Radio Announcer Under Arrest
The FBI announced the arrest of Heinzdieter Baron von Schoenermarck a German native who had been a radio announcer and news commentator in Frederick Maryland since 1941 He was arrested by an FBI agent and a Maryland state policeman from the Frederick barracks A complaint filed with U C Commissioner D A Wolfinger accuses him of fraudulently claiming U S citizenship and using the alias Brandon Roberts to evade alien registration He arrived in the United States in May 1929 and denies the citizenship charges
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Baltimore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Heinzdieter Baron von Schoenermarck
Germany
Frederick
Schoenermarck
Maryland
U. C
D. A. Wolfinger
Hagerstown
United States
Brandon Roberts
Heidelberg
City and County Realty Transfers in Frederick County
J L Courtney and wife transfer a tract of land in Gainesboro District six miles northwest of Winchester to F C Boyce for $10 and other considerations. Elmer Holliday and others transfer a tract of land at Collinsville to Theodore Holliday for $10 and other considerations.
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Frederick County
J. L. Courtney
F. C. Boyce
Gainesboro
Winchester
Elmer Holliday
Theodore Holliday
Collinsville
Nazis Claim Industrial City
Nazi reports claim attacks on Flensburg shipyards and Lubeck submarine yards to hinder reconstruction after a March 28 assault. They also alleged damage to British armaments workshops and claimed several Allied ships sunk. The dispatch linked Stalin’s alleged move to Stalingrad with strong Asiatic reinforcements but Moscow offered no confirmation.
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Ain
Flensburg
Luebeck
Lensburg
High Command
Britain
West Africa
Atlantic
Mississippi
Panama Canal
Arctic
Stalin
Stalingrad
Stockholm
Anakara
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Millerovo
Voronezh
Volga
Don River
Foscon
Red Army
Red
Russia
Lower
Don
Donets
Egypt
el Ruweisat
el Alamein
Ommel
Sane Wea An
War Work Halted By Bus Strike in Detroit
Detroit bus service collapsed on July 17 as striking A F L union workers halted routes on the East Side and ejected nonstriking drivers. Police were ordered to arrest anyone interfering with buses as about 350 transit employees walked off, disrupting service citywide and leaving many workers unable to reach war plants.
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Detroit
Woodward Avenue
Highland Park
Edward J. Jeffries
Department of Street Railways
Edward McMorrow
Pred A. Nolan
Colored Redsox To Play Huntley In Virginia Return
The Winchester Redsox travel to Huntley Virginia on Sunday for a return game against the local colored team. On a near undefeated run with seven wins and one loss they head to Huntley with many supporters. Kickoff is at 2 30 in the afternoon.
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Winchester Redsox
Huntley
Attacks By U-Boats Show Decrease
Lieut Gen Frank M Andrews Caribbean commander reports a drop in submarine attacks in the area. He credits effective anti submarine measures and says they will be greatly increased in the future after returning from Washington conferences.
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Balboa
C. I
Frank M. Andrews
United States Caribbean
Washington
Patriots Executed in Bohemia and Moravia in Week
A Czech government spokesman said 11 patriots were executed last week in Bohemia and Moravia on charges ranging from possession of firearms to illegal slaughter of cattle and concealment of crops.
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London
Bohemia and Moravia
Harris Luncheon Hosts Cuban Bishop and Clergy
Mr and Mrs H B Harris host a Sunday luncheon at Llewellyn in Berryville Virginia for Rev Henry G Lane rector Grace Church Mrs Lane and Rt Rev Alexander Hugo Blankenship bishop of Cuba. He will preach and administer confirmation at Grace Church and St Marys Episcopal Church with services at Emmanuel Chapel Boyce. music noted at Grace Church.
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Berryville
H. B. Harris
Llewellyn
Henry G. Lane
Grace Episcopal Church
Lane
Alexander Hugo Blankenship
Cuba
Grace Church
St. Mary’s
N. Y
Clarke County
Iton
Not To Call Young Registrants Soon
President Roosevelt stated at a press conference that the country is unlikely to call youths aged 18 and 19 to service in wartime. He added that no action or announcements are expected on the matter in the near future.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Education of Men In Army Is Held Excellent
A New York summary notes Census data show skilled education among draft age men, with under 4 percent of 18 to 25 year olds having less than four years of schooling. Deferments cite literacy standards, while 1940 figures reveal high school attendance and near universal enrollment for ages 10 to 13.
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Science Service
New York
America
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Amy Sevice
United States
15 Years To Life Given Eklund
John Eugene Eklund, 25, a convict sniper who escaped guards during jury deliberations, was sentenced to 15 years to life. The second degree murder conviction carries the maximum penalty for the killing of Hylan C. McClaine, one victim in a 1940 ambush spree targeting Black residents.
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Washington
John Eugene Eklund
Eklund
Hylan C. McClaine
MacArthur Curtin Confer Over War Strategy
Gen Douglas MacArthur and Australian Prime Minister John Curtin held a lengthy talk on wartime conduct against Japan. The Sydney Radio broadcast reported the first meeting in weeks and Curtin expressed great satisfaction with the outcome.
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San Francisco
Douglas MacArthur
John Curtin
Japan
Sydney Radio
CBS
Curtin
Claim Twins Paternity May Differ Across Blood Types
A Vienna Anthropological Society report suggests non identical twins can have different fathers when blood types do not match both parents. The piece notes complexities of paternity in rare twin cases and references Nazi era biases and illegitimacy norms influencing attitudes.
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Washington
Vienna Anthropological Society
Vienna
Austraia
Germany
Gasoline Ration System To Be Changed July 22
The War Production Board ordered elimination of the 50 percent curtailment in gasoline deliveries to eastern dealers effective with the new coupon rationing system on July 22. Deliveries will be based on coupons received by stations from motorists and turned in to distributors, to reduce hardship in boom areas with many war workers.
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Washington
Seaboard
War Production Board
WPB
Survivors Reach Beira After Dutch Ship Sunk
Forty five survivors of a Dutch ship torpedoed 300 miles off the East African coast arrive at Beira in Portuguese East Africa. Six crewmen were killed in the attack.
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Capetown
Union of South Africa
Beira
Portuguese East Africa
Bomb Drops Reported On Aleutian Island of Kiska
The navy said army aircraft dropped 56 bombs on Japanese shore works at Kiska as part of ongoing Aleutian operations. It reported 44 military deaths and 49 injuries plus one civilian killed from attacks on Dutch Harbor Fort Mears Fort Glenn and nearby posts.
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Washington
Navy
Aleutians
Kiska
Dutch Harbor
Fort Mears
Fort Glenn
Umnak
Northwestern
Army
Midway
United States
Coast Guard
Consulate Bans Surprise Finns
Helsinki government calls Washington move to close the American consulate a surprise and says it may close Finnish consulates in the United States. Washington says Finland must discontinue consular activities by August 1 and cancels American consuls in Finland while keeping the Legations. The move echoes prewar German American tensions and hints at a possible diplomatic break.
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Helsinki
Washington
United States
Finland
State Department
Germany
Messick Youth Slightly Better After Elevator Crush
At Memorial Hospital this afternoon the condition of 13 year old Charles Messick improved to slightly better after he was crushed between the lift floor and shaft wall at Winchester Cold Storage Company. He was carried to the sixth floor by the automatic lift before rescue.
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Memorial Hospital
Charles Messick
Winchester Cold Storage Company
Charles
Salvation Army Services Sunday Led by Miss McMullan
Miss Margaret McMullen of Florida will lead Salvation Army services at the local headquarters on Sunday in Adjutant Charles Robey's absence. Sunday School at 10 a.m., Holiness meeting 11 a.m., YPL 6:30 p.m., and worship 8 p.m. Public invited.
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Margaret McMullen
Florida
Salvation Army
Charles Robey
Bluefield
Grafton
W. W
U S Bombers Pound Hankow and Nanchang in China
Allied forces under Stilwell announce successful raids on Hankow docks in the Japanese concession and on Nanchang airdrome. Major Basye led the Nanchang attack with Squadron Leader Howard, who formerly led the Flying Tigers, returning from Thailand with no bomber losses.
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Chungking
United States
Hankow
Yangtze River
Joseph W. Stilwell
Nanchang
China
Flying Tigers
William E. Basye
John R. Howard
Howard
St. Louis
J. V. K. Newkirk
Newkirk
Thailand
Nazi Recaptured in Montreal Near Ste. Anne De Bellevue
Dominant German merchant Hermann Maiwald, aged 23, was recaptured by authorities after escaping yesterday from a military hospital at Ste. Anne De Bellevue. He was held at a Montreal facility pending return to duty or trial.
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Montreal
Hermann Maiwald
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
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