Fires Raging In 5 Bombed Jap Cities
Pacific front dispatch reports Okinawa based US air forces delivering a record raid with over 400 B 29s dropping 4600 tons of incendiaries on Fukui Hitachi Choshi Okazaki and Amagasaki while Amagasaki Nippon oil refinery suffers a heavy blow. Thunderbolt escorts attack Shanghai Kiangwan and Tinghai airfields. Kagoshima rail tunnels and oil facilities damaged. One B 29 shot down with five crewmen rescued.
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Guam
Shanghai
Thunderbolt
Kagoshima
Fukui
Hitachi
Chosi
Okazaki
Nippon
Amagasaki
Pukui
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Okinawa
East China Sea
Kiangwan
Ching
Thunderbolts
Tinghai
Chu Shan
MacArthur
Kyushu
Japan
50 Mile Stretch Of China Coast Open To Invasion
Zhongshan era dispatch reports a 50 mile stretch of the South China coast firmly in Chinese hands and open for a sea borne invasion. Chinese forces advance from Tinpak toward Yeung Kong, severing Japanese links and threatening Canton as Chiang Kai shek hints at Chinese led victory with American air support. Chinese units also advance from Liuchow toward Kweilin, tightening the siege on a major former U S air base.
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Chungking
South China
Kwangtung Province
Tinpak
Canton
Hainan Island
Yeung Kong
Trnpak
Kuo Chi-chih
Hunan
Shantung
China
Manchuria
Chiang Kai-shek
Kwangsi Province
Liuchow
Saipo
Kweilin
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Condition Of Texas GI Still Critical
Fort Worth Texas July 20 The condition of Corp James E Newman who contracted tuberculosis and other diseases during three years in a Jap prison camp remained critical today Newman who fought on Bataan and made the death march was able to eat lightly yesterday The Corporal has received more than 6000 letters from all parts of the nation He is suffering from tuberculosis of the throat lungs and stomach and from the after effects of beri beri
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Fort Worth
Texas
Corp
James E. Newman
Newman
Bataan
Price cases decline as ration board schedules no hearings
The price department of the ration board reports no price violations hearings today marking the second straight week with no significant violations.
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Price Department of the Ration Board
Estimated 10,000 Japanese Troops Still Hidden on Okinawa
Reuters dispatch reports Lt Gen Hodge says about 10,009 Japanese fighters remain in northern Okinawa’s rugged mountains a month after capture. Daily Japanese casualties run around 50 as air and naval efforts continue, while new figures suggest 140,000 defenders including Okinawan conscripts.
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Okinawa
John R. Hodge
24Th Army Corps
Japan
U. S
Ryukyus
Hodge
Faster birth registrations improvet wartime delivery
Washington county adopts a new birth registration procedure to speed notices to families of service men for allotments. Physicians or birth attendants must forward birth certificates within four days to local registrars who then send the report to the State Registrar. Once recorded, a birth registration notice is mailed to the parents, aiding wartime families.
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Washington County
State Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Freak Storm Damages Span Near Hancock and Dillon
A freak storm hit a mile wide area between Andrew Cahill’s residence west of Hancock and Samuel Dillon’s place on Wednesday night. The State Roads Commission Sixth District reported severe damage to the Route 40 bridge, with three and a half hours of torrential rain washing out earth and rock under supports and along the shoulders. Debris required a snowplow and 73 to 100 loads of rock to replace material, while the under-bridge stream swelled into a raging torrent, flooding the valley and impeding traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Cahill
Hancock
Samuel Dillon
Dillon Place
Sixth District
State Roads Commission
Iran
D‘fiv Realty
Petty Thefts Worry Again
Three bicycles, 15 C-7 gas cow pens, a federal auto stamp and a screwdriver were stolen yesterday. Reports to police name W. F. Beard of East avenue, Walter Eavey of Hagerstown Route 4, and Edward Seal of Elizabeth street as victims. Fritz of Fayetteville, Pa., had gas stamps and coupons stolen from a car glove compartment at Western Maryland shops. Bruce Warrenfeltz of Boonsboro Route 2 reported the theft of federal auto stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Beard
East Avenue
Walter Eavey
Hagerstown
Edward Seal
Elizabeth Street
Beard
Eavey
Maryland Theater
Seal
A. HH. Fritz
Fayettevile
Maryland
Bruce Warrenfeltz
Boonshoro Route 2
Orders For Fuel Oil Not Delayed By Heat
The Met Oil division of the Ration Board and local dealers report heat will not delay fuel oil orders. The fuel department notes most next winter coupons have been applied for and many users are filling tanks to capacity. OPA urged home tanks be filled due to limited storage and risk distributors cannot obtain full supplies next fall.
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Met Oil Division
Ration Board
Fuel Department
OPA
Attempt To Kill Hitler Move To Leave General Staff Intact
USFET G2 officers study the July 20 plot to kill Hitler and leave the German general staff intact. They say the plan aimed to force peace with the Allies and preserve the staff for the next war, drawing in civilian officials and top Wehrmacht leaders. The scheme unraveled, leading to executions and altered command across the army. Lt. Ernest Miller recalls the plan seemed foolproof but failed due to trivial incidents.
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Hitler
General Staff
George Tucker
Frankfurt
Main
United States
USFET
Adolf Hitler
G-2
Leroy Vogel
San Antonio
Tex
Stalingrad
Te ‘Reich
Wehrmacht
Count von Helldorf
Berln
Goerdeler
Leipzig
Paris
Berlin
Ernest Miller
Astoria
Estelle Taylor Seeks Divorce From Paul Small
Estelle Taylor files suit for divorce from film producer Paul Small in Los Angeles amid claims of mental cruelty. The former wife of Jack Dempsey separated from Small in May 1944 after a 1943 marriage, seeking a property settlement approval. Taylor previously divorced Dempsey in Reno in 1931 and had prior marriages.
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Los Angeles
Estelle Taylor
Paul Small
Jack Dempsey
Small
Miss Taylor
Dempsey
Reno
Kenneth M. Peacock
Wilmington
Del
Worst Shortage Of Fuel Forecast For Winter
Secretary Ickes warned the worst fuel shortage of the war looms this winter. He urged 25 state fuel conservation directors to start local drives to heat tighten homes, shops, and buildings with insulation weather stripping caulking and storm doors to cope with tight quotas.
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Washington
Ickes
First Yanks From Europe Won't Fight Japs Before Dec. 1
The first Army Division redeployed from Europe will not reach Pacific theater until December 1 after eight weeks of retraining. The 86th Division will assemble August 1 at Camp Gruber to learn new combat tasks, with movement likely by October 1 and theater arrival about six weeks later. The 97th will begin 30 day furloughs then assemble at Fort Bragg mid August. Nine other divisions are slated for Tokyo with end of month returns.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Camp Gruber
Oklo
86Th
Tokyo
Wheat Still In Fields Sprouts
Heavy rains hurt Washington county wheat still in shocks reducing quality and weight from 60 to 54 pounds per bushel for later deliveries. Farmers lack help to harvest, leaving much of the bumper crop in fields while some are threshing barn-stored grain.
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Washington County
Brazilian Student Taught At Fairchild
An aviation trainee from South America arrived in Hagerstown to undertake a six month training course at Fairchild Aircraft Division. Raul de Moraes Natividade of Sao Paulo Brazil joins through the International Training Administration under a program aiding qualified young men from American republics to gain practical U S trades experience and CAA postgraduate scholarships.
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American Republics
United States
South America
Hagerstown
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Raul de Moraes
Soong predicts end of war with Japan this year
Chungking July 20 Premier T. V. Soong, back from Moscow, said today that the war with Japan would end this year or early next. He spoke after his return to Chungking and outlined optimistic prospects for a swift conclusion.
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Chungking
T. V. Soong
Moscow
Japan
School Repairs Going Forward
Repairs and improvements to city and county public schools are progressing satisfactorily. Howard and Wayside interiors have been redecorated and painters are active elsewhere. Roof work is underway at Antietam Street with new roofs planned at Cascade and Beaver Creek. Willis reported an inspection after closure found all possible repairs will be made, though finding competent labor remains difficult.
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B. C. Whilis
Howard
Wayside
Antietam Street
Cascade and
Beaver Creek
Willis
Truck Taken But Returned With Damaged Fender
E C Rancher of Western Maryland Tile and Stone reported a Ford dump truck stolen overnight and found returned with smashed fenders. His dog barked loudly but no sighting occurred. A flashlight left on the front seat may yield fingerprints for clues.
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E. C. Ranchor
Todey
Ranchor
Western Maryland Tile and Stone Company
Teacher Shortage Reported Here
The Board of Education said there is a public school teacher shortage nationwide with many vacancies still in high schools and grade schools. Superintendent B C Willis noted this summer’s situation is not as severe as last year, and higher salaries may entice trained teachers who left for war industries back to teaching.
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The
Board of Education
B. ¢. Willis
Gallant 44th Is Back In Homeland
New York July 20 The Gallant 44th Infantry Division arrives from France aboard the Queen Elizabeth. Fourteen thousand seven hundred sixty soldiers with orange and blue shoulder insignia debark as a complete division for the first time, part of a larger return of twenty eight thousand four hundred Americans aboard six ships led by Monticello Jeune Bret Harte Nishma and Frances Y Slanger. The group also includes units from the Second and Fifth Infantry Divisions, 1481 casualties and twelve liberated air corps POWs.
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New York
44Th
France
Hiller
Europe
United States
Monticello
Lé Jeune
Bret Harte
Nishmaha
Frances Y. Slanger
Fifth Infantry
Air Corps
Truman Pianist Eugene List Play to Stalin and Churchill
In Potsdam President Truman played Beethoven at a state dinner while pianist Eugene List entertained. Stalin toasted List and urged another piece. Churchill called for the Missouri Waltz as the leaders discussed folk tunes in a lively musicale scene.
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Potsdam
Truman
Stalin
Churchill
Eugene List
List
Leningrad
Dmitri Shostakovich
Volga
Caucasus
Steppes
Uncashed Payroll Checks Reported at Fairchild Aircraft
Fairchild Aircraft Division employees were urged to cash their paychecks promptly as the accounting department noted a rising number of uncashed checks. Workers were advised to have funds deducted and invested in war bonds if no immediate need for cash exists.
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Fairchild Aircraft Division
Local Boy Awarded Bronze Star for Lathe Invention
3/Sgt. Harry K. Potts of Ha gerstown son of Frank Potts earned the Bronze Star from Gen. Walter Krueger Sixth Army after developing a lathe attachment to recondition salt water pumps for Gray Marine engines. The device aided landing craft during Pacific island combat amid Jap air raids and is now in use across Fourth Engineer Special Brigade units.
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Gray Marine
Harry K. Potts
Frank
Fotts
Concord Street
Hagerstown
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
Daily Mail
Luzon
Pacific
Great Vale
Fourth Engineer Special Brigade
City’s Two Paralysis Cases Are Improving
Reports say two cases of infantile paralysis among city residents are improving. One patient, a summer victim sent to overseas care, shows rapid progress under Hig attendants. The other is a 14 year old county official’s son, now out of danger and expected to recover fully. A local producer notes Mrs. E Knepper owns a White Apex hen that laid over four hundred eggs since Easter, producing two eggs in one day.
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Hig
E. Knepper
South Potomac
Truman Speech Highlights Peace Over Berlin Flag Raising
President Truman spoke at a symbolic flag raising in conquered Berlin stressing that the United States seeks peace and prosperity for the world, not territory. The address occurred amid the Big Three conference efforts to resolve European boundaries and postwar issues.
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Potsdam
Truman
Berlin
United States
Britain
Russia
United States Group Council
Germany
Washington
Algiers
Eisenhower
Rome
Tokyo
Mr. Truman
Radio Blackout Screens Halsey Fleet Operations
Guam dispatch reports a radio blackout before the first American naval bombardment of Japan, hiding Adm. William F. Halsey's Third Fleet maneuvers. Tokyo broadcasts briefly warned of a return strike as Admiral Nimitz offered no move hints. Latest attack targeted Nojima Point near Tokyo as ships pummeled Yokosuka.
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Guam
Japan
William F. Halsey
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Comitique
Halsey
Anehal
Tokyo Bay
Nojima Point
Yokosuka
Flu And Pneumonia Cause Most Deaths In County
Flu and pneumonia led to the highest mortality in Washington county during the first quarter of 1948, surpassing other diseases. The report notes tuberculosis and syphilis figures, with fluctuating death counts and mentions motor accidents as a smaller cause.
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jMore
Washington County
Ballerin
Whaopiign
Igtt
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Gia
Karl Horst Max Wacker
Pic
William Walker
FBI
Camp Upton
L. I
Fuehrer
Fairchild
Erminia Roohan
Calif
Homeland
Owe
Sionisi
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