Gates Open Po Valley Front as Allies Break Gothic Line
Rome reported the British Eighth Army pierced the Gothic line along a 20 mile front in Italy and opened access to the Po Valley. Allied HQ said destruction of German forces in Italy was imminent as American Fifth Army crossed the Arno toward the sea. Negro troops of the 92nd Infantry Division aided the advance amid heavy front fighting.
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Rome
8Th Army
Italy
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Arno
Florence
92Nd Infantry
Report On Free Hospitalization Here
The Washington County Welfare Board reported 194 residents were certified for free medical care at the Washington County hospital during the first seven months of the year. Applicants must lack tangible financial resources such as bank accounts real estate or insurance. The average was 27 patients per month, with July reaching a peak of 35 eligible individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Welfare Board
Washington County Hospital
Welfare Office
Streams In Shape For Bass Fishing Labor Day Weekend
Weather and river reports indicate the Conococheague at Kemp's Mill should clear by tomorrow and the Potomac remains in excellent condition for bass fishing over Labor Day weekend. A Swiss radio report cited by the FCC states Romania is free of German troops.
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Potomac
Conococheague
Kemp's Mill
New York
Federal Communications Commission
Romania
Norris in critical condition at McCook Nebraska
Former Senator George W. Norris, 85, weakened with a cerebral hemorrhage, remains very critical in McCook Nebraska as doctors report a high pulse and loss of consciousness after a Tuesday bleed. Dr ELF Leininger says his condition deteriorates daily.
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Norris
McCook
George W. Norris
Elf Leininger
No Mail Monday Will Pause Daily Edition on Labor Day
Wartime rationing limits Daily Mail printing. No issue on Labor Day Monday unless breaking news requires an extra edition.
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Daily Mail
Riots in Sofia Demand War on Germany
Moscow reports Sofia streets erupt with calls for Bulgaria to declare war on Germany as rioters clash with police. Premier Spagrianov resigns amid armistice talks in Cairo, while Russian forces near Sofia threaten strategic positions along the Giurgiu corridor.
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Sofia
Germany
Moscow
Bulgaria
Red Army
Balkan
Black Sea
Danube
Giurguia
Ruse
Ivan Spagrianov
Great Britain
United States
Cairo
Bagrianov
Ploesti
Giurgiu
Yugoslavia
Greece
Geza Lakatos
Naxos
Hungary
Budapest
Transylvania
Poland
Baltic
Stalin
Realty Market Has Boom Week in Local Sales
The local real estate market closed one of its best weeks in months with total sales near 180000 dollars. Transactions include J Clinton Miller et al to Franklin R Miller for 78 acres Cearfoss Fairview 8000 dollars and Mary E Huffer et al to Luther Lang for 210 acres Chewsville district among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Clinton Miller
Franklin R. Miller
Cearfoss-Fairview
Sue K. McAvoy
Russell
Lanehart
Baptist Church Road
Maneack
J. Henry Reisner
Kenneth NX. Nucisill
Mealey Parkway
Roy Swisher
Jane T. Wetzel
Park Avenue
Hora A. Mozingo
Paul H. Gerberich
Spruce Street
Mary E. Huffer
Luther K. Lang
Chewsville
Howard F. Mowen
Charles H. Gerkins
Avalon Avenue
Ralph ©. Blickenstaff
Perry Dodson
Georgia Avenue
Carrie E. Brewer
Serena W. Sears
West Franklin Street
Daniel M. Grissinger
Paul N. Fleming
Jos
Closing Big Tract To Hunting Because Of Nazi Prisoners
State forester Joseph F. Kaylor announced a 30,000 acre tract in Green Ridge state forest will be closed to all hunting this fall and winter due to the presence of German prisoners of war. The ban, approved by the State Game and Inland Fish Commission, aims to prevent accidents and may aid disease control by supporting a 2,500 acre sanctuary already set aside to boost wild turkey numbers.
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Green Ridge
Joseph F. Kaylor
State Game and Inland Fish Commission
Kaylor
Missing Shepherd College former student Navy pilot in action
Lieut. N. Baker Davis Jr., 23, pilot of a Thunderbolt fighter and former Shepherd College student, is missing in action over France. His Martinsburg parents have been notified. Davis was an Eagle Scout and active in Scout work in Martinsburg before joining the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Baker Davis, Jr
Shepherd College
France
Martinsburg
Pioner Cptc
Armed Forces
Goering Reported Stripped Of Post Under Arrest
Geneva Tribune cites a German radio claim that Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering lost his air defense command and is under house arrest at Karinhall. An informant says no direct proof links him to the failed July 20 plot, though many associates were implicated and some executed.
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Basel
Switzerland
Geneva Tribune Today
Hitler
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
Germany
Goering
Karinhall
Sharpsburg Boy Dies Of Wounds In France
Pvt. Charles Russell Grove twenty two of Sharpsburg died August sixteenth in France from wounds received August eighth. War Department message to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Grove states he served twenty three months overseas. Survived by parents brothers and sisters including Mrs Henry Carroll Hagerstown Oliver Hilton William and Mrs Genevieve Hollas all of Sharpsburg and three nieces.
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Pvt
Charles Russell Grove
Sharpsburg
France
War Department
Clyde Grove
Foyt. Grove
Company B
115Th Infantry
Charles Russell Stull
Henry Carroll
Hagerstown
Oliver
Hilton
William
Genevieve Hollas
Pvt Myers Killed In Action In France
Private Robert C. Moore twenty one, son of Mr and Mrs Frank E Myers of McKeesport Pa, formerly Williamsport, was killed in action in France on July 26 per a War Department telegram. He served since May 13 1943 and was overseas eight months. A tank gunner with mechanized cavalry forces, he was a McKeesport High School graduate class of 1940 and married to Jane Cox Myers of Boston Pa. His mother is Jessie Newcomer of Williamsport.
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Robert C. Moore
Frank E. Myers
McKeesport
Wiliamsport
France
War Department
Pvt. Myers
T McKeesport High School
Jane Cox Myers
Boston
Jessie Newcomer
Willams
Minor Thefts Reported To Police
Police reports show a bicycle and about 10 in cash stolen yesterday. Jacob Stevens of Guilford Avenue had a bike taken on West Franklin Street. Vera Rockwell reported a purse stolen containing about 10 at a local tavern. Mrs Hester Wilson reported a purse theft with 45 in the first block of North Walnut Street.
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SAA
Jacob Stevens
Guilford Avenue
West Franklin Street
Vera Rockwell
Salem
Hester Wilson
North Walnut Street
City installs rainfall gauge for rainfall records
Hagerstown adds a Weather Bureau approved gauge at West End reservoir to tally city rainfall. Early reading shows 1.42 inches for last night, while Halgemont reservoir gauge records 0.10 inches. Pumping plant on the Potomac river totals 2.86 inches for last month. 1944 rainfall to Sept 1 is 23.52 inches versus 23.54 in 1943, with a 35-year average of 28.82.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
J. A. Miller
Keedgeville
D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
West End
Municipal Water Department
Halgemont Reservoir
Potomac River
August Marriage Licenses Hit 178 In County Clerk Records
Cupid boosted August operations as the marriage license tally reached 178, up from 159 in July and two more than August of last year. Most applicants came from neighboring states, with 146 licenses issued by the end of August 1945 and a year-to-date total of 1382, still under 1943’s mark.
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Cupid
Liberation raid reported on Mindanao Philippine island
New York dispatch says Tokyo radio reports 40 B-24 Liberator bombers raided Navan on Mindanao at midday yesterday, initially misidentified as B-29s by the FCC monitors. The broadcast also claimed large enemy bombers struck Manado on Celebes near Davao at dawn Thursday.
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New York
Tokyo
Navan
Mindanao
Philippines
Federal Communications Commission
Manado
Celebes Island
Davao
Secret Nazi Composite Aircraft Falls Short as Weapon
London reports a late night German attack using a makeshift composite aircraft. No casualties or damage observed. Earlier, a Junkers-38 joined with a Messer schmitt 109 in a pick-a-back design, but it proved slow, unwieldy, and easy to shoot down. RAF crews deemed it a poor threat and a notable target rather than a threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Air Ministry
Ministry of Home Security
France
Junkers
Messerschmitt
Normandy
A. C. Lewis
Commercial Tomato Pack In Hancock Area Seen Over Million Cans
Hancock area tomato canning peaks as firms expect to process near 50 000 cases this year, totaling over a million cans. Growers receive government support or equalization payments, with acreage expanding in recent years. Finnish parliament convenes as talks on armistice with Russia considered amid potential break with Germany.
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Hancock Area
Hancock
J. F. Omps
Stockholm
Finland
Germany
Russia
Hole In Stocking Amazes The Ladies
A local shoe dealer notes women show surprise and incredulity when a stocking reveals a hole. He says men ignore it and insist the hole was present when worn, while women deny noticing the defect and debate its origin.
Confesses He Poisoned Sister in Detroit Case
Detroit police say 19 year old William J MacKay admitted poisoning foods and drinks in the family refrigerator to kill his sister Isabella who had lunch there before dying at a hospital. He claimed family pressure to get a job led to the act and said he mixed three or four tablespoons of poison into water milk and applesauce.
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Detroit
Lester Chorpening
William J. MacKay
Isabella
Chorpening
Alex MacKay
Isabelle
Lightning Bolt Strikes Church Tower Pigeons Flee
A bolt of lightning hit a church bell tower lightning rod last evening. The strike frightened pigeons roosting on the roof, causing them to stay aloft for the remainder of the downpour. The bolt sparked stones but caused no other damage.
Germans acknowledge loss of Belgium in Brussels radio broadcast
London reports a German farewell broadcast from Brussels radio admitting Belgium’s fall as Allied armies close in. SS Leader Hans Friedreich urges Belgians to welcome the British and American liberators while acknowledging Nazi plans to retreat and face the changing situation.
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London
Belgium
Brussels
Hans Friedrich
Britain
Predicts Nazis Will Take King Leopold Along When They Leave Belgium
Washington reports that the German army retreating across Belgium toward the Reich is expected to take Belgian King Leopold as bargaining bait with the Allies. Rep. Bloom said the king’s fate mirrors Petain and Denmark’s king. Belgian exiled officials praised Leopold as exemplary amid occupation.
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Belgium
Washington
Reich
Leopold
Bloom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Petain
Denmark
Dunkirk
Vorys 1R-Chios
Vorys
Group Leaves For Army and Navy Induction List
Registrants of Draft Board No 1 who passed induction exams were listed for induction on August in the Army and Navy. Names include Paul Albert North Potomac Roger Snell Boyd Moe and others with addresses in Virginia Maryland West Virginia and nearby towns. The Navy group includes Orville Platner Michael Borketey and Worth Rontr among the listed inductees.
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Draft Board No. 1
Army
Paul v. Albert
North Potomac
Roger D. Snellman
Virginia
Boyd F. Moeninger
East
Post Office To Mark Labor Day Observance
Post Office to mark Labor Day with no window or street-service hours. General entry points will be available. facilities and workflows adjusted for the holiday. Public notice indicates altered operations and access for the day.
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Montiny
Polifay
Geneyat
Fiam
Boymand
Allied Drive Reaches Charleville and Near Saar Line
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS reports that U S 1st Army has reached Charleville and moved within five to eight miles of Belgium along an 80 mile front west of Sedan. American armor nears Thionville on the Moselle within 11 miles of the Reich and about 20 miles from the Saar forts as they break from Verdun and St Mihiel.
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HDQS
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S. 1St Army
Charleville
Dirson
Belgium
Sedan
London
Thionville
Moselle
Reich
Transocean
Saar River
Germany
Siegfried Line
Metz
Luxembourg
Moselle River
3Rd Army
Verdun
St. Hihiel
GOP Governors Called “Charley McCarthys” by Dewey Ghost Writers
Three Republican governors Schoeppel Kansas Martin Pennsylvania and Thye Minnesota criticized as mouthpieces for a national committee while Dewey prepared for a Philadelphia address on September 7. Earlier, Green Warren and Baldwin had outlined distinct Haics from a National Republican disclosure prompting Democratic claims of ghostwriter involvement.
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Associated Press
National Committee
Schoeppel
Kansas
Martin
Pennsylvania
Thye
Minnesota
Thomas E. Dewey
Philadelphia
Dewey
Green
Milnais
Warren
California
Baldwin
Connecticut
Lee
Chaiman Laoeross
Divorces Surpass Marriages In County Records
A local Wash county observes more divorces than marriages for the month with one case noted. The report lists filing details, court actions, and a family connection involving a resident family as fractures and injuries are mentioned in the context of a separate incident at a visiting location.
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Po Valley
Shepherd
Charles R. Grove
Ike
Nilgee
Robert D. Murphy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
State Department
Murphy
North Africa
Washington, D. C
Henry Wilson
Dad
Paris
Kenneth Averi
Hazel Park
Mich
Gay Paree
Signal Corps
Navy
GOP
Charley McCarthys” of Dewey
Willem
Koegia
Zon
Mtr
Ama
H. B. Rangie
Chertoyr Strees
Ve Musferting
Bot
FZ Aw
Toa Brancparents
Pereg Fa Vrndes
Virginie Avensie
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