Allied forces push toward Cherbourg amid house to house fighting
Allied infantry fought to gain Cherbourg with rapid advances on both flanks threatening to split German forces on the peninsula. Supreme Headquarters reported no surrender ultimatum by Bradley or field command. Fortifications west and east of Cherbourg described as the strongest faced by Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
HDQS
Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Greenwich
Meridan
EWT
London Daily Sketch
Gem Omar N. Bradley
CBS
St. Croix-Hague
Cap de la Hague
Saire
le Thell
Valognes
Hitler Returns To Mountain Hideout
Reports from the German underground say Adolf Hitler set up headquarters near Le Mans a day after the Normandy landings, then moved to Troyes and Berchtesgaden to avoid linking his name to a new German defeat. Rommel reportedly suffered a relapse of his Africa fever and was urged to quit frontline duties.
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London
Germany
Adolf Hitler
le Mans
Normandy
Troyes
Paris
Berchtesgaden
Irwin Rommel
Storm floods street as women wade to bus in Bloomstown
In Bloomsburg, residents faced a peak storm as a bus halted for two young women in travel attire. They waded through the flooded street with shoes under their arms, then boarded and resumed wearing them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomsburg
Eisenhower Hints New Fishermen Warning Extension
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports General Eisenhower warned German forces that defenders must not rely on Cherbourg alone. In a radio message he urged fishermen from Denmark to France to remain in port until 9 p.m. June 29, marking a second seven day extension of the warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cherbourg
CBS
Larry Lesueur
Normandy
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dwight D. Heisenhowers
Denmark
Norway
Holland
Belgium
France
Supreme Command
Men Over Twenty-Six Face Induction Call
About 100 men aged 26 to 38 will undergo pre induction physicals this month as employers fail to provide deferments or no longer employ them in essential war work. Those passing will join a general pool to meet draft quotas with roughly 79 slated for induction on July 12 and more considered next month.
Bond Rally At Victor Products
A war bond rally at the Victor Products Corporation drew more than 400 employees to the Pope avenue plant lawn. Mayor Theodore McKeldin of Baltimore spoke as the program aimed to boost Fifth War Loan bond sales. About 401 canvassers later visited employees to encourage each to buy an extra $100 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Products Corporation
Pope Avenue
Theodore McKeldin
Baltimore
McKeldin
Too Many Of Japs' Shells Prove Duds
Southeast Asia command HQ at Kandy Ceylon says the final Japanese forces on the Kohima Imphal road in Manipur are near defeat. Clearing progresses faster than expected as Japanese artillery and ammunition falter. Recent reports claim about sixty percent of Japanese shells are duds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima-Imphal
Manipur
India
Repos
Three Seized With Bogus Stamps Press
Baltimore officers and OPA investigators arrested two men and a woman after seizing more than $8,000 in counterfeit ration A coupons and a printing press. They were arraigned before U.S. Commissioner James K. Cullen on counterfeiting and possession charges. Federal officials called it the first counterfeit A coupon case in the area as serial numbers on B and C stamps discouraged reproduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
U.S
James K. Cullen
Office of Price Administration
Daniel B. Leonard
Maryland Opa
Cetlin Wilson Carnival Returns to Hagerstown Fair
President A K Coffman of the Hagerstown Fair Association announced that Cetlin Wilson Carnival contracts were signed for the September fair midway. The shows, popular last year, are larger now touring New England and will be joined by Hockman’s Hell Drivers and top acts for grandstand nights. The 1944 Fair runs Monday September 18 through Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Coffman
OPA Calls 16 Local Motorists For Hearings On Speed Violations
Sixteen Hagerstown motorists were notified to appear for hearings before the Legal Panel on June 28 to show cause why their gasoline rations should not be suspended. A total of 57 motorists will be readed before the panel in coming weeks. those found guilty of speed limit violations face revocation or suspension of rations. Attorneys Stuart Bushong and Omer T. Kaylor will preside at the hearings. DIVORCE SUIT Opal M. Turner seeks a divorce from Marvin S. Turner through attorney John Wagaman in court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Stuart Bushong
Omer T. Kaylor
Sugar stamp racket arrests spread in Maryland area
Herbert Bryan held on a $1000 bond after arraignment before U S Commissioner C Welles Little on counterfeit sugar ration stamp charges. Frank Kefauver also arraigned and held for further consideration. Others named include Howard T Myers Joseph Himes Clarke Charles Pound and Weaver Moser as investigation widens to track stamp sources and distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Bryan
Salem Avenue
U. S
C. Welles Little
Frank Kefauver
Keedysville
Little
Bryan
Kefauver
Charles H. Clarke
Sharpsburg
Lancaster Club
Inter-State League
Clarke
Kefauve
Leo H. Miller
J. J. Allen
Howard T. Myers
Dargan
Joseph Himes
Knoxville
Myers
Himes
Charles Pound
Boonsboro Baker
Weaver Moser
Boonsboro
Washington County
OPA
Bond sales to individuals hit 18 percent of quota
Washington June 22 War Finance Director Ted R. Gamble warned against overconfidence as individual bond sales in the Fifth War Loan reached 18 percent of their 6 billion dollar quota. Purchases totaled 1.081 million through Tuesday, the eighth day of the drive, part of a 16 billion dollar overall goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ted R. Gamble
War Finance
Guillotine Set Up To Execute French Patriots In Dax
Reports from Mont-de-Marsan and Dax confirm German and Vichy forces have erected a guillotine in Dax to execute French patriots captured in southwestern France. French refugees and laborers corroborate earlier executions. partisans operate across Paris, Lyon, and Ain amid clashes with Vichy militia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tran
Spain
Dax
France
Mont-De-Marsau
Paris
Allainvine
Lyon
Ain
Alps
Vichy
City To Retire $41,000 In Bonds
The city will retire an additional $41,000 of bonded indebtedness and pay $46,675 in interest on July 1, per the auditor's office. Bonds to be retired total $40,000 from seven Sewer department series and $1,000 of Series 1 municipal electric light plant bonds. Interest to be paid: $400 on light plant bonds, $40,760 on Sewer bonds, and $5,175 on Water bonds.
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Sewer Department
Municipal Electric
Water Department
Russians propose ceasefire with Finland on 1940 borders
Aftonbladet reports Russians offer to stop the war if Finland accepts 1940 borders and allows temporary Red Army use of Finnish airfields and bases on the Aland Islands. German General Hellmich dies in Cherbourg fighting as per the military communique.
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Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Finland
Red Army
Cer
Aaland Islands
London
Hellmich
Cherbourg
Crew Would Help Pay Boosts If Workers Cease Striking
New York AP reports a letter from survivors of U S S Coos Bay crew urging Wright Aircraft strikers to end the walkout. They offer 41 200 pennies to fund a wage increase, asking workers not to strike and to support arms production to hasten the end of the war while they endure long sea duty and separation from families. They warn they cannot reach domestic troublemakers yet vow to back the war effort and urge the strikers to consider the impact on loved ones awaiting homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
U. S. S. Coos Bay
U. S. S. Coost Bay
Go-Between
Wright Aircraft
Tenor Is Distressed By Ban On Singing
Rome reports tenor Beniamino Gigli, barred by Allied authorities from a concert over alleged Fascist ties, protests he never actively supported fascism. He says he sang for both sides and only held an honorary membership card, denying political interest.
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Ban
Rome
Beniamino Gigli
Metropolitan Opera
Gigli
Badoglio
Pietro Badoglio
Allies Nearing Port Of Ancona
Allied and Italian troops push toward Ancona on the Adriatic with 32 miles left to the port. Eighth Army nears Camerino about 35 miles east of Perugia, while American forces reach 15 airline miles northwest of Grosseto. Weather aids progress but mist hampers cross country moves as German resistance stiffens along the Pisa Florence Rimini line.
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Rome
Ancona
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Camerino
Perugia
Grosseto
Venice
Fermo
Rimini
Pisa-Florence-Rimini
Nocero Umbra
Camerine
Peragia
Lake Trasimeno
Berry picking crowds sweep Mapleville in harvest
Every available man woman and child in Mapleville toils gathering berries and cherries. Even the aged and infirm join the patches in a district wide harvest drive as a survey reveals widespread activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapleville
Third Blow Dealt Japs In War
United States Sun Fleet reports a bold carrier strike between the Philippines and Marianas. Four to five Japanese ships sank or damaged, with one carrier and several tanks hit. Japanese losses tallied, while U S forces endured light damage and minimal aircraft losses. Similar heavy enemy losses followed in the day’s actions under Admiral Nimitz and Mitscher.
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United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States Sun Fleet
Philippines
Marianas
Chester W. Nimitz
Marc A. Mitscher
Admiral Nimitz
Admiral Mitschier
U. S
Sth
Raymond A. Spruance
Nimitz
Saipan Invasion Faces Japanese Fleet Still Avoiding Surface Battle
June 22 dispatch reports Japan’s fleet avoiding direct engagement with the U S invasion force guarding Saipan. U S Marines and Army units push along a four mile front, capturing the southern third of Saipan and securing two airfields including Aslito after a week of heavy fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rembert James
Joint Expeditionary Force
Saipan
U. S
Japan
United States
Assito
Marianas
Philippines
James
Associated Press
Aslito
Marianas Islands
Garapan
Mount Tapotchau
Magicienne Bay
Reoast
Local Boy Wounded in France Invasion
Prt. Frank E. Bishop Jr. of Hagerstown has been slightly wounded in the invasion of France, according to a War Department telegram to his parents. A 1942 graduate of Hagerstown High School, he worked at the Fairchild plant before enlisting 15 months ago and has been overseas 11 months as an infantryman.
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Prt
Frank E. Bishop, Jr
Hagerstown
France
War Department
Frank E. Bishop Sr
East Avenue
Bishop
Fairchild
Army
German Losses In Italy Estimated At 80 000 To 100 000
Fifth Army Headquarters in Italy reports an unofficial estimate of German casualties in the Italian campaign over 41 days. Based on about 27,009 Nazis captured and a common rule of thumb, killed, wounded, and captured total between 80,000 and 100,000.
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Italy
Fifth Army
Seal skins to be taken this summer from Pribilofs
Washington reports that 67 000 to 70 000 Alaskan seal skins will be taken this summer from the Pribilof Islands where the United States owns the world’s largest seal herd Interior Secretary Tekeswald said last year’s harvest reached 117 000 with 1942 wartime reductions. The herd now stands at about 12 786 560 animals.
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Washington
Pribilof Islands
United States
Interior
Tekes Wald
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Eisenhower
Victor Products
Mayor McKeldin
England
Altha C. Mamman
Red Cross
Brooklyn
N. C
Cetlin- Wilson
Opal M. Turner
John Wagaman
Marvin $. Turner
Carrier
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