Yanks Close In On Ports Of Nantes Brest
Allied forces drive from Rennes toward Nantes as Bradley's tanks push to Loudeac and Americans reach 85 miles from Brest. British Canadians press on in Normandy capturing Villers Bocage and towns near the Orne valley while German withdrawal to the Seine looms.
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Nantes
Brest
Villers-Bocage
Orne
Gladwin Hill
Allied Expeditionary Force
Breton
Normandy
Odon-Orne
Caen
Seine River
Paris
Noyers
Esquay
Evrecy
Odon
Supreme Headquarters
Omar N. Bradley
Loudeac
Rennes
Derval
Chateaubriant
No Relief From Heat In Sight
Weather observers warn the heat wave lasting through the weekend may push temperatures to the 103 or 104 range in Keedysville after a 60 degree start yesterday. Cumberland hit 101 in Maryland, Baltimore 99, with national highs in Phoenix at 114 and New York at 96.3 as thundershowers possible tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Miller
Keedysville
Mercury
United States
Washington
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Cumberland
Baltimore
Baltimore City
Potomac
Williamsport
Hagerstown
Phoenix
Ariz
New York
Clearspring Youth Receives Purple Heart in France
Pvt. Paul C. Suffecool of Clearspring, a 29th Division soldier, earned the Purple Heart for a shoulder wound suffered in France on June 16. He is hospitalized at Woodrow Wilson General Hospital in Staunton, Va., and reports a steady stream of letters from friends during his recovery. Suffecool went overseas in March and was among the county's first invasion casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul C. Suffecool
France
Minerva Suffecool
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
Staunton
Pvt
Suffecool
Russians ready to discuss peace with Finns BBC reports
The BBC broadcast quoted that Russia told Finland 11 days ago it was willing to discuss peace proposals while warning the Karelia offensive would resume this week on a larger scale. The statement signals ongoing diplomacy amid new military activity in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
BBC
Lacked Fortitude, Hubby Told Actress Lacked Fortitude
Actress Jennifer Holt testified in a divorce case that she separated from Maj William M Rickey after he told her to have more fortitude like Guadal canal marines. She said he was contemptuous and unsympathetic and claimed she pampered herself. The couple married in Yuma Arizona last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jennifer Holt
Jack Holt
Maj
William M. Rickey
Guadalcanal
Miss Holt
Yuma
Ariz
Richey
Purple Heart Won By Son From Tilghmanton Receives Medal
Mr and Mrs Fred O Sprecher of Tilghmanton announce their son Corporal D Rodger Sprecher has earned the Purple Heart for wounds in France. He served 22 months overseas after enlisting on his birthday April 17 1941. Formerly employed at Hagerstown Dairy, he sustained a leg injury yet remained on duty and is rapidly recuperating with the 175th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred O. Sprecher
Tilghmanton
Cpl
D. Rodger Sprecher
France
Sprecher
Army
Hagerstown
175Th Infantry
U boat pens plastered by Lancaster raid
More than 100 RAF Lancaster bombers hit the submarine pens at Brest aiming to trap German U boats as American forces advance. The attack disrupts retreat of subs from the port and marks another heavy Allied airstrike aboard.
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London
Brest
46 Die As Train Collides With Freight In Georgia
Stockton Georgia reported a west bound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train crashed into a stopped freight engine on a siding early today. At least 46 people, largely railway laborers from Doctortown, were killed with many others injured. Two passenger cars were destroyed and the freight engine injured.
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Stockton
Here
Alabama
H. L. Tomlinson
Doctortown
Tomlinson
Turner Rockwell
Valdosta Times
Rockwell
Ransack Office And Steal Truck
Thieves gained entrance through a window on the east side and ransacked the Ayers Coal Company office at 39 West Antietam Street. They then entered the garage and drove off with a 1935 Ford dump truck. Fingerprints were abundant on the window, suggesting a single perpetrator. State police received a description and the truck license number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayers Coal Company
West Antietam Street
Sgt Wolfe Wounded in Face During France Service
Staff Sergeant Willie B. Wolfe of Co B 115th Infantry, 29th Division, reported recovering from facial shot wounds in an English hospital after 22 months overseas. He entered France on D Day and is stationed near Smithsburg, with wife La Rue Rowe and their daughter living with relatives near Myersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie B. Wolfe
Walter A. Wolfe
Smithsburg
France
England
Sgt. Wolfe
D Day
Co. B
115Th Infantry
la Rue Rowe
Telegram casualty notices gain local attention in war effort
War Department telegrams informing families of loved ones losses or injuries are being delivered with care by Western Union Telegraph Company in Hagerstown and surrounding Washington County. Local manager J E Carey notes efforts to avoid delays and errors, using written forms and, when needed, taxi drivers or couriers within War Department cost limits. Messages reach recipients 7 am to 10 pm, with messengers told not to reveal casualty details and to assist shocked recipients when no other adult is present.
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War Department
Western Unio Telegraph Company
J. E. Carey
Hagerstown
Washington County
Positive Japs Had A Woman With Them At War
Los Angeles report quotes Solomons Island native chief who told Navy Commander Myron W. Graybill that the Japanese force occupying his island had a woman with them. When asked how he knew, the chief replied Tate her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Solomons Island
Navy
Myron W. Graybill
Graybill
Pacific
Allies occupy Florence suburbs south of Arno
Eighth Army troops complete control of the Florence suburbs south of the Arno and push a 25 mile front toward the river. Gen. Sir Harold Alexander says the enemy used Florence for military traffic and blew up all bridges except Ponte Vecchio as paratroops hold the northern Arno within the city. No heavy fighting reported in reached areas, but the enemy plans to oppose crossing on both river banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Arno
Todary
Harold Alexander
Ponte Vecchio
Sth
No Man’s Land
Manville to wed eighth wife Collette Francis
Tommy Manville announced plans to marry Collette Francis by September 1. She is the former Earl Carroll show girl and would become Manville's eighth wife. The couple, who have known each other 13 years, said they plan to adopt a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pi Tommy Manville
Collette Francis
Earl Carroll
Sharpsburg Youth Wounded In France
Tech Sgt Clyde W. Grove 26 son of Oliver Grove Sharpsburg wounded in France and sent to an England hospital. He served eight months overseas after stint in Northern Ireland and formerly worked at Central garage. Letters to sister Mrs James Fisher Sharpsture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
Clyde W. Grove
Oliver Grove
Sharpsburg
France
England
Central Garage
Sergeant Grove
Northern Ireland
James Fisher
Sharpsture
Edmundson Lands Endorsement From Local 764
Ray Edmundson, miner and candidate for president of the United Mine Workers of America, wins backing from his home local. Local 764 in Springfield votes 111 to 17 in favor of Edmundson, who resigned as Mil nois District 12 chief May 15 and announced his run on June 25 while advocating district autonomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Aug
Pi Ray Edmundson
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Harry Salkeld
Umwaa
Edmundson
Milnois District 12
State Troops Mobilized as Philadelphia Transit Strike Persists
Three regiments of Pennsylvania State Guard were mobilized to aid order in Philadelphia as 6000 transit workers defied army orders during a five day strike over racial tensions. The Army plans to use troops to operate rolling stock as arrests and preparations with the Department of Justice loom amid a tense standoff.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State Guard
U.S. Army
Natioon
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Roosevelt
Philadelphia Army
Altoona
Here
Department of Justice
Broad Street
Factory Workers In French Red Belt Turn On Germans
Madrid reports French factory workers in the Paris red belt have begun open guerilla warfare against German occupation. SS troops patrol Aubervilliers Courneuve and Billancourt as battles erupt in these suburbs. Partisan activity and Allied actions disrupt German lines prompting arrests and rising confusion about American operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Red Belt
Paris
Aubervillierslan-Courneuve
Billancourt
Warsaw
Brittany
France
Middletown Flier Killed in C-47 Crash
Second Lt. Gerald O Keller of Middletown Maryland was among 22 aboard a C-47 that crashed near Napier Nebraska while ferrying four pilots to Pierre Army Air Base. The cause remains undetermined. Keller, educated in Middletown schools, had worked at the Fairchild plant in Hagerstown before joining the Army.
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Gerald O. Keller
Albert J. Keller
Middletown
Pierre Army Air Base
Naper
Nebr
Neier
Fairchild Airplane
Hagerstown
Army
Few County Farmers Seek Wheat Loans
Farmers in Washington county lags behind statewide interest in government wheat loans as only three applications arrived at the local AAA office. The state notes a bumper crop and favorable loan storage market while Maryland growers profit from wheat sales versus loan repayment.
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Agricultural Agency
Washington County
AAA
Maryland
Realty Market Continues Busy With 100000 In Sales
The weekly real estate market remained active with total sales around 100000, led by residential properties in high demand. Notable transfers include Garland E Groh and wife to Stephen Basile and wife for 929 31 Maryland avenue at 4800, John A Martin et al to Eloise P and Boyd C Smith along Smithsburg Waynesboro road at 33600, and Home Builders Savings and Loan to Otho C Reeder and wife for one acre near Trego at 2500 with improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland E. Groh
Stephen Basile
Maryland Avenue
John A. Martin
Hancock Soldier Wounded Praises Blood Donors
Floyd T. Shoemaker, seriously wounded in action in France, thanks civilians who gave blood for plasma aiding his recovery. Inducted June 1942, trained in Virginia Florida Tennessee California Kansas, he left for Europe in April this year and is now in hospital per War Department notice to his mother Mrs Leathie Shoe maker Hancock Route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd T. Shoemaker
France
War Department
Leathie Shoemaker
Hancock
Shoemaker
Pfc. Shoemaker
Army
Virginia
Florida
Tennessee
California
Kansas
Baltimore polio cases rise in week ending today
Baltimore reports twelve infantile paralysis cases in the week ending today, including one death. One new case yesterday raises the total since June 30 to 26 with two deaths overall.
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Baltimore
Allied Breakout Expands Normandy Front Invasion
Dispatches from London note the Allied breakout from the Normandy beachhead has widened the western front. German inland defenses appear to lack a fixed system beyond old Maginot and Siegfried lines, with Rommel or Rundstedt likely directing a mobile, improvised defense along a Seine-Loire corridor toward Paris.
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London
Normandy
Germany
France
Hitler
von Rundstedt
Rommel
Seine-Loire
Paris
Erwin Rommel
Rudolf Karl
Fruit And Produce Dealer Admits Price Ceiling Violation
An operator of fruit and produce stands in the city and county yesterday admitted violating OPA ceiling prices at a Price Panel hearing. He promised to comply after a warning that further violations would be referred to the OPA legal division. The dealer cited staff shortage for weighing and pricing, but the ration office proposed a weight based system to divide produce into categories, which the dealer agreed to use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Ration Board
Kenneth Hawbaker Wounded In Action
Pvt. Kenneth L. Hawbaker son of Mrs Emma Hawbaker East avenue has been slightly wounded in action in France War Department information received by his wife who lives at Church and country streets He has been overseas two years and served four and a half years in Company B 29th Division Two of his brothers Wilbur in England and Robert in New Guinea also serve in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth L. Hawbaker
Emma Hawbaker
East Avenue
France
War Department
Pvt
Hawbaker
Wilbur
England
Robert
New Guinea
Joyful Rennes Welcomes Liberators Amid Traitors Seized
In Rennes on August 4, crowds cheered Allied troops as German and collaborationist figures were captured. Civilians offered to kill collaborators in the streets while French civilians kissed soldiers and displayed anti collaborationist fervor. A jail scene showed two collaborators dragged and forced to proclaim pro French slogans before potential execution as photographers recorded the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Carroll
Associated Press
Rennes
France
Soviets Attack East Prussia as Berlin Report Claims Breakthrough
A Berlin broadcast said Soviet forces broke through on the East Prussian border north of Virbalis along the Kaunas-Konigsberg railway. Moscow dispatches reported the Red army crossing water barriers near Krakow and moving within about 75 miles of German Silesia, with Rokossovsky and Konev linking flanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Virbalis
Kaunas-Konigsberg
Virballen
Moscow
Red Army
Krakow
Silesia
Vistula
Nida
Wistoria
German Silesia
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Ivan S. Konev
Balkan Air Forces Formed To Assist Tito's Partisans
A new Allied air force is created to support Marshal Tito's Yugoslav Partisans and other resistance groups in the Balkans. Based in Italy and Africa with bases in Yugoslavia, it includes British American Italian Polish and Greek squadrons. Commanded by RAF Vice Marshal William Elliott it operates under a Balkan policy committee and reports to Lt. Gen. Ira C. Baker's Mediterranean Allied Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkan
Mediterranean
Marshal Tito
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Italy
Africa
Ira C. Baker
U. S. 15Th
Germans In Turkey Face Internment Or Departure
Ankara reports that about half of an estimated 3,000 Germans in Turkey would choose internment or limited freedom rather than returning to the Reich after Turkey broke relations with Germany. Industrial experts may stay under Turkish employer parole. others who stay will likely be interned in inner Anatolian towns. Suspected dangerous Germans have been watched and rounded up, with 249 pounds of possessions allowed for those leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Turkey
Germany
Theit
Anatolian
Robbery Reported in Washington Hotel Room
Richard Mervine of Washington DC reported to police this morning that his hotel room was ransacked yesterday and $61 cash taken. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Mervine
Washington, DC
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Son
Tate Her
Tommy Manville
Middletown Flier
Frances Andrews
Carmel Valley
Calif
Monterey
Jay Lovett
Fruit and Produce
Kenneth Hawbaker
la France
de Gaulle
Churchill
Tito
RAF
William Elliott
Gibraltar
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