All-Out Assault On Brest Is Launched
Allied forces pushed north and east across a wide front toward Germany and Belgium as German resistance crumbles near the Seine. Air power destroyed 92 enemy planes and hundreds of vehicles and tanks in 24 hours. U S troops seized Elbeuf near the Seine and Canadians advanced toward Pont-Audemer near Honfleur as the Brest pocket was assaulted by land air and sea forces.
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HDQS
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Belgium
France
Seine
Paris
Brett
Breton
U. S
United Nations
Elbeuf
Pont-Audemer
Honfleur
Yanks Capture Alpine Village
Allied headquarter reports American columns hold Briancon near the Italian frontier and push into Avignon, with southern France largely freed east of the Rhone. French troops advance on Arles and Tarascon as Nice nears from Antibes. Briancon sits five miles from the border.
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Rome
Briancon
Cannes
Seventh Army
Avignon
Rhone Valley
Alexander M. Patch
France
Rhone River
Yanks' Irish Brides En Route To U S
In Londonderry Northern Ireland over 20 women left with babies aboard the 15000 ton Marines Haven for new homes in the United States. A naval band played while the sea is echoed by locals singing Auld Lang Syne as the brides depart from the U S naval base.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
United States
Costly Good Deed In Indianapolis
Robert Edwards told police a car attacked him as he tried to help a drunken man crossing the street. He said the drunk walked away uninjured, and Edwards was injured by the vehicle during the incident in Indianapolis on August 26.
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Indianapolis
Robert Edwards
Tank Mounted Flame Throwers Turn Tide At Normandy
Washington reports that 41 ton Churchill crocodile flamethrowers are being used with deadly effect against German fortifications in France. The British say the weapon, introduced on the Normandy beaches, is the most powerful flame thrower in the world and can project fire around corners.
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Washington
France
Normandy
British Supply Council
Army
Allied air blitz hits German oil targets and ports
Nearly 1,000 U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators raid German oil plants for a third day, while RAF bombers strike Brest and Berlin targets including the Opel plant at Russelheim and the railway hub at Darmstadt. Overnight raids hit Watten in Pas de Calais with long range rocket concerns.
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London
U. S
Europe
Germany
Brittany
Brest
Hitler
RAF
Britain
Opel Motor
Russelheim
Rarmstadt
Frankfort
Mannerheim
Berlin
British
Air Ministry
Watlen
Pas de Calais
Pfc. Barron Returns to Front After Wounds
Pfc. Joseph J. Barron, wounded three times in the French invasion and treated in England for about two months, is back on the fighting front. His mother, Mrs. B. Henson, reports three June notices of wounds and confirms his arrival overseas nearly two years ago with Company B from Hagerstown.
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Joseph J. Barron
England
B. Henson
South Potomac Street
Henson
Jana
Pfc
Barron
Hagerstown
High heels shape legs new chiropodist sighted
CHICAGO Aug 26 There is nothing attractive about shapely limbs says a chiropodist. Dr William J Stickle executive secretary of the National Association of Chiropodists reports delegates at their annual meeting mapped a national campaign to put America back on its feet and will extoll the charges of straight trim legs while advising wearing high heels only for short periods.
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Chicago
William J. Stickle
National Association of Chiropodists
Association
America
Weather dip to 42 signals near August heat record
The temperature sank to 42 degrees last night, one degree cooler than Thursday, with summer wear nearly vanished on the streets. J A Miller at Keedysville logged a 79 degree max yesterday as Frederick hit an all time August low of 39. The Weather Bureau forecast rain from the southwest tomorrow to end the cold spell.
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Mercury
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Frederick
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Hancock Soldier Wounded in France Telegram Reports
Pfc. Howard C. Prevost, son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence C Prevost of Hancock, is seriously wounded in France according to a War Department telegram received by his parents. His brother Pfc Lawrence E Prevost is stationed in Italy.
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Pfc
Howard C. Prevost
Lawrence C. Prevost
Hancock
France
War Department
Lawrence IE. Prevost
Italy
Truman Arrives in Lamar for Vice Presidential Nomination Welcome
Lamar Missouri readies a large welcome for Senator Harry A. Truman after his Chicago nomination. Local Republicans Jiny Ross and Raymond River spearhead a surprise party and formal notification with aid from nearby cities. Cooks are borrowed and police help traffic for the expected huge crowd.
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Lamar. Mo
Lamars
Harry A. Truman
Chicago
Truman
Jiny Ross
Raymond River
Chamber of Commerce
Lamar
Missouri
Cool Weather Eases Embargo on Peach Shipments
A sequence of cool weather and ice supply buildup eased a partial embargo on peach shipments by refrigerator cars in Washington county. Western Maryland Railroad officials expect the rail lines to meet orchardists' needs as late peaches mature slower. The delay allows ice manufacturers to stock enough ice, extending rail transport capacity.
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Washington County
Western Maryland Railroad
Alleged Slayer Wants A Lawyer
Walter Young, charged with murdering Alvin Barber at the Penal Farm, asked to consult an attorney and the arraignment was postponed to Monday by Magistrate M W B ostetter. Young, held at the local jail, prefers attorney Samuel C Strite. Barber was fatally stabbed during an August 11 altercation.
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Walter Young
M. W. B. Bostetter
Young
John B. Huyett
Samuel C. Strite
Alvin Barber
Barber
Treasury experts to train army in bond selling in France
Three officials from the Treasury war finance division are being sent to France to train army finance officers in bond selling techniques. Officials said the move follows a report from the theater chief finance officer that soldier bond sales there were not as vigorous as earlier.
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Washington
Aus
Treasury
War Finance Division
France
Eisenhower Warns Alsace Lorraine of Impending War
New York dispatch reports Gen Dwight D Eisenhower through CBS warned residents of Alsace Lorraine and Luxembourg that their areas are in the rear of military operations and may soon become a theater of war. The order promises bombing of German retreat routes as the remnants of the Seventh Army retreat into Germany are targeted.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
CBS
Wiisenhower
Luxembourg
Seventh Army
France
Normandy
Seine
Alsace- Lorraine
Duchy of Luxembourg
Second Polio Case Is Reported Here
The second case of infantile paralysis in Hagerstown was reported today by the Health Department. Health authorities said there is nothing to be alarmed about, noting Hagerstown had two cases last summer and typically one or two each summer in recent years. With cooler weather, the illness has tapered off in other eastern areas and is expected to disappear with frost.
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Hagerstown
Health Department
Many Mortgages Being Paid Here
Local real estate records show mortgages totaling about 930000 were paid off since June 1, within three months. Bankers say the high tax collections and cash on hand reflect a booming market and increased investor idle money, a situation likely eased by postwar building expansion.
Absentee Ballot Requests Climb. Rugs Stolen in West Washington
The Board of Election Supervisors reported 42 additional soldier absentee ballot requests from the Secretary of State, bringing this week’s total to 221 and nearly 1,900 requests to date as blank ballots are mailed. Police report four rugs stolen from the back porch of O. R. Long’s home in the 600 block of West Washington Street yesterday.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Secretary of State
O. R. Long
West
Washington Street
T¢E
Japs At Home Told Of Hardships On Truk Near Yanks
U S government monitors report a Tokyo broadcast detailing Japanese hardships on Truk in the Central Carolines. Pilots are exhausted with few fighters. wastelands are being reclaimed for food self sufficiency. Truk lies four hours by air from Saipan and is within enemy range, with raids ongoing nightly.
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Truk
New York
Carolines
Japan
Tokyo
U. S
Saipan
Real Estate Turnover Mixed Despite Higher Filings
Realty market activity shows an average number of instruments filed but aggregate value of week ending today is around $60,000. Deeds convey mostly lots and small properties with several notable transfers including Snider to Secrest at Big Pool for 4500 and Wertz Dealman to Hess on a 143 acre farm for 7500.
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Jacob N. Snider
Sarah Catherine Secrest
Big Pool
Edward L. Bachtell
John P. Warrenfeltz
West Howard
Doris Elise Wertz Dealman
Harry E. Hess
Dam No. 4
Model Homes, Inc
J. Allen Clopper
Fairgreen Acres
Joseph F. Argon
Kenneth N. Rudisill
Country Club Road
Cohen Bros., Inc
Wilbur R. Gaither
Woodland Way
John Thomas Friend
George P. Bellinger
Hagerstown
Sharpsbury
England Sees 24 Hour Pause From Bomb Alerts
LONDON Aug 26 Py London and southern counties enjoyed more than 24 hours without a London alert during last night up to 7 am there was nothing to report the first such respite in over two months The home security communique noted no incidents. Wayne Morris former actor earns the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism destroying six grounded enemy bombers on June 18 in the Ronin islands.
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London
Home Security
Hollywood
Wayne Morris
Ronin Islands
Romanian Forces Fight German Troops in Bucharest Clash
London dispatch reports fierce fighting as Romanian army units oppose German command in Bucharest. German radio claims traitor attacks repulsed and a retreat. Germans say German envoy area cordoned off. Bucharest broadcasts say Germans faltering, Allied and Romanian front troops moving toward the capital. Bulgaria eyes Allied terms. Greek insurgents clash with occupation troops. Hungary tightening Nazi control. Hitler holds Berchtesgaden meeting with advisers.
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London
Bucharest
Romaniia
Romania
Berlin
Germany
Bulgaria
Hungary
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Perpetrator Of Hoax Sought After False Crash Call
Sheriff Huyett and deputies pursue a caller who reported a tractor trailer overturn near St. Pats Church killing three. The department warns hoax calls waste time and risk officers being harmed, noting no accident occurred.
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Huyett
St. Pat's Church
Santa’s 1944 Toy Season Promises Busy Stores
Mild summer lingers as December nears four months away. Hagerstown toy departments report abundant offerings and eager promises for wartime children. Cardboard and wood dominate designs replacing metal in scooters and trains, with shopping urged early to avoid last minute crowds and scarce clerks.
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Santa Claus
Hasterstown
Hagerstown
Romanian Troops Turn On Germans Near Bucharest
Moscow dispatch reports Romanian troops attacking German forces as the Red Army advances toward Bucharest. Romanian units allegedly killed and captured German soldiers, with Romanian filers claiming a 360 prisoner haul beyond Tirguniamy amid a clash witnessed by Soviet forces. The Red Army nears the capital, about 100 miles away, and 75 miles from Ploesti.
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Moscow
Red
Galati
Bucharest
Ploesti
Siret
Tecuci
Red Star
United Nations
Tirguniamy
Finnish Police Stage Mass Raids Across Helsinki
Finnish police blocked all roads out of Helsinki at dawn and carried out mass raids through the capital until morning. About 500 people were interrogated for lacking in order identity papers, with officials stating results were satisfactory. Shipping and rail arrivals were inspected, and Interior Minister Kaarle Henrik Hillilä expressed satisfaction with the operation.
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New York
Helsinki
Ths
FCC
Kaarle Henrik Hillilae
Germans on Move in Greece and Yugoslavia Blasted
Allied air forces attacked Yugoslavia and Greece amid reports of Nazi troop movements. RAF Mustang fighters hit four enemy lines in Yugoslavia and a mortar convoy near Arta in Greece. Thirteen enemy planes were destroyed. American fighters backed bombers targeting Brno aircraft components and Prostotora airfield near Brno. MAAP losses totaled three heavy bombers and nine other aircraft.
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Rowe
Brann
Czechoslovakia
Prostetor
MAAP
Princes Born in London Herald Gazette
A garbled bulletin reports the birth of a prince in London with unclear details. It mentions the Durhees of Gloucester and a mother and infant, but the text is damaged and does not provide verifiable dates or names.
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Aue UA Ppa
Durhees
Gloucester
Hott Mother
Prines
Gatlar
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