Hannover Target Of Mass Raid And Nantes Hit
Allied air forces struck Europe in a rapid trio of attacks within 18 hours. RAF bombers attacked Hannover damaging rail and factory zones while Nantes and two French airfields faced Marauder assaults. Casualties included bombers lost and civilian damage reported in Hannover.
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Hannover
Nantes
London
Europe
Reich
Han Nover
U. S
France
Air Ministry
Britain
Germany
Ministry
Emden
Oldenburg
Bremen
Channel
Vannes-Meucon
Berlin-Bastard
Franze
Evereaux- Fauville
Paris
Continental
Gummlwerke
Holland
Tos
Mantes
Bay of Biscay
Atta
Atlantic
Gen. Butcher To Retire From Active Service
Baltimore September 23 Brig Gen Edwin Butcher Third Service Command chief of staff will retire from active duty on January 31 1944 Service Command Headquarters announced today Maj Gen Milton A Reckord commanding general said Butcher retirement tops the list of about 30 officers in the command embracing Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia who have passed statutory retirement age and whose release from active service has been authorized by the War Department
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Baltimore
Edwin Butcher
Third Service Command
Service Command
Milton A. Reckord
Butcher
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
War Department
Japs Attempt Guadalcanal Bombing Raid
American fighter planes repelled a Japanese bombing raid on Guadalcanal in the Solomons. The raid involved 12 to 16 bombers and caused only light damage with a few casualties. A second raid by six planes near the airstrip also caused light damage and no casualties.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Navy
Solomons
Kleist Chosen President Of Frederick Co operative Association
J. Walker Carty announces the election of C. Walter Kleist as president of the Frederick Co operative Association effective with the seventh season of the citizen sponsored concert plan. A September through October membership drive runs October 4 to 9 with mail renewals urged to save volunteer time.
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C. Walter Kleist
Frederick Cooperative Association
J. Walker Carty
Kleist
Soldiers Ineligible For Apple Picking Stipends
Allenburgh, Nov. Sept. 23 Soldiers from Fort Devens Mast began today their second week of apple picking in Orange County while orchard owners seek repeal of a War Department pay order. Samuel B Phelps manager of the lower Hudson regional market said the War Department notified growers the soldiers were on active duty and therefore in eligible to receive pay other than their Army stipends. The 112 Fort Devens soldiers in the section are doing a darn good job.
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Allenburgh
Fort Devens
Mast
Orange County
War Department
Samuel B. Phelps
Lower Hudson
Toenite
Phelns
Hancock Rotary Plan Under Way With 17 Businessmen
A Hancock group of 17 local businessmen is planning the formation of a Rotary Club. Dr. Thomas Bess of Keyser West Virginia, a special Rotary representative, has announced the initiative.
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Rotary Club
Hancock
Thomas Bess
Keyser
W. Va
Rotary
Hood College Enrollment Up Ten Percent in Semicentennial Year
Hood College reports a ten percent enrollment rise over 1942, reaching capacity as 200 new freshmen join an orientation week. President Henry S. Stahr notes the milestone in the college’s semicentennial year, with student leaders and organizations introduced at an assembly.
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Hood College
Henry S. Stahr
Staher
Autumn Arrives As Temperatures Dip Ahead Of Season
Autumn begins this afternoon at 3 12 EST with a 47 degree overnight low and a high of 84. The scene brings a brief cooldown after a few sunny warm days. Last year’s autumn opened with a 45 degree low, and no rain is forecast as Fishing Creek reservoir levels fall about ten feet nine inches from full.
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FAP
Putin
Fishing Creek
Coffin Making Keeps Village Carpenter Busy In One Town
Village carpenter in Altavilla works fast to craft coffins as villagers mourn and bury the dead from the battle. Americans occupy the town after intense fighting near Battipaglia and Eboli, where roads are cratered and fires burn.
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Relman Morin
Moountains
Altavilla
Battipaglia
Eboli
Four Diplomatic Assignments To Be Filled
Four key diplomatic posts affecting U S Russia relations and the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin conference await action. Names discussed include Welles and Standley with alternates Harri smith Hopkins Narennan Murphy and MacMillan among possible appointees.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Foreign Office
Moscow
Ph Legusus
Soviet Union
Mediterranean
Sumner Welles
William H Standley
Vyugheslay Molotov
Anthony Eden
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Welles
Abovanes
W. Averill
Radgewell
Narrenan
Agno
Adien Standley
Murphy
Robert D. Murphy
Algiers
Harold MacMillan
Bri
Africa
United State
Scholarships And Grants At Hood College Spark In 1944 Class Roster
rs county girls at Hood College for the current year were announced today. The Frederick region list includes Lena Tamss Erma Stuil Leyderick Charlotte Garnetta and Anna tase Dorothy Englebrecht Frances Grove Miriam Haugh Annie Kroh Theresa Mathias Serene Istuyun Myra Himes and Audrey Catlaway. In Walkersville Myra Himes and Joseph F Marshall are named. A 2 year old farmer near Lewistown died suddenly at seven this morning of a heart attack. death deemed natural causes by Dr B O Thomas acting county medical examiner. The body was removed to G C Barton funeral home in Walkersville.
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Hood College
Lena Tamss
Erma Stuil
Ley
Missestederick
Charlotte Recown
Garnettaurg
Annatase
Dorothy Englebrecht
Frances Grove
Miriam Haugh
Annie E. Kroh
Theresa Mathias
Serene Istuynn
Fréderick
Audrey L. Catlaway
Bratdock Heights
Myra Himes
Walkersville
Oseph F. Marshall
Lewistown
B. O. Thomas
R. Paul Buhrtmen
G. C. Barton
Woman cites War Bond loss amid marital jealousy reported
Hartford theater manager Lou Cohen says a woman who paid 375 toward a 500 war bond told him she saved the money to get a divorce but hated her husband more than Willer.
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Hartford
Conn
Lou Cohen
Willer
Tanks and Jeeps on Display in Frederick for Third War Loan
Tanks two scout cars and two jumps arrived for public inspection near the State Armory in Frederick this afternoon and evening as part of the Third War Loan drive. The equipment, arriving today, will be opened for inspection after 4 PM. Lieutenant Gerald Fawley and Lieutenant Benjamin Herrick with 29 MPs arrived with their unit, were greeted by Mr McSherry, and the gear was shown on Frederick streets and at the Square while county fundraising trails toward a 2 3 million goal.
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WA Dine Mohn Phatteaim
Gerald Fawley
Benjamin Herrick
T02nd Military Police Battalion
Mc Sherry
AWVS
Frederick
Inquiries Are Brushed Aside MacArthur Conference Hint
Secretary Stimson dismissed questions about MacArthur facing a subordinate role in the Pacific war. He said MacArthur is deeply engaged in an important operation and no conference calls are planned. Washington officials are traveling to the Southwest Pacific to see him as part of ongoing communications.
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Ington
Douglas MacArthur
Ste
Stimson
MacArthur
Ektiemte Gut
Washington
Whiskey Shortage Boosts Neighboring Nations Reports Unclear
A transport official stated whiskey shortages abroad rise unusually fast. The report cites shipments totaling 3.785 million gallons versus 97 thousand a year earlier, with wartime precedents under one million gallons monthly. Data mentions Puerta Ried alomo and a yearly figure near 51 thousand gallons, amid stamp sales coverage.
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Puerta Ried Alomo
Poltava Abandoned as Red Army Advances Into Ukraine
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet troops storming toward Poltava after a German communiqué claimed the city was abandoned. The Red Army pushes along the Antiper river flank, nearing the Dnieper as Berlin notes a shift of center of gravity to the Smolensk region amid heavy fighting and a Stalin order praising the northern defense fortress.
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Moscow
Antieper
Russia
Hid Toda Ad
Dnieper
Red
Nagi Basti
Kiev
Smolensk
Ukraine
London
Poltava
Berlin
Roskla
Kharkov
Kremenchuy
Dnepropetrovek
Khar
Dnepropetrovsk
Paltava
Deniken
Charles XI
Peter
Dilana
Golovach
Red Army
Smoalensk
Nagi
Demidov
Smoylensk
White Russia
Joseph Stalin
Legion Denounces Resolution Linking Legion to Propaganda
In New York a denouncement claims the American Legion has been used for political purposes and to spread un-American propaganda. The text cites a resolution from a convention and mentions George Sylvester Viereck and use of the Congressional frank by German-aligned propagandists. In Rome a report describes Graziani as defense minister in a new Fascist government under Benito Mussolini.
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Legion
Ham Fish
Graziani
New York
American Legion
Haauiten Res-Ny
Frank
London
Berin Radig
Romie
Rodolfo Graz
Benita Mu
Ane Ae Ahas F King
E.qispia
Lbya
Brunswick Property Sold on South Bruns wick Street
Clerk records show a Brunswick property transfer from Mr and Mrs Charles A Bowers to Mr and Mrs Harald J Morrison on the south side of Bruns wick Street with an approximate consideration of 5300 dollars.
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Brunswick
Brunswick Street
Charles A. Bowers
Air
Harald J. Morrison
Germans Scuttle 30 Ships as Docks Blocked by Fires
Allied reports describe German efforts to scuttle at least 30 ships and ignite fires along Corsica and Naples docks. Air and sea power pressure Naples and Corsica while Allied forces push through central and southern Italy toward Potenza, Salerno, and Taranto.
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North Africa
Corsica
Bastia
Seni
Lady Lochy
Albert Kesselrige
Naples
Custia
Aarge
Europe
Adriatic
Salerno
Potenza
Sala Consilina
Mottola
Taranta
Acerna
Avigliang
Genoga
Contursi
Acerno
Avignang
Italy
Manfredonia
Bart
Navy Arms Given Legion By Adm King
Admiral Ernest J. King told the American Legion national convention that Navy arms are to be used with all weapons in synchronized overwhelming assaults. He stressed air power and close coordination among services in the Pacific war effort.
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Omaha
Ernest J. King
U.S
National Convention
American Legion
Marcus
Gilbert Ishinois
King
Pacific
Engineer Seeks Name Change Amid Embarrassment
In Seattle on September 23, a technical engineer from an aircraft firm urged a court to affirm his name as Philip Max Kaye, stating it would be embarrassing to be known as M. T. Botch. In London on September 24, Navy Secretary Frank Knox met King George VI at Buckingham Palace, with Prime Minister Churchill also visiting for a luncheon.
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Seattle
Philip Max Kaye
Philip Max
M. T. Botch
Knox
London
Navy
Frank Knox
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Churchill
Powerful Force Arrives To Strengthen Ceylon
A powerful force of East troops arrives at a naval base in Ceylon to bolster defenses. Many veterans of the East Africa campaign join, serving under Governor General Harry Edward Wetherall on the island stronghold south of India.
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Ceylon
Mhs
Itu
East Africa
Itsilans
Harry Edeward Wetherall
Ledia
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Cooperative Government Association
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