Romanian Troops Turn On Germans Near Bucharest
Soviet and Romanian forces push toward Bucharest as Romanians reportedly attack and capture German units. The Red Army advances through Galati gap with pushing momentum toward Ploesti and Bucharest. Three Romanian generals are reported captured while Romanians take 360 Germans in a clash beyond Tirgulgu.
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Moscow
Red
Galati
Bucharest
Ploesti
Siret
Tecuci
Red Star
United Nations
Tirguniamu
Ramnicul-Sarat
Saidak
Vicko. Comander
Tenescu
Romania
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Nanesti
Galati Gap
Chisinau
Bessarabia
Winchester Says After Five Days of Intensive Rocha
A terse report notes MA Winchester says five days of intense rochester volunteering as bless donors concluded. Local organizers cite community support and ongoing efforts to recruit more volunteers for upcoming drives.
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Rochester
Funds Allocated For Road Work In Virginia Districts
The State Highway Commission met in Suffolk and tentatively allocated funds for 1944 45 highway construction, approving a $500 per mile fund for seven cities amid revenue cuts. Total spending set at 5 255 523 53 across seven districts including Bristol, Allegheny, Rich muld, Suffolk, Fredericksburg and Salem districts with varying district totals.
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Richmond
State Highway Commission
Suffolk
James A. Anderson
Anderson
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Newport News
Bristol
Elem
Achburg
Rich
Fredericksburg
Alloca- Salem
Frederick County Apple Crop Hit By Drought Says Growers
Frederick County fruit growers met to assess drought impact. County Agent I Fred Stine reported 54 growers estimated yields totaling 730 500 bushels across 20 to 40 percent of the apple acreage. If rains continue, size and late apples could lift total harvest toward 2 000 000 bushels, despite a 25 percent cut.
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Frederick County
Fruit Growers Association
Fred Stine
Stine
Pvt. W. D. Martin Killed In France
Mrs. Pearl V. Martin learns her husband Pvt. William D. Martin was killed in action in France on August 8. Born June 9 1912 in North Carolina he served in the Medical Corps after training at Camp Grant Illinois. He had worked for American Viscose at Front Royal and resided in Danville with his parents and siblings.
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Pearl V. Martin
Pvt
William D. Martin
France
North Carolina
Martin
O. W.W. Martin
Danville
Armed Service
Camp Grant, II
American Viscose Company
Front Royal
Pvt. Martin
Pearl Luttrell
Cross Junction
Woodrow C. Martin
Elessa M. Martin
Romanians push back as Bucharest holds against German retreat
Fierce fighting reported in Bucharest as German command quarters clash with Romanian formations. German high command says traitor attacks repulsed and forces retreat while fending Soviet pressure. Bucharest broadcast claims Germans no longer communicate with envoy, Romanians gain battlefield control.
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London
Bucharest
Romania
Berlin
Nazi Troop Trains Bombed in Yugoslavia and Greece
Allied air forces attacked substantial Axis troop movements in Yugoslavia and Greece on the previous day. RAF Mustangs damaged four trains on the Zagreb to Banova Jaruga line, two likely carrying troops, and hit a motor convoy near Arta Greece. Thirteen enemy planes were shot down, while MAAF losses included three heavy bombers and nine other aircraft.
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Rome
Yugoslavia
Greece
Romania
Zagreb-Banova Jaruxa
Arta
Brunn
Czechoslovakia
Prostejov
MAAF
Gaunt's Drug Store Closing Hours Notice
Beginning Sunday August 27 Gaunt's Drug Store will be closed between 2 and 5 in the afternoon per the public notice. The temporary hours affect all customers and run through the specified dates.
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Gaunt’s Drug Store
Baseball At Park Sunday 3 Woodrow Wilson of Va
Baseball game set for Sunday at 3 00 P M at Park against Woodrow Wilson of Virginia The record shows a season mark of 8 25 1p 21 indicating overall record and league stats for the opponents.
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Woodrow Wilson
M. Va
Survives 5 Blasts From A Shotgun
Five automatic shotguns fired from a speeding car struck Robert Francis Curran a 44 year old trainer from Silver Spring Maryland as he left the Walt Whitman Hotel in Camden New Jersey. Curran suffered thirteen pellets but doctors at Cooper Hospital said he was not seriously wounded. Detective Clifford Carr said investigators were unsure if the attack was a case of mistaken identity and Curran said he did not know the motive. The car fled the scene with no description obtained.
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Camden
N. J
Robert Francis Curran
Silver Spring
Garden State Park
Walt Whitman
Curran
Cooper Hospital
Clifford Carr
Algiers Liberation Declared Amid Street Fighting Quiet Returns
London reports Paris' liberation from Nazi rule with Gen. Charles de Gaulle proclaiming victory and Allied forces securing central areas after intense combat against Hitler's guards. Sup HC says the city is fairly quiet though snipers remain in Davron as cleanup continues.
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London
Paris
Hitler
Charles de Gaulle
Supreme Headquarters
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maques le Clerc
Amercan
Eisenhower Warning To Alsace Lorraine Residents
New York report: Eisenhower orders French in Alsace Lorraine and Luxembourg to take precautions as rear area of military operations may become a theater of war. Warning covers bombing risk near transport routes and depots, urges evacuation to countryside with food water and clothing.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
CBS
Eisenhower
Luxembourg
Seventh Army
France
Normandy
Seine
Alsace
Lorraine
Duchy of Luxembourg
Helsinki Police Stage Mass Raids Across Capital
Finnish police blocked roads from Helsinki at dawn and conducted large scale raids through the city into the morning. About 500 people were interrogated as identity papers were not in order and ships and trains were stopped for inspection. The interior minister expressed satisfaction with the operation.
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New York
Helsinki
Kaarle Henrik Hillslae
Brewster Aircraft Boss Accused by Navy Official
Acting Navy secretary Ralph A Bard charges Brewster Aeronautical Corp sought to incite a workers versus Navy dispute by failing to pay $1.5 million in retroactive wage adjustments. Bard wrote Preston Lockwood, Brewster president, asserting deliberate refusal to meet obligations with public funds advanced by the Navy. August 26.
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Ralph A
Navy
Bewster Aeronautical Corporation
Navy Department
Preston Lockwood
Brewster
Forrestal
Bard
Nh A Bera
Local Soldier Urges Blood Drive as Volunteers Languish
Sgt. Harold Baughman in Italy writes to Sunnyside, Winchester that donor turnout boosts morale and chances of homecoming. News notes 826 volunteers still needed, 574 recruited mid campaign. Valley Service Station employees account for 25 percent. Donor Headquarters at 3 North Loudoun Street open daily 1 to 9 except Sunday.
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Virgil Baughman
Sunnyside
Winchester
Sgt
Harold Baughman
Someere
Italy
North
Loudoun Street
Suny
World At War Highlights From AP Describes Frontline Advances
Germans rush laborers to strengthen the Siegfried line as American forces push within 130 miles of the German border. Romanian troops join Russians near Bucharest while Red Army nears oil centers. Allied air fleets strike German defenses in Europe and Japan acknowledges air power near Truk.
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France
Siegfried Line
Paris
Truk
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Massive Allied Aerial Drive Targets German War Industry
London reports nearly 1,000 U S bombers and Liberators pound Germany for a third day, focusing on oil plants and the Opel plant at Russelheim while RAF strikes hit Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Mannheim, and Berlin. Allied losses stand at 87 planes against 134 German aircraft destroyed. Luftwaffe fights intensify as jets push defenses near Germany.
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London
U. S
Europe
Germany
Brittany
Brest
Hitler
RAF
Opel Motor
Russelheim
Darmstadt
Frankfort
Mannerheim
Berlin
British
Air Ministry
Wattem
Pas de Calais
Cambria
Jin
For Sale items listed at 104 W. Boscawen 8t
Property sale notices include kerosene range for sale along with an upright piano a gas range a fine wardrobe trunk and a genuine leather handbag. Interested buyers may view Sunday from 11 to 1.
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Boscawen
Public Sale at Priday on Sept 1 Dairy Cattle and Equipment
Auctioneer H Woore will sell dairy cattle farm machinery and household goods at 11 A M in Clear Brook Virginia. Sale notice appears in the Priday paper with dates August 26 28 30 and September 1.
Allied forces push toward Germany as France battles on
Allied columns advance toward Germany and Belgium with four Seine bridgeheads strengthened near Paris. American troops liberate Melun and push toward Reims Metz and Nancy while German forces retreat on multiple fronts. Seaward air and ground operations target German remnants near the Seine mouth and Brestport as resistance tightens.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Germany
Belgium
Alsace-Lorraine
Duchy of Luxembourg
Paris
Seine
Seventh Army
France
Luxembourg
Falaise
Pas-De-Calais
Marigny le Chatel
Troyes
Wreckpoo
Americans Take Alpine Town Near Italian Border
Allied forces report occupation of Briancon near the Italian frontier and advances into Avignon, with French troops capturing Forts D Artigues and Malbosquet near Toulon. Allied and German reports describe roaming enemy groups in a widening push from Brittany to the Rhone valley.
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Alpine
Rome
Toulon
D'Artigues
Malbousquet
Alexander M. Patch
Briancon
Cannes
Seventh Army
Avignon
Rhone
Montelimar
France
Brittany
Normandy
Patriot
Bond Sales Near Quota For Month
Wendell Ney, chairman of Frederick County War Finance Committee, reports local bond purchases for the Fifth War Loan Drive near $33,546.25 in E and F and G bonds through August 15, reaching 55.9 percent of the $60,000 monthly quota. The local figure exceeds the state percentage, signaling strong local support for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Ney
Frederick County War Finance Committee
E. F
Barney
Congress Plans Recess as Reconversion Bills Stall
Congress eyes a mid September recess after the Senate fast tracks an eight member board for surplus war goods disposal. House and Senate must reconcile unemployment and property measures before leaving around September 15, with October 1 as a potential deadline.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
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Fean
W. D. Martin
Bulgaria
Gemany
Hungary
Berchtesgaden
Free Germany National Committee
Crete
Associated Press
United States
Great Britain
Algiers
DeGaulle
William Bond
The
Balkans
Russia
Red Army
Channel
Wes Gallagher
Elbeuf
Rouen
le Havre
Brestport
George Tucker
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