Fire blazes on Hoboken pier as barges burn
A major waterfront fire on the Hoboken pier burned a barge and threatened additional vessels. A Liberty ship and a foreign cargo ship were towed to safety while fire crews from Hoboken, New York City, Union City and Jersey City battled the flames with eight NYC fireboats and stationed coast guard craft. Police Chief Edward L. McFeeley said the fire started last night and was controlled by noon today, with hundreds of Coast Guardsmen aiding in containment. The blaze, one of the worst waterfront fires in years, damaged the pier interior, roof sections, and acetylene gas storage areas, as crews noted casualties and equipment losses.
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Ed. &T
Edward L. McFeeley
Hoboken
Heller
New York City
Coast Guard
Straten Island
Elng Island
Jersey City
York City
Pier 3
Keller
Maritime Commission
F D R Plans Nation Address On Pacific Tour
President Roosevelt prepared to report to the nation from Honolulu on his Pacific visit. Accompanied by Admiral Leahy and White House advisers, he left Washington July 13 to join ally forces in Alaska and the Aleutians, praising Allied advances and the rapid push of Japanese forces back.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Roosevelt
William D. Leahy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
White House
Washington
Aleutians
Goue
Alaska
Norman Bell
Alentian
Mr. Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Bell
Hawaii
Sears
Ronsaveit
Bellre
Honoanu
Prisoner Of Nazis Writes To Sister From German Camp
Cecil Marks, held in a German prison since January, writes to his sister Mrs Charles Wolford at 522 Summit Avenue that he is sweating out the war and hopes to be home soon. He notes a shortage of stationery limits letters but asks word of his condition be spread.
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Cecil Marks
Canmip
Charles Wolford
Summit Avenue
Marks
Senate Passes George Bill Amid War Workers Debate
Washington Aug 12 The Senate backed the George bill 55 to 1 leaving state unemployment systems to set rates while creating a War mobilization office to plan demobilization and extend federal funds to cover unemployment for 2.3 million federal workers. critics favored Murray Kilgore aims for broader reconstruction and higher veteran benefits.
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Washington
Senate
House
George
Rep
Carleon
R-Kan
Fee
Barkley
Stranded Soldier Is Helped By Local Draft Clerk
A Mexican soldier lost near the Pennsylvania Railroad station was helped by William A. Tobias, chief clerk of the local Draft Boards, who translated since the man spoke no English. The traveler, bound for Way Pa to join Landis Tool Company for a six week course, had only a stub of his ticket.
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William A. Tobias
Mexico
Landis Tool Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tobias
Latin America
Sobbias
Way- Pa
Warnesboro
Mucho Gracias
Senor
Hiera
Agap
Paris Curfew Imposed As Allied Drive Advances
Reports say Paris placed under curfew starting tonight as American forces press north of Le Mans. Encirclement chances seen near Orne Mortain salient with German withdrawal feared. Stalemate around Caen and St Malo noted amid heavy fighting and sporadic truces.
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Paris
le Mans
Orne-Morntain
Noth
Coluton
le Mens
Chateaudun
Orleans
Seine
Ioire
Tours
Loire River
Marechal
Guenther von Kluge
Normandy
Falaise
Caen
Orne
Laize
Cinglais
Eastern Front
J von Anbock
Realty Market Not So Active
Executors in W Mandy Kretzer oversee the Thomas Bell property along the Boonshoro Sharpshore road in 1900. Transfers include Anna McW. Gane to Trareld M. Porter and wife for Intin Fountain Heard at $1600 in Washington County Bullding and Loan Alén. Eluer H. Wurtsherry and wife gain Row's Park property for $2700. Thomas A. Gilleere et al to Tege F Omps on Main street south side. George W. Row to Thomas L. Stenger for the Raw Park tract of BS acres with buildings. Mary 5B and Max S. Smith to Eloise PL and Boyd C. Smith on Smithsburg Waynes horn pike for $2600. Home Builders to Otho C. Reeder and wife for acre with improvements near Trego post office for $2500.
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W. Mandy Kretzer
Thomas Bell
Boonshoro-Sharpshore Road
Anna McW. Gane
Trareld M. Porter
Intin Fountain Heard
Washington County Bullding & Loan
Otho C. Reeder and
Trego Post Office
Nazi Defenses Plastered Along Southern France Coast
Allied air forces hit an eight mile stretch along southern France and a four mile section of neighboring Italy coast. The assault targeted anti air positions pillboxes radio facilities and emplacements as Winston Churchill arrived in Italy drawing Italian press comment on the theater’s importance.
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Rome
France
Tactical Air Force
Mediterranean
Allied Air Command
Winston Cherchill
Ital Var
Max Aseume
Hancock Team Will Face Shepherdstown
The Hancock ALC will travel to Shepherdstown on Sunday for a return match following a 164 point win over Shepherdstown earlier this season. Rowe is expected to start for Hancock, aiming to extend a winning streak, with Garhy likely to see action in what could be a decisive contest.
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Hancock Alc
Shepherdstown
Tpstarers
Hance
Rowe
Hancock
Garhy Wii
West
Penal Farm fugitive captured near Washington Monument
Melvin Krebs of 200 block Norway Avenue escaped from the State Penal Farm Thursday morning and was found yesterday near the Washington Monument by Deputy Fred Crowl. Farm guards surrounded him in the mountains and took him into custody without trouble.
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Melvin Krebs
Norway Avenue
Washington Monument
Boomhorn
Fred Crowl
Ferel Farm
Peace Group In Romania Formed
A Bucharest source says four parties back a new government plan to replace Antonescu with an army chief of staff and push a multilateral armistice. Maniu is slated for premier as communists, socialists, liberals and peasant leaders form a fragile bloc. Germans reportedly pull air forces from Bucharest and Ploesti, moving four divisions to the Warsaw front.
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Jube
Bern
Ionescu
Bucharest
Moscow
Berlin
Tryiniz
Antonescu
Isaid
Romania
Russia
Britain
United States
Maniu
Bessarabia
Ploesti
Warsaw
Tasl
Protest Over Ban On Wilson Movie For Army Show
Washington reports that Senator Chandler urged War Secretary Stimson to probe alleged irregularities in the Army ban on showing the movie Wilson to overseas troops. Chandler cites accounts that review-board members saw the film in New York and told newspapers it could not be shown to soldiers. He says decisions should come after submission to the review panel. The piece notes the film covers Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations. Also, Frederick County Historical Society buys a home to house its antiquities collection.
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Washington
Wilson
Chandler
D-Ky
Stimson
Army Review Board
Twentieth Century-Fox
Roxy Theater
New York
League of National
Guam Naval Chief Writes From Prison
The wife of Capt. George Johnson McMillin, former naval governor of Guam, reported that he wrote from a Formosa prison camp stating he is in splendid health. She said she received three letters from him on Thursday, the first since August 1942, five days after Pearl Harbor.
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Long Beach
Calif
George Johnson McMillin
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Formosa
Arrest Young Man On Assault Charges
Melvin Cook aged 23 of West ntieram street was arrested yesterday evening on a warrant charging assault on Athos and John Trannlas by Patrolmen Woford and Palmer. Robert Gillis aged 84 of West Washington Street was arrested on an assault charge by Matraiman Schmidt. Milton Burger aged 47 of Fajrgrowne wenna was held on a forge charge and posted bond for a hearing.
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Melvin Cook
Ntieram Street
Wolford and Palmer
Athos
John Trannlas
Robert Gillis
West Washington Street
Matraiman Schmidt
Agsallt
Patvelmin C. B. Rikle
Milton Burger
Fajrgrowne Wena
Burger Gate
Theater Troubles Leave Local Stage in Disorder
A local theater has faced repeated burglaries and vandalism over the past 18 months. Incidents include break-ins, holes drilled in the screen, and damage to projection and sound equipment, forcing temporary closures and costly repairs.
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Hb Shores
Japs Execute Three American POWs in Manchuria
Washington reports that the Japanese executed Seaman Frank Merlingolo Sergeant Joe B. Chastain and Corporal Viewer Paliota, who had been held as POWs in a Manchurian camp. The Red Cross relay noted the men escaped June 21 1943 and allegedly attacked a police inspector before deaths occurred. Japan cited self defense and escape as the basis for the executions.
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Washington
Navy
Frank Merlingolo
Joe B. Chastain
Viewer Paliota
International Red Cross
Switzerland
State Department
Japanese Foreign Office
Manchuria
Red Cross
Foreign Office
Russia
Japan
Russians Doom German Army drive toward Riga
Soviet forces push east of Riga with an armored vanguard advancing from central Latvia. Cheered by Westward thrusts, VDE Cherniakhovsky and Bagramian drive tighten ring on East Prussia. 150+ populated points seized and lines near Warsaw, Bialystok, and Krakow pressed. Domestic air traffic to 97 million miles of mail and cargo expected.
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Tom Page
Riga
Petreri
Andrei Veremenko
Maslennikov
Jeentral
Latvia
Ivan Bagramian
East Prussia
Riehrza
Tykocin
Nazs
Tikorin
Laniza
Red Army
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Junker
Konstantin KR. Rokoslavs
Dobre
Pricewnik
Korytnica
Warsaw
Hne
Krakow
Americans Bomb Volcano Island in Pacific Raid
U S bombers from the Seventh Army Air Force struck Iwo Jima from newly won Marianas airfields, dropping 47 tons on Iwo airfield and nearby installations. Nimitz announced the first heavy bomber raid marks a new phase in the Pacific neutralization campaign.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Seventh Army Air Force
Marianas
Iwo
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
7Th Aaf
Pacific
Wake Island
Midway Island
Gilberts
Marshalls
Carolines En Rote
Radio Program Brings Ahies Irish Rose Style Show to NBC
Aug 12 radio note outlines a Sunday series via MBS starting Aug 27. George Kaufman and Mose Hart provide the script with Everett Sloan and Hart in lead roles. Sponsor promises $1000 for exclusive radio rights, to benefit a charity.
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New York
Pollowide
Ahie
George Kaufman
Mose Tart
MBS
Everett
Sloan
Kitmeyeles
Hart
Green Valley
Nell As
Rome
Fires
J Rum
Service members abroad and home addresses shared
The notice lists local residents serving in the Army Air Forces and Army, including Pvt. Vance Eyler advancing overseas from Fort Knox and Milton Lushbaugh, now in France after sixteen months overseas. Relatives at 72 West Side Avenue and 364 Central Avenue relay details, with others stationed at Camp Shelby and Lockbourne and awaiting letters from friends.
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Retthe-Ahere
Milton H. Lushvaugh
Lester Lushbaugh
Central Avenue
France
Milton
Camp McCain
Leonard Lushbaugh
Camp Shelby
Miss
Janice Phreeger
Hottersburg
Pvt
Leslie Be, Lushbaugh
AAFP
Lockbourne Army Air Base
Columbus
Ohio
Browns Stock Climbs Above Five Dollars At First Since 1986
In Lothis on August 12, with the Browns leading the American League, shares rose above $5 for the first time since issue in 1986. Brokers noted Aon stock trades at $5.25, a jump from a low near $1.75 during the team's leaner periods.
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Browns
High ST. Lothis
Ela
Aon
Cary Grant Cast in New Role in Local Screening
A new Cary Grant film is set for local presentation at the Henry Theatre on Sunday. The comedy centers on a discovery plot involving a caterpillar said to influence a tune, with Janet Ryan co starring.
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Cary Grant
Columbia
Cary
Janet
Henry Atre
Jevanen
Hollywood Sun
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