Tide Turning Dutch Premier Tells People
Premier Pieter S Gerbrandy urged Dutch in exile to await the moment for an active role against the Nazis as war turns in favor of the United Nations. He cited air superiority and rising Allied momentum while Britain and the United States seek swifter relief for Russia and explore invasion options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Middleton
London
Pieter S Gerbrandy
Netherlands
United Nations
Germany
Japan
United Dates
Europe
Gaia
United States
Adoviani
Dudley Pound
Royal Navy
Charles Kennedy-Purvis
Meet
France
Stafford Cripps
Churchill
Deliveries to Soviet Aid Hampered by German Attacks
Maj Gen Follett Bradley reports wartime aid to the Soviet Union is growing harder due to German bombing of northern shipping lanes and the Caucasus land offensive. He vows continued American resolve, noting the Russian reverses as a wartime fortune and expressing hope they can hold. Bradley arrived in Moscow aboard a B 24 bomber with Roosevelt's letter to Stalin.
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Moscow
Follett Bradley
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Caucasus
Bradley
First Air Force
United States Eastern Defense Command
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Senator's Daughter Was Married Here
The marriage on July 17 of Joan, 18, daughter of Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania, to Carl R. Hurt, 21, of Damascus Maryland, was announced at the Davis home. The ceremony occurred at an Episcopal church in Frederick Maryland with a small gathering. Hurt works with his father in a Damascus printing business. the couple will reside there for now. They had known each other forty years, a Davis family member said. Mrs. Hurt is a graduate of the Rational Cathedral School in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joan
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Carl R. Hurt
Damascus
Davis
Frederick
Hurt
Answers To War Quiz Crews UB Fare Five
Marine insignia shown cc antess sergeant major. Camp Kilmer in New Jersey was named after Joyce Kilmer and recently completed. Army slang for quartermaster is Irish grapes.
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I. Marine
Camp Kilmer
Geet
Joyce Kilmer
New Jersey
Caucasus as Prize in Nazi War Aim
The article outlines the Caucasus as a potential prize in the war, with oil and minerals key for the war machine, plus grain and food reserves to threaten allied supply lines. It describes the isthmus between the Black and Caspian Seas1361 square miles of diverse republics led by Azerbaijan with Baku, Armenia, and geo resources such as lead zinc manganese across Georgia and other mountain peoples.
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Wide World
Tuiaea
Mich
Iran
Russia
Caucasus
Black and
Caspian Sear
Caucasus Mountains
Europe
Azerbaijan
Caspian
Baku
Armenia
Tahes
Georgia
Black Sea
U. S
Maikop
First 1-B Man Is Inducted in West Virginia Draft
James Egan Jenkins of Route 1 Mt Airy Jefferson County West Virginia has been inducted as a 1-B draftee. He was examined in Frederick County and found to have a minor defect. Inductees were sent to Fort Hays Columbus Ohio and Charleston West Virginia for processing.
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James Egan Jenkins
Mt. Airy
West Virginia
Jenkins
Jefferson County
W. Va
Frederck County
Hoyas
Charleston
W Va
Fort Hays
Columbus
Ohio
Lars County
New Draft Rule Classifies Hernia Cases as IA Pending
A new selective service ruling states men examined with hernias will be labeled IA Pending. Immediate rehabilitation is expected for such cases, affecting their classification and future processing in the draft system.
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Selective Service
Restricted Imports To 500 Emergency Items
Washington WPB restricts imports to about 500 items on an emergency shipping priorities list. Only items on the list will receive shipping space via the War Shipping Administration to the United States, with limited exceptions for some low priority cargoes from the Caribbean, U S territories, the British Isles, Canada, and Newfoundland.
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Washington
War Production Board
United States
War Shipping Administration
WPB
Caribbean
British Isles
Canada
Newfoundland
Paroling of Farm Workers Satisfactory
Employment service officials and farmers reported farm worker paroles are working well to relieve labor shortages. More than a dozen parolees are on county farms, with corrections officials noting high demand yet limited parole supply and some refusals pending proper vetting. A Brunswick property deed was recorded for 4000 dollars to Charles A Bowers and wife.
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Tanerick County
Roxbury
Monrovia
Maryland House of Correction
Maryland
Penal Farm
Maryland State Penitentiary
Frederick County
U. S. Employment Service
Mayella Hershberger
Bruns Wick Avenue
Brunswick
Rupe St
Taylor
Charles A Bowers
Three Frederick Girls Found Guilty in Court
Three Frederick County girls Mabel Brashears Betty Brashears and Josephine Brashears were found guilty of assault and battery by Magistrate Manuel M Weinberg in Police Court with suspended sentences The sisters argued their innocence through attorney Richard Immerman and testified about a confrontation with Esther Willard near Sunny side The judge commented that one girl would not attack three of similar size and dismissed unrelated charges against Roger Hamilton and Dale Ogle The case also involved collateral forfeitures for Randy Shellhorse Jr Margie Jordan and others and separate trials for Daniel Fisher and Floyd Casper Ropp
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Frederick County
Manuel M. Weinberg
Mabel Brashears
Adamstown
Betty Brashears
Buckeystown
Josephine Brashears
Sunnyside
Richard “Immerman
Esther Willard
Miss Willard
George Wirts
Willard
Betty
Josephine
Weinberg
Roger Hamilton
Dale Ogle
Randy Shellhorse, Jr
Shellhorse
West Patrick Street
Margie Jordan
East Istreet
Floyd Casper Ropp
Frederick Junction
Daniel Fisher
A. Farley
John Rossi
Eugene R. Longernecker
Cumberland
George Leroy Cook
Robert M.laxton
Navy Bias Charge Blasts Higgins in Liberty Ship Row
Senator Truman accuses Navy Bureau of Ships of negligence and prejudice against Higgins Industries in the cancelled 200 Liberty ship contract. OPA probes steel sales on the black market as Congress and WPB residents expand inquiries into Higgins dealings and shipyard contracts.
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New Orleans
Congressional
A. J. Higgins
Truman
D-Mo
Navy Department
Bureau of Ships
Higgins’ Company
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Navy
Knox
Bureau
Higgins Industries, Inc
Congress
Higgins Company
OPA
Roosevelt
Washington Today
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
WPB Compliance Branch
Frank Higgins
Higgins
Young Higgins
Fiat
Maritime Commission
Leon Henderson
CPA
Washington
Named Manager of Glade Valley Farm
Elmer Heubeck Jr of Curtis Bay has been named manager of William L Brann’s Glade Valley Farm at Walkersville. He will replace Frank Grosche, who resigns effective August 12 and leaves Saturday with three Brann yearlings for Saratoga. Grosche has managed since 1936 and bred horses that earned over $500,000 in Brann silks. He plans a vacation in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Elmer Heubeck, Jr
Curtis Bay
William L. Brann
Glade Valley
Walkersville
Mr. Heubeck
Frank Grosche
University of Maryland
Heubeck
Walter Johnson
Cumberland
Mr. Grosehe
Saratoga
N. Y
Brann
Lexington
Four Enemies Shot Down Near Wake Island and Hengyang
The War Department reports an Army B-17 on a photographic mission over the Pacific shot down four of six attacking Japanese fighters near Wake Island on July 31. Three were Zeros and one a Heinkel 112. In China near Hengyang, American fighters shot down ten Zeros July 30–31 with further confirmed and probable destructions by American pursuit pilots.
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Washington
War Department
Pacific
Wake Island
Department
Hengyang
China
Thay Newantana
Mrs. Byron Opens Renomination Campaign in Maryland
Williamsport, Aug 5 Representative Bryan of Maryland declares she is in a fight to the finish for renomination. She says she initially planned to finish her husband’s term but joined the war effort and now seeks voters’ approval to continue as a faithful servant of the Sixth District. September 8 will show if she remains in Congress.
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Williamsport
Bryan
D-Md
Congress
Maryland
Pelley Convicted of Sedition in Federal Trial
William Dudley Pelley former leader of the Silver Shirts of America is found guilty on 11 counts of criminal sedition and conspiracy by a Federal Court jury in Indianapolis. Associates Brown and Henderson convicted on count 12 only. Sentence set for August 12 at 10 a.m.
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Indianapolis
William Dudley Pelley
Formver
Silver Shirts of America
Pelley
Lawrence A. Brown
Marian Agnes Henderson
Robert C. Baltzell
Floyd G. Christian
Pel Jey
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Navy Department
Rodeo Cowboy Held On Burglary Count
Art C. Lohr a rodeo cowboy was arrested late Tuesday night at the Lazy-B Ranch on Reidh's Ford road by state and county officers. He was handed to Pennsylvania State Motor Patrol officers and returned to Bedford to face breaking and entering charges. Police say Lohr is wanted for a burglary in Bedford involving $400 worth of saddles. Officials note the tracing and linkage to the crime remain undisclosed.
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Reidh
Ford Road
Art C. Lohr
Pennsylvania
Bedford
J. P. Lyons
H. D. Pear
Lohr
Frederick County
M. M. Puncke
William Houck
H. D. Bashore
State Police
Paul B. Rhoads
Lyons and Pear
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