Rain Lifts Fishing Creek Flow But City Water Ban May End
Heavy rains boosted Fishing Creek reservoir inflow from about 300000 to 325000 gallons per day and raised the dam level by two feet. City officials expect a further rise and say the next days will decide whether the ban on sprinkling and car washing will be removed.
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Fishing Creek
William J. Davis
Davis
Atlantic
Middletown Valley
Robert E. L. Putman
State Roads Commission
Mliddletown
Myersville
Ellerton
Middletown-Jefferson
Potomac Edison Company
Middletown
Roosevelt Opens New York Campaign Tour
President Roosevelt in New York for a four term campaign stop combining military inspections with a political rally. At Enders Field he endorsed Sen. Robert Wagner and praised him as “old friend Wagner.” Mrs Roosevelt accompanied him as about 16,000 attendees braved drizzle at Ebbets Field near a 32,000 seating capacity.
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New York
Roosevelt
New York City
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Robert F. Wagner
D.N
Enders Field
Bon Wagner
Senate
Ebbets Field
F. 4
LaGuardia
Resistance at Aachen Ends as Nazis Surrender
Allied fighting ends in Aachen with unconditional German surrender after heavy attacks. Canadian and British forces push toward Roosendaal and Breda while U.S. troops near the Maas river and Dieuze area gain ground. Official U S casualties in Aachen are light. Nazi prisoners may reach 10 000.
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London
Antwerp
Roosendaal
Breda
Lorudd
Wuestwezel
Antwerp-Breda
Calmpthout
Roosendaal Canal
Breskens
Schelde
Holland
U. S
Maas River
Venray
Bam
Thunderbolts
Third Army
Dieuze
Nancy
Tovelta
Bruytres
Moselette River Bend
U.S
Aachen
Supreme Headquarters
Allied forces seize Cesena area as Eighth Army advances
Allied reports say units of the Eighth Army broke through rear guards of German parachute troops and occupied Cesena, 18 miles from Rimini, while New Zealand and Canadian troops pushed northeast of Cesena. In the Po valley north of the Rimini Bologna road, progress was noted though river barriers and weather hindered the advance. the Fifth Army gained high ground but faced heavy German artillery north of Livergnano.
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Rome
Adriatic
Cesenalico
Rimini
Ravenna
New Zealand
Cesna
Forli
Borhood
Mussolini
Rimini-Bologna
Eighth Army
Fifth
Bologna
Jenks Baer
Moscow
Tata
Belgrade
Croatia
Zagreb
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Stalin
East Prussia
Berlin
Hungary
Debrecen
Tiszacsege
Tisza
Ivan Petrov
Rodion Y ¥. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Budapest
Slovakia
British patrols closing in on Lamia during Greek push
Allied headquarters announced British patrols are closing in on Lamia about 100 miles northwest of Athens. German troops are believed to have withdrawn from the town, with Allied forces later reported to have occupied Thebes.
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Rome
Lamia
Athens
Trix
Thebes
In London Horthy Reported in Germany
British dispatch from London says Admiral Nicholas Horthy former Hungarian regent is in Germany with confirmation from Berlin's Transocean News Agency detailing the latest status and location.
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London
Nicholas Horthy
Germany
Berlin
Trans:ocean
Hospital Site Before Meeting On Tuesday
County Commissioners head to Annapolis Tuesday at two pm for a Board of Public Works session to consider acquiring a site for a Western Shore chronic disease hospital. Montevue near Montegue is among discussed options with other county sites reviewed earlier.
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Board of Public Works
State House
Annapolis
Monteque
Montevue
Payad
Commissioner Board
Harriman Returns From Moscow Conference Report
Ambassador W Averell Harriman arrived in Washington from Moscow with a firsthand report on the Stalin Churchill Conference for President Roosevelt. The State department said the trip took 57 hours ending with a nine am Eastern Wartime arrival at a capital airport.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Roosevelt
State Department
Filipinos Urged By Osmena To Fight Japs
President Sergio Osmena urged Filipinos to rise up and fight Japanese invaders as MacArthur and six cabinet members landed in Leyte. He said the proclamation does not call for a general uprising but urges aid where American forces can provide immediate help. General MacArthur stands on Philippine soil with Osmena.
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MacArthur
Philippines
nPo
Sergio Osmena
Berrio
Philippine Commonwealth
Leyte
Douglas A. MacArthur
Typhoon Pilots Credited With Killing Rommel
RAF Typhoon pilots received official credit for fatally wounding Field Marshal Erwin Rommel after bombing a farmhouse HQ near Caen on July 7. Wing Commander J R Baldwin led the raid as German radio announced Rommel’s death last Sunday following ten direct bomb hits and a 20 millimeter cannon assault on a staffer.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Caen
J. R. Baldwin
Bath
Germans Directed Flying Bombs at Southern England
London reports that German flying bombs targeted southern England and the London area early today with no damage or casualties reported.
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London
England
Potomac Edison bids invited for $16.96 million bonds
Potomac Edison Co invites bids to be received October 31 for sixteen million nine hundred sixty one thousand dollars of its first mortgage 344 per cent bonds.
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New York
Potomac Edison Co
County War Fund Drive Lags in Its Second Week in Frederick
The Frederick County Community War Fund neared the end of its second week with city and county totals far short of quotas. City and county officials blamed slow response, muddy roads, and late planting as limiting factors. Old Braddock district exceeded its county quota, while Frederick city faces a needed push to meet its maximum goal as travel and weather hinder canvassing.
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Zagreb
Croatia
Frederick County
Gambrill
Counrty
Old Braddock
E. Dwight McCain
William E. Trail
Burkittsville
Samuel Ausherman
Frederick City
Symglis Cay
Frederick County Teachers at State Association Sessions
Frederick County stood well represented by school officials and teachers at the Maryland State Teachers Association meetings in Baltimore. E W Pruitt, Maryland National Education Association director and county superintendent, reported growth in Maryland teachers in the organization from 1529 in 1843 to 3148 in 1944, a 106 percent rise.
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Frederick County
Maryland State Teachers’ Association
Baltimore
National Education Association
Maryland
E. W. Pruitt
Pruitt
Association
Charles W. Willis
Frederick High School
Storm Ends In North Carolina After Caribbean Fury
A tropical storm that battered Cuba and Florida ended its rampage in North Carolina. The death toll reached 35, Florida suffered about 20 million in citrus damage, Cuba reported 24 deaths, and several others perished near Bradenton. No major casualties in the Carolinas as the storm moved northeast from Tampa toward Jacksonville.
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Raleigh
N. C
Cuba
Florida
North Carolina
Miami
New Orleans
Bradenton
Fla
Orlando
Citrus Bell
Caribbean
Tampa-Bradenton
Jacksonville
Carolinas
Cumberland Braces as Heavy Rainfall Drops Two Inches
The Cumberland area experienced the heaviest rainfall in two years during the 24 hours ending 8 am. The Potomac river and Wills Creek nearby rose about four feet but no flood danger is reported. Rain totals near Cumberland averaged two inches with higher readings in some spots.
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Cumberland
Potomac River
Wills Creek
Potomac
Pearl Harbor findings delayed until after election sparks protest
Announcement that a completed secret Navy report on the Pearl Harbor attack is being reviewed before publication drew a protest from Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel's lawyer. He argued the delay is a specious pretence to withhold findings until after the presidential election.
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Washington
Navy
Nusband E. Kimmel
MacArthur Revival Report Sparks Homefront News
A Japanese radio broadcast acknowledged Allied advances as General Douglas MacArthur returned to command in the Philippines. The Associated Press reported belated U S confirmation of MacArthur’s presence and the Allied push in the Taeloban region and central Philippines with Tokyo broadcasts captured by the FCC.
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Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Keyte
Tokyo
County to underwrite Honor Roll funding drive
Frederick County Commissioners agreed to underwrite up to 1000 toward a county Honor Roll honoring World War II veterans. The War Dads chapter will raise the rest, with city funds contributing part of the cost. The plan includes stainless steel sections for about 6000 names, to be displayed near East Church Street and movable to Memorial Hall.
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Desavious
Francis & Gaither
Cis
Honor Rall
Leonard G. Wachter
Frederick
New York
Pkins.vadl
East I Church Street
Frederick County
East Church Street
Cleveland Blaze Devastates East Side, Thousands Homeless
The Cleveland fire disaster raged into a second day with a 50 block east side area burning. Hundreds of homes were destroyed after a gas storage plant blast at East Ohio Gas Co. killed many and left about 3,600 homeless. Officials warned the fire could continue, with damage estimate rising into the millions. PMID: some lines mention 708 dead and 168 missing while 8,600 evacuated. Red Cross centers and militiamen mobilized to guard property.
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East Ohio Gas Company
62Nd Street
James B. Granger
Lon
Adj
Donald F. Pancoast
Ohio
Cleveland
East Ohio Gas Co
East Sist Street
New York Central
Diameter
Red Cross
Army
Frederick airman shoots down Jap fighter over Truk
Technical Sergeant Harry O. Gosnell Jr. of Frederick Maryland, after 40 combat missions in the South Pacific, shot down a Japanese fighter over Truk. He was wounded over Rabaul and Yap by 20 millimeter shrapnel but survived a mission that left 80 holes in his Liberator. He holds the Purple Heart with one cluster and Asiatic-Pacific Campaign stars.
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Atlantic City
Rabaul
Harry O. Gosnell, Jr
Frederick
Truk
South Pacific
Pacific
Frederick Youth
Gosnell
Ethel M. Sherald
East Patrick Street
Frederick Victory Maiden Voyage Hailed By Frederick Citizens
Mayor ugh V. Gitlinger forwards greetings to Captain Eimar C. F. Peterson and the crew of the Frederick Victory as the ship sails on its maiden voyage with a full cargo for the fighting front. Photographs aboard show library items, equipment secured, and plaques detailing Frederick’s history and Key’s grave aboard the vessel.
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Ugh V. Gitlinger
Eimar C. F. Peter
Frederick
Frederick Victory
United Fruit, Company
Judge Edwards. Delaplain
Francis Sent Key
U. S. Frederick
Heavy Raid On Rangoon Reported In Burma Clash
The Rangoon area of Burma was hit by American planes in three waves as Tokyo radio quoted by FCC said Japanese losses included one plane that crashed into an enemy aircraft and minor damage to ground installations. The report claimed four P-38s destroyed or damaged and two unconfirmed. two P-1s and four PA-47s heavily damaged.
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San Francisco
Rangoon
Burma
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Airport Survey Report Presented at Chamber Meeting
The Francis Scott Key hotel hosted a Friday Chamber of Commerce directors meeting at 12:30. Elmer I. Essleman presided as mayor Hugh V. Gittinger spoke on a proposed airport survey and tree trimming. Attendees included Eshleman Gittinger Bennett Delaplaine McCain Gambrill Baker Culler Michael Smith Crothers and Amick.
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Chamber of Commerce
Francis Scott Key
Elmer I. Essleman
Hugh V. Gittinger
Mr. Eshleman
Mayer Gittinger
William B. Bennett
KR. E. Delaplaine
Russell
Miss Lilian C Compton Named Acting President at Frostburg
Cumberland report states Miss Lilian C Compton assistant superintendent of Allegany county schools has been named acting president of Frostburg State Teachers College to succeed Dr John L Dukle upon his retirement February 1 1904 teaching there since 1904
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Cumberland
Lilian C. Compton
Allegany County
Frostburg State Teachers Course
John L. Duakle
Gan
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