Rommel Dead, ONB States Rommel Dead, ONB States
London reports the death of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel announced by DNB. The Berlin broadcast said he died of wounds but did not specify how or when. The Reuters account notes earlier rumors, his nickname Desert Fox, and his rise as a top German commander allied to Hitler.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Afrika Korps
Alexandria
el Alamein
DNB
Berlin
Rommel
Hiller
Normandy Battlefront
Suez Canal
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tunisia
Normandy
Atlantic Wall
Germany
Supreme Corps
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Desert Fox
Heidenheim
Wurttemberg
Hiler
Fuehrer
Weekend Arrests by City Police Reported
Ten drunks four peace disturbers a runaway boy and a listerer were charged on the local police docket after 16 weekend arrests. Names include Bernord W. E. Spongeller Joseph Gue Frances Blank Louise H Motter Crawford Falkorth Mar Sixth street and cola Samuel Thompson Delores Weaver Kimia Blackston Maggie Smith Mildred E173 and others. Sinkwich Lions star left halfback was hospitalized for observation after an NFL game versus the Rams with chest pains.
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Thoes
Bernord W. E. Spongeller
Joseph Gue
We Street
Frances Blank
Hart Aliey
Louise H Motter
Denver Delangy
J. Ho Webb
Kay Slifer
South Alarker Street
Crawford Falk
Mar Sixth Street
Cola Samuel Thompson
William Sanders
Delores Weaver
Kimia Blackston
Kuinchatt Alley
Maggie Smith
Hagerstown
Mildred
Foitering
Three Navy Flyers Die and Civilians Hurt in Coquille Plane Crash
In Coquille Oregon Oct 13 four— Navy flyers died and five were injured when a military plane crashed into a residential area near the high school. A civilian Dan Rogers was critically hurt. a baby and Clarence Osika former high school principal were among the injured. Navy blocked off the crash zone and did not release casualty details.
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Coquille
Ore
Navy
Oregon
Dan Rogers
Myrtle Point
Clarence Osika
United Mine Workers Rally for Dewey in West Virginia
United Mine Workers officials opened a campaign in southern coal fields urging miners to back Thomas E. Dewey for president. William L. Blizzard of District 17 praised Dewey as fair and capable while denouncing Roosevelt’s administration and West Virginia Governor Neely as a strike breaker. George L. Titer of District 29 supported Dewey at Mc Dowell County meetings. delegates at Cincinnati convention condemned Roosevelt and praised Dewey.
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Logan
W. Va
United Mine Workers
UMW
Thomas E. Dewey
William L. Blizzard
Charleston
Lewey
George 3. Titer
Beckley
McDowell County
Blizzard
Roosevelt
M. M. Neely
Young Heads Junior Chamber of Commerce Meeting Update
The Maryland Junior Chamber of Commerce board met in Hagerstown on October 15 to discuss the itinerary for Mearns Gates, national J C of C president, who will visit for three days next March. Richard Bowls, former president of Frederick, resigned months ago. Paul Horst of Hagerstown, the vice-president, has served as president. Charles Schlink of Peoria Illinois spoke as national director of the group rehabilitating veterans. The next meeting is tentatively set for Frederick west in March with reps from Cumberland Frostburg Frederick Baltimore and Hagerstown.
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Hagerstown
M—F. Rusth
Pomeroy
Wash
Charles Schlink
Peoria
Johnny
Macehing
Frederick West March
Cumberland
Frostburg
Frederick
Baltimore
Three Charged With Breaking Into Home
Three men from near Mt Airy were charged Saturday with twice breaking and entering the home of Setan Hewarus near Mt Airy. A gas ration stamp reported stolen, plus a revolver and shotgun shells, were among the missing items. Gordon Dorsey, 22, Leon Dorsey, 16, and Char Dotsan, 21, were jailed in Westminster awaiting a magistrate hearing.
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Taylorsville
Mt. Airy
Setan Hewarus
James N.mons
State Police
Gordon Dorsey
Leon Dorsey
Char Dotsan
Westminster
Vincent Tubman
War correspondents brave front line duties worldwide
The iWar correspondents sweat it out with front line troops, ashore with invading armies, and aboard bombers through flak. The Associated Press reporters pictured are typical of hundreds of war correspondents worldwide.
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Associated Press
Full report sought on Hotel Statler fight by Senator Ball
Washington Oct 13 Senator Ball a Minn said he will ask the Senate Campaign Expenditures committee to make public a full release on the fight between two Navy officers and AFL Teamsters following Roosevelt's Sept 23 Staller Hotel speech. He urged action as soon as all facts are in amid affidavits withheld by committee chairman Green.
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Washington
Ball
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
AFL
Teamsters
Roosevelt
Staller Hotel
Green
1D-Rt
Uneion
Funeral services for Wendell L. Willkie scheduled in New York
Funeral services for Wendell L. Willkie in New York were announced by his family to be held Tuesday after his death a week earlier. Plans for Rushville services paused until his son Philip can return, as the naval officer died at sea. Willkie's body was moved to Rushville after services in New York. A minor operation left Col. Oveta Culp Hobby recuperating in Washington, expected to resume duties within a week.
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New York
C Serviers
Wendell L. Willkie
I Wille
Ind
Tval
Philip Willkie
Rushville
Willkie
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Washington
Oveta Culp Hobiter
Ara
W Reed Habnital
Col. Hobdy
Peniagana
Harbors Built And Floated Across Channel For Armies
British and American forces created two artificial harbors for the Normandy invasion. One was wrecked by a Channel storm but aided the assault. the other, as large as Dover, could unload 12 000 tons of stores and 2 500 vehicles daily. Builders used caissons, breakwaters, and blockships, employing 20 000 laborers on caissons alone.
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Robert Eunson
London
Normandy
Europe
France
Dover
Seadh An
Ue Relicule Hoe
Lent
Glasgow
TS Navy
The
Royal
Water Ban Remains Despite Rainfall Shortage
Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger and the Board of Aldermen report city water bans will be enforced as reservoir supply remains low. A survey of Fishing Creek shows the reservoir at 15 feet below the spillway, down from 12 feet before the past month’s rain.
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Hugh V. Gittinger
Board of Aldermen
Fishing Creek
Gitlinger
Season's First Book Review Friday Night
The first book review of the season will be at 7 50 PM in the C Burt Artz Library with Miss Pearl Eader discussing Edgar Are Fictive. The work, chosen by the Council on Books in Wartime, examines world problems through interviews with Indian princes and leaders. The author is an Orient expert and writes on China and Russia. Miss Ender is a former Allegany High School English head. The one hour public review follows.
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C. Burt Artz
India
Council On Books
Orient
China
Russia
Ender
Allegany High School
Cumberland
RAF Lancasters Hit Sorpe Dam In Six Ton Bomb Raid
London reports RAF Lancasters dropped six ton bombs on the Sorpe dam 29 miles southeast of Dortmund. Early word says direct hits were scored. No loss of aircraft reported. The raid echoes a 1943 Mohne and Eder dam assault that flood-damaged Ruhr towns.
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London
Sorpe
Germany
Dorttmund
Air Ministry
Mohne
Eder
Ruhr Valley
Ruhr Basin
Serpe
RAF
Many Draft Cases Handled By FBI
New York, Oct. 15 The FBI said on the eve of the Selective Service Act's fourth anniversary it has handled draft cases totaling enough to form an Army of 35 modern infantry divisions. Closed cases reached 417,677 as of Oct 1 with all men made available or disposed of by law. Convictions numbered 10,490 with sentences over 26,780 years and fines nearing 992,859. Pending cases stood at 23,816. Evasion methods ranged from a woods-dwelling youth to faked drownings and a man who claimed death while another buried his cards and posed as a woman.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Armed Services
FE. E. Conroy
New York FBI
Conroy
Connecticut
Oregon
State Ballots Return Totals Announced in Maryland
Annapolis Oct. 13. Maryland service men and women have returned 22 727 ballots to be counted in the November 7 general election. Federal ballots total 1 697 with the rest 21 930 state ballots. Baltimore City mailed 10 800 state ballots and the 23 counties 11 130. Major counts include Baltimore 1 855 and Montgomery 1 536. Prince Georges 1 297 and Allegany 1 202. Smallest Calvert 38. Other counties totals follow: Anne Arundel 848, Caroline 147, Carroll 206, Cecil 219, Charles 118, Dorchester 234, Frederick 612, Garrett 167, Harford 308, Howard 198, Kent 124, Queen Anne’s 130, St. Mary’s 93, Somerset 163, Talbot 164, Washington 789, Wicomico 373, Worcester 147.
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Leven Hundred
Baltimore City
Baltimore
Montgomery
Prince Georges County
Allegany
Calvert County
Anne Arundel
Caroline
Carroll
Cecil
Charles
Dorchester
Frederick
Garrett
Harford
Howard
Kent
Queen Anne's
St. Mary's
Somerset
Talbot
Washington
Wicomico
Worcester
Five Garages Destroyed In Sunday Fire on East Fifth Street
Five garages in a row owned by Miss Lillian C. Long were destroyed by a blaze early Sunday at 4 AM on East Fifth Street. Two cars and a panel truck were badly damaged. one car and the truck were uninsured. Fire officials suspect a short circuit. junior firefighters helped combat the flames for about 45 minutes as spectators watched the bright glow.
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East Fifth Street
Lillian C. Long
East Fourth Street
Miss Long
Charles Plunkard
Raymond Hughes
Howard Zimmerman
Unis
United and Citizens Truck Company
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