Brunswick High School Principal Changes Unveiled
Three county high schools gained new principals as the Frederick County Board of Education announced changes. Harry O. Smith moves to Brunswick High School succeeding Arvin Jones, Elmer K. Chandlee takes over Walkersville, and Duval Sneadner returns to Libertytown as principal.
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Frederick County
Duval W. Sneadner
Brunswick High School
Libertytown
Smith
Brunswick School
Western Maryland College
University of Maryland
County Teachers’ Association
Chandlee
East Third Street
Sweadner
Brungwick
Johns Hopkins University
Hope, Langford Escape Plane Forced Down in Australia
Australian authorities reported that comedian Bob Hope, singer Frances Langford, and accompanying party survived a forced landing near Newcastle in northern New South Wales. No injuries were reported and the group continued their tour plans after the incident.
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Melbourne
Australia
Bob Hope
Frances Langford
Pacific Battle Stations
Newcastle
French Armored Division Fights Alongside Americans
Supreme Headquarters announced that the Second French Armored Division under General Le Clerc is fighting in France alongside American forces, as Allied troops push through the country in August 1944.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
le Clerc
France
Axis Prisoners In United States Reach 226 416 On Aug 1
The War Department reports that on August 1 there were 226 416 Axis prisoners of war in the United States. Most are employed in jobs from farming to logging as part of wartime labor programs.
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Washington
War Department
United States
General strike outlook improves as idle workers drop
The Associated Press reports a drop from 61,000 to about 18,500 idle workers in the United States and Canada. In the Midwest, eight states see road shipments resume as 25,000 drivers for 103 government seized companies return to work. Ellis T. Longenecker states truckers receive seven cents an hour wage raise ordered by the War Labor Board.
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Associated Press
United States
Canada
Ellis T. Longenecker
ODT
War Labor Board
Allied Troops Reach Alencon Sees Amid Heat
Allied forces occupy Alencon a key western France hub and push toward Sees in scorching conditions. German resistance is light as Doughboys surge north with high morale from the D-Day breakout. A Natrona Heights sergeant exclaims optimism for Berlin while an old Frenchman recalls bombed cathedrals.
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Edward D. Ball
Alencon
France
Sees
Elmer J. Kist
Natrona Heights
Berlin
American Forces in France Make Rapid Advances
American tanks and infantry push eastward along Bradley's invasion front in France, driving 7 to 12 miles by noon. German units collapse, abandon machine guns, and fail to dig in as casualties mount. Meanwhile Polish leaders discuss postwar security plans with Eden and Mikolajczyk, and Hull reports broad accord with Britain and Russia on a postwar security organization.
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France
Omar N. Bradley
Washington
Hull
Russia
China
Britain
United States
Evacuation of Osowiec Reported by Germans
German sources announced the evacuation of Osowiec a fortress town on the Biebrza river in East Prussia and a westward withdrawal of lines. Moscow reported the fall of Gonnadz as new Soviet offensives pressure East Prussia and Riga's area.
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London
Germany
Osowiec
East Prussia
Moscow
Gonnadz
Warsaw
Berlin
Baltic States
Pskov
Baltic Sea
Riga
Vistula River
Barnow
Warka
Baltic
Latvia
Playing Soldier Boy Fatally Shoots Mother in Oklahoma City
Four year old Jimmy Hamilton, while playing soldiers in the back yard, fired a .22 rifle and killed his mother Mrs. James C. Hamilton. The incident occurred yesterday as the boy handled a rifle used by his father on a hunting trip. Authorities investigate.
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Oklahoma City
James C. Hamilton
Jimmy
Stock market slows amid selective recoveries in New York
In New York trading on August 14 buyers showed selectivity with slow early dealings. By the fourth hour fractional gains appeared but declines were common as many issues remained unchanged. Junior motors revived with renewed activity.
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New York
Junior Motors
Plane crashes into ship off Annapolis killing four
Two midshipmen a Navy flyer and a member of the Navy Women’s Reserve were killed when a Patuxent River Naval Air Station aircraft on a simulated strafing attack struck the bow of an amphibious ship carrying plebe class members near Cove Point in Chesapeake Bay. The plane sank with its crew.
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Annapolis
Navy Flyer
Navy Women’s Reserve
Cove Point
Chesapeake Bay
Patuxent River River Naval Air Station
U. S. Naval Academy
Academy
Frontone Captured as Eighth Army Advances in Italy
Eighth Army troops seized Frontone in the Apennines 27 miles from the Adriatic as Florence city aid improves under Allied civilian governance. Empoli fell without a fight, while limited actions occurred near Pisa. Air forces struck Rhine bridges and northern Italian targets as Kesselring warned of retaliation against civilians.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Frontone
Adriatic
Apennines
Florence
Empoli
Arno
Pisa
Fifth Army
France
Rhone
Italy
Alexander
Kesselring
Soviet blame of Polish government exiled in London
The Soviet government rejected Polish exile claims of liaison with Russian command over partisans. Tass said the exile government spurred Warsaw events and bore responsibility for the situation. A German POW in Nebraska was beaten by fellow inmates for alleged anti Nazi ties. Germans used flamethrowers in Warsaw assaults, according to underground commander General Bor.
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Moscow
Red Army
Warsaw
London
Tass
Mates Omesha
Scotts-Bluff
Nébr
United States
Seventh Service Command
Bor
Capture Of Seventh Army Aims In France Campaign
General Eisenhower's Advance Command Post says the objective in the current battle is the capture of the German Seventh Army. Three German armies remain in France with strong firepower and several major rivers as defenses. The main German force is distant from Paris, while most of the enemy is in northeastern Europe. Armistice is unlikely this week. the push continues toward northeastern and southern France.
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Merrill Mueller
Eisenhower
France
Seventh Army
7Th Army
Paris
Europe
Germany
Many Men To Be Needed In Jap Fighting
Lt. Gen. Ben Lear declared that much of the Army in Europe may return home via the Suez Canal and Tokyo after years away. He urged continued public support for military plans while noting many men will be needed for decisive Pacific operations to defeat Japan.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ben Lear
Europe
Suez Canal
Tokyo
Lear
Pacific
Japs Claim 22 Allied Planes Lost In Raid
Japanese propaganda outlet claimed 22 Allied planes were destroyed in a dawn raid on Liuchow air base in Kwantung province, with five large enemy planes set afire.
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New York
Domec Agency
Liuchow
Kwvangsi
French Maquis Resists Behind German Loire Troops
French maquis forces have moved northward to wage guerrilla warfare at the rear of German units along the Loire. The underground reports few strongholds remain in southern France while patriots watch collaborators at Vichy and retreating Germans cause traffic chaos near Paris. Allied bombers hit the Bordeaux submarine base guarding several submarines preparing to sail.
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Iron
France
Pyrenees
Savoy
Loire
Vichy
Paris
Barcelona
Biarritz
Bayonne
Spain
Bordeaux
Allied air armadas strike across Germany France and Brest
More than 3 500 Allied planes bombed war industries in southern Germany and targets across France and Belgium including Mannheim Ludwigshafen and Brest. Up to 1 500 US bombers hit Mannheim Ludwigshafen and rail yards. A second wave of up to 750 US bombers attacked southern France from Italy as Mustangs and Lightnings strafed targets. British forces bombed Falaise and Brest. Bomber formations operated with several raids across Bavaria and Hannover.
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London
Germany
France
Brest
Normandy
U.S
England
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Italy
Falaise
Brittany
von Kluge
Berlin
Bavaria
Air Ministry
Hannover
New Neighbor Highway Aims Across Americas
Senator Andrews reports talks among United States Cuba and Mexico officials on a good neighbor highway with two water hops. Route would link Florida to Key West ferry to Havana then Cuba road work to Puerto Morelos, then Merida to San Cristobal connecting to Pan American roadway. He plans legislation to form a congressional committee.
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Washington
Andrews
D.-Fla
United States
Cuba
Mexico
Americas
Florida
Key West
Havana
Puerto Morelos
Yucatan Peninsula
Accross
Merida
San Cristobal
Congressional
U S Destroyer Escort Fiske Sunk by German U-Boat
The 300 foot destroyer escort Fiske was sunk by a torpedo from a German U-boat in the Atlantic. About 150 aboard. Lt. John A. Comly survived. The loss raises American warship toll to 175 since the war began, with 134 sunk, 32 overdue, and nine destroyed to avert capture.
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Washington
Atlantic
John A. Comly
Major Allied Victory Seen As Pincers Close In Normandy
Allied forces encircle the German Seventh Army near Argentan and Falaise as American and Canadian units push into Brittany and Le Mans region. About 13,000 Germans were captured in four days, with heavy fighting and air attacks across the Normandy front.
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Eisenhower
Allied Expeditionary Force
Seventh Army
Argentan
Falaise
Barenton
Mortain
Domfront
Lourdeval
New York
Alencon
Carrouges
Berlin
Supreme Headquarters
Hisenhower
Europe
Normandy
Paris
le Mans
Lees
First Army
Caen
Guenther von Kluge
France
Seine
Five Enemy Ships Sunk in Channel Skirmishes
Allied warships patrolling the Bay of Biscay and channel coast reported sinking five enemy ships and possibly a sixth in a Saturday action. British destroyers Iris and Quorn along with three minesweepers and two trawlers were lost in invasion operations. Pope Pius XII received U S Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson and Lt Gen Somervell in a private audience.
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London
Bay of Biscay
Brittany
Admiralty
Iris
Quorn
Vatican City
Pius XII
Robert P. Patterson
Brehon
Somervell
U. S. Army Service Forces
Heating system runs wild in Bronx apartment
Fire alarms were turned in as firemen guided by steam lines found the building's automatic heat system stuck in winter operation. The indoor temperature soared despite an outside reading of 94 degrees, prompting rapid emergency response.
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New York
Bronx
Rationing rules tighten on fuel oil misuse
The Office of Price Administration announced that fuel oil rations will be withheld from anyone who destroys coal or wood burning equipment or who sells or gives it away to obtain ration stamps. Previously rations were revoked but not blocked in advance.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
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H. O. Smith
E. K. Chandlee
Walkersville
Hope
Orman
Anthony Eden
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Polish National Committee of Liberation
Lomza
Junker
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
G. F. Zakharov
Warsaw-Bialystok
U. S
Appalachian
Sold Fuels Administration
St. Lo
Vire
Mortaine
Breton
St. Nazaire
Lorient
St. Malo
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