City Register to resign by year end noted in meeting
City Register Mehrl F. Wachter told the mayor and aldermen he will resign December 31 to enter private business. The board discussed succession limits, and Wachter turned over delinquent tax envelopes to Assistant City Engineer Willard H. Markey after a silent protest over the money. The report also notes tax receipts ahead for 1944, parking meter income up, and other municipal updates including road work, housing tenancy, street light repairs, transformer issues, and equipment purchases pending bids.
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Mehrl F. Wachter
Board of Aldermen
Wachter
Willard H. Markey
Hugh V. Gittinger
Markey
City Register
Ralph G. Kline
O'Leary Meadow
Wisner Street
W. Raymond Walter
Ramsburg
Water Street
Walter
Singapore
Water Department
Waller
Dewey Hails Conference as Step Toward Lasting Peace
Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey expresses gratification over Hull and Dulles talks on international peace and security. Hull calls the letter a sign of national unity and progress toward a postwar peace structure, with public nonpartisan discussion allowed on peace methods.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Hull
John Foster Dulles
Dewey
Dulles
State Department
Hull and
Dutrow Returns to European Front After Wounding
Cpl. Dutrow resumes combat in Europe after a slight July 29 wound. He earned the Purple Heart and a promotion from private first class. He is the son of Roy H. Dutrow of East Third Street.
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Cpl. Dutrow
Roy H. Dutrow
East Third Street
Guam Natives Helped To Save George Tweed
Guam natives Pedro Camacho and Joaquin Limbnco aided civil authorities by recounting abuse by Japanese guards who beat them to reveal hiding Americans after the 1941 invasion. George Ray Tweed and five others escaped, with Tweed signaling a destroyer to reach safety before the U.S. landings.
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Guam
George Ray Tweed
Pedro Camacho
Joaquin Limbnco
Agana
Tweed
Court News Deed Transfers In Ada County
Ada E. Schell deeds property to Howard B. Smith of E. county for $10. Walter P. Feaga and wife deed to Harry C. West and wife for $10. Walter P. Feaga and wife deed to Curtis B. West and wife for $ id.
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Court News
Ada E. Schell
Howard B. Smith
E., Et al
Walter P. Feaga
Harry C. West
Curtis B. West
Beheaded Head May Stay Conscious Five Seconds
Beheading may leave the mind conscious about five seconds after blood drains from the brain. Mayo Clinic researchers using a centrifuge report blackout timing aligns with Parisian revolutions where subjects blinked five seconds after decapitation.
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Stoward W. Blakeslee
St. Louis
Aero’Medical Association of the
United States
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Foundation
Rochester
Camp Detrick Chaplain Speaks To War Dads
Capt. Boyd W. Tucker chaplain at Camp Detrick spoke to War Dads at the M C A auditorium on duties of chaplains among soldiers and civilians. He praised chaplains for work on fronts and bases and noted basic traits emerge from discipline. Gearse C. Slagle outlined Selective Service aid to returning veterans and civilian reintegration. GOOD SAMARITAN REWARDED. Greensburg Indiana story: Mrs Lillie Stowers, who aided a sick traveler in Cincinnati, receives a letter awarding her 810,000 from the estate of Mrs Rose Kello. The administrator confirms the inheritance.
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Boyd W. Tucker
Camp Detrick
Tucker
Frederick County
Robert E. L. Putman
Hood College
Gearse C. Slagle
Selective Service
Good Samaritan
Greensburg
Ind
Lillie Stowers
Cincinnati
Rose Kello
Navy Planes Sink 3 Jap Freighters off Mindanao
Navy Catalina planes sank three small Japanese freighters off Mindanao in the Southern Philippines on Monday night and Tuesday morning. Liberator bombers pressed Davao airfields as MacArthur's forces advance. Australian and American fighters hit positions on the Vogelkop peninsula without opposition despite bad weather elsewhere. Separately the Cleveland Plain Dealer backs Thomas E. Dewey for president in a 1,500 word editorial.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Navy
Catalina
Mindanao
Philippines
Davao
Douglas MacArthur
Vogelkop Peninsula
Dutch New Guinea
Newton D Baker General Hospital Seen as City Within a City
Captain Lamont tells Rotary Club in Martinsburg that the Newton D Baker General Hospital operates like a self contained community with its own fire department street cleaning and facilities. The program emphasizes education recreation and mental rehabilitation for soldier patients through lectures discussions and motion pictures with Allied reps POWs and outside speakers to broaden horizons and foster global understanding.
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Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
C. W. Lament
Rotary Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Army Service Forces
Lamont
Germany
America
Elkton
State Department of Health
F. A. Richards
Camp Detrick
R. L. Schleunes
Hagerstown
Francis S. Gaither, Jr
Raising Shrine Fund for Wilson Birthplace in Staunton
Mrs. Corde Hull wife of the Secretary of State and president of the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation announced a drive to raise 100000 dollars to maintain The Manse Wilson's birthplace in Staunton Virginia. The effort is supported by a 50000 dollar gift from the 20th Century Fox Film Corporation and aims to grow the endowment to provide ongoing income for upkeep.
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Washington
Corde
Atlantic City Block Burned and Hotel Knickerbocker Damaged
A gas main explosion on the Atlantic City boardwalk caused a major fire destroying a block of stores and burning five floors of the eight story Hotel Knickerbocker. Official damages estimate at 200000 dollars. About 300 hotel guests were led to safety by servicemen with no injuries reported. The front of the Central Pier twisted and scorched. Western Union wires burned. A large electrical sign reading headache survived atop a collapsed building. Firemen treated six for minor injuries after a three hour battle.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Knickerbocker
Western Union
Ike Williams Defeats Angott In Ten Round Split Decision
In Philadelphia at Shibe Park Ike Williams defeated Sammy Angott in a 10 round split decision before 11,568 fans. The punch packed bout drew a gate of 34,251.62 dollars. Williams weighed 136 pounds, Angott 1404.
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Angott
Philadelphia
Ike Williams
Trenton
N. J
Sammy Angott
Washington
NBA
Shibe Park
Williams
Ballot irregularities prompt questions about election process
Fragmentary OCR notes reference ballot irregularities, officials, voters, clerks, and registration checks. The text hints at absence of votes, residence checks, and potential manipulation concerns surrounding a state election. No clear names or dates emerge.
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France
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Ratoneau
Pome- Snes
Marseilles
London
Hax
Europe
Robert Sherwood
Te Owi
Dieppe
NEA
Belgium
Rin
Signal Corps Radiotelephoto
Cpl
Albert G. Dutrow
George Tweed
Dewey Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wendell L. Willkie
the Plain Dealer
The
Plain Dealer
Enthu
Troyes
U. S. Army Hospital
U. S. General Hospital
England
Eugene W. Alexander
Middletown
United States General Hospital
New Orleans
Harmon General Hospital
Longview
Texas
Alexander
Martin P. Alexander, Jr
Martin P. Alexander
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Frederick, Md
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