Japs To Lose Says Haegerstown Kiwanis Speaker
J. C. Oliver of the YMCA World Service spoke at Hotel Alexander promising that China will hold on, the Japs will be pushed out, and U S friendship with the Chinese will continue. He described years in China, Pearl Harbor impact, and life in a Japanese civilian camp with organized internal departments and forced labor. The talk covered refugee movements, currency, and repatriation aboard ships to America.
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China
J. C. Oliver
World Service
M.C. A
Hagerstown Kiwanis Club
Hotel Alexander
Oliver
Shanghai
America
Luel Gripsholm
Pp. J. Potter
A. Oliver
Pearl Harbor
John c. O'Connell
Club
Olivers
Chin
United States
Japan
Mormugas
Goa
Portugese
India
Bombay
Iner Gripsholm
Burma
Berlin Says Hitler Line Dented as Allied Advance Near Cassino
Allied forces push toward Cassino with the 5th Army exploiting recent gains. Formia mopped up as snipers removed. French seize Monte Santa Maria and Monte d Oro while British and Polish troops close on the Liri valley. German dumps and ammunition stores are believed destroyed near Gaeta.
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Cassino
Formia
Mark W. Clark
5Th Army
Naples
Gaeta
Monte d’Oro
Esperia
Monte Santa Maria
Pontecorvo
Liri
Former Strip Tease Actress Weds Actor
Hollywood report notes Ann Corio, a former strip tease star, married vaudeville actor Bob Williams last April 8 in Ensenada, Mexico. Corio honeymooned at a Malibu Beach cottage and plans a Vancouver personal appearance tour next week. Williams had one prior marriage. Corio was previously divorced from Emmett R. Callahan in Hartford.
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Hollywood
Ann Corio
Malibu
Vancouver
Bob Williams
Ensenada
Mex
Miss Carlo
Emmett R. Callahan
New York
Hartford
Conn
Williams
Germans Prepare For North Italy Assault
RERN Switzerland reports fascist authorities order evacuation of Genoa harbor areas and coastal towns by midnight Saturday. The 39 mile coast from Genoa to Moneglia, north of Corsica, is affected as fears of an amphibious assault rise.
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Rern
Switzerland
Genoa
Chiasso
Neue Zurcher Zeitung
Moneglia
Corsica
Quail distributed to country farms in Washington county
A total of 324 hobewhite quail were distributed in Washington county this week by Deputy Game Warden Albert Crampton with help from sportsmen. The quail were released on farms and woodlands from Indian Springs to Weverton and may be added in the Hancock area. Birds came from Gwyn Brook State Game Farm at Glyndon Maryland.
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Washington County
Albert Crampton
Crampton
Indian Springs
Weverton
Hancock
Gwyn Brook
Glyndon
Gravel wreck blocks Atlantic Coast Line tracks in Dillon
Atlantic Coast Line main north south route blocked when a freight wreck dumped hundreds of tons of gravel on the tracks inside Dillon city limits. Twelve cars of a southbound freight piled up, eight carrying granite gravel. No injuries reported though about 50 daily trains were detoured. rail crews hoped to clear one track by midnight.
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Dillon
ATL
Atlantic Cost Line
W. L. Freeman
Three More Held In Cider Drinking
Three more teenage boys were arrested by State Trooper Bruce Brachey on charges of taking part in the Williamsport hard cider drinking binge. A warehouse in town was entered and forty gallons of cider stolen. Three others had been apprehended earlier and await trial. Investigators said the boys drank cider and became intoxicated.
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Bruce Brachey
Williamsport
Hotel operator quits over lack of Manhattan apartment
A New York hotel manager quickly resolves a staffing issue by providing an apartment and paying the first month’s rent after a Bellhop reported she quit due to difficulty finding housing in Manhattan and commuting from out of town. In Cambridge England, Second Lt. Robert N. Gore, from New York City, is acquitted by a U S court martial of involuntary manslaughter linked to a fighter plane crash that killed a truck driver last February.
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New York
Manhattan
Cambridge
England
Robert N. Gore
New York City
U. S
Germans Use Every Weapon In Formia Mop Up
American forces swept through Formia routing a German garrison in 24 hours. They found 150 ammunition cases in a single building, mortars ready to fire, and extensive destruction including ruined bridges and rails. Booby traps and hidden machine gun nests challenged patrols as they closed out the town.
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Formia
Youth Arrested For Store Theft In Elizabeth Street
City police say they solved the larceny of soft drinks cigarettes and candy from Shipp's store on Elizabeth Street Tuesday night. A 13 year old boy was arrested by Patrolmen Wolford and N Smith after confessing and implicating several other youngsters.
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Shipp
Elizabeth Street
Wolford
N. Smith
Comic Strip Criticized For Delinquency Influence
Philadelphia official Edith Gwinn protests the Little Orphan Annie comic saying it is a vicious example for youths. She urges warnings and cites the strip teaches children to lie and evade responsibility while undermining respect for the law.
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Philadelphia
Edith D. Gwinn
Philadelphia Board of Education
Washington
Norristown Bus Strike Delays Workers Across Town
Thousands of Schuylkill Valley Lines riders faced delays as 56 bus drivers walked out in a sudden strike. The Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees members protested a bonus wage plan, stranding workers near Norristown and surrounding communities.
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Norristown
Schuylkill Valley Lines, Inc
Southeastern
Pennsylvania
Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employee
AFL
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ARROW
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the National Brewing CO
Baltimore, Maryland
Lloyd M. Bentzel
Mulberry St
Hagerstown
Ratler Gow
L10n
Berlin
Hitler
Italy
Dorothy Lamour
Raymond McBirney
Rudy
Fox3 Pharmacy
Hamilton Corner
Atlantic Coast Line
York
Susquehanna River
Dorothy R. Rees
New Castle
Del
Harry Spencer Rees
Baltimore
Seabury
Mt. St. Agnes School
Catholic Student Missionary Crusade
Catholic University
Kay ‘Brann
Concord
Potomac ST. Hag
U.S.O
Bon Ton
Jtorth Potomac
Cloverdale PA
Cloverdale Soft Drinks
Baker Distributing Company
Cloverdale
Alex Sarsaparilla
Glory Glass
Christian
R. M. Hays & Bros. Inc
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