Yanks Enter Grenoble in Major Southern France Strike
American Seventh Army forces pierced German defenses and entered Grenoble, a large industrial city 140 miles north of the Mediterranean coast, aided by French Forces of the Interior. The swift armoured and motorized thrust placed Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch’s spearhead within 240 miles of Paris region, threatening a linkage of Allied French fronts. Grenoble sits on a river leading to the Rhone valley, near Lyon, and lies beyond prior Allied positions in southern France.
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Rome
Seventh Army
France
Grenoble
Mediterranean
Alexander M. Patch
Paris
Lyon
Rhone Valley
French Alps
Farm Escapees Surrounded Near Downsville
Three prison escapees Charles Hughes 16 Roy Saunders 21 and William Wheeler 17 all Baltimore were cornered by a posse of farm guards and sheriff deputies near Downsville. Sightings began at 10 30 am and by noon they remained at large inside a cordon of guards and deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downsville
Charles Hughes
Roy Saunders
William Wheeler
Baltimore
Sherif John B. Huyett
Clerk Charged With Shortage in Worcester Court
SNOW HILL MA Aug 23 The issuance of a warrant charging Joseph Brimer 41 clerk of the Worcester county circuit court with embezzlement of office funds totaling 350 was announced by State's Atty William G Kerhin A shortage in accounting as of July 22 1944 was about 19000 about 12000 Worcester county funds and the balance state funds Bond for Brimer set at 5000 by Kerhin The warrant sworn out before Trial Magistrate Walter W Price on information from Carl A Wannen deputy state auditor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Hill
Joseph ©. Brimer
Worcester County
William G. Kerbin
J. Millard Tawes
Kerhin
Brimer
Walter W. Price
Carl A. Wannen
Matrons Needed At County Home For Bellevue
Bellevue county home superintendent Fred Long told the Board of County Commissioners a shortage of matrons necessitates hiring several women to care for female patients. He seeks two qualified applicants to join the staff as the facility houses about 70 to 75 patients. In other news, No. 29 suit and Wiles Conrad, by attorney Henry Hozapfel, filed for divorce from Samuel Homer Conrad in the morning session, the 24th divorce action this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue
Fred Long
Board of County Commissioners
Wiles Conrad
Henry Hozapfel
Samuel Homer Conrad
Partial Ice Shortage Triggers Peach Shipment Embargo
A partial embargo on refrigerator cars for peaches in the Hancock area went into effect Monday due to a severe ice shortage. Railroad officials say permits must be secured days in advance and destinations declared at request time under Western Maryland’s program. The move aims to balance car availability as Elberta peaches begin harvests amid hot July and August demand.
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I C
Elvertas
Hancock
Maryland
Hancock Area
Pvt Carpenter Reported Dead in France
Pvt Charles L. Carpenter 21 was killed in action in France, per War Department telegram to his parents Mr and Mrs Paul L Carpenter of 516 Salem Avenue. He had been missing since July 25 and entered the Army October 2 1943, trained at Camp Croft SC, went overseas March 1944. He worked for R A McCauley Transfer Co before induction. survived by parents two sisters Betty J and Nancy A and three brothers Richard B US Navy William F and Donald L, all at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Carpenter
France
War Department
Paul L. Carpenter
Salem Avenue
Charles
Army
Camp Croft
South Carolina
R. A. McCauley Transfer Company
Betty J
Nancy A
Richard B
U. S. Navy
William F
Donald L
Woman Shot as AWOL Husband Sought in Md. Incident
In Hyattsville Maryland a 21 year old woman Celia Jones of Branchville was shot three times while exiting a street car. The assailant fled and authorities seek Pvt John J Jones her husband listed as AWOL from his Army post. She is in serious but not critical condition at Sibley Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyattsville
Celia Jones
Branch Ville
Prince Georges County
John J. Jones
Washington
Coal Miners Strike Pittsburgh for Union Recognition
Aug 23. A strike to win union recognition as bargaining agent for supervisory workers idle over 5,090 miners in western Pennsylvania soft coal fields. Threat of spread to other bituminous pits noted as workers press demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Proxy Groom Courthouse Wedding Ends In Tragedy
West Palm Beach Florida August 23 A proxy bride and groom story ends with the death of staff sergeant Jerry Layton in Scotland Aug 11. Layton was killed and his wife Margaret Kobb remains Mrs Layton after a proxy ceremony with Judge Richard P Robbins in the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Fia
Jerry
Layton
Air Forces
Scotland
War Department
Margaret Kobb
Richard P. Robbins
Mrs. Layton
Victim Forgives Trooper in Poison Ivy Massage Case
Ruth Toepfers tearfully asked City Judge Boote to dismiss the assault charge against former fiance Rowland Blinston. The 22-year-old ex-paratrooper remained under hospital observation as Toepfers cited an unhealed rash and a possible misimpression when she returned his ring on August 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
Ruth Toepfers
Charles W. Boote
Rowland Blinston
Boote
Blinston
Hancock Soldier Receives Purple Heart
Corp. Howard Souders of Hancock has been awarded the Purple Heart while serving in Italy for over a year. He sent the medal to his mother Mrs. Charles Souders and expressed he did not receive it for wounds but will explain the details when he returns home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
Howard Souders
Hancock
Italy
Charles Souders
Brave Pilot Keeps Control After Foot Blown Off
Lt. Charles Hodges of Sweetwater Texas. saved his crew by steering a crippled Flying Fortress from a 15000 foot dive during the June 18 Hamburg raid. Despite losing his left foot to flak he attempted to return to aid co pilot Gaylord Corlis. Corlis landed safely at an RAF base while battler Hodges earned a recommended decoration.
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England
Hamburg
Germany
Charles Hodges
Sweetwater
Bax
Gaylord Corlis
Albuquerque
N. AL
Hodges
Vincent Gispiel
Baltimore
Bombardier
Corlis
Corliss
Gisrel
Robert “Crutcher
Kansas City
Railways Bankers Named In Anti-Trust Suit Filed Today
The Justice Department filed an anti-trust suit in Lincoln Nebraska naming the Association of American Railroads the Western Association of Railway Executives J P Morgan and Company Kuhn Loeb ar d Company and 47 railroads plus officers and directors and 31 others alleging a private financial industrial and railroad alliance maintained noncompetitive transportation rates and blocked western rail improvements. The complaint seeks dissolution of the two associations representing major steam lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Lincoln
Nebr
Association of American Railroads
Western Association of Railway Executives
J. P. Morgan and Company
Kuhn, Loebard Company
Francis Biddle
United States
Western Systems
Conococheague River Runs Low At Kemp's Mill
Keller B. Bell a lifelong County official who has spent 68 years along the Conococheague at Kemp's Mill says the creek is about the lowest he has seen. He notes a dry spell spanning prohibition and droughts yet the river in front of his home is remarkably low and bass fishing is poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller B. Bell
Kemp's Mill
Mr. Bell
Switzerland Breaks With Vichy Regime
Switzerland ends diplomatic ties with the Vichy government in a notice from London. It states Marshal Petain no longer sees himself as head of state and signals a complete severance of formal relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Switzerland
Henri Philippe Petain
Russians Reach Long Besieged Riga Beaches
London reports via Berlin radio that Russian troops have reached the beaches of Riga Latvia a Baltic port city of about 393 000 population long under siege. The advance followed a ten mile wide corridor to the Baltic west of Riga and ongoing German army reestablishment of communications with German forces as four Russian army groups push through Estonia Latvia and Lithuania.
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London
Riga
Berlin
DNB
Baltic
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Third Station Operator Cited in Ration Coupon Case
Walter E. Miller, operator of a filling station at Potomac avenue 700 block, is cited to appear today before U. S. Commissioner C. Welles Little to post bond for a hearing on possessing counterfeit gas ration coupons. The warrant, issued last week, accuses him of four 100 gallon inventory counterfeits. Miller is the third operator charged in two weeks amid OPA actions. Arthur Pehlman, the OPA investigator here, swore to the warrant. First hearings set for Thursday next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Miller
Potomac Avenue
U. S
C. Welles Little
Miller
OPA
Arthur Pehlman
Band Leader Artie Shaw Sued For Divorce
Elizabeth Kern Shaw daughter of Jerome Kern sues Orchestra Leader Artie Shaw in Los Angeles for divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty and mental anguish. She seeks custody of son Steven Kern Shaw, after marrying Shaw on March 3, 1942 and separating last July 10. a property settlement is reported. The filing follows Lana Turner’s recent divorce from Shaw.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Kern Shaw
Jerome Kern
Artie Shaw
Shaw
Lana Turner
Stephen Crane
Miss Turner
Steven Kern Shaw
Yuma
Ariz
Wife Receives Purple Heart Through Husband
Mrs. Harry D. Renner of 415 Elizabeth Avenue received the Purple Heart awarded to her husband, Sgt. Harry D. Renner, who was wounded in the Normandy invasion and was last reported in an English hospital.
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Harry D. Renner
Elizabeth Avenue
Normandy
Sgt. Renner
Auto Graveyard Business Faces Decline In Wartime
An official from two auto salvage yards in Washington county says car owners fear future shortages and hold onto old cars, shrinking the junk car supply. Prewar buys of 50 60 cars monthly have fallen to three or four, draining the local auto graveyard market.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Paris Falls to French Forces as Allies Push Across France
Allied dispatches report Paris liberated by French patriots under de Gaulle. British and Canadian troops advanced 10 to 15 miles along the Seine, while American armor crossed toward Sens, opening a path toward the German border. German rearguards suspected near Rambouillet and Etampes.
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HDQS
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
al- Hed
7Th Army
Seine
France
Sens
Saar
Neunkirchen
Rambouillet
Etampes
Farm workers face draft restrictions on factory moves
Males up to 45 leaving farming for industry must obtain written permission from local draft boards or face immediate induction. Selective Service rules classify such transfers as 1-A changes, with no reclassification unless rejected as physically unfit. Boards recentl y reviewed farm workers seeking war industry transfers, denying most requests. Some earlier farm workers who moved to war plants returned to farming as blanket deferments for farm labor ended. Officials expect the crackdown to halt farm-to-industry migration. Tito captures stronghold near disjunction, Yugoslav Partisans say. German garrison trapped and wiped out. 100 truckloads of war materials seized.
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Selective Service Regula
County Farm Labor Advisory Board
Tito
London
Marshall Tito
Uhani
Dis Junction
Belgrade-Sofia
Einstein Rescued After Sailboat Capsize at Saranac Lake
August 25 report says renowned physicist Prof. Albert Einstein fell from his sailboat into lower Saranac Lake when it capsized. He and several companions were rescued unharmed by nearby boats and no injuries were reported.
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Einstein
Saranac Lake
Albert Einstein
Bomber Crashes Into School in Freckleton
An American Liberator bomber crashed into the church school at Freckleton Lancashire today killing at least 50 people, 34 of them children. The toll may be higher with American troops aiding in rescue. three crewmen are reported dead and several adults among the casualties. Evacuee children from London were among the victims.
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London
Freckleton
The
Press Association
British
England
Hitler
Wiped Out German Division Accused Of Murdering Captives
The German 12th SS Tank Division, accused by an Allied board of murdering 19 captured Canadian soldiers in the French campaign, has been destroyed in the battle of the Normandy pocket near August 23.
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12Th
Normandy
Train Plunges Into River Three Missing Men Feared
A Norfolk Portsmouth belt line locomotive and four cars fell from a drawbridge into the Elizabeth River. Three trainmen are missing. Brakemen E. M. Blake and T. Morris escaped with minor injuries and no injuries respectively. The wreck involved a locomotive three gondolas loaded with pilings and a caboose.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Portsmouth
Southm
Elizabeth River
Mi Waiter
E. M. Blake
War
T. Morris
Cabin ransacked and tools stolen at residence
A cabin behind the C. Merritt Campbell home on Forrest Drive was entered and ransacked last night, with tools stolen. Detective Wayne Seliman investigated and found fingerprints to compare with police files. The cabin is used as a payhouse by children and Scouts and serves for storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Merritt Campbell
Forrest Drive
Wayne Seliman
Paris Liberated as French Forces Take Control
Paris rose in revolt and freed itself from four years of occupiers as 50,000 organized French forces plus volunteers seized public buildings and expelled Vichy officials. The city, liberated after four days of street fighting, echoed with La Marseillaise while American troops remained outside the capital.
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London
Paris
Charles de Gaule
Girls Reluctant to Shave Heads for Ringworm Treatment
Public school survey shows boys outnumber girls six to one in scalp ringworm infection. At the Health Department clinic the ratio shifts to ten to one against girls due to reluctance to shave heads. Ages range 18 months to 14 years. most are elementary students. Treatment centers may move to Antietam freed school. a two week survey will map infected numbers for future centers.
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J. A. McCallum
Antietam Freed
de. McCallum
Schaotter
Archey
Coy
Local Parents Get Son's Purple Heart
Mr and Mrs Louie Ripe on North Mulberry street have received the Purple Heart for their son Pro Edward Ripe wounded at Anzio beachhead. Edward has two brothers in service Pvt Howard Ripe recuperating at home and Pvt Albert Kine listed with Cars Raging.
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Louie Ripe
North
Mulberry Street
Cheir
Edward Ripe
Anzio
Edward
Howard Ripe
Albert Kine
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Ferdinand Neuling
62Nd
Signal Corps
L.C.C
Pvt. Carpenter
Soushi
Rumania
W. E. Miller
Reich
Alexander Baker
Brest
Bomber
Son
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