Small Seaplane Lands On River Near Williamsport
Raymond Jacobs of Williamsport watched a small seaplane circle and land on the Susquehanna River near Duck Island while he fished for bass. The civilian pilot, en route from Pittsburgh to Washington, refueled from a five gallon can and then took off again after a short run of about 300 feet.
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Raymond Jacobs
Williamsport
Filer
Jacobs
Hancock
Washington
Pittsburgh
Duck Island
Five Hundred D L Clark Candy Workers Strike in Pittsburgh
Five hundred D L Clark Candy company workers walk out in Pittsburgh delaying payrolls as contract talks fail amid a dispute over time and a half pay for piece work. The Bakery and Confectionery Workers AFL union says offers were rejected after a 30 day cooling off under the Smith Connally law. The company, serving 90 percent of its output to the armed forces, blames stalled negotiations on the union.
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Pittsburgh
D. L. Clark Candy Company
War Labor Board
Smith- Connally
Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union
AFL
Harold
Clark
WLB
First Fathers Here To Go In November
Local Draft headquarters announced that processing of fathers for the draft is moving slowly and unlikely before November. Draft boards expect to fill October quotas from other categories while the first fathers leave with the first call in November.
U S Navy Secretary Knox arrives in Recife Brazil
U S Navy Secretary Frank Knox arrived at Recife Brazil today from Africa according to a National Brazilian dispatch.
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Rio DE Janeiro
U. S. Navy
Frank Knox
Recife
Brazil
Africa
Germans Face Loss Of Last Caucasus Toehold
London reports a Soviet advance threatening Germany's foothold in the Caucasus as Red Army drives from Staro Tamanskaya on the Taman peninsula and presses toward Mogilev on the Dnieper while Nazi forces block a flanking push. Moscow claimed heavy German losses and captures as advances stretched from the Pronya river toward Mogilev and Gomel.
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London
Caucasus
Red Army
Staro- Tamanskaya
Taman
Dnieper
Mogilev
Staro-Tamanskaya
Berlin
Marrow Kerch
Crimea
Moscow
Pronya
Orsha
Gomel
Kiev
Dneptropetrovsk
Bottle of whisky pushes over bond drive total
UBIAH Cal October 4 Movie stars sold kisses at high prices in a war bond drive. Rancher Andrew Hoefer bought 25 000 dollars in bonds to obtain a bottle of whisky. The purchase pushed the city’s bond quota over by 25 000 to reach 560 000.
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Ubiah
Cal
Andrew Hoefer
Cheney Appointed Inspector Here
Leo Cheney of Allegany county has been appointed sanitary inspector in Washington county by the State Department of Health. He will assist County Sanitary Inspector S. Brinsfield Jr in dairy inspection and other county sanitary work. Cheney arrived after a U S Public Health Service survey found Washington county, a major milk producer, undermanned. His salary is paid by the state.
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Leo Cheney
Allegany County
Washington County
State Department of Health
Cheney
Cumberland
S. Brinsfield, Jr
U. S. Public Health Service
Crossing Safety Device Sought at Antietam Creek Crossing
Residents along the new Dual highway plan to petition the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for a safety device at the Antietam creek crossing of the company’s branch line to Security. A week earlier a man and woman on a motorcycle were killed in a collision with a moving freight. Motorists say trains are hard to see at night unless the engine is visible first.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Antietam Creek
Every State Quota Is Oversubscribed War Bond Drive
Secretary Morgenthau said all states oversubscribed their $15 billion Third War Loan. Individual purchases exceeded caps, with the total near $17 billion. He testified to the House Ways and Means Committee and forecast final figures by October 16, thanking the committee for allowing him to conclude the bond drive before tax plans.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Union
House
Ways and Means Committee
Postpone Court Martial for Kimmel and Short Likely
Washington reports that Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Major General Walter C. Short likely will not face court martial until after World War II. Both waived objections to delaying beyond the statute limit, and the Army Navy statement said postponement is appropriate. A Roberts commission faulted their failure to consult on warnings before Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Navy
Army
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Army-Navy
Roberts
Roosevelt
Kimmel
Short
War Stimson
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
War and Navy Departments
Holders Of A Gas Coupons Drivability Raised
J William Eggleson, state OPA rationing officer, announced an increase in basic A gasoline rations from one and a half to two gallons a week, giving A ration book holders about 120 miles of driving per month instead of 90. A 6 coupons cover three gallons through November 9, and A 8 coupons will be valid on November 9 for three gallons for three months. renewals should be applied for before November 8.
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J. William Eggleson
OPA
Eggleston
Maryland
Congress Asked For 102 Billion More In Taxes
Secretary Morgenthau urged Congress to raise war time taxes by 10.5 billion annually, with 6.5 billion from individuals by merging the Victory tax into the income tax and lowering exemptions. He proposed higher corporate, excise, and estate taxes, plus refundable postwar at best. A social security expansion and payroll tax rise were recommended to ease invasion risk, while lowering income taxes for offset burden.
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Congress
Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol
How the new tax plan would work explains Morgenthau
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau outlines how the integrated victory normal and first bracket surtax proposal would affect taxpayers. Examples show a married with two dependents paying less or more under the new plan at $1,000, $3,000, $8,000 and $25,000 incomes, noting exemptions and credits.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Escaped Inmate Forces Nurse to Drive Across Town
Eugene Caster, a 22-year-old escapee from the Pennsylvania State Hospital for the Criminally Insane at Fairview, held nurse Clara Murray captive for over 24 hours. Murray is pictured in Camden, New Jersey, detective bureau with a carved soap “gun” used by Caster to compel her movements. the fugitive remains at large after abandoning the car near Camden.
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Eugene Caster
Pennsylvania State Hospital
Fairview
Clara Murray
Camden
N. J
Caster
Robbery at Byrd's Sunoco Filling Station
Thieves broke a rear window and entered Byrd's Sunoco on Potomaco Avenue but took little. Police arrested Harry Sprankle and Samuel Mumma, who also admitted to robbing the Terrace Restaurant and Seal's Grocery on Pennsylvania Avenue in a Saturday spree.
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Byrd
Sunoco
Potomaco Avenue
Harry Sprankle
Keedysville
Route 1
Samuel N. Mumma
Pennsylvania Avenue
J. B. Brown
Wayne A. Sellman
Terrace
Seal’s
Mail
Sprankle
M. V. B. Bos
Survey For Dam is Progressing Near Pinesburg
Engineers tied to the U S Army have nearly completed Potomac river surveys near Pinesburg for a possible flood control central dam. Workers sink test holes from a raft using a compressor. surveys may also cover a West Virginia side site opposite the E Keller Banzhoff home. Rumors speak of a 60 foot dam at Pinesburg and a potential channel to Falling Waters.
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U. S. Army
Potomac River
Pinesburg
West Virginia
E. Keller Banzhoff
Army
Cumberland
Potomac
Fishermen reel in 29 inch carp at Antietam Creek
Charles Berry and R. V. Dutrow, local fishermen, deny rumors of no big fish in Antietam creek. On Sunday they caught a 29 inch carp weighing fifteen pounds near the Breathedsville dam.
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Charles Berry
R. V. Dutrow
Antietam Creek
Breathedsville Dam
Herriot Improving Health at Nancy Clinic
A Vichy dispatch cited by the Gazette de Lausanne reports Edouard Herriot, former French president, is improving at a Nancy clinic. The note also refutes earlier rumors that Herriot had died.
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Bern
Switzerland
Gazette de Lausanne
Edouard Herriot
French Republic
Nancy
Herriot
Bombing Raids Hit Frankfurt Kassel Hanover German Targets
British and American air forces struck Frankfurt, 91 miles from Kassel, with heavy bombers and long range fighters. Kassel raid described as very heavy with suspected major damage. Mosquito raids hit Hannover and Rhineland targets as mines were laid in enemy waters. Twenty four RAF bombers were lost.
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London
Germany
Frankfurt
Kassel
RAF
Air Ministry
Hannover
Rhineland
R.A.F
Messerschmitt
Ruhr
Berlin
Italian Invasion Would Have Been Easier With More Planes
General Henry H Arnold laments that invasion of Italy required every available Allied plane from training centers depots and modification centers. He says more planes would have made the operation easier and credits US and British air forces with saving Salerno troops. He calls for higher bomber production as Boeing recruits 9,000 workers.
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Seattle
Mediterranean
Italy
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
al Salerno
Arnold
U. S
Sanlerno
Boeing Aircraft Company
German Resistance in Corsica Ends as French Enter Bastia
Allied dispatch from Algiers reports French forces, led by Moroccan Goums, entering Bastia on Corsica marking the collapse of organized German resistance on the island. Remnants linger on beaches as French troops and American Rangers press them, threatening Germans on the Italian mainland.
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Corsica Island
Bastia
Algiers
Corsica
Mediterranean
Rome
French Terrorists Shot by German Radio Report
London dispatch says German controlled Paris radio announced 50 French terrorists arrested were shot Saturday due to a revival of assassination and terror acts. The report notes the executions as part of wartime security measures amid ongoing hostilities.
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London
Paris
Edward R. Stettinius Jr Sworn as Undersecretary of State
Edward R. Stettinius Jr was sworn in as undersecretary of state in Washington on October 4. He is expected to become acting secretary soon while Secretary Hull attends a meeting with the British and Russian foreign ministers, shaping U S policy during the talks.
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Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Hull
Allied Attack On Coo Island Marks Balkans Action
Cairo dispatch reports Nazi sea and air forces striking Allied positions on the island of Coo in the Dodecanese. The attack follows British seizure of Coo and Lero, with Samos to the north, as aerial and sea operations intensify in the Aegean theater.
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Cairo
Aegean
Balkans
Coo
Coe
Lero
Dodecanese
Samos
Harriman Named U S Ambassador to Soviet Russia
Moscow reports Pravda announces W Averell Harriman as United States ambassador to Soviet Russia, succeeding Admiral William H Standley. The three line dispatch from Washington places the appointment at the top of the foreign news page.
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Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
U. S
Soviet Russia
William H. Standley
Pravda
Washington
Allied Leapfrogging Push Reaches Adriatic Coast At Termoli
British troops landed at Termoli on the Adriatic coast driving north as American Sth Army advances reach Benevento and cross the Calore river. Allied air power disrupts German retreat at Capua while Motta Montemiletto Castelfranco and other towns fall. Montgomery’s Adriatic advance follows the historic conquest route toward the Po valley, aided by amphibious leapfrog tactics.
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Adriatic
Termoli
Fortore
Italy
Sth
Benevento
Naples
Calore
Volturno
8Th Army
Capua
Motta
Folgia
Montemiletto
Castelfranco
Foggia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Sicily
Burma Invasion Near As U S Attacks Burma Bases
American medium and fighter bombers struck Japanese supply lines and rail at Sagaing and Namu in northern and central Burma over the weekend. The Tenth Air Force damaged tracks and storage facilities, with several large fires reported, and the raids were conducted without American losses.
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New Delhi
Burma
U. S
Tenth Airforce
Sagaing
Irrawaddy River
Namu
Weather notes from Kee dysville record
The morning low reached 22 degrees with the freezing point, but frost was scarce per government weather observer J A Miller of Kee dysville. Yesterday’s high stood at 70 degrees.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Miller pleads guilty to drunken driving in city court
Charles G. Miller a truck driver pleaded guilty to drunken driving before Magistrate Harry B E Snyder in city court this morning. He was fined 169 dollars and costs after being arrested last week.
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Charles G. Miller
Harry BE. Snyder
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de Lordo
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Sonny Boy” Quirk
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Potomac Avenue
Central
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Thunderbolts
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Kansas
New York
Texas
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Harriman
Atlantic Coast
Alton L. Blakeslee
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