Yanks Close On Paris Front In Normandy Drive
Allied dispatches report German forces pulling armor from the Normandy pocket as American units advance toward Paris. Patton’s 3rd Army seizes Alencon, closing the lower jaw of the pocket near Arfontan while Seine bridges suffer bomb damage. Allied progress tightens leverage around the Seventh Army salient and narrows the escape gap to eight miles.
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HDQS
Allied Expeditionary Force
Guenther von Kluge
Normandy
Falaise
High Command
Paris
Alencon
Chartres-Dreux
Seine
Atlantic
George S.patton
3Rd
le Mans
Arfentan
Dreux
Chartres
von Kluge
Seine-Loire
Seventh Army
CIO And OPA To Work Together In Price Control
Sherman Snodderly president of the UAW CIO Local 42 was named to the Labor Advisory Board of the State Office of Price Administration by OPA Director Leo McCormick. He said a CIO committee would be formed to work with the ration board to enforce price control and rationing. A meeting at the CIO building tonight will organize committees in Hagerstown from the provisional CIO council of 14 local unions.
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Sherman Snodderly
Uaw-Cio
State Office of Price Administration
OPA
Leo McCormick
CIO
Ration Board
CIO Council
Hagerstown
22 Divorce Suits Filed For Month
Thig county's divorce bill continues to grind at an accelerated pace as this morning four more suits were filed to bring to 22 the number docketed so far this month. Suits filed today are Garnet Vinson versus Genevieve M. Vinson, Carrie Catherine Easton versus John Edward Easton, Violette Rezella Cameron versus Edward Lamont Cameron, and Tavra Ruth Sherman against Charles J. Sherman, all through Attorney Calvert K. Hartle.
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Thig County
Garnet Vinson
Genevieve M. Vinson
Wagaman
Carrie Catherine Easton
John Edward Easton
Violette Rezella Cameron
Edward Lamont Cameron
Tavra Ruth Sherman
Charles J. Sherman
Calvert K. Hartle
Germans Prepare For Allied Attack In Greece and Albania
Advices from inside Greece say the new German commander Gen. Rosler ordered urgent preparations against an Allied attack in western Greece and Albania. Troop concentrations near ports and towns suggest possible evacuation as Gen. Rosther moves heavy units from southern Greece. German defenses are concentrated along the Adriatic coast and in lower Albania. German troops replace Bulgarian forces along the Greek Yugoslav frontier.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Greece
Rosler
Albania
Aegean
Samos
Leshos
Roster
Scheidel
Adriatic
Two Filling Station Operators Charged With Counterfeit Coupons
Two local filling station operators Charles G Byrd and Gerald L Barlup faced federal warrants for possession of counterfeit gas ration stamps. Byrd allegedly held 23 100 gallon stamps and Barlup about 1000 stamps. Bonds set at 2000 and 1000 dollars. No counsel appeared for either at arraignment. OPA investigators led by Arthur Perlman continue the probe to trace the counterfeits, with possible additional arrests forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond
U. S
C.welles Little
Charles G. Byrd
Gerald L. Barlup
Byrd
Barlup
OPA
Arthur Perlman
Washington
Stamp Troubles In Sedalia police cite multiple summonses
Emmett Sullivan received a summons to report to the Internal Revenue office over missing use stamps for his car. A second summons followed and a parking overtime fine then police headquarters. Kenneth P Summers reports theft of his A gas ration booklet from his car. A truck from Valley Forge Distributing knocked down a White Way post near Needy's Jewelry on South Post- stomac street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Emmett Sullivan
Internal Revenue Office
Sullivan
Kenneth P. Summers
Marshall Street
Valley Forge Distributing Company
Needy’s Jewelry Store
South Postomac Street
Reds Launch All Out Bid To Capture Warsaw
Soviet forces under Rokossovsky pressed toward Warsaw from Praga across the Vistula as they intensified their assault to break German defenses. The campaign extended to East Prussia with a 15 mile drive toward Lyck while Warsaw’s heart faced heavy bombardment and combat activity intensified around Praga. German casualties mounted as Soviet and Polish troops fortified positions and expanded artillery and air operations in the strategic battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
Warsaw
Moscow
Red Army
Praga
Vistula
East Prussia
Lyck
Reokossovsky
Harvard Faculty Club Serves Horsemeat Dish
In Cambridge on August 16 the Harvard University Faculty Club manager reports a popular horse meat and onion dish feeds professors and instructors, with about 160 pounds of horsemeat served weekly.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University Faculty Club
Heat Wave Enters Danger Period in Hagerstown
Health officer Dr J A McCallum warns sweltering Hagerstown enters its most dangerous heat phase with no relief in sight. Heat exhaustion and sunstroke arise from prolonged sun exposure and heat, worsened by humidity and dehydration, require different treatments. Pallor cold skin rapid breathing and weak pulse signal heat exhaustion, with the patient typically conscious and advised to rest quietly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
J. A. McCallum
Mute Dismissed On Drunk Charge in Hagerstown
John Lassiter a 22 year old mute was arrested for drunkenness in Hagerstown. At city court Magistrate Harry E. Snyder heard Lassiter explain in writing he was traveling from North Carolina to Harrisburg to visit an aunt. Officer Staines testified Lassiter was very under the weather. Lassiter also has an injured right hand and communicates by writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lassiter
Hagerstown
Harry E. Snyder
Lassiter
North Carolina
Harrisburg
Staines
Youth Released On Theft Charge
O is Shriver, 17, pleaded guilty to stealing ten bottles of Coca Cola from a Frederick street fill station but was dismissed on his promise to behave by Magistrate Harry E. Snyder in city court. Doris Flint, 16, pleaded guilty to breaking a window pane at Cora Roberts home on South Woundry street and was released on her promise to replace the glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O@is Shriver
Frederick Street
Harry E. Snyder
Doris Flint
Cora Roberts
South Woundry Street
Heat Records Here Smashed
The Weather Man warned of continued heat through Friday night or Saturday as Washington county endures a blistering summer. Kee dyville observer J A Miller noted 30 days above 90 this period with Aug highs reaching 106, 102, and 100 on several dates. Boston and New England sweltered with record temps while Maine forests burned. New York Weather Bureau recorded the hottest August.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Miller
Washington County
Minnesota
Dakotas
New York
New England
Boston
Maine
New York Weather Bureau
Wounded Veteran Returns to Hagerstown for Recovery
Cyl. Earl C. Spigler, wounded at the Makin Islands last January, has come home after 33 months in the South Pacific and is now at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D. C. He is on a 30 day furlough living with his mother, Mrs. Ruby Spigler, 569 Ridge avenue, and would welcome visits from friends as mobility allows.
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Earl C. Spigier
Makin Islands
South Pacific
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Ruby Spigler
Ridge Avenue
Liberators Hit Jap Naval Base of Mako
CHUNGKING August 16 Japanese base at Mako in the Pescadores bombed by American Liberators marking the first strike on those islands between Formosa and China. Allied forces also distributed 2 000 000 safe conduct surrender leaflets over the Falaise gap. Geraldine Martin Mae B Pearl were commissioned notaries public in Annapolis. Richard Lesher and Albert Mc Carty arrested for fighting on carnival grounds at Clearspring awaiting Friday hearing.
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Chungking
Mako
Pescadores Islands
Formosa
China
Geraldine Martin
Mae B. Pearl
Annapolis
Edward Oswald
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Falaise
Richard Lesher
Albert McCarty
Clearspring
Charles Starliper
Victory Gardens Thrive in Hagerstown Despite Drought
Victory gardens across Hagerstown flourish amid beetles bugs and scarce rain. Roy Reichard on Oak Hill avenue maintains 20 varieties in his plot. 89 year old James Peterman on Virginia avenue leads as the oldest gardener. War rationing drives first timers to grow food, with housewives and workers embracing the effort. many gardens yield surplus produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory
Hagerstown
Roy Reichard
Oak Hill Avenue
James Peterman
Virginia Avenue
Allied advances and Italian border push amid enemy evacuations
Front reports from Bern say Allies have occupied Cannes and Nice and French partisans with 1,060 parachutists are poised to seize Marseille. Germans withdraw along the Ligurian coast while Garibaldi Kesselring’s Gothic line may be attacked from the rear as Corsica and Sardinia stay heavily bombed.
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Bern
la Suisse
Geneva
Cannes
Nice
Marseille
Toulon
Principality of Monaco
Ventimlia
Ligurian
Ventimiglia
la Spezia
Gulf of Genoa
Chiasso
France
Italy
Gar Albert Kesselring
Corsica
Sardinia
Genoa
Uprisings Grow Across France After Allied Invasion
Reports from Spain and Bern say underground Maquis rise surged across southern and central France with attacks on German garrisons around Auch Agen Montauban Rodez Perigueux Tulle Aurillac Limoges. Vichy in turmoil as patriots advance toward Bordeaux Paris streets erupt with anti Nazi demonstrations and singing the Marsellaise.
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France
Vichy
Paris
London
Riviera
Normandy
Spain
Auch
Agen
Montauban
Rodez
Perigeux
Tulle
Aurillac
Limoges
Pan
Toulousé
AFL
Independent
French Agency
Bern
Bordeaux
Great American air armada raids Leipzig and Berlin
In a major daylight and night raid the 2009 heavy bombers struck Germany, targeting Leipzig area airfields and industries while RAF Mosquitos bomb Berlin. Allied force missions across Saxony and Bavaria from Italy and the western front followed, with reports of German losses and disrupted air bases amid Normandy squalls. A separate note mentions a police captain confined to a hotel suite by illness.
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London
Germany
Leipzig
Berlin
Alps
Tyrol
Bavaria
U.S. Sth
Saxony
Hannover
Brunswick
Italy
Normandy
Too Hot For Crime At Baltimore Police Station
The Baltimore Central Police Station had a rare quiet day as heat and humidity kept crime low. A single drunkenness arrest near 6 to 7 p.m. occupied the cell block briefly, with the detainee singing to pass the time.
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Baltimore
Central
Cured Smoked Fish Prices to Rise at Retail
Washington August 16 the Office of Price Administration announced a revised ceiling price schedule for cured and smoked fish increasing average costs by 1 cent per pound at retail effective August 21. The new ceilings set at processor level will be passed through to consumers shortly after. The list covers fresh and saltwater species including salmon, sablefish, whitefish, and kippered salmon.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Robot Bomb Attacks On England Continue
London reports German flying bombs attacked just before midnight and again before dawn today. An official statement said the assaults caused damage and rabars fell in southern England during the two raids.
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London
Ment
Rabars
England
Invasion of Southern France Expands Front to 120 Miles
Allied invasion troops push into southern France from secure beachheads with negligible German resistance. Reinforcements pour ashore as tanks clash between Toulon and Cannes and coastal towns like Nice, Cannes, and St Tropez report harbor damage. Reports place 12,000 French sailors among parachute troops. advances stretch front to about 120 miles.
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Rome
France
Berlin
Stockholm
Toulon
San Remo
Genoa
Cannes
St. Raphael
Transocean
Nice
St. Tropez
NBC
CBS
Eric Severeid
Gulf
Hitler
Europe
Ex Soldier Is Given Release on Burglary Charge
Lester Carriggan a 44 year old ex soldier discharged last April faced a burglary arraignment before Magistrate Harry E Spyder in city court. He was linked to breaking into Beachily Reichard Furniture plant on North Prospect Street after officers found personal papers and records tied to the year. Carriggan claimed he was in Hagerstown the day after the alleged entry, had been drinking, and slept behind the plant on lumber. he denied entry. Patrolman John Knode testified windows were broken on several visits but no entry proof found and the premises were searched each time. He said he did not break in and had previously worked here, having been inducted into the army in October 1942 with a medical discharge for a heart condition. He now says he was at the State Sanitarium at Sapfilasvilie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Carriggan
Harry E. Spyder
Carriggan
Beachisy- Reichard Furniture Company
North Prospect Street
Hagerstown
Sapfilasvilie
Harris Receives Oak Leaf Cluster for Wartime Service
The War Department announced in May that Eugene T. Harris of 24 West Avenue was awarded the bronze oak leaf cluster to the Flying Crowe unit, recognizing prior wartime service. The citation notes Harris’s prior unit achievements and ties to the Fifth Army.
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War Department
Eugene T. Harris
West Sie Avenie
Crowe
Pyt. Darcin
Mbte
TOS Army
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Gap
Snodderly
McCormick
Harvard
Horseburger
Pic
Jay Jones
Company B
Pic. Jones
Victory Gardens
North End
T. A. Chappelear
L. F. McRinder
Heart of
Reich
U.S
Polies Teters
Sgt. Harris
Oak Leaf Cluster
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