Allied forces land in western Greece seize Patras airfields
British troops strike from sea and air into western Greece and Albania, entering Patras and capturing airfields used by RAF Spitfires. Allied units contact German forces in Greece and Albania as operations expand. Patras lies west of Athens near the Gulf of Corinth. Kythera has already fallen. A margarine shortage warning also appears in a brief notice.
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Siegfried Line
Greece
Rome
Patras
Albania
Balkans
Crete
Aegean
Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Associated Press
Joseph Morton
Bari
Morton
Royal Air Force
Athens
Gulf of Corinth
Peloponnesus
Gerwan
Corfu
Sarande
Kythera
Peloponnesis
Aegean Islands
Dalmatian Islands
Yugoslavia
Brac
Negro Guilty On Rape Count In September Term Openings
A Frederick County Circuit Court jury convicted Charles McKinley West, 40, a Frederick colored man, of raping an 18 year old local Negro after approximately 50 minutes deliberation. The verdict came as criminal court opened its September term. West awaits sentencing as he faces another burglary indictment. The state presented testimony including West admitting the affair. Defense claimed the girl was older than alleged. State's Attorney William Storm prosecuted with defense by W. Jerome Offutt and C Clifton Wirts. An 18-year old Hope Hill youth testified about previous incidents, while his 17-year old brother Clifton Brown admitted involvement in two break-ins and larcenies August 25. The court also heard the case of Russell Lyles charged with theft of $39 from Howard Stewart. Lyles pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial with court-appointed counsel.
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Charles 5
McKinley West
Frederick
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Stedman Prescott
West
Allen Bartgis
William M. Storm
W. Jerome Offutt
C. Clifton Wirts
Hope Hill
Lester Brown
Clifton
Lester
John Onley
Randolph Crampton
Clifton Brown
Crampton
E. Austin Tames
Russell Lyles
Howard Stewart
Lyles
Mr. James
Fifth Army Gains Mile In Bitter Bologna Drive
Fifth Army troops pushed a mile forward amid heavy German fire on the Rome Bologna front. Advances included a ridge north of La Solva and positions near Monte Morosino on the Imola road. Cuviola Quinzano and Lagune areas fell as forces closed to within 11 miles of the old Roman road.
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Rome
U. S. Fifth Army
Bologna
la Solva
Loijana
Monte Morosino
Imola
Castel del Rio
Cuviola
Quinzano
Loiano
Lagune
London
First Army
Ubach
Herbach
Germany
Antwerp
Fort Driant
Metz
Third Army
Edward D. Ball
Supreme Headquarters
Waal
Neder Rhine
Arnhem
Turnhout
Hilvarenberk
Tilburg
Third
Sivrey
Antes
Seventh
11 More Jap Ships Sunk By American Submarines
Washington Navy Yard reports American submarines have sunk 11 more Japanese vessels including three warships and a cable ship. The total from submarine action reaches 924 vessels sunk or damaged, with 772 definitely destroyed and 67 combatant naval ships among them.
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Washington
War Department Reports World War II Casualty Totals
Secretary Stimson reported total armed services casualties at 417,095 with Italy campaign ground losses 82,111. Army figures show 351,293 casualties including 66,563 killed and 51,316 prisoners. Navy total 63,792 with 25,963 killed and 4,430 prisoners. Air force losses are not included in the Italian report.
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Washington
Stimson
Italy
Navy
Spanish Maquis Hold Corner of France
Washington reports a 40,000 strong Spanish Maquis force defying De Gaulle and controlling a corner of France near the Spanish border. Officials view the situation as more fantastic than critical, noting France remains under Paris administration and urging recognition, a decision for President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
France
Roosevel
Nazis Say New Allied Offensive Is Imminent
Berlin radio announced an Allied general offensive against German lines appears imminent. A AP report cites Allied air and artillery buildup and new formations in American troop concentrations as of October 3.
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London
Wis
Berlin
Martin Hallensieben
DNB
Associated Press
German Embassies In Neutral Countries Loaded With Loot
Washington reports say German embassies in neutral nations are loaded with gold securities and currency with large staffs. Germany conceals assets under non German names and builds funds abroad to sustain postwar operations and fuel underground groups.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Britain
United Nations
Dare
Bratton Woods
N. UD
Meetral
Switzerland
Argentina
Sweden
Spain
Portugal
England
Germany
Strikers Vote To Return To Work In Detroit
About 8,000 maintenance workers across 33 Detroit area plants voted to end the strike and return to afternoon shifts. The action came after UAW CIO officials and local unions met, with Walter P. Reuther urging a return and warning the War Labor Board wage panel would not be considered while the strike continued.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Uaw-Cio
Walter P. Reuther
Richard T. Leonard
Melvin Bishop
Atlantic City
Washington
War Labor Board
Bor Komorowski Named Polish Commander Captured
Berlin announced Gen. Tadeusz Bor Komorowski and his entire staff were taken prisoner after Warsaw's capitulation. The German agency said Bor, recently appointed commander in chief of Polish forces, was among those captured along with several other Polish generals.
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London
Berlin
Tadeusz Komorowski
Bor
Bor-Komorowski
Warsaw
Pvt Rosensteel Wounded Again in France
Pvt Richard H Rosensteel, 31, of Emmitsburg Maryland, was wounded a second time in action in France on September 18 the War Department telegram confirms. He was first wounded July 6 in France and had recently returned to his unit. his wife Pauline Rosensteel learned of the latest injury.
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Richard H. Rosensteel
France
Pauline Rosensteel
Emmitsburg
War Department
Charles Rosensteel
Andrew McClear
State Game Warden Says Next Move Up to Kaylor
Baltimore Oct 4 FE. Lee LeCompte, in a dispute with State Forester Joseph F. Kaylor over an order closing Gren Ridge State Forest to hunting, announced that the next move is up to Kaylor.
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Kaylor
Baltimore
Lee LeCompte
Joseph F. Kaylor
Gren Ridge State Forest
Prosecutor Gives Bond After Altercation With Publisher
State's Attorney Harry I. Dashiell was placed under a 100 peace bond by Magistrate L. Shanley Ford after an alleged altercation with Rives Matthews editor of the Somerset News. Matthews claimed Dashiell struck him, knocking him through a plate glass window, and the bond will stand until the next grand jury session in April or be dropped if peace is kept. Matthews faces a criminal libel charge tied to articles about State Comptroller J. Millard Tawes.
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Frincess Anne
L. Shanley Ford
Harry l. Dashiell
Rives Matthews
Matthews
Somerset News
Dashiell F
Ford
Dashiell
Somerest
J. Millard Tawes
Bond
S. Frank Dacnell
Hollywood Actor Harry Beresford Dies at 80
Oscar actor Harry Beresford, famed for Clem Tawley in The Old Soak, died at his Toluca Lake home after a long illness. He was 80.
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Warrey Beresford
Hollywood
Harry Beresford
Clem Tawley
Toluca Lake
Red Army Presses Belgrade Front As Yugoslav Capital Nearfall
Russian armored spearheads closed on the Belgrade rail junction of Pančevo as Moscow said Belgrade may fall within hours. Malinovsky’s troops cleared two rail lines toward Pančevo while encircling north of the capital. Yugoslav Partisans aided a rapid advance from Debeljača, with stiffer resistance noted southwest of Turnu Severin.
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Moscow
Pancevo
Belgrade
Banatska Kraljeviceva
Debilyacha
Marshal Rodion
Malinovsky
Panceva
Balkan Peninsula
Debu
Potomac Edison seeks to buy four Virginia power firms
Potomac Edison Co asked the Maryland Public Service Commission for permission to acquire four northwestern Virginia power companies at about 2 million dollars. The deal would enable a merger with Northern Virginia Power and may involve securing bonds of nearly 17 million dollars.
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Baltimore
Potomac Edison Company
Maryland Public Service Commission
Virginia
Shenandoah River
Front Royal
Luray
Shenandoah
Manison
Page Power Co
Madison Power Co
Massanutten Power Co
Massanutten Watery Corporation
Potomac Edison
Maryland
Frederick
Paul S. Michael
Dent D. E. Stuka
Northern Virgina Power Company
1 000 Forts Attack Again Begne
1 000 Forts Attack Again Begne. German targets at Cologne Rheine Wandorf Lippstadt Paderborn Munster hit in clear weather. Two main forces with escort attacked Cologne and Rheine tail terminals, while smaller formations raided airfields at the other places.
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Begne
Fosudt Bor
Cologne Rheine
Wandorf
Lipp- Stadt
Paderborn
Munster
Cologne
Rheine
Tanks Break Through Ubach Wall In German Siegfried Line
American First Army tanks drive deeper into Germany at Ubach breach as infantry clash with stubborn German defenses along the Siegfried Line. Canadians near Antwerp push toward Beveland ports while Metz forts face fresh penetrations.
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Ubach
Nazi
Don Whitkiead Palenberg
Germany
Courtney H. Hodges
Aachen
Siegfried Line
London
German Dead Block U.S. Infantry At Ubach Area
An Associated Press dispatch from the Ubach area in Germany reports so many German dead were found that the bodies formed an obstacle to advancing American infantry.
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Associated Press
Ubach
Germany
British Attack Near Arnhem Enters German Frontier Reach
London reports heavy fighting along the Nijmegen Arnhem corridor as British infantry push eastward on a six mile front from south of Arnhem toward the German border. Lt Gen Miles C. Dempsey directs the main attack near the area of Panner densech and near the critical bridge, with gains measured in miles amid stiff opposition.
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London
Nijmegen- Arnhem
Miles C. Dempsey
Arnhem
Nijmegen
Pannerdensech
Kieve
Waal
Neder Ryn
Report Denies Delay of Demobilization by War Dept
Secretary of War Stimson rejected untrue reports that the War Department would slow partial demobilization to ease the job market. He said only military necessity to defeat Japan and available shipping affect demobilization speed, with no economic or political factors entering planning.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
War Department Wei
Japan
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Mets
U.S
Begeansdorf
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Gertins
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