10 Nov 1943
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1943
Page
1
The county Ration Board will issue new tire certificates to only the most essential workers as tire supplies remain tight. Applicants must follow tire inspectors and recapping rules or lose their right to a new tire. Officials concede it is hard to identify essential war workers since many claim that status.
Recent rains boost county farmers by reviving pasture growth. J A Miller says mild weather could allow grazing for another month or six weeks. Some farmers used winter feed recently as temperatures dipped to 31 degrees with a forecast of warmer days and more rain.
The Maryland Compensation Board office at the U S Employment office will be closed all day tomorrow November 11 Armistice Day. The employment office will remain open. City Hall and Courthouse offices will be closed the entire day as will all local banks.
Elias Codd, Latvia born Norfolk delicatessen owner, reached his one man war bond goal by selling 45 000 dollars in bonds to an old friend, 15 000 more than his best previous day. He completed many sales by telephone calls to customers.
City Market merchants accused of violating OPA ceiling price rules have hearings postponed until State OPA officials arrive to decide actions. A Price Panel representative said the state office wants to study the cases first. On Friday several store and restaurant proprietors will face summary hearings on the charges.
In London the British minister of state told the House of Commons that Allied authorities asked Premier Badoglio to remove General Mario Roatta as chief of staff after an investigation into complaints. The AmbrOsio case remains under Eisenhower review. Yugoslavs accuse both generals of war crimes.
Sir Robert Leslie Craigie, former British ambassador to Japan, told the Royal Empire Society that Allied operations would start in southeastern Asia at the appropriate moment. He pledged Britain will not underestimate the enemy and will devote imperial resources to the struggle.
German reports acknowledge fresh retreats north and west of Kiev as Russian forces drive across western Ukraine toward Polish and Romanian frontiers. Vatutin’s First Ukrainian Army reportedly advanced 27 miles in a day, seizing 80 towns and villages, with Kiev within 58 miles of Korosten. Russian punches batter German lines near Smolensk and in the Nevel area, while Ukraine’s Crimea fighting appears local.
The War Fund and Community Chest drive begins with a mass meeting at 8 15 this evening at the Academy Theater. Mayor Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin of Baltimore will be principal speaker. The rally moved from Public Square to the Academy due to weather. McKeldin is expected to give an inspiring address as campaign leaders urge a rapid start.
The Maryland Selective Service plans special night classes for registrants rejected for illiteracy. Local draft boards report few such cases, with Col. Henry C. Stanwood announcing courses start this week to improve reading writing and arithmetic. Reemployment specialists will assist veterans returning to civilian life and investigate employer refusals to reinstate servicemen as required by law.
NEW YORK Nov. 10. Albanian radio reports the assassination of Idho mone Kosturi, president of the puppet national assembly in German occupied Albania, by unidentified shooters as he left parliament in his car.
A camp car in the Pennsylvania railroad yards near Church street was broken into last night and sacked according to a police report. An investigation is underway.
Emmett Idaho November 10 194? Albert G Jones Idaho G A R commander marked his 96th birthday and urged that General Grant would speed the war against Germany. He also commented that the Allies needed a leader like Grant and proposed prosecuting the Japanese through strategic bombing while focusing on other fronts later.
Senators from both parties voiced determination to pass legislation shielding servicemen from any loss or reduction of social security benefits due to their war service. Senator Vandenberg called it unfair to penalize men for serving their country as armed forces remain uncovered by social security.
Summit New Jersey November 10 The U S Army says the M9 electrical anti aircraft gun director born from a Bell Labs scientist David Parkin son dream in 1940 is among the greatest advances in gun fire control Maj Gen L H Campbell Jr notes the device helps a fighter shootdown rate improve from one hit per 17 000 shots in the last war to about one plane per 90 shots with 90 millimeter rounds across distant theaters of war
A Guadalcanal battle flag was raised over the Capitol to mark the 168th birthday of the United States Marines. President Roosevelt sent a letter praising the corps and noting it is tending the baptism of more battle flags on the road to Tokyo.
George Tobe Robinson colored arrested last week for selling whiskey without a license and for being disorderly. He appeared in city court this morning for arraignment and was dismissed on the disorderly conduct charge after a jury trial on the whiskey selling charge. He furnished bond for court.
City retailers announce store closures tomorrow in observance of Armistice Day. The Hagerstown Retailers’ Bureau states closures apply to all local shops, with customers urged to plan accordingly and check individual hours.
U S and British Allied reports show German submarine production crushed as 60 subs were sunk in three months and 156 in six months, far exceeding losses on Allied merchant ships and signaling a collapse of U boat output despite peak German yields.
Reports from Germany on the eve of the World War armistice anniversary say Heinrich Himmler's Gestapo maintains tight home front control. Nazi leaders ordered strengthened security police intensified party formations and stricter industrial port area oversight. A new arsenal was set up in Prenzlau and 3000 SS men were recalled from Denmark amid bombing-driven population shifts complicating police control.
Work began on remodeling the county treasurer s office to improve public access and staff efficiency. A doorway is being cut through and new counters installed with interior rearrangement to provide better working space, storage, lighting, and a safer exit during rush periods.
The Hagerstown Water Department posted a quarterly profit for the first time since 1927. The City Auditor cited the new rate schedule introduced July 1 raising domestic water allotments and halting undercost water sales to large users, helping reduce deficits that once reached 114000 annually. Interest on bonded debt remains 107000 this year.
A two year old son of George R Howlett of North Foundry Street was badly burned when his clothes caught fire from a kitchen stove shortly after 11 this morning. A passerby ripped off the clothes and the Good Will ambulance conveyed the child to the hospital in serious condition.
Allied forces clash with several hundred Japanese north of Empress Augusta Bay in Bougainville as Marines deploy tanks artillery and planes on both sides of the beachhead. Admiral Halsey reports a possible squeeze play with northern and southern thrusts, including 90 mm mortars and air attacks by Avenger torpedo bombers and Dauntless dive bombers. The northern group, fully armed, reportedly moved from Buka on Saturday night in self propelled barges. Continuation noted on Page 10.
Twenty seven inmates who escaped from the Maryland State Penal Farm at Roxbury were indicted by the November Grand Jury on escape charges. Trials are set for the coming criminal court term. Armistice Day will suspend court tomorrow with sessions resuming Friday morning. The grand jury also indicted Earl Husene Benner of Sharpsburg for breaking in. Indictments were returned against Harry Sprankle Jr for three break in and larceny charges and against Samuel McNamee and William Bowers for eight and four robbery charges respectively.
San Francisco reports V-mail delivered to men in foxholes in the Pacific eight days after leaving the Midwest. Lt. Col. J. H. Van Beter notes the Army postal service runs a rural free delivery route across the Pacific, handling about 17 million letters monthly to 15 scattered bases.
Allied headquarters reported nine German counter-attacks in 24 hours around Venafro as American troops pressed the winter line. U S bombers struck Villar Perosa bearing works and Genoa Ansaldo steel plants. The 8th Army advanced near Sangro river and Castiglione and Forli, while Calabritto saw a British front hold. Casualties and prisoners were heavy for the Germans.
Travelers from France report Vichy as a fortress for Pierre Laval with increased personal guards to sixty four. Roads to Vichy bristling with pillboxes and anti tank barriers, tank ditches, and air traffic restricted. Police armed with sub machine guns screen all entrants, locals and foreigners. Laval has added police on every floor of his office amid fear of mountain guerrilla pressure.
Armistice Day will be a holiday at the Post Office with no window or delivery service. General collections will be made at 9 am and 5 pm, and local boxes will be accessible from 5 am to 11 pm.
The Hagerstown Navy recruiting office announced a November quota of 28 recruits including five WAVES aged seventeen and three Ship Repair ratings. The office urged local residents to enlist or refer qualified candidates.
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