Saturday night. The abandoned car was found in Berkson alley and the fleeing driver was identified as a soldier. Victim Foster Batt had his car forced against a water plug.
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Uity
Jonathan and
Franklin Streets
Berkson Alley
Foster Batt
Denmark Under Martial Law as Nazis Seize Control
Denmark falls under martial rule as the cabinet rejects German demands. Nazi decree bans strikes and late-night travel, imposes penalties for inciting resistance, and signals a military dictatorship after Premier Scavenius refuses an eight point ultimatum. Royal guard battles German troops as King Christian X is interned.
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Denmark
Marine
Royal Guard
Royal
Copenhagen
Sweden
Niels Juel
Helsingaer
Amalienborg
Christian X
Sorgenfri Castle
London Daily Telegraph
Stockholm
Christian
Hitler
Hermann
von Hannecken
Eric Scavenius
Werner Best
Best
Germany
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Vedel
Malmoe
Larceny of $35 in coins reported at Duncan home
Police were alerted yesterday to a break in at Howard W. Duncan’s residence on the 100 block Jonathan street. Entry was gained via a second floor door and several rooms were ransacked, with $35 in old coins missing.
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Howard W. Duncan
Jonathan Street
Phantom burglar Beckwith confesses to county robberies
Glenn D. Beckwith, jailed for 10 to 20 years in Franklin County for burglaries, admitted to robbing two Washington County homes. He had pleaded guilty to seven indictments, confessing to 28 total crimes across Franklin, Cumberland, Dauphin, York, and Washington counties. State police testified he enlisted in 1942, deserted thrice, and the latest spree yielded about $3,000 in loot.
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Glenn D. Beckwith
Watson R Davison
Franklin County
Eastern
Washington County
Leister Isanogle
Frank Winters
Chambersburg
Beckwith
Glenn’ Spickler
Fairview Road
Vernon Palladino
Hopewell Road
Isanogle
Spickler
Greencastle
Cumberland County
Dauphin
York
Paul T. Ruda
County Seeks 2.5 Million Bond Drive Quota
County officials announced a bond drive with a $2.5 million quota to support war production and national effort. Chairman Hollyday urged the public to view buying bonds as a strong investment for victory, noting sales during September will count toward the quota and expecting committee appointments soon.
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Hollyday
U. S
M Hollyday
Many Beetles Trapped Here
The total Japanese beetles trapped this year in Hegerstown and Washington county reached 6 111 000. Edward Zeigler led the project and reported the breakdown into units equals about 675 gallons of bugs. Average per trap ran about one half pint. Hopewell averaged 4 ½ quarts per trap, Halfway district 144 quarts, with Hagerstown recording 4 156 000 and other parts 3 955 000.
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Hegerstown
Washington County
Edward Zeigler
Zeigler
Hopewell
Hagerstown
Hagerstown Band Delivers Medley Summer Concert at City Park
On a cool evening the Hagerstown Municipal Band performed at City Park under Dr. Peter Buys with coats on. The program featured All Hands on Deck, Romberg melodies, Schubert arrangements, Ketelbey’s A May Fair Cinderella, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, and songs from the Gay Nineties era. A September 6 finale at 8 p.m. is announced.
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Hagerstown
City Park
Peter Buys
Benter
Sigmund Romberg
Ketelbey
Dr. Buys
Jessel
Beetle Control Efforts Continue In City and County
In Hagerstown traps captured an average of 1650 Japanese beetles each, helping balance county numbers. The beetle prevention campaign wraps up for the year with plans to deploy Milky White Disease preparations this week. Stored at a school, these preparations will target next summer’s beetle generations.
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Hagerstown
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