San Vincenzo Taken By Fifth Army Advances in Italy
Rome reports San Vincenzo fell to the Fifth Army after a house to house battle. German defenses included fortifications, barricades, and wire entanglements. American forces, aided by Italian partisans, moved toward Chiusdino Travale Sasseta Belvedere and San Quirico d Orcia as French troops pressed near Siena.
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Rome
San Vincenzo
Livorno
5Th Army
Gupta
Chiusdino
Travate
Siena
Florence
Sasseta
17Th SS
Belvedere
Chinsdino
Travale
San Quirico d’Orcia
Butterfat Winners for June Named by Washington County Dairy
The Washington County Dairy Herd Improvement Association announced the top five herds by butterfat average for June. Winners include Miss Hedwig Heinemann with 36.2 lbs from five Jersey cattle, Mark Petre with 34.9 lbs across 15 Holsteins, Charles Shaw with 33.5 lbs from 11 Jerseys, BR A McCauley with 32.0 lbs from 15 Guernseys, and D R Snively with 30.2 lbs from 22 Guernseys. Cows producing over 60 lbs were Mark Petre with 62.0 lbs, Ira Downey 60.2, and Clarence Harshman 60.1.
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Washington County Dairy
Guernseys
Mark Petre
Ira Downey
Clarence Harshman
Oil refinery hit in first three way shuttle bombing operation
The European front reports the first three way shuttle bombing mission by U S Eighth Air Force Fortresses, flying from England to Russian bases, bombing a Polish Galacia refinery near Drohobycz and landing in Italy. Mustangs escorted the bombers from Russia and later from Italy joined the escort. explosions were reported, with minimal enemy interception. Also, Revelle W Brown to become president of the Reading Company July 1 after a 43 year railroad career.
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Rome
U. S
Italy
England
Berlin
Eastern Command
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Russia
Drohobycz
Lwvow
Olso Poland
Fifteenth Air Force
Deaths of Viola Suter and Percy Booth noted in brief
Viola V Suter died at her daughter Mrs Samuel Wheeler s home in Weverton at 5 pm Tuesday aged 77. She leaves four grandchildren and three great grandchildren, sisters Miss Elizabeth Suster and Mrs Lila Wheelock, and brother Samuel L Suter. Funeral at Suter Funeral Home Friday 2 pm led by Rev Thomas A Whitey, Rose Hill cemetery. Percy Otis Booth 61 died Tuesday morning, survived by wife Nora and children Reba Diehl Allen M Harold P Nellie Booth father James M and siblings Mary Murray Maude Shives. Funeral 2:30 pm Thursday Buck Valley Methodist Church led by Rev Henry A May.
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Viola V. Suter
Samuel Wheeler
Weverton
William H .and
Adeline (Cook) ‘Suter
L.P.D. Engineers
Washington, D. C
Pocahontas
Pythian
Rebekah
Brunswick
Wheeler
Elizabeth. Suster
Lila Wheelock
Samuel L. Suter
Petersville
Suter
Thomas A. Whitey
Rose Hill Cemetery
Percy Otis Booth
Woodmont
Methodist Church
Buck Valley
Henry A
In Memoriam Roy L Orcutt Died June 28 1940
In memory of husband and father Roy L Orcutt who died four years ago on June 28 1940. The verse laments the loss and loneliness and recalls a happy home and smiling face left behind by his wife and son Roy L Jr.
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Roy L. Orcutt
Roy L., Jr
All Out War Strains German Oil Resources
London reports Allied air power targets German oil capability after lessons from Tunisia. Bombing raids on 12 oil plants, Ploesti in Romania, southern France, Vienna and Gelsenkirchen cut Germany’s oil supply, now reduced by two thirds to about 5 million tons annually, while reserves and repairs complicate the outlook.
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London
Tunisia
Germany
Britain
Ministry of Economic Marfare
U. S. Army
Ploesti
Romania
France
Vienna
Air Ministry
Gelsenkirchen
C Os Riding Wheat Harvest Boosts Local Farms
Ben H Solliday, county farm placement officer, says Washington county uses four C P S camps to provide farm labor for the wheat harvest. Teenage boys are aiding farmers, improving labor supply compared with other areas. Conscientious objectors are to work through harvest, and former farm hands in industry may volunteer during vacations. Those lacking work can register with the county agent's office.
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Washington County
Ben H. Solliday
Solliday
C. P
Hengyang Surrounded by Japanese Forces in Hunan Rail Hub
Chungking dispatch reports Hengyang a vital railway junction in Hunan province surrounded by Japanese forces. The high command says severe fighting rages around the city, but it remains in Chinese hands for now, a threatened blow likened to the loss of Canton and Hankow in 1938.
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Chungking
Hengyang
Hunan
China
Canjton
Hankow
Clare Boothe Luce bids Americans back a leader who loves country
Clare Boothe Luce, first woman invited to address a Republican National convention in decades, urged Americans to think as Americans and vote for a president who loves his country more than power. She critiqued Roosevelt era promises and honored the memory of G I Jim with a speech in Chicago.
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Chicago
Clare Boothe Luce
White House
G.I. Ines
G.I. Jim
Connecticut
Bird Falls Down Chimney Into Stove
P R Hockensmith of East Washington street woke to noises from an unused cook stove He checked and a robin that had fallen down the chimney fled unharmed The notice also advertises a sale of new and used clothing Thursday and Friday in Market House basement with a large lot of men s and women s apparel
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P. R. Hockensmith
East
Washington Street
Hoover Vows to Fight Until He Dies at Convention
Chicago June 28 Former President Herbert Hoover, 69, addressed the Republican National Convention with a scorning denunciation of the Roosevelt administration. In a fight until I die speech, he warned that only by an upsetting for Roosevelt can soldiers regain freedom at home. He attacked the New Deal as shackling liberties and as akin to European revolutions, accusing Roosevelt of power politics in foreign affairs.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Roosevelt
Festival Meal at Shiloh U B Church June 28
Festival at Shiloh United Baptist Church features chicken and country ham sandwiches. Rain date set for June 29 in Ady.
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Shiloh U. B
Ady
Germany Moves To Aid Finland
STOCKHOLM June 28 With the Finnish government fully committed to the war alongside Germany Nazi troops moved into Finnish cities and towns in force to aid against the Soviet invasion. Helsinki heard marching German troops while reports say some units were already at the eastern front. Finnish President Ryti requested help and Foreign Minister Ramsay met with Germany’s Von Ribbentrop who promised military aid to continue the war against Russia.
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Stockholm
Germany
Finland
Helsinki
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Russia
Associated Press
Robert Sturdevant
Berlin
von Ribbentrop
Ryti
Henri Ramsay
RAF recruiter July 10 visit in Hagerstown postoffice
RAF recruiting officer Clarence Biehn will not attend the scheduled visit this week but will be at the Postoffice building from 9 am to 4 pm on July 10. He will administer mental and physical examinations to any young man 17 or older who seeks to become an RAF gunner pilot bombardier or navigator.
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Newoasts
Hagerstown
Maryvil
Afarérams
Waterstown
Mayer of
Wid Bord
Tagerstoy Maryland
Woofy
Aly Bois
Besis Pt
Smd
Rowe Egitce Wa
Eas
Dat Ag
Clarence ‘Biehn
Postoffice
News of Our Men Women in Uniform
Mrs. Charles Woodring reports Pvt. Harry C. Bingaman has arrived safely in England, with brother Pvt. Bruce B. Bingaman also there. Both seek messages via Mrs. Woodring. Tech Sgt Morris G. Myers Jr in Italy wrote of meeting old schoolmate Herbert Morriston from North Potomac street. Myers’ wife at 455 Jefferson street has his address. Bluejacket Hunter B. McCormick earned petty officer eligibility after graduating Naval Training School Diesel at University of Illinois Urbana. His wife Mrs. Lorraine L. McCormick resides in Baltimore. Cpl Guy L. Holland Jr and Kyle Bittle, meeting in Hawaii, send regards to Fairchild Aircraft friends.
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Charles Woodring
Pvt
Harry C. Bingaman
England
Harry
West Franklin Street
Bruce
Bingaman
Woodring
Morris G. Myers, Jr
Italy
Herbert Morriston
Merly
Potomac Street
Set. Myers
Jefferson Street
Chiss
Hunter B. McCormick
Hagerstown
Naval Training School
Diesel
University of Ilinois
Ur‘bana
Illinois
Lorraine L. McCormick
Baltimore
Hawaii
Cpl
Guy L. Holland, Jr
Kyle Bittle
Fairchild Aircraft
Captain Sauls Wounded in Normandy in English Hospital
Captain John Beverly Sauls, who landed with a first wave in Normandy, has been wounded and is in a 2 hospital in England. He has a bullet wound in his hand and a shrapnel wound in his right knee. He formerly worked for Funkhouser Company. his wife and daughter Frances reside in Fountain Head Heights. Chauncey A. Weaver of Big Spring is reported slightly wounded in France.
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John Beverly Sauls
Normandy
France
England
Sauls
Funkhouser Company
Frances
Fountain Head Heights
Chauncey A. Weaver
Big Spring
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Virginia Ave
J. Preston Martin
Memoriam
Kraiss Funeral Home
Potemas St
Goodyear
Ralte
Fecust
War Public Works Project
the Mayor and Council of
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Ison
Gladwin Hill
C.O
Clare Luce
Columbia College
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Jonathan St
D. Earl Neikirk
Williamsport Volunteer Fire Company
Leon Stahl
Lee Butler Inc
Studebaker
Fleigh Motor CO
Oak Hill Avenue
C.lo. Is
K. O. P. Building
Knights of Pythias
West
Franklin Street
Uaw-Cio
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Colonial Hotel
Washington Co
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
GMC
Frederick Street
Green Lantern
General Ins
Agey
Blix
Arthur F
Detrow
Gen
Keystone 1
Community Finance Service, Inc
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Thumma Motor Co
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Hagerstown, Md
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Kemp’s
OF Trustees
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Consumers Credit Service
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Public Square
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Value Center
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Tristate Electrical Supply Co
Potomac St
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Saratoga
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