Yanks Invade New Palau Islet
Pacific Fleet headquarters at Pearl Harbor reports the Garakayo invasion on Palau as Marines from the List Infantry division land and reach a beach head north of Peleliu. Allied forces also attack Babelthuap while a Zamboanga raid targets Mindanao stores and ships.
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Tv. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Garakay
Palau
Pacific
Zamboansa
Philippines
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
List Infantry
Garakayo
Peleliu
Aman
Garekayo
Ati
Babelthuap
Palaus
Palau Islands
Gabakayo
Zamboanga
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Deaths of Edward Huneyre and others in county notices
Obituary notices report 88 year old Edward E Huneyre of Boonsboro dies from illness. Also Pvt Earl Rush dies from service illness in Coral Gables. Mrs Sue Happel Fiery of Baltimore dies after six months. Services in Hagerstown and Everett details given. Card of thanks from families for Laur ence W McGowan and Anne Sprecher of Adv notices.
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Edward E. Huneyre
Merle Funk
Boonsboro
Daniel
Susan Darrow Hteyre
Lutheran Church
Funk
Roy E
Earl
William
East Fine Home
iRoonsboro
Sue Happel Fiery
John B. Fiery
Greenway Apts
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Martin and
Mary Happel
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Marion
Katherine Jeffreys
Francis J. Leary
Rose Hill Cemetery
Anne Sprecher
Churchill Stalin talks in Moscow may last a week
London reports Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin began a Moscow conference, with Molotov Eden and Kerr present. Separate talks between Eden and Molotov followed. The agenda reportedly covers final blows against Germany, Polish exile government disputes, occupation plans for Germany, and Russia possibly entering the war against Japan. A Washington dispatch claimed Stalin pledged Siberian bases, but no confirmation.
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London
Churchill
Stalin
Moscow
Vyacheslav Molotov
Anthony Eden
Archibald Clark Kerr
Eden
Molotov
A. Y. Vishinsky
Moscow Bulletin
Germany
United States
Europe
Washngton
Nation’s Leaders Attend Willkie Funeral in New York
Prominent figures gathered for Wendell Willkie’s funeral at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church led by Governor Thomas E Dewey and Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt. Willkie to be buried in Rushville Indiana with son Philip returning from Atlantic duty. Police counted over 60 000 mourners visited the church as the body lay in state.
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New York
Wendell JL. Willkie
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Thomas E. Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Rushville
Ind
Willkie
Edward Willkie
Willkie urges voters for meaningful policy statements
Wendell L. Willkie, in a foreword dated Sept 25 for a new pamphlet An American Program, urged candidates to address international obligations and attitudes toward racial minorities. Died Sunday with no disclosed presidential choice. Lamoyne A. Jones confirmed no unpublished campaign writing. Grange supper and bibles advertised locally with prices.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Simon and Schuster, Inc
Willkie
Lamoyne A. Jones
Bureaucrat label sparks GOP clash over public jobs
Attorney General Biddle defines a bureaucrat as a public life job a Republican would like to have. Governor Bricker, the Republican vice presidential nominee, decries federal disorder and vows to remove the dead hand of bureaucracy from the people. The exchange follows GOP attacks alleging New Deal bureaucracy stifles rights and even accuses communism as a red herring in political debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Biddle
John W. Bricker
Montana
New Jersey State Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
Bible Week Free Colored Pictures at Chamber Office
In observance of National Bible Week from October 9 to 15, a large batch of colored Bible pictures is offered free at the Chamber of Commerce office for merchants and interested parties who may collect copies by visiting the office.
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Chamber of Commerce
Residents protest renaming Berlin Oregon to Distomo
Albany Oregon October 10 Tract residents representing most Berlin property owners filed a protest in county court to block renaming the mountain town. Judge E G Arnold put the protest on file for later decision. Lead protestor W E Miles called the move a publicity scheme by the Albany Chamber of Commerce. Playwright Maxwell Anderson had said ceremonies and a nation radio hookup would mark the rechristening.
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Albany
Ore
Trate
Berlin
Jin County Court
Distomo
E. G. Arnold
Arnold
W. E. Miles
Albany Chamber of Commerce
Maxwell Anderson
Oregon
French auto plants intact after German invasion says Automotive News
Detroit dated report quotes a former French dealer now in the American army in France. It says Renault Citroen Hotchkiss Latil Simca Peugeot and Mattford plants largely undamaged and ready to resume production, with lines and parts still in place from 1940. French makers plan rapid restart, potentially faster than American or English peers.
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Detroit
Automotive News
France
Renault
Citroen
Hotchkiss
Latil
Simca
Pugeot
Mattford
Will Resume Making Of Scotch Whisky
New York report notes plans to restart Scotch whisky production in Great Britain. Licenses issued for grain and malt distilling. production to begin after barley harvest. Messages from Percy Hogg and British sources indicate about 70 percent of pre war stocks, including bottled goods, remain on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Great Britain
Harry J. Laurie
National Association of Alcoholic Beverage Importers
Percy Hogg
Scotch Whisky Association
Laurie
Smoker Coercion Report From OPA Probes Price Gambits
Pittsburgh officials report OPA investigators found complaints that smokers were being forced to buy razor blades to obtain a pack of cigarettes. The inquiry highlights coercive sales practices affecting consumers in the area.
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Pittsburgh
OPA
Chinese Commander Executed for Defeat at Pwignan
The Chinese high command announced Col. Tsao Cheng, a regimental commander, was executed on October 7 for failing to carry out orders during the defense of Pignan in Kwangsi province, a town recently captured by Japanese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungring
Tsao Cheng
Pignan
West River
Kwangsi Province
Dove Season To Close Saturday and Hunt Dates
The dove season and first half of squirrel season close at sundown Saturday. Squirrel season resumes with the hunting season proper on November and runs to December 31. Rabbit quail wild turkey woodcock season opens November 15 and ends December 31. Deer season starts the first Monday in December. Raccoon opossum hunt runs November 1 to January 31. Muskrat otter season runs January 1 to March 15.
Sgt Huntzberry Killed In Action In Italy
Sgt Richard W Huntzberry native of Washington county was killed in action in Italy on Sept 22. A Bronze Star recipient for meritorious service, he crawled to within whispering range of the enemy to rescue a wounded man. He had landed in Africa four months after induction in 1942. His parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Huntzberry of Frederick were advised by the War Department. He previously attended Boonsboro schools and worked on Ambrose Fox farm near Downsville before enlistment.
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Richard W. Huntzberry
Washington County
Italy
Clarence Huntzberry
Frederick
War Department
Willemsport
Huntzberry
Boonsboro
Ambrose Fox
Downsville
Africa
Rationing Changes U K Dining Habits Says Leader
Chicago October report quotes National Restaurant Association president George R. Lesauvage saying wartime rationing has boosted dining out and caused a virtual disappearance of the dinner pail. He spoke at the wartime conference noting two great developments for the industry.
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Chicago
George R. Lesauvage
National Restaurant Association
Ideal gift for him bracelet engraved at Saums
The American Legion Auxiliary hosts a bridge and adam party at 21 Jonathan St Saums on October 11 at 8 p.m. Tickets are 35 cents, with prizes and admission details in the ad. The event promotes a gold or silver identification bracelet as a featured gift for him.
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Saums
Jonathan St. Ady
Jonathan St. Adv
American Legion Aux
Highest Cash Price for Old Gold and Silver
Saum's at 21 Jonathan Street advertises top cash prices for old gold and silver, inviting customers to sell at their shop.
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Saum’s
Jonathan St. Adv
News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Phillip Henry of 548 George Street received the Combat Infantryman Badge for combat with the Fifth Army front in Italy. Calvin W. Wilkinson, 20, a Kingman Army Air Field graduate from 124 Bay Street, earned gunnery wings after training in Ballistics and air firing. Staff Sergeant Edgar W. Smith, Sr., husband of Janet E. Smith of 858 View Street, has returned from overseas service.
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Phillip Henry
George Street
88Th Infantry Division
Italy
War Department
Boe
Kingman Army Air Field
Kingman, Ariz
Cpl
Calvin W. Wilkinson
C. W. Wilkin
Edgar W. Smith, Sr
Janet E. Smith
View Street
Continental
United States
Jaycee Speaker To Discuss Vets Program at Meeting
Charles C. Schlink national chairman of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce disabled men’s program will discuss postwar veteran employment at a Hagerstown event hosted by the Hagestown and Lions clubs at Hotel Alexander on Tuesday October 17. Schlink, a June 1943 honorably discharged veteran, led talks across ten states and forty four organizations as he promoted rehabilitation through the Peoria Plan for Human Rehabilitation. He previously coordinated veterans employment at Caterpillar Tractor Co Peoria and serves on the Peoria Plan executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Charles C. Schlink
United States Junior Chamber of
Schlink
Jaycee
Army
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Peoria
Wounded in Action Reed Wounded in France Sept 19
Pfc. Orville R. Reed of Indian Springs was wounded in France on September 19. He has served in the Army over two years and is the son of Samuel Reed.
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Orville R. Reed
Samuel Reed
Indian Springs
France
Reed
Japanese Radio Claims U S Carrier Sunk Near Halmahera
Tokyo radio claimed without confirmation that a U S aircraft carrier and destroyer were sunk and others damaged. Intercepted broadcasts said Japanese submarines attacked a group of enemy carriers east of Halmahera last week and sank one and destroyed another.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
U U. S
Federal Communications Commission
Halmahera
Be Free Knowledge Announces Varied Course Offerings
Be Free Knowledge invites enrollment in train now English accounting and secretarial courses. Classes available day part day and evening with catalog and bulletin sent from Columbia College 111 S Poternac St Hagars town Md.
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Columbia College
S. Poternac St. Hagarstown, Md
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Keystone 1
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Avenue
Alexander
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Publo Square
Earl Rush
Hottman Chevrolet Company
Hancock
Coral Gables
Pun
Claude Rush
Everett
India
Everett Cemetery
Rush
Pvt
Claude Rush, Jr
Laurence W. McGowan
Everready
Franklin's Variety Store
Cor, Winter & George Sts
Miss. Society
St. Pauls U. RB. Adv
Cc Beverage
Hamilton Hotel
General Acceptance Corporation
Jonathan Street
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Earl Neikirk
Leiterse
Grange
At & P.m. Jr
U.A.M. Hall
Heart Shield
Jonathan St
People’s Jewelry
Washington St
Rose Hill Ave
Canzer Metal Works Co
West Lee and
South Streets
Kraiss Funeral Home
N. Potomac St
Professional Arts
Arthur F. Detrow
Mer
Frederick Street
Wilhelm Thumma Motor Co
Balk
Berlin, Ore
Will
Sgt. Huntzberry
U. K
W. G. Turner
Adv
C. H. Grossnickle
Smithsburge
Marrland
Bay Street
Cpl. Wilkinson
Hagerstown High School
Kingman School
Saum
Jonathan Si
Goodyear
Balto. & Locust Sis
Privites
Snowberger & Sons
Saum'’S
Saum‘s
Holiday
Exide
Reichard’s
W. Antietam St
Summit Ave
Hoffman Chevrolet
Washington & Locust Sts
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Hagerstown, Md
Baldwin Cafe
East Franklin Street
Sir Walter Scott Orch
East Washington Street
Summit Avenue
West Washington Street
Public Square
Dewey
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