Germans Evacuating Gomel in White Russia
New York reports Germans are evacuating Gomel the White Russian fortress as broadcasts confirm. Soviet forces widen bridgeheads on the Dnieper and push north of Kiev while the Red Star cites a shift from German aerial offensives to Soviet air initiative.
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New York
Gomel
British Broadcasting Corporation
CBS
London
Dnieper
Berlin
Kiev
Ukraine
Red Star
Nikolai Denisov
Roosevelt loosens up on war news and allied bases
President Roosevelt showed signs of easing secrecy on war news during recent press conferences. He highlighted Britain's Azores base agreement with Portugal and praised American submarine record in the Pacific, noting sinkings averaging 130000 tons monthly.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
Pacific
Congress
Churchill
Britain
Portugal
Azores
United States
Cites
30 States And Hawaii Get Extra Delegates At GOP Convention
Washington October 13 The 1944 Republican national convention will have 1 058 delegates an increase of 58 from 1940. Thirty states and Hawaii gain delegates while five states lose due to revised allocations to stimulate Republican voting. Official confirmation awaits the party committee meeting in December or January.
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Washington
Hawaii
GOP
National Committee
Philadelphia
South
Youth Sentenced To Year In Cut For Parole Violation
Raymond Bartlett, 17, who pled guilty to larceny at the May term of Circuit Court and received a suspended sentence, was arraigned before Judge Joseph D. Mish this morning for parole violation and sentenced to a year in the House of Correction. Bartlett offered no remarks at arraignment.
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Raymond Bartlett
Joseph D. Mish
House of Correction
Bartlett
Farm youths rescue chicken perched on truck axle
In Livingston Montana on October 18 two farm youths drove twelve miles to town chasing a chicken that had taken up residence on a truck axle. They found twelve chickens perched aboard the vehicle and faced an unusual roadside dilemma.
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Livingston
Mont
Man Plays Trick, Wife Hears Shot Then Laughs
Wilmington patrolmen find a man in the yard with a shotgun across his chest. He whispers to stay away and says he is playing a trick on his wife. The red on his shirt is catsup. He is booked for discharging firearms within city limits.
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Wilmington
N. C
W. J. Mills
E. P. Herring
Ace Good Shooter Turns Fighter Ace Story
In New Guinea Col. N. E. Kearby, 32, credited with shooting five Japanese fighters in one engagement, earning the Southwest Pacific’s latest fighter ace. His mother recalled his boyhood marksmanship and quips on his accuracy while the colonel downplays the feat, saying he’s still no great shot and that the action wasn’t a real duel.
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Dallas
Tex
J. G. Kearby
Col
N. E. Kearby
Southwest Pacific
Neele
Mrs. Kear
Diehl Renamed Christmas Seal Head in Maryland
Dr. Crown O. Diehl was reappointed Washington county chair man of the Maryland Tuberculosis Association's 37th annual Christmas seal sale opening November 22. Dr Samuel Wolam announced expansion of fundraising to address wartime problems and tuberculosis control programs within postwar reconstruction plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown O. Diehl
Washington County
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Samuel Wolam
Tropical Storm Moves Westward in Lesser Antilles
A moderate tropical disturbance in the lesser Antilles region was reported moving westward or west northwestward at about 11 miles per hour. It carries rain squalls and winds of 40 to 50 miles per hour, per the 9 a.m. advisory issued by the San Juan meteorologist and released by the Weather Bureau in Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Lesser Antilles
Weather Bureau
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Reports Of Break In At East Baltimore Lunchroom
Preston Carl, owner of a restaurant on East Baltimore Street, reported to police that an attempted burglary occurred last night. Officers are investigating the break in as a theft attempt by a thief or thieves.
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Preston
Carl
East Baltimore Street
Jurors Drawn for November Court Duty Next Tuesday
Judge Joseph D. Mish announced that jurors for November court duty will be drawn next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
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Joseph D. Mish
Sumac Seen as Potential War Time Industry in County
Sumac thriving on poor Washington county land has drawn attention as a possible new industry. Civilian Public Service camps have collected and shipped two tons of dried sumac leaves to a Philadelphia lab for tannic acid extraction used in fine leather processing. Tests show poorer soils yield higher tannic acid, suggesting a domestic future for tanners.
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Washington County
Wilbur H. Stevenson
Soil Conservation Service
Philadelphia
Sicily
United States
New Compass Guides Bombers Across War Front
Philadelphia October 13 Existence of a revolutionary gyro flux gate compass is revealed as Bendix Aviation reports seven years of research. Charles Marcus vice president says the device guides United Nations bombers to targets and home without enemy duplication possible. The compass uses the earths magnetic field to generate impulses that drive the indicator and remains accurate in dives climbs and rough weather without correction cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United Nations
Charles Marcus
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Marcus
Gurgle Is Out
New York October 13 The censor allowed Carmine Di Santo on patrol in the Pacific to phone his family for his 26th birthday. His sister attempted to have her six month old daughter gurgle for him but the censor interrupted citing regulations for the unlisted person.
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New York
Carmine di Santo
Pacific
Carmine
Churchill says soldiers and politicians will fight separately
In Commons Churchill warned that after the war soldiers will stop fighting while politicians begin. He added that in Britain this may be better than in other countries where both groups fight with vigor abroad and at home, noting the contrast without naming nations.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Great Britain
Hearing for condemned Baltimore man set before governor
Governor O'Conor will hold a hearing in Baltimore this afternoon for Sidney Smith a Baltimore Negro scheduled for execution tomorrow night for the murder of his wife. An elderly defense witness unable to travel to Annapolis will appear at the hearing.
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Annapolis
Sidney Smith
Baltimore
O’conor
Children s Longies Too Short Too Late
In Kansas City on October 13 mothers fear the promised longies for children will be too short and late. Fuel is scarce and stores are besieged for warm underwear not yet arriving. A department store manager says uppers exist but lowers are scarce and production delay is nationwide.
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Kansas City
WPB
F. M. Lee
WPS
Hugh L. Dwyer
Demand For Used Household Items In Hagerstown
The Price Panel of the local ration board reports heavy demand for used household equipment in Hagerstown. Inquiries on ceiling prices are rising daily though no complaints of violations have been received. Over 300 items are covered by the regulations, and all must be plainly marked. Customers seek verification of ceiling prices with the ration office.
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Hagerstown
Ration Board
Ration
Separate Fields For Passenger And Express Operations
LOS ANGELES October 13. Postwar air traffic will be so heavy that within a few years passenger and express operations will require separate fields. Clancy W. Dayhoff, assistant manager of Transcontinental Western Air, told a California legislative committee. Paul W. Litchfield, chairman of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., board, predicted aircraft production will be America major industry.
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Los Angeles
Clancy W. Dayhoff
Transcontinental Western Air
California
Paul W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
America
Local Man Files Bankruptcy Petition
Mahrle V. Beachley of 100 East Antietam street filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in Federal Court Baltimore listing assets of 250 dollars and liabilities of 7994.65 dollars. An order adjudicating him a bankrupt was signed and the case referred to local referee Omer T. Kaylor.
Allied advance in Italy pushes to San Croce and Riccia
Allied forces punch nine miles northeast of Pontelandolfo to seize San Croce as 8th Army advances along the front capturing Riccia and Benefro. Montgomery's troops drive four miles past Termoli, with Santa Elia and other enemy positions fell amid fierce artillery duels on the Volturno river line.
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Algiers
Italy
Pontelandolfo
San Croce
8Th
Riccia
Benefro
Volturno
5Th Army
Adriatic
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Termoli
Bonefro
Colletorto
Montgomery
Cercello
Colle
Celtelpagano
Governor Wins Hog But Can't Eat It
Governor Harry F. Kelly won a bet hog from Governor Dwight Griswold after Michigan outpaced Nebraska in the Third War Loan drive. However the Hog cannot be slaughtered due to Office of Price Administration ration rules, so Porkie will remain in a pen at Michigan State College with the animal husbandry department.
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Lansing
Mich
Harry F. Kelly
Capitol
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Michigan
Office of Price Administration
Kelly
Porkie
Michigan State College
Kentucky solon dies in Hodgenville
Rep. Edward W. Creal aged 56 a Democrat from Kentucky died at his Hodgenville home after a paralytic stroke suffered the day before. Elected to Congress in 1935 to fill a vacancy, he was subsequently re elected to the House three times and served from 1935 onward.
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Hodgenville
Edward W. Creal
Creal
House of Representatives
Capt. R. Carden
Enticing Apple May Be A Mine In Italy War Report
In Italy on Oct 9 the Fifth Army reported German mine and booby trap activity as retreating forces increase pressure. Veterans note new concealment methods and larger minefields, including detonation ladders and delayed charges. Apple orchards are described as heavy with fruit amid the fighting.
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Relman Morin
U. S. Fifth Army
Italy
Fifth Army
North
Africa
Sicily
Hear Pope Determined To Remain In Rome
STOCKHOLM Oct 13 Pope Pius XII intends to stay in Vatican City even as Rome becomes a war zone. Vatican defences are symbolic with Swiss Guards ordered to avoid rifles. Germans with three divisions nearby have not entered the Vatican. Dispatches from Rome say the Pope declined a German offer of safety in Liechtenstein.
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Stockholm
Pius XII
Vatican City
Rome
Italy
Holy See
Vatican
Social Demokraten
Liechtenstein
Peeping Tom Disturbs Reynolds Avenue Residents
Residents of the 500 block of Reynolds avenue report nightly sightings of a loitering man described as a peeping tom. Police were contacted about his activities between 11 and 12 o'clock at night.
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Reynolds Avenue
Youth Overcomes Injury to Be Star U.S. Farmer
Wayne Boothe of Cordell Oklahoma, 19, crowned star farmer of America at the Future Farmers of America National Convention for 1943. Despite five arm fractures from a seed grinder accident, multiple bone grafts and nerve surgeries, he manages 139 head of cattle sheep and hogs on 320 acres. His early start with livestock began with one red hog. he has shown six grand champion animals and earned $300 prize to buy a Shorthorn heifer.
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Kansas City
Wayne Boothe
Cordell
Okla
Star Farmer of America
Future Farmers of America
Young Boothe
Wayne
Naval Aviation
FDR Churchill and Stalin announce Italian war on Germany
A joint White House release reports Italy has declared war on Germany. Marshall Badoglio conveyed the action to Eisenhower, pledging democratic governance and unity with the Allies. The leaders stressed Italy’s co belligerent status does not alter armistice terms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Italy
Germany
White House
Marshall Badoglio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Badoglio
United States
Great Britain
Russia
United Nations
Marshall
Amercan
Naples Harbor Back In Commission As Allied Reinfos Pour In
London dispatch reports Naples harbor returned to commission by Allied engineers. Al lied troops inflicted heavy German casualties along the Volturno river. Reinforcements are pouring into Salerno, south of Naples, per Cairo radio recorded by AP.
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London
Naples
Cairo
Volturno
Associated Press
Salerno
OConor Sends Oysters To Nebraska Governor
Maryland Governor O Conor ships a barrel of Maryland oysters to Nebraska Governor Dwight Griswold as a Conaciation follow up to the Third War Loan drive. The note recalls a 200 pound Nebraska hog sent earlier and adds the hog is resting at Worthington valley farm of George P Mahones.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
O’conor
Oconor
Worthington Valley
George P. Mahones
State Racing Commission
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T. A. Johnson
Ala
Eisenhower
Kentucky
Solon
U. S. Farmer
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