D-Day Bricker Likely as Dewey Running Mate
Chicago June 28. Governor Bricker’s floor manager said Bricker would likely accept second place on the Dewey ticket, with Ohio delegation chair Ed Schorr signaling unfolding plans on the convention floor. Dewey’s camp hopes to secure the nomination while contingency plans for a Bricker nomination linger amid talks of a possible dark horse.
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Chicago
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
Clarence Brown
Ed. D. Schorr
Bricker
Warren
Kefauver Dismissed Over Sugar Ration Case
Frank Kefauver, a southern county farmer among those arraigned for sugar ration violations, was dismissed for lack of positive evidence by U. S. Commissioner C. Welles Little. Clarke testified his testimony was uncollaborated. Kefauver, represented by John J. Allen, is the only defendant to win dismissal. four others received hearings and were held for grand jury action while Clarke and another waived hearings.
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Frank Kefauver
U. S
C. Welles Little
Kefauver
Charles H. Clarke
Sharpsburg
Lancaster, Pa
Clarke
John J. Allen
War Production Chief Opposes Prohibition Return
Donald M. Nelson head of the War Production Board said he will not wield authority to restore prohibition, arguing alcohol is needed for war, and that distilleries and other industries will be returned to pre war status as military needs allow. His speech at Stevens Institute of Technology commencement was read due to illness.
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Hoboken
N. 3
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Stevens Institute of Technology
Nye Trails In Dakota Primary
Fargo, June 28. Lynn A. Stambaugh led Republican U S Senate nomination race with a 2000 vote edge over incumbent Gerald P. Nye as 652 of 2251 precincts reported. Stambaugh 18443 Nye 16078 Burdick 12116 Townley 460. Stambaugh runs as independent. Nye backed by party organizing committee.
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Fargo
N. D
Lynn A. Stambaugh
American Legion
U.S
Gerald P. Nye
U. S
Stambaugh
Nye
Usher K. Burdick
A. ©. Townley
Republican Organizing Committee
Republican Party
North Dakota
Townley
League
Mercury May Reach 100 Today in Keedysville
Weather observer J A Miller reports a hot day with a forecast of 100 to 101 degrees if skies stay clear. Yesterday’s high hit 95 after a night low around 68, with raspberries drying and cherry growers hoping for rain to boost income.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Harris to edit Pegasus for Fairchild aviation unit
Allen W. Harris, former Baltimore Sun aviation editor, joins Fairchild Engine and Airplane as assistant to PR director Joseph E. Lowes Jr. and will take over as editor of The Pegasus, succeeding C. B. S. Macauley who becomes aviation consultant.
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Allen W. Harris
The
Baltimore Sun
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
V. Carton Ward, Jr
Joseph E. Lowes, Jr
Fegasus
C. B. S. Macauley
SHOW IS COMING The John Marks Shows at Morris Frock Post grounds
The John Marks Shows Inc a major carnival organization will perform at the circus grounds all next week under the auspices of Morris Frock Post American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marks Shows, Inc
Morris Frock Post
American Legion
Dewey Ready To Fly To Accept Nomination
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will fly to Chicago for the Republican National Convention after the party names him its standard bearer in the 1944 presidential race. A 23 passenger plane awaits at Albany airport with four aides and reporters to accompany him once the nomination is formalized.
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Thomas EF. Dewey
G.O.P
Pasquale Pugliese
Albany
Thomas B. Dewey
Chicago
Dewey
New York
Coal Product Now Being Fed Cows
Washington June 28. Urea, a synthetic nitrogen from coal, is fed to cows to synthesize protein in the rumen. Experiments show feeding about one third of a pound of urea daily helps cows convert hay into protein, though it does not fully replace high protein feeds and still requires carbohydrates.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Confesses To Slaying Child In Detroit
Prosecutor William E Dowling announced Robert Miller Turner 20 confessed to the March 27 killing of 14 year old Joyce Raulton on a dump near Detroit. Turner said he drove, met Joyce, walked with her, struck her, stabbed her, and had an urge to kill.
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Detroit
William E. Dowling
Robert Miller Turner
Madea
Joyce Raulton
Dowling
Richard Vincent
Weayne
Raulton
Postwar Building Program Sets School Additions Plan
The Board of Education announced a five point postwar building program led by a Washington Street school addition to house the 7th and 8th grades. It prioritizes an North End elementary school, a North Street Colored School shop and auditorium, and broader vocational training with expanded shops at the Senior High. A proposed Country Club site was rejected for size and cost reasons.
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Washington Street
Board of Education
Broadway
Morgansville
Wayside
Woodland Way
Winter Street
West End
Old Country Club
North Street
Russians Close In On Minsk
Moscow dispatches report Red Army forces converging on Minsk from three directions aided by massive air attacks. Stormoviks pounded Nazi armor as Gen. Bagramian and Gen. Cherniakhovsky led the assault, with Lt Gen Papivin's air group in the lead.
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Moscow
Red Army
Minsk
White
Russia
Warsaw
Germany
Ivan Bagramian
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Stormoviks
N. PB. Papivin
Bagramian
U S Finland Break Nearing After Nazi Germany Pact
Washington reports say U S Finnish relations are at a breaking point after Finland announces a perfect understanding with Nazi Germany. Officials warn that no Russo Finnish peace is possible without Finland's defeat, signaling an imminent breach between the nations.
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Washington
Finland
Nazi Germany
Germany
Russia
State Department
Four More Suits For Divorce Filed In Court
Four more divorce suits were docketed, bringing this year to 154 and this month to 22. Cases include Ester Star liper Bryan vs Clarence Abraham Bryan, Shlendora Flavia Robinson vs James Ralph Robinson, James Fenton Houck vs Eugene Houck, and Wilma Elaine Tyson vs George C. Tyson. Judge Joseph D. Mish granted Betty Jane Straley a divorce from Philip Melvin Straley. Attorney Calvert K. Hartle attended.
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Ester Star
Liper Bryan
Clarence Abraham Bryan
C. K. Harile
Shlendora Flavia Robinson
James Ralph Robinson
Harile
James Fenton Houck
Eugene Houck
Hartile
Wilma Elaine Tyson
George C. Tyson
J. J. Allen
Betty Jane Stral
Toledo Transit Strike Halts City Transport
Virtually all public transportation in Toledo was idle as 359 AFL unionists of Community Traction Co refuse to operate streetcars and buses in a surprise strike. Union leaders said voting occurred last Saturday and a pickup line was set at car barns at 4 am. Taxi firms paused service and private cars ferried workers.
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Toledo
AFL
Community Traction Co
C. J. Sherman
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes
Avivors
Henriot, Ex-Vichy Minister Slain in Paris
London dispatch reports Philippe Henriot, former French deputy and Vichy minister of information, assassinated last night at the Paris ministry of information. German agency DNB cites reliable French circles and notes Henriot’s recent Berlin visit to see Joachim von Ribbentrop.
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London
Berlin
Philippe Henriot
Vichy
Paris
DNB
Henriot
Ministry of Information
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Drive Past Two Million Mark In War Loan Drive
The Fifth War Loan surpassed two million dollars in Washington county this morning and proceeds toward the 2,850,000 quota. Bond Chairman John D. Hollyday announced an unofficial total near two million, after a Federal Reserve report showed 1,876,049.25 cleared through the Richmond Fed Bank. The breakdown lists Series E 209,418.75, Series F 2,830.50, Series G 47,000, Savings Notes C 270,200, Certificates of Indebtedness of 745 869,500, 1%6% Notes of ’47 80,000, 2% Bonds of ’52-’54 165,000, Bonds of ’670 222,000, with more allocations expected daily.
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Washington County
John D. Hollyday
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Hollyday
Federal Reserve Report
Survey names Washington County in postwar soil work study
Select County for Survey identifies Washington County Maryland as one of three counties to index postwar soil conservation work. Wilbur H Stevenson notes a three year activity in the county, with C P S camps aiding, and warns of postwar staffing challenges as state and federal agencies evaluate ongoing and future conservation efforts.
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Washington County
Maryland
Soil Conservation Service
Wilbur H Stevenson
Stevenson
Kent County
Baltimore-Harford County
Local Paratrooper Son Wounded in France
William H. Talhelm of Garlinger Avenue reports his son Pvt Roy A Talhelm aged 19 was seriously wounded in France. The casualty happened in June per War Department data. He enlisted September 1942 and trained as a paratrooper at Fort Remming and Fort Bragg. He went to England last December. He attended Hagerstown High School and worked briefly at Station Furniture Co.
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William H. Talhelm
Garlinger ‘Avenue
Roy A. Talhelm
France
War Department
Fort Remning
Fort Gragg
England
Pvt
Talhelm
Hagerstown
Station Furniture Company
Local Health Department Sets July Treatment Day
The Local Health Department announced a treatment day on Thursday morning July 6 after a brief notice on Tuesday the Fourth of July. Patients were advised to report for care promptly to receive services available that week.
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Pe Vo Cua
British Tank Drive Envelops Caen Area in Heavy Combat
British tank columns broke through the German Odon defenses two miles from Caen in the greatest armored clash of the Normandy campaign. Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery leads a swift thrust six miles wide, threatening Caen’s southern supply routes as fighting continues north of the city.
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Wes Gallagher
HDQS
Odon
Caen
Normandy
Paris
Bernard L. Montgomery
Peninsular
Esquay
Evrecy
Montgomery
Britain
Brit
Allied Casualties In Normandy Reach 40549
Supreme Headquarters reports Allied casualties in Normandy totaled 40,549 in the first two weeks of operations. Americans numbered 24,162 with 3,082 killed, 13,421 wounded, and 1, missing. British 13,572 with 1,842 killed, 8,599 wounded, 3,131 missing. Canadians 2,815. German losses through Cherbourg estimated at no less than 70,000. Early days saw heavy American losses on the beaches during clashes with a German unit practicing invasion.
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Supreme Hdqs
Normandy
Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Tornado Recall of Falling Waters Event 1889
Old timers memory recalls a tornado that struck Falling Waters in 1889 near Williamsport. The funnel storm killed two men in a wagon shed on the Criswell farm and wounded several others as it moved north across the Potomac region.
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Williamsport
West Virginia
John Criswell
Truck Crashes Into Pole Near Martinsburg. No Injuries
A Grey Concrete Pips Co. truck driven by Carroll C. Moats from Hagerstown snapped a trailer into a power pole on U S Route 11 at Darkesville near Martinsburg. The collision caused a brief power interruption in the area and minor damage to the pole, with the driver escaping injury.
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Carroll C. Moats
Hagerstown
Grey Concrete Pips Co
Darkesville
Martinsburg
New Ceiling Prices Listed for Hagerstown Retailers
Retailers in Hagerstown must post new ceiling prices for fresh fruits and vegetables mailed from OPA Baltimore. The county ration office listed prices effective until next Thursday with prices for beans cabbage carrots cucumbers lettuce onions peas potatoes spinach and other items. Florina and California oranges grapefruits and bananas have specified ceiling prices per dozen or per pound.
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Hagerstown
OPA
Baltimore
Cifornia
Ricocheting Golf Ball Hits Player in Eye
A golf ball ricocheted from a tree at Fountain Head Country Club striking Jim Kaliopulos in the eye during a match with Jo Grimes and Donald Funk. A physician on site treated the injury and said prognosis uncertain.
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Jim Kallopulos
Tex
Taft
Fountain Head Country
Jo Ji Grimes
Donald Funk
Kallopuios Swank
Will Howe
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Trip
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Pegasus
N. Y
U. S. Weather Bureau
Cumberland
John Louis “Red” Wolford
Wolford
James Moffatt
North End
U. S.-Finland
Guam
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Rora
Sland
Select County
Admiral Henneck
Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben
Jim Kaliopulos
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