13 Nov 1944
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1944
Page
1
Allied forces press from the northeast of Metz with columns driving toward the rail hub and surrounding towns. Patton's 3rd Army reports reinforce the 10th Sth Infantry Division which crossed the Muosche river as German counterattacks failed to stop the advance toward Metzerin and Koeni Trionville.
NBC network schedule features Chas Laughton Benja min Franklin program plus concerts with Richard Crooks Voorhees Helen Traubel From 6:00 to 10:30 including Informa tion Please Doc IQ and Blind Date CBS night presents Bob Hawk Quiz Don Ameche in Magnifi cent Obsession and Screen Guild Horace Heidt Time plus Gene Krupa Band Ted Malone Overseas MBS offers Bulldog Drummond Sherlock Holmes and Human Adventure
Bath Me Nov 16 A new destroyer marked a historic Navy milestone as the U S S Highee was launched named for a woman Lenah Sendart the first female recipient of the Navy Cross honored for her valor amid wartime service and the passing of a notable nurse leader supported by wartime efforts and shipyard workers
Superintendent Willis calls Washington county to back the War Fund and Community Chest aiming to raise 123,060. She praises agencies including the USO and notes last year’s success through broad civic cooperation. The drive funds services for servicemen and local agencies aiding families, with a call to equal or greater effort this year.
Chinese reports on the Japanese offensive in Kwangsi described several advances. A Chinese communique stated Liucheng, 16 miles from Liuchow on the rail line to Kweichow, had fallen. Japanese forces also seized Laipin, 45 miles south, and pushed about 20 miles north. A third column reached the outskirts of Chien-ji kiang, 54 miles southwest of Liuchow on the route to Yungning.
Prices paid to farmers for Wheat, Bacon, Butter and Ham shown in a local exchange listing. Entries include potato prices and varying quotations from producers, with prices like 5.60 per bushel and ranges such as 1.50 to 2.00 for certain items.
Dr Boyd Edwards longtime Mercersburg Academy headmaster dies at home of heart attack aged 12? years retired 1941 after leading Mercersburg since 1928 and earlier roles at Asi School Pottstown Arington and several colleges He leaves a wife and daughter born Lisle New York educated at Phillips Academy Andover Williams Union Seminary Penn Franklin and Marshall He authored books on education and religion and donated 2000 volumes in memory of his mother before retirement
A local pastor's son serving overseas is described as a husband of Mrs. Dorothy Dice of Baltimore. He went abroad about six months before the war with Japan, held a guardsman rank about 12 years before hostilities began, and became captain when the guard was federalized in 1940. He attained his current rank in 1942 and was formerly with the guard.
The text notes that Rev Dice did not depart with the 29th Division for England. He graduated from City College Baltimore and St Johns College Annapolis as a premedical student. He pursued medicine at Johns Hopkins University. He has two children, including Major L. H. Dice, a veteran Army Air Forces pilot stationed at Army headquarters in Washington.
Washington on eve of the 78th Congress convening a fight over freezing Social Security payroll taxes. Without action the tax would rise from one to two percent unless legislation keeps it at current levels. The measure, backed by Vanderburg, faces administration opposition and may ride on another bill. The session opens tomorrow and runs to mid December with other items on the docket.
False teeth wearers face embarrassing slips and wobble. Sprinkle FASTEETH, an alkaline powder, on plates to hold them more firmly and feel comfortable. It does not sour and helps control denture breath. Available at drum stores.
Judge Mish criticized fair conduct rules and warned enforcement would be strict. The report lists grand and petit jurors named Willis Altenderfer as foreman, with a long roster including Paul Byer, Jos Martz, Ernest Binning, and many others.
The report notes 45 000 Japanese in the Ormoc area with American units driving through Carigara bay Ormoc sector. Mt Pina saddle sees rising resistance aided by tanks and mortars. Bombers hit Ormoc causing extensive destruction. San Pedro bay shipping attacked by Japanese fighters as American aces tally increases.
The report notes Maj. Thomas B. McGuire, famed as one of the theater’s leading fighter pilots, added two more victories to his tally, bringing his total to 28 and strengthening his status as a top ace.
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