Americans Take St Dizier and Amiens as Red Army Reaches Bucharest
Soviet advances sweep toward Bucharest after capturing Ploesti oil fields and pushing 17 miles from the Romanian capital. The Red Army reports include rapid gains by Malinovsky's Second Ukrainian Army and the seizure of more than 200 towns around Ploesti.
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St. Dizier
Amiens
U.S
Belgium
Bucharest
Moscow
Red
Romania
Ploesti
Balkan
Red Star
Izvestia
Europe
Russia
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Meriuta
City Faces Severe Water Shortage As Reservoir Falls
Frederick officials report daily water inflow to Fishing Creek dam around 300 000 gallons while outflow reaches about 1.25 million. Mountain springs run dry and watershed conditions worsen though Linganore filtration plant work progresses toward completion by mid November. Officials urge continued conservation with watering allowed only 7 to 8 p m on Tuesday and Friday for Victory gardens and shrubs.
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Frederick
Hugh V. Gittinger
Fishing Creek
Gittinger
Linganore
Linganore Creek
Victory Gardens
Army casualties surge as fighting peaks in northern France
Washington reports total Army casualties reach 284,835 by August 13, up 23,249 from a week earlier, with Navy losses at 58,353 and overall armed services at 343,191. Patterson notes the surge follows the July breakthrough against fixed German lines and outlines regional figures for southern France and prior totals.
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Washington
France
Armed Services
Patterson
Navy
American Flyers Sink 49 Japanese Planes near Yochow
In two air battles near Yochow in Hunan Aug 29 U S 14th Air Force flyers claimed 49 planes destroyed probably destroyed or damaged. The figures were released in a communique from General Joseph W Stilwell's headquarters.
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Chungking
Yochow
Hunan
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Joseph W. Stilwell
Russia Rebukes Bulgaria as War Looms in Balkans
Moscow assails Sofia over neutrality and alleged collaboration with the Germans while Bulgarian talks with Allied officials in Cairo press toward peace terms. Romanian armistice moves and Red Army advances deepen the Balkan crisis as Italians, Poles, and Allied forces push along the Gothic Line.
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London
Russia
Bulgaria
Cairo
Moscow
Sofia
Red Army
Romania
Transylvania
Hitler
Balkan
Ankara
Bucharest
Gestenberg
Constanta
Ivan Bagdanov
Group Meetings Of Teachers Planned In Frederick County
The Frederick County Teachers Association will skip its preschool Frederick meeting this year and hold smaller local gatherings across the county. Larger schools plan faculty meetings next Tuesday under principals, while smaller schools won’t. Miss E Virginia Wenner of Brunswick is the current president.
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Frederick County Teachers’ Association
Frederick
Teachers’ Organization
E. Virginia Wenner
Brunswick
War Won On Orne Says Senior British Officer
A senior British officer in France declared that the war was won on the Orne and that Allied forces are reaping the harvest. He said the enemy fights continually but has not yet organized a major attack.
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Orne
France
UPA
Bordeaux Captured from German Forces in France
Paris dispatch reports French interior forces announce the capture of Bordeaux, the last major southern France stronghold held by German troops. The move marks a significant achievement in the campaign toward final victory in Europe.
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London
Interior
Bordeaux
France
Man Killed In Trolley And Truck Crash Near Boonsboro
Elmer C. Long a 31 year old resident near Boonsboro died Wednesday afternoon at Frederick City Hospital after a trolley and a light milk delivery truck collided at a private driveway on Jefferson Boulevard Braddock Heights He was treated at the scene by Dr J Elmer Harp and removed to the hospital by the State Police ambulance He died shortly after admission from a fractured skull and internal injuries Long was on the running board of the truck and blocked the view of driver Louis F Danner whose Exelsior Sanitary Dairy truck was involved Also injured were Danner and Longs 13 year old son who escaped with minor injuries
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Elmer C. Long
Boonsboro
Frederick City
Jefferson Boulevard
Braddock Heights
J. Elmer Harp
Harald Basore
Walter K. May
Brandon Duvall
Long
Louis F. Danner
North
Bentz Street
Excelsior Sanitary Dairy
Danner
James Long
Maurice Ramsburg
Axis Casualties Exceed 400000 in Northern France
General Eisenhower reports Allied armies in northern France have inflicted more than 400000 Nazi casualties since D-Day. He notes 25 enemy divisions destroyed and 18 further divisions severely mauled.
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Washington
France
Eisenhower
Eisenhower names Bradley overall commander in Northern France
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower announces Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley becomes overall commander of American forces in northern France, equal to Gen. Montgomery. He notes unity at SHAEF and that the French operation proceeds ahead of schedule.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Washington
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Caen
Bombers hit ammunition dump near Dieppe during raid
American Havoc dive bombers attacked a large German ammunition dump five miles southeast of Dieppe at the request of Gen. Montgomerie as Allied forces advance. The Darques forest site had seen an oil depot strike yesterday. Provisional French government formed with Gen. Charles De Gaulle as president of council. Baltimore judge Samuel K. Dennis retires. W. Conwell Smith to serve until 1946 elections.
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London
Dieppe
Bernard L. Montgoers
Darques Forest
Paris
French National Committee of Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
Dennis
Remnants Of 19th German Army Now Fleeing North
Allied reports detail remnants of the German 19th Army retreating north toward Lyon as Seventh Army advances from southern France. Nice fell with little opposition. captured prisoners surpassed 50,000. In the Livron pocket heavy German losses included hundreds of vehicles and artillery pieces.
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Rome
19Th Army
Lyon
Seventh Army
Riviera
Nice
France
Rhone
Drome
Livron
Alexander M. Patch
Valence
Chabeuil
Fire Destroys Fertilizer Plants At Medford
A blaze of undetermined origin wiped out more than 100 tons of fertilizer and wide equipment stored at two plants beside the Medford Grocery Company in Medford Carroll county. Fire crews from Westminster Union Bridge and Reisterstown battled the flames. temporary manager Roland Baile could not estimate the loss.
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Westminster
Medford Grocery Company
Medford
Carroll County
Union Bridge
Reisterstown
Roland Baile
Hitler Orders Nazi Control of Air Raid Precautions
German radio reports Adolf Hitler has ordered the Nazi party to assume control of the nation's air raid precaution services. Air raid wardens will now take orders from gauleiters and senior local party leaders, expanding party authority over civil defense.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party
German Radio Today
Duchess of Windsor to undergo appendectomy at Roosevelt
A spokesman for the Duke of Windsor announced the Duchess will enter Roosevelt Hospital for an appendectomy. An official British Information Service notice said the operation will take place shortly. A 10‑room suite and six nurses have been engaged for her.
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New York
Duchess of Windsor
Roosevelt Hospital
British Information Service
Duke of Windsor
Allied Forces Break German Lines Across Somme Front
Allied troops push from the Marne toward the Belgian frontier as British armor seizes Amiens and Canadians reach Rouen. American units advance toward St Dizier and Laon while joint bridgeheads along the Seine shrink German positions north to Dieppe. The drive marks a rapid collapse of resistance across northern France with the rocket coast in sight.
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Belgium
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Somme
Amiens
Laon
Reich
St. Dizier
Fallen Vitry
Saar
Germany
France
Dieppe
Seine
le Havre
Rouen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frances
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
U. S. Third Army
Abbeville
Dunkerque
Hodges
Senlis
Paris
Crepy
Compiegne
Marne
Ardennes Road
Purple Heart for 115th Infantry Sergeant Shaff
Mrs. Shaff received letters from her husband First Sergeant Alton E. Shaff of Company A 115th Infantry confirming he was wounded and awarded the Purple Heart. He writes from France in cheerful terms claiming the injury was not serious and notes their July 30 wedding anniversary was the worst ever spent.
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Alton E. Shaff
Company A
115Th Infantry
Shaft
France
New Nazi Weapon Not To Change War S Course
London reports that despite German propaganda about secret weapons, authorities say such arms will not swiftly alter the war. The American Third Army advances after capturing Reims cathedral area, pushing toward the Vesle and Marne fronts as forces drive north of Paris. The Reims cathedral remains undamaged while bridgeheads expand near Soissons and Epernay.
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London
Reich
Belgium
Reims
Paris
Vesle
Aisne
Soissons
Marne
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Foglia
Gothic Line
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Appennines
Tiber
Arno
Pontassiere
Florence
Fifth Army
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Bradley
U. S
Sgt. Shaff
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