Local Boy Aided Fifth Army Drive In Italy
Pvt William J Wolfe motor mechanic of the 350th infantry division served in the Fifth Army push up Italy. He helped seize Mt Cianelli clearing the French flank and enabling a Castelforte breakthrough. His unit reached Rome late June then returned to the lines in July. A tar pot fire on East Antietam street caused slight damage.
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William J. Wolfe
West
Antietam Street
The
Sth Infantry
Italy
Mt. Cianelli
Gustav Line
Castelforte
Pvt
Wolfe
Fifth Army
Rome
341Th
Minturno
S8th
Banning Of Spook Movies Is Sought
Portland officials led by Police Chief Harry Niles called for banning after midnight horror films that drew 10 to 12 year olds onto streets. Juvenile officers reported mass crowds outside theatres, disruptions at 2:40 a m, and children sleeping on curbs at 5:30 a m amid all night showings and cafes. The Portland Federation of Women's clubs joined the push for an after midnight ban.
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Portland
Ore
Harry Niles
Bobby Sockers
Bobby-Sovker
Portland Federation of Women’s Clubs
Pol
Rommel Death Report Credits Desert Fox Leader
London October 16 The death of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was announced by the German news agency saying he died of his wounds. Hitler ordered a state funeral, while Allied dispatches had previously reported rumors he died after a car accident caused by Allied strafing. Rommel, known as the Desert Fox, led Afrika Korps toward the Suez Canal before Allied counter offensives. He rose from Normandy commander to a noted German strategist, admired by Eisenhower as a great general though not superhuman. born November 1891 at Heidenheim, he joined the Nazi movement early and was a favorite of Hitler.
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el Alamein
DNB
Berlin
Rommel
Hitler
Normandy Battlefront
Afrika Korps
Suez Canal
Bernard L. Montgomery
Alexandria
Tunisia
Normandy
Atlantic Wall
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Koy
Orn
Heidenheim
Wurttemberg
Ration Round-Up for Meats Fats and Other Stamp Books
The report outlines validity and extension details for wartime ration stamps. Book Four red stamps AS through 28 and Ad through W5 remain valid indefinitely with further validation through October. Blue stamps AS through 78 and QS through QS? remain valid. Shoe stamps and airplane stamps indicate continued validity. gasoline coupons 11-A, 4-gallon limits and regional differences are noted. Fuel oil coupons also specified for current heating season with new period ones.
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Associated Press
Yanks Urged Not To Desecrate Enemy Dead
The Rt Rev Henry Tucker, president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, asked American soldiers to discourage isolated acts of desiring upon enemy dead. He noted President Roosevelt refused to accept a fetter described as raving, and cited reports of a Japanese soldier skull display. Tucker said such actions may be provoked by war conduct but are condemned for ethics and human decency.
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New York
Henry Sr
George Tucke
Fedeval Council of the
Churches of Christ
Ameren
Wisu
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Sant In T
Roosevilt
Pene
Ishop Tucker
Inductee Loses Wallet Saturday Near Woodmen Home
Clyde Glaze, who plans to depart for Army service, misplaced his brown wallet Saturday between the Woodmen of the World Home on North Potomac Street and Franklin Court West Franklin Street. The bill folder held money, his driver’s license and other IDs, listed at 214 Florida Avenue. He asks that the wallet be left at the Herald-Mail Company office or with Berkeley Miller at 101 Elizabeth Street.
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Clyde Glaze
Wednestapanoraing Toon Io C. S. Army
Woodmen of the World
North Potomac Street
Franklin Court
West Franklin Street
Florida Avenue
Herald-Mail Company
Berkeley Miller
Elizabeth Street
Rogers Seeks Faster U S Army Medical Staffing Increase
London Oct 1 Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers Republican Massachusetts said more doctors and nurses are needed to care for the wounded and she will seek action unless the increase comes soon. Returning from France and Belgium she praised army nurses and Wacs and plans six more weeks overseas to inspect their work.
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Edith Nourse Rogers R-Massi
Fvid
France
Belgium
Rogers
Wacs
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Josephine Hull
Jean Adair
John Alexander
Chan Crehan
Kane Richmond
Kay Aldridge
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Jon Tiall
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William Eythe
William O'Shea
FOX Picture
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Stark and Terrible
Youn Que Wity
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Jean Brooks
Glenn Vernon
Tessa Brind
Nigel Bruce
Leo Carrillo
Gale Sondergaard
Douglass Dumbrille
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Potomac Street
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