Moore Killed in Action in France July 14
Cpl. Ira Leslie Moore, 26, son of Mr and Mrs Ira V Moore of 10 East South Street, was killed in action in France on July 14, as telegrammed by the War Department. He had been listed as missing since June 13, with the date discrepancy unexplained. A medical detachment member of the Second Division, he was among the first local men drafted, served at Fort Sam Houston and Camp McCoy, and sailed to England with his unit. Survived by his parents, one brother Vernal and two sisters, and engaged to Helen McGowan of Burkittsville. He attended St John’s School and Frederick High, class of 1937.
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Cpl
Ira Leslie Moore
Ira V. Moore
East South Street
France
War Department
Cpl. Moore
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Camp McCoy
Wis
England
North Ireland
St. John’s Catholic Church
Vernal C. Moore
Mary C
Corinne Moore
Helen McGowan
Burkittsville
Three More Wounded In France
Three more American soldiers were wounded in France, all not seriously. Pfc. Charles Markell Smith of Braddock Heights and Pfc. Paul G. Harrison and Pfc. James A. Staubs of Brunswick were reported. Smith, wounded July 17, is in a hospital in England and has earned the Purple Heart. Harrison was hit in the back by shrapnel and is recovering, likely in England. Staubs was injured June 30 in France with the 29th Division, no injury degree disclosed. Smith enlisted in 1940 and fought on D Day with Co. A, 115th Infantry, 29th Division. His wife and daughter live in Braddock Heights.
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Braddock Heights
Brunswick
France
Charles Markell Smith
Paul G. Harrison
James A. Staubs
Smith
Hench Smith
England
Pvt
Ph. Harrison
Jasper N. Harrison
Edna Greenholtz
Pie
War Department
115Th Infantry
Pfc
Camp Meade
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Camp Blanding
Fla
Pic. Smith
Co. A. 115Th Infantry
Nazi Baltic Evacuation Attempt May Be Coming
A German broadcast reported by British radio and recorded by the Office of War Information said Stockholm saw 35 empty German vessels in the Baltic moving toward Estonia and Latvia. The report suggested Germany may try to evacuate troops and matériel by sea.
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New York
Stockholm
Baltic
Estonia
Latvia
Office of War Information
Work Stoppage Ends At Bethlehem-Fairfield
Baltimore Aug 10 Electric bridge crane operators in Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard ended a protest over a colleague’s suspension. Thirty on the day shift reported back, 23 cranes in the fabricating shop were manned, with many filled by recruits. Production will be appreciably reduced despite substitutes.
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Baltimore
Bethlehem-Fairfield
Vatican Aids Florence Population as Forces Drive Near
Vatican steps to relieve Florence’s desperate population by sending flour and necessities through Archbishop Elia Della Costa as Canadian, Italian, and Polish troops advance near the city. Allied rounds arrest 150 in a weapons sweep while snipers trouble the Eighth Army. Refugees move into the countryside for relief.
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Rome
Vatican
Florence
Elia Della Costa
Adriatic
Misa River
Francavilla
Cesano River
Rimini
Via del Serragli
Via Romana
Eighth Army
Eighth
Fifth Army
Arno
Robots Carry Incendiaries Over London
German robot bombs now carry about 20 incendiaries each, the Home Security Ministry announced. The flying bombs scatter fire when they explode on impact, and continued countermeasures will be used. Evacuees are urged to keep gas masks, and a brief lull was followed by drone activity over London and southern counties with injuries reported.
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London
Ministry of Home Security
England
Home Security Ministry
Britain
All-Out Drive On Paris Urged By Soviet Press
In a Aug 1041 report Izvestia praised Allied advances in France and urged an all-out push on Paris. The government paper argued the western front showed Hitler’s forces could not stop an offensive and stressed the need to chase the invaders from the west.
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Moscow
Paris
Izvestia
Hitler
Roosevelt Plans New Offensives On Japanese War Path
President Franklin D Roosevelt, fresh from three days of wartime briefings at Pearl Harbor, announced plans for renewed offensives against Japan. He reaffirmed aims to retake the Philippines and demand unconditional surrender, while visiting military installations and meeting Pacific leaders including Nimitz and MacArthur. The trip, kept secret, showcased Hawaii's military readiness and Roosevelt’s pledge to press the war across the Pacific.
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Honolulu
Roosevelt
United States
Pearl Harbor
Marine
San Diego
Calif
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Pole
America
Philippines
Japan
Allied Troops Capture Taungni on Mandalay Road
Allied troops on the road to Mandalay in northern Burma captured Taungni ten miles southwest of Rogaung after overrunning Sahmaw. Sahman, midway between Taungni and Mogaung on the railroad, fell to the Third Indian division, with many Japanese dead and abandoned equipment found.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Mandalay
Burma
Taungni
Rogaung
Sahmaw
Sahman
Taungai
Mogaung
Third
16 More Enemy Vessels, Including Warship, Sunk
American submarines operating in Japanese waters destroyed 16 more enemy vessels including one warship. The total ships sunk or damaged by submarines rises to 839, with 54 warships sunk, 11 probably sunk, and 11 damaged. Merchant ships count 633 sunk, 26 probably sunk, 101 damaged. losses include 27 submarines with 3 lost in noncombat activity.
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Washington
Navy
Point Values To Go Back On Pork Loins Hams And Canned Fish
Washington Aug. 10 The Office of Price Administration restores ration points to pork loins and hams and to canned fish while utility grade lamb becomes zero rated. Beef steaks and roasts remain ration free, cheese and butter values rise, and a new red stamp in ration book four becomes valid from Sunday with 30 or 40 points per period.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Munster
Limburger
Ives Killed In Ambush Near Granville
London Aug 10 The death of Capt Nor Iman Ives director of the port of Cherbourg and several officers and enlisted men occurred in a German ambush near Granville while en route to St Malo. The convoy halted by a ruse, Germans opened fire and a three hour battle followed with tanks supporting withdrawal. Survivors reported one escape to seek aid, casualties not yet announced.
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London
Nor Iman
Ives
U. S
Cherbourg
Granville
St. Malo
Navy
Washington
Bay of
Mont St. Michel
Liberty ship 5 M Shoemaker christened at Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard
The Liberty ship 5 M Shoemaker was christened today at the Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard in Baltimore. Miss Ann Lee Tipton of Dickerson, Maryland, performed the ceremony in honor of the late Maryland agriculturist and dairyman.
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Baltimore
5. M. Shoemaker
Maryland Agriculturist
Bethlehem Fairfield
Ann Lee Tipton
Dickerson, Md
Eisenhower Shifts Allied Command Post to Normandy
General Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander moves advance command post from Britain to Normandy to stay close to the fast Allied offensive. The transfer was effected in the past few days by air, according to AP dispatch from Ike's headquarters.
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London
Dwight BD. Eisenhower
Britain
Normandy
Associated Press
Howard Cowan
U S Troops Bet On Germany’s Fall In 1944 France
American troops in France are convinced Germany is near collapse and are placing bets on Germany’s fall between October 1 and year’s end. Correspondents with the U S First Army report bets predicting Paris capture in mid to late 1944 with dates from August 15 to October 1. The favored date in pools is September 7.
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U. S
France
Germany
U. S. First Army
Paris
Appropriation Changes Are Sought In State
Annapolis state officials press Governor O Connors to add and cut items in the 1946 47 budget for state aided institutions and agencies. Proposed addition includes 15360 per year for Mt Hope Retreat, previously omitted from the budget.
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Annapolis
State Department of Public Welfare
O'Connor
Mt. Hope
Goebbels Bans Public Meetings in Germany Decree
Propaganda Minister Goebbels issues decrees banning all public meetings and entertainments not tied to the war. He cites the Reich’s depleted armies and imposes sweeping restrictions to conserve manpower and resources for wartime needs.
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Goebbels
London
Germany
Reich
Reds Pose Grave New Threat To Nazi Armies
The German and Moscow reports detail a renewed Red Army push west of the Narew River threatening East Prussia and Warsaw. Russian forces crossed toward the Vistula near Warsaw and built a bridgehead on the Pilica, suggesting a possible flanking move toward the Polish capital and East Prussia.
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Narew River
Warsaw
East Prussia
London
vPi
Upper Narew River
Berlin
Vistula
Pilica
Narew
Falkenhayn
Lomza
Augustow
Latvia
Estonia
Moscow
Red Army
Owen
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Bialystok
Stalin
Army Orders Strikers To Return To Work
Harrisburg August 104 An ultimatum to start moving strike bound war materials immediately in the Harrisburg Lancaster York area or the Army will take over was given more than 700 truck company employed by military authorities today as an area transport tie up continued into the fifth day. Capt Joseph L Singleton chief of industrial relations of the Armys Third Transportation Corps announced the order and said the Army has trucks ready to go to work at once should members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Chauffeurs Warehouse men and Helpers AFL fail to return. Where are if loads of freight tied up on one Lancaster terminal alone he stated and if that stuff nntroved at once war plants there will have to close down this afternoon We have been waiting long enough.
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Harrisburg
Harrisburg-Lancaster-York
Joseph L. Singleton
Army
Third Transportation Corps
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Lancaster
32000 Farmers Joined AAA War Programs in Maryland
College Park Md Aug 19 Agricultural Adjustment Agency reports show 32000 Maryland farmers cooperated with the AAA in war food production soil conservation and anti inflation efforts during the last fiscal year. State AAA Chairman Joseph H Blandford says 29030 of the total received 3699941 in wagonsty payments.
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College Park
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Maryland
AAA
Joseph H. Blandford
Battle For Paris Starts Nazis Say
Allied reports describe a widening 175 mile arc of the American British front pushing German forces back toward the Seine as Paris looms. United efforts near Le Mans and Brittany ports unfold with St Malo Brest Lorient under pressure and Nantes Angers and Lorient reportedly surrounded. Canadians advance toward Falaise while British forces widen a bridgehead on the Orne as Allied convoys break up German evacuations along the coast.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Seine
Paris
CBS
le Mans
Angers
Loire
Lorient
Brittany
St. Malo
Brest
Dinard
Rance
Nantes
France
St. Maton
Alllied Arc
First Army
Rommel
Falaise
Caen
Potigny
Second Army
Channel Islands
le Havre
Corbiere
Jersey Island
Bombers Hit Paris Area and Ploesti Oil Centers
Allied air fleets from England and Italy struck fuel and transport facilities around Paris and the Ploesti oil center in Romania. About 500 aircraft including Flying Fortresses Liberators and Mustangs attacked refineries depots and storage circles, with raids continuing into night.
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London
England
Italy
Paris
Ploesti
Romania
English Channel
Europe
Normandy
Brittany
Caudebec
la Havre
Two Submarines Sunk in Japanese Claims Near Taiwan and Oshima
Tokyo radio reported Japan coastal torpedo planes attacked two enemy submarines near the Japanese mainland. Both were said to be accounted for with one spotted surfacing off Oshima in the Izu Islands and the other sunk southeast of Formosa.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Oshima
Izu Islands
Tokyo Bay
Taiwan
Formosa
Federal Communications Commission
Heads Medical Examiners Elects Thomas President
At a recent meeting of the State Medical Society in Baltimore Dr. Edward P. Thomas of this city was elected president of the State Board of Medical Examiners.
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State Medical Society
Baltimore
Edward P. Thomas
State Board of Medical Examiners
Allied and German Forces Clash Near Avranches
Allied reports describe heavy fighting north and west of Mortain as Germans press counter-attacks to split Allied forces east of Avranches. Two minesweepers were sunk or damaged near St Helier in Jersey after German assaults. A German push at Gathemo northwest of Mortain was halted.
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St. Helier
Jersey
Avranches
Mortain
Gathemo
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