Liberator Bombers Hit Italian Battleships In Med
The United States Army Air Forces with RAF in the central Mediterranean scored 35 direct hits on two Italian battleships. Maj. Alfred F. Kalberer led the attack, reporting all crews returned safely. RAF Cairo communique tallies included sinking one heavy Italian cruiser and two destroyers, with further ships damaged.
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United States Army
RAF
Mediterranean
United States
Alfred F. Kalberer
Kalberer
Lafayette
Ind
Cairo
ODT Head to Meet Carriers at City Hall
Maryland State Director of Transportation Melvin R. Green will convene at City Hall with private and local delivery carriers tomorrow night to explain upcoming regulations effective July 1. The meeting aims to clarify what can and cannot be done, helping operators plan continuity. Attending officials include Charles Rickner, Lou Zinser, and Walter Kneip from state and local carrier groups.
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Melvin R. Green
Maryland
City Hall
ODT
Green
Charles Rickner
Lou Zinser
Walter F. Kneip
Maryland Motor Truck Association
Soldier Pay Boost Bill Signed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed into law a measure increasing the minimum phase pay of the nation s fighting forces to 50 a month. Most soldiers gain at least 20 more monthly for necessities and time off. The increase is retroactive to June 1 and applies to ranks through second lieutenant and ensign, raising base pay from 1500 to 1800 a year, with rental allowances for officers also boosted. Enlisted sea duty personnel receive a 20 percent uplift and officers 10 percent under prior rules.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Needed supplies delivered to Malta and Tobruk
In the central Mediterranean a Italian naval squadron failed to contact the Tobruk bound convoy after air assault by United States Army airmen and the RAF. London reports say convoys earlier this week delivered needed supplies to Malta and Tobruk at considerable cost, described as a limited success. No comment on German claims of a US battleship escort.
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London
Mediterranean
RAF
Malta
Tobruk
United States
Britain approves massive new war credit in costliest conflict
London June 17 Britain's House of Commons approved a new 1 billion pound credit for war needs at Sir Kingsley Wood's urging. The sum raises total authorizations in what is termed the costliest war in history to 10.05 billion pounds, with weekly government spending around 84.25 million pounds. Wood notes expenditure remains well above prewar peaks and rose by 2 million pounds daily in the past year.
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London
House of Commons
Kingsley Wood
Britain
Kingsley
Baby Born During Washington County Hospital Blackout
During a three hour blackout last night the Washington County hospital functioned perfectly and a baby was born. A car accident case was treated and prolonged medical care was given while 160 patients were cared for by 61 graduate nurses. The Gravatt couple welcomed a daughter at 10:20 PM.
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Washington County
George A. Gravatt
Help Wanted Wichita Note on Capital Punishment
Police Chief Thomas Jaycox received a resident's note from a small Kansas town expressing strong interest in capital punishment and requesting information. The quirky message reflects local crime era attitudes and triggers discussion on justice approaches.
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Wichita, Kas
Thomas Jaycox
Kansas
Two Held for Court Action in Local Holdup Case
Private Mullen H. Smith, 22, Cumberland, returned from Fort A P Hill Virginia to face a holdup with a deadly weapon charge. Committed to jail in default of 25000 for November court after arraignment before Magistrate Harry E. Snyder. Henry Shapiro of Baltimore said to have been robbed near Boonsboro, car and credentials taken, later recovered with revolver. Harry Lesher, former Martin Storage driver, arraigned on embezzlement, held on 1000 bond for November court. alleged to have embezzled 567.97 of company funds.
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Mullen H. Smith
Cumberland
Fort A. P. Hill
Virginia
Harry E. Snyder
Smith
Henry Shapiro
Baltimore
Boonsboro
Shapiro
Frostburg
Harry Lesher
Martin Storage Co
Snyder
Lesher
Collarbone Broken in Fall at Home
Benjamin C. Willis, Superintendent of Schools, suffered a broken collarbone after slipping from bed on a bedroom rug early Sunday. He will have his left arm and shoulder in splints for several weeks and resides on Forrest Drive.
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Benjamin C. Willis
Mr. Willis
Forrest Drive
Capture Of Penal Farm Fugitives Features Blackout Test
Two escaped Roxbury penal farm inmates Martin Weeden and Wayne Edwards were recaptured amid a county wide air raid drill and a three hour blackout test across seven Western Maryland counties. Civilian Defense officials coordinated the exercise with Virginia and the District of Columbia as final preparations for a four county blackout proceeded. Police traced the fugitives to a tavern near Funkstown after alerts from R Glenn Williams and others, with Weeden and Edwards both from Baltimore.
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Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Martin Weeden
Wayne Edwards
Roxbury
R. Glenn Williams
Funkstown
Hagerstown
Weeden
Edwards
Baltimore
Weedon
Reisterstown
Lindens In Blossom Spark Oak Hill Stand Across U S
Oak Hill avenue in Maryland displays a renowned stand of lemon yellow lindens planted in 1900. Fifty trees line the three-block stretch, reaching 50 to 60 feet with broad shade, praised by botanists as the finest in the United States and beloved for their summer fragrance and fall color.
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Oak Hill Avenue
Oak Hill
Irvin Avenue
James T. Briscoe
Julia Hamilton
Henry Holzapfel
Broad Avenue
Scorched Body Found Trunk in Brooklyn Lot
A badly battered young man about 25 was found burned and smoldering in a homemade trunk in a vacant Brooklyn lot near a main street. Gasoline or kerosene smelled on bags and papers. fresh tire marks suggested automobile involvement. Discovered by a taxi driver at 5:20 a.m. and reported to police.
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New York
Brooklyn
Manuel E. Marten
EWT
Woman Injured Answering Doorbell During Warden Call
Mrs Stella Saylor answered a doorbell from an air warden seeking her phone. She tripped in darkness, fell injuring her leg but managed to open the door. The warden filed a report with headquarters.
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Stella Saylor
Federal government requisitions scrap from local yard
Clinton Iowa June 7 The government took over the A. Schaffer yard and requisitioned about 200 tons of iron steel and rubber scrap after Sherrer refused to sell it Eugene L Dunne Chicago field rep of the automobile grave yard section for emergency management said Schaffer dared the government to requisition it
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Clinton
Iowa
A. ©. Schaffer
Eugene L. Dunne
Chicago
Office For Emergency Management
Shaffer
Petain Sees Growing Discontent on Peace Anniversary
In a June 17 broadcast from Vichy, Petain, age 86, acknowledged rising discontent since the armistice with Germany. He urged faith in salvation after his death, blamed both state deficiencies and individual faults, and said weariness has not disheartened him.
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Vichy
Petain
Germany
Mountain Jury Convicts Girl in Slaying Case
MORRISTOWN TENN June 17 A mountaineer jury convicts 14 year old Mattie Pearl Manning of second degree murder in the pistol slaying of her 35 year old husband Damon Manning. Her father Frank Morgan 59 is found guilty of aiding and abetting and receives 20 years. Morgan and Mattie Pearl plan to appeal.
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Morristown
Tenn
Mattie Pearl Manning
Damon Manning
Frank Morgan
Morgan
Planes Carried Midget Speedboats Hint Italy Transported Small Naval Units
Bern dispatches report the Ll Telegrafo in Leghorn suggested Italian midget torpedo speedboats seen in Black Sea operations against Russia were moved by air. Previous notes claimed overland Danube routes, but the paper, linked to Foreign Minister Ciano, argued planes carry tanks and cannons, so small ships could travel by air.
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Bern
Switzerland
Ll Telegrafo
Leghorn
Black Sea
Danube
Ciano
North Carolina highway traffic drops 29 percent in May
Raleigh NC June 17 James S. Burch statistics engineer for the State Highway Commission announced that after February forecasts the May survey shows highway traffic decreased exactly 29 percent from the previous month.
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Raleigh
N. C
James S. Burch
State Highway Commission
North Carolina
Teachers to Get Increase in County Salaries
County commissioners approved a $16 000 appropriation to fund a $10 monthly raise for public school teachers for the first four months of the upcoming scholastic year with plans to cover the rest of the year in the next levy. The raise, effective September, aims to offset higher living costs and teacher losses to defense jobs.
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Board of Education
Trolley collision injures at least 15 in Baltimore shopping district
A Baltimore trolley car crash in the downtown shopping area left at least 15 injured, nine of them women, with serious injuries requiring hospitalization. Both crowded cars carried women shoppers.
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Baltimore
Two Merchant Vessels Torpedoed in Caribbean
The Navy reports that two merchant ships, a Panamanian medium size craft and a small Honduran vessel, were torpedoed in the Caribbean. Survivors have been landed at an eastern seaboard port.
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Washington
Caribbean
Australia Will Not Fall to Japan Warns Curtin
Australian Prime Minister John Curtin warned in a nationwide broadcast that Australia must be held to win the war against Japan. He said if Australia falls, Hawaii and the North American coast would be vulnerable to Japanese attack and the Allied cause could be lost.
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Melbourne
Australia
John Curtin
Commonwealth
Hawaii
North American
Japan
Raleigh pilot dies in crash during training flight
Second Lieutenant Stephen A. Wood of Raleigh North Carolina was killed when the four motor bomber he piloted crashed during an attempted landing at Crane Field Lakeland Florida. Seven others aboard the training plane escaped with minor injuries.
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Lakeland, Fla
Stephen A. Wood
Raleigh
N. C
Crane Field
Will Establish Sample Stores In Hagerstown
Wilbur K. Bishop an OPA price specialist from Cumberland is in Hagerstown to organize an educational program for local retailers. Sample stores from grocery drug clothing and gasoline outlets will be selected to demonstrate proper ceiling price posting and OPA compliance. Officials will assist setting up displays and plan follow up meetings to outline regulations and answer questions.
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Wilbur K. Bishop
OPA
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Bishop
Objectors' Farm Camp Work Praised by Washington Farmers
One hundred twenty conscientious objectors quartered at four farm camps in Washington county assist farmers as part of private work. About 119 farms surveyed, with 30 boys per camp led by Grant Stoitzius, focusing on fencing pastures to reduce soil erosion in a livestock region near Leivershoro Keedysville Williamsport and Clearspring.
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Washington County
Wilbur H. Stephenson
Soil Conservation Service
Stephenson
Leivershoro
Keedysville
Williamsport
Clearspring
Grant Stoitzius
Attacks On British Flanks In Libya Broken Up
Axis offensives against Tobruk and Sevastopol faced strong British and Allied resistance. In Libya Lt General Neil Ritchie’s forces, aided by U S air drops, repelled Axis armored thrusts at Sidi Rezegh Acroma and El Adem while reporting massed enemy concentrations near Tobruk. Mussolini claimed gains and 6000 prisoners, while German command noted British attempts west of Acroma were thwarted.
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Britain
Russia
Tobruk
Sevastopol
RAF
Adolf Hitler
Ruhr
Rhineland
Neil Ritchie
Mediterranean
Sidi Rezegh
Acroma
el- Adem
Mussolini
el Adem
Adolf Hit
Draft Call Dates Set For Hagerstown Washington July Induction
Draft board officials announced July induction call dates for Hagerstown and Washington County. First Hagerstown group departs for final physicals July 7 at 9 a.m., with another group July 16 at 9 a.m. County calls scheduled July 14 and July 17. Many 3-A registrants are reclassified to 1-A for July induction. June saw about one in six called for induction from this area.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Sroun
Chinese yield rail center Chungering falls to Japanese
June 17 report says Shangiao station on the Chekiang Kiangsi line was abandoned after an all day battle with 060 Japanese casualties. Shanjiao lies 50 miles within Kiangsi. the Japanese column advancing from Chekiang met another force from Nanchang, closing the gap to 54 miles.
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Chungering
P.shangiao
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Shanjiao
Kiangsi
Chekiang Province
Nanchang
Shangia
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