Soviet Defenders Hold Sevastopol Amid Coastal Assault
Moscow dispatches from Red Star report Soviet forces defending Sevastopol have not yielded a single line to German attackers as the siege intensifies. Germans attack by land and air, penetrating to a hilly sector while attempting to seize two heights. Soviet lines at other approaches remain intact. Berlin confirms air raids and bombardment.
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Henry
Cassidy
Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimean
Red Star
Berlin
Volunteer Ration Office To Open In Smithsburg
An auxiliary branch of the Smithsburg ration office will open at the Smithsburg Library tomorrow with Mrs D A Stonesifer as supervisor. Hours are 2 to 5 p m and 7 to 9 p m daily. A shortage of funds prevents hiring extra paid staff, creating a need for volunteers at the North Locust Street office.
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Smithsburg
North Locust Street
D. A. Stonesifer
Bund Leader Kunze Indicted in Espionage Conspiracy Case
A federal grand jury in Hartford indicted Gerhard Kunze Bund leader Anastase Vonsiatsky and three others on charges of conspiring to violate the 1917 espionage act by supplying military and defense information to Germany and Japan. Also named were Otto Willumheit, Wolfgang Ebell, and Rev. Kurt Molzahn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Gerhard William Kunze
Bund
Anastase Vonsiatsky
Germany
Japan
Otto Willumheit
Chicago
Wolfgang Ebell
el Paso
Tex
Kurt B. Molzahn
Philadelphia
Money In Circulation Reaches Record High May Total
The Treasury reports money in circulation rose by more than 300 million in May to a record 12,072,237, 79 dollars. The coin currency held outside the Treasury and Federal Reserve Banks stood at 89.84 dollars per person, up 2.20 from April and 19.55 from a year ago. No reason was given for the May jump, though increases have continued for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Roosevelts Arrival On Official Navy Business In Britain
London report notes the arrival of Lieutenant Franklin D Roosevelt Jr in Britain on official business for the United States Navy marking a diplomatic and military backdrop to current wartime ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Franklin D. Rooseveltt, Jr
Britain
United States Navy
Not A Wheelbarrow At Start But Surplus Now Of $68,041
The county began with no wheelbarrow in its equipment when taking over the lateral road system on October 1, 1939. An audit by Roads Engineer C. William Hetzer filed with the Board of County Commissioners shows a current surplus of $62,057.53 in equipment and buildings, plus about $6,000 in cash, despite material shortages. The roads department is ahead of its schedule with a 1942 program to be completed by year end, and an April 30 operating surplus of $5,984.45. Seven miles of new construction and several bridges and culverts completed. $4,000 spent on snow removal. multiple projects nearing completion.
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Board of County Commissioners
C. William Hetzer
Roads Department of the County
Board Grants Tires to 75
Certificates for the purchase of new truck or auto tires or tubes have been granted to 75 individuals or firms, the local Ration Board announced today. Recipients include Homer C Amos Fred E Adams Daniel W Ausherman Melvin L Betts Joseph Brown William R Brant Stanley W Brown John Buchanan Thurland S Colbert C E Dehart M C Dehart H P Dehart Joseph E Hartle H M Hartman J F Hose Elmer A Johnston Charles W Kratz Robert E Liebendorfer Daniel S Mills C W Martin Frank Mills Daniel K Pike Charles H Pound Daniel Roth G C Ridenour G H McNeal Lonnie G Repp Glenn D Rubek George M Staley John V Shumaker Clarence V Smith Ulysses G Stone Eugene W
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Ration Board
Homer C .Amos
Fred E. Adams
Daniel W. Ausherman
Melvin L. Betts
Joseph Brown
William R. Brant
Stanley W. Brown
John Buchanan
Thurland S. Colbert
C. E. Dehart
M. C. Dehart
H. P. Dehart
Joseph E
Many Accommodated At Williamsport sugar station
More than 500 people were helped at the Williamsport sugar ration bureau opened at the Town Hall last week. Volunteers staff the station and residents from Boonsboro Sharpsburg Clearspring Fairplay St. James Big Spring Pinesburg and even Hagerstown traveled there. The Williamsport site will operate every evening this week from 6 to 9 p.m. and all applicants must bring their sugar ration books.
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Williamsport
Boonsboro
Sharpsburg
Clearspring
Fairplay
St. James
Big Spring
Pinesburg
Hagerstown
Buy A War Bond And Autograph A Bomb
Hitler plans autograph requests but does not know it yet. Buyers of war bonds at the Army war show in Baltimore on Friday will receive the privilege of autographing a bomb promised by the U S Army Ordnance Department to be delivered in a ceremony to Berlin. The defense stamp price funds a Note to Hitler to be enclosed in a Berlin bound bomb.
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Baltimore
Hitler
U. S. Army Ordnance Department
Berlin
Thieves Make Return Visit Steal Seven Fryers
Robery Stine of Maugansville Road reported thieves returned and stole seven fat fryers after an earlier scare off. Co F. Slickenstaff at 620 North Prospect reported a ham and a shoulder missing, with police noting high meat prices.
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Robert Stine
Maugansville Road
Co. F. Slickenstaff
North Prospect Street
Smithsburg Minute Men Drill Tomorrow
The Minute Men of Smithsburg plan a drill tomorrow evening at 8. It will be held outdoors to maximize daylight hours, and all members are urged to report promptly.
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Smithsburg
Hagerstown High School Holds 64th Commencement
The 64th annual commencement at Hagerstown High School awarded diplomas to 294 graduates. Superintendent Benjamin C. Willis presided while Doris Humbhouse was salutatorian and Paul Mattson delivered the valedictory. Prizes went to Julia Schnebley Betsy Harbaugh Doris Humrhouse and Jack Snyder. Elks Lodge presented rings to Mattson and Humrhouse.
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Benjamin C. Willis
Hagerstown High School
Washington County
Doris Humbhhouse
Paul Mattson
Phillip Ranth
Betsy Harbaugh
Doris Humrhouse
Helen Duffey
Jack Snyder
Robert E. Zeigler
Elks Rings
Hagerstown Elks Lodge
Tings
Doris Hamrichouse
David Emmett
Maryland Society of the Sons of the Re
Makes Rubber In A Jiffy Demonstration Before Senate
In Washington senators watched B F Goodrich executives demonstrate synthetic rubber production. K D Smith of Akron poured liquid ameripol latex into a beaker, added acetic acid, squeezed and bounced the liquid to show its consistency. He claimed 20 cents a pound as a fair price and that tests show synthetic casings reach about 90 percent durability of natural rubber tires.
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Washington
B. F. Goodrich
K. D. Smith
Akron
Ameripol
McNary
R-Ore
Thirst Fatal to Financier Cheney in Arizona
Benjamin Pierce Cheney a 76 year old Boston financier and social leader perished in the northwestern Arizona desert after a 20 mile trek for water. Ex officio coroner E E Wilson said water was reachable in time had he walked the opposite direction from his stalled car. Found dead by a cowboy four days later an empty canteen marked his last hours. Cheney had eastern roots but loved the west and held business interests there. His wife Mrs da Lewis Cheney widow of the stage star Julia Arthur mourns. He inherited 2 500 000 of his father Benjamin P Cheney's 10 000 000 estate after Harvard graduation in 1890.
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Kingman
Ariz
Benjamin Pierce Cheney
Boston
Arizona
E. E. Wilson
Cheney
Lee Eaton
da Lewis Cheney
Julia Arthur
The
Stage
California
Benjamin P. Cheney
United States
Canada Express
American Express
Harvard
War Casualties of Britain 183 550
London reports Britain's armed forces suffered 183 550 total casualties in the first two years of war ending September 2 1941 including 14 687 officers. Killed 48 973 wounded 46 363 prisoners 58 458 missing 29 156. UK losses 144 982 Dominions 23 824 India and Burma 8 591 colonies 6 158.
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London
Clement R. Atlee
Dominion Affairs
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Dominions
India
Burma
Colonies
Soldier Dies Before Army Enlistment Now Serves at Barracks
Pvt John Fury of the 354th School Squadron U S Air Corps died on Cemetery street Weston W Va before he entered the Army. He now is in barracks on Graves street Jefferson Barracks Mo June 10 with report of his death and current assignment.
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Jefferson Barracks
John Fury
354Th
U. S. Air Corps
Hved
Cemetery Street
Weston
W. Va
Army
Graves Street
British Merchant Vessel Torpedoed in Atlantic
The Navy announced that a medium-sized British merchant vessel was torpedoed in the Atlantic. Survivors have been landed at East Coast ports.
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Washington
Atlantic
Slaves Face New German Terrorism Unfolds in Europe
Berlin dispatches warn that the Heydrich assassination will trigger sweeping punishments across the occupied territories. Executions run as high as ten daily in France while Czechs are shot in large groups. Reports cite mass reprisal killings in Yugoslavia and fear of further crackdowns spreading to Poland Norway and Germany.
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Bern
Switzerland
Reinhard Heydrich
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Berlin
Prague
Paris
Amsterdam
Poland
Yugoslavia
France
Heydrich
Gestapo
Complete plans for Hagerstown Fair race meet
Plans have been completed for the Hagerstown Fair ten day racing meet opening Tuesday July 7 General Manager Harold F Bester announced There will be eight races daily with first post at 2 p m Edward J Brennan will be racing secretary J Donald Hay mutuel manager M C Shea steward representing the Fair Association and W R Herron state steward A special train from Washington daily is expected to bring racing fans Minimum purses will be 600 with larger purses for feature races To attract top horses the claiming price will not be under 1000 Horses will come from Delaware Park Charles Town and Wheeling
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Hagerstown Fair
Harold F. Bester
Bester
Edward J. Brennan
J. Donald Hay
M. Cc. Shea
The
Fair Association
W. R. Herron
Washington Daily
Delaware Park
Charles Town
Wheeling
Funeral for RAF flier shot down near St Malo
Three thousand people in Vichy attended funeral services for an RAF flier shot down along the French coast. The burial with military honors was conducted by German authorities at St Malo on Monday.
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Vichy
France
St. Malo
Gaso Line Stocks Fall Again in Week to June 6
NEW YORK June 10 The American Petroleum Institute reports U S gasol ine line stocks declined by 2,050,000 barrels in the week ended June 6 marking a twelfth straight weekly decrease. The drop continues a broad downtrend in domestic energy inventories.
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New York
United States
American Petroleum Institute
Hen Lays Egg With His Initial On It
A hen in J. Tu. Harr’s flock on Size Summit avenue laid an egg with a neat J embossed on one end, winning this month’s freak egg prize as Harr noted he had been reading about peculiar eggs.
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Summit Avenue
Harr
Hart
Justice Murphy to Leave Court for Army Training
Associate Justice Frank Murphy will temporarily depart the Supreme Court to become a lieutenant colonel in the Army. He will take the oath at the War Department, report to Fort Benning for four months of field training, then attend infantry school, attached to General Marshall’s office. Murphy is 49 and has prior overseas service.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Associates
High Court
War Department
Fort Benning
George C. Marshall
Justice Murphy
Miners Cut Vacation Provided In Contract
MADISONVILLE Ky June 10 As a contribution to the war effort United Mine Workers of America in District No 23 cut the ten day vacation period in their contract with mine operators to one working day Ed J Morgan district president announced today The reduced vacation will be July 3 4 and 5 with work resuming July 6 Operators will pay their employers 20 each during the vacation period as a token payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madisonville
United Mine Workers of America
Ed J. Morgan
Morgan
Allied airmen kill 18 fighters in southwest Pacific action
Allied airmen reported by General MacArthur destroyed or damaged 18 Japanese fighters in New Guinea and Timor while losing two of their own planes. The strike hit Ermera in Timor, set large fires in the Lae Salamaua belt, and marked the largest Allied fighter victory in the southwest Pacific to date.
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Australia
New Guinea
Portuguese Timor
Douglas MacArthur
Tasman Sea
Ermera
Timor
Gas Rationing Hurting Cupid
Gas rationing clipped Dan Cupid's wings but the effect will grow. May usually boosts marriages, yet 268 licenses were issued versus 217 in April. For the first five months of this year 1413 licenses were issued, up from 1115 last year, while May alone had 268 compared with 284 last May.
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Cupid
Devore & Raynolds To Keep In Touch With Soldiers
New York June 10 Employees of Devore and Raynolds Co a large paint firm now serving in the armed forces will receive regular letters from family and executives. Department heads were ordered to maintain ongoing correspondence so soldiers won’t forget the kind of work they will return to after the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Devore & Raynolds Co
Mama
Papa
Aunt Bess
Petain Believes Axis Can Be Beaten Despite Invasion Threat
Washington reports from Vichy say Marshal Petain now believes the Axis cannot win two years after Dunkirk. Laval remains dubious, while Admiral Darlan similarly doubts final Allied victory. An American observer quotes Laval claiming Germany cannot be defeated and that Allied victory would threaten Europe. Sources describe Petain as a patriot under German pressure, working to shield France and its people from occupation.
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Washington
Dunkerque
Petain
Vichy
France
Pierre Laval
Laval
Germany
Europe
England
Soviet
Russia
Vichy Re
Navy silent on Japanese Midway claims
Washington reports the Navy refused to confirm Japanese assertions that two U S aircraft carriers and a large transport were sunk near Midway Island and Dutch Harbor Alaska. American communiqués acknowledge damage to one carrier and loss of a destroyer, while officials call Tokyo’s claims a fishing expedition unlikely to reveal fleet dispositions.
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Washington
Navy
U. S
Midway Island
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Tokyo
United States
Midway Clash Ends in Naval Loss for Japan
Imperial Tokyo minimized the damage from the Midway battle while U S reports say American forces sank a carrier and heavily damaged another, with a cruiser hit. Eyewitness Ensign George H Gay Jr said three Japanese carriers, including two Kaga Akagi class, burned under torpedo attack as the Japanese fleet retreated.
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Imperial Tokyo
Midway
United States
George H. Gay, Jr
U. S. Navy
Japan
Tokyo
British repulse Axis attack at Bir Hacheim
British headquarters says a large Axis assault on Bir Hacheim yesterday was driven off with aid from Free French garrison. The communique notes increased use of tanks dive bombers infantry and artillery and says mobile columns continue to harass the enemy’s western supply line. In the Cauldron Area Rommel’s desert army clashed with British tanks and armored cars in long range duels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Bir Hacheim
Erwin Rommel
Knightsbridge
High School Class Buys $1115 in Defense Stamps
A Problems of Democracy class at Hagerstown High School purchased 1115 dollars of Defense Stamps in early January. Principal Donald Taylor announced the sale as part of studying American democracy and its premiums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown High School
Bergen
Donald Aytor
Kaylor
County Commissioners Reappoint Constable Ivan Mullenix
The Board of County Commissioners yesterday reappointed Ivan Mullenix as a county constable. Mullenix oversees the county shelter and related operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Ivan Mullenix
Mr. Mullenix
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FDR, JR
County Roads Department
Roads Department
BOARD
Supreme Bench
Murphy
Army of Occupation
U.S
MacArthur
Darlan
By Wade Werner
Jean Darlan
Roger D. Greene
Constable
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