Four Gallons Week B Ration Cards Tightened
East Coast motorists will receive an average basic gasoline ration of nearly four gallons per week under the regular coupon-book system starting next month. OPA Administrator Joel Dean said the higher allotment replaces the current three gallons weekly, made possible by tighter controls. Fewer B coupons will be issued as drivers must prove business necessity or join transportation pools of four or more people.
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Washington
Joel Dean
OPA
Dean
Hailstorm Season Patrolled by Hancock Orchardists
Hancock orchardists face the hailstorm season with cautious optimism as hailstones varying in size pelt the Apple and Peach regions. Despite some large stones crushing apples, overall damage in Hancock remains light, and growers note hail insurance has grown scarce while damaged fruit is unsellable.
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Hancock
Chinese Editorial Declares Midway Marked Japan’s Decline
Chungking dispatches report a Communist aligned New China Daily News judging the Battle of Midway as the start of Japan’s downfall. It calls Midway a boomerang for the Japanese navy and says their invincibility hoax has been shattered by the American forces.
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Chungking
Midway
Japan
New China Daily News
Tip Prizes Split in Daily Mail News Contest
Tip prizes are divided as readers submit tips on a local woman falling down an elevator shaft a razed water tanks site and more. First prize is split between a poultry house fire and missing turkey stories as well as a couple finding articles left in their car. Tips accepted daily 7:30 a m to 1:30 p m by the Daily Mail.
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The
Daily Mail
Plane crashes at Fort Benning with bombs exploding
An airplane crashed on the Fort Benning reservation in June and Lt. Russell Hammargren, Public Relations Officer, said the plane carried bombs that exploded. The craft fell about 15 miles from post headquarters. Initial reports suggested a single bomb triggered others. No immediate word on casualties.
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Fort Benning, Ga
Fort Benning
Russell Hammargren
Hammergren
Evacuation urged for French coast as war moves inland
The BBC in French warned occupied coast regions to evacuate inland amid rising operations to aid France's liberation. It noted danger to civilians and urged coastal residents from the Belgian border to the Pyrenees to depart quickly as Allied actions approach.
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London
B.B. C
France
Pyrenees
Spain
St. Nazaire
Heavy draw of 4-F and 1-B rejections for Baltimore exams
Many registrants sent to Baltimore for final physicals before induction. The July quota for Hagerstown is expected to be heavy due to 43 of 64 rejected as physically unfit, most previously classified 4-F or 1-B. Rejected with rehabilitation plans may be recalled after corrections. draft boards review 3-A cases for upcoming inductions.
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Baltimore
Hagerstown
Edward M Schindel in coma after hemorrhage
Edward M Schindel county surveyor remains in coma after a cerebral hemorrhage last week. Hospital attendants report little change in his condition, with the illness described as grave.
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Edward M. Schindel
Mr. Schindel
Cumberland Steel Workers End Two-Day Strike
Sixty seven Cumberland Steel Company employees returned to work this morning to resume war orders after a two day strike protesting company regulations.
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Cumberland, Mad
Cumperland Steel Company
Court rules on overtime for workers
The Supreme Court held that the Federal wage hour act does not require overtime pay when employees’ fixed weekly salary meets minimum wage and hourly pay is set by contract. Justice Byrnes delivered a 5 to 4 opinion overruling the government’s demand for hourly wage calculation based on weekly salary.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Byrnes
Congress
Auto Stamp Purchase Starts June 10 for Gas Rationing
Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson announced 13 000 auto tax stamps must be bought by July 1. The red stamps with serial numbers go on sale at county post offices June 10 and require make model and engine number on back. Stamp cost five dollars and enables obtaining a gasoline rationing card on July 1.
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Thomas M. Simpson
County Boy Admitted to Air Forces Officer Candidate School
Corp. Franklin S. Seibert of Clearspring has been admitted as an officer candidate to the Air Forces Officer Candidate School at Miami Beach Florida. After twelve weeks of instruction he will be commissioned a second lieutenant. The school offers 35 specialized courses in administration personnel and supply duties to prepare officers for non flying duties in the Air Forces.
Washington County nurses reach Australia in Army units
Two graduate nurses from Washington County Hospital, Dora Bowers and Mabel Stewart, have arrived in Australia as part of U. S. Army nursing units. Their parents, Mr and Mrs Clyde Bowers of Jefferson Street, were notified that they landed safely after leaving in late April for overseas duties.
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Washington County Hospital
Australia
U. S. Army
Clyde Bowers
Jefferson Street
Dora Bowers
Mabel Stewart
Martinsburg
War Production Board seeks removal of trolley rails in Hagerstown
The War Production Board requests the remaining trolley rails on North and South Potomac streets in Hagerstown be removed. Street Superintendent Charles W. Stump said WPB promised material releases to repair streets after rails are cleared. About 150 tons to be removed, with 200 tons already sold to smelters for scrap.
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War Production Board
Hagerstown
Charles W. Stump
WPB
North
South Potomac Streets
Mr. Stump
South Potomac Street
Antietam
Public Square
North Potomac Street
Potomac Avenue Front Church
Western Maryland Railroad
Mulberry
Fairchild Aids Soldiers Kin
The Fairchild Aviation Corp. will give preference to job applicants with near relatives in the Army Navy or Marine Corps when qualifications are equal. The plant employment office will continue this program for both office and plant staff based on the familial military connection.
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Fairchild Aviation Corp
United States
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Fairchild
Roosevelt asks Congress for 39.4 billion war department funds
President Roosevelt sent a memorandum to Speaker Rayburn requesting a new War Department appropriation of 39 4417 827 337 dollars for the year ending June 30 1943. If approved, total war funding for the three years to 1943 would exceed 200 billion dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
War Department
Rayburn
Japs urged new assault as Pacific war pivots after Midway
U S and Allied forces claim a hard fought Midway victory as Japanese must launch fresh attacks or face defeat. Admiral Nimitz reports loss of contact with the enemy fleet while Admiral King warns the Pacific war’s course hinges on damage assessment. Continued coverage on page 2.
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Pacific
John M. Hightower
Washington
America
United States
Midway Island
Alaska
Australia
United Nations
Candidates Must File By July 24 Under New Ruling
Attorney General Willam C. Walsh announces a ruling that local and state wide candidates must file at least 44 days before the primary due to absentee voting rules. Primary is September 8. certificates and fees must reach the Board of Election Supervisors by July 24. Filing fees are expected to surge in July. Independent petitioners must pay the usual fee plus 25 cents per name. The 1941 legislative amendment changed petition filing rules.
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Willam C. Walsh
Board of Election Supervisors
Attorney General
F D R Confers With Scions On Gasoline
President Roosevelt invites three House members to the White House to discuss possible nationwide gasoline rationing as a tire conservation measure. The plan faces opposition in Congress from a large bloc, with Lea of California Kleberg of Texas and Holmes of Massachusetts among those invited.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
White House
Congress
Lea
D-Cal
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Kleberg
D-Tex
Holmes
Rmass
Brian Bell of A. P. Dead in Arlington Home
Brian Bell chief of the Washington Bureau of the Associated Press died at his Arlington Virginia home at 3 40 this morning He was 52 and had headed the Washington office since January 1 1939 after work in Atlanta New York Los Angeles and San Francisco Bell was a former sports writer and was stricken while watching the Washington Detroit baseball game The physician said an acute coronary thrombosis caused his death at the ball park
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Washington
Brian Bell
Associated Press
Arlington
South Carolina
Atlanta
New York
Los Angles
San Francisco
Columbia
S. C
Bell
Ball Park
County Grocers Dilemma Solved
Rural grocers faced low basic sugar allotments and rural residents tapped certificates for supplemental purchases, draining stock and forcing long drives on limited gas. A local Ration Board member said the problem is being solved by granting the rural grocers additional relief to stabilize supplies.
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Ration Board
Grocers &N
Warmest Night Of The Year In The County Reported
J A Miller the government weather observer said last night was the warmest of 1042 with temperatures not dipping below 67 degrees after a 91 degree reading at Keedysville. Light rain fell in the southern county section amounting to .10 of an inch, contrasting with heavier rain elsewhere.
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Keedysville
J. A Miller
Mr. Miller
Box Score Of Naval Battle At Pearl Harbor
Report from Pearl Harbor on June 8 details Japan losses of at least 16 ships including carriers and transports as they failed to seize Midway. American losses listed as one destroyer sunk and one aircraft carrier hit amid a costly clash in eastern Pacific waters.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Midway Island
Pacific
Japanese submarines shell Australian cities
Allied headquarters in Australia reported Japanese submarines shelled Sydney and Newcastle in a night raid the first sea borne attack on the mainland since the war began. One civilian casualty and a broken leg for a German refugee were noted along with minor property damage and widespread blackout orders.
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Allied
Australia
Sydney
Newcastle
Edward Hirsch
Germany
Youths Duel Ends in Fatal Shooting in Patman Conn
In Patman Connecticut two Woodstock youths, Norman Clifford Baato and John A Dodge, aged 16, engaged in a playful gun duel. Baato was shot in the chest and died. The coroner said the pair had frequent “wild west fashion” duels, each stalking the other with rifles. Dodge claimed his gun discharged accidentally after a problem with the weapon. An inquest will be held this week.
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Patman
Conn
Woodstock
Norman Clifford Baato
Louis A. Woisard
Ramelson
Basto
John A. Dodge
Dodge
Heydrich Body Arrives for State Funeral in Berlin
The body of Reinhard Heydrich, assassinated Reichsprotector of Bohemia and Moravia, arrived in Berlin from Anhalter station with a motor escort and blackshirt guard. It was taken to Prince Albert Palace and will be moved tomorrow to a hall in Hitler's Reich Chancellery for a state funeral ordered by the Fuehrer.
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Berlin
Reinhard Heydrich
Surgeon Dr Nachlas joins Army Medical Corps
Dr William I Nachlas orthopedist for Washington County Hospital and Maryland's crippled children's division has joined the Army Medical Corps and reported at camp.
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William I. Nachlas
Washington County Hospital
Maryland
Crippled Children’s Division
Army Medical Corps
At Midway Jap fleet retreats under heavy loss
Pearl Harbor June 2 AP The Japanese fleet withdraws from Midway after a sharp battle, with at least three ships sunk and 18 or more damaged. Admiral Nimitz notes contact lost and reports sinking of a Japanese destroyer and damage to two cruisers, while an American destroyer is also sunk.
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Walter B. Clausen
Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Nimitz
Keep Em Fleeing Says Arnold To Army Fliers
Lieutenant General Henry H Arnold Army Air Force chief congratulated the Army fliers who helped rout the Japanese invasion fleet off Midway. He urged Delos C Emmons Hawaiian Department commander to keep them fleeing and noted the half year since Pearl Harbor. He praised American airmen and vowed air supremacy.
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Washington
Henry H.arnold
Army Air Force
Army
Midway
Delos C. Emmons
Arnold
America
Pearl Harbor
Fathers and sons enlist in State Guard at Hagerstown
Charles E and Lawrence E Kendall and Vorley and Richard A Wallace, fathers and sons respectively, have enlisted in the State Guard. They are the first father and son pairs to join. Age is no barrier as the guard welcomes young and old into Companies A B and Headquarters. An officer said Hagerstown is proud these men represent the city in this war effort.
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Charles E
Lawrence E. Kendall
Vorley
Richard A. Wallace
State Guard
Uns
Guard
Hagerstown
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