Allied Drive Presses Toward Paris In Normandy Push
Allied forces extended their advance toward the Loire as a major Allied line reached the port area behind Brest and Lorient. In Brittany American troops mopped up the Breton peninsula while British forces advanced between Vire and Thury Harcourt near Caen. The Loire defense looms as Germans pull resources southward. Churchill visited the Normandy front to confer with Montgomery and Bradley.
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Cans
Loire River
Breton
Brest
Lorient
St. Nazaire
St. Malo
Nantes
Omar N. Bradley
France
Spain
Bayonne
Loire
Churchill
Normandy Battlefront
Bernard L. Montgomery
Bradley
Memorial Services for Sgt Bussard Held Sunday
Memorial services will be held Sunday at 2:30 PM at Williamsport Ti B Church for Sgt John F Bussard killed in France on July 2. A Williamsport High School graduate and former Victor Products employee, he served in Company B 115th Infantry and spent 22 months in England before D Day. Survived by wife Fave Baker, a son John W, parents Mr and Mrs Oda Bussard, brother Keller and sisters Margaret and Helen. T/Sgt Robert Lindsay, a close friend, was killed the next day. Public invited.
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Williamsport Ti. B
John F. Bussard
France
Williamsport High School
Victor Products Corp
Bussard
Company B
115Th Infantry
England
Williamsport U. B
Fave Baker
John W
Frederick Street
Oda Bussard
Keller Bussard
Margaret
Helen Bussard
Robert Lindsay
Orders Issued To Stop Obstruction In Hagerstown
Chief of Police William Hi Peters mailed letters to nine Hagerstown merchants warning them to cease placing foodstuffs on sidewalks. He and the Board of Street Commissioners cited numerous complaints of sidewalk obstruction and noted that warrants would issue if conditions do not improve.
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Hagerstown
William Hi. Peters
Peters
Board of Street Commissioners
Peace and politics surge in party nominations
In Connecticut and Vermont conventions, Republicans renominated Sen John A Danaher and Gov Raymond E Baldwin while Mortimer R Proctor won the Vermont GOP governor nod. Democratic and Republican primaries produced contested races, with Margaret E Connors named to challenge Clare Boothe Luce in Connecticut Fourth District and statements advocating postwar peace and global leadership cited from nominees.
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Wagner
Curran
America
Margaret E. Connors
Fairfield
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Luce
Roosevelt
John A. Danaher
Raymond E. Baldwin
Mortimer R
French Patriots Harass Germans on the Border
Two blonde daughters of the Hendaye stationmaster say French patriots harass remaining German soldiers by news from Allied broadcasts and by singing anti German songs in streets and cafes. They report fewer than 1,000 Germans in Hendaye and nearby, ready to move at a moment’s notice. Resistance cuts rail links Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean, while roads along the coast remain as escape routes.
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Hendaye
al- Hed
St. Jean de Luz
Bordeaux
Bay of Biscay
Mediterranean
Britttany
Pyrenees
Reds Tighten Noose About Foe In Baltic
Soviet forces pushed into Latvia from the Birzai area in northern Lithuania near the Latvian border, capturing Radviliskis and sweeping toward Riga along the Daugava river. Soviet spearheads pierced Latvia from the Estonian border, while a major encirclement neared momentum as German troops, recently reassigned to the eastern front, yielded to rolling Russian legions.
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East Prussia
Estonia- Latvia
Birzai
Lithuania
Radviliskis
Riga
Latvia
Daugava River
Krustpils
Gulf of Riga
Lake
Peipus
Baltic
Istula
Poland
Guam Campaign Nears End as Allies Hit Japanese Strongholds
American forces Form a W shaped line on Guam as air power tightens the noose near the northeast coast. MacArthur reports Liberators boost strikes in the Western Pacific destroying parked planes and targeting Yap power plants while Nimitz notes raids on Nauru Wake and Paramushiro with no Allied losses.
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Mile Island
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Haimahera
Guam
MacArthur
Nimitz
Yap
Carolines
Nauru
Wake Island
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Dewey Seeks Jersey Report On Jersey Vote Potential
Governor Dewey, confident Curran strengthens his New York bid, turns to New Jersey for guidance on 16 electoral votes. He meets with Governor Edge and New Jersey legislators for expectations, and will consult with New Hampshire candidate Dale. Jersey’s GOP faces Hudson county margins as Mayor Hague tilts results.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas J. Curran
U.S. Senate
New York
New Jersey
Walter E. Edge
Dewey
Charles M. Dale
New Hampshire
Hague
Jersey City
Hudson County
Roosevelt
Local Man Speaks At Club Meeting In Waynesboro
M. P. Molier Jr of M P Molier Inc spoke at the Waynesboro Rotary Club luncheon at Hotel Anthony Wayne on international understanding and peace. Dr. R. B. Brown introduced him as chair of the club International Service Committee. Ed Cochran of Hagerstown was a guest. Molier urged Rotary as an international force promoting world fellowship and shared sacrifice for a peaceful order.
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Waynesboro
M. P. Molier, Jr
M. P. Molier, Inc
Rotary
No Dutch Elm Disease Warning Described in Detail
An informative note describes two forms of Dutch elm disease with rapid leaf loss and gradual branch wilt. It explains how yellow flags indicate early disease, the brown sapwood discoloration seen on twigs, and that accurate diagnosis requires laboratory culture analysis.
Trio On Trial For Treason
The case concerns two German POWs and three Japanese American residents from Amache Granada relocation center who allegedly aided escape efforts by providing maps clothing and equipment. A FBI fingerprint expert testified that two sisters fingerprints have not been identified as those on the fugitives. Judge J Foster Symes in Watrous New Mexico presided as the government alleges the women helped Heinrich Taider and Herman Loescher in the escape.
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Escathem
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Watrous
N. Mex
J. Foster Symes
Scanlan
Heinrich Taider
Herman Loescher
Granada Relocation Center
Amache
Cole
Quote from Rob Newcomb on invasion optimism
Rob Newcomb remarks with mix of bravado and humor that the invasion proved his expectation of victory over the Nazis, expressing confidence the Allies would win soon after the start of the campaign.
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Rob Newcomb
Fear 17 Die In Clipper Crash In Cuba
Havana August 3 The known death toll rose from six as salvage crews worked to lift a four engine Pan American Clipper from Nipe Bay Antilla Cuba after it crashed while taking off for Miami with 31 aboard Eleven passengers including two children were unaccounted for after the accident yesterday Nine passengers and crew of five were saved The plane en route from San Juan Puerto Rico to Miami had stopped to discharge and take on passengers at Antilla The airline listed unaccounted for includes Cassie Henry Jaime Vila Hermina Vila Virginia Gonzalez among others The recovered survivors included Lucas Alou Gladys Vazquez and William Martin The crew were all Miami residents Captain M K Williams co pilot R B Publicker engineer E W Beasley radioman L L Chapman steward R Whitmarsh The Sikorsky Clipper pioneered Pan American routes The accident marked the first fatal loss for Pan American Latin American division in four years
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Havana
Nipe Bay
Antilla
Miami
San Juan
William Martin
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Jose R. Torres
Evangelino Lazaro
Cassie Henry
Jaime Vila
Sjr
Hermina C. Vila
Virginia Gonzalez
Norma Garcia
Esther Gonzalez
Rosaura Ft. Gonzalez
Teresa M. Kuarbe
Norma Ramirez
Milda Ramirez
Marcelino Esquelin
Iris E. Valcourt
Alicia Rios
Encarnac
Pan- American
San Francisco
Hawaii
Midway
Wake
Guam
China
Caribbean
Pan-American
Inter-American Safety Council
Melted Candle Ignites Dossal At Funkstown Church
A heat wave caused candles at the Litheran Church in Funkstown to melt during Sunday morning service. One candle bent and set fire to the dossal, damaging nearby woodwork. Rev. Raymond Miller resumed the service after firefighters put out the blaze.
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Funkstown
Raymond Miller
Report from Chief Peters on July city arrests
Chief of Police William H. Peters told the Board of Street Commissioners that July saw 30 disorderly conduct arrests and 16 for assault during the heat wave. Drunkenness fell to 27, parking violations reached 136 with 29 driving-law arrests, and the month recorded 24 larcenies and one auto theft.
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William H. Peters
Board of Street Commissioners
Wade Chosen Permanent Pastor at Trinity Lutheran
Dr. William A. Wade, acting pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church Sharpsburg since April 1, was unanimously chosen permanent pastor by the congregation. He will also serve Rohrersville and Locust Grove Lutheran churches, with installation at Sharpsburg on September 3. The note adds a separate line about Egyptians using beam scales in 3000 B.C.
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William A. Wade
Trinity Lutheran Church
Sharpsburg
Rohrerssville
Locust Grove Lutheran
Seven Line Will Filed in Baltimore Estate Disposition
A seven line will filed today in Baltimore allocates the entire estate of the late Judge Rowland K. Adams to his widow Mrs. Elva H. Adams. Judge Adams died July 29 and the document was executed 24 years ago. The filing notes the tobacco pipe makers of Son- don were incorporated in 1619.
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Baltimore
Rowland K. Adams
Elva H. Adams
Adams
Judge Adams Dies as Former Boonsboro Resident Also Served on Maryland Court of Appeals
The late judge, elevated to the city supreme bench about ten years ago and appointed to the Maryland Court of Appeals slightly over a year before his death, resided in Boonsboro previously. Attorney Howard C. Bregel said there was no accurate estimate of the estate size.
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Thealtimore City
Maryland Court of Appeals
Howard C. Bregel
Adams
Boonsboro
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