Allies Rout Jap Troops In Jungle Fighting
Allied forces report renewed savage jungle fighting in New Guinea between Buna and Port Moresby. They say Japanese outposts near Kokoda were routed, and Allied bombers set fire to supply dumps in the area. Five Japanese planes were shot down in a clash over Buna, with two Allied aircraft losses. A night raid by Australian forces damaged Lae bases and shot down one enemy plane.
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MacArthur
Australia
Bua
New Guinea
Laé
Buna
Kokoda
PTW Loins
Aled Cotiders
Lae
Lae and Nears Salamaus
Nazi Plane Hits U S Post in Iceland Attack
A German plane bombed and machine gunned a remote U S military installation in southeastern Iceland. There were no casualties and only negligible damage. It was the fifth German air activity over Iceland in two weeks. The attack occurred about 600 miles from German-held Norway.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
United States
U. S
England
Norway
Explaining Aircraft Warning Service Setup Meeting
A public meeting about the Aircraft Warning Service will be held Wednesday at eight in Winchester Hall. J F Omps and Army officers will outline the AW S work. a reconnaissance tour is planned by Army personnel with Wilbur W Baker. A short program includes invocation, anthem, film What About Air Raids, and Q A. A similar meeting occurs tonight in Tourmont.
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Winchester Hall
J. F. Omps
Army
Wilbur W. Baker
Unionville
Charles E. Hudson
Frederick
Mr. Omps
Tourmont
Italian firm offices in Argentina stoned for second time
In Buenos Aires on August 3, the Navigation Line offices of an Italian firm were attacked for the second time in a month with windows broken. Police investigated the incident and no injuries were reported.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Navigation Line
26 Nazi Divisions In France and Lowlands
London dispatches report that sixteen German divisions, including two armored, were shifted from occupied France and the Low Countries to the Russian front. Allied sources deny claims of nine divisions remaining and say about twenty six divisions are now in France and the lowlands, with replacements made.
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London
France
Low Countries
Funeral Of Dr. McCurdy On Tuesday
Dr Ira J McCurdy Frederick physician and civic leader dies at 73 after fall injuries. Survived by wife Lucy and mother Jennie. Funeral set for Tuesday at 11 am from East Patrick Street funeral home with interment at Mt Olivet. C E Cline & Son in charge.
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Ira J. McCurdy
Frederick
Frederick City Hospital
Lucy Eisenhauer McCurdy
Jennie Eyler McCurdy Devilbiss
Woodsboro
East Pattick Street
Mt. Olivet
C. E. Cline and Son
McCurdy
Frederick City
City Board of Health
York Ba
James Crawford McCurdy
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Infantry
Virginia
Saboteur Case Data To Be Given F D R Today
Washington reports the military commission that tried eight German saboteurs would present findings to President Roosevelt today. The president will review records before any public release, with the commission not disclosing findings or sentences. Defendants and counsel were recalled as the panel reconvened in the Justice Building for further steps.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Albert L. Cox
District of Columbia
Japs Try to Wipe Out Outpost in China Air Battle
Aug 3 dispatch reports a second air battle over Hengyang air base in Hu Tan province with US planes fending off a Japanese massed fighter attack. Word from Chungking cites a 36 hour assault by 119 Japanese planes on Hengyang, with 17 shot down and at least four more probably lost.
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Chungking
China
Hengyang
United States
Hu Tan
United States Army
Hunan
Joeph Wo Stillwell
Comunique
Naval Academy warns vessels to keep distance
Annapolis Md August 3 The United States Naval Academy warned all vessels in the vicinity of the Naval radio station to keep five miles distant next Friday morning A naval gun battery will fire over Chesapeake Bay during 10 to 11 am period ships will be warned to stay beyond the five mile area bearing eastward from the radio station
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Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
Naval
Academy
Chesapeake Bay
Named General Counsel of Treasury Department
Washington Aug 3 Randolph Paul of New York a tax expert who has served as the Treasury’s chief agent in shaping the tax bill now before Congress was nominated by President Roosevelt to be the Department’s general counsel He would succeed Edward Foley who resigned to enter military service
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Washington
M.randolph Paul
New York
Treasury
Congress
Roosevelt
Department
Edward Foley
Norway's Exiled King Haakon Turns 70 Today
London reports Norway's exiled King Haakon VI marking his 70th birthday while leading Norway's opposition from Britain. Despite exile in a Nazi-ruled realm, he remains vigorous and active, guiding a government in exile and contributing to Allied efforts as thousands of Norwegian seamen and ships aid the war.
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London
Haakon VI
Norway
Sti Hale
Britain
Allies
CRUSE
Beer license revoked for Emmitsburg dealer in war ban
State License Bureau upheld County License Commissioner Paul Little in revoking Leslie Ancarrow’s on sale beer license for Emmitsburg. Ancarrow must cease selling beer and return stock. A war time ban on all alcoholic sales at the premises was affirmed. Ancarrow appealed from previous six month suspension for beer sales to minors and disorderly conduct.
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State
Paul M. Little
Leslie Ancarrow
Emmitsburg
Little
Frank P. Bratton
Ancarrow
Bratton
L. Franklin Purnell
Court House
Antarrow
State Bureau
Axis Propaganda Doubts on Coney Island Oil Beach Tale
New York report disputes Rome radio claims of oil stains and bodies washing ashore at Coney Island. War Information Bureau notes overheard overseas listening posts doubted the story, suggesting the oil seen was suntan oil and the alleged bodies were nowhere near the beach.
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New York
Coney Island
Rome Radio
Office of War Information
An Overseas
London
Coney Island Beach
Atlantic
Swimmer Blown Into Gulf Survives After Nine Hour Swim
A 62-year-old woman survived nine hours in squall driven Gulf currents before being found exhausted along a roadside near Pass-A-Grille Florida. Police report that Civil Air Patrol and Coast Guard units joined the search for Mrs Kessie Arnold, proprietor, as authorities could not confirm land direction during the night.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Ele Lipphard
St Petersburg
Civil Air Patro
Coast Guard
Kessie Arnold
Iar
Pass-A-Grille
Ster
Araule
California apartment fire Overwhelms 26. one fireman hurt
San Francisco reports twenty six persons overcome by smoke and a fireman injured in an early morning apartment house blaze. More than one hundred residents were evacuated as crews fought the flames.
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California
San Francisco
Gandhi Warns Discontent Could Aid Japanese Invasion
Mohandas Gandhi warned that British failure to grant independence could drive discontented Indians to welcome a Japanese invasion. He urged non violent opposition while British and US pressure would not deter the Congress, which plans a final decision Friday on the movement. Japanese broadcasts from Bangkok urged Indians to rise, claiming troops are on India’s eastern border, delaying action to gauge popular response.
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Bombay
India
Mohandas K. Gandh
Uarijian
Rane
British Broadcasting Corporation
Ramaswami Mudaliar
London
United Nations
Gandhi
Britain
United States
All-India Congress Party
Indea
Jania
Congress
Adare
Pancreas
Balkrishma Sharma
Wineral
Joy
Bangkok
Hash Behari Bose
Bose
Workers Walk Out At West Virginia Ordnance Works
In Point Pleasant West Virginia about 4000 workers reportedly quit their jobs at the huge West Virginia Ordnance Works project in Mason County. Lieutenant James Raber says the walkout aims to press for higher wages and notes no union spokesman has stepped forward to assume responsibility.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Mason County
James Raber
Tno Hish
LaGuardia testifies on bonds tax before Senate committee
New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia told the Senate Finance Committee that taxing income from future state and local bonds would harm municipal financing. He argued there would be no net federal gain as local taxpayers would bear the bill. The same day stock trading adjusted with quiet dealings in rail and liquor issues, lifting some issues to new highs for the year.
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Washington
F. H W. LaGuardia
New York City
Senate Finance Committee
LaGuardia
New York
Engineers face toughest task in Carolina maneuvers
In Wadesboro North Carolina The Engineers brace for the fourth exercise of the Army Carolina maneuvers The Red and the Blue forces press along a north south line with a mine mile bulge near the Pee Dee river as zero hour approaches and troops move into their assigned positions.
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Wadesboro
Ave
Nazi Raiders Active Over Britain in Afternoon Bombings
London reports say German raiders attacked a northeast town in daylight causing property damage while other enemy planes roamed over England. Incendiaries fell in the Midlands and east Anglia with limited damage, and London saw minor disruption. Spitfires targeted rail lines and ports in the Low Countries, while Axis losses topped RAF losses for July across multiple theaters.
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London
DNB
Bedford
Harwich
Great Yarmouth
York
Low Countries
Air Min ‘Ubiry
Air Ministry
Britain
Europe
Middle East
Malta
RAF
British Air Attacks Near El Alamein and Derna Sinking
British aircraft pressed assaults west of El Alamein with limited land actions in Egypt. Fighter bombers attacked Axis flank headquarters and destroyed groups of motor trucks while RAF fighters patrolled the zone. Allied bombers hit a large enemy supply ship at Derna, leaving it sinking. motor fighters were sunk at Sidi Batrani and Matruh, with additional damage elsewhere.
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Cairo
el Alamein
Egypt
Dernaanne
Sidi Batrani
Matruh
Conscientious Objector Still On Hunger Strike
Conscientious objector Corbitt Bishop remains on a hunger strike after being placed on the active duty list at Avalon Maryland despite an order to break the fast. Bishop, now in his 36th day, has not eaten, though he allowed a concession by leaving the camp infirmary to return to his bed and continues to drink water. His weight loss exceeds 40 pounds.
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Elkridge
Corbitt Bishop
Avalon
Selective Service
Washington
Bishop
Arthur Gamble
Named to Force Roger Mills Jr Joins City Police
Roger Mills Jr. of 419 North Bentz Street joined the city police this morning and has been assigned to active duty for the duration of the war.
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Roger Mills, Jr
North Bentz Street
Soviet Divebombers Harass German Reinforcements Fight in Caucasus
Soviet dispatches say dive bombers hammered crawling German columns as Don and Kuban Cossacks counter attacked north and south of Rostov and Stalingrad. The Kremlin reported 6,000 German deaths and 25 tanks destroyed in one Don front day while German reserves flooded the Rostov area and were bombed by long range air power.
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Moscow
Red Army
Koslow
Soviet Information Bureau
Don
Caucasus
Rostov
Kletskaya
Stalingrad
Don Bend
Kusehevkov-Salsk
North Caucasus
Communist Party
Pravda
Kuschevka
Tsimlyansk
Voronezh
Lower
Germany
Tagus
Red Air Force
Berlin
UPI
Kuban
Kropotkia
Rostov-Baku
Tikhoretsk
Sal
Yega River
Taganrog Bay
Rostey
Legal Aid Clinic Established For Army at Lowry Field
A legal aid clinic is opened at Lowry Field to help officers and men with estate and family problems. The service is organized by the Fourth District Army Air Force technical command with assistance from the Bar Association.
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Denver
Aue
Uncle Sam
Fourth District Army Air Force Technical Command
Lowry Field
Kerosene Used to Stretch Gas in War Time
Local Frederick residents reportedly mix kerosene with gasoline to extend fuel for war efforts. Stations warn this practice harms engines, increases emissions, and risks excessive heat. Some officials note kerosene is not rationed for the general public, while distributors are urged to curb kerosene sales.
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WLU
Frederick
Collusion Charges To Be Investigated
Philadelphia August 3 1 A Federal Grand Jury was convened today to probe charges of collusive bidding among counties tied to Cramp’s. The inquiry follows testimony before a Senate Naval Appropriations committee about 500 to 600 bids totaling 1 000 000 placed knowingly to meet bidding rules.
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Philadelphia
Cramp
Francis A. Biddle
Senate Naval Appropriations Committee
Two Men Who Jumped From Steamer Bay Sought By Police
Baltimore Aug 3 Police checked missing persons lists to identify two men believed drowned after they fell or jumped from the Wilson Line steamer Bay. Authorities pursue possible leads and await further details from the vessel.
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Baltimore
T—Polise
Wilson Line
Bay
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Old New Windsor College
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Hengyang Airfield
Treasury Department
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