Yanks Seize Escape Route For Germans Near Rome
Allied forces pressed toward Rome as Grack Division and others fought to close the Via Casilina. Artillery and naval gunfire supported the advance from Arce, Artena, and Valmontone, with paratroopers identified near Velletri. German defense reportedly includes non combatant units and parachute troops as Allies claim over 100 vehicles and tanks destroyed on roads north and south of Rome.
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Lariano
Valmontone
Velletri
Grack
Albert Kesselring
Fung
Hermann Goering
Valmontore
Casilina
Artena
Ponte di Moerole
Frosinone
Rome
Arden
Varmontone
Montevarchi
Arezzo-Florence
Szolnok
Budapest
Record Is Set In Hospital Births At Washington County
A hospital in Washington County announced that May ended with 96 births at Washington County Hospital, surpassing the prior 1943 August record of 93. The tally included 43 female and 46 male births, a sharp rise from last May’s 69, with five more births reported by early June.
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Washington County Hospital
USES Placed In Full Control Of Job Seekers
McNutt described a national priority referral system to place workers in war jobs and keep them on the industrial firing line. He said farm workers and small businesses are exempt and that the plan aims to reduce peacetime job searches by aligning workers with the nation’s wartime needs.
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McNutt
Wrorld
RAF
Air Corps
AAF
Army
Council Votes To Buy Certificates
The mayor and council approved purchasing a $400000 certificate with unspecified interest for a one year redeemable term to boost the Fifth War Loan drive. A federal grant of about $52000 to install a booster pump at Halfway and lay a 16 inch pipeline in northern Hagerstown was accepted. City Engineer Stump proposed pump repairs at Williamsport station to meet emergencies. The booster would raise water flow by about 2500000 gallons daily with total project costs around $62000.
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Hagerstown
Cornell
Charles W. Stump
Williamsport
Advisory Groups Forming For Farm Transport Planning
County transportation advisory committees in farm dairy poultry and egg industries are being organized to assist the Office of Defense Transportation. Edward R. Gisburne district manager of the Hagerstown ODT office said the committees will help plan continuous and orderly movement of farm products and supplies. He noted higher food production goals and reduced motor transportation facilities require pooling efforts now to move each farm product.
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Office of
Déféne Transportation
Edward R. Gisbirne
Hagerstown Odt
ODT
Gisburne
Baltimore Deputy Collector Charged With Bribe
Nathan Lurie a 25 year old deputy collector of Internal Revenue for Baltimore was charged with accepting two bribes from a taxpayer in exchange for preparing delinquent returns after a hearing before United States Commissioner James K Cullen he was released on 1500 bail pending federal graft action The deputy denied the charge and said he took 200 from a taxpayer as evidence against the man who offered to take care of him.
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Baltimore
Nathan Lurie
Cold Spring Lane
Internal Revenue
James K. Cullen
United States
Lurie
Gable Promoted to Major in Air Corps
War Department announces Capt. Clark Gable, the actor now serving in the Air Corps, is promoted to temporary major. The promotion date was not announced. Gable has seen action in the European theater and has returned to the United States. He is assigned to an Army motion picture unit at Culver City California.
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Washington
War Department
Clark Gable
Air Corps
Gable
Culver City
Calif
County Gets The Quota For June Tire And Bike Supplies
Washington county receives a quota of 575 passenger car tires for June, 5 more than May but about 300 short of total applications. The ration board screens all applications for ride sharing and grants grade HI tire certificates to eligible buyers. A June quota of 3 bicycles is set, nine bike certificates issued last month, and only one new car application was received in May.
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Washington County
Ration Board
Delegates Uninstructed at Baltimore Democratic Caucus
Delegates Will Be Uninstructed. Duke Aynett a Fifth Baltimore District delegate confronted Baltimore Democratic leader William Curran in the hotel lobby over support for Roosevelt. Curran warned delegates to align with the party doctrine, noting Roosevelt’s nomination status. Senator Radcliffe was named temporary chairman with K Brooke Lee permanent chairman as Radcliffe, Tydings, Cash, Walsh and others attended the caucus.
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Duke Aynett
Baltimore
Aynett
CIO
William Curran
Curran
Severa
Congress
Roosevelt
Chicago
Radcliffe
D-Md
K. Brooke Lee
Montgomery County
Tydings
Lee
Truman B. Cash
William C. Walsh
Howard W. Jackson
Alesandra
Balawin
Sasseer
A. Raymond Marvel
Talbot County
Anti-Trust Suit Against Theater Chain Is Started
In Buffalo New York on June 2 Emerson W Long resumes testimony as first prosecution witness in the federal anti trust case against Schine Theaters Inc operator of about 160 cinemas in New York Maryland Virginia and Kentucky The trial opened with remarks by Robert L Wright and Willard McKay who said the government aims to re establish competition in Schine towns and that small operators faced three options: exit the business sell out to Schine or show films Schine had prior or rejected.
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Buffalo
N. J
Emerson W. Long
Cadiz
Ohio
Schine Theaters
New York
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Robert L. Wright
Willard
McKay
Schine
Wright
Air Commando Chief Back In Washington
Col. Philip G. Cochran, commanding officer of the first Air Commando Force, returned to Washington to report to Gen. H H Arnold. He praised airborne operations in Central Burma, saying further armies can be moved by air and many goals were met, with some left undone as typical in large operations.
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Washington
War Department
Philip G. Cochran
Air Commando
Burma
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Cochran
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Germany
Japan
Bly
U.S. Army Air Forces
Army Specialized Training Reserve
Om Reuteas
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Air Service Division
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