Bombers Hit Norway and Athens Airfields in New Allied Push
Allied air strikes across Norway and Greece target airfields as U S heavy bombers from Italy strike Kala Mak te airfield near Athens and Yugoslav Liberators join from the Med. The raids follow a renewed German assault on Britain with Plymouth hit and civilian casualties reported.
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London
Hitler
Norway
Athens
Algiers
Mediterranean
25Th Airforce Liberators
Eleusis
U.S
Italy
Kalamaki
Athena
United States
Trondheim
Heroya
Britain
England
Berlin
Plymouth
Local youths placed on probation for autotheft
Two Hagerstown boys Amos Henson and Kirby Seal were placed on probation for a year after pleading guilty to the larceny of an automobile. They were ordered not to operate a motor vehicle during probation and to reimburse the owner $40 for damages. A third youth was sent to the Pennsylvania Industrial School at Camp Hill. Judge Watson R. Davison instructed local police to monitor for violations.
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Hagerstown
Pennsylvania Industrial School
Camp Hill
Watson R. Davison
Chambersburg
Amos Henson
Kirby Seal
Davizon
Joseph F. Desmond
Davison
Be ard Apartments Sold In Two City Deals
The Beard Apartments on North Locust street sold through Ralph A. McCune agency. Purchaser Margaret L. Roach paid about 410,000 for 14 units on the east side. Coffman apartments on Mulberry avenue also sold for 16,000 via the same agency with buyer undisclosed.
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Beard
North Locust Street
Ralph A. McCune
War Production canvass boosts aircraft workers to 130 hires
General Manager John C. Lee of the War Production Council said a house-to-house canvass of 1,500 homes was made for aircraft workers and 130 women promised to work. Half of them actually reported at plants and four accepted jobs. Then three quit.
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Tos Angeles
John C. Lee
War Production Council
Allied Bombers In Heaviest Burma Raid
RAF medium and heavy bombers conducted the heaviest and most concentrated attack on Burma to date, as announced from Calcutta. A Tokyo broadcast relayed by the US Foreign Broadcast Information Service reported that Allied planes raided the Japanese occupied port of Hongkong last night.
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Burma
Calcutta
RAF
New York
Tokyo
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service Today
al- Hed Panies
Hongkong
Yanks Dislodged By Nazi Assaults
Allied headquarters reported two German counterattacks drove Fifth Army troops from high ground north of Venafro Italy. The Eighth Army seized new hilltops east of Italy near Atessa and along the Sangro river as mud and weather slowed land operations.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Verafro
Eighth Army
Italy
U. S
Monte Santa Croce
Venafre
Bernard L. Montgomery
Atessa
Adriatic
Sangro River
Montazzoli
Sangro
Delay Cut In Price Of Oranges And Grapefruit
Washington reports housewives face a wait for lower prices as OPA keeps current ceilings in effect pending study of a new regulation. Seasonal cost drops expected now are delayed by an 11th hour order from Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson, extending the early season maximums for an unspecified period.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Fred M. Vinson
Pangborn Named Director of Nicodemus National Bank Board
The Nicodemus National Bank board elected Thomas W Pangborn to succeed the late Milton Kohier as a director. Pangborn, prominent local industrialist and president of the Pangborn Corporation, also serves as a director of Equitable Trust of Baltimore. Orpha Ruth Magaha, by attorney C K Hartle, filed for divorce from James R Magaha.
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Nicodemus National Bank
Thomas W. Pangborn
Milton Kohier l
Pangborn
Pangborn Corporation
Equitable Trust, Company of Baltimore
Spinach glut urged to consumers in Illinois
Springfield reports a surplus of spinach with Eckstrom of the division of market reports saying the crop is going to waste in parts of the state. He notes no price ceiling is in place and urges buying more spinach to curb the excess supply.
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Springfield
State Department of Agriculture
Victor A. Eckstrom
Division of Market Reports
Eckstrom
Semler Plum Tree Bears Second Crop
A plum tree in Charles Semler’s yard at 322 Liberty Street produced a second crop despite droughts and early frosts. The tree bloomed again in late summer and the plums formed to marble size but did not ripen.
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Charles Semler
Liberty Street
Farmers Must Report Taxes Under 1943 Rules
From Washington, Treasury directive requires farmers who are single earning 500 dollars or more or married earning 624 dollars or more to file a tax declaration and pay by December 15. Second estimated tax payment for 1943 due December 15 for those paid September 15. Post Office second floor office open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Sunday.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Allen H. Mumma
Internal Revenue Bureau
Mumma
Chaw Shortage Hits Local Cigar Trade This Christmas
Local cigar retailers report a sharp shortage of cheap five and six cent cigars as wartime wage pressures and manpower shortages curb production. A large distributor notes monthly five and six cent returns have fallen from ten thousand to about two hundred. Higher priced brands remain plentiful though demand shifts with labor costs.
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Hagerstown
Six Die and Dozens Hurt in Navy Depot Blast
An explosion in a warehouse at the Yorktown naval mine depot killed six civilians and injured 20 to 30, two seriously. Fires followed. the blast at 12:25 a.m. disrupted lighting and prompted evacuations. Initial confusion linked it to Norfolk Naval Station, later clarified as false alarm.
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Yorktown
Naval Mine
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Newport News
R. D. Kirkpatrick
USN
Ret
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Fifth Naval District
Jail Fugitives Recaptured After Escape
Two 17-year-old boys escaped Washington County Jail around 9 pm and were recaptured at Winchester Virginia by Sheriff John B. Huyett and Deputy Leister Isanogle at 3 am. They were taken from a coal truck while hitchhiking and are back in jail in solitary confinement. The youths confessed to using an iron piece from a jail scrub bucket to pry.
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Washington County
Winchester
John B. Huyett
Leister Isanogle
Huyett
Devotion Until Death in Chicago Fire Tragedy
Mrs. Caroline Kural, 74, dies after rushing to save her bedridden husband Jacob, 64, in a Chicago fire caused by a kerosene lamp. Firemen believe the lamp toppled from a table, igniting bedding. she succumbed to smoke after dragging him from danger and aiding in the futile rescue.
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Chicago
Caroline Kural
Price ceilings set for sausage and salami by OPA
The Office of Price Administration established zone based price ceilings for package fresh pork sausage and medium and hard all beef salami. Sausage ceilings vary by store type and meat, higher than bulk but lower than artificial casings. Salami prices fixed at 20 cents per pound above the soft type all beef ceiling, matching prior kosher salami differentials. Effective November 5.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
First safety conference menu admission
Des Moines reports the dinner menu for an upcoming safety conference is impractical to guarantee due to the combined activities of Hitler Tojo and Tittle Benite and related wartime agencies. It notes that there will be eats despite the uncertainty.
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Des Moines
Hitler
Tojo
Tittle Benite
Protest on Sofia Defenses After Air Raid
ISTANBUL Nov 16. German protests fly over Sofia after Sunday bombing by American bombers. They accuse Bulgarian anti air craft defenses of inefficiency and hint at possible German demand for military control of key Bulgarian positions. An Allied Cairo communique notes 24 German fighters failed to disrupt the attack.
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Istanbul
Sofia
Balkans
Bulgaria
Cairo
Price Panel Efforts Cited in War of Ceilings
The Price Panel of the Local Ration Board has settled 40 OPA ceiling price violations in Hagerstown and Washington County to date. 15 more cases will be heard Friday as authorities step up efforts to hold prices. An unidentified official urged public support to enforce ceilings for those on fixed incomes. The panel has held 21 restaurant hearings, five grocery, four farm markets, three liquor, two department stores, and other venues. Friday hearings include restaurants, groceries, and liquor dealers. The staff will soon be expanded with Price Panel assistants to investigate consumer complaints.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Ration Board
OPA
Price Panel
Niquor
Ration Office
Few Italians Surrender to Nazis in Southern France
Madrid dispatch reports the German deadline for Italian surrender in the southern French mountains expired with only a few hundred Italians laying down arms. Local reports indicate most Italian troops continued to resist, despite the ultimatum.
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Madrid
France
Penitentiary Hoarded Ration Points, OPA Says
In Jefferson City Missouri the state penitentiary used excess ration points from Feb 28 to Aug 31 amounting to 486606 meat points and 337489 processed food points. The OPA and state penalty commission signed a stipulation to bring operations into full compliance and audits were ordered for four other state facilities.
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SP. Louis
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City
More Arrested On Indictments
Sheriff's officers report the arrest under indictments of Robert Earl Sullivan for robbery and Tip Lewis George Fishack and Kenneth Robinson for larceny and breaking into. Daisy Kane and Fannie Crawford Kane indicted for prostitution are in custody. Criminal court opens Monday November 22 with indictments and 33 criminal appeals from magistrate court. Petit jurors need not report until Friday morning per Judge Joseph D Mishann.
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Robert Earl Sullivan
Tip Lewis
George Fishack
Kenneth Robinson
Daisy Kane
Fannie Crawford Kane
Joseph D. Mish
Greeks Strike Leros Reversing Nazi Siege
Greek forces led by Andartes stormed Leros last Friday and gained control of landing beaches, attacking from the rear and driving back about 500 parachutists and 600 regulars as German reinforcements strained British defenses. Refugees report 2,000 German dead with Cairo noting slight improvement in the crisis.
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Bodrum
Turkey
Andaris
Leros
Dodecanese
Cairo
Lerosad
Germans Execute Italian Captives Near Domodossola
Bern dispatches report mass executions by German occupation troops after a daylong battle with Italian partisans near Domodossola. Many Italians escaped to the northern Italian hills while others were shot after removal from hospitals. Villadossola and Luina were key targets, with air attacks misattributed to Allies.
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Bern
Switzerland
Domodossola
Brigue
la Suisse
Ialian
Villadossola
Luina
Theft Reported Of Purse In West End Store
Sarah M. Gill reported the theft of her pocketbook from a West End store this morning. The purse held $35 and several valuable cards. Noted organist Dr Gordon Balch Nevin died suddenly yesterday in New Wilmington.
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Sarah M. Gill
Washington Avenue
West End
New Wilmington
Gordon Balch Nevin
Westminster College
Old C. and O Canal Beds Defy Drought for Victory Garden
In Williamsport the abandoned Chesapeake and Ohio Canal bed becomes a drought defying garden site. Harvey Brant and Sam Shank, family farmers nearby, planted 50 by 120 foot plots to grow peas, beets, corn and potatoes. Their crops thrived while others suffered, yielding large harvests and enough to ration to youths. The piece frames a shift from canal decline to a new local economy along the Potomac.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Wiliamsport
Potomac
Harvey Brant
Sam Shank
Canal
Uncle Sam
Brant
Shank
Brant Famiy
Russian forces drive west of Gomel in great battle
Russian forces pushed west of Gomel and Zhito mir in a major effort to crush the Nazi center. Gomel was nearly surrounded with Demekhi fallen, 34 miles west, opening a rail link to Warsaw and bringing the front within 320 miles of East Prussia. Berlin claimed large Russian breakthroughs across multiple sectors as fighting intensified near Kiev and Smolensk.
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Gomel
Zhitomir
Germany
Demekhi
Warsaw
East Prussia
Nevtel
Berlin
Dnepropetrovsk
Krivoi Rog
Cher-kassy
Kiev
Dnieper River
Rechitsa
Smolensk
Orsha
Russia
Old Poland
Dnieper
Heavy German Pressure Forces Yugoslavs Back
London dateline reports Tito's Yugoslav National Liberation Army acknowledges evacuation of the Peljesac peninsula in Dalmatia as German pressure and Nazi reinforcements push partisan lines. Communique notes Tito says partisans checked a drive in eastern Bosnia, with 140 Germans killed and two positions taken in Slovenia. Battles continue in Serbia with Chetnik reinforcements.
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London
Pelicsac
Dalmatia
Macedonia
Yugoslav National Liberation Army
Josip Broz
Tito
Bosnia
Slovenia
Bosia
Nedic
Minhatiovic
Serbia
Dalmatian
Cold Snap Promises Colder Weather This Week
The Weather Man predicts more snow and cold as a northwest wind arrives. Keedysville government weather observer J A Miller expects the cold spell to deepen tonight with winds and snow flurries and much colder conditions tomorrow.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Germans seize Polish children as hostages in raids
The Polish Telegraph Agency reported from London that Germany has seized about 50 children as hostages in raids in Warsaw. Most were taken from a tuberculosis sanitarium in Otowek, a Warsaw suburb.
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New York
Poland
London
Warsaw
Otowek
Woolley Set to Lead New York OPA Post
New York City Market Commissioner Daniel P. Woolley prepared to assume the 8,000-year post as New York Regional Administrator of the Office of Price Administration after being named yesterday by OPA Director Chester Bowles.
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Woolley
OPA
New York
New York City
Daniel P. Woolley
Office of Price Administration
Yewterday
Chester Bowie
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Thos. W. Pangborn
Orpha Ruth Magaha
C. K. Hartle
Jas. R. Magaha
Frank A. Hill
U.S. Army Air Forces
Hillsdale
N. J
Europe
Semler
Score
Navy Depot
Alfonso Fusco
Naples
Pen
Old C. & O
Drouth
Richard McMurray
AP War Editor
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