Local Flier Aboard Life Raft Eats Raw Shark Meat
An 18 day Pacific drift survivor describes rationing eight men on two salvaged life rafts after their bomber was shot down near Truk Island on June 12. They split 13 days of provisions, fished for food, and survived storms and limited water until rescue. A surviving sergeant recalls injuries and the perilous ordeal.
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Merle Musey
North
Cannon Avenue
Arrow
Pacific
Clara Musey
North Cannon Avenue
Truk Island
Musey
Hagerstown
Army
Sgt. Musey
Mae West
Parisians End 3 Day Liberation Celebration
Parisians finish a three day liberation celebration with a parade of American troops past the Arc de Triomphe and along the Champs Elysees. U S infantry division drums guide the procession as crowds cheer and prayers accompany the return to the battle line amid the city’s postwar recovery.
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Paris
Arc de Triomphe
New York
Fifth Avenue
Champs Elysees
U. S
Hero Of World War I Killed In Action In Pacific
Reading Pennsylvania reports Chief Pharmacist's Mate Paul B Binder 50 killed in action in the South Pacific. Binder earned the Croix de Guerre in World War I for leading blinded Frenchmen through gas danger and saved many lives on Bougainville after serving with Marines on Guadalcanal.
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Reading
Paul B Binder
South Pacific
Navy Department
Binder Eniis
Bougainville
Guadalcanal
County AAA says 43 tractors needed for farmers
The Washington county office of the AAA reports 43 tractors are urgently needed by county farmers. Applications are filed and approved, but no tractors are available under the county rationed machinery quota for 1944.
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Washington County
The
AAA
Army Navy classic set for Annapolis December 2
Army Navy football game to be held at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis on December 2 with attendance strictly limited. Tickets available only to Annapolis residents within 19 miles. Ceremonies and parades to be omitted to curb wartime costs and reduce transportation and fuel use.
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Washington
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Navy
Forrestal
Stores To Close For Hagerstown Fair
Hagerstown retail stores will close at noon on Wednesday September 20 to allow employees to attend the Hagerstown Fair, which begins Monday September 18. The closing, begun last year, was found satisfactory to both employees and employers and will continue annually.
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Hagerstown
Bull dubbed Sitting Bull at Medford farm
Real Sitting Bull is a Hereford bull named Peerless Domino aged 32 owned by Nion Tucker rancher and San Francisco Chronicle part owner. Cowhands say he never lies down but sleeps sitting, prompting the new name Sitting Bull in Medford Oregon.
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Medford
Ore
Baltic Ports Bombed In Support Of Red Drive
London reports a massive RAF contingent bombed Konigsberg and Stettin in support of Russian offensives in the east. Over 1,000 heavy bombers dropped about 2,500 tons of explosives and incendiaries on Stettin and Konigsberg as US heavies attacked northern France. The raid aimed to disrupt German supply lines linked to the Russian front while reconnaissance noted fires rising from Stettin.
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London
Baltic
Konigsberg
Stettin
Hamhurs
U. S
France
Pas de Calais
English Channel
Germany
Air Ministry
Local Man Saves Woman From Drowning Praised
Mrs J H Conrad Frederick Route 5 writes the Daily Mail to thank C A Ardinger Heisterboro Road Hagerstown for rescuing her after falling from a fast motorboat into thirty feet of river water Ardinger dived in fully clothed and brought her to the surface His family says this is the second life he has saved from drowning.
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C. A. Ardinger
Heisterboro Road
Hagerstown
J. H. Conrad
Frederick
Daily Mail
Ardinger
Alleged Slayer Waives Hearing at City Court
Seventeen year old Walter Young, colored, charged with the murder at the State Penal Farm on August 7, waived a preliminary hearing before Magistrate M W Bostetter in city court and was remanded to jail to await November court action. He said he would let the grand jury decide. Young from Baltimore has a history of crime and was serving a four year term for robbery. Four witnesses for the state were present.
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Walter Young
State Penal Farm
Alvin Barker
M. W. B. Bostetter
Cll
Young
Bostetter
Baltimore
Fental Farm
Barber
Portland’s Record Heat Passes August Milestones
Portland yesterday reached 95 degrees marking the hottest August 29 in the city’s history. Forecasters say today will be 100 degrees, the peak for August 30 in Portland history.
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Portland
Are
Finland Hints Reopening Peace Talks With Russia
Stockholm reports heightened belief Finland seeks to restart negotiations with Moscow. Baron Mannerheim, current Finnish president, is said to have messaged Moscow recently, with contents undisclosed. Former premier Paasikivi recalled to Helsinki from Narendal after aiding 1940 peace talks.
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Stockholm
Finland
Russia
Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Moscow
Mannerheim
Wso
Julho Vosti Paasikivi
August Sets Record for Divorces in County
August already set an all time month record with 40 divorces filed this month and 232 for the year. Four new suits docketed include Statler vs Statler and Nave vs Nave among others. attorneys listed. Also note: Mrs Albert Hawken is home with a fractured left ankle from a recent fall in Williamsport.
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Harry D. Statler
Dorothy H. Statler
Charles W. Wolf
Catherine A. McAllister
Albert I. McAllister
C. Welles Little
Constance Frieda Nave
Jacob Albertus Nave
Calvert. K. Hartle
Leola Mildred Hoover
Burton Gerrald Hoover
C. K. Hartle
Albert Hawken
Williamsport
Turkey Accused of Harboring Spies
Pravda accuses Turkey of harboring German spies and turning a break with the Nazis into a friendly rupture. Russian troops near the Dardanelles note German attaches still in Ankara 29 days after their scheduled departure, as FCC reports a Moscow broadcast urging Spaniards to ditch Franco and align with democratic nations.
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Moscow
Pravda Today
Turkey
Dardanelles
Pravda
Ankara
Batum
Black Sea
Pinchot Backs Roosevelt for Fourth Term
Former Pennsylvania governor Gifford Pinchot urged support for Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fourth term. He compared Roosevelt to a veteran leader and warned against the rival, Governor Thomas E. Dewey, saying Roosevelt is better suited to guide the nation to peace and postwar employment. Pinchot noted prior votes for Roosevelt in 1940 but not in earlier campaigns.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Pinchot
Keystone State
Old Souvenir Shell Explodes Killing One Boy
A World War I souvenir shell exploded in Detroit injuring three youngsters and killing 10 year old Daniel Koush. Eleven year olds John Strejan and Ramond Ostrowski and four year old Manuel Doran suffered fractures and shrapnel injuries as detectives investigate why all the boys survived. A separate Philadelphia report notes a hijacked cotton material truck with $40,000 value found abandoned later.
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Detroit
Daniel Koush
John Strejan
Ramond Ostrowski
Manuel Doran
James Payne
Doran
Les
Philadelphia
North Carolina Mills
Polite
Mail Reporters Turn Quiz Kids At Subscribers Q&A
Daily Mail reporters answer reader questions while subscribers brag of inquiries about clam chowder recipes and hidden parties. Entomologists flood the editorial office with identifications of caterpillars and moths as reporters host a birds and bees day.
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Daily Mail
Onon
Allied forces drive toward Belgian border in French campaign
American armored units reach Reims and push past the Wesle river while advancing near Chalons and Les Grandes Loges. British and U S forces move toward Laon and Soissons as Rouen is evacuated and Belgian border lies about 38 miles away. Patton’s 3rd Army drives northeast of Paris toward Mons.
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Soissons
George S. Patton
Marne
Belgium
France
Troyes
Seine River
Rhineland
Supreme
HDQS
Allied ‘Expeditionary Force
Reims
Wesle
United States
Chalons
Les Grandes Loges
London
Laon
Aisne
Rouen
Seine
Paris
U. S. 3Rd Army
Pont-Arcy
George
Patton
Mons
Generals Get Limit Catches Of Trout
In Bishop California two generals George C Marshall and Henry H Hap Arnold reported limit catches of golden trout after a week of fishing. They planned to return east soon and gave no comment on the war's progress.
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Bishop
Calif
High Sier- Isle
George C., Marshall
U. S
Henry H
Hap) Arnold
Army Air Forces
Dove Season Opens Friday in Washington County
Dove hunting begins Friday in Washington County with generous shotgun shells and a daily bag limit of 25, up from 19. Plentiful doves are blamed on a good hatch, but many flocks scatter after initial hunts and head south as evenings cool. Doves water in fields then roost in nearby leafless trees, with conservationists cautioning against shooting birds while perched.
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Washington County
Maugansville Boy Wounded In Action
William Knable of Maugansville was wounded in France on August 14, the War Department telegram to his parents Mr and Mrs Baya Knable says He writes from an English hospital that he is treated as well as anyone could be He has been overseas for months and his status is described as wounded in action with overseas service continuing
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William Mr. Wnable
France
War Department
Baya Knable
Manugansville
William
Manganeville
B and C Ordered To Continue Service In Keedysville
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad was ordered by the Public Service Commission to continue passenger service to Keedysville and nearby points until further order. The decision followed an August hearing on a petition to discontinue service. protests from patrons were noted and Keedysville station telegrapher staffing was cited amid wartime shortages.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Public Service Commission
England Faces New Wave of German Flying Robots
London and southern England endured a night of robot assaults from the west Boulogne region as Allied advances push in France. The south coast and London area experienced breakers in the lull with a major quake heard near Folkestone, heightening fears of a possible Vengeance Weapon No 2 test.
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London
England
Boulogne
Turing
39 GEF For Eras Hak Ty Ta Moen Tete
Examination notes mention a periodized test labeled Thirtyen in di nier with fragmented terms and unclear context leaving readers seeking clarification on its meaning and origin.
British And Poles Smash Through German Parachute Troops
Rome report says British and Polish forces broke through veteran German parachute troops on the Italian front driving them from key high ground near the Foglia river. Despite heavy fighting, the Allied advance threatens Pesaro and edges toward the Po Valley as they press toward final HHI positions along the Adriatic end of the Gotthe line.
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Rome
Adriatic
Gotthe Line
Eighth Army
Cassina
Foglia
Pesaro
Czechs' Underground Army Emerges in Open
A London broadcast reports the Czech underground army has publicly appeared, issuing its first communiqué. The message notes resistance units confronting German forces in four areas, with ongoing clashes and sporadic fighting amid wartime turmoil.
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London
Ate. Pi
Parents Receive Son's Purple Heart
Mr and Mrs Tenatius Drury of Anceostawi Thate 2 have received the Purple Heart awarded to their son Tenatius Drury who was wounded in Italy on June 2. Denry has been overseas since September. Lan
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Tenatius Drury
Traly
Pio. Denry
Lan
Island surrender report from Porquerolles to Allied cruiser Pole
Fragmentary wire service text reports a surrender near Porquerolles on the southern France coast. Navy officials indicated a plan with a patrol cruiser named Orbitus or similar and referenced routines of daily weather and expected patrols.
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N&zis
Washington
Stratos Criniser Orbeha
France
Navy
Farvental
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