Russians Battle to Encircle Minsk as City Is Surrounded
Russian forces tightened the ring around Minsk with heavy fighting along a broad steel arc and reports said German counterattacks failed. Pravda described German troops fleeing, prisoners swelling, and vast equipment left behind as units retreated toward derelict roads and forests in White Russia.
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Grodono
Pravda
Minsk
Ivan Chernaiknovsky
3Rd
Warsaw- Moscow
Napoleon
Cherbourg
Normandy
Red Army
White Russia
Vadim Kozhevnikov
Borisov
White
Russia
Korhevniker
Trafic
Search Continues For Missing Girl Irene Bass
West Palm Beach Florida July 2 state police continued a search for Irene Bass a 19 year old former University of Miami coed who fled a train washed window return to Pittsburgh yesterday custody awarded to her father in Pittsburgh she left the train after locking the washroom door against two nurses accompanying her
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Florida State
Irene Bass
University of Miami
Local Boy Delights Audience With Rome Tour
Capt Over describes his Rome visit with a chaplain and lieutenant present. He praises St John Lateran and the Vatican stairs, noting Luther climbed them during the Reformation. Rome’s blend of ancient and modern scenes impresses, and Capt Over, son of Ira E. Over Sr., has 19 months overseas.
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Pone
St. Peter's
Capt. Over
Leutenant
Martin Luther
Rome
Ben
Capt Over
Ira E. Over
Sank Ingrahm Sunk in 25 Seconds in Fog Collision
Halifax dispatch reports the U S destroyer Ingrahm sank in 25 seconds after a collision near the Canadian coast in fog in 1942. More than 200 men were aboard and only a handful survived. censorship allowed publication of this detail today. The sinking had been announced in Washington on August 27, 1942 without detail.
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Halifax
N.S
U.S
Ingrahm
Washington
Rommel Reshapes Forces for Counterattack in Normandy
Allied air forces logged 400 sorties and 22 losses against three Allied planes as Rommel regrouped seven Panzer and four infantry divisions for an all out counterattack. In Cherbourg area American First Army reorganizes for offensive action after mopping up Cap de la Hague. 40 000 prisoners at Cherbourg with total over 55 000 since D Day.
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Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Normandy
Cherbourg
First Army
Cap de la Hague
Associated Press
Bernard L. Montgomery
Odon River
Paris
Nelson
Rodney
Warspite
Roger Greene
Montgomery
Change In Habeas Corpus Law Urged
Federal Judge W Calvin Chesnut urged Maryland Bar Association to amend habeas corpus law to grant specified discretionary power to senate judges for issuing writs and allow appeals in certain cases. He also proposed that applicants be admitted despite technical Miss, showing unlawful restraint of liberty. 262 Bar members serving in armed forces, reports indicate. Webb as sole nominee for association presidency, with officers to be elected tomorrow.
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Baltimore
W. Calvin Chesnut
Maryland State Bar Associaion
Senate
Committee On ‘Laws of the Association
Chesnut
B. Harris Henderson
Committee On National Defense
Maryland Bar Association
Armed Services
Frederick W. C. Webb
Salisbury
State Board of Law Examiners
Association
Leading air ace Johnson tops German planes in Normandy
Wing Commander Johnny Johnson, veteran Spitfire pilot, shot down his 31st German aircraft over Normandy to become the leading Allied fighter ace in the theater. He commands a Canadian wing based in Normandy.
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London
Johnny Johnson
Wnormandy
Normandy
Service News Highlights World Travel And Military Promotions
A roundup of service members and relatives: Austin, who left Fairchild Plant 2B to join the Air Forces, reports touring the world from June 2 to 21 and hopes to see the rest soon. Families announce promotions and arrivals across the U S Army Air Forces and Navy in Europe and the Pacific, including Sgt. Michael John Sarno in England, Master Sgt. Gerald P. Alexander promotion, paratrooper Cpl. Earl F. Wolfe Jr, and others stationed in England, New Guinea, Camp Forrest, and France.
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York
Atlantic
Africa
India
Austin
Fairchild
Army
Miami Beach
Fla
Laredo
Tex
March Field
Cal
Lorraine Sarno
Potomac Avenue
Sgt
Michael John Sarno
England
U. S. Army
Miners Seek Autonomy Within UMW Movement
In Cincinnati a band of about eighty miners urged autonomy within the United Mine Workers. They outlined plans to persuade roughly 2700 delegates at the UMW convention over ten weeks. Rat Edmundson claimed the movement reflects 90 percent of miners and accused leaders of discouraging attendance.
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Cincinnate
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Rat Edmundson
Motorcycle Rider Injured in Public Square Collision
William D. Henderson a 50 year old Chevy Chase resident was injured yesterday evening when his motorcycle was rear ended at a red light in Public Square. Atwood Young 63 of Germantown Md was charged with reckless driving according to Patrolman Don Smith.
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William D. Henderson
Chevy Chase
Public Square
Don Smith
Henderson
South Potomactrees
Atwood Young
Germantown
Mea
Young
Recklees
Quiet Fourth Observed With Few Local Events
Tomorrow July Fourth will be a general holiday with most stores offices banks libraries and factories closed. Warsaw crowds are light but bus travel is heavy with extra sections added to cope with passengers. A York entry in the Interstate League plays Hagerstown at Municipal stadium while movies, a pool carnival and a CIO picnic are among the few scheduled entertainments. The Washington County Free Library closes all day while the Museum of Fine Arts opens 1 to 6 p m.
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Blue Ridge
Willow Lane
CIO
Row's Bark
Hagerstown
York
Municipal Stadium
City Park
Washington County Free Library
Museum of Fine Arts
Morning Herald
Unusual Double Egg Shown By Hancock Woman
Mrs Pearl Caddie of Hancock displays a six ounce double egg with a diameter of 734 finches and an ese inside. The egg and its contents were laid by one of her hens making the unusual display a local curiosity.
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Pearl Caddie
Hancock
Asteroid orbits reveal vast solar system dynamics
More than 1000 asteroids orbit the Sun, illustrating the crowded nature of the asteroid belt and the complexity of planetary formation. Researchers note these bodies vary in size, composition, and orbital paths, influencing models of solar system evolution.
GAP To Put Accent On Organization Rather Than Oratory
The Republicans plan to emphasize organization over Dewey’s personal rhetoric. Governor Dewey returns to Albany after accepting the GOP nomination in Chicago and will limit public statements until after Labor Day to avoid premature response to wartime events. The piece notes global oil output and a historical aside on backgammon.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Chicago
Dewey
Wendell J. Willkie
Willkie
Wallace Leaves China For Return Trip Home
Vice President Wallace returns from China to Washington for a short period to organize nomination efforts ahead of the July 19 Democratic convention in Chicago. He departed Lan Dow yesterday after completing a mission for President Roosevelt. General agreement on Roosevelt as a fourth term candidate and the choice of a key noter and chairman reduces major preliminaries for the convention.
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Washington
Wallace
China
Landow
Roosevelt
Chicago
Pin-Up Girl Gives Jackie Coogan Date
HOLLYWOOD June 2 UP A veteran film star and now flight officer Jackie Coogan fell for Ramsay Ames after seeing a glamour pin-up. He proposed a date when he returns to Hollywood. Coogan arrived on furlough and the pair danced together last weekend at an army base in India.
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Hollywood
Can Alicough
Jackie Coogan
American Air Commandos
Ramsay Ames
India
Congan
ODT To Have Charge Of New Car Buying
Washington July 3 The Office of Defense Transportation will issue certificates for purchases of new commercial motor vehicles starting July 8 under a program that places rationing of trucks truck tractors and trailers under ODT Applications are filed through district ODT offices.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Distict Odt
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St.Joseph Aspirin
Kodemus Tin Bank Agerstown
Fairway
WJEJ
Bond
Hagerstown, MD
Saipan
Marianas
Washington, D. C
Gerald P. Alexander
South Potomac Street
Gerald
Camp Lee
James J. Matthews
Cpl
Earl F. Wolfe
Smithsburg
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Cpl. Wolfe
Earle Wolfe
Paul K. Shupy
New Guinea
Lester W. Davis
Weat Church Street
Donald E. Shackelford
Southwest Pacific
Harry Shashelford
West
Franklin Street
Charles C. Butts
Park Place
Pvt
James C. Butts
Jacob M. Perrott
Cearfoss Pike
Robert Perrott
Price Weiner
Camp Blanding
Mt. Etna Road
E. Munson
Mulberry Avenue
George E. Young
France
O. K
Lkve
ASN
F. A. Davis & Sons
UMW
John L. Lewis
United States
Ives
Brattle
R. M. Hays & Bros., Inc
Fleisher’s
America
Valley Forge Distributing Ca
bSo
Virginia Ave
Bagerstown
DAM Scheidt Brewing CO
Narr
Roger & Gallet
U. S
Lisle
Rayon
Everly
R. D. McKee
Caskey
Caskey Baking Co
the McPhail Paint Co
Four States Livestock Sales, Inc
1St Street
B. & O.R.R. Hagerstown
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