Americans Capture Verdun Amid War Advance
A Frederick soldier Pfc Robert Walters died of wounds in France after D-Day in June. His wife learned of the death by War Department telegram after earlier notices of a slight wound. He trained at Fort Myer and Camp Atterbury before joining the paratroops then rejoined cavalry. His unit was overseas. he would have turned 24 in September. Cpl Albert Dutrow and Cpl John Jones, both wounded, remained in action. Dutrow reported a shoulder wound and a Purple Heart. Dutrow’s family notes his return to duty after Norman Dom action and a promotion to corporal.
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Frederick
Robert Walters
France
Albert G. Dutrow
Walters
Betty Handley Walters
East Church Street
War Department
Cpl
Dutrow
John Jones
East Fourth Street
Cpl. Jones
Pfc
Army
Cavalry
Fort Myer
Indiana
Georgia
Florida
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Laura V. Williams
Washington County
Charles R. Handley
Earl Walters
Baltimore
Margaret E. Walters
Washington
Nora Walters
East Patrick Street
William Simmons
North Market Street
Pvt
William Walters
Test
Tenn
Grace Walters
Donald King
Waynesboro
Robert Evans
Cpl. Dutrow
Roy H. Dutrow
East Third Street
Normandy
National Guard
Fort Meade
Bombardment Ravages Bucharest After Axis Pullout
Romanian armistice delegates report Bucharest reduced to ruins after Aug 24 26 air raids by German planes. King Mihai dismissed Antonescu, Rom wiped out Ploesti fire gutted. Athenee Palace hotel and National Theater among buildings destroyed. Antonescu held under guard.
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Moscow
Romania
Bucharest
Mihai
Ion Antonescu
Axis
Joseph Morton
Associated Press
Balkans
Italy
Morton
New York
Ploesti
George Popp
National Peasant Party
Antonescu
Athenee Palace
Manfred von Killinger
Legation
Draft Policy Is Unchanged
Selective service told Congress that the armed forces, about 11.4 million, can stay at full strength without changing draft policies unless military reverses occur. Col. Francis V. Keesling Jr. told Senate and House committees that if induction calls stay constant, few men over 26 will be drafted this year. In July, 83 percent of inductees were ages 18 to 26.
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Washington
Selective Service
Congress
Francis V. Keesling, Jr
Senate
House
German troops surrender to Turkish authorities on Greek frontier
Cairo dispatch says 194 German troops surrendered voluntarily to Turkish authorities along the Greek frontier and were interned. The report notes the surrender occurred today and reflects ongoing postwar arrangements.
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Cairo
Ankara
German Front Plight Described Hopeless by Nazi Spokesman
A Berlin radio briefing quoted a German military spokesman saying the situation in northern France is hopeless for the time being as Allied advances create two bulges near Amiens and the Meuse. He contrasted this with a previous four week period when the Germans claimed to have mastered a similar threat.
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London
France
Berlin
Amiens
Meuse
Allied Forces Advance Into Belgium and Dieppe Reported Captured
Allied troops and tanks surged across a 270 mile front from the coast to the German border threatening to enter Germany before nightfall. Field Marshal Montgomery’s forces sealed off sea coast areas as Belgium’s flags flew in London signaling imminent liberation. Separately a UN radio dispatch claimed Dieppe was captured without opposition.
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Germany
Belgium
London
France
United Nations
Algiers
Dieppe
Eisenhower Armies Make Unique Record in France Drive
The Associated Press reports Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's forces have nearly matched Hitler's 1940 France conquest, advancing from Normandy and reaching near the German frontier in 37 days. Despite limited port supplies, American spearheads drove from a Normandy beachhead to Avranches Paris and Sedan, with brisk progress as German morale wanes.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Adolf Hitler
St. Lo
Omar N. Bradley
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Hitler
Normandy
Paris
Eisenhower
Cherbourg
le Havre
Brest
St. Nazaire
Lorient
Adolf Heiler
Abbeville
Sedan
Avranches
Nantes
Chartres
Amiens
Gothic Line Breakthrough Reported In Italy Front
Allied forces breached the Gothic Line in northern Italy with a 1000 yard penetration west of Borgo Santa Maria near Monteggio as British and Polish troops push the Germans back. Fierce defense north of the Foglia river includes German tank counterattacks while Pesaro remains contested along the railway.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Gothic Line
Italy
Foglia River
Borgo Santa Maria
Montecchio
Pesaro
Cassino
Former Senator Norris Unconscious and Weakened
McCook Nebraska September 1 George W Norris former senator has lost consciousness and grown progressively weaker physicians report Norris is being nourished by intravenous injections Dr Leininger attends the 3 year veteran legislator and provides updates on his condition Also reported minister W Merval Weaver mourns father who died of a paralytic stroke at his Bellefonte Pennsylvania home with services planned in Frederick today
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W. Merval Weaver
Bellefonte
Presbyterian Church
James B. Ranck
Oyster season opens in Maryland with limited supply foreseen
Officials predict a tight oyster season with high prices as the season begins. It is legal to tong for oysters today in the Choptank river’s Dorchester county and in the waters of Kent Queen Annes Talbot and Anne Arundel counties.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Dorchester County
Kent
Queen Anne's
Talbot
Anne
Arundel
1100 U S Flyers Freed In Romania After Armistice
Romanian capital Bucharest welcomed 1100 American airmen liberated as King Mihai proclaimed an armistice. About 22 Britons also among the freed prisoners. The men had been held in camps near Brasov and Bucharest after low level raids on Ploesti. They praised the swift liberation and noted German bombardment of the hospital housing prior prisoners.
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Joseph Morton
Bucharest
Mihai
Ploesti
Brasov
All-Out Assault on Brest Port Begins
American medium bombers attacked German strong points in Brest Brittany at General Omar Bradley’s urging. His forces then launched a full assault to free the Atlantic harbor from elements of three enemy divisions.
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London
Brittany
Brest
Omar N. Bradley
Atlantic
Italians, Allies Close In as Nazi Units Retreat
The BBC-German broadcast from New York says American troops crossed into Italy after Nice and linked with Italian patriots. In France, American tanks and infantry pushed the enemy toward Lyon as Valence and Le Bourg du Pease fell, with Germans fleeing and orders given to move toward Germany.
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New York
Ludwig Sertorious
Italy
Adriatic
Appennines
Associated Press
Nice
Office of War Information
Rome
Rhone
France
Lyon
Valence
Alexander. M. Patch
le Bourg du Pease
Germany
Nimes
NBC
BBC
Verdun
County Properties Sold At Court House
Seven county properties changed hands at trustees sales at the Court House this morning. Moss-Side Farm near Frederick sold for 15 200 to Mr and Mrs Ransom RB Lewis and Valley View Farm sold for 16 400 to Mrs Charles Mc C Mathias. A 121 acre farm between Walkersville and Woodsboro sold for 14 300 to Mr and Mrs Marshall L Leatherman. A ten room dwelling and farm buildings included. Trustees listed include Charles Mc C Mathias D Princeton Buckey William M Storm Paul W Knox. A second sale saw four parcels bought by Mr and Mrs R Francis Sappington for 7 992. Properties are in Woodville district with 257 acre farm 11 acre woodlot 33 acres pasture and 30 acres woodland plus one fifth undivided interest.
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Court House
Miss Florence
Route 240
Frederick
Valley View
Baker's Valley
Bertha
Ransom RB. Lewis
Charles McC. Mathias
Council Street
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Marshall L. Leatherman
Thurmont
D. Princeton Buckey
William M. Storm
Paul W. Knox
W. Clinton McSherry
R. Francis Sappington
Mt. Airs
Woodville
Bulgarian Government Falls Amid Armistice Terms Draft
London reports Ivan Bagdanov's government collapsed after failing to secure neutrality. The European Advisory Commission drafted armistice terms backed by Britain, the United States, and Russia. Russian forces advance along Bulgaria's northern frontier as rumors swirled that Hungary sought Allied terms.
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London
Ivan Bagdanov
Balkan
European Advisory Commission
Bulgaria
Europe
Hungary
Marshall's Anniversary Sees Victory In Sight
Washington marks a dual anniversary as Germany’s 1939 Poland invasion begins WWII and George C. Marshall rises from brigadier to four star general and chief of staff. The piece notes the U S army’s disarray and Marshall at his desk in the Pentagon with victory near.
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Washington
Germany
Poland
U.S. Army
George C. Marshall
Hitler
Pentagon
Paris Reports 80 Percent of France Free
Blue network correspondent Herbert M. Clark filed from Paris that about eighty percent of France is free today, a rough but accurate estimate given the Allied armies and the French Forces of the Interior active in the area.
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New York
Blue Network
Herbert M. Clark
Paris
France
Clark
FFL
Fine Weather For Labor Day Weekend
The weather bureau says most of the nation will have a pleasant Labor Day weekend with generally fine conditions. Only the southeast is expected to be hot and humid with fairly general showers, while elsewhere skies are bright and dry.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Commercy Near St Mihiel In Final German Front Collapse
Allied forces push toward the German border as Verdun falls and Commercy is captured. American columns drive through Argonne toward Sedan with British and Canadian units near Rouen and Dieppe. Belgian flags rise in salute as patrols advance toward Compiegne.
Nazis May Quit Norway Denmark Without Fight
NBC reporter from Stockholm says Germans may evacuate Denmark and Norway without a fight as large troop movements are reported. German papers have shifted away from Fortress Europe toward a retreatful stance, signaling reduced resistance in the region.
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Denmark
New York
National Broadcasting Company
Bjor Bjornson
Stockholm
Neues Wiener Tagblatt
Fortress Europe
Fortress
Germany
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