Labor Day Toll Rises in Rail Wrecks and Hotel Fire
AP reports a grim Labor Day weekend with freight and passenger wrecks plus a hotel fire fatally injuring many. Initial counts show 58 dead in the Philadelphia wreck, 46 dead in a Houston hotel blaze, and three dead in the Canastota New York Central train crash, as nationwide fatalities mount toward 350 plus. The National Safety Council warns of 300 to 500 holiday deaths, reflecting rising disaster totals since 1941 and 1942 benchmarks.
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Associated Press
Congressional Limited
Philadelphia
New York Central
Canastota
Houston
Texas
National Safety Council
Ringing Of Bells To Open 3d Bond Drive
County Farm committee and publicity committee for the campaign were announced by Mr. McSherry. The bankers committee includes McSherry and leaders of major local banks. The county executive, Farm, and publicity committees list prominent bankers, farmers, and civic leaders. A countywide canvass is planned, with a 5 PM ball game at McCurdy Field as the opening event between the Washington Senators and New Cumberland Army team. A national radio launch precedes Roosevelt’s address as the drive begins.
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McSherry
Bankers’ Committee
Mr. McSherry
Western Maryland Trust Company
A. LeRoy McCardell
Frederick County National Bank
Jacob Rohrback
Fredericktown Savings Institution
C. Albert Gilson
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
W. H B. Anders
Citizens National Bank
George W Grubb
Peoples
Walkersville Bank
M J Albaugh
Woodsboro Savings Bank
A. B. Catimne
Mr. McCardell
Holmes D. Baker
Gilson
Rohrback
McSneiry
Mr Anders
Benjamin L. Shuff
Elmer Eshleman
F. Ross Myers
Arthur V. Myers
Walter E. Burall
McCurdy Field
Washington Senators
New Cumberland
Army
Trent
Hollywood
Roosevelt
Jackson District Farm Sold for 11600 at Public Sale
An executor's sale in Widdletown raised 11600 for a 221 acre farm near Harmony in Jackson district. William F. Ropp and wife bought the property from the Waters estate. possession is set for April 1. A 4 acre Mountain Lot in Jackson district sold for 65 to Luther C. Remsburg, and an 18 12 acre lot west of Hamburg road in Catoctin district sold for 40 to Bruce M. Brandenburg and wife. Surviving executor James A. Waters led the sale with Holden S. Felton as attorney and Emmett R. Bowlus as auctioneer.
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Hamburg Road
Catoctin
Bruce M Brandenburg
James A. Wa'ers
Holden S Felton
Emmett R. Bowlus
Hitler and Generals Split Over Po Stand in Italy
Stockholm dispatch reports a rift between Adolf Hitler and his general staff over halting the Allied advance at the Po river versus retreating behind the Alps. The plan to withdraw to the Po aims to delay Allies southward, while Halder's staff opposes it. German fortifications along the Po are said to be erected under a Mussolini pact. The Swedish observer says high German officers fear a fate like Tunisia, preferring continued fighting to perceived dishonor.
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Italy
Adolf Hitler
Alps
Germany
Hitler
The
Hiller
Benito Mussolini
Franz Halder
North Africa
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Japs Paint Dark Picture of War Outlook
Tokyo radio broadcasts report the Office of War Information saying Japan sees no optimism as costly losses near Lae and New Guinea are noted while the Japanese claim blows against Allied landings. A Tokyo naval correspondent describes American strength in the South Pacific, noting intensive air raids and rising production powering day and night operations. The enemy is said to be rapidly pouring mechanized equipment, with no time to relax.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Office of War Information
People of Japan
Tokyo
QWI
Lae
New Gainea
Takso
South Pacific
OWI
Stiff Fight Faces Republican Council on Foreign Policy
Mackinac Island Sept. 7 A two day Republican postwar advisory council meeting nears adjournment with a tentative foreign policy declaration under heavy discussion. The committee reportedly approved a resolution favoring cooperation with other nations to preserve peace within constitutional limits, led by Senator Vandenberg. Some members, including Governor Baldwin of Connecticut, protested and threaten sharp objections when the full council takes up the measure in executive session.
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Mid
Vandenberg
Michigan
Gov Baldwin
Connecticut
Three Cities In Four Days For Mrs. Roosevelt
Mrs Eleanor Topesvelt arrives in Sydney by air from Melbourne and is whisked to a downtown luncheon at Mascot Field. Lord Wakehurst Governor of New South Wales Lady Wakehurst and Alderman Bartley greet her as crowds line the streets. The First Lady, happy despite travel, has visited three east coast cities in five days amid grand receptions and a Government House banquet. Tremendous crowds mar Melbourne visit including a public reception and banquet, rivaling welcome given to royal visitors in 1927.
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Australia
Eleanor Topesvelt
Melpourne
Mascot Field
Lord Wakehurst
New South Wales
Lady Wakehurst
Alderman Bartley
Roosevelt
Two Are Hurt In Wreck On Erie
Erie New York Sept 7 Traffic on the Erie main line was blocked for two hours after a combination express and milk train derailed eight miles east of Port Jervis. Engineer William H Pane of Jersey City and fireman A Massaro of Jersey City were taken to Port Jervis hospital with second degree burns. No passengers reported hurt. The 12 car No 10 train was en route from Buffalo to Jersey City. One Pullman sleeper, one locomotive, and a milk car derailed but did not overturn.
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Trafic
Erie
Port Jervis
William H Pane
A. Massaro
Jersey City
Buffalo
Postwar Problems Topic For Frederick Rotary Meeting
Frederick Rotarians will hear William B Leichert outline postwar era problems in a talk titled A Peep Into The Postwar Era. Leichert, of the Benevolent Codliman OLine Committee for Economic Development and vice president of The Everedy Company, will present a community focused view of economic issues of the time.
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Elias B. Ramsburg, Jr
Rotary Club
Frederick Countians
Wreck Victim Dies On Operating Table
A wounded soldier in the Congressional Limited wreck died on the operating table at Frankfort Hospital. An emergency operation was in progress when he gripped a priest and a nurse, urging care for him as his mother would want, and then he died.
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Philadelphia
Congressional
Frankfort Hospital
Boeing Plane Workers Get Wage Increase
Washington Sept 7 The War Board approved a revised job classification and wage rate schedule to help the West Coast manpower crisis. Increases of more than $1 a day are allowed for some Boeing aircraft workers at Seattle and Renton Washington as part of production goals for Flying Fortresses. The move follows the board’s effort to stretch its mobilization policy to the limit. Earlier reports note the concern over shortages and the need to sustain bomber output during the war.
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Wee Tahar Board
Pantehntad Tas
Boeng
Seattle
Renton
Wash
Definite Italian Peace Bid Appears Imminent in War Talks
Washington reports indicate Roosevelt and Churchill renew war discussions as Italy may submit a definite peace bid. Indirect Vatican linked pleas circulate through Radio Rome, while Allied leaders plan for a potential cross-channel invasion. Churchills Harvard address signals postwar planning by AngloAmerican chiefs of staff to sustain a lasting peace framework.
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Churchill
Italy
Radio
Rome
Eurico Galazzi
Vactican
Atlas
Orl
England
George C Marshall
U. S
Europe
British Isles
Marshall
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Pope Pius
J. Hing
Harvard University
Alles
Properties Sold At Trustees Sale Near Burkittsville
Trustees sold the Stephen Hortine farm of 158 acres east of Burkittsville to County Commissioner Grant Hooper for 12200. A Braddock Heights residence, Scott Kefauver home, with 12 rooms, sold to Delbert Null for 5100 along with adjacent lot to Mrs Stanley Mumford for 300. Auctioneer Emmett R. Bowlus and trustees William M. Storm DeLauter and Leslie N. Coblentz conducted the sale.
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Stephen Hortine
Burkittsville
Grant Hooper
Maryland Avenue
Braddock Heights
Delbert Null
Allied Paratroopers Land Behind Japanese Lines at Lae
Allied forces drop from the air and land in the Markham valley near Lae New Guinea to trap Japanese troops. Australian units support with armor mortars and boats as American ships guard the area. Japanese air opposition is minimal. no Allied aircraft lost. Paratroopers form a grass-green drop pattern in head-high grass, advancing along the river toward the Lae area.
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Salamaua
Rndia
Akon Wala
Moss
Dougsl
Verthur
Lacarilia
Boa Meealy
Lae
MacAithin
Forwe
As Palas
Sala- Midd
Thon
Tae
Donets Basin Recaptured By Red Army
Soviet forces rapidly completed the Donets Basin recapture amid heavy rains and mined terrain. Advances toward Kiev continued with Kototop rail junction seized and Rakhmadh threatened as air power softened German positions. Stalino came under Russian fire with units within two miles, closing in on the city.
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Donets
Kiev
Ukraine
Kototop
Rakhmadh
Red Army
Avalancha
Krasnoarmeyskoye
Stalno
Reuters
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