Mercury Tops 100 as Water Supply Dwindles in Area
The forecast calls for a mid afternoon high near 102 degrees as Frederick area readings push past 98 this afternoon. Officials warn hot dry weather is lowering water supplies and urge conservation to prevent further bans on nonessential use.
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U. S
Frederick
U. S. Weather Bureau
Thurmont
Hugh V. Gittinger
Fishing Creek
Mechanicstown Water Company
Brunswick
Middletown
Myersville
Emmitsburg
Allied air strike hits southern France and Italian Riviera
Allied Mediterranean air forces attacked an eight mile coast in southern France and a forty mile stretch of the Italian Riviera yesterday. American Mitchells Marauders and Thunderbolts and RAF Spitfires targeted anti aircraft positions pillboxes radio facilities and gun emplacements near St Tropez and St Raphael west of Cannes. One Allied plane was lost as Churchill arrived in Italy, signaling potential shifts in the Italian theater.
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Rome
France
Riviera
Tactical Air Force
Mediterranean
Allied Air Command
Italy
Winston Churchill
St. Tropez
St. Raphael
Cannes
Ghost Heckler Breaks In On Nazi Newcast
London reports a "ghost heckler" broke into a Berlin overseas radio news broadcast during pauses, denouncing Allied advances. The interrupter challenged reported Russian encirclements and urged unity against Hitler, interrupting the announcer’s sign off.
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Ghost Heckler
London
Berlin
Weckler
Tiet
Hitler
Record Fire Devours 1100-Foot Hoboken Pier
A 1100 foot pier on the Hudson in Hoboken burns for about four hours, with damage unofficially pegged at 4 million dollars. A barge transferring cargo ignited the blaze, none of the injured are seriously hurt, and efforts from Hoboken New York City and Jersey City fire crews plus 900 Coast Guardsmen helped control the fire by early morning.
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Hoboken
N. J
Hudson River
Andrew H. Keller
Keller
St Mary’s Hospital
Hames
Edward L. McFeeley
New York City
Union City
Jersey City
Coast Guard
Coast
Staten Island
Ellis Island
Banks Will Consider Small Business Needs
Banks across the nation form the Post War Small Business Credit Commission with 42 ABA representatives to aid small firms after the war. Hubert P. Burdette of First National Bank Mt Airy says the goal is to provide adequate credit to any competent business for constructive purposes without encouraging recklessness.
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American Bankers Association
Hubert PF. Burdette
First National Bank of Mt. Airy
New York
Burdette
Small Business Credit
Whitten Granted Command in Mediterranean Air Forces
Brig. Gen. Lyman P. Whitten receives command of the U S Army Air Forces Service Command in the Mediterranean theater succeeding Brig. Gen. Harold Z. Bartron. Whitten, a Malden Mass native living in Chevy Chase Md, led the air services division of the Army Air Force staff in Washington prior to arriving in Italy. Bartron departs for an undisclosed assignment.
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Rome
Lyman P. Whitten
U. S. Army Air Forr
Mediterranean
Harold Z. Bartron
Allied Headquarters
Whitten
Malden
Mass
Cumberland Ave
Chevy Chase
Air Services Division
General Staff
Army Air Force
Washington
Italy
Barton
Russian Armies Drive Toward East Prussia Front
Two Soviet armies press north from near Warsaw toward East Prussia, threatening the German left flank as they push through 250 settlements along a 100 mile front. Red Star reports hand to hand fighting with Russian infantry gaining, while German forces shift reserves to meet the threat. Estonian front also expands, with Maslennikov breaking through near Pskov and threatening Riga and Tallinn.
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Moscow
East Prussia
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Zakharovs
Bialystok
East Prussia-Lithuanian
Red Star
Masurian Lakes
Bug
Vistula
Biebrza
Narew
Stalin
Ivan Maslennikov
Pskov
Petseri
Baltic
Red Army
Estonia
Riga
Tallinn
Dewey Considers Campaign Moves After Albany Meeting
Governor Thomas E. Dewey at Quaker Hill farm weighs next steps in his Presidential bid. Reports say he may take on several speaking engagements next month after extensive requests from party officials nationwide. Dewey and National Chairman Herbert Brownell Jr. reportedly discussed plans.
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Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Quaker Hill
Dewey
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Albany
Requiem Mass Monday For Cpl. I. Leslie Moore
Requiem Mass for Cpl Ira Leslie Moore who died in France on July 14 will be held at eight o clock Monday morning at St Johns Catholic church. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Ira V Moore of 10 East South street and had been reported missing in June. A telegram on Thursday disclosed his death about a month later.
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Cpl
Ira Leslie Moore
France
St. John's Catholic Church
Cpl. Moore
Ira V. Moore
East South Street
Escaped Prisoners Begin Guerrilla War in Germany
Reports from Madrid and Austria say escaped prisoners of war and foreign laborers have started guerrilla warfare in southern Germany. German police reportedly fought and subdued a group high in the mountains while terrorists attacked a village, killing four Germans.
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Madrid
Germany
Werner Gilles
Snowline
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Two More Wounded In Fighting From France Fronts
Private Lewis E. Gilbert Ridgeville seriously wounded in action in France on July 19 according to a War Department telegram to his wife. He entered service Nov 4 1943 trained at Fort McClellan and previously worked for American Hammered Piston Ring in Baltimore. His wife Martha Schmidt and their son Lewis Ronald Gilbert live in Westminster. Private Gilbert’s letter dated July 22 indicated injury and that he may be in France. Staff Sgt Willie B Wolfe Garfield is recovering from facial shot wounds in France hospital.
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France
Ridgeville
Garfield
Lewis E. Gilbert
War Department
Gilbert
England
Frank Gilbert
Fort McClellan
Ala
Pvt
American Hammered Piston Ring Company
Baltimore
Mr. Airy High School
Martha Mary Schmidt
Lewis Ronald Gilbert
Westminster
J. Edward Schmidt
Willie B. Wolfe
Walter A. Wolfe
LaRue Rowe
Superfortress Raids On Major Scale Expected
London dispatch reports a Berlin broadcast quoting Japanese newspapers that current Superfortress raids on Japan are mere experiments to gain experience for future major attacks. The item notes Dvinsk derives its name from the Dvina river, which bends around the Russian city.
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London
Japan
Berlin
Dvinsk
Dvina
Romanian peasant party leads provisional peace government
Istanbul Aug 11 Romanian political leaders led by peasant party chief Juliu Maniu have formed a provisional peace government with Antonescu reportedly powerless to stop it. Four parties are represented as talks with former ministers to Moscow and Berlin proceed to craft a broad armistice program with Russia Britain and the United States.
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Istanbul
Juliu Maniu
Bucharest
Marshal Ion Antonescu
Bern
Antonescu
Moscow
Berlin
Romania
Russia
Britain
United
Fire sweeps block on Wildwood boardwalk
Wildwood New Jersey August 12 a block long row of oceanfront buildings including the Strand theatre and seven stores was destroyed by fire early today Ten persons were injured the mayor Benjamin C Ingersoll estimated more than 250000 in damage Some crops damaged College Park Maryland August 12 hot dry weather for two weeks damaged truck crops but yields expected to recover if rain comes soon department of agriculture statisticians reported today
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Wildwood
N. J
I.a
Oceanfront
Strand Motion Picture Theatre
Benjamin C. Ingersoll
College Park
Maryland
Department of Agriculture
Stocks Hold Up in Mixed Market Activity
New York on August 12 reported stocks clinging to gains as market leaders showed tentative recovery footing while broad indices rose slowly. Traders noted limited upside momentum with few spectacular advances and interest remained cautious amid mixed signals from major sectors.
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New York
Aliouzh
Florence Evacuated as German Forces Withdraw from City
Rome Aug 12 The Germans pulled back all units from Florence sparing the historic center from bombardment while Allied troops halted south of the Arno. Officials said the enemy withdrew most forces north of the Mugnone canal as Col Fuchs’ garrison faced snipers and infiltrations by Pavolini squads. Allies prepared to cross the Arno and aid civilians in the northern city sector short of food water and medicine. Snipers remained inside Florence as troops advanced west and northwest of Empoli against stiff German resistance.
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Rome
Florence
Arno
Mugnone
Eighth Army
Col
Fuchs
Pavolini
Alessandro Pavolini
Mussolini
Fibbiana
Empoli
Montelupo
Johannes Blaskowitz
France
Loire
Blaskowitz
Bordeaux
Barcelona
Vichy
Paris
Berlin
Alene
Mortain
Sourdeval
Pockpot
Orne River Front
Guenther von Kluge
Orne
Stockholm
Calais
Seine-Loire
London
Chartres
Grand Jury Probes Philadelphia Transit Strike Meat
Philadelphia August 12 a federal grand jury investigating the transit strike says it is getting into the meat of the causes. spokesman Henry A Schweinhaut special Assistant Attorney General says the picture is broader than first thought likely to last three weeks instead of one.
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Philadelphia
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Schweinhaut
Two 2.5 Million Gallon Oil Tanks Explode at Newhall
Explosions at Newhall Refining Co. ignite two tanks holding 2,500,000 gallons of crude oil. The blaze forces evacuation of over 20 nearby families. Two employees suffer burns and are taken to Newhall hospital. A Red Cross station is opened to aid responders.
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Newhall
Calif
Newhall Refining Co
Newhall Hospital
Red Cross
Former Naval Governor Of Guam In Good Health
The wife of Capt. George Johnson McMillin, Guam’s former naval governor, said he is in splendid health in a Formosa prison camp. He wrote that he was captured five days after Pearl Harbor.
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Guam
Long Beach
Calif
George Johnson McMillin
Pearl Harbor
Formosa
Charge on the House And Iowa Fire And Legion Plans
Anamosa report notes Ray Seeley of Iowa Electric was shocked by 7 220 volts suffering a burned sock and injured foot with survival cited as unlikely for many rare cases. A car fire at 127 West Third Street caused minor damage with minimal wiring damage. Maryland American Legion officials at the 26th annual convention outlined postwar plans amid governor warnings to maintain war effort.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Ray Seeley
Iowa Electric Company
Independents
United Rescue Truck
West Third Street
George Doli
Legion
Baltimore
Maryland Department of the American Legion
O'Conor
Le Mans Drive Expands Allied Push Into France
American thrusts from Le Mans have Germans in darkness, with 10 000 prisoners taken in 48 hours. The advance threatens Paris while narrowing the Caen pocket and pushing toward the Loire valley and southern France as Allied forces press from Brittany to the Loire.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
le Mans
Brest
France
Normandy
Caen
U. S
Loire
Italy
Mediterranean
Paris
Omar N. Bradley
Brittany
Seine-Loire
Norway Coast Is Attacked By Aircraft
Carrier planes attacked enemy shipping and shore installations between Alesund and Kristiansund on Norway's coast yesterday, hitting hangars and setting fires at stores and airfields. Other targets included radio stations and oil depots. Two vessels were set afire in the Lepsey area. Around Metz heavy bombers and escorts assaulted railroad yards and French airfields near Paris, with RAF strikes on Berlin and Givors.
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London
Alesund
Kristiansund
Norway
Gossen
Lepsey
Metz
France
le Perthe Chamant
Paris
Athies
Couvron
Juvincourt
Laon
Berlin
Givors
Germany
Upper Danube
Upper Silesia
Huge Mass For Victims Of Germans In Lublin
Moscow reports detail a massive funeral service in Lublin for Nazi camp victims. About 25,000 mourners gathered at the castle square as Polish Liberation authorities led prayers, with German captives present and a memorial urn sealed in the castle wall.
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Moscow
Lublin
Polish Committee of National Liberation
Father Krasinski
Committee of Liberation
Maidanek
Gas Fume Explosion Kills Twelve in Shawneetown
Twelve people including six children died when gasoline fumes within the Ohio River levee area burst into 300 foot lamps causing a blast and fire. Three workers near storage tanks were killed, residents of two houses perished, and most victims were from one family.
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Shawneetown
Old Shawneetown
Ohio River
10000 Australian Girls Marry American Service Men
Nearly 10,000 Australian girls have married American service men since early 1942. About 1,000 war brides and 200 babies have gone to the United States, with 134 brides awaiting transportation and 2,000 more having applied for permits to enter.
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Sydney
Australia
United States
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Prussia
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Peasant Party
Perriers
Gothic Line
Grand Jury
Nonplus
Lorient
CAA
Cumberland
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia Department of Mines
Katherine Coal Company
Shinnston
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