Traitor Saved From Gallows By President Roosevelt
SMILAN Mich July 2 Max Stephan a German born former sergeant was spared the gallows by President Roosevelt six hours before scheduled execution The White House said Stephan’s treason while serving with Germans soldiers in World War I was less severe than the saboteur cases and a life term was imposed Stephan returned to Milan facing custody of his wife Agnes and ongoing appeals after denials by federal courts and the Supreme Court
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Smilan
Mich
Max Stephan
Roosevelt
Stephan
James EB. McCabe
Stephebtier
Oles
S& Werden
Phan
Federal Correctional Station
Milan
White House
Jephan
Germany
United States
Swephan
Agnes
Petain
Grug
United States Circuit Court of Areals
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Itervene
Cumberland Mayor Addresses Council Amid Rivalry Fears
Cumberland Mayor Thomas F. Conlon, guest of Lieut. Col. William P. Lane, spoke before the council last night. He said Cumberland has its sights on Hazerstown and feared the city might have to watch Hagerton’s progress, while outlining a year of planned improvements.
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Thomas F. Conlon
Cumberland
William P. Lane
Conson
Hazerstown
Queen City
Hagertown
Three Cassell Siblings in Armed Forces Amid War Service
Julia Virginia Cassell joins the Navy WAVES with three Cassell siblings already serving. Her report date for basic training is July 18 at Hunter College New York. Brother Charles M Cassell Jr. served in the Navy since 1939 and was valedictorian. Tom Cassell, another brother, serves in the Army Air Corps in Florida.
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Julia Virginia Cassell
Navy
Charles M. Cassell
Roesster Avenue
Army
Miss Cassell
Hunter College
N. Y
Potomac Edison Co
Hagerstown
WAVES
Charles M. Cassell, Jr
Annapolis
Tom Cassell
Army Air Corps
Florida
State Workers Get Pay Boost
Annapolis Md July 2 Increases totaling 4 005 000 will be paid to employees of state agencies during the two year budget period beginning yesterday Governor O Connor announced Of this sum 3 276 000 will be distributed in the present fiscal year with about two thirds of the states 9 000 employees scheduled to partake in the extra payments Bonuses of 200 each to school teachers and state employees earning less than 3 000 as of July 1 1943 will account for 2 600 000 O Connor said With the opening of the new fiscal year more sums 676 000 for 1944 and 729 000 for 1945 became effective The Standard Salary Board measures place all state employees on legally established salary scales The increases are expected to help retain workers amid wartime wage competition and may pave the way for further advances in the next five years
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Annapolis
O’conor
O'Conor
Ilegally
Tion
Reich
Germany
Norway
Holland
Hitler
Maritime Service Seeks Recruits Ensign Sebastian to Interview
Ensign A. M. Sebastian of the U S Maritime Service will interview applicants today at the U S Employment Service office 45 East Washington Street. Eligible Americans 17 to 50 must be citizens with normal health and parental consent if under 21. Training offered in radio hospital work corpsmen cler k typists stewards and engine and deck work with courses at Huntington New York and Gallups Island Boston.
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Baltimore
U. S. Maritime Service
U. S. Employment Service
East Washington Street
Maritime Service
Ensign Sebastian
Huntington
N. Y
Gallups Island
Boston
Sebastian
Soviet Fliers Pound German Bridgehead and Kerch Port
Soviet bombers pounded the German bridgehead on the Taman peninsula and hit Kerch harbor and supply dumps in the Crimea. The midday communique said a large number of high explosives and incendiaries fell on ships and targets, with raiders reportedly returning safely.
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London
Taman
Senaya
Verch Strait
Kerch
Crimea
Moscow
Eafeir
Bonds For Ideas Is Planned Again By Pangbarn
Pangbarn Corporation announces awards for the winning ideas from its First Shop Employees Suggestion Contest. About 200 suggestions were submitted, with winners receiving War Bonds and War Stamps. The program aims to boost production and support ordnance work for the armed forces.
Germany Losing Production Race Continues from Page 1
Reported German war production shortfalls cut across oil, power, and materials. Synthetic gasoline and rubber demand many megawatt hours, locomotives, planes, and tanks show declines. Italy also cuts output while submarines rise. armed divisions shift to rail, youth conscription widens, and gun numbers trimmed for unfinished carriers.
All Star baseball game broadcast planned for CBS July 13
New York July 2 radio note confirms the annual All-Star big league game will air from Philadelphia on July 13 via CBS and NBC networks with Mel Allen Red Barber and Bill Corum as announcers. Full network, Canada relay, and overseas service on short waves. Air time 8 55 PM.
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New York
Philadelphia
Wil Ee
CBS
Net Mbs
Mel Allen
Red Barber
Bill Corum
Canada
Youth Gored by Bull on Mapleville Road Farm
Charles William Harris, 18, was gored and injured by a bull on the Beniz Harris farm on Mapleville road yesterday evening. He suffered shock and bruises before farm hands aided him and he was taken to the hospital. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Harris.
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Charles William
Billy} Harris
Beniz-Harris
Mapleville Road
Harris
jAir
C. K. Harris
German Merchant Crews See Women Spread Across North Sea
Statement notes that thirty percent of crews aboard German merchant ships in the North Sea are women as ships are dismantled and sent to Oslo for coastal defense. It reflects wartime shifts in labor roles within maritime operations and logistics.
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Oslo
Norway
North Sea
Fatal Accident Basis Of Suits Against City Of Hagerstown
Two suits filed in August court docket accuse Hagerstown city of negligence by allowing water or chemical discharges onto and across a highway, endangering travelers. Separate case notes pilot Richard A. Henson sues Edward Olden for 3000 damages after a June 25 head-on collision on the Sharpsburg pike north of Sharpsburg, injuring Henson.
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Hagerstown
Richard A. Henson
Waxgaman
Wagaman
Edward Olden
Olden
Henson
Sharpsburg Pike
Sharpsburg
Horoscope for Cancer and July 2 features military air power
The Horoscope outlines Cancer traits and a lucky day July 2 with notes on aviation, health, and domestic affairs. It highlights expected military air victories, prosperity for civilians, and warnings on contagious diseases, while forecasting happiness for those born on the date and success in love, ambition, and the War Department's role as a large telephone switchboard.
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United Nations
City to Issue Pamphlets on Sex Education
Mayor Richard H. Sweeney urged the City Council to publish twenty five thousand ninety pamphlets titled Questions and answers about syphilis and gonorrhoea for city wide distribution. He presented a six page sample and said final action would come at the next meeting. The council also approved five hundred dollars annually to Goodwill Ambulance Inc and discussed selling two NYA built wood working buildings near the municipal pool. Officials will inspect the structures today. The board was asked to seek State Welfare review of water rate changes at the State Penal Farm.
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Richard H. Sweeney
Sweeney
Hagerstown
Maryland
Goodwill Ambulance, Inc
War Department
NYA
State Board of Welfare
U S Fleets Pounding Japs Shut Rendova Island
Allied forces report heavy naval and air actions across the Rendova Island area with six Japanese ships sunk and three transports, five damaged, and 77 planes shot down. American landings near Nassau Bay and assaults toward Munda air base continue as forces press along New Guinea and Bougainville fronts.
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MacArthur
Trobriand
Woodlark Islands
Rendova
Munda
Bima
Nausau Bay
Top-beld Salamaus
Rabau
Rendova Island
Tokyo
Navy
New Georgia
U. S
New Guinea
Nassau Bay
Mubo
United States
Rezadova
Viru
Solomons
Rabaul
New Britain
Salomons
Vila
Solomon Chain
Faisi
Shortland Islands
Bougainville Strait
Buin
Bougainville Island
Salamaua
Motor Traffic At Lowest Ebb Here
Hagerstown policemen report traffic at a low ebb since gasoline rationing began. Two causes cited are 50 pleasure drivers flagged by the OPA and many owners lacking Federal auto use stickers due by July 1. Officers say enforcement instructions are in effect and metered spaces are plentiful.
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Hagerstown
OPA
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