Flood Waters Rise Over Monocacy River In Maryland County
Flooding from the Monocacy River sent water over roads and into cellars as the river crested at inches per hour, with Union Bridge and Hansonville heavily affected. Roads were closed, trains washed out, power outages hit Unionville and New Windsor, and a near-drowning incident occurred when a car was swept off a road near Union Bridge. Residents anticipated a crest by noon as authorities redirected traffic and worked to restore services.
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Gettysburg
Hansonville
Monocacy
Woodsboro
Thurmont
Muddy Run
Liberty
Israel's Creek
Ceresville
State Roads Commission
Union Bridge
Liberty Road
Baltimore
Western Maryland Railway
Westminster
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Unionville
New Windsor
Richard Lindsey
Uniontown
Carroll County
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Pennsylvania
Unio Bridge
Western Maryland
Emmitsburg
Flat Run
Gettyste G
Waynesboro
Jug Bridge
Trafic
Walkersville
Biggs Ford
Reich's Ford
Buckeystown- Urbana
Denver J. Shook
Fishing Creek
Lewistown
Frederick City
Linganore Creek
Linganore
Felton and Kelly
Tuscarora Creek
Knoxville
Bombers Strike Japanese Ships Near Solomons In Pacific War
Allied bombers attacked Japanese warships and transports in New Guinea waters west of the Solomons as U S Marines pressed advances around coastal garrisons. The clash signaled a broadened Pacific offensive with uncertain initial losses on both sides and limited battlefield detail from Washington and Canberra.
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MacArthur
Australia
Solomon Islands
South Seas
United States
New Guinea
Solomons
the Solomons
Washington
Navy
U. S
Ernest J. King
Wamagea
Salamaua
Rabaul
Gasmats
New Britain
Fifth Child Is Born To Lindberghs
Detroit reports the Lindberghs welcomed a fifth child Thursday. Official word on the child's sex was unavailable though Detroit papers cited a second daughter. Charles A. Lindbergh was not reached for comment and hospital officials offered no details.
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Lindberghs
Detroit
Charles A. Lindbergh
Henry Pord Tehere
Lindbergh
Ford Motor Company
German Planes Attack Norwich and English Coast
German broadcasts report 273 planes attacked Norwich starting large fires. The high command says a British torpedo boat and a hulk used as barracks were sunk in waters south of Dartmouth during daylight attacks along England’s south coast. Some Bush planes at high altitude reportedly attacked western and northwestern Germany.
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Berlin
Norwich
England
High Command
Dartmouth
Germany
Reisterstown Man Fined for DUI and Reckless Driving
William K. Hill of Reisterstown was fined 101 dollars and costs by Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett for operating a motor vehicle under the influence and reckless driving. He was arrested on East All Saints street Wednesday night around 9 15 by Sergeant Frank Dorsey. The fine was paid.
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William K. Hill
Reisterstown
Alton Y. Bennett
East All Saints Street
Frank Dorsey
Reds Hold At Stalingrad and Fall Back in Caucasus
Soviet dispatches report stout defense near Stalingrad with heavy Russian artillery claims of destroying over 100 German tanks and 350 trucks while Germans breach near Don but are halted by counterattack. Soviet forces in the Caucasus retreat as Nazis push toward Novorossiysk and Grozny oil fields.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Soviet Information Bureau
Caucasus
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Grozny
Don
Kletskaya
Red Army
Paris
Red Star
Lake
Ilmens
Oe Salt Sal Lepore
Leningrad
Volkhov
Bryansk
Protests Over WPB Zinc Reductions Reach Publishers
Washington reports the War Production Board received many protests after issuing an order to cut zinc use for newspaper and magazine pictures by half. The July 24 effective date spurred WPB talks among officials including A I Henderson. Gardiner Cowles Jr of OWI and the American Newspaper Publishers Association filed formal protests.
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Washington
War Production Board
Publisfers
Op Wpe
A. I. Henderson
Office of War Information
Gardner Cowles Jr
Wpbs
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ship Toll Since Pearl Harbor 425
AP reports from Recife survivors of two British ships and one Norwegian ship landed in Brazil. The tally lists 87 survivors from the three vessels as of today. Names published with Brazilian censor approval: the British freighter Tremainard, the British tanker Tricia, and the Norwegian tanker Havesten.
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Pearl Harbor
Associated Press
Recife
Brazil
United Nations
Atlantic
Pearl Harber
Treminnard
Tricia
Loss Of British Cruiser In Mediterranean Is Announced
Report says one cruiser was hit squarely by two 1000 pound bombs and would be out of operation for a long time. Four four motor bombers from Col Hugo Rush’s group attacked four cruisers moored in a Greek harbor, with two direct hits on one ship and a fierce blast near a third. The fourth cruiser escaped damage as minimal anti aircraft fire met the attack.
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Cairo
Flyvees
Pylos
Relstive
Mussolini
Eust
BWR
Hugo Rush
Mediterranean
Peloponnesus
Ionian Seacoast
Mies
Hey
Navy Seizes Cable Plant As Bayonne Strike Ends
The Navy seized the Bayonne General Cable plant in New Jersey as a strikebound facility and announced a 4 p.m. reopening. Rear Admiral Harold G. Bowen warned interference is an offense against the United States, while no troops were to be used. Within a short time 800 strikers voted to end the unauthorized walkout and return to work under prior conditions. Admiral Bower shifted command as the plant resumed operations after the seizure.
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Bayonne
N. J
Navy
General Cable Corporation
United States
Harold G. Bowen
Abdoom
Daniel Uslan
Uncle Sam
Michael Petrakian
Admiral Bower
Managedivatul Ie Pliant
Newsprint stocks show two months supply on hand
The American Newspaper Publishers Association says end of July stock exceeds two months with a 67 day supply. War Production requirements extend to Sept 30 and publishers are urged to assess regional needs transportation storage and other factors for sufficient inventory. Harold Clayton Wirtz of near Jefferson was arrested on liquor influence and reckless driving charges and released on $1000 bond.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
A.N.P. A. Bulletin
Harold Clayton Wirtz
Jefferson
Baschore
State Police
Tie
Prices On 25 Services Free Of OPA Regulations
Washington August 14 1940 Prices on 25 services from shoe shining to termite eradication were freed from price ceilings by the Office of Price Administration. Simultaneously 61 more service groups costing the nation about 5 billion dollars annually were placed under new pricing methods. If no March method applies sellers may set maximum prices by the highest March price or by competitor rates.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Indian Riots Dying Down In India Campaign
In Bombay riots ease as Congress boycott indicators appear. Mills resume with longer shifts while rice and wheat markets slow. Despite some violence in Madras and a railway attack, order returns in Bombay and debates on negotiations lack official movement.
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Bombay
India
All-India
Congress
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Fidiatt Pennod
Madras
The
Bombay Chronicle
New Delhi
File Suit to Halt Black Market Steel Sales
Cleveland Aug. 14 James C. Greuner regional attorney for the Office of Price Administration says the first suit to halt black market steel sales will be filed today in Federal Court. FAVORITES LIFTED New York Aug. 14 stock market gains aided by hopes for Solomons victory and a stronger tax outlook boosting buying confidence.
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Cleveland
James C. Greuner
Office of Price Administration
New York
Solomons
Ansard
Allied and Axis Losses Mark Mediterranean Convoy Battle
British Admiralty reports major sea air battle in the western Mediterranean. Losses include the cruiser Manchester and the aircraft carrier Eagle, plus two submarines sunk and two cruisers damaged. Malta gains reinforcements and fighters as Axis ships withdraw. Italian and German reports claim additional sinkings.
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London
Mediterranean
Britain
Manchester
Malta
Italy
Admiralty
M. N
Sutret
C. B
Narrows
Tyrrhenian Sea
A. C. G. Mars
R. N
Royal Air Force
H. M. S. Eagle
Board of Admiralty
H. M. S. Manchester
H. Drew
D. Ss. C
Rome
High Command
Goebbels
Berlin
iFrom
P-Axis
United Nations
Associated Gas and Electric to drop 116 subsidiaries
The Securities and Exchange Commission orders the Associated Gas and Electric Corporation to divest 116 subsidiary firms scattered across 24 states and the Philippine Islands. The move targets the Hopson empire which collapsed years ago and is in bankruptcy court. The ruling clarifies that the four proposed reorganization groups are not approved. The listed subsidiaries include Maryland Light and Power and Virginia Public Service among others.
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Philadelphia
Mammoth
Associated Gas and Electric Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission
Howard C. Hopson
Hopson
Associated System
Philippine Islands
Associated
SEC
New York
Virginia
Citizens Rapid Transit Corporation
Public Service Company
Northern Ice Corporation
Maryland
Maryland Light and Power Company
Eastern Shore
Public Service Company of
Maryland Water Works Company
Wolf Pack Attacks Convoy Reported by Allied Sailors
Allied sailors report a submarine wolf pack repeatedly attacked a large convoy returning from a Russian port. The London dispatch notes an effort to destroy the escort and cripple the resupply mission amid ongoing wartime sea operations.
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London
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Worman’s Mill
Frederick
Caucasi
LIS
Voronezh
All-India Congress
Eagle
Gibraltar
ATL
Associated G. & E
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