Yanks Capture Palermo as Sicilian campaign advances
Allied forces under Gen. George S. Patton seized Palermo, severing Sicily into two, after a rapid assault that left Italian resistance fading. British and Canadian troops expanded the breach, while Allied air and naval strikes hit Italy's rail network and ports.
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Messina
Catania
Patton
Harold Alexander
Sicily
Sicilian
Palermo
Gela
Castelgeirano
Enna
Balkans
Italy
Sardinia
Fogzian
Battapaglia
Salerno
Naples
Capodichino
Stoppage of Sugar Beet Plants Predicted in West
Salt Lake City July 22 Eric W Ryberg vice president of the Utah Idaho Sugar Company warns a 4 cent per pound quota cut would force complete stoppage of sugar beet plant operations in the west. He said factories could not stay in business if 40 percent of supply is cut. Idaho Beet Growers official Howard Neagle notes the cut was ordered as officials deem the industry too costly and sugar better produced in island possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
West
Eric W. Ryberg
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Howard Neagle
Idaho Beet Growers Association
St. Anthony
Idaho
Local Quotations Prices Paid by Producers
Prices paid to farmers for wheat onions butter heavy hens country bacon ham potatoes and other commodities are listed with ceilings and unit prices. The record shows ceilings from the OPA program and local buy prices including oats and beets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kline Bros
S.enseesersees
Publisher McCarrens Survives After Cleveland Shooting
Cleveland publisher John S. McCarrens was shot multiple times and given one in four chances to survive. The assailant, Herbert L. Kobrak, 38, died after the confrontation. Kobrak left notes for the press and police, and McCarrens recounted the events before collapse.
Girl is injured after fall with glass in hand
Norma Lee Castile aged 18 of 900 block Mulberry Avenue sustained a deep cut on her palm when she slipped and fell with a glass in her hand yesterday afternoon. She was taken to Washington County Hospital emergency room, the wound dressed, and she returned home. She had been drinking lemonade and ran toward a friend when she lost balance as the glass broke.
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Norma Lee Castile
Mulberry Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Underground U S Pours Gifts Into Europe for Rebels
A covert U S initiative outfits resistance groups with suitcase sized printing presses, mimeograph machines, miniature typesetters, sewing kits, and flag bearing leaflets. Devices produce up to 1,200 copies hourly. items hide in envelopes and sachets as part of Allied support to exiled governments and covert campaigns behind enemy lines.
Local Guardsmen to Leave Sunday for Fort Meade Training
Hagerstown State Guard companies and headquarters platoon depart from the State Armory at 8:30 Sunday morning July 25 for Fort George G. Meade Md to begin two weeks of field training alongside Maryland’s eleven State Guard battalions. Advanced party of nine from Hagerstown, including Capt Wilson R. Caskey and Lieut J R R Black, will precede. Guardsmen will live in barracks, attend house to house and street fighting, arms handling, riot and mob control, judo, night maneuvers, and range firing under Brig. Gen. Dwight H Mohr. Attendance is compulsory unless excused by written employer letters.
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Hagerstown
Milton A. Reckord
Third Service Command
Wilson R. Caskey
J. R R. Black
State Guard
Eighth Battalion
Cumberland
William P. Lane, Jr
Fort Meade
Unite
Dwight H. Mohr
England
Maryland
Infantry
Signal Corps
Engineers
J. W. Jamison
Howard W. Yeager
C. O. Diehl
Fred Wright
Marlin Thurmond
Kenneth Spence
Lester Stouffer
Hubert J. Stotelmyer
Edward Helmel
J. R. R. Black
Thurmond
FDR Advocates Rome Open City Strategy
President Roosevelt says Allies favor Rome as an open city to save American and British lives. He notes Rome as a key military hub with nearby airports and vast transport yards, and states Allies pressed for open city status for over a year without success. He defends Rome bombing as a life-saving necessity, while rejecting retaliation as the primary aim.
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Pius XII
Rome
Roosevelt
Thut
Italy
Britain
Auto Transferred By Comptroller Tawes Wife
State Comptroller J. Millard Tawes, who lost his gas line ration for a year after admitting misuse of fuel, transferred his car to his wife. A War Price and Rationing Board spokesman in Crisfield said Mrs. Tawes had not applied for a gas line ration and new plates were issued in her name. W. Lee Elgin noted the July 1 transfer was inter family and not unusual.
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Baltimore
J. Millard Tawes
War Price and Rationing Board
Crisfield
Tawes
Helen Avalynne Tawes
Elgin
Governor To Take Part In Program In Luray VA
Governor Darden of Virginia and OConnor of Maryland will assist in ceremonies September 10 for the Army Navy EY award to five Shenandoah Valley plants of the Casey Jones company. Other guests include Senator Harry Byrd Congressman Willis Robertson and State Senator Aubrey G. Weaver. Robertson will preside. The event at the headquarters plant lawn will be broadcast.
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Luray
Darden
Virginia
O'Conor
Maryland
Shenandoah Valley
Casey Jones Company
Harry Byrd
Willis Robertson
Aubrey G. Weaver
Robertson
County Workers Hurt In Blast At Road Garage
Two county workers were injured in an air compressor explosion at the County Roads Garage on Country Club road. James R. Rogers lost parts of two fingers on his left hand, and Howard Cramer broke his left arm. They were taken to Washington County Hospital for observation. Engineers cited a frozen compressor with a leak as the cause after parts were installed and testing began. A piece of metal struck Cramer, another hit Rogers, and the inspector warned caution before the blast occurred seconds later. A separate report notes $300 was stolen from John W. Norris in a tavern on South Potomac street as several suspects were questioned.
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County Roads
Country Club Road
James R. Rogers
Leitersburg
Howard Cramer
Washington Street
Washington County Hospital
Joseph D. Baker
Baker
Cramer
Rogers
John W. Norris
East Avenue
South Potomac Street
General Upshur Killed In Crash Near Sitka Alaska
Washington dispatch reports Major General William P. Upshur of the Marines and Captain Charles Paddock perished in a naval aircraft crash near Sitka Alaska. Four other passengers died. no survivors. Paddock, once a world record holder and Olympic champion, served as Upshur's aide.
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Washington
Sitka
Alaska
William P. Upshur
Marines
Charles Paddock
Upshur
Department of the Pacific
Paddock
General Upshur
Richmond
Elizabeth A. Ben Son
Grove Avenue
Lucy M. Up Shur
Navy
Haiti
Marine Corps
Gainesville
Texas
Pasadena
Calif
Headquarters
Public relations chief relieved last March in Pasadena area
In civilian life Paddock was general manager of the Pasadena Star News and Post and business manager of the Long Beach Press Telegram. He also contributed articles to national magazines. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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Paddock
Pasadena Star News and Post
Long Beach Press Telegram
Seeking To Locate Relatives In City
Mrs George Lewis of 278 Britton Street Fairview Massachusetts seeks to contact long lost Garise relatives last heard from in Hagerstown many years ago. She believes some siblings may still be alive despite old folks possibly being deceased.
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the Morning Herald
George Lewis
Britton Street
Fairview
Mass
Garise
Hagerstown
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Cormor
Pirate Leonard
Augusta
George S$. Patton, Jr
Morroco Radio
Marsala
Trapani
Algiers
Associated Press
Eighth Army
Algers
London
RAND
West Washington St
Rudy
Hamilton Corner
Harry’s Price
Jonathan St
John C. McCarrens
Cleveland
John S. McCarrens
Cleveland Plain Dealer Today
QO. A. Weber
McCarrens
McCarrells
Hobrak
Kobrak
Graphic
Associates
W. G. Volpe
Plain Dealer
Florence Anthony
Joseph Madigan
McCarrans
Inspector Story
Consolidated Press & Printing Co
Ervin H. Bolgar
Consolidated
MecCarrens
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
ANPA
the Plain Dealer
Freeport
Plain Dealer Publishing Co
Forest City Publishing Co
Cleveland News
McCarrent
B. P. Bole
Shaker Heights
John J. McCarrens
The
U.S
Europe
France
United States of America
Fort George G. Meade
F.D.R
Comptroller
Lydia E. Pinkham
Silex
Harry S. Myers
North Potomac Street
Municipal Electric
Oa Cartel Een
Em Bea
SEARS
Allstate Husky
Gert
the Kochuck and Co
N. Potomac
Glick’s
Vitality
Stetson
ARROW
Musey & Evans
John D. Myers & Co
Fico Penal
Wall Bank
Allstate President
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