Cherbourg Conquerors Launch New Assault
Allied forces launched a dawn offensive on the Cherbourg peninsula pushing from Barneville Sur Mer toward St Sauveur Le Vicomte and St Le D Our Ville. American infantry supported by heavy guns pressed toward La Haye De Puits while weather limited air support and British forces held near Caen as Rommel redeployed. Bradley hailed Cherbourg victory as a sign of what lies ahead.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Barneville-Sur-Mer
St. Sauveur le Vicomte
St. le D’ourville
Supreme Headquarters
St. Lo Dourville
la Haye de Puits
St. le D'Ourville
St. Lo
Normandy
Caen
Rommel
Odon River
Omar N. Bradley
First Army
Local servicemen report two wounded in action in Europe
Pfc John F Langenstein of Park Place has been seriously wounded in France after recovering from African campaign wounds. He wrote from England that he did not take part in the initial invasion but expected to cross the channel soon. Sgt Harry D Renner of Hagerstown says he is in a hospital in England after overseas service in the 29th Division. His wife and family details are given, including two brothers in the Navy.
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John F. Langenstein
France
War Department
Anna Langenstein
Park Place
Charles W. Langenstein
Langenstein
England
Harry D. Renner
Lillian Renner
West Washington Street
National Guard Company B
Hagerstown
Normandy
Renner
Harl Lint
Elizabeth Street
Navy
Earl D. Renner
Norfolk
Joseph Renner
Pacific
Russia Granted Free Rights for Neoprene Details
Wilmington Del July 3 P Details of neoprene manufacture have been supplied to the Soviet Union without charge while Russia is at war with Germany. The agreement dated June 22 1944 covers full production details for the first successful general purpose synthetic rubber. DuPont says it grants free rights under its patents and processes for military purposes during the war and will not seek compensation from the Soviet Union for neoprene production during wartime.
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Wilmington
Del
Soviet Union
Russia
Germany
E. J. Dupont de Nemours and Company
U. S
Jne
Stores Open All Day on Wednesday in Hagerstown
Hagerstown stores will stay open all day on Wednesday to offset a citywide closing. Suburban Day, planned for tomorrow, is postponed to Tuesday July 11 per M S Grossman, head of the holiday and hour committees at the Hagerstown Retailers Bureau.
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Hagerstown
M.S. Grossman
Sea Serpent Sighted Again At Payette Lake Idaho
Payette Lake in McCall Idaho reported a fresh sighting of the so called sea serpent. Eyewitness Walter Bowling described a yellow about 35 feet long creature with humps on its back resembling a whale, seen in shallow waters near the shore during yard activity yesterday.
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Mccall
Idaho
Payette Lake
Walter Bowling
Bowling
Jong
Beer Delay Reflected In Divorce Case Testimony
Mrs. Ruth Kuntz testified in a divorce suit against Herbert L. Kunitz that dinner was sometimes delayed until 11 pm because her husband drank three quarts of beer every evening.
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Los Angelse
Ruth Kuntz
Herbert L. Kunitz
Guatemala Pres resigns as Ubico quits to junta
General Jorge Ubico resigns as president of Guatemala and transfers power to a military junta. Ubico's cabinet also quits, and the junta is assembling a new governing body.
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Jorge Ubico
Guatemala
Ubico
Deposed Guatemalan Leader Reaches Mexico City
Excelsior reports that Jorge Ubico deposed after 13 years as Guatemala’s president arrived in Mexico City by air. He was lodged in a high official’s home, but interviews were blocked. Sinforosa Aguilar guided reporters through the embassy to deny Ubico’s presence.
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Venico City
Excelsior
Jorge Ubico
Guatemala
Mexico City
Sinforosa Aguilar
Ubico
War Loan Nears Goal In County
Federal Reserve reports progress on the Fifth War Loan in Washington county showing total sales of 2,762,630 toward the 2,850,000 goal. Series E sales lag with 272,737.50 of a million quota. other types include Series F 7,942.50 Series G 126,800 Savings Notes C 520,100 Certificates of Indebtedness 1,075,500 2c Bar Notes of 47 111,000 bonds of 52-54 262,000 2% Gp Bonds of 65-70 297,000. Final drive closes Saturday with accreditation for sales through July 31 for certain types. Purchases of all other bonds must be cleared by Saturday. Hollyday urges timely action.
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Federal Reserve
Washington County
John D. Hollyday
Hollyday
Comptroller calls for bank condition reports
The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks at the close of business Friday June 31. The FDIC simultaneously issued a report for insured state banks not covered by the national bank call. A city market session will be held tomorrow as usual despite the holiday.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Prominent Britons Die In Nazi Rocket Plane Attacks
London reports three prominent Britons killed as flying bombs hit southern England after a lull. Maj Gen Sir Arthur Scott and his wife novelist Aimee Byng are among the dead. Sir Percy Alden also dies. Casualties rise as German raids continue with Plymouth and Portsmouth named targets.
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London
Arthur Scott
Aimee Byng
Percy Alden
England
Paris
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Nazis Face Growing Trouble At Home And In Occupied Lands
London reports describe a major German drive in southwest France against Maquis resistance with Bergerac captured and 150 collaborators freed, while Danish patriots strike and a curfew remains. Madrid cables say 456,000 foreign prisoners have escaped France, including about 30,000 Russians among the at large.
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London
France
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Madrid
Dordogne
Bergerac
St. Cy'r
Orien
Armande
Cahors- Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Petite Gironde
Denmark
Germany
Reich
Historic flag to be raised in Rome
The flag that flew over the United States Capitol on December 8 1941 and December 11 1941 will be raised in Rome on July 4 officials announced in Rome today the historic flag associated with wartime declarations will be moved for public display in Italy's capital city
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Rome
United States
Washington
Japan
Germany
City Park Sees Record Attendance This Season
City Park in its twenty fourth year reports its busiest season with Sunday night concerts drawing 2000 to 5000 attendees. About 130 pavilion reservations have been made for summer. many visitors include service men stationed nearby. Park officials note large crowds picnicking daily, while caretakers warn that unremoved garbage should be burned and violators may be arrested.
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Pen Mar
John Rohrer
Air Medal Awarded To Lt Falkenstine In Germany Mission
First Lieut Foster Falkenstine, 28, husband of Katherine H Falkenstine of 22 Dewey Avenue, received the Air Medal for meritorious achievement during numerous bombing attacks on military and industrial targets in Germany and Nazi held countries. The award was announced by Col Elliott Vandevanter Jr, commander at an England based Army Air Force base. Falkenstine flies a Flying Fortress.
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Foster Falkenstine
Katherine H. Falkenstine
Dewey Avenue
Germany
Elliott Vandevanter, Jr
Highth Army Air Force Base
England
Falkenstine
Abbott promoted to army captain in U S Army
Announcement of J. A. Abbott Jr of Hagerstown promoted to captain in the U S Army. Son of Mr and Mrs J A Abbott of 1414 Oak Hill Avenue. Abbott formerly a civil engineer at Letterkenny Ordnance Depot near Chambersburg before entering the service. He is a sanitary engineer in the Army Medical Corps.
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J. A. Abbott
Tre
Hagerstown
U. & Army
Oak Hill Avene
Abbott
Letterkenny Ordnance Deport
Chambersburg
Army Medics Corps
Fair Oval Reopened as 10 Day Hagerstown Meet Opens
The Fair Oval at Hagerstown is resurfaced for the 10 day race meet beginning July 11. About 395 tons of sandy loam were used from Fayetteville Pa. Stalls and betting facilities were upgraded and reservations for 350 to 400 horses from tracks including Pascoag Rhode Island and Delaware were made. Daily purses start at $700 with $800 feature races each day except Saturdays $1000. Start time is 2 p.m.
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Hagerstown Fair
Harold F. Bester
Walter Gitt
Fayetteville
Pascoag
Rhode Island
Delaware
Charles Town
Wheeling
Harry M. Stevens, Inc
Boonsboro Man Held In Attack
Harry L. Reeder of Boonsboro posted 500 bond and was released for a hearing on charges of assaulting Ruth May Cline of Frederick near a pike early Sunday. The woman, a defense plant worker, said he followed her, blocked her car, and beat her after saying they would settle the matter.
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Harry L. Reeder
Boonsboro
Ruth May Cline
Frederick
Pike
Reeder
Woman harvests $10 gold piece from victory garden
In ORANGE California on July 3 Mrs. L. E. Rails tends a victory garden and finds a $10 gold piece among vegetables. The記 finds highlight a personal gardening success during wartime era.
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Orange
Calif
L. E. Rails
Jamaicans Arriving Today to Help Washington County Farms
One hundred Jamaican workers will be housed at the Smithsburg farm labor camp to supply harvest help for Washington county farmers and orchardists. They will come by bus from Martinsburg to Hagerstown then to Smithsburg, with priority for those registered earlier. Wages follow the Farm Labor Committee scale, housing and transport provided by the contracting farmers. Last year 70 workers stayed at Smithsburg and Green Ridge hosted fewer, though this year Green Ridge is occupied by prisoners of war aiding northern county farms.
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Smithsburg
Washington County
Mark Miller
Martinsburg
Hagerstown
Farm Labor Committee
Green Ridge
Count Y
Local Boy Wounded In French Invasion
Pte Rolland Burger aged 20 son of Mr and Mrs Frank Burger 52 West Side avenue has been wounded in the invasion of France and is in a French hospital. He formerly worked at the Troy Laundry before entering the armed forces and has been in England for a year.
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Pte
Rolland Burger
Frank Burger
West Side Avenue
France
Young Burger
Troy
England
Mashed Thumb In Washing Machine Wrenching Incident
Mrs Harry Martin of North Locust street suffers a badly mashed thumb after her hand is caught in a washing machine wringer this morning.
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Harry Martin
North Locust Street
Escape Routes For Defenders Are Out
British radio quotes a captured German officer saying in Russia they were told the Luftwaffe was in the west while in Normandy they are told it is in the east. The officer surrendered two days after arriving from the Russian front, a fact reported by BBC and CBS.
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New York
British
Radio Today
Russia
Normandy
BBC
CBS
Siena Falls as Fifth Army advances toward Ancona
French troops of the Fifth Army occupy Siena early today after two weeks of heavy fighting at defended lines. The move comes as the Highth Army advances west of Lake Trasimeno and toward Ancona, while American units on the Italian west coast push through Cecina after brutal street fighting and house to house resistance. German defenses collapse in Cecina as river crossings are made, with ten divisions reported opposing the Fifth Army and reinforcements flooding in amid mounting losses.
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Fifth Army
Siena
Florence
Highth
Lake Trastemengo
Adriatic
Ancona
Cecina
Rome
Cecina River
Mayor and City Council Meet Ahead of Schedule
The regular monthly meeting of the Mayor and City Council is moved to Wednesday night due to the annual police picnic on Thursday. This change shifts the meeting from its usual Thursday slot to Wednesday evening.
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Council
Bombers Raid Budapest Area Amid Hungarian Air Battles
Berlin radio declared that more than 569 Allied bombers raided the Budapest area again. The bombers were from Italy, and heavy air battles were fought over Hungary as the broadcast reported.
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Budapest
London
Berlin
Italy
Hungary
Audience With Pope And Tour Of Roman Churches Thrill Local Boy
Captain Ka Karl Over Jr of Hagerstown recalls an unexpected audience with the Pope at the Vatican and a tour of St Peter's Cathedral during overseas service. He notes Mussolini’s Forum reversal to Caesar’s Forum and the Pope’s blessing urging steadfast faith. Continued on Page 21.
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Pope
Ka Karl Over, Jr
Hagerstown
Eternal City
St. Peter's Cathedral
Mussolini
Rome
Caesar's Forum
Capt. Over
Over
Dorothy Over
Vatican
Woon Tee
Gver
Soviet Red Army Drives Deep Into White Russia Front
Soviet tanks cavalry and infantry pushed toward Minsk and Wilno within ten miles of the White Russian capital as German defenses cracked. The advance cut railways to Wilno and Brest-Livetsk, with Wilejka captured and a wholesale retreat reported as German forces reeled under intensified air cover. Front dispatches noted indecision among Nazi leaders and a widening Soviet Schwerpunkt north and west of Minsk.
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Moscow
Minsk
Wilno
East Prussia
Sloboda
Brest-Livetsk
Wilejka
Baltic Republics
Poland
Russia
Red Army
Three German Generals Die On East Front
London reports the German high command announces three more generals killed on the eastern front. Generals Martinek and Pfeiffer, artillerymen, and Lt Gen Schu enemann, whose branch is not stated, were said to have made the supreme sacrifice while leading their corps in battle.
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London
Martinek
Pfeiffer
Schuenemann
Brakeman Injured by Brake Clutch on Western Maryland Railway
John Armstrong of Alexander street, a brakeman on the Western Maryland railway, suffered a severe jaw injury Saturday night when a brake clutch failed to hold and struck his face. He was removed to Washington county hospital for treatment for four breaks in his jaw.
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John Armstrong
Alexander Street
Western Maryland Railway
Washington County Hospital
Dog Days Start Enduring Summer Era Then
The Hag orstown Almanack notes Dog Days begin today and run until August 21. It recalls pre refrigeration fears of typhoid in heat but says the period is largely a memory now and no longer feared as in old times.
Repairing storm damage in Annapolis receives emergency funds
Annapolis Maryland on July 3 reports the State Department of Potente and Parks has secured an emergency appropriation of 14000 dollars from the Board of Public Works to repair forest facilities damaged by the recent tornado.
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Annapolis
State Department of Potente and Parks
Board of Public Works
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Mexico
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London Daily Sketch
City Park
J. A. Abbott, Jr
Fair Oval
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Chicago
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Siena Falls
White Russia
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