Guam Natives Preserve Hope of American Return
A Guam refugee camp report recalls Guam natives never giving up hope the United States would retake the island. Witnesses detail Japanese controls on churches to suppress prayers for liberation, a niece revealing improvised American flag hides, and elderly residents describing prior internment and Japanese claims that Americans would not retake Guam.
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Guam
U.S
Isle
Gaily R. Kamminga
Pitt Town
Kamminga
Holland
Juana
Anna Underwood
Islang
Ouam
Japan
Underwood
Idle workers strike across U S and Canada total 28000
About 28 000 workers were idle in labor disputes across the United States and Canada. Four major stoppages involved roughly 19 000 workers at GM Gear & Axle plants in Detroit, 700 truck drivers in eight states, 5 000 at Wright Aeronautical in Paterson and Montreal tram workers at 4 000, plus 9 000 idle in 16 other disputes. The latest walkout included 130 tool makers at the Dodge Chicago engine plant over a three day suspension.
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United States
Canada
General Motors’ Gear & Axle Division
Detroit
Midwest
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Paterson
N. J
Montreal
Que
Dodge Chicago
Ball Bros. Co
Muncie
Ind
Afl-Cig
Reds Tighten Noose Around Foe In Baltic
Moscow reports the Red army closes in on German Baltic forces once estimated at 20 divisions as three Soviet columns push on Riga from west, south and east. Soviet high command says enemy is being bled white while counterattacks fail to halt stubborn advances toward Silesia and toward Warsaw from the south. Germany shifts rear detachments to battle as 16 new divisions reach the front in three weeks. (Continued on Page 2)
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Moscow
Red Army
Hetween
Poland
Silesia
Vistula
Riga
Ivan C. Bagramian
Germany
Italy
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Norway
Trio On Trial For Treason In Denver Case
In Denver three Japanese American sisters face treason charges for allegedly aiding two German prisoners to escape a Colorado internment camp. Plaintiffs Billie Tanigoshi, Tsu roko Wallace, and Flo Otani may take the stand as the defense signals the government needs only a short time to finish its case.
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Denver
Colorado
Jenneth Robinson
Billie Shitara Tanigoshi
Tsuroko Wallace
Florence Shioze Otani
Billie
Toots
Flo
Tomatoes Damaged by Dry Rot Across County
Serious crop damage from dry rot reported in sections of the county with southern fields hardest hit due to less rain last month. Rot appears at blossom ends while northern fields planted later show excellent condition. Recent heavy weekend rains benefited many farm crops.
Hero Has A Cure For Strikers
PHILADELPHIA August 9 A. W. Knappenberger the one man army of Anzio arrived home to find the city’s transportation system tied up six days by a strike He urged the public to see frontline conditions and argued strikes vanish when people witness reality and hardship firsthand
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Philadelphia
Alton W. Knappenberger
Anzio
Guam Campaign All But Over
U S PACIFIC FLEET reports Japan’s last holdout on Guam shrinking as a 15 square mile pocket near the northeast corner erodes. Over 10,000 Japanese dead tallied as Marines and defenders retreat, while American ships planes and troops seal the action and push toward final victory.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Guam
U. S
Big Pool Soldier Wounded In France
Pvt. John Mason of Big Pool was wounded in France on July 22. He joined the armed forces May 11, 1943 and has been overseas since June 1944. He is now in a hospital in England, according to a message to his wife Mrs Lavada Mason.
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Pvt
John Mason
France
Lavada Mason
Big Pool
Mason
England
Hero Home After Tough Ordeal Of Receiving Highest Award
SPRING MOUNT PA Aug 9 The one man army of Anzio and a wartime mother share a reunion as Pte Alton W Knappenberger returns on an unexpected furlough He earned the Medal of Honor for blasting 60 Nazis at Anzio and holding off two enemy infantry companies After a Naples vacation where he saved part of his money he says he would rather fight than receive the award The 20 year old 120 pound 5 ft 4 in country boy told how he covered his unit and gathered more ammo from a fallen comrade before pulling back amid heavy fire The Army credited him with 60 enemy killed and he is glad to be home But he admits the medal was a tough ordeal
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Alton W. Knappenberger
Kappenberger
Naples
Anzio
Solicitors with Police Records Held on False Pretense Charges
Harrisburg advertising solicitors Charls A. Dupree and Martin Knisely are jailed on false pretense accusations awaiting the November grand jury. FBI records show past arrests dating to 1831 and 1924 for larceny, grand larceny, disorderly conduct, and counterfeit money cases. Habeas corpus writs were denied by Judge Joseph D. Mish. federal warrants allege possession of counterfeit "A" gasoline coupons.
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Charls A. Dupree
Martin Knisely
Harrisburg
FBI
Wayne Seliman
Dupree
York
Kussely
Robert Martin
Trenton
N. J
Johnstown
Reading
Warrisburg
Joseph D. Mish
Youth Breaks Wrist In Fall From Tree Near Sharpsburg
Gary G. Campbell aged 8 fell from the top of a tree he was climbing near his home on Sharpsburg Route 2 and fractured his right wrist. He was admitted to Washington County Hospital emergency room yesterday and returned home after treatment.
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Gary G. Campbell
Sharpsburg Rt. 2
Russell L. Campbell
Washington County Hospital
Shepherdstown Man Overcome By Fumes
M. Muler of Shepherdstown was overcome by monoxide gas in his cellar while generating electricity for his home engine. A picnic party was planned at the UDC home. Mrs Moaler heard a noise and found him unconscious with cellar doors closed. Muler is a WV House of Delegates member and former sheriff.
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Muler
Shepherdstown
UDC
Robot Bomb Attacks On England Resumed
The Germans resumed their flying bomb attacks on Britain today after sporadic assaults that an official announcement said caused damage and casualties in residential areas in London and the southern counties.
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London
Britain
Yank General Captured Near Brest
Allied forces report the capture of German General Karl Spang commander of the 266th Infantry Division near Brest by the American First Army. The seizure marks a significant advance in the Allied push through occupied France during August.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Karl Spang
266Th
First Army
Brest
Wacs Issue Daily PT Edict After Weight Survey
Washington reports that 15 minutes of physical training daily will be required for all members of the Women's Army Corps in the military district of Washington. A survey found 67 of 95 enlisted WACs gained an average of 9 percent in weight since entering service, prompting the ruling.
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Washington
Women's Army Corps
Absentee Ballots Ordered Printed by Election Board
The Board of Election Supervisors approved the printing contract for absentee ballots and finalized mailing plans. Ballots and instructions are on lightweight paper to meet airmail weight, sent free of postage, usable upon receipt. Regular ballots for November 7 will follow on the usual paper later this fall.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Secretary of State
Onions Exhibit Shows Multipliers at Daily Mail
Beachley of Summit avenue conducts a display at the Daily Mail office featuring a multiplier onion with eighteen sections and noting the variety’s distinct naming.
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Beachley
Summit Avenue
Daily Mail
Dogcatcher Anderson Seeks Quit Over Kicking by Town
W V Aug 94 City Dogcatcher Anderson-Warden told the municipal council he wanted to resign, saying he is leading a dog's life as town folk kicked him and the police cut him off on official calls. Council took the matter under advisement. Another cool night followed a 58 after 87 high yesterday as Washington County recorded pleasant weather.
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Waist. W. Va
Anderson
Washington County
Mercury
J. A. Miller
New Orleans A-Day aims to curb rat population
New Orleans conducted an A-Day effort with a citywide rodent drive. Citizens were urged to place 160,000 packages of poison bait and keep refuse cans tightly covered so rats would be forced to feed on the bait.
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New Orleans
Jessel's Ex-Wife to Wed Wealthy Topping
Lois Pennarens, once Mrs George Jessel at age sixteen, announces plans to wed wealthy Jack Topping in New York in November. She visits with her three year old daughter Jerilynn while divorced from Jessel two years. Topping is son of millionaire John Reed Topping and brother of Dan Topping, husband of Sonja Henie.
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Hollywood
Lois Penarens
George Jessel
Jack Topping
New York
Miss Andrews
Jessel
Jerilynn
Topping
John Reed Topping
Dan Topping
Sonja Henie
Nylon diversion arrest for wartime hosiery scam
New Jersey FBI chief Samuel K. McKee announced the arrest of three men on conspiracy to defraud the government over diverted nylon. The material, badly needed for parachutes and tow lines, was turned into women's hose sold at black market prices. About 12 000 pairs could have been made. $40 000 in thread and unfinished hosiery were seized. Suspects are Stephen F. Schmidt of Clifton, Samuel M. Paris of Fair Lawn, and Walter L. Schantz of Scranton. The nylon was produced in New Jersey mills and finished in New York and Philadelphia plants.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
FBI
Samuel K. McKee
McKee
Stephen F. Schmidt
Clifton
Passaic County
Samuel M. Paris
Fair Lawn
New York
Duiplex Hosier
Asbury Park
Belfast
New York City
Walter L. Schantz
Grove Silk Company
Dunmore
Scranton
Philadelphia
60 Motorists Face OPA Speeding Charges In Ra tion Board Panel
Twenty Washington county Missouri motorists will appear tonight before the Legal Panel of the ration board for violation of OPA speed limits. Guilt carries revocation or suspension of gasoline rations. The group is the final 20 of 60 charged nationwide.
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Washington County
OPA
Ration Board
Believed bulk of German subs escaped after Brittany bases
Allied report states that about 100 German submarines believed based in Brittany ports largely escaped. The August dispatch notes uncertainty and focuses on the apparent escape of most subs from occupied French harbors.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Brittany
Canadians Breach 2nd Defense Line in France
German efforts to evacuate troops and equipment from southwestern France are disrupted by French patriots. Maquis forces in the mountains tighten escape routes for remaining Nazis, destroying rescue material as they pressure occupation troops toward surrender across the border.
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Iran
Spain
France
Yanks Break Into Le Mans After Bitter Battle
American and Allied forces report heavy action across western France near Le Mans and Caen as Canadian, British, and American units push toward Paris. German high command acknowledges penetration into Le Mans amid fierce fighting. Allied wings threaten to trap multiple German groups near the Orne and Laize rivers. Continuous fighting continues along the 50 mile eastward American front.
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London
Caen
Paris
le Mans
Falaise
Normandy
Breton Peninsula
France
Caen- Falaise
Orne
Laize
U. S
Berlin
Amert
Reich Detroit Is Plastered in Allied Bombing Raid
London reports more than 1,000 U S heavy bombers and fighters attacked Stuttgart dubbed the Detroit of Germany, while another fleet struck Hungary from Italian bases. RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes hit three fuel dumps in northern France, and a Lyons forest munition dump blast sparked a forest fire as a vastearth upheaval was observed.
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London
U.S
Stuttgart
Detroit
Germany
Berlin
Hungary
Reich
France
Hali_faxes
Lyons Forest
Rouen
Two Divorce Suits Docketed This Morning
Two divorce suits were docketed today bringing this month’s total to nine. Plaintiffs are Anne Stella Murray versus Russell Charles Murray represented by H. M. Miller and Evelyn Blickenstatl Rhodes versus Robert Winters Rhodes represented by C. W. Harlle.
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Anne Stella Murray
H. M. Miller
Russell Charles Murray
Robert Winters Rhodes
aAttorney
C. W. Harlle
Evelyn Blickenstatl Rhodes
Threat Of Dutch Elm Disease In Keedysville Area
Maryland officials report no current Elm disease outbreak in Washington County after Keedysville trees were inspected and found clear. The Agriculture Department urges vigilance to prevent a new forest epidemic like chestnut blight, noting sudden wilting signals acute cases while chronic forms may mimic other causes.
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Keedysville
Washington County
Department of Agriculture
Maryland
T ‘Rst
Port of Cherbourg director killed in action
Captain Norman St Ives, U S director of the Port of Cherbourg in France, was killed in action. A veteran of submarine service, he helped develop safety devices for submersibles and commanded the submarine S-4 after it was raised in 1928. He earned the Navy Cross for escape work under great risk.
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Washington
Norman St. Ives
U. S
Cherbourg
France
Navy
Ives
Provincetown
Maxwell Grim Wounded in France in WWII
Mrs Roseia Grin of Sharnshire learns from the War Department that Tech Sgt Maxwell FB Grim has been wounded in action in France and is recovering in an English hospital. A later letter from Grim praises the “wonderful” medical care and good treatment.
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Roseia Grin
Sharnshire
War Department
Tech
Set
Maxwell FB. Grim
France
England
Maxweil
Lester FL Orin
Wasweila Fies
U. Ss. A
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Harry T. Miller
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Unserstown
Millard C. Clopper
G. D. Clopper
Blair's Valley
Miller
Western Maryland Railroad
Clopper
North American Cement Corp
Security
Baltic
Warsaw
Trio
Hero
Spring Mount
Tye
Lorient
Knisely
Dogcatcher
Wealthy Topping
HDQS
Allied Expeditionary Forge
Angers
Loire River
Port of
Maxwell Grim
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