Ensign Fansler Tours South Pacific Amid Bombing Missions
Ensign V. F. Fansler, a Navy torpedo bomber pilot from 1815 Woodland Ave, reports from a South Pacific carrier base. He lists Marianas actions including Saipan and Tinian, plus Hollandia Advent operations, noting destruction and his return to his former ship and squadron. He enlisted in 1942 after Handley High School graduation and began overseas duty in February 1944 flying an Avenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Fansler
F. H. Fansler
Woodland Avenue
South Pacific
Young Fansler
Navy
Pacific
Marianas
Saipan
Tinian
Sam
Fansler
Garopan
Ensign Fansler
Kwajalien
Eniwetok
Marshall Islands
Espiritu and
Santo
New Herbrides Islands
Seeaddler Harbor
Manus
Admiralty Islands
Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Turvis Bay
Solomon Islands
Hawaiian Group
Navy Air Corps
Handley High School
Athens
Gaang
Annapolis
Pensacola
Fla
Old Stone Church Holds Annual Reunion Service
The Old Stone Church held its annual reunion on Saturday August 19 with an eleven o’clock service in the church. The building’s preserved features drew praise from attendees. Vice Rev. Harry Crim of Strasburg led services assisted by Rev. John E. Oliver of this city. Mrs. Virginia Hott Grove of Martinsburg led music with Jesse Lewis providing grounds entertainment. W. H. Crim, president of the Memorial Association, thanked everyone who helped make the day a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Stone Church
Harry Crim
Strasburg
John E. Oliver
Virginia Hott Grove
Martinsburg
W. Va
Jesse Lewis
W. H. Crim
Growers Association Meeting Plans and Camp Details
Growers gather at the County Court House for tonight’s monthly meeting. Old business covers Emergency Farm Labor Program progress, land lease approval for a German Prisoners of War Camp, and per man expense deductions for German and Bahaman camps. New business notes apple crop prospects, processing ceilings, hormone sprays, and Bahaman worker contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
It Growers Association
County Court House
OWS
Fred Stine
Bahaman
C. Ivine Cather
W. F. Young
H. W. Miller, Jr
A. H. Teske
Carroll R. Miller
Mr. Campfield
M. Henderson
West Frederick 4-H Club Holds August Meeting
The West Frederick 4-H Club met at Mrs. John Perry's home on August 22. Miss McNeill and Mr. Hoover spoke about collecting milkweed pods in mid September. Members discussed building a club house in the near future and adjourned after a social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frederick
4-H Club
John Perry
Miss McNeill
Mr. Hoover
Sunday Services At Burnt Church
The Rev. Ellsworth Orncorff of Prospect Virginia will preach at Burnt Church Sunday August 27 at eleven o clock. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Orncorff
Prospect
Virginia
Burnt Church
Allied air raids renew broad German targets on good weather
The Allies intensified daytime bombing over Germany using bombers to hit Wismar Lubeck Rostock Politz and air force stations west of Stettin and at Rechlin as foul weather lifted. Bomber crews reported good results at Politz while Clermont in France faced a gasoline oil dump strike aided by the French Lorraine squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Wismar
Lubeck
Rostock
Politz
Stettin
Anklan
Schwerin
Neubandenburg
Rechlin
Britain
Italy
Reich
Second Tactical Air Force
Clermont
France
Allies Close on Paris as German Pocket Shrinks
Allied forces push to clear the Seine pocket with French armored units entering Paris at 2 30 am. Canadian and British troops advance toward Bernay Nas Sandres and Honfleur while German munitions trucks blow up on the approaches to the rocket coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seine Bay
le Havre
Seine
RAF
von Kluge
Somme
Marne
France
Somme-Marne
Normandy
Rhine
Paris
Patton
Supreme Command
George S. Patton
Montereau
Fontainebleu
Montargis
Sens
Elbeuf
Bernay
Honfleur
Amiens
Associated Press
Roger D. Greene
Mantes
Aisle
Nassandres
Brionne
Lisieux
Saint Georges du Vieuvre
John F. Chester
Seine Estuary
Bruzeville
Cormeille
Anderson Announces Capon Bridge Service
The Rev. C. H. Anderson pastor of the Pull Gospel Tabernacle announces services will be held at Capon Springs West Virginia Saturday night August 26. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Anderson
Pull Gospel Tabernacle
Capon Springs
W. Va
Violence Flares In Western Pa Coal Fields
In western Pennsylvania coal regions violence erupted as miners protested recognition of newly organized local supervisors unions. A supervisor at Jones and Laughlin Steel Ves ta 5 mine was beaten by three men as miners, ordered back to work by John L. Lewis, left jobs again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Vesta 5
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
George Reading Speaks To Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Wednesday luncheon featured George Reading as guest speaker. He presented statistics and reports on city work in plants and office buildings and urged adherence to safety rules at home and work. Attendance prize went to Laurens Jones. Garland Canter and N L Groves joined as guests. Board later voted to purchase a wheelchair for a local boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Reading
Kiwanis Club
Reading
Wendell B. Goode
Laurens Jones
Garland Canter
Republic Oil Company
Pittsburgh
N. L. Groves
Ada
Okla
A. B. Groves
Pope to Broadcast on War Anniversary
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XII will address the world by radio from Vatican City on September 1 marking the fifth anniversary of the war start. The broadcast underscores the Holy See emphasis on global prayer and peacemaking as the anniversary approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius XII
Romanian capitulation talks and Soviet stance amid Balkan shifts
Reports say Romanians sought unconditional surrender terms via Sir Hughe M. Kna tchbull-Hugesson while fighting Germans. Moscow claimed Romanian troops were surrendering as the Soviet offensive advanced into northeastern Romania and Bessarabia. The Soviet government denied territorial ambitions and suggested Romanians could join Allies or strike through Transylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughe M. Knatchbull-Hugesson
Turkey
Sofia
Moscow
Romania
Bessarabia
Soviet Foreign Commissariat
Transylvania
Vienna
Hungary
London
Quartess
Bulgaria
Finland
Hitler
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Greece
Romania declares war on old ally amid eastern front advances
The report notes Romania's action against a former ally as Russian forces push toward Nazi defenses along the lower Siret and Putna rivers. It cites 853,886 enemy casualties from June 23 and mentions German general losses and rapid Soviet advances through Romania toward Focsani and Galati.
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Prut
Siret
Barlad
Iasi- Galati
Galati
Putna
Tartu
Estonia
Lomza
Poland
Romania
Focsani
Tremors Shake Caribbean Area Reported from New York
Two earthquakes were recorded in the Caribbean area with shocks at 7 43 p m and 7 48 p m EWT. Father Lynch placed the epicenter about 1 750 miles from New York, according to Rev Joseph J Fordham University authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph J
Allies Invasion Nearer Philippines Reported By Tokyo
Allied troops reportedly attempted a new island invasion near the Philippines per Tokyo radio without confirmation. Japanese broadcasts claimed raids on western Sumatra and a Mapia landing that was repelled with heavy losses. General Stilwell summarized North Burma gains of 10,000 square miles retaken and over 20,000 Japanese killed, noting Burma's brutal 1942 history.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Philippines
Tokyo
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Pacific
London
Japan
Southwest Asia
Louis Mountbatten
East Asia
Britain
Bruce Fraser
Ceylon
James Somerville
Mapia
St. David
Mapias
Imahera
Bomb Bombardment Hits London As Civil Defense Urges Caution
Nazi buzz bombs rain on England at 100 per day with heavy casualties and shocking property damage. Government appeals to keep children away from London as Lincoln's Inn in Chancery Lane is reported damaged amid a lull in bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Joe Health
Henry A. Willink
Lincoln's Inn
Chancery Lane
Bomber Crash Toll Hits 57 in Freckleton
The Liberator bomber crash in Freckleton Lancashire raised the death toll to 57 with 26 children among the dead. Villagers debated issuing tickets to limit crowding at the mass funeral planned for tomorrow in the village church seating 250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freckleton
England
Lancashire
Allied forces press Italy front amid Riviera fears
Allied naval bombardments target coastal batteries as German claims of Cannes harbor destruction are reported. American medium bombers strike two Panzer divisions north of Turin while swift Allied task forces from Grenoble push toward Avignon and the Rhone valley roads toward Lyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannes
Riviera
Turin
Grenoble
Avignon
Rhone Valley
Lyon
Mountbatten Back At Asia Post
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten has returned to his post as head of the Allied command in southeast Asia after conferences in London with British and American leaders. Plans were made to step up the war against Japan, and Mountbatten’s visit coincided with James V. Forrestal’s arrival in London.
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London
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Japan
Mountbatten
James Ni
U. S. Navy Secrety
Freezing Temperature Hits North Jersey Ice Box Area
The mercury dropped to freezing at 5 30 a m today in Flanders New Jersey as the region remained a cold North Jersey ice box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
N. J
North Jersey
South France Invaders Tighten Hold on Toulon Port
Allied forces ringed Toulon as French troops seized the land arsenal and Olliquies north west. German resistance focused on the naval arsenal while American and French units cleared pockets on the expanding front. Cannes fell as a five mile push widened the beachhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulon
Olliquies
Cannes
Allied Radio Silence Maintains Gap For Escape Routes
The report notes Allied forces planned strict radio silence to keep enemy units uncertain about escape routes from southern France as Eisenhower and Patch armies press toward Germany. Allied air forces have targeted rail networks as Nazi units in southeastern France push north through the Rhone Valley ahead of a junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Patch
Rhone
Sun Bathing Out For Several Days
The weather outlook shows sunbathing postponed for several days as temperatures hover in the low seventies with a rise expected by the weekend. Gardeners in Winchest er address anxiousness over late vegetables amid mild conditions.
If We'll Buy The Bonds They'll Drop The Bombs
A political cartoon caption or editorial line suggests that purchasing bonds will trigger aggressive or punitive actions. It implies a critique of defense spending or wartime policy by tying bond buying to bombing.
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V. F. Fansler
Ensign Vincent Fansler
Anderson
Capon Bridge Service
Pope
Caribbean
Stilwell
Rie
Wye AO
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