Toulon Encircled as Allied Forces Drive South France
Allied troops push through the Durapcte valley toward the Rhone while French Patriots and American columns close on Toulon and Aix en Provence. German resistance collapses with 14,000 prisoners reported, including Maj. Gen. Hans Schubert and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Toulon
Marseille
Durapcte
Rhone
Pertuis
Aix-en-Provence
Durance
Alexander M. Patch
Aix
Joseph Dynan
Associati
Faron
Huey S
Dynan
Eisenhower
France
Hans Schubert
Schubert
Tornousr
First Polio Case Of Summer Here
Hacerstown reports its first polio case of the season a late girl stricken last week. She was removed to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treatment after examination by local health authorities. On Friday the ailment was confirmed as infantile paralysis and she remained for care. Health Officer Dr. J A McCallum urged calm and no alarm locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hacerstown
Strcken
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Ballimore Hospital
J. A. McCallum
Loval
Tip Contest Highlights Local War Casualties and Disasters
The Daily Mail notes weekly tips on local events with top prize going to a family war casualty list. Second prize covers wind storm damage near Cearfoss and a Boonshora fire. Third prize includes a local raid on a famed night squadron and a liquor store raid. Submissions accepted daily from 7:30 AM to 5 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cearfoss
Boonshora
Daily Mail
Blood donor Samuel Wechsler heads for Marine Corps duty
New York Aug 21 Samuel Wechsler 36 the champion blood donor of Suffolk county donated his 19th pint to the Manhattan Red Cross. He joked that he might need it himself soon. He leaves today for New Rover South Carolina for combat assignment after completing boat training with the Marine Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Suffolk County
Samuel Wechsler
Manhattan Red Cross
Wechsler
New Rover
S. C
Marine Corps
Draft Pool Shrinks as 37 Draft Board 2 Depart
Draft Board 2 loses 37 members to induction, reducing pools to 50-20 non-fathers and 30 fathers. Of the 50, most will depart August 24 after preinduction exams. Two groups are set for exams on August 30 and the next day. Rules for youths turning 18 during school terms are clarified with prior-year precedents for graduation and enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draft Board
Inductee List Announced For August 15 Inductions
Draft Board No. 1 released names of registrants accepted for induction on August 15 and their service branches. The list includes Milton O. Warrenfeltz, John Greszko, Y. M. Franklin L. Miles, Charley W. Kunkle Jr, Fred L. Judd, Raymond O. Butts, Clyde M. McKnight, Roy P. Hoffman, Fred J. Kershner, Hershel W. Palmer, Howard D. Bingaman, Harry E. Warrenfelt, and others with street addresses in Maryland towns such as Boonsboro, Hagerstown, Funkstown, and Colubmia, along with additional registrants further listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draft Board No. 1
Jay
Army
Milton O. Warrenfeltz
John Greszko
Y. M. Franklin L. Miles
Maryland
Charley W. Kunkle, Jr
North Prospect
Fred L. Judd
Wiligmsport Rt
Raymond O. Butts
East North
Clyde M. McKnight
Boonshoro Rt
Roy P. Hoffman
Oak Hill
Fred J. Kershner
Alexander
Hershel W. Palmer
Salem
Howard D. Bingaman
McDowell
Harry E. Warrenfelt
Fairplay
Witbur E. Huntzberry
Hagerstown
Robert F. Davis
Ridge
Thomas A. Heton
South Locust
Jack VY
Kunklewes
Columbiard
Edward L. Carr
Curtest J. Stine
Corbett
William E. Spickler
Clarendon
Gerald F. Gooper
Mulberry
James M. Jaces
North Locust
Harold M. English
Sunset
Christian R. Sellers
City Adopts Short Air Alarm Test
Maryland cities including Hagerstown joined a statewide change reducing air raid siren tests to a 20 second blast at noon Saturdays. Previously the red blue and white signals sounded for about five minutes of siren blowing. The shorter blast will be used going forward.
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Ifagerstown
Maryland
French Farmers Help Airdrome Engineers In France
Rome August 21 American aviation engineers began building airstrips in southern France the day after Allied landings. French farmers aided by guiding them past minefields saved valuable hours and possibly lives in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
France
Peace Talks Open With Strong Force Backing
Secretary of State Hull declared that peace must be backed by prompt force in adequate measure and with certainty as the four power talks begin. Sir Alexander Cadogan urged rapid action by Britain the United States the Soviet Union and China to build a world peace framework before the war ends. He noted the British proposal for a provisional council and warned against delaying events as cooperation steps move forward with expectations of quicker peace.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Hull
Organization of Peace
United States
Alexander Cadogan
Ture
Alexander
Aircraft Carrier Antietam Is Launched In Impressive Ceremony
Fifty thousand spectators including a Washington county delegation witnessed the launching of the aircraft carrier Antietam at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Mrs. Millard E. Tydings broke the champagne as the ship met the water while Mrs. Frank W. Mish Jr., president of the Washington County Historical Society, watched from the bridge. Senator Tydings called the christening auspicious and noted the ceremony in a historic context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antietam
Washington County
Sherpsburg
Philadelphia
Millard Fe, Tydings
United States
Maryland
Frank W. Mish
Uncle Sam
Mish
Hagerstown
Tydings
Vacation At Home In State College Postcards Send Cheer
Mrs Rae F Crone meyer spent her vacation at home in State College Pa due to transportation difficulties. She sent two dozen postal cards to friends with cheerful good wishes and the line I am having a good time and wish you were here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Rae F. Cronemeyer
Three Drivers Fined For Speeding In City Court
Baren M Miller of Elizabeth Street and Kenneth M Leatherman of Smithsburg Rt 2 paid 11.45 for exceeding 50 mph. Charles Preston Grove of Locust Street paid 6.45 for exceeding 80 in a restricted zone. Rudolph Yenger paid 0.45 for driving without a license. State Troopers McGuire and Mades made the arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baren M. Miller
Elizabeth Street
Kenneth M. Leatherman
Smithsburg
Rt. 2
Charles Preston Grove
Locust Street
Rudolph Yenger
McGuire and
Mades
Board To Decide On Club Option
The Board of Education will meet in special session tomorrow to decide on the option it holds on the old Country Club property and to finish school opening arrangements for Wednesday September Rg. The option price is 26000 dollars, prompted by the need for additional elementary classrooms and potential conversion of the building at a moderate outlay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Old Country Club
Tittle
NBC Correspondent Killed In France
NBC announces correspondent Tom Treanor was killed in France when his jeep was run over by an American tank in the American sector. Colleague John MacVane reports the incident occurred while Treanor was aboard the jeep.
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New York
Aus
National Broadcasting Company Today
Tom Treanor
France
Treanors
John MacVane
Treanor
Farm Workers Seek Releases from Washington County Farms
Washington County Farm Labor Advisory Board holds a special meeting to discuss a surge of farm workers seeking releases to take higher paying jobs in Hagerstown war industries. County Agent Mark Miller notes many men prefer industrial work despite continued demand for farm labor and army permits have helped some seek such changes.
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Washington County
Hagerstown
Washington County Farm Labor Advisory Board
Mark Miller
Miller
Blames Partisans If Paris Destroyed
London reporting a German foreign office spokesman said Germany spared Paris in 1940 and would do so again if possible. He blamed partisans for Paris fate and warned they could choose martial law, stating responsibility lay with the partisans themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Office
Paris
Les
Fairchild Cargo In Production
Fairchild Aircraft Division announced production of a large cargo carrying plane for the Army Air Forces at a newly built plant. The firm called for several hundred unskilled workers to train for sheet metal work and related tasks, recalling furloughed staff as the program expands with plans for peacetime aviation growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Forces
Fairchild Aircraft Division
The
Aircraft Company
Fairchild Company
Paul Fitez
Fairchild
Fitez
Nan-Ston
Liberator Hits Japanese Cruiser Off China Coast
A U S Liberator of the 14th Air Force sank a 14,200-ton Japanese cruiser off the China coast east of Hongkong after four bombing runs with three direct hits and one probable. The crew observed the enemy warship sink on the fourth pass. Also, eight Pennsylvania freight cars derailed at Cheseco Park, Baltimore County, with four loaded with explosives.
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Chungking
U.S
14Th Air Force
China
Hongkong
Joseph W. Stilwell
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cheseco Park
Baltimore Country
Here
Birth Made Easy For Papas By Play-By-Play Broadcast
In Los Angeles a hospital birth is announced by a loudspeaker as Rev. John Mixon and J. J. Duschanek await news. The announcer humorously declares the sex of the baby and the father’s reaction, ending with “congratulations” for a healthy birth.
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Papas
Los Angeles
California Hospital
John Il Mixon
J. J. Duschanek
Airlines
Rev. Mixon
Mr. Duschanek
Hox
iWard
Dischanek
Rev
Heerman
Panicky Papas
Tuschanek
Hsien
Youths Admit To Larceny Charges In City Court
Two sixteen year old youths pleaded guilty to larceny in city court and received suspended sentences on promises to behave. They admitted stealing merchandise valued at five dollars from Train the Cherie restaurant area on Pennsylvania avenue extended. The case named James Todd and Magistrate Martin V. Bosteller, with the items found in a Todd home closet. A second youth, Lester K. Stoner Jr., 16, of Elizabeth street, pleaded guilty to stealing ten dollars from John W. Beal of Virginia avenue and received a suspended sentence to six months in the House of Correction after admissions and warnings from Magistrate Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherrie
I Avenue
James Todd
Pennsylvania Avenue
Martin V. B. Bosteller
Todd
Lester K. Stoner, Jr
Elizabeth Street
Bras Spickler
John W. Beal
Virginia Avenue
Tarry B. Snyder
House of Correction
Viealing
Snyder
Tropical Hurricane Advances From Caribbean Toward Yucatan
A tropical hurricane moving west northwest at 15 to 17 miles per hour is increasing in size and intensity as it nears Gran Cayman and Jamaica. Gusts reach up to 60 miles per hour, with a preliminary alert issued for the Texas coast from Brownsville to Matagorda amid another Gulf disturbance. The center lies southwest of Brownsville, Mexico.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Gran Cayman
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Gran Caynat
Cirha
Flr Bureau
Jamaica
Texas
Brownsville
Matagorda
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsvill
French Patriots Reach Deep Into Southwest France
Algiers broadcast reports that the Maquis captured Toulouse, France's sixth largest city, and that French Forces of the Interior battled German troops in Marseille. Koenig claims patriots control one third of France with significant anti-German gains and new civil administrators shaping governance from Atlantic to Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Algiers
Toulouse
France
Marseille
Seventh Army
Sight Department
Joseph Koenig
Interior
Koenig
Port Biu
Spain
Magquis
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Belfort
Switzerland
Germany
Laval
Efelfort
Showers Hoped From Drought-Busting Hurricane Near East Coast
Washington county farmers and orchardists hope a Caribbean hurricane off the East Coast will bring rain to ease a drought. Keedysville observer notes August rainfall only .55 inches against a 4.15 normal. Nearby readings show heavier downpours two weeks earlier. cooler spell ends as a warm spell approaches with highs in the 80s and lows in the 40s Apr forecast says warmer weather ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Washington
Hagerstown
Caribbean
Mercury
Chamber Booklets Returned By Army
The Angerstown Chamber of Commerce reports that $20 booklets mailed to Washington county service men were returned by the armed forces due to incorrect addresses or inability to locate the addressee. The booklets show heavy travel marks from the service post office department efforts to deliver them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angerstown
Chamber of Comuens
Haserstown
Washington County
Service Post Office Department
Albert Barnhart Wounded In Action
Mrs Elva Barnhart of 4 Berne Avenue has been notified by the War Department that her husband Pvt Albers G Barnhart was wounded in action in August in ANRUST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elva Rarnhart
Berne Avenue
War Department
Pvt
Albers G. Barnk
French Underground Revolt Clashes Near Paris In War Drive
Allied dispatch from August 21 reports Paris in view as underground forces revolt while American armored columns push from the Seine crossings at Mantes toward Corbeil and Melun. Patton’s Third Army advances near Versailles as German pockets fight to break through toward a Dunkerque-like escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HDQS
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Paris
Seine
Mantes
Corbeil
Melun
Fontainebleau
City
Lois‘sons
Reims
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Maras
Fontainerbleau
George S. Patton
Versailles
DNB
Fair Premium List Being Mailed Here
Premium lists for the Hagers town Fair to be held here September 1 to 23 inclusive have been prepared by the Fair Association and are being mailed to members of farm groups 4 H clubs and other organizations. Offering prizes in many classes the premium list shows competitions for horses cattle sheep swine poultry and pigeons. In the main exhibition hall the usual vegetable fruit needlework and art displays will be judged and prizes awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagers
The
Fair Association
Fourth Ringworm Clinic Treatment Expands to Novice Group
The Health Department begins a fourth scalp ringworm treatment group, bringing total enrolment to fifty five. Urgent admissions sought to start before school opens as the department plans to dissolve the current center and establish branches in all secular schools. Prospective patients may visit the Health Department beside the hospital on Kingsilent weekday afternoons until four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cline
Health Department
Sebiary
Kingsilent
Invasion Vet Killed Soon After Return
A 22 year old Normandy invasion veteran, Pvt. Virgil T. Peevler of Rowe Mooseland, was killed in an automobile accident on a country road in Long Island shortly after returning to the United States. He had been flown home after his service and was en route to a hospital when the collision occurred. Police report possible vehicle failure as a factor.
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Quint
Long Island
Heowas Pvt
Virgil T. Peevler
Rowe
Mooseland
Anitatandts Plank
Oa Bank Islanid Hospital
Ofijarita
Cherhaure
Pouce
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Avers Hull
NBC
Fairchild Cargo
Liberator
V-mail
Jolene Head
L. L
al ‘Tar
Lyle H. Buettner
Uw.s.n. Flier
Toledo
Ohio
South Pacific
Patriots
Albert Barnhart
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