Two German Armies Facing Entrapment
Russian forces pressed toward East Prussia driving within 30 miles of the frontier in a 19 mile advance near Suwalki. Other columns breached near Kaupas Grodno and Bailystok while Warsaw lay about 150 miles away.
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Moscow
East Prussia
Sumalki
White Russia
Old Poland
Kaunas
Baltic
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
NBC
Sweden
East
Prussia
Grodno
Germany
Kaupas
Bailystok
Warsaw
Brest Litovsk
Bug
Pripyat
Daugavpils
Bal
Former Wife of Jimmy Walker Dies
Mrs. Betty Compton Knappen, 37, widow of Theodore T. Knappen and former wife of New York Mayor James J. Walker, died after illness linked to birth of a son on January 19. Born Violet Halling Compton on the Isle of Wight, she starred in Oh Kay Hold Everything Punny Face and Fifty Million Frenchmen, married Walker in 1923 at Cannes, divorced in 1941, and later wed Knappen, her fourth husband.
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New York
Betty Compton Knappen
Theodore T. Knappen
James J. Walker
Knappen
Violet Halling Compton
Isle of Wight
Walker
Cannes
France
No Sprinkling Of Lawns In Boonsboro
Boonsboro Water Company asks customers to stop sprinkling lawns and washing cars due to heat and dry weather. Some customers were letting water run all night in gardens. A recent survey indicates a possible partial curtailment of services by Labor Day.
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Boonsboro Water Company
O Connor Named Red Cross Central Committee Chairman
President Roosevelt appoints D Basil O Connor head of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis as chairman of the American Red Cross central committee to succeed the late Norman H Davis. O Connor, a former New York lawyer and Roosevelts partner, will serve the term to December 11. Davis died recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Connor
RED Cross Washington
Roosevelt
D. Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Central Committee of the American Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
New York Law
Davis
Smith Divorce Granted by Judge Mish to Anna Marie Smith
Anna Marie Smith was granted an absolute divorce from Jesse Liehie Smith by Judge Joseph J. Mish. Attorney Calvert K. Hartie appeared for the case.
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Anna Marie Smith
Joseph J. Mish
Jesse Liehie Smith
Calvert K. Hartie
Yanks Flank Livorno Advance From Bra Valley
American Fifth Army troops break German defenses in the upper Bra valley and seize Lajatico about 17 miles inland from the west coast. They take 150 to 200 prisoners and push toward the Arno valley near the Gothic Line as French forces seize San Donato 25 miles southwest of Florence.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bra
Italy
Livorno
Lajatico
Arno
San Donato
Florence
Welfare Costs Report for Washington County June
The Washington County Welfare Board reports June welfare expenditures totalled 24 463 dollars, 2 541 less than June 1942. Old age assistance consumed 33 994 dollars with 14 849 in June 1943. average grant 23.28 dollars per person. Aid to dependent children spent 7 246 dollars for 552 recipients. average per family 33.36 dollars. General public assistance remained near last year at 1 218 dollars and 28.34 dollars per grant. Foster home care cost 744 dollars. many children need foster homes but shortages limit placements. Applications for old age assistance and aid to dependent children rose in June.
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Washington County
Welfare Office
Public Warned Of Parking Laws In Boonsboro
The Mayor and Council of Boonsboro warn motorists that parking laws will be strictly enforced and orders to officers are in effect, issued via a paid advertisement.
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Boonsboro
Birth Mixup Causes Laugh as Nebraska Couple Barred from Names
County Judge Ted R. Feidler presided over a Mitchell marriage license ceremony where Miss Thomas Delgado, 18, and her husband-to-be Elizabeth Mano, 22, both of Mitchell, Nebr., explained a misnamed birth record mixup. They clarified they never changed their given names and do not intend to after marriage.
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Gering
Nehbr
Ted R. Feidler
Thomas Delgado
Elizabeth Mano
Mitchell, Nebr
Feidler
Skunk Escapes Trap. Neighbors Plan Extermination
Max Malott of East Avenue set a steel trap for a rat in his backyard this morning and found a live skunk in the trap. The skunk wriggled through the fence and was dispatched by neighbor John Summers. Residents say skunks have been plentiful in East Avenue for months and plan to exterminate a few more if given a chance.
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Max Malott
East Avenue
Malott
John Summers
Car Stolen In Waynesboro Reported To Police
Paul Pryor of Route 5 reported his 1936 Ford sedan stolen Tuesday night from a Waynesboro street. Police were notified locally and in Waynesboro.
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Paul Pryor
Magerswown Rt. 5
Waynesboro
Federal scalp ringworm experiment to start in Hagerstown
Health officials announce a six month Public Health Service program to combat a juvenile ringworm outbreak sweeping the eastern U S. A National Institute of Health dermatologist will arrive the week of July 24 to organize centers in the Health Department building and local elementary schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Public Health Service
Hagerstown
J. A. McCallum
U.S. Public Health Service
United States
Industrial Hygiene Division
National Institute of Health
McCal
Health Department
Showers Break 19 Day Dreath in Washington County
Rainfall yesterday afternoon and today totaled about one fifth of an inch across Washington County, with scattered showers forecast and cooler weather tonight. Keedysville station logged 0.18 inches in two showers, Edgemont 0.08 inches with little relief to mountain water, Smithsburg saw heavier rain, Cumberland area reports 0.30 inches, and temperatures stayed warm with no overnight drop below 70s.
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Washington
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Edgemont
Smithsburg
Miller
Bester Property On Summit Avenue Sold
The Bester property in the 200 block of Summit avenue, long home of the late Harry E. Bester, was sold to Lee H. Stine. The deal reportedly fetched about $12,000 and includes a single dwelling unit on one side and three apartments on the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bester
Summit Avenue
Harry E. Bester
Lee H. Stine
Racing Family Names Continues Tradition at Maryland Tracks
Edward J. Brennan Sr serves as racing secretary attache while his son Edward Jr works under him at the Maryland half mile meets. The Brennan family has a long lineage in racing with the grandfather once a Pimlico track superintendent and the father holding official roles at multiple tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Brennan
Maryland
Edward
Pimlico
Guam Airforce Knocked Out By Steady Attacks
U S Pacific Fleet reports sustained air and naval blows toward Guam as Saipan becomes a base. Guam and Rota show heavy U S pounding with daily bombings for a week and naval shelling. Saipan’s invasion began June 14. nearly 12,000 Japanese dead and 10,000 captives counted. A Marine regiment reports over 700 Japanese killed in a single action.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Saipan
U.S
Japan
Rota
Trapped Wewak Japs Attack In Attempt To Blast Way Out
Advanced Allied Headquarters in New Guinea reports Japan, trapped by two months of quiet, massed a heavy force to cut an escape route from Aitape through Dutch New Guinea. Japanese attacked along the Driniumor river near Aitape while American defenders held and Allied air forces struck 130 miles of enemy coast east to the Sepik river.
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New Guinea
Japan
18Th
Aitape
British New Guinea
Dutch New Guinea
Driniumor River
Buna
Saidor
Sepik River
County Nurse In India Is Promoted
Beatrice L. Newkirk of Big Spring is promoted from 2nd to 1st Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps serving in India. She belongs to a hospital under Major General Covell in the China Burma India Theatre. A Baltimore nursing graduate in 1938, she earlier served at Hanover General Hospital and Camp Lee Station Hospital before overseas duty.
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New Delhi
India
Beatrice L. Newkirk
Harry E. Newkirk
Big Spring
Army Nurse Corps
Newkirk
W. E. R. Covell
China
Burma India
Church Home and Infirmary
Baltimore
Hanover
Pa., General Hospital
Army
Camp Lee
Virginia
United States
Local Wounded Men In English Hospitals
Two local men wounded in France and hospitalized in France are Staff Sergeant Gilbert Heflin of McDowell Avenue and Sergeant Thomas Cupp of Clarendon Avenue. Heflin, serving in England for twenty months, asks for friend letters via his mother Mrs. Heflin. Cupp, wounded in the left leg, reports receiving excellent care and asks for mail from home to aid recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Gilbert Heflin
Ll. R. Heflin
McDowell Avenue
Thomas C. Cupp
William Condon
Clarendon, Avenue
England
Set
Heflin
Clipp
Taster
Herriot the French premier dies at 72
London reports the death of Edward Herriot a three time French premier and advocate of parliamentary government The 72 year old liberal and last president of the French Chamber of Deputies refused to collaborate with Germany or the Vichy regime noting liberty cannot die in the country of its birth as a protest to Petain.
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London
Edward Herriot
France
DNB
Berlin
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
Marshal Petain
Robot Attacks Tapering Off
London reports the first all-clear night in a month as Hitler’s flying bomb attacks lessen. No robot planes were seen after dark, marking a third consecutive raid-free night for London though daytime bombs continue to strike busy periods.
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London
Britain
Hitler
Churchill
Former Local Boy Wounded In Landing Receives Purple Heart
Seaman First Class Richard G. Henkleman Jr., 18, formerly of Fry avenue in Hagerstown, earns the Purple Heart for wounds suffered aboard an amphibious landing craft in France. His parents, Major and Mrs. R. J. Henkelman of Mt. Rainier Md, and sister Gloria Henkteman, a Pharmacist's Mate third class, at the U S Naval hospital in Seattle, are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fry Avenue
Hagerstown
Richard G. Henkleman, Jr
France
R. J. Henkelman
Mt. Ranier
Gloria Henkteman
U. S. Naval Hospital
Seattle
Wash
Meat Prices Being Checked Here By OPA
The price division of the Ration Board surveys all stores selling beef lamb veal or pork in Washington county to determine if prices meet OPA ceiling rules. Of 12 stores surveyed thus far none showed violations according to the ration office.
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Ration Board
Washington County
Ration Office
Rome Conditions Still Chaotic
Rome remains unsettled as Premier Ivanoe Bonemi prepares to form a government. Six weeks of Allied occupation have left Rome with damaged installations and weak public services. Power is scarce with hydro plants wrecked by Germans and only two coal plants providing a fraction of the city’s needs while trolley lines stay in operation.
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Eward Kennedy
Rome
Ivanoe Bonemi
Naples
Munich Bombardment Intensifies As U S Armies Strike
London dispatch reports a thousand Flying Fortresses and Liberators bomb Munich for the third day, also hitting Saarbrucken and rail centers in central France. Berlin notes a fleet from Italy. RAF bombers strike northern France’s rail hubs and Brescia’s yards. Finnish sources say Russian air forces bomb Kotka near Helsinki.
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London
Munich
Saarbrucken
Germany
Italy
France
Europe
Berlin
Bresca
Kotka
Helsinki
Local Airman Found After 18 Days Adrift At Sea
Sgt. Merle Musey reported missing after his plane was shot down near Truk Island with eight crew. They survived 18 days adrift in the South Pacific, salvaged by a Navy Catalina. Musey told his mother to disregard the prior missing notice, noting a broken right wrist and overall good condition despite losses and hardships endured during the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
War Department
Merle Musey
Clara Musey
North Cannan Avenue
Musey
Navy
Catalina
South Pacific
Truk Island
New Guinea
Bradley Forces Close In From Two Sides Near St Lo
Allied troops push toward St Lo from northwest and east as American armor and infantry seize towns along the Cherbourg peninsula. Paris radio cites heavy 32 division buildup from St Lo to Caumont. British forces retake Maltot amid intense fighting near Caen.
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HDQS
St. Lo
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
Paris
Idmile
Caumont
Lessay
2Nd Army
Maltot
Caen
Orne
Odon
Socialite Sues For Stabbing By Suitor
Miss Margherita Clement 22, Philadelphia socialite and former Powers model, sues Sidney Bullen Dunn Jr. 27 for 25000 alleging her eligibility as a marriageable socialite was damaged by a May 1943 stabbing at a Philadelphia hotel. Dunn, a former soldier, is serving 3 to 7 years after pleading guilty to aggravated assault and battery. Clement says she suffered scars and shock to her nervous system and endured unpleasant publicity.
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Norristown
Margherita Clement
Philadelphia
Main Line
Powers
Sidney Bullen Dunn, Jr
Flying bombs strike American troops on beachhead in France
Report from Somewhere in France dated July 18 notes flying bombs previously used on London are now descending on American forces. Aviation ordnance officers identify at least one, with parts of another found. Difficult to shoot down the new Nazi bomb with heavy shells during heavy gunfire and in exposed areas.
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France
London
Fine Is Assessed In Assault Case
Donald Churchey aged 23 was fined in city court by Magistrate Harry E. Snyder for assaulting John Zepp. Zepp testified Churchey attacked him with a knife and threw no knives at him.
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Donald Churchey
Harry E. Snyder
John Zepp
Zep
Churchey
Japanese Admiral Killed in Action Report
A Berlin radio dispatch from Yokohama states that Kiichi Hasezawa of the Japanese navy was killed in action. The report notes his death during operations near Anas during the war period, with the official source detailing naval casualties.
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London
Kiichi Hasezawa
Berlin
Japantien Nave
Yoktauk
Anas
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