Voters Urged to Turn Out on Election Day by Parties
County Democratic and Republican leaders mobilize for a tight presidential contest with final central committee meetings in Winchester Hall and the Court House. Banks and schools close for Armistice Day observances while voting centers operate and polling hours run 7 am to 7 pm.
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Central Committee
Democratic County Central Committee
Winchester Hall
Court House
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Board of Election Super
Roosevelt campaign stop in Bridgeport confirms political tone
President Roosevelt campaigning in Connecticut and Massachusetts told Bridgeport crowds he avoids attacking his opponent, saying he believes in being a Christian. The trip includes a Boston Fenway Park speech and a train with John G. Winant and Orson Welles. He warned that many will regret harsh campaign words and praised Democratic state candidates while signaling a future White House visit from opponent Margaret Connors.
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Boston
Roosevelt
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Bridgeport
Conn
New England
Fenway Park
John G. Winant
Great Britain
New Hampshire
Orson Welles
White House
Margaret Connors
Claire Boothe Luce
Trainman Killed In Ridgway Accident
Ridgway Pennsylvania November 4 a trainman on a Baltimore and Ohio freight train J F Deveraux 27 of Salamanca New York was killed when he was pinned under his engine in a collision with an automobile at West Main street grade crossing nine freight cars piled up about 100 feet of roadbed damaged both tracks blocked officials expect to clear in 10 to 12 hours no other injuries reported.
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Ridgway
Baltimore and Ohio
West Main Street
J. F. Deveraux
Salamanca
Piano Wire Trap Used on Western Front
A World War I report claims German forces deploy a piano wire obstacle on the western front similar to tactics used in Italy. The wire, stretched across roads at a height to decapitate speeding American jeeps, allegedly maimed a rear-area Doughboy likely by pro Nazi civilians.
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U.S
Italy
Ship's Cook Kritsings Returns Home From Pacific Service
Kritsings, a ship’s cook and first class petty officer, back in Frederick after two years in the Pacific. He served in three engagements including New Guinea New Georgia and the Coral Sea, passed through safely, aided against the Japanese at New Georgia, and praises Marines. He plans reassignment after a 30 day furlough and may not reenter the restaurant business upon return.
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Steve Kritsings
Frederick
Pacific
Krutsing
New Georgia
Krusings
Roosevelt
Ventura
Calif
Providence
Kritsings
Japs Penetrate Kweilin Suburbs Threaten Rail Hub
Japanese troops penetrated eastern western and northern suburbs of Kweilin amid heavy fighting. An enemy column moved along the Hunan Kwangsi railway toward Liuchow, six miles from Yungfu, near Kweilin. Liuchow emerges as a key rail center and site of a base.
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Chungking
Kweilin
China
Hunan- Kwangsi
Liuchow
Yungfu
Kieilin
Free China
Siege of Budapest Draws Russian Forces Inside City
Russian troops pressed the siege of Budapest as German and Hungarian defenders fell back into the capital. Red Army tanks battered the outskirts while encircling columns moved north of the Danube toward Ujpest. Amid wild disorder, hundreds fled toward Vienna as near-constant fighting threatened the city’s fall.
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Moscow
Budapest
Red Army
Pest
Danube
Reuters
Ujpest
Vienna
Red Star
Buda
Alsonemedi
Wiza
War Fund Goal Is In Sight
Frederick County campaign chair James H. Gambrill reported 95 percent of the Community War Fund goal, with $49,093.50 of a $31,288 target turned in by Friday evening. He expressed confidence the county would go over the top as districts near completion while several smaller districts await reports. The drive began October 9.
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Frederick County
James H. Gambrill
Gambrill
Cutles Gate
French Funds Held In U.S. Made Available
Washington reports the De Gaulle government may access its own funds in the United States under Treasury licensing. Public and private French assets totaling about 1.4 billion dollars remain officially frozen for private interests. Officials say unfreezing is under consideration but many issues must be resolved first.
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Washington
Treasury
Uncle Sam
de Gaulle
Ship Launched at Bethlehem Fairfield Yard in Baltimore
The S. S. Oneida Victory, eighth Victory ship from the Bethlehem Fairfield yard, was launched today in Baltimore. Mrs. Robert J. Burns of Oneida New York served as sponsor for the vessel named after the town.
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Baltimore
S. S. Oneida Victory
Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard
Robert J. Burns
Oneida
Kesselring reported very seriously wounded in Bologna crash
Bern reporting from the Italian frontier states Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, German commander in Italy, was very seriously wounded and likely to require long hospitalization after his automobile overturned near Bologna when his car was machine gunned by an Allied aircraft. Information from Milan on Thursday confirms the wounding.
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Bern
Switzerland
Gazette de Lac
Reduy
Albert Kesselring
Germain
Haly
Maly
Kessolring
Bologna
Campaign In Final Hours In Final Hours by The Associated Press
Campaign in final hours as Roosevelt and Dewey close campaigning ahead of Tuesday vote. Roosevelt appeals from Boston Fenway Park. Dewey to speak in Madison Square Garden after an afternoon NBC CBS broadcast. Both parties plan election eve messages.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Dewey
White House
New England
Boston
Fenway Park
CBS
NBC
Blue Network
Madison Square Garden
Hyde Park
N. Y
Morday
Hudson Valley
Harry Truman
John W. Bricker
Trumnan
Independence
Bricker
Ohio
Philadelphia
New York City
Wallace
Senate
House
Clare Booth Lute
R. Conn
Chicago
Guv
Earl Warren
California
America
John G. Winant
Great Britain
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Sidney Hillman
CIO Political Action Committee
Gasoline Coupons Urged To Aid Voters On Election Day
The National League of Women Voters asked that new gasoline coupons in the northeast and southeast be honored to help voters reach polls. President Anna Lora Strauss cited 15 A coupons becoming valid at midnight Nov 8 in these areas, already in use elsewhere.
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Washington
National League of Women Voters
Northeast
Anna Lora Strauss
League
Roosevelt
Chester Bowles
Allies Stalled In Mud of Po Valley Approaches
Nov 4 F1 report says the Rome offensive has suffered 116,350 Allied casualties since May 11 at Casting and remains halted in the mud of the Po valley approaches. The tally reflects heavy losses as Allied forces press toward central Italy in the ongoing campaign.
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Rome
Battle of
Italy
Casting
Nazi Troops Are Cleared From All Of Greece
Allied headquarters announced that German troops have been completely cleared from Greece. RAF reconnaissance noted no traces of Nazis in the country, while German forces reportedly retreated into Serbia and Albania. Small columns were seen near Lake Prespa and in the Albanian border area, with rear guards extending into Serbia.
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Rome
Greece
RAF
Serbia
Albani
Yierty
Lake Prespa
Albania
Vardar Villey
Skuplje
Bitolj
Skoplje
Naki
Valona
Scutari
Tirana
Case in Baltimore Judge may hold hearing on custody case
In Baltimore Chief Judge Edward Delaplaine indicated a hearing on the merits of the custody dispute between Mrs. Taylor and Vernon T. Baer would be set later. An order had awarded custody to the Children's Aid Society for the boy, father in military service, after Mrs. Taylor failed to appear at a prior hearing. The judge allowed the child to remain with the mother temporarily while the questions about Miss Taylor's alleged trip with a soldier and other allegations are resolved.
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Notta Baer Taylor
Baltimore
Edward ' 5
Delaplaine
Children's Aid Society
Children’s Aid Society
Vernon T. Baer
Taylor
Home building to pace postwar economy says Twohy
In Washington on November 4, James Twohy head of the Federal Home Loan Bank system forecasts home building will lead postwar economic activity. He emphasized housing as a catalyst for construction, jobs, and financial momentum as America transitions from wartime production.
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Washington
James Twohy
Federal Home | Loan Bank
Miserable Leyte work in rain mud and dust
Leif Erickson describes a grim Leyte sector where rain mud and dust hinder patrols and supply. Soldiers endure arid winds and soggy ground, living in exposed trenches while trying to keep tools and vehicles functional as weather and terrain grind on their nerves.
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Leyte
Leif Erickson Pattig
Philippiieast
Joe
Leyte Valley
Dalag
Allies On Walcheren Pinned Down In Holland
Allied forces on Walcheren Island faced intense German artillery as reinforcements arrived from South Beveland. American and British troops pushed two miles inland near Willemstad and Fijnaart, while German resistance south of the Maas weakened and retreat began as transports crowded roads fleeing north.
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Holland
Walcheren Island
Beveland
Maas
Meuse
Fijnaart
Willemstad
21St Army Group
Greenwood
Borsder
Venlo
Synthetic Oil Industry Hit by U S Air Raids
The U S Eighth Air Force launched a major daylight raid on German synthetic oil industries and railways, with over 1 100 bombers and 800 fighters targeting Hamburg Harburg, Gelatkirchen in the Ruhr, and Hannover area while bombing Saarbrucken rail yards. Mosquito aircraft also bombed Berlin and Vienna area targets with limited losses and minimal enemy air opposition.
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London
Eighth Air Force
Oseka
Hamburg-Harburg
Gelatkirchen
Ruhr
Hannover
Luxembourg
Saarbrucken
Berlin
Vienna
Munich
Klagenfurt
Martinsburg airport to aid wounded in war effort
Martinsburg West Virginia November 4 Undersecretary of War Robert P Patterson announced that the expanded $1 000 000 Martinsburg airport would receive wounded service veterans returned for treatment at Newton D Baker General Hospital Speaking at dedication Patterson told Martinsburg citizens that their landing strip would receive men from ships and planes whose battle memories were fresh Four thousand casualties a month were flown by the Air Transport Command and the Troop Carrier Command since Pearl Harbor 425 090 sick and wounded evacuated by air and 55 000 transported in the Ninth Troop Carrier Command He said 97 percent of wounded readied at first aid stations returned to full or limited duty or civilian life VAGRANCY CHARGE George F Mayhew Charleston West Virginia arrested Friday on vagrancy charges.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Robert P. Patterson
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Patterson
Oour
Air Transport Command
Troop Carrier Command
Pearl Harbor
France
Ninth Troop
Cariel Command
Army Medical Department
Tce
Mail Early For Christmas Public Urged
Postmaster Guy K Motter urged early mailing to assure delivery by Christmas citing ongoing transport strain. He noted November mailings worked well last year and urged prompt sending of parcels and overseas greeting cards to reach APO addresses by December 25.
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Guy K. Motter
Wptedel Rageerraey Coriraee
Army Postal Service
Cellum Ta Credie
Taneytown Soldier Frank Unger Killed in Italy
Private Frank Unger of Taneytown was killed in action in Italy on October 24. He enlisted in December 1942 and went overseas October 6, 1943. He was 33, unmarried, a carpenter, and survived by his mother Emma J. Unger and four brothers and four sisters. The same carrier reports Norway’s Narvik fortifications as German forces stiffen for a Russian drive and possible Allied invasion.
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Emma J. Unger
Taneytown
Route 1
War Department
Pvt
Frank
Unger
Italy
Pirsete Unger
Charles
Jesse
Mayberry
Wiliam
Chicago
Samuel
U. S. Navy
Rs. Saeeeong Rodkey
Bay Area
Narvik
London
Allies Press Large-Scale Drive on German Front Near Aachen
Allied armies along the 600 mile western front report steady gains as American forces push toward the Roer river and the Rhine. German counterattacks recapture Schmidt, forcing a small retreat, while Allied rail and air support aid advances through forested terrain and hastily dug defenses.
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First Army
Roer River
Rhine
Vield
Siegfried Line
Galing
Courtney H. Hodges
Roer
Cologne
Maas
Meuse
Holland
Willems Canal
Neder Qweert
GOP Secretary Dies Suddenly
Harold Whitney Mason aged 49, secretary of the Republican National Committee, died of a heart attack in his Savoy Plaza apartment. A Dartmouth graduate and former Army officer, Mason served as GOP secretary since 1937 and had been a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1932. He recently accompanied Gov. Thomas E. Dewey on a Pacific coast tour.
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New York
Harold Whitney Mason
Republican National Committee
Savoy Plaza
Mason
Dunham Brothers Co
Shoe Manufacturers
Brattleboro
GOP
Worcester
Mass
Dartmouth College
Army Air Service
Giza Mons Veo
Thomas E. Dewey
Pacific Coast
Auxiliary Policemen Die In Train Accident Near Roosevelt Special
Stamford Conn November 4 an auxiliary policeman guarding President Roosevelt s special train was killed and another officer critically injured when struck by a heavy freight near the Stamford depot Francis Carrigan 40 was killed and Theodore Hartlett 41 was injured. About 10 minutes after the special arrived another train struck Hartlett then Carrigan buried 80 feet in the air. President Roosevelt was in Connecticut today en route to Boston for a major political address tonight.
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Stamford. Conn
Roosevelt
Stamford
Francis Carrigan
Theodore Haritlett
Hartlett
Carrigan
Connecticut
Boston
Fractionally Flus Keeps Some Stocks In Positive Columns
New York traders wrapped up the day as voters began turning out for the election while many buyers held off. A core group of bidders stayed active enough to keep several issues fractionally higher in the final market hours.
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New York
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Robert P. Baer
San Francisco
Romania
Japan
Jananess Comet
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George F. Mayhew
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