Russians Press On In Kharkov Area Drive to Poltava
Soviet communique reports new Red Army gains along the Kharkov front as Germans retreat in the face of renewed Soviet pressure toward Poltava. Russian forces claim advances south and west of Kharkov with heavy German losses of tanks and aircraft and indications of a rout in retreating columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red
Kharkov
Poltava
Dnieper
Moscow
Berlin
Associated Press
Red Army
Combat Military Police Training For Pvt Bayles
Private Amos A. Bayles, 28, of Frederick Maryland, serves with a detachment of combat military police in England. He has trained in Army weapons including pistol and hand grenade and specializes in unarmed combat and the Thompson submachine gun. Bayles is the son of Mrs. Katherine M. Kline and a former Ox Fibre Brush Company employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Combat
England
Amos A. Bayles
West Fourth Street
Frederick
Pvt. Bauwles
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Instructor Key at Camp Gordon Instructs Illiterates
Instructor Corp. Key son of Mr and Mrs Charles Key of Libertyinwn is stationed at Camp Gordon Georgia where he instructs illiterates. His wife and son David and three stepchildren reside in Mt. Pleasant.
Scouts Camp at Brad Dock Heights Sees Summer End
Frederick’s Boy Scouts wrap up Camp Baker season while plans grow for a permanent facility. Volunteers repaint log buildings add tent platforms and hot showers, with hopes for cabins and improved grounds to expand Scout work in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Boy Scouts
Camp Baker
Braddock Heights
Kiwanis Members Host Ladies Night at Hotel Vindebons
Kiwanis Club members rode a charter trolley to the Hotel Vindebons in Braddock Heights for a Ladies Night. Miss Clare Leighton spoke on her England to America journey and citizenship plans, introduced by William T. Delaplaine. Jules Bernstein screened government war films from Russia to China, with Clarence Carty presiding and Robert L. Smith leading songs. Albert M. Cobleniz chaired the program committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Vindebons
Braddock Heights
Dioner
Clare Leighton
England
Leighton
William T. Delaplaine
Miss Leighton
Jules Bernstein
Frederick
Russia
Tunisia
Bismarck Sea
China
Clarence C. Carty
Robert L. Smith
Albert M. Cobleniz
Smoke From Berlin Fires Rises Four Miles High
Flight Sgt Keith G Campbell, an Australian pilot, reported smoke rising to four miles above Berlin after a daylight recon flight. He saw whitish gray smoke from western districts Wilmersdorf and Charlottenburg and a central fire block, remarking it as his clearest sight in 27 missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Reich
Keith G. Campbell
Osnabrueck
RAF
Dusaeldorf
Carmpbell
Wilmersdorf
Charlottenburg
Writ Of Injunction Issued Over Alley Fence
Mr and Mrs Atgin S Kaetzel of Doubs obtained a writ of injunction in Equity Court directing Mr and Mrs Vernon Reker of Trubs to remove a fence sandbags and lumber obstructing an alley to the Kaetzel residence. Defendants may move to rescind the order. The petition, filed by attorney W Jerome Offutt for the Kaetzeles, claims the Bakers built a fence across the 10 foot alley denying ingress to a garage on their property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atgin S. Kaetzel
Doubs
Equity Court
Vernon
Reker
Stsa
Trubs
Kaetzel
Early Court Martial of Kimmel and Short urged
The San Diego Veterans of Foreign Wars urged court martial for Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short for gross negligence over Pearl Harbor. A presidential commission cited dereliction of duty for not coordinating defense. Both retired on half pay after relief. If not tried by December 7, 1944 they would gain immunity under the statute of limitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Veterans Group
Birthday Dinner For Anna and Pvt James McBride
A surprise birthday supper at 13 East Fifth Street honored Anna McBride and Pvt James McBride who is stationed in Orlando Florida. The celebration featured two pink and white birthday cakes marking ages twenty and twenty two with many relatives and friends in attendance from Frederick Gaithersburg Lewistown and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. McBride
East Fifth Street
Anna
James McBride
Orlando
Fla
Pvt
McBride
Kathleen Martin
Woodsboro
Raymond Martin
Frederick
Simon McBride
Betty
Doris Ann
Nettie
Pauline Niebel
Gaithersburg
Norman McBride
Norman, Jr
Near Frederick
Robert Eaton
Robert
Franklin Eaton
Lewistown
Henry King
George McBride
John McBride
Ean Loucis
Joe Loucis
Washington, D. c
P. Staley
So Dae Eaery
Louis Hahn
Libertytown
Audrey Clem
Emmitsburg Soldier Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
Sgt. Joseph P. Olt of Emmitsburg was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster for outstanding service as an engineer on B-17s during the Midway and Solomon Islands campaigns in the South Pacific. The ceremony was led by Col. George F. Martman at AAK Pitot School, with citations noting 24 combat missions totaling over 208 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Miss Mamie
Route 1
Box 11
Emmitsburg
Soviet Papers Publish Text Of Statement On Quebec Conference
Soviet controlled papers publish the text of the Roosevelt Churchill statement on the Quebec conference and hint at a three power meeting including Russia. Lavestia notes a suggested Stalin visit by Roosevelt and Churchill, not confirming Russian participation this week. Deputy collectors will aid taxpayers in filing 1943 income tax returns across Frederick and surrounding towns August 30 to September 15. Louis William Geishert, 20, of Frederick, a Navy volunteer, received an induction notice and will report to Baltimore in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Quebec
Russia
Soviet Union
Lavestia
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
WIN
Internal Revenue
Omce
Frederick
Brunswick
Enmu
Deheuvae
Tru Addy
Woodbine
National Bank
Sykesville
Septembe Bank
New Windsor
New Windsor State Bank
Westmir
Taneytawk
NAVY
Louis William Geishert
Frederick Avenue
Draft Board One
Baltimore
Geisbert
Divorce Granted in Brunswick Custody Granted and Support Set
Margaret F. Cannon of Brunswick gains absolute divorce from Roy B. Cannon. Custody of their child Margo Lamont Cannon awarded to the mother. Roy B. Cannon ordered to pay $40 monthly child support and all costs of the case. Representation by Reno S. Harp for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret F. Cannon
Brunswick
Edwin F. Nikirk
W. Jerome Orull
Roy B. Cannon
Margo Lamont Cannon
Reno S. Harp
Earnings Attached Against Frank Sinatra Reported
A $17,000 earnings attachment is expected against Frank Sinatra. Leonard K. Vannerson, via attorney N. Joseph Ross, claims a 10 percent share of Sinatra income and is tied to Tommy Dorsey’s former vocalist role. Vannerson manages Dorsey’s band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sinatra
N. Joseph Ross
Leonard K. Vannerson
Vanherson
Tommy Dorsey
Sinatra
More Countians To Report For Duty
Sixteen more Countians and one transfer from Frederick County Draft Board No. 2 have been examined by the Baltimore Induction center to report for active duty in the next three weeks. Volunteers include Carlos Harold Moore of Brooklyn Maryland Elmer Andrew Baker of Myersville Charles Franklin Laker Jr of Frederick Arthur Claetus Lohr a transfer from Springfield DL and others such as Charles Ross Flaugher Lantz Albert Keefer Main Walker sville William Clyde Myers Exetallsburg Earl Edgar Ausherman North Linthicum Maryland Lloyd Manuel Shultz Gettysburg Joseph Leo Smith Libertytown Michael Gerard Ling Thurmont Thor ry Paul Ross Emmitsburg Diven Adelsberger Ite Harold Edward Powell Thurmont district and Thur FD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Lantz
Albert Keefer Main
Walkersville
William Clyde Myers
Exe
Thurmont
John Bernard Wetzel
RLF
Thur D
Mr. Airy
Quinn Emanuel Brawner
Emmitsburg
Weathered data shows August precipitation and temps
The report lists 24 hour precipitation at 1 inch with August totals at 0. The August 1943 deficiency stands at 5.95 inches. Normal August is 4.33 inches. High yesterday matches year ago at 13. Low last night 62, versus 43 a year earlier. Sun set 7.53 p m. rise 6.32 a m. Moon set 5.26 p m. Rivers Monocacy and Potomac reported as clear at various gauges. Texas accounts for over eight percent of U S area.
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Ceresville
Potomac
Kisi
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Pvt. Bayles
Robert L. Olden
Locust Valley
Mediterranean
Sicily
Francis Scott Key District Committee
Boy Scouts of America
Joseph D. Baker
New York City
Holmes D. Baker
Holmes D. Baker, Jr
Boy Scouts of
Middletown Valley
Harold C. Baer
Evangelical Reformed Church
High Knob
Old Frederick Gold Mine
Braddock Springs
Catoctin Creek
Myersville
Stowting
Gautte Se
Frank H. Lewis
W. C. Royal
F. Russell Young
Jewel
Loretta Thomas
Adamstown
Miss Thomas
Sanrananing Travacante
Mice Thomas
Dorothy, Biser
Katherine Biser
Myrtle Thomas
Elaine Shifer
Joyce Yingling
June Oland
Nell Oland
Irene Stup
Elizabeth Oland
Thena Dutrow
Patsy Kubrick
Annabelle Oland
Emma Biser
G. L. Thomas, Sr
Doll Jewelry Store
South Market St
Frederick, Md
Kimmel
Short
Palestine
Haifa
Harrisburg
Globe
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
East Patrick St. Chase
Taylor
Coca-Cola
Texas
The
United States
St. Joseph
Bratt
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nkham
Nature
Ales
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Frederick, Maryland
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Medford Grocery Co
Medford, Md
Toastmaster
Duncan Phyfe
Simmons
Morris
Oliver
International Morcester
Steve
S. Blacksten
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