Danube Delta Falls to Russian Forces in World War II
Russian drives cut into Transylvania and moved toward Ploesti as the Danube delta came under Red Army control. Bresta and Buzau fell or were threatened, with transports crossing the Danube and sailors arriving on the Black Sea coast behind Russian lines.
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Moscow
Romania
Ploesti
Bucharest
Danube
Transylvania
Hitler
Hungary
Carpathians
Red
Bresta
Buzau
Braila
Constanta
Black Sea
Man Recants Claim Of Stolen Cash From Car
Charles C Powell reported $525 missing from his glove compartment in his car parked on North Prospect street. He later told police the money wasn’t stolen but his wife took it. He said he had brought $750 yesterday, left $525 in the car, and $225 for purchases before discovering the rest was gone. Powell then said he learned someone followed him to Hagerstown and took the money for safekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Powell
Chambershore
Route 2
Powell
North Prospect Street
Mr. Powell
Hagerstown
Prisoner Walked Away To See Ill Mother Returned
Sylvester Jenkins, a Roxbury Penal Farm prisoner who fled to visit his ill mother near Charles Town, was brought back yesterday. A trusty nearing completion of a five year term for armed robbery, he said the maternal illness prompted his departure from the prison. The mother lives at Franklin town near Charles Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Jenkins
Roxbury
Charles Town
Jenkins
Franklintown
Swiss Cheese Price Cut Announced by OPA
Washington on August 29 the Office of Price Administration announced an average three cent per pound reduction in Swiss cheese retail prices effective September 4. The move lowers the cost for consumers nationwide and reflects government controls on dairy pricing during the period.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
False fire alarm cleared at hospital alarm on King Street
Fire alarm 1 1 3 reported around noon today but proved false. First Hose Company announced the alarm originated at the Hospital and King Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Street
Report on Excess Charges at Public Auctions Pressures to Refund Overcharges
The Ra tion Board urges buyers who pay above ceiling prices at public sales to file complaints with the price division. An OPA official cites several cases where items were bid to the ceiling then sold privately at higher prices. Examples include a $4 vacuum cleaner sold for 12.50 and a $35 washing machine at excess cost. The board says refunds will be forced after complaints prompt seller repayment.
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Ration Board
OPA
Thomas Bittle
Biddle
Ration Office
Price ceilings set on imported cigars nationwide
The Office of Price Administration announced dollar and cent price ceilings for nearly all imported cigars, effective Sept. 4. Retail prices range from 17 cents to $1.25 per cigar, matching levels in place since March 1943 for importers and wholesalers.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Security Group Will Include Small Nations
Washington reports the Dumbarton Oaks conferees reached a general agreement on a proposed international security organization. The plan calls for an assembly of all peace lovers, a council with principal powers and several smaller nations, and an international court of justice to settle justiciable disputes.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
Council
International Organization For Peace and Security
International Court of Justice
Red Cross Rushes Food Into Hungry South France Area
U S ambassador Carlton J. Hayes reported quiet conditions in southwest France after a Biarritz visit but warned Toulouse faced possible starvation. Maquis leaders said they could advance with more arms to force 4000 German troops in Landes to surrender, as 10 000 tons of American Red Cross foodstuffs were coordinated for delivery from Spain to southern France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Sebastian
Spain
Carlton J. Hayes
U.S
Biarritz
France
Toulouse
Hayes
Landes Department
American Red Cross
Local youth shot in eye during home play
Henry Hanson Jr a 12 year old boy from 912 Oak Hill avenue was accidentally shot in the eye last Thursday with an air rifle while playing with a friend. He has returned home after a consultation with Dr Agnus McClain, Baltimore eye specialist. The extent of the injury remains undetermined though recovery of sight is possible despite the wound. He is the son of Mrs Henry Hanson Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hanson, Jrl
Oak Hill Avenue
Agnus McClain
Baltimore
Henry Hanson, Jr
Jobless Counterman Quizzed In Slaying
A 23 year old unemployed counterman was questioned by police in the slaying of Mrs. Phyllis Newmark wife of a Fifth Avenue importer. Her body was found near the American Museum of Natural History. The man, living near the Clifton House where she resided, was taken to a police station before her funeral at Riverside Memorial Chapel. He admitted he knew her.
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New York
Phyllis Newmark
Fifth Avenue
American Museum of Natural History
Clifton House
Allies Reach Within Three Miles of Gothic Line Fortifications
Allied forward elements of the Fifth Army push along the eastern half of the Italian front to within three miles of the Nazis Gothic line fortifications. Allied headquarters disclosed the advance today as heavy fighting continues near the fortified line.
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Rome
Bellhop Is Given Year For Assault
Jesse Derwood Cox a 34 year old bellhop at Hotel Alexander was sentenced to a year in the House of Correction after a city court hearing. Cox admitted stabbing Albert Strother 43 in the hotel lobby during an August altercation. Strother testified he lay in hospital for two weeks and Cox appealed the sentence with bond set at 1000 for November term.
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Jesse Derwood Cox
Alexander Bellhop
House of Correction
Charles Woolf
Cox
M. ¥. B. Hostetter
Albert Strother
Strother
Fatally Shot During A Family Quarrel
North East Massachusetts Aug 29. William F Lockard 40 of Elk Neck was shot and killed last night in a family quarrel over insurance money. His brother Leonard Lockard 44 is held in Cecil County Jail Elkton after a single shotgun blast to the chest and hip at their father’s home. Sheriff and medical examiner note long standing bad feeling.
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North East
William F. Lockard
Elk Neck
Here
R. C. Dodson
Cecil County
Dodson
Leonard
Lockard
Elkton
No Power Little Food Close Paris Eating Places
Paris dispatch reports Maxim's and most top Parisian restaurants shut due to electricity and food shortages. Maxim's has been closed since July 9 after a Fourth of July gathering by French patriots, described by a Nazi newspaper as a champagne fueled party ending at dawn. the manager cites depleted supplies and power loss affecting operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William White
Paris
Maxim's
Maxim’s
Williamsport Officer Dies in Iceland Plane Crash
Second Lieutenant Irvin W Daugherty, former Williamsport assistant principal and Frostburg State Teachers College graduate, was killed when his B24 Liberator crashed in Iceland. He embarked August 14 for overseas duty. details of the Sunday crash remain unavailable. His wife Harriett of York and his parents in Funkstown survive.
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Irvin W Daugherty
Williamsport
RAF
Iceland
Harriett
Garret) Daugherty
York
Howard Daugherty
Funkstown
Lieut
Daugherty
Frostburg State
Race cashier fined for fake coupon use at Charles Town track
Clinton E. Colbert, a Baltimore mutuel window cashier at the Charles Town race track, was fined $250 by Federal Judge Calvin Chesnut for transferring counterfeit gasoline rations used to travel between Baltimore and the track. He admitted buying the coupons from an unidentified man during the race meeting.
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Clinton E. Colbert
Baltimore
Charles Town
Calvin Chesnut
Colbert
Two Divorces Filed In County Court
Judge Joseph D. Mish presided as Charles Elwood Cosgrove and Splendora Flavia Rollinson sought divorces. Cosgrove was granted a divorce from Martha Senora Cosgrove and Rollinson from James Ralph Robinson, with attorney C.K. Hartle in both cases.
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Joseph D. Mish
Charles Elwood Cosgrove
Martha Senora Cosgrove
Splendora Flavia Rollinson
James Ralph Robinson
C.K. Hartle
Local Boy With Glider Troops That Held Off 2 Nazi Divisions
Plc Jenry M. Williams of Hagerstown served with the 32nd Airborne Infantry Division Glider troops. His unit landed near Normandy before the invasion, halted two German divisions aiming to reach the beaches, captured Ste. Mere Eglise, held four bridges over rivers, and fought 23 days without relief. Many were veterans of Sicily and Italy. One regiment earned bronze stars for bravery. Continued on page 2.
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Marderet
la Fiera
Chef du Pont
Toure
Pont V Abbe
Reuzeville
Bastille
Dion
Sicily
Italy
Sau of
Ste. Mere Eglise
French Seventh Army drives to Uzes and Nimes in southern France
French troops of the 7th Army sweep west of the Rhone and reach Uzes and Nimes forming a southern buffer to seal off the German 19th Army. From Nimes a column moves toward the Spanish border while other columns extend from Avignon to Uzes, pressing the retreating Germans near Montelimar.
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Rome
7Th Army
Rhone
France
Uzes
Nimes
Avignon
Montelimar
Frederic Butler
Germany Finally Admits Paris Fall
LONDON Aug. 29 Nazi Germany officially announced the fall of Paris four days after the event. The communique said Nazi strongpoints in the French capital succumbed to enemy superiority and that the bulk of German troops had withdrawn to the north bank of the lower Seine.
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London
Germany
Paris
Seine
Discharge Five Clinic Patients at Health Department Clinic
Five patients treated at the scalp ring worm clinic in the Health Department building have been discharged as tentatively cured. They will report weekly for three weeks for reexamination. Dr J A McCallum said the discharges followed Woot lamp examination showing fungus absent. Ninety three children are enrolled and receive one of four fungicide treatments as new patients are accepted daily.
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Health Department
J. A. McCallum
King Street
Washington County Hospital
Theft reports and home entry in local notices
William Coser of George Street reports the theft of a ladies wrist watch from his home yesterday and provides a suspect name. Mrs Lawrence Reed of Summit Avenue reports a weekend home entry with no valuables believed stolen.
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William Coser
George Street
Lawrence Reed
Summit Avenue
Woman Treated After Scalding Incident at Home
Mrs Fiora GC Kamer of 465 North Mulberry Street is hospitalized at Washington County Hospital for burns on her arm and chest after a pane of hot water spilled on her at home.
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Fiora GC. Kamer
North Mulberry Street
Washington County Hospital
Trapped Germans in Seine Pockets Swell Losses
British and American forces report 122000 Germans killed or captured in Seine river loops pocketed southwest of the lower Seine last week. About 92000 captured and 30000 killed. mop-up continues south and west of Rouen. A Norwegian armored division was sighted east of Vernon amid ongoing fighting.
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HDQS
Seine
Lower Seine
von Kluge
7Th Army
2Nd Army
Seine River
Rouen
Vernon
Norway
End Nazi Monopolies Threat to World Peace
Attorney General Biddle proposed to break up German monopolistic firms to remove a menace to future peace. Testifying before a Senate military subcommittee, he argued the goal is not destroying German economy but reconfiguring firms so Europe can develop independent industry. He cautioned about the difficulties and the need to analyze each firm and plan readjustments during the occupation period.
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Washington
Biddle
Senate
Europe
Germany
Riddle
Cash Found After Mislaid Theft Report at North Mulberry Tavern
Charles M. Bate proprietor of a North Mulberry street tavern told police he recovered $2,000 cash he reported stolen last Friday, saying he misplaced it and found it behind boxes at the bar. Police, who had searched the tavern, were surprised by the restoration. Albert Heard, superintendent of the municipal water department, celebrated his 47th birthday and has served 47 years with the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Bate
Mulberry Street
Bait
Mr. Barr
Albert Heard
Municipal Water Department
Vestoguay
Weard
The
Water Department
Allied American forces push toward German rocket coast
American units of the 3rd Army cross the Marne at two points and advance toward Chateau-Thierry and the Aisne valley as they flank the rocket bomb coast. Shifting north from Meaux, they approach the northward thrust toward Epernay and Vitry, within striking distance of Verdun and Reims amid reminders of World War I battles.
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HDQS
Allied Expeditionary Force
Chateau- Thierry
Soissons
Aisne
Paris
Ardennes
Germany
Marne River
Chauteau- Thierry
France
Meaux
Cavergnon
Forest of
Compigne
Adolf Hitler
Marne
la Ferte-sous Jouatre
Epernay
Vitry
Verdun
Reims
Reuters
Third
Second Reservoir Feasibility Near West End Water Plant
Municipal water officials study a possible postwar project to build a second reservoir near the West End. A land survey near the existing 100,004,100 gallon reservoir on the city outskirts shows same elevation, suggesting a second reservoir could cost about one fifth of a new Potomac River pipeline while providing uninterrupted water supply if the single line is disrupted.
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West End
Municipal Water Department
Potomac River
Tagerstown
Potomac
Local Man Wounded Twice in France War Dept Telegrams
The War Department notified Mrs Blanche E Chapman that Sgt Auichard Chapman was wounded in action again. The telegram said the latest wound occurred in France as he had been reassigned after earlier injuries. His wife hears of the second wound and awaits further details about his status.
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Auichard Chapman
War Department
Blanche E. Chapman
France
Dane Lath
Peeelyedd Fix Peters
Arty
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Chateau Thierry
Parise
Red Cross
Harden Planetarium
Manhattan
Planetarium
Charles M. Bair
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