Churchill warns of invasion and war production debate
Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned of a possible German invasion in September and rejected calls for a minister of war production. He urged vigilance and noted Russia’s strength and US resolve as signs bending toward war, praising American aid and Atlantic defense gains while cautioning that Germany’s destructive munition mass remains a threat.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Nazi-asso
Russia
United States
Churchill
England
Poles and Soviets Reach Agreement on Honorable Terms
London July 29 General Wladislaw Sikorsky head of the Polish government in exile announced an agreement with the Soviet government on honorable conditions. Talks with Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky aimed at resuming Polish Russian diplomatic relations and freeing about 200000 Polish war prisoners in Russia. It is planned these prisoners would form a Polish legion to fight Germany.
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London
Wladislaw Sikorsky
Doctor Becomes Father Of Twin Daughters After Flight
McKeesport Pa July 29 A. Dr Fred Campana a Camp Lee Va reserve officer flew home to McKeesport hospital just before the birth of his twin daughters His wife gave birth yesterday They reside in Monessen Pa and Campana arrived in time to witness the event
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Mckeesport
Fred Campana
Partly cloudy Maryland forecast with thunderstorms
The U S Weather Bureau expects partly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday across Maryland with local thunder showers on Wednesday afternoon. Cooler tonight, slight warmth increase in the east on Wednesday. Chesapeake Bay sees moderate northeast and east winds shifting to south Wednesday, mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with focal thunderstorms and squalls.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Extended Middle Atlantic weather forecast period summary
Local showers and thunderstorms are expected Wednesday and Thursday in the Middle Atlantic states, with generally fair weather for the remainder of the week. Cooler tonight in Maryland and Virginia, increasing to near normal then warmer Wednesday, and cooler again by Thursday night or Friday. Temperatures will run slightly above normal over the next four days.
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Middle Atlantic
Maryland
Virginia
Eden warns of peace blitz in Europe after war
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden rejected peace with Hitler and urged readiness for postwar reconstruction with possible US aid. He warned of a forthcoming peace blitz promising liberation for some and restoration of France, while insisting nations remain at war stations to deter future total war.
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London
Anthony Eden
Hitler
Europe
Britain
United States
Foreign Press Association
Egen
Russia
France
Germany
Duke of Kent Arrives in Canada for War Effort Tour
The Duke of Kent arrives in Ottawa to inspect air training establishments and other war effort facets. He lands at Rockliffe Airport from Britain, greeted by the Earl of Athlone the prime minister and authorities. The party includes RAF officers and the Duke’s secretary. He plans a six week stay at Rideau Hall with no US visit planned.
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Ottawa
Duke of Kent
George VI
Canada
Rockelitte
Great Britain
Earl of
Royal Air Force
Sir Louis Greig
P. J. Ferguson
Duke
J. A. Lowther
United States
Duke of Windsor
Bahamas
Claim 19 Ships in Convoy Sunk, Berlin Reports
German sources said nineteen British ships totaling 116000 tons were sunk in a transatlantic convoy. A destroyer and a corvette protecting the convoy were also reported sunk. The attack involved heavily laden merchant ships and tankers despite strong escort.
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Berlin
FAMILY TURNS ON MILLER IN MURDER TRIAL
In Cumberland circuit court three Loveless family members testified that Kee dysville farmer James Leo Miller and Earl Loveless arrived at the Loveless home with bloodstained clothes shortly before the murder of Raleigh Poffenberger. Ellsworth Loveless described overheard plans to kill for money and the pair changing clothes upstairs.
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Raleigh Poffenberger
Keedysville
Washington County
James Leo Miller
Loveless
Cumberland
Earl Loveless
Hilsworth
Calvin
William J. Loveless
State’s
Charles Wagaman
Morgan C. Harris
Allegany County
E. Austin James
Poffenberger
Ellsworth Loveless
Miller
Baersville
Helen
Ellsworth
Earl
It Always Rains In Pennsy Town Today
It Always Rains In Pennsy Town Today describes Waynesburg Pennsylvania where despite a heat wave the town experiences rain on July 29 each year. Court orders tolled the courthouse bell 29 times to mark the occasion, reinforcing the town's rainy day tradition.
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Waynesburg
Pennsylvania
Frederick imposes water ban amid shortage threat
Frederick authorities declare a water ban to conserve supplies as Fishing Creek dam stands 13 inches below the retaining wall top and daily consumption surges to around 2,000,000 gallons. Mayor Lloyd C. Culler says the order is for community welfare and covers fountains, bath houses, swimming pools, and sprinkling.
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Frederick
Lloyd C. Culler
Fishing Creek
Policeman Foils Fire Aboard Truck Near Wheel er Street
Monticello New York July 29 Policeman Irving Schwartz shield 13 responded to a fire alarm aboard a passing fre truck. He found the blaze at Wheel er street and noted he has been married 15 years.
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Monticello
N. Y
Irving Schwartz
Wheeler Street
We Mean Business Show Backing部
White House supporters in the Senate pressed a hard line toward Japan urging full economic and military pressure while the State Department watched developments in Indo China and Shanghai. Senators Lee and Pepper argued for strong action as Tokyo signals and Dutch oil embargo moves were reported amid uncertain intents from Japan.
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Washington
Orient
White House
Senate
Far East
Lee
D-Okla
Japan
Pepper
D-Fla
Tokyo
State Department
Indo- China
Promises A Hot Kiss To Aluminum Winner
Paulette Goddard launches an individual drive to gather old aluminum pots and pans for defense. The male winner receives a kiss she guarantees will knock him back. The winner will be Miss Goddard’s guest at her studio for a day.
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Hollywood
Paulette Goddard
Uncle Sam
Miss Goddard
Fire Destroyed Three Buildings In Prince Frederick Block
A major blaze in Prince Frederick Maryland swept the business block destroying the department store chain grocery and the office of attorney John D Gray Jr. The fire started in a back trash pile near the grocery and spread despite water shortages. Firefighters from multiple towns aided, using an ice pond as the main water supply.
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Prince Frederick
John D. Gray, Jr
Goodman Goldstein
Department Store Corporation
North Beach
Upper Marlboro
Galesville
la Plata
Mechanicsville
Annapolis
Anice Pond
Army Man Is Fined After Auto Crash
Sergt. Ray M. Mabray of Fort Myer Virginia drove an army truck that collided with a car driven by Dawson Hormne in Frederick on Route 40 Saturday night. He was fined $100 in Frederick court on drunken driving charges. An army investigating officer offered no information about unauthorized possession of the truck.
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Ray M. Mabray
Fort Myer
Dawson Hormne
Frederick
Mabray
Worthington Acquitted in Brad Dock Heights Disturbance
Leonard Worthington of this city was acquitted of charges of disturbing the peace from a scuffle Saturday night at Brad Dock Heights. Emory L. Kline, Frederick the other defendant, forfeited $10 on the same charges.
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Leonard Worthington
Braddock Heights
Emory L. Kline
Frederick
Clouds Break Record Heat in Hagerstown Area
Hagerstown and Washington County endured the hottest day of the year with a 103 degree official reading yesterday. Today cooler with clouds lowered the temperature to 70 at night as forecasters predicted a break in the deadly humid heat wave.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Miller
Chicago Weather Bureau
Corn Threatened By Jap Beetles In Western Maryland
Japanese beetles are overrunning parts of Western Maryland threatening corn crops. Frederick county areas Burkittsville Jefferson Brunswick Petersville report heavy beetle activity over two weeks. County Farm Agent Henry R Shoemaker warns of substantial corn damage and notes silk loss hindering pollination. In Petersville soybeans also being devoured.
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Maryland
Burkittsville
Jefferson
Brunswick
Petersville
Frederick County
Henry R. Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Young polecats stage impromptu parade in East avenue
Residents watched four young polecats dash indoors and march down East avenue last evening in a hurried parade. They appeared to seek their mother who had been killed. One youngster was shot, the other three hid beneath an outbuilding after spraying the area.
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East Avenue
Soviet counterattacks spread as Moscow frontline battles intensify
Russian reports say counter-attacks have spread to all major sectors as Stalin line defenses halt Hitler's 38 day drive toward Moscow and Kiev. Both sides claim heavy losses with encirclements near Smolensk and on the Leningrad front. Romanian forces reach near the Dniester region.
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Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Kiev
Hitler
Bessarabia
Ukraine
Smolensk
Leningrad
Lake Peipus
Estonia
Dniester River
Would Extend New Highway
County Road Engineer C William Hetzer urged the Board of County Commissioners to extend the Fairchild plant road to Maugansville, remove the grade crossing, and reconstruct the Maugansville Hagerstown road into a boulevard to ease congestion. He proposed a WPA National Defense project to obtain government materials and labor, creating work for 250 to 300 WPA workers. plans to be prepared.
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C. William Hetzer
Board of County Commissioners
Fairchild
Maugansville
Maugansville-Hagerstown
Hetzer
Hancock Man Chosen For Library Board
R Samuel Dillon Jr president of the Friends of the Library group at Hancock was elected a member of the Board of Trustees of the Washington County Free Library to fill the vacancy caused by William T Hamiltons resignation. J B Ferguson is now president and other members include Thomas Cushwa C Merritt Campbell John J Porter Scott Wag ner and Peregrine Wroth.
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R. Samuel Dillon, Jr
Friends of the Library Group
Hancock
Washington County Free Library
William T. Hamilton
Dillon
J. B. Ferguson
Thomas B. Cushwa
C. Merritt Campbell
John J. Porter
Scott R. Wagner
Peregrine Wroth
Diamond ring found linked to Mrs Seibert theft case
A valuable diamond ring believed stolen from Mrs Joseph Seibert of Howard street was recovered at the residence where it had been dropped. The find closes a local jewelry theft incident with the ring located inside the suspect’s house.
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Joseph Seibert
Howard Street
Demanding Thailand Join New Jap Order
Tokyo reports Japan plans a southward move to seize bases in French Indo China under a joint defense pact with France. Japanese navy signals a clear drive to protect Indo China from international interference as assets of the Netherlands and colonies are frozen, with nations named including the United States Britain and Canada.
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Tokyo
Indo-China
Domei
Fusuo Oya
France
Koh Ishii
Cabinet Information Bureau
Netherland
Netherlands East Indies
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Netherlands
Hongkong
Canada
London
Reuters
British News Agency
Bangkok
Thailand
East Asia
Laos
Cambodia
FDR to Seek Price Control Legislation
President Roosevelt plans to ask Congress for price control legislation in a message to be sent tomorrow. Senate Majority Leader Barkley said there is agreement on the general policy to restrain price rises tied to the defense program, though a final draft is not yet finished.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Barkley
Million German Soldiers There
Representative Dies of Texas says Germany has about one million soldiers in South America organized into companies and battalions awaiting a moment to divert aid to Great Britain. He links Berlin reports of an Argentine committee seizing German diplomatic pouches to German infiltration warnings he has given for two years.
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Washington
Dies
D-Texas
Germany
South America
Great Britain
Wave Of Thefts Embarrass Police
Santa Monica California July 29 Police Chief C E Webb faced embarrassment as five thousand five hundred dollars vanished from the police department safe over the weekend. The money was placed there for safekeeping by a department store. An automobile belonging to the city jailer also disappeared. George Webb is the jailer and the chief’s brother. Police are investigating the incidents.
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Santa Monica
Calif
C. E. Webb
George Webb
Japan Seizes Camranh Bay Base in Indochina Move
A Reuters dispatch reports Japanese forces capturing Camranh bay and surrounding garrisons in southern Indochina. Troops land from transports while Saigon directs occupation. Foreign observers note a French residence near the British consul’s as requisitioned.
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Saigon
Indo- China
Camranh Bay
Indo-China
Southeast Asia
Raishiro Sumita
Camrarh Bay
Singapore
Hongkong
Shanghai
Tsington
Dairen
Sydney
Army
Percy Spender
Australia
London Radio
Capetown
South Africa
Japan
Severe Damage From Centreville Storm
A severe electrical and hail storm hit Queen Annes county last night causing crop damage, power and telephone outages in rural areas. Lightning struck a Bridgtown farm barn owned by John W. Ashley and tenanted by G. P. Ashley, burning it to the ground. loss not yet estimated. The storm, lasting hours, damaged tomato corn and unthreshed wheat and felled many shade trees especially in the east.
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Centreville
Queen Anne’s County
Bridgtown
John W. Ashley
G. P Ashley
Nazis Reward Finns For Aid In War Oriented Speech
Berlin July 29 a high ranking German statement pledged Finland rewards for aiding against Russia and breaking ties with Britain. The declaration says Finland’s role would be double and that her status in Scandinavia would be elevated above other nations. It also notes ambitions for “greater Finland” and recognizes her territorial aims.
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Berlin
Finland
Russia
Britain
Divorce suits filed for Mary Alice Garrett and Dott Hovis
Mary Alice Garrett through attorney John E. Wagaman filed for divorce from Floyd Garrett in court today. William F. Hovis, through attorney J. J. Allen, filed suit for divorce from Dott Hovis.
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Mary Alice Garrett
John E. Wagaman
Floyd .Garrett
William F. Hovis
J. J. Allen
Dott Hovis
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