Invasion Threat Heightens As Germany Prepares Blitz
London reports from CBS correspondent Larry Leseuer say British intelligence believes Germany is near ready for a blitzkrieg invasion. Northern Belgium, Holland and France show increased Nazi activity on railways and roads while barges and gliders are feared to be used in a possible assault. British defenses brace for a wave of air attacks and naval threats as rumors of activity reach Norway and the Baltic.
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New York
Royal Air Force
English
Larry Leseuer
CBS
London
Belgium
Holland
France
Britain
England
Wales
Baltic
Norway
Air Ministry
High Command
English Channel
Girl Mountain Climber Saved From Mount Shuksan
Anne Cedarquist, 22, Shelton, a chemist, was carried to civilization after being rescued from a narrow ledge 4,000 feet up Mount Shuksan. She lay injured nearly 24 hours as 24 rescuers ferried her down a forest service road to Bellingham. Her companion Faye Plank, 36, Bremerton High School teacher, kept vigil above 100 feet, rope linked, while a third climber obtained help.
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Glacier Ranger Station
Wash
Anne Cedarquist
Shelton
Mount Shuksan
Bellingham
Faye Plank
Bremerton
Miss Cedarquist
Library finds two 49 year overdue books
At Woodstock public library copies of The Gates Ajar and Woman's Friendship were found in a razed building under flooring after being 49 years overdue. Returned last Saturday, fines of 500 dollars each remained unpaid by the original borrowers.
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Woodstock
Local Maryland Showers and Cooler Weather Forecast
Weather Bureau bulletin notes inland showers and thunderstorms this afternoon into tonight with cooler interior temps. Chesapeake Bay forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with local showers and storms, then partly cloudy to clear on Wednesday with cooler temperatures and winds shifting from south to west.
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D. S
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Germans Claim Secret Weapons Ready For Britain Attack
Brussels via Courier to Berlin Aug 3 German Field Marshal Albert Kesseling told foreign press today secret weapons and modern warfare methods are ready for use against Britain. He said one surprise weapon was perfected and used at Eben Emael fort. He declined to specify weapons, but warned a weapon cannot be used often. He praised American planes as superior to British and said bombardment of cities would be possible, with London described as highly combustible. He said the initiative for direct assault remains in German hands.
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Brussels
Berlin
Britain
Albert Kesseling
Germany
Kesselring
England
Eben Memael
Eben Emael
Liege
Albert Canal Line
Warsaw
London
Methodical RAF Bomber Raids Deep into Germany in August
Royal Air Force bombers press weekly raids on the Ruhr Valley after detailed preparations. The description follows a typical mission from ground crew fueling, armament checks, and plotting to takeoff, amid blackout and flares. A flight lieutenant recalls night journeys over Germany and encounters with anti aircraft fire and fighters.
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Royal Air Force
England
Germany
R.A.F
Fish Bait Scarcity Reported in Local Area
A threatened shortage of live bait for fishing is reported with few minnows and chubs available at six outlets. One seller says he seined all night and only gathered about a dozen minnows. Authorities may investigate possible illegal cross-county bait sales. Stone cats remain more plentiful, but many sellers struggle to keep them alive due to dry weather and higher iron content in streams.
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Washington County
Knoxville bootlegger christens plane with champagne
Knoxvilles dry status blocks legal champagne supply for a new plane launch. Manager George French called the Nashville office and secured a bottle on an east bound flight to christen the flagship Knoxville.
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Knoxville
Tenn
American Airlines
George French
Nashville
Thief Lets Iron Tonic Heist Hint at Advice
In Dallas on August 6 a thief who robbed a traveling medicine seller’s truck of five bottles of iron tonic left a note with his weight ticket and a message claiming, So eager are you to help others you sometimes neglect to help yourself. The line implies a taunting justification and moralizing tone.
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Dallas
Trust Fund Receipt For Long Ago Road Work
NEW FRANKLIN Mo Aug 6 The city treasury received 3806 from the state highway commission without a bill. The payment settles road work done by the city seventeen years ago.
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New Franklin
State Highway Commission
Japs Arrest 5 A Leaders In London Espionage Sweep
Tokyo reports seven Salvation Army leaders are Japanese and were arrested July 31 on espionage suspicions. The war office lists the commander in chief among detainees, with the world headquarters in London. A broad round-up saw Britons detained, most released, as Foreign Minister Matsuoka sought an explanation in a brief talk with Britain’s ambassador.
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Tokyo
Salvation Army
War Office
London
Yosuke Matsuoka
Robert Craigie
Empire
Davis faces theft charge over radio stolen from car
Raymond Davis aged 28 of Cramer Alley was fined 25 dollars or 30 days in jail after appearing before Magistrate Harry Snyder on a charge of stealing a radio from Amy Young on South Mulberry Street. Police recovered the radio at a city pawn shop yesterday.
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Raymond Davis
Cramer Alley
Amy Young
Dermott Watson Given 30 Days For Drunkenity and Weapon
Dermott Watson of Mercersburg was found guilty by Magistrate Harry Spyder for drunkenness and carrying a concealed weapon. He was sentenced to 30 days in custody starting today.
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Dermott Watson
Mercersburg
Harry Spyder
Hull Warns U.S. Against Complacency
Secretary of State Hull urged Americans to accept sacrifice and hard personal service to keep the nation at peace. He warned against complacency amid dangerous times and said continued armament is essential to deter aggression, voiced before leaving for a West Virginia resort after the Havana conference.
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Washington
Hull
West Virginia
Wavana
Youth Sideswipe Accident Injures Local Youth
Joseph Mergie Jr of Johnstown Iowa sustained serious injuries when an Ohio car and a Pennsylvania machine collided on the Western Pike about a mile west of town. Two others were slightly hurt and treated, with one hospitalized at Washington County Hospital. Deputy Leister Isanogle investigated.
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Joseph Mergie, Jr
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Western Pike
Cty
Mergie
Washington County Hospital
Leister Isanogle
Swiss Move To Put Down Extremists
Bern Switzerland August 6 government banned all Communist Trotskyist and anarchist activity and propaganda. Three year prison terms and heavy fines set for violations. Federal council action aimed to crush left extremists nationwide.
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Bern
Switzerland
Federal Council Action
Confederation
Europe
Army Lacks Equipment To Train Conscripts Declares Wheeler
Washington August 6 Senator Wheeler of Montana a leading opponent of conscription said the army lacks equipment to train the 400000 men the Burke Wadsworth bill would draft by October He said there is not enough equipment for the 243000 National Guardsmen who might be ordered to active service under the Senate bill Senator Sheppard said only about 55000 guardsmen would be called for immediate duty but the equipment question did not apply Those 55090 would be used to train the first contingent of conscripts from 21 to 30 who would register under the Burke Wadsworth measure The measure won approval of the military committee but Senators Johnson Thomas and Lundeen filed a minority report urging voluntary enlistments and opposing conscription Johnson said a Wheeler substitute proposing registration for 21 through 31 but with only voluntary enlistments.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate
Sheppard
D-Tex
Burke-Wadsworth
Military Committee
Johnson
D-Cole
Thomas
R-Idaho
Lundeen
Fl-Minn
Ten Lost Lives In Paint Factory Fire
Camden New Jersey August 6 Ten persons were reported dead in the two million dollar paint factory fire that destroyed four blocks of the city and led officials to suspend body searches believing all victims were recovered Coroner Franklin P. Jackson third said after the seventh charred body was found yesterday three more died in hospitals following the blast and fire at the R M Hollingshead Company plant last week
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Camden
N. J
Franklin P. Jackson
R. M. Hollingshead Company
New Waterline Is Completed in Smithsburg
The new WPA waterline along Pennsylvania Avenue in Smithsburg was completed yesterday. The Hagerstown Water Department provided technical services for the 1,720 foot project, serving homes toward Ringgold and adding three fire hydrants as an extension of Smithsburg’s own system which purchases water from Hagerstown.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Smithsburg
W.P.A
Sidetracked Doodlebug Crewman Claims Clear Orders
Akron, Aug 6. Conductor H B Shafer testified that the surviving Doodlebug crew had clear orders to sidetrack the gasoline coach moments before the head on collision with a freight train. He did not explain why Engineer Murtaugh did not take the sidetrack. The shuttle likely traveled about 50 to 55 mph as it approached the freight.
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Akron
Pennsylvania Railroad
H. B. Shafer
R. N. Amos
Thomas N. Murtaugh
Shafer
Detective Recovers Stolen Monkey in First Case
Patrolman Norvin W. Wolfe, newly assigned as plainclothes detective, solved his first case by locating a stolen pet monkey. The thief sold the animal for six dollars at a local home. the buyer did not know it was stolen, and the thief fled.
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Norvin W. Wolfe
John Metzer
Wolfe
Germans Brew Non Alcoholic Beer For Work Use
Germans are drinking non alcoholic beer at work and in daily life, saying it quenches thirst without detrimental effects. The idea is linked to abstentionist Adolf Hitler and has been produced by German chemists. The beverage looks and tastes like beer and uses the same ingredients minus the alcohol.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Shortage of Houses Here and Nationwide
A serious housing shortage is looming in Hagerstown and about 200 key cities due to expansion of the national defense program. The National Executive Committee of Housing Authorities and the U S Housing Authority report rapid growth in aviation and defense industries with little housing, predicting thousands of new homes needed for military and civilian personnel and possibly up to 100,000 overall. Cumberland Maryland Baltimore District of Columbia and Fort Toward Camp Hola bird area officials note rising employment and 24 hour schedules, with districts studying funding options.
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Iagerstown
National Executive Committee of
National Defense Program
United States Housing Authority
Hagerstown
Army
Nechia
Cumberland
State Housing Association
Baltimore
Fort Toward
Camp Holabird
District of Columbia
Roosevelt May Hold Survey Trips After Havana Talks
President Roosevelt at Hyde Park today schedules a press conference and luncheon with four Latin American delegates from Havana. Reporters seek outline of defense inspection plans. Indications point to a survey similar to Norfolk visit, possibly tomorrow, with stops at Buffalo aircraft plants Watervliet arsenal defenses for New York City and harbor.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Hudson Valley
Roosevelt
Norfolk
Buffalo
Watervliet
New York City
Harbor
Ambassador Denies Nazi Atrocities Against Belgians
London reports U S ambassador John Cudahy states Belgium faces near famine if American food is not delivered by mid September. He warns Britain must clarify stand on supplies as Germany looms, and asserts no authentic German atrocities in Belgium. Belgium imports 76 percent of wheat and current rationing may last until October.
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London
John Cudahy
U. S
Belgium
America
Germany
Europe
Leopold
American Relief Administration
Herbert Woaver
Cudahy
United States
Britain
Ministry of Economic Warfare
State Police Get Ambulance
An ambulance serving Washington and Frederick counties was placed in service by the State Police. It will be used for emergencies and available for private use when physicians certify the need for those unable to pay for private ambulance service. The seven passenger car, designed by Dr. Howard M. Bubert, is equipped for first aid, with a removable cot and rubber tired wheels, and police are trained to handle contagious diseases.
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Washington
Frederick
Howard M. Bubert
Medical Department
The
State Police
Yeager Guilty Of Larceny In Wrist Watch Case
Earl Yeager was found guilty of larceny of a wrist watch from Russell Harbaugh. He received a suspended sentence after appearing before Magistrate Martin Bostetter this morning.
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Earl Yeager
Russell Harbaugh
Martin Bostetter
Stock Sold At Auction By Snyder
Joseph C. Snyder auctioneered today in front of the courthouse selling ten shares of Potomac Edison 1 percent preferred stock at 127 dollars per share.
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Joseph C. Snyder
Potomac Edison
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Air Force
Leseuer
Associated Press
By Preston Grover
Atlantic
Gen. Kesselring
Drew Middleton
Ruhr Valley
Amives
Clipper
Baron Eugene Rothschild
Rothschild
Petain
U.S
Gertrude
Trudie) Bogard
New York Hospital
Thomas Bridges
Ringgold
Vana
Yeager
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