Invasion Message Outlines Allied Southern France Move
Gen Henry Maitland Wilson announced the invasion aims to drive out Germans and link with Allied forces from Normandy. French troops fight with Allies on land sea and air as France resumes active defense and pursuit of liberty across its soil. Rommel reportedly improving after a serious accident with head injuries noted in Berlin reports. The note adds a Toronto name meaning a place of meeting.
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Rome
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
France
United Nations
Normandy
Army of
Rommel
London
Mareshal
Erwin Rommel
Berlin
Craft show draws wide entries at Mullinix Park
At Mullinix Park on Monday night a craft show drew 178 entries. Judges Edith Leakins Hallie Reed and Esther Grinage awarded prizes across many categories including pot holders luncheon sets fans hats needle books and more. The event also featured a New Market Grange watermelon social at Viewsite Farm Frederick with about 100 attendees and remarks on agriculture and returning soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullinix Park
Edith Leakins
Hallie Reed
Esther Grinage
Alcone Carter
Joan Jackson
Charles Lee
Billy Hall
Elias Thomas
Irene Jefferson
Norma Carroll
Charles Weedon
Freda Parker
Dorothy Bowie
Albert Hall
Ellen Lee
Helen Jackson
Shirley Bowie
Barbara Proctor
Adelaide Ross
Sara Sewell
Betty Sewell
David Carter
Albert Hal
Willis Weedson
Anna Proctor
New Market
Pomona
L. H. Crickenberger
Leadership talk at Pomona Grange August meeting in Braddock Heights
Mrs W A R Bell announced National Master Albert Gos will speak August 27 in Braddock Heights. Robert Fitz urged a northern county grange, Mills praised Medford Grange growth, Blair Titus thanked New Market for Carroll Manor aid, Quinn stressed member driven strength and youth activity. The program included The White Cliffs of Dover sung by New Market youths, a get acquainted game, and fruit refreshments. Next meeting August 23 in the grange hall will be game and recreation night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. R Bell
Pomona Grange Song Service
Albert S. Gos
Braddock Heights
Robert Fitz
Emmitsburg
Worthy Master Mills
Carroll County
Medford
Blair Titus
Adamstown
New Market
Carroll Manor Grange
Howard Quinn
Frederick County
White Cliffs of
Dover
Grange Hall
Kelly Court-Martialed For Overstaying Time
Fort Benning Ga Aug 15 Tech Sgt Charles E Kelly who earned the Medal of Honor in Italy 1943 was court-martialed for returning late from a furlough. He faces a $90 fine and three months restrictions but can still go to the movies on the base. He blamed well wishers for his tardiness and requested permission to attend the movies after the sentence.
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Fort Benning
Charles E
Kelly
Pittsburgh
Italy
Nazis Admit Landings Have Been Effected
London reports a German communique acknowledging Allied landings on a 70 mile stretch of the south French coast between Toulon and Cannes. It notes coastal defense fighting and downed Allied planes as American, French, and British forces press the invasion amid a high profile Mediterranean theater. The notice places German armies along the coast and Pyrenees, with unit strengths and recent relocations. Meanwhile, social notes mention Mr and Mrs Robert Sherald visiting Braddock Heights and renewing local acquaintances.
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London
Toulon
Cannes
France
Hitler
North Africa
Riviera
Mediterranean
First Army
Pyrenees
Brittany
Bay of Biscay
Normandy
Johannes von Blaskowitz
Twelve Selectees Off To Enter Armed Forces
Twelve selectees from Draft Board One left Frederick this morning for the induction station in Baltimore where they were to be assigned to service branches. Among them was a volunteer and a father. The group included Joseph Emory Mercer Robert Lee Easterday John Henry Schwartz Ruby Lawrence Marsh Thomas Eugene Miller Jack Denman Wood Lawrence Thomas Hiltner Harry Robert Baer Robert Lincell Slagle Paul Edward Main Charles William Williams Glenn Earl Routzahn.
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Frederick
Baltimore
Joseph Emory Mercer
Robert Lee Easterday
John Henry Schwartz
Ruby Lawrence Marsh
Thomas Eugene Miller
Jack Denman Wood
Lawrence Thomas Hiltner
Harry Robert Baer
Robert’ Lincell Slagle
Paul
Edward Main
Charles William Williams
Glenn Earl Routzahn
Dewey to Tour Michigan on Campaign Visit
Governor Harry F. Kelly announced that Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey will visit Michigan on a campaign tour. Dewey will decide the trip details within ten days, Kelly said.
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Dewey
Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Harry F. Kelly
Thomas E. Dewey
Kelly
New Bomb Controlled By Plane Tokyo Says
Tokyo radio said a new American weapon is a 14 pound anti personnel bomb whose explosion is controlled from a plane by a steel cable wound around the missile. Mrs Kenneth J Dixon and brother Donald returned to their Brunswick home after 10 days with their brother Cpl Leroy T Dixon of Gowen Field, Idaho. While there they met crew members of Cpl Dixon. Mrs Jess Dixon and daughter in law Mrs James Dixon. Bubbles and Jimmie of Brunswick will visit Mrs James Dixon's aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Berlin Reedy and family in Harrisonburg Virginia.
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Tokyo
London
Tokyo Radio
Kenneth J. Dixon
Donald
Brunswick
Cpl
Leroy T. Dixon
Gowen Au Field Basie
Idaho
Cpl. Dixon
Jess Dixon
James Dixon
Bubbles and
Jimmie
Harrisonburg
Berlin Reedy
Local Personal Notices Highlight Military Moves and Visits
Mr and Mrs Paul Ferrone welcomed a son at Frederick City Hospital. Mrs Robert H Wiegand and Miss Elaine Slifer returned home after visiting Pfc Robert H Wiegand and Pvt George C Williams stationed near Camp Campbell, Tennessee. Pvt Clarence T Gregg has arrived overseas and is stationed in England. Several families hosted and visited relatives from Braddock Heights to Washington DC and Philadelphia, while Pvt Samuel Fowler left for Arkansas after basic training at Fort Knox. Emmett Angleberger, recently on leave, is now stationed in Norfolk Virginia.
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Paul Ferrone
Frederick
Route 3
Frederick City Hospital
Robert H. Wiegand
Elaine Slifer
Braddock Heights
Clarksville
Tenn
Pfc
George C. Wiliams
Camp Campbell
George Gregg
Woodbine
Clarence T. Gregg
England
Falton Renshaw
David
Salisbury
Norman McCarthy
Billy
Washington, DC
David D. Kolb
McCarthy
Washington
Samuel Fowler
Fort Knox
Mrl Fowler
John Mayo Rector
Rolling Wood
Chevy Chase
John D Cabb
D. C
Philadelphia
Merkle Ranneberger
Germantown
Pat Fowler
Arkansas
Kolb
Rector
David W. Kolb
David, Jr
Allen, Md
John D. Cobb, Jr
Robert Fowler, Jr
John D Cobb, Jr
Stanley Denmead Kolb, Jr
Ocean City
B. Myers
Norfolk
East Third Street
Shipley
Margretts Mossberg
Buckeystown
Atlantic City
N. J
Lewis M Esworthy
Lewis M. Esworthy
South Pacific
Emmett F Angleberger
East Patrick Street
Unit
N.T.S.N
Norfolk— 11
German-born Pvt Hedwig Miller Enlists in WAC
Fort Oglethorpe Ga August 14 After receiving citizenship papers on May of this year Pvt Hedwig Miller a native of Germany decided to enlist in the Women's Army Corps to perform my duty for my adopted country Born in Ohligs Germany near Cologne Pvt Miller came to this country in December 1929 and made her home in Frederick Md Choosing private nursing as her profession she attended a nurses training school in Boston Mass
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WAC
Fort Oglethorpe
Pvt
Hedwig Miller
Germany
Women's Army Corps
Ohligs
Cologne
Pvt Miller
Frederick
Nurses
Boston
Mass
Summers Host Birthday Social for Mehrle Summers
A birthday social honoring Mehrle A Summers marked his 5th birthday at the home of Mr and Mrs George W Summers near Burkittsville on Friday July 28. Guests included Mr and Mrs G W Summers and Mr and Mrs John, with gifts received and refreshments served.
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George W. Summers
Burkittsville
Mehrle
G. W. Summers
John
Demonstration on canning peaches and apples set
Miss Jesse Hammerly county home demonstration agent will give a canning demonstration on peaches and apples Wednesday at 7 90 oclock. The series of canning helps is open to all women of the city and county interested in up to date food preservation methods. The event will be held in the home service kitchen of the Potomac Edison Company on West Patrick Street.
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Jesse Hammerly
Potomac Edison Company
West Patrick Street
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Toronto
Robert Sherald
Annapolis
Sherald
W. Summers
Robert L. Olden
Luther Remsberg
Marvil Beachley
Virginia Kitwiler
Daisy Summers
Bettle
Charlotte Minnick
Patsy Free
Caroleen
Lorraine
Janie Olden
Marie E. Summers
Mebrle
Roscoe Summers
Gary Free
Stephen Kirwiler
Phome Frederick
Frederick, Maryland
Lincoln Loan Service
W. Patrick St
Firestone
Richard Crooks
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
Howard Barlow
N.B.C
Firestone Home and Auto Supplies
Patrick Stree
Barnesville, MD
Barr, H. B
Braddock Heights, MD
Brunswick, MD
Cage Brothers
Buckeytstown, MD. Harris, C. W
Clarksburg, MD
Rippeons Garage
Damascus, MD
Woodfield Motor Co
Darnestown, MD
Titus, David
Emmitsburg, MD
Sperry’s
Middletown, MD
Reeds Garage
MT. Airy
Butlers
New Midway
Renner Motor Co
Ridgeville
Urbana
Knott & Geishert
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