Fifth Army Welcomed in Naples by Clark’s Troops
Allied forces push north from Naples toward Rome amid heavy German resistance. Lt Gen Mark W Clark reports American Fifth Army already well north of Naples as British Eighth Army advances on Foggia plain and Monte Gargano peninsula. Civilians greet troops amid ruins along waterfront as Naples stabilizes after occupation.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Naples
Rome
Reuters
Benevento
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Foggia
San Severo
Lucero
Clark
Bond Drive Nears Three Million Mark in Washington County
At drive close this afternoon the Third War Loan effort tops two and a half million, with latest totals around 2,130,000 and the Brand total likely higher. The focal post office pushed the drive past three million with sales of 283,000, local Forrest of Tall Cedars among buyers as many orders remain unturned by theaters and stores.
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Anh
Washington County
Drive
John D. Hollyday
Focal Post Office
Forrest of Tall Cedars
War Bond Sale In Maryland Far Past Goal
Baltimore October 1 Purchases of War Bonds in Maryland reached 150 percent of the state quota totaling 277 006 000 dollars as reported by the Federal Reserve Bank Hooper Miles state chairman of the Maryland war finance committee said Baltimore pond sales reached 242 000 000 dollars or 142 3 percent of the city quota of 170 000 000 Maryland counties exceeded their combined quota by 1 108 000 dollars Miles added that county sales likely will exceed each county quota Extension of the closing date for Series E F and G bonds to October 16 may help attain individual sales quotas Miles noted
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Baltimore
Maryland
Federal Reserve Bank
Hooper
Miles
Maryland War Finance Committee
Swede Larsen Narrow Escape After Plane Hit By Flak
At Guadalcanal on Vila Kolomabangara Island El Cmdr H Swede Larsen former Torpedo Squadron Eight commander and S C Woods escaped a torpedo plane hit by antiaircraft fire. The plane skidded to a stop and caught fire but landed, prompting the crew to board rubber life rafts. Woods was rescued after four hours. Larsen survived 20 hours on his raft with exposure and scratches. Both are reported safe.
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Guadalcanal
H “Swede” Larsen
Birmingham
Ala
Navy
Torpedo Squadron Eight
C. E. Woods
Seattle
Wash
Vila
Kolombangara Island
Woods
Larson
Writer Indicted For Failing To Report
New York Oct 2 Robert T S Lowell Jr 26 cousin of Harvard President Emeritus A Lawrence Lowell and poet Amy Lowell indicted by a Federal grand jury for violating the Selective Service act. Indictment says he failed to report for induction in September after draft board order. Lowell sent Roosevelt a declaration Sept 9 opposing participation in a war he warned could leave Europe and China to a totalitarian tyranny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert T. S. Lowell, Jr
Harvard
A. Lawrence Lowell
Amy Lowell
Lowell
Roosevelt
Europe
China
U. S
Army Navy Game To West Point To Be Held At West Point
The White House announced the Army Navy football game will be played at West Point on Saturday November 27 with attendance limited to military academy personnel and bona fide residents within ten miles due to wartime travel restrictions. A bicycle theft was reported by Charles Warner Jr of North Avenue from the Academy Theater alley.
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Washington
White House
West Point
Charles Warner, Jr
North Avenue
Academy Theater Alley
Bombardment Hits White Russian Rail Centers Near Poland
Moscow reports Russian bombers pounded Mogilev Orsha and Vitebsk white Russia rail centers for a second night. Soviet offensives pushed toward the Pronya river while Red Army columns moved west, killing thousands of Germans and seizing captured material as battles raged around Kiev and the Dnieper bend.
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London
Kiev
Dnieper River
Red Army
Poland
Baltic States
Moscow
Mogilev
Orsha
Vitebsk
Russia
Pronya
Cherikov
Gomel
Zaporozhe
Dnieper
Wolf Packs Of U Boats Active In Atlantic Lanes
Survivors report nine Allied vessels lost last week as German U boats attacked convoys in the Atlantic. Canadian destroyer St Croix and British escort ships Polyanthus and Itchen tested by Canada and Britain. St Croix with 146 men sunk. over 100 survivors landed. Attacks spanned Sept 18 to 22 with multiple ships sunk and distress signals heard from others.
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Atlantic
Canada
Britain
St. Croix
Great Britain
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Polyanthus
Angus MacDonald
Peck
Life Lines From Pleasant Valley Brownsville A Growing Town
Brownsville Maryland sits along Pleasant Valley between South Mountain and Elk Ridge. Fifty years after its defining industry vanished, eighty residents persist with stubborn pride. G T Brown, long-time merchant and former postmaster, recalls ancestor John Brown who first built the settlement.
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Brownsville
Maryland
Pleasant Valley
South Mountain
Elk Ridge
G. T. Brown
Imerchant
John Brown
Jook
Brown
Davies Says Russia Will Keep Promises With Her Allies
Mexico City October 2. Former U.S. ambassador Joseph E. Davies, arrived for a ten day visit, stating Russia will not break promises with England or the United Nations. He said the Soviet government will not impose its doctrines, has no territorial aims, and will fight until Germany and its allies are defeated. He added Japan may break treaties with Russia, viewing it as a natural enemy.
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Mexico City
Russia
Alves
Joseph EL Davies
Moscow
England
United Nations
Stalin
Germany
Davies
Japan
Blue Ridge Seeks ODT Allowance for Four Delayed Buses
Blue Ridge Bus company asks the Office of Defense Transportation for permission to take delivery of four buses ordered from General Motors in February 1942. The firm notes severe equipment shortages, with only five deliveries in two years versus normal buying of fifteen annually, and says the buses would be used in the Pittsburgh area if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ridge Bus Company
Office of Defense Transportation
General Motors
Blue Ridge
ODT
Pittsburg
Fairchild President Addresses Aircraft Production Problems
J. Carleton Ward Jr., president of Fairchild, told executives from 15 major aircraft plants in Washington that war conditions hinder peace time efficiency. He noted necessary changes in plane designs and adjustments in operations, with labor utilization fluctuating between good and weak periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Carleton Ward Jr
Fairchild Corporation
Washington
Ward
Realty Market Has Busy Week Volume Is High
The weekly real estate market showed strong activity with total sales near 150000. Farms and high end city homes led transactions including several named property transfers among Conn, Cash, Kepler, Stouffer, Hartle, Bollinger, Humrichouse, and Martz, with prices ranging from five thousand to nine thousand dollars. Continued on Page 2.
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Bernard H. Conn
Hofman Chevrolet Company
Main Street
Hancock
George B. Cash, Jr
Robert H. Kepler
Homewood Addition
Halfway
James E. Becher
Reynolds Avent
Sarah E. Humrichouse
George H. Martz
Downsville
W. Walter Elmer
Storm Drouth Broken by Rain Across Eastern Shore
A nor’easter dropped about 2 inches of rain in the region with Baltimore seeing an inch while Western Maryland recorded half an inch. The rainfall delayed crop benefits but allowed farmers to till winter wheat ground as J A Miller notes a 55 degree minimum and traces of rain on Thursday night and Friday.
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Baltimore
Maryland
J. A. Miller
Hull 72 Today Ready For Mission
Secretary of State Cordell Hull, veteran public servant, marks his 72nd birthday while resting with Mrs Hull at Hot Springs awaiting a critical assignment. An Atlantic crossing by air to confer with British and Russian emissaries could shape the postwar world. Hull expected back at his desk early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Get
Cordell Hull
Hull
State Department
Haas Named Archbishop of Grand Rapids by Pope
Washington reports Francis J. Haas, head of President Roosevelt's fair employment practices committee, has been appointed bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, by Pope Pius XII. The apostolic delegation announced the decision.
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Washington
Francis J. Haas
Roosevelt
Grand Rapids
Michay
Pius XII
Double Barrelled Blow Dealt Germany From Africa
Allied air bases in North Africa staged a two pronged strike on Germany with Fortresses and Liberators. The Fortresses flew an 1800 mile round trip to Munich while Liberators attacked an aircraft factory near Vienna, suffering 14 aircraft losses in total. Night raids on Italian retreat lines and pontoon bridges near Naples followed, as U S losses were comparatively light beside the Schweinfurt Regensburg blow from Britain.
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Wes Gallagher
HDQS
North Africa
Germany
Italy
Munich
Middle East
Winer Neustadt
Vienna
Naples
Grazzanise
Formia
Appian Way
U. S
Schweinfurt
Regensburg
Britain
Guerrilla Army Ready To Strike
A Zurich dispatch quotes Yugoslav guerrilla chief Mihailovic saying his force is ready and waiting for the Allied signal to attack Nazi forces. He states troops are not yet in battles in northeastern Italy or the Adriatic as the letter vows a future strike once the first Allied division lands in Yugoslavia.
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Stockholm
Switzerland
Draja Mihailovic
Italy
Adriatic
Dagens Nohether
Zurich
Mihailovic
Balkans
Singer
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz
Hitler orders blood wall in northern Italy to defend fortress of Europe
Stockholm reports Hitler instructed Marshals Rommel and Kesselring to hold a blood wall in northern Italy to stop Allied advances toward Germany. The plan aims to defend the fortress of Europe to the last drop of blood, with forces already pulled back and preparations under way for stronger Italian operations. Some dispatches noted defense efforts shifting toward Rome and the Castel Gandolfo area.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Adolf Hitler
Edwin Rommel
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Germany
Berlin
Europe
Todt
Kesselrius
Wall
Rome
Castel Gandolfo
Three Robberies Hit City Last Night
Three robberies occurred last night in the city. Loot included cash, a Victrola, coins, a stamp machine, tires and wheels from a truck, and groceries. Thieves entered via rear windows, targeting Wieland’s restaurant, Seals Grocery, and the Steffey-Findlay Coal Company on West Church Street. Police recovered the machine and investigated, with evidence suggesting a youth involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Wieland
Pennsylvania Avenue
L. W. Seals
Wieland
Wieland's
Carelessly Discarded Fag Costs 31 Lives
London reports a Bucharest tannery fire caused 31 deaths when a carelessly discarded cigarette started the blaze. Berlin radio quoted the Associated Press and broadcast the casualty figure.
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London
Nerions
Bucharest
Berlin
Associated
Soldier Ration Changes from 1793 to 1790s in Hagerstown
A historical note contrasts the 1793 soldier ration with later practices in Hagerstown. It discusses staple foods, alcohol as currency, Excise laws of 1781, and how corn and rye were converted into whiskey for transport, amid coin scarcity and tax disputes in Washington County and Pennsylvania.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Congo
France
Washingtom County
Penn Vania
United States
American Bombers Raid Ruhr From West and South
Allied air power strikes Ruhr targets in Hagen and Bochum with RAF night bombers and possible American participation. Hagen, a key rail and industrial center, faces heavy damage risk as the campaign widens beyond Aachen Darmstadt and Brunswick. Two bombers reported lost amid reports of American involvement.
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London
RAF
Germany
Ruhr
Hagen
Doremund
Accumulatorene Fabrika AG
Aachen
Darmstadt
Brunswick
Berlin
Associated Press
Rhineland
Westphalia
Tra C. Faker
Henry M. Arnold
U. S. Air Force
Bochum
Wat
An Ate Leutenant
Cantain
Tlondon
De Marigny to Stand Trial This Month
NASSAU. Din Marigny charged with murdering his wealthy father in law Sip Harey Usk will go on trial this month. Attorney General Eriq Mallinan said a conference with Godfrey Hiss led to a jury of common five being requested for the trial in the supreme court.
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Nassau
Uahatian
Alfred Din Marigny
Sip Harey Usk
Tatanian Supreme Cowitet
Eriq Mallinan
Godfrey Hiss
Asfan
O Aharmney
al Jury
CAG
Iin Ril x
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Quartermaster Repair Depot
Ligian Dooley
J. O. Lund
Larsen
Army
By Newman
T. Brown
Fairchild
W. Averell Harriman
Africa
Munich and
Wiener Neustadt
Hitler
Gladwin Hill
de Marigny
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