Russians Push Toward Romania After Fastov Breakthrough
London Nov 8 Russian forces surged toward the Romanian border after capturing the vital Fastov rail junction southwest of Kiev. The drive, advancing about 24 miles daily, disrupted the German rail link in northern Ukraine and threatened to collapse Nazi resistance along the Dnieper bend. Russian units seized undamaged German equipment and pressed toward Romania while reporting 70 towns retaken. In Crimea, Russians repelled counter attacks near Kerch, killing about 1,000 Germans and strengthening positions.
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London
Red Army
Fastov
Kiev
Ukraine
Krivoi Rog
Dnieper
Fostov
Moscow
Romania
Joseph Stalin
Crimea
Kerch
100 Dwellings Razed in Santa Monica Fires
In four Southern California counties, thousands of firefighters battled brush and woodland fires that authorities say may be incendiary. In the Santa Monica mountains nearly 100 square miles burned and over 100 dwellings were razed, with 40 to 42 thousand acres blackened across San Diego Riverside and Orange counties. No deaths reported. FBI chief Harold Nathan says agents investigate saboteur links in about 40 fires in San Diego county.
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Santa Monica
Calif
California
Army
F.B.I
San Diego
Riverside
Orange
Harold Nathan
FBI
Pasadena
Henry Beal
WPB Honors Local Worker McClelland Altemeier Award
McClelland Altemeier rose from floorsweeper to foreman of the salvage department at Fairchild Aircraft. He received a War Production Board certificate for scrap saving inventions that reportedly save the company thousands yearly. The WPB’s Labor-Management News named him standout among seven recipients and 19 honorable mentions for boosting production.
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McClelland Altemeier
Fairchild Aircraft
War Production Board
Altemeier
WPB
Senate Group Begins Probe Of Uprisings At Disloyal Jap Camp
Tule Lake California November 8 A state senate committee led by Senator Hugh Donnelly opens hearings with Army permission to examine the background of violence at the Tule Lake segregation center housing 16 000 disloyal Japanese The inquiry aims to uncover firsthand information and seek the truth An armed guard watches over the camp while reports point to Buoki kai the Japanese military society as a possible focus of activity
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Senate Group
Tule Lake
Calif
State Senate
Hugh Donnelly
Turlock
Donnelly
Buoki-kai
Indiana City To Use Women Traffic Cops
Indiana City to employ women traffic officers in regulation uniforms who will carry pistols. Chief Clifford F. Becker announced plans to use female officers to direct traffic, freeing male officers for other duties. The first two recruits, Mrs. Artie Stockdale and Mrs. Ann Bennett, are currently in clerical roles and will begin duty soon.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Clifford F. Becker
Artie Stockdale
Ann Bennett
Hagerstown Native Becomes Lieutenant Commander
Dr Page M Schildnecht a Hagerstown native and Lancaster surgeon is commissioned as a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve. He will report to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for duty soon. He is a Jefferson Medical School and Gettysburg College graduate. His wife and daughter stay in Lancaster for now.
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Page M. Schildrecht
Lancaster
Naval Reserve
Philadelphia Navy Yard
William C. Schildnecht
South Locust Street
Schildnecht
B. C. Schildnecht
South Potomac Street
Jefferson Medical School
Gettysburg College
Italian War Hero Turns On Germans
On the Swiss Italian frontier frontier informants report Marshal Pietro Caviglia, a World War I hero and leftist, has fled to the hills and will lead Italian partisans against the Germans. Gen. Alessandro Pirzio Biroli is said to join him in hiding and resisting Mussolini’s puppet regime.
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Pietro Caviglia
Italy
Caviglia
Rome
Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli
Mussolini
Jury Asked To Study Juvenile Delinquency Here
The November Grand Jury, convening for the first time, was urged by Judge Joseph D. Mish to study juvenile delinquency and submit any recommendations. He cited wartime moral strain contributing to delinquency and urged jurors to report known law violations, noting the 1943 act no longer requires focus on special crimes like abortion.
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Joseph D. Mish
Mish
New Basic A Gas Book Valid Tomorrow With 12,000 Issued Here
The new basic A gasoline ration book becomes valid tomorrow as about 12 000 books have been issued and all applications filled. Chief Clerk Thomas Bittle said motorists who have not applied may obtain the book the same day. Officials had estimated up to 20 000 books would be issued before the deadline. They cited no explanation for the lower figure.
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Thomas Bittle
Ration
Good News Of War Inspires Wagering On Armistice Date
In Britain many bet on an early end to the war citing hopeful reports from fronts and allied councils. Churchill warns against fixed dates while Attlee cautions no imminent end. Moscow talks spur unofficial optimism with odds at four to one against armistice by Christmas and three to one against by February.
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James F
London
Allied Council
Britain
Churchill
Germany
Clement Attlee
Lloyd’s
One Killed and Four Injured In Route 40 Collision
A crash on Route 40 near Licking Creek left Harry Donnelley dead and four others injured, two critically. Donald M. McCauley of Hagerstown drove a beer truck. the Donnelley car was from Curryville to Baltimore. Police investigated as rain and slick roads contributed to the wreck.
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Donald M. McCauley
Hagerstown
Licking Creek
Hancock
Harry Donnelley
Martinsburg
Ruth Donnelley
Jane Frederick
Curryville
Washington County Hospital
McCauley
G. W. Donnelley
Williamsburg
Cumberland
Donnelley
Baltimore
West
Washington Street
Willard Wachter
County Roads Department
Snyder-Rowland
Charles Mades
John B. Huyett
Policeman Slain in Baltimore. Injured Negro Nearby
In Baltimore on November 8 a patrolman, William Knight, 35, was found dead at the wheel of a police radio car with a bullet wound over his heart. A nearby injured negro was discovered around the corner, but police could not identify him. The events follow an ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting.
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Baltimore
William Knight
Knight
Short Sugar Beet Crop Keeps Sugar Rationing In Place
Washington reports sugar rationing likely to continue despite large stockpiles. OPA cites a beet production drop of about 500000 tons this year as the main reason. Even with Roosevelt promising possible increases in sugar allowances, sugar remains a war material and rationing persists.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Roosevelt
OPA
FDR Board Recommends 4 to 10 Cent Hour Boost in Rail Wages
The presidential board on wage demands for 1,100,000 non operating railway workers recommends a sliding scale raise from 10 cents to 4 cents an hour, effective November 19. Wages under 47 cents gain 10 cents, up to 97 cents and over gaining 4 cents, cost projected near or above $204 million annually. Vinson backs the plan as consistent with stabilization.
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F.d.r.’S Board
Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Vincent
Merchant Marine Cadet Luther Hurd Dies From Fall
Luther T. Hurd 23 son of Charles O. Hurd of West Franklin Street died at Holy Family Hospital Manitowoc Wisconsin from injuries after falling through an open hatch on a Lake Michigan steamer. A plant 2B Fairchild Aircraft worker and Merchant Marine recruit since July, he trained at Sheepshead Bay and served a voyage to South Africa before duties at Great Lakes. Survived by parents Charles and Mrs Charlotte Gutheron, plus Charles Hurd Jr Viloet Hildebrand and Amos Hurd, with burial to be in Hagerstown. Funeral announcements later.
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Luther T. Hurd
Charles O. Hurd
West Franklin Street
Merchant Marine
Holy Family Hospital
Manitowoc
Wis
Young Hurd
Mike
Plant 2B
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn
N. Y
South Africa
States
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Lake Michigan
Charlotte Gutheron
Martinez
Cal
Charles Hurd
Leitersburg
Viloet B. Hildebrand
Hagerstown
Amos Hurd
Cards For Soldiers Must Be Mailed Now
War Department urges immediate mailing of Christmas greeting cards to soldiers overseas in sealed envelopes at first class rate. Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson was notified that cards mailed now will reach even remote A. P. O. s by December 25, per the Army Postal Service.
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War Department
Thomas M. Simpson
Army Postal Service
Simplified Price Rule Sought for Retailers
The Office of Price Administration said 17 retail subcommittees are studying a single simplified price regulation covering all retail sales except food and fuel. The agency stressed it is only surveying to determine if a simplification is possible or desirable.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
British agents seized in Budapest case report
Swedish press dispatches from Budapest said five men identified by Hungarian police as British agents were arrested in the capital case while disguised as Hungarian army officers. Police noted the men arrived in Hungary as parachutists.
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Stockholm
Budapest
Hungary
Ithe
Three Names For Hancock Committee Vacancy
In Republican circles the possible successor to late Charles Corbett of Hancock are Daniel Heller Hancock tax collector Omar N Carryer Hancock mayor and Percy B Baker a liberal Republican with no office held All three are mentioned as likely names for the vacancy and are linked to Hancock local politics.
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Charles Corbett
State Central
Hancock
Daniel Heller
Omar N. Carryer
Percy B. Baker
Heller
Carryer
Baker
Secret Tunnel From Camp Found
TRINIDAD Colo Nov 8 Discovery of a hidden electrically lighted 150 foot tunnel beyond the outer fence is believed to have frustrated the escape of a large number of German prisoners of war at Camp Trinidad Lt Col William S Hannan said today The tunnel exit was found first during investigations of recent escapes It lay 65 feet outside the fence under foliage in dirt filled boxes The entrance was under a trapdoor in a barracks closet German officers used an electrical extension cord into the shaft and dirt removed was dumped in small quantities Prisoners involved face disciplinary action
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Trinidad
Colo
Camp
William S. Hannan
Hannan
Pine tree accident claims life of Snow Hill lumberman
In Snow Hill Maryland on November 8 Preston Timmons a 35 year old woodcutter died after a 75 foot pine felled by colleagues toppled the second tree and crushed him fracturing his skull He died later at Peninsula General Hospital.
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Snow Hill
Preston Timmons
Timmons
Peninsula General Hospital
Marine Stowaway Hero Of Bougainville Assault
Pfc. John Elza 27 of Wyatt West Virginia rushed ahead at Cape Torokina on Bougainville with Marines Raiders. He hurled grenades amid 18 Jap pillboxes, shouting Reveille, and accounted for six Japanese while his unit captured sixteen of eighteen pillboxes. Elza had stowed away on the landing ship to join the fight.
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Bougainville
Cape Torokina
Reveille
Pfc
John Elza
Wyatt
West Va
Elza
Bougainville Island
Berlin Claims Convoy Hard Hit
Berlin reports that German planes attacked an Allied convoy off North Africa, claiming 13 transports and two destroyer escorts hit with bomb and torpedo strikes. Berlin says several transports burned and sank on the return flight, with many thousands of American and British reservists lost. No Allied confirmation has been issued.
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London
High Command
North
Africa
Berlin
Hunt For Ducks Ends With Red Fox Catch
C. E. Dehart Hagerstown Rt I and E. C. Humelisine from this city went duck hunting along the Potomac below Taylor's Landing Saturday and returned with a red fox. The hunters plan to collect the bounty today, noting ducks are plentiful on the river this season but they had no luck.
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C. E. Dehart
Hagerstown
Three Divorces Filed By Judge Mish In Court
Three decrees of divorce were handed down today by Judge Joseph D. Mish. Roberta Clopper was granted a divorce from Carl F. Clopper. E Porter Lynch from Elmire Lynch. Mahlon A. Bougher from Maye E. Bougher. All plaintiffs were represented by Attorney J. J. Allen.
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Joseph D. Mish
Roberta Clopper
Carl F. Clopper
E. Porter Lynch
Elmire Lynch
Mahlon A. Bougher
Maye E. Bougher
J. J. Allen
Offenders Chester Stottlemyer and High Hoffman Charged
Chester Stottlemyer and High Hoffman were arraigned in city court this morning. Stottlemyer faced assault charges resulting in 62 days in jail. Hoffman faced disorderly conduct with a fine of $6.45.
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Chester Stottlemyer
High Hoffman
Stottlemyer
Hoffman
Cigar Puffing Stranger Distributes Thousands in Halifax
A mystery donor described as a cigar puffing advocate of share the wealth swept Halifax over the weekend, giving banknotes and checks up to $2,000 to servicemen, bell hops, waitresses, and children. The largest gift was a $2,000 check to five month old Roy Whelan, while the donor also gave cash to the father of Roy and a $1 check to a hotel switchboard girl. He handed out sums in at least two downtown restaurants and to sailors and soldiers met on the street.
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Halifan
N. S
Halifax
Toronto
Roy Whelan
Timberlake
London Dance Hall Bombing Leaves Many Dead
A lone German plane bombed a London suburb hitting a crowded dance hall near three theaters. Rescue crews worked through the night amid fires and debris as victims, many service members and companions, were pulled from the wreckage. A second fire followed by a gas main ignition complicated efforts.
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London
England
Secial
Nazis Prepare To Flee Gaeta
Allied reports from Algiers say explosions in Gaeta indicate German forces plan to abandon the port south of Rome as Fifth Army gains another mile, while British Eighth Army advances five miles along the Adriatic coast and captures several towns. Montgomery’s forces hold the lateral road from Vasto, nearing the Sangro line. Clark’s Fifth Army pushes one mile and seizes Calabritto.
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Algiers
Gaeta
Rome
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Sinello
Sangro River
Scerni
Calasbordino
Carunchio
Gissi
Salicito
Bernard L. Montgomery
Vasto
Sangro
Mark W. Clark
Calabritto
Nearby Caverns Fail To Close School
In Pittston Pennsylvania on November 8 a public school operated as usual despite a coal mine subsidence that wrecked two homes 259 feet away overnight. A police guard remained to warn of further shocks after Anthony Berto and Samuel DeAngelo families were driven from their homes by the cavern opening.
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Pittston
Garefield
Anthony Berto
Samuel de Angeio
Boost Liquor Tax Debate In Washington Report
A Washington report notes a change in position by the Ways and Means Committee on a proposed liquor tax. The panel today debated the tariff and the potential impact on state revenue, contemplating broader policy effects and fiscal implications.
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Rumania
Fairchild
Indiana City
Tom de Lorenzo
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
House
Naval
Brewster
Wisconsin
Red Fox
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