Meade Division Praised for 29th Infantry Advance Exercise
Major General Hugh Drum commends the 29th Infantry Division after a 24 hour training exercise with the First Army under General Milton Reckord. Officers evaluated command efficiency from battalion to corps level, testing decisions under simulated combat and communications setup.
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Fort George G. Meade
Hugh Drum
29Th Infantry Diion
Milton A. Reckord
Drum
Second Army Corps
Pennsylvania
Baltimore Grain Market Prices Report
Rain Markets reports Wheat No 2 red winter at 1.08 1 4 dollars per bushel for August and Corn at 89 to 91 cents. Winchester Market quotes Wheat at 1.03 dollars per bushel and Corn at 85 cents per bushel with barley at 60 cents. Prices reflect deliveries at mill. year ago Wheat 74 cents and Corn 75 cents per bushel.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Great Damage In German Areas
The article notes heavy air battles with Germany losing 53 planes and continuing attacks to October 1 at a British estimated cost of 375 planes. It cites RAF losses of 10 German planes to six by German counts, while British expectations flag a larger future offensive and a possible 1000 tons of bombs on Berlin in a single night.
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Adion
Berlin
Japan Complains Over Allied Encirclement Efforts
A Bangkok dispatch from Domei reports U S Britain and China coordinating to check Japanese expansion beyond Indochina. The Thai radio commentator notes tightening encirclement with fish air in Malaya and Burma and asks whether Russia is included. Ishii calls it to be seen.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Domei
United States
Great Britain
China
Malaya
Burma
Ful
Russia
Ishii
Water Projects Approved by House Rivers and Harbors
The House committee backed the $286 million St. Lawrence seaway and the $160 million Florida canal. Seaway vote 17 to 8. Florida canal 14 to 10. Tolls approved for Florida canal but not for the seaway. Chairman Mansfield cited treaties with Canada limiting tolls on the St. Lawrence waterway.
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Washington
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
St. Lawrence Seaway
Florida Canal
Conte
Roosevelt
Florida Ship Canal
Mansfield
D-Tex
Canada
St. Lawrence Waterway
Lady Halifax Visits London Amid Military Leave
Lady Halifax wife of the British ambassador lands in England after a Canada to London flight. She travels to see a son home on leave from the armed forces. The ambassador is expected to follow soon with no departure date set.
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Washington
Lady Halifax
England
Canada
Russian Sailors and Axis Pressure in World War II Headlines
German advances near Leningrad and Tallinn threaten the Baltic Fleet as Soviet commanders dispute enemy claims. Reports say heavy losses on both sides and a 48 day battle toll, while RAF carries on air offensives and Japan accuses Allied powers of surrounding actions.
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Leningrad
Wesenberg
Finland
Italafia
Tallinn
Kronstadt
Hitler
Reserve Bank To Advance Clocks
Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond issued a daylight saving notice. Winchester officials report clocks will move forward one hour on Sunday, aligning with state banks and others for the change to daylight time.
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Winchester
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
Star
Michael Feed Business Sold to J H Clayton
John H. Clayton of Albin purchased the Michael Feed business formerly run by the late Ernest Michael. Clayton, previously with Virginia Woolen Co, will operate at the same address 347 Amherst Street.
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John H. Clayton
Albin
Ernest Michael
Clayton
Virginia Woolen&Co
Amherst Street
Ernest Scott Rites Tomorrow
Final rites for Ernest E. Scott aged 61 formerly of Frederick county who died from a broken back on his Newville Pennsylvania farm will be held at the Salem Church of the Brethren near Stephens City Saturday at 1 PM. Interment is in the adjoining cemetery with Rev Luther Riggleman and two Pennsylvania ministers officiating.
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Ernest E. Scott
Frederick County
Newville
Salem
All Day Service Planned at Boyce Church
The Missionary Circle of Zion colored church at Boyce hosts all day services on Sunday August 10 starting at 11 o clock. Rev. H. C. Johnson will lead the morning service and Rev. N. H. Johnashington Royal will present the evening program.
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Missionary Circle of Zion Colored Church
Boyce
H. C. Johnson
N. H. Johnashington
Royal
Train Engineer Is Crushed to Death
Baltimore August 8 Franklin C Weimeister locomotive engineer killed in a switching accident at Pensylvania Railroad Bay View freight yards He was at the throttle of an ore train that wrecked while crossing from the yards as the lead engine derailed and toppled in the incident
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Red Army
Hitler
Iran
Instanbul
Russia
India
Caucasus
Afghanistan
Middle East
Istanbul
Britain
Baltimore
Frank C. Weimeister
Bay View
Pennsylvania Railroad
Weimeister
Wife given life sentence then reduced to days in jail
The spouse was initially sentenced to life imprisonment by Mrs. White who later reduced it to three months. Magistrate Reamer resumed control and cut the sentence further to 30 days in city jail.
Investigating New Typhoid Report
Cumberland Md August 8 Dr Theodore R Shrop acting county health officer investigated a reported outbreak of fever in the Barton area. The report notes some residents had recovered.
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Cumberland
Theodore R. Shrop
Barton
Chides House For Sitting Around On Defense Debate
Washington, Aug. 8 Representative Smith chided the House for stalling on a bill to extend the terms of service for selective service men. He argued for immediate action, linking national peril to defense appropriations and urging clear debate over longer defense commitments.
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Washington
Smith
D-V
House
Britain
United States
America
Americans Ready To Meet Obligation In War Message
Herbert S. Agar of the Fight for Freedom Committee told a London luncheon that Americans are ready to answer their obligation and actively participate in the war. He urged unity and warned against hoping others will win the war.
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London
Herbert S. Agar
Louisville Courier-Journal
Fight For Freedom Committee
Britain
Curtain Calls To Replace Bugle For Talent Winners
Curtain calls will replace bugle calls for 20 winners of the 28th division talent contest. The finals last night selected nine regimental contenders to form the division road show Snap It Up Again. First prize went to Pvt. Weldon Boothe of Chevy Chase Maryland and the 175th Infantry.
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Fort George G. Meade
Washington
Baltimore
Yugoslav Born Baker Joins Army In Detroit
The 22 year old Blagoja B Djordjevich of Pontiac Michigan was inducted by the army. He says he is pleased with 21 dollars a month pay after serving in the Yugoslavian army where he earned only 25 cents monthly.
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Detroit
Blagoja B. Djordjevich
Pontiac
Mich
Baker
Yugoslavia
America
France urged to seek Nazi aid for North Africa
In Vichy unoccupied France Maxime Weygand and the Paris collaborationist Le Nouveaux ce called for France to exceed armistice limits and obtain German assistance to bolster North African defenses, signaling an action aimed at countering the United States.
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Vichy
France
Maxime Weygand
Paris
le Nouveaux Ce
United States
Price control bill testimony cites auto production cuts
A committee hearing featured remarks supporting the administration's price-control bill. Henderson argued that automobile production should be reduced by about 50 percent and warned that unassigned defense orders could absorb more than 60 percent of car industry facilities.
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Henderson
War debate over army service extension continues in Congress
The House moves to raise army service extensions while administration leaders push for an indefinite extension, backing Senate's 18 month approval. Rep Halleck questions classified information about the plan as McCormack defends the army chief of staff's guidance and duty to defend the country. Washington reports detail the partisan clash over military manpower and pay increases for enlistees.
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Halleck
R-Ind
Congress
McCormack
Massachusetts
Army
George C. Marshall
Fish
Washington
House
Senate
Senate Battles Over Extended Military Duty And Pay Boost
A stormy six hour Senate session pressed to vote on a defense measure to extend military service to 18 months for selectees reserves and guards with a $10 a month pay boost for those with more than a year in service. House Republicans planned full exemption for selectees amid sharp debate as Downey proposed a $30 monthly bonus and Langer sought a $100 monthly boost, both rejected.
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Doeiky
Trian
Senate
May
Rep. Short
Downey
Dcalif
Army
Senate Votes For 10 Dollar Monthly Army Pay Boost
In a close vote with soldiers present in the galleries, the Senate approved an amendment proposed by Senator Mead of New York to provide a ten dollar monthly pay increase for army personnel, defeating an earlier Johnson amendment that would have raised wages by 25 percent.
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Ate
Johnson
D-Colo
Senate
Mead
D-N. Y
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