Frederick Victory To Be Launched Saturday
Final arrangements for the launching of the S. S. Frederick Victory at the Bethlehem Fairfield yard in Baltimore were set after a meeting of Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger and officials. The sponsor’s group will watch from Belvedere Hotel at 9.30 am, with ceremonies at 10.15 am, though formal events are reduced due to war conditions. Plaques will be presented by the Mayor to honor Frederick and Mt. Olivet monument, with books and games donated for the ship.
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Bethlehem Fairfield Yard
Baltimore
Hugh V. Gittinger
Belvedere Hotel
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S. S. Frederick Victory
W. A. Riddell
Frederick
Edward §. Delaplaine
Francis Scott Key
Mt. Olivet
Duvall Schell
War Shipping Administration
Josephine Etchison
C. Burr Artz Lbrary
Etchison
Victoria
W. 5. Briscoe
Bethlehem-Fairfield
French Fight Nazis At Baume les Dames Forces advance in southern France
Allied dispatch reports Seventh Army moving toward Chalon sur Saone as American forces seize Louhans and Lons le Saunier between the Saone valley and the Swiss border. Monaco garrison flees after naval bombardment. Germans blow defenses and withdraw to hills.
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Seventh Army
France
Chalon-sur-Saone
Bar-sur-Seine
Troyes
Louhans
Lons-le-Saunier
Saone
Principality of
Monaco
Ligurian Sea
Monte Carlo
Germans In Retreat Toward Albert Canal
German communique reports Nazi troops in the Antwerp area retreating to the Albert canal the last defensive waterway before Germany in that sector fighting ongoing in Antwerp. They claim withdrawal continues in southern and southwestern France reaching Dijon and the heights of Langres as ordered west of the French Italian border attacks beaten off.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Albert Canal
Germany
France
Dijon
Langres
Armistice Request As Bulgaria War News Grows
Bulgaria pleads with Russia for an armistice hours after the Kremlin declares war. Cairo reports expect a joint peace with the United States Britain and the Soviet Union. Oslo radio claims Russian troops marching into Bulgaria amid no Moscow Sofia confirmation. Bulgars say government takes hard measures against German forces. Russians counter that Bulgarian rulers are Nazi instruments. Terms from Cairo talks may be revised or offered by the three Allied governments including Russia. Russians reportedly consulted on terms. Cairo notes little change needed.
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Bulgaria
Russia
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Cairo
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Oslo
Balkan Kingdom
Moscow
Sofia
U. S
Bishop James Cannon Jr Dies in Chicago at 79
Bishop James Cannon Jr longtime Methodist leader and anti liquor advocate died at Wesley Memorial Hospital Chicago following illness during a meeting of the Anti Saloon League. He sparked ecclesiastical and political controversy for over four decades including his opposition to Al Smith in 1928. He argued his stance was a principled fight against liquor.
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Chicago
James Cannon, Jr
Alfred E. Smith
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Anti-Saloon League
Cannon
Hanor
al Smith
Smith
Carter Glass
Virginia
John J. Raskob
Tammany Hallard
Democratic Party
Canadians Reach French Channel Coast Near Calais
Reuters dispatch reports Canadian patrols reached the Strait of Dover on both sides of Calais. They advanced toward Boulogne, with forces within about a mile of the city as the Canadian First Army pushes forward along the coast.
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London
Reuters
Front
French Channel
Calais
Strait OF Dover
Straits of Dover
Boulogne
Portland Sees 102 Degree Heat Wave
Still hot there Portland Oregon September 6 reports say the thermometer topped 102 degrees yesterday marking a new September high. The reading exceeded the prior record by five degrees and intensified the heat in the city.
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Portland
Ore
Oradour Massacre Retold by War Correspondent Kennedy
Edward Kennedy recounts the Oradour sur Glane massacre in which 1200 to 1500 villagers including many women and children were burned alive by the Das Reich SS battalion. Survivors and witnesses describe doors shot, a church and school set ablaze, phosphorous grenades melting metal, and bodies buried in common graves with aid from local authorities.
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Edward Kennedy
Oradour-Sur-Glane
France
Oradour
London
Limoges
Glane
Paris
Das Reich SS
Commandant Marchel
Pierre Milord
Marchel
Gestapo
Das Reich
Pyrenees
FFI
Point Values Of Some Foods Off Sept 17
Washington announces removal from wartime rationing of fruit spreads and select canned vegetables effective Sept 17. Byrnes notes supply drives the action with no. 2 cans of asparagus and baked beans listed, fresh lima beans, peas, pumpkin, squash, and soups among items shedding blue points. Marvin Jones explains OPA oversight. baby foods retain one point.
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James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
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Office of Price Administration
Marvin Jones
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Reds Set East Prussia In Broad Front Push
Russian troops crossed the Narew north of Warsaw and drove toward East Prussia on a heavy German defense line. In Romania the drive aimed toward Yugoslavia to join Tito’s Partisans and threaten Bulgaria, southern Yugoslavia, Greece, and the Aegean as Belgrade loomed within reach and no Bulgarian invasion was announced. Stormovik planes supported the renewed offensive near the Narew with four German divisions guarding a 24 mile sector.
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Romania
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Aegean
Iron Gate
Danube
Transylvanian Alps
Belgrade
Hungary
Red
Russia
Oslo
Narew
Berlin
Student radar tag remarks on punctuality at Colgate
Joe Wilson Jr a radar man second class from Valentine Nebraska was ten minutes late to class at Colgate University and told by Lt Arthur Mooney that punctuality matters Wilson replied he had been in Africa yesterday and thought he had done well during the new duty assignment
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Colgate
Joe Wilson
Valentine
Nebr
Arthur Mooney
The Road To Berlin Front Distances Reported
Russian front miles 312 from Pulatsk north of War saw. Western front 363 miles from Breda Netherlands. Southern France 560 miles from Bourg En Bresse. Italian front 585 miles south of Rimini.
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Associated Press
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Breda
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France
Bourg-En-Bresse
Rimini
Six Japanese Admirals Reported Killed by Enemy Action
Tokyo radio says a vice admiral and five rear admirals were killed in the Yokosuka command area by enemy action near Tokyo Bay. The loss follows MacArthur’s New Guinea successes and signals widening Allied pressure on Japanese positions across the region. Admiral Shiro Takasu died September 2 in Tokyo from an illness after returning from the southern front.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
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Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
James Doolittle
Kuniaki Koiso
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
China
MacArthur
New Guinea
Burma
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Chindwin
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Japan
Kiyang
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Lishui
Wenchow
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Yokosuka Naval Station
Tokyo Bay
Yokohama
Pacific
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Domet Agency
Shiro Takasu
Federal Communications Commission
Flying Bombs To Be Turned On Allied Army
London reports a quiet night with one bomb flare while German radio comments say the V-1 flying bombs may be directed at Allied forces on the European continent. The commentator notes the weapon will lose none of its importance even if not launched against England regularly.
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London
England
McCarran Holds Lead In Nevada Primaries
Senator Pat McCarran led in the Nevada Democratic renomination race with a 853 vote margin as ballot counting neared completion. With 249 of 283 precincts reported, Mc Carran had 10 441 votes to Watt Pittman 9 588.
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Associated Press
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Watt Pittman
McCarran
Pittman
Nelson Hurley Stilwell Arrive in Chungking
Donald M. Nelson head of the War Production Board Maj Gen Patrick Hurley and Gen Joseph W Stilwell arrive in Chungking today to discuss Allied war logistics amid ongoing China-Burma-India operations.
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Chungking
Donald M. Nelson
U. S. War Production Board
Patrick Hurley
Joseph W. Stilwell
Netherlands government in exile bids Britain farewell
London Sept 6 Allied armies push liberation of Holland onward. The Netherlands government in exile officially took leave of Britain today and prepares to return to the homeland as forces advance.
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London
Holland
Netherlands
Britain
City Schools Open With 3040 Students Despite Drops
Fresh start marks the opening day as over 3,400 Frederick children return to classrooms in sunny fall weather. White enrollments total 3,032, down from last year, while colored elementary and high schools reach multi year highs. Frederick High enrolls 1,170 with 335 freshmen. Park way and North Market rise. Washington Street falls. Lincoln High echoes new and returning students across grades.
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Frederick City
Lincoln Colored High School
Frederick High School
Elm Street
Parkway
North Market Street
Washington Street
Louise Weagly
Geneva Ely
Spencer Ware
Christine Scott
Mary J. Shutt
Katharine Biehl
Mary D. Cornproost
Ruth C. Swank
Mary D. Adams
Julia Etchison
Alice Pauli
Ada Poole
Ethel Beachley
Eleanor Barnhart
Dorothy Beachley
Frances West
Edith Gardiner
Constance Remsberg
Frances Allis
Virginia Klos
Eleanor Weagly
Edward Holler
Peery Shumate
Eunice Smith
Martha Ebeling
Isabel Robert
Marion Moser
Angeline
Shirley Braungart
Louise Lippy
Lindsay Day
Alvida Delashmutt
Donald Davis
Max Everhart
Kathryn Snook
Charlotte Motter
Beulah Moberly
Ruth Hammond Staley
Hilda Greene
Minnie Cookerly
L. Price Young
Margaret Jagaha
Sara Bowles
L. Irene Price
Chester G. Clem
Lincoln High School
Corinda Stewart
Wallace Darius
Mary Campbell
Gwendolyn Henson
Eunice Hutchins
Elizabeth Brown
U S Tanks Enter Germany in World War II Sweep
U S Third Army patrols crossed the Moselle near Nancy and Metz and moved toward Saarbrucken amid claims of penetrating into German soil for the first land entry since 1940. About 50 000 Germans were reported trapped in Pas de Calais with forces at Le Havre and Boulogne. Supply raids and a surrender ultimatum to Le Havre were noted as allied pressure mounted.
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le Havre
Boulogne
First Army
Brittany
Brest
London
Reich
France
U. S. Third Army
Moselle
Saarbrucken
Germany
Japs Can Now Mass Their Air Power Says Forrestal
Washington reports Navy Secretary Forrestal stating Japan can mass air power in a narrowed theater including the Philippines China and Japan proper. He warned of a long hard fight ahead as Japan aims to save planes for future engagements and cites technical improvements in aircraft.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Pacific
Philippines
China
Japan
United States Navy
Germany
Europe
President Roosevelt Seizes Two Hugh Tool Plants
President Roosevelt ordered the Army to seize and operate two Hugh Tool Company plants in Houston Texas to avert a threatened labor disruption affecting about 5000 workers. The move follows a dispute that could halt production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh Tool Company
Houston
Texas
Depression Deepens as Steels Motors and Rails Lag
New York stock market edged lower as heavy steel, motor and rail shares weighed on trading. The day’s list of notable decliners included several individuals and investors amid cautious sentiment and broad weakness across major sectors.
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New York
Patton Drives Toward Strasbourg After Moselle Crossing
American forces under Lt Gen George Patton crossed the Moselle near Nancy and pushed toward Strasbourg with patrols penetrating German territory and returning to the main line. British Second Army activity in the Netherlands remained unconfirmed while Namur in Belgium was reported liberated by U S forces. Luxembourg remained officially unconfirmed as Allied positions to the Rhine were kept secret.
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George 5
Patton
Nancy
Strasbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Netherlands
Paris
Rotterdam
Antwerp
U. S S. First Army
Namur
Meuse
Sambre
Liege
Aachen
Germany
Luxembourg
Rhine
U. S
Saarbrucken
Eisenhower Issues Second War Instructions to Foreign Workers
The Office of War Information said General Eisenhower’s headquarters broadcast a second set of directives to foreign workers in Germany. It urged workers whose countries are at war with Germany to hide, gather information, and, if escape is impossible, to prevent destruction of facilities essential to Allied forces.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Office of War Information
Paris Sets Up Courts For Trial Of Traitors
Paris military authorities establish military tribunals in Paris to try traitors and enemy agents with no possibility of appeal, as announced by Radio France from Algiers. Lt. Gen. Joseph Pierre Koenig, governor of Paris, heads the French Forces of the Interior.
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London
Radio France
Algiers
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Paris
Interior
Sweden to bar fronts and send war criminals home
Stockholm reports Sweden will close its borders to war criminals and extradite them to their home countries for justice. Minister of Social Affairs Gustav Moeller declared in a speech last night, saying offenders who slip through will be returned for trial.
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Sweden
Gustav Moeller
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