Battlefleet Joins Battle Over Formosa Skies
Tokyo reports a second raid as War demons claim Japanese planes attacked Formosa and surrounding areas. Preliminary counts show 28 enemy aircraft downed by US fighters and anti aircraft fire, with total Formosa air combat reaching 487 American planes and 43 ships sunk or damaged. General MacArthur ordered over 150 bombers against Cebu and Boeroe Islands in a southwest Pacific push.
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Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Formosa
Am K
Douglas MacArthur Friday
Southwest Pacific
Ce- Tam
Boeroe Islands
Philippines
Ous Erivan Tay Oe Sy
Boy Accidentally Shot In Shoulder
Earl Edward Bennetty Jr. was accidentally shot in the shoulder yesterday afternoon while playing near Clarkson Avenue in Liblock. He was admitted to Waseten County Hospital and described as in fair condition last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Edward Bennetty Jr
Clarkson
Waseten County Hospital
Bennett
Allied Forces Push Through At Aachen In Strong Counterattack
Allied infantry and tanks pressed a stubborn counterattack at Aachen as German forces tried to slow the advance. Four tanks were knocked out but the assault continued with determined effort to breach the Nazi garrison and relieve pressure on the Siegfried Line. The city faced heavy bombardment as German commanders sacrificed industrial strength in a dogged defense.
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Aachen
Warsaw
Stalingrad
Change in Maritime Service Eligibility This Week
Chief A P Watts of the U S Maritime Service visits Hagerstown to recruit men 18 to 26 for training in the Merchant Marine. The policy now accepts those not yet served by Selective Service if they pass a physical and other requirements, excluding 15 year olds. A Pharmacist’s Mate will conduct on the spot physicals at the U S Employment Service office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Watts
U.S. Maritime Service
Hagerstown
U. S. Merchant Marine
U. S. Maritime Service
Watts
U. S. Employment Service Ofice
Terror Reigns In Budapest Amid Pressure On Hungary
Reports from German and Ankara radio indicate Horthy may seek safety in neutral territory as Soviet and Allied forces push toward Budapest. Hungarian armistice delegations head to Moscow while Ankara cites terms aligning Hungary with the Allies, including disarming German troops and restoring Transylvania to Romania.
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Budapest
Hungary
Vienna
Red
Aus
Horthy
DNP
Germany
Thtat Horthy
Moscow
Churchill
Stalin
Ankara
Romania
Transylvania
Gradale Conference Closes Here Sunday
The Gradale Sorority conference at the YMCA featured Dr Clyde Lynch of Lebanon Valley College addressing delegates from five states on the theme Personality. Local primus Miss Rosalie Huffer presided with Miss Rhea Meehan of Pennsylvania as state primus. John M Dunne spoke at the banquet at St Pauls Methodist Church. Plans for a Beta Chapter were discussed for girls aged 18 to 22. The local sorority hosted out-of-town delegates at a tea at the Women’s Club with several members serving and assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Lynch
Lebanon Valley College
Annville
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Rosalie Huffer
Rhea Meehan
Llwood
John M. Dunne
Pennsylvania Y. M. C. A
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Ruth Darman
Claude Patterfield
Daro
Burkholder
MW Potterfield
Reading
Miss Huffer
Norristown
Lasororit
G. Aubrey Young
Women's Club
Margaret Harper
Fear Lures Out Pacific Fleet In New Battle
The big carrier group near Luzon and others near Formosa indicate a complex two way aerial assault as U S forces threaten distant targets while Japanese spokesmen hint at fleet movements to trap isolated task forces. Tokyo suggests Imperial fleet may approach Formosa but likely remains off the homeland defense.
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Tokyo
U. S
Luzon
Formoka
Formosa
South China
China
Cost Accountants To Meet October 18
A second monthly meeting of the National Association of Cost Accountants will be held at Hotel Alexander on Wednesday evening October 18 at 650 PM. After dinner a business session will elect officers for the coming year and feature Earl Renner of Baltimore discussing The Accountant's Part in Post War Planning. The Hagerstown chapter with over 69 members seeks attendance from executives and accountants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Cost Accountants
Hotel Alexander
Earl Renner
W. F. Cowan, Inc
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Youth Awaiting Draft Exam After Plea Withdrawn
Charles Oliver Keller aged 17 previously pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter from a May auto accident. He was committed to jail in Chambersburg pending draft examination in Baltimore after Judge Watson R. Davison ordered the plea withdrawn to clear his record for the examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Oliver Keller
Chambersburg
Baltimore
Watson R. Davison
Keller
Frederick Man To Head Jaycees
Frederick F. Russell Young was elected president of the Maryland Junior Chamber of Commerce at a one day State Jaycee Board meeting held yesterday at Hotel Alexander. He succeeds Richard Bowlus with Paul Horst serving as interim president. Local delegates from Maryland Jaycees attended the sessions and discussed activities and upcoming visits by national Jaycee president Mearns Gates. next board meeting tentatively set for Frederick in March 1944.
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F. Russell Young
Frederick
Maryland Junior Chamber of Commerce
State
Jaycee Board
Hotel Alexander
Young
Richard Bowlus
Junior Chamber Board
Paul Horst
Hagerstown
Charles Schlink
Peoria
Jaycees
Peoria Rehabilitation Office
Schlink
USES
Red Cross
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Wiliam Gilchrist
Cumberland
Jaycee
Omaha
Eugene Howell
Paul D. Worst
Herbert Logsdon
Harry Vollmer
Joseph Cumisky
Arley Sica
Boy sells family wash to ragman for 15 cents
An Allentown housewife found her bundled laundry missing and learned her young son had sold it to a ragman for 15 cents. The incident occurred in Allentown on October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Youth Plea Reinstatement Discussed by Judge
The judge indicated the plea could be reinstated. Keller, a city resident, drove the car involved in a fatal May 18 accident in Greencastle, killing another local youth.
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Keller
Greencastle
Prisoner Held on Assault Charge in Roxbury Case
David Brown, already serving a term in the Maryland penitentiary, was brought here by Deputy Horn on a charge of assault against the Roxbury Penal Farm physician from some time ago. Brown was jailed for a hearing and is a former inmate of the Penal Farm.
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David Brown
Maryland Pententiary
Deputy Horn
Roxbury
Brown
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Virginian Ave
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Lille Radio
le Hpponps
R. D. McKee
Je A. Mitscher
Cost Accountants
School OF Aviation
CAA
Hagerstown, Md
Frederick Man
Father John
Nelson Eddy
Robert Armbruster
Columbia Broadcasting System
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Potomac Edison Co
Cauffman
Washington St
Fountain Service
Glick’s
Kreider
Glick’s Shoe Store
Stanley
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Coats
Thrift Dept
Clearaway
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