Italians Crushed In Greek Mountain Battle
Athens dispatch reports Greek forces shattered Italy's Alpine Centaur division in the Pindus mountains. Italian units retreated toward Albania after heavy losses, leaving behind dead and equipment. Greek high command touted broad gains along a 100 mile front as winter rain and mud slowed operations.
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Athens
Greece
Albania
Italy
Centaur
Pindus
Kalamas
Koritza
High Command
Pindus Mountains
Metsovon
Joannina
Busy Realty Week Sees 35000 In Transactions
The local real estate market for the week ending today shows about $35,000 in sales. Emma J. Beachley transfers property on Randolph Avenue for 4000 to Robert Kane and Robert Iseminger. Hettie M. Poffenberger sells along the Rohrersville to Trego road for 1800 to George F. Bear and wife. Charles O. Arnsparger sells residence at Woodpoint for 4500 to Paul F. Vetter and wife. Wm. N. Ebersole sells on Salem Street Maugansville for 2600 to S. Lesher Horst and wife. Harry M. Bowers sells on Alexander Street for 1800 to Wn. K Turner and Maude L. Karn. Guy M. Long et al. sell 1054 acres along Downsville Falling Waters road for 2700 to Joseph C. Miller. James F. Mose and wife sell corner of Main and Hall streets Sharpsburg for 900 to Annie V. Renner and McClellan Renner.
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Emma J. Beachley
Robert Kane
Robert G. Iseminger
Randolph Avenue
Hettie M. Poffenberger
George F. Bear
Rohrersville
Trego
Charles O. Arnsparger
Paul F. Vetter
Woodpoint
Annie V. Renner
McClellan Renner
Main
Hall Streets
Sharpsburg
Weather Update for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay
Occasional rain and warmer tonight with Tuesday showers followed by clearing and much colder conditions tonight and Tuesday. Chesapeake Bay sees increasing southerly winds and a shift to strong westerly winds Tuesday afternoon with rain tonight and Tuesday morning, clearing later.
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U. S
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Britain Will Strike Soon in Near East War
A British source said Britain would strike Axis forces in the Near East at the earliest moment. Reinforcements must rush to Egypt to hold the Suez Canal at all costs. Italian strength in Libya was placed at about 250,000 troops with German technicians nearby. Near Eastern campaign experts noted Britain’s western desert position had improved with better weapons and defenses.
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London
Britain
Near East
Egypt
Libya
Suez Canal
Western Desert
Nazis Launch Mass Attack On Armistice Day London
German bombers raided London in a mass assault on Armistice Day. Heavy formations crossed the English Channel, breaching defenses to strike the capital multiple times, demolishing houses, injuring civilians, and hitting a bank, stores, a bus, and a saloon while air battles roared and Britons paid tribute to 1918 dead.
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London
Chanel
Britain
Partics
Alfalfa harvest yields 90 bushels in nine acres
In ELMCREEK Nebraska on November 11 a farmer, Fred Johnson, planned the alfalfa yield with his wife and daughter. He expected about 20 bushels, his wife promised all if it reached 30, and his daughter asked for everything over 30. The actual harvest came to 90 bushels, far exceeding expectations.
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Elmcreek
Neb
Fred Johnson
Clara
Johnson
Beek banker Winthrop Dies in New York at 66
Winthrop, a Beek man aged 66, was a retired banker who served as Governor of Puerto Rico from 1904 to 1907 and held roles as assistant Secretary of the Treasury and assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Theodore Roosevelt. He died in New York.
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New York
Beekman Winthrop
Puerto Rico
Tip Prizes Divided in Daily Mail Contest
A missing man found dead in a field and a local woman traveling 700 miles to vote for President Roosevelt split last week’s first prize in the Daily Mail tip contest. The second prize was shared by a tip on a peeper near Avalon avenue and a tip on a west end woman’s asphyxiation. Tips are accepted each weekday between 7:30 am and 1:30 pm.
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Roosevelt
Avalon Avenue
West End
The
Daily Mail
E. K. Eyerly Named Grand Jury Foreman
Elmer K. Eyerly was named foreman of the circuit court grand jury at the opening of the November term. Judge Wagaman outlined duties, secrecy, oath, indictment standards, and jurors’ oversight of public buildings, records, jail, and almshouse. The list includes Elmer K. Eyerly as foreman and twenty other grand jurors, with a separate slate of petit jurors following.
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Elmer K. Eyerly
Circuit Court
Frank G. Wagaman
Wagaman
Cheston N. Wallick
Charles Schindel
William C. Vetter
Thubert A. Poole
Meyer Berkson
John J. Flook
Daniel G. Miller
George W. Wolf
Robert K. Iseminger
Walter L. Sampsell
H. M. Wissinger
Warlan Porterfield
G. D. Clopper
H. Clay Brandenburg
D. D. Mullendere
Forrest Sharpe
Reginald Ankeney
Addison H. Groff
Thomas Sensenbauch
Wm. R. Woillkill
Charles M. Kefauves
Charles W. Neikirk
R. L. Unger
Charles Ringer
Henry Easton
J. G. Henry
Nelson E. Jones
Roy B. Mowen
Wm. L. Gower
Charles C. Hoover
Frank T. Bloyer
Franklin A. Welty
Clinton L. Powell
Vernon Metz
Richard Porterfield
M. B. Ellinger
Wilbur Fiery
Mervin T. Delauney
Richard G. Hawken
William A. Cunningham
L. Park Shenk
Robert B. Rench
J. Roy Ingram
Jay Schaff
Fred Mowen
New Rands Drug Store Plans West Washington Branch
New store chain Rands With home offices in Pittsburgh intends to open a local branch in the R and G Building on the first block of West Washington Street.
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Rands
Pittsburgh
T 9
West
Washington Street
Divorce suit filed by Nichols for Edith Nichols
William Nichols Jr. through attorney William Wingert filed a divorce suit in court today against Edith V. Nichols seeking dissolution of marriage. The action names the spouses and indicates court filing activity.
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William Nichols, Jr
William Wingert
Edith V. Nichols
Democracy to Survive and Rebel, Says F D R
President Roosevelt, in an Armistice Day speech from Arlington, pledged that democracy would endure and warned that modern dictators face inevitable rebellion. He argued force cannot snuff out democracy and recalled the World War as a defiance of might over right.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arlington National Cemetery
Armistice Day Observed Here With Solemn Ceremonies
Hagerstown marked Armistice Day with silent observances at 11 o clock, wreaths at World War tablets, and a noon parade planned as the largest yet. Local offices banks and schools closed as citizens kept a solemn memory of World War dead and a tense national mood. The Rev J Edward Marris spoke at the ceremony and the American Legion led the events.
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American Legion
America
Hagerstown
Ladies Auxiliary
J. Edward Marris
Hagerstown Chamber Dinner Promises Large Turnout
William C. Schafer announces progress for tomorrow's Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce annual dinner at Hotel Alexander. Two hundred fifty reservations made by noon with seats still available. Rev. J E Kemp Horn to offer invocation. Mrs Ammon H Kreider to sing God Bless America. Leo H Miller to act as toastmaster and introduce Rodney Crowther, Baltimore financial writer, as speaker. A reception in lobby 6 30 to 7 precedes dinner.
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William C. Schafer
Hagerstown
Hamiltons to Wed After Engagement Announced
Mrs. Jane Kendall Mason of Tampa plans to wed John D. M. Hamilton, former executive director of the Republican National Committee, after announcing their engagement following their arrival from Washington. Mrs. Mason recently secured a Tampa divorce from George Grant Mason, a Civil Aeronautics Board member.
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Tampa
Fla
Jane Kendall Mason
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Explosives Found on Johns Hopkins Campus
Four dozen sticks of dynamite unearthed near the Johns Hopkins University tennis courts halted campus activity over the weekend. A police officer towed the dynamite to headquarters but, lacking a permit and licensed expert, returned it to the campus and left it in the police car while awaiting proper authorization from the Mayor.
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Baltimore
Police Department
Johns Hopkins University
Three-Mile Dual Road Section Declared a Boulevard
Washington County highway section declared a boulevard by the State Roads Commission. Stop signs will be erected at intersections and the 5 mile per hour speed limit remains in effect. The road has seen accidents caused by drivers failing to stop.
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Washington County
State Roads Commission
Empress of Japan Reaches UK Under Steam After Air Attack
The steamship Empress of Japan has arrived at a United Kingdom port under her own steam with minor damage from an enemy air attack. Admiralty says there were no casualties and only light damage to one deck and boat fittings, with crew under cover during the dive.
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London
Jmpresa
Japan
United Kingdom
Admiralty
S. S. Empress of Japan
Atlantic
Retail sales on increase in Fifth District gains
October retail sales in the Fifth Federal Reserve district were 14 percent above a year earlier, with January-October totals up nine percent. Virginia led with 18.9 percent October rise, while Maryland, D.C., North and South Carolina, and West Virginia posted solid gains across the period. City by city, Charleston S C led October and January-October gains, followed by Richmond, Washington, Lynchburg, Baltimore, Winston-Salem, and other urban centers.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
North
South Carolina
West Virginia
Charleston
S. C
Washington
D. C
Lynchburg
Huntington
W. Va
Norfolk
North Carolina
Unpleasant Pheasant Trick Baffles Idaho Hunters
In Eagle Idaho on November 11 a pheasant in a field near town defies hunters. Donald Mittleider stretched pheasant skin on a board, placed it in tall grass 40 yards from the road, and built a control system to move the decoy. Hunters stop cars to fire at the moving bird.
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Eagle
Idaho
Here
Donald Mittleider
Moscow Reports Strongest Quake Ever Recorded
A powerful earthquake centered in the Carpathians damaged southern Russian cities including Kiev and Odessa. No casualties reported. Moscow recorded the six latest tremors at 4 42 a m Sunday, with shocks felt strongest in the south as buildings cracked but without major damage.
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Moscow
Harthremors
Kiev
Odessa
Rumania
Seismological Institute
Carpathian Mountains
Soviet envoy Molotov bound for Berlin talks
Soviet Russia’s Premier Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov sped to Berlin for talks that may cover the Turkish question and Britain’s guarantee of Turkey. Berlin press notes Rome’s Galeazzo Ciano might attend, signaling broad discussion of the Turkish issue amid theater of alliance talk.
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Berlin
Russia
Vyacheslaff Molotov
Turkey
Dardanelles
Zettung
Molotoft
Moscow
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Molotoff
Germany
Tokyo
Rome
Italy
Galeazzo Clano
Tornado Injures Fifteen in Greenville Mississippi
A tornado hit the Ave Longwood and Lieda areas in southern Washington county early today. At least fifteen people were injured and about twenty farm homes leveled. Eight whites and seven Black residents were taken to a hospital. Initial reports noted cuts and bruises among the injured.
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Greenville
Miss
Ave
Longwood
Lieda
Washington County
Burglar Alarm Triggers Patrol Rush to Carroum Home
Baltimore dispatch recalls patrolmen Edward Miller and Joseph Bullinger answering a burglar alarm at William T. Carroum’s residence. They barged inside, heard thuds and crashes, and fled with a skunk wearing a jar over its head.
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Baltimore
Edward Miller
Joseph Bullinger
William T. Carroum
Romanian quake deals million-dollar losses and deaths
A powerful three-minute earthquake near Focsani rocks Romania killing hundreds, wrecking Bucharest, destroying villages, and injuring thousands. Fires erupt from ruptured gas tanks as rescue efforts race amid collapsed bridges and disrupted rail lines. Thousands flee, with tens of millions in property damage and a possible impact on oil supplies to Nazi forces.
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Bucharest
Romania
Iron Guard
Germany
Rumania
Balkan
Focsan
Eastern
Carpathian
Never Too Old To Vote Democratic
Oakland Maryland November 11. George Marley of Deer Park aged 105, almost stone deaf and illiterate, managed to vote a straight Democrat ticket for Roosevelt after being taken to the polls by his daughter and son‑in‑law. He warned his daughter not to fool him and insisted on voting, despite infirmity and stairs.
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Oakland
George Marley
Deer Park
Marley
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Mary
Cars Derailed on the Hump in Western Maryland Yards
Several cars derailed yesterday morning in the Western Maryland yards when a Baltimore and Ohio train engine struck a caboose. Tracks were cleared quickly with no injuries reported.
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Maryland
Baltimore & Ohio
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Max Harrelson
Epirus
Helen Vinson
Los Angeles
Fred Perry
Helen
E. K. Eyerly
F.D.R
Hamilton
GOP
Murray Upshaw, Jr
Cartersville
Carpathians
Mississippi
Robert ST. John
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