Fighting is Furious Around Sevastopol
Soviet Black Sea Fleet reportedly aided the Sevastopol garrison with a deadly barrage as siege fights raged around the Crimean port and near Kharkov. Dispatches noted no new German gains since yesterday, despite reports of advances at Ktarkoy and a large assault to break Russian defenses. The action marked the first reported Black Sea guns in operation since June 5, with the Red Crimea and Red Caucasus fleet units playing key roles.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Crimean
Kharkov
Ukraine
Ktarkoy
Red Crimea
Red Caucasus
Police Disperse Band Of Gypsies At Hospital Lawn
Washington County police were called to Washington County Hospital to disperse a band of Gypsies who appeared to pitch tents on the hospital lawn after a gypsy member, Pete Demetro of Baltimore, was admitted with shoulder and scalp wounds from an automobile crash on Rt. 40 east of Hagerstown. Hospital staff said more band members then crowded the corridors and grounds prompting police action to clear the area.
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Washington County
Senate
Pete Demetro
Baltimore
Rt. 40
Hagerstown
Normal crop of harvest apples expected this year
Orchardists report a normal crop of transparent or harvest apples, sized by recent rain but not greatly increased in growth. Picking starts in early July with Illinois transparents already underway this week. Labor supply for peak picking is a concern, though the bigger issue will come with late varieties harvest.
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Illinois
Gasoline Ration Increases Lifted To July 15
Motorists with exhausted units can request extra gas from the Ration Boards. Card values rise from three to six gallons weekly effective today, enabling about four weeks of supply until July 15. New permanent ration books will be issued July 1 to 3 at public schools, with A books of 48 coupons and an eight-coupon limit per 60 days starting July 15.
Uprisings in Norway keep Quisling busy
Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports many wounded in clashes between Vidkun Quisling followers and Norwegians in Rissa and Selby near Trondheim. Quislingites reportedly entered towns to take reprisals but faced strong resistance amid other disturbances at Troendelag. In Paris an underground passage bomb exploded near the city hall causing damage but no injuries.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Norway
Vidkun Quisling
Rissa
Selby
Trondheim
Vichy
France
Paris
Charles Magny
4 H Clubs to Advertise in Rubber Drive
Four H Clubs in Washington County, after weeks gathering scrap iron for the war, will shift to collecting scrap rubber. County agent Milt D Moore reports a telegram from James F Solley Jr in charge of Maryland rubber salvage campaign requesting the effort from June 15 to June 30. Charles Wagner of American Oil Company in Baltimore named chairman for Maryland, to appoint a local oil man in each county to lead the drive.
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Washington County
Milt D -Moore
James F. Solley, Jr
Maryland
Charles Wagner
American Oil Company
Baltimore
Wagner
Four Alarms Over Weekend Reported
Firemen answered four alarms over the weekend including two chimney fires one garage blaze and a bed fire in a second floor room on North Jonathan street. Damages were negligible with incidents on Elizabeth street Potomac avenue and the corner of Charles street and Pennsylvania avenue.
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Jonathan Street
Elizabeth Street
Russell Young
Potomac Avenue
North
Charles Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Injuries In Unusual Accident Fatal for Parsonburg Man
Salisbury Maryland June 15 Parsonburg clothing maker Olin B Dumphreys died at Peninsula General Hospital after two weeks illness from injuries in an accident when a car jack slipped and the rear trunk lid struck him on the head. The trunk door struck while he lifted a spare tire on May 31 on the way to church. His death was mainly from cerebral hemorrhage and uremia per his physician.
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Salisbury
Olin B. Dumphreys
Parsonburg
Peninsula General Hospital
Church
Miracle Landing Hero Capt Kurtz and Co pilot Save Generals
Capt Frank Kurtz U S Air Corps and Lieut Marvin McAdams of Hagerstown saved multiple air officers on a forced desert landing in Australia after an eight hour fight with storms and winds. With fuel nearly gone they searched for an emergency site and spotted a small farmhouse clearing among rocks, aiming for the tiny space in what became a dramatic survival tale.
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Frank Kurtz
U. S. Air Corps
Marvin McAdams
Hagerstown
M. L. McAdams
Dunn Irvin
Air Corps
Australia
McAdams
Honolulu
Kurtz
Ralph Royce
United Nations
Brett
William Marquat
MacArthur
Flying Fortress
Lee van Atta
Chicago Sun
AMA and DC Medical Society Found Guilty on Trade Restraint
The U S Court of Appeals upheld convictions of the American Medical Association and the Medical Society of the District of Columbia for illegal restraint of trade. They were fined 2500 and 1500 dollars respectively in a case tied to thwarting a government employee health cooperative. All individuals were acquitted.
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Washington
United States Court of Appeals
Americal Medical Association
Medical Society of
District of Columbia
Group Health Association
James M. Proctor
American Medical Association
Couples Dismissed For Trespassing On Private Golf Course
Two young couples were arrested last night for trespassing on the private golf course in the eastern city. Magistrate Harry F. Snyder dismissed the cases this morning with reprimands, noting the outsiders claimed they did not realize they were on the course. Police say many trespassers are locals selling lost balls they find to golfers.
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Harry F. Snyder
Torpedoed Merchant Vessel Reported in Caribbean
Washington June 15 The Navy announced a medium sized United States merchant vessel was torpedoed in the Caribbean and survivors have been landed at East Coast ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
United States
Caribbean
Formby's Hen Lays Eggs With Handles In Italy Texas
In Thoughtful Italy Texas on June 15 W H Formby reports an amusing farm observation a hen that supposedly lays eggs with handles. Local amusement notes the oddity as a lighthearted rural anecdote from the day.
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Italy
Texas
W. H. Formby
Church Pays Its Rent With One Red Rose
Manheim Pennsylvania June 15 Zion Lutheran church founded by Baron Henry William Stiegel paid its annual rent for another year The payment was made in a ceremony to Mrs Edwin J Fager of Harrisburg a lineal descendant The price was stated as in the month of June forever hereafter the rent of one red rose.
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Manheim
Zion Lutheran Church
Henry William Stiegel
Stiegel
Edwin J. Fager
Harrisburg
Wives Defendants In Divorce Suits
Three divorce suits were entered this morning, bringing to 102 the total filed here since January 1. In all three, the husbands are plaintiffs. Ralph McClellan Baker sues Mary Elizabeth Baker. Harvey E. Williard sues Mary A. Williard. Wilford B. Stallings sues Frances L. Stallings, with respective attorneys listed.
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Ralph McClellan Baker
H. M. Miller
Mary Elizabeth Baker
Harvey E. Williard
M. V. B. Bostetter
Mary A. Williard
Wilford B. Stallings
Bostetter
Frances L. Stallings
Tempermental Thief Smashes Eggs After Tiny Haul
In Denver on June 15 a burglar breaking into the John Johnson apartment found only 15 cents in a piggy bank. He vented by smashing two dozen eggs on the walls and ceiling, police report.
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Denver
John Johnson
Workers Walk Out At Marietta Manufacturing Plant
POINT PLEASANT West Virginia June 15 workers at the Marietta Manufacturing Company involved in war production walked out today. L J Callinan representing the American Federation of Labor said the shutdown was 99 percent effective.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Marietta Manufacturing Company
L. J. Callinan
American Federation of Labor
Death Halts Benefactions Of Mother Clark, Defender Of Convicts
In Kansas City on June 15, Mother Clark a 97 year old advocate for convicts died after a hip injury from a pedestrian accident. For fifty years she secured paroles for Missouri prisoners, with about 95 percent of her sponsored cases successful. She believed in mercy and reform while supporting prison needs. Her work drew thousands of letters and more than 1,000 visitors during a hospital stay.
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Mother Clark
Kansas City
Missouri
Two Drownings Near Antietam Furnace Recoveries
The body of Floyd Lydie, 28, of Greencastle, was recovered near Antietam Furnace after a boat with six people capsized on the Potomac. Frances Geraldine Vincent, 19, of Dale Street, was found early Sunday. Both victims belonged to a Fairchild Aircraft plant party that left the local plant around 1 am Saturday. Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Stangle.
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Floyd Lydie
North Allison Street
Greencastle
Potomac
Antietam Furnace
Frances Geraldine Vincent
Dale Street
Lydie
Check Available Prison Labor Officials Begin Action
Officials at the Maryland State Penal Farm roxbury began action to build a reservoir of inmates for county farmers to assist with summer harvests. Superintendent Elmer D Maxwell said dozens of farmers have called for prison labor since the policy was announced. The farm cannot furnish one or two men for short periods as a guard must accompany each unit. Governor O Conor announced a plan to parole prisoners with three years or less to serve.
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Maryland
Roxbury
Elmer D. Maxwell
Maxwell
O’conor
Dental Hazard Warns False Teeth as Bombs Fall
Chicago report notes a precaution urging removal of removable bridges and dentures to prevent swallowing or being projected as projectiles during bombing. Dr. Charles F. Deatierage of the Dental Advisory Committee cautions about vacuum effects from explosions and the risk to dental appliances.
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Chicago
Charles F. Deatierage
Ilinois
Single Men To Get First Call Under Draft Bill
The Senate approved and sent to the house a military pay allotment bill. It requires draft boards to consider family relationships when calling men for duty and provides federal allowances to help the four lowest ranks support dependents. The bill also revises the selective service act to exhaust single men before married men are called.
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Washington
Senate
House
Reclassifying 3-A Amid Draft Board Instructions
An interpretation of a memo received Saturday by local Draft Boards challenges Washington’s claim that most family men with dependents will avoid draft this year. Boards will reclassify registrants in 3-A who gained dependency after questionnaires. About 7 percent of 3-A are moved to 1-A for possible early induction. others stay 3-A and face call as 3-A. Timing of calls remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Military Committee
Local Prisoner George Baker Seeks Release in Baltimore
George Baker of this city petitions for habeas corpus relief from the House of Correction with a hearing today before Judge Eugene O Dunne in Baltimore. Baker has appeared 21 times before Magistrate Bostetter since 1939, and after warnings he was sentenced to eleven months in the correctional facility. The hearing follows Baker's contact with the Prisoners Aid Society and a petition filed for release.
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George Baker
M. V. B. Bostesier
Baltimore
House of Correction
Bostetter
Baker
Prisoners’ Aid Society
Eugene O'Dunne
Snyder
Planes Lose A Great Sea Air Battle Off Italy Front
Italian high command reports heavy clashes near Sardinia and Tunis with British convoys. They claim losses including a battleship and carrier heavily damaged while several Italian ships and planes were sunk or shot down. The battle's scope suggests a major Allied maneuver between Gibraltar and Suez.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Sardinia
Tunis
Rome
Gibraltar
Suez
British Launch CounterAttack at Ain El Gazala
Cairo, June 15. The British Eighth Army repelled a German attempt to wedge between Tobruk and Ain El Gazala and launched counterattacks near Acroma. General headquarters said heavy fighting continued as Ritchie’s forces pressed on despite German pressure in the Ain El Gazala salient, about 40 miles west of Tobruk.
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Cairo
Egypt
Eighth Army
Tobruk
Ain el Gazala
Neil M. Ritchie
Acroma
Ain el Gazala Salient
Escape Attempt Ends in Fear at Worcester Jail
In Snow Hill Massachusetts on June 15 a jail escape attempt by one of 14 prisoners was halted as lightning struck the cellar and knocked open the gate. Deputy Sheriff Gordon Bowen said the inmates erupted with fear and began shouting loudly while the effort collapsed.
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Snow Hill
Worcester County
Gordon Bowen
Pim Maichar Discovers Stranger in Bed in Work Crew Home
In Albuquerque on the night of June 15 Pim A Maichar woke to find another man in her bed. Assuming the visitor was a member of her Work crew she made room and slept on. In the morning Maichar found the visitor and her billfold missing.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Pim
A. J. Maichar
Ingly
Maichar
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