Doughboys Near Cherbourg Sea Front in Breakthrough
Allied forces punch toward Cherbourg under heavy bombardment and crack German defenses. About 1,200 prisoners taken in four hours as Americans press from the sea toward the docks. Cherbourg described as doomed. Montgomery launches swift action on the eastern flank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherbourg
Octeville
Associated Press
Don Wiktehead
EWT
Supreme Headquarters
Whitehead
Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Fifth Army Drives On In Italy Despite Strong Resistance
Fifth Army tanks and infantry push through central and coastal Italy despite firm German resistance. Roccastrada on Highway 73 and a northward road to the Lateran are secured, while Folconica near Highway 1 awaits. The Germans maintain stiff defense east and west of Lake Trasimeno as the front shows little change, according to Allied headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Fifth Army
Roccastrada
Lateran
Folconica
Livorno
Pisa
Sth
Italy
Lake
Transimeno
Truck Of Lumber Stolen From Hagerstown Yard
Officials of the Hagerstown Lumber Company reported the theft of a Chevrolet truck loaded with lumber from Frederick street yards. The value of the lumber is about 100 dollars. A suspect’s name and description were given to police as state police were alerted to watch for the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown Lumber Company
Frederick Street
AL SMITH EXPECTED TO BE DISCHARGED SOON
Former New York Governor Alfred B. Smith, 70, remained at St. Vincent's hospital for rest and observation after his wife's May death. Friends said he has not been well, but hospital officials reported his condition as satisfactory and discharge anticipated today or tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Smith
New York
Alfred B. Smith
St. Vincent's Hospital
Airmen Clear Way For Allied Invasion Forces
Allied air force formations of American Fortresses Liberators and fighters swept over France behind the Normandy front today. The 500-strong striking force raided rail bridges airfields and enemy positions while Marauders under Thunderbolt escorts struck gun emplacements blocking Cherbourg. Berlin said U S heavy bombers ranged into northwest Germany as Channel skies remained crowded with Allied aircraft for hours.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Normany
Cherbourg
Berlin
U S
Germany
Realty Market Has Quiet Week
The real estate market showed mild activity with total week sales around $50,000. Transactions include Leban R. Eby to George W. Grove for 17% acres near St Pauls Church, $3,300 and Katie May Carrill to Thomas D. Eckstone on South Main Street, Smithshurz, $2,900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leban R. Eby
George W. Grove
Tralph A. Highbarger
Model Homes, Inc
East Park
Goldie Beck Seibert
Wiliam &. Seibert, Sr
Clever M. Reynolds
Potomac Avenue
Albert R. Einhender
Ruth M. Pierce
Herschel H. Thurmond
Lincoln Avenue
Home Builders Savings and Loan Association
Robert G. Weagley
Belview Avenue
Robert H. McCauley
Meyer Berkson
Fountainead Heights
Hugh
Liddlekauft
Edw. A. Witmer
Fountain Head Heights
Country Club Road
Mary A
Charles O. Smith
Charles E. Purdham
Elizabeth Street
Lewis S. McDowell
Arthur F. Punt
Leitersburg
Clifford J. Kaetzer
C. Frye
Brownsville
Wasted Effort and Liquor Violations Highlight June News
In Pasco Washington Al McCoy a Yakima Democrat visiting a harvest camp learned most workers were convict laborers without voting rights. Separately federal records show May liquor law arrests at 1 152 the highest monthly total in two years as enforcement tightens nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasco
Wash
al McCoy
Yakima
Congress
Henry Copeland
Washington
Alcohol Tax Unit
Russians Hit Nazi Lines Around Vitebsk With Heavy Losses
Soviet forces pushed about ten miles through the German defense belt northwest and southeast of Vitebsk, severing the rail link to the rear. The Moscow communique reports major gains on both fronts, taking scores of towns and inflicting heavy German losses as Red Army advances across the region and into nearby sectors including Finland and the Pripyat marshes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vitebsk
White Russia
Moscow
United Nations
Europe
Vitbesk
Orsha
Zamostochye
Svir River
Ladoga
Onezhskoe
Onega
Viipuri
Karelian
Gnezhskoe
Tarnopol
Berlin
Pskov-Ostrog
Mogilev
Pripyat
Pinsk
Lwow
Old Poland
Henry Cassidy
Associated Press
Russia
Minsk
Warsaw
Red Army
Russian Drive Pushes Toward Latvian Border
Moscow reports a central front offensive forming part of Allied strategy as Red Army advances westward to within 75 miles of Latvia. Forces press near Vitebsk and Polotsk, while Finnish front notes show no halt to the Helsinki push and progress along the Leningrad Murmansk railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Vitebsk
Polotsk
Helsinki
Leningrad-Murmansk
Termites blamed for municipal pole topple near Salem
A Light Plant pole on Linganore Avenue near Salem toppled this morning. Service was briefly interrupted. Inspecting the base showed termites caused the fall, prompting officials to plan surveys of all city poles for insect damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linganore Avenue
Salem
Light Plans
Divorce Suit Filed by Pansy Day for Thomas Day
Pansy Sybil Day filed for divorce from Thomas Joan Day through attorney C K Hartle in district court. They wed in 1919 and have three children who are now self supporting. The defendant does not reside in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pansy Sybil Day
C. K. Hartle
Mff Court
Thomas Joan Day
Daily Mails Return From Italy War Front
Two copies of the Daily Mail sent from Italy returned to Hagerstown in poor condition. They were issues dated May 2 and 6, received by Pfc. Ph J Edward Pound in Smithsburg while serving overseas. He stored them in a box for his wife, Catharine Pound, and notes he enjoys hometown news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Mail
Hagerstown
Ph. J. Edward Pound
Smithsburg
Offie
Italy
Pfc. Pound
Catherine Pound
Pfc
Pound
Local Man Held For Quizzing In Race Track Fire
Merle Cramer of Hagerstown Maryland is detained in Cincinnati for questioning in the Fair Stands Race Tracks fire in Detroit Michigan in which a man died and about 30 horses perished. Detectives say he waived extradition and will be taken to Detroit. authorities note he has a prior injury from handling an aerial bomb at local Fair Grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Merle Cramer
Hagerstown
Detroit
Michigan
Cramer
Rover Downs
Jacob Schott
Schott
Merle D. Cramer
Cannon Avenue
Like A Huge Scythe Did It
A tornado carved a wide swath across central West Virginia, described as if wielded by a giant scythe. Aircraft view showed neatly sheared treetops, snapped limbs, and white spires glittering in the morning sun as Lt. Luke Talbott of the Civil Air Patrol assessed the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Armentrout
Shinnston
W. Va
West Virginia
Luke Talbott
Civil Air Patrol
Three Dead In Nearby County From Tornado
Three Garrett county residents died in yesterday's tornado and were reported at a Keyser West Virginia hospital. About 20 injured, many from Deer Park, were treated as state police and utility crews tried to restore downed telegraph and telephone lines. Communications into Garrett were largely down. landslides blocked highways and rail traffic. Keyser and Cumberland reported limited contact with the isolated county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Garrett County
Keyser
W. Va
Maryland
Baltimore
James Seibold
Deer Park
Oakland
Fred Paul
William Chappelle
Set
Chappelle
Cumberland Times
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mountain Lake Park
Prays For And Is Given Clemency
Robert Watkins aged six and three near Cedar Grove Frederick county received a suspended sentence for drunkenness after apologizing and stating he remembered nothing since coming to Frederick to see a physician. He asked for blessings for Magistrate Edward J. Smith and expressed hope to meet him in Heaven, claiming he never could drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Watkins
Cedar Grove
Frederick County
Edward J. Smith
Frederick
Watkins
Shopping Center Planned for Hamilton Park Area
Hamilton Park in Hagerstown aims to add a new shopping center with a food market drug store three shops and recreation facilities including bowling alleys and possibly a modern movie theater If approved construction could start soon Asa H Watkins president of Hamilton Homes Inc said the project would boost the area already expanding with homes and utilities in place for rapid growth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Park
Hagerstown
Washington
U. S. Rt. 11
Asa H. Watkins
Hamilton Homes, Inc
Tornadoes devastate Southwest Pennsylvania and West Virginia
A powerful tornado system killed hundreds and caused extensive damage across southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. The toll rose hourly, with 95 dead in West Virginia and 35 in rural Pennsylvania, including McKeesport and near Waynesburg. Pittsburgh suffered hits as towns were leveled and many homeless seek shelter. Rescue crews worked at dawn to locate victims amid ruined homes, farms, and coal communities near Shinuston.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Holjlows
McKeesport
Waynesburg
Shinuston
Clarks
War Bond Sales Reach Over One Million Five Hundred Thousand
Washington county reports bond sales totaling 1 567 383 50 with bank reports incomplete from Boonsboro Clearspring Hancock and Keedysville Official figures show 1 050 697 78 in total sales as of June 21 including 154 051 25 in series E bonds The Morris Frock Post American Legion expands its drive by turning the Public Square shelter into a two week bond selling booth The post committee led by Sam Cohen and others offers ball game admission via war bond purchase
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Washington County
John D. Nellyday
Fifth War Loan Committee
Boonsboro
Clearspring
Hancock
Keedysville
Federal Reserve Bank
Washington Secounty
Hollyday
Morris Frock Post
American Legion
Public Square
Horder
Sam Cohen
Robert Tenney
M. A. Fish
Martin Ingram
H. M. Garrison
Ed Heimel
Army opens volunteer parachute troops for all services
The War Department announced today that volunteers are being accepted for parachute troops from all branches. Applicants must be under 32, in top physical condition, not over five feet ten inches tall, weigh no more than 185 pounds, and have 20 40 vision or better in each eye.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Dixie, Scorched By Heat Short Of Ice
Heatwave grips the south with ice shortages and soaring temperatures. A 68 year old man dies in New Orleans amid the eleven day heat spell. Temperatures reached 103 in Tallahassee and Augusta, 102 in Columbus, Ga., and 101 in Macon as ice rationing began in Little Rock Tampa and Tallahassee.
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Atlanta
South
New Orleans
Tallahassee
Fiz
Augusta
Columbus
Rainfall Deluge Refreshes Edgemont Reservoir
Heavy showers drenched the northern county while the south saw only a sprinkle. Edgemont reservoir received 9,000,600 gallons by 6 am as mountains reported two inches of rain. Hagerstown area felt hail and sharp lightning with no damage. The rain benefited crops and gardeners across the region.
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Washington County
Smithsburg
Edgemont Reservoir
Needysville
J. A. Miller
Hagerstown
Edgemont
Victory Gardeners
One Body Found In Tree After Storm
A devastating windstorm in Chartiers Hills near Waynesburg Pennsylvania killed at least 11 people, with four missing and more than 100 hospitalized. One body was discovered lodged in a tree as residences and bricks were scattered across the countryside and cars tossed about. A 19 month old granddaughter was transported to Waynesburg hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesburg
Chartiers Hills
Here
Local Soldier To Broadcast Tonight
Pvt. George Wingerd from 304 Clock West Washireian Street will be interviewed by Fi Daniels on the "American Eagle in Britain" program. The talk, broadcast on Station WIJEI from 7 to 7 30 this evening, features the local service member stationed in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wingerd
West Washireian Street
WIJEI
West Virginia Tornado Kills At Least 95 Across Five Counties
A violent twister swept from Pennsylvania into West Virginia killing at least 95 and injuring hundreds as it cut a quarter mile wide path over 100 miles. Shinnston suffered the worst losses with 58 bodies found as rescuers worked through the night. Army troops moved in to aid search and care for the wounded in Harrison, Randolph, Barbour, and nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Lola Heavner
Harrison County Red Cross
Shinuston
Pleasant Hall
Boonag
Elkins
Shinnston
Philippi
Barbour County
Meadowville
Belington
Nestorville
Montrose
Randolph County
Tornado Hits Cambridge Maryland injuring dozens
A June tornado struck Cambridge Maryland injuring about 35 people. The storm leveled F D Sinclair High School and many homes in the neighborhood, flattened two Phillips Packing Company warehouses, disrupted utilities, and caused chaos at Cambridge Hospital. Emergency crews carried out urgent relief as communications failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
F. D. Sinclair
Phillips Packing Company
Arc Department
Jacke Wile
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Sea
Caen
By Wes Gallagher
Tarawa
Southwestern
Pennsy
Dixie
Hardest Hil
Cambridge, Md
Lune
Ula
Mop Ceoted
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