Good Japs to Meet Challenge Continues War Aftermath
Tokyo radio reports a 12 hour carrier assault with over 2 900 American raiders over Honshu as more than 50 Superfortresses join the attack. Nimitz notes Marine planes score rocket hits on enemy ships off Honshu while China coast fires three small cargo ships. MacArthur reports anti aircraft fire diminishing on Formosa under steady air bombardment.
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Tokyo Radio
Honshu
Tokia Radio
Lané
Nimitz
Navy
China
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
The
Air Force
Formosa West Coast
MacArthur
Paralyzed Rail Traffic and Airfield Strikes Across Pacific Front
The report notes continued disruption of rail traffic along the French Indo China coast while airfields on Dutch Celebes and Java are subjected to intensified bombardment. The strikes reflect mounting Allied and Axis pressure in the Southeast Asian theater.
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Indo-China Coast
Dutch Celebes
Java
Draft records destroyed by local board in World War II era
Washington county draft officials began mutilating the 1942 olisting records for men aged 45 to 65, removing chances of being drafted. The damaged scraps will join the next Boy Scout wastepaper drive, while the registration cards themselves are kept intact.
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Washington County
Draft Board
Dug-Out Praised By General Byron Encourages Service
Major General Joseph W. Byron endorses the Dug-Out serviceman publication from Williamsport and urges continued effort. He notes personal deployments may extend another year and emphasizes a clear mission with there is a job to be done.
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Serviceman
Williamsport
Joseph W. Byron
Liquor Law Review Moves Forward in Maryland
Maryland's Legislative Council will scrutinize liquor laws with possible special committee input, guided by Governor O Connor's recommendation after a Baltimore grand jury warned against a return to prohibition. The council also weighs divorce law reform with varied judicial opinions. action postponed until July 25 in Baltimore.
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Annapolis
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Legislative Council
O'Conor
Baltimore
Ogle Marbury
Court of Appeals
W. Conwell Smith
Baltimore Supreme Bench
Smith
Probation Department
Samuel K. Dennis
Supreme Bench
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Fourth Judicial Circuit
Hagerstown
Eugene O'Dunne
Council
Charles W. Woodward
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Rockville
Edwin T. Dickerson
Paul Mason
William M. Laker
St. Mary's County
Wiliam Aa, Iluster
Cumberland
Former Resident Is Facing Charge For Kidnapping Boy
Detective Chief Thomas V. Meegan of Buffalo says a warrant has been issued for Mrs Mary Taylor 24 a former city resident charged with kidnapping a four year old boy The affidavit cites Evada Watson 40 of Crystal Beach Ontario reporting her son Peter has been missing since July 3 Watson says Taylor a dianer acquaintance took the boy to a store to buy him a suit and did not return him.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Mary Taylor
Evada Watson
Crystal Beach
Ont
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Peter
Berlin Ends Allied Command as Soviet Rule Persists
Berlin reports that American and British detachments assume control in 12 of 20 boroughs while Soviet authority formally yields. Soviet school and Communist party activities continue. Allied forces plan to dissolve SHAEF at 12:01 am July 14 and revert to national controls. Food convoys organized to feed 750,000 Americans in the U S sector and 900,000 in the British area. General Eisenhower returns to the continent.
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Inter- Allied Kommandator
Germany
Communist Party
United States
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Shaefp
Protest Housing Of Japs At Bedford Pa
Fort Cumberland Post No 13 of the American Legion protests to President Truman the use of Bedford Springs hotel in Bedford Pa to house 132 Japanese diplomats and consular officials captured in Germany. The letter also goes to Secretary of War Stimson and Maryland’s congressional delegation, calling the idea offensive.
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American Legion
Truman
Bedford Springs
Bedford
Germany
State Department
Legionnaire
Stimson Cand
Maryland
Local Guardsmen Prepare For Camp At Fort Meade
Maryland State Guard units from Cumberland and Hagerstown prep for a ten day camp at Fort George G. Meade starting July 22 with officers reporting July 17 for a four day training. Governor O Conor will review on Governor's Day July 28. The Eighth Battalion aims to reclaim the Governor's Trophy for rifle marksmanship and the Highth unit seeks the General Mode softball trophy.
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Eighth Battalion
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Hagerstown
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Third Service Command
Baltimore
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Roy J. Spickler
Jack C. Koontz
Richard W. Nigh
Hubert R Moelutire
Ira Kauffman
Remainder Of 5th Will Sail Today
The 2nd Infantry Division and advance units of the 28th Infantry Division sail home from Le Havre. Army units arriving in the U S include 94th Chemical Mortar Battalion, 824th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment of the 40th Ivy Division, and the 86th and 87th Bombardment Squadrons of the 8th Air Force in New York. Tomorrow at Hampton Roads the 3163rd Signal Service Company and other units of the 7th Infantry Division, along with artillery, engineer, medical battalions, a recon troop mechanized company, and the 196th Army Ground Forces Band are scheduled to arrive.
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Associated Press
2Nd Infantry Division
le Havre
28Th Infantry Division
United States
Europe
New York
94Th Chemical Mortar
824Th
12Th Infantry Regiment
40Th
Ivy
8Th Air Force
Hampton Roads
7Th Infantry Division
Army Ground Forces
Wounded Veterans Tour Fairchild Plant
Sixteen wounded veterans from Newton D. Baker Hospital will tour the Fairchild Aircraft plant this afternoon as part of a series by the Hagerstown Junior Chamber of Commerce. They will view the C-82 Packet assembly line under guides from Fairchild Public Relations. The Agricultural Adjustment Agency in the local office has yet to receive its first applicant for veterans farm machinery priority certificates, which require dealers to prioritize veterans unable to obtain equipment to reestablish farming.
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Fairchild Aircraft
Hagerstown
The
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Former Locomotive Engineer Becomes New Aussie Premier
Jos eph Benedict Chifley a former locomotive engineer and son of a blacksmith was chosen by the Labor party as Australia’s prime minister. At 60 in September he had served as treasurer and acted as prime minister, defeating Deputy PM Forde and Norman John Oswald Makin in caucus. The party named Forde as deputy leader. Chifley, pipe smoking and ruddy, was little known to many Australians but impressed party rank and file for leadership in recent months.
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Australia
Labor Party
Joseph Benedict Chifley
Chifley
Labor
John Curtin
Forde
Norman John Oswald Makin
Sixfoot
Ruddy Chifley
Beetles Increase In Non-Treated Areas
County Agent Mark Miller reports rising Japanese beetle activity in Washington county areas not previously infested. Milky white disease spore dust will be applied where infestations are now heavier, especially in the Kemps Mill area and the southern section, where beetles were scarce in other years.
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Washington County
Kemps Mill
Mark Miller
Attorney Stricken Near City Hall in Cardiac Event
Attorney John J. Allen suffered a heart attack yesterday afternoon in front of City Hall. He received first aid at police headquarters and was later taken home on the attending physician's orders.
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City Hall
John J. Allen
Real value in a food used car in Classifieds
Readers are urged to scan the Classified Section to discover practical value in used cars advertised there. The note suggests checking listings for affordable options and thorough details to guide careful purchases.
Saratoga Has Enough Horses To Continue Harness Meet
Saratoga Springs officials say sufficient horses are at the track to keep the harness racing meet going this season despite the DDT ban on horse transport. Frank Wishall, president of the Saratoga Harness Racing Association, declined to confirm Grand Circuit racing plans but noted the regular meet would continue if needed.
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N.Y
Saratoga Raceway
Frank L. Wishall
Saratoga Harness Racing Association
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