War Department notices of soldiers killed and wounded in action
Telegrams informed families of military losses in France and India, naming Cpl Claude Ramsburg and Sgt Leslie Horne among the injured, and pilots Irvin B Gaver and Martin P Alexander Jr. Also reports of Maj Guenther Von Kluge's alleged death and a divorce granted to Irving Yingling.
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Ethel M. Ramsburg
Franklin Street
War Department
Claude T. Ramsburg
France
Worman Ramsburg
Thurmont
Frederick
Co. A
115Th Infantry
Leslie C. Horne
Buckingham School
Niles E. Abrecht
Maxwell Avenue
Harne
Cpl
Ramsburg
William M. Trittipoe
West Seventh Street
Pic
Maurice F. Trittipoe
Windsor
Lola Windsor
Urbana
Walter Windsor
Martin P. Alexander
Middletown
Martin P. Alexander, Jr
Claudine & Gaver
West South Street
Frederick Tron & Steel Co
Civilian Conservation Corps
Abrecht
Ohio
Trittipoe
Lieut
Alexander
War Interpreted By Allied Analysts On Paris and Seine
Eye witness accounts of the Paris liberation and Nazi garrison surrender frame grim river battles along the Seine. Canadian and American columns near Louviers split the pocket west and south of the river as German forces try to escape. The Ninth and Fifteenth Army corps face destruction, while American columns push toward Lyon and towns upriver as decisive battles loom on the upper Marne Meuse Moselle Rhine and Saar.
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Paris
Europe
Seine
France
Louviers
Seine Estuary
Rouen
Seventh Army
Fifteenth Army
Lower
Loire
Rhone
Lyon
Upper
Marne
Meuse
Mosselle
Rhine
Saar
French
Germany
Farm Repair Shop At Thurmont Receives Inspection
About 150 residents of Thurmont and surrounding districts attended a Friday night inspection of the Thurmont farm repair shop. Thurmont Lions Club served refreshments and an advisory board was elected. Guests included State Supervisor James R Ward and other officials and educators.
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Thurmont
Henry R. Shoemaker
M. Q. Sawyer
William Snyder
Robert K. Remsburg
Robert Ogle
Creagerstown
Claude Favorite
Franklinville
Merri] Wilhide
Rocky Ridge
Ralph Miller
Deerfield
Russell Green
Graceham
Robert Seiss
Thurment
Drafted youths summoned for pre induction in Maryland
Seven non-father county youths under 26 from Frederick County Draft Board Two received summonses to report within ten days at the Baltimore induction center for pre induction physical exams. Names include Rosenkrantz Adams ton Titman McPherson Eyler Stottlemyer Gaver Gouker. Strike halts Ford plant output in Highland Park with over 6,000 war workers idle. About 2,800 machine operators walk out and 3,450 more join later.
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Baltimore
Frederick County
Draft Board
Paul Burth Rosen- Krantz
Adamstown
Raymond Thomas Titman
Woodsboro
George Lewis McPherson
RFD
Lantz
Wiliam Henry Eyler
Emmitsburg
Charles Walter Stottlemyer
Smithsburg
Bernard Lawrence Gaver
Myersville
Bruce Bryan Gouker
FORD
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Highland Park
Maryland soldier ballot applications surge as 35599 received
Governor O Conor urged families to help service members understand absentee voting rules after Maryland reports 35 499 absentee ballot applications received and 10 006 in first five days of the week. He noted common mistakes and said machinery is ready at Annapolis to process and distribute ballots. Frederick County reports 513 ballots sent and 120 more applications. total 633, suggesting about 1 000 applications will be filed before November.
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Baltimore
Maryland
O’conor
Bel Air
Frederick
Washington
Frederick County
Reporters Quiz on German Use of Gas in War
A sample of six Frederick residents were polled about whether Germany would resort to poison gas as a defense. Opinions varied with two answering yes as pressure mounts, others doubting payoffs or forecasting retaliation potential given Allied gas superiority and airpower.
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Warry E. Pettingall
Frederick
UNRRA to Seek Authority for Mass Migration Plan
London reports that at the Montreal conference next month the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration will seek power to enter enemy territories to arrange a historic mass migration, despite current charter bans on operating in enemy areas.
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London
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Montreal
Forday
New Battle Looms Over Food Subsidies
Washington reports signs of a congressional clash over food subsidies and farm price ceilings as the Administration seeks extra funds for war food production programs. Unofficial estimates suggest up to 2 billion dollars annually may be needed over the next two to three years to maintain parity prices. The dispute centers on the Price Control Extension Act and proposals to bar sales of government owned farm products below parity, with the War Food Administration insisting on more money to raise prices and the American Farm Bureau Federation arguing parity can be met by raising ceilings.
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Washington
Congress
War Food Administration
American Farm Bureau Federation
British Flame Thrower Crocodile Joins War Fleet
Washington Aug 25 British tonight revealed the flame throwing Churchill tank mounted Crocodile a 41 ton weapon capable of hurling fire 450 feet ahead and around corners It is described as the most powerful flamethrower device in the world designed to burn out strong points along the Atlantic wall and save infantry The system uses a new fuel and can be jettisoned to leave the Churchill tank functional for conventional combat
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Washington
Normandy
Hitler
France
British Supply Council
Army
Atlantic Wall
Dieppe
Meets Many From Here In South Pacific Area
Sgt Hony Buzz Sapies, former Frederick businessman, roams the South Pacific on special service. In a letter dated August 13 he says he met Fredericktonians and Frederick countians including Peggy Dean, Ralph Bowers, George Trundle, Elmer Carter, George Eichelberger, Albert Strube, Shankle, and Maurice Sclar. He notes Sclar was met at Port Moresby over a year ago and mentions jungle and 31 days of rain while he remains in good spirits.
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South Pacific
Hony Buzz Sapies
Frederick
East Fifth Street
Albert F. Strube
Urbana
Shankle
Buckeystown
Maurice Sclar
North Market Street
Shipley
Sclar
Port Moresby
Sgt. Shipley
Annual Smith Family Reunion Notes Aug Petersville
The tenth Smith family reunion was held at Farmers Woods Petersville on August 20 with a noon basket lunch and an afternoon of ball games and horseshoes. Attendees included numerous Smiths and related families. it was decided to hold the reunion on the third Sunday in August next year.
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Smith
Farmers Woods
Petersville
P. K. Main
Harmon Smith
Millard Smith
Maurice Smith
Homer Smith
Guy Smith
C. O. DeGrangs
Leo Steiner
William Buchanan
Harry Wolfe
Elmer Smith
George Smith
Earl Smith
Dick Wolfe
Halfdan Zimmerman
Guy DeGrange
Lloyd de- Grange
Vernon de- Grange
Paul de Grange
Chauncey Cramer
Charles Fawley
Bealefeld
Samuel Smith
Elizabeth Michael
Russell Stine
May Zimmerman
Jas. O. Love
Amanda
Katherine
Helen
Gladys Smith
Jane Carmack
Betty Kinna
Ruth Zimmerman
Goldie Stine
Evelyn Wachter
Betty Jane Crampton
Eileen
Leona
Winifred Steiner
Betty
Evelyn
Hattie
Eleanor Smith
Alice
Virginia Mae Zimmerman
Gloria
Harriet Ann DeGrange
Shirley Smith
Wanda Stine
Patsy Smith
Nellie
Mary Frances
Nancy
Dottie Mae
Betty Lou Buchanan
Joyce Wolfe
Oscar Smith
Charles Wolfe
Laurence Pears
Russell Smith
Charles Smith
Vernon Smith
Franklin Smith
Malcolm Zimmerman
Edward Smith
Laurence
Stanley
Lee Smith
Richard Kinna
Gene Wolfe
Maurice
Theodore
Emory Zimmerman
Kenneth Sith
Magistrate Hammers Wiles Case and Local Justice Report
Magistrate Alton Y Bennett admonished and fined Eva Mae Wiles for assault and battery against her husband Frank lin E Wiles, while John Renner faced $300 bond for peace disturbance and assault on his wife. both proceedings highlighted refusals to prosecute and continuances as witnesses testified about a family argument. City ordinance violators and traffic collateral forfeitures followed, with several defendants cited for intoxication open muffler license violations and operating an automobile with a defective muffler.
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Alton Y. Bennett
Eva Mae Wiles
West South Street
Franklin E. Wiles
John Renner
Middle Alley
Reno S. Harp
Wiles
Cora Whipp
Roseline McKenzie
Wileses
Bennett
Carl C. Castle
Jefferson Street
Marion E. White
Silver Spring
Albert J Cissell, Jr
Gaithersburg
Bruce Bruchey
C. O. Glenn
Baltimore
Peggy Lou Davis
B. & O Avenue
Michael White
Boyds
Richard Myers
Carl Gonnsen
Floyd L. Myers
East Seventh Street
Norman G. Stull
Dickerson
No Reason To Delay Opening Of Schools
The lone poliomyelitis case at Thurmont is not a reason to delay Frederick County school openings, says Health Officer Dr. E C Kefauver. He notes polio season ends soon and July August are critical. he also answers inquiries from communities, churches, and individuals, including a Thurmont religious group and a war worker near Thurmont. He advises continued meetings through their closing date.
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Thurmont
E. C. Kefauver
Frederick County
Kefauver
Frederick
No Broadcast Of Political Address To Troops Overseas
The War Department reversed an earlier plan to grant the Socialist Party an overseas broadcast. Acting War Secretary John J. McCloy announced that President Roosevelt s Bremerton report on August 12 was not political, so no radio time will be provided to the Socialist Party for a similar overseas address.
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Washington
War Department
Socialist Party
Roosevelt
Bremerton
Wash
John J. McCloy
McCloy
Reconversion Right Asked In Maryland Industries
Baltimore Aug 235 four to five inquiries daily to the Baltimore War Production Board for details on reconversion to civilian production. Frederick Iron and Steel Company may file a formal application soon. Moeller Organ Company plans limited production of pipe organs with WPB approval. Visitors from Hagerstown and Middletown spend a week in New London Conn.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Hagerstown
Frederick
George W. Creighton
District War Production Board
WPB
W. A. Riddell
Frederick Iron and Steel Company
Residenes
Herbert N. Ridgely
Moeller Organ Company
Creighton
War Manpower Commission
Sugar Ration Violations Charged In Hagerstown Area
Five Hagerstown area men face 25 counts in Federal Court for sugar ration violations. Charles H Clarke Jr a Sharpsburg professional baseball player faces 11 counts for possession and transfer of stamps and supplying 900 pounds of sugar. The others include Herbert Bryan Dry Run with two counts. Charles E Pound Boonsboro with two counts. Howard Myers Dargan with six counts. Weaver F Moser Boonsboro with one count. Thousands of stamps involved many counterfeit. Prosecutors said action followed a probe by the State Office of Price Administration into counterfeit ration coupons and sugar trafficking.
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Baltimore
Hagerstown
Federal Clerk of Court
United States District
Hernard J. Flynn
U. S
C. Wells Little
Charles H. Clarke, Jr
Sharpsburg
Herbert Bryan
Dry Run
Jad
Charles E. Pound
Boonsboro
Howard Myers
Dargan
Weaver F. Moser
Clarke
State Office of Price Administration
OPA
Five Jap Freighters Sunk By Bombers Near Celebes
Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced that Mitchells sank five Japanese freighters and damaged three other ships, including a light cruiser blazing and sinking. Bombers also set fires on Halmahera as they opened a path to the Philippines, with reports of carrier raids on Sumatra.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Dutch East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Menado
Celebes Island
Halmahera
Philippines
MacArthur
Mapia Islands
Tokyo Radio
Sumatra
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Stockholm
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Dagens Nyheter
Karl Rudolph von Rundstedt
Mary Yingling
Irving Yingling
Ytown
M. Schnauffer
Walter E. Sinn
Yingling
Kirkel
State Service
John E. Wilcox
Fredderek
Berlin
Frank Miller
Fred F. Everhart
Roger Ro Rice
Herbert S Schroeder
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Braddock Heights
Carrie Stull
Marcelene
Gloria Stull
Emma V. Martz
Raymond Martz
Mary Alice Martz
Walter Ramsburg
Keiffer Martz
Gladys Martz
Russell Martz
Wilhemina Clabaugh
Dell Brown
Katherine Birley
Harold Repp
Esther Sayler
Margaret Sayler
Carroll Sayler
Leslie Stull
Charles Blumenauer
Roy Blumenauer
Roger Fogle
Botley
Ira Stull
Mary Stull
Simon Stull
Harry Cramer
Albert Klipp
Gilmer Barker
Dorothy Cramer
Doris Martz
Pvt
John Baer
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