Tojo Resigns as Japan Forms New War Cabinet
Japan moves to reshuffle leadership after Gen Hideki Tojo and his cabinet resign amid mounting Pacific defeats. Emperor Hirohito names Marquis Koichi Kido to urge a stronger cabinet, with Lt Gen Koiso and Admiral Yonai ordered to form the succeeding government. New leadership expected late tonight as statesmen confer.
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Associated Press
Japan
Pacific
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Hirohito
Koichi Kido
Genkuniaki Koiso
Korea
Mitsumasa Yonai
Koiso
Yonai
Kido
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
New York trainer Samuel Greenfield Dies at 54
Samuel Thomas Greenfield, a New York native who began as a jockey at 17 and became a trainer 12 years later, died yesterday at his home in New York. He trained horses at tracks in New York, Baltimore and Florida.
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New York
Samuel Thomas Greenfield
Baltimore
Florida
British Seize 12 Towns On Road To Paris
British forces pushed the offensive south from Caen driving through Ifs and Carmelles to command Caen port. The drive extended toward Troarn with heavy armored combat south of the Orne and Odon rivers. Troarn outskirts saw fierce German opposition and an antitank screen south to Wimborne. The three day old offensive nears a second major phase as Rommel evaluates risks.
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Gomery
Faubourg de Vaucelles
Caen
Ifs
Carmelles
Orne
Troarn
Odon
Villars-Bocage
Noyers
Villers-Bocage
Comunique
Wimwort
Rommel
Paris
Job Supply On Upswing Here In Hagerstown
War Manpower Commission figures show war production employment in Hagerstown fell by 2000 from its peak. Shilling noted most furloughed workers found other jobs and many out of town workers moved elsewhere. Unemployment compensation rolls in Washington County edged down in two weeks, with most claimants being women and men unable to perform all labor types.
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War Manpower Commission
Hagerstown
Shilling
Washington County
Deaths Jeremiah Timmons 71 Mercersburg resident dies at home
Jeremiah Timmons 71 died yesterday morning at his home in Mercersburg Route 2. Survived by sons Robert of Sharpsburg and Lloyd of Big Spring. daughters Mrs Luther Bowman Clearspring Mrs Edward McCauley Williamsport and Mrs James Rubeck Hagerstown Route. Funeral services will be held at the Welsh Run Church of the Brethren Friday at 2 o'clock.
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Jeremiah Timmons
Mercersburg
Robert
Sharpsburg
Lloyd
Big Spring
Luther Bowman
Clearspring
Edward McCauley
Williamsport
James Rubeck
Hagerstown
Church of the Brethren
Horse Racing Entries and Purses From Friday Meet
Friday’s entries listed multiple races with purses ranging from 700 to 74, and names like Fox Meadow Agile Dale Skippy McGerr Moorland Belle Frelan Thespian Tena Girl Bridgette Wea and Spanish Uhi. Several horses are marked as eligible or excluded with various jockeys and a note on apprentice allowance.
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Bridgette Wea Oopeourets
Eimo Y
Katrina
Amos
Bombing and shelling of Guam enters barrage phase
U S Pacific Fleet reports four days of heavy naval bombardment and air attacks on Guam elevating the assault into a barrage phase. Admiral Nimitz says battleships cruisers and destroyers pounded defense positions while carrier planes dropped 468 tons of explosives in two new attacks. The Guam campaign has intensified after Saipan.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Warrior
Guam
Japan
Tojo
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Marianas
Nimitz
Saipan
Pacific
Granted Divorce for Robert Smith Jr by Judge Mish
Robert Smith Jr is granted an absolute divorce from Esther Virginia Smith by Judge Joseph D Mish. Attorney Calvert K Hartle represented Smith in the proceeding.
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Robert Smith, Jr
Joseph D. Mish
Esther Virginia Smith
Calvert K. Hartle
Kentucky Family Of 3 Gets Along Sans Rationed Food
A Louisville family of three, the O W Smiths, has never used a ration book and purchases only unrationed foods. Since 1942 they have foreseen needs, including Evalina’s growth, and even sold their car when gasoline was rationed. An OPA investigation confirmed they buy no sugar and avoid the black market. Theresa Smith, 26, and 87-year-old husband Otto, a powder plant worker, live with their four year old daughter Evalina.
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Louisville
O. W. Smiths
Smiths
Smith
Theresa
Evalina
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Fred J. Karem
Les
Jaycees Vote On Dues At Next Outing
The Hagerstown Junior Chamber will host an outing next Thursday evening at the municipal golf course where Jaycee members will vote on changing the constitution to allow associate members under 35 to pay lower dues than regular members. Fred Mowen chairs the picnic committee for the event.
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Hagerstown
Platform Is Shortest Yet Containing Racial Plank
The T5 year old McKellar led Tennessee delegates into a secret session to retract a 26 vote Roosevelt pledge pending review of a racial declaration. McKellar said delegates were uninstructed for now. South demands widened the subcommittee to include Dan Moody and Gov. Colgate W. Darden as Texas and Mississippi push a states rights voter qualification plank.
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McKellar
Tennessee
Roosevelt
Dan Moody
Texas
Colgate W. Darden
Virginia
Mississippi
Moody
Best in Leather Billfolds at Saum's store
Ady Saum's at 21 Jonathan Street showcases leather billfolds as featured wares. The shop emphasizes quality and style for discerning customers seeking durable accessories.
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Saum’s
Jonathan St. Ady
Bond Auction Closes In Hagerstown War Bond Drive
The Hagerstown Retailers Bureau held a bond auction with hundreds of bids and about 35,000 dollars raised for Fifth War Loan, selling 85 items from 2 000 to 25 dollars. Top bidders include Mrs Victorine Morgan Boonsboro and Mrs N Ruth Shank Smithsburg with 2 000 and 1 950 dollars respectively.
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Hagerstown Retailers Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Victorine Morgan
Boonsboro
N. Ruth Shank
Smuthsburg
Jean Pope
Virginia Avenue
Carl McCleary
Frederick Street
R.B. Liskey
Russian Drive Near Warsaw Signals Deep Soviet Advance
Front dispatches describe a vast Soviet push from the Bug river north toward Lwow and beyond, with Red Army tanks and infantry crossing the Bug and reaching Polish soil. Lwow appears vulnerable as Germans retreat, while Maslennikov’s force frees hundreds of towns and nears Kaunas and Brest Litovsk as the warfront expands.
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Lwow
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Warsaw
Sokal
Red Army
Brody
Stalin
Kaunas
Daugavptly
Dvinsk
Europe
Ivan Ivanovich Maslennikov
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Maslennikov
Konstantin K. Rossovsky
Niemen River
Ochsner
Mt. Div
County Casualty List Grows With Three More Wounded
Three Hagerstown youths are reported wounded in Normandy. Pfc. Guy L Boward Jr 20 of the 29th Division was injured July 7 in France and is in an English hospital. Pvt Joseph C Palmer son of Mrs Lillian Gross 210 East Washington is also wounded and in England. Pfc Mervin C Heerner seriously wounded June 15 in France and held in an English hospital. his mother Mrs Nellie Heerner of 426 Jefferson reports limited word on his status.
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Hagerstown
Normandy
Pio
Guy L. Boward, Jr
France
England
Guy Boward
Chestnut Street
Joseph C. Palmer
Lillian E. Gross
East Washington Street
Army
Priv
Mervin C. Heerner
War Department
Nellie V. Heerner
Jefferson Street
Marvin
Much Farm Machinery No Longer Rationed
College Park Md July 20 Starting today 12 farm machinery types enter the non rationed list leaving 19 varieties for which farmers must establish priority. Joseph H Blandford chairman of the Maryland Agricultural Adjustment Agency outlines rationing by state and county quotas listing combines cornbinders corn pickers manure spreaders mowers side delivery rakes hay loaders pickup hay balers tractors grain drills potato planters potato diggers silo fillers irrigation pumps power sprayers garden tractors deep and shallow well water systems power pumps and arm milk coolers. Round and square dance every Fri and Sat night at Span ish Danceland Kemp s Mill Tavern Penn Maryland String Band Your old Friend Ross Adv.
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College Park
Joseph H. Blandford
Maryland Agricultural Adjustment Agency
News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Letters from service members describe life overseas and in hospital. Ernest V. Hill writes of a childhood friend met abroad in England while Charles C. Shank notes a shared July 7 letter date. RAF Staff Sergeant Hillary L. Shank arrives in the Gilbert Islands and Oscar Grove seeks letters from England. Kenneth M. Williams recuperates from arm surgery in a New York hospital.
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Hillary L. Shank
Gilbert Islands
Paul M. Shank
Clearspring
Yanks Close In On Germans Near Gothic Defenses
American troops on a 25 mile front reach the south bank of the Arno in hot pursuit of Germans fleeing to the Goth line. Colle Salvetti, seven miles northeast of Livorno, has fallen as Allied forces press toward an anti from Pisa along the highway to the enemy anchor at that sector.
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Gothic Defenses
Rome
Arno
Colle Salvetti
Livorno
Pisa
Uniformity Aim In This County
The county plans to increase uniformity in valuations by class rather than district. Farm assessments will continue to August, with an expected rise in personal property due to high livestock and equipment prices. Residential and industrial property will follow in a three year, five year sequence. Maryland’s Washington County leads by class reassessment.
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Gantz
Washington County
Maryland
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