Price Of Victory The News August 23 1944
Great news from France is tempered by the toll of war as American and Allied losses mount in Normandy and southern France. The editorial notes 16 434 American KIA 76 535 wounded 19 704 missing through August 6 plus more since then, with French underground casualties and robot bomb threats in Britain. It urges solemn gratitude and remembrance for all who pay the price of liberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United Nations
Normandy
Britain
Optimistic U S harvest lifts food hopes for France aid
The article notes Allied advances in France and a predicted record 1944 US agricultural output. Despite July drought damage in the East Central region, overall crop production should exceed 1943 and approach the 1942 peak. Wheat and corn yields are forecast to be among the largest on record, aided by better cultivation, farm machinery, and crop breeding advances.
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France
United Nations
UNRRA
America
Pearl Harbor
Department of Agriculture
Great Plains
How Women Vets Will Fare By ANN 8STEVICK NEA Staff Corripondent
Washington reports that female veterans from WACs WAVES Marines SPARS and Army and Navy nurses may soon receive GI Bill benefits including schooling loans job placement and hospitalization. The article covers education grants loan guarantees up to 2000 first loans backed by the government second loans guaranteed to total 4000, unemployment pay, vocational rehab leading to self support and life insurance options. It notes eligibility spans those who served 90 days or more and outlines disability death and mustering out benefits with emphasis on gender equality in postwar support.
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Ann 8Stevick
NEA
Washington
Parley
Hinky Dinky
G. I
Veterans Administration
U.S
WACS
Fifty Years Ago Local Items August 23 1894
Fifty years ago in Columns Of The News items: A successful temperance jubilee near New Market chaired by Squire Ed Houck. Republican county convention held in Janitor Hall to elect delegates for the Sixth District. a pleasant straw ride near Yellow Springs with listed attendees. editor comments on Frederick street paving and cobbles. a North Market street sighting described as two men a monkey and a hand organ. Mr and Mrs E D Shrin er visit Leesburg and Montgomery county. five Hagerstown and Boonsboro youths reportedly ate three dozen cantaloupes on Sunday.
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White Oak Woods
New Market
Squire Ed, Houck
Yellow Springs
Misses Hester
Carrie Morsell
Lizzie Zimmerman
Elsie Fox
Lola
Mattie Young
William P. Morsell
R. G. Hardy
Charles Hildebrand
Morsell
Frederick
North Market Street
E. Derr Shriner
Leesburg
Montgomery County
Hagerstown and
Boonsboro
Fourth Golf Tournament to Be Held at Catoctin Country Club
Twenty years ago the Fourth Golf Tournament hosted by Catoctin Country Club was set for this afternoon with Frederick players engaging Martinsburg opponents. Participants leaving the city include Harry J. Leichert William B Lebcher Fred Houghton Harry LeGore W School Hersperger and James H Grove. Seventy three cotton growers from North Carolina tour the area praising the fertile lands. Elizabeth Hedges hosted a dance for New York guests at Catoctin Country Club with Hagan's orchestra. A large bank barn on Marion E Kemp farm near Jefferson burned for about 4000 dollars. Hog cholera outbreaks are reported again near Braddock Heights.
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Catoctin
Frederick Folfers
Martinsburg
Harry J. Leichert
Wiliam B. Lebcher
Fred Houghton
Harry LeGore
W. School Hersperger
James H. Grove
North Carolina
Elizabeth Hedges
Frank Hill Hedges
New York
Catoctin Country Club
Hagan
Marion E. Kemp
Jefferson
Braddock Heights
Today In History and Anniversary Highlights
A dense list of historical birthdays and notable events from 1761 to 1943, naming Jedidiah Morse Francis Wayland David Swing Barrett Wendell James Rolph Jr and others, with events like the Franklin state, Uncle Tom's Cabin act, and the 1941 Kearney shipyard move. Includes a brief horoscope note and a social note about Miss Leanna Boone and Miss Ruth Boone visiting near Union Bridge.
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Jedidiah Morse
Woodstock
Conn
Francis Wayland
Yale
Boston
David Swing
Chicago
Cincinnati
Barret, Wendell
Harvard
James Rolph, Jr
San Francisco
California
Franklin
John Sevier
Troy
N. Y
Federal Children’s Bureau
Wid
Japan
Germany
Camp Logan
Tex
Rudolph Valentino
Sacco and Vianzetti
Charlestown
Mass
Russia
Theen
Navy
Kearney
N. J
Khartov
Leanna Boone
Ruth Boone
Union Bridge
Helen Louise Beard
Sykesville
War Interpreted by Kirke L Simpson Amedated Press War Analyst
War analyst Kirke L Simpson outlines Allied Russian coordinated drives in the west toward Warsaw and the Danzig corridor and in the south toward the Danube via the Galati gap. He notes Iasi captured on the Pruth, predicted German retreat from the Balkans, and a staged final squeeze forming to end the war this year as Russians hold back near Galati to exploit Normandy.
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Warsaw
Danzig
Galat
Danube Valley
Balkans
Iasikey
Pruth
Galati
Black Sea
Bulgaria
Balkan Peninsula
Bug-Vistula
Nowy Dwor-Wyzkow
Vistula
Baltic
East Prussia
Baltic States
Germany
Danube
Normandy
Riga
Poland
Romania
Luck and luck and providence in daily life
A column notes a tale of a Gwinnett Franklin signed letter sold for over fifty thousand dollars and argues that luck is often self created. It asserts Providence places mercies along life’s path, awaiting our recognition and action rather than random chance.
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Earl L. Douglass
D. D. WE
Button Gwinnett
Gwinnett
Franklin
Continental Congress
Babson Newspaper
Daily English Lesson Word Note Fervor
Lesson highlights common usage errors and pronunciation tips. Provides corrected phrases such as provided that you guarantee immediate delivery and notes on misspellings like breech. Includes pronunciations Garrulous gar u lus and a quote illustrating fervor as intense passion.
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Shakespeare
Bible Thought on Deliverance and Judgment
A quotation collection cites II Peter 2 9 on how the godly are delivered from temptations and the unjust reserved for judgment, alongside Pliny the Elder noting belief in the gods attending to human affairs and that punishment for evil deeds, though late, is never fruitless.
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Peter
Pliny the 1 Elder
Truman article stirs Pearl Harbor accountability debate
In Washington Aug 23, discussion swirls around Senator Truman's Collier's article alleging hidden facts about Pearl Harbor. Republicans press for full inquiries while critics urge public court-martial clarity on Kimmel Short and Roosevelt leadership as the nation seeks all the facts.
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Wasington
Harry Truman
Pearl Harbor
Truman
Collier's Weekly
Admiral Kimmel
General Short
Senate
Missouri
Roosevelt
Dewey
Japan
United States
Mote
States Department
Admiral Stark
Naval Operations
Justice Roberts
Hawaii
Washington
War and
Navy Departments
Roberts
Armed Services
Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Dorothy Dix Says: Advice on love and marriage during wartime
A collection of Dorothy Dix columns counsels a 19 year old sister to keep her 18 year old brother from marrying before his Air Corps service, urges a henpecked husband to join the Army for relief, and warns a 16 year old girl against loving a married man. The tone is frank, wartime era social guidance with moral admonitions.
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Dorothy Dix
Miss Dix
Air Corps
Declining a Quiet House Visit
The guest declines a quiet, welcomed visit after learning a family member is convalescing following an operation. The proper reply expresses understanding and suggests postponing the visit to another time rather than insisting on coming for a short, hushed stay.
Mont St. Michel Foursome Enjoys War Time Paradise
Four military MPs guarding Mont St. Michel experience a rare peaceful interlude. They tour the 13th century cathedral and dungeons, shop for trinkets, dine on flaming omelettes and wine, and marvel at the island’s beauty before orders return them to duty. A light, human glimpse of wartime life in a famed tourist center.
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Hal Boyle
Mont St. Michel
France
Paradise
Shangri- la
Mack H. Hornbeak
Baton Rouge
Camelot
Harvey Ebert
Long Beach
Calif
Paul Ritz
Mapleton
William J. Knopf
Philadelphia
Michael Manna
Grand Rue
Hotel Poulard
Turret
Henry the Fifth
Agincourt
Mont
Knopf
Dust Bowl
Ebert
Luf's Stuff Still Moves the War Across the World
N. A. Lufburrow laments the global scale of World War II battles and logistics. The piece describes invasion, battles, and massive shipments by sea and air, highlighting the overwhelming scale and mixed emotions it provokes.
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Luf
N. A. Lufburrow
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