Siege of Warsaw and East Prussia Drive Report
Soviet forces pushed toward Warsaw as Rokossovsky’s units bombarded the Vistula line while three-pronged offensives pressed East Prussia. Kaunas fell, Jelgava and Riga faced starvation lines, and German defenses sprawled across Praga bridges amid retreating forces. Tibetan tea consumption noted briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
Baltic
Ivan C. Bagramian
Latvia
Jelvada
Lilence River
Jelgava
Stalin
East Prussia
Estonia
Vistula
Pell Mell
Warsaw
Praga
Rokossovsky
Prudential Life Assurance
Cathedral of St. John
Red Army
Poland
Radzmin
Wolomin
Otwock
Kaunas
Berlin
Dingle’s Tibet Promise of Power Through Knowledge
In Forbidden Tibet Edwin J. Dingle, once near death, credits a mystic with healing and wealth gained through Knowledge power. He invites readers to request a free 9900 word treatise from The Institute of Mentalphysics in Los Angeles, urging prompt replies as copies are limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbidden
Tibet
Edwin J. Dingle
England
Far East
Dingle
The
Institute of Mentalphysics
South Hobart Blvd
Dept
K-244
Los Angeles
Calif
Tobias Is Named To Veteran Post In Washington County
Coll Henry C. Stanwood names William A. Tobias as Veteran Personal Representative to coordinate the veterans job reintegration program in Washington county. The effort aims to return veterans to civilian work swiftly, with local boards and committees handling reinstatement and referrals to agencies for employment, pensions, education, and welfare services as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Stanwood
Selective Service
William A. Tobias
Washington County
Tobias
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Coast Guard Auxiliary
U. S
Veterans’ Employment Division
U. S. Employment Service
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
U.S. Civil Service Commission
American Red Cross
Veterans Administration
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bricker Nominee of America Firsts with Smith as Running Mate
Detroit reports Gerald L. K. Smith named presidential nominee of the America First party. He selected Governor Job W. Bricker of Ohio as his running mate, though Bricker denied any connection and refused to have his name used. The convention chose an electoral slate and advised backing Bricker for the Republican nomination at Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First
Job W. Bricker
Ohio
Smith
Bricker
Columbus
America First Party
Chicago
German Spy Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced to 20 Years
Waldemar Othmer, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Germany, pleaded guilty to espionage under U.S. laws and was sentenced by Judge C. J. Wrehe in Norfolk to 20 years in prison. He admitted providing shipping movement information to England but said the acts occurred before Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Waldemar Othmer
U. S
C. J. Wrehe
United States District Court
Olimer
United States
England
Pearl Harbor
Storm Heads Toward Georgia and Carolina Coasts
The Miami storm warning service reports a tropical storm of moderate intensity and small diameter moving toward the Georgia and Carolina coasts. Winds around 55 mph are forecast, with higher tides. small craft from Daytona Beach to Cape Hatteras urged to stay in port as alerts extend along the Atlantic coast from Jacksonville to Cape Hatteras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Georgia
Carolina
Daytona Beach
Cape Hatteras
Jacksonville
Memorandum Defines Veteran Contact Paths For Careers And Retraining
The revised memorandum outlines how veterans seeking agricultural work or railroad employment can arrange contacts. It guides local boards on cooperating with the Veterans Administration to supply veteran information, notably concerning V. D. A. G. O. Form 20 Part V. It clarifies the Selective Service System responsibilities under the 1940 act and Executive Order 9427 for retraining and reemployment administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Veterans Administration
Car Pooling Plan Now in Effect for Supplemental Gas Rations
Washington county War Price and Ration Board announced a 30 day probation starting August 1 for holders of B and C supplemental gas rations to form home to work car pools. A full car pool means four passengers plus the driver, or one passenger in a coupe, and pools must cover the entire commute. Exemptions apply to traveling salesmen ministers doctors and others whose travel isn’t home to work. Signatures of car pools are required for future 90 day allotments. war workers in Hagerstown and Washington county face the most impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Leo x. McCormick
Boonsboro
Hagerstown
Yanks May Soon Head For Paris
British and American forces linked westward near Eveque forest six miles southeast of Torigni sur Vire as Lt Gen Omar Bradley’s tanks pushed beyond Avranches. The update said the Americans could threaten Brittany or pivot toward Paris about 140 miles away, breaking through the hedgerow country that slowed their advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eveque Forest
Torigni-sur-Vire
Omar N. Bradley
Avranches
Brittany Peninsula
France
Paris
Hitler Holds Firm Control Amid Bomb Plot Claims
Report from capital asserts Hitler maintains firm control while rumors of a serious assassination attempt spread. Himmler is said to have used the moment to purge suspicious figures, and a Soviet bulletin echoed that German collapse hinges on Allied tanks rather than German defections, predicting Hitler’s death by any means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Himmler
Germany
Mya Ehrenburg
Reds Press Big Drive Across Estonian Front
Soviets push 804 mile Baltic front from Lake Peipus to Gulf of Finland with 19 divisions and tank support, aiming for Joensuu rail hub. Riga evacuation worsens for Germans as Red Army seizes large Baltic territory. Ehrenburg quotes cautioning about Berlin goal and summer of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Lake Peipus
Gulf of Finland
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Berlin
Helsinki
Red Army
Karelia
Aftonbladet
Joensuu
Riga
Jelgava
Gulf of Riga
Baltics
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Ilya Ehrenburg
Red Star
Warsaw
Tobruk
Local CAP Cadets to Train at Air Force Installations
Four cadets from the local Civil Air Patrol unit travel to Camp Springs Maryland for a 10 day Army routine training living with regular Army personnel. Named cadets include Sgt Robert Rohrer and Privates Donald Beard Richard Holzapfel and David Andrews from Hagerstown. A second 10 day camp starts August 15 at Dover Delaware under Lt Miles B Reifsnyder CAP known as Rev Reifsnyder, Westminster Reform Church pastor, active in CAP cadet work in Western Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Camp Springs
Hagerstown
Sgt
Robert ©. Rohrer
Donald Z. Beard
Richard Holzapfel
David Andrews
Dover
Delaware
Air Force
Miles 8. Reifsnyder
Cap
Reifsnyder
The
Reformed Church
Westminster
GAP
Maryland
Receipts Drop At Post Office After Three Year High
Receipts at the local post office fell for the first month in over three years. The report notes a drop compared with the same month last year with totals indicating a slowdown in mail activity.
War Savings and Bond Sales Decline in Recent Figures
Report shows $24,249.87 in a period, down from $26,295.17 in July 1943, a decrease of $976.30. Bond and war savings stamps sales for last month reached $111,937.00, compared with $74,756.25 in June this year and $74,487.50 in July last year.
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Koenigsberg
United Nations
Red
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Reich
Cherniakhovsky
Kopiec
Grodno
Lyck
Suwalki
Pennsylvania Motor Oil
Oil City, Pa
Pennsylvania
H. L. Mills
West
Baltimore Street
Tobias Is
Veteran Post
America Firsts
Yanks
Ines
OLD Discovery Distilleries
Baltimore, Md
Bardstown, Ky
Europe
Tye
Reds
Featurin
Everly
Icodemus
Crane
O. P.O
Washington’ Street
Rudy
Manbeck
Schindel-Rohrer & Co. Inc
S. Potomac St. Ph
Cloverdale
Cloverdale Soft Drinks
Cloverdale Spring CO
Newrie
Poe
Baker Distributing Company
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