Nazis Flee As Clark's Army Advances In Italy
Allied forces push across the Volturno river into new bridgeheads as British and American troops attack along the front from the west coast to Capua. Clark’s Fifth Army drives the Germans back while coastal bombardment and amphibious landings reinforce the advance.
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Allied
Algiers
Italy
Volturno Line
Fifth Army
Volturno
Mark W. Clark
Laforey
Lookout
Flores
Capua
Clark
You Can Still Be Drafted Even If You Are Over 38
Salem dispatch cites Col Elmer V Wooton Oregon director of Selective Service warning that men over 38 can still be drafted. He cites two cases a shipyard worker who quit at 38 and pursued night life and a pool hall employee aged 40 who refused to quit. both will report for induction soon.
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Salem
Ore
Elmer V
U. S. Employment Service
Wooten
Two Bahamians Held For Hearing On Disorderly Conduct
Deputies hold Henry Wilmore and Joseph A. Williams both about 38 in Cavetown Bahamian camp after they allegedly tried to stir up a mutiny. Deputy Sheriff Leister Isanogle took them into custody this morning and reports they remained belligerent until persuaded to accompany him.
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Cavetown
Henry Wilmore
Joseph A. Williams
Leister Isanogle
Isanogle
President Roosevelts Nearby Retreat In Catoctin Mountains
In Maryland's Catoctin mountains the President uses a government recreation area for brief wartime breaks. The Interior Department administers the site, which includes an old manor house a furnace site and a swimming pool. Churchill has visited with Roosevelt and locals know when dignitaries are present.
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Washington
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland
Roosevelt
Catoctin
Interior Department
Department
White House
Presidential Camp
Churchill
Britain
School Bus And Truck In Crash Near Country Club Lane
Two school girls were injured but not seriously when a Potomac Edison school bus was rear ended by a fuel oil truck on Middleburg Pike near Country Club Lane. Bus driver Gerald Shank and truck driver Norman Wenger were treated. Wenger faces a reckless driving charge after the truck overran the embankment, clipped trees, and damaged homes.
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Potomac-Edison Company
Middleburg Pike
Country Club Lane
Betty Byers
Blevins
Gerald L. Shank
Big Pool
Harry Holsinger
Byers
Hagerstown
Shank
H. C. Gabler
Chambersburg
Norman B. Wenger
Wenger
Soldier Hurt In Crossing Crash Near Funkstown and Sharpsburg
George H. Davis, 21, of Boorsbcero on furlough from an army camp, suffered slight facial injuries when his Dodge coupe collided with a corn-laden Dodge truck at the Funkstown road Sharpsburg pike intersection. Driver Harold N. Stockslager, 28, from Breathedsville escaped injury. Both vehicles were damaged and corn lay scattered on the highway. Deputy Sheriff Leister Isanogle investigated.
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George H. Davis
Boorsbcero
Funkstown Road
Sharpsburg Pike
Harold N. Stockslager
C. E. Routzahn
Breathedsville
Leister Isanogle
Japs And Nazis Register Protests Over Azores Bases
London reports that Germany and Japan protested Portugal over granting Azores bases to Britain. The Axis governments argued Portugal breached neutrality as Berlin and Tokyo broadcasts announced the protests.
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London
Portugal
Azores
Britain
Berlin
Tokyo
Same Old Tire But Repaired in Erie
ERIE Oct 15 A year ago R B Smith traded in his sixth tire and got $3 50 in war stamps. He later received approval for a new spare and bought one from an Erie dealer. It was the same tire he turned in and it had been repaired for $3 50.
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Erie. Eas
R. B. Smith
Erie
Here's One Way To Get A Loan
Memphis man describes a robbery at L P Brown loan office on October 15. A loan applicant was refused, then returned with a gun, forced Brown and three women clerks to lie on the floor, and fled with about $700 from the cash drawer in a crowded street scene.
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Memphis
L. P. Brown
Brown
Youths Facing Many Charges In Boonsboro Arrests
Two 19-year-old Williamsport, Pennsylvania youths Andrew Jackson Drabb and Frederick Paul Miller were arrested in Boonsboro on Tuesday. They’re wanted for theft of two automobiles larceny of a revolver breaking and entering and statutory rape in Williamsport. A 13-year-old runaway girl was with them. no charges will be filed against her.
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Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Boonsboro
Andrew Jackson Drabb
Frederick Paul Miller
Kenneth Stangle
Funkstown
Pennsy
Gas Shortage Stalls Cadet Training at Walnut Ridge
A letter from George W. Orange an aviation cadet at Walnut Ridge Arkansas reveals gas shortages delaying fighter pilot training. The 24 year old explains the field was grounded for a day and asks who is consuming the gasoline back home. His brother Lynwood E. Orange recently qualified as a pilot in San Antonio Texas.
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W. A. Orange
Cavetown
George W. Orange
Walnut Ridge
Ark
George
Lynwood E. Orange
San Antonio
Texas
Flynn To Face Court On Order For Support
Actor Errol Flynn will appear in superior court next Friday on an order to show cause why he should not pay 1750 dollars a month support for the two year old daughter of Shirley Evans Hassan. He denies paternity and the civil action against him proceeds.
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Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
Superior Court
Shirley Evans Hassan
Flynn
Coal Industry In Muddle Over Action Of U S
Pittsburgh October 15 The coal industry faces turmoil as mines are returned to owners without a union contract. John L Lewis sets October 31 as a truce deadline amid stalled War Labor Board action. A survey shows output slipping from 5.60 to 4.75 tons per day since April, reflecting broader tensions among miners, operators, and policy.
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Pittsburgh
Alabama
United Mine Workers
CIO
War Labor Board
Anthracite Operators
Illinois Coal Operators Association
Washington
John L. Lewis
UMW
Smith-Connally
Illinois-Umw
WLB
Union
Illinois
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pearl Harbor
Alabama Shutdown Hurts Coal Miners and Furnaces
In Birmingham on October 15 approximately half of Alabama's 25,000 coal miners were idle after a work stoppage following the government return of mines to owners. Two Republic Steel blast furnaces were slated to close due to fuel shortages, with a combined output of 1,100 tons daily. A miners’ tabulation showed at least 12,000 idle and 24 shafts closed. Union official Hanratty said miners oppose the change but have no contract with owners.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Republic Steel Corporation
John J. Hanratty
United Mine Workers of America
New A Gas Book Must Last 15 Months
The new A gas ration book issued to county motorists will last fifteen months or until January 1945, with five sections each valid for three months. About 1,700 books have been issued in Washington County and all books will be mailed by November 6 when stamp number eight becomes valid.
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Ration Onice
Washington County
Mrs. Kelly Seeks Quiet Wedding With Pedlow Plan
Mrs. Colin P. Kelly Jr confirms a marriage license with Lt. J. Watson Pedlow of Chester Heights Pa. They hope for a quiet wedding when leave permits, possibly renewed after a 30 day limit. Her 3 year old son Corky will attend. she aims to honor Captain Kelly’s memory.
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J. Watson Pedlow
USNR
Philadelphia
Colin P. Kelly, Jr
Kelly
Brooklyn
Springfield
Chester Heights
Pedlow
Washington
America
Media
OPA Officials Watch Coupons Burn in Fire House
Officials from the OPA watched thousands of gas ration coupons food stamps and old certificates go up in flames at the Western Maryland railway fire house. The burning was conducted under OPA rules to destroy expired or non issuable coupons and was witnessed by local rationing officials and Robert Barnard OPA field supervisor.
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Western Maryland Railway
OPA
Ration Ofice
Robert Barnard
Moscow Accepts Badoglio's Regime
Moscow reports a welcome clarification as the Soviet Union United States and Great Britain accept Marshal Badoglio's Italian government and recognize the royal Italian government. The move comes ahead of the tripartite Moscow conference and signals continued allied cooperation against Germany.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Great Britain
Marshal Badoglio
Italy
Germany
Allied Air Victories Over Japs Are Almost Fantastic
Allied air forces report overwhelming success in the Southwest Pacific with 210 to 8 total Allied wins against Japan over New Britain and Bougainville since Sunday. A Tuesday raid on Rabaul damaged KaHili airfield, sank two cargo ships, and downed many interceptors while suffering minimal losses.
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New Britain
Bougainville
Rabaul
Southwest Pacific
Solomons
Kahili
Buka Passage
Air Battle Over Schweinfurt Sees Major German Losses
London dispatch reports a gigantic air battle over Europe in which American bombers and escorts claimed at least 104 enemy planes downed. The strike hit Schweinfurt targets including ball bearing plants, with heavy losses on both sides and indications of production disruption.
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London
Schweinfurt
Germany
Thunderbolts
U. S
Regensburg-Schweinfurt
Africa
County Soldier Awarded Medal for Valor in Bombing Missions
Staff Sgt. Kenneth Maddran formerly of Boonsboro has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions during bombing missions over Germany. Seriously wounded, he recuperates in England and recalls a later mission where his plane and crew were lost. He served as engineer and waist gunner on the bomber Pickle Puss, an early B-17. Maddran previously worked for Fairchild Aircraft and joined the Army Air Forces after Pearl Harbor.
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Kenneth Maddran
Boonsboro
England
Germany
Maddran
Set
Fairchild Aircraft
Army Air Forces
Pearl Harbor
Shower Provides Hint Of Relief In Drought
Keedysville observer J A Miller reported last night’s shower measured .44 inch at the point, the first real rain since October 1. He said the rainfall should help sprout wheat and cut fire hazards, though the total still falls short of what is needed. Across the county, showers topped three quarters of an inch in places.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Pennsy Orders Bootleg Mining Stopped By Nov. 30
Harrisburg Pa October 15 The state ordered a halt to bootleg coal mining by November 30 1943 in the anthracite region The action from the anthracite committee aims to end illegal leasing and trespass on coal lands with full law enforcement support and penalties after the deadline.
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Pennsy
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Former Corporal Dies For Crimes
Richmond Virginia October 15 Former Army corporal Harry Edward Farris 27 died in Virginia's electric chair for the butcher knife killing of Vinichio Bichi a Richmond confectionery clerk during a week long orgy of crime and drinking with two women in July 1942. Penitentiary superintendent Maj W Frank Smyth said Farris pronounced dead at 8 40 am. Virginia laws forbid publication of details of executions.
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Richmond
Harry Edward Farris
Virginia
Vinichio Bichi
W. Frank Smyth
Farris
Auto And Uniform Are Stolen Here
L. W. Hoffman of 200 block East Avenue reports his Plymouth car stolen from Fairchild Plant No 1. H A Fisher a Marine from a nearby camp reports theft of a Marine dress uniform jacket and other apparel from a Marine truck parked at the B and O station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Hoffman
East Avenue
Fairchild Pliant No. 1
H. A. Fisher
Berlin Admits To Blowing Up Huge Structure
MOSCOW reports Berlin acknowledges destroying the great Dnieper dam as German forces retreat. The $110 million structure near Zaporozhe powered Ukraine's industry and aimed to stall the Russian westward advance. Melitopol fell under the oncoming Soviet offensive as forces converged on the Crimea region.
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London
Dnieper
Europe
Berlin
Zaporozhe
Crimea
Dnieper Rapids
Ukraine
Moscow
Melitopol
Red Army
Sea of Azov
Yugoslavs Score Two Victories Against Rommel Plan
Yugoslav patriots reported two major victories in separate areas in response to Adolf Hitler naming Erwin Rommel as commander in Yugoslavia. Partisan columns retook Crkvenica and Kraljevica after German tanks, driving them from the towns in close combat. Far to the east, Libyan— sorry Liberating— forces under Tito’s Bosnian corps captured a town, with both fronts now firmly under Yugoslav control.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Erwin Rommel
Yugoslavia
National Army of Liberation
Crkvenica
Kraljevica
Free Yugoslav Radio
Gan
Drug Tito
Tropical Storm Heads North From Puerto Rico
A tropical storm of hurricane force that threatened the western tip of Puerto Rico yesterday was moving northward today. The U S Weather Bureau said the next advisory will note the storm’s speed of about 72 to 74 miles per hour and the termination of a hurricane alert in the region.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S. Weather Bureau
Hnrean
Cnecn
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U.S
Mrs. Kelly
Badoglio
Dispatches
Sumiayit
Malta
Rabul
Sgt
Kiev
Dnieper River
Rommel
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