No Relief From Heat In Sight
Torrid weather grips the region with no relief expected for 24 hours after a 1944 heat record was set Saturday and equalled Sunday in Washington County. Thermometers hit 102 in Kee dsville while Sharpsburg reached 104 and Chewsville 100 as the overnight low fell to 65.
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United States
Washington County
Mercury
J. A. Miler
Keedysville
Miller
Sharpsburg
Paul Oswald
Chewsville
Four-Year-Old Kills Mother in Playful Soldier Game
In Oklahoma City a four year old boy fatally wounded his mother with a .22 rifle while playing soldiers. The incident occurred as Mr and Mrs James C Hamilton rested in their backyard. The child, Jimmy, picked up a rifle his father had used on a recent camping trip and declared I am a soldier before firing.
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Oklahoma City
James C. Hamilton
Jimmy
Bayloader Auction Draws 78 Farmers at Ottinger Sale
In Marysville Kansas on August 14, seventy eight farmers attended Harold Ottinger's auction. They wrote checks at the OPA ceiling price and placed them in an empty cream can. A bystander drew Henry Borgerding’s check as the winner.
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Marysville
Kas
Harold Ottinger
Bayloader
OPA
Henry Borgerding
Jock Suspended Here Arrested
Louis Turner once suspended at Hagerstown track in 1939 is named among four suspended jockeys and six salesmen accused of forging and stealing in a $100000 New York scheme. Local officials recall nothing of Turner's suspension or the incident while New York police describe a confidence game that targeted wealthy candidates.
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Louis
Jeffie’ Turner
New York Dispatch
Hagerstown
New York
Fair Association
Turner
Russian Push On East Prussia Advances Near Noon
Moscow reports a Soviet assault buildup around East Prussia with forces 7 to 17 miles from the frontier and a flank attack threatening Lomza. Osowiec evacuated by German lines, while Goniadz fell overnight. Berlin confirms momentum a new offensive flanks East Prussia and Warsaw.
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Moscow
East Prussia
Prussia
Lomza
Warsaw
Junker
Osowiec
Biebrza
Koenigsberg
Lyck
Grodno
Bailystok
Goniadz
Berlin
French Maquis Attack Rear of Fleeing Nazis
French maquis forces move northward to wage guerrilla war at the rear of German armies along the Loire. Former strongholds in central France and the Pyrenees are near deserted while small patriot bands guard Vichy officials. Patriots in southern France monitor collaborators awaiting German convoy north.
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IRMN
France
Pyrenees
Savoy
Loire
Vichy
Husband offers to take over home and children duties
John W. Schlotterbeck of Elizabeth Street told Magistrate Harry E. Snyder in city court he would reverse the order of domesticity and assume care of their three children if his wife would earn the living. He was fined $25 and costs for assaulting his wife.
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John W. Schlotterbeck
Elizabeth Street
Harry E. Snyder
Schlotterbeck
Arange
John
Hope, Songstress Have Close Shave
Comedian Bob Hope singer Frances Langford and party escaped injury when their plane diverted to Northern Newcastle Australia during a tour of southwest Pacific battle stations. Details were not available.
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Melbourne
Australia
Bob Hope
Frances Langford
Southwest Pacific
Newcastle
Pfc Jay Jones Killed In Action In France
Pfc Jay Jones 25 of Hagerstown and member of Company B for over three years was killed in action in France on July 31. Word reached his sister Mrs Mae Smith of Lanville Street with whom he lived before leaving for service. He was one of four brothers in the Army. Sgt Charles J Jones is in an English hospital with serious wounds, Kenneth was briefly wounded and is back with his outfit, and Corp Glenn Jones is stationed in New Mexico. He attended South Potomac Junior High and worked with E S Darner Son monuments works on West Antietam Street.
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Jay Jones
Hagerstown
France
Mae Smith
Lanvial¢ Street
Charles J. Jones
Kenneth
Corp
Glenn Jones
New Mexico
Pfc
Jones
South Potomac
John §. Jones
Baltimore
E. S. Darner & Son Monuments Works
West Antietam Street
Peanut Removed From Windpipe By Rapid Air Flight
Little Jimmy Crowell survived a lodged peanut in his windpipe after a swift airlift from Wenderson Nevada to Burbank California. Three passengers surrendered seats on a TWA plane so the boy, his father, the family doctor, and an oxygen tank could complete the journey in under two hours. An ambulance met him at Hollywood Children’s Hospital where surgery removed the peanut.
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Los Angeles
Jimmy Crowell
Jimmy
Wenderson
Nev
Boulder City
TWA
J. M. Crowell
Donald McCormack
Rudy Truesdale
Burbank
Calif
Children's Hospital
Hollywood
French Second Armor Division Fights In France
Supreme Headquarters announces the second French armored division under Gen Le Clerc is fighting in France alongside American forces as Allied Expeditionary Force confirms late today.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
le Clerc
France
Classified notice joke from Chicago ad week
A Chicago storage and moving firm ran a humorous classified ad claiming their help are all tired and advising not to come this week unless something is really needed. The quip reflects light tone amid typical workplace recruitment notices.
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Chicago
Big Seizure Of Counterfeit Gas and Sugar Coupons
Police and OPA investigators seized the largest haul of stolen gasoline and sugar coupons yet in Washington. Constas Gus Basilike drove the car. the OPA investigates if the coupons stem from the same source as earlier bogus sugar coupons tied to Charles H. Clark and others. Gasoline coupons totaled 112000 gallons and sugar coupons valid for 42500 pounds were seized. cases await federal grand jury action after hearings.
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Washington
OPA
Constas
Gus Basilike
Washington County
Charles H. Clark
Lancaster
Howard Myers
Dargan
Federal Grand Jury
U. S
Washington Street
Basiliko
Fifteenth Divorce Suit Filed in Month Details Basore Case
The fifteenth divorce suit of the month was docketed today, Adella Geraldine Basore versus Harold Leroy Basore. Filed through attorney C. K. Hartle, the defendant is a member of the Maryland State Police. The couple married in 1937 and have one child. Abandonment is alleged.
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Adella Geraldine Basore
Harold Leroy Basore
C. K. Hartle
Maryland State Police
Isanogle Named To Police Force
Leister Isanogle a former deputy under three sheriffs has been named a especial city policeman and began duties Saturday An early arrest by him led to collateral forfeited He is a candidate for the constableship replacing Bruce Spickier Others seeking the job include Charles Row and Elmer Hurd from the SPCA staff
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Leister Isanogle
Isanogle
M. W. B. Bostetter
Bruce Spickier
Charles Row
Elmer Hurd
SPCA
Nazi Pickers Doing Well In Hancock Fruit Packing
Stanley Fulton, president of the Hancock Fruit Growers Association, says German prisoners of war employed at Hancock district packing fruit are doing well and improving with experience. He notes harvest progress relies on POW labor assisted by PVs, preventing waste from fruit dropping, and commends Capt. Betjeman of Green Ridge POW Camp for cooperative problem solving.
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Stanley Fulton
Hancock Fruit Growers Association
Hancock District
Fulton
Charles Betjeman
Green Ridge
Faton
Lightning Strikes Barn Near Chambersburg Burns Farm
A bolt of lightning set a large barn on fire at the Joseph Lehman farm near Chambersburg on Sunday evening. The barn and much of the contents were destroyed, but Lehman saved all livestock. Crops and other materials were lost.
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Joseph Lehman
Chambersburg
Lehman
Millstone man accused of gas coupon violations in Baltimore
Sylvester R. Younker of Millstone was named defendant in four count information in Federal Court Baltimore. He allegedly lied on non high way gasoline coupon applications and used coupons for three hours a month while giving capons to friends or employing them in his car. OPA investigator Arthur Perlman led the probe with local cooperation from ration officials.
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Sylvester R. Younker
Millstone
Younker
Baltimore
Thomas Bittle
Tim
OPA
Arthur Perlman
Thomas J. Kenney
United States
Bittle
Six Cases Of Liquor Stolen From Cumberland Bio Express Truck
Six full cases of Green River bottled in bond whiskey were stolen from a truck parked at the Cumberland Bio Express Main avenue terminal. Thieves broke a seal and removed the liquor overnight likely via another vehicle. Detective Wayne Sellman notes the investigation is failing to progress. The six cases were valued at 3400 and stolen between 7:30 p.m. and daylight.
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Green River
Main Avenue
Cumberland Bio Express
Polite
Wayne Sellman
Job openings near 1000 here in Hagerstown
U. S. Employment office manager D. Paul Shilling says demand for workers in Hagerstown has surged in ten days and is nearing one thousand. The office struggles to fill skilled labor and trainee needs for local war industries and may start recruitment campaigns in nearby areas to bring workers here.
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Hagerstown
Paul Shilling
U. S
Shilling
Capture of 7th German Army Is Immediate Goal
General Eisenhower states the aim of the current French battle is to seize the German Seventh Army. He notes three German armies remain in France, with strong rivers and defenses. He says Paris is miles away, the bulk of the enemy in northeastern Europe, and only an armistice could end soon. Unconditional surrender remains the terms.
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Eisenhower
France
Paris
Europe
Germany
Wash County Hospital Logs Record Attendance on Aug 10
Washington County hospital reported its largest single day census with 193 patients on Thursday August 10. Superintendent Charles J Cotter noted the prior peak was 18 earlier this year. Hospital records show August daily averages around 158, with maternity patients allowed early discharge to ease crowding. An annex slated for completion around October will free space for 18 more beds by converting the dining area and storage.
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Washington County Hospital
Charles J. Cotter
Cotler Iid
AL Pst
Bebop
Cotter
Many Requesting Soldier Ballots
Approximately 125 absentee or soldier ballot requests arrived last week, pushing total requests beyond 500. Most of last week’s batch, 119, came from the Secretary of State. The Board of Supervisors said staff will begin mailing ballots within a day or two and continue as requests arrive.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Secretary of State
Board of Supervisors
Heat runs wild in Bronx apartment building blaze
In New York on August 14, firefighters answered a fire alarm at a Bronx apartment building where an automatic heating system malfunction caused excessive heat. Firemen guided by steam to the basement found the system was operating as if for winter, intensifying the blaze.
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New York
Bronx
Allied forces close trap on German troops in Normandy
Allied armies led by Eisenhower press toward a major victory as a German ring near Le Mans and Caen tightens. About 100000 German troops fight in a gruelling five day battle with Allied air power wrecking transport as German escape routes are cut and Kluge’s lines buckle south of the Seine.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Europe
Normandy
Hisenhower
Paris
le Mans
Alencon
Sees
Argentan
Falaise
Caen
Guenther von Kluge
France
Seine
Abandon Guns With Belts Yet Loaded
American tanks push forward along the Bradley battle line in France as infantry breach German lines. Abandoned machine guns lie with loaded belts on a 5,000 yard sector while German units crumble. A captured German captain, with only 36 men, cried over his lack of direction and support.
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France
Omar N. Bradley
Stranger Held For Using Car
James Lewis George 27 crippled told Magistrate Harry E. Snyder he came from Clarksburg W Va on a railroad job offer. He admitted driving off in William H Downey’s car Sunday after a neighbor saw the act and alerted police. Patrolman Castle nabbed him within a half mile. The magistrate will decide after a past check.
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James Lewis George
Harry E. Snyder
Clarksburg
W. Va
George
William H. Downey
Downey
Andrew C. Castle
Snyder
Smoke No Fire At Church Street Home
Willamspurc fire company arrived after an alarm at 1 30 am to a Church street home where smoke poured from cellar windows. Investigation found the smoke came from a hot water heater only slightly out of order and firemen along with residents returned to bed.
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Willamspurc Fire Company
Church Street
Our Fighter Bombers Take Heavy Toll In Railway Equipment
London reports the Eighth Air Force says fighter bombers destroyed or damaged over France in two days. More than 6,000 railroad cars and 594 locomotives were hit along with 931 motor vehicles and 100 barges. The Ninth Air Force added 80 tanks and 144 railroad cars destroyed, plus damage to locomotives, vehicles, weapons positions, and ammunition dumps.
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London
U 8
Eighth Air Force
France
U.S. Ninth Air Force
Ninth Air Force
Apply Now For Christmas Work At Post Office
The article urges boys and girls going to college or high school to apply now for pre Christmas holiday work at the post office. Four applicants have filed so far, but more workers are needed this December than ever, for inside and outside duties.
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Colege
Thomas M. Simpson
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North American Cement Corp
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Army
Jock
Jeffie” Turner
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Hope
Songstress
Hancock Fruit Growers Ass’n Head
Ton Antonescu
Romania
Michael
Antonesecu
Countian
Cumberland Motor Express
Eisenhour
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