Superforts Drop Record Bomb Loads On Rangoon
Washington reports B 29s from India raided Rangoon rail yards and damaged Dara bridge in Burma with record bomb loads. No losses from enemy action. daylight attack described as in substantial force. Allied Southeast Asia Command notes oil pipe line hits at Sinbaungwe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rangoon
Burma
War Department
India
Department
20Th Air Force
Eastern Air Command
Allied Southeast Asia Command
Burma-Rangoon
Sinbaungwe
Dara
Siam
Two Girls Identify Men in South Market Theft Case
A Circuit Court jury heard two girls identify Edwin Mackley and Crawford Falk as the men who stormed Dr. Harvey Getzendanner’s South Market Street office on May 23, seizing a satchel with medical instruments and 100 morphine tablets. The satchel was later found near Mt Olivet cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Mackiey
Crawford Falk
South Market Street
Harvey Getzendanner
Mackley
Falk
Lieut
Allen Bartgis
Sergi
Daniel Swomley
Stedman Prescott
Prescott
Patrick M. Schnauffer
FSI
Morris Isaac Skinner
Skinner
Viola Harley
Betty Fulmer
Dr. Getzendanner
Mt. Olivet
Getzendanner
Local War Casualties Near 350 With 95 Dead
City and county casualties since World War II began have surpassed 300 with 95 deaths. Wounded total 203, missing 28, and 23 prisoners of war. Frederick city reports 21 dead and 71 wounded. most losses linked to France and ongoing European conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Frederick City
France
Frederick County
Name Calling Surges as Campaign Fires Up
A surge of name calling erupts in the campaign with Ickes accusing Dewey of anti labor and anti Semitic tactics while Dewey denounces Democratic corruption. Roosevelt cautions against last minute accusations as each side steels for election day. Truman and Bricker push onward with final rallies and speeches. Glass doubts his father Senator Carter Glass’s White House term support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Davis
Associated Press
Sia
Roosevelt
Ickes
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
New York
Wilkes-Barre
White House
Madison Square Garden
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Pennsylvania
Albany
Boston
Bridgeport
Hartford
Conn
Springfield
Mass
Poth
Truman
Bricker
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Ohio
Paterson
N. J
Glass
Lynenouwrg
Powel Glass
Carter Glass
D-Va
O'Daniel Rally Marred by Fights and Disturbances
In Houston last night Senator W Lee O Daniel faced a violent rally with egg throwing and multiple fist fights as heckling and boos filled the hall. Police made arrests as supporters and opponents clashed amid claims of a Washington orchestrated disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
W. Lee O'Daniel
D.-Tex
O'Daniel
Washington
New Deal
Texas Regulars
Roosevelt
D Daniel
Albert Weis
Senators owner says bribe offer to pitcher before final game
Clark Griffith owner of the Washington Senators disclosed he knew of a bribe attempt to pitcher Dutch Leonard prior to the season finale but claimed the offer changed nothing. The disclosure highlights alleged misconduct surrounding the team during the closing days of the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
Dutch” Leonard
Lieut Annan Killed Over England October 15
War Department reports Lieut William Annan navigator pilot of the Eighth Air Force died October 15 over England. He was son of Stewart Annan and Elizabeth Morrison Annan of Aberdeen and later lived in Hagerstown. He married Jane Bowers four years ago and had no children. A member of the Annan family shared that he described heavy fighting over Holland before his death. Snow arrives on the eastern front signaling early winter conditions per Izvestia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmitsburg
War Department
William Annan
England
Eighth Air Force
Stewart Annan
Elizabeth Morrison Annan
Aberdeen
Hagerstown
Annan
Elizabeth Morison
William
Helen Morrison
John
Italy
James C. Hving
Sid. Annan
Jane Bowers
Holland
Red Army closes on Budapest amid panic defenders
Russian forces push toward Budapest from multiple axes with tanks and artillery. German reports claim near-district combat south of Bugyi and battles northwest of Kecskemét hinder air support. In five days the Red Army advanced about 50 miles, seizing prisoners and wrecking transport as Hungary and Vienna area defense strains grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Budapest
Bugyi
Moscow
Red
Danube
Domsod
Vienna
Keeskemet
Red Army
Jevel
Germany
First Word From Two Years Reaches Mrs Vaccarino
Mrs John P Vaccarino of Italy, once a Frederick girl Antoinette Heard, communicates via Red Cross with aunt Miss Hazel McCanner. She and her parents lived in Frederick before moving to Alessandria where Mr Vaccarino was a manufacturer. She reports all well and recalls war time events seen from Alessandria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Vaccarino
Italy
Frederick
Antoinette Heard
Red Cross
Hazel McCanner
Turin
Milan
Genoa
Baltimore
Washington
Hagerstown
Alessandria
Stuaied
Alps
Ge 1
Warren Returns Home From Hospital After Checkup
Gov Earl Warren came home to Sacramento from a hospital after a kidney infection. He will not travel to Oakland to vote on Tuesday but will cast an absentee ballot.
Germans Pursue Rome Front in Northern Greece
Allied patrols in northern Greece pressed the pursuit of German forces near Phiorina, within five miles of the Yugoslav frontier and about 40 miles northwest of Kozane. Casualties were reported on the German rearguard as Allied headquarters issued the briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Greece
Phiorina
Yugoslav
Kozane
Meanest Trick Toys with Dead Skunk Stuns Town Resident
State Police disclosed a Halloween prank in Middle town where a deceased skunk was tossed into a resident's open door. The odor filled the home until it was found hours later. Corp. W. W. Corbin said a destruction of property charge could be filed if the culprit is caught as upholstery was nearly burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Terre. Corp
W. W. Corbin
Stilwell Chiang Feud Cited By Chinese Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister T. V. Soong denied U S pressure over China’s communist issue and forecast a new China U S relationship. He said Stilwell and Chiang Kai Shek disliked each other and could not work together, a clash he traced to Stilwell’s first year in China. Soong welcomed Nelson and Wedemeyer appointments and denied Gauss’s resignation tied to Stilwell. He noted the communist question had been discussed only in friendly terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuneking
T. Vi Soong
China
United States
Seang
Pisteargnt
Staffen
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S
Soong
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Clarence E. Gauss
Stilwell
Roosevelt Refers to Whisperings in Campaign
President Roosevelt dodges direct answers on Stilwell and Hull rumors citing his radio speech about last minute political scrambling. He confirms one line of inquiry may have related to Judd’s charge on Stilwell and Chiang Kai-shek. He also addresses a possible Hull resignation and Wallace succession, and notes Hannegan’s campaign remarks. A separate move of a $25,000 damage suit from Allegany to Frederick County is reported with Nora Mullen as plaintiff in a Hagerstown truck incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hull
Rep
Judd
R-Minn
Stilwell
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
White House
Silwell
Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Hale
Rooosevelt
Wallace
Allegany
Frederick County
Nora Mullen
Hagerstown
Arthur Dorsey
Allegany County
W. M. Storm
Bomb Raid On Dusseldorf Leads List Of WWII Air Losses
A London report says 4,480 tons of bombs hit Dusseldorf as British heavy bombers devastated the city amid a day of heavy Allied air activity. The U S Eighth Air Force reported major gains against Merseburg, Osnabruck and Leuna plants with significant German losses and jet attacks described.
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Nazi
Dusseldorf
London
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Luftwaffe
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Merseburg
Europe
Aar
van Mertin
Leuna
Germany
Osnabruck
Nhvinmetal Bersig
Keupp
Essen
Pvt Bender Slightly Wounded in Italy
War telegram told Mr and Mrs George Bender of 811 Motter avenue that Pvt Edward Lamar Bender was wounded October 18 in Italy. He wrote home he was discharged from hospital on his birthday feeling fine and back with his outfit before a jeep accident left him in hospital with a small cut above the eye but nothing serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lamar
Flick) Bender
Italy
War Department
George Bender
Motter Avenue
Pvt Bender
Pvt
Bender
Police teletypes to link 12 eastern states and England
Maryland's Governor announced that state police will connect with law enforcement agencies in 12 eastern states and England via a police teletypewriter system after November 14, establishing direct communications for coordinated operations and information sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
Eastern
England
O'Conor
New American Airline to Link New York Stockholm Flights
Stockholm dispatch says Svenska Dagbladet reports a new American airline plans to start a service linking New York to Stockholm via Labrador and Iceland, with operations expected within a month or so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
New York
Labrador
Iceland
Three British Destroyers Sink Enemies on Yugoslav Coast
British destroyers Wheatland and Avorn Vile engaged three enemy destroyers west of Put ana along the Yugoslav coast in the Adriatic. The action occurred near the Italian front with Allied forces reporting success and a confirmed destruction of three enemy vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yugoslav
Rome
Wheatland
Avorn Vile Ened
Saik
Woolney
Putana Aly
Yugosho Coast
Adriatic
Miyal Headquarters
Y Rotaneeal Tod
Chinese forces recapture Salween base as drive to reopen land route advances
Chinese troops recaptured a Salween river front base in southwest China signaling the reopening of an overland supply route to western China. In central China Japanese pressure rose around Rweilin as Chinese forces push toward Tengchung and Lungling amid a broad Sabween offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Ling
Salween River
China
Rawangsi
Rweilin
Onlie
David Ides Aiyay
Kweilh
Lansing
Manj- Sh
Mangshih
Lungling
Tengchung
Mawlu
Myitkyina- Mandalay Iway
Myitkyina
Japs Fear Tokyo Attacks From American Bombers
The Associated Press reports nervous forecasts in Tokyo after American B-29 Superfortress aircraft were seen over the capital. Japan says air raids on U S bases in the Marianas were followed by planned bombings of Honshu as retaliation, with Imperial communiques claiming airfields in the Marianas burned and ten planes destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
U. S
Saipan
Tintin Islands
Marianas
Federal Communications Commission
Japan
Honshu
U.S. Marianas
Jap Destroyer Sunk by U S Forces in South China Sea
U S bombers sank a Japanese destroyer and severely damaged a transport in two separate attacks on an enemy convoy in the South China Sea east of Hainan. Reported by Maj. Gen. Albert C Wedemeyer’s headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dingsing
Sus
U.S
South China Sea
Hainan
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Dickerson Merchant Jones Dies at 56 in Frederick City Hospital
Samuel Creighton Jones a Dickerson resident and rural mail carrier died early today at Frederick City Hospital after an appendectomy. He was 56, lifelong in Frederick and Montgomery counties, owner of a Dickerson general store, and a member of St. Mary’s Church Barnesville. He is survived by his wife Catherine Soper Jones, five daughters, two brothers, and funeral plans pending announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Creighton Jones
Dickerson
Frederick City Hospital
Frederick
Montgomery
Jones
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Barnesville
Catherine Soper Jones
Dickernson
Daniel
Ches
Page Bledsoe
Washington
Creighton Rhodes
Myrna Clark
Virginia
Ida Lutz Jones
St. Joseph's High School
Emmitsburg
Louis
Travers Jones
Allies Close in on Walcheren and Antwerp Port
Allied forces surged through Vilssingen and seized most of Walcheren Island as the Antwerp gateway neared completion. British and American units advanced along the Schelde and Maas fronts, capturing towns, reducing German guns, and delivering a bridgehead toward Rotterdam while Dutch harbors and shipyards came under Allied control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vilssingen
Flushing
Bhssing
Antwerp
Walcheren
Schelde
Uie
Sauth
Maas
Meuse
Raad
Rotterdam
U. 5
Aachen
U. 8. First Army
Hurtgen Forest
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vosges
Rhine
Viissingen
Holland
Supreme Headquarters
South Beveland
Domburg
Middleburg
Arnemuiden
Vlissingen
Named To Succeed Miss Eisenhauer
The Frederick Free Kindergarten Association appointed Miss Mary Angel Sappington as superintendent and Mrs Lee Hoffman as assistant after the death of longtime superintendent Miss Margaret Eisenhauer. Sappington will assume duties Monday as the pre school program serves about 22 children daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Free Kindergarten Association
Mary Angel Sappington
Lee Hoffman
Margaret Eisenhauer
Hoffman
Miss Sappington
Eisenhauer
Grayson E. Bowers
Association
Nathan England
R. E. Delaplaine
Carroll H. Hendrickson
Eisen Vager
Bowers
Richard F. Nellin
Frank D. Wormhsington
England
Hendrickson
Howard Kelly
Ernest Helfenstein, Jr
Deleplaing
James W. Grove
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O’daniel
Dvanlean
Lieut. Annan
Izvestia
Thic
Capital
Frederick Native
Chiang
FDR
Hood
Dudd
Hood College
Mersebure
Beilefeld
Rheine
Schweinfurt
Regensburg
Salween Falls
Dickerson Merchant
American First Army
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