Allied Air Strike Harrows Pas de Calais Coast
Allied air forces unleashed the heaviest blow yet against German west wall defenses on the French coast. More than 750 bombers and fighters attacked Pas de Calais, with dawn strikes along 2,000 miles of routes from Scandinavia to France and beyond.
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London
United States Air Force
West Wall
French
Pas-de-Calais
Scandinavia
France
Hungary
Crete
Channel
England
Eisenhower
Department
Calais
Boulogne
le Touquet
Cap Griz Nez
RAF
Saumur
Paris
Budapest
Szolnok
Denmark
Middle East
Strikers Face Quick Induction in St Louis
In St Louis 3500 street car and bus workers on a two day strike risk immediate draft reclassification to JA and induction. Draft boards meeting led to orders by eight chairmen to classify strikers as quitters of war work and send letters to all local boards. Some strikers may receive new classifications today as residents walk or bike to work amid union dispute over overtime clause.
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ST. Louis
St. Louisans
John J. Griffin
Associated Draft Board of St. Louis
Draft Board
Griffin
Armed Services
A. P. Kaufman
Close Call Nearly Hits Judge in Hartford Courtroom
A long pole used to raise and tower windows in Hartford county superior court fell during a session, narrowly missing Judge P. B. O'Sullivan at the bench. He quipped to prosecutor Hugh Alcorn Jr that he nearly had a good case against the county.
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Hartford
Conn
Hartford County Superior Court
P. B. O'Sullivan
Huugh Alcorn, Jr
Sharpsburg Flier Records First Nazi Plane Victory
Lieutenant Hugh D. Chapman of Sharpsburg Maryland earned his first Luftwaffe victory while defending heavy bombers over Germany. Outnumbered five to one, he pursued ME-109s, closed to close range and shot one down after bullets damaged its wings and canopy. He then escaped to rejoin his squadron. Chapman, 23, previously studied at Shepherd College and Boonsboro High School, is the son of Mrs. Clara M. Chapman. brothers Dreher and Norman also serve.
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Hugh D. Chapman
Sharpsburg
AAF
England
Germany
Luftwaffe
Chapman
Thunderbolt
Lieut. Chapman
Air Corps
Boonsboro
Shepherd College
Clara M. Chapman
H. D. Chapman
Lutheran Church
Lieut
Dreher Chapman
Pvt
Norman S. Chapman
Luck Runs Out In Albany Motorcycle Crash
Corp. Harry C. Richter of Philadelphia survived Pearl Harbor and Guadalcanal battles but sustained a possible pelvic fracture and multiple cuts when his motorcycle struck a bump in an Albany street.
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Albany
Corp
Harry C. Richter
Philadelphia
Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal
Planes Built In 3 Years Says Roosevelt
President Roosevelt announced the United States has produced over 175000 airplanes in about three years. In the first 91 days of this year 4400 were sent to Allies, averaging about 338 planes weekly, surpassing the earlier 50000-per-year goal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Foreign Economic Administration
Thomases
Congress
Police Weep But Not Emotionally Bomb To Blame
Police officers in tears for hours after a janitor knocked over a tear gas bomb in the office of Miss Josephine Smith secretary to Captain William H. Peters. Gas spread despite fans and open windows, remaining strong for hours and delaying desk work. The bomb was stamped ineffective after June 1943 yet proved potent one year later.
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Josephine Smith
William H. Peters
Aleut Natives Return to Pribilofs After Evacuation
Interior Secretary Ickes announced the successful return of 400 Aleut natives to the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea, after evacuation nearly two years ago due to Japanese activities in the area.
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Washington
Ickes
Pribilof Islands
Bering Sea
Maryland Democrats Choose Uninstructed Delegation for Convention
Maryland leaders met in Baltimore to select a 24 member delegation to the national convention that will not be instructed to back President Roosevelt for a fourth term. Governor O’Conor headed the pre convention caucus which said delegates to Chicago should remain uninstructed, leaving keynotes to Speaker Sam Rayburn. A floor fight over a Roosevelt endorsement was anticipated but not adopted.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Roosevelt
O’conor
Chicago
Sam Rayburn
House of Representatives
Congress
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
USES Placed In Full Control Of Job-Seekers
War Manpower Commission ordered a nationwide policy effective July 1 requiring every job seeking man to apply to the United States Employment Service for assignment to war plants where most needed. Employers may hire only men referred by USES, under McNutt's plan to direct labor to highest urgency production. The change extends a voluntary program already operating in areas of critical shortage.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
America
United States Employment Service
Paul V. McNutt
WMC
McNutt
OPA Appeals to Maryland Gas Stations for Help
State Price Administrator Leo H. McCormick ordered all Maryland ration boards to personally seek support from filling station operators to curb speeding and gasoline black market activity. Boards were told to form local advisory committees, report progress biweekly, and hand over noncooperating operators to the OPA law enforcement division. He linked coupon traffic to speed violations near war plants and urged operators to aid the drive.
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Maryland
Leo H. McCormick
Washington County Ration Board
McCormick
OPA
Williamsport Youth Wins Purple Heart in Berlin Raid
Staff Sergeant Alonzo R. Rees 23 of Williamsport assistant engineer and right waist gunner on an Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress earned the Purple Heart for wounds in action during the first daylight bombing raid on Berlin. He is stationed in England. Also noted is Kees son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen C. Kees of Route 2 Williamsport who entered service August 22 1942 after working for M P Moller Company.
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Alonzo R. Rees
Williamsport
Berlin
England
Set. Kees
Allen C. Kees
Route 2
M. P. Moller Company
Ammunition Train Explodes Meagerly Hurts Town
An ammunition train exploded in an East Anglia market town, lifting roofs and turning the station into a shambles. The fireman aboard the train was killed and several people were injured. The blast was felt twenty miles away, with many businesses delaying opening to clear shattered glass and restock.
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London
East Anglia
Barefoot Girls Amuse North Residents
Junior and senior high school girls amused North residents by walking home barefoot after a torrential shower yesterday afternoon. They weren't joking, just being practical as shoe coupons stretch and non rationed shoes struggle in heavy rain.
Chorus To Boost War Loan Here
The Don Cossack chorus, popular in Hagerstown with the Women's Club, will headline a public rally for the Fifth War Loan on Saturday June 10. If weather allows, a concert at Pangborn Park in the afternoon and at City Park in the evening is planned, with Cumberland visits the day before. An initial Washington County Fifth War Loan committee meeting is set for 7:30 p m today at the Nidodemus National Bank to outline drive progress starting Monday June 12. A 35 minute film Baptism of Fire will follow the meeting.
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Don Cossack
Hagerstown
Women’s Club
Pangborn Park
City Park
John D. Hollyday
Cumberland
Fifth War Loan Committee
Washington County
Nicodemus National Bank
Mnday
Letters in custody case reveal Austrian count evidence
In Los Angeles a court hears photostatic letters said to be from Walter Von Neudegg to Mrs Elizabeth Bold Heinz amid a custody dispute over Clifford III. Mrs Heinz testifies that in Spartansburg she faced a staged scene with her husband and two men demanding divorce evidence after a dinner and movie. She denies abuse claims against the child.
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Los Angeles
Walter von Neudegg
Elizabeth Bold Heinz
Baltimore
Clifford S. Heinz, Jr
Clifford III
Heinz
von Neudegg
Spartansburg
S. C
von Neudegs
Soldier Uses Church as Practice Space Without Key in Santa Ana
In Santa Ana on June 2, neighbors reported Pvt. Willis E. Walker entering a Southern Methodist church through a window to practice music. Police were called. The pastor explained Walker had permission to rehearse there and would receive a church key in the future.
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Santa Ana
Cal
Pvt
Willis E. Walker
Southern Methodist Church
Walker
Pope warns on Rome as war nears city’s fate
In a College of Cardinals address Pope Pius XII urged restraint amid battles near Rome. He warned that calling for total victory could prolong war and that lifting a hand against the external city would bear grave responsibility for future generations. He urged victors to offer hope and faith and cautioned against destructive aims.
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Pontiff
College of Cardinals
London
Pius XII
Rome
Pius
Inside Stairway Is Now Planned For Court House
The Board of County Commissioners considers installing a stairway from the main corridor to basement offices of the Board of Election Supervisors and County Surveyor. They seek to remove the boxed stairway at the front and avoid west side construction. A contractor confirms practicality and advisability. Plans include a fire proof vault for precinct voting files.
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Board of Election Supervisors
County Surveyor
Board of County Commissioners
Election Board
Divorces Filed Here During May
Two more suits for divorce bring May total to 23 and yearly filings to 131. Edna R. Gingrich, by attorney H. H. Hoffman, sues Warren J. Gingrich. Mabel R. Moats, by attorney D. Angle Wolfinger, sues Emory P. Moats.
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Edna R. Gingrich
H. H. Hoffman
Warren J. Gingrich
Mabel R. Moats
D. Angle Wolfinger
Emory P. Moats
Gas exposure at Brooklyn pier traps 20 to 25 men
Police dispatched ambulances two emergency squads and radio cars to a Brooklyn pier after reports that 20 to 25 men were overcome by carbon monoxide gas in the hold of a ship. Authorities sought to remove them and assess injuries as crews worked to ventilate the vessel.
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New York
Brooklyn
War Labor Board Orders Not Reviewable Rule
The U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that War Labor Board orders are not reviewable by the courts. The decision, unanimous among Judges Miller Edgerton and Arnold, upheld that no statute authorizes court review of the Board's orders. The ruling came on an appeal by Motor Freight Carriers Inc representing about 300 trucking firms in Boston and New England.
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Washington
United States Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
The
War Labor Board
Employers Group of
Motor Freight Carriers, Inc
Boston
New England
Miller
Edgerton
Arnold
Aged Woman Breaks Hip In Sudden Fall
Mrs. Anna De Corse, 78, of 31 West Franklin Street, fractured her hip when a table toppled while she stood on it at home. She was admitted to Washington County Hospital’s emergency room at 2 p.m. and her condition today was described as only fair.
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Anna DeCorse
West
Franklin Street
Washington County Hospital
Registers to sit at Clearspring for voter registration
Washington county announces two permanent registers of voters will sit in Clearspring tomorrow to register new voters and transfer existing ones. They will be at the I. O. O. F. hall from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. The schedule continues next week with Indian Springs, Cearfoss, and Wilson’s listed for June 7, June ?, and June 10 respectively.
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Washington County
Clearspring
Indian Springs
Cearfoss
Wilson's
Rabbits Bother North End Victory Gardeners
North End gardeners complain rabbits, stray dogs and youths destroy crops fueling a push to protect the nation’s food supply. Captain William H. Peters notes it is illegal to shoot out of season and city rules ban firearm discharge within limits. trapping and State Game Department distribution is being explored as a remedy.
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William H. Peters
North End
Victory
State Game Department
Allied Drive Reaches Velletri Near Rome Amid Rome Front
Allied Fifth Army forces cut the Via Casilina sealing off a German escape route and entered Velletri as Americans advance toward Rome. British and French units push along the highway with fierce street fighting in progress. Yankee troops seize heights near Monte Artimisio and Miss Peschio while encircling key German positions on the Apennine front.
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HDQS
Naples
Fifth Army
Via Casilina
Velletri
Rome
Valmontone
Ferentino
U. S
Valletri
Appian Way
Monte Artemisio
OPA Plans Standard List Of Meat And Groceries
The Office of Price Administration will issue a pocket sized Shopper's Community Price List and meat price list at the Washington County Ration Board for residents to verify top legal prices. The lists have not yet arrived. distribution points will be announced once received from state headquarters.
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Washington County
OPA
Stepdaughter Slayer Gets Life Sentence
Mason Michigan June 2 James Riley Gillihan 47 war worker was sentenced to life for the first degree murder of his stepdaughter Margaret McAmber 23 on March 30 He did not testify or offer defense witnesses during a two day trial and wept as Circuit Judge Charles H Hayden read a statement describing alleged jealous motives and his strikes with a hatchet during the fatal quarrel He reportedly attempted suicide twice after the act and will be transferred to prison to serve his sentence.
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Mason
Mich
James Riley Gillihan
Margaret McAmber
Charles H. Hayden
Gillihan
Raspberry harvest set to start June 15 to 26
Washington county reports an excellent raspberry crop with the harvest to begin moving to markets between June 15 and 26. Growers cite a mild winter with no plant damage and spring rains ensuring large juicy berries of fine quality.
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Washington County
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Daily Mail
Purple
Don Cossack Singers
Pope
WLB
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