Germans Battle Desperately To Hold Florence
Allied dispatches report Eighth Army making slow progress toward Florence as five German divisions mount a last stand defense. German forces use parachute, panzer grenadier units, tiger tanks, and road booby traps while counterattacks fail to dislodge advancing troops. Britons and South Africans secure crossings and towns near the Greve river as Mount Scalari positions are held.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Lily
20Th
Panzer Grenadiers
Third
Highway Two
Highth Army
San Michele
Eighth
la Romola
San Andrea
Greve
Mount Scalari
San Marino
Fish And Clark Face Acid Primary Test
Two of Congress most colorful figures seek renomination today. In New Yorks 29th District Rep Hamilton Fish faces a strong challenge from Augustus W Bennet of Newburgh while Missouri Senator Bennett Clark runs against Roy McKittrick the state attorney general who campaigns as a pro Roosevelt candidate attacking Clarks prewar foreign policy. Clark has Truman as a supporter in his bid for reelection.
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Associated Press
Congress
Hamilton Fish
New York
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Fish
Augustus W. Bennet
Newburgh
Guy
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Clark
Roy McKittrick
Senate
Harry S. Truman
Deaths listed in Hancock and Hagerstown notices
Obituaries and memorials for Harrison Munson of Peace Eye Hancock County aged 9 with extensive family in Michigan and Ohio. Harry Elmer Lushbaugh of 312 Liberty Street Hagerstown aged 77. A K Coffman funeral home to conduct services. memorial verses for David H. Wilson and Leroy Baker with family tributes and adv notices.
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Harrison Munson
Peaceey
Hancock
Joshua
Rebecca Smith Munson
Edward L
Roy W. Munson
Carl
Martinsburg
Henry
Michigan
Ethel Harrison
Traverse
City
Mich
Clay Munson
Roy
Mt. Olivet Church
W. Dewitt Dickey
John Bernard
Cemtery
Harry Elmer Lushbaugh
Hagerstown
Liberty Street
Hiram
Anna (Ridenour) Lushbaugh
St. Paul's
France
Clarence E. Bryan
Seattle
Grace Corsi
Anna Spielman
James Blocker
Harrisburg
Lily Lushbaugh
A. K
Card of Thanks for Martha J. Miller and Marty Lumm
The family expresses sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy and kindness during the illness and death of Martha J. Miller and wife and mother Marty Lumm. Gratitude for floral tributes and use of cars. Adv. L. Lumm and Children.
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Martha J. Miller
Marty Lumm
L. Lumm
New German Rocket Planes Of Great Speed Make Appearance
London reports the German rocket propelled fighter the ME 163 has appeared with superb speed. Allied fliers say seven were met and could not be caught, underscoring potential if produced in numbers. Col. Alvin P. Tacon Jr says his Mustang formations encountered five, with two eluding attempts to close.
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London
Berlin
U. S. Air Force
Germany
U. S
Sea
15Th Air Forces
Alvin P. Tacon, Jr
Mobile
Ala
Pvt Richardson Killed In Italy
The War Department reports Pvt Paul Richardson 34 of Hagerstown was killed in action in Italy in early February after being previously listed as missing. Inducted April 1943, he worked for Western Maryland Railway and had four brothers serving abroad. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Marshall L Richardson of Sharpsburg and leaves a wife Margaret and son Paul Jr. plus siblings in Maryland Connecticut Ohio and Sharpsburg.
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War Department
Pvt
Paul #. Richardson
Hagerstown
Italy
Richardson
Western Maryland Railway
Southwest Pacific
England
Ohio
Marshall L. Richardson
Sharpsburg
Margaret E. Richardson
Paul, Jr
Charles Gossard
Cora E. Richardson
Norman Grable
Plainfield
Conn
Charles Mills
Williamsport
Newsreel Cameraman Fatally Wounded at Sebang Bombardment
Colombo August 1 A E Aubury a 56 year old Gaumont British newsreel cameraman was fatally wounded by Japanese gunfire while filming the July 25 bombardment of Sebang naval base from a British destroyer superstructure He died an hour after the attack and was buried at sea with full honors No other fatalities occurred in the action.
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Colombo
Ceylon
A. E. Aubury
Gaumont
Sebang
Aubury
Resolution Honoring John W. Munson Death Hagerstown
The City Council of Hagerstown Maryland passes a memorial resolution for John W Munson inspector of plumbing whose death ends his public service. It notes his long, faithful life, steadfast honesty, and credit to the city, with condolences to his family and minutes to record the tribute. Passed July 27 1944.
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John W. Munson
Hagerstown
Maryland
Lfe
Magerstown
John W. Mungon
RAF Raids Target Robot Bomb Depots in France
British heavy bombers stepped up strikes last evening and tonight against robot supply depots and launching sites in northern France. Lancasters and Halifaxes attacked depots near Reims and in Pas de Calais while raids continued on platforms used to launch flying bombs. English skies saw intermittent drops. Four RAF planes were lost in the day and night operations.
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London
France
Reims
Pas de Calais
England
RAF
Yanks Sweep Southern Guam Advance Near Agana
American troops and Marines push through southern Guam and the capital Agana, forcing Japanese fighters into a northern pocket. On Tinian, remnants hold a small rear pocket as Admiral Nimitz says the worst is over on Guam. Front solidifies from Agana bay to Pago bay with naval shelling and air strikes.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Agana
Tinian
Chester W Nimitz
O ‘Nimitz
Agana Bay
Pago Bay
Treat Yourself To The Best In Water Bracelets
A festival event at St James Brethren Church lawn in St James Maryland invites attendees to view water bracelets on Thursday August 3 with a rain date of August 4. Advance tickets or information unavailable.
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Saum's
Jonathan St. Adv
St. James Brethren Church
St. James
Nazis May Have Silent Robots
London reports say minister Herbert Morrison hinted Germany may have silent bombs or actionless robots. He noted earlier that bombs vary and some noise may be inaudible. Flying bombs hit a church and a three story building, causing deaths and injuries as daylight raids continued.
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London
England
Herbert Stanley Morrison
Home Security
Commons
Morrison
Vichy Radio
Manager Mel Ott Sidelined By Ankle Sprain
New York August 1 Mel Ott manager of the Giants and league home run leader with 22 was hurt sprinting to first base in a win over the Reds. He may be out two weeks as X rays would be taken to check for fractures.
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New York
Mel Ott
New York Giants
Cincinnati Reds
Ott
Francis Sweeney
Naval air crewman earns wings at Jacksonville command
Mechanic-gunner Aviation Machinist's Mate Bill DeVault of Hagerstown Maryland received the wings of silver and gold this week at Naval Air Operational Training Command in Jacksonville. He enlisted June 30, 1943, trained at Great Lakes and Chicago, then to Jacksonville for aircrewman training, finishing in May 1944. He is 19, the son of Mrs. Julia DeVault, and now moves to an operations squadron for a frontline assignment. In England USSTAF Air Service Command depot reports Sergeant Roger M Zimmerman, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Zimmerman of 827 Mulberry Ave, promoted to Staff Sergeant after induction at Camp Lee in 1942 and nine months in the U.S. prior to clerical work at personnel HQ.
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U. & Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
Bill DeVault
Hagerstown
Naval
Naval Air Operational Training Command
Afr
de Vault
Navy
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Chicago
Bluejacket
DeVault
Julia DeVault
Hamilton Boulevard
Usstaf Air Service Command
England
Roger M. Zimmerman
Arthur B. Zimmerman
Mulberry Avenue
Air Service Command
Zimmerman
Army
Camp Lee
Four County Names In List Of Wounded
Four Washington countians were listed among 37 Marylanders wounded in action, War Department release. Wounded in the European zone: Pvt. Daniel A. Mentzer of 597 Salem Avenue, Pte. Phillip Miller of 626 Salem Avenue, and Pfc. George W. Snoke of Route 5 Hagerstown. Pfc. Wallace T. Minnich of 439 Elizapeth Street, Hagerstown, wounded in the Mediterranean area.
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Washington
War Department
Daniel A. Mentzer
Mary Mentzer
Salem Avenue
Phillip Miller
Robert Sipes
George W. Snoke
Charles Snoke
Hagerstown
Wallace T. Minnich
Nellie E. Minnich
Elizapeth Street
Mediterranean
Wounded Faulders Son News From Boonsboro France
Robert B. Faulders, son of Benjamin Faulders of Boonsboro Route, seriously wounded on July 4 in France and hospitalized. his father has been advised.
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Robert B. Faulders
Benjamin Faulders
Boonsboro
Route
France
Wounded in New Guinea Son Notified to Linebaugh Family
Mr and Mrs R L Linebaugh of Frederick Road were informed by the War Department that their son Robert was seriously wounded in New Guinea on July 13. The notice confirms his status and location in the war zone.
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New Guinea
R. L. Linebaugh
SGC
Frederick Road
War Department
Robert
Watermelons and Melons and Meats Ad
Ice cold watermelons and fancy cantaloupes offered along with home cured meats of all kinds. Located 3 miles south on Sharpsburg Pike. Advance notice by W. G. Turner.
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Sharpsburg Pike
W. G. Turner
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