Karachev Falls as Russ Army Nears Bryansk
Russian forces smash the Karachev stronghold east of Bryansk in a three day battle, seize prisoners and war materiel, and push toward Orel and the Donets region as part of a broader Bryansk offensive. Soviet divisions gain ground along the central and southern fronts with renewed air strikes on Poltava and Krasnograd.
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London
Karachev
Bryansk
Marshal Stalin
Kharkov
Bryanski
Moscow
Monntor
Maleria
Bayatlisa
Red Army
Bryanskas Orel
Spas Demenik
Ane
Spas Demensk
Smolensk
Roslavl
Guards
Stalin
Orel
Belgorod
Pesochnya
Zikyceva
Breanch Aad Khostovichi
Smokhania
Smolensk-Bryansk
Roslavi
Spas Demenix
Pesochnys
Flyer's Guadalcanal Bombing Memoir Narrative
Veteran Star Sgt. Frederic Ray Jr recalls eight months on Guadalcanal and frequent air combat. He describes nuisance raids and a self made secret weapon of empty beer bottles used to disrupt enemy operations during night field repairs.
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M Beck
Guadalcanal
Frederic Ray, Jr
Woman Refuses to Prosecute After Knife Incident
Police report a weekend of arrests ending with Fannie Posey refusing to sign a complaint against Alfred Roberts who slashed her dress and back, after hospital treatment. Roberts faces potential assault with a deadly weapon. both were held on disturbing the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin FL Prebus, Jr
Fannie Posey
Middle Alley
Alfred Roberts
Phobus
Posey
Roberts
Bem Crouse
Alonzo Miller
Urow Pitty Teat Park
Walter Hallman
Centerville
John Henry Watts
Pfc Brown Stubbed at Camp Tyson Tennessee
Pfc Brown known to friends as TEbbIGS 1a was stubbed at Camp Tyson Tennessee. He is the son of Air and Mrs Henry Brown Sr of 186 West All Saints Street.
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Pfc. Brown
Tebbigs
Camp Tyson
Tenn
Air
Mrs
Henry Brown
I West
All Saints Street
War Department denies Camp Ritchie fat burn charges
The War Department rejected claims that Camp Ritchie burned 300 to 500 pounds of fat daily. Officials said fats bones and grease are salvaged for explosives and soap production with enough waste fats to yield 1.5 million pounds of dynamite monthly.
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War Department
Camp Ritchie
Army
United States
Forfeit Collateral in Unclear Local Case Involving Unlicensed Driver
In Waynesboro Pennsylvania and nearby Lind Ladies burg a hearing before Magistrate J Stoner at Thurson Joseph is set regarding forfeiture of $1145. Charges accuse an unlicensed operator driving a car. State Trooper Walter Wilt filed the charges against Joseph Mathews and Anthony with forfeited amounts and mileage references.
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Charles
Waynesboro
Mag.strate
J. Stoner
Thurson Joseph
Lind Ladiesburg
Cnarge
Perting Am
Joseph Mathews
Anthony
Walter Wilt
Bankhead Proposes Farm Mortgage Plan Expansion
Senator John W Bankhead of Alabama proposes a bill to insure government backed mortgages enabling qualified veterans and farmers to purchase farms, modeled after urban housing loans and separate from the Farm Security program. He aims to back farm loans similarly to urban mortgage guarantees to entice veterans back to farming.
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Federal Housing Authority
Bankhead
Roosevelt
Alabama
Henry Steagall
Ala
Farm Security Administration
Bankhead-Jones
Georgia Pyl Bisher Sesh Mi and Wire Marry We Fiher
A fragmented read mentions locations in Georgia and street addresses with names suggesting a marriage notice or personal record. The readable text is unclear, but indicates a pairing or wedding related event tied to Burt Benning, Georgia.
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Bisher
Wire
Orth Street
Burt Benning
Six U S Warships Sunk in Two Months Across The Atlantic Pacific
The U S Navy reports six ships lost in the last two months including the Maddox Pickerel Plymouth PC496 Sentinel Redwing and others. Details show heavy Axis activity in the Pacific and Sicily and an overall total of 110 ships since the war began.
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Washingihce
U. S
Picaxerel
Maddox
Plymouth
Sentinel
Reding
Pickerel
Ocean
Awlhitwin
Augustus
Alston, Jr
Pacific
Sicily
Cam
Eugene Sylvester Sarsheld
Redwing
Mediterranean
Atlantic
North Carolina
Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, Jr
Groton
Conn
Alston
Charleston, & C
Augusta
Navy
Alva
Kiel Gaarden
Germany
William K. Vanderbilt
Withoner
Montclair, NS
James S. Dowell
Arlington
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
George L. Phillips
Oakwood
Staten Island
Baltimore
Martin C. Sibitzky
Pedricktown
N. J
Sibitzky
US Forces Entrenched in Aleutians Amid War Efforts
Aberdeen Proving Ground Md Aug 15 US forces are established strongly in Alaska at Attu Adak and the Aleutians and are there for keeps Major General Charles T Uineais Ie towge dees Mn Shen deen Proving Ground said today Lt Col LK Pepple reported progress despite severe weather Ammunition storage was difficult due to lack of trees and harsh climate The Aleutians raid extended toward Paramushiru with B 24 Liberator aircraft and future attacks were planned toward Kupile and Japan proper
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Aberdeen Proving Ground
Alaska
Ohn Amehitka
Attu
Adak
Aleutians
Charles T Uineais Ie Towge Dees
Shendeen Proving Ground
Harris
LK. Pepple
Headquarters
Army Air Forces
Aithiy
Paramushisu
Peppie
Kupile Group
Paramushizu
Japan
Wedding Off In New York Prompted By Short Courtship
Aug 4 New York reports Tommy Manville obtained a license to wed Sunny Ainsworth but says the wedding is off for now. Manville cites insufficient acquaintance as the reason though Ainsworth could not comment immediately.
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New York
Tommy Manville
Sunny Ainswort
Texas
Miss Ainsworth
Tommy
Weather and farming woes as Frederick County endures drought
The article notes a Saturday high around 100 degrees dropping to 34 overnight with no rain in sight. It describes parched pastures and failing crops across Frederick County, stating field corn and springs suffer while streams run low. Comparisons show wetter springs in the past and record rainfall figures for August.
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Mercury
Gow Ouadunal
Wen
Frederick County
Large estate involved in inquest over Fielding Rambo
Westminster Aug 15 a special jury sat in the inquisition case of Fielding Rambo a patient at Springfield State Hospital Lykesville. The estate is around 320000 with two patients at mental institutions. Helen Bonhase Rambo as next friend filed July 22. Certificates from Dr Robert B May and Dr Virginia Beyer followed examination at Springfold State Hospital where Rambo has been a patient since 1917. He is 47. A sister is at Spring Grove hospital. The jury urged a committee to protect his interests and the court appointed Helen Bondage Rambo as single committee.
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Westminster
Charles Conaway
Fielding Rambo
Springfield State Hospital
Lykesville
Helen Bonhase Rambo
Robert B. May
Virginia Beyer
Springfold
Tiospila
Spring Grove Hospital
Helen Bondage Rambo
Nazi Air Force Is Knocked Out In Sicily
At tactical air force headquarters in Sicily on August 15, Pfcair Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham announced that the German Air Force has been knocked out of the skies for the time being and that maximum air support will now aid Allied ground forces in Northwest Africa. He warned that weather conditions may change as the push northward continues and noted British air superiority should persist to the war’s end.
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Tactical Air Force
Sicily
Arthur Coningham
Northwest Africa
Mediterranean
Coningham
Europe
Marriage Licenses Issued at Westminster
Marriage licenses issued at Westminster include Charles Q. Milberry of Union Bridge and Amelia I. Roberts of Union Bridge.
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Westminster
Charles QO. Milberry
Amelia I. Roberts
Union Bridge
Open City Rome Warns Against False Security
Rome officials urge residents not to expect lasting relief from air attacks despite declaring Rome an open city. The Badoglio regime cites bilateral confirmation from belligerents as needed to halt bombing, while Madrid reports suggest war illusions end. Nazi propaganda seeks inflation in the United States urging cash purchases.
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London
Rome
Badoglio
Italan
Ministry of Information
Pietro Badoglio
Madrid
Italy
Hol Lind Sas
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