Memel Is Surrounded as Soviet Withdrawals Open Baltic Front
Russian troops pressed toward Memel, reaching the Baltic Sea north and south of the port, with Berlin reporting new offensives north of Warsaw. The push targets towns including Tilsit and Konigsberg as German forces admit breaches along the frontier. Moscow said troops moved within seven miles of Memel and fifteen miles of Tilsit, threatening thousands of Germans in Latvia and Lithuania.
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London
Memel
Baltic Sea
Berlin
Germany
Prussia
Hitler
Lithuania
Kurisches Haff
Baltic
Konigsberg
Warsaw
Taurage
East Prussia
Lomza
Poland
Allenstein
Danzig
Tilsit
Roznan
Narew
Moscow
Latvia
Injured Twice In Two Weeks In France War Memoir
Staff Sgt. Donald W. Rice 23 of this city was slightly wounded for the second time in France in a span of just over two weeks. He sustained the latest wound on September 23 after first being wounded around September 6, with a shell explosion inflaming his neck and ear. Rice, formerly of Mountaindale, has served about five years and went overseas three months ago. he has three brothers in service.
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Donald W. Rice
France
Carrie Rice
West South Street
Mountaindale
Rice
Troops in Italy Slow Amid Rain and Mud Attacks
American forces pushed toward Livergnano eleven miles south of Bologna along Highway 63 but faced fierce German counterattacks. Weather and heavy mud slowed the advance and the wider Italian front reported retarded fighting pace.
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Rome
Livergnano
Bologna
Benson Named Parole Director by Governor O Conor
F Murray Benson former Baltimore city solicitor was appointed State Parole Director by Governor O Conor succeeding Herman M Moser who had just been named to the Baltimore Supreme Bench along with E Paul Mason.
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Annapolis
F. Murray Benson
Baltimore
O'Conor
Herman M. Moser
E. Paul Mason
Baltimore Supreme Bench
British Take Sarande Port in Albania War Move
British troops seized the port of Sarande on the Albanian coast isolating the German garrison on Corfu. About 500 prisoners were taken. Allied HQ said patrolling is active in Greece with no clear sign of land moves toward Athens.
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Rome
Alvania
Sarande
Porto Edda
Corfu
Greece
Adriatic
Corinth
Athens
Civilian Needs Returning to Market This Fall
Washington reports that Americans will see limited civilian goods returning to production after the war. Domestic vacuum cleaners aluminum ware electric cooking and heating appliances kitchen utensils metal office furniture plated silverware are among items being produced. Production remains scattered and unable to meet all civilian needs.
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Washington
Not Enough Lend-Lease Help China Complains
On October 11 194? Chinese cabinet spokesman P H Chang said after May end lend-lease supplies reached only 50 anti tank guns 60 mountain guns and 30 million rounds of rifle and machine gun ammo. He thanked transport teams but called aid inadequate and blamed Henan reverses on lack of anti tank guns and tanks. Columbus Day closes banks. schools observe little else.
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Chungking
China
P H. Chang
Henan
Holders To Be Issued New Ration Books Soon
About 13 000 Frederick city and county motorists with gasoline ration books may apply for new books valid November 8. Application blanks are at the Rationing Board and will be distributed at roughly 70 tire inspection stations. Applications, with the back cover of the present book, are mailed for processing. new books follow.
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Frederick City
Oly
Rationing Board
Garettes
Talion
Soldier Haines Returns Home From France
Daniel M. Haines, wounded in France July 7, has returned to the United States and plans to move closer to home. He telephoned his parents Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Haines at 528 North Bentz Street from Manchester New Hampshire. He left the U.S. May 7, was wounded July 7 and learned of his arrival back on October 7, narrowly missing his 22nd birthday on October 4.
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U.S .E
Daniel M. Haines
France
United States
Ministers Should Ring Door Bells More, Synod Head Says
Dr John L Barnhart of Line, president of the Ivtonine Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed entirch, opened the Maryland synod meeting in Baltimore urging ministers and laymen to abandon narrow nationalism. He warned against racial prejudice and urged Christians to seek the kingdom of God beyond boundaries, citing Saint Paul’s world-wide vision. The gathering includes Maryland District of Columbia Virginia and West Virginia participants meeting in Baltimore, Woodstock Virginia and Frederick.
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Dr. Earnhart
Saint Paul
Kitadon
Synod
Clyristan
Ordey i
Mateeratienn
Uuility
Chris Manity
Barntwart
Millseters
United Jewish Appeal Opens Campaign in Frederick
The Frederick Jewish community launches a drive to raise 7000 as its share of a 52000000 nation wide United Jewish Appeal by October 16 at Beth Shalom. Leaders including Marvin Lowenthal Jules Bernstein Irving Weil and Benjamin Racenour outline overseas relief Palestine rebuilding and refugee resettlement efforts with agencies JDC UPA and Welthansha. The event features speaker Lowenthal and remarks by Emanuel Gorfine and Harry Adelberg.
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Frederick
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Palestine
United States
Linited Jewish Appeal
Joint Distribution Committee
United Palestine Appeal
Welluhal Reus Service
United Jewish Appeal
Presidents War Refugee Board
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Intergovernmental Committee For Refugees
Roosevelt
Marvin Tawenthal
Forturer Eler
Lowenthal
Emanuel Gorfine
Harry Adelberg
Jules Bernstein
Irving 31 Weil
Oscar Hirsch
Benjamin Racenour
New Opposition Group Reported In Germany
Stockholm Tilnmegen reports a new opposition group of army officers trying to reach Allied legations in Stockholm via industrial representatives. Gestapo arrests are suspected for those inspected. telephone links between Berlin and Stockholm were cut after heavy Allied air raids. The city experienced a severe cold snap with a record low of 88 degrees, and forecasts predict further freezing temperatures tonight.
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Stockholm
Ovet
Tilnmegen
Berlin
Gestapo
Four Year Term In Robbery Case Aboard Vindobona
A Brunswick court sentenced Staub to four years for involvement in a 1940 robbery at the Vindobona hotel. Other defendants, including Riley Metought Linwood Davis and Stephens Speaks, received related sentences for breaking and entering and larceny. Witnesses testified about loot and house thefts, with prosecutors detailing a months‑long investigation led by Sheriff Iracy M. Alexander.
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Riley Metought
Linwood Davis
Bronswick
Stephens
Fuser Braddock T
Baltimore
Lracy M. Alexander
Staub
Pop Recat
Mla Dd Leroy
Tarceny
Service
Richard E. Zimmerman
House Speaks
Jeanetic L. Swann
Percy W. Lee
Clara I. Wright
Clarence C Carty
Paul B Rhoads
Schnanffer
McKnight
Davis
James Crummitt
Brus
Lee Merriman
Brunswick
Chinn
Teeonen
Stith
William M. Storm
Crawford Falk
Mackles
Jacob Rohrback
Alton
Bennett
Zimmerman
Rohrback
Aachen Struck as Ultimatum Expires in Allied Bombardment
Allied forces unleashed a massive bombardment of Aachen after Germany rejected a surrender ultimatum. American big guns including 8 inch and 155 mm howitzers pounded the city while dive bombers attacked. Civilians briefly raised flags, and heavy fighting spread to surrounding areas near Metz Beveld and the Schelde estuary as Allied operations continued.
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London
Aachen
William Smith White
Don Whitehead
Cologne
Shrila
Charlemagne
Gunders
Fort Driant
Metz
Pacroy Forest
Luneville
Epinal
Maiziere
Schelde
South Beveland
Antwerp
Scheldeiver
Berlin
Breskens
Flushing
Leopold Canal
Scheide
Dunkerque
Where Is 9th U S Army
London October 11 secrecy cloaks the Ninth Army as Allied HQs reveal the French First Army has joined the American Seventh to form a Sixth Army Group on the western front. The location and moves of General Simpson’s Ninth Army remain conjecture with strategic implications for a possible breakthrough. Deeds recorded show real estate transfers including 103 05 West Patrick Street and a 132 acre Jackson district farm, with a postponement decision pending.
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London
Willian
W. Simpson
U. S. Ninth Army
Germany
Allid
Simpson
Ninth Army
First Army
Seventh Army
Sixth Army
Dwight D. Eiserhower
Ninth
France
Sam Magi
Ai See Loire
Orleans
Berlin
Emory B. Shipley
Samuel D. Miller
West Patrick Street
Westminster Bank Case in Court of Appeals
The Westminster Savings Bank appeals a Carroll County Circuit Court ruling awarding $2,317 to Mrs. Eulalia D. Sauble and Mrs. Beatrice Shipley Myers. The bank argues the debt belonged to Jessa W. Shipley when he willed it to his daughters, the lower court holding an 1939 assignment prevailed over a 1943 attachment. Hoff and Hoffman represent the bank. Walsh represents the plaintiffs.
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Annapolis
The
Westminster Savings Bank
Maryland Court of Appeals
Carroll County
Eulalia D. Shipley Saubier
Beatrice Shipley Myers
Jessa W.shipley
Savings Bank
Shipley
Ivan L. Hoff
Ralph G. Hoffman
D. Eugene Walsh
Sauble
Myers
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