Allies Push Toward Walcheren In Holland Campaign
The Allied advance toward Walcheren Island continues with Canadians still 25 yards from entering Walcheren as heavy fire and mud hamper progress. German withdrawals save many of the 46,000 troops south of the Maas while Montgomery keeps forces in reserve for a broader Holland push toward Rotterdam Arnhem. Canadian HQ reports 18,080 prisoners and 250 square miles liberated since October 6 as bad weather and minefields slow the Maas front.
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Beveland
Wacheren
Jave Front
Walcheren
Maas
Escapl
Berlin
Bernard L Montgomery
Holland
Rotterdam
Arnhem
Neder Rhine
Canadian First Army
Leopold Canal
Antwerp
Tokyo Bombed by Four-Engine B 29 Planes
Tokyo faced a panic update as Superforts raided the Kanto region near metropolitan Tokyo. The raid was attributed to B-29 aircraft from an American base in the Marianas, with prior raids by carrier aircraft in 1942 and a warning to bolster air defense.
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Tokyo Radio
Kanto
Tokyo
Marianas
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
James N. Doolittle
Tokyo air raid reports shift from two planes to several bombers
Broadcasts beamed to North America alternately claimed two planes over the capital and then several four motor bombers driven away. Metropolitan Tokyo reported the city witnessed catching up with unidentified planes that soared over the capital shortly after 1 o clock Wednesday afternoon Tokyo time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Tokyo
Battle for Leyte Nears Climax as Forces Press North
Forces on Leyte push toward Pinamopoan and Jaro amid rugged terrain and mounting Japanese road blocks. The 24th Division advanced northwest of Jaro while the First Cavalry moved from Burigo toward the village fighting continues. Marine artillerymen join reinvasion with Army and Marine units under 24th Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyte
Stilling
Pinamopoan
Leif Erickson
Philippines
24Th Corps
Potomac Edison to issue bonds after special meeting
At a Frederick board meeting, Potomac Edison judged bids for a new 16.98 million dollar first mortgage and refunding bond issue. Proceeds will retire 11.95 million of 5 percent bonds and 5 million of 4.5 percent bonds. A syndicate led by W C Langley plans to buy at 102.402 percent par with a 3 percent coupon. The 30 year issue targets sale after SEC approval. President R Paul Smith noted 1944 output rose 104 percent versus 1943 first ten months, with revenue up 8.6 percent in nine months, offset by higher payrolls and costs. He discussed 1945 rural line expansion and ongoing wartime production and transport needs. Local attendees included D K Cushwa Jr and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Edison Company
Frederick
Treasury
Security and Exchange Commission
Germany
Smith
D. K. Cushwa
Robert G. Foltz
Henry Holzanfel
George S&s. Humphrer
A. F. MacDonald
C. Maugans
D. Ra Pani & Row Water
Democratic Broadcasts Tonight and Thursday Night Lineup
Radio schedule lists Democratic Party broadcasts across NBC CBS MBS and Blue networks from New York Washington Chicago and Hollywood. Notable speakers include Dorothy Thompson Henry A Wallace Harold Ickes and Franklin Roosevelt with actors and organizers promoting the Democratic National Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Thompsons
New York
Democratic National Committee
NBC
John Gunther
Orson Welles
Quentin Reynolds
CBS
Sinclair Lewis
Democratic National
New York City
Henry A. Wallace
Harold L. Ickes
Wallace
Committee
N.C
Roosevelt
Washington
Step
Rawson
Winvis
Chicago
Ilgwu Campaign Committee
Hoosevelt
Truman
Russell Davenport
Walter Huston
Adele Rogers St. John
Hollywood
Phillip Murray
CIO
F D R Enjoys Windup Of His Campaign
President Roosevelt joked about a 1000 Club and a half cent certificate while teasing critics of his health. He noted an election bet with associates, reportedly Lewis as co-bettor, and quipped about Secretary Hull’s Navy hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Chicago
Lewis
Hull
Navy Hospital
Hart ley sister seeks address for missing brother
Mrs Emma M Flanagan Hartley of Morgantown West Virginia writes county officials to locate her brother Sterling Roy Flanagan who she believes moved to Hagerstown about 18 months ago. His oldest son is home from the Southwest Pacific and wants his address. One out of every three retail stores in the United States is a good outlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma M
Flanagen) Hartley
Morgantown
W. Va
Sterling Roy Flanagan
Hagerstown
Southwest Pacific
United States
Soldiers Write To Letter League
The November Letter League bulletin shares soldiers reports from France and Europe. Cpl G Preston Williams notes Antietam travels on land and sea as a halftrack carrier, praising the home-named vehicle while recounting front-line experiences. Other letters describe Italy and France, D-day progress, and hopes to return home.
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Antietam F
Cpl
G. Preston Williams
Washington County Letter League
Antietam
Launc
Philadelphia
United States
1 10G
France
Letter League
Sveek
Pic
Walter Teach
Hitler
Europe
Italy
Interior
E. E. Wolfe
Letter League Bulletin
Pvt
Harold B. Kline
Hagerstown
Jesse Jacobs
Belgium
Siegfried Line
Germany
Nissen
F.C. Wyand
Announce Schedule For Many Clinics
The Health Department released clinic schedules for November covering Venereal disease on Tuesdays and Fridays at 7 pm and Thursdays at 9 am. Prenatal clinics on Tuesdays at 9 am including Nov 23. Tuberculosis by appointment on Nov 1 and Nov 16 Wednesday mornings. ENT clinics by appointment on Nov 4 18 and 30 Saturdays. Child hygiene at Infant and Child Health Center Inc on Nov 7 at 9:30 am and Nov 21 at 9:30 am. Next orthopedic clinic on Mar 23, 1945. Mental hygiene clinic discontinued likely for duration.
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Health Department
Infant and Child Health Center, Inc
Self Propelled Sub Trap Offer
The document notes advisers proposing radical wartime ideas such as a submersible aircraft carrier with space for a hundred planes and even a submerged dry dock hauled on rails across the continent to move fleets. Some proposals were minor league but others aimed to speed supplies and strike capabilities, while many citizens’ ideas aided efforts in battles against Japan and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Isthmus
Costa Rica
McCord
United States
Atlantic
Carry Out Tradition In New Jug Bridge
Frederick Michigan November 1. Workers finishing a Route 46 bridge buried an old brown whiskey jug in the concrete at a bridge abutment as a nod to an old local legend about a "Dead Soldier" and the original jug bridge that gave the name to the site.
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Frederick
Route 46
Local Agencies Offer Free Let ter Distribution
In this country may obtain the letter without charge at R. M. Hays, the Hagerstown News Agency, Leiter Brothers, and the Elks Club.
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R. M. Hays
Hagerstown News Agency
Leiter Brothers
The
Elks Club
Free 16 week safety course for war industry workers in Hagerstown
Dean S. S. Steinberg of the University of Maryland announces a tuition free 16 week industrial safety engineering course for men and women in supervisory wartime roles in Hagerstown and nearby. The program, run with the U S Education Office, requires high school graduation and war industry employment. Classes begin November 33 at 7 PM at Hagerstown High School, with applications due by November 7 to Dean Steinberg at College Park Maryland.
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Hagerstown
S. 5. Steinberg
College of Engineering
University of Maryland
U. S. Office of Education
Hagerstown High School
E. F. Reininger
U. S. Department of Labor
Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
Hazerstown
S. S. Steinberg
College Park
Wolfe Convicted in Bludgeon Murder of Actress Wife
New York November 1 A Bible bearing defendant Lewis Wolfe 37 cried aloud as a Brooklyn jury found him guilty of the fatal bludgeon murder of his 26 year old actress wife last December 30. The jury gave no clemency and the death penalty is mandatory. Wolfe testified voices commanded the killing citing a breached fidelity pact from the Old Testament. The couple had married in Palestine where he claimed to build army camps for the British before moving to the United States.
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Nework
Lewis Wolfe
Louis Goldstein
Wolfe
Brooklyn
Palestine
America
Truman On Last Lap Of Campaign Gets Wallace Endorsement
Truman begins final leg of vice presidential campaign en route to Parkerburg W Va carrying the endorsement of Vice President Henry Wallace. Wallace joined Truman at Madison Square Garden to back Roosevelt era policies and said he works with Democrats of all stripes in support of Roosevelts program.
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Truman
Wallace
Parkersburg
W. Va
Harry S. Truman
Henry Wallace
New York
Madison Square Garden
Roosevelt
Final rally features Dr. Peregrin Wroth at Dewey Democrats
Dr. Peregrin Wroth tops the final rally of the Dewey Democrats for Dewey Club, criticizing Senate Bill 1161 as placing national health under bureaucratic control. Col. John Carmichael and William J. Clapp also spoke as the party denounced the administration. A Republican Workers meeting is planned in Hagerstown on South Potomac Street with a county workers gathering later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peregrin Wroth
Democrats For Dewey Club
Col
John Carmichael
William J. Clapp
Hagerstown
South Potomac Street
Award of Distinguished Flying Cross to Staff Sgt Roger R Frederick
The War Department announced yesterday that Staff Sgt Roger R Frederick was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. In other news Italians are to vote for their own government and leaders, with light wines and dancing expected and Mussolini speech curtailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger R. Frederick
Preston Road
Fountain Head Heights
War Department
Mussolini
County Chairmen Named For Drive War Fund Plans
County War Fund drive activites expand beyond the city with D Ray mond Snively chairing a near complete county organization ready to launch next week. Local chairmen across Beaver Creek Boonsboro Benevola Breathersville Downsville Lydia Fairplay Sharnshure Clear spring Indian Springs Hancock Dearfoss Spielman Leitersburg Chewsville Smiths burg Ringgold Highfield Penal Farm Keedysville St James St James School Security Mauganaville Rohrersville Sandy Hook and more are listed. Dr Charles S Tippetts Mercersburg Academy headmaster will speak at the Women's Club Literary Luncheon at 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Fund
Community Chest
D. Raymond Snively
Beaver Creek
Roy Weagley
Boonsboro
Mary Shafer
Benevola
Harry Newcomer
Breathersville
Josephine Warrenfeltz
Downsville
Fred Dorsey
Lydia
Myron Bloom
Fairplay
Harry Davis
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Isle
McCormick
Puat Anni
Stanley
Icodemus
Potomac Edison
Langley and Company
F.D.R
Dewey
Democrats
Charles S. Tippetts
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg
Women’s Club
Conoco
Pioneer Research
Continental Oil Company
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