Britain repels Nazi plane swarm as U S gears up arms
In Washington July 27 the defense chief said arms production can equip 2,000,000 men with expanded shipbuilding and a $92.6 million aircraft engine plant. Knudsen and Stettinius testified on the program before House. the Senate planned early next week debate on compulsory military training.
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Washington
United States
Defense Industrial Chief
Naval Shipbuilding
William S. Knudsen
Defense Commission
Roosevelt
Knudsen
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
House Appropriations
Senate
Cool Weather Still Missing in Forecast
The day opens hot with temperatures near 90s and a possible 100 degrees if yesterday’s high holds. The 69 degree low, 1 degree above yesterday, and 89 at 9 am show July heat persists while rain boosts Keedysville totals to 5.25 inches this July, above the 3.61 inch regional average. Chewsville reports 0.53 inches. Continued on Page 16.
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Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Chewsville
Local Thundershowers Forecast For Maryland Coast
U S Weather Bureau predicts thundershowers tonight and Sunday across Maryland with not very warm temperatures tonight and cooler conditions Sunday. Chesapeake Bay reports scattered showers and continued warmth this afternoon with gentle to moderate southwest and west winds becoming northerly Sunday. Some risk of scattered thundersqualls noted.
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U. S
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Weekly Weather Outlook for North and Middle Atlantic
The forecast calls for occasional showers early in the week with fair weather later. Temperatures start cool, rise to warmer midweek, then cool again by Thursday. Overall, the weekly average is expected to be normal or slightly above.
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North
Middle Atlantic
Williamsport Dedication for Public Buildings Tonight
The dedication program for Williamsport’s municipal building memorial library and recreation center is set for this evening at 6 with an invocation by Rev. W. C. Huddle and addresses by Mayor Richard G. Hawken Francis H. Dryden and Rep Sam Rayburn. A parade by firemen civic groups and bands precedes open house hours from 5 to 9 for the buildings and 7 to 9 for the library and recreation center. The street carnival sponsored by the Volunteer Fire Company runs nightly through August 3 with bingo novelties and food stalls amid steady attendance despite weather.
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W. C. Huddle
The
Lutheran Church
Richard G. Hawken
Francis H. Dryden
M. C. A. Band
Hagerstown
William D. Byron
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House of Representatives
Robert H. Hiller
Methodist Church
Boonsboro
Rohrersville
Volunteer Fire Company
Col Guidorne Verbeck Dies at Manlius School Headmaster
Syracuse July 27 Col Guidorne Verbeck 44 noted educator World War soldier and headmaster of Manlius school died at his home in Manlius today. Except for three years in the United States military forces in Mexico and in France Verbeck spent his life at the Manlius school.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Col
Guidorne Verbeck
Manlius School
Manlius
United States
Mexico
France
Col. Verbeck
Crack With Care in Orangeburg Safe Story
Orangeburg July 27 after several damaging attempts to break into a local firm safe the company posted specific information for opening the combination.
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Orangeburg
S. C
Beetles Rampant in Hagerstown South End Gardens
A Japanese beetle infestation in the southern section of Hagerstown is increasing with heavy damage to vegetable and flower gardens near City Park. The beetles are prompting many calls to the beetle control office for traps.
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Hagerstown
City Park
Mayor appoints Clyde Stouffer as purchasing agent
At yesterday's City Council meeting the mayor named Clyde Stouffer of North Potomac street as purchasing agent with a starting salary of 125 per month. The council delayed ballots and instead filled the post with Phil Recher, who had resigned June 15 to join a private firm. The assistant to Mecher has since held the position.
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Richard H. Sweeney
Clyde Stouffer
Potomac Street
Phil Recher
Mecher
Reid Section Delivers Record Potatoes Yield in County
Eastern Grain Growers reports the Reid section leads with a record 420 bushels per acre from about one fourth of the county potato crop. Planting 12 bushels per acre yielded 35 to 1 and the potatoes are of fine quality with fair market price. More large yields are anticipated from Reid and other localities.
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Reid
School board defers action on history texts
Fort Collins July 27 The European situation prompts the school superintendent to note many recent world events lack suitable texts for a fall class. The school board postpones a decision as it weighs available materials.
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Fort Collins
Cel
Europe
Craig P. Minear
Cohill Named A Magistrate
The commission of J. Andrew Cohill of Hancock as substitute magistrate at large was received from Annapolis by Clerk Edward Oswald. Cohill, a fruit grower and Democratic Central Committee member, was appointed by Governor O Conor and will qualify. He will assume duties Monday from Magistrate Preston Bowles, Hancock, ill for some time. term ends first Monday in May 1941.
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J. Andrew Cohill
Hancock
Annapolis
Edward Oswald
Cohill
Democratic Central Committee
O’conor
Cahill
Preston Bowles
Traffic Accidents In State Show Increase in 1940
Maryland traffic deaths rose in the first half of 1940 to 214 from 188 in the same period of 1939, a report by three state agencies shows. The six month total for 1940 exceeds the prior year by 26 lives.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Capture of Curmuk Town Reported on Frontier
Rome dispatch from July 27 reports Curmuk, a British fortified town on the Ethopia and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan frontier, captured according to East African correspondent of Tl Giornale d'Italia.
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Rome
Curmuk
Ethopia
Sudan
Tl Giornale d'Italia
Nazis Dumping Hungry Soldiers Into French Territory
Bern reports the German occupation army is releasing hundreds of thousands of imprisoned French soldiers and forcing them across the demarcation line into French ruled territory. Vichy officials fear feeding the former soldiers as homes are in unoccupied zones and supplies are scarce.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Vichy
Canal Defenders Repel Air Raid Over Panama Canal
Balboa Panama Canal Zone July 27 defense officers evaluated a night air raid simulating blitzkrieg methods by planes from Coco Solo. After 45 minutes searchlights scoured the canal area for weaknesses, flares lit the sky, and the attack proceeded in secrecy before the alert signal sounded, leaving officials cautiously optimistic about defense performance.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Panama Canal Zone
Coco Solo
Atlantic
Beard-Free Farmer Stuns Osage Residents on Main Street
Osage July 27. Avery, a 73 year old lifelong farmer, surprised friends by walking Main Street clean shaven after decades of a heavy beard. He shaved while mowing hay in the hot weather and says he hardly recognizes himself.
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Osage, Ja
Avery
Main Street
Desert Isle Weather Reporter Links to Government
Two Federal researchers have created an automatic weather reporting device that can be left on deserts, prairies, or mountains to relay wind, rainfall, temperature, humidity, and barometric data by radio. W. S. Hinman and Harry Diamond of the Bureau of Standards say thousands of such instruments worldwide will simplify international weather reporting.
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Washington
W. S. Hinman
Harry Diamond
Bureau of Standards
Last Day Of Torrid Wave Ends Heat Spell
The Ampctated Press reports a cooling trend from the northwest but no full relief for the East and South as a cold front stretches from New Mexico to New England. Tempers were high across the country with New York City hitting 94.3 and Dodge City 107 while droughts and storms caused scattered damage and at least 508 heat related deaths nationwide.
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New Mexico
New England
Two Holdup Men Rob Baltimore Merchant Safe
Two young women employed by Harry Rosenthal, a commission merchant on Market Place, were bound gagged and threatened by a Nordun man who emptied the safe of several hundred dollars. He and a second man, one with a patch over one eye, fled after the assault. The victims freed themselves and alerted police as an inventory of the taken funds was awaited.
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Baltimore
Market Place
Sophie Brownstein
Irena Steinberg
Harry Rosenthal
Humane Warfare Is Pure bunk
A reader asks if aerial bombing could destroy enemy grain to starve opponents, noting blockade tensions between Britain and Germany. The column argues such devastation is taboo under modern international law, citing Hugo Grotius and current views on humane warfare.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Thit
Britain
Germany
England
Italy
Hugo Grotinus
Plans for New Potomac Bridge at Sandy Hook
Maryland will build the Potomac crossing at Sandy Hook in Washington County as a continuous span design. Federal deadline for Morgantown bridge extended to December 31. authorities aim to speed work with new contractor conferences. Bids for Sandy Hook are set for next month under a three state program linking Maryland West Virginia and Virginia.
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Potomac River
Morgantown
Sandy Hook
Washington County
State Roads Commission
Wzra B. Whitman
Potomac
Whitman
Maryland
Potomac Bridge
West Virginia
Shenandoah River
Virginia
National Highway To Be Opened Tonight
A section of the National Highway between Braddock Heights and Frederick will be open to traffic after 7 p m tonight following resurfacing. Traffic had been detoured for days. Resurfacing of three small Allegany county sections will be delayed until after the Cumberland Fair.
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Braddock Heights
Frederick
State Roads Commission
Allegany County
Third Day of Wholesale Raids Hit England Again
London July 27 British fighter planes clashed with waves of German bombers over the southeast coast on the third straight day of wholesale raids on England. One Nazi bomber reportedly shot down, two more raiders driving back across the channel with anti aircraft fire. A separate daylight raid saw four German bombers strike a southeastern town with minimal damage. night raids killed two civilians and damaged a house in the southeast.
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London
England
Royal Air Force
Wales
Scotland
Dog Rescued From Sewer After Biscuit Lure
A dog wandered into a city sewer along the alley from West Franklin street to the market house. Excitement rose until the animal was saved with a dog biscuit used to lure it near the entrance and several people pulled the dog out safely.
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West Franklin Street
Netherlands to slaughter 12 million hens by Sept 15
Amsterdam reports a government plan to slaughter twelve million laying hens by September 15 due to a severe feed shortage. The action would remove about two thirds of the nation's hen stock to prevent a broader crisis in poultry production.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Three Convicted In Police Court
Claude Betz, 47, of Mason and Dixon, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and paid 100 dollars plus costs, with 10 dollars more for improper tags. Arthur F. Hilts, about 32, admitted theft of jewelry from Lucille Langenstine and was fined 25 dollars. Andrew Johnson, about 40, former Louisiana resident, disclosed a six year sentence served in San Quentin and received ten days in lieu of a fine after a disorderly charge.
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Claude Betz
Mason and Dixon
C. B. Bender
M. V. B. Bostetter
Arthur F. Hilts
Lucille Langenstine
Harry F. Snyder
Hilts
Andrew Johnson
Louisiana
San Quentin
California
Snyder
Johnson
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