Tropical hurricane nears Carolina coast resorts warned
The tropical hurricane moving up from the Caribbean was about 40 miles east of Charleston early today and expected to pass near the Carolina Capes with gale to hurricane-force winds. Precautions were urged along the Atlantic coast from Georgetown South Carolina to Norfolk as the storm tracked north at about 20 miles an hour.
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Miami
Fla
Georgetown
E. W
Miami Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Atlantic City
N. J
Charleston
S. C
Atlantic Board
Caribbean Pass
Here
Carolina’s
Beach
Weather Bureau
Carolina Capes
Hatteras
Norfolk
Ersous
N. C
Florida
Orgia
Bee Island
Savannah
Merican Red Cross
Carolina
Paratroopers seal off 20000 Japanese at Aparri campaign
Luzon cleanup nears climax as Eleventh Airborne Division paratroops trap about 20,000 Japanese near Aparri in the north east. General MacArthur reports 413,084 Japanese killed or captured in the campaign to liberate the Philippines with 9,238 killed and 83 captured in the past week.
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Sianila
Rhorne Division
Luzon
Aparri
Jmppines
Camiga
Yzlas MacArthur
Tip On Finding Of f Three Bodies Best Tip
The piece outlines a tip contest for Daily Mail with prizes for information on six victims and other crimes. It notes tips may come in person or by letter between set hours, with winners announced weekly. Names of tip givers are kept confidential.
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Frederick Reed
Daily Mail
Dail
Hurricane To Bypass W. Maryland From Eastern Shore Threat
The Eastern Shore braces as a tropical storm heads toward the eastern seaboard while mountains to the east may divert the hurricane from Western Maryland. Forecasters warn of trouble for the Eastern Shore later today and tomorrow with generally fair, cooler conditions tonight. Keedysville observer J. A. Miller reports a high of 91 and a 62 degree low yesterday.
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Maryland
Mercury
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Truman Heads For Appearance At San Francisco Parley
President Truman ends Pacific northwest vacation to attend the Post-War Security Conference in San Francisco. He will stop in Portland for a 90 minute visit, visit Veterans Hospital, then arrive in San Francisco for a reception and a 17 minute speech Tuesday afternoon. Delegates from 50 nations will attend the conference drafting a peace formula.
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Olympia
Wash
Truman
Senate
Pacific Northwest
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Portland Veterans Hospital
Suit Cross Bill And Decree Filed
One new suit and a crossbill were docketed today bringing this month’s total to 25. Marshalla Mott, by C. K. Hartle, sues Mary Herman Mott. Mary Madeline Pitsnogle, by J. J. Allen, files a crags bill for divorce from Fred Charles Pitsnogle. Helen M. Weddies is granted a divorce from Benj. F. Weddies, represented by J. J. Allen.
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Marshalla Mott
C. K. Hartle
Mary Herman Mott
Mary Madeline Pitsnogle
J. J. Allen
Fred Charles Pitsnogle
Helen M. Weddies
Benj. F. Weddies
Clinton Anderson Forecasts More Meat If Price Controls Extend
Washington June 25 Clinton P Anderson, moving from the House to become Secretary of Agriculture, said new House slaughtering rules could put more meat on the dinner table if Senate approves. He noted the measure would give him tools to curb the meat black market and increase supply, while declining to discuss other House amendments about veto power over OPA orders. The House passed a one-year extension of price and stabilizing controls amid long debate.
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Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Senate
House
New Mexico
Shortest GI From Milroy Receives Discharge
Russell Brown of Milroy PA named shortest GI in European theater by Stars and Stripes. He, four feet ten inches tall, has four battle stars for Normandy Northern France Rhine and Ardennes campaigns and has received his discharge at the new personnel center.
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Indiantown Gap
Russell Brown
Milroy
Stars and Stripes
Brown
Normandy
France
Rhinelland
Ardennes
Pfc Edward Martin Dies on Okinawa in World War II
Pfc Edward Garth Martin, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Martin of near Chearfoss, was killed in action May 18 on Okinawa. Inducted January 21 1943, he served in a tank destroyer battalion at Camp Bowie Texas, studied at DePaul University, transferred to infantry at Camp White Oregon, and sailed overseas July 1944. Survived by parents brothers and sisters, with Navy and Army service among his relatives.
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Edward Garth Martin
P. L. Martin
Chearfoss
Okinawa
War Department
Martin
Army
Camp Bowie
Texas
DePaul University
Chicago
Infantry
Camp White
Oregon
Leyte
Pfc
Hagerstown High School
Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church
Fairview
Miller-Liskey Electric Co
Carl L
Greencastle
Robert Sr
Cox
David H
U. S. Navy
Bertha Davis
Williamsport
Prudence Foltz
Hagerstown
Leila
Mary
Okinawa Proves Worth as Forward Air Base in Pacific
U S forces announce total Okinawa raids against Kyushu Sakishimas and western Pacific targets as last Japanese survivors are rounded up or killed. Admiral Nimitz says enemy casualties reached 101,853 dead and 7,902 captured through Saturday. Thunderbolt planes bomb Itazuki airfield and neutralizing strikes hit Sakishima group. Japanese air attacks wane.
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Guam
Okinawa
Kyushu
Sakishimas
Western Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Luzon
Army Thunderbolt
Itazuki
Japan
Army
Sakishima
Ryukyus
Frederick Asks For City Airport
Frederick asks the State Aviation Commission to approve a proposed city airport two miles east of Frederick. Director William McK. Reber said the project would likely be a class two airfield with runways from 2,500 to 3,500 feet long and potential expansion.
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Baltimore
Frederick
State Aviation Commission
Commission
William McK. Reber
Reber
Hail and winds devastate Danville tobacco fields
Growers in White Oak and Climax areas of Pittsylvania county report severe losses to young tobacco plants from hail and wind storms. Tobacco was slashed and barns were unrooted.
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Danville
Pa Pbaces
White Oak
Pittsylvania County
Inventions Of Nazis To Aid Fight On Japs
Washington June 25 In a Senate testimony Assistant Secretary William L Clayton said Germany’s wartime inventions could quicken Japan’s defeat. He noted US and Britain missions to Germany are gathering technological data for use against Japan and that preliminary reports show valuable information being obtained.
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Washinton
Japan
Germany
William L. Clayton
Senate
Clayton
United States
Britain
Clark To Command U.S. Occupation Forces In Austria
Gen. Mark W. Clark selected to command United States Occupation Forces in the American zone of Austria. Allied reconnaissance missions studied Vienna boundaries, with Clark forming a new organization that may dissolve the 15th Army Group and potentially the 5th Army. American units have been assembling in northern Italy ahead of demarcation lines.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
United States
Austria
Vienna
London
Clark
15Th
Italy
Two Homes Are Entered Here By Sneak Thief
A thief broke into two North Mulberry street houses overnight at 425 North Mulberry and 516 North Mulberry. At Pryor’s home the thief entered the cellar and stole fruit. At May’s home the thief entered the first floor, ransacked a cupboard with $15 in cash and other cash in church envelopes. Detective Wayne Seliman investigates, suspecting a boy or small man. Both families slept through the intrusion.
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North Mulberry Street
M. W. Pryor
North Mulberry
Harry FE. May
Wayne Seliman
Frog hunters trap two large frogs in Salaveras County
In Fullerton Nebraska on June 25 local report notes bait hunters captured two half grown frogs famed from a Mark Twain jumping frog tale. The specimens boast four powerful hind legs and promise bigger leaps.
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Fullerton, Nebr
Salaveras County
Mark Twain
Senate Peace Charter Ratification Moves Ahead
Washington dispatch reports 52 senators back ratification of the United Nations charter with momentum from San Francisco. Debate splits between rapid committee action and cautious study, as some fear insufficient time for full deliberation before the Big Three meeting.
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Washington
Senate
International Peace Preserving Organization
San Francisco
Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Associated Press
Scrugham
D.nev
Lucas
Ill
United States
Tokyo Admits Formosa Demolished by Air Raids
Manila dispatch reports Radio Tokyo acknowledging six months of American air raids that have reduced most Formosa cities to cin ders and forced residents into hills. The broadcast says civilians dispersed into combat groups and cites new fire raids on the fortress island. Mitchell bombers also attacked waters between Hong Kong and Canton, wrecking at least 40 junks. evasion of evacuations for Hong Kong was not confirmed.
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Manila
Radio Tokyo
Formosa
Guardian
East China
Fortress
Douglas MacArthur
Hong Kong
Canton
Hong Kons
Scores Of Families Here Face Eviction With No Place To Go
Scores of Hagerstown families face eviction with July 1 notices to move as landlords convert properties to smaller units to raise rents. Tenants report long occupancy and few comparable housing options, while some commercial properties outside rent control have doubled rents. Affected residents seek temporary housing as searches fail.
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Hagerstown
Daily Mail
East End
Franklin Street
Doctor William Hammond Kills Self After Father's Death
Despondent over his father William L. Hammond 1908 mayor of Hagerstown the physician Dr William D Hammond 66 shot himself in the basement of their home at 138 North Potomac Street He left a note asking that both bodies be cremated in Washington and mentions personal reasons He had practiced briefly with Dr O H W Ragan and lived retired with his father unmarried The elder Hammond died yesterday and is believed to have suffered a broken hip leading to his death the same day
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William D. Hammond
North Potomac Street
William L. Hammond
Hagerstown
Washington
Hammond
Worth Potomac Street
O. H. W. Ragan
Old Hagerstown Bank
McComas
Harvest Of Wheat Gets Under Way
Harvest week begins in Washington County as farmers start cutting what a Crop Reporter calls one of the best crops in years. A shortage of harvest hands may delay work on some farms. J. A. Miller reports most farms have a 100 percent crop, except those planted last fall during wet weather.
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Washington County
J. A. Miller
Tax Refund Dilemma in Montana Town
Orville L. Steen of Miles City considers cashing or framing his 1944 income tax refund check issued for zero dollars and six hundred twelve dollars, reflecting odd wartime tax quirks. He remains unsure how to proceed with the unusual sum.
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Miles City
Mont
Orville L. Steen
Wiles City
State Dept Admits None Eliminated in Latin America
A Senate committee heard that Argentina has 104 Axis spearhead firms with no elimination action to date while Brazil has eliminated 48 and Haiti 25. Asst. Secretary William L. Clayton cited espionage centers and noted partial progress across Chile and Ecuador, with optimistic prospects for broader elimination. He warned about Nazi loot and flight caps lingering after Europe’s war.
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Washington
Senate
State Department
Argentina
William L. Clayton
3B Department
Latin America
Clayton
United Nations
Brazil
Haiti
Chile
Equador
Europe
Germany
Japs Abandon Richest Borneo Oil Areas
Manila dispatch reports Japanese forces appear to abandon key Borneo oil fields as Australian Ninth Division advances along the north coast. Seria, once a major source, still has 21 of 50 wells burning. Balikpapan air campaign continues with heavy Allied bombing and unverified landings rumors.
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Manila
Borneo
Australia
Miri
Seria
British Empire
Dutch Borneo
Balikpapan
Tokyo
New Opposition To King Leopold Arises, Strike Threatened
Belgian communists today threatened a general strike if Ganshof Van Der Meersch, named by King Leopold II as a potential premier, forms a new government. The anti Leopold front, led by communists and leftists, had warned of action should Leopold return. Van Der Meersch, state security commissioner, had prosecuted thousands of wartime Nazi collaborators, labeled by Le Drapeau Rouge as a famous agent of reaction and repression.
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Associated Arena
Leopold II
Ganshof van der Meersch
Leopold
anti-Leopold Front
Belgium
van der Meersch
Dozen Die When Bus Overturns Near Joplin Camp Crowder
A bus carrying twelve people including ten soldiers overturned on highway 75 four miles south of Joplin. The soldiers, stationed at Camp Crowder, were en route to the camp when the crash occurred. Several others were injured.
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Joplin
Dune 25
Highway 75
Camp Crowder
Here
Three Rockville Youths Killed In Crash
In Rockville Maryland three youths died when their car left the road and struck a steel pole. Victims were Thomas W Taylor 21 Franklin G Carlin 78 and Wade W Yankey 16. A fourth, Jack W Thompson 19 on leave from the SIA Army in Europe, was in satisfactory condition in Bethesda Naval Hospital. The driver was identified as his brother.
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Rockville
Thomas W. Taylor
Frankiin G. Carlin
Wade W. Yankey
Jack W. Thompson
George Patton
Sia
Europe
Naval Hospital
Bethesde
Sin
Bond Sales Here Mounting Fast
Washington county reports vigorous Seventh War Loan progress with 131 percent of the goal after last Friday. Chairman John D. Hollyday says the drive will double its quota. CORE sales reach 5,583,994. personal sales 1,694,660. BE sales lag at 955,000. He urges focus on E bonds in the final week.
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Washington County
John DT. Hollyday
Hollyday Id
War Loan progress trails as E sales lag far behind goal
Washington reports the seventh war loan shows over five billion dollars raised so far this week, with total receipts near sixteen billion. Individual sales hit six point four seven billion, while E-bond purchases total about thirty two point eight eight billion, leaving the 4.9 billion short of fulfillment as the drive extends through the upcoming Saturday night.
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Washington
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