Desperate Rommel Hurls Five Divisions Into Crucial Battle
Allied dispatches report Rommel deploying five divisions to counter Dempsey’s nine mile offensive front southwest of Caen as British tanks and infantry clash in Noyers. Across the front American forces press toward St Lo for the seventh day while Lessay remains a potential German holdout on the Cherbourg peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rommel
Wes Gallagher
HDQS
Noyers
Miles C. Dempsey
Caen
Erwin Rommel
Normandy
Dempsey
St. Lo
Lessay
Cherbourg
Inductees Listed by Draft Board for Army Service
Draft Board No 1 announced the Hagerstown inductees and their service branches for July. Names include Robert F Harrison Walter A Delosier Robert D Kline Warren C Barkley Charles Ringer Norman Morin James H Benedict John W Ingram Jr William M Witter Howard A Crouch Walter J Sellers Jr Claude W Karn Theodore W Black William P Henry William C Sixons and others with addresses across Maryland North Carolina and Virginia. Continued on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Harrison
Jefferson
Walter A. Delosier
South Cannon
Robert D. Kline
Burlington
N. C
Warren C. Barkley
North Potomac
Charles 3. Ringer
West Side
Norman
Morin
Clarendon
James H. Benedict
Frederick
John Wingram, Jr
Pennsylvania
William M. Witter
West Washington
Howard A. Crouch
South Prospect
Walter J. Sellers, Jr
Actress Gail Patrick Weds Navy Lieut. For Miami Honeymoon
Screen actress Gail Patrick and her bridegroom Navy Lieut Arnold Dean White enjoyed a belated honeymoon at an oceanfront Miami Beach hotel after restrictions that kept him in bachelor quarters at the Miami Naval Air Station were lifted. White had been restricted ten days for marrying the actress after going to Jacksonville without leave. Patrick arrived in Miami Friday to continue her tour of military hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Gail Patrick
Arnold Dean White
Ocean Front
Miami Naval Air Station
White
Jacksonville
Miss Patrick
Miami
Embargoes May Be Lifted On Wheat Trade
Kansas City July 17 All embargoes on shipments of wheat to the Kansas C4 terminal may be lifted soon, predicts Frank Theis, chairman of the Board of Trade joint terminal committee. The pile-up of loaded wheat cars in the yards was reduced last week from 4,882 to 3,300. Theis said yesterday that unless unexpectedly heavy arrivals change the picture, the permit system may be abandoned entirely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Virginian Given 4 Month Sentence in City Court
Delmar Mallory a 31 year old Virginia man long wanted by police in a larceny inquiry appeared before Magistrate Harry E Snyder in city court on a vagrancy charge and received four months in the House of Correction Mallory pleaded for leniency pledging to return to Virginia and remain there
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Delmar Mallory
Harry E. Snyder
House of Correction
Mallory
Virginia
Skunks Message Cards Spark Controversy in Philadelphia
A soldier’s wife handed out printed cards to motorists who pursued lone women, accusing them of wasting gas that could have aided a plane forced landing behind enemy lines. The card identifies the husband as serving in the armed forces and calls the pursuers skunks. In Idaho, fire crews responded to a blaze at the Tsions Club where an ice box burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Skunk
Coeur Dyalene
Idaho
Tsions Club
We Want Letters From Service Men Contest
Washington county service members have sent countless letters home from battlefields worldwide. Relatives urged to bring unusual, interesting, or exciting letters to Daily Mail office for publication consideration. Top letters may win weekly prize in the newspaper’s newstip contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatttlefields
Washington County
Daily Mail
Herald-Mail
War Loan Quota Topped By 27 Percent Washington county drives Fifth War Loan progress
Washington county reports rapid progress in the Fifth War Loan drive with 127 percent of its quota subscribed. Regular war bonds may still be credited if cleared through the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond by month end. Bond Chairman John D. Hollyday notes county total at 3,662.141, with Series E sales at 607,662.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Federal Reserve
John D. Hollyday
Hollyday
Byrnes Rises as Contender in Democratic VP Derby
CHICAGO July 17 War Mobilization Director James F Byrnes climbs into a strong contender position with Vice President Henry A Wallace and Senator Alben W Barkley in the tightening race for the Democratic vice presidential nomination Byrnes, who helped Roosevelt push Wallace at the 1940 convention, may have Roosevelt signaled backing but no clear answer emerges Yet his name will go before the convention only if strategists see a majority of votes possible Also backing Byrnes is Senator Burnett Maybank of South Carolina who favors him as the second man on a wartime ticket
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James F. Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
Alben W. Barkley
Byrnes
Roosevelt
Wallace
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Burnett Maybank
Samuel Jackson
Jackson
Funeral misreport sparks wakeful greeting in Towanda
In Towanda Pennsylvania on July 17 mourners arrived by train for the funeral of Mrs Ash Parsons. She greeted them sleepily at six in the morning and prepared breakfast. A relative misinterpreted a telegram and spread the erroneous report of her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towanda
Ash Parsons
Funkstown Soldier Wins Air Medal For Valor
Funkstown native Second Lieut. Robert B. Hammaker, 29, navigator of a B17, earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in bombing attacks on enemy Europe. The citation praised courage and skill reflecting credit on Hammaker and the United States Armed Forces. He previously worked for Pangborn Corp before enlisting in July 1942.
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Robert 8. Hammaker
Funkstown
Europe
Daily Mail
England
Lnward
United States
Hammaker
Wiliam B. Hammaker
Pangborn Corp
Army
Arm Of Girl Bitten Off By Polar Bear At Gotham Zoo
New York July 17. The right arm of Catherine Searles 24 of Harrison New Jersey was bitten off by a polar bear at Central Park Zoo after police said the animal had been awakened in its cage at 2 am She was taken to Roosevelt Hospital for emergency surgery and was reported in critical condition Officers said Miss Searles and three companions visited the zoo early today The bear struck at her arm as it clawed and snapped its teeth The arm was amputated below the shoulder later doctors said Roosevelt staff expressed hope for recovery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Catherine Searles
Hahway
N. J
Central Park Zoo
Equestrienne
Henry Malcolm Searles
Roosevelt Hospital
Arsenal Station
Searles
Gompantone
Gertrude Brady
New York City
Henry Brady
Edward Cheney
Manchester
Conn
William ‘Chick
Boston
Mass
Soc
Con
iCheney
Sec
Miss Searles
Cheney
Chick
Stork Club
Baltimore Youths Nabbed On Train
Three Baltimore youths R C Hall Dewey G Pratt and Herbert McCulah were arrested by Lieut E G Chapman of the Western Maryland police for train riding and given suspended sentences after pleading guilty They said they were merely starting out to see the nights Daisy Embly 24 South Locust Street fractured an ankle when she fell on the way home from work last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Hall
Dewey G. Pratt
Herbert McCulah
E. G. Chapman
Western
Maryland
Baltimore
Daisy Embly
South Locust Street
Tip Prizes For Week Are Split
Tip prizes for the week are split between several items in the Daily Mail contest. A fire discovery at a Fairground stable by plant workers, an automobile accident victim, and a stolen car found afire and abandoned are among the winning tips. Tips are accepted weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Daily Mail
Susie Greymountain's Jail Escape Ends in Fall at Hotel
Susie Greymountain, an Indian woman held for questioning, leaped from a hotel second floor as police sought answers. A homemade rope broke under her 209 pounds causing a three story fall. she fractured her pelvis and an ankle and firefighters freed her after two hours. In 1942 she also halted railroad traffic by blocking tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Susie Greymountain
Gene Lund
Miss Greymountain
Lund
Slot Machine Draws 200 Fine in Elizabeth Street Case
Boyd B Heiges owner of a restaurant on Elizabeth street faced a 200 dollar fine after police seized two new five cent slot machines. Magistrate Harry ing imposed the penalty following a guilty plea and conference with State's Attorney Martin L. Ingram. The machine was confiscated and will be destroyed as the prosecutor vows ongoing crackdowns to keep slot machines out of the county. Heiges presented a 100 dollar Internal Revenue Bureau license receipt, questioning federal versus state reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd B. Heiges
Elizabeth Street
Harry E. Snyder
Heiges
State
Martin L. Ingram
Baltimore
Heigel
Ingram
U. S. Internal Revenue Bureau
Maryland
United States
Jap Navy Chief Resigned in Tokyo Shakeup
New York dispatch reports Admiral Shigetaro Shimada resigned as Japanese navy minister with Admiral Naokana Nomura named as successor. The Tokyo broadcast noted the investiture occurred before Emperor Hirohito, amid cabinet reshuffles in Tojo’s administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tokyo Radio Today
Shigetaro Shinada
Naokana Nomura
Federal Communications Commission
Shimada
Navy
Hedeki Tojo
Nomura
Tokyo
Wind and hail wreak havoc across Easton area
A tornadic storm swept south through Maryland's Eastern Shore damaging a cannery in Trappe and a large Easton hardware store while destroying crops including tomatoes corn and sweet potatoes. Cambridge Bucktown and Easton suffered extensive tree damage and power outages though no deaths or injuries were reported.
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Easton
Maryland
Trappe
Cambridge
Bucktown
Cambaridge
Betting Records Shattered At Hagerstown Races
Betting records fell at Hagerstown as mutuels handled over 218000 dollars, about 25000 more than any previous day. Officials noted bigger bets and money everywhere, with even the 5 and 19 windows crowded. Although crowds seemed large, some officials thought it not as big as peak years. Racing resumes tomorrow at 2 pm with eight races on tap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Truck Overturns Near Funkstown After Skidding
A heavy Pennsylvania truck loaded with potatoes overturned near the Funkstown bridge around 8:30 this morning. The negro driver escaped injury and crawled from the cab. The truck slid, struck the Kershner home porch, spilling potatoes along the highway. Constable Bruce Spicklers investigated and noted possible charges due to skid marks suggesting speeding.
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Pennsylvania
Funkstown
Kershner
Breezewood
Bruce Spicklers
East Prussia Has No Natural Barrier
Marines on Saipan discover a cave named the Cave of Horrors. Second Lieut. Charles Cross and 16 men approach after hearing Japanese voices. They see women, children, and elders pleading for water while offering surrender with food and aid. No one comes out.
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Saipan
Marianas Islands
Charles T. Cross
Minneapolis
Cross
Mizu
Bridges and Rail Yards Blasted in Major Allied Strike
London reports a large Allied air raid attacking 30 river bridges to the Normandy front, Belfort rail yards in eastern France, and a bomb supply dump near Rheims. Up to 759 heavy bombers plus 500 fighters conducted the operation, marking one of the largest four engine air offensives so far in the invasion.
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London
U. S
Normandy
Belfort
France
Rheims
Berlin
Reich
Nelfort
Switzerland
Paris
Calais
Bond Found After Tornado Carries Mail Item 200 Miles
A $25 War Bond made out to Robert Baur of McKeesport Pennsylvania was found by Frank Hammond in a cornfield near Chewsville Maryland after a tornado struck parts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The bond traveled an estimated 200 miles, likely whirled aloft when the Baur home was destroyed. Letters from West Virginia victims and other papers were found in Berkeley County West Virginia and nearby areas. Hammond received a thanks note from Mr and Mrs Raffir hospitalized after injuries in the storm.
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McKeesport
Pennsylvania
West, Virginia
Frank Hammond
Chewsville
Robert Baur
Hammond
Hammond Field
West Virginia
Berkeley County
W. Va
Garrett County
Ima
West
Rafir
Russians Push Toward East Prussian Border
Russian forces drive along a broad front from the Baltic to the Pripyat marshes after taking Grodno, a fortress city near East Prussia. Germans retreat to the Niemen River as Russians cross it near Alytus and push toward Kaunas, with hundreds of towns reportedly falling along the line.
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Henry P. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Baltics
Pripyat
Grodno
Stalin l
East Prussia
East Prussian
Niemen River
Niemen
Alytus
Kaunas
Lithuania
Dorsunishki
Latvis
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Mstibovo
Robot Attacks Continue and Rumors of Super Bombs
London reports say German flying bombs struck the capital and southern counties again at dawn adding to casualties and damage. Stockholm dispatches claim Germany massing ten ton bombs capable of crossing the stratosphere to New York, but experts doubt the Swedish report and note propaganda usage by Stockholm papers.
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London
Tress
Sweden
Stockholms Tidingen
Denmark
New York
Filling Station Robbed for Pennies in West Washington
Robbers shattered a window at the Herbert Bagghman Alling filling station near 1080 Mock in West Washington to grab a small cache of pennies. Police check for fingerprints as investigators review the scene after the overnight theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirbert Bagghman
West Washingtont
Sutton
Prilee
Out Of Season MEMPHIS Snowball Incident Report
A fragmented 171830 memo describes snowball tossing at a paceing crowd in Memphis and references an arrest during the incident. The text includes garbled names and unclear details but indicates a public disturbance and subsequent official action.
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Memphis
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Draft Board No. 1
Democratic Committee
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Claude Pepper
Florida
John Mcttermack
Massachusetts
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Thomas D’alessandro
F.D.R
Robert 5. Hammaker
Elmer Jenkins
Harry Shaffer
Shaffer
Jenkins
New England
New Hampshire
Maine
Gotham Zoo
Jap Navy
Associated Press
Sst
David Dempser
Marine Corps
Bond
Prussian
Stockholm
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