Invasion Plans Secret Until North Africa Campaign
The piece notes extensive preplanned invasion preparations with officers from West Point and veterans like Eisenhower and Assad Clark, plus covert Allied agents in Northern Africa gathered to support the second front. It describes 125 ships at Gibraltar, strategic timing against Rommel, and efforts to mislead Axis powers.
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London
Washington
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Eisenhower
Mark EB. Assaclark
Vichy
Africa
Efeneh
America
France
Noo
AEF
Hitler
Gibraltar
Axis
Pacific
Russia
Middle East
Ernest J. King
Navy
British Admiralty
Chiefs of Star
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Britain
United States
Mediterranean
Dakar
Malta
United States Office of Censorship
Bay of Bengal
Berlin
Amer
Italian Army Is Captured in Allied Breakthrough at Alamein
Allied reports say Italian divisions including Trento and Folgore were captured in the Alamein line as Montgomery’s Eighth Army unleashed a decisive armored breakthrough. Axis losses included hundreds of guns and matériel while Rommel’s forces were pressured to withdraw as British and South African units closed the trap. Prisoners described dire fights and orders to resist to the death.
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Eb] Alamein
Trento
Pagia
Bologna
Brescia
Folgore
Trieste
Rommel
B. L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Montgomery
Sherman
Emmy
Alexandria
Two Injured in Highway Crash Near Hancock
John L. Riley, a soldier, and his wife Were injured early yesterday near Hancock when their automobile overturned on Route 40 about two miles east of Hancock. Riley suffered chest injuries and scalp lacerations while Mrs. Riley sustained a shoulder injury. The Rileys were en route from Millvale, Pennsylvania.
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John L. Riley
Fort Meade
Hoon
Hancock
Riley
Mrq
Rileys
Millvale
Appeal for Salvage Tin Drives War Production
The Washington County salvage committee led by Henry C. Triesler appeals to Haxerstown residents, especially housewives, to collect and process tin for war salvage. M Rose of the Tin Salvage Institute urges turning in all empty collapsible tin tubes from toothpaste and shaving cream. Stores will collect tubes and cans. no street drop-offs yet while plans are finalized.
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Haxerstown
Henry C. Triesler
Washington County Salvage Committee
M. Rose
Tin Salvage Institute
Daily Mail
Antra
Milt D. Moore
Farm Bureau
Tries
Iin Ia
Triester
Wihwtion Ag
Rose
Thel Yn Institute
Saye Rose
Ata Shay Rose
Meatless Day For Plane Passengers
Baltimore November 9 passengers aboard the American Airlines flagships will observe meatless Tuesdays as part of the company policy of cooperation with the war effort. Traffic Manager A J Emory said the confirmation marks the first commercial airline to adopt a meatless menu featuring meat substitutes in planned menus.
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Baltimore
A. J. Emory
Trafic
Conenrm
House Entered and Ransacked in West Franklin Street Case
The home of W B Clem at the 490 block West Franklin street was entered and ransacked last night. Stolen items include a dresser set ladies wear gloves and a box of coins. Entry gained through a window while family was away. Sheriff’s officers seek 15 year old Jack Clark near Kemps Mill who allegedly left home Sunday morning with a gun. A search through nearby fields was conducted but no trace found. Charlie Keller star outfielder for the New York Yankees welcomes a new baby girl with mother and child reported well.
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W B. Clem
Franklin Street
Jack Clark
Kemps Mill
Sherif Joseph D. Baker
Hiso
Keller
Frederick, Md
Charlie Keller
New York Yankeees
Brand New
Daughtre
Local Flier Read in New Yorker Spotlight on Dixie Demo
Technical Sergeant Roderick G. Read, once of this city, is highlighted by A J Liebling in The New Yorker for his devotion to the Dixie Demo flying fortress in Britain. Read, 27, married with a son, formerly worked at a Hagerstown stock firm, now serves as a maintenance crew member at the base. He is noted for sleeping in the Dixie Demo nightly and for losing touch with home as the fortress dominates his life. Read’s base pay is about 111 dollars monthly with allowances. combat duty would raise pay significantly.
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Roderick G. Read
Dixie Demo
Miant Flying Fortress
Great Britain
A. J. Liebling
The
New Yorker
Liebling
Fiers
Reed
Eiter
Hagerstown
Air Forces
Val
Tennie
Ife
Newfoundland
BC Relieves Headache and Neuralgia Quickly
Quick acting ingredients in the BC formula provide fast relief from headaches neuralgia muscular aches and periodic pains. Keep a box handy for prompt relief when minor pains strike. Use as directed and consult a physician if pains persist.
Algiers Falls to Allied Forces In North Africa Drive
Allied forces entered Algiers after swift landings while Vichy claims of heavy fighting persisted in French Morocco and at Oran. Eisenhower signed the armistice convention with French leaders as U.S. and British forces press a coordinated campaign to expel Axis from Africa.
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UT. 8
Vichy North Africa
Casablanca
Morocco
Oran
Algiers
Mediterranean
Europe
Libya
Genoa
Berlin
Toulon
Sth
Africa
Vichy
French Morocco
Cacablancs
Safi
Fedbala
Arzew
Fedhala
Dwight D. Hisexhower
U. S. Army
AJLF
Algeria
Royal Air Force
Eisenhower
Voeldt
Tafaroul
Yieinitr
Washington
North Africa
Jean Bart
Gibraltar
Rock
Garlan
Jean Darian
Bating
Vichr
Marshel Petain
Pierre Laval
United States
Roosevelt
Marshal
France
Americas
Petain
London
Darlan
Unis
Enterprise
Montgomery
Trumimel
Yeas
North African
Beyat
India
Soviet Russia
Iran
Italy
Germany
Britain
Russia
Rome
Moscow
Boroshu
Axis
Price Specialist Spoerl to Speak at County Price Panel
An OPA food price specialist from Baltimore, George E. Spoerl, will attend a Price Panel session tomorrow afternoon from 1 to 4 o clock and speak to grocers at a Merchants Wholesale Grocery Company meeting tomorrow night. The panel invites all county grocers to attend to ask about ICPA rules on ceiling prices for food. Spoerl may also address a tavern keepers complaint about higher wholesale draft beer prices and potential pass through to consumers. The Price Panel office is at the county Ration Board on North Locust street.
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OPA
George E. Spoerl
Baltimore
Merchants Wholesale Grocery Company
Spoers
ICPA
County Ration Board
North Locust Street
Typhoid Fever Danger Passes After Potomac Flood Immunizations
The Health Department and Washington County Medical Society volunteers completed the final typhoid immunization drive. The effort protected hundreds along the Potomac River with no cases reported, as pre flood preparations and post flood sanitary measures reduce outbreak risk.
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The
Health Department
Washington County Medical Society
Potomac River
Doctor's Olive Tablets Remedy for Constipation Relief
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable laxative to stimulate liver bile flow and aid digestion. It claims relief from constipation headaches and a sluggish “half-slive” feeling, urging readers to buy boxes in several weights and follow label directions.
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R. M. Hays & Bros., Inc
Municipal Electric
Hageratown
Ituah
Greece
U. S
U.S
Second Front
Morus — Wichy
Rumania
Ypau
Current Magazine
George Spoerling
U. S. War Bonds Ang
Rayon Crepe
Aralac
Pan
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