Racket Revealed In Fraudulent Military Discharges
The First Air Force disclosed a complex organized racket at Mitchel Field in which soldiers obtained fraudulent discharges and transfers for a fee. The scheme involved civilians passing men to conspirators at Mitchel Field to complete fake processing, with payoffs alleged in the metropolitan area.
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Hempstead
First Air Force
Air Force Public Relations Office
Mitchel Field
Air Force
Walter V. Radovitch
United States
Vinson Rival Named as Morgenthau Replacement
Washington July 6 Henry Morgenthau Jr will resign as Treasury secretary when President Truman returns from the Big Three meeting in Berlin. Truman plans to appoint a successor within weeks. speculation centers on War Mobilizer Fred Vinson as a leading candidate for the sixth cabinet post.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Truman
Berlin
Dutchess County
Fred Vinson
Morgenthau
Local Offices To Have New Hours
War Price and Ration Board and United States Employment Service plan a 44 hour week from July 1 per state directives to cut payroll costs. Ration Board public hours stay the same. clerks work 9 to 5 weekdays and 9 to 12 Saturday. USES closes at 12 30 Saturday. weekday USES hours 8 30 to 4 30.
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War Price and Ration Board
United States Employment Service
Ration Board
Canada to Resume Meat Rationing Nationwide
Ottawa July 6 Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced that Canada will resume rationing of meat shortly. Meat has not been rationed since March 1 1944.
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Ottawa
Canada
MacKenzie King
Cordell Hull Discharged From Naval Hospital
Cordell Hull, former U S Secretary of State, was released from Bethesda Naval Hospital where he had been hospitalized since October for a throat ailment. Doctors cited his most satisfactory recovery and said further hospitalization was unnecessary.
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Washington
Cordel Hull
U. S. Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Worried Mother Seeks Safe Home for Children
A worried mother who told the Editor's Mail Box she had to place her children in an orphanage due to finding a landlord who would take them plans to call at the Herald Mail office for a lead. A North Prospect Street resident offered a potential home and asked the woman to prove her worth.
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Herald Mail Office
North Prospect Street
Daily Mail Today
Mosquito Free Night at Yale Bowl Promised
Sponsors vow no mosquitoes inside Yale Bowl for tonight's concert in New Haven Connecticut. A U S Coast Guard helicopter sprayed the stadium and surrounding 20 acres with insecticide to ensure a pest free event.
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New Haven
Conn
U. S. Coast Guard
Recruit Brings Child to Training Field
A new Black recruit at Drew Field in Tampa brought his two year old along for five days. Buddies cared for the child until the entire nursing squad was called. An officer investigated and the Red Cross placed the youngster with a Tampa family.
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Tampa
Fla
Drew Field
Red Cross
Petty Thefts Worry Police
Police note a series of petty thefts in the area including a chauffeur's license a wheel tire and tube a license plate and a $5 Federal auto tax stamp. Victims include Marvin L Webster John Renatas Henry H Canfield Ruth Long Caro line Jackson Harmon's alley and Hilda Hofman. Allen Harbaugh reports a stolen onion patch from a victory garden.
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Marvin L. Webster
South Potomac
John Renatas
North Jonathan
Henry H. Canfield
Dale Street
Ruth Long
Salem Avenue
Caroline Jackson
Harmon's Alley
Hilda Hofman
Alexander Street
Allen Harbaugh
West Washington Street
Victory Garden
Draymen Warned After Debris Blown From Load
Police warn draymen to take care hauling debris after complaints from Frederick Street residents. One trucker was arrested yesterday and given a suspended sentence for loading shavings that blew away en route to the city dump.
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Frederick Street
Promises To Leave And A Suspended Sentence
Donald Stafford, claiming 23 years of following horses, received a suspended four month sentence on a vagrancy charge in city court after vowing to leave the community. He was arrested at the Fairgrounds last night while arriving early for the races hoping to find a stray job. The police head quarters cell block is being repainted and prisoners are sent to jail for several days.
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Donald Stafford
Stafford
Police
Civilian Defense Nears End With Low County Cost
In Washingt county Miss Virginia T Carmichael secretary disclosed that the Civilian Defense organization with 7498 members operated here and across the county for nearly four years at a total outlay of 4000 dollars. The setup was volunteer driven with no salaries and limited expenses for supplies postage heat light and incidental costs. Mayor Richard H Sweeney praised the program saying it created a spirit of cooperativeness and brotherhood among residents. Continued on Page 3.
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Washingtounty
Virginia T. Carmichael
Richard H. Sweeney
Sweeney
Steel And Coal Production Hit By New Strikes
The world's second largest steel mill shut down today due to a strike while in Akron tires began rolling at Goodyear plants with 16,700 CIO United Rubber Workers reporting for duty. Nationwide labor disputes idled 52,250 workers as the Carnegie-Illinois Steel plant near South Chicago closed after a CIO railroad workers walkout, its 13,000 employees idled, amid a 10,500 ton daily steel output. In Cleveland Republic Steel's large strip mill halted by an unauthorized stoppage involving 100 CIO United Steel workers and 4,100 coal miners in eastern Pennsylvania reduced anthracite output by 12,590 tons daily.
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Associated Press
Akron
CIO
United Rubber
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Chicago
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company
Gary
Ind
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation
United Steel
Pennsylvania
Carnegie-Illinois Company
Briggs Visits Local Inventor at Cedar Lawn
Major and Mrs. Walter O Briggs of Detroit and Washington visited Cedar Lawn hosts Willard R Custer yesterday. In the National Aircraft Corp experimental department demonstrations showed a revolutionary aircraft promising static lift and low speed control equal to helicopters with top speeds matching fast planes. Major Briggs owns the Detroit Baseball Club which leads the American League.
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Walter O. Briggs, Jr
Detroit
Mich
Washington, D. C
Willard R. Custer
Cedar Lawn
Major Briggs
Mr. Custer
National Aircraft Corp
Detroit Baseball Club
Navy Lt Commander Murray Wins Air Medal at Patuxent
Lt Comdr Thomas C. Murray of Hagerts town received the Air Medal at Patuxent River Naval Air Base Maryland for meritorious aerial flights against Japanese forces on Palau Island in September 1944. He previously earned the Navy Cross after commanding naval aircraft on twelve Palau support missions and contributing to enemy damage and intelligence.
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Comér
Thomas C. Murray
Hagertstown
Patuxent Rier Naval Air Base
Maryland
Palau Island
Cross
Comdr
Murray
Palau
Allegany Road Work Starts Monday
Sixth District headquarters of the State Roads Commission announced that oiling of Route 40 from Flintstone toward Cumberland in Allegany County will begin on Monday weather permitting. Resurfacing of state maintained highways in Washington County was completed several weeks ago and Frederick County was finished this week.
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Flintstone
Cumberland
Allegany County
State Roads Commission
Washington County
Frederick County
Reconditioned Fairchild Trainers Selling Like Hotcakes
Baltimore dealer William H. Bottorf, known in auto circles, bought 20 Fairchild primary trainers from the Reconstruction Finance Corp Surplus Property Division, raising six month total to 30. Most planes are reconditioned for private fliers, some charter firms rent them, prices around 1575 under the 8390 ceiling set by the Office of Price Administration.
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William H. Bottorf
Baltimore
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Therm
Office of Price Administration
Heavy Vote In British Election
London reports show Conservatives claim near victory while Labour organs say Conservatives lost their absolute majority. Results due July 26 after absentee vote. Turnout around 24 million of 20 million eligible amid a sharp campaign and weather friendly to the race. The Daily Herald projects Labour 266 seats to 163, while the Express offers a contrary view on Tory share.
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London
Winston Churchill
Daily Herald
Labor
House of Commons
Daily Express
Early Peaches To Move Soon From Washington County
Washington County expects its first early commercial peaches to reach markets in about two weeks. The overall crop may total about 30 percent of normal, with Golden Jubilee and Hale Haven first to be picked. Some Redbirds appeared last week, selling around 5 cents each. the Virginia crop is projected at 18 percent of normal.
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Washington County
Golden Jubilee
Hale Haven
Virginia
Poultry Smugglers Seized In Detroit Seizures
U S customs patrol reports 14 pleasure craft seized in the Detroit area during June for attempting to smuggle poultry out of Canada in violation of the embargo. Boats ranged from a rowboat to a $2000 cruiser taken in the Detroit river and St. Clair area. Smugglers face penalties including a 100 dollar fine, double the value of undeclared meat, and boat value assessments totaling 1860 for June.
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Detroit
United States Customs Patrol
Canada
Detroit River
St. Clair
U S Air Armadas Switch From Philippines Join Wake Evacuation
U S naval officials reported a Japanese hospital ship evacuated 974 wounded from Wake Island with US Navy permission. The Takasago Maru was stopped and searched by the USS Murray, confirming the evacuees included 484 army and 40 navy personnel, amid a long Pacific blockade.
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Guam
Wake Island
United States Navy
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Wake
Tokyo
Murray
Murtray
Takasago
Japan
Navy
Bumper Potato Crop Seen In Washington County
Government crop reporter J. A. Miller estimated a 90 to 100 percent potato yield due to favorable weather in Washington County. Early harvests for home use have begun, with bulk digging in a week or ten days. Corn crops are in good shape, weather continuing favorable could yield a bumper overall. A .44 inch rain aided crops yesterday, with 77 high and 64 low temperatures.
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Washington County
J. A. Miller
Airport Inn Under New Management Announcement
Charles Papa and David Llewellyn have leased the Airport Inn at the Municipal Airport and will run it as a partnership. They will operate as before with the addition of dance orchestras on certain nights each week.
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Charles Papa
David Llewellyn
Mating Holds Up Anti-Pigeon Drive
Philadelphia officials clash over a city plan to kill pigeons.Dr. Rufus S. Reeves of the Public Health Department argues pigeons mate constantly delaying the drive. City council had set October 1 to open the anti-pigeon campaign, citing mating season. Tests say local pigeons carry psittacins and virus pneumonia germs.
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Philadelphia
Rufus S. Reeves
Public Health Department
Divorce Suits Docketed. Month Totals Rise
Four suits of divorce were docketed in court today, bringing June to 30, the number filed this month, and 183 for the year. The docket includes Roy M Keefer versus Catherine V Keefer, Edgar Rollat Strock versus Cecelia Kathleen Strock, Marvin G Jones versus Gladys J Jones, and Edward Steinmetz versus Mary E Steinmetz, with respective attorneys listed.
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Roy M. Keefer
Catherine V. Keefer
J. J. Alen
Edgar Rollat Strock
Cecelia Kathleen Strock
C. K. Hartle
Marvin G. Jones
Gladys J. Jones
Berlin White Way Teems With Soldiers and Nightlife
Berlin's pay white way draws men from 3 pm to 9 pm daily with cigarettes and drinks. Officers fill tables in hot spots like The Tavern and International as the Red Army's crimes rumors drift, while locals and visitors mingle amid a grim, dimly lit capital of partitioned Allied power.
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Berlin
Red Army
G's
Paris
Two-Pronged Air Assault Made On Jap Mainland
U S forces deploy about 11 000 planes against Japan with Balikpapan oil secured to fuel more missions. Bombers and fighters from Iwo Jima and Okinawa strike Tokyo area and southern Kyushu as Manila reports U S fifth air force planes moved from the Philippines join the effort alongside Superfortresses and marine and navy aircraft.
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San Francisco
United States
Radio Tokyo
Balikpapan
Dutch Borneo
Borneo
U. S
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Kyushu
Manila
U. S. 5Th Air Force
Philippines
Japan
Navy
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Kenney
Canadians riot after delay in homeward move at Aldershot
More than 100 soldiers in Aldershot were taken into custody as Canadian troops smashed windows in downtown stores for two nights protesting delays in being sent home. Military authorities said evidence would guide charges and courtsmartial. About 2,500 will be moved to embarkation ports immediately, with 500 more tomorrow and 1,600 to depots. The business district was left with shattered glass and debris, including Union Street windows and a major hotel on nearby Wellington Street. A senior officer was shouted down when he urged them to return to barracks.
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Aldershot
England
Union Street
Wellingdonn
Coupons For Canning Sugar Expected Soon
The War Price and Ration Board expects a near term arrival of canning sugar coupons. Local officials urge patience for housewives hindered by sugar shortages while a backlog of applications is cleared after state authorization. The pending stamps are expected to alleviate canning delays as rates align with the state office clearance.
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lIe_cal board
State Office
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Vinson
Fred R. Vinson
Cordell Hull
Recruit
Draymen
Briggs
Manufacturers and Tigers
Patuxent Air Base
Allegany Road
Fairchild
Hale’ Havens
Airport Inn
Divorce Mart
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