County Quota Set At 2 850 000 For War Bond Drive
Washington county plans to raise at least 2 850 000 in war bonds during the Fifth War Loan Drive from June 12 to July 8. The E bonds quota is 1 million plus 600 000 in other bonds. Warner Brothers theatres boost bond sales with a Maryland July 11 premiere of White Cliffs of Dover and bond sale events. A free movie day July 6 offers free admission to bond purchasers, and theatre auctions and merchandise sales will support the drive.
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Washington County
Nicodemus National Bank
George
Pevelle
Warner Brothers Theatres
Maryland
White Cliffs of
Dover
Warner Brothers
Warner
Town
Registration for Hagere Town high school boys
County Agent Mark Miller reports that application blanks for registering Hagere town high school boys for summer farm work are now available. Few teens have shown interest despite a need to replace drafted workers and harvest crops. Boys need only teenage status and average size to secure a summer farm job. contact Mr. Miller on Summit Avenue for details.
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Hageretown
Mark Miller
Miller
Two Trucks Crash. One Driver Charged for Following Too Closely
Noons was injured in a collision of two trucks on Virginia Avenue yesterday afternoon but Davis Grimm of York County Pennsylvania was charged by Deputy Maugans with following too closely another commercial vehicle. The Grimm truck rear ended a Carhaugh Van Service truck operated by Richard Long of Pennsylvania Avenue, the officer said.
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Noons
Virginia Avenue
Davis
Grimm
York County
Harvey Maugans
Richard
Bond Buyers Get Theater Tickets In War Loan Drive
Fairchild employees who buy war bonds during the Fifth War Loan Drive will receive tickets to a local theater and a chance to win an air plane ride in the F-24 piloted by Dick Henson. Joseph Gottfried and 5. E. Snogderly announced that each bond purchaser gets a ticket with three drawn on July 10 for an aerial excursion.
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Fairchild
Dick Henson
Joseph Gottfried
E. Snogderly
State Democrats Name Delegates
Delegates to the Democratic national convention were named with no instructing mandate. The slate includes J Millard Tawes and Millard E Tydings among Maryland leaders, with an equal number of alternates chosen for the Chicago gathering.
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Roosevelt
O’conor
Maryland
Rayburn
Democratic Party
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Windy City
Millard E. Tydings
Senate
J. Millard Tawes
Somerset County
K. Fulton Waller
Wicomico County
A. Fletcher Sisk
Talbot County
W. Grayson Winterbottom, Jr
Dorchester County
Tidings
Marford County
George L. Radcliffe
John S. White
Prince George’s County
Howard Duckett
Prince George's County
Philip H. Dorsey, Jr
St. Mary’s County
William C. Walsh
Allexany County
W. Preston Lane
Washington County
E. Brooke Lee
Montgomery County
Eugene, E. Casey
Nazis Drive Dent In Russian Lines Near Iasi
London reports that Germany has driven a dent into Soviet lines northwest of Iasi in Romania during the fourth day of battle. The Russian communique says the blows north of the town were repulsed, but a wedge was driven to the northwest at heavy cost in manpower and materiel.
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London
Tasi
Romania
Moscow
Iasi
Allied Drive Toward Rome Expands Across Alban Hills
Allied forces press toward Rome from Valmontone and Montelanico as the Fifth and Sixth Armies tighten the noose on German rearguards. Captures mount with over 14 000 prisoners by the 5th Army and more than 20 000 overall as Naz i defenses crumble, while snipers and pillage hinder advance and Allied destroyers neutralize a coastal battery off Anzio.
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Ferentino
Alphonse Juin
Montelanico
Alban Hills
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Velletri
Lanuvia
5Th
Via Castilina
Rome
Italy
Anzio
U S Warplanes Land In Russia
The article describes U S warplanes landing in Russia with Maj Gen John R Deane and Kathleen Deane among the celebrants as the Allied air forces report first large scale cooperation. The Moscow radio notes American and British air power reach operations to support key objectives while plans for shuttle operations trace to Teheran and Moscow conferences. New York City hosts 900000 school children and 33000 teachers across nearly 1900 buildings.
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Kathleen
John R. Deane
Russia
American Legion of Merit
Alexander R. Perminov
England
Italy
Africa
Deane
Britain
America
Moscow
Red Army
United States of America
Great Britain
United Nations
W. H. Arnold
United States Army Air Forces
U.S
Hull
Extension Voted To Price Control
Washington June 3 the House banking committee unanimously approved a one year extension of wartime price control and rejected expanding consumer food subsidies. It liberalized court review of OPA orders erasing the 60 day limit and allowed tests anytime. A textile amendment would set ceilings to preserve 90 percent profit for textile items, potentially adding 300 million annually to clothing costs.
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Washington
Congress
House Banking Committee
Rep
Brown
D-Ga
Senator Bankhead
OPA
War Pronction Board
Senate Banking Committee
Bankhead
Soldier Identified From Kodak Picture
Detective Wayne Sellman identified a soldier as the man who stole Charles Draper’s automobile from North Potomac street. The suspect allegedly left a camera and exposed film in the car, and two rural girls plus the soldier helped take pictures at City Park before the car was recovered. Sellman awaits decision on whether to prosecute locally or by military authorities.
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Charles Draper
Clearspring
North Potomac Street
Sellman
Tdraner
City Park
Draper
Market House
Sollman
Many Countians To Enter Army
The following men were accepted for the Navy on May 31. Local Board No. 2 announced last night: Grover Woodrow Palmer Williamsport Maurice Roney Murray Big Spring Robert Shank Martin Williamsport George Cleaper Hagerstown Route 5 etc. Clifford Monroester Maugansville and Willard Eugene Harn were accepted in the Marine Corps on the same date.
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Navy
Grover Woodrow Palmer
Williamsport
Maurice Roney Murray
Big Spring
Robert Shank Martin
George Ee Cloaper
Hagerstown
Kenneth Rhodes Resh
Maugansville
Gaither Mitchell Dill
Boonsboro
Marvin Leslie Golden
Little Orleans
Franklin Leroy Wittkofsky
West Franklin Street
Eugene Lee Wade
Baltimore
Edward Woodrow Beasley
Charles Leon Hutzell
Lydia
Donald Edward Clopper
Clearspring
Robert Eugene Manck
West Washington Street
Vernon Webster Munson
Hancock
Wilmer Edward Hughes
Brownsville
Carson Hubert Eves
Fountain Head Heights
Raymond Lee Bishop
Russell James Cline
Burlington
N. C
Oswald Edward Saylor
Harpers Ferry
Leland Harding Happel
Highfield
Lloyd Albertus Semler
Abraham James Martin
Smithsburg
Charles David Fishack
Cavewan
John Franklin Judd, Jr
Washington, D. C
Donald Norman Knode
Ray Reardon Obitis
Charles Willis Beachley
Boonshore
Francis Wiliam Hull
John Floyd Weller
James Blaine Boyd
Melvin Leander Finniff
George Reed Spigler
Clifford Monroester
Willard Eugene Harn
Marine Corps
Cowboy Actor Has Date When Manila Retaken
Hollywood reports Don Barry known as Red Barry says Gen Douglas MacArthur promised him the first Manila show after the city is retaken. Barry says he met the general in New Guinea during his South Pacific tour and that MacArthur offered to facilitate actors going to Manila.
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Don
Red) Barry
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Barry
South Pacific
Gen. MacArthur
New Guinea
Eaid Barty
Bulgarian Puppet Government Formed Under German Control
London report states Germany formed a new Bulgarian government led by Ivan Bagrianoff as premier and foreign minister, signaling continued puppet status. Berlin claimed the veteran politician heads a cabinet while reports say German troops and Bulgarian Army command have merged, amid mystery since Bosilov fall. Westminster Maryland bishop Hughes vows the Methodist church will not retreat on liquor, promising ongoing battle.
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London
Ger
Hungary
Ivan Bagrianoff
Berlin
Associated Press
Bosilov
Bulgaria
Westminster
Edwin Holt. Hughes
Washington
Methodist Church
Move To End Dearth Of Low-Cost Clothes
The War Production Board announced a major program to produce 99 million knitted items for children and work socks for men. Earlier plans included 10.9 million shirts and shorts for men and cotton slips and house dresses for women to ease shortages.
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Washington
War Production Board Today
Film Stars Smith and Stevens Set to Wed Soon
Hollywood reports actress Alexis Smith and actor Crass Stevens, who began dating on a film set two years ago, will wed June 15. A Warner studio spokesman announced the marriage, their first for both, with Stevens having received a medical Army discharge six months earlier.
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Alexis Smith
Crass Stevens
Warner's
Stevens
Allied forces press three fronts on Myitkyina lines
Southeast Asia Command in Kandy reports Americans and Chinese advancing steadily from three sides toward the North Burma bastion of Myitkyina. Allied communique notes gains both inside and outside the stronghold.
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Kandy
Ceyinn
Burma
MyitkyIna
Two Local Men Are Sentenced In Baltimore Case
Federal Court in Baltimore yesterday sentenced Guy Thompson of Salem Avenue poolroom to two years in federal prison and a $500 fine for possessing an unregistered still and manufacturing mash fit for distillation. Investigator Cushwa seized a 50 gallon still and mash from a club house allegedly owned by Thompson. Thompson also faced charges related to operating while intoxicated from a crash near Chewsville that injured a Halfway widow hospitalized in Washington County Hospital. William Roberts, who pleaded guilty in the same case, also received two years and a $500 fine after his case was held open until yesterday. The Thompson jury deliberated just two minutes.
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Guy Thompson
Salem Avenue
Baltimore
Charles B. Cushwa
Walnut Point
Cushwa
Thompson
Chewsville
Washington County
William Roberts
Lightning Hits John Taylor Home in Furkstown Storm
Lightning struck the home of John Taylor in Furkstown during Thursday afternoon’s storm, causing minor damage. Mrs. Taylor was momentarily stunned by the bolt.
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John BE. Taylor
Furkstown
Pleads Guilty To Charge Of Bigamy
Denver on June 3 Mrs Dixie Rose Lane pleaded guilty to bigamy after admitting she married seven men in fourteen years to gain travel opportunities. She will be sentenced later and said she did not always love the men but usually liked them in interviews.
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Denver
Dixie Rose Lane
Dixie Rose
Acquitted Lawyer Reopens Practice After Murder Trial
Washington June 3. Roin I Miller a 67 year old lawyer acquitted of murder in the shooting of his wife’s lover resumed law practice. He appeared in Municipal Court for a woman accused of stealing 12 dollars and won freedom for a client as the prosecution agreed to drop the case.
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Washington
Roin+ I. Miller
cGesey
James Carey Dies Prominent Baltimore Drug Trader
James Carey,senior partner of James Baily and Son,Baltimore wholesale druggists and former president of the Baltimore Wholesale Drug Exchange, died last night at his Guilford home.
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James Carey
Baltimore
James Baily
Baltimore Wholesale Druggists
Baltimore Wholesale Drug Exchange
Guilford
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