Yanks Batter Closer To St Lo On Key Road Hub
Allied front dispatches report American doughboys advancing four miles in western Normandy toward St Lo, with three towns falling as the drive shrinks the German line along the Lessay to St Lo road. British casualties and prisoner counts rise, surpassing earlier D-Day totals as 54,000 Allied captives are cited.
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St. Lo
Key Road
Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Doughboy
Strikke
Normandy
Lessay
Periers
St. Iw
Polessis
Cherbourg
U. S
Pont Hebert
la Barre de Semilly
County Springs Holding Own Despite Severe Drought
County springs in the Keedysville district hold their own in a current dry spell. Weather observer J A Miller notes springs remain full compared to two to three years ago, not dropping since a partial comeback after heavy rains in early 1944.
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J. A. Miller
Miller
Keedysville
Washington County
Gen Clark Near Miss On Anzio Beachhead Patrol
Rome July 15 The U S Navy said a minesweeper accidental fire killed an officer and a man and wounded three aboard a PT boat carrying Lt Gen Mark W Clark and other officers to the Anzio beachhead January 28 The PT boat and escort entered a red alert area not identified as friendly officials said and an inquiry found the incident was not intentional.
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Rome
U. S. Navy
United States
Mark W. Clark
Anzio
Flier On Trial For Beheading Motorist
MARANA FIELD ARIZ July 15 A court martial board set to decide Second Lt. Howard E. Stittsworth 21 Wakefield Kansas on murder by airplane in the death of Earl W Nepple Los Angeles hotel man Conviction would mean death or life imprisonment Stittsworth testified denying he knew that a wing of his AT 6 struck Nepples car and beheaded him He admitted flying low BIKE STOLEN Joan Shingler 500 block of West Church street reported the theft of his bicycle from Raneys Coliseum
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Marana
Field
Ariz
Howard E. Stittsworth
Wakefield
Kas
Earl W. Nepple
Los Angeles
Stittsworth
Turner
Nepple
Joan Shingler
West Church Street
Raney
Believes Mail Sack Mystery Solved
SPOKANE Washington July 15 A. A solution to the mystery of missing mail sacks sent to the armed forces overseas is given by John D Hardy general superintendent of the railway mail service He says they have been used for tents and sandbags but adds I figure that in North Africa and the South Pacific some of the natives have turned them into dresses.
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Spokane
Wash
John D. Hardy
Washington, D
Railway Mail Service
North Africa
South Pacific
Highway Detour Report From Sixth District Headquarters
The State Roads Commission announces a July 17 detour report for Washington county while two weeks of resurfacing continue. Route 40 B between Hagerstown and Hopewell covers 1.88 miles with westbound detours via Avalon and Bryan Place to Salem avenue, then routes to 398 and 39S back to 40. Route 418 Leiterstown to Ringgold closes 3.00 miles with traffic diverted to Routes 60 or 64. Route 40 between Parkhead and Hancock stays open with convoy delays and caution.
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State Roads Commission
Washington County
Hagerstown
Hopewell
Washington Street
Avalon Avenue
Bryan Place
Salem Avenue
Huyetts Cross Roads
Leitersburg
Ringgold
Hagerstown-Leitersburg
Waynesboro
Hagerstown Smithsboro
Parkhead
Hancock
County Boy Wounded In Raid Over Reich
Sgt. W. R. Hollingsworth of Leitersburg was wounded June 30 in action over German territory while serving with the Army Air Forces. Home notification gave no injury details. He had been overseas six weeks and completed seven bombing missions.
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W. R. Hollingsworth
Army Air Forces
Leitersburg
War Department
Man fined for socking girlfriend's mother in city court
Nevin Sodergren, 23, paid a $10 fine in city court this morning for taking a sock at his girlfriend's mother. The mother complained and pressed the assault warrant. Magistrate M V Bostetter imposed the fine and Sodergren paid.
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Nevin Sodergren
M. V. B. Bostetter
Sodergren
Cardinal Maglione Reported Seriously Ill in Vatican Dispatch
The Vichy radio citing a Vatican dispatch said Cardinal Maglione papal secretary of state is seriously ill in Rome.
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London
Jay
Vichy
Vatican
Cardinal Maglione
Vice Presidential possibilities rise as FDR word awaited
Chicago reports a wave of potential vice presidential candidacies as Democrats await word from National Chairman Hannegan on the Roosevelt letter favoring Wallace. Delegates consider Wallace’s strength while names surface including Chandler Pepper O Mahoney Thomas Kerr Barkley Douglas Byrnes Lucas and Torton among others.
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Chicago
Robert E. Hannegan
White House
Hannegan
Roosevelt
Henry Agard Wallace
Wallace
Alfred
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Claude Pepper
Florida
Rep
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Robert §. Kerr
Oklahoma
Alben W. Barkley
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
James S. Byrnes
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Mary Torton
New Jersey
Nerve Crackers in Normandy Reported by Allied Troops
Lt. Nick Shapis of Perth Amboy New Jersey reports German forces in Normandy using firecrackers as nerve weapons. He found devices stamped made in Japan with slow burning fuses of different lengths that pop at intervals, mimicking sniper fire.
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Normandy
Nick Shapis
Perth Amboy
N. J
Japan
French Troops With Allies Combatants Warned by De Gaulle
Eisenhower declared French interior forces a combatant force integral to the Allied Expeditionary Force. The statement cites German actions against Franc-Tureurs in France, flagging their treatment as irregulars and subject to justice.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
West
Ceiling prices placed on watermelons by OPA
The OPA set ceiling prices on watermelons at one and a half cents per pound above net cost with the ration office stating dealers may earn that profit. It added the OPA can demand cost bills if consumers complain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Ration
Local Boy Promoted to First Lieutenant in War Dept
Thomas Edward Stitely of 28 East Franklin Street Hagerstown promoted to first lieutenant by War Department announcement.
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Thomas Edward Stitely
Franklin Street
Hagerstown
Leutenant
War Department
Driver 71 Fined for Drunken Driving in City Court
A. Clinton Martin, 71, of Reid, was fined $100 and costs after admitting a small amount of alcohol three hours before arrest. Witnesses testified his car struck a parked truck on Paramount and damaged fence posts before a flat tire ended the incident.
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A. Clinton Martin
Reid
Martin
M. W. B. Bostetter
Mraugans
Reynolds
Paramount
Middleburg Pike
Fire destroys shops and church at Alfred school
A $200,000 blaze engulfed the shops of St. Joseph's Industrial School for defective boys and a church near Alfred Ontario, with windborne embers threatening nearby structures. There were no casualties.
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Alfred
Ont
St. Joseph's Industrial School
Ottawa
Montreal
Virginian Captures Japan Photos In record flight
Capt Winfree A. Sordelett of Virginia flew a P-38 on Oct 31 1945 over Japan collecting photographs and weather data. The 24 year old former Hopewell post office clerk earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for a 2200 mile round trip across the East China Sea, with the citation released July 15.
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14Th Air Force
China
Winfree A. Sordelett
Japan
Hopewell
East China Sea
Armour Appointment Signals Tougher Argentina Policy
Norman Armour named director of the State Department Office of American Republics, signaling a sterner stance toward Argentina. He will begin next month, succeeding Lawrence Buggan, with no new ambassador planned to Buenos Aires as Gen Edelmiro Farrell’s government remains the focus of U.S. policy.
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Washington
Norman Armour
State Department
Office of American Republics
Argentina
Lawrence Buggan
Edelmiro Farrell
Buenos Aires
No Dog Yet
In Waterbury on July 15 a caller asked veterinarian Charles A. Beere how large a dog house should be before obtaining a dog. The vet replied that size depends on the dog, and the caller admitted he had not yet acquired a dog.
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Waterbury, Conn
Charles A. Beere
Open Season On Tonsils At Washington County Hospital
Washington County Hospital sees a surge of school age children for tonsillectomies. June figures show 95 operations, July 54 so far with potential to exceed 100 for the month. Comparisons reveal last year’s totals were higher in summer with 135 in June 1948 and 142 in July. Open season on tonsils reflects school schedules and beliefs in quicker recovery during hot months. Hospital insurance expansion aids broader access to this popular service.
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Washington County Hospital
Division Chief, 4 Others Die In Plane Crash
CHATTANOOGA Tenn July 15 P Maj Gen Paul W Newgarden commander of the 10th Armored Division two colonels and at least two other persons were killed last night when an Army plane crashed during a heavy storm en route from Fort Knox Kentucky to Augusta Georgia for a troop review at Camp Gordon to celebrate the second anniversary of Newgarden's command. The crash occurred during winds and an electrical storm and the plane disintegrated. Portions of uniforms and insignia were found. Gen Newgarden 54 a veteran of 35 years service was a West Point graduate and former assistant chief of staff G 3 in the Sixth Corps Area. Col Lawrence a full colonel since July 1942 had overseas duty in World War I.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Paul W. Newzarden
10Th Armored Division
Here
Lester M. Nichols
Camp Gordon
Newgarden
Renn Lawrence
Fort Knox
Augusta
Howard Clark
Fort Oglethrope
West Point
Army War College
Chicago
Col. Lawrence
Realty Market Has Off Week
The local realty market marked time over the week ending today with aggregate sales totaling $40,000. Transactions included S. Howard Phipps trustee to George W. Tingle for a Forrest Drive Lot at $2,250 and E. Catherine Beard to Florence A. Carey for a property on Ray Street at $3,000, among others.
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S. Howard Phipps
George W. Tingle
Forrest Drive
E. Catherine Beard
Florence A. Carey
Ray Street
Eunice M. Schmitt
Joseph Henry Schmitt
Laura Bell Barger
Mary A. Smith
Linganore Avenue
William E. Horst
Hester L. Wilson
Sadie C. Piggott
Daniel S. Collins
Charles Street
Etna Pea
Burke
Wm. N. Burke
Clinton H. Berger
Sherman Avenue
Main Street
Funkstown
Clarence E. Pike
Thurland, Colbert
Williamsport-Boonsboro Road
Missing Prof Found Driving Laundry Truck in Hartford
John 3. Commons 53, former University of Wisconsin economics professor, long missing since 1930, has been found driving a laundry truck in Hartford. He was legally declared dead in 1938 after his wife’s divorce. Commons told investigators he had merely stepped out of his wife’s life.
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Hartford
Conn
Hartford Courant
John 3. Commons
University of Wisconsin
Commons
Divorce Suit Filed by Ezra Baker for Mary Baker
Ezra M. Baker through attorney Harry E. Snyder filed a divorce suit in court today against Mary A. Baker. It is noted as the 12th divorce filing this month.
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Ezra M. Baker
Harry E. Snyder
Mary A. Baker
Goebbels Article Prompts Alliance Rift Talk
The U S Office of War Information views Goebbels Das Reich piece as an appeal for easing surrender terms amid hopes for peace. Berlin says the commentary aims to wedge Britain and the United States from the Soviet Union as Nazi propaganda brands Bolshevism as unrest.
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Associated Press
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
U. S
Office of War Information
United States
Britain
Das Reich
Berlin
Soviet Union
Goebbels
Madrid
Das Schwarze Korps
Desperate Nazis Prepare To Defend East Prussia
Descriptions from London report a Russian offensive expanding across southern Poland toward East Prussia and Warsaw. The German high command claims some penetrations were halted by counter blows as Moscow maintains selective public updates on the operation.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
Poland
Junker
East Prussia
Red Army
Tarnopol
Lnow
Luck
Lublin
Warsaw
Brest-Litovsk
Bug River
Berlin
Moscow
Pripyat
Baltic States
CBS
Grodno
Minor Accidents Rise in Hagerstown ER Records
Multiple incidents at Washington County Hospital show a surge in minor household accidents in Hagerstown. Two and a half year old Harry J. Poole Jr. treated for a laceration above the left eye after a fall. Daisy Embley also treated for a fractured right foot from a stairs fall. Both were discharged home.
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Hagerstown
Washington County Hospital
Harry J. Poole, Jr
H. I. Poole
South Potomac Street
Daisy Embley
South Locust Street
Race Meet Fans Jam Hotels Here
Hagerstown hotels are at capacity as out of town visitors arrive for the race meet. Managers report crowd levels higher than last year and note regulars alter plans or arrive with reservations. Some say they wish for more rooms, while others see guests booking weeks in advance. Regulars return, even as unexpected visitors seek lodging in the busy season.
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Hagerstown
OPA
Woman Refuses Old Tires for Inspection in Nasturtium Beds
In Oklahoma City on July 15 a woman sought two new passenger car tires but would not bring the old ones for inspection. When asked why she said the old tires were around her nasturtium beds. She did not receive the new casings.
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Oklahoma City
Don Hardin
Auction So Far Nets $30,000 War Bond Drive
The Retailers Bond Auction in Washington county has raised $30,000 in Series E war bonds as about 80 items were auctioned. Only about a quarter remain with bids reaching up to 15.0 for a single article while smaller items sold for 25 bonds. The group aims for 5000 in bonds and plans to finish in a few days as the campaign boosts sales and publicity.
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Washington County
Argentina's Quints One Year Old Today
Argentina's famed Diligenti quintuplets celebrate their first birthday in Buenos Aires today. All five children remain healthy, with Franco Jr. notable for height at 22 inches and 26 pounds, Maria Feranda close in weight, and the others Maria Cristina Maria Esther and Carlos Alberto weighing about 63 pounds total.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Franco
Maria Fermanda
Maria
Cristina
Maria Esther
Carlos Alberto
County Man Helo George D Nelson Arrested After Collision
George D Nelson of Sandy Hank was taken into custody after a two car crash near Bronawick last Tuesday. Nelson allegedly left the scene after his car collided with a vehicle driven by Howard H Hartman of Frederick. He faces charges from the police.
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Helo
George D. Nelson
Sandy Hank
Bronawick
Nelson
Howard H. Hartman
Frederick
Acens
Weccident
Poline Allege
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County Springs Holding Own
Drouth
Clark
Reich
Robert S. Kerr
Grayce Kerr
F.D.R
Convention
de Gaulle
Near Reid
New York
Southwest Pacific
Federal Comunications Commission Today
Tokyo
FCC
Mitier
Virginian
Realty Market
Quints
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