Allied Drive Reaches Amiens and Somme River
British 2nd Army troops capture Amiens, ancient Picardy capital, and cross the Somme as Allied forces progress. Tanks reach the Somme while American columns push to within 33 miles of Belgium, with rapid advances near Laon and St Dizier indicating broad German retreat.
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HDQS
2Nd Army
Amiens
Piccardy
Somme
Belgium
Laon
Reichsen
St. Dizier
Fallen Vitry
Saar
Germany
Exhibitors Get Break at Great Hagerstown Fair
Exhibitors can buy a season ticket at the same price as general admission by entering five Household Department articles. Credit goes to President A K Coffman for promoting exhibitor entries and a later ad notes blanks are available at the Second National Bank Building office. Entries must be high quality to win prizes. In local poultry news, Mrs. E Roderick reports a Wyandotte hen laid a freak double eye with a sun emblem ridge.
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A. K. Coffman
Association
Second National Bank
Coffman
Norris Still Unconscious After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Former Senator George W. Norris remains in critical condition in McCook Nebraska after a cerebral hemorrhage. Doctors reported he could take some liquid food but has not regained full consciousness and remains semi conscious since Tuesday.
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Norris
McCook
Nebr
George W. Norris
Allied forces trap and wipe out German trainloads at Laon
Allied forces report that three trainloads of German soldiers moving toward the Belgian border were surprised at Laon station. All were killed or captured in the swift action by the American First Army, as announced today.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Laon
Dual Highway Out This Year
The Hagerstown Frederick dual highway will not start this fiscal year. J A Krug acting WPB chairman denied a reconsideration of the State Roads Commission request for this and three other highway projects. WPB discussions noted the project’s merit but stated current facilities policy does not deem it essential to the war effort. About 17 miles of the dual highway remain incomplete and the state sought to include them this year.
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Hagerstown-Frederick
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
State Roads Commission
Hagerstown
Frederick
State Roads
Duchess of Windsor Undergoes Appendectomy Operation
The Duchess of Windsor underwent an appendectomy at Roosevelt Hospital in New York. Dr. Henry Cage led the operation with Dr. Joe R. Clemmons announcing its success and no complications. Privacy precautions were strict, with police guarding entrances and reporters barred from the information desk.
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New York
Duchess of Windsor
Roosevelt Hospital
Joe R. Clemmons
Henry Cage
Lay Martin
Baltimore
Clemmons
England
Wallis Simpson
Six Volunteers for Navy From City Hall Recruiting
Six young men enlisted in the Navy this week through the City Hall recruiting office. Names: Leon V. Minnich Funkstown Clarence V. Alexander Keedysville James L. Cunningham Boonsboro Marlin F. Bachtell Funkstown John J. Dewalt Amberson Pa John A. Routzahn Frederick. Cor respondent captured in London report says an injured American war correspondent from New York was captured by German troops near the Marne after a mine charge attack.
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Navy
John Millard
Leon V. Minnich
Funkstown
Clarence V. Alexander
Keedysville
James L. Cunningham
Boonsboro
Marlin F. Bachtell
John J. Dewalt
Amberson
John A. Routzahn
Frederick
London
Berlin
New York
Marne
Red Cross
Federal court action aimed at defiant market price violators
City Market operators face federal action as Leo H. McCormick of the OPA vows enforcement aid from Hagerstown officials. William Somerville will visit next Tuesday to meet with all market operators at City Hall and present the case. If voluntary compliance fails, the OPA may sue in local or federal court under the stabilization act. City officials share some responsibility for enforcing price ceilings and protecting citizens from gouging.
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Leo H. McCormick
Office of Price Administration
McCormick
William Somerville
Price Division
Hagerstown
Maryland
Somerville
OPA
Richard Duffy
New Polio Case In This County
A third polio case in Washington County was reported this morning amid officials calling the outbreak one of Maryland's most serious. The patient, a Cearfoss area mother, has no paralysis, suggesting a mild infection. Nearby Thurmont also reported a 10 year old death from polio, Betty Lee Holmes. State totals show 185 cases and 16 deaths statewide.
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Maryland
Washington County
Cearfoss
Thurmont
Fredericks County
Betty Lee Holmes
Baltimore
Associated Press
C. U. Halliday
Halliday
Anne Arundel County
Hartovi
Montgomery
Murphy to London as Envoy in Allied Germany Plan
Robert D. Murphy, political adviser to General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, heads to London with ambassadorial rank to join the Allied military government of Germany. He becomes Eisenhower's ranking diplomat, focusing on political issues tied to the invasion and occupation. Samuel Reber, an expert in French affairs, will handle that aspect of the war.
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Washington
Robert D. Murphy
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean High Command
London
Germany
State Department
Murphy
Eisenhower
Samuel Reber
Willian Phillips
Phillips
Reber
300 Jap Vessels Kayoed In August
Nearly 300 ocean going ships were knocked out of the Japanese merchant and fighting fleets in August. A recapitulation of Allied communiques shows at least 175 sunk, including 15 combatant vessels, with over 500 barges and river craft damaged mainly in China. Communiques list 36 ships destroyed or crippled, 17 by submarines, their biggest month of the war. Damaging Nipponese losses contrast with Navy Secretary Forrestal's note that the US Navy has 65,000 vessels including 1,150 major combatants, with the building program "tittle more than half finished."
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Presa
China
Navy
Forrestal
United States Navy
Child Fatally Burned By Match In Williamsport
Five year old Rebecca Cottrill died at Washington County Hospital from third degree burns after her clothing caught fire while playing with matches near her home. She was the daughter of Pvt Elmer Cottrill and Mrs Cottrill, survived by paternal grandfather Clarence Cottrill and maternal grandparents James and Mrs Henry, with the father stationed at an army camp in Arkansas. Funeral announcements will follow. Forty two more draft registrants from Board I left for Baltimore for preinduction physical exams.
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Rebecca Jean Cottrill
Williamsport
Washington County Hospital
Elmer Cottrill
Clarence C. Cottrill
James Henry
Pvt. Cottritt
Arkansas
Lane To Manage State Campaign In Maryland
William Preston Lane Jr. named to run the joint Roosevelt and Tydings campaign for Maryland. Lane will coordinate with Maryland congressional candidates on an old-fashioned statewide speaking tour. The move, decided at Governor O Connor’s office, marks Tydings as a key advocate for a Presidential fourth term.
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William Preston Lane, Jr
Maryland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
MiNard E. Tydings
Baltimore
Tydings
Roosevelt
O'Conor
Cal. Lane
Demand For Apartments Up In Hagerstown
The Chamber of Commerce reports apartment listings in Hagerstown are exhausted yet demand remains high. The office notes continued requests from prospective tenants and invites new listings to satisfy the ongoing need for rentals including many sleeping rooms in the area.
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Hagerstown
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Nagerstown
Chamber Service
Death Of Mother Of Crooner Ends Tenderest Deception
HOLLYWOOD August 31 Mrs Julia Columbo mother of Russ Columbo dies at 75 still believing her son was alive and famous though he died a decade earlier. The long running deception sent her letters and monthly checks from Russ written by her husband and other children to comfort her as she faded from heart illness and failing sight.
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Hollywood
Julia Columbo
Russ Columbo
Cranner
Russ
Nicholas
Tony
Albert
John
Cartela Tempest
Germans Lose Third Of Their Oil Supply As Proesti Falls
Berlin acknowledged a revolutionary movement in Slovakia with riots across several towns. The German press cited Partisans and Tito’s agents as behind the unrest, with the Szadho Slovak Forces of the Interior claimed to lead the attacks on key communications points.
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Proesti
Associated Press
Berlin
Slovakia
DNB
Foreign Office
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
London
DXB
Tito
Russia brands Bulgaria neutrality sham as envoys discuss peace
Moscow accused Bulgaria of collusion with the Germans despite its neutrality as Bulgarian officials met Western Allies in Cairo to discuss terms. The rebuke strengthens Allied negotiating stance while Romania nears armistice with Moscow and Red Army advances in Transylvania. German bombardment hits Bucharest and Gestenberg reportedly captured and escaped.
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Russia
London
Bulgaria
Cairo
Moscow
Sofia
Red Army
Troppeta
Transylvania
Hitler
Balkans
Ankara
Bucharest
Gestenberg
Romania
Constanta
New York Family Enlists After War Correspondent Tale
J Norman Lodge, AP war correspondent, described WAC work in New Caledonia and Hawaii, inspiring his wife and daughter to enlist together on Norma Lodge's 20th birthday. First Lieut Mildred H Norgaard administered the oath. The Lodge family now serves in uniform. another son joined the Merchant Marine in March.
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New York
J. Norman Lodge
Associated Press
South Pacific Front
Women’s Army Corps
New Caledonia
Hawaii
James
The
Merchant Marine
Soldiers Must Sign Requests
The Board of Election Supervisors said relatives filling out requests for absentee or soldier ballots are wasting time because only the service member’s signature will count. Many duplicate requests show non applicants signing cards, with some cards bearing parental signatures. The board noted a certification space for commanding officers and warned that unsigned or unsigned-by-others requests will not be honored.
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Board of Election
Sugar Shortage Sparks Move to Boost Apple Butter Rations
OPA director Leo H. McCormick visited Hancock and Washington County to study home canning needs. He plans to ask GPA to grant increased sugar rations for apple butter, noting apples available this season and widespread home canning. Local agent Mrs. J F Omps reported many applications and justifications for more sugar.
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Washington County
Leo. H. McCormick
OPA
GPA
McCormick
Hancock
Washington
Theft Reports From City Residents Highlight Losses
William Horne of Mitchell Avenue reports the theft of 168 dollars in cash from his home yesterday. Frances Morris of West Franklin Street reports the loss of a suit valued at 45 dollars missing for a month.
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William Horne
Mitchell Avenue
Frances Morris
West Franklin Street
Fall of Ploesti Drives German Oil Losses Record
Moscow dispatches report Soviet forces captured Ploesti and threaten Bucharest after a rapid 40 mile day advance. Radio orders and Red Star confirmations noted the Romans’ oil fields may be destroyed or damaged while Romanian workers and civilians aided in firefighting and troop guidance as Germans attempted to wreck wells and pipelines.
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Moscow
Red
Bucharest
Romania
Ploesti
Red Star
Zvestia
Priesti
Red Army
Europe
Russia
Hospital Acquires South Cannon Home
The Washington County Hospital Association purchased the former Walters property at 300 South Cannon Avenue for 3800 dollars. The three story brick dwelling will be rented to hospital employees, an official said.
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Walters
South
Cannon Avenue
Washington County Hospital Association
Nazi Party Seizes Control of Air Raid Precaution System
London reports Adolf Hitler has ordered the Nazi party to take charge of the nation's air raid precaution services. German radio says wardens will now answer to Dauleiters and party leadership, tightening political control over civil defense measures.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party
German Radio Today
Won War On Orne Now Reap Harvest In Praxnce
Fragmented military bulletin describes operations near Orne with Tretish forces in Praxnce and delayed Py sequence. Reporting notes scattered enemy activity and cautious claims of control. No clear outcome or dates, details remain uncertain and partially garbled.
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Orne
Alicer
Nobel Prize Winners Arrested in Paris Scandal Inquiry
Paris reports say French Interior forces detained Atevis Cariparohl Natel and former scientist A Lindbergh amid a broad investigation. Officials disclosed charges tied to a disputed project and alleged international funding irregularities.
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Paris
Interiay
Atevis Cariparohl Natel
Scientific
A. Lindbergh
PRP
de Care
Bien Bo
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