Liberation Near For Prized Port Cherbourg
Allied forces push into Cherbourg as U S troops break enemy backbone and clear central areas while British units advance on the opposite Normandy front. Nazi remnants flee toward Cap de la Hague as patrols meet snipers and scattered resistance. In the Caen to Tilly area, Montgom ery’s offensive drives forward with heavy artillery support.
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Cherbourg
Cap de la Hague
HDQS
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Normandy
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Whitehead
Caen
Tilly sur-Seniles
Fontenay Lepresnel
Tilly
Tessel
Bretteville
Bernard L. Montgomery
Supreme Headquarters
Jaycee Outing At Hagerstown Golf Course Thursday Evening
The Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold its first outing of the season Thursday evening at the Hagerstown Municipal Golf course. Activities include a ball game, horse shoe pitching, and other limbering up exercises. Fred Mowen chairs the outing committee.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hagerstown Municipal Golf Course
Fred Mowen
Beehive Truck Tipped Near Heber Town
Beehive truck overturned near Heber Utah as E S Rich of the Salt Lake Tribune reports a driver’s name was not sought amid the bees. The incident occurred June 26 with beehives scattered and the driver described as too busy with the bees to pause.
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Heber
Utah
E. S. Rich
The
Salt Lake Tribune
Tip Prizes For Week Are Split
The Daily Mail in Hagerstown Maryland reports weekly tip prizes split among several items. Lightning struck a house in the halfway district while a Cincinnati man is detained for questioning in a Detroit race track stake fire. The second prize centers on a mother cat battling a litter of kittens and a lumber theft truck. The third prize involves a pole falling on Linganore avenue and a Normandy invasion troops photo seen by local soldiers’ parents. Tips are accepted weekdays 7:30 am to 1:30 pm via phone mail or in person.
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Halfway
Cincinnti
Ohio
Detroit
Linganore Avenue
Normandy
The
Daily Mail
Hagerstown
Yesterday Black Sunday For Nazis
Berlin correspondent reports Germans term yesterday black Sunday after Cherbourg defeat and Russian breakthrough as Soviet forces advance and German morale falters.
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Cherbourg
Aftonbladet
Berlin
Yanks Capture Saipan Mountain
American troops seized Mt Tapotbau on Saipan after a pre dawn counterattack, easing Japanese fire from forward slopes and ravines. The victory strengthens confidence in capturing the entire Marianas chain as Allied forces push toward Japan.
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Joint Expeditionary Force
Saipan
U.S
Navy
Mt. Tapot
Sainan
Japan
Chain of Islands
Wounded Countian May Return Soon
Mr and Mrs Charles Sigler Dam No 4 announce that their son Pic Ralph Sigler is in a base hospital in Italy with wounds from action and expects to return to the United States soon. He says he can get around and his shoulder and leg wounds improve. He recently sent his mother the Purple Heart he earned for meritorious service. Sigler has two brothers in service Layton in the Army and Howard in the Merchant Marine.
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Charles Sigler
Dam No. 4
Pic Ralph Sigler
Italy
Ralph
Layton
Howard
Army cancels tape contract for olive drab sealing tape
The Army Air Forces materiel command ended a contract with Industrial Tape Corp of New Brunswick NJ for 499980 yards of red tape after tests showed olive drab tape better seals planes against sea moisture. The New Jersey firm will manufacture the olive drab tape. Mercury fell from 88 to 65 with warmer weather expected tomorrow.
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New York
Army Air Forces Materiel Command
Industrial Tape Corp
New Brunswick
N. J
Army
Last photograph of Cpl. Attee Hammaker from Pacific service
Cpl. Attee Hammaker, a local man who entered the army after Pearl Harbor and served in Hawaii, died last month after several weeks illness at a Pacific hospital. He was stationed at Camp Seibert Alabama earlier, and was the son of Mrs. Lora Hammaker of 53 Hast Franklin Street and the late George Hammaker.
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Cpl
Attee Hammaker
Leah Hammaker
Summit Avenue
Pearl Harbor
Camp Seibert
Ala
Hawaii
Pacific
Lora Hammaker
Hast
Franklin Street
George Hammaker
Twelve Teacher Vacancies Here
County schools report about a dozen vacancies with a positive outlook. Superintendent Willis says filling openings before September should be easy, though applications continue. Vacancies span physical education home economics shop practice and several grade positions. St Marys county shows lower turnover than state averages, while state officials anticipate about 200 resignations this month, pushing total resignations in 23 counties since May 1, 1943, above 1,500. No further resignations expected locally.
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B. C. Willis
Board of Education
St. Mary's
Thomas M. Pullen
Maryland
Postwar Home Boom Foreseen for Hagerstown
C C Boyd of the National Housing Agency predicts a postwar housing boom in Hagerstown after wartime material restrictions lift. He notes current supply suffices until then and urges a coordinated postwar program. A local realtor cites hardship for nonwar workers and older residents who rented new homes as priorities were restricted.
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Hagerstown
C. C. Boyd
National Housing Agency
Boyd
Japs Reach Outer Defenses of Hengyang
CHUNGQING June 26 The Japanese offensive along the Canton Hankow railway has reached Hengyang the key city in Hunan province and a major target since 1928. Columns were reported four miles east six miles northeast and nine and a half miles east of Hengyang as Chinese defenders faced a menacing encirclement and prepared for a critical battle.
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Chungeing
China
Japan
Canton-Hankow
Hengyang
Canton
Hanken
Hunan Province
Washington county service totals exceed 5200 and 42 dead
Five thousand two hundred sixty four service members from Washington county were drafted or enlisted as of June 1. Forty two have been killed or died in the service, with monthly updates promised from Selective Service. About 225 have received honorable discharges.
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Washington County
Selective Service
Servvce Sre
Moser To Have Hearing In Sugar Ration Case
Weaver G. Moser a Boonsboro farmer and one of seven charged with sugar ration stamp violations is the last to be arraigned and will get a hearing before U S Commissioner C Welles Little tomorrow morning. Also due is a decision in the Kefauver case. Kefauver, one of the seven, had a hearing last Thursday. Two of the seven waived preliminaries while three were given hearings and held for the federal grand jury.
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Weaver G. Moser
Boonsboro
U. S
C. Welles Little
Moser
Commissioner Little
Frank Kefauver
Kefauver
Federal Grand Jury
Raspberry Prices Continue High For Washington Growers
Raspberry growers in Washington county reported prices from six to seven dollars per crate from metropolitan buyers. Many berries remain on bushes, but harvest is expected to finish by week’s end. Pickers receive five cents per quart, the highest rate paid for help, with profits improving as crate prices rise.
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Washington County
Nazis Clamp Curfew On Copenhagen
Berlin radio announced a curfew on Copenhagen from 5 p m to 5 a m with no traffic permits. German occupation authorities also barred gatherings of more than five people in public as part of measures to maintain law and order in the Danish capital.
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Associated Pronix
Copenhagen
Berlin
Associated Press
Dewey Gains Momentum on Opening Day of 1944 Convention
At Chicago Stadium on June 26 the Republican race began with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey leading on the first ballot development. Delegates from California Alabama Florida and Ohio shifted pledged votes, boosting Dewey toward the nomination as Bricker prospects waned and Warren emerged as a VP possibility.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
California
Alabama
Dewey
Florida
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Earl Warren
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Halt on Used Car Sale Frauds Brings Price Controls
Brisk used car sales continue in Hagerstown as OPA ceiling prices take effect July 1. The Washington County Ration Board reports about 100 transfers weekly. OPA prescribes warranty pricing only for dealers with repair shop contracts, aiming to curb black marketeering. Beginning July 16, the ration office will log all used car sales and require a Certificate of Transfer detailing price for gasoline ration applications.
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Hagerstown
OPA
Washington County Ration Board
Ration Board
Immunization urged for typhoid ahead of vacations
Baltimore report cites Dr. R H Riley of the State Health Department urging Marylanders to immunize against typhoid before summer trips. Those inoculated three or more years ago should repeat the three shot series spaced one week apart to renew protection.
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Baltimore
R. H. Riley
Prisoners Pour Into Cages At Cherbourg
American forces report 3340 German prisoners taken in Cherbourg during the last 24 hours. Doughboys continued mop up while Germans regrouped at Cap de la Hague and patrols encountered light resistance in central Cherbourg as the city was secured.
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Cherbourg
Cap de la Hague
Bond Purchases Increasing Here
The Washington county war bond sales totaled over a million and a half today while progress continues. Bond Chairman John D. Hollyday said sales appear to advance nicely. Pangborn Corp employees’ drive under Lesley A. Gardner reported 102,295 in E bonds purchased, surpassing the 72,500 quota. A Federal Reserve report showed 1,285,980.25 in bonds cleared through the Bank of Richmond as of June 23, with 196,143.75 in Series E bonds. The four new issues dated today include 242 percent treasury bonds of 1965-70 and 2 percent treasury bonds of 1952-54 with interest waived.
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Washington County
John D. Hollyday
Lesley A. Gardner
Panghborn Corp
Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond
Hollyday
Treasury
Stamp Sales Off At Post Office
After schools closed for summer, local post office stamp sales dropped by several hundred percent. During term weeks many thousands were sold weekly, but last week sales fell to 8275.70 despite the Fifth War Loan drive. Bond sales reached 21618.75, surpassing expectations, with Tuesday the top day at 5560.
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Ofice
Wheat yield forecast teased at 25 bushels per acre
With Washington county still awaiting threshing due to wet weather, farmers anticipate a potential 25 bushels per acre, about seven more than the county average. Harvesting has begun and threshing may start next week if conditions stay favorable.
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Washington County
Imieh
His
Fuel Oil Ration Applicants Must Return Stamp Stub
The ration office announced that applicants for the 1944 45 fuel oil quotas who have moved should enclose the stub from last year’s ration stamp sheet. The stub carries data needed to verify the applicant’s new address before issuing a fresh quota.
Fatherland Line Cracked by Russians On Front
Report from the Vitebsk-Mogilev sector says the Germans claim the Red Army has launched a major offensive breaking the defender line. Russian authorities emphasize significant pressure along the front with renewed artillery and infantry activity.
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Vitebsk-Mogilev
Port of Piombino Captured by Fifth Army in Italy
American troops of the Fifth Army seized Piombino to gain a supply base for the west coast advance. American and French forces closed on Siena while pushing toward Leghorn. Piombino lies opposite Elba. Germans fell back toward Siena as Fifth Army infiltrated Terniella Scalvala and Monticiano areas.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Piombino
Italy
Siena
Suvereto
Leghorn
Elba
Terniella
Scalvala
Monticiano
June 25 Divorce Suits Filed In County Court
Twenty five divorce suits were filed in June, bringing totals to 80 for today and 149 for the year. Plaintiffs Virginia K. Eichelberger and Pauline L. Grove label abandonment against their husbands Ernest G. Fichelberger and Leonard M. Grove, with counsel J Allen and Samuel C. Strite. The Eichelbergers wed in November 1941 and the Groves in May 1942.
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Virginia K. Eichelberger
Ernest G. Fichelberger
J. Allen
Leonard M. Grove
Pauline L. Grove
Samuel C. Strite
Eichelbergers
Groves
Norwegian Secretary and Wife Found Dead in Washington
The coroner seeks permission for autopsies on Andre Dedekam 64 secretary at the Norwegian embassy and his 49 year old wife Louise after their bodies were found in their apartment. A joint letter to their two sons detailing disposal of effects was found. Ras stove and open windows noted. Dedekam, a 25 year veteran of the diplomatic service, had been in Washington three years.
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Washington
State Department
Andre Dedekam
Louise
Nedekam
Speeding fine set for Jacob S. Oherholtzer in city court
State police said Jacob S. Oherholtzer was clocked on the Middleborg pike at speed above 69 miles per hour. Magistrate Harry B. Snyder imposed a fine of 314 and costs in city court this morning.
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Jacob S. Oherholtzer
Harry B. Snyder
Oherholtzer
Middleborg Pike
Russians Drive in on Vitebsk Front in Major Eastern Push
Soviet forces hammer a 250 mile front in White Russia breaking the Fatherland Line and encircling Vitebsk, trapping 45,000 Germans. A fifth Red Army struck in Ostrov sector while others threaten Orsha Mogilev and Bobruisk as 16,000 German deaths are reported and red troops seize equipment. The advance, aided by American weapons, pushes toward Berlin with Allied forces in the west and south.
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London
Russia
Vitebsk
Teheran
Germany
Ostrov
Finland
Berlin
Transocean Agency
Orsha
Mogilev
Bobruisk
Moscow
Red Army
Huge Aerial Fleets Batter Germans Around The Clock
Allied air forces maintained steady pressure on German targets overnight. Mosquitos from Britain attacked Normandy and Germany while Italian medium and heavy bombers hit Budapest. German reports claim heavy air battles near Vienna and along the Danube.
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London
Britain
Normandy
Italy
Budapest
Tiungare
Vienna
Danube
France
Parisi -Re
Claim cruisers sink London in raid
June 26 report claims two Allied cruisers were sunk yesterday and four others badly damaged in a raid near the English coast. The German naval force reportedly attacked near the port area, with ships including the Nagl and Gherbourg involved. Local details are fragmentary and difficult to verify from the surviving text.
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London
Gherbourg
Wentll
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Housing Agency
G.O.P
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Stoniat
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Poland
Brest
L Litovsk
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