French Advance To Dijon In Battle For Gap
French forces from the south after a 24 hour battle occupy Dijon, 150 miles southeast of Paris, as American Seventh Army units push toward Vesoul and Nancy. Allied advances tighten a pocket on German forces blocking the Belfort Gap while French troops move toward Blamont near Belfort.
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Rome
Dijon
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh
Mediterranean
Vesoul
Nancy
Moselle
Besancon
Doubs
Saone
Visoul
Belfort
Rougemont
Germany
Blamont
Belfort Gap
East Prussian Defenses Smashed by Red Armies
Soviet and Allied broadcasts report the Red Army has breached East Prussian defenses along the border and pushed into German soil. Reports describe flooding and electrified wire entanglements, with formations and patrols operating near the border while Yugoslav partisans advance in the Balkans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Red Army
East Prussian
Office of War, Information
Dewey Sees Byrnes Report as Start for Peacetime Shift
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in Des Moines called the Byrnes reconversion plan a start and urged a new administration to shift U S industry to peacetime pursuits. He pressed for action to remove wartime plant property and warned the current administration was late in planning for conversion. He echoed Willkie that a strong foreign policy must be matched by strong domestic economic conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Byrnes
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
James F. Byrnes
Germany
Dewey
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Resuming business Por plumbing and heating repairs
Classified notice indicates J H Riley resumes plumbing and heating repair service with a contact phone 3543. The terse ad notes service availability and location details in a historical classifieds style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Riley
Stalin Absent From Quebec Talks as Soviet Army Advances
Premier Stalin cannot attend the Roosevelt Churchill conference in Quebec due to Soviet troops on the move. Stephen Early says Roosevelt and Churchill received Stalin’s reply stating he cannot travel or leave command, since Soviet forces are fighting on a broad front. Early notes the talks will largely stress Pacific war planning as Churchill and Roosevelt meet after arrivals from Halifax and the U S border.
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Pacific Theater
Stalin
Stephen Early
Quebec
Ivied
Early
Roosevelt
Churchill
Soviet Union
Russia
Roosevelt-Churchill
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Aleutians
Nimitz
MacArthur
Halifax
Rev Lloyd W Walter Dies In Illinois
Mrs W H Bosserman was notified of the death of the Rev Lloyd W Walter D D pastor of St Pauls Lutheran Church in Dixon Illinois He is survived by his wife formerly Miss Grace Ears er of this city and two children Grace Pirkey Walter and Lloyd Warren Walter Jr Burial will be Wednesday in Dixon Illinois.
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W. H. Bosserman
Lloyd W. Walter
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Dixon, Il
Grace Earser
Grace Pirkey Walter
Lloyd Warren Walter, Jr
Devastating U S Carrier Attacks Continue Across Pacific
Allied air and sea forces extend strikes from Palau to the Philippines for a fifth straight day. Axis broadcasts claim large-scale attacks on Palau Yap Mindanao as Adm Nimitz reports destruction of shore defenses and key links in the Caroline islands. Palau city Koror ablaze as strategic value grows for future operations.
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Associated Press
U. S
Palau
Philippines
Formosa
Halmahera
Celebes
Yap
Tokyo
Berlin
Tattops
Mindanao
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Carolines
Koror
Former Leipzig Mayor Doomd As Conspirator
London reports Dr. Friedrich Goerdeler former Leipzig mayor named ring leader in the July 20 plot against Hitler has been sentenced to death with six others. The group planned a post assassination dictatorship and armistice terms with the Allied powers.
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London
Friedrich Goerdeler
Leipzig
Adolph Hitler
Berlin
Goerdeler
Urich von Hassell
Rome
Count Wolf Hendrick von Helldorf
Trott Zu Solz
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Paul Lejune-Jung
Wilhelm Leuschner
Interior
Josef Wirmer
Pan
Transocean
Capo
Germany
Leuschner
Count Helldorf
Ludgwig Beck
Helldorf
B J Cunningham Dies In Pennsylvania
Bartow J Cunningham 53 native of Frederick county died at 7 30 last night at the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia of complications He was born August 29 1891 and married Bertha Keckley He resided in Duncannon Pa He was a World War I veteran and served overseas He is survived by his wife two children Lee Douglas and Janet Louise two sisters and three brothers Funeral arrangements not yet completed but remains will be brought to this city for last rites.
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Bartow J. Cunningham
Frederick County
Naval Hospital
Philadelphia
A. D
Bertha Keckley
Duncannon
Cunningham
Lee Douglas
Janet Louise
Anna Jones
Keller
Emma White
Onley
Arthur D
R. Conrad Cunningham
Winchester
Cpl
Charles E. Cunningham
Camp Edwards
Mass
Apple harvest bottleneck prompts call for more workers
County Agent I Fred Stine warns of a critical need for additional workers in processing plants storages and packing houses to prevent loss of apples. At National Fruit Product Co 325 women are needed immediately with a two to one female male mix to speed prep for processing.
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I. Fred Stine
National Fruit Product Company
Fifth At Gothic Line Defenses Reach Near Florence
U S Fifth Army pressed German withdrawals north and northwest of Florence and reached the Gothic line defenses. American units entered Asella, 17 miles northwest of Florence, and advanced near Pistoia. 92nd Infantry reached Zezzera near Lucca as more crossings along the Serchio and Vecchiano brought heavy minefields and mortar fire.
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Rome
Adriatic
Rimini
Fifth Army
Florence
Asella
Po Valley
Bologna
Pistoia
92Nd
Zezzera
Lucca
Apennines
Monte Mignano
Italy
Serchio
Vecchiano
Pisa
Night School Begins Monday at Winchester College
Monday night, September 11, the night school session starts at Winchester Business College. Call 4701 for entry details and enrollment information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Business College
For Sale Late Claude B. Stickley’s Dog Jack
Auction notice for a well broken dog named Jack from the Stickley estate. Admis W R Campbell and W E Edwards offer the pet for 75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude B. Stickley
Jack
W. R. Cambell
W. E. Edwards
Admis
U S First Army Reaches Frontier Siegfried Line In Major Advance
U S First Army breaks into barrage zones and minefields of the Siegfried line, nearing the German frontier at two points 70 miles apart. American forces capture Luxembourg and shell Aachen while large air battles over the Rhineland see 130 German fighters shot down.
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London
U.S
First Army
Siegfried Line
Luxembourg
Dutchy
Rhineland
Saarland
Aachen
Germany
George 5. Patton
Moselle
France
World at War Fronts See Shifts Across Western and Italian Theaters
Western Front reports show the first barrage zones along the Siegfried Line and British armor advancing into Holland as Patton's Third Army fights resistance near Metz and Dijon outskirts. In the Russo Balkan front Soviet and Romanian forces push through the Transylvanian Alps toward Hungary while others head to the Yugoslav border. Italian front sees Fifth Army reach Gothic Line defenses near Florence as the British Eighth Army hard fights along the Adriatic.
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Red Army
Danube
Iron Gate
Serbia
Turnu-Severin
Feodor Tolbukhin
Aegan Sea
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Transylvania
Associated Press
Siegfried Line
Holland
Albert Canal
Patton
Metz
Luxembourg
Dijon
Transylvanian Alps
Hungary
Fifth Army
Gothic Line
Florence
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Pacific Axis Attacks Hit Palau Yap and Philippines
Pacific-Axis broadcasts report heavy U S carrier strikes on Palau Yap and southern Philippines with land campaigns in Halmahera and Celebes. Asia reports Japanese reinforcements to Lungling and Tengchung garrisons. Stilwell cites 2000 Japanese killed in Sungshan siege on the Burma frontier as Arakan fronts flare and the 14th Army opens an offensive.
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Pacific
Palau
Yap
Philippines
Formosa
Halmahera
Celebes
Asia
Lungling
Tengchung
Stilwell
Sungshan
Burma
Arakan
Lower Burma
14Th Oy
Aps
Supt of County Home to Resign
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors accepted the resignation of T. W. ae as superintendent of the County Home effective next year. Mr. Russell requested release on March 1, 1945, and the motion passed favorably. The board also approved poultry and sheep claims and directed $13,000 from the General County Fund to the school fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
T. W. Ae
Russell
Board of Supervisors
Wanted two waitresses and one porter at Golden Glow Coffee Shop
Help wanted notice seeks two waitresses and a porter for Golden Glow Coffee Shop. Applications accepted at the shop, contact details not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Glow Coffee Shop
Allied push nears German border on Moselle and Schelde fronts
American First Army gunners shell Siegfried defenses along the Moselle near Limburg while heavy German mines line approaches toward the Saar and Trier. British cross into Holland reported near Eindhov en as Schelde Meuse canal fighting yields 12 000 prisoners. Luxembourg falls to U S forces as Metz battle deepens with Third Army building a left shoulder toward the Saar border.
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Siegfried Line
Supreme Headquarters
Holland
Eindahove
Antw
Canal
Associated Press
Schelde-Meuse
Bourg-Leopold
Bechtel
Albert Canal
Normandy
Eindhoven
Luxembourg
U. S
Ducky
Aachen
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Ante Pavelic
Quisling
Croatia
Tito
Red
Zajecar
Bulgaria
Zagreb
Pavelic
Alexander of
Yugoslavia
Marseille
Mussolini
Greece
Daniel DE Luce
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Carpathians
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Cluj
Austria
Y Lee
S. Loudoun St
Roosevelt, Churchill Center
Wilkie
Jack Bell
L. W. Walter
Illinois
Leonard Milliman
Leipzing
Herr Hitler
B. J. Cunningham
Pennsylvania
Presser
Pingley & Carper Cleaners
James M. Long
Limburg
Netherlands
Courtney H. Hodges
Ger
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