Missing and Wounded in France Highlight Local War Casualties
One Frederick man, Pvt Grayson L Fisher, is missing in action since July 17 and Tech Sgt Edwin H Oland of Lime Kiln is seriously wounded in action. The telegrams to families detail prior letters from England and D Day involvement, with Oland’s wife Lecy Pearson Oland in Georgia and Fisher’s wife Marjorie Toms in Point of Rocks. Also noted, extended price support for Irish potatoes in Maryland and Delaware due to harvest delays.
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Frederick
France
War Department
Grayson L. Fisher
Edwin H. Qland
Guy Fisher
Maxwell Avenue
Marjorie Toms
Point of Rocks
Jerry Lind
Brunswick
Charles E. Oland
Lime Kiln
Poolesville
England
Oland
Pvt
Lecy Pearson Oland
Women's Army Corps
Georgia
115Th Infantry
Florida
Co. 30
119Th Infantry
Thomas J. Oland
Camp Gordon Johnston
Fla
Fisher
Faris
States
Camp McClellan
Ala
Camp Reynolds
Washington
War Food Administration
Maryland
Delaware
Cherbourg Port Director Killed In Action
Aug 94 Captain Norman S Ives director of Cherbourg port France was killed in action. A veteran of submarine service he contributed to safety devices saving many sailors. He volunteered to command the submarine S 4 after it was raised and fitted for safety experiments following its 1927 collision.
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Washington
Norman S. Ives
U. S
Cherbourg
France
Ives
Provincetown
Mass
Gas restrictions loophole lets private planes get fuel
Washington reports a loophole in wartime gasoline rationing allows private aircraft to obtain fuel for non highway use such as vacations or fishing trips. Local boards must grant the requests if the fuel is used in airplanes, and OPA concedes no mechanism to curb it. Officials consider revising the rule as flight corridors expand. In London, Germans resume flying bomb attacks after a night of sporadic strikes causing damage and casualties.
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Washington
Yellowstone
Florida
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Manassas
Frederick, Md
London
Britain
Gauze Shortage Halts Frederick Surgical Dressings
No gauze is available to finish the Frederick county surgical dressings quota. The work will pause after Friday, with 300,000 dressings remaining from a one million target through September. October 2 restart planned as gauze arrives, with bedrock support from Mrs. Holmes D. Baker and the Red Cross.
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Frederick
Holmes D. Baker
National Red Cross
Francis Scott Key
Red Cross
Reds Break Into Prussian Defense Line
The Red Army was reported to have broken into German defenses on the East Prussian frontier. Moscow said a noose around German Baltic forces tightened as Soviet columns pressed toward German Silesia west of the Vistula.
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New York
Red Army
BBC
NBC Today
Moscow
Poland
Silesia
Vistula
Riga
Ivan C. Bagramian
Warsaw
Germany
Italy
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Norway
East Prussia
Fulbright Named Democratic Nominee for Arkansas Senate
Rep J W Fulbright wins the Democratic nomination for Senate in Arkansas over Gov Homer Adkins in yesterday's runoff. Fulbright led with 169,801 votes to 52,080 from 1,470 of 2,087 precincts, as Caraway’s seat shifts in a postwar peace emphasis.
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Associated Press
Rep
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
New York
Fulbright
United States
Homer M. Adkins
Hattie W. Caraway
Adkins
Freight Car Derailed Delays Trains in Maryland
One car of a 78 car freight train derailed near Freeland Maryland early today blocking the Baltimore Harrisburg branch of the Pennsylvania railroad and delaying two passenger trains for over two hours. No injuries or serious damage reported. The railroad cited brake rigging failure.
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Philadelphia
Freeland
Baltimore-Harrisburg, Pa
Pennsylvania Railroad
Von Papen Reported Under Arrest in Berlin
Franz Von Papen former German ambassador to Turkey was seized on his return from Ankara and taken into custody in Berlin an international bank official said yesterday. The bank source a close friend gave no further details about the arrest.
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Istanbul
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Germany
Ankara
von Papen
28 000 Idle In Labor Disputes Across Country
About 28 000 workers idle today in the United States and Canada due to four major labor stoppages. GM gear and axle plants in Detroit accounted for 7 000, Midwest Over-The-Road truck drivers across several states about 5 000, Wright Aeronautical three Paterson plants at least 3 000, and Montreal tramways strike about 4 000. nine thousand more idle in 16 other disputes nationwide.
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Associated Press
United States
Canada
General Motors’ Gear & Axle Division
Detroit
Midwest
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Paterson
N. J
Montreal
Que
Britain Receives About Two Billion In Foodstuffs
Washington reports the United States furnished Britain with about 2 billion dollars in foodstuffs during the first three years of lend-lease. Food shipments averaged about 50 million dollars monthly and represented roughly 10 percent of Britain's total supply.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Japan
British Isles
Germany
United Kingdom
Cpl Miller Recovering From Wounds In England Hospital
A V mail from England dated July 23 reports Corporal L Homer Miller Jr recovering from a leg wound. He is up around the ward helping with chores and awaiting return to action with his unit in France. His parents, Mr and Mrs L Homer Miller of 1005 North Market Street, were advised of his status.
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England
L. Homer Miller
North Market Street
Frederick
Cpl. Miller
France
War Department
Senate Panel to Review Anglo American Oil Pact
Senate Foreign Relations Committee to decide if the Anglo American oil agreement requires Senate approval. Signed yesterday by Acting Secretary Stettinius and Lord Beaverbrook, the pact may become an executive agreement with final form still open.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Stettinius
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Allied Bombers Hit Stuttgart and Hungary Oil Center
More than 1,500 American planes attacked Stuttgart area in Germany and oil facilities in Hungary with 500 additional bombers from Italy. Targets included the Almas Fuzto refinery near Budapest, a Messerschmitt plant at Gyor, and Hungarian airfields. A separate raid set an ammunition dump in Lyons forest near Rouen ablaze as crews battled poor weather.
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London
Stuttgart
Germany
Hungary
Brod
Detroit
England
Italy
Almas Fuztto
Danube
Budapest
Messerschmitt
Gyor
Veches
Tokol
Wurtemburg
Paris
Munich
Lyons Forest
Rouen
Nothing To Confirm Himmler Death Story
British officials said they had found nothing concrete to confirm Himmler was assassinated as alleged by a German officer captured in France. The rumor lacks timing details and is considered hearsay, with the capture noting only what was heard. The officer claimed a new outbreak against the Nazi leadership killed Himmler and wounded Hermann Goering.
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London
Heinrich Himmler
France
Himmler
Normandy
Gestapo
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Nazi General Captured By Americans Near Brest
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports Lt. Gen. Karl Spang commander of the 266th Infantry division captured by the American First Army near Brest. Eight German generals have been killed in France and two others with a rear admiral have been captured since D-Day.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Karl Spang
First Army
Brest
France
le Mans
Angers
Loire River
Orne River
Caen
le Plessis
Germoult
Mont Pincon
Mortain
St. Germain
Les Nadieres
la Pinsonnieres
Three Under Arrest In Nylon Conspiracy
Newark New Jersey August 9 three men were arrested on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government. FBI Chief Samuel K McKee said nylon diverted from Army parachute production was used to make women’s hose and sold at black market prices. Agents recovered about thirty thousand dollars worth of thread and unfinished hosiery.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
FBI
Samuel K. McKee
McKee
Maquis Disrupt German Retreats in Southwest France
Reports from Iran Spain dated August 9 say Maquis fighters disrupt German evacuation attempts in southwestern France by sabotaging lines and spreading panic among retreating units. French patrols curb Nazi movement near the border while some Germans consider crossing into Spain to surrender.
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Iran
Spain
France
al- Hed
Hendaye
St. Jean de Luz
Bordeaux
Seventeen Die as Pan American Clipper Crashes in Cuba
Havana reports a Pan American flying boat struck a swell while taking off from Nipe Bay leaving seventeen dead. Nine passengers and five crew survived, with six bodies recovered by morning as salvage efforts continue. most victims were in the center section. Surviving passengers and two crew members traveled to Miami for safety and statements.
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Havana
Nipe Bay
Cuba
Antilla
Miami
Cat leaves $60,000 in will to feline, others threaten share
Eight year old tiger cat Buster was bequeathed $60,000 by his late owner. John E. Rogerson, executor for Woodbury Rand's will, reported a Baltimore woman threatens to sue for a share claiming a user cat relative benefited years ago. Buster's custodian said the cat is nervous and unable to eat.
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Thookline
Mass
Buster
John E. Rogerson
Boston Safe and Deposit Company
Woodbury Rand
Baltimore
Rogerson
Brookline
Margaret Thompson
Thompson
Advance 15 Miles Below Caen as Allied Push Grows
Allied forces drive toward Falaise and Le Mans with American units crossing toward Le Mans and Canadians expanding from Caen to within miles of Falaise. British and American troops repulse German counterattacks around the Orne and Grimbosq areas as Breton ports hold firm. The report notes Allied advances and continued siege actions along the French coast and inland fronts.
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London
Caen
Berlin
U. S
le Mans
Paris
Breton
St. Malo
Falaise
Normandy
Breton Peninsula
France
Caen-Falaise
Orne
Lakze
Brittany
Omer N. Bradley
Brest
Lorient
Vire
Thury-Harcourt
le Plessis-Grimault
Grimbosq
Orne River
William the Conqueror
Waterfowl Regulations Liberalized
Washington announces liberalized waterfowl rules for the coming fall and winter. The open season runs 80 days, with a general daily duck bag of ten plus a five-bird allowance for mallards widgeons and pintails, potentially making a 15-bird daily bag. The use of bait or five decoys remains banned.
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Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Tra N. Gabrielson
Fish and Wildlife Director
Direct Hits On Conte Verde In Shanghai Bombing
In Shanghai harbor bombing by U S S bombers, the Italian liner Conte Verde, now in Japanese hands, received direct hits. The raid occurred Monday, announced by Gen. Joseph W Stilwell's headquarters. Shanghai, a 3.5 million population city under occupation, has a storied 1937 defense. Conte Verde was scuttled, salvaged by Japan, damage not yet assessed.
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Chungking
U. S S
Shanghai
Joseph W. Stilwell
Italy
Governor seeks safeguards for veterans reemployment rights
Annapolis Maryland August 34 Governor O Connor planned to seek new legislative safeguards of the reemployment rights of state employees serving in the armed forces. He said an actual case showed the current law failed to guarantee a returning veteran the position he would have held if not for his service.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
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