U S Forces Hit Marcus Island and Palau. China Front Updates
A U S battlefleet hammered Marcus Island silencing much of its coast defenses. Halsey’s Third Fleet then shelled Palau as Koror faced about 1,000 American aircraft. Nimitz reported gains near Peleliu while Tokyo claimed heavy losses for Japan in China and Burma as Stilwell said the 14th Air Force wrecked ships and planes.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
U. S
Japan
Marcus Island
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
William F. Halsey
Philippines
Palau Islands
Koror
Transocean
Palau
Nimitz
Peleliu
Largwah P
Telan
Chéngtu
China
Kweilin
Joseph Stilwell
U.S
Ledo
Burma
Foochow
Southeast Asia
Arakan
Churchill in Moscow for talks with Stalin and Molotov
Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden arrived in Moscow for conferences with Stalin and Molotov. Other British officials, Sir Alan Brooke and Lt. Gen. Sir Hastings Ismay, accompanied the prime minister. Churchill had said a meeting with Stalin and Roosevelt could be essential before peace plans are revealed and hoped to occur before year’s end.
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Moscow
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Joseph Stalin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Star
Alan Brooke
Britain
Hastings Ismay
Commons
Stalin
Roosevelt
Pvt Crummitt Reported As Slightly Wounded
Pvt. Franklin M. Crummitt, son of Mr and Mrs William E Crummitt, was reported slightly wounded in action presumptively in France. Word came from the War Department to his parents, who could not be reached this morning. The Crummitts formerly lived near Frederick Junction and recently moved to near Middletown as tenants on John L Routzahn’s farm.
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Franklin M. Crummitt
William E. Cramond
Iuddietown
France
War Department
Community War Fund Drive Opened in Frederick County
Committees began heavy canvassing for the Frederick County Community War Fund with a $50,000 goal to aid local charities service members and war relief abroad. Lincoln Engelbrecht chairs the drive, aiming for completion by October 28, with women taking lead in canvassing to ease manpower shortages.
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Frederick County
Frederick City
Lincoln D
Engelbrecht
Henen Phaincenet
Toethemal FT Rr
Robert A. Crothers
R. E. Delsplaine
Holmes D. Baker
James H. Gambril
C. Albert Gilson
Ignatius Bjorlee
R. Ames Hendrickson
A. Hart Etchison
Louis L. Wilson
William M. Storm
T. Poole Jones
Peter W. Chichester
Raymond I. Ford
L. R. Dertzbaugh
F. Ross Myers
Elias B. Ramsburg
W. A. Riddell
Harry
J. Leicherz
W. H. B. Anders
Sam W. Maples
F. Earle Shriner
Otho J. Keller
Ernest Helferstein
Alfred R. Bolz
A. B. Collinus
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Orville Amick
Byron A. Wincbréner
D. Ralph Zimmerman
W Jerome Offutt
James H. Cramer
John R. Cheatham
Roland W. Harbaugh
Hamilton L Gale
Francis I. Thompson
William B. Bartgis
J. Milton Brunk
Richard E. Zimmerman
W. Merval Weaver
Clinton Rhoades
Robert Nicodemus
Charles Hudson
Mary Smith
Ruth ©. Perry
Ignatius Bjortee
Margaret Kent
Marian Shipley
George I. Smith
Richard Co. Dutrow
Matthew P Statev Mice Charmille' Whitmore
Fraternals and Organizations
C. Cyril Klein
Nevin T. R. Waskey
Edward C. Hartmann
Ernest C. Webb
Clarence C Carty
L. Donald Davis
Homer Miller
Lawrence E. Bentz
Alveyr G. Renn
Julius Jacobson
Richard C. Dutrow
Arthur R Remsberg
A. L Ellin
Clifford M. Yinger
Charles F. Bowers
Clinton M. Hamilton
Charles Siford
Melvin M. Engle
L. Rayhu Specht
William McC. Wolzapfel
James F. Messersmith
G. Raymond Shipley
Ward Angleberger
Ned
Zeller
James H. Harris
Michael Pue
F. Lehman
Richard Ramsburg
Alvin G. Quinn
Richard F. Kline
Gordon F. Palmer
Walter Eiker
John H. Lentz
G. William Shipley
Charles
Houck, Jr
Merri F. Wachter
Ralph H. Fellows
Clyde O. Koons
Harry T. James, Jr
F. Russell Young
Austin F. Angieberger
Niemann A Brunk
Albert M. Coblents
Camp Detrick
W. L. Hussong
Nesra
Personne
Do Rather Well New York Stock Market Roundup
In New York on October 9 scattered specialty stocks held up well as leaders from the recovery paused at slightly lower prices. The market showed resilience with notable gains in some sectors despite a broader pause.
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New York
Yanks Hurl Back 3 Nazi Attacks Near Aachen
American First Army fighters repelled three German counterattacks on Crucifix Hill near Aachen as Hodges pincers closed toward Julich and Cologne. Doughboys seized high ground near Verlauntenheide amid heavy artillery duels and house to house fighting to clear Aachen outskirts.
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Don Whitehead
U.S
First Army
Aachen
Verlauntenheide
Hitler
10000 Planes Hammer Nazis Over Weekend
London reports indicate nearly 10000 Allied aircraft battered Germany and Holland in a massive weekend air assault. Ninth Air Force strikes destroyed enemy guns while RAF forces hit railways barges and oil works. A daring 12000-pound bomb on the Kembs dam flooded the Rhine and hindered German crossing efforts.
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London
Germany
Holland
France
Ninth Air Force
Western Front
Nijmegen
Tilburg
Ninth
Rhine
England
North Sea
Scotland
Allied troops land at Schelde estuary with progress noted
The Allied amphibious landing on the Schelde estuary was reported as very satisfactory progress. In New Market, the seven room residence on Main street sold at public sale to Ollie C Bridges of Pearl for 4925 dollars, with Nellie M Hougn owner and Walter E Sinn attorney.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Schelde
Main Street
New Market
Ollie C. Bridges
Pearl
Nellie M. Hougn
Walter E. , Sinn
Earl Holt
Attorney Fatally Stricken at Camp Shelby
Washington attorney Forthner Faulkner died suddenly at a fishing camp near Thurmont Maryland reportedly from coronary occlusion. He was 48 and served with the Internal Revenue Department. Survived by his widow, he had been in Washington 16 years. Funeral arrangements were made by local firms. Also, Richeringa J Bohrey, 44, of Berkeley Springs West Virginia, died of a heart condition at Camp Ritchie while stationed there. He is survived by his wife and was shipped home for burial.
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Shelby 8S Forthner
Washington
X Valley
Drew Savoy
Sherith Hornee
A. Alexa Collnwally
Rcnke
Tharmont
Emmitsburg
Savay
Faulkner
Internal Revenue Department
Texas
M. L Creager
M. L. Creager and Son
Many Parcels Mailed To Men Now Overseas
The post office reports exceptionally heavy Christmas parcel mailing to U.S. service members overseas as the final days for mailed gifts approach. Since September, a steady stream of packages has moved through. most comply with size and weight rules and few are refused. An unusually sad case last week involved a local family whose overseas son was killed after parcels had already been mailed and could not be retrieved.
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Sime
Roosevelt To Make Columbus Day Address
Washington October 9 The president will deliver a brief Columbus Day address to the American republics. Presidential secretary Stephen Earley said Roosevelt was asked by Secretary of State Willi to give the address which will be non political.
Russians claim crossing Tisza as Budapest within reach
Russian forces pushing toward Budapest report crossing the Tisza River in southern Hungary and nearing the capital. Moscow says bridgeshead positions hold as German lines retreat. Allied dispatches also note advances toward Debrecen and Memel as German defenses collapse along multiple fronts.
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London
Todas
Tiszn
Sothern
Sivid
Thungary
Konus
Debrecen
Budapest
Moscow CommUniqubes
Italy 2 Mile Advance Near Bologna In War Report
Rome Oct 9 American troops advanced nearly two miles along the main road north toward Bologna, closing the gap to a key communications center in the Po Valley. Weather hampered progress as forces pressed against reinforced enemy positions between Castellari and Barbarelo. German reinforcements and heavy artillery continued to move toward Beings and Imola as fighting persisted in the Adeshie sector. Eighth Army units crossed the Fiumicino river and cleared German resistance on Monte Gallo as efforts mounted in the front.
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Alec
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Rhine
Courtney H. Hodacs
Germany
Aachen
The
Reich
Moselle
George §. Patton
Third Army
Fort Driant
Metz
Wancy
Chenicourt
Ajoncourt
Alexander M. Pateh
Seventh Army
le Thillot
Bussant Pass
Voges
Champagney
Belfort
Antwerp
Tie Schelde
Hoofdplatz
Terneuren
First
Supreme Headquarters
Moscow
Memel
Hungary
Budapest
Sinutiai
Lithuania
East Prussia
Pravda
Heldime
Niemen
East Prussian
Berlin
Ivan Bagramian
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Tisza
Red
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Owith
Rome
Bologra
Po Valley
Aled
Supreme Court Refuses Reconsider Insurance Case
Washington October 9 The Supreme Court refused today to reconsider its decision that insurance is business in interstate commerce and subject to the Sherman antitrust law.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tentative World Plan Proposed by Four Powers for United Nations
A tentative plan announced by the United States Britain Russia and China envisions a strengthened United Nations with a permanent Security Council of 11 members including the Big Four and France. The plan would create a general assembly a permanent court of justice and an international military staff with a special ready air force. veto rights and voting rules remain unresolved and the proposal awaits formal acceptance by participating governments.
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United States
Britain
Russia
China
United Nations Security Council
Washington
Det
United Nations
France
Congo
Pescot Hoe
General Assembly
Vath
Assembly
Security Council
Court OF Justices
International Court of Justice
Permanent Court of International Justice
Hague
Holland
Economic and Social Council
Waar Stat MLI
International Labor Office
League of Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
Geneva
Special Air Force
National Air Force Continence S
Combined International
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United Nations Peace Organization
Coast Defense
Pvt. Crummitt
U. S. First Army
Courtney H. Hodges
Julich
Main Road
Aachen-Gladbach
Baltimore
Attorney
Otter’s Valley
Columbus Day
Italy
John TH. Highepower
Ttate
Hull
Stetlinius
Council
Batavi
Statin
Chiang Kai Shek
Shi
Chiang
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