Russians Advance In Romania As Axis Retreat Deepens
Soviet forces under Malinovsky and Todorov attack along a widening front toward Galati and Ploesti, claiming 25,000 German and Romanian prisoners in one day. Civilians celebrate promises not to annex Romanian territory while axes of advance push within 35 miles of Bucharest.
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Moscow
Romania
Galati
Danube
Bucharest
Pioesti
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Feodor Todbukhin
Mihai
Chisinau
Kishinev
Ploesti
Red Army
Balkan
Prut
Siret
Aircraft workers urged to recruit for Fairchild cargo ship
R Boutelle, Fairchild Aircraft Division general manager, asks all employees to recruit relatives and friends to apply at Fairchild. He says workers are needed to build the cargo ship now in production and notes preferred attention to referred applicants. He appeals to patriotism and outlines how to apply.
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Boutelle
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Fairchild
Bontelle
Fever Stricken Veteran Returns Home From War
William E. Peacher Jr of Hagerstown, a veteran of New Guinea and Admiralty Islands campaigns, has returned to the United States and is hospitalized at Oakland Army Station Hospital Oakland California. Overseas since December 1948, he was hospitalized in June and now seeks letters from relatives and friends at ASN 33556703 Oakland Ave Station Hospital Oakland 14 Calif.
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Pfe
William E
Bill) Peacher
Hagerstown
New Guinea
Admiralty Islands
United States
Oakland
William Peacher
View Street
Oakland Ave Station Hospital
Oakland 14
Calif
Germany reshuffles Hungary cabinet over tensions from Romania
London dispatch says Germany announced a shakeup of the Hungarian government due to tensions sparked by events in Romania. Details were not disclosed by the German foreign office. The broadcast quoted a German official stating Hungary faced dangers and that tensions had been eliminated. Germany had occupied Hungary earlier and a decree had banned all political parties to prevent war-related intrigue.
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London
Germany
Romania
Hungary
DNB Dispatch
Roosevelt invites Willkie to confer on foreign policy
President Roosevelt said he had private contact with Wendell Willkie but no plans for an immediate meeting. The New York Herald Tribune reported renewed invitation discussions, while Willkie declined comment, amid rumors of talks on foreign policy rather than campaign tactics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell J. Willkie
NEW_YORK
The
Herald-Tribune
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
World Tribune
Five men seize Duval jail in Jacksonville raid
Five men forced their way into the Duval county jail at pistol point in Jacksonville Florida. They barricaded themselves inside and defied soldiers and police as Sheriff Rex Sweat prepared a siege with tear gas. A state road patrolman and two police were taken inside the jail, and the jailer was held captive.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Duval County
Pistol Point
Rex Sweat
Bulgarian Envoy Reported Negotiating For Peace
London reports a German communique noting Romanian troops halted fighting on the eastern front after Romania's abrupt surrender and realignment with the Axis. Soviet officials say Romania must armistice with the Allies by fighting alongside the Red Army to speed end of war on Romanian soil.
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London
Romania
Balkan
Russia
I ‘Red Army
Soviet Commissariat For Foreign Affairs
Moscow
Local Polio Victim Improves at Johns Hopkins Hospital
An eight year old girl, Hagerstown's first summer polio case, is doing well at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore. Fever is down and no extension of paralysis has occurred. Health Officer Dr J A McCallum says there is no epidemic and urges no blanket isolation or gatherings of children.
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Hagerstown
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
J. A. McCallum
Health Department
McCallum
Free Press Returns To Liberated City
Two newspapers in Marseille publish two page editions announcing the liberation of the city and Paris. Front pages feature Gen De Gaulle Premier Stalin President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill as Allied forces claim victory and press freedom returns.
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Marseille
la Marsellaise
Rouge-Midi
Paris
Gen. de Gaulle
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Hancock Driver Is Given Term
Clarence R. Hess of Hancock was jailed yesterday to begin a 90 day sentence in lieu of a $200 fine for driving while drunk. Magistrate Ross Fite imposed the sentence after Hess was arrested by State Trooper Conrad.
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Clarence R. Hess
Hancock
Ross Fite
Hess
Conrad
Alarm clock brings 12 50 at public sale in Potomac Street
Auctioneers report a surge in prices for home furnishings at a South Potomac Street sale with an ordinary alarm clock fetching 12.50. other items, especially scarce ones, also sold high as buyers with money bid aggressively. An auctioneer notes unpredictable crowds and fluctuating prices, but calls it all part of the job.
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South Potomac
Allies seize Cannes and push toward Italian frontier
Allied forces in southern France report capture of Cannes and nearby Grass as Seventh Army drives inland toward the Italian frontier. A U S column advances from Salon toward Arles near the Rhone, seeking a junction with northern French armies. Gen Patch’s HQ gives no word on Grenoble gains.
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Rome
Seventh Army
Cannes
French Riviera
Grass
France
U. S
Salon
Marseille
Arles
Rhone River
Alexander M. Patch
Grenoble
Geneva
Draguignam
Father and Grandfather Born Same Night in California
Manhattan Beach story recounts Harry L. White becoming both a new father and grandfather on the same night. His son in law C. D. O'Dell of Fresno wires that Ruth and the baby boy arrived last night. The mother is in the hospital as well with another newborn boy.
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Manhattan Beach
Calif
Harry L. White
Inlaw
C. D. O'Dell
Fresno
Ruth
Two Traffic Deaths In July Reported In Maryland
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission monthly figures show 2 fatalities in Washington county and 7 injuries from July motor vehicle crashes. Across the state 21 killed and 454 injured, with five deaths in Baltimore City and the rest in counties. This was the lowest monthly fatality total in nine years, down eleven from July 1943, and pedestrian deaths fell from 14 to 6.
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Washington County
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
Maryland
Baltimore City
Divert High Grade Soft Coal To Steel Mills
Washington reports the Solid Fuel Administration will divert 1,680,000 tons of high grade Appalachian coal from industrial plants to steel mills to protect wartime steel production. Acting Secretary Abe Fortas says the move shifts 420,000 tons monthly for four months, urging use of lower quality coals by some industries.
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Washington
Solid Fuel Administration
Interror
Abe Fortas
SFA
Mountbatten Returns to Southeast Asia Command Post
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten resumes leadership of the Allied command in Southeast Asia after London conferences with British and American leaders on accelerating the war against Japan. His return coincides with the visit of U.S. Navy Secretary James V. Forrestal.
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London
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Aled
Southeast Asia
Japan
Mountbatten
James V.forrestal
U. S. Navy
Former Co B Member Missing in France Since July 29
Pfc Kenneth Thorne 22 belonging to Company B Maryland National Guard who enlisted in 1941 is listed as missing in action in France since July 29. He previously worked in a local shoe factory and lived with his grandmother Mrs B F Weddle now in Waterloo Iowa. His mother Mrs Betty Pfeiffer also resides in Waterloo.
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Kenneth Thorne
Maryland National Guard
France
B. F. Weddle
Waterloo
Iowa
Betty Pfeiffer
Stone Held For Escaping Jail In City Court
Charles Stone, who fled the local jail while serving a sentence for drunken and disorderly conduct, was arraigned in city court this morning on a jail escaping charge. He was brought back from Baltimore by Sheriff John B. Huyett and remanded to await November grand jury action. Stone has four months left to serve.
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Charles Stone
Baltimore
City
Stone
John B. Huyett
Huyett
Pope and Churchill Confer in Private Vatican Audience
Pope Pius XII hosted British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in a private audience lasting about an hour. The Vatican said many essential questions were touched upon relating to important problems of the hour. Sir Winston’s visit was marked by papal splendor.
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Rome
Pius
Judy Canova A Mother As Baby Born At Camp Ritchie
Hollywood report says film actress Judy Canova became a mother weighing eight pounds last night. Her husband Private Chester England is stationed at Camp Ritchie Maryland.
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Hollywood
Judy Canova
Miss Canova
Ig Pvt
Chester England
Camp Ritchie
Seven Cent Bolt Shocks City Trolley Conductor
In Shreveport Louisiana last night a lightning strike hit a trolley car. Firemen said the bolt caused an extra fare to ring up and the conductor was seven cents short at check up time.
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Shreveport
Rewarding Parents Who Stay At Home
Morrison Virginia August 25 Walter Pollard a florist proposes to reward parents who stay home with children under ten. He will call random numbers from the telephone directory and give away $25 war bonds to those at home. He has already distributed $100 in bonds and plans to continue for the duration.
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Morrison
Walter Pollard
Pollard
Forty Registrants Leave for Baltimore Service Assignments
Thirty nine registrants from Draft Boards 1 and 2 who had passed pre induction physicals left by bus for Baltimore this morning for Army and Navy assignments. Most were under 26 years old.
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Baltimore
Army
Navy
OPA Hearings On City Market Violations Today
Seven market stall renters face summary hearings before the Price Panel of the Ration Board this afternoon over alleged OPA price control violations at the City Market. Last week three merchants ordered to appear failed to attend their hearings.
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Ration Board
OPA
Allied Forces Break German Hold Along Seine Front
Allied dispatches report German efforts to retreat toward the coast after a sharp Canadian advance pushed them into a Seine pocket about 25 miles long and 15 miles wide. Montereau and Montargis fallen. Patton’s armored units pushing southeast of Paris and toward Sens vicinity. The Seine pocket near Elbeuf Bernay to the coast at Honfleur could be cleared within a day.
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HDQS
Allied Expeditionary Force
Seine
France
Siene
Georges Patton
Paris
Montereau
Fontainbleau
Montargis
Sens
Elbeuf
Bernay
Honfleur
Germany Claims Ace With 301 Victories
London August 25 One German ace now has 301 victories in the air the high command said today. First Lt Harmann a fighter squadron wing commander cited in the communique for downing 11 planes yesterday on the Russian front. His score now is 301 planes.
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London
Harmann
Thieves Fire At Chicken Thieves At Fleagle Farm
Mr and Mrs Fleagle reported intruders shot at their chicken coop near the Edwin Fleagle farm on Downsville pike last evening. Deputy Spicklier and State Trooper Mades pursued clues but the thieves vanished into darkness before they could be captured.
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Edwin Fleagle
Downsville Pike
Induction Of Robust Males Is Blamed For Burlesque Closing
In Chicago the Rialto Theater ends almost 30 years as an epidermis venue, switching from gyrations to named bands. Press agent Jack Hess says the changeover targets younger, drafted men between 21 and 35. The audience groaned at old vaudeville quips as the crowd demanded more.
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Chicago
Rialto Theater
Rialto
Jack Hess
Abbott and Costello
Ban
Paris Delirious As Allied Relief Enters Center
Allied detachment led by Brig. Gen Jacques Le Clerc’s French forces penetrated Paris and found the city in battle, greeted with joy as Sherman tanks and engineers moved from Port d Italie toward the Hotel de Ville and the Prefecture of Police. The Hotel de Ville broadcast described shell bursts and machine-gun fire as civilians cheered.
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London
J Jacques le Clerc
Paris
Reuters News Agency
Hotel de Ville
FFI
le Clerc
Port d’Italie
Port d'Italie
le de la Cite
Seine
Police
Record August Heat Near Low Mark as Temps Dip
The mercury almost set a new August low, dropping to 43 degrees, four shy of the 40-degree record from years ago. J A Miller, weather observer at Keenysville, logged a high of 80 degrees yesterday while the eastern seaboard stayed chilly. Flanders N Y reported a 5:30 p.m. low nearby.
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J. A. Miller
Keenysville
Flanders
N. 5
Fairchild To Award War Production Prizes
The Fairchild Aircraft Division will hold its third semiannual grand award ceremony for war production suggestions. The Labor Management Committee will award war bonds totaling 350 to top winners on Friday September 1. First prize a 200 bond goes to H. on of plant 1. Second prize a 190 bond goes to A Knodle of plant 1. Attending are Richard E and Paul J Printes Fairchild officials and Sherman Snoddel head of the UAW CIO.
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Fairchild Aircraft Division
Labor Management Committee
H, On
Fairchild
A. ©. Knodle
Miller
Mannher Fh. S. Rourette
Mer. Paul J, Printes
Fairwill
Sherman Snoddearly
Uawcio
U S Aerial Armada Bombs Germany amid Robot Plant Tests
American heavy bombers escorted by fighters and flak hit targets across northern Germany today. The write up notes raids near Peenemunde and a test plant, with forces massed to strike.
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U.S
Aerial Armada Plasters
Germany
London
Ani
Rharhhirs
Fieh
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