Toulon Encircled by French Seventh Army in World War II
French forces have fully encircled Toulon by land trapping the German garrison inside the Mediterranean base. Allied naval and shore batteries pounded Fortifications as French infantry fought house to house. American units pushed toward Marseille and extended the southern France advance to over 2,060 square miles with gains toward Cannes and the Alps. Encirclement of Marseille appeared imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Seventh Army
Toulon
Mediterranean
al- Hed
France
Marseille
St. Julien
Barreme
Basses Alps
Cannes
Gets Sixty Days For Stealing Ring
Lester K. Stoner Jr of Elizabeth Street, a 16 year old, appeared before three magistrates over two days. He was paroled twice yesterday and received a sixty day jail sentence from Magistrate Bostetter for stealing a watch, with the judge citing lack of a suitable juvenile facility as a reason to keep the public safe despite reluctance to jail a youth with prior trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester K. Stoner, Jr
Elizabeth Street
Harvey M. Miller
Juvenle Court
Harry E. Snyder
City Court
M. W. B. Bostetter
Bostetter
Lurvey
Lana Turner Divorces Crane Over Sullen, Nagging Behavior
Los Angeles dated Aug 22. Lana Turner testified that actor Stephen Crane behaved sullenly and nagged her, leading to unhappiness and illness that affected filming. Her mother Mildred Turner corroborated. Custody of their year-old daughter Cheryl Christina was settled. They married in Las Vegas 1942, annulled briefly, remarried in Tijuana 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Lana Turner
Stephen Crane
Mildred Turner
Miss Turner
Cheryl Christina
Las Vegas
Ney
Crane
Carol Kuntz Crane
Indianapolis
Tijuana
Mex
Arita Shaw
Hagerstown Flier Decorated At Walterboro Army Field
First Lieut. John E. B. Saum of Hagerstown received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with two silver oak leaf clusters for meritorious achievement after completing 50 missions in Algeria Tunisia Sicily and Italy as a P 38 Lightning pilot. The award was presented by Col. Guy Kirksey at a ceremony before thousands of troops at Walterboro Army Air Field. Saum, an instructor at the field, is credited with shooting down a German MA 203 and likely destroying another during aerial combat over Sicily on July 11 1943. his citation cites his July 12 1843 fighter bomber mission over central Sicily.
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Walterboro Army Air Field
S. C
John EB. Saum
Charles Haller Saum
North Avenue
Hagerstown
Algeria
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
United States
Guy Kirksey
Wallerboro Army Air Field
Saum
Lieut
Samu
12Th Air Force
Northwest African Strategic Air Force
Central
Champagne Shower From Bomb Bay Delights Adelaide
In Adelaide on August 22 a US plane’s bomb bay doors opened accidentally showering champagne beer eggs and oranges onto residents. No injuries were reported though homes roofs and fences were damaged. A few salvageable bottles were found while most of the cargo was ruined.
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Adelaide
Australia
U. S
Rain Ends Drought in Keedysville Area
Showers broke a nearly three week dry spell with up to one third of an inch. Keedysville and Chewsville saw scattered rain while totals along the Potomac included 4 tenths. Temperatures reached 94 at Keedysville and 93 at Chewsville, with lows around 65 to 69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. A. Miller
Keedysville
Mercury
Chewsville
D. Paul Oswald
Potomac
Recruit Workers Outside Of Area For War Industry Jobs
Cumberland Marlinsburg and Frederick have begun campaigns to recruit workers for Hagerstown war industries. The U S Employment Service reports local workers exhausted and notes many referred workers fail to report for employment. Most who fail to report are female.
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Hagerstown
Cumberland
Marlinsburg
Frederick
United States Employment Service
Washington County
D.paul Shilling
Offic
Shilling
Florence Falls to Allied Forces in World War II Push
Rome reports Florence is completely liberated and under Allied control. An Allied HQ spokesman credits patient flank pressure for a peaceful occupation, avoiding street fighting and extensive damage. Normal life will resume as AMG aids residents.
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Rome
Florence
Comunique
Eighth Army
AMG
Myrna Loy Seeks Mexican Divorce from Hertz
Hollywood reports actress Myrna Loy has filed a divorce suit in Cuernavaca Mexico on incompatibility grounds against John Hertz a New York advertising executive. The couple wed in New York in 1942 and have separated recently. Loy whose real name is Myrna Williams was previously divorced from Arthur Hornblow Jr a film producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Cuernavaca
Mex
Myrna Loy
John Hertz
New York
Miss Loy
Myrna Williams
Arthur Hornblow, Jr
Russians Storm Across Bug In Warsaw Siege
Russian troops crossed the Bug northeast of Warsaw amid a grave new flank threat to the siege of the Polish capital. German reserves battled on the west bank while Izvestia cited Italian and other German tank divisions aiding counterattacks and air support. A second threat loomed in the Sandomierz region across the Vistula as the siege continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Bug
Warsaw
Vistula
Konstantin Reékossovsky
Izvestia
Praga
Italy
Germany
Sandomierz
War Correspondent Killed In France
Reuters war correspondent William Stringer 27 Texas born was killed covering the U S First Army advance in France. Born Teague Texas and UT graduate he left a desk job to join frontline action after landing in Normandy on D Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Stringer
Reuters
U. S. First Army
France
Stringer
Teague
Texas
University of Texas
Britain
Normandy
D-Day
New York
County Canners to Receive War Food Subsidies
Washington county canners will again receive government checks this year from the War Food Administration to support farm prices for canning crops like tomatoes and bears. Equalization payments, lasting until April 1 1945, will go to processors certified by the Agricultural Adjustment Agency for paying producers government support prices, with payments based on sales rather than raw product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
War Food Administration
WFA
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
Storm Threatening Yucatan Peninsula
A tropical hurricane moving from the Caribbean threatens Cozumel and the northern Yucatan peninsula with full hurricane winds. The Miami weather bureau tracked the storm at 6 am about 1,200 miles southeast of Cozumel, moving north northwest at 216 miles per hour, while a second smaller storm swirled in the gulf about 1,000 miles southeast of Brownsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Cozumel Island
Yucatan Peninsula
Miami Weather Bureau
Cazumel Island
Gulf
Brownsville
Texas
Vagrant Given Term In Cut
David Mason DeWitt of Oakland Maryland 34 was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction for vagrancy by Magistrate M V Bostetter after detective testimony he roamed Hagerstown without a home He said he left the Maryland House of Correction in July 1943 and worked in a Baltimore hospital He carried a pawn ticket for a .38 revolver bought locally last June for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mason DeWitt
Oakland
Moundsville
Maryland House of Correction
House of Correction
M. V. B. Bostetter
Wayne Sellman
DeWitt
Hagerstown
Wounded In Action Pfc Hoover Returns To Duty
Pfc Ralph C Hoover wounded in action in New Guinea on June 23 has recovered and returned to duty. Parents Mr and Mrs EB Hoover 342 East Franklin Street informed July 31 of slight wounding and Aug 4 of improvement. Telegrams confirm he returned to duty on July 28 after a year overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph C. Hoover
New Guinea
BR. Hoover
East
Franklin Street
Groundhog Invasion Triggers Countywide Extermination Call
In Washington county farmers report groundhog overrun damaging crops from alfalfa to melons. Deputy Game Warden Edward R. McCullough announces perpetual open season for control by shooting trapping or poison, urging immediate action to protect fields and harvests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hartle
Chewsville
Edward R. McCullough
Hancock
Washington County
Maryland
Cardinal Maglione Dies At 47 Papal Secretary
Cardinal Maglione papal secretary of state died last night at Casoria near Naples after several weeks illness. He was 47. Vatican officials cited neuritis as the cause. He left the Vatican for Casoria in July after three years of unremitting service. He had been a cardinal since 1935 and papal secretary since 1939, previously serving as papal nuncio in Paris and Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
Casoria
Naples
Vatican
Paris
Switzerland
S Sgt Roy Byers Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Staff Sergeant Roy W. Byers of Hagerstown Maryland engin eer-gunner on a B 17 Flying Fortress earned the Distinguished Flying Cross after numerous sorties over Germany including Munich Berlin Augsburg Rostock Leipzig Magdeburg and other targets. He also holds the Air Medal with four clusters and was commended for extraordinary achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Mail
Eighth Air Force
England
Roy W. Byers
Hagerstown
Germany
Pearl Byers
East Washington Street
Munich
Berlin
Augsburg
Freidrickshaver
Rostok
Leipzig
Magdeburg
Set. Byers
Mercersburg High School
Soon Wil Lift Ammunition Ban Soon Wil Lift Ammunition Ban
The War Production Board announced plans to temporarily remove the ban on ammunition sales due to crop and livestock losses from wildlife. The ban, set in May 1943 and adjusted for the 1943 fall season, will be eased for hunting needs with an order to be issued later this week. About 3,000,000 pounds of brass resources are available for fourth quarter production to support 130,000,000 shotgun shells 240,000,000 rim fire cartridges and 8,000,000 ventur-fire cartridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPBE
Ammunition Industry Advisory Committee
Police Heads In Hospitals In Hagerstown Officers Operated
Hagerstown's two top police officers William H Peters captain of police and Joseph F Hesmond lieutenant are in local hospitals today for surgery. Peters at Fleming Hospital Williamsport undergoes hemorrhoidectomy while Hesmond at Washington County Hospital treats a swollen gland under an arm drainage. He expects only a brief stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
William H. Peters
Fleming Hospital
Williamsport
Joseph F. Hesmond
Washington County
Paters
Desmond
Husband Of Local Girl Wounded In Action in France
Mrs. Lorraine Elle of 19 West Washington street learned her husband Ted Ser Kay Elle, formerly of New York City, was seriously wounded in France. He later sent a note saying he had a serious arm wound and was in an English hospital. Elle, a concert pianist before entering U S Army service, married the local girl in New York City last spring. Mrs. Elle is credit manager at Sears Roebuck & Co. here.
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Daniel J. White
West Howard Street
Pfc. White
France
Company B
Marr &. White
West Antietam Street
Lorraine Elle
West Washington Street
Ted
Elle
New York City
Ella
U. S. Army
Eile
Sears Roebuck & Co
Petain Arrest Report Shocks Vichy as Allies Advance Toward Channel
German secret police seized Marshal Henri Philippe Petain at Hotel du Parc Vichy with several aides amid reports of Maquis clashes. Allied forces pushing northeast of Paris drive toward the Channel, with Canadian British American units crossing the Seine and advancing 4 to 10 miles on multiple fronts toward Le Havre, Cabourg, and Argen tan as German defense buckles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Henri Philippe Petain
Hotel du Parc
Vichy
France
Verdon
Bridoux
Eugene Brido
HDQS
Allied Expeditionary Force
Seine River
Falaise
U. S.S
Paris
7Th Army
Seine
George
Patton
English Channel
Normandy
3Rd Army
Mantes
Pas de Calais
Sea
Argentan
Cabourg
Dives
le Havre
Houlgate
Gace
1St
Red Sledgehammer Blow All Needed in West Offensive
British forces advancing toward the Seine face a final push as an officer states a single Russian sledgehammer blow could finish the war with Germany. The war’s end is in sight per Gen Montgomery while intelligence notes German retirements along a Maginot line facing Allied pressure.
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Seine
Germany
France
Hitler
Montgomery
Maginot Line
Baby Born Dead Is Revived in Brooklyn Hospital
In Brooklyn a seven pound baby initially deemed dead was revived after three hours of artificial respiration and drug treatment. Nurses alternated breaths and doctors reported no life for 90 minutes before faint breathing and eventual revival, with mother Edwin Apman, 24, learning her son was alive and healthy.
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New York
Aug
Brooklyn
Norwegian Hospital
John A. x
Edwin Apman
Wounded in Action BeavER Creek Soldier Wounded in France
Arthur J. Sharer of Beaver Creek has been wounded in action in France after nine months overseas. Word was received by his parents confirming the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Sharer
Beaver Creek
France
Tax Receipts Unusually High Show Cash Flow Boosts Tax Collection
County Treasurer Hugh Kirby Troxell told the Board of County Commissioners that about 87 percent of the 1944 state and county levy has been collected, with 98 percent of the 1942 levy and around 99.4 to 99.6 percent of the 1942 and 1944 series. Delinquents may pay by October 1 to avoid interest, and auto owners are urged to pay promptly for new tags. High percentages reflect the plentiful money and potential delays in tax certifications from the State Tax Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Kirby Troxell
Board of County Commissioners
Hia «Fice
Hola Tre
Trease
State Tax Commission
Stains on powder sacks linked to lipstick in plant
Baraboo inspectors at the Badger Ordnance plant found powder bags with red stains blamed on lipstick. An Inver Vimatora note claims workers sealed sacks with kisses for soldiers at the front, as girls on the assembly line passed them along, with orders to save the kisses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo
Wik
Ave
Badger Ordnance Plint
Armainunition
Capitol Opens Sundays At 9 PM In Washington
Washington officials announce Capitol hours extended Sundays from 9 PM to 10:30 PM, aligning with weekday closing times. The change aims to provide extended access for visitors and workers during summer.
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Charleston
W. Va
David Myers
Jessups
Irene Zasada
Bronx
Baltimore
Mary B. Finn
Finn
Charlies T. Rommell
Rommel
Baltic
Tasi
Romania
Harvey O. Bishop
William Bishop
Zentmyrer Foundery
Pfc
Hoover
Wantington
Reid
Cardinal Masglione
Papel
Roy Byers
Captain Peters
Gestapo
Petain
Marshal Petain
Capitol
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