Thousands Of Birds Routed By Gunfire In Frederick Park
Gunfire at Frederick City Hospital park drives off thousands of starlings in a futile chase. Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger and Sgt. Frank Dorsey used blanks from a pump gun as birds rose in a darkening cloud. Birds shift blocks but return. residents use dinner bell bands, pans, and umbrellas to deter them. Officials note little actual damage and anticipate seasonal movement with colder weather.
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Rederick
Frederick’ City Hospital
Hospital Park
Hugh V. Gittinger
Sergt
Frank Dorsey
Announcement To Be Of Interest by O Conor in Maryland
Governor O Conor said he had been authorized by the War Department to make an announcement of particular interest to Marylanders during a radio broadcast tonight. The exact nature of the announcement was not disclosed. The talk came from Baltimore at 7 45 p m as part of the opening of the state campaign for the Third War Loan.
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Annapolis
O"conor
War Department
Maryland
Baltimore
Four American destroyers pass Gibraltar strait at dawn
Madrid dispatches report four American destroyers slipped through the Strait of Gibraltar late last night and steamed eastward at top speed after a brief signal exchange with Gibraltar. The large warship remained in the zone, but the dispatch notes a United States sailor from the Texas class aboard.
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Madrid
Com la Linga Today
Strait of Gibraltar
Polish and Italian assets seized under Reich actions
A Berlin radio broadcast quoted a Tokyo news report on Italian holdings in Shanghai being taken over by the Reich. The AP recorded that the move violated international law and reflected immediate Italian disinvestment in Shanghai amid growing war tensions.
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Berlin
Tokyo
Pree Ho
Shanghai
Agenciated
Talian Holdings
No Victory Monuments Halt on German Quarrying Raised
Stockholm reports Germans have warned the Swedish stone industry to stop quarrying granite ordered for post war Nazi building projects. A vast wartime contract secured huge blocks of red black and grey granite stored in Sweden awaiting delivery to the Nazis.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Germans Claim Occupation of North Italy Amid Allied Landings
German military spokesmen announced that northern and central Italy were occupied by German troops and that surrendering Italian forces would be disarmed. Allied landings on the Gulf of Eufemia were said to be near annihilation as German units move to reinforce the line. Aftonbladet reported Hitler’s war council planned to fight to the last man, with Austrian contingents sent to Italy and battles anticipated on battlegrounds around Mary and the Seventh Army’s forces near Naples and Salerno.
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London
Berlin
Italy
Gulf of Eufemia
Palmi
Maly
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Mary
Adolf Hitler
Baliaty
Naples
Sailerno
Stefani
U. S
Genoa
San Giuliano
Sturla
Italians Rally with Allied Forces Across Northern Italy
Allied forces advancing from the Tyrrhenian coast push northward with an Italian advance guard. Milan and Turin and other industrial centers in the north are reported under Italian military control as German troops withdraw.
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Bern
Switzerland
Tyrrhenian
Naples
Milan
Turin
Italy
Taxpayers Confused By Declaration Law
Taxpayers face confusion over income and victory tax declarations with many inquiries at the post office. Deputy collectors warn that several people must file by next Wednesday September 15.
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Iyi Pansons
Allied drive targets Italy bases for oil raids
Washington reports Allied forces focus on occupying air bases in Rumantia and Hungary to reach German oil and weaken the Reich. An Italian offensive from bases in the Mediterranean is seen as further straining German defenses while Italy’s surrender reshapes naval balance and future fleet use.
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Washington
Maly
Germany
Rumventa
Tipugurs
Placsti
Rumania
Hungary
Hitler
Nazi Field Marshal Escapes Bomb In Allied Raid
Italian agency Stefani reports Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, commander of German air forces in Italy, escaped a raid on his Rome home “only for a miracle” as a bomb struck the building amid Allied bombing. Reuters heard the broadcast via London.
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London
Stefani
Taray
Albert Kesserling
Italy
Rome
Reuters
Tax Conference Focus on Roosevelt Churchill Talks
Washington September 9 a tax conference was the sole item on President Roosevelts agenda as talks with Prime Minister Churchill continued The brief item notes the ongoing discussions amid presidential duties and international diplomacy
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Six More Jap Merchant Ships Are Sunk By U S Submarines
Washington Sept 98 Six more Japanese merchant ships have been sunk by American submarines and four damaged in attacks on enemy supply lines the Navy announced today. The total of sunk or damaged ships since the war began has reached 223 with detailed perils listed including two large freighters one large cargo ship one medium tanker one single freighter and one medium face go damaged ships include one large cargo two small cargo and one medium freighter. These actions were not announced in any prior Navy communique.
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Washington
Commuunique
United States
Navy Department
Church Bells Open Third War Loan Drive With Ball Game
City marks opening of the Third War Loan drive designed to raise 19 billion dollars for World War III. A 5 PM game at McCurdy Field pitted the Washington Senators against the New Cumberland Army post team as crowds gathered. Chairman McSherry touted county efforts aiming to surpass prior campaigns, with tickets offered to bond buyers and Buck Newsom rumored to oppose Tommy Gale on the mound. Frederick County’s quota stands at 2.3 million, a county peak, as canvassing intensifies and radio pleas push public subscriptions since banks cannot subscribe.
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Washington Senators
Cumberland Pan Army Post
Wilf
W. Clinton McSher
Buck Newsom
Right
Tommy Jale
Piladelphia
Camulleu JL
Wwealiul
Frederick County
Wich
McSherry
Hour Of Complete Victory Approaching Pravda Report
Pravda quoted in a Moscow broadcast claims the Red Army disrupted German offensives and crushed Mussolini’s forces, with Allied invasion calls noted but not cited. The dispatch asserts favorable conditions for a decisive blow and expresses confidence the hour of complete victory nears.
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Pravda
Moscow
Vic Itory
Red Army
Daneis
Miller
Haly
Belgorod
Mussolini
Western
Europe
Germany
Mussolini Reported Held on La Maddalena Island
A Dag Vragter dispatch from its Zu correspondent reports Benito Mussolini removed from Tian island of La Maddalena off the Sardinian coast in Amn province. The claim cites a status change on the island as the day’s lead.
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Dag Vragter
Benito Mu
Tian Island
la Maddalena
New Bridge Floor Plan and Street Repairs Planned
City officials announced a new plan to replace flooring and begin repairs on Carroll Street Bridge. The program to repave several streets has been completed and patching is underway, according to engineer Frank W. Rothenharler.
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Frank W. Rothenharler
Toda
Carroll Street
Nazi Troops Piled Back Into Germany
Reports from the Swiss frontier say three German divisions moved from northern Italy through the Brenner Pass back into Germany. Unconfirmed notes claim Allied landings near Naples and that Italy’s leadership now controls Turin and Milan and their air ports after rapid meetings with political and labor leaders. Battles between Germans and Italians were rumored across the Po region.
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Madrid
Versona
Trenting
Italy
Germany
Brenner Pass
Allans
Naples
AP Melia
Dara
Turin
Milan
Russians Storm Ahead in Ukraine Football Front
London reports a Russian daylight advance after seizing the north Ukraine rail hub of Bakhmach near Konotop and east of Kiev. Front dispatches say two Red armies pressed the retreating Germans from the Dnieper toward the south of Stalingrad while storming toward Mariupol and the Crimea, with a 500 mile front burning as autumn rains threaten heavy warfare.
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London
North Ukraine
Bakhmach
Konotop
Kiev
Broscow
Ereal
Staling
Donets
Dnieper
Staline
Mariupol
Sea of Azov
Perekap
Crimea
Smolensk
Schools Open Next Monday For 9 30 A M Start
Public schools will open next Monday September 13 from 9 30 A M to 3 20 P M in most cases, as announced by Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt. The 9 20 A M opening date was approved last term and kept in effect for this year. In New York, Radio France in Algiers urged Corsicans to prepare calmly for liberation as Axis occupation ends.
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Schnaalser
Eugene W. Pruitt
New York
Radio France
Algiers
Corsica
Becausze
Greatest Allied Air Attack Loosed On Western Europe
Allied daylight air assault led by American Flying Fortresses and Thunderbolts struck the French coast with a large fleet crossing the Channel. Bombing targeted northwestern Paris and various Axis airfields in Occupied France as part of a broad invasion rehearsal amid amphibious maneuvers observed by German reconnaissance.
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Europe
Sara Hge Bey
DNB
Berlin
Associated Press
Tat
Paris
French
Capial
Tivaston
Channel
France
Flednah
Fakes 14 Hours To Try Easing Son Of Heaven
New York dispatch reports a Tokyo radio proade monitored by U.S. monitors claimed Italy surrendered unconditionally to Allies and that Japan planned to crush America and Britain. The broadcast said Emperor Hirohito was said to be at ease, and aired 14 hours after the Allied capitulation announcement.
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Son OF Heaven
New York
Tokyo
United States
Fagan
Italy
de Alles
Japan
America
Britain
Hirohito
Schuschaiggson Bludgeoned to Death by Storm Tramps
New York Sept 9. Von Schuschaigg, son of the former Austrian Chancellor, was beaten to death by Nazi storm tramps near concentration camp area in Berlin, according to Austrian Action Inc. an unofficial Austrian group.
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New Yorn
Rad von Schuschaigg
New Berlin
Austrian Action, Inc
Americans land in Italy amid Naples front and Frascati blitz
Allied forces under Gen Clark surge ashore near Naples as German resistance stiffens. Flying Fortresses hit Frascati near Rome, destroying German headquarters and leveling the town. Montgomery’s Eighth Army advances in Calabria while Italian and German replies mix rumors of a German-sponsored government and new fronts.
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Naples
North Africa
Mark W. Clark
St Aa.m. Forlay
Haly
Amalfi
Gulf of Salerno
Italy
Frascati
Rome
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