Roosevelt Enjoys Windup of His Campaign
President Roosevelt in high spirits as he nears election day outlines two campaign addresses one at the White House and one in Boston plus informal stops in Bridgeport Hartford and Springfield and a Hyde Park talk. He jokes about politics at a news conference while discussing Stilwell’s withdrawal and election bets.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Boston
Bridgeport
Hartford
Secretary of State Hall
Joseph W. Stilwell
China-Burma-India
Elec
More Soldier Ballots Here
The Board of Election Supervisors at noon received 253 ballots 203 state and 60 federal bringing total to 1058 ballots received. About 1600 have been mailed out locally and 33450 distributed statewide. Governor O Conor's office said another distribution may occur Monday if interim votes warrant. Final tabulation planned Thursday next week with last minute arrivals to be delivered to county and city boards Tuesday in Annapolis. Secretary of State William J McWilliams mailed identification for federal war ballots noting tests may be done if improper voting forms are suspected.
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Board of Election Supervisory
O'Conor
Ofice
Baltimore
Annapolis
William J. McWilliams
Hagerstown nurse in England hospital praises GI spirit
Second Lieutenant Doris Ford of 16 Guilford Avenue Hagerstown Maryland heads a 30 bed ward at a United States Army general hospital in England. She praises the casualties returning from France as the best patients they have. Ford handles records daily treats patients writes letters and teaches crafts to ease their condition.
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U.S. Army General Hospital
England
United States Army General Hospital
Doris Ford
Guilford Avenue
Hagerstown
Maryland
France
Lieut. Ford
Ray A. Ford
Abovn
Union Memorial Nursing School
Baltimoore
Kidnaper And 14-Year-Old Sought In Hagerstown
A 38-year-old New Yorker and a 14-year-old girl companion were in Hagerstown about two weeks. Police traced them to a North Potomac street address from October 15 to 28. An abduction warrant was reported by New York authorities. The couple left for Florida in a 1937 Ford sedan and were seen trying to cash a $250 check via the landlady. Names were in a telegram but details of the abduction were not released.
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North Potomac Street
Hagerstown
William H. Peters
New York
George H. Baade
Smithtown
New York Detective Bureau
C. B. Bible
Florida
Bible
Majtor Ashton Arrives in Seattle for Speaking Tour
Majtor F. Peter Ashton of the British Royal Artillery arrives in Seattle for a speaking tour. A commando officer in Algiers and Tunisia, a gunnery officer on a warship at Sicily, and a Normandy first-wave paratroop leader, he calls the tour the most terrifying wartime experience.
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Seattle
Majtor F. Peter Ashton
British Royal Artillery
Algiers
Tunisia
Sicily
Normandy
No Increase In Passenger Tires Washington County Ration Board
Washington county receives November passenger tire quota unchanged at about 575 while requests exceed 2000, more than three times the limit. National quota rose 18 percent, but truck tires remain scarce and will be allocated to the most in need.
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Washington County
Ration Board
Eight Arrests Too Many for Soldier Visit
In city court Magistrate M. V. B. Bostetter fined a nearby Army camp soldier six dollars and forty five cents after a drunken arrest. Police records showed this was his eighth visit in recent months, prompting scrutiny and a warning from the judge.
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M. V. B. Bostetter
Dairy Profits Favorable Now in Washington County
Washington county dairymen will see favorable conditions for milk prices and feed over the coming months. September returns to dairy farms, excluding government payments, were the highest for this period in 24 years. With payments included, returns ran about 135 percent of parity, and the milk fed price ratio was noted as the most favorable among livestock feed relationships. There are roughly 400 dairy producers in the county, according to town payments data.
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Washington County
The
Agricultual Adjustment Agency
Purple Heart Awarded to Wife of Pvt Brennan
Mrs. Richard Brennan of Clear Spring receives the Purple Heart from her husband Pfe James R Brennan, wounded in action near Belgium August 28. She also earned an Iron Cross taken from a German officer and several other souvenirs. Brennan recuperates in an American hospital in England.
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Richard Brennan
Clearspring
Pfe
James R. Brennan
Belgium
Brennan
Pfe. Brennan
England
Only 2 New Cars A Month Sought Here
Washington counties seek ration certificates to buy new automobiles at about two per month, the Ration Board said today. The small eligibility list and scarcity of cars explain the limited activity. All requests go to the Baltimore office of the OPA for approval.
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Washington
Allies Land on Walcheren to Challenge Nazi Defenses
Allied amphibious forces landed on Walcheren Island and attacked German gun positions blocking the Schelde sea lane to Antwerp. Canadians pushed across the Beveland causeway as British forces hit the southern Walcheren shore. Three quarters of Walcheren was flooded by bomb breach.
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London
Walcheren
Antwerp
Berlin
Flushing
Beveland Island
Walcheres
Schelde
Court House To Have News Stand
John Van Bibber of the Maryland Workshop for the Blind announced that Miss Georgia Norfolk will operate a newspaper magazine and confectionery stand in the first floor corridor of the Court House. The stand similar to the Post Office unit will be stocked locally and open during court hours.
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John van Bibber
Baltimore
Maryland
Georgia Norfolk
Virginia Avenue
Court House
Miss Norfolk
Schildknecht
van Bibber
van Ribber
Wallet theft reported by Florida man Walter Bennett
Walter Bennett, a man described as a cripple, told police yesterday that his wallet was stolen after he made a purchase in a local store. The wallet contained between 114 and 129 dollars in cash and he required a vehicle to get around.
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Walter Bennett
Florida
Bennett
Wedding Anniversary Brings Roses and Tragedy
In Chambersburg Pennsylvania Mrs William A Weigher received red roses for her fifth wedding anniversary. Ten minutes later a telegram from an army private husband overseas revealed he had been killed in action in France.
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Chambersburg
William A.weigher
War Department
Weigher
Russians Drive Toward Budapest
Russian motorized infantry press toward Kesckemet and move into Budapest’s approaches as Soviet troops clear scattered detachments. Red Army advances widen a Danube Tisza breach, capture Izsak and approach 43 miles from Budapest. offensives sweep 20 Hungarian towns, take 4000+ prisoners and seize hundreds of square miles. Inside Budapest, resistance stiffens against German counterattacks.
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Moscow
Kesckemet
Red Army
Budapest
Danube
Tisza
Izsak
Kegekemet
Hajdunanas
British Reach Key Port of Salonika
British patrols have reached Salonika as Allied forces press the Greek port. Forward patrols push German rearguards north of Kozane, with British troops and Greek guerillas nearing the Yugoslav frontier within seven miles. An estimated 1,000 Nazis remain in Salonika of a 25,000 strong garrison.
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Rome
Salonika
Kozane
Greece
Salonike
Self Propelled Sub Trap Among Wartime Inventions
Washington Nov 1 A Navy Department letter to the Boss of the Guns reveals a self propelled submarine trap idea along with other Pearl Harbor era inventions. A man showed a mousetrap like device that tosses back approaching torpedoes and a bigger model could be lowered over a warship to neutralize threats. The piece notes many such submissions presented to the Office of Inventions and their origin in Shipmates.
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Washington
Navy Department
Office of Inventions
U.S.A
Pearl Harper, Sr
Cig. BR
McCord
United States Naval Academy Alumni Association
Hardy
Raid Spreads Terror in Factory District
Sydney dispatch reports a Japanese bomber damaged the cruiser Australia during the Leyte invasion. The photographer Alex Cann said the attack killed the captain and 18 others and that the deaths were not by their own action. An eyewitness aboard the Australia provided the details in the Philippines theater.
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Sydney
Australia
Leyte
Alex Cann
Netherlands
Philippines
Cann
Miss Davis Improves After Barn Loft Fall at Party
Marlene Davis, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Davis of Fair Play, remains in a coma improving at Washington County Hospital after a fall from a barn loft during a Halloween party last Thursday night. Hospital reports say she is still dazed though stable.
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Marlene Davis
James Davis
Wallington County Hospital
Davis
Sorithshay
Lewis Address 8:30 Tomorrow
The Hon. David J. Lewis former Congressman and father of the Parcel Post System will speak on WUET station tomorrow evening from 8:30 on the topic Shall a Senate Minority Veto the Peace Again. Harold F. P. Bester chairman of the county Democratic Campaign Committee announced the talk. Lewis, recognized as an able legislator, remains active in the Democratic ticket.
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David J. Lewis
WUET
Harold FP. Bester
Democratic Campaign Committee
Lewis
Senate
Congress
Ucket
Bond sales dip at Inca Post Office in October
Bond sales at the Inca Post Office during October totaled $47. B.O.B. 2A, far below October last year at $81,898.78. Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson said receipts rose over September but remained down from 1945. Last month’s receipts were $29,?732.91, showing a continuing decline in bond sales through 1946.
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Inca
Bob
Thomas M. Simpson
Judge Suspends Sentence For Blood Donor Motorist
In Los Angeles on November 1 Donald T. Paxton, 82, was charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian. He told Judge John J. Ford the ribbon on his lapel signified twelve blood donations and said he was returning from the blood bank when arrested. The judge, who is a marrow donor, suspended the sentence.
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Los Angeles
Donald TM. Paxton
John J. Ford
Paxton
Bible Is Acting BA BAe Werk We Pitas Se Ay
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Tokyo raid by U S planes marks first since 1942
AP reports indicate Superforts bombed Tokyo in a confused, unconfirmed raid the first over the capital in more than two years. Tokyo radio claimed B 29s from a Marianas base appeared, with one bomber said to raid a factory district before retreating south.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Marianas Islands
Federal Communications Commission
Kanto
James H. Doolittle
Marianas
Saipan
Air Defense Central
Battle for Leyte Nears Climactic Phase as U S Forces Close In
General MacArthur’s forces push toward Carigara on Leyte as the 24th Division defeats a Japanese rear guard and nears the coast. A second American column, the First Cavalry, sits at Barugo, with both routes ready for a possible Nipponese counterattack. Roads endure heavy shelling and machine-gun fire as the fight tightens and tempo rises.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Doughboys
Carigara
Associated Press
Fred Hampson
Barugo
Pfc Edward Hose Wounded in Action in Germany
Pfc Edward L Hose son of Mr and Mrs E L Hose 804 Spruce St was seriously wounded in action in Germany on Oct 16 per word to his parents A Hagerstown High School graduate class of 1945 he has been in the Army since 1948 He trained in California and Texas and was in the Infantity Friends are asked to write while he convalesces at Hospitalized APO 640 New York City
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Pfe
Edward L. Hose
E. L. Hose
Spruce Street
Germany
Hagerstown High School
Pfc
Hose
California
Texas
APO
Care
New York City
Merit System Extends To More Maryland Road Jobs
Maryland Governor Canoe directs blanket inclusion of 35 State Road Commission positions into the Merit System. The new classes include small tractor operator patrol operator pull grader operator large tractor operator cement finisher and form seller. Readable job titles total 72 small tractor operators and 6 large tractor operators.
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Baltimore
State Road Commission
Maryland Merit Irom
Canoe
Mir
Motiuuilograders
Peten
Stytem En
Cologne and Arsenal on the Rhine Battered Again
London reports a night raid on Cologne with 40 Lancaster and Halifax bombers and Mosquito fighters hitting an arsenal area two hours after railway yards were attacked. Allied air forces have flown over 61,000 sorties in four days of raids, with about 400 planes lost. Cologne endured nearly 14,000 tons of bombs in 72 hours as RAF says it serves as a priority factory hub and transport center for the western front.
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London
Cologne
Rhine
Khwock Cologne
Haltie
Periherm
Hitler
Coloma
Tt Hus
Western Front
RAF
Aml
FBI Demonstrates Art Of Judo At Local Conference
Special agent in charge Vincent of the Baltimore field office has scheduled a demonstration and briefing for community leaders in the county seat. The event aims to showcase the FBI method and training in hand to hand combat and investigative technique.
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Vincent Apecial
L See
Prag Yean
Cary Hs F
saMcera Fe
Beneas Et Poi
Boor
Aie Ware
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