Clash Over Democratic Veep Nominee In Chicago
Wallace and Truman led rival blocs in a dramatic struggle for the Democratic vice presidential nomination as Roosevelt urged focus on global war effort. Roosevelt, renominated, said he will not run in the political sense and emphasized reporting facts to the public during wartime. He forecast postwar peace and future employment goals with a stronger world order and domestic economy.
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Chicago Stadium
Henry A. Wallace
Harry Truman
Roosevelt
Pacific Naval
Disgruntled Texans To Discuss Steps At Meeting
Texas Democrats who walked out of the national convention planned a meeting of dissident southerners in Chicago to discuss next steps in their revolt against the New Deal. Third party talk circulated and the gathering was described as potentially a rump session, with southerners asked to convene one hour after the main session ends.
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Chicago
Texas
FDR Secrecy Marks Pacific Coast Nomination Trip
President Roosevelt accepted renomination for a fourth term aboard a covert special train at a Pacific Coast naval base. Accompanied by top aides, he arrived after a six day, secret cross country journey through 16 states, with only a few hundred witnesses and no public sighting of the president. The journey began from Washington on July 13.
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Pacific Coast Naval Base
Roosevelt
Naval Base
Washington
Soldier Divorced in Florida Army Station
Freeman D. Schildknecht, an army sergeant stationed in Florida, has been granted a divorce from Katherine M. Schildknecht in this city. Mrs. Schildknecht was notified of the divorce through the War Department.
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Freeman D. Schildknecht
Florida
Katherine M. Schildknecht
Schildknecht
War Department
Wounded Clearspring Soldier Returns Home From War
Pvt. Paul Suffecool, 31, son of Mrs. Minerva Suffecool, near Clearspring, wounded in the left shoulder on June 16, is among the first local men from France to be brought back to the United States. A member of the 29th Infantry Division, he landed in Normandy June 11 and is now at Woodrow Wilson General Hospital, Virginia, Ward A-9, awaiting correspondence from friends.
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Pvt
Paul €. Suffecool
Minerva Suffecool
Clearspring
France
United States
Normandy
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
Will Erect Airport Lights At Hagertown Airport
A Civil Aeronautics Authority official arrived to oversee a contract to install boundary lights at Hagertown Airport. The floodlights will create a landable area for night landings, aiding hospital transports to and from Martinsburg’s Newton Baker Hospital. Work is slated to start next week, with costs between 30000 and 40000 dollars, after a city engineer’s consultation.
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Hagerstown
Newton Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Charles W. Stump
C.A.A
Train derailment blocks main tracks in Huntingdon
In Huntingdon Pennsylvania on July 21 twelve cars of an 81 car eastbound freight derailed in front of the main station, tying up four tracks toward Chicago and the west. No injuries were reported by railroad officials.
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Huntingdon
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Auto Parts Shortage Delays for Broken Cars In Hagerstown
A large Hagerstown auto parts retailer and an OPA official say parts shortages hinder repairs and many traders refuse broken down cars until all parts are secured. Dealers report customers leaving cars unrepaired due to unavailable components.
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Hagerstown
OPA
Dealer Charged With Violating Ceilings
A Hagerstown retailer faces a summary hearing before the Price Panel of the Price Administration for allegedly selling a refrigerator above the OPA ceiling. This is the second such charge within a week. last week the seller agreed to refund the excess over the ceiling price.
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Ration Board
Hagerstown
Street Resurfacing Starts Next Week in Hagerstown
Hagerstown's street resurfacing program begins early next week with the South End filing first. City Engineer Charles Stump announced about 80 blocks will be resurfaced citywide using regular street department crews.
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Hagerstown
South End
Charles Stump
Gas for furloughs raises limit to thirty gallons
The Office of Price Administration announced a new rule allowing armed forces members on furlough to receive one gallon of gas per day for furlough periods from three to thirty days. The previous limit was five gallons per furlough. No ration is granted for leaves shorter than three days, per Army and Navy guidance.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Army
Navy
Russians Tighten Grip on Baltic Front Near Daugavpils
Moscow reports a major Red Army push across the Trans-Lithuanian railway capturing Skopishki and advancing toward Warsaw. The Nazis' Lwow garrison is described as doomed as Soviet forces press from Doruh.
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Moscow
Red Army
Lithuania
Poland
Warsaw
Lwow
Skopishki
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Riga
Memel
Dor
OPA Suspends Baltimore Gas Station Operators
The Office of Price Administration ordered three Baltimore filling stations to suspend sales for accepting and transferring to ration accounts counterfeit gasoline stamps and for short inventory. A fourth station owner was told to suspend for one month after admitting transferring bogus coupons. The actions, announced by OPA commissioner Clifford R. Snider, cited up to 6690 counterfeit stamps equal to about 33000 gallons. Shifts to planters: Washington authorized farmer producers selling legume and grass seeds to take a markup from 2.20 to 5 per hundredweight, effective July 26.
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Baltimore
Ofice
Ffice Administration
Iitation
OPA
Clifford R. Snider
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Gestapo Rises In Reich Amid Civil War Fears
London dispatch reports that Berlin faced precautionary measures as perceived civil war grips Hitler’s Reich. Himmler’s Gestapo purges officers allied with rebellious army leaders while Hitler denounces a dagger-into-our-back betrayal and vows a hard struggle against a purported revolt.
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Adolf Hitler
Reich
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Hitler
Reuters
Berlin
Germany
Italy
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Karl Doenitz
Col Beck Named As One Of Conspirators, Already Liquidated
London reports the Berlin radio declared Col Gen Ludwig Beck, once chief of the German general staff and named among Hitler’s conspirators, is no longer living. Deputy press chief Sunderman cited proof of a link with an enemy power as the motive. Beck retired in 1938 at his own request and was thanked by Hitler.
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London
Berlin
Ludwig Beck
Hitler
Beck
Sunderman
Staf
Hit. Her
Sailor Recalls Partridge Torpedo Hit During Invasion
Kenneth Krouse, a third class gunners mate from Chewsville, returned home to Salem Avenue after escaping the sinking of the fleet tug U S S Partridge. He recalled the dawn June 11 explosion, the indirect torpedo strike by a German boat, and the moans and cries of injured and drowned crew members amid the rain and street noises.
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R. E. Spessard
Salem Avenue
Thurman
Kenneth Krouse
German Prisoners As Young As 10 Years Old
Baltimore sailor William R. Meagher recalls aboard an LST during June landings that a German POW was 10 years old and in uniform, with two others aged 13 aboard, among thousands captured after Europe service.
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Baltimore
Europe
William R. Meagher
LST
Germans Flood Coastal Route To Le Havre
Allied forces report eight miles of advance from Caen with British and Canadian infantry taking over from armor. German flooding blocks the Dives river route toward Le Havre as Montgomery’s drive reaches deep into German defenses near Troarn and Bures.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Troarn
Bures
Dives
le Havre
Bernard L. Montgomery
Sparse Maryland registration despite presidential year
Only 346 people have registered with the Board of Election Supervisors since January 1. Republicans lead with 182 registrations to 156 Democrats and eight declined. Supervisors attribute low turnout to many youths turning 21 recently serving in the army. They may still register by requesting a ballot this fall or be enrolled by the Board of Registry if eligible. Registration closes September 23 for non military voters.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Maryland
Purple Heart Medal Sent To Wife Of Wounded Pvt Bishop
Pvt Frank E Bishop Jr wounded in France on June 7 recuperating in an English hospital while sending his Purple Heart to his wife Wanda Day of Funkstown. A letter says he suffered an ankle injury and is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank E Bishop. Sharpsburg pike.
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Pvt
Frank E. Bishop, Jr
France
England
Wanda Day
Funkstown
Bishop
Frank E. Bishop
Sharpsburg Pike
Turkey Orders All Ships Home In Black Sea Notice
London July 21 German controlled Vichy radio reported that Turkey ordered all its ships into Turkish harbors with no delay and suspended navigation in the Black Sea. The report lacked independent confirmation from other sources.
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London
Vichy
Black Sea
Marines land on Guam in resumed Pacific push
U S Marines and Army assault troops established beachheads on Guam on July 20 with carrier air support. Admiral Nimitz said landings are continuing against moderate opposition as heavy bombing and shelling target inland defenses. Guam, largest Marianas island, lies 130 miles southwest of Saipan, within range of Tokyo. Expectations of bitter defense mirror Saipan, with garrison strength similar and stubborn hills and caves inland. Continued from page 5.
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Charles H. McMurtry
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
Nimitz
Guam Island
U. S
5Th Fleet
Marianas
Japan
Tokyo
Philippines
Pacific
Pacific Island
Cavea
Allied Air Armadas Hit Regensburg Schweinfurt and More
London reports a large U S fleet of nearly 2,000 aircraft attacking Germany for the fourth day, striking Regensburg Schweinfurt and other targets. Simultaneous raids by an Italy-based American fleet, plus around 1,000 RAF bombers, hit rail yards oil plants and ports in Germany France Belgium and northern France.
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Germany
Regensberg
Schweinfurt
Italy
France
Belgium
Courtrai
Normandy
Hamburg
Bottrop-Wilhelm
Ruhr
Paris
River
Yugoslavia
Regensburg
Munich
Hall
Reich
Local radio gunner returns home after European missions
Lewis S. Daugherty veteran of 51 missions across eight European countries arrives home for a three week furlough with his parents on Mulberry Avenue. He served as a radio gunner on a Liberator bomber in North Africa Sicily and Italy and will report to the Atlantic City army air forces rest center. He earns the Air Medal eight Oak Leaf clusters and the Presidential Citation. Daugherty is a Hagerstown High School graduate and former Fairchild employee.
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Lewis S. Daugherty
E. P. Daugherty
Mulberry Avenue
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Army Air Forces Rest Center
Atlantic City
Sgt. Daugherty
Hae
Hagerstown High School
Fairchild
Army
Two Countians Decorated for Bronze Star Honors
Two Washington County men receive Bronze Star medals for exceptional heroism in the Invasion of France. Capt Leroy St Weddle of Hagerstown led an advance unit through the St Lo area, aiding the main assault. Pfc Rolf Laerm of Blue Ridge Summit earned the award alongside, with the citation noting key acts of valor.
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Washington County
Leroy St. Weddle
Hagerstown
Rolf Learm
Bie Ridge Summit
Weddle
St. Lo
Associated Press
Company AB
Maryland Infantry
Ptt. Laerm
Blue Ridge Summit
L. S. Hobbe i
Loebe
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