Russian Noose Tightens Around Dnieper Front
Moscow reports a major Soviet breakthrough southeast of Kremenchug as Red Army flanks west of the Dnieper. German forces rush divisions, tanks, and artillery to halt the advance while counterattacks surge near Vyshgorod, north of Kiev, with German bombers redeployed from western Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Dnieper River
Red Army
Kremenchug
Pyatikhatka
Dneprodzerzhinsk
Dne
Crimea
Zaporezhe-Melitopol
Hitler
Stalingrad
Red Star
Dnieper
Pravda
Europe
Kiev
Vyshgorod
Remodeling Complete At Local Health Department
Interior renovation of the Health Department building funded by federal grants is near completion with most offices occupied. First floor now houses exam and treatment clinics, reception, sanitary inspectors, physiotherapist, hearing test rooms, X ray and darkroom. second floor hosts health officer, nurses, and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Call Union Meeting To Learn Why Coal Miners Remain Out
In Birmingham Alabama district headquarters of the United Mine Workers of America called a mass meeting of local union presidents and mine committeemen to speed a back to work movement amid a seven day walkout. James H Terry says the meeting should clear up the situation. The unauthorized strike has halted production of about 290000 tons and closed seven blast furnaces and seven open hearth furnaces threatening local supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
United Mine Workers of America
James H. Terry
UMW International
UMW
Bank Call Requests National Bank Production Data
Washington Oct 20 The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for a statement of the production of all National banks at the close of business Monday Oct 18 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said it was not issuing a call at this time for the condition of insured state banks.
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Washington
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Turkey Call Too Realistic Ends Fatal Hunt
George W. Cox, 32, of Rocks Hampshire County, sat with a cocked gun simulating a turkey call. A hunter nearby mistook it for a real turkey and fired, Cox died minutes later. Coroner's jury ruled the death accidental and the Romney hunter was not charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
George W. Cox
the Rocks
Hampshire County
Romney
Cox
Eastern Panhandle
Farm Worker Rule Ends Student Farm Workers
Males 18 or older cannot be both essential farm workers and students. Draft boards found youths attending high school while listed as essential farm workers. Under selective service, full time farm work eight months a year is required, preventing simultaneous school attendance and farm worker deferment. Several student farm workers have been placed in 1-A for early induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Industries Preparing To Hire Million After War
Frederick C. Crawford, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, says members plan to hire up to 1,000,024 men who may be discharged from the armed forces in 1944. He noted discussions with Selective Service and that veterans will be rehired on seniority after the war. If a worker is number 200 and only 199 jobs remain, he will not have a job.
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Philadelphia
Frederick C. Crawford
National Association of Manufacturers
Cleveland
Crawford
Hunters seek two missing as nine wounded in Utah deer hunt
A posse started at daybreak to recover the frozen bodies of Utah's ninth and tenth fatalities from the four day old deer hunting season. Nine other hunters were wounded and two are missing in snowy mountains near Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Four Charged In Tavern Brawl In Maryland County
George E. Miller 48 of Mt. Briar charged with assault with intent to kill after a tavern brawl near Burkittsville that left Joseph L. Himes with an eight inch chest stab wound and Maur with a damaged ear. Co defendants Leo Griffith and Thomas McAfee also charged. Elmer McAfee faces assault and battery charges. Police say feud with Clarence Karn sparked the incident. Miller allegedly wielded the knife. State Police seek two more suspects as investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Miller
Mt. Briar
Washington County
Burkittsville
Joseph L.himes
Weverton
Addison Mann
Brunswick Hospital
Elwood O'Hara
Elmer McAfee
Leo T. Griffith
Thomas B. McAfee
Miller
Clarence Karn
O'Hara
Himes
Mann
Proposed Another Big Slash In Newsprint
Washington October 20 A 16 percent cut in news print consumption for November was proposed to newspaper publishers by H M Bitner head of the WPB Printing and Publishing Division. The cut equals the total of all three prior reductions this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
H. M. Bitner
War Production Board
WPB
Tarzan Actor to Lose Third Mate in Divorce
Hollywood reports Tarzan actor Weissmuller to be sued for divorce by his wife Beryl Scott Weissmuller who declared incompatibility. The former San Francisco socialite met him in 1938 at golf. they wed four years ago and have three children John Scott Wendy and Heidi.
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Hollywood
Tarzan
Johnny Weissmuller
Weismuller
Beryl Scott
San Francisco
Bobby Arnst
Lupe Velez
Weissmuller’s
John Scott
Wendy
Heidi
Bernie Old Maestro Dies In California
Ben Bernie the Old Maestro of the stage screen and radio died at his Beverly Hills apartment this morning after a long illness from a pulmonary affection with heart complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Cal
Ben Bernie
War movies shown to House members in exclusive briefing
A large group of congressmen gathered in the Congressional Library auditorium for a War Department arranged program. They viewed war action films and heard progress briefings from Army leaders. Attendance was restricted to House members with much of the program off the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congressional Library
War Department
Warning of increased Axis sabotage against American plants
Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Warden of Baltimore, regional security officer, warned at the Regional Plant Protection Conference in Franklin Court auditorium that Germany may step up internal sabotage as its war position weakens. He noted a strong submarine campaign against U S production and urged plants to build and train robust protection teams to guard against fires, explosions, and other disasters, citing saved plants as examples. The conference opened with about fifty attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
John B. Warden
Baltimore
Franklin Court Auditorium
Warden
Jty
Air Forces Gain Equality With Ground Troops
In a formal order from Gen. George C. Marshall the Army Air Forces are declared co equal and interdependent with ground troops. The field service regulations allow air and land forces to operate independently with a single theater coordinating efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George C. Marshall
War Department
Field Service Regulations
Mediterranean
Western Germany Raid Continues With Heavy Bombers
London dispatch notes United States heavy bombers supported by Thunderbolts and Spitfires attacked targets in Western Germany. The presence of both Thunderbolts and Spitfires with the bombers indicates a heavy precision assault on a German war production target. Recent raids often used Thunderbolts alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Germany
Training Course In Safety Engineering At Hagerstown
Dean Steinberg announces a tuition free 12 week safety engineering course for war industry workers in Hagerstown at Hagerstown High School starting November 1 1943. Two meetings weekly four hours each. Upon completion, a University of Maryland certificate of proficiency is awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
8. S. Steinberg
Hagerstown High School
University of Maryland
Hagersteun High School
Fairchild
Dean Steinberg
College Park
Fail Attempt To Saw Way Out Of Jail
Upper Marlboro Maryland October 20 A prisoner Floyd Junior Madison 48 was foiled in an escape attempt from Prince Georges County jail Police discovered six hacksaw blades hidden in his shoes A fellow inmate overheard sounds of sawing and alerted authorities Madison is held on Maryland charges of assault with intent to kill and robbery and has claimed he shot and killed an Oklahoma policeman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Marlboro
Floyd Junior Madison
Prince Georges
Maryland
A. Gwynne Bowie
Oklahoma
Lice
Powell Granted Absolute Divorce in Reno Case
Elsie M Powell has been granted an absolute divorce from Reno S Powell by Judge Joseph P D Mish. Representation was by attorney Aitoriner John Jl Alien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie M. Powell
Joseph PD. Mish
Reno
S. Powell
Aitoriner
John JL Alien
Hancock Man Named To Mountbatten's Staff
Commander Walter Linaweaver U S Navy native of Hancock has been ordered to report to New Delhi India where he is assigned to the staff of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten commander of all Allied forces in the Far East He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Linaweaver Hancock and was stationed at the Washington Navy Yard before this assignment He has previously served in the Pacific and China area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Linaweaver
U. S. Navy
Hancock
New Delhi
India
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Far East
Linaweaver
Charles Linaweaver
Mountbatten
Washington Navy Yard
Pacific
China
Jury Drawn For November Term In Washington County
Jury pools for the November circuit term in Washington County were selected by Judge Joseph D. Mish. Names include Hagerstown residents Healey Baker Ward Lingg Lindsay Harp Keedy Miller Crouse Dorn Beard Burhans Leatherman Wyand Shilling Barton McKee Frndinger Whitmore Lamar Bovey Lenhart Smith Hamilton Brewer Harley Lowman Williamsport Doub Lemen Shank Hahne Sieasm an Wingers Leitersburg Young Warrenfeltz Hebb Conococheague Cearfoss Ringgold McDonald Hane Happel Indian Spring Spielman Brewer Trumpower Reeder Swain Neikirk Snyder Clapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Joseph D. Mish
Hagerstown
Albertus B. Healey
John K. Baker, Jr
J. Errol Ward
Joseph F. Lingg
Spencer G. Lindsay
Roger C. Harp
Harry E. Keedy
John Z. Miller
Vernon J. Crouse
S. B. Dorn
Merle Beard
Winslow F. Burhans
Addis A. Leatherman
O. J. Wyand
W. F. Shilling
Robert H. Barton
James McKee
Harry T. Frndinger
Walter &. Whitmore
Clarence Lamar
H. Paul Bovey
Newton Lenhart
Morris L. Smith
John R. Hamilton
Harry T. Brewer
James Harley
Sharpsburg
Samuel Lowman
Williamsport
Edward C. Doub
Thomas W
George L. Brewer
W. Ernest Trumpower
Heedysville
Roy O' Reeder
Halfway
John L. Swain
Clayton E. Neikirk
Robert B. Snyder, Sr
Harry L. Clapp
High Boys Step Up Class At Hagerstown High School
An accelerated program for senior boys facing Army induction before June graduation has started at Hagerstown High. Principal John D Zentmyer reports thirty students are taking the plan to earn diplomas by February 1. The three units allowed in five months require at least thirteen credits already earned in the first three years. Students must be eighteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown High School
John D. Zentmyer
Part Time Job Requires Permit
Full time workers may take a part time job only with an "employment authorization" from the local U S Employment office. The permit, marked "part time only," aims to prevent shifts from essential to non essential work. Local stores have recruited extra workers for the Christmas shopping season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
WMC
Brewer L. Stouffer
Hagerstown
Stouffer
Nazi official Sauckel shifts stance on foreign workers
Fritz Sauckel, Nazi labor chief, reportedly told a Berlin labor leaders conference that Germany respects foreign workers as co workers with dignity and cultural needs. A DNB quote and OWI broadcast contradict the master race rhetoric by noting Germany does not demand greater efforts from foreigners than from its own citizens.
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New York
Fritz Sauckel
DNB
Germany
Office of War Information
Sauckel
Berlin
Yugoslav Partisans Repel German Seaborne Attack on Dalmatian Coast
Yugoslav Partisan forces reportedly broke a German seaborne landing attempt on the Dalmatian coast and nearby islands, including Peljesac peninsula and the islands of Hvar and Mijet. The bulletin cites gains by Partisans at Bilece and Nova Varos, while Rommel’s reinforced units captured Susak and Ogulin after fierce fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dalmatian
Adriatic
Drug Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Peljesac
Split
Dubrovnik
Hvar
Mijet
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Bilece
Herzegovina
Nova Varos
Plevije
Bosnia
Italy
Erwin Rommel
Susak
Ogulin
Claim Ringleaders Of Norway Underground Caught And Executed
STOCKHOLM Oct 20 The Gestapo claimed a heavy blow against the Norwegian underground announcing in Oslo that 10 Norwegians were executed for plotting revolt and arming patriots with British weapons. Six of the executed were said to have targeted shipping in Oslo harbor in April and all had arms of British manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Norway
Oslo
Banker Dillinger Bullet Missed Dies at 69
W. G. C. Bagley longtime Iowa State Treasurer since 1938 died at 69 after weeks of illness following a heart attack. He gained national notoriety in 1934 when John Dillinger fired at him during a bank robbery in Mason City, where Bagley was president of the bank.
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Des Moines
Pilowa
W. G. C. Bagley
John Dillinger
America
Dillinger
First National Bank of
Mason City
Ragby
Germans retreat to new mountain line after Volturno fight
Allied dispatches report German forces pulling back from the Volturno valley to a fortified ridge near Madragone and Massico, firing on civilians and destroying towns as they retreat. The 5th Army advances five miles toward Capua, severing any southern stand south of the Mondragone Venafro line.
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Algiers
Volturno
Massico
Madragone
Naples
Rome
Capua
Mondragone-Venafro Line
Sth
Woman to Face Assault Charge After Near Pectonville Shooting
Laura K Sherman 31, last evening shot and wounded Nevin L McCarthy 45 near Pectonville. She will face common assault charges after a quarrel between friends. McCarthy has a leg wound and is expected to be discharged in a few days. Deputy Leister Isanogle investigates. hearing before Magistrate Ross Fite will be held once he recovers. Mrs Sherman has been separated from her husband for about ten years.
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Laura K. Sherman
Nevin L. McCarthy
Pectonville
Ross Fite
McCarthy
Leister Isanogle
Sherman
John
New Vocational Course Planned at Hagerstown High School
A drafting and tracing course is to begin at Hagerstown High School on Thursday evening October 21 at 7 pm for six weeks. Sessions run Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 9 pm, aimed at upgrading employed drafting apprentices and offering beginners pathways to employment. Open to men and women. costs are covered by the government under the War Production Training Program. certificates awarded upon completion.
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Hagerstown High School
Thoase
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