Milan Bombed Again By RAF Fliers In Night Raid
Milan suffered heavy damage with over 100 two ton bombs reported by the Air Ministry. Fires raged in the city while three oil fires burned at a factory. Reconnaissance noted multiple blazes as Milan faced new industrial targeted strikes during a bright moonlit night.
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London
Milan
Air Ministry
Berlin
France
Low Countries
Portsmouth
Channel
St. Omer
Holland
Fort- Testes
Europe
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Germany
Aircraft Carrier Shangri La Named for Roosevelt Era Doolittle Raiders
The Navy assigns the name USS Shangri La to a new aircraft carrier under construction at Portsmouth Virginia. The designation stems from President Roosevelt calling Washington the base from which Doolittle raiders launched their bombing mission.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Shangri-La
U. S. Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Roosevelt
Doolittle
New York Stocks Show Mixed Demand Amid Dividend Talk
In New York the market saw rubbers and farm implements attract buying as industrials lagged from neglect. Dividend talk for carriers revived interest while some viewed the group as oversold in a late July relapse, boosting demand.
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New York
Germans Claim U S Cruiser Sunk By Sub
Berlin radio said a German submarine sunk a United States Brooklyn class cruiser off Sicily's north coast. Allied reports confirm U S losses in Sicilian waters since the invasion, including the 1,700-ton destroyer Maddox.
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London
Berlin
Sicily
Onen
Sicilian
Open City declaration seen as trick in Rome
British papers scrutinize Badoglio open city move, arguing it is a ruse to shield Rome from bombardment and could jeopardize southern Italian defense. London Daily Express and Mail doubt the declaration alters war aims, while Hitler’s influence seen guiding Badoglio toward shifting the Italian capital.
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London
Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Great Britain
Lord Beaverbrook
London Daily Express
Italy
Winston Churchill
Canada
London Daily Mail
Nafanen Teanaccihia
Badoglio
Sicily
London Express
Hitler
Express
New Draft Rules Tie Induction to Occupation Status
Washington August 16 new regulations set occupation rather than family status as the main criterion for draft eligibility for men aged 18 to 38. Draft boards will still consider hardships but after October 1 the key question is whether a man can best serve the nation in the armed forces or in war production. War Manpower Commission chair Paul V McNutt stated three objectives to retain essential war jobs, transfer workers to war work, and provide military personnel without reducing war production.
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Washington
Army
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Paul V. McXutt
Inexpensive Alarm Plans Sparked Mixed Reactions
Los Angeles on August 16 reports Harold Harby described a cheap alarm device to silence roosters, with a tagger kept from harm. The inventor said misuse could trigger a booster to produce a fire siren screech, and he admitted plans may be lost or stolen, though the outcome remains uncertain.
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Los Angeles
Harold Harby
Tee ' Smeaut
Russians Find Mass Grave Of 5000 Nazi Victims In Orel
Allied correspondents witnessed the opening of a grave behind the Orel jail where Soviet authorities said about 5000 Russians, mostly Red Army soldiers, starved or shot by German guards. A state commission studied the bodies as part of investigations into German atrocities.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Orel
Soviet Russia
Ai Erave
Red Army
Soviet Union
Germany
Russia
Named Clerk To Magistrates In Frederick City
The Frederick County Commissioners announced the appointment of George 2. Best as clerk to the trial magistrates of Frederick City, succeeding Alvin M. Boost. Best, a long-time Pennsylvania Railroad employee, will earn 1200 dollars annually and has ties to the Democratic party, having been a nominee for judge of the Orphans Court in the prior November election.
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George 2. Best
Frederick City
Alvin M. Boost
Alion ¥. Bennett
Edward J. Smith
Best
Pennsylvania Railroad
Francis Scott Reytal
FT and Areteta Dd Ane Rae
Orphans Court
Locomotive Kills Two Carroll County Men
Westminster dispatch reports a Western Maryland locomotive fatally struck two men near Carrollton. Victims Joseph Oliver Stonesifer 51 and Wilmer E. Garver 38, both of Westminster, were said to have been sitting on the tracks when hit. Sheriff Charles Conaway called it an unavoidable accident as the train traveled toward Westminster.
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Westminster
Maryland
Carrollton
Charles, Conaway
Joseph Oliver Stonesifer
Wilmer E. Garver
Two Accused Of Driving Drunk In Separate Incidents
Liberty resident Adam Smith faces assault and battery charges with additional counts of operating a vehicle under the influence and reckless driving after an Oak Orchard Farm Saturday melee with James H. Trayer. Earl B. Dillhay, later identified, is jailed on an automobile under the influence charge after a near collision and a prolonged unconscious spell.
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Liberty
Adam Smith
Smith
James H. Trayer
Westminster
Oak Orchard Farm
Odf
Silky Ulluele
Trayer
Paul B. Rhoads
Corp
Ellwood O'Hara
Earl B. Dillihay
Boyds
Dillhay
Market
Gifts Pour Into Washington From Many Nations To Aid War Effort
The Office of War Information reports a flood of gifts to President Roosevelt and the Treasury from U S and international donors. Items range from autos to diamonds and dog teams, with cash gifts near 4.5 million dollars and diverse contributions sent from Britain Canada Central and South America and the British Isles. A Coronation Scot train arrives from Britain and thousands of race pigeons are delivered for war use.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Owe
Canada
British Isles
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
Brunswick
Treasury
Army
Navy
Jap Installations on Chatham Island Blasted in Andaman Group
Doethi Aug 16 heavy bombers of the U S Tenth air force attacked Japanese installations on Chatham Island in the Andaman group Bay of Bengal about 250 miles off the Burmese coast. Direct hits set houses and other buildings ablaze with large fires. smoke was visible 50 miles away. All aircraft returned safely.
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New Doethi
U.S
Tenth Air Force
Chatham Island
Andaman
Bay of Bengal
Craven Atanin
Congress Considers Postwar Disposal Of Military Gear
A joint Senate and House committee would study how to dispose of postwar Army equipment worth up to 50 billion dollars. Senator Hatch says jeeps for farmers could be sold directly to the public, not through brokers, as Congress weighs the plan.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
House
Senate
Sensiar Hatch
D-N.m
Truman War Investigating Committee
Hatch
Farener
Guest Book Placed In Lutheran Church
The Women of the Church group met to plan fall and winter activities at the parsonage. A guest book will be placed in the church narthex for visitors to register, with home pastors notified if desired. Christmas gifts for 150 service members and volunteers will be sent again. Committees were formed with Mrs. Monroe Staley elected president and other officers named.
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Women of the Church
Evangelical Lutheran Congregation
United States
Monroe Staley
Alvey Renn
Howard Flood
Amos Jonn Traver
France Elected President of Elks District
Hagerstown August 16 John E France a Hagerstown manufacturer was elected president of the Maryland Delaware District of Columbia Association of Elks at the association's 23d annual convention. Other officers named include Roy Willis Easton vice president Rod Whitiston Crisfield second vice president Joan W Miller Frederick third vice president R H Ricketts Towson treasurer Allen J Ball Washington W Edgar Porter Salisbury Joseph Kelly Havre de Grace and William Wiltenberg Baltimore on the board of trustees
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Hagerstown
John E France
Roy Willis
Easton
Rod Whittinston
Crisicid
Joan W. Miller
Frederick
Thad
Regenn
Rotary
R. H. Ricketts
Towson
Allen J. Ball
Washington
W. Edgar Porter
Salisbury
Joseph Kelly
Havre de Grace
William Wiltenberg
Baltimore
Peace Demonstrations Roar Amid Milan Ruins After Raid
Report from Mae Swiss-Julian Frontier says Milan workers marched through burning industrial zones calling for peace. Travelers describe collapsed towers, destroyed palaces, and wrecked yards as RAF raids persist. refugees flood toward borders as communications between Italy and Switzerland fail.
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Chigsso
Milan
Baston
Tlyoee
Mike
Sorresca
Scala Farina
Nahlan
Free City
Die’ Tat of
Zurich
Loose Shoe Stamps Allowed Only for Mail Order Purchases
Washington August 18 The Office of Price Administration clarifies that loose shoe stamps detached from ration books may be used solely for bona fide mail order purchases. The amended rule forbids customers from detaching stamps at stores and mailing them for delivery. If a stamp is accidentally detached, the stamp must be certified by the local ration board before use.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ohio Wood County Selective Service Chair Quits
Bowling Green Ohio Wood County Selective Service Board No 1 chairman Ton C Wooden a First World War veteran resigned today rather than support a draft policy for pre Pearl Harbor fathers In a letter to Col C W Goble state director he said he cannot be party to a system permitting those inequities and unjust practices
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Bowling Green
Ton C. Wooden
Wood County
Selective Service Board No. 1
Pearl Harbor
Col. C. W. Goble
Selective Service
Wooden
Jong
Rome Open City Plan Sparks War Work Debate
London reports Premier Badoglio declared Rome an open city while Mussolini’s Popola D’Italia argued in July that Rome should strip four-fifths of its industries to prevent air strikes. The paper claimed 74 percent of the TACOM population was contributing to the war effort.
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London
Badoglia
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Popola D'Italia
Allies Close on Messina as Axis Retreat Intensifies
Allied forces push to Milazzo and Garfalcóna near Messina with German retreat accelerating. Taormina and Castiglione are seized while Patton’s detachments threaten Axis evacuation. Allied air and sea bombardment disrupts the Strait of Messina as about 130,000 prisoners and heavy artillery fall into Allied hands.
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North Africa
United States
Milazzo
Messina
Welleyond Garcellona
Hircellona
Taormina
Castiglione
Raggi
Sicily
Berlin
NBC
Salian Main
George §. Patton, Jr
Barcelona
Milazzo Mel de Emiree
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mes Sina
Oficial
Seventh Army
Sece Tor
Randazzo
Sione
Peloritani
Rome
Associated Press
Messina Strait
Strait of Messina
Lap
ODT Chief Accuses Eastman of Abrogating Featherbed Rules
Toledo chief says Joseph B Eastman admitted he could not operate the Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad satisfactorily under the featherbed rules imposed when the ODT took over in March The report notes changes allowing crews to operate across the line without on site changes and accuses Eastman of misusing Interstate Commerce statistics to claim higher efficiency McNear criticizes the management as not standing up to fair inquiry
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Chicago
George P. McNear
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Iva
Eastman
War Labor Board
McNear
Peoria
Hines
Met
Leesburg Farmer Drowned In Potomac River
Norman Asthey, year old farmer, drowned Sunday while swimming at As they Landing in the Potomac near Leesburg Virginia. He was the son of Andrew F Asthey who owns a nearby farm and worked with his brother Frank. He is survived by his parents, his brother, and four sisters Dorothy Alberta Louise Martha.
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Leesburg
Norman Asthey
Potomac River
Here
Asthey Landing
Kenneth Henderson
Arlington
Andrew F. Asthey
Frank Asthes
Dorothy
Alberta Asthey
Louise Pearson
Martha Jacobs
Drunken Driving Case Led to Forfeiture in Emmitsburg
Thomas V. Miller of R. D. 5 West byte Be A 9925 and his wife faced drunken and disorderly conduct charges after a minor collision in Emmitsburg Saturday night. Neither appeared for a hearing before Magistrate Francis Campbell this morning, resulting in forfeiture of $7.10.
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Thomas
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