Rome Declared Open City as Bombing Intensifies
Italy formally informs Britain and the United States it will demilitarize Rome and treat it as an open city. Rome's government already announced the measure on August 14, with steps to neutralize defenses and reroute military traffic.
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Berlin
Italy
Rome
London
Stefani
Associated Press
Pietro Badoglio
Vatican
Holy See
Washington
Triple Shift Of Generals Is Made By Army
The War Department announced a three and two star generals reshuffle. Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum relinquishes command of the First Army and Eastern Defense command to chair the Inter American Defense Board. Lieut. Gen. Stanley D. Embick moves to an undisclosed assignment of key importance. Maj. Gen. George Grunert departs to New York as Drum’s deputy commander of the Eastern Defense Command and First Army, tasked with eastern seaboard security for 535 million Americans. The Inter American Board represents 21 republics and aims to devise hemispheric defense measures.
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Washington
War Department
Hugh A. Drum
First Army
Eastern Defense Command
Inter-American Defense Board
Stanley D. Embick
Inter-American Board
George Grunert
New York
Drums
First Arm
New Gas Tests Reported By German Forces Near Liege
August reports say German troops tested a new gas on slopes outside Liege Belgium burning grass and closing the area to the public. O Neil Kennedy editor Evening Standard and ally of Gen. Marshall died suddenly of heart attack today.
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Londonian News
the Bol
Liege
Belgium
P— O'Neil Kennedy
The
Evening Standard
George C. Marshall
Army
Von Brauchitsch Reported Dead by Poison Claim
Soviet news agency citing Berlin military circles said Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch, former German army chief, had died of poisoning. No independent confirmation available at once.
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Tintern 82 Te TS Don Bar
Walther von Brauchitseh
Berlin
Allied Planes Hit Rail Lines Near Naples
Allied bomber fleets struck two rail hubs near Naples with no Axis opposition as US units from the Middle East hit Bari. Liberators and Mitchells conducted daylight raids, while British Wellingtons pounded Naples area targets. American warplanes over Sardinia raided Cagliari, and French ships La Fantasque and Le Terrible operated with Allied forces in the Mediterranean. The Rome Italian communique claimed German raids on Palermo sank or damaged several ships, including merchant vessels and destroyers.
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North Africa
Naples
Middle East
Bari
Ballipaglia
Sardinia
Cagliari
Mediterranean
North African
le Terrible
la Triomphant
L'Adaucieux
Dekar
Palermo
Rome
Associated Press
Sicily
Deferment Expirations Trigger Induction Notices in Frederick County
Four volunteers previously classified as essential workers 2-4 or 2-B receive selective service induction notices from Frederick County Draft Board 1. They will travel to Baltimore in September for final exam and induction, with rosters listing names and residences including Elmer Hull, Bernard Stewart, Clayton Orrison, Genie Hevener, and others across Frederick, Brunswick, Baltimore, and surrounding areas.
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Frederick County
U. S. Engineers
War Department
Washington
William 8. Huyett
Blue Ridge Transportation Company
Frederick
Brunswick
Elmer Anthony Hull
Clarke Place
Bernard Stewart
East Church Street
Clayton Keiffer Orrison
North Maple Avenue
Genie Hevener
North Market Street
John Henry McBride
William Stephen Hahn
Tower Apartments
Joseph Williams Haugh
West Fourth Street
Edgar Staley Weller, Jr
West Second Street
William Stevenson Huyett
Wayside
Louis Eugene Alexander
Wyde Park Alvd
Chicago
John Thomas Best, Jr
East Seventh Street
Peyton Randolph Brown
Carter's Creek
Tenn
Lewis Franklin James, Jr
West Fifth Street
Robert John Reese
West College Terrace
Woodrow Wilson Bowers
Penrose Avenue
Baltimore
Ralph Leon Sigler
Middletown
Morris Jerome Gaver
Walkersville
Clyde Leon Holland
Charles Evert Snoats
Brick Yard Hill
James Austin Bowers
Park Avenue
Jonathan Stover Talbott
Doubs
Franklin Harry Carlisle
Buckeystown
Harry Eugene Froeke
East A Street
George Charles Bussard
South Market Street
Ralph Ray Snyder
William Bradley Fout
Richard Eugene Wiles
East South Street
George Thomas Lewis
Park Heights Avenue
Lewis Franklin Bible
Russell Douglas Knill
Julia Edward Huecsaie
Duduce Avenue
Bicycle Wheel Locks Injure Two Boys
Ralph and Dick Shipley, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Emory B Shipley of 129 West Patrick Street, were injured when a bicycle wheel locked and they were thrown over the handlebars on West Second Street while en route to a Lions Club picnic. They received cuts and bruises, with Ralph suffering a chin cut and a jammed wrist and Dick a forehead cut. J Frank Alam carried them home.
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Ralph
Dick Shipley
Emory B Shipley
West Patrick Street
Lions Club
Middie‘town
Culler Lake
Carroll Creek
West Second Street
J. Frank Alam
Specialized Resistance Shifts Noted in New York Market
Specialized resistance appeared in todays stock market with only mild support at the open. Overall activity was about half yesterday's level and market trends remained murky as traders assessed mixed signals.
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New York
Yes. Iterday
Selloft
Roosevelt and Churchill Hint At Meeting With Russia
Roosevlet and Churchill wrapped up the Quebec war conference with a statement hinting at a tri partite meeting with Soviet Russia and said decisive steps have been taken to advance British and American fleets armies and air forces. They planned further talks before year end and noted Japan and China policy in their discussions.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Russia
Britain
United States
Japan
Feft
French Committee For National Liberation
MacKenzie King
Canada
King’s Terrace
Casablanca
Washington
Rent Control Question Studied for Frederick Area
A survey for Federal authorities examined Frederick and Brunswick rent conditions and whether rent control should be imposed. George M. Bohman of Hagerstown compared current ads with those a year ago, reviewed 1940 Census vacancies, and discussed possible controls with local officials. He noted high rents amid war workers and said new units would be evaluated case by case to keep old and new properties on a fair footing.
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Frederick
Brunswick
George M. Bohman
Hagerstown
Washington County
Gay Center
Maryland
Bohman
Chamber of Commerce
Bowman
Hagerzoons
Bokman
Ahnus Brunswick
Burness
Qadtead
J Murray Brish Dies At Home
Frederick businessman J Murray Brish died at his home after a four week illness. He was 75 and a pioneer bicycle enthusiast involved with feats of 100 and 200 miles. Survived by two brothers and other relatives, funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. from his residence with interment at Mt Olivet Cemetery. Larry Carty Company directors.
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John Murray Brish
Frederick
Ent Aclock
West
Patrick Street
Bris
Old Athletic Park
Henry HH. Brish
Conklin Bazaar
Brish Brothers
Thcy
Mr. Brish
Frederic
William Henry
Margaret Sevilla Wachter Bilt
Deville C. Brisk
Wal-liam W. Brisk
Mary S. Brisk
Mt. Olivet
Uarry &. Carty Company
Two Women and One Man Charged in Detroit Espionage Ring
The Justice Department said Grace Buchanan Dineen Theresa Behrens and Dr Fred William Thomas, all of Detroit, were arrested on espionage charges for aiding Nazi Germany. Behrens and Dineen face arraignment and bonds. Thomas pleaded innocent. Trial dates set for September with U S Commissioner in Detroit. The case involves gathering plant locations personnel and production details for Ford, Pullman Standard and Western Electric.
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Washington
Degarkinertt
Persis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Grace Buchanan-Dineen
Bertrand Steuart Hallman
Theresa Behrens
Fredamy Thomas
Detroit
U.S
Thomas
S Syae Menge
Atue Aly Age
Justice Department
J. Edger Hoover
Edel Faneenste
Hoover
Grace Buchanin-Dinten
Fred William Thomas
U. S
J. Sanney Deard
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company
Chigsso
Sagstege
Gaim Airplane
Bomba
Tae Aperson
Ing
United States
New York
Atlantic Clipper
Sac Hest
Weiban Oaf
FBI
Detroi
Bomb raid against Berlin twice as heavy as all prior assaults
Allied air forces unleashed a massive night raid on Berlin dropping about 2,016 tons of bombs and incendiaries. RAF and Canadian crews with American volunteers engaged heavy German anti air defenses as smoke rose over the capital for miles. The attack, described as the heaviest single capital raid ever, targeted key districts amid reports of widespread destruction and civilian casualties.
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Berslin
U. S
Thunburg
Dibler
Air Ministry
Berlin
RCAF
Lowell Bennett
Midlands
Empire
Iray
Gene Maid US
Ruhl Lego
Hamburg
Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Mannheim
Germany
RAF
Gemans
Broadca
Amerairmen
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Drum
Grunert
Embick
Himmler
Board 1
Russ
TY. V. Soang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Cumberland
Allesany County
J. Murray Brish
Nazis
Eddardaeous
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