Four More Frederick Soldiers Wounded in France
Four Frederick men were reported slightly wounded in France. Pvt. William A. Schaffer and Pvt. Fred A. Baumgardner were wounded in July, while Pfc. Alden Heffner was hurt by a July 6 incident. Pvt. Guy K. Motter Jr. was wounded on D-Day. his unit, the 116th Infantry, 29th Division, earned a recent citation.
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Frederick
France
William A. Schaffer
Fred A. Baumgardner
Alden Heffner
Guy K. Matter, Jr
Erma Schaffer
East Third Street
Pvt
Schaffer
England
Pvt. Schaffer
Alabama
South Dakota
Nebraska
North Carolina
Parkway School
Frederick High School
Cpl
Robert Schaffer
Air Corps
Greenville
Miss
Lewis A. Baumgardner
North
Bentz Street
Pvt. Baumgardner
Fengaville
Pfc
Charles David Baumgardner
U. S
Guy K. Motter, Jr
116Th Infantry
Pvt. Motter
St. Lo
Heffner
Pic
Angelo Heffner
U. S. Engineers
Clark
Pacific
Navy
Eneireling Of Warsaw May Be Plan Of Russians
German radio reports claim Russian forces on a 41 mile west bank Vistula front northwest of Baranow broke German lines. They recaptured oil regions and threatened Krakow roles while Soviet spearheads neared the Polish city and cut routes to Czechoslovakia. Soviet forces also closed on Memel and Tilsit as part of a Baltic East Prussia drive.
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London
Vistula River
Warsaw
Baranow
Dvina River
Birsen
Latvia-Estonia
Baltic
Riga
Moscow
Red Army
Vistula
Krakow
Poland
Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
Szydlow
Kielce
German Silesia
Boryslaw
Carpathians
Sambor
Czechoslovakia
Ploesti
Romania
German East Prussia
Ivan C. Bagramian
Lithuania
Memel
Tilsit
Satikenai
Japs Rally For War Effort Amid Pacific Struggles
Japs receive a new pep talk as Tokyo warns of unprecedented national difficulties and bold counter moves while references mention MacArthur’s campaign in the southwest Pacific. Premier Koiso urges arms as Hengyang is reported as fully occupied amid contested Allied reports on air drops to besieged Chinese rail hub.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
New Guinea
Marianas
Guam
Japan
Kuniaki Koiso
Tokyo
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Koiso
Hengyang
Chungking
U. S
Evacuation of German Forces From Southwestern France Reported
Advices from France say Hitler's Atlantic Wall in southwestern France has been abandoned and only a few German gendarmes remain. German troops are withdrawing toward the Loire, with SS units leaving the Bayonne and Hendaye areas as Maquis sabotage severs lines to Bordeaux and beyond.
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Charles
Foltz
Iran
Spain
Adolf Hitler
Atlantic
Bordeaux
France
Brittany
Paris
Maginot
Belgium
Hendaye Bridge
Loire
International Bridge
Bidassoa
Hendaye
Bayonne
Biarritz
Hordeaux
la Rochelle
Montpellier
Rhone
Mediterranean
Maquis
Stormy Weather Halts Italian Fighting Near Arno
In heavy rain the fighting around Florence and Arezzo paused as German and Indian troops clashed. The Arno front held with Allies south of the river and Germans north. Weather curtailed actions. both sides suffered heavy casualties as the German counterattack recaptured Mote Grillo north of Arezzo.
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Rome
Florence
Arezzo
Pisa
Harold Alexander
Eighth Army
Arno
Im Force
Mote Grillo
Highway 71
Himmler Assassinated and Goering Wounded Report Hits Front
A newly captured German officer claims Himmler was killed and Goering wounded on the British Front in France. The report lacks confirmation as secondhand and Austrians submit corroboration. Rommel reportedly wounded but recovering, per prisoner accounts.
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Himmler
Goering
France
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
Erwin Rommel
Normandy
Transit Strike Costs War Production In Philadelphia
Philadelphia officials and federal authorities opened a six day transit strike probe with FBI agents and a grand jury. War Manpower Director McNamee said 4,000,000 man hours lost in defense plants equaled 267 Flying Fortresses or five destroyers, with an additional 1,000,000 hours from late arrivals and subcontractors. The inquiry targets major players including strikers, transit officials, CIO union leaders, and war agency officials.
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Philadelphia
Frank L. McNamee
War Manpower Commission
McNamee
Grand Jury
FBI
Federal
Philadelphia Transportation Company
CIO Transport Workers Union
Government War Agency
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Biddle
Trial of Eight Nazi Officers Concluded in Berlin
London and Berlin reports say eight former German Army officers were hanged two hours after their trial ended by a special court of the Gestapo. The eight, expelled from the army for complicity in Hitler’s assassination plot, were tried yesterday and the verdict announced today.
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London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
DNB
People's Court
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Court of Honor
You Can't Figure The Japs Ask The Marines On Guam
William L. Worden reports on Guam where Japanese defenses yield stubborn resistance. A sniper is snared by a Doberman after firing at Marines, while well-fortified positions on Orote peninsula endure heavy combat with tanks bazookas and artillery.
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Guam
William L. Worden
Crate Peninsula
Orote
Col
Alan Shapley
Bombers Strike German Lines Below Caen in Major Allied Assault
A thousand American heavy bombers, supported by British forces, hit German positions below Caen with about 6,700 tons of bombs. The raid formed part of a three phase aerial campaign aiding Gen. Eisenhower's advance, targeting air fields, oil facilities, and transport hubs across France. Allied air forces reported substantial tank and locomotive damage, with modest losses on both sides.
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London
Caen
France
First Army
May- Sur-Onne
Tilly la Campagne
Caen-Falaise Road
Eisenhower
Avranches
Second Tactical Air Force
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Paris
Dijon
Chalons
Nevers
Supreme Headquarters
Italy
Szombathely
Vienna
Germany
Blechhamer
Mediterranean
Tost
Oil Refinery Hit By Russian Based Bombers
UPI reports U S Eighth Air Force heavy bombers attacked a German synthetic oil refinery yesterday near Krakow. Crews saw fires and explosions with smoke rising three miles. Mustang fighters shot down three German interceptors while bombers destroyed a fourth.
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Moscow
UPI
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Treshinia
Krakow
Britain
Von Papen Returns to Berlin Amid Telegram News
Nazi controlled Paris radio reported Franz von Papen German ambassador arrived in Berlin after leaving Turkey when relations with Germany broke. Earlier rumors had placed him in Bucharest.
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von Papen
London
Paris
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Germany
Berlin
Bucharest
Four-Mile Wedge Breaks Through Caen Line Near Le Mans
Allied forces widened the Caen front as Canadians and Americans penetrated toward Le Mans and Paris, with U S tanks and infantry driving from Mayenne and Laval. British and Canadian units struck at Caen's defenses at midnight, using close ground support and night tank assaults. Mortain was recaptured as air and artillery pounded targets. Lorient and Brest remained under heavy pressure with German garrisons mounting desperate resistance.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Caen
U. S
le Mans
U.S
Normandy
Brittany
Mortain
Dough Boys
Mayenne
Laval
First Army
France
Falaise
May-Sur-Orne
St. Martin-De-Fontenay
Orne
Tilly-La-Campagne
Breton
Omar N. Bradley
Lorient
Brest
St Mela
St. Malo
Guingamp
St. Brieuc
St Malo
Charles de Gaulle
Nazi Attack Crushed By U S Troops
WES GALLAGHER reports that U S First Army units and Allied air power halted a major German counter stall between Mortain and Sourdevant on an eight mile front. Bradley’s forces press along Brittany and Normandy driving toward Paris while port defenses around Nantes St Nazaire Lorient Brest and St Malo are narrowed.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Brest
Lorient
Breton
Gatheme
Vire
St. Malo
Brittany
Wes Gallagher
U. S. First Army
France
Mortain
Sourdevat
Mayenne
Omar N. Bradley
Nantes
St. Nazaire
Normandy
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Bradley
Gas Ration End Date Announced for Victory Gardens
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will end special gasoline rations for travel to victory gardens after August 15. Gardening rations already issued may be used while valid. The French resistance drives and De Gaulle’s pledge of a powerful French army are noted amid reports of forces against Germany.
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Washington
Victory Gardens
Office of Price Administration
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Baumgardner
Atlantic Wall
New York
Destroyers
Shanghai
Shangha
Japanese Comet Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Detroit
Mich
Orote Peninsula
Hitler
de Gaulle
United Kingdom
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