DeGaulle Faces Paris Disorder After Liberation
Paris seeks food and order as Allied troops may parade through the city to restore peace. De Gaulle presses for control over Maquis elements while British and American forces monitor policing needs. Food shortage looms with 75 000 tons monthly target and three thousand truck fleet arranged.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Dwight W. Eisenhower
France
Vichy Radio
Andre Diethelm
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Riviera
Chilly Weather In East Not Yet Broken
The Eastern Seaboard remains chilly with forecasts of several more cool days. Temperatures vary from the 40s in Plainview New York to the 80s in Washington D C, while Midwest readings rise and rain chances grow. An injunction in Baltimore orders overtime reimbursements to workers. William S Hart donates funds for postwar West Hollywood park improvements.
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Associated Press
United States
Georgia
Weather Bureau
Seaboard
Midwest
Kansas City
Far East
Plain
N. Y
New York City
New England
Florida
Charlotte
N.C
Washington, D. C
Local Soldiers From 115th Inf Die and Return to Duty
Two local soldiers are confirmed killed in action in France from the 115th Infantry. Pfc. Charles F. Kennedy of 217 East Church street died August 10, with War Department telegrams notifying his father Bernard J. Kennedy and other relatives. T. Sgt. Harry R. Brown of Mt Pleasant was killed August 11, and Sergt. James C. Nokes remains missing since August 12. Capt. Foster C. Fleagle was seriously wounded August 15, while T. Sgt. Lennis F. Pittinger is back on duty as of August 9 after serious wounds. Kennedy was a former St. John’s High student and a plumber. Brown had served since 1941 with Headquarters Company, 115th. Survivor details include parents, siblings, and extended relatives across Frederick, Thurmont, Hagerstown, Petersville, and New Guinea. Return-to-duty news for Pittinger and the local baseball fame noted, with family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Kennedy
Bernard J. Kennedy
East Church Street
France
War Department
Coral Grove
Mt Pleasant
Harry R. Brown
James C. Nokes
Earl H. Nokes
Sixth Avenue
Brunswick
Foster C Fieagle
Husjband
Helen Virginia Fleagle
Thurmont
Harrisburg
National Guard
England
St. John's High School
Pfc. Kennedy
T. F. Kennedy
Bernard £. Kennedy, Jr
Marvin E. Kennedy
T. Sgt Brown
Fleagle
Helen Virginia Eyler
Rudolph Eyler
T. Sgt Pittinger
Charles
Panama
Experiment With Music Treating Mental Cases
Washington reports an experiment at Walter Reed General Hospital to study music as a treatment for mental and nervous disorders. Led by Frances Paperte, a former Chicago Opera soprano, the Institute of Applied Music collaborates with Army psychiatrists in a scientifically controlled study. Results are inconclusive but indications are encouraging.
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Washington
Walter Reed General Hospital
Institute of Applied Music
Army
Frances Paperte
Chicago Opera Company
New York Philharmonic
Cincinnatus
Muss Paperte
Vaccine for Troops Leaves Supply for Military Use
Washington reports a new influenza vaccine will be restricted to the armed forces for the present. Developed in six weeks by seven American firms, the vaccine's production is limited to military use until sufficient civilian supply is built up. Daniel M Miller from Knoxville is nominated by Roosevelt for Maryland postmaster.
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Washington
War Department
Army Surgeon General
Miller
Roosevelt
Senate
Maryland
Daniel M Miller
Knoxville
Soldier Reid in Italy served after Morgan College days
Cpl. Reid son of Mr and Mrs Miguries E Reid 301 West South Street recently sent overseas and serves with an infantry unit in Italy In a V mail letter he mentions attending Italian operas and a Red Cross Service Club concert by the Army Glee Club of which he is a member Before entering the Army he studied at Morgan College Baltimore The item notes his attendance at operas and a glee club as part of his service record
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Cpl. Reid
Miguries E Reid
West South Street
Italy
Red Cross Service Club
Army Glee Club
Army
Morgan College
Baltimore
Police Court Cases From Monday Night Proceedings
Sheriff Horace M. Alexander led a witness roundup in an assault and battery case as a delinquent parent sought to provide for dependents. John L. Renner received a six month suspended sentence. Sylvester Brown was jailed on bond after a drunken driving charge. trial of William J. Shankle was postponed due to a missing complainant. Renner’s attorney criticized him for abandoning his family. Renner must pay a $10 fine plus costs. Additional collateral forfeitures for drunkenness or disorderly conduct were listed, along with several speeding and license charges from Trooper Myers and Officer Potts. Postwar USO support for veteran clubs was proposed by Rep. Hobbs to Congress.
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Horace M. Alexander
John L. Renner
Middle Alley
Edward J. Smith
Sylvester Brown
New Market
William J. Shankle
Frederick
Mary Miss
Buckeystown
Charles W. Smith
Renner
Renee Harp
Smith
House of Correction
Harry Betson, Jr
Dickerson
Norman Trump
Samuel Barnes
Herbert Frazier
West All Saints Street
Sherman Greider
Columbia
Camp Detrick
Richard A. Myers Greider
W. Jerome Offatt
Verlin S Haynes
Gapland
Glen E. Adkins Rt
Middletown
Myers William W Burdette
Germantown
Donald A. McKenzie
West Third Street
Stella Harlow
West Church Street
Gilbert Hahn
HL. Basore
Willian ¢. Stronebruner
Rt 1
Jefferson
Ralph Potts
Nazis Quit At Marseille Ends German Hold on Port
In Marseille, France, six days after occupation was declared, the last German garrison surrendered unconditionally. About 5 000 prisoners were reported captured including Gen Schaeffer of the 242 Infantry Division, with 17 000 prisoners total in the battle for Marseille. The city erupted in happiness as Germans moved from the harbor fortifications and the surrender terms demanded mine field plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseille
France
Tam
St Jean
St Nicholas
Vieux Port
Court News Marriage Licenses and Divorces
Married couples listed include Myherl Walker 27 Brunswick and Grace Kepler 21 Middletown. Divorces shown for Charles Lawson 37 and Eliza beth Bierley 20. Harry Stup 27 and Helen Myers 29. Also pairs from Jefferson and Brunswick areas with various spouses. Real estate deeds show several county transfers at $10 sums.
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Myherl F Walker
Brunswick
Grace M. Kepler
Middletown
Charles A. Lawson
Washington Street
Elizabeth J. Bierley
Harry D. Stup
Z Jr
Helen I Myers
Robert S. DeLauder
Jefferson
Marian
Gladstone
Robert J. Barb
Charles Town
W. Va
Clara E. Ford
Ranson
Lola McDermott
Reno S. Harp
Reno Harp
Samuel E. McBride
Cyrus
McBride
J. Stephenson Hopkins
Lloyd Melvin Tregoning
Roy C. Warfield
David H. Naille
Lester E Naille
Golder Shumate
Richard F. Kline
One of the Lee Quadruplets Dies in Georgia Hospital
A Lee family report from Gainesville Georgia states one of the Lee quadruplets died 26 hours after birth. The three remaining three pound babies are described as "doing fine." The mother Mrs Charles E Lee, 23, is recovering well but coping with multiple birth. The husband Army private is named.
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Gainesville
Charles E. Lee
Brazil Yeoman First Class Rains Stationed in Pernambuco
In Brazil Yeoman First Class Rains stationed in Pernambuco. He attended high school in Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pernambuco
Brazil
Frederick
Connecticut Gunner Wins Medal of Honor At Anzio
Pvt. First Class William J. Johnston of Middletown Conn. earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for holding off two German counterattacks near Padiglione on the Anzio beachhead February 17 18. He killed or wounded more than 30 Nazis, was wounded, captured and escaped with enemy troop dispositions, then continued firing to cover his company’s withdrawal. His wife and year old son live in Colchester Conn. He is recovering at Cushing General Hospital Framingham Mass.
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Washington
Connecticut
War Department
William J. Johnston
Middletown
Donn
Cushing General Hospital
Framingham
Mass
Colchester
Conn
Johnston
Padiglione
Anzio
45Th
Johnson
Robertoo. Alexander
Idabel
Okla
Alexander
O. K
Johnstons Company
Four Jap Freighters Hit In Celebes Raid
General Headquarters says four Japanese freighters were destroyed or damaged in an Allied raid on Celebes off Manado. Navy patrol bombers hit the merchantmen Sunday, averaging about 1,000 tons each. In the same air sweep, four Japanese planes were destroyed at Liang airdrome Amboina as MacArthur reports heavy assaults on shipping off Manado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Celebes
Manado
Liang Airdrome
Amboina
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines- Celebes-Ceramare
Kurile Islands Raid Reports by U S Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor reports an American air strike on Kurile Islands about 1,200 miles northeast of Tokyo. Liberator and Ventura bombers hit Onekotan Island last Saturday, setting surface graft ablaze and striking warehouses and other structures. Omekotan lies 30 miles south of Paramushiro and was bombed by Yanko planes last spring.
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Kurile Islands
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Tokyo
Adm
Chester W Nimitz
Onekotan Island
Omekotan
Les
Paramushiro
Welcomes Negro Troops to Fifth Army in Italy
Lt Gen Mark W Clark hailed elements of the 92nd Infantry Division, a Negro unit, as Allied forces in France and Russia close in. He said the Fifth Army had captured over 47,000 enemies, with many more killed or wounded, and destroyed 10 to 15 German divisions. The RAF sank the unfinished French battleship Clemenceau at Brest harbor to prevent it from aiding the Germans.
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Rome
France
Russia
Mark W Clark
92Nd
Fifth
Italy
London
RAF
Clemenceau
Brest
Air Ministry
Weinberg resigns as War Production Board vice chairman
Washington August 28 Sidney J Weinberg resigned today as a vice chairman of the War Production Board and blamed demagogic intriguers for the agency s recent blow up He said Acting Chairman J A Krug would rout the intrigues and restore harmony in Washington He declined to name names Dr Alexis Carrel suspended New York August 28 The Paris radio said Carrel has been suspended from all functions CBS recorded broadcast said anti national activity notorious Wins victory Baltimore August 28 Cleo Shans rugged Los Angeles negro lightweight won his fourth straight Baltimore victory by unanimous 10 round decision over Vice Creelman of New York Shans weighed 134 12 Creelman 132 34
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WPS
Washington
Sidney J. Weinberg
War Production Board
Weinberg
J. A Krug
Carrel
New York
Paris
Alexis Carrei
CBS
Carrels
Baltimore
Cleo Shans
Los Angeles
Vice Creelman
Shans
Creelman
Chinese Forces Threaten Japanese Hold On Hunan Rail Route
Chinese troops advanced near Hengyang and Changtien in Hunan Province threatening the Siang River supply line for Japanese forces. Analysts say success could alter the Hunan situation and hinder the plan to conquer the Canton-Hankow railway corridor, as China eyes an early American move.
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Chungking
Siang
Hunan
Canton-Hankow
China
Chuting
Liang
Hengyang
Changtien
Dr Pepper All Stars Clash In Postseason Softball Showdown
Wet grounds delayed game four of the City Softball League series at Baker Park. The teams will play tonight by agreement with August 28-30 set as the original five game window. Dr Pepper needs one win to clinch. Battlers seek to avoid 0-2 in the set as a balancing move. If win comes tonight, game five must be rescheduled due to Botiler roster harvesting work Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr Pepper All Stars
Baker Park
All-Stars
Battlers
Dr Pepper
Competition drives transpacific fares under $100
Hot competition among six airline firms for the Pacific Coast to Hawaii route pushed postwar fares toward the hundred dollar mark. Harold M Bixby, vice president of Pan American World Airways, announced a $96 one way fare from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Honolulu, with round trip pricing at $172 80.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
Harold M Bixby
Pan-American World Airways
Newsmen
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Polio Cases Rise Across State and City in 1944 Totals
A report from the State Health Department tallies 105 infantile paralysis cases from counties and 59 in Baltimore City, pushing 1944 totals to 164. August accounted for 75 county cases, July for 29, and one in May, with seven deaths in both counties and the city.
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Panimore
State Health Department
Baltimore City Health Department
Six Hurt In Head On Crash At Fingerboard Road Centerville
Six people were injured when a westbound truck and an eastbound sedan collided on Fingerboard Road in Centerville near Urbana. Victims include Guy Plunkard and Harry Plunkard of Wamsville and John Timpson and Daisy Timpson of Woodbine. All treated for shock with varying injuries. investigation continuing. Divorces granted in Equity Court include Charles K. Ramsburg and Chester F. McKenzie with costs assigned to the respective plaintiffs.
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Thompson's
Centerville
Fingerboard Road
Urbana
Harold Basore
Richard A. Myers
Frederick City
Guy Plunkard
Wamsville
Harry Plunkard
Guy
John Timpson
Woodbine
Daisy Timpson
Horace
Charles Jackson
Timpson
Plunkard
11 Point Program By Bowles
Chester Bowles of the Office of Price Administration outlined an eleven point program to secure full production and a stable postwar economy. He called for stable prices, tax policies encouraging investment, free competitive enterprise, government credit and research support for small firms, profitable postwar farm prices, expanded social security, housing and slum clearance, a major works program, boosted exports, swift removal of wartime controls, and close cooperation among labor management and farmers, with returning service members joining the four groups to prevent democratic collapse.
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Seattle
Chester Bowles
Office of Price Administration
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Washington
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DeGaulle
Caserne Barracks
Place de la Republique
Roger Stephane
Hotel de Ville
Hagerstown Ice Company
Department of Labor
W. Calvin Chesnut
Hart
Hollywood
William S. Hart
City Park Commission
West Hollywood
T. Sgt. Brown
Nokes
Leonard Grove
Hagerstown
Hannah Baker
Betty Baker
Petersville
Oscar Grove
New Guinea
Caroline Getzendanner
Pic
Opera
Cpl
Walter M. Reid
USO
Congress
Hobbs
D-Ala
Court News
Athletics
Bainbridge
Bainbridge Naval Training
Center Nine
Philadelphia Athletics
Wes Livengood
Cincinnati Red
Commodores
Philadelphians
Yeo
David Rains
C. E. Cline & Son Ambulance Service
Frederick, Md
Bernard E. Dennis
Pvt. Dennis
Joseph T. Dennis
East Sixth Street
Charles K. Ramsburg
Chester F. McKenzie
Equity
Patrick M. Schnauffer
McKenzie
Ruth F. McKenzie
Alton Y. Bennett
E. Austin James
Edward S. Delaplaine
Ramsburg
Marguerite
North Bentz Street
W. Jerome Offutt
Allen's
North Market ST
Bowles
Selective Service
South Market
Armstrong
Armstrong Quaker
C. C. Carty Ince
E. Patrick St
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