Battle Wounds Kill Local Boy Tech Sgt Glenn Masser
Tech Sgt Glenn Masser, 24, died of wounds received in action during the invasion of France. A Maryland National Guard veteran, he served overseas about two years and earlier worked at North American Cement Corp. plant in Security. He was a Hagerstown High School graduate and Church of the Brethren member. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. George Masser and sisters Kathryn Casey, Chambersburg. Genevie Sprankle and Isabel Robrer, both of Hagerstown.
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Church of the Brethren
Kathryn Casey
Chambersburg
Genevie Sprankle
Isabel Robrer
Hagerstown
Explosions Ignite Crude Oil Tanks at Newhall Refinery
Explosions at Newhall Refining Co in California destroyed two tanks holding 2.5 million gallons of crude oil and sparked a brush fire that led to evacuations of more than 20 nearby families. Two workers were injured and hospitalized. a Red Cross station opened. CHP Capt. Hewitt attributed the blaze to fumes from a broken naptha line possibly ignited by a Bunsen burner in a nearby lab.
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Newhall
Calif
Newhall Refining Co
Newhall Hospital
Red Cross
Ronald A. Hewitt
California Highway Patrol
Doughboys Nuts About Ernie Pyle
New York August 12 Ernie Pyle is the biggest thing in this war and the hero of GIs everywhere said Pathot News cameraman Neil Sullivan back from the Normandy battle lines. He notes soldiers ask if Ernie is present wherever a correspondent goes and that the sight of Pyle stirs boyish cheers.
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New York
Ernie Pyle
Neil Sullivan
Pathot
Normandy
Sullivan
Fyfe
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Ernie
Fellows
Yanks Drive To Close German Escape Gap
Allied forces push into southern France with armor crossing the Loire at Nantes, penetrating 10 miles as four day drives threaten Paris and press Caen area. Front reports vary on north, east, and south thrusts near Le Mans while German resistance stiffens.
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France
Nantes
Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Loire
U.S
Caen
le Mans
le Manns
Nearly 10 000 Aussie Girls Have Wed Yanks
Sydney report notes that about 10,009 Australian girls have married American service men since 1942. Of these, 1,000 brides and around 200 babies have moved to the United States, with 134 brides awaiting transport and 2,000 more applying for entry permits. The largest group, 296 wives and 72 babies, recently embarked on a prewar American liner.
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Sydney
Australia
United States
Inmate Held After Fatal Stabbing At Roxbury Farm
State's Attorney confirms a young inmate is under suspicion after Alvin Baehrr, 20, dies from chest wounds at the State Penal Farm in Roxbury. Guards did not see the attack. several knives found, motive unclear. Elmer Maxwell says the suspect was among about 40 in a cell block after supper. Bar ber, new arrival Aug 5, serving two years for burglary from Baltimore. Medical Examiner Wells cites chest wounds near the heart as the cause of death.
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Roxbury
Martin L. Ingram
Alvin Baehrr
Elmer S. Maxwell
Barber
Samuel R. Wells
Baltimore
Maxwell
Cook Is Fined For Assault On Couple
Melvin Cook found guilty in court of assaulting Mr. and Mrs. John Trantilas at a South Potomac Street restaurant. Magistrate M W B Bostetter fined Cook $25 and costs and ordered 25 days in jail. Witnesses said Trantulas refused to sell Cookheer and he became abusive before striking the complainants.
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Melvin Cook
John Trantilas
South Potomac Street
M. W. B. Bostetter
Trantulas
Cookheer
Portsmouth Sells Player To Owls
Frank Lawrence of Portsmouth Virginia Piedmont League announces the sale of infielder Hunky Archer to the Hagerstown Owls. The transfer followsLeague moves in minor league baseball with Archer expected to join the Owls for the upcoming season.
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Portsmouth
Owls
Frank Lawrence
Portsmouth, Va
Hunky Archer
Ithe Hagerstown Owls
OPA Worker and Four Held in Bond on Gasoline Coupon Charge
U S Commissioner Cullen ordered five persons including a Catonsville ration board clerk held on 1500 bond each for illegal possession of 238 gasoline coupons. Defendants Mary E Robinet te John Claycombe Glenn A Leidner George W Leidner filled station operators pleaded not guilty. Hearing set before Commissioner Ernest Volkart. case likely amplified as probe into coupon disappearance continues.
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Baltimore
U. S
James K. Cullen
Catonsville
John
Glenn A. Claycombe
George W. Leidner
Arthur
Thomas J. Kenney
Railway Yards And Airfields Blasted By U S Bombers
Around 1 000 American heavy bombers and escorting fighters attacked the railroad yards at Metz and German airfields in northern France this morning. Targets included Le Perthe Chamani near Paris Athies Couvron and Juvincourt near Laon. The raids followed RAF night attacks on Berlin and Givors.
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London
Metz
France
le Perthe Chamani
Paris
Athies
Couvron
Juvincourt
Laon
Berlin
Givors
Germany
Upper Danube
Upper Silesia
Guerrilla Havoc Report From German Mountains
Madrid dispatches reveal escaped prisoners of war and foreign workers waging guerrilla warfare in southern Germany. Terrorists burn homes seize food and arms as German police hunt insurgents amid harsh mountain conditions. Police overpowered in a mountain hut. four Germans killed in a village per Voelkischer Beobachter report.
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Madrid
Germany
Werner Gilles
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Police Flagged Car Over Stamp Tax Enforcement
NEW ROCHELLE Aug 12 A police department official visited the Internal Revenue office to resolve a stamp tax issue after federal agents tagged a police radio car with markers for failing to display a federal auto use stamp.
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New Rochelle
Police Department
Internal Revenue Office
Uncle Sam
Heat Record Possible Today in Keedysville Weather Watch
Veteran observer J. A. Miller said today might beat the 109-degree August 6, 1918 record if the 46-degree rise from yesterday continues. Yesterday reached 101 after a 55 starting low, with no relief forecasted into the weekend as clear skies persist. Cumberland hit 100, Frederick 99, Chewsville 96, and widespread midsummer heat affects the Eastern seaboard and Midwest.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Mr Miller
Weather Bureau
Cumberland
Frederick
Chewsville
D. Paul Oswald
Midwest
Fire on Barge Burns Hoboken Pier in Hudson Port
A dramatic blaze on August 12 destroyed Pier 4 and damaged two adjacent piers on the Hudson, with flames rising fifty feet and a four hour effort by massed firefighters. The origin was a barge transferring cargo to a ship, with no sabotage suspected. About 14 people were treated for burns and smoke inhalation, and losses were unofficially estimated at four million dollars.
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Hudson River
New York City
Pier 4
Andrew H. Keller
Pier No. 4
Keller
St. Mary’s Hospital
Realty Market Not So Active
The local real estate market for the week ending today was moderately active with total sales totaling about $60,000. Transactions included Ellsworth R. Roulette trustee to Mary V. Gardner and Samuel G. Houser as joint tenants for a Sharpsburg property on Antietam Street, $4,000. Hilda Mae Moore and husband to Thelma M. Giffin for a Sharpsburg property, $1,500. John T. Baker and wife to William J. Carter and wife for a Hager Heights property, $2,200. John W. Row to Pearl C. Sheppard for property at Conococheague Creek near Wilson’s, $1,800. George T. Bell and Rhode Devine, etc.
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Ellsworth R. Roulette
Mary V. Gardner
Samuel G. Houser
Antietam Street
Sharpsburg
Hilda Mae Moore
Thelma M. Giffin
John T. Baker
William J. Carter
Car Fire Damages Vehicle on Virginia Avenue
An unidentified owner faced a badly damaged car in the 800 block of Virginia avenue after a fire around 11 this morning. First Hose Company responded to prevent total loss, cause still unknown. Another fire was extinguished at a residence corner South Locust and Elm streets with no damage reported.
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Virginia Avenue
Antietams
South Locust and
Elm Streets
Germans at Hancock prefer work over loafing in POW camp
German prisoners at Green Ridge Prison Camp twenty miles west of Hancock work in the Hancock fruit belt and local forests. Averages 23, they take pride in labor, with non commissioned officers supervising. They earn cents daily paid monthly in coupon booklets and canteen goods with limited beer.
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George C. Rash
Daily Mail
Green Ridge
Hancock
Washington
Allegany County
Charles F. Betjeman
U. S. Army
Red Cross
Von Kluge Hurling More Troops Into Tightening Noose
General Von Kluge is sending reinforcements into the German bulge west of the Orne river, jamming troops and armor into a coffin shaped corridor. A British officer notes quality uncertain but some reinforcements drawn from other divisions. British strategists are puzzled by the gamble in northwest Europe.
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Orne River
Guenther von Kluge
Orne
Stalingrad
von Kluge
Europe
F D R To Address Nation Tonight
President Roosevelt will radio a nationwide address from Bremerton Navy Yard at 5 p.m. Pacific war time, completing a 15 day Pacific tour with stops including San Diego and Pearl Harbor. He met Nimitz and MacArthur and toured the Aleutians before returning to Seattle.
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Seattle
Wash
Roosevelt
Bremerton Navy Yard
W.T
San Diego
Calif
Pear Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Aleutians
Jurisdiction Limit Raised Over Potomac River Theft
Two theft victims report money and valuables taken while swimming on the Potomac across from Williamsport. State's Attorney Ingram says the theft occurred in West Virginia, beyond Washington county jurisdiction, though local officers may aid WV authorities. Victims include Thomas Johnson of Vancouver Canada and Washington resident John Huff. Suspected Williamsport youths attended a church camp near Marlowe West Virginia.
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Potomac
Maryland
Williamsport
Martin L. Ingram
West Virginia
Washington County
Thomas Johnson
Vancouver B. C
John Huff
Washington
Marlowe
W. Va
OPA Fails To Survey City Market Prices
The City Market was not officially surveyed today for ceiling price compliance. The Office of Price Administration said no official report could be made on price conditions. Stall owners were ordered to comply by August 1 or face prosecution, but the survey was not completed due to a shortage of help.
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Office of the
Ration P Boara
Oofice
Mourners at Lubin Extermination Camp Mass Memorial
In Lubin 25,000 mourners gathered in the castle square as the Polish committee of national liberation held a mass for Nazi camp victims. Polish troops stood with bare heads while women fainted and a tablet was unveiled to the “millions of victims” killed by German criminals at Maidanek.
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Moscow
Lubin
Polish Committee of National Liberation
Lubin Castle
Father Krasinski
Committee of Liberation
Maidanek
Germans Quit Florence After Withdrawing Forces
Allied forces halted bombardment and prepared to aid starving civilians as German troops withdrew from Florence. Col. Fuchs led parachutists and Pavolini organized fascist squads infiltrating southern districts while the eighth army pressed west of Empoli toward the Gothic line. Snipers remained in pockets inside the city.
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Rome
Florence
Arno
Mugnone
Eighth Army
Atno
Empoli
Col
Fuchs
Pavolini
Alessandro Pavolini
Mussolini
14 Families Volunteer To Adopt Children
The Washington County Welfare Board sought foster homes for eight children whose parents were found guilty of neglect by the juvenile court. Fourteen families volunteered to adopt, and the board plans to place the children in homes with a waiting list for potential adopters. William Aroryingstar, a Leitersburg area farmer, suffered a badly injured shoulder Friday evening after being trampled by a horse and treated at Waynesboro hospital.
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Washington County Welfare Board
William Aroryingstar
Leitersburg
Waynesboro Hospital
Greatest Russian Strategic Maneuver Under Way
Soviet forces launch large scale attacks across southern Estonia and northeast of Warsaw as 300000 Nazi Baltic troops face destruction. Rokossovsky and Zakharov push toward East Prussia while Maslehnikov disrupts a 43 mile by 115 mile front, signaling a major summer campaign push and German reserves rushing to the frontier. Continued on Page 2.
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Moscow
Red Army
Estonia
Hitler
Warsaw
East Prussia
Biebrza
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Zakharov
Bialystok
Ivan Maslehnikov
Pskov
Lake Peipus
Dozen Dead in Fire And Explosion In Illinois Village
Shawneetown Illinois records a disaster as twelve people die in a gas explosion and ensuing fire. Six children among the victims, three workers in storage tanks perished, and two houses burned. Most victims were from one family.
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Illinois
Shawneetown
Ill
Old Shawneetown
Ohio River
Peace group in Romania formed provisional government
Romanian peasant party leader July Maniu backs a provisional peace government declared with full knowledge of Premier Marshal Ion Antonescu according to a Bucharest source. The formation is described as peaceful and noninterfering, with continued alignment to official policy as reported.
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Istanbcl
Peasant Party
July Maniu
Bucharest
Ion Antonesc
Block Of Buildings At Wildwood Burns
A block of oceanfront buildings including the strand motion picture theater and seven stores was destroyed by fire early today. Ten persons were injured while fighting the flames as Mayor Benjamin Ingersoll estimated the damage above 250000 dollars. Three hundred firemen and a naval shore patrol unit fought the blaze.
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Wildwood
Strand Motion Picture Theater
Benjamn
Man
Navy
Fojcel
Weather warnings issued for New York coastal area
The U S Weather Bureau issued warnings from Block Island to the Delaware Capes. Strong southwest winds were forecast this afternoon and expected to continue through tonight and tomorrow, according to the Herald bulletin.
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New York
U.S. Weather Bureau
Block Island
Delaware Capmas
Hurtay
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Albert R. Bryan
Barbara Bryan
Bryan
Tech
Glenn Mosser
Doughboys
Cook
OPA
Hoboken Pier
Realty
Yank
F.D.R
Nation
Navy Yard
Bamdin
Romania
Wildwood Burns
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