Drought and Heat Hit Corn Belt Crop Losses Across States
Spotty weekend rains failed to save fields as searing temperatures damaged corn soybeans and garden crops from Illinois to Mississippi. Officials warned of continued drought with scattered thundershowers and cooler temperatures, while the Agriculture Department projected a large total corn crop but a drop from July figures.
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Mississippi
Deep South
Plains
Dust Bowl
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Department of Agriculture
Heat Wave Causes Six Deaths Across Three States
The August heat wave proved deadly with three deaths in New Jersey and three in Maryland. Connecticut warned of a serious water shortage and Danbury police ordered arrests for lawn sprinkling. Ice vendors in Detroit cut sales to essentials as cities sweltered past 90 degrees.
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New Jersey
Maryland
Connecticut
Danbury
Detroit
Youthful Pair Hold Up Loan Office in Pittsburgh
Two young bandits robbed a Pittsburgh loan office later locking the manager and two staff in a washroom and escaping with 1500 dollars. The raid began when one man posed as a customer and then drew a revolver shouting to take all.
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Pittsburgh
B. H. Feldman
Lieutenant James Forney Killed Over North Africa
Lieut. James Forney 28 son of Lieut. Colonel H R Forney and Myrtle Forney of Berlin was killed in a plane crash over North Africa on August 9. A first pilot on a B 17 Flying Fortress with 3½ years service, he trained at Foster Field and Hondo Field before overseas duty. He had written from Maine on August 6 and likely departed for Morocco’s Mar rakech receiving point the night of or after that letter.
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H. R. Forney
Berlin
North Africa
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Marrakech
Morocco
Lieut
Dental Corps
Army Air Corps
Foster Field
Texas
Hondo Field
Maine
Berlin-Brothers Valley
Mohnton
Reading
Berlin Lutheran Church
H. R
Myrtle Houston Forney
New Castle
Blacklist Motorman For Duration In Philadelphia
Thomas A. Quigley 30, a motorman and father of two, was blacklisted for employment in any industry for the duration for failing to comply with an army directive ordering transit workers back to work after a six day strike. The army seized the Philadelphia Transportation Company and charged eight workers. Quigley was the only one to be blacklisted.
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Philadelphia
Thomas A. Quigley
Army
Philip Hayes
Hayes
War Department
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Quigley
Orothy Hibbs
The
War Manpower Commission
Philip C. Pendleton
PTC
U. S
Norman J. Griffin
Pendleton
James H. McMenamin
Frank P. Carney
William C. Dixey
Frank Thompson
Evening Bulletin
Rescue Crews Fail To Save Boys In Ohio River Tragedy
Coast guardsmen and rescue teams worked three hours to recover two boys from the Ohio River at Coraopolis. George Regelman, 9, and Nelle Palumbo, 12, disappeared while swimming with companions. Divers found their bodies and attempted resuscitation.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Coraopolis
George Regelman
Nelle Palumbo
Reds capture Osowiec fortress on Biebrza front
Russian Second White Russia army under General Zakharov seized Osowiec on the Biebrza river near the East Prussian border as German defenses collapsed. Moscow announced new advances in Estonia Latvia and Lithuania with forces approaching Valga and Riga while fighting raged along the 1000 mile front from the Baltic to the Carpathians.
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G. Z. Zakharov
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Osowiec
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Estonia
Riga
Rntsia
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Vora
Latvia
Red
Valga
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Biebrzane
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Vi River
Oea
Lyck
Carpathian Mountains
Ivan Maslennikov
Third Baltic
Gulf of Riga
Nimitz Eyes Marianas Move After Pacific Press Conference
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz spoke at Pearl Harbor about a new wartime phase in the Pacific. He outlined aggressive aerial pounding along a 3,500 mile arc from the Kuriles to Halmahera and signaled plans to move headquarters toward the Marianas to press the war effort. The commander emphasized the goal of a prepared invasion if needed to secure a lasting peace while detailing recent strikes against Japanese positions and shipping near Halmahera and the Kuriles.
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Aamuiral
Chester W. Simitz
Nippon
Erial
Kuriles
Halmahera
Philippines
Nimitz
Marianas Islands
Marianas
Ismnion
Taids
Davao Gulf
Halmahera Is Neutralized By MacArthur Air Campaign
General Headquarters reports that bombers and air assaults have nearly neutralized Halmahera airdromes and disrupted maritime forces. Ground troops are immobilized as raids continue while Japan’s defense line toward the Philippines is threatened. Liberators also dropped 80 tons on Manokwari, Dutch New Guinea.
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Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Halmahera Island
Halmahera
Japan
Philippines
New Guina
Mindanao
Manokwari
Dutch New Guinea
Italian Front Action Near Frontone as Florence Receives Aid
Allied forces capture Frontone on the Cesano river as the Adriatic advance continues. Rome reports 450 tons of food and relief supplies delivered to Florence amid sporadic clashes with Italian Fascists and Germans retreating from the city.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Italy
Frontone
Cesano
Florence
Arno
Smpoli
Air Fleets Bomb Southern France and Germany
Air forces mass 3,500 planes hammer targets in southern France including Brest and in Germany. Strategic raid aimed at crippling defenses and disrupting German war capacity with heavy aerial blows.
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France
Brest
Germany
Somerset Borough Water Supply Limited Amid Drought
Borough water users asked to conserve water due to prolonged drought. Deep wells in north Somerset are low. unnecessary sprinkling and hose use on sidewalks are forbidden. If abuse continues, water may be restricted to certain hours. Borough Secretary Richard Pile urged end of wastage until rains replenish supply.
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Somerset Borough Council
Borough Water
North
Somerset
Richard Pile
De Gaulle Calls French Urged to Uprising Against Nazis
The Committee of National Liberation urged all French to join a general uprising to hasten liberation. Citizens were told to strike, slow German retreat, and disrupt Nazi control by stopping work, aiding resistance, and blocking escape routes to Paris. Special Paris area instructions would follow.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
Pyrenees
Paris
State Mine Chief seeks jury to probe mine disaster accusations
Charleston August 14 State Mines Chief Jesse Redyard asked Harrison county authorities to impanel a special grand jury to investigate the department officials after a coroner s jury verdict found negligence in the mine disaster that killed 16 men.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jesse Redyard
Harrison County
Internal Revenue Agents Tag 200 Autos in Harrisburg Campaign
Internal Revenue Department agents opened a campaign against motorists in Harrisburg who failed to display federal automobile stamps. C A Hershey, chief of the Harrisburg division, coales 20 men operating out of the State Capitol Plaza. More than 200 autos were tagged during the day, as officials enforce stamp requirements.
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Harrisburg
Internal Revenue Department
C. A. Hershey
Bie
Gnat State
Allied Air Powers Hit Germany From Italy and France
Relentless air raids by nearly 3,000 American and British bombers hammer German targets from the Riviera to Paris and Ludwigsruhe. Fortresses and Liberators strike I G Farben at Ludwigshafen, Mannheim, Standhofen and Echterdingen while a second force targets Angouleme, bridges near Paris and airfields at Metz Frescapy Lyon Bron Dijon Longvic.
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Falaise
Field Marshal
Guenther von Kluge
Seventh Army
Italy
Riviera
Mediterranean Command
Stuttgart
Angouleme
Bordeaux
Paris
Metz-Frescapy
Lyon-Bron
Dole-Tavaux
Dijon-Longvic
Bob Hope Troupe Survives Plane Crash in Australia
Comedian Bob Hope and USO troupe escaped unharmed after their plane encountered engine trouble and crash landed in a New South Wales river near Laurieton. Passengers shed gear to lighten the craft, including souvenirs and glamour outfits, before beaching on a small island as townsfolk gathered. The party included Frances Langford Jerry Colonna Patty Andrews and Tony Romano amid the flight from New Caledonia toward Sydney.
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Australia
Bob Hope
Southwest Pacific
New South Wales
Thomas
Tony Romano
Frances Langford
Jerry Colonna
Patty As
New Caledonia
Laurieton
Pittsburgh Shuts Out New Polio Cases in City Outbreak
Four new infantile paralysis cases were reported in Pittsburgh today raising the total hospital cases to 106 in the current outbreak. All new patients came from outside Allegheny county. A Uniontown boy died yesterday, bringing city deaths to four.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Uniontown
Allied forces trap German Seventh Army in Normandy victory
Allied armies close a 12 mile gap in the eastern Normandy corridor as German resistance collapses. Eisenhower calls for renewed drive with major victory potential. Patton's Third Army nears Falaise while Canadians push south of Caen. British and American forces seal the Brest peninsula and press toward Paris.
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James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Normandy “Coffin
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S. Third Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Falaise
Seine
Americapland
Doughboys
Thury- Harcourt
Orne River
Caen
Laize River
Weather Outlook for Maryland and Nearby Regions
Continued hot and humid weather across Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania with isolated thunder showers over mountains Tuesday afternoon and evening. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia remain hot and humid with scattered thundershowers later Tuesday afternoon and evening.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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