Russians Bore Deeper Into Romania in War Updates
Soviet war bulletin reports rapid Red Army advances across Moldavia and Bessarabia with 499 towns fell yesterday including Tighina Ceiatea Alba and Vaslui Ninety miles from key targets as Romania reportedly exits the war. Progress gathers near Chisineu as Tolbukhin and Konev push toward German positions.
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Hitler
Tighina
Cetetea-Alba
Vaslui
Bessarabia
Romania
Mihai
Germany
Paris
France
Rodion
Malinovsky
Odessa
Galati
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Iasi
Besoparabien
of-Chisines
Carpathians
Ivan S. Konev
Red Army
London
Krakow
Poland
Bor
Warsaw
Ceiatea-Alba
Dnestr
Ploesti
Moldavia
Russians press near Lomza and Krakow region in latest battles
In the northeastern Warsaw area the Russians advanced within eight miles of Lomza, 20 miles below the Prussian border, and liberated towns. Soviet forces also pushed toward Debica, a major aircraft center east of Krakow, while German counterattacks near Praga suffered sharp losses and failed to blunt the Soviet advance.
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Warsaw
East Prussia
Lomza
Praga
Germans Suffering Sharp Losses. In Ats
Ivan S. Koneva
Krakow
Silesia
Debica
Tarnow
Latvia
Noose Pulled On More Nazis Near Rouen Front
Allied forces advance within nine airline miles of Rouen as Canadian and British troops breach the western edge of the trap. German resistance stiffens east of Lisieux while the Luftwaffe loses 87 planes to Allied air superiority. Wing Commander Johnson leads a Canadian fighter squadron in the dogfights. German command withholds air support for trapped Seventh and Fifteenth Army south of the lower Seine.
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Rouen
Normandy
Lisieux
Seine
The
Reich
Paris
Conmander Johnson
Lower
Yanks Press Toward Swiss Frontier in Marseille Drive
Allied forces closed on the Swiss frontier as B 25s struck ahead of German panzer units in western France. Mitchells hit rail centers in southern France, with German troops massing near Settimo north of Turin. Marseille outskirts saw heavy fighting and harbor damage as French and American troops advanced toward Toulon and Avignon, aided by Lt General Patch’s forces northwest of Marseille along Highway 572.
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France
Riviera
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Turin
Marseille
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Carquieranne
Mont Des Oiseaux
Sid Feder
Associated Press
Feder
Toulon- Marsaille
la Pradet
Fort Faron
Toulon
la Valette
Arsenal
Place a'Armes
Prefecture Maritime
Alexander M. Patch
Avignon
Change In Rent Law Explained by Rent Control Office
The rent control amendment sets a 5 percent threshold of the yearly maximum rent for adjustments and bars petitions for increases within 12 months under rent control. The office will compare a landlord's net income and operating expenses to a three year prior period, noting severe swings in small structures. Landlords filing for hardship petitions should contact the Hagerstown Area Rent Control office on the seventh floor of the Earle Building at 74 West Washington Street.
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OPA
Gaudreau
Hagerstown
Rent Control Office
Earle Building
West
Washington Street
Troops May Help To Unload Freight Cars
Philadelphia authorities consider sending Army troops to relieve a critical shortage of freight car unloaders. Officials cited competition from stevedore firms offering higher wages as the cause, with regional WMC attorney Claude C Lanciano noting troops could be deployed within 48 hours to unload all cars containing army equipment.
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Philadelphia
Claude C. Lanciano
WMC
Labor recruiter uses Mrs Cooper and horse Billy in Lancaster
Mrs Elsa May Cooper and her horse Billy underscore the Lancaster U.S. Employment Service recruitment success. Office Manager T R Thompson credits her with bringing in several thousand workers single handed, riding to every section of the county to secure canery workers in this garden spot.
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Lancaster
Elsa May Cooper
United States Employment Service
Cooper
Billy
T. R. Thompson
Famous well in Bakersville runs dry over time
The Tilghranton correspondent of the Boonsboro Times reports the famous Bakersville well on Mrs Earl Vickers property now supplies very little water after years of serving local residents and travelers with water, a roadside trough for horses long used.
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Tilghranton
Boonsboro Times
Bakersville
Earl Vickers
Mercury Dips After Shower in Washington County
A brisk north wind cooled Washington County last night after a shower that provided drought relief. Rainfall averaged about a fifth of an inch. After the rain the temperature fell to 57 degrees following a high reaching 0 yesterday. The Weather Bureau forecasts continued fair cool weather tonight and tomorrow. A universal market for everything.
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Washington County
Weather Bureau
Hiring Rules Violated Here in Wartime Labor Demand
The report notes workers after a stated date must present U S employment service authorization to be hired. It stresses that authorization and labor priority ratings are required for those in essential war industries. Some firms allegedly hired without proper authorization or priority status. Also, Churchill conferred with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in Rome on August 23.
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U. S. Employment Service
Stouffer
Churchill
Rome
George Papandreou
Churchill Sees Unity Progress in Greek Government
Churchill expressed satisfaction with Greece's move toward national unity and discussed how its military contribution against the enemy could be made most effective.
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Churchill
Greece
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