Russia Massing Armies To Turn German Flanks
London reports massed Russian motor columns on both ends of the eastern front hint at a new Red Army drive to turn German flanks. The central front along the Dnieper remained quiet amid impassable roads and German counterattacks. Russian forces reportedly captured 46 towns in the Vitersk sector, placing spearheads within 30 miles of Nazi bastion anchor points.
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London
Red Army
Dnieper
Kiev
Dnepropetrovsk
White Russia
Vitersk
Moscow
Senate backs medical panel to lower draft standards
The Senate tentatively approved a measure creating a medical commission to study lowering army and navy physical standards to allow induction of thousands of men classified as 4-F. The voice vote supported an amendment to an administration backed substitute shielding pre Pearl Harbor fathers until January 1.
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Washington
Senate
Army
Navy
Wheeler
D-Mont
Acute whiskey shortage grips local stores and taverns
A survey shows severe shortage of packaged whiskey with many shops out of stock or rationing. Rye and bourbon are scarce. only fifths or quarts available. Beer supply improves slightly as cooler weather reduces demand. Taverns with on sale licenses refuse to discuss bottle sales, preferring drinks.
Italian Prisoners To Harvest Cotton Crop
Five thousand Italian prisoners of war at Florence Arizona's internment camp study cotton picking instructions in their language as part of a plan to harvest Arizona's cotton crop. Col William Holden said 500 prisoners already proved the plan feasible in two weeks and that the workers are happy and hard working.
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Florence
Ariz
Arizona
William A. Holden
Holden
United States
Apple Growers Protest against Set-Aside Order
Maryland growers joining with Virginia West Virginia and Pennsylvania producers protested the War Food Administration set aside order Columbus Martinsburg yesterday. They urged exclusion of smaller sizes of U S No 1 apples from government storage to protect consumer markets. The Maryland committee joined 12 of 16 producers on the state panels.
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Washington County
Martinsburg
War Food Administration
Armer Services
J. Andrew Cahill
Hancock
D. E. Rinehart
Smithsburg
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
WFA
Office of Price Administration
U. S
Inducted Father Has Son-In-Law In Army
Kansas City story notes John T. Ames aged 37 reporting for induction as a father with a son in the Army. Ames jokes about the draft, while his wife, daughter, and five month old granddaughter await at home as his son-in-law already serves in the Aleutians.
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Kansas City
John T. Ames
Ames
Aleutians
Allied Fleet Bombards German Supply Lines Off Norway
U S and British Home Fleet aircraft struck German supply lines off Norway near Bodoe. Carrier planes hit several large merchant ships including an 8,000 ton tanker while two German planes were shot down. Three American planes were lost to anti aircraft fire. German warships remained concealed in Norwegian fjords.
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London
U. S
Norway
Norwegian
Russia
Would Fly Expectant Mothers To Hospitals
An Texas ambulance firm proposed rush air service for expectant mothers with helicopter hospital transfers, while Shannon's of Fort Worth sought Civil Aeronautics Board approval for nationwide helicopter ambulances and hearses, including aerial funeral processions and maintenance shops.
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Washington
Stork
Texas
Shannon's
Fort Worth
Civil Aeronautics Board
Shannon
Detroit Voters Name Mayoralty Nominees
Detroit voters named Edward J. Jeffries Jr. and Frank Fitzgerald as mayoral nominees in a non partisan primary. Fitzgerald led with 97,548 votes to Jeffries 59,945 while 14 candidates shared 198,984 total ballots. Charles Bowles and Frank Murphy also drew votes. Fitzgerald, labor endorsed, remarked on the strong showing.
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Detroit
Edward J. Jeffries, Jr
Frank Fitzgerald
United Automobile Workers
American Federation of Labor
Fitzgerald
Jeffries
Charles Bowles
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Holyoke
Mass
The
University of Detroit
Countians Prefer House Paint To Cars In Post War Plans
Washington county households survey by the local Chamber of Commerce shows house painting as the top postwar purchase priority, with 1335 of 15000 families seeking painting and about 1294 planning to buy a car when available. Automobiles follow painting, then stoves refrigerators radios furniture and floor coverings as demand rises after the war ends.
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Washington County
Chamber of Commerce
Washington County Committee For Economic Development
Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Hagerstown
Ceiling Price Campaign Begins in Hagerstown
OPA officials H W Cross and F J Newman lead a launch with Price Panel volunteers to enforce ceiling prices among Hagerstown merchants. The plan includes collecting price data, distributing guidance to dealers, and reporting violations to the Ration Board while seeking citizen pledge signatures through local clubs and groups.
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OPA
H. W. Cross
F. J. Newman
OPA State Office
Hagerstown
wKcCrosg
Cross
Busy day at Maryland election office as voters register
About 40 prospective voters visited the Board of Election Supervisors to register or declare citizenship. It was the busiest day for Permanent Registers since just before last year’s general election, with six of ten registrants Democrats and four Republicans. Transfers were issued as well. Citizens aiming for the 1944 primary must declare by November 6. The office is open Tuesdays and Fridays.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Yesterey
Maryland
Frederick Water Ban Test Case Set In Frederick
Mrs. Francis I. Thompson a Frederick house wife faces trial before a Frederick magistrate for wasting water during an emergency. The case, prosecuted by the City Attorney, tests the newly enacted ordinance prohibiting lawn and shrubbery sprinkling except at specified times. A large tree on her lawn was observed with running water across the sidewalk as Frederick faced a low supply.
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Francis I. Thompson
Frederick
Single Men Balk At Deferment Amid War Plant Duty
Local draft boards report several single men resisting occupational deferments as fathers are being inducted. A foreman, deferred on employer appeal, asked to be removed from deferment to join the armed forces, saying he would not be blamed as a slacker. Another conscientious objector sought change to be inducted.
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Draft Board
West Virginia Tops Bond Sales In Third War Loan Drive
West Virginia led national bond sales during the Third War Loan drive by pushing to 119 million dollars and 157 percent of its 74 million quota, surpassing Maryland which reached 300 million dollars at 158 percent of its 196 million quota. Virginia was 11th with 177.9 million at 117 percent. D C at 92.06 million at 98 percent of 94 million. National totals reached 17.733 billion.
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West Virginia
Maryland
Washington
Virginia
District of Columbia
Cross Volturno River To Cut Foe's First Line Of Defense
Armed bands led by Italian officers sweep from northern Italian mountains to strike at German communications along the Swiss Italian frontier. Rommel issues a decree ordering death for sabotage and harsher penalties for violence against the German army. A group of over 1,000 men bases near Lake Como and Bergamo areas conduct forays. Milan command warns against listening to foreign broadcasts and enforces blackout. Corriere della Sera reports further train reductions in northern Italy.
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Volturno
Italy
Erwin Rommel
Lecco Mountains
Lake
Como
Bergamo
Milan
Col
Sassenberg
Corriere Lella Sera
Japs Often Bombed Red Cross Station
Melbourne war correspondent Allan Dawes reports from New Guinea on Japanese atrocities describing Allied airman execution as beyond any prior example. He says the Japanese regard Red Cross aid as meaningless outside combat zones and cites a dressing station bombed at least 17 times.
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Melbourne
Allan Dawes
New Guinea
Thase
Red Cross
Senate approves substitute for dont draft fathers bill
The Senate voted to replace Wheeler dont draft fathers bill with a plan to force thousands of federal and war plant workers into the armed forces by proving the indispensability of all draft-age non fathers with occupational deferments.
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Washington
Senate
Frederick Sees Private Garbage Contract Proposed
Frederick Maryland city officials report all three garbage trucks broke down simultaneously prompting Mayor Hugh V Gettinger to advocate private contracting for waste collection. Repairs were ongoing but replacements were rejected by the War Production Board, prompting a call for alternative handling.
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Frederick
Hugh V. Gettinger
War Production Board
Divorce Suit Filed by Joseph H. Smith
Joseph H. Smith through attorney M. L. Ingram files in court today for a divorce from Helen A. Smith.
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Joseph H. Smith
M. L. Ingram
Helen A. Smith
Harriman Nomination Approved as Ambassador to Russia
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today approved W. Averell Harriman for the role of Ambassador to Russia. The action moves Harriman toward the full Senate for confirmation amid U.S. diplomatic efforts in the region.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
W. Averell Harriman
Russia
City Receives Final Payment on War Water Project
The Federal Works Agency announces final payment of 351,820 for a city waterworks expansion in Hagerstown. A 5,666.76 Treasury check completes the grant funding for laying 4,000 feet of 12 and 16 inch mains serving war plants and residences north of North Jonathan Street.
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United States Treasury
Hagerstown
Federal Works Agency
Kenneth Markwell
F.W.A
North Jonathan Street
Church Street
North End
Will Not Tailor Ration Book 4 Distribution Details
Ration Book No 4 will be distributed in Washington county schools during the last week of October. The booklet will last about two years and contain 384 stamps in red green blue and black for all foods rationed. About $0,000 of the new books have been received for distribution in Hagerstown and the county, with no coupons tailored from this book.
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Washington County
Hagerstown
Soldiers Become U S Citizens Here
About 60 soldiers from a nearby Army camp, representing some 20 countries, were naturalized in circuit court yesterday. This brings the total sworn in here as United States citizens from the same camp to well over 600, with earlier large groups sworn in in Frederick not included.
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United States
Frederick
October’s Bright Blue Weather Brightens County Woods
In Washington county, where forests frame views of North and South Mountain, a vivid fall displays unusually early color after a dry summer. Observers note rapid autumn advance due to drought, with early frosts not harming leaves and crisp weather aiding color production, as hikers report vibrant scenes from weekend trips. Continued on Page 4.
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Washington County
Mae Ta Ardéy
Che
Allied 5th Army crosses Volturno river seizes Aversa Maddaloni
Allied forces announce a Volturno crossing and capture of Aversa and Maddaloni north of Naples as Montgomery’s 8th Army engages near Termoli. Four to five German divisions defend the line while heavy bombing targets Bologna and other Nazi rail and communications hubs across Italy.
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HDQS
Algiers
5Th Army
Volturno
Rome
Aversa
Maddaloni
Naples
Voltano
Italy
Mark W. Clark
Adriatic
Bernard L. Montgomery
8Th
Biferno
Termoli
Bologna
Brenner Pass
Volturne
Maddaleni
Sth
Ivery
Allied Airmen See Eiffel Tower From Paris Area
Allied fighters and fighter bombers pressed the aerial assault on Germany with strikes in France and the Low Countries. Typhoons penetrated near Paris and sighted the Eiffel Tower. The raids hit communications factories and military sites, destroying locomotives and refinery near Ghent while several Allied planes were lost.
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London
Europe
France
Low Countries
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Ghent
Belgium
Frankfurt
Ludwigshafen
Mannheim
Worms
Offenbach
Saarlautern
Father Of Cards Players Dies Unexpectedly
In Kansas City on October could have been a World Series moment as Robert J. Cooper aged 58 father of Morton and Walker Cooper, famed Cardinals battery, died suddenly after an evening following Game 1 loss to the Yankees. The elder Cooper, rural mail carrier and ardent fan, had worried about today’s game as Morton was set to start and Walker catch. His death occurred around 4 in the morning after Mrs Cooper found him unresponsive in the living room.
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Kansas City
Robert J. Cooper
Morton
Walker Cooper
Yankees
Cooper
Cardinals
Yanks
Copper
Walker
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