Hitler Calls for Army Loyalty Amid Unrest in Germany
Reports from Berlin describe blocks and patrols by army SS units as rumors of an attempted coup spread. Berlin claims Hitler survived an assassination, while loyalist broadcasts urge officers to resist. Mass arrests, naval rumors, and sightings of Gestapo activity accompany uncertain details about senior generals and possible uprisings in Kiel, Stettin, and Swedish observations.
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Army SS
Stockholm
Berlin
Gestapo
Switzerland
Walther von Brauchiich
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Sigmund Wilhelm List
Fritz Erich von Mannstein
Adolf Hitler
Radio France
Algiers
Basel
Kiel
Stettin
Brazzaville
Madrid
Germany
Robert Ley
Hitler
Fuehrer
Sweden
Ludwig Beck
Count von Stauffensberg
Frankfurt
Wehrmacht
Heinrich Himmoler
Stauffenberg claims and German crisis broadcast
Reports recount a plot to assassinate Hitler and the bomb mission linked to Stauffenberg. Goebbels framed insurgent generals seizing communications as the crisis deepened. Berlin and London broadcasts note the crisis but question the truth of the Nazi accounts and warn of measures to prevent future attempts.
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Count Claus von Stauffenberg
Hitler
Stauffenberg
Berlin
Goebbels
Reich
Algiers Casbah tour and Mosque visit recounted
The narrator describes a tour through Algiers Casbah with visits to an ancient mosque rebuilt by the French and the High Catholic Church. He notes narrow streets, historic Moorish houses, and Turkish-era buildings with imported marble and blue tile. Women’s public participation remains limited, and entry to mosques is controlled for non Muslims.
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Casbah
Algiers
Naples
Italy
Lebanon
Hotland
Mecca
Wilmer
Red Grass
Ansherman
Africa
Jury Trial Sought By Local Autoist Reid Faces Manslaughter Charge
Charles Eli Reid, a local driver, asked for a jury trial on manslaughter by automobile in the June 17 death of James Lewis Bryan. Reid posted $1000 bond in Williamsport after arraignment before Magistrate John H. Hetzer, as Bryan was a passenger in a car that left the road and crashed into a tree near Williamsport and Greencastle. Archbishops Speilman Arrives In Rome From Africa For Vatican Visit.
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Charles Eli Reid
Halfway
James Lewis Bryan
John H. Hetzer
Williamsport
Bryan
Reid
Willameport
Greencastle
Truman Named Running Mate At Democratic Convention
The scene on the convention floor showed Wallace backers challenging Truman allies led by Kelly Flynn Hague. Truman secured a narrow first ballot lead with Southern support, while Wallace remained in a hotel awaiting further ballots as leaders forecast strategy for the race.
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Wallace
CIO
Edward Kelly
Chicago
Edward J. Flynn
New York
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Kelly-Flynn-Hague
Robert E. Hennegan
Sidney Hillman
Burnet Maybank
South Carolina
Maybank
Wallees
Truman
Washington
Senate
Clo
Hillman
Hannegan
National Committee
Missouri
Kansas City
War Investigating Committee
Democratic National Committee
Russians In Bid For Warsaw And Eastern Front Pushes
The report notes Soviet advances near Sawin 26 miles east of Lublin and near Chelm, as German forces retreat under renewed pressure. Soviet assault drives on Lwow Brody Ostrov and other targets, with heavy losses to German units. A New York museum holds 43 pieces of ancient Korean movable type from 1446 AD.
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Sawin
Lublin
Wisla
Vistula
Warsaw
Chelm
Karelien
Suojarvi
Kyrill A. Mereskoy
Tarnopol
Buczacy
Hungary
Moscow
Tottering Lwow
Brody
Lwow
Flyne
Ostrov
Panther
Todt
Pskovskoe
Museum of Natural History
New York
Korea
Memorial Service For Lt Marshall E A Carpenter
Memorial services for Lieut Marshall E A Carpenter will be held at First Christian Church Sunday at 7:00 p m conducted by Rev William M Norment. Carpenter a France KIA June 22 was active in Boy Scouts Christian Endeavor and Ushers Club. He enlisted May 23 1941 at Fort Meade and served in multiple camps including Anacostia Fort Benning Camp Gordon Fort Dix Camp Gordon Johnston and Fort Jackson. He graduated Officers Candidate School in August 1942 and was promoted to First Lieutenant before heading to England in January 1944.
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Marshall E. A
Ededie) Carpenter
First Christian Church
William M. Norment
Carpenter
France
Boy Scouts
Christian Endeavor
Ushers Club
Fort Meade
Anacostia
D. C
Fort Benning
Georgia
Camp Gordon
Fort Dix
N. J
Camp Gordon Johnston
Florida
Fort Jackson
S.C
England
Hitler's Hold Seen Tighter
A fragmented German leadership struggles for influence as rumors of peace talks flutter in neutral capitals. Four factions vie for Germanys future: Hitler loyalists seek futile resistance, junker generals favor a decisive but shaky end, a Nazi faction aims for peace with Russia, and ultra-conservative elements seek a separate settlement with the Allies.
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Germany
Army High Command
Hitler
Berlin
Nazi Party
Russia
Britain
United States
Magazine To Feature County Apple Crop
The August issue of the Produce Barometer will dedicate its entirety to Washington county apples. County agent Mark Miler provided details on crop size and varieties as Brown Major Publishing seeks a summary of the total crop and the crop by varieties for the feature.
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Washington County
Brown Major Publishing Company
Mark Mitler
Allies Bogged Down In France
Supreme Allied Headquarters reports no progress in 24 hours as Allied forces in Normandy remain stalled by mud. Only action noted is the loss of Esquay, near Caen, with roads snarled by mud hindering supply columns while German forces are weather bound and silent.
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Supreme Hdqs
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
France
Supreme Command
Esquay
Caen
Orne
Golon
Son Of Former County Woman Dies In Action
Nevin Baker of Detroit was killed in action in Italy. He was a brother of Lt. Myron Baker of Camp Pickett Virginia and the son of Mrs Emma Bachtell of this city and Mr and Mrs Kieffer Spessard of Chewsville. Mollie Spessard, his late mother, moved to Detroit years ago.
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Emma Bachtell
City
Kieffer R. Spessard
Chewsville
Nevin Baker
Detroit
Italy
Myron Baker
Camp Fpickett
Mollie Spessard
Soldier’s Wife Told of Serious Wounding in Pacific
Mrs. G. L. Shepherd of 423 West Church Street received a War Department telegram stating her husband, Pfc. Grover L. Shepherd, is seriously ill from an injury incurred July 12 in the Southwest Pacific. Shepherd enlisted December 11, 1942 and has been overseas about one year.
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G. L. Shepherd
West Church Street
War Department
Pfc
Grover L. Shepherd
Southwest Pacific
Shepherd
RAF Beaufighters Sink Four Merchant Ships in Helgoland Offensive
The RAF Coastal Command said Beaufighters attacked an enemy convoy of 40 vessels off Helgoland last evening. Four merchant ships were hit with torpedoes, two left sinking, five escort vessels set on fire, and most other ships damaged. The strike occurred after dusk despite heavy enemy rockets and flak.
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London
RAF Coastal Command
Helgoland
Air Ministry
Service News Details Navy Promotions and Overseas Mail
J McAbee of Hagerstown Maryland has graduated from the Aviation Radioman School and been promoted to Seaman First Class. Entering the Navy in 1943 he trained at Bainbridge and at the Naval Air Technical Training Center and is now qualified Aviation Radioman awaiting Operational Training and possible service as a Naval Air crewman. Doris L Hardman learns her husband Pvt Earl G Hardman has reached overseas. He is father to Nellie Louise and son of D S and Mrs D S Hardman of Fairfield PA Route 1. Cpl Josef F Bikle, son of Mr and Mrs S Bikle of Smithsboro MD, writes that he has been with American invasion forces landing on D-Day but cannot share details due to operation busyness.
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J. McAbee
Mulberry Avenue
Hagerstown
U. S Navy
Navy
Bainbridge
Naval Air Technical Training Center
McAbee
Naval Air
Doris L. Hardman
Summer Street
Pvt
Earl G. Hardman
Nellie Louise Hardman
D. S. Hardman
Fairfield, Pa
Cpl
Josef F. Bikle
S. Bixle
Smithsboro
Sermamiyorrj
D-Day
Bikle
Coun
Soldier recalls return to normal life after invasion
A infantryman with a headquarters company describes most French people resuming ordinary life swiftly. He notes his cigarettes turned to water during the shore landing, mentions receiving Ernie Pyle’s reports, and urges his parents to read the journalist’s articles.
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Infantry
Ernie Pyle
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