British Forces Break Through At Dutch Road Junction
British troops use flamethrowers to crush German bazooka nests at the big road junction near s Hertogenbosch, driving retreat along a 15 mile front. s Hertogenbosch is largely captured with pockets remaining, while Canadians push toward Roosendaal Bergen Op Zoom and along the Schelde estuary near Antwerp.
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London
S Hertogenbosch
Holland
Antwerp
Roosendaal
Bergen Op Zoom
Breda
Tilburg
Hertogenbosch
Beveland Island
Walcheren Island
Schelde
Embarrassing mistake aboard cruiser off Leyte
On October 22 a spotter plane misreported enemy tanks on the Dulagi road off Leyte. The ship opened fire before the pilot corrected that the targets were cows, not tanks, ending the moment with a correction radioed back to the cruiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyte
Dulagi
U S Takes Over Erie Plant After Price Violations
The government seized the Lord Manufacturing Company in Erie Pennsylvania under an executive order for price increases on a wartime contract and refusal to supply war materials. Navy Secretary Forrestal was directed to operate the plant as needed to maintain war production. The order references 1943 price fixes for the company’s aircraft parts and other essential war materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lord Manufacturing Company
Erie
White House
Navy
Forrestal
Secretaries of War and Navy
Moose Contribute In Appreciation For Firemen Aid
In appreciation of the firemen who prevented the Ayers Bros. warehouse fire from spreading the Loyal Order of Moose yesterday contributed 25 dollars to each local fire company that helped fight the blaze. The warehouse stood behind the Moose Hall on West Antietam Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayers Bros
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Hall
West
Antietam Street
Crooner Hypnotizes Adder Saves Life
HOLLYWOOD Oct 25 An Army officer in New Guinea thanks Bing Crosby for saving his life with crooning Lt Col Earle O Thornton Jr writes that while listening to a Crosby program he returned to his tent and a four foot death adder lay in wait for his foot He paralyzed but then swung a machete and killed the snake after a few minutes The officer notes Crosby hypnotized the snake from 10 000 miles away and adds a quip about Sinatra.
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Hollywood
New Guinea
Bing Crosby
Earle O. Thornton, Jr
Crosby
Thornton
Three Local Boys Missing In Action
Three local youths are reported missing in action in France. Pfe. Warren N. Roth, 22, of 1111 Hamilton Boulevard, a Hagerstown High School 1949 graduate and Franklin and Marshall College alum, has been overseas six months. Pvt. Harold B. Kiser, son of Patrolman H. B. Kiser, of Security, has been missing in France since October 1 after about six weeks overseas. Pvt. Leo Hf. Ward, of Marbern Road, Middletown, is missing in France since September 20 after serving since January 1944 and six months overseas.
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Pfe
Warren N. Roth
S. N. Roth
Hamilton Boulevard
France
War Department
Pfc. Roth
Hagerstown
Franklin and Marshall College
England
Pvt
Harold B. Kiser
H. B. Kiser
Louise Ward
Marbern Road
Ruth Ward
Middletown
Navy Chief Petty Officer Indicted for Counseling Inductees
A navy chief petty officer formerly with the Fifth Regiment Armory induction station was federally indicted in Baltimore on charges of counseling eight men to give false and misleading statements to evade the Selective Service Act. Chester T. Ruby, the last of 14 arrested last June, allegedly instructed men how to feign psychoneurosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Fifth Regiment
Chester T. Ruby
30th Divorce Suit Of Month Docketed
The 30th divorce case of the month was filed this morning and is that of Alice R. Dunahaugh against Raymond S. Dunahaugh through Attorney Aubrey Kemp. At the rate suits are being filed this month the September recornt of 35 should be passed, according to Clerk of Court Edward Oswald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice R. Dunahaugh
Raymond S. Dunahaugh
Aubrey Kemp
Edward Oswald
Russians Launch New Offensive Across East Prussia
London reports Germany confirms a new Russian offensive along the Narew in Poland near Warsaw and the southern edge of East Prussia. Moscow says both sides have sent fresh armor and infantry to a battle line over 150 miles from the Baltic Niemen to the Walki triangle with Hermann Goering and SS Greater Germany panzer divisions among those in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Narew
Poland
Warsaw
East Prussia
Moscow
Baltic
Niemen River
Sawalki Triangle
Hermann Goering
S. S. Greater Germany
Insterburg
Konigsberg
Frederick Airport Survey Near Frederick Progress Report
Frederick Md Oct 25 mayor Hugo V Gittinger and the Board of Aldermen said a survey for a proposed 1272 acre airport near Frederick should be finished next week. The completed survey will be sent to the Civil Aeronautics Board.
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Frederick
Hugo V. Gittinger
Board of Aldermen
Civil Aeronautics Board
Urges Harvesting of Large Walnut Crop
Harry W. Dengler of the University of Maryland extension forester urged Marylanders to gather a bumper black walnut crop estimated at about 50 000 bushels or nearly 200 000 pounds of meat. He said higher nut consumption could ease a threatened meat and dairy protein shortage this winter and noted unshelled nuts keep well for a year at 52 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Dengler
University of Maryland Extension Forester
Washington County
The
Soil Conservation Service
County Board mulls tax surplus and levy decisions
County Commissioners discuss whether to raise the tax rate to build a courthouse addition, fund road programs, and construct new schools after the war. They plan preliminary plans for a courthouse addition and consider replacing the Winter street building to absorb elementary grades. Budget requests are due by December 1 to fix the levy.
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Winter Street
Washington Street
Board of Commissioners
Battle Wounds Of County Boy Fatal Day
The family of Pvt. Albert R. Bryan learns he died the day after he was wounded in France on June 20. That same date saw the death of his father James L. Bryan in an automobile accident west of Hagerstown. His Purple Heart, awarded posthumously, was received by his grandmother Mrs. Barbara Bryan of Williamsport.
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Albert R. Bryan
France
James L. Bryan
Bryan
Hagerstown
Pvt
Barbara Bryan
Williamsport
Four Robberies Probed At Stations And Garage
Police investigate four robberies at Kipe and Miner 725 Potomac Avenue W E Miller across from the street and John H Rutherford at Prospect and Franklin The garage of Frank Maisack Jr behind 135 King Street was also hit Maisack lost a wheel and tire Thieves entered by breaking a window and releasing a lock Detective Wayne Sellman leads the case and surmises adult offenders were involved.
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Kipe
Miner
Potomac Avenue
W. E. Miller
John H. Rutherford
Prospect
Franklin
Frank Maisack, Jr
King Street
Maisack
Miller's
Rutherford
Wayne Sellman
Car hits man in Vancouver. thief steals wallet
In Vancouver Washington on October 25 a car struck Clarence H. Williams breaking his leg. The driver stopped a short distance away and returned to Williams then stole his wallet before driving off.
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Vancouver
Wash
Clarence H. Williams
Williams
Spy Suspect Koedel Seized in Harpers Ferry Arrest
Simon Emil Koedel, alleged German agent, was arrested Sunday by the FBI at Harpers Ferry and charged with attempting to report on Lend Lease activities before Pearl Harbor. He agreed to return to New York when brought before U S Commissioner George C Ludwig in Keyser West Virginia. His foster daughter Marie H Koedel aged 26 was arrested in New York and held on $25,000 bail for aiding in preparing reports.
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FBI
Marie Hedwig Koedel
Simon Emil Koedel
New York
Harper’s Ferry
W. Va
Harpers Ferry
Pearl Harbor
U. S
George C. Ludwig
Keyser
Martinsburg
Shepherdstown
Koedel
Marie H. Koedel
Pvt John M Provard Wounded in Italy
Mrs Irene Miller of Hagerstown has learned her brother Pvt John M Provard 30 was wounded in Italy. He joined the Army in September 1943, trained at Camp Croft South Carolina and has been in Italy since March 1944. Before enlistment he worked for Hagerstown Shoe and Legging Co. His home is 11 West Washington street and his address can be reached at 2382 W.
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Irene Miller
Hagerstown
John M. Provard
Italy
Pvt
Provard
Camp Croft
8. C
Hagerstown Shoe and Legging Co
West
Washington Street
Hagerstown flyer braves storms to rush ill infant to Johns Hopkins
Richard Carson of Henson Flying Service defied heavy weather over the Cumberland mountains to speed a five weeks old patient from Cumberland to Baltimore. Accompanied by instructor George Ruhl, they flew a Stinson SR 9, meeting an ambulance at Cumberland at 11:35 am and reaching Johns Hopkins at 1:05 pm for urgent oxygen therapy and care.
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Hagerstown
Richard
Kit) Carson
Henson Flying Service
Cumberland Mountains
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Carson
Cumberland
George Ruhl
Son
Walter Brooks
Stinson
Ruhl
China Based Planes Hit Japan In Raid
About 190 planes from the China based American Air Forces took part in a raid on Kyushu and Saishu Islands from 10 a.m. to 11 30 a.m. Japanese radio admitted some damage. The Tokyo broadcast said targets were supply facilities, not industrial plants, and that the attack was tied to the Leyte invasion to disrupt Philippine sector supplies.
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San Francisco
Kyushu
Satsun Islands
Imperial
H. H. Arnold
20Th Air Force
Saishu Island
Washington
Tokyo
Kukura
Yawata
Leyte
Philippines
Penal Farm Reports Prisoner Escape
Penal Farm authorities notified city and county police last night of the escape of Charles Martin aged 27. Martin walked off in the evening and is described as five feet one inch tall and 136 pounds. He wore regulation farm garb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Martin
Martin
Confession Of Man Discounted In Fire Inquiry
Police hold a 2-year-old confessor at the municipal barn fire as they press on with investigations at the county jail. State’s Attorney Martin L. Ingram ordered the transfer. The suspect, described as of low mentality, admitted starting the Avers Brothers warehouse blaze but witnesses dispute the claim. A special insurance investigator assists, and the inquiry continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin L. Ingram
Avers Brothers
Evers
Supervisors Meeting To Plan Election
The Board of Election Supervisors is meeting this afternoon to ward the contract for printing of the ballots and to further perfect plans for the holding of the election on November 7. The Board is still receiving applications for absentee ballots and dispatching them the same day the requests are received.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Argentina Recalls Battle Observer From London Attache Post
London October recall of Col Pablo Bereta, Argentina's military attaché in London, follows withdrawal of invitation to visit Allied western front. Bereta is recalled amid diplomatic tension with Britain and altered front visit plans.
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London
Argentina
Pablo Bereta
Western Front
Three-Pronged Battle Sinks Japanese Carriers Near Philippines
U S Pacific Fleet reports a major naval engagement with the sinking of a large Japanese carrier and damage to several more warships. The light carrier Princeton was lost. 133 officers and 1,227 crewmen were saved. Japanese losses include 159 planes and several ships. The clash began Monday and continued Tuesday as U S forces repelled the attack.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Philippines
U.S.S. Princeton
William F. Halsey
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
Princeton
Nimitz
U. S
Liscombhe
Marshall Islands
Yanks Take San Pablo Airfield on Leyte Front
General Douglas MacArthur announced the capture of the San Pablo airdrome on Leyte, seven miles inland from Dulag, marking the third airfield seized in the Philippine campaign. Four thousand guerrillas aided the assault, gathering intelligence and guiding evacuations before the landings.
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San Pablo
Douglas MacArthur
Voice of Freedom
Leyte
Dulag
Leyte Battlefront
Philippines
Tacloban
al Copking
Associated Press
Ruperto Nangelon
U.S
Mass Worker Meeting Monday in Hagerstown
A mass meeting of members and delegates of Hagerstown labor unions is set for Monday at 7:30 PM at the UAW hall on West Franklin Street. Roy T. Miller, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen official, says plans to haul workers to the polls on November 7 and to distribute literature and mobilize turnout have been agreed with UAW CIO and AF of L representatives. The meeting emphasizes re election of Franklin D. Roosevelt and urges broad local union attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
UAW
West Franklin Street
Roy T. Miller
Brotherhood of Railroad
Joseph Craig
Uaw-Cio
Lester Lushbaugh
A. PF. IL
Miller
Iie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
German POWs Pick More Fruit in Hancock Apple Harvest
German prisoners of war in the Hancock fruit belt are harvesting more apples per day. J Andrew Cahill of the Hancock Fruit Growers Association notes production rise from about 25 to 40 45 bushels daily despite labor shortages and wet days. Prisoners are allowed to return after quota but many prefer to stay working in the orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock Fruit Belt
J. Andrew Cahill
Hancock Fruit Growers Association
Hancock
Cahill
Lowever
New Jug Bridge Near Frederick Opens By Jan 1
A State Roads Commission engineer said the new F46000 bridge over the Monocacy River near Frederick is about 95 percent complete and could open around January. Material shortages and labor slowdowns extended the project from the planned 159 working days to 455 by mid October. Delays were caused by shifting priorities for reinforced steel and late project start.
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State Roads Commission
Monocacy River
Frederick
Walter C. Hopkins
Rante
Ia Cauntraelon
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Harold Kiser
Leo H. Ward
Pvt. Ward
Woodland Way
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Berlin
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Penal Farm
United States
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