Clark And British Still On The Move
Allied reports say General Clark’s Fifth Army pushed beyond the Volturno and occupied Cancello Rugiano and Nerrone while the British Eighth Army advances toward Rome carve westward into the Apennines. Fires in German rear areas suggest dumps may be destroyed as withdrawal looms.
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Algiers
Mark
W. Clark
Fifth Army
Volturno
Cancello
Rugiano
Nerrone
Apennines
Rome
Clark
Salerno
Ruviano
Volturno River
London Daily Mail defends lend-lease amid senator critique
The London Daily Mail denounces the five talking senators over anti Britain feeling sparked by their lend-lease reporting. It argues Britain supplied material from its own stocks to aid Morocco and Algeria with American approval, insisting lend-lease was never one-way and Britain gave to America without payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Daily Mail
America
Britain
Daily Mail
North
Africa
Red Cross
The
Lend Lease
Ration Board Seeks Volunteers for New A Books
Washington county ration board urges volunteers to help process applications for 20000 new A ration books before the November deadline. Only about 2500 books distributed in two weeks, chief clerk Thomas Bittle says production must rise. Representatives from local women's clubs asked to aid distribution of pledge forms at the ration office.
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Washington County
Thomas Bittle
Office of the
Ration Board
Ration Office
Berlin Reports Hull's Arrival
Berlin said today that British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Secretary of State Cordell Hull, with W. Averell Harriman, now the U. S. ambassador to Russia, had arrived in Teheran en route to the Moscow tri partisan conference. The Teheran radio quoted Eden speaking with the Persian prime minister. German reports were unconfirmed.
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London
Berlin
Anthony Eden
Cordell Hull
W. Averell Harriman
U. S
Russia
Teheran
Moscow
Reuters
Eden
Japs Talk Of Five Year War Repatriates To Be Exchanged
The American consulate in MORMAGAO Portugal announces repatriation of American and Japanese nationals aboard the Teia Maru and Gripsholm will begin at 8 am local time after a conference with Japanese authorities. A Chilean reporter aboard the Tela Maru said Japanese officials expect Germany to fall but that the war will continue for five years. Japanese people appear confident of victory despite setbacks.
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Mormagao
Portuguese India
Gripsholm
Japan
Germany
Japs Claiming Naval Successes
Japanese radio quotes an imperial communique saying four Allied transports were sunk in Buna harbor New Guinea on Friday and 14 fighters shot down out of more than 100 interceptors. A fifth transport was set afire and 15 Japanese planes were lost. Allies have not acknowledged these losses.
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Tokyo Radio
Imperial Headquarters
Buna
New Guinea
Associated Press
Annex for Romulo Lecture Draws Overflow Crowd
Tonight at Hagerstown High School a lecture by Col Carlos P. Romulo will be heard in the annex via loudspeaking speakers after tickets sold out in the auditorium. Service men attend free while civilians pay 75 cents for cafeteria seating. Romulo will take questions from the overflow audience.
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Col Carlos P. Romulo
Hagerstown High School
Philippine Army
Washington County Teachers Association
Col. Romulo
Tip prizes divided in Daily Mail news tip contest
West Washington street resident who phoned in the tip about a pus-truck accident on the Middle burg pike won first prize. Second prize is split between a Sunset avenue caller who reported a Pennsylvania railroad derailment and a Downsville pike caller who reported a fire in that area. Several tips came in Saturday, but the staff already had the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Washington Street
Middleburg Pike
Daily Mail
Sunset Avenue
Downsville Pike
Jon
Keedysville
Mail
Yugoslavs Fall Back At Zenica
London report says bitter fighting across a wide Yugoslav front as the Yugoslav National Army notes the loss of Zenica while detailing rail lines damage and railway destruction near Lasva to slow the German advance. Partisans claim defeats near Emoiski and Studeni with activity around Sinj, Sibenik, Bakar, Karlovac and Gospic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav National Army of Liberation
Zenica
Bosnia
Balkan Ruhr
Bio
Lasva
Free Yugoslav Radio
Adriatic
Split
Erwin Rommel
Emoiski
Studeni
Sinj
Sibenik
Bakar
Karlovac
Gospic
Slovenia
Josip (Tito
Tuzla
Italy
Miners Ignore Plea Of Lewis In Alabama Mines
At least seven Alabama mines reopened today but most state workings stayed idle despite a plea from John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers. No steel or iron mine operated, though small groups gathered at some shafts. The Bradford mine of Alabama By-Products Corp. employed over 500 workers, and the Blocton and Johns mines of Black Diamond Coal Mining Co. employed over 550.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Steel and Iron
Bradford
Alabama By-Products Corp
Blocton and Johns
Black Diamond Coal Mining Co
Colbert Youth Sentenced to Year for Tampering
Franklin E. Colbert, 15, of East Washington street, previously given a suspended sentence for unauthorized car use, was arrested by Pangborn guards officer Raymond Lewis for tampering with a car in the Pangborn parking lot and sentenced to one year in the House of Correction by Magistrate Martin V. Bostetter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin E. Colbert
East Washington Street
House of Correction
Colbert
Harry E. Snyder
Raymond Lewis
Pangborn
Martin V. B. Bostetter
McKenny To Face November Court
Garfield William McKenny, 33, arrested last week on a charge of robbing a Jonathan Street saloon, was held this morning under $1000 bond for November grand jury action. Police recovered a case of whiskey. several cases were stolen and officers are still searching for other offenders.
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Garfield William McKenny
Jonathan Street
McKenny
American air forces hold clear edge in war aerials
Official OWI and Navy reports show U S Army and Navy planes dominating air combat with ratios around four to one in victories from 1941 to 1943. The six month period March to September saw enemy losses soar while U S planes suffered relatively few. Notable China operations under Maj. Gen. Chennault destroyed many Japanese planes and ships, while heavy and medium bombers posted strong superiority in early 1943.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Office of War Information
OW41
United States
OWI
OWT
U.S
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Germany
Japan
Claire L. Chennault
China
OWL
Fac
Chinese Report Japs Retreating
Chungking on October 18 reported one main Japanese column driving Chinese forces in Yunnan toward the Salween river has been broken up and is retreating in several directions after suffering heavy losses from Chinese fire along the Burma road entry to southwestern China.
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Chungking
Yunnan Province
Salween River
Burma Road
China
Car Bought, Insurance Taker Robbed in Rainy Ride Offer
Carl Moore stopped to insure a newly bought car at an Lamar insurance office. After the policy was written he offered the agent a ride home but did not keep his promise. His car had just been stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
Carl Moore
Child Dragged Miles By Hit And Run Car Near Baltimore
Police search for the driver of a hit-and-run in northeast Baltimore after a six-year-old boy Manuel Calabrese was dragged several miles by a car. He is in serious condition with leg abrasions a pelvis concern and possible internal injuries. A nearby resident reported him between the bumper and radiator. A second child Hilda Hankin age seven was thrown clear with minor injuries.
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Baltimore
D River
Manuel Calabrese
St. Joseph's Hospital
Hilda Hankin
Realty Market Sees Busy Week in Washington County
Approximately $100000 worth of Washington county real estate changed hands last week. Residential properties dominated the list with sales including Vernon R. Palladino to Earl W. Herbert on one acre in Halfway district for 3500 and Cohen Bros. Inc. to Henry R. B. Kritzer on Cypress street and Oak Hill avenue for 2500. Other notable transfers covered numerous streets and towns, from Boonsboro to Funkstown, with prices ranging from 2000 to 12500 for larger parcels, reflecting strong activity across the market.
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Washington County
Vernon R. Palladino
Earl W. Herbert
Halfway District
Russell S. Wolfe
Katherine M. Cunningham
Katherine Cunningham Grove
Hagerstown
Sharpsburg Pike
Edna V. Doat
Carroll W. Morgan
Jacob Alvey Snyder
Raymond C. Mason
Baltimore Street
Funkstown
Charles Clopper
J. Walter Layman
Charles Street
Robert W. Swope
Albert L. Zahn
Breaver Creek
South Mountain Road
Sharpsburg
G. Arthur Miller
James L. Ludy
Sherman Avenue
Potomac Real Estate and Construction Company
Reson
Dillon, Sr
Hancock District
Paul W. Grimm
Joseph E. Clemend
Salem Avenue
Lloyd le Gross
Clarence R. Reeder
Church Street
Boonsboro
Clinton H. Burns
Edwin A. Keener
Willamsport
Williamsport
Greencastle Nake
Security Real Estate and Mortgage Corp
Sebastian M. Schneider
Hamilton Boulevard
Anna E. W. Newcomb
Luther L. Lupp
West Wilson Boulevard
John R. Sealock
Jas. Ross Barnhart
George Street
Black woman held on robbery charge in city court
Maude Clark, 25, a colored woman from Cincinnati, is held in default of bond for grand jury action on a robbery charge. She allegedly robbed Wilfred Brown’s home Sunday night of a pocketbook, a bank, and a ring valued at $100, which she denies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Clark
Cincinnati
Wilfred Brown
Maude
New Act Enables Harsher Penalties in City Court
George Baker, 35, a frequent offender, was fined $50 and costs or 60 days in jail for a drunk and dis orderly charge in city court. He was the first to be tried under a new act permitting stiffer penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Baker
Baker
Mother and son pass going and coming in Baltimore
In Baltimore October 18 Mrs Pearl Carson, from Waverly Ohio, visited her son stationed at a nearby fort. Police located her at a Baltimore hotel and delivered a telegram from her home county sheriff announcing her son had just arrived home.
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Baltimore
Pearl Carson
Manufacturers Reject New Taxes Yet Propose Retail Tax
The National Association of Manufacturers urged Congress to reject all new tax proposals. If revenue must rise, a national retail sales tax should be considered. J Cheever Cowdin criticized the administration plan to raise 320.5 billion through income and excise taxes as unsound and unrealistic. The group argues current revenue laws would yield about 44.5 billion next year, per Treasury estimates.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
J. Cheever Cowdin
Association
House
Ways and Means
N.A.M
Universal Pictures
Los Angeles
Treasury
House Moves To Boost Payments
Washington action moves toward final passage of a bill to raise monthly payments to dependents of enlisted service members. Debate centers on how much to increase, with proposed totals of 50 to 80 dollars for wives and children, and smaller rises for other dependents, versus the military committee plan of 50 75 95 and 15 for various dependent groups. Republican leadership and committee members push for higher scales reflecting party views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
House Committee
Rep
Martin
Massachusetts
South Tops In Shine Making Seizures in September 1948
The Treasury Department reports rising illicit whiskey activity with more stills seized in September 1948. Districts including DC Maryland North Carolina and West Virginia saw 140 seizures versus 96 in 1942. the South Atlantic states posted 252 seizures up from 239. Kentucky and Tennessee declined to 38 from 53. National total reached 4960, up from 455 in September 1942.
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Washington
Virginia
Treasury Department
District of Columbia
Maryland
North Carlina
West Virginia
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
OPA Sees No Shoe Stamp 18 Expiration Planned
The Office of Price Administration declares no expiration date for shoe stamp No. 18 and vows to alert the public well in advance if a change becomes necessary. Officials reject rumors of sudden stamp withdrawals and assure ongoing supply terms.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Germans Facing Huge Losses In Crimea Section
A Moscow Reuters dispatch reports Soviet forces punching through the Dnieper loop near Dnepropetrovsk threaten a flank on German troops in Melitopol and Crimea. The push drives a 15 mile deep wedge, crosses below Gomel, and isolates rail links while heavy fighting yields substantial German losses.
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London
Dnieper River
Dnepropetrovsk
Melitopol
Crimea
Reuters
Moscow
Europe
Kremenchug
Red Army
Dnieper
Gomel
Popelnostoye
Dnepro-petrovsk
Dnepi Tepetrovsk
Kiev
Adolf Hitler
Dnepropatrovsk
Berlin
Danes Continue Resistance Against Occupation
Stockholm reports from Danish patriots resisting German measures. Saboteurs damaged two machine shops near Copenhagen, disrupted a power station at Odense, and struck an airplane hangar and repair shop at Haraprs, signaling ongoing sabotage against German communications and installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
J Feesth
Denmark
Geran
Copenhagen
Alatinn Ab
Judge Postpones Jury Drawing To Wednesday Morning
Judge Joseph J Mish announced that due to press of business tomorrow he will draw the November jury on Wednesday morning at 10 o clock. The notice changes the schedule for jurors and court proceedings.
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Joseph J
Mish
I Business
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Naples Post Office
Naples
Signal Corps
South
Shine
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