Many-Legged Bug Infections Reported At Rosbury Farm
Edward B Cost reports a strange slate colored bug the size of a lightning bug infected officials and two snatchs at a penal farm in Rosbury. After awakening on Monday he found a burning sensation on his neck followed by blisters and a scab. He believes the same insect appeared at the penal farm and wonders how it entered his screened home bedroom.
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Rosbury
Washington County
Edward B. Cost
Smithsburg
Edgemont
Need Help To Thresh Wheat In Washington County
Ben Solliday, Washington county farm labor recruiter, urges able bodied citizens of Hagerstown to volunteer one day to thresh wheat. Thousands of bushels could be lost if not enough help, as unseasonable weather threatens ripened fields. Registration is at the Farm Labor Recruiting Bureau, U S Employment Service, East Washington Street.
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Hagerstown
Ben Solliday
Washington County
Solliday
High Bureau
Farm Labor Recruiting Bureau
U. S. Employment Service
East Washington Street
Boy Hurt In Accident In Serious Condition
Junior Bussard age 12 suffers serious injuries from Mt Briar Sharpsburg road crash that killed his father Gardner Bussard last November 16. The truck struck a stump and overturned near the mountain while en route for wood. Turner Bussard remained hospitalized at Washington County Hospital, paralyzed from the waist down and growing weaker.
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Junior Bussard
Gardner Bussad
Mt Briar-Sharpsburg
Busseard
Turner Bussard
Washington County Hospital
This Isn't Going To Be Much Of A Vacation
WARSAW MO July 1 This Ozark community is bewildered Burl Bradshaw 39 takes his first vacation in 10 years He serves as janitor of one church and two stores custodian of the community building caretaker collector and scorekeeper at the softball park postal worker for community programs mail carrier on a 33 mile route post office messenger and deliveryman for two grocers real estate and livestock dealer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ozark
Burl Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Real Entate
Release Two Here From Charges
A city market produce dealer and a local grocer were released from charges of ceiling price violations after testifying they would strictly follow O P A ceiling prices. The Price Panel of the local ration board heard the case with Wilbur K. Bishop presiding as O P A price specialist from the Cumberland district office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Market Produce
O.P.A
City Market
O.P. A
Ration Board
Wilbur K. Bishop
Cumberland
Rent Attorney Resigns Office in Hagerstown Rent Office
John M. Colton chief attorney of the Hagerstown Area Rent Control Office resigns after ten months in office. He will return to private practice but will handle rent work per diem. Rent Director George M. Bohman lauds Colton for efficient handling of OPA rent control and says he remains an authority on the regulations.
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John M. Colton
Hagerstown Area
Aren
George M. Bohman
Colton
Hagerstown
Bohman
Bagerstown
OPA
Miners Return in Large Numbers Amid Ickes Plea
In Pittsburgh and Alabama many hard and soft coal workers went back to the pits reducing idle miners to about 104 000. Most returnees were in United Mine Workers District No 1 as insurgents faced delays elsewhere in the anthracite field. Secretary Ickes urged miners not to stay away as government control looms before a major military campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Alabama
United ‘Mine Workers District
Ickes
Pennnsylvania
United Mine Workers
LMW
Monongahela River
Heart of the Steel
Steel Production In Alabama Cut
Alabama steel plants reduce output by 20 percent due to coal fuel shortages from Waikydt strikes. Daily loss around 2,000 tons of war vital steel with iron output at 75 percent capacity. Four blast furnaces idle, coal mine operations show a slight improvement.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Spuds Swamp Market Prices Under Ceiling
NEW YORK July 1 Potatoes rare as imported champagne in New York a few days ago threatened to become drugs on the local market. An official pronouncement urged their purchase and consumption as supply drove prices below the ceiling. The greatest sufferer was the wholesaler with U S No 1 potatoes at 3 25 a hundredweight. A Victory gardener was told by the FDA not to dig his produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Food Distribution Administration
FDA
Japanese Beetles Turn East Hagerstown Section Infested
Japanese beetles are proliferating in Wash ington county and the east end of Hagerstown. The nine hole course at Hagerstown Golf Club reports large swarms emerging from turf and taking to the air. Many beetles have been trapped in the north end, with early summer damage noted on rose bushes and lawns in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washleton County
Hagerstown Golf Club
Hagerstown
Lightning strikes car on Winchester Williamsport road
Benjamin Clem of Cypress street reports a Monday evening ride skidded and nearly flipped on the road between Winchester and Williamsport after a roadside transformer was struck by lightning.
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Benjamin Clem
Cypress Street
Winchester
Williamsport
Axis Radio Hints Invasion Near As Troops Moved Up
The Paris radio said British forces in northern England and northern Ireland had been moved to southern England in anticipation of events scheduled for July 3 or 7. Axis broadcasts since Monday alternately hinted and discounted this Saturday as the invasion date. Paris broadcast recorded by AP.
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London
Paris
England
Ireland
Associated Press
Coldest July day on record in Maryland observed
Keedysville government observer J A Miller logged 42 degrees as a July low, the coldest in 89 years. Cumberland hit 41, Big Savage recorded 40? or 41, and fog settled across Allegany county. Residents slept under blankets after a sweltering earlier day as frost and fog swept low areas.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Maryland
Big Savage
Frostburg
Cumberland
Allegany County
Member Of House Of Lords Must Pay For Affair
In London a divorce court awarded $2,000 in damages against Baron Grantley, the oldest serving peer, after his French-speaking wife admitted adultery with him. Grantley entered the Lords in 1877 and has two deceased wives. A second item notes the Interstate Commerce Commission blaming excessive speed for a Mingon New Jersey train derailment that killed 14 and injured 81 on May 22.
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London
Baron Grantley
House of Lords
Lisi
Harry Sebastian Newman
Pauline Henriette Marguerite
Grantley
Lord Grantley
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mingon
N. J
Allied Offensive Targets Rabaul In Pacific Campaign
Washington reports a vast Allied push against Japan from Rendova to New Guinea with Gen Douglas MacArthur directing a pincers move toward Rabaul on New Britain. Observers see sea, land and air power pressed to seize the key base and threaten Truk as the battle lines tighten.
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Washington
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Tokyo
Rendova
New Guinea
Rabaul
Douglas MacArthur
New Britain
Stamps Sell Fast as Tax Stamps Move Fast
Federal auto tax stamps sold at four a minute yesterday and this morning surged faster. By last midnight the deadline passed and today many motor vehicles must display the $5 yellow stamp on windshields. About 2600 stamps sold yesterday and roughly 6500 in total. officials expect several thousand more today as line extends to the post office door. Allen H. Mumma of the Internal Revenue Office says the government will crack down on vehicles missing stamps and urges prominent display on windshields.
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Allen H. Mumma
Internal Revenue Office
Auto Thieves Strike Again In City
Auto thieves continued activity in the city with the theft of Eddie Kosko’s car from the rear of his East Franklin Street home. The vehicle, described as a 1935 model, was the third theft in two weeks, reflecting escalating crime locally. Secretary Ickes warned Washington that midwest gasoline restrictions are likely and Pacific Coast curbs may tighten before year’s end.
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Eddie Kosko
East Franklin Street
Washington
Ickes
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Cumberland Invited To Hold Its Ten Day Race Meet
Hagerstown officials propose moving a ten day Cumberland race meet to the city if the Maryland Racing Commission approves. A formal invitation was sent to the Cumberland Fair Association urging use of the Incal track for the annual meet. If accepted, Cumberland would follow Hagerstown’s ten day meet, keeping operations continuous with shared officials. approval depends on alignment with track location and commission rules.
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Cumberland
Hagerstown Fair
Hagerstown
Cumberland Fair Association
Hagerstown Association
Harold F. Bester
Maryland Racing Commission
Cumberland Association
Allegancy County
Cumberland Cold
Tokyo Quake Triggers Mass Evacuation In Streets
Reuters reports a minute long quake shook Tokyo. Thousands fled into streets seeking safety as damage appeared mainly in older house walls. The epicenter was Shimotsuma, about 50 miles northeast of Tokyo, per a Tokyo radio broadcast recorded by the ministry of information.
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Reuters
Tokyo
Ministry of Information
Shimotsuma
Farm Machinery Quota Boost Seen
Washington reports Congressional farm leaders expect 1944 machinery quotas set by the War Production Board to reach up to 140 percent of peacetime normal with some items limited to lower shares. Cotton getters and harvesters lead with a 50 percent rise. tractors vary 41 to 82 percent. total tractor quota 143,729 across types, 138,000 below 1940-41 production and sales estimates.
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Washington
Congressional
No More Portraits Of Army Officers
Congress cuts Army officers from portrait duties as artists and painters of battle scenes are removed from the Army payroll under the War Department appropriations bill. The change takes effect August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Slayer Sought In Beating Death At Winchester Grocery
Winchester police sought slayers of 69 year old John H. Quick a local grocer killed in a store beating and fire in the early hours. A four state roundup was ordered as investigators admitted no clues exist. Quick died after being found mortally wounded in a backroom of his store.
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John H. Quick
Winchester
Winchester Hospital
Quick
Jefferson County
First Ripe Tomato Plucked Here Early This Year
Honors go to G. W. Springer of the 1900 block of Virginia avenue for plucking the county’s first tomato this year on June 21. A survey suggests the county tomato crop may be its largest ever, with gardens showing early ripening and widespread plantings. Sweet corn tassels and early beans are also reported as gardeners enjoy an unusually early season.
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G. _W. Springer
Virginia Avenue
Raspberry crop holds up despite heat in Boonsboro market
Black raspberries endure heat with 5,500 crates sold on Boonsboro market through Tuesday. Monday saw 1,700 crates move at 7 to 8 dollars, while last Friday 1,900 crates fetched 3 to 9 dollars for 24 quart crates. Early last week peak prices reached 10.69 dollars amid cooler days. growers and pickers welcome the relief.
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Boonsboro
Allied push in Solomons and New Guinea drives
Allied forces launched twin prongs of major offensives in the South and Southwest Pacific. MacArthur assumed supreme command as landings occurred at Rendorm and New Georgia in the central Solomons, while unopposed landings took place on Trobriand and Woodlark, and other operations continued in New Guinea.
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Pacific
Rabaul
Japan
Truk Island
Knox
South Pacific
Solomons
Tokyo
Guadalcanal
C. Yates Macdaniel
Australia
South
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Supreme Command of Operations
New Britain Island
Rendorm
New Georgia Islands
Trobriand
Woodlark
Tine
New Guinea
General Krueger Directs Phases Of Allied Assault
Allied headquarters in Australia reports Lieutenant General Walter Krueger is in command of key phases of the new southwest Pacific thrust. Krueger has been in the region since early in the year and arrived in Australia to lead the United States Sixth Army, first reported February 19.
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Allied
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Walter Krueger
Southwest Pacific
Krueger
United States
Sixth Army
Outline Operators Fined $10 Each
John Grimm and Waters of Keedysville were fined $10 and costs each by Magistrate Mikter at Boonsboro for failing with lines containing more than four Hones. The men were testing the Patamas with outlines containing hooks or more, recording the officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grimm
Waters
Keedysville
BG. Mikter
Boonsboro
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Victory Garden
Rt. Sunapee
N. H. Parker
Victory Gardens
Penal Farm
Axis
Gen
Douglas McCarthur
Viru
Munda
New Georgia Island
McCawsley
Grace Line
Santa Barbara
Gen. Kreuger
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