American forces advance on Guam province in pivotal push
U S Pacific Fleet reports Guam campaign gains as forces push along the west coast and secure Mt Santa Rosa. Nimitz notes over 10 000 enemy dead since invasion began July 21 while aerial strikes target Nauru Wake Island and Kuriles. Japanese defense tightens in the northeast as American troops draw near final capitulation.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Santa Rosa
Chester W Nimitz
Nimitz
Nauru
Marshalls
Wake Island
Japans
Navy
Paramushiro
Yigo
Mt Santa Rosa
Xigo
Roy S Gerger
Hapu
Point
Machanao
Osland
Deaths Recorded Murder and Death by Own Action
Baltimore August 8 The shooting deaths of a couple found in a car along Woodbourne Avenue were ruled murder and suicide by City Medical Examiner Dr. Henry Wollenweber. Norman E. Bosley 29 killed himself after shooting his companion Mrs Virginia Naghan 39 mother of a Navy son and estranged wife of Joseph Naghan. A second autopsy revealed bullet fragments in Bosley's skull. Navy Rear Admiral Don Pardee Moon 30 died likely from self-inflicted wounds amid combat fatigue after leading a Normandy invasion task force. A petition for a new trial in the David F. Davis estate was denied by the Orphans' Court. Samaritan Rebekah Lodge No 51 held its August meeting with twenty-five members. upcoming events announced.
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Baltimore
Sedlunca Woodbourne Avenue
Henry Wollenweber
Wollenweber
Norman E. Bosley
Cockeys
Virgini Naghan
Navy
Joseph Naghan
Hamilton R. Atkinson
Bosley
Boley
Nighan Cere
Towson
Washington
Don Pardee Moon
Normandy
Forrestal
Moons
Cherbourg
Kokomo
Ind
Mean J
Naval Academy
Japs Capture Hengyang Big Chinese City
Japanese forces seized Hengyang on the Canton Hankow railway in Hunan Province, claiming major victory and signaling heavy Chinese losses. Allied reports gave mixed confirmation as Nipponese advances continued in China and elsewhere in the Pacific theater.
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Ray Cronin
Associated Press
China
Hengyang
Chungking
Ran Tosyo
Canton-Hankow
Hunan
Canton
Tokyo
Nippon
Guam
Yunhan Province
Burma
Stilwell Promoted to full general by Senate
Joseph Warren Stilwell aged 61 commander of American troops in the China Burma India theater was elevated to full general. His promotion makes six four star officers on active duty alongside George C Marshall Dwight D Eisenhower Douglas MacArthur H H Arnold and Marin Craig. A Senate Military Affairs Committee spokesman called it a forward for ending the Burma campaign noting the general’s endurance in Burma.
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Washington
Joseph Warren Stilwell
China
Burma
India
Senate
George C Marshall
Dwight D Eisenhower
Europe
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
H H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Marin Craig
Officer Procurement Board
Stilwell
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Féward
AucUier
John Huston Churen
Frederick
Local society notes and gatherings across Damascus and Cedar Grove
The column lists visits and guests at homes in Damascus and Cedar Grove including Mrs Joan Bates returning home improved, Vincent Day and Scott Lewis at Cleveland Ohio, and Mrs W Edwin Warfield's family. It notes church activities at Centennial Memorial A B Church, the Loyalty Class meeting, a War Stamps guess box won by Eleanor Grove, and August 25 attendance. Also mentions Commodore Perry's 1852 Yokohama rail idea.
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Damascus
Joan P. Bates
Frederick Cy Hospital
Vincent Day
Scott Lewis
Day
Cleveland
Ohio
W. Edwin Warfield
Wiliam Warfield
Joan King
Cedar Grove
Fannie Stanley
Washington
Clifton Stanley
Osborne Williams
Herbert Hyatt
New York City
Albert Broadhurst
Wayne
Richmond
Claudia Browning
Womens Society of Christian Service
Pearl Moore
Louise Moore
Emily Kert
Methodist Church
Braddock Heights
Centennial Memorial
A. B Church
Helen Summers
Lillian Myers
Evelyn Fox
Pauline Quinn
Eleanor Grove
Agnes King
Margaret Krantz
Margaret Conrad
Margaret Hoover
Helen Mercer
Mary Stull
Frances Soper
Margaret Zimmerman
Giant bomber B-32 in production at Consolidated-Vultee
The Office of Censorship announced that a large bomber, the B-32, is in production at Consolidated-Vultee. Specifics on production status performance and size have not been disclosed. Reports had suggested production at the San Diego and Fort Worth plants.
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San Diego
Calif
Office of Censorship Today
Consolidated- Vultee Aircraft Corp
Ft. Worth
Gorman Fined 350 For Assault Charge
Magistrate Edward J. Smith heard Jacob Gorman of South Market Street plead guilty to assault with a deadly weapon. Gorman was fined 350 pounds after the chambers hearing and the State reserves the right of appeal to the Circuit Court if there is any dissatisfaction. A separate city charge of peace disturbance was not addressed in court.
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Edward J. Smith Ward
Jacob Gorman
South Market Street
Smith
Magistrate Rules On Assault Case After Hearing
Police described a closed hearing where the assault charge and second recharge remained on the docket. Gorman posted $250 cash bond on the assault warrant and $100 on a disturbing the peace charge. Magistrate Smith said justice was served by the fine imposed.
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Gorman
Smith
William M. Storm
Fne
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David F Davis
Orphans’ Court
Jacob Rohrback
Walter Davis
Westminster
Mary Beckley Pearson
Edward J Smith
Pearson W. Clinton McSherry
Samaritan
Rebekah Lodge
Catharine Biser
Buser
Ethel Renn
Letiba Staley
Amy Hoffman
Pauline Koontz
Edith Starner
Lillian Brown
Eberts
Gen Korso
Jtat
Pacific
Tengchung
Yunnan
Campaigon
Chindwin River
Burma Frontier Zone
Yu River
Shanghai
Hackzell
London
Vannerheim
Hantt Hackweil
Russia
Premer
Orphans Court
Thomas R. Saylor
John Calvin Michiel
Percy W. Lee
Clara L. Wright
Jeannette L Swann
Michael
Swann
Commodore Perry
Japan
Yokohama
Coca-Cola Company
Cllare Oa
Coca-Cola
Coke
Ahitip
Puccini
Joan Tennyson
Dan Paerce
Seorge Sebastian
Celanese Orchestra
Celanese Corporation of America
U. OB
Baby Books
Storm & Shipley
Frederick, Md
R. L. Shipley
W. E. Etker
Doll Jewelry Store
South Market St
Markell & Ford
South Carroll ST
Southern Dairies, Inc
National Dairy Products Corporation
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