Germans Make Little Progress In Ukraine
German Panzer columns pushing toward Leningrad claimed a limited advance east of Moscow, but Soviet dispatches and the Red Army report refuted gains. The Central Front saw heavy fighting west of the Dnieper as Soviet forces mounted a strong counterattack. The German high command said operations were proceeding favorably amid fierce action and losses.
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Associated Press
Stalin Ne
Leningrad
Elaja
Skov
Bntral Front
Dnepiver
Moscow
Bultin
Adolf Hitler
Rthern
Pskov-Porkhov
Eningrade
Wagering Reaches All-Time High at Fairgrounds Track
Wagering on Tuesday at the fairgrounds soared to 133000 setting a new one day record for the track, with total attendance around 9000 and 300 Washingtonians arriving aboard a special B and O train. Officials expect further gains as racing continues and betting climbs toward a million for the ten day meet.
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Fairgrounds
Baltimore
Hhe
Edward J. Brennan
Maryland Weather Update From U S Weather Bureau
Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with occasional light showers. Coastal areas warmer while extreme west portions cool slightly Thursday afternoon and again Thursday night. Chesapeake Bay winds shift from southeast and south to moderate northwest with showers, local storms, and squalls likelihood Thursday afternoon.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Streams Weather Update At Potomac River Area
At noon today Potomac River muddy with Licking Creek clearing Conococheague Creek clearing Antietam Creek clear The brief weather note cites local creeks and river conditions for the area.
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Potomac River
Licking Creek
Conococheague Creek
Antietam Creek
Reds Industries Well Hidden and Ready for War
London July 16 Russian Ambassador Ivan Maisky said that even if Moscow falls the Soviet Union’s dispersed industries would keep the Red army supplied. He cited heavy and light industry hidden in the Urals and argued Leningrad’s region was not vital to wartime production. Air observers note the lack of German bombing in Russian targets supports his claim.
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London
Ivan Maisky
Moscow
Soviet Union
Red Army
Maisky
Urals
Leningrad
Narva
Pskov
Tipperary
Germany
Russia
Britain
Luftwaffe
France
Bank Facade Cleaning at Nicodemus National Bank
The marble front of the Nicodemus National Bank is being cleaned with a weak muriatic acid solution brushed on and washed off with live steam. Queen City Renovating Company of Baltimore conducts the work, the first cleaning since the 1927 remodeling and enlargement.
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Nicodemus National Bank
Queen City Renovating Company of
Baltimore
Elks Will Buy More Bonds For Brother
Philadelphia July 16 The Elks will answer President Roosevelt's call to aid national defense by buying more defense bonds. Retiring Grand Exalted Ruler Joseph G Buck of Trenton N J said the order has already purchased 150000 worth of bonds and plans to buy tens of thousands more In a message to the 77th annual convention of the B P O E the President a member of Poughkeepsie Lodge No 275 said I know this grand organization will not fail in this time of national emergency.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Elks
Joseph G. Buck
Trenton
N. J
National Order
Poughkeepsie Lodge No
George Sibley, Post-Dispatch editor emeritus dies at 83
George Sibley editor emeritus of the Post-Dispatch and a widely known American newspaper man died today in St Louis at age 83. His career spanned decades shaping coverage and editorial voice for the paper.
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ST. Louis
George Sibley
The
Post- Dispatch
Mrs Boyer Admitted After Fall Fractured Leg
Mrs William Boyer of Roessner avenue was admitted to Washington County Hospital yesterday afternoon for treatment of a fractured right leg sustained in a fall at her home.
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William Boyer
Roessner Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Tragedy Strikes Hopewell Father Returns to Work
Percy L. Chitty, whose son Osborne Chitty was killed when a hit and run driver struck his bicycle ten days earlier, resumed trucking work in Hopewell. His lumber truck moved slowly on a steep grade when a bicycle darted from a side street. Chitty veered but could not avoid the collision. 11 year old G. C. Hudgins Jr. died from a skull fracture.
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Hopewell
Percy L. Chitty
Osborne Chitty
Chitty
C10 Members Indicted for Socialists Plot in Minnesota
A federal grand jury indicted 29 people, 21 from the Minneapolis General Drivers' Union, alleging they sought to overthrow the U S government by seizing control of industry unions and naval and military forces. The indictments accuse plans for armed revolution when conditions were deemed favorable.
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United States
Hagerstown Day At Racing Meet Designated
The Cumberland Fair Association designates a day during its August racing meet as Hagerstown Day and invites Mayor Richard H. Sweeney and City Council members to attend and present the feature race trophy. The exact date will be decided at tomorrow's council meeting per a letter from Harry A. Manley, general manager of the Cumberland Fair.
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Cumberland Fair Association
Hagerstown
Richard H. Sweeney
Harry A. Manley
August Draft Batches Called From Hagerstown Area
Local draft boards issued induction orders for 22 selectives to leave in August. Five colored youths depart August 6, seven whites from Hagerstown on August 7, and ten whites from Board 2 on August 8. Ten Board 2 inductees already went to Baltimore induction center this morning.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Draft Board No. 2
Baltimore
Nazi Dive Bombers Hit Margate Harbor Mole Damaged
Berlin reports a night attack by Nazi dive bombers on the English port of Margate damaging the mole and harbor buildings. Other Luftwaffe units damaged two merchant ships of 3,000 and 5,000 tons off Newcastle.
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Berlin
Margate
Luftwaffe
Newcastle
O'Sullivan Rubber Co Receives War Dept Outlet Valves Order
The O'Sullivan Rubber Co Inc of this city received an order from the War Department for Spearhead outlet valves valued at 212,600. The purchase signals continued defense material production and ongoing government contracts for industrial components.
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O'Sullivan Rubber Co., Inc
War Department
Lifeline Run to Tobruk by British Navy
British ships run a perilous nightly supply operation to besieged Tobruk in Libya. Destroyers race into the harbor amid Stuka attacks, unloading ammunition and food while lighters take on wounded and supplies. The mission remains a stubborn lifeline for the beleaguered garrison.
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Tobruk
Libya
North African
Royal Navy
Approval Of Extended Service For Selectees Seen After FDR Backing
In Washington July 16 extended military service for selectees National Guardsmen and Army Reserve members gained support in the Senate after President Roosevelt formally backed removing the present one year service limit. Robert Patterson notified Congress that the War Department proposal received presidential approval and that demobilizing two thirds of the army soon would invite disaster. Roosevelt said the issue rests with Congress and that disintegration or continuation is a simple choice in these times. Senate skeptics linger though administration votes appeared enough to pass.
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Washington
Army
Senate
Roosevelt
War Department
Congress
Robert P. Patterson
Rayburn
Patterson
H.t.c
Horse Versus Auto Collision Near Cavetown
A farm horse owned by Arthur Sprecher collided with a car driven by Mildred Saylor near Cavetown. The horse escaped with minimal injuries while the auto sustained damage. No occupants were hurt.
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Cavetown
Arthur Sprecher
Mildred Saylor
Death of Virginia highway commissioner Henry G. Shirley
Henry G. Shirley state highway commissioner died at his Richmond home at 9 45 a m after months of illness from a heart ailment. He remained influential at Virginia's largest agency from his sickbed and was known for ties to Hagerstown where relatives live.
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Richmond
Henry G. Shirley
Reservoir leak in Edgemont dam finally plugged
After 39 years the leak in Hagerstown’s Edgemont reservoir, main source of mountain water, was plugged. Superintendent Albert Lard said confirmation depends on heavy rain. The leak first appeared in 1902 during dam construction and three workers died locating it. Concrete and stone reinforcement completed, Mr Heard hopes the leak is stopped.
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Edgemont
Hagerstown
Albert Lard
Municipal Water Department
Heard
See'y Knox Sends Sympathies To Hancock Mother Of Sub Victim
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox expressed the President's and his sympathy to Mrs. Edward P. Fost of Hancock for the death of her son Herbert Talmadge Fost, QM3, aboard the submarine O-9 which sank. The letter notes the O-9 had been overhauled and recommissioned and had completed 16 submergence tests before the tragedy, and that O-9 was with O-6 and O-19 when the loss occurred. The missive cites wartime urgency and crew readiness.
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See’y Knox
Hancock
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Edward P. Fost
Roosevelt
Herbert T. Fost
Herbert Talmadge Fost
U. S
Bombs Sink Axis Ship Off Libya
Cairo July 16 The British bombers struck an Axis convoy off Libya sinking at least one vessel of unknown tonnage amidships and damaging another. RAF Middle East Command also reported heavy raids on German air bases in Greece and Crete at Heraklion.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
R.A.F. Middle East Command
Herakleion
Crete
Scouts to Collect Scrap Aluminum Door to Door
Washington county committee set July 24 as the scrap aluminum collection day. A large wire bin was placed at the courthouse with 28 sections and scout patrols to tour every street. Citizens may deposit scrap, pots, and pans anytime. scouts will assist motorists and place donations in bins. Scoutmaster Bendell announced crews will handle bin deposits. L Vinton Hershey seeks truck offers for collection day.
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Washington County Committee
Court House
A. F. Bendell
L. Vinton Hershey
Transportation Committee
Nazis Bolster Home Defenses Amid Shipping Losses
London reports a British source says German fighters are being drawn from the Russian front to reinforce homeland defenses. British night bombers again strike Ruhr targets, with one Nazi plane claimed shot down, and a coastal command bomber hits an Axis supply ship off the French northwest coast.
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London
Germany
Air Ministry
Duisburg
Ruhr
Coastal Command
French
Baker Woodrow Ritz to Return on September Furlough
Word received by Mr and Mrs A Ritz of Frederick street says Woodrow Ritz a baker with the U S fleet in Asiatic waters will return to Hagerstown in September on a furlough His parents report their son Robert serves in the U S Army at Fort Monmouth S J Young Litz picture appeared in Look magazine last issue
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Woodrow Ritz
U.S
Asiatic
Daily Mail
Hagerstown
A. Ritz
Frederick Street
Americans Leaving Italy Held Up at San Remo
A special train carrying 76 members of a United States Consular party leaving Italy and Greece was detained at San Remo awaiting word on the sailing of a U S naval transport from New York carrying Axis consuls aboard.
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Rome
United States
Italy
Greece
San Remo
New York
Manila Bay Entrances Restricted Over New Mine Fields
The Navy issued a special warning that Manila and Subic Bay entrances in the Philippines will be dangerous due to newly laid mine fields. Private vessel movements are restricted and entry to Manila Bay is limited to daylight hours. Ships to Lamonja Island must hoist signals and await naval instructions. Pilots may board if weather allows. otherwise the navy control ship will guide inbound ships. The Army and Navy jointly control the defenses. type and origin of mines are not disclosed.
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Washington
Navy Today
Manila
Subic Bays
Philippine Islands
Manila Bay
Subic Bay
Naval Hydrographic Office
Lamonja Island
Manila Harbor
Farmers Told to Cut Weeds Along Roads
Acting on a complaint by Dr Homer E Tahler Hancock physician the Board of County Commissioners called attention to the weed cutting law along all roads A letter from Dr Tabler former chairman of the State Roads Commission urged cutting along the Pearce road in Hancock district for safer driving The letter was turned over to the County Roads Department which ordered an immediate survey
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Homer E. Tahler
Hancock
Board of County Commissioners
Tabler
State Roads Commission
Pearce Road
Hancock District
County Roads’ Department
Council Faces A Busy Session
The Mayor and City Council plan a busy session with delegations possibly attending. Action is needed on rights of way for a dual highway through the Hagerstown Golf course. North End residents plan to protest new central development and South End residents urge declaring a junk yard a nuisance.
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Hagerstown
City Hall
North End
Counce
South End
Cuban cabinet resigns to aid Batista reorganization
The Cuban cabinet resigned today to facilitate a government reorganization by President Fulgencio Batista.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Konoye Resigns As Japan Premier In Axis Era
TOKYO July 16 The cabinet of Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye, aligned with the Axis and in neutrality pact with the Soviet Union, resigns to strengthen domestic policy amid wartime and international crisis. Konoye submitted the government’s resignation to the Emperor at Hayama. Emperor commands remain in office until a new government is formed. The Emperor and Empress plan a prompt return to Tokyo. The resignation follows a year since Konoye’s formation for wartime issues, notably the European war and German decisions.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Russia
Konoye
Hayama
Europe
Body of one victim found in Potomac river tragedy
The body of Lynwood Nickel, 19, son of a Waynesboro undertaker, was recovered from the Potomac at 1:30 this noon after a morning of grappling by deputies and volunteers. The other drowned swimmer, John Robertson, 25, a Gettysburg florist, sank when their canoe was swept over the Potomac Edison dam near Williamsport around 2 pm. State police searched for Robertson’s body as of early afternoon. Deputy Medical Coroner Wells attended Nickel’s drowning scene near Mountain Lock. Friends offered a $25 reward for Robertson’s body. Survivors who swam to shore were J Baron Whitaker, James Hafer, and Morris Weaver. The river ran four feet above normal.
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Lynwood Nickel
Waynesboro
Potomac River
Nickel
Potomac
John S. Robertson
Gettysburg
Potomac Edison Dam
Williamsport
Wells
Mountain Lock
Dargan
Robert Clingan
William F. Fisher
York
Robertson
J. Baron Whitaker
Bigierville
James Hafer
Gettysburg College
Morris Weaver
Robert Miller
Maryland
West Virginia
Waspish Soldier Tries An Infamous Route Question
In Lee Virginia on June 16 a young soldier halted a staff car after being flustered by a girl motorist asking for directions to a camp. General Charles D. Hartman calmly gave precise routes as the trooper, flushed with embarrassment, saluted and muttered thanks.
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Charles D. Hartman
Memphis
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G. C. Hudgins, Jr
Marie Paxon
Enoch L. “Nocky’ Johnson
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C10
Trotzky
By Godfrey H. P. Anderson
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Shirley
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