Twin Battle For East Prussia Near Climax
London reported Berlin stating Russians moved to a new East Prussia frontier section twenty miles south of Failen Eyktkau and massed tank forces in Rominter Heide. Moscow claimed German losses of 1528 tanks as a major Russian assault continued, with a decisive battle shaping along the province’s front and Reich territory entered by Russians per AP radio.
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London
Berlin
Failen Eydtkau
Rominter Heide
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Hungary
Debrecen
Budapest
Moscow
East Prussia
Reich
Junkers
Local Pilot Earns D.F.C. for Himalayan Uplift Service
First Lieut. Jack M. Bates of Hagerstown Maryland received the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement with the India China Division Air Transport Command. Bates, since July 20 1943, piloted giant transport planes on North Burma Himalaya routes over Assam and China, often at night and at high altitude, earning praise for courageous instrumental flying under dangerous weather and terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack M. Bates
Summit Avenue
Hagerstown
Daily Mail
William H. Tunner
India-China
Air Transport Command
Bates
China
Burma
Himalayas
Transnorth
Assam
Divorce Suits Filed To Reach Twenty One This Month
Two new divorce suits were filed today bringing the total to 21 for the month. Betty Jane Parker by attorney C K Hartle sues Frank Edgar Parker. Ralph Z Brewer by attorney Martin L Ingram sues Helen LaRue Brewer. Capt Green Dies In Cincinnati Captain Chris Greene vice president and treasurer of the Greene Line and noted steamboat man died early today as his wife drove him home from work. He once skippered the Chris Green in a victory over Betsy Ann reviving river trade era once led by Mark Twain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jane Parker
Atorney C.K. Hartle
Frank Edgar Parker
Ralph Z. Brewer
Martin L. Ingram
Helen LaRue Brewer
Greene
Cincinnate
Chris Greene
Greene Line
United States
Chris Green
Var
Mark Twain
GIs In Europe To Eat Washington County Apples
In the European theater of war soldiers will soon be eating Washington county grown apples. The first real shipment since December 1941 to the armed forces in that theater has been sent through an eastern embarkation. Officials said eleven cars from the Hagerstown area and Virginia regions carried 8,000 boxes of apples.
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Washington County
Hagerstown
Virginia
Working Man For F D R Says Vote To Preserve Gains
Optimistic labor leaders in Hagerstown urge rank and file voters to back Franklin D Roosevelt for re election. They warn that skipping a ten minute ballot could erase economic gains not recoverable for years. Robert B Snyder Sr cites past actions and criticizes Dewey supporters as millionaires fueling anti labor rhetoric. Joseph E Craig asserts about 90 percent of workers favor Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
Hagerstown
U.A. W. Hall
Robert B. Snyder
Washington County
Dewey
Joseph E. Craig
Uaw-Clo
Allies to train in street fighting in London
Allied troops will be trained in street fighting in Battersea southwest London as preparation for facing Hitler's guerrilla army. The congested district, heavily blitzed, resembles a war torn German city after bombardment.
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London
Hitler
Battersea
Death Sentences Pour Laval In Absentia
London reports Pierre Laval has been sentenced to death in absentia by a Marseille tribunal. A warrant for his arrest was issued two weeks earlier, stating he would be tried whether present or not. Algiers radio also notes Jean Galliard was condemned in absentia.
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London
Pierre Laval
Marseille
Paris
Algiers
Jean Galliard
Petit Marseille
Heavy Rain Prospects For Longstanding Water Woes
A hurricane moving up the eastern seaboard may bring heavy rain over the next 24 hours, offering relief after months of scarce downpours. Local rainfall has been steady but largely infiltrated the ground, leaving surface streams and the Edgemont reservoir supply almost unchanged as residents rely on soft mountain water.
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Seaboard
Hagerstown
Edgemont
Pvt Edward Brown Wounded in France in October
Pvt Edward E. Brown was seriously wounded in France in October. A telegram to his wife Mrs Pauline Brown of 208 Alexander street notes he served in the infantry. He formerly attended Woodland Way Junior High and worked at Hagerstown Wood Products and Vietor Products before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Brown
France
Pauline Brown
Alexander Street
Pvt. Brown
Woodland Way
Hagerstown
Fairchild Trainer Becomes Bomber in South American Revolt
Fairchild PT-19 trainer planes were used as bombers during a South American revolution. J. D. Ahlers, Fairchild technical rep, said one mission left the aircraft heavily shot up but still airworthy. He noted high aviation interest in South America and strong postwar demand for Fairchild planes.
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Fairchild
Fairchild Aircraft Division
South America
J. D. Ahlers
Mexico
Central
Hagerstown
Ahlers
Lendlease
Canadians Defy Much To Step Up Antwerp Drive
Canadians infantry and armor launch a new offensive north of Antwerp to bolster the Allied hold in Holland. French forces push along the Vosges ridges, flanking Ventron and targeting Bussang Pass toward Mulhouse. U S forces capture Bruyères as they press passes toward Colmar and Strasbourg. The U S Army faces stubborn resistance in Aachen as Fighting continues.
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London
Antwerp
Holland
Adolf
Bruyeres
Epinal
Vosges
Rhine
Colmar
Strasbourg
Aachen
FBI Graduate Officer Kiser to Attend Graduation
Harold B. Kiser of Hagestown Police Department is among graduates of the FBI National Policy Academy. The ceremony is Saturday October 28 in the Department Auditorium on Constitution Avenue Washington. Kiser will resume duties with the Hagestown Police after completing the course.
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FBI National Policy Academy
Departmentu
Constitution Avenue
Washington
Harold B. Kiser
Kiser
Hagerstown
Fairchild Opens Flight Training Plane to Employees
Fairchild Aircraft Division has bought a PT-19 trainer from the War Training Service to let Fairchild employees learn to fly. Henson Flying Service will operate the plane, which is nearly new and undergoing maintenance for licensing. Details on dual flight times and firing activity start will be announced by Fairchild.
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Fairchild Aircraft Division
War Training Service
Civil Aeronautics
Henson Flying Service
Fairchild
Lear
Fairchild Company
Eleven Soldiers Believed Drowned In Storm
The Public Relations Office of the Third Air Force announced that eleven soldiers from the New Orleans port of embarkation are believed drowned after a crash boat carrying a crew of 11 sank near Panama City during a tropical hurricane. Only the skipper reportedly survived. searchers found no trace of the missing men near Anna Maria Beach Braden ton.
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Tampa. Fla
Third Air Force
New Orleans
Bradenton
Charleston
D. C
Panama City
Anna Maria Beach
Airy Force
MacArthur Declares Return to Philippines in Broadcast
General Douglas MacArthur tells Filipinos I have returned in a Voice of Freedom broadcast urging them to rise and strike the Japanese. He promises Allied forces are on Philippine soil and vow to destroy enemy control, pledging restoration of daily life on a foundation of freedom.
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Eby
Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Voice of Freedom
Office of War Information
General MacArthur
People of the
Philippines
Philippine
MacArthur reports light losses as Philippines landings proceed
President Roosevelt announced that operations in the Philippines are on schedule with light losses. General MacArthur said the enemy was caught strategically off guard, with Mindanao forces no longer an immediate factor as landings progressed normally and with favorable progress in every respect.
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Philippines
Roosevelt
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Marshall
MacArthur
Philippine
Mindanao
Leyte
Messae
Marshall
David J. Lewis To Speak Here About Radio Address
Former Congressman David J. Lewis will deliver a 1A minute radio address at 7 45 PM on Thursday November 2. Harald F. Bester announces Lewis hopes working men and women in Washington County vote to reelect President Roosevelt and Senator Tydings and elect Daniel P. McMullen to Congress. Lewis will urge workers to vote and outline Roosevelt reforms benefiting the working class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Lewis
Washington County
Harald F. Bester
Lew
Roosevelt
Tydings
Congress
Daniel P. McMullen
I Lewis
Hancock Boys Sought in City Amid Missing Youths
Hagerstown police aided by morning crowd search for three Hancock boys aged about 13 named Annie, Wolford, and Apple brothers missing from home since yesterday as responders scoured streets and alleyways for any sign of the youths.
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Hagerstown
Anne
Wolford
Apple
Simal
Missouri executes Black man in gas chamber
A 20 year old Black man died when Missouri carried out an execution by lethal gas at 1 am in Jefferson City. The case involved a white woman and a prior incident in a St Louis suburb last January.
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Jefferson City
Sin Dames Thomas
Missouri
Lopis
MacArthur Lands Powerful Invasion Force In Philippines
General MacArthur's forces landed in the heart of the Philippines after a massive sea and air assault, seizing three Leyte beachheads along 11 miles of coast. Osmeña accompanies MacArthur as Allied units move toward Manila, relieving Corregidor survivors and advancing within 415 miles of the capital.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Leyte Gulf
Leyte Island
Corregidor
Sergio Osmena
Manuel Quezon
Philippine Commonwealth
Jap Admiral Dies Bombing Carrier Off Philippines
Berlin radio, quoting a Tokyo dispatch, reports Vice-Admiral Nashaharu Arima was killed on October 15 when his torpedo plane attacked and hit a large U S aircraft carrier off the Philippines. The dispatch says he crashed after the attack, but allied authorities reported no carrier damage.
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London
Nashaharu Arima
U. S
Philippines
Berlin
Tokyo
Local prisoner released after parole dispute
William Bowe pleaded guilty to a larceny charge at the November 1940 term and received a suspended sentence, then was sentenced in February for parole violation. This morning Judge Joseph D. Mish ordered release from the Maryland State Penal Farm after habeas corpus proceedings showed the youth was confined on a faulty commitment and that he was not found guilty of any February charges.
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William Bowe
Marylamd
Joseph D. Mish
Mish
Grant
US planes sink Japanese destroyer off China coast
From L. d. 441 Air Force Base in China dated Oct 1, delayed report says a B24 squadron, using the same lineup as a previous day attack, hit a Japanese destroyer of the Mutsuki class southwest of Hongkong after an initial bombing run against a strong naval formation. A second pass targeted a cruiser and a large freighter.
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L. d. 441
China
South China Sea
Hongkong
Ickes Recommends Buttermilk For Dewey Sour Notes
Washington October 20 gP A strange exchange over presidential health: Harold Ickes of the Interior recommends buttermilk for Thomas Dewey to counter sour notes in his campaign. Ickes, who jokes about his own dairy habits, dodges clear answers on timing and authority while implying Dewey should drink buttermilk to win.
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Ickes
Dewey
Washington
Harold Lockes
Thomas K. Dewey
Tekes
Tnterior
Headwaters Hom
Maryland
Seek Stranger In Fire Probe
A fire probe follows a stranger's inquiry into a complex accident. Investigators from the department, including Det. Wasner and Det. Selinvan, interview witnesses and review conditions at the scene. A suspect or person of interest is being pursued as officers assess possible motives and links to the blaze.
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Youngers of
Pepori- Jones
Ran
Deen
Wasner
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F.D.R
Pvt
Edward Brown
Front
FBI
Douglas Mac Arthur
Hancock
Sin
Junichi Terauchi
Manila
Macartiau
Morotai
Gulf
Walter Krueger
Central Pacific
1St Cavalry
Tauloban
Jadiy
Comimunique
Loshall
New Guinea
Strerchendt
Epee Tekes
A& Sens
Deano Cartic
Hondon
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