Belated Rain Arrives Today Across Several States
A weekend chill gave way to belated showers in Washington county and other regions as a southeast wind ushers rain. Temperatures fluctuated with Kansas City setting a low max record for the third day, while Charlotte’s long standing mark fell. Fires were noted in North Georgia and Indianapolis as residents dug out fall clothing in New York.
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Wichita
Kans
Boston
Mass
Washington County
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Kansas City
Charlotte
N. DC
North Georgia
Indianapolis
New York
Fifth Avenue
Injured Local Boy Returns Home From England
Pvt. Lester Copper, 22, fractured leg in England on July 6, has returned to the United States and phoned his mother Mrs. Cora Copper of 1144 Fairview Road. After nine months overseas and three years in the RAF, he is at Ashford General Hospital White Sulphur Springs W Va. Friends may write to Ward 209, Ashford General Hospital.
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Lester Copper
England
United States
Cora Copper
Fairview Road
General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Ashford General Hospital
Maine Governor’s Son Dies of Wounds in France
Cant. Edward P. Barrows, 24, son of former Maine governor Lewis Barrows, connected with a Boston insurance firm, died August 5 from wounds received in France. War Department notified his father on August 28.
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Newton
Mass
Edward P. Barrows
Lewis
Barrows
Maine
Boston Insurance
France
War Department
Tip on Groundhog Wins Week News Tip Contest
Washington county damage tip about groundhogs wins first prize in the Daily Mail contest. Second prize covers a high alarm clock price at auction and a Tilemanton fire. Third prize splits on the polio case and a farm fugitives recap. Tips accepted weekdays 7:30 to 1:20.
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Washington County
Tilemanton
The
Daily Mail
American troops push into Rhone valley north of Montelimar
United States forces reach the Rhone valley north of Montelimar about 100 air line miles from Marseille after a 200 mile rapid advance. Allied air power hammers German columns, with at least 50,000 front line troops believed knocked out in southern France invasion to date.
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Rome
Rhone
Montelimar
Marseille
11Th Armored
France
Alexander M. Patch
Marseilles
Toulon
OPA Chief Seeks Relaxation of Lamb Ration Rules
Portland event quotes Chester Bowles, head of OPA, saying he will reconsider the agency's denial of a lamb rationing holiday. He adds he would be glad to get rid of regulations nationwide.
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Portland
Ore
OPA
Chester Bowles
Oregon Livestock Men
Big Office
United States
OPA to Act on Market Cases
Washington County War Price and Ration Board vows action on four stall renters at the City Market who missed hearings on alleged price regulation violations. If unexcused, they will be referred to the Baltimore district OPA and then to the state office for further action.
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Washington County War Price and Ration Board
Syn Monses
Baltimore
State Office
GPA
Washington County
OPA
Maltimore
Bittinger Divorce Granted in Absolute Decree
Sarah Alice Bittinger was granted an absolute divorce from Charles William Bittinger by Judge Joseph G. Mish. Attorney Calvert K. Hartle appeared in the case.
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Sarah Alice Bittinger
Joseph G. Mish
Charles William Bittinger
Calvert K. Hartle
Hitlers Europe Hit By U S Air Armada
More than 400 American fighters attacked enemy airfields and transportation hubs across France Belgium Holland and Germany. They strafed 11 troop trains disabled 200 locomotives destroyed 200 railway cars damaged 1000 more and knocked out or damaged nearly 200 motor vehicles in the morning.
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London
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Frankfurt
Whiskey, Cash And Gas Coupons Are Stolen Here
Thieves took 50 in cash and gas coupons plus 200 gallons of gasoline from the Amoco station at Prospect and Franklin. Whiskey vanished from Cumberland Motor Express on Main as in a prior recent theft, and tea spices from Jewel Tea Cup truck in a rear East Franklin garage. Ora Gabler reported the loss. the garage door lock was filed. Detective Wayne Sellman investigates weekend entries over three weeks.
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Amoco
John Rutherford
Prospect
Franklin Streets
Cumberland Motor Express
Main Avenue
East Franklin Street
Ora Gabler
Wayne Sellman
Five Forfeit On Speeding Charges
State troopers McGuire and Mades arrested five speeding violators in the county as part of a statewide campaign. All forfeited collateral in city court this morning. Three offenders were Pennsylvanians named Earl C. Shatzer Isabelle Pensinger and Cyril F. Weaver from Greencastle MecSherrystown respectively. The other two were Lloyd J. Swope and Joseph Flannigan from the city.
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McGuire and
Mades
Earl C. Shatzer
Isabelle Pensinger
Greencastle
Cyril F. Weaver
MecSherrystown
Lloyd J. Swope
Joseph Flannigan
CIO PAC Aims to Get Out Vote Says Hillman
Sidney Hillman told House investigators the CIO political action committee obeys the law and seeks to influence thinking and candidate choice, not capture a party. He urged a simple Federal ballot for the armed forces and backed measures to end the poll tax and broaden registration as turnout declined from 50 million in 1940 to 28 million in 1942.
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Washington
Sidney Hillman
House
CIO Political Action Committee
Cio-Pac
Anderson Committee
Hillman
Wins GI Vote Jamie Sue Helms Named Beauties Best
Jamie Sue Helms, wife of Capt. George Osman, stationed in New Guinea, has been chosen as the most beautiful of all the sweethearts and wives of American servicemen in the Southwest Pacific. A former model, she now teaches at the John Powers model school in New York. She is 25 years old, weighs 130 pounds, and stands five feet tall.
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Jamie Sue Helms
George Osman
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
John Powers Model School
New York
Air Transport Crashes Into Scottish Home, 26 Dead
London Aug 28 A large air transport crashed into a house near Prestwick Scotland early today killing 26 people including seven crew 14 passengers and five house occupants. American soldiers and civil defense workers recovered bodies through the night and searched for more victims as two nearby houses were damaged and a fourth lost its roof. The plane was inbound from an Atlantic crossing.
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London
Prestwick
Scotland
Smithsburg Soldier Wounded in Action in France
Mrs. Nettie Charles of Smithsburg was notified by the War Department that her son Corporal Nevin A. Charles has been seriously wounded in action somewhere in France. A former employee of Byron's Shoe Factory, the 35 year old has been overseas since February. His brother Merle Charles is serving in Italy. Friends may obtain Nevill's address by calling 3654 W.
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Nettie Charles
Smithsburg
War Department
Nevin A. Charles
France
Byron
Merle Charles
Italy
Nevill
Promoted to Captain in War Department Announcement
John Neady Barkdoll of Hagerstown Route 5 and David George Crawbaugh Jr of 2212 Virginia Avenue are promoted from first lieutenant to captain, according to a War Department announcement issued today.
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John Neady Barkdoll
Hagersown
David George Crawbaugh, Jr
Virginia Avenue
War Department
Yanks Reach Historic Marne and Doom Le Havre
American Third Army tanks pushed toward Meaux on the Marne, 23 miles east of Paris, as Allied forces strike along the Seine. Meaux echoes the 1914 Marne, while Le Havre looms under threat as the drive widens toward the German coast.
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Historic
Marne
le Havre
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Third Army
Meaux
Paris
Chateau-Thierry
The
Seine River
Pretty Blonde Sailor Sought In Mrs Newmark Slaying
New York police mobilize all resources to find a beautiful blonde woman and a young sailor linked to the strangulation slaying of Mrs Phyllis Newmark. The sailor is tied to a letter found in her handbag, and her husband appeals for information as clues surface about a robbed safe deposit and only 81 cents found on scene.
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New York
New York City
Phyllis Newmark
Fifth Avenue
Mother Of Quads Ponders Life With Four Sons
GAINESVILLE GA Aug 28 Four tiny baby boys slept in incubators at Hall County Memorial Hospital as 23 year old mother Mrs Charles E Lee, wife of an army private, said she did not know what she would do with all those babies. The quadruplets weighing about three pounds each were born between 6 and 7 PM yesterday. Doctors said the infants are normal and have a good chance to live. Father Pat Lee, 25, stationed at Camp Blanding Fla, expressed happiness and said a postwar return may bring work. The mother, on a farm with her parents, has a three year old daughter Betty Mae. The babies were delivered by Dr Robert Lee Rogers and Dr George Karelas, with Rogers noting they are identical. The infants received immediate care with hot water bottles and blankets until incubators arrived, two of which came from Commerce Ga. The children will be fed breast milk and a five percent dextrose solution via medicine droppers every three hours.
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Gainesville
Hall County Memorial Hospital
Charles E. Lee
Pat Lee
Camp Blanding
Fla
Tye
Lee
Robert Lee Rogers
Commerce
Rogers
Remnants Of Five German Divisions In Rouen Trap
Allied forces report a large Seine loop trap near Rouen holding elements of five German divisions about 20 000 men. German escape attempts across the river were thwarted by ground and air bombardment as British and Canadian troops push toward Vernon and Elbeuf. Commanders warn reinforcements are diverted south east of Paris to counter the American drive.
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Seine
Rouen
Fve
Allen
Chambois
Falaise
Vernon
Elbeuf
Paris
le Havre
Pas-de-Calais
Youths Accused Of Gasoline Theft From Parked Car
Gilbert H. Shawyer of Hagerstown who is in the Navy at Bainbridge along with Arthur Lee Knight 16 of Sharpsburg and Donald Brown Myers 15 of Harpers Ferry are under arrest in Frederick on petty larceny charges. They were nabbed at Brunswick at 4 AM caught siphoning gasoline from a parked car to fuel an early morning drive. Hearings set today before Magistrate Howard Marvin Jones in Brunswick.
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Gilbert H. Shawyer
Hagerstown
Navy
Bainbridge
Arthur Lee Knight
Sharpsburg
Donald Brown Myers
Harpers Ferry
Frederick
Brunswick
Howard Marvin Jones
Soldier's Bride Accused Of Theft
Mrs Florence Mills 21 wife of a Montana bound soldier received a year in the House of Correction suspended on larceny. She had been living with in laws and was convicted of stealing a watch from her sister in law. John Pereschuk 28 a taxi driver with five children was found guilty of receiving stolen goods and given six months suspended.
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Montana
Florence Mills
House of Correction
M.W. B. Bostetter
John Pereschuk
Bostetter
Pereschuk
England Sees Another Bombless Night Across Britain
London and southern England enjoyed a bombless night as a quiet 72 hour lull continued after attacks. Fewer people used shelters, while officials kept current precautions. The Daily Mail claimed Russians found a site in Poland where Germans tested V-2 rockets and shared details with British experts.
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London
England
Daily Mail
Poland
Germans Admit Romanians Blocked Passes
Russian and Romanian forces broke German defenses around Ploesti and Galati, pushing toward Bucharest. Moscow reports two mobile Soviet armies swept through the Ploesti oil region after routing Nazi units, with Romanians joining the Allies at Proesti and delaying passes toward Hungary via Transylvania.
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Moscow
Ploesti
Romania
Bucharest
Galati
Feodor I. Totbukhin
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Proesti
Hungary
Transylvania
Focansi
Terms Ready For Bulgaria And Romania Armistice
London reports surrender terms for Bulgaria will be handed to a Cairo envoy within days while Romania armistice terms are expected to be signed in Moscow soon. The European advisory commission drafted terms with Greek and Yugoslav protections, demanding Bulgaria surrender all wartime gains and cede facilities to the Allies, possibly including troop passage rights. Pravda urged other nations to break with the Nazis to avoid disaster, noting rapid developments.
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London
Bulgaria
Cairo
Romania
Moscow
Balkan
Bularia
European Advisory Commission
Washington
Germany
Finland
Hungary
Slovakia
Pravda
Sofia
Pvt C R Grove Wounded in France During War
Pvt Charles Russel Grove, 22, seriously wounded in France on a date given by a telegram to his parents Mr and Mrs Clyde Grove. Formerly with Sharpshooters, he had been overseas months, earlier stationed in England before the invasion. He is in an English hospital and welcomes letters via his parents.
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Moscow
Ion Antonescu
Mihai
Berlin
Antonescu
Germany
Pvt
Charles Russel Grove
France
Clyde Grove
Sharpshu
Spany Ro
England
Grove
Snglish
Divorce Suit Filed By John Henry Smith Against Helen A Smith
The 2 a5th divorce suit of the month was filed in court this saving and is that of John Henry Smith against Helen A. Smith. The suit was docketed through Attorney Calvert K Hartle in the 227th suit filed so far this year.
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John Henry Smith
Helen A. Smith
Calvert K. Hartle
Traitor Laval Had Self Seized
Paris reports say Marshal Petain was seized by the gestapo and sent to Germany after urging France to unite. Laval and elder Laval aide Pierre Laval and former Premier Edouard Herriot were arrested days before Allied forces entered Paris. Dispatches from Bern and Belle France note Petain and Laval remained at large in custody.
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Paris
Beforse
Petain
Gestapo
Germany
France
Vichy
Pierre Lival
Edouard Herriot
Gestapy
Bern
Belle
Patdin
Laval
Mar
Wounded in Action Cpl Arthur Easton In France
Cpl Arthur C Easton 20, former member of Company B 113th Infantry was wounded in action in France on August and is now in an English hospital. His parents Mr and Mrs Warey G Easton Rohrerville have been notified by the War Department.
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Arthur C. Easton
Compa B
113Th Infantry
France
Warey G. Easton
Rohrergville
Ware Department
Local Boy Wounded In French Invasion
Mrs Rose Mo Wolf learns her son Pi John Vo Wolk was slightly wounded in the French invasion Aug 10. A letter to her from M Wolf says he is in a safe condition and asks her not to worry. He had been employed at Privchild for a year.
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Rose Mo Wolf
Nevin Cat
John Vo Wolk
Wolf
Privchild
Slo
Denver hail damage estimated at one million dollars
Denver reports hail storms causing extensive destruction across the city. Weather and agricultural experts tally damage to crops, greenhouses, and homes with preliminary estimates reaching one million dollars. Local officials promise swift assessments and aid for affected residents.
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Denver
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Scottish Home
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Bluefield
Harry C. Weller
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Norfolk and Western
Weller
Pvt. C. R. Grove
Herriot
Cpl
Arthur Easton
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