Blake is at large. fugitive in San Francisco escape linked
Sheriff Horace M. Alexander disclosed a letter from San Francisco officials stating George Wilson Blake escaped jail there and has since appeared in Portland before being brought to Frederick County. Blake was awaiting trial on four indictments after arrest in San Francisco, with detainers placed by Frederick County. The California letter offered no escape details, only confirming the escape and plans to contact authorities.
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Sherif
Horace M. Alexander
San Francisco
George Wilson Blake
Blake
Frederick County
Portland
Oregon
Frederick
California
Declarations of Estimated Income Filed to Final Hour
Deputy collectors of Interval Revenue worked until midnight at the post office assisting taxpayers filing declarations of estimated income and victory tax. Officers Sponseller and Roser closed the office after serving the last customer and noted many people were unsure of filing rules and few were required to file this time. The main challenge was estimating annual income for the year ending December 31.
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Oscar C. Sponseller
Guy C. Roser
Yamato Maru Sunk After Submarine Attack
Tokyo report via Tokyo radio and AP records says the Japanese liner Yamato Maru with 1095 aboard was sunk by a submarine on Sept 13 near Formosa. Japanese warships destroyed the submarine and 7064 people were rescued by nearby ships.
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London
Tokyo Radio
Associated Press
Japan
Formosa
Nazis Guessed Wrong On American Strength
Berlin radio said Allied forces at Salerno were far stronger than previously claimed and offering desperate resistance. The claim was recorded by the British Ministry of Information.
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London
Berlin
Salerno
Ministry of Information
Snow and Cold Wreck Brazil Coffee Crops
Dispatches from Sao Paulo report severe cold and snow damaging Brazil coffee crops. A depth of over a foot was recorded in pine groves while temperatures dipped to 22 degrees Fahrenheit across Sao Paulo Rio Grande do Sul and Parana.
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Rio de Janeiro
Additional Substitute Jurors Are Selected
Additional substitute jurors for the September term of Circuit Court were drawn by morning as follows Predonsk Lewis 2 Dortzbaugh in place of Carlton L. Baumgard ner Mt. Pleasant A M Hamilton in place of George Beanss Jefferson Paul 2 Culiy in place st Aother iiece.
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Predonsk
Lewis
Dortzbaugh
Carlton L. Baumgardner
Mt. Pleasant
A. M Hamilton
George Beanss
Jefferson
Paul
Culiy
St Aother
Drunken driving charge against William West filed
William West was taken into custody early today by City Officer Denver Shook on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor. He was released on collateral of 43 dollars pending a hearing.
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William West
Denver
Haquor He Wachter
Gas Rations Revoked in Eight to Twelve County Hearings
County OPA panel revoked gasoline rations for eight to twelve cases last week amid violations of the Victory speed limit and mileage rules. Ration actions ranged from 15 to 60 days, with a 60 day order against Wilbur E. Nusz for 60 mph driving. Several drivers received 30 and 45 day penalties, while one case drew a 15 day reprimand.
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OPA Legal Panel
Howard H. Murphy
Viamsville
Braddock Heights
Charles R Johnson
Staley L. Flock
Pine Avenues
Daniel D. Poole
Steve M. Alexander
Thurmont
Roger D. Phifer
West Third Street
Merril N. Wachter
Frederick
Gordon M. White
West Patrick Street
Arginia
George M. Perr
Vivian Shane Fleetwood
West Fifth Street
Howard H. Falconer
East Second Street
Russians Capture Novorossisk in Caucasus Breakthrough
Russian forces seized Novorossisk, the Black Sea naval base, within the German Caucasus bridgehead as announced in Moscow. The move marks a major advance on the Black Sea front and shifts strategic balance in the region.
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Novorossisk
German Caucasus
London
Black Sea
Caucasus
Moscow
Never Thought Of Evacuating Salerno Says Stimson
Secretary of War Stimson says there was never any thought of evacuating Salerno. He describes the Salerno battle as one of the Mediterranean campaign’s most critical, with reinforcements arriving and beachhead progress made. Allied air superiority and naval gunfire aid the effort as German forces counter with stronger interior lines. Farther south, Montgomery’s British and Canadian troops have seized most of southern Italy and push northward rapidly.
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Washington
Salerno
Stumsott
Naples
Mediterranean
Stimson
Andalso
Mark W. Glark
Bernard L. Monteomery
Italy
Cholera And Plague March Against Japs
Data from the Netherlands Information Bureau reports epidemic diseases such as typhoid malaria dysentery and plague affecting Japanese forces in the Southwest Pacific. Outbreaks and health-system breakdowns in Dutch and Indonesian areas accompany shortages of rice and quinine hindering military and civilian resistance.
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Washington
Southwest Pacific
Netherlands Information Bureau
Nippon
Netherlands East Indies
Indo-China
Domeéi
Bandung
Java
Health Service
Netherlands
East Indies
Public Wealth Service
Abe
Celebes
Thailand
Philippines
Italian Fascist Leader Cavalieri Dies by Suicide
London reported a Rome broadcast stating Marshal Ugo Cavalleri Fuldenich of the Italian army committed suicide. Cavallero, who resigned his staff post last January, had been arrested after Mussolini's downfall and was said in a German broadcast to have been freed by the Nazis.
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London
Rome
Ugo Cavaliers Fuldenich
Cavallero
Badoglio
Benito Mussolini
Curley and Five Others Indicted in War Contract Scam
Federal grand jury indicted James M Curley and five associés for 21 counts of mail fraud tied to an alleged government war contract brokerage racket. Defendants, officers of Engineers Group Inc, allegedly falsely claimed expertise to secure government contracts between 1926 and 1942.
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Washington
James M Curley
D.- Mass
Donald Wakefield Smith
Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
Engineers Group, Inc
Chicago
Boston
Curley
Massachusetts
Democratic National Committee
Milk Ration Talk Signals Winter Shortages Warned
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones plans to brief the Senate Banking Committee on a milk production shortfall that could trigger fluid milk rationing this winter and higher rations for butter cheese and condensed milk. Officials consider government subsidies to offset rising costs during the season while dairy experts estimate subsidies between 4000 and 160000000. Urban areas face ongoing fluid milk shortages as the War Food Administration moves to curb sales through dealer quotas.
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Washington
War Food
Marvin Jones
Senate Banking Committee
War Food Administration
WRA
Quedas
Remembered assassin Schrank dies at state hospital
John Flammang Schrank, who in 1912 attempted to kill Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee, died at Central State Hospital in Waupun, Wisconsin, on September 16. He was 7.
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Sciurank
Waupun
Wis
John Flammang Schrank
Theodore Roosevelt
Milwaukee
Central State Hospital
Massive Allied Night Raid Hits Nantes and Italian Fronts
Allied air forces led a dusk assault over Nantes targeting naval installations and industry at the mouth of the Loire, escorted by Thunderbolts with Liberators and Marauders, in a large operation alongside RAF and U.S. forces striking Berlin and Monilucon. The Salerno bridgehead campaign continued with heavy bombing of roads, depots, and troop concentrations as American and RAF aircraft hammered the Italian front through dawn to dusk.
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Lordan
Vader
Europe
Bapest
Nantes
Wrange
Loire
France
Berlin
Hitler
Monilucon
Vichy
North Africa
Tie Aled
Salerno
Fifth Army
Eboli
Picernn
Panetellaria
London
Yossiblia
Linganore Creek Runs Extremely Low in Dry Spell
A city official says Linganore Creek is unusually low due to a protracted dry period though enough water remains for municipal filtration. The filtration plant operates conservatively to keep reserve water in King Creek dam while hints of scattered showers offer hope for measurable precipitation.
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Linganore Creek
King Creek
Rap Tors
Real Second Front Not Yet Opened, Pravda Says
Pravda reports no opening of a real second front by Western Allies in Europe. It cites 212 German divisions on the Soviet front and notes German withdrawals to meet Italy invasion. Pravda disputes Stockholm on German shifts and criticizes Gen Wladyslaw Anders for claims of 30 divisions moved from the Russian front.
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Pravda
Moscow
Communist Party
Russia
Europe
Jane
Italy
Stockholm
Wladyslaw Anders
Commanda
Dalish Farens
Rissa
Salerno Seen As Start Of Heavy Fighting
Mexico dispatch reports General George C. Marshall arriving unexpectedly to review Mexican troops near Salerno. He warned that the Salerno area this week could be only the beginning of heavy fighting, accompanied by Mrs. Marshall as he met with high ranking Mexican officers.
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Mexico
Civ
George C. Marshall
U. S
Salerno
Ajennet
Marz
Maryland Fathers To Be Drafted In October
State Selective Service head Henry C Stanwood said Marvin Gobe drafted starting next month. He noted rising tendencies in the stock market as New York reports leaders moving to slightly lower levels.
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Maryland
Builenere
Henry C Stanwond
Marvin Gobe
New York
Vatican City Entry Barred Amid Guarded Vatican Squares
Geneva dispatch reports Italian border officials barred entry to Vatican City as German units deployed near St Peter's Basilica. The Lausanne Gazette says tanks and gun emplacements ringed the basilica and colonnade to prevent faithful Italians from entering.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Lausanne
Naactlns Funes
Pers
Ieavir Vateaa Cr
St Peters Square
Rman
Vatican
Tne Dispaich
St. Peter's
Cneck
Not One Foot Of Ground Will Be Given Up Fifth Army Leader States
Allied leaders declare Salerno beachhead secure with General Clark vowing no retreat. The British Eighth Army advances toward Sapri as German defenders pull back under heavy naval and air bombardment. Reinforcements flood the bridgehead while Montgomery’s forces push north along the coast toward Scalea.
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Fifth Army
Clark
Eighth Army
Salerno
North Africa
Dunkerque
Sapri
Mark W. Clark
Middle East
Scalea
Trajan
Fifth
Mark W
Bernard L. Montgomery
Belvedere
Italian Fleet Surrenders Arrive at Alexandria
Arrival of the surrendered Italian fleet ported at Alexandria includes two battleships four cruisers and four destroyers after voyage from Malta. The event marks a significant postwar naval turnover as Allied forces take control of former Italian vessels.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Malte
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Brazil
OPA
Nmayy
Nip Invaders
Marshal Cavallero
J. M. Curley
Baum
U.S. Forts
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Holy See
Sven To Peel
Allied
Mark W. Chirk
Sele
Calore
Altavilla
Solomons
Navy
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