Jap Convoy 11 Ships Destroyed in Pacific Sweep
U S carrier forces hit the Bonin Kazan area destroying eleven warships and merchant vessels. A cruiser and five other crafts burned while thirty more vessels were damaged. Advanced air bases near Saipan threaten Tokyo as Marines push on Guam. In New Guinea fighting raises Japanese dead to about 5,935 with 9,000 to 12,000 trapped, and American tactics imperil the Second Japanese Army.
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Leonard Milliman
U. S
Bonin
Kazana
Marianas Islands
Robert W. Douglass, Jr
Tokyo
7Th Air Force
Saipan
Guam
Marianas
Ukudu
Liguan
New Guinea
Driniumor
Aitape
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
Pacific
Amboina
Dutch East Indies
Yap
Philippines
Palau
Ponape
Carolines
Marshall Islands
Wake
China
Hoiheng
Luichow
Hengyang
India
Myitkyiina
Burma
Bonin-Kazan Islands
U.S
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Omura
Chich Island
Haha Island
Bonins
Iwo Jima
Kazan
Cpl Mason in New Guinea Since October
In New Guinea Cpl Mason son of Mrs Mary Wilson of 22 South Court Street has been there since October 3. He entered the Army November 27, 1942.
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Cpl. Mason
Mary Wilson
South Court Street
New Guinea
Japanese Carrier Raid Losses Reported in Pacific
Surprisingly weak interception. Six interceptors were destroyed while seven more were wrecked on the ground. A heavily guarded convoy heading to Tokyo shown reinforced and supplied for strategic islands threatened by U S gains in the Marianas. At least eight warships guarded the convoy with five sunk. Three ships fell to U S surface craft, first time they have closed in range in the Western Pacific. Japan has lost 27 ships sunk, 80 damaged and 280 planes destroyed since the Bonin carrier raid two months ago.
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Tokyo
U. S
Marianas
U .S
Western Pacific
Japan
Bonins
Six Nazi Planes Shot Down by Major George Preddy
Major George E Preddy of Greensboro North Carolina reported he shot down six enemy fighter planes in minutes near Hamburg while escorting heavy bombers. The Eighth Air Force Mustang group saw six enemy planes downed, boosting Preddy high among Allied aces in Europe. He described engaging a tight formation of MB-109s at 28,000 feet and destroying five in under five minutes before reuniting with his wingman.
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London
George E Preddy
Greensboro
N. C
Hamburg
Eighth Air Force
Preddy
Nazi Oil Production Is Curtailed By Raids
London reports that over 2,000 American heavy bombers attacked Berlin and other industrial centers, seriously curtailing production at 23 major German oil refineries and synthetic plants. The strike also hit submarine pens at Toulon and disrupted Rhone valley rail communications.
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London
Berlin
Reich
James H. Doolittle
Eighth U. S. Tactical Air Force
Germany
England
Italy
Toulon
Rhone
France
Ball 15 Cited At Route 40 Diner Visit
Visiting a diner on Route 40 west of the city Saturday night Sheriff officers cited proprietor George Ball to appear in Police Court tonight. Officers will confer with State's Attorney William M Storm to determine possible charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball
George Ball
William M Storm
Boys Camp Sold at Bloomery on Shenandoah River
The Blue Summit Camp for boys, located on the former Nat Conrad farm at Bloomery west of here, was sold. John W Hill of Bloomery purchased the property in a sale announced yesterday.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Blue Summit
Nat Conrad
Shenandoah River
John W Hill
Bloomery
Punch Board Charge Made In West Patrick Street
A sixteen year old, Kenneth Shaw, 353 West Patrick street, was arrested for operating a punch board in a West Patrick street taxicab call stand. The board, candy and doll prizes were seized. Bond set at $500. prelim hearing date not listed. Also arrested were Jacob Gorman and Grayson Brightwell for assault and battery. Gorman posted $350 cash bond. Brightwell held on $250 for alleged unprovoked attack on a colored soldier, resulting in a two stitch cut to the head with a bottle. Eleven people were docketed for intoxication from various locales. several others charged with disturbing the peace or loitering and indecent exposure with collateral posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Shaw
West Patrick Street
Shaw
Jacob Gorman
South Market Street
Grayson Brightwell
East Patrick Street
Gorman
Brightwell
Ruby M Love
Gettysburg
James W. Engle
Frederick
Thomas E. Hayden
Washington
Charles M. Runkles
Germantown
Frank E. Harley
Yellow Springs
Samuel Thompson
Robert Jackson
Adrian Maker
Samuel Barnes
John Henry Gray
Larry Lincoln
George Thomas
Paris
John W. Lyles
Hyattsville
Charlotte Whitting
Minnie Whitting
North Bentz Street
Raymond Jones
Middle Alley
William Norwood
Water Street
Otis Diggs
Elizabeth Thomas
Lincoln Apartments
Bath
Sadie Burdette
Elsworth McConnell
Alexandria
John M. Graves
Washington, DC
Bomb intended for Hitler also aimed at Mussolini
A Venice statement quoted by the Associated Press says the bomb aimed at Adolf Hitler was also intended for Benito Mussolini. It notes German circles implicated in the plot moved up Mussolini’s travel date to Germany by several days, and the conspirators planned to use the Hitler Mussolini meeting to carry out the plot.
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Duce
New York
Berlin
Associated Press
Venice
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hl Duce
Germany
Mussolini
Hitler
Teaching Staff Is Appointed In Carroll County Schools
The Carroll County Board of Education approved the appointment of teachers including Helen D Nusbaum Marjorie Cryder Margaret Reif ander and others. Assignments cover Taneytown High School Sykesville Woodbine Winfield New Windsor and Union Bridge with principals and assistants listed. Dates for teacher conferences were set beginning September 7 for white teachers and September 8 for colored teachers. Citizens of Union Bridge were granted permission to erect a memorial on Elmer Wolfe high school grounds.
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Westminster
Aug
Board of Education of
Carroll County
Helen D. Nusbaum
Marjorie Cryder
Margaret Reifanider
Margaret Brilbart
Cutler Crum
Elizabeth Baumgardner
Sylvia Potter
Agatha Kaltrider
Catherine Newton
Elizabeth Dickson
Jesse Stroud
Taneytown—High School
George Shower
Urith Boutson
Doris F. Alling
Estella Yingling
Katharine Seibel
Helen Sankard
Dorothy Brown
Catherine Myers
Kenneth Alling
Elem
Prin
Thurlow Null
Tamsey Stonesifer
Mildred Slagle
Margaret Shreeve
Ellen Jordan
Esther Koutz
Novella Phillips
Irene Routzahn
Betty Gass
Ruth Senseney
Harney
Alberta Lanier
Clara Devilbiss
Sykesville
H. S. Prin
John Wooden
Margaret Routzahn
Helen Zepp
Harriet Smith
Ruth Kimmey
Ruth Logan
Warren Spencer
Anna Myers
Holmes Loeckard
Margaretta McCoy
Virginia Heyburn
Grace Riley
Esther Leese
Irene Rollins
Landon Crump
Elizabeth Gravatt
Kathryn Anders
Edith Crowe
Woodbine
Helen Amoss
Elvie Bowman
Winfield
Lionel Yohn
Sarah Williams
Dorothy Lowman
Marguerite Dawson
Katharine Lang
Ruth Gosnell
New Windsor
Willard Hawkins
Evelyn Maus
Virginia Sanders
Margaret Fleming
Gertrude Jamison
Lois Silverberg
Margaret Fertiz
Grayson Shank
Ivy Fowler
Loleta Callahan
Helen Hibberd
Elizabeth Hooper
Margaret Reifsnyder
Mirian Nottingham
Elmer Wolfe
Ernest Schwartz
Helen Bowman
Pauline Fuss
Berkley Bowman
Helen Dern
Margaret Fertig
Howard Baker
Carmen Dellaplaine
Olivia Bankert
Virginia Downing
Helen Carey
Emma Rizer
Hilda Wetnight
Mr. Airy
H S. Prin
Gilbert Martin
Barbara Fogelsanger
Myrle Beck
Dorothy Ryan
Edgar Weigle
Margaret Moss
Justa Thomas
Frances Free
Pearl Bellison
Blanche Butler
Dana Morris
Olive Mount
Corrinne Watkins
Johnsville
Kersey Jones
Lois Williams
Mary Evans
Union Bridge
Helen Green
Parrsville
Aberdeen Bennett
Ridge
Helen Butler
Citizens of Union Bridge
Weekend Heat Drops as Light Showers Touch City
After two scorching nights the high reached 86 degrees on Sunday following light showers that hit some areas Saturday night and others Sunday morning. Overnight lows ranged from 70 to 73 degrees. Saturday’s top reading was 96, ten above Sunday’s maximum. Weekend rainfall totaled 0.04 inches.
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Mercury
Greek premier predicts Nazi Balkan collapse
Chicago Aug 6 1944 Premier George Papandreou forecast the Nazi Balkan front would collapse. If Turkey enters the war, its Aegean coast would serve as a base for operations against occupied Greek islands and the western and northern coasts, said Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Philip Dragoumis.
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Balkan
Chicago
Turkey
Germany
George Papandreou
Aegean
Greece
Philip Dragoumis
Soldier Baker Rejoins 5th Army Artillery in Italy
Sth Army Sgt. Baker serves with the 5th Army, 85 Division Artillery in Italy. After a rest furlough at Home he rejoined his unit in combat near Lég horn. He is the son of Mr and Mrs N T Baker Woodsboro.
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Baker
5Th Army
Italy
Léghorn
N. T. Baker
Woodsboro
Medal Awarded Widow of Westminster Man
The War Department posthumously awarded the Silver Star to 1st Lt. Gerald B. Lyons, husband of Mrs. Virginia Lyons of Westminster Maryland, for leading a three day reconnaissance at Bougainville Solomon Islands January 29 31 1944. He remained in command despite exhaustion and died guiding artillery fire.
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Washington
War Department
Gerald B. Lyons
Virginia Lyons
Liberty Street
Westminster
Bou Bainville
Solomon Islands
Lyons
Nurse Elevated in Army Nurse Corps Promotion
Katherine Jolliffe of Clarke County Virginia promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Army Nurse Corps. She is principal chief nurse at McGuire General Hospital in Richmond and has served 14 years in the corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville, Va
Katherine Jolliffe
Clarke County
Army Nurse Corps
McGuire General Hospital
Richmond
Jackson Announces He Will Vote Against FDR
Baltimore August 6 Howard W. Jackson former Baltimore mayor and Democratic leader issued a strong statement saying he would vote in November against President Roosevelt and the slate of Browder and Hillman. He called it his duty to American servicemen and noted he had not sought the Chicago convention nomination. He dismissed a party smear and defended his stance as a break with the current Democratic line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Howard W. Jackson
Roosevelt
Earl Browder
Sidney Hillman
Theodore R. McKeldin
America
Jackson
Chicago
Harold A. Keene
Democratic State Central Committee
Democratic Party
Two County Soldiers Reported Dead and Missing in Action
Telegraphed notices from War Department inform relatives of several Frederick County service members: Cpl. Gordon Pryor reported killed in July in the Pacific. Pvt. Raymond Pryor fatally injured in April at Camp Blanding. Cpl. Sterling reported missing in France. Pvt. Clinton Rhodes seriously wounded in France in July. Sgt. John Felix reported killed in France. Jank Dubel wounded in France. Surviving relatives named. service histories noted for each. Further details include family ties to Emmitsburg, Thurmont, and Greenmount, with additional notes on Wivell and Pryor family members.
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Frederick County
War Department
Cpl
Gordon
Pryor
Samuel P. Pryor
Thurmont
Raymond L. Pryor
Camp Blanding
Fla
Pacific
John C. Felix
Rita Wivell Felix
Emmits‘par
Virginia Felix
Greenmount
France
Sterling
Paul H Sterling
Harry F. Sterling
Point of Rocks
Matty
G. Mohler
Wilson Avenue
City
Wws
Jank T Dubel
Ernest Dubel
Emmitsburg
Charles G. Rhodes
Pvt
Clinton V. Rhodes
Felix
Pryors
Joseph W. Wivell
Charles T. Wivell
Cpl. Pryor
Donald E. Pryor
Youngstown
Lillian FE. Pryor
Helen E. Kuhn
Edgemont
Samuel L. Pryor
Margaret V. Long
Rockville
Lester L
Betty Jean
Kenneth R. Pryor
Fairchild Aircraft, Inc
Hagerstown
Gettysburg High School
Ida Mae
Helen Felix
Maurice J
Railway Express
Italy
Dubel
England
Pete” Dubel
Barkley Renominated by Democrats for Fourth Term
Kentucky Democrats renominated Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley of Paducah in a yesterday primary. Republicans nominated Commonwealth Attorney James Park of Lexington to oppose Barkley in the November general election.
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Barkley
Louisville
Kentucky
Senate
Alben
Paducah
James Park
Lexington
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