Wounded Sgt Daniel Lind Recovers After Second Injury
Sgt Daniel Lind, 22, son of Mr and Mrs Walter Lind of Ladiesburg, awarded Purple Heart and Silver Star after wounds in Africa and Sicily campaigns. Discharged from Army hospital after second injury, neck wound from shrapnel on July 11. Lind says he is resting near water and has not rejoined his unit. promoted from corporal to sergeant earlier.
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Nazis Push New Attacks at Kharkov as Front Sees Tug of War
Berlin reports German command mounted counter attacks with armored units and air support at two Kharkov fronts while Soviet lines held firm. Russians launched drives in Bryansk and Spas Demensk sectors, as battles raged near Izyum, Svaraya Russa, and Leningrad area. The fourth Kharkov battle continued with shifting momentum and renewed fighting along the Donets Basin and northern front.
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No Bus Line Schedule Changes Expected Here
Frederick readers learn there should be no major bus schedule changes as restrictions ease. Blue Ridge Transportation Company intendent Samuel Gordon says operations will stay near capacity with only a few extra buses used to supplement existing runs to and from Frederick due to gasoline shortages.
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New Policy To Compel Compliance With WLB
President Roosevelt announced a broad new policy under the Connally Smith anti strike act to compel compliance with War Labor Board rulings. The plan allows penalties including withholding contracts and priorities, with dues escrow and potential plant takeovers to enforce obedience. Officials said punitive measures aim to deter persistent non compliance by unions and employers alike.
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Messina World War I Doughboy Reflects On Calm After Bombed City
U S Army Pvt. Cathey of Ola Arkansas recalls entering Messina Sicily after heavy bombardment. The town lay nearly deserted with smashed docks and rail yards as Allied forces moved in after the 38th day of invasion. He notes the calm and hunger while civilians cheered from the ruined streets. Gunter Yates and McNeely led patrols into Messina from different approaches as wrecked port, rail, and ferry facilities showed the destruction of the city once a prosperous hub two scouting parties reached the town nearly together in the relief effort.
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Ralph J. Yates
Austin
Tex
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Orth
Gily
Messina-to-Italy
Palermo
Debacle in Sicily shocks Berlin as evaculation reported
Stockholm reports Aug 1841 that Nazi troops withdrew from Sicily, shocking many Germans who expected continued resistance. Berlin dispatches claim 35,000 soldiers and 4,500 wounded evacuated, while 17,000 tons of ammunition and several vehicles and tanks were salvaged. Italian and German clashes noted, with cryptic political moves suspected.
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Sicily
Berlin
Sigelholm
Dagens Nyheter
Strait of Messina
Tohey
Ieil
Rome
Eyos
Executions in Croatia over bridge bombing reprisal
London reports that sixty Yugoslav peasants were executed by German forces at Kraljevic in reprisal for the destruction of a bridge. Twelve more were sent for “illegal” actions, according to the Yugoslav government in exile.
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Kralicve
Pickpocket Strikes New York Trousers in Dry Cleaning Case
Mrs Azaia Miller, a dry cleaning worker, lifted a wallet from Gordon's trousers sent for cleaning. A bankroll totaling $1,290 was taken and later returned to Gordon after the incident. The event highlights an instance of theft within a New York cleaning firm.
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Azaia Miller
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View Assaults As Prelude To French Invasion
Stockholm reports German observers view heavy American four engined bomber raids on French air fields as a prelude to invasion. Berlin dispatches say RAF raids continue while Nazis watch air field blows and intensified American daylight bombings. Hungary prepares to declare Budapest an open city as Liberators strike Vienna Neustadt.
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Budapest
Wiener Neustadt
Load Of Wheat Stolen From Farm Near Hagerstown
Aug 18 sheriff s officers chased a red truck carrying a load of wheat from a Washington County farm. A farmer contracted with a lumber and elevator company to sell his wheat and let the driver load the grain. Soon another vehicle appeared to take the wheat as the company s truck returned for more.
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Washington County
Water Leak Found in Cumberland Supply
Cumberland officials report a 1N6.M0 calion one day leak in a city water main. The Water Department will repair it as soon as possible after a survey ofCitic water lines uncovered the leak. Officials cannot determine how long the flow has been escaping.
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Wewak Raid Strips Japs of Air Power in New Guinea
Allied forces smashed Japanese air strength at Wewak New Guinea in a dawn raid, catching 225 planes on the ground. About 120 were destroyed and 50 damaged with roughly 1,500 killed as 10,000 bombs from Liberators Fortresses Mitchells and Boston planes hit four airfields. MacArthur hailed the victory as a decisive opening air battle over central New Guinea.
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Ennis C. Whitehead
Salamaua
Borurm
Clift And Niggeling Traded To Washington Browns Trade Harland Clift
In a rebucding campaign move the St. Louis Browns send third baseman Harland Clift and pitcher Dhukanp Niggeling to Washington and receive third baseman EN Clary and pitcher John Miller in return.
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Druhkanp Niggeling
Washington Senate Today
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Mussolini Reported Moved From Fort Breschia to Bonza Island
A Swiss telegraph agency dispatch from Chiasso on the Italian front says Benito Mussolini has been moved from Fort Breschia near Rome to Bonza Island, a former Fascist prison site. The report notes the move was confirmed today by the agency.
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Berlin Begins To Talk About A Just Peace
New York reports a Berlin radio broadcast says recent events in Germany may lead to a just peace acceptable to the German people without unconditional surrender. The commentator, identified as Bill, says able and fair minded statesmen could draft a reasonable, just and honest peace.
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Onix
Over 1000 Motorists Submit Spot Payment Drive
Baltimore August 18 Over 1000 motorists paid five dollars each in a spot payment drive for failure to display federal automobile use tax stamps. A Parks Rasin, acting collector of Internal Revenue, said the drive has been underway for more than a week and described it as very successful.
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Internal Revenue
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Eisenhower Sets 25000 Allied Casualties In Sicily Campaign
Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower announced total Allied casualties in the Sicilian campaign up to Aug 10 at about 25 000 with Axis losses around 167 000 killed wounded or prisoners. He pegged Axis manpower on the high as 70 000 to 75 000 with at least 30 000 lost, not counting drownings in evacuation.
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North Africa
Dwight J. Eisenhower
Sicilia
Strait of Messina
Igh
Eisenhower
Workers Gain Break Under Revised War Manpower Rules
Washington reports that War Manpower Commission loosens rules allowing essential industry workers to seek higher pay jobs if conditions or wages fall below standards, with permits required from former employers or USES. New list of 149 critical occupations restricts hiring without USES approval. The piece also notes intensified Allied attacks around Battipaglia Castrovillare and Angitola near Naples.
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War Manpower Commission
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U. S. Employment Service
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War Labor Board
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