French Army Encircles Toulon as Allies Press Toward Rhone
Aug 21 dispatches note hard driving French troops nearly encircled Toulon within three miles of the naval base. American infantry moved toward the Rhone from Marseille area, fanning out through the Durance valley while French patriots and former navy members surrounded Nazi forces in Pertuis and Aix. Prisoner tally passed 14 000 with Maj Gen Hans Schubert and staff among the latest captures as Allied bridgehead operations expand in southern France.
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Rome
Toulon
Marseille
Durance
Rhone
Pertuis
Aix-en-Provence
Alexander M. Patch
Aix
Joseph Dynan
Associated Press
Faron
Hyeres
Dynan
Eisenhower
France
Cannes
Seventh
Hans Schubert
Schubert
Toulouse
Patch
25000 Nazis Captured on British Front in France
U S First Army HQ reports about 25000 German prisoners taken in the Normandy bulge battle around the Falaise Argentan gap by 6 45 p m. tonight. Combat elements of at least 14 German divisions totalling no fewer than 10000 men are encircled by Americans British and Canadians at Falaise. The tally may rival the Cotentin bag of 36000. Patton's Third Army has crossed the Seine near Nantes and Gassicourt and repelled several German counter thrusts.
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France
Normandy
Falaise-Argentan
U.S. First Army
Falaise
Cotentin
George 5. Patton
Third Army
Seine
Nantes
Gassicourt
Infantile paralysis cases rise to 87 in District
In Washington the tally of infantile paralysis patients treated since July 1 reached 87 after six new cases were added and one possible case surfaced at Childrens Hospital yesterday.
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Washington
Childrens Hospital
Lenhart Flying Rocket Firing Thunderbolt in War Effort
Letter from First Lieut Warren Talmadge Lenhart confirms he is flying a new rocket firing American Thunderbolt. He describes the weapon’s armor piercing capability and compares its sensational performance to RAF Typhoon rockets. He recounts life on the front, rationing, cooking, mail disruption, and urges bond buying to support the war.
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Associated Press
Patch
Warren Talmadge Lenhart
Clemon H. Lenhart
Carroll Parkway
RAF
Preinduction Calls Sent 35 By Board One
Frederick county men received their instructions to report for pre induction physicals in Baltimore later this month. The August call lists 35 men, all white, including five fathers and three volunteers. Many are 20 or under, with volunteers from Frederick, Brunswick, Middletown, Jefferson, Baltimore, and Arlington.
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Frederick County
Baltimore
Draft Board One
Nevin Roger Hoffman
Magnolia Avenue
Eugene Francis Bishop
Jefferson Street
Connie Mack Canton
South Market Street
Addison Lyle Hoffman
Center Street
Raymond Luther Smith
Frederick
Leonard Franklin Leach
Paul Ellsworth Fogle
West Fourth Street
Paul Thomas White
East South Street
Paul Leonard Harrison
Jefferson
Robert Clarke Thomas
East Third Street
Clarence Walter Win- Pigler
East Street
Edward Amos Gladstone
Fifth Avenue
Brunswick
Jack William Castle
Wesley Kerr Gilmer
West Fifth Street
Robert Mervin Ellis
Winchester Street
Pierce Charles Stine
East
Jap Cruiser Sunk By U S Liberator Bomber
Chungking August 21 A Liberator bomber of the U S 14th Air Force sank a 14200 ton Japanese cruiser off the Chinese coast east of Hongkong Gen Joseph W Stilwell headquarters said in a release The bomber carried out four runs scoring three direct hits and one probable on the fourth run the crew saw the enemy warship sink
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Chungking
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Hongkong
Joseph W. Stilwell
Blind Man Aided By Court House Employes
Cumberland August 21 court house employees contributed over 35 to help pay for an operation on the left eye of Rol and Leach operator of the court house newsstand. Leach was back at his new stand today after the eye socket growths were removed. Still Idle Huntington West Virginia August 21 a work stoppage at International Nickel Co plant here enters its fourth day following a company move to the War Labor Board for immediate action to end the stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Court House
Roland Leach
Leach
Huntington
Wo Va
International Nickel Co
National War Labor Board
Bombers Drop Arms to French Maquis in France
Aug 21 U S heavy bombers delivered thousands of tons of arms ammunition and supplies to the French Maquis deep in France. The Eighth Air Force said daylight parachute drops occurred on several occasions with Bastille Day noted as one mission. The RAF also conducted hundreds of similar missions.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eighth Air Force
U. S
8Th Air Force
Maquis
France
RAF
Stall Far From Berlin
The Associated Press reports distances on the Russian front from eastern Warsaw and from northern France near Metun, with additional measurements from Florence and Casteliane. The figures place the front 322 miles from Warsaw suburbs, 435 miles from Metun, 603 miles from Florence, and 670 miles from Casteliane.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
France
Metun
Florence
Casteliane
Allied cruisers shell Bayonne coast as Germans retreat
Three light Allied cruisers shelled the Bayonne area before dawn as German fortifications along the southern French Atlantic coast were reportedly ruined. Spanish residents watched from across the border while American troops reportedly advanced toward the Spanish frontier, welcomed by villagers.
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Trun
Spain
Bayonne
France
Bordeaux
Hitler
Atlantic
Angouleme
Nantes
Loire River
Patton's Dash Costs Enemy 109,575 Men Across France
General Patton's Third Army in France has inflicted 109,575 German casualties since August 1, with 49,650 captured, 11,025 killed, and 48,900 wounded. The drive across Brittany and northern France nears Paris, leaving about 11 Nazi divisions depleted. Street fighting intensifies as French resistance clashes with Germans in Paris amid unclear column movements.
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France
Patton
LU. S. Third Army
Brittany
Paris
Fairchild Builds Huge New Cargo Planes in Hagerstown
In Hagerstown Maryland on August 21 Fairchild aircraft division began production of a large batch of new Army Air Forces cargo planes in a purpose built plant. Company officials said there is an immediate need for several hundred unskilled workers. Former furloughed workers are recalled and will train at standard trainee rates for sheet metal detail work.
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Hagerstown
Army Air Forces
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Fairchild
Paul Fitez
Fitez
Polish forces advance toward Pesaro on Adriatic front
Polish troops push seven miles and reach within twelve miles of the Italian port of Pesaro. German Gothic line eastern outposts are reported imminent, signaling a critical advance in the Adriatic sector.
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Toles
Rome
Adriatic
Pesaro
Three Nazi Divisions At Sandomierz Are Smashed
Moscow reports Soviet forces shattered three Nazi divisions in the Sandomierz salient near Warsaw, as encircled troops were killed after placing heavy losses on German attempts to rescue them. The Baltic front saw German forces pushing west of Tukums and near Riga, with limited Soviet corridor disruption admitted.
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Moscow
Sandomierz
Warsaw
Baltic
Tukums
Latvia
Riga
Estonia
Praga
Ivan Stonev
Ukraine
Vistula
Konev
Krakow
German Silesia
Jelgava
Gulf of Riga
Tartu
Ivan Mastennikov
Ballas
Tallinn-Riga
Andrei Veremenko
Erglin
Madona-Riga
Maslennikov and
Yeremenko
Baltics
Ivan C Bagramian
Baltic Sea
WFA Blamed For Tomato Spoilage
As the Eastern Shore tomato crop ripens a three day state of emergency on farm labor is in effect in three lower shore counties. A packing association official says the War Food Administration is responsible for spoilage of at least 100 tons of tomatoes already picked and basketed citing failure to arrange movement to canneries outside the area.
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Associated Press
Lower Shore
Packing Association
War Food Administration
Paul E Ngstrom
College Park
Marland
Wicomico
Somerset
Warehester
Emergenry
C Be. Skinner
Easton
Tri-State Packery Association
WFA
Ready For Worship When V Day Comes
Rev W V Garrett of the Evangelical Lutheran church told his congregation the church would open for a worship service at 730 PM on V Day or whenever it arrives. He expected Frederick City Ministerial Association to follow suit when meetings resume in September and urged parishioners to plan for a celebration in worship.
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W. V. Garrett
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Frederick City
Fellowship of Worship
End Of War In Sight Says Montgomery To His Troops
General Montgomery told British troops in France that the war’s end is in sight and urged finishing the job quickly. He described the German forces in northwest France as decisively defeated and warned of surprises for the retreating remnants.
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Montgomery
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
19 More Jap Ships Sunk By U S Subs In Pacific
American submarines in the Pacific sank 19 more Japanese ships including a light cruiser and an escort vessel on Aug 21. Navy totals show 15 combatant ships sunk, 11 probably sunk and 14 damaged, plus 640 non combatant ships sunk or damaged since Pearl Harbor.
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Pacific
Far East
Navy
United States
Pearl Harbor
Fires Seen From Air Raids On Japan By B 29 Bombers
Washington reports that B 29s in the second wave of Sunday's double strike over Japan sighted fires caused by earlier raids as they neared industrial targets in Kyushu. Four bombers were lost in the day and night operations, with heavy enemy fighter opposition.
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Washington
Japan
Kyushu
20Th Air Force
Yawata
20Th Bomber Command
NBC Correspondent Killed in France
New York Aug 21 NBC announced that correspondent Tom Treanor was killed in France. A colleague reported Treanor was riding in a jeep that was run over by an American tank in the American sector.
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New York
National Broadcasting Company
Tom Treanor
France
Treanor
John MacVane
Budget Committee Appointed By Frederick Chest
The Frederick Community Chest executive committee met Friday at 22 South Market Street to ratify a newly appointed budget committee. Chairman W. Bartgis Storm led members Harry O Schroeder Frank M Derlébaugh Mrs R Ames Hen Arkhon Paul Michael William J Lebhers and George Finck as they prepare to review agency budgets participating in the Chest.
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Community Chest of Frederick, Inc
South Market Street
Henry I. Stahr
Chest
Community Chest
W. Bartgis Storm
Harry O Schroeder
Frank M Derlébaugh
R. Ames Hen- Arkhon
Paul & Michael
William J. Lebhers
George Finck
Maquis Seizes Toulouse and Expands in France
London reports via Algiers radio that on Sunday Maquis forces captured Toulouse, the sixth largest city in France, with a population around 213,200. French patriots of the Interior claim control over one third of France, eight departments, while clashes with German troops continue near Marseille and border areas as Maquis expands across the Pyrenees.
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London
Algiers
Toulouse
France
Marseille
Seventh Army
Joseph Koenig
Interior
Koenig
Port Bou
Spain
Pyrenees
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Iran
Hendaye
Brazzaville
NBC
Vichy
Gestapo
Paris
Nancy
Sergeant Whipp Reported Prisoner of War in Germany
Sergeant John Thomas Whipp, medic with the Twenty-ninth Division, had been listed as missing in action in France since June 12 and is now reported as a prisoner of war of Germany. A Libertytown native, he graduated Liberty High School in 1938 and worked on local farms before joining the Army and deploying overseas in October 1942.
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John Thomas Whipp
France
John 2. Whipp
Libertytown
Liberty High School
Sergi
Whipp
F. H. Hedges
Twenty
Foreign office spokesman quoted by Man Radio
A foreign office spokesman was quoted by Man Radio saying they snared Paris in 140 and now want to spare it.
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London
Foreign Office
Paris
Allies Break German Resistance Near Paris in Seine Crossing
Allied forces crossed the Seine at Mantes and pushed toward Paris as 7,500 Germans were captured in pockets north and east of the city. British and Canadian units advanced near Lisieux Cabourg and Argentan while American troops hit the Touques river and pressed toward the Marne and Reims areas.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Touques
Lisieux
Falaise
Goutes
Sentilly
Bailluel
Oceagnes
Argentan
U. S
Paris
Seine
Mantes
Corbeil
Metun
Fontainebleau
Hall of Mirrors
DNB
Little Seine
Chambois
Normandy
Guenther von Kluge
Troutville
le Havre
Cabourg
First Army
von Kluge
Vernon
Cabourge
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Seventh Army
15Th Army
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RAI
Lieut
Lenhart
U.S
FFI
Berlin
Transocean
la Ciotat
Marseile
Budget Committee
Seret
3D Army
Reims
Soissons
Marne
Naais
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