Yanks Surge Threatens Reich Saar In France Advance
American forces push deeper into the Saar region driving toward the Saar while German defenses withdraw behind roads and mines. The 4th Armored Division gains three miles beyond Delme and crosses the Delme ridge as the 36th and 80th Divisions push toward Chateau-Salins and its surrounding roads network.
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Churchill notes V-2 rockets strike England morale targets
Prime Minister Winston Churchill says Germany used V-2 rockets against London with dispersed impacts and limited casualties. He downplays danger, notes range could rise but insists the scale so far is not significant while portraying the bombardment as an attempt to undermine civilian morale.
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State Supervisors Here On Thursday
KE R McPherson state supervisor of the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office will interview farmers in Washington county on Thursday morning November 14 at the county agent Mark Millers office. Loans for purchase feed and fertilizer are available to farmers in this drought area under regulations and conditions. He will be in Hagerstown briefly and farmers should meet him at 10 a.m. promptly for an interview.
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Washington County
McPherson
Hagerstown
Roosevelt Returns Home as War Ready Congress Awaits
Thousands line the curb to welcome Roosevelt thanking Washington for weathering the war. Votes tally 55 seat House and 19 Senate majority for the Democrats. Roosevelt faces wartime tasks and a December to January shift to a “peace Congress” handling funding, inflation controls, taxes, and the pace of postwar diplomacy. Truman promotes teamwork while Republicans retain influence in the new Congress.
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Bennet to sit with GOP on independent line
Augustus W. Bennet says he will sit on the Republican side in the new House but vote independently. He notes he was elected by tens of thousands of Republican votes yet thanks Democrats who backed him. Bennet ran on Democratic American Labor Liberal and Good Government tickets after losing the GOP primary to Fish.
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Augustus W. Bennet
Hamilton Fish
House of Representatives
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Fish
Cut Inmate Killed During Argument
Dr J Leroy Wright warden of the Maryland House of Correction said 27 year old inmate Irvin S Scotts of Hartleys Mills Md died from a blow to the head after an argument with another prisoner. Scotts was struck with a hammer and died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the institution hospital. The other inmate’s name was not released pending Anne Arundel county grand jury investigation planned to start Monday.
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Hartley's Mills
Scotts
Anne Arundel County
Grand Jury
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Toughest yet to come warns Marine commandant in 1944
Washington dispatch reports Lieutenant General A. A. Vandegrift marking the Marine Corps 170th year with a stark warning that the hardest phase of the war against Japan lies ahead. He cites enemy losses and warns the coming year will be the supreme test for Marines.
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Hearings Postponed On OPA Violations In Hagerstown
Several hearings on alleged OPA price ceiling violations in Hagerstown were postponed to next Friday, per the price division of the ration office. In Teheran, Premier Mohaniel Maraghei Saedi and his cabinet resigned after Soviet criticism over oil concession refusals.
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Soviet Union
War Fund and Community Chest Praised in Hagerstown
Judge Joseph D. Mish commends the local agencies from the Community Chest and National War Fund drive in Washington county for aiding underprivileged youth and building character. He notes about half the $123,300 goal supports the War Fund agencies including U S O and War Prisoners Aid, with the rest benefiting eight local Chest members. He urges continued citizen support to bolster morale and aid fighting men and civilians alike.
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Industrialist Harry L. Cannon Dies in Philadelphia
Harry L. Cannon 66 of Bridgeville Del longtime industrialist and former Delaware lieutenant governor died unexpectedly last night in a downtown hotel while in Philadelphia on business. He headed H P Cannon & Sons Company Bridgeville carriers and the Bridgeville Building and Loan Association.
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MacArthur Sees Long Hard Fight In Philippines Fronts
General MacArthur reports a prolonged, costly battle for Armac in the Philippines as American air and sea strikes hit Japanese positions. Allied aircraft, after a 100 mile per hour typhoon grounding, bomb and strafe targets, destroy barges and a coastal ship, while U.S. 96th Infantry pushes east of Ormoc and seizes enemy strongpoints in the foothills. Japanese reinforcements arrive as their 35th Army is deployed and airfields on Leyte serve as bases for bombers.
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Tropic hurricane aids rapid troop push headline
A deteriorating strategic position sees forces capitalizing on a threatening tropical hurricane to quickly deploy additional troops and equipment, reinforcing defenses as the situation intensifies.
Making Super-Fuel For Combat Planes
Washington reports a new "super-fuel" is being produced in limited quantities for combat aircraft. War Production Board chair J A Krug says current output is very minor compared with 100-octane gasoline but will rise as engines compatible with the fuel roll off assembly lines. The fuel is expected to extend cruising range and provide full throttle performance for planes.
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J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Miss Whitney Seeks Father in Spokane Clue
Miss Mabel May Whitney of Harvey, Illinois asks Spokane police to help locate her father Oliver Whitney who would be 93. A clue reads the last letter was written from Spokane in 188s.
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Mabel May Whitney
Harvey
Ill
Oliver Whitney
American artist Paul Ullman killed in France
Paul Ullman, 38, an American artist who formed a French resistance group, was killed in France on August 25. His works had been displayed in New York Pittsburgh and Paris.
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Tilghmanton Notes Reflect Local Life and Incidents
Tilghmanton, Nov 7 news item notes a memorial basket at Bakersville church for Raleigh Poffenberger. Family visits include Mrs Leslie Wakenight and Mrs Bessie Suman with Miss Rena Bloom. Recovery reports: Mrs Jeremiah Mongan home after hospital operation. Mrs George Middlekanff treated after a fall. visitors Mr and Mrs Chas Downin hosted by Mrs G H Sprecher. Arlene Davis unconscious after Halloween party fall, hospital care follows.
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Howard Remsburg
Raleigh Poffenberger
Leslie Wakenight
Bessie Suman
Rena Bloom
Jeremiah Mongan
George Middlekanff
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G. H. Sprecher
Nellie Catlett
Karl Shaw
Mt. Moriah
Becky” Moats
James Davis
Arlene Davis
Fairplay
Smithsburg
Snakebite toll in the United States reaches fifteen hundred yearly
An annual U.S. snakebite tally reports about 1500 people bitten with roughly ten percent resulting in fatalities. The data point highlights the ongoing risk presented by venomous snakes and the need for medical awareness in affected regions.
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