Allied air strikes hit Nicobar and Burma fronts
American Liberator bombers hacked into the East Indies from the west, striking Car Nicobar and targets along the Burma rail yards at Mandalay. The operations formed part of a broader Allied push into Japanese held territory, with official reports noting excellent results and direct hits on docks and installations.
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New Delhi
Indian Ocean
Netherlands
Last Indies
U. S. Air Force
Car Nicobar Island
Sumatra
Japan
East Indies
Quebec
Southeast Asia
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Cart Nicobar
Nicobar
Bay of Bengal
Andaman Sea
Burma
Indies
Sen. Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Celebes
Borneo
Java
Irrawaddy River
Mandalay
Chau
Ayrshire Field Day Held At Sister's Woods
Seventy five Ayrshire cattle plus a 4 H Club class from Frederick and Washington counties pass before Cuthbert Nairn of Fayetteville Pa at the Frederick County Kyre Breeders Association field day in Sister's Woods near Middletown. Awards will be presented at noon by C H Anderson from the Maryland Bureau of Associated Press with Edward Stansfield Randalls town State president and Dr A I Bell among the guest list. Observers from several counties. ten Washington County cattle competed with Frederick County entries. W P Etzier announced intentions for an even larger turnout than the 1500 invitations announced earlier.
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Washington County
Cuthbert Nairn
Fayetteville
Frederick County
Kyre Breeders’ Association
Sister’s Woods
Middletown
Srnday
C. H Anderson
Agricultural and Market Reports
Maryland Bureau
Associated Press
Baltimore
Edward Stansfield
Randallstown
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
A. I Bell
Maryland Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
John ©. Clark
State Fair Board
Agriculture Extension Service
University of Maryland
Taiford
Carroll
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Frederick
Pennsylvania
Civilian abroad vote proposed for 1944 election
Representative Sabath proposes a bill to allow American civilians overseas to vote in the 1944 presidential election, alongside servicemen. He notes more than 100,000 civilians abroad and stresses citizens abroad are entitled to vote regardless of party. The article also mentions Sabath’s role as House Rules Committee chairman and his administration alignment.
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Washington
Demetre
Food Show Planned at Frederick High School Following Thanksgiving
Pomona Grange announces a community and food show at Frederick High School the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving. Committee chair Harry M. Troward says awards and duties will be announced soon, with a 4 H Club section among entries. The Jr O U A M hall in Jefferson hosted the latest meeting with a large attendance and luncheon for guests.
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Frederick High School
Pomona Grange
Jr. O U. A. M. Hall
Jefferson
Harry M. Troward
Fime
Jefferson Grange
Thomas
Genevieve Thomas
Civilian Flyer Hurt in Crash Near Taneytown
A civilian flyer, 21, from Chambersburg, instructing Naval Cadets at Mount St Marys, was seriously injured when his aircraft crashed in a plowed field between Taneytown and Harney. He was flown to Annie M. Warner Hospital in Gettysburg after first aid in Taneytown, with officials reporting his condition as satisfactory the next day.
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Gettysburg
Sept
Nelson Stake
Chambersburyg
Mount St. Mary's
Bnunksburg
Thursiday
William A. Myers
Taneytown
Harney
Taneytown Fire Company
Annie MM. Warner
Fifth Break Occurs In Big Oil Pipeline
Lansdale Pa Sept nt An extension of the Big Inch line from Phoenixville Pa to Bayonne NT had its fifth break today causing an oil fire on Skip pack Creek. Firemen from six towns built two earthen dams to trap the oil and extinguish the blaze with chemicals. The spill damaged over 100 trees and flowed into the creek about 100 ft from the farm of F W Wri s ht. The line was out of service for tests, limiting losses. The Big Inch is heavy welded pipe. earlier breaks were on the extension. Medal recipients Seah Leen G Alpert Corp Renarda and Surat L Barnes received Cued Conduct Medals at their base.
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Lansdale
Phoenixville
Bayonne
Skippack Creek
F W Wrisht
Basante
Egat
Local craps raid nets small pot as arrests follow
A Saturday craps game on a vacant All Saints Carroll streets lot drew a $16 pot after three shooters Sergi Frank Dorsey and Officer Martin Kanade arrested Arthur Haller RED 2 John Bagent and Howard Shade for gaming with dice. Each posted $3 bond for magistrate court Wednesday as Labor Day paused proceedings. Surveillance noted unusually small dice and chaotic scene amid dusk. Police also logged four disturbing the peace charges and six drunkenness arrests with several detainees posting collateral.
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Sergi
Frank Dorsey
Martin Kanade
Arthur Haller
Red 2
John Bagent
Waterstreet
Howard Shade
All Saints Street
Dies
All Saints
Carroll Streets
Harry C Bowhan
Detour
Charles Biser
Woodsboro
Paul Adams
Middletown
Biser
Charles G. Burdefic
Dickerson
Charles 7H
Brown
South Bentz Street
Veril
Nazis Send Official Weepers To Boris Rites
The Bulgarian king Boris III was buried in Sofia after elaborate services at Alexander Nevsky Cathedral attended by high German officials and royal family members. A German broadcast said a guard of honor and naval band accompanied the body to the railway for burial at St Ivan Rilski Monastery in the Rila Mountains. Delegations were led by Admiral Erich Raeder and Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel with representatives from Italy and Japan. About 110 priests participated in the ceremonies.
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Associated Prov
Boris Wit
Bulgaria
Alexander Nevsky
Sofia
St. Ivan Rissi
Rila Mountains
Associated Press
Erich Raeder
Wilhelm Kernel
Adolf von Steeneracht
Bergamo
Tiprrece
Japan
Manchukuo
Posts Collateral After Disturbance at Fox Hole Restaurant
Delly Reeder colored was arrested Saturday night by State Trooper Bruce A Bruchey after creating a disturbance at the Fox Hole Restaurant near Camp Rit chie. Reeder was released in collateral to await a hearing tonight before Magistrate Wantiaan J Stoner at Taurmont.
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Bruce A. Bruchey
Fox Hole
Camp Ritchie
Delly Reeder
Wantiaan J. Stoner An Taurmont
Traffic surges as gas ban lift boosts travel levels
Weekend traffic swelled with holiday travelers after the gas ban ended. State and city police reported heavy highway use, especially around Frederick, where parking grew scarce and horns filled the downtown area. No major accidents noted, though two cars collided south of Thurmont and a truck wreck near Ridgeville caused damage. drivers faced charges or summons in separate incidents.
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Frederick
Guarreis
South Jefferson Street
McCurdy Field
Atata Balianense
Thurmont
Brute A. Brachey
James W. Harper
North Market Street
Route 15
Frank Bitner
Chambersburg
Harper
Bltner
William J. Stoner
Eslora A Uidoni
Hagerstown
Ridgeville
Uidoni
Frank Badger
James Bartlett
Hyattstown
Bartlett
Frederick City Hospital
McElfish and Duvall
Sees Possibility That Japs May Crack At Home
The Foreign Policy Association says Japan may crack internally as people and soldiers sense an impending national defeat. A privately funded study notes morale is not unbreakable and predicts possible domestic pressure on the Imperial house and bureaucracy to seek peace to save their skins amid overseas aggression.
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Washington
Foreign Policy Association
Japan
United Nations
Imperial House
AOI
Minesweepers Attack Near French Coast in WWII Battle
London September 5 The Royal Navy light coastal forces fought a two hour engagement with a large group of enemy armed minesweepers off the French coast. A torpedo hit was scored on one patrol vessel and two others were severely damaged. Admiralty reported several attacks on coastal defenses with British ships returning to port with light casualties. The northern part of Texas is nicknamed the Panhandle due to map shape.
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London
Royal Navy
Admiralty
Viruses as Chemicals: Plant Study Sparks Debate
Pittsburgh report to the American Chemical Society argues viruses may be chemical substances that replicate inside living cells, not submicroscopic bacteria. Dr Max A. Lauffer of the Rockefeller Institute showed tobacco mosaic virus is identical to the giant plant protein molecule, suggesting viruses could be synthesized from chemicals and influence human disease research.
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Pittsburgh
American Chemical Society
Society
Max A. Lauffer
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Princeton
N. J
Wendell M. Stanley
Rockefeller Institute
Stanley
Lauffer
Study of Post War Industry Assured
Washington September 5 A planned, broad inquiry into postwar industry was secured as hearings were set by the House Ways and Means Committee led by Doughton. The study will examine postwar reserve allowances, tax deductions, and whether to repeal the war profits renegotiation law amid claims monopolistic firms seek repeal to obtain profits.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
Congress
Renesoliaton
Fulmer Ucsc
House Agriculture Committee
Hong Kong Raid Reported by Stilwell Forces
Lt Gen Joseph W Stilwell's headquarters disclosed a raid on a former British naval base at Hong Kong by American bombers and fighter planes. One Japanese zero was destroyed while American losses were none. The attack targeted warehouses gaseous storage tanks and other buildings during Thursday actions.
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Hongkong
Chungk
Mit
Warhawk
Jefi
M Rong
Joseph W. Stilwell
Japanese Shipping Sweeps Hit Occupied China Ports
During wide sweeps Thursday and Friday against Japanese shipping and concentrations in Japanese occupied China, forces targeted key sea lanes and inland supply hubs, aiming to disrupt Tokyo’s wartime logistics and curtail con- voyage activity.
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China
Republican council drafts twofold policy on postwar alliance
At Mackinac Island Michigan on September five Republican postwar advisory council members drafted a two part declaration covering foreign and domestic policy for their first formal meeting. Gov Thomas E Dewey urged a permanent postwar military alliance with Great Britain and suggested Russia and China join in the peace process. Ohio Gov John Bricker called for complete understanding with Britain on military and economic needs and favored an international body including Russia and China to preserve peace. Senator Taft aimed to keep foreign policy from dominating the 1944 campaign while Domestic policy would be addressed by Taft and Vandenberg with possible eight subcommittees to study pressing issues.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Great Britain
Russia
China
Ume
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Britain
Council
Taft
New Deal
Vandenberg
R-Mich
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