Germans Beaten In Great Tank Battle
U S forces under Lt Gen Omar N Bradley drive armored spearheads south of Coutances in a major battlefield west of Cherbourg. American troops capture St Malo de la Lande and advance toward Brehal and Lengronne with many German tanks destroyed and thousands of prisoners taken.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Denis-Le Gast
Coutances
Lengronne
St. Malo-De la Lande
Omar N. Bradley
Percy
Ocean
Vire
St. Lo
St. Jean-Des Baisants
Bois-De Soulles
le Mesnil Herman
Pont Brocard
Canisy
Notre Dame
Brehal
CBS
BBC
Normandy
U. S
NBC
John McVane
France
Tessy- Sur-Vire
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Marylander Serves With Eighth Air Force Bomber Group
Staff Sergeant Felix Kramer son of Mr and Mrs Angelo Kramer 112 North Market Frederick Maryland serves with a B 17 Flying Fortress group in England as head of his group security section He joined the Army Air Forces in 1942 after clerical work for his father prior to enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Felix Kramer
Angelo Kramer
North Market
Frederick
Kramer
Army Air Forces
Sugar Replacement Certificates Available From War Price Boards
Consumers may obtain replacements for sugar lost damaged destroyed or stolen by applying to local war price and ration boards for certificates, the Office of Price Administration announced today in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Americans Break German Push On Cherbourg Front
From Notre Dame le Chenilly Normandy July 29 fighter bombers of the Ninth Air Force joined a 30 mile American armored line to halt seven German divisions driving toward Cherbourg. Four separate tank and infantry clashes raged as a broad victory picture emerged from a hill outside the town under clear skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Notre Dame-Le Chenilly
Normandy
Cherbourg
U. S. Ninth Air Force
65 951 Bombs Routed Nazis
London reports a US saturation bombing in Normandy that covered ten square miles with 65 951 bombs dropped by 2 423 planes totaling 4 302 tons. Bomb types included all but incendiaries and effectively knocked out tanks installations and vehicles. Some German soldiers wandered in a daze days after, due to mechanical failures causing short falls and American casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Normandy
Two American Generals Transferred From Italian War Theater
Allied headquarters announces the transfer to the United States of Maj. Gen. Charles Ryder commander of the 34th Infantry Division and Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Harmon commander of the First Armored Division for new duties.
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Rome
United States
Allied
Charles Ryder
Ernest N. Harmon
War Department reports wartime Army separations totals
The War Department disclosed that from Pearl Harbor through May 31, total Army separations reached 1,234,000. Deaths both in battle and nonbattle amount to 68,000, honorable discharges total 941,000, prisoners of war and missing total 66,000, with other separations including returns to inactive status bringing the figure to 1 159,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Merseburg Synthetic Oil Plant Is Bombed
Allied air forces bombed Merseburg's synthetic oil plant and Bremen in a pair of daytime raids on Germany, with American heavy bombers supported by Thunderbolts and other fighters. RAF fliers wrecked a German village in the Brest peninsula at breakfast, while night fighting claimed numerous Luftwaffe losses. Hamburg and Stuttgart targets reported fires despite cloud cover.
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London
Germany
Senna
Merseburg
Bremen
Stuttgart
Hamburg
Frankfurt
France
Juvincoust
Laon-Couvron
Paris
Brest
Scrignac
Air Ministry
The
Reich
Watten
Pas de Calais
Union Bridge Soldier Dies in France
Pfc. Charles Albert Fowble, 26, of Union Bridge, was killed in action in France on June 20 after three years in the army. He trained at Camp Fort Sam Houston and Camp Sparta, sailed from New York to Ireland in 1943, then served in England and France. He was a 1937 graduate of Elmer Wolfe High School, member of St. James Lutheran, Union Bridge Fire Company, and worked at Western Maryland Railroad Shops before deployment. He is survived by his parents and a sister Dorothy. Memorial services are planned at St. James Lutheran Church.
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Charles Fowble
Union Bridge
Adjutant General
Charles Albert Fowble
France
Pfc
Fowble
Camp Fort Sam “Houston
Texas
Camp Sparta
Wis
New York State
Ireland
England
Elmer Wolfe
St. James’ Lutheran Church
Union Bridge Fire Company
Western Maryland Railroad
Dorothy Fowble
Pfc. Fowble
St. James
A. A. Kelly
Frank Robbins, Jr
Water use cut as city urges lawn irrigation curb
Hagerstown on July 29 urged domestic water consumers to curb lawn and garden sprinkling after daily consumption exceeded the capacity of the Potomac river pumping station.
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Hagerstown
Potomac River
Super Forts Strike Manchuria Targets in Daylight Raid
The United States 20th Bomber Command daylight raid hit Mukden area industrial sites in Manchuria. Anshan iron and steel center and Penhsihu coal fields were cited. Japan claimed minimal damage while some residential areas suffered.
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Associated Pres
War Department
Mukden
Manchuria
Tokyo Radio
Anshan
Penhsihu
United States
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Domet Dispatch
War Industries
Washington
Japan
20Th Bomber Command
20Th Air Force
Yawata
Sasebo
Pacific
Fushun
Greater East Asia
Night Storm Alarms City No Damage
Frederick residents faced anxious moments as a second windstorm swept in from the southwest around 1 15 a m. It caused minor damage with fallen tree limbs and a temporarily brief power outage in Thurmont, but citywide damage was limited. Officials planned debris removal next week and noted crops benefited from rainfall while temperatures cooled.
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Frederick
Thurmont
Hugh V. Gittinger
Market Street
Market
Frank Weddle
Fishing Creek
Potomac Edison Company
Tourmeont
Park Mills
Montgomery County
Chesapeake
Mt. Airy
Brunswick
Mt Airy
Walkersville
Middletown
Emmitsburg
Maryland Maryland grand lodge invites Walker to speak
Mount Airy Md July 29 William Paul Walker associate agricultural economist University of Maryland has been invited to address the 68th annual convention of the Maryland Virginia District of Columbia grand lodge Independent Order of Good Templars in Mount Airy August 16-17.
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Mount Airy
William Paul Walker
University of Maryland
Maryland-Virginia District of Columbia
Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Good Templars
Bulgars Urge Germany to Withdraw All Nazi Troops
Istanbul reports Premier Ivan Baxhanov's government asked Germany to evacuate all German armed forces from Bulgaria. Indications suggest the demand may be heeded as Bulgaria negotiates for peace with the Allies and establishes Russian consulates in major ports. German troops in Bulgaria are reportedly fewer than two divisions and seen as not aiding defense.
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Istanbul
Ivan Baxhanov
Germany
Bulgaria
Ruschuk
Varna
Burgas
Danube
Giurgiu
United States
Turkey
Franz van Papen
Ankara
London
van Papen
Russia
Sukru Saracoglu
Berlin
Eighth Army Nearing Arno River Front West of Florence
Allied communique reports the Eighth Army advancing on a wide front west of Florence and two miles from Empoli while heavy fighting rages five miles from Florence. Polish troops enter Senigallia on the Adriatic. Fifth Army front actions limited to artillery duels. Allied air raids hit Ploesti region and targets in northern Italy and Yugoslavia.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Arno
Florence
Empoli
Adriatic
Senegalia
Fifth Army
Ploesti
Italy
Yugoslavia
Five-Cent Cup Of Coffee Back Monday
Washington reports the five cent cup of coffee will return next Monday after the Office of Price Administration announced a nationwide price freeze. Only eateries that charged more than a nickel in October 1942 may continue. later hikes to six or seven cents are banned.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Top Scoring U. 5 Ace Is Missing In Action
Oil City Pennsylvania July 29 War Department reports Lt Col Francis Gabreski top scoring U S Air Force ace with 38 planes to his credit has been missing in action since May 20.
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Oil City
Francis
Gabreski
U. S. Air Force
War Department
Warsaw In Sight Of Russian Spearheads
Soviet spearheads reportedly near Warsaw as Red Army penetrated the Baltics and threaten rail links from Siauliai to Kaunas. German communique notes Jelgava debacle but Russians push toward Daugavpils and Riga as Rokossovsky’s units advance from Kolbiel toward Warsaw.
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London
Red Army
Warsaw
Jelgava
Baltics
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Riga
Baltic Sea
Siauliai
Kaunas
Siedsce
Moscow
Phev
Bug
Brest Litovsk
Rokossovsky
Lithuania
Baltic
Joniskis
Estonia
Latvia
East Prussia
Jaroslaw
Przemysl
Ukraine
Krakow
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Carpathian
Red Star
Reaction To Breakthrough Is Awaited
Washington July 29 Reaction to the smashing American breakthrough in Normandy is awaited in military quarters with intense interest as it may reveal the length of enemy resistance in Europe. German strategy under Hitler’s terror trio hinges on retreat or fighting to the last man. Allies’ superiority suggests German plans will fail, but the pace of victory depends on German choices and reserves.
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Washington
Germany
Normandy
Europe
Hitler
Himmier
Goebbels
Goering
English Channel
Calais
Caen
Seine
le Havre-Calais
Britain
Washington Tragedy Near Taft Bridge Claims Mrs Murat Williams
Mrs Murat Williams 25 wife of a Navy lieutenant and member of a prominent Washington family died today after jumping or falling from Taft bridge into Rock Creek Park. She was found dying by park police.
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Washington
Murat Williams
Navy
Taft Bridge
Rock Creek Park
Eda Louise Burke
Jungle Force trainees push hard in Central America
Jungle Specialists of the Panama Mobile Force pursue jungle combat training in rugged Central American terrain near the Panama Canal. Private First Class Wilbur E. Stout of Woodsboro Maryland joined the Army in August 1943 and is among the trainees.
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Panama Canal Department
Panama
Inek
Wilbur E. Stout
Dsboro
Central America
Pfe. Stout
Army
To Cancel Truck And Bus Tire Certificates
Washington July 294 The Office of Price Administration will cancel nearly all outstanding ration certificates for heavy truck and bus tires effective at midnight tonight to reexamine operator needs amid reduced allocations and new priorities. About 100000 certificates are in circulation while only 60000 casings will be available in August. Most certificates issued recently will be canceled while others must refile with local ration boards. Forms will then go to OPA emergency truck tires ration panels in about 400 key areas after screenings.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Mine Sweeper Swerve Lost After War Start
Washington reports the navy announced the loss of mine sweeper Swerve, elevating total American naval vessels lost since the war began to 172. The notice cites wartime action as the cause and lists the date as July 29.
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Washington
Navy
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Sienne
le Mesnil-Aubert
U.S
RAF
Pfc. C. A. Fowble
Stockholm
Sweden
Switzerland
Unit Corp
Walter Keeney
Company A
Fighth
U. 5
Vistula
Niemen
Soviet Baltic Republics
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