Missing and wounded in European fighting reported
One man missing and two wounded in Europe are named Pfc Stanley E Smith of Frederick missing in France since July 11 Pfc John David Boone of Union Bridge wounded in France with leg and ear trouble and Staff Sgt Francis S Gaither Jr of Frederick wounded again in Italy Gaither has Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart and fought in three campaigns in Africa Sicily and Italy with the First and Third Infantry Divisions Also noted earth shocks felt near New York from Peru origin reports
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Europe
Frederick
Stanley E. Smith
John David Boone
Union Bridge
Francis S. Gaither
Italy
France
Pfc
Smith
Marion M. Smith
Barnesville
Gerrit Peters
79Th Division
Marion A. Smith
Fort Bragg
N. C
War Department
John S. Boone
Pfc. Boone
Boone
115Th Infantry
Fort McClellan
Ala
Camp McCoy
Wisc
Virginia
Anzio
Rome
Gaither
Elm Street
Mediterranean
U. S
Fifth Army
Mark Clark
Laski Survives Bomb Strike Bed Plunges Five Floors
Prof Harold Laski a noted British economist was awakened when a German flying bomb hit a coast hotel. His bed fell five stories through a hole torn by the blast but landed upright with the professor unharmed and fully awake.
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London
Harold Laski
Laski
Philadelphia Wildcat Strike Ends Under Army Control
Philadelphia Aug 7 The federal government invoked full wartime controls to end a wildcat transit strike that halted bus, trolley, subway and elevated trains for a week. Army officers seized lines. 95 percent of strikers planned to return by the 12:01 a.m. Monday deadline, restoring service as production rebounded and tensions between Negro and White workers eased. Maj. Gen. Philip Hayes stated the war cannot wait as officials coordinated with transit and production agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
CIO Transport Workers Union
Philip Hayes
Roosevelt
Post War Security Talks Delayed by Russian Request
Washington August 7 Acting Secretary of State Stettinius announced that post war security talks are postponed to August 21 at Russia s request. The Anglo American Russian phase was to start August 14 in Washington with Britain and China to follow. Stettinius said Moscow needs more prep time before Soviet delegation travels to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stata
Stettinius
Russia
United States
Britain
China
Moscow
Woman Stabbed In Capital Three Held
Three men were held for questioning after the fatal stabbing of Frances N. Erickson a 34 year old attractive architect on a Rock Creek park footpath. She died in the arms of a park policeman after naming the assailant as a dark skinned Negro about 25 years old. The attack occurred about three blocks from her apartment.
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Washington
Frances N. Erickson
Rock Creek Park
City-County Had Blackest Casualty Week Of The War
Frederick city and county suffered its blackest casualty week of the war with War Department reports and letters to relatives listing 32 men killed wounded or missing in the invasion of France. Nine killed thirteen seriously wounded seven slightly wounded and three missing in France. Invasion totals before the week: seven killed thirty two wounded one missing. City and county land totals for French invasion: sixteen killed fifty two wounded four missing. Casualties continued to arrive with no end in sight as reports spread across the city and county.
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Frederick
War Department
France
St Lo
Aircraft Plant Hit In Shuttle Bomb Raid
Between 500 and 750 Liberators and Flying Fortresses bombed fuel depots bridges and junctions across France with equal numbers of escort fighters. American bombers attacked Rahmel near Gdynia in Poland with Mustang escorts, claiming good results and heavy anti aircraft fire. Allied raids extended from Hazebrouck to Silesia and Austria as German radio reported widescale air activity across western and southern Europe.
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London
France
Paris
Bordeaux
Amiens
Moscow
England
Rahmel
Gdynia
Eighth Air Force
Russia
Soviet Union
Gydnia
Europe
RAF Heavies
Hazebrouck
Tunkerque
Berlin
Upper Silesia
Moravia
Lower Austria
Hitter
200 Pound Wife Beat Him in Maryland Divorce Case
Samuel Henry Killman of Frederick told Circuit Court his 200 pound wife Margaretta De Haven Killman battered him with a fist a window stick and a machinists hammer during marriage near Baltimore county He said she threatened poison and chased him from the home with hot bacon grease as he returned with food for their children In testimony his daughter Mary Parkinson said the wife also threw stones at his car and broke its headlamps
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Samuel Henry Killman
Frederick
Killman
Ridge Road
Baltimore County
Margaretta de Haven Killman
Mary Parkinson
Coal stocks rise in June increasing U S inventories
Washington August 7 Interior Secretary Ickes reported that soft coal stocks held by industrial users and retailers rose by 4 388 000 tons in June reaching 59 681 000 tons by July 1 marking the second straight monthly gain after a long period of decline.
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Washington
Ickes
Bolivia swears in Villarroel as constitutional president
La Paz Bolivia Aug 7 Lt Gen Gualberto Villarroel who emerged as Bolivia's leader in December 1943 after a revolutionary junta overthrew the government was sworn in yesterday as constitutional president for a four year term ending in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Paz
Bolivia
Gualberto Villarroel
Robot Bomb Storage Depots Destroyed in Allied Bombing
London reports confirm German flying bomb attacks continued on London and southern counties with sporadic bombardment overnight. British Air Ministry says 56 flying bomb storage depots in northern France were destroyed and 44 heavily damaged in recent Allied heavy bomber assaults, following a weekend of heavier activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Air Ministry
France
Women to Man State Police Ambulances in Maryland
Red Cross Motor Corps volunteers join the Maryland State Police to operate ambulances and radio links as Selective Service shortages strain manpower. Fifteen women from Frederick and the Baltimore area began training at Pikesville and will start duty Thursday, bringing first aid and motor mechanics skills to the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Motor Corps
Maryland
Pikesville
Frederick Motor Corps
Frederick
F. Earle Shriner
William M. Storm
Helen Bader Johnson
Sam W. Maples
F. L Thompson
William E. Trail
Fred Spielman
Frank A. Castle
John Ed Schell
J. J
Allied forces expand foothold in northwest France
In the past fortnight the Allied invasion armies have increased their territory in northwestern France more than tenfold. They now control about 20,000 square miles, nearly a tenth of continental France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Allied Expeditionary Force
Allies In Florence Hold, Bridges Blown Up Across Arno
Allied forces report Florence in Allied hands though German shells fall on the city. South African troops reach the Arno north bank while reconnaissance patrols show little enemy activity. Over 50,000 prisoners taken in the Casino to Florence drive as Kesselring blows bridges. Rome’s Tiber bridges survive as Eighth Army clears south bank to Montelupo and Empoli remains contested.
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Rome
Florence
Harold Alexander
Arno
Cassino
Albert Kesselring
Tiber
Eighth Army
Montelupo
Empoli
No Man's Land
Frederick County Tops War Loan Bonds Subscriptions
Frederick County led in the Fifth War Loan with total purchases of 2,618,906 dollars, 131 percent of its 2 million quota. County chairman W Clinton McSherry noted the county ranked in the top four or five. Individual buyers exceeded bank and corporate totals, at 125 percent of a 1 million dollar personal quota. E bonds also sold strongly, with a 575 thousand dollar quota oversubscribed at 116 percent, totaling 667,362.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
W. Clinton McSherry
Frederick
Frederic County
Germany Not Suffering From Shortage Of Critical Materials
A U S base in France Aug 7 reports Gen Henry B Sayler the ordnance chief says captured German guns tanks and autos show no shortage of critical materials. He notes Allied plants in Normandy produce diverse munitions and that Cherbourg rail lines and depots enable rapid assembly of trucks with 6,000 storage capacity. Cherbourg port proximity to New York is cited.
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U.S
France
Henry B. Sayler
Germany
Ordnance Department
Normandy
Cherbourg
Battlefront
A. R. Decker
Homewood
Great Britain
New York
London
Opposition Stiffens As Russ Hit East Wall
Moscow reports say Russian forces hammered east wall positions along a 1200 mile front from Krakow to East Prussia. Drohobycz fell as Red Army continued advance near Krakow and Silesia with aims toward Memel and the Baltic. Warsaw faced heavy street fighting and Vistula crossings as German defenses crumbled.
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Moscow
Krakow
Warsaw
East Prussia
Drohobycz
Carpathian
Red
The
Reich
Vistula River
German Silesia
Baltic States
Carpathians
Jelgava
Latvia
Baltic
Riga
Red Army
Danube
Germany
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Vistula
Silesia
San Vistula River
Ivan Petrov
Feodor J. Tolbukhkin
Finland
Joseph Stalin
Galicia
Russia
Poland
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Niemen River
Tilsel
Memel
Army Practically Built Declared by Gen Hershey Spokane
Gen Lewis B Hershey, national director of Selective Service, told Spokane crowds last night that the army is practically built but demands more men to relieve those overseas. He warned that even men up to 38 could be called and urged local boards to stay ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Japs Claim Bombs Fall At Davao In Philippines
New York reports Japanese radio claimed two Allied planes appeared over Davao in Mindanao Philippines. One dropped three small bombs that landed harmlessly in the sea with no damage reported. No Allied confirmation of the air raid was provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davao
Philippines
New York
Tokyo
Mindanao
Americans Capture 13,300 Prisoners in Brittany and Brest
U S forces in France drive toward Paris as they seize 13,300 German prisoners in Brittany and close on the port of Brest. American spearheads push from Avranches toward Mortain with a widening front across Brittany and Normandy while British and Canadian troops threaten Caen and advance toward Mont Pincon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
France
Mortain
Sourdeval
Normandy
Brittany
Chevenes la Rousse
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Auray
Vannes
Lorient
U.S
Paris
Domfront
Omar N. Bradley
Orne River
Cinglais Forest
Caen
May-Sur-Orne
Roquancourt
Tilly-La-Campagne
la Hogue
Vimont
Vire
Brest
Breton
St. Nazaire
Nantes
St. Malo
North Breton
Mont Pincon
Orne
Fal Jen
Chateau-Gontier
Mayenne
Ambrieres
Laval
la Houssaie
Loire River
Avranches
Varenne
Vire-Comfort-Mayenne
Brecey
Germans Hold St Malo Defenders Barred by Ultimatum
Aug 6 reports say Americans issued a surrender ultimatum to the trapped German garrison at St Malo Brittany after heavy bombardment and shelling of the fortress approach. The commander vowed to fight to the last man while French civilians fled the area as refugees crowd roads toward safer towns and line up with scant possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Malo
Brittany
St. Maio
St. Servan
Parame
Silver Star Awarded To Cpl. John W. James
Cpl. John W. James son of Mr and Mrs Frank James of West Fifth Street has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry on the battlefield after being badly burned within eight hours of the invasion on the French coast. In a letter to his parents he says he is in his fourth hospital and progressing fairly well.
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John W. James
Frank James
West Fifth Street
James
Cpl. James
England
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Fordham University
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Peru
Bennett's Creek
Ray Davis
Waterstreet
Rosie McDonald
Clarksburg
S F. Scinta
U.S. Army Ordnance
Drohobycz Falls
Gen. Hershey
Cpl
Niewspapre Samhiv
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