East Prussian Front Presses Into German Lines
Russian forces pushed toward Silesia and Krakow as Vistula breaches widened the Baltics frontline. In East Prussia tanks patrolled to Riga and Insterburg while German reserves flooded near Warsaw and along the Niemen. Concurrently Mikolajczyk and Stalin met. domestic notices report a German general killed in France and a U.S. stock market rally for independent auto makers.
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Warsaw
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Baltic States
Gulf of Riga
Riga
Pravda
Liepaja
Latvia
Baltic
Carpathians
Vistula
Moscow
Konigsberg
Insterburg
Eydtkuhnen
Niemen River
Tilsit
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Lukse
Churchill
Berlin
Augustow
East Prussia
Vistula Big Bend
Zarka
Radom
Biddle Orders Probe As Strike Is Continued
Attorney General Biddle ordered an immediate federal probe into the Philadelphia transit strike to see if federal law was violated, directing the FBI and appointing Henry A. Schweinhaut to supervise with focus on the Smith-Connally act. Meanwhile bands of strikers threatened violence at terminals as only a fraction of trains operated after Roosevelt’s Army-backed deadline.
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Biddle
Washington
Philadelphia
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Roosevelt
The
Transportation Company
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Baltic Front German General Reported Deserting to Russians
The German radio claimed General George Lindemann, commander of the Baltic front, has deserted to the Russians. He led the 16th and 18th armies, with about 20 to 30 divisions reported trapped by Soviet forces near the Baltic Sea.
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London
George Lindemann
Baltic Front
Baltic Sea
Purge Reported in Nazi Army Amid July 20 Traitor Purge
Radio said the Army requested Hitler to purge the forces of July 20 traitors and that Hitler approved. The report cites a purge aimed at cleansing the army. Published as a wartime update with emphasis on internal Nazi measures.
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London
Hitler
Jackie Cooper Charged in Delinquency Case in Indiana
St Joseph County Prosecutor says affidavits filed charging four people including Jackie Cooper age 22 of Beverly Hills with contributing to and encouraging the delinquency of minors in South Bend Indiana. Cooper identified as a star in a movie titled Where Are Your Children.
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South Bend
Ind
St. Joseph
Arthur F. Soherr
Jackie Cooper
Beverly Hills
Calif
Local Soldier Dies In Battle Two Wounded In Action
A Frederick area report from the War Department details the death of S/Sgt. Floyd W. Butts of Cherry Run West Virginia in France on July 3. Two Countians were wounded overseas, including Pfc. Lester L. Portner near Lantz who is seriously injured, and Pvt. Edgar Shaffer wounded in action as he convalesces in a hospital. T-5 Edward Croghan and T-3 Croghan were seriously wounded in France and England, with one brother serving in a Guard squadron at Daniel Field Georgia.
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Frederick
France
War Department
Floyd W. Butts
Cherry Run
W. Va
Chevrolet
Walter K. May
West Patrick Street
Homer J. Harvey
North Market Street
Lewis Butts
Butts
May
United Brethren Church
Dorothy
Bernadine
Elizabeth
Stanley
Howard
West Virginia
Marlin Butts
San Antonio
Tex
Portner
Lester L. Portner
John Portner
Near
Lantz
Pfc
England
Fred Shaffer
Brunswick
Pvt
Edgar
Pat” Shaffer
M. J. Croghan
Frederick and Braddock Heights
Edward Croghan
William Croghan
Utica
T-3 Croghan
Europe
Sgt
Daniel Field
2200 Planes Make Attack on German Targets
An Allied air offensive hit Germany with 2200 aircraft including 1200 American heavy bombers and 1900 fighters. Targets ranged from Peenemunde rocket works to Rostock and Kiel port facilities and an Anklam fighter plant, with a 1290 mile round trip from the Baltic coast. Italy and Britain aided by striking French supply routes before dawn as weather allowed full air power.
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London
U. S
Germany
Peenemunde
Anklam
Stettin
Rostock
Baltic
Berlin
Kiel
Bremen
Italy
Britain
France
Europe
Navy approves 5.3 million naval research lab in Maryland
The Navy approved a 5.3 million naval research and experimental laboratory to be built in Montgomery and Prince George's counties Maryland. Groundbreaking is planned for the near future with the project signaling expansion of defense research facilities in the region.
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Washington
Naval Research and Experimental Laboratory
Montgomery
Prince George's
Maryland
Navy
Nazis Evacuate Part of Northern Front Toward Hango
Aftonbladet reported long trains of German troops moving toward Hango in Finland's southwest coastal fortress. The traveler from Finland said troops were loading guns and tanks, ready for transport out of the country.
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Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Hango
Finland
Japs Fear US Super Forts After Manchuria Raid Reports
Tokyo radio via NBC said a large enemy air force flew over southern Manchuria on August 4 without bombing, hinting at renewed B 29 Super Fort attack potential. Japanese broadcasts claimed P 38 fighters hit southern Manchuria, suggesting continental raids are possible, though Tokyo said no damage occurred. H 29 Super Fortresses reportedly reached Manchuria last week.
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New York
Tokyo
NBC
Manchuria
FCC
Postwar spending likely to reach 25 million in Frederick county
The Frederick County postwar plan calls for 25 919 658 to be spent in the first two years after the war with figures showing 26 million in durable goods and 15 600 churches planning improvements. The letters to 675 local wholesalers and dealers request employment data and future hiring plans. A 43 firm survey shows 1946 employment rising 30 percent from 1940 levels and payrolls climbing to about 4 95 million, with 512 000 for new construction and machinery.
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Action Division
Frederick County
Robert L. Smith
Capture Of Florence By Allied Army Imminent
Allied forces pressed toward Florence as German troops pulled back through the Tuscan city. New Zealand and South African units advanced within three miles of Florence while British Eighth Army held slopes northeast of Liri Molana and Giogoli as units from Sir Harold Alexander and Lt Gen Freyberg prepared for city entry. German communique claimed a bridgehead south of Florence and that Allied artillery targeted the historic center with cultural treasures.
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Rome
Florence
New Zealand
Tuscan
Lynn Heinzerling
City
B.C. Freyberg
Crete
River Grove
Eighth Army
Liromola
Giogoli
Sir Harold Alexander
Warsaw Poles Capture Prudential Building Chief Post Office
The Polish underground army inside Warsaw reportedly seized key targets including the 16 story Prudential building the general post office the main power station and gas works in the capital.
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London
Polish Telegraph Agency
Bor
Warsaw
Prudential
Citys New Garbage Truck Due Saturday To Frederick
Mayor Hugh V Gittinger announced the citys new garbage truck, bought after WPB approval, was expected to arrive in Frederick Saturday. If it comes, it will be shown at City Hall from 4 to 9 p m Monday. The truck cost 6000 with 3800 for chassis and cab and 2200 for the Gar Wood load packer body. It is larger than the old units and will supplement worn out equipment. A lead packer representative will assist crews for several days.
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Hugh V. Gittinger
WPB
Frederick
City Hall
Military Rites At Funeral Of Quezon
Washington Aug 4 high ranking civilian and military officials attended burial rites in Arlington National Cemetery for Manuel Quezon first president of the Philippines who died Tuesday at Saranac Lake New York A 19 gun salute opened the ceremonies after a procession to the cemetery with Army Navy and Marine escorts from St Mathews Cathedral where Most Rev John M McNamara auxiliary bishop of Washington and Baltimore was celebrant at a requiem mass.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
Saranac Lake
N.Y
Quezon
Navy
St. Mathew's Cathedral
John M. McNamara
Baltimore
Allied forces reach 125 miles into France near Rennes
Farmland Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports that American troops have punched to a point 20 miles south of Rennes, penetrating France more than 125 miles from Cherbourg. From St. Lo, their 11 day offensive starting point, they have advanced over 90 miles.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Rennes
France
Cherbourg
St. Lo
St. Nazaire
Brest
Americans 43 Miles From Nantes and St Nazaire Ports
Allied forces push through Brittany toward the Loire, reaching within 43 miles of Nantes and St Nazaire while cutting off much of the Brest peninsula. Rennes street fighting continues as American units advance west and southwest toward Mauron St Meen Dinan and St Malo. Casualties for the Nazis reach about 200000 since the invasion as German units retreat.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S. Armor
Brittany
Nantes
St. Nazaire
Loire
Rennes
Brest
Evian
Dinan
St. Malo
Bain-De-Bretagne
Loire River
Pipriac
U. S
Stimson
Washington
Renney
Supreme Headquarters
War Department
Mauron
St. Meen le Bretagne
Broons
St. Meen
Normandy
Vire
Caen
Seine- Loire
France
Myitkyina Falls to Allied Forces in Northern Burma
Allied forces consisting of American, Imperial, and Chinese troops captured Myitkyina, the major Japanese base in northern Burma, after a prolonged siege beginning May 17. The fall gives control of two airfields on the hump route to China and links toward Yunnan, aiding Stilwell’s drive to connect Ledo and Burma roads. The city’s capture ends a two-year Japanese hold with heavy casualties. In a separate action Chinese troops breached Tengchung in Yunnan, engaging a Japanese garrison.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Burma
Irrawaddy
Yunnan
China
India
Joseph W. Stilwell
Frank
Stilwell
Shortage of help hits state hospitals in Maryland
Baltimore August 4. Almost one third of recent admissions applications to Springfield and Spring Grove State hospitals were rejected due to help shortage. Maryland state banks report deposits rising in half year and full year ending June 30. Deposits increased by 132,734,991 in half year and 218,231,810 for the year.
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Baltimore
Springfield
Spring Grove
Maryland
Frederick Paper Scrap Drive Saturday Organizers Fire Up Citywide Effort
The Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors an 8 AM launch with six large trucks to collect waste paper cardboard and pasteboard from Frederick and six county towns. Crews canvass from East and Second streets to seize newspapers and paper products for factory needs aiding wartime supply lines.
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Frederick
Chamber of Commerce
Second Streets
America
British landing reported on Korcula island Dalmatia
London reports a British landing on the Dalmatian island of Korcula off Yugoslavia’s coast on Wednesday, according to the German high command.
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London
Korcula
Yugoslavia
H Gsh Command
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