Japs Retreat As Yanks Push On Leyte Front
American troops on Leyte island push west along an 18 mile front defeating Japanese positions and trapping retreating forces in the Leyte valley. MacArthur announces plans to convert Tacloban and Dulag airfields into a base for future operations as Osmena inaugurates the Philippine Commonwealth government in liberated territory.
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MacArthur
HDQS
Philippines
Army Radio
Leyte Island
Leyte
Yepte
Tacloban
Douglas MacArthur
Dulag
Japan
Sergio Osmena
Philippine Commonwealth
Gadoban
United States
Attempted arson at Unionville Methodist Church
Frederick county authorities probe an apparent effort to destroy Unionville Methodist Church Saturday night. The Sunday School room suffered heavy smoke and fumes from a hot air furnace with the damper wide open and a large pipe burst. The sexton and pastor Rev. G E Wunder found a red hot furnace shield, wide drafts, and a smoking room. a large pipe had been kicked loose. Past vandalism last August included a tipped pulpit, previously unreported to police.
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Frederick County
Unionville
G .E. Wunder
Windsor chef wins weekly tip contest prize
The former Windsor chef now with a Bahamian group and picking apples in a Hancock orchard takes first prize in last week’s Daily Mail tip contest. Second prizes are shared by tips on an Hancock Berkeley Springs airstrip plan and North End candals.
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Frince of
Wales
Hancock
Berkeley Springs
North End
Greensburg
Williamsport
Daily
MacArthur’s Pacific Journey Reach To Tokyo
From Melbourne to Brisbane Papua Dutch New Guinea Leyte Island the South west Pacific headquarters has covered about 3200 miles in two and a half years and faces another 1850 miles to Tokyo. The campaign shifted from desperate defense to deep attacks into Japanese held territory.
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Melbourne
Australia
Girl’s High School
Brisbane
Papua
Dutch New Guinea
Leyte Island
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Pacific
MacArthur
Tokyo
Roosevelt Rally in Williamsport Presses for November Vote
Democratic rally at Williamsport urged Roosevelts re election with Daniel McMullen assaying a Nov 7 ballot for him. Union leaders and mayors, including Robert Snyder and Richard Hawken, urged turnout and praised reforms for workers in a packed community building.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Daniel E McMullen
Congress
Roosevelt-Tydings-McMullen
Williamsport
Richard G. Hawken
Robert B. Snyder
Washington County
Richard H. Sweeney
Hagerstown
France Begins Traitor Trials In War Purge
Paris opens the first in a series of trials aimed at punishing more than 100,000 accused collaborators. The initial defendant is George Suarez, ex director of Aujourd hui, alleged to have earned $15,000 monthly from the Nazi–sponsored paper. A nationwide system of 254 courts and special judges presides over the purge.
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Paris
France
Palais de Justice
George Suarez
Aujourd ‘Hui
Ball Breaks With GOP to Back Roosevelt in 1944
Senator Joseph H. Ball, Minnesota Republican, announced he will vote for and support President Roosevelt. Ball argued Roosevelt more clearly faced foreign policy and favored immediate formation of a strong United Nations with authority to act against aggressors. He criticized Governor Dewey for vague commitments that could appease isolationists and internationalists alike. Ball urged a decisive mandate for Roosevelt to lead United States foreign policy.
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Washington
Joseph H. Ball
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Ball
League of Nations
United Nations Security Organization
United Nations Organization
Dewey
Wealthy Dodge Presses Son On His Marriage Plan
Denver reports Maj Horace Dodge Sr plans a Denver trip to block the marriage of Corporal Horace Dodge III to Margery Gehman daughter of a Buffalo college professor. The couple aims to wed on Tuesday with Corporal to receive a Denver pass. Gehman says they will live on his pay.
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Denver
Lowry
Horace Dodge
Horace Dodge III
Margery Gehman
Buffalo
Dodge
Army
Col. R. P. Todd
Corporal Dodge
Miss Gehman
Harry M. Gehman
University of Buffalo
Republicans Laud President for Militant Postwar Policy
Republicans and independents in Washington and nationwide praised President Roosevelt for a forceful foreign policy speech. The address warned that a Dewey victory could place isolationists in key committees and named Hiram Johnson Gerold Nye Ham Fish and Joe Martin as examples. Governor Dewey offered no comment, while observers noted the bold postwar stance.
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Dewey
Hiram Johnson
Senate Foreign Aleations Committee
Gerald Nye
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ham Fish
House Rules Committee
Joe” Martin
House
Albany
New York York
Thanksgiving set for November 23 by law
Congress fixed Thanksgiving to the fourth Thursday of November. This year November 23 is the holiday, despite calendar variations and past disputes in 1939 and 1940 when President Roosevelt proposed an earlier date. The 1941 resolution established the observance on the fourth Thursday each year.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Coldest Fall Day Records Low 25 Degrees
The day marked the coldest fall reading at 25 degrees with frost heavy and ground surface frozen per Keedysville observer J. A. Miller. Oswald in Chewsville logged 26 degrees and tenth inch ice. Garden crops escaped earlier frost but were wiped out this morning. Water reservoir gains were minimal, leaving Edgemont and Fishing Creek near one third full and forcing continued use of hard Potomac river water in Hagerstown and Frederick.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
Edgemont
Hagerstown
Frederick
Fishing Creek
Ballot Return Rate Up As Election Board Reports
The Board of Election Supervisors said it mailed 1 533 soldier and absentee ballots and had 804 returned. Total requests reached 1 677, with duplications and address changes causing the gap. Hundreds more ballots are expected before November 7 as about 80 percent of requesters are anticipated to vote and return. Absentee ballots will be counted on the Thursday after the election.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Six Allied Armies Pound Germans On Wide Front
Six Allied armies pressed the German defenses from Holland to Switzerland seeking to thin the lines before a main Berlin offensive. British forces reached within three to five miles of s Hertogenbosch while the Canadian army advanced from Esschen toward Roosendaal, with other pushes near Antwerp and in the Saar Valley.
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London
Holland
Switzerland
Berlin
Schelde
Antwerp
Breda
Aachen
Saar
Vosges
s-Hertogenbosch
Esschen
Roosendaal
Pet Cats Being Stolen In Winchester Sparks Inquiry
Following a storm of protest in Winchester Virginia police investigate reports that local youths steal pet cats to sell to a Hagerstown firm. An ad offered 75 cents for four and a half pound cats claiming they were for a government laboratory. Complaints grew, the S P C A intervened, and the mayor denounced the matter. Police traced the Winchester address in the ad and found cats bought for use in Hagerstown.
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Winchester
Virginia
Hagerstown
Haegerstown
Winchester S.P.C.A
Pvt Edwin Beard Wounded in Italy During War
Mrs Frances E Beard of Randolph Avenue reports from the War Department that her husband Pvt Edwin G Beard was slightly wounded in Italy on October 10. He joined the Army October 2, 1948, trained at Camp Croft South Carolina, and has been overseas since March of this year. He is a former Fairchild employee.
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Frances E. Beard
Randolph Avenue
War Department
Pvt
Edwin G. Beard
Italy
Army
Camp Croft
S.C
Fairchild
Go Separate Ways as Bogart and Methot Split
Humphrey Bogart and Mayo Methot announce separation after six years of marriage. The couple, long a Hollywood spotlight duo, say they have decided to part following a lengthy discussion and the film Tough Guy moving out of their home.
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Humphrey Bogart
Mayo Methot
Hollywood
Maro
Bogart
Foliage At Best Over The County
Local motorists praised autumn scenery across multiple routes yesterday. Travelers described Mt Alto to Caledonia Park, Chambersburg watershed to Shippensburg, and the Boonsboro to Garland journey as especially vivid after rain washed the leaves. The bright sun enhanced color nationwide.
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Mt. Alto
Caledonia Park
Chambersburg
Shippensburg
Carlisle
Boonsboro
Garland
Rohrersville
Crampton’s Gap
Burkittsville
M.connellsboro
Hancock
Needmore
Wounded Local Soldier Back on Leave
Carles R. Carter, twice wounded in France and a member of the 24th Division, is on a 21 day leave visiting his mother Mrs. J. M. Carter at Buena Vista Avenue. A veteran of D Day and the St Lo breakthrough, he is now a patient at Ashford General Hospital in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia awaiting further treatment. Continuous coverage continues on page 2.
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Carles R. Carter
France
Ashford Genera Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
J. M. Carter
Buena Vista Avenue
24Th Division
Carter
England
Leroy R. Weddle
St. Lo
United States
Russians Now 18 Miles Inside Reich
London report states 2500 American and British planes penetrated deep into Germany attacking Hamm Munster Hannover and Brunswick with minimal losses. RAF Lancasters escorted by fighters hit Neuss while Mosquitos targeted Hamburg and other targets. One American group damaged locomotives cars barges steamboats and gas plants. Two fighters failed to return landing in France.
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London
Germany
Hitler
U. S
Hamm
Munster
Hannover
Brunswick
Neuss
Dusseldorf
Hamburg
France
Cervia Occupied By Eighth Army Troops
Allied forces in Italy report the Eighth Army moved up the Adriatic coast and occupied Cervia, four miles north of Cesena and 12 miles below Ravenna. Operations on the 6th Army front were hampered by bad weather. The Savio river bridgehead was enlarged as Cervia lies on the Rimini highway.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Cervia
Cesenaktico
Rayvenna
6Th Army
Rimini
Italy
Savio River
Adequate Turkey Supply In County
Washington countians should find turkeys easy for Thanksgiving as Martin Hatcheries in Maugansville reports excellent flocks and few diseases. The firm says government is not taking local 1944 crop, but Christmas demand may exceed supply due to higher consumer buying power and wartime set asides for the Armed Forces.
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Washington
Martin
Maugansville
Turkey
War Food Administration
83 U.S. Prisoners Rescued From Philippines Raid
Generals at MacArthur's HQ announced the first 83 American prisoners rescued from the Philippines. The prisoners were aboard a torpedo transport and were evacuated after their transport broke from the island chain.
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U.S
Soviet Drives Threaten Nazi Lifeline From Budapest to Vienna
Russian troops captured Goldap in East Prussia and widened the offensive along the eastern boundary. Moscow reported a new push through northeastern Hungary toward Kassa, threatening a cut of the Nazi lifeline between Budapest and Vienna as Ukrainian and German-aligned forces clash near the Carpathians.
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London
Goldap
Germany
Suwalki
Memel
Augustow
East Prussia
von Hindenburg
Moscow
Europe
Hungary
Budapest
Vienna
Debrecen
Kassa
Slovakia
Moravia
Bohemia
Prague
Ivan Pet
De Gaulle Wins Liva Recognition
The United States recognized the De Gaulle administration as the provisional government of the French Republic. Moscow radio reported Soviet recognition, with Ottawa and Canberra making similar announcements. Acting Secretary of State Stettinius said most of France, including Paris, was designated interior zone under Allied control while elections are planned after French people express will.
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Washington
United States
de Gaulle
Moscow
Russia
Ottawa
Canberra
Stettinius
France
Paris
Stetrinins
Charles de Gaulle
Nernblic
Airplane stamp three in war ration plan
Washington reports that airplane stamp three for shoes will be valid starting November 1, enabling purchases of air and naval footwear. The advisory states the stamp will be good indefinitely and remains subject to future rationing adjustments.
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Wasehngton
OFA
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