Freighter aground off Jersey coast in northeast storm
A 10,000 ton freighter was aground in heavy surf off Belmar New Jersey amid a severe northeast storm. Coast guardsmen reportedly boarded the stricken ship and some survivors were brought ashore as flares were sighted offshore before dawn. Police noted the vessel driven near the Boardwalk pavilion along the Atlantic coast.
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Belmer
N. J
Atlantic Ocean
Patrick McGurn
Coast
Coast Guard
Army
Thirteenth Avenue
New Jersey
Atlantic Seaboard
Democratic Women Meet In Baltimore
United Democratic Women's Clubs of Maryland convened in Baltimore to plan individual club participation in the 1944 national election and to renew the bid for a women jury service bill at the General Assembly. Mrs. Brewer Stouffer of Hagerstown is state chairman.
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Baltimore
United Democratic Women's Clubs of
Maryland
General Assembly
Brewer Stouffer
Hagerstown
Western Maryland railroad posts nine month income
Baltimore October 27 The Western Maryland railroad reported a net income of 3,787,452 for the first nine months of this year. The figure equals 21.34 a share on the 7 percent first preferred stock. Unpaid dividend accumulations on this stock as of October 1 stood at 141.75 a share.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland Railroad
Allies Press Italy Front In Morning Advance
Allied troops push three to six miles inland taking Civita Campomanara and Acqua Viva Collectoce below the Trigno river as German rearguards withdraw to new mountain fortifications guarding Rome. Yanks hold high ground near Massico ridge and Mad Dog hill with heavy fighting mainly on the Eighth Army front. Canadian troops excel as the Nazis concentrate defenses along the Vinchiaturo Isernia corridor.
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Algiers
Trigno
Italy
Rome
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Civita Campomanara
Acquaviva Collectoce
Massico Ridge
Mad Dog Hill
Raviscanina
Francolise
Vinchiaturo
Isernia
Venafro
Rain Helps Wheat. Simultaneous Storm Lowers Goal
A southeaster drenched the area with 1.30 inches of rain, aiding recently planted winter wheat. Keedysville observer notes 1.30 inches since Sunday night, October total 2.26 inches against 3.16 average. Potomac levels rose little. Edgemont reservoir gained 3 feet but remains only one third full amid scarce mountain water. Baltimore area totals reached 4.46 inches since Sunday night.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Potomac River
Antietam Creek
Edgemont
Hagerstown
Vatican Sees Normal Conditions Amid Pitiful Rome Situation
Jose Manuel Llobet an Argentine rater to the Vatican says conditions in the Vatican are perfectly normal while calling the Holy See a truly pitiful situation. He reports Pope Pius XII in good health and daily religious services held, as in normal times, during a six day journey from Rome.
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Spain
Jose Manuel Llobet
Vatican
Deoe
Stee
Rome
Army News Service Seeks Expanded Local News Review
The Daily Mail is asked to prepare another 1,200 word review of Hagerstown and Washington county items for overseas radio broadcasts. An earlier 1,000 word report covering deaths marriages sports changes and personalities was praised, prompting the request. Hagerstown is among three Maryland communities selected for the program.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Army News Service
New York City
Daily Mail
Maryland
Churchill Offered Big Amount For War Story
Don Iddon of the Daily Mail reports an unnamed American publisher offered Prime Minister Churchill 250000 dollars to write his own war story after it ends. Churchill has not yet accepted or refused.
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London
Don Iddon
New York
The
Daily Mail
Dispatch Today
Churchill
Iddon
Four Years For Stealing Bundles For Britain
Willis Herbert King a 61 year old clerk was convicted of stealing $48 000 worth of clothing donated by Bundles for Britain He was sentenced to four years in prison The judge noted $42 000 of the stolen goods had been recovered and the case involved charity donations in London on October 27.
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London
Britain
Willis Herbert King
Police Captain Ill From Sudden Collapse At Headquarters
Captain William H. Peters fell ill at Police Headquarters Monday after noon and toppled, cutting his head. He remained in his hotel apartment but is reported as improving.
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William H. Peters
Labor Front Interment As Coal Miners Cool To New Wage Plan
Washington, Oct 27. Strikes loom in coal and railroads as the War Labor Board proposed a substitute for the Illinois wage model, with a deadline for mining resumption set for tomorrow. Fifteen non-operating rail unions join five transportation bodies in strike votes. John J. Lewis, UMW president, is indisposed and would not comment. a union spokesman says the board has sinned away its day of grace and doubts the plan will be accepted.
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Washington
Labor Front
War Labor Board
WLB
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Witnois
Britons Do Not Favor Exterminating Nazis
A poll by Prof. A M Low reported by the Sunday Chronicle shows few Britons would endorse exterminating all Germans even amid war fervor. Readers were asked if a button could kill every German by a single press. the "no" answer predominated though Harry Seccombe of Manchester said, "Where is that button? I'd push it."
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London
A. M. Low
Sunday Chronicle
Low
Germany
Harry Seccombe
Manchester
Missing submarine Runner reported overdue by Navy
Washington October 27 The Navy announced the submarine Runner is overdue and presumed lost in the Pacific. It was a 1525 ton vessel with about 65 crew under Lieut Comdr Joseph H Bourland 33 listed as missing in action. Next of kin notified and official communique No 477 issued.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
United States
Joseph H. Bourland
Gertrude P. Bourland
West End Avenue
New York City
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
County Farmers Retaining Stock
Farm officials say Washington county farmers keep livestock despite feed shortages. Sales this fall are only slightly higher than before, as owners hold onto cattle and hogs to survive winter with slim hay and grain.
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Washington County
Mary
Antigen Inoculation Begins Next Week
Health Officer W R Willard announced that pneumonia antigen supplies have arrived for local industrial employees and inoculation will begin next week on a voluntary, free of charge basis. Letters are being sent to industries to schedule administration. Washington county uses this experimental method as a proving ground with eleven thousand inoculated last year and a target of ten thousand this year.
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W. R. Willard
Washington County
Willard
Stolen Securities and Papers Trigger Sheriff Appeal
Cornelius Schindler, an aeronautical engineer near Millstone, reports a metal strongbox containing foreign securities worth substantial value and U S war bonds, naturalization papers, diplomas, birth and stock certificates, contracts, and jewelry missing. He sought help after advertising a 225 reward failed to recover the items. Deputy Leister Isanogle investigates with several clues aiming for an arrest.
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Cornelius Schindler
Millstone
Schindler
J. B. Huyett
Huyett
U. S
Leister Isanogle
Dow Strader To Address Red Cross Meeting
Dow Strader field director of the American Red Cross Carlisle Barracks will be the principal speaker at the Washington County Chapter Red Cross annual open meeting and dinner at Christ's Reformed church Wednesday November 3 at 630 pm He will discuss Red Cross service to the armed forces The meeting is open to the public officers will be elected Dinner served by the Red Cross Casteen groups will use unrationed foods Reservations due by noon Monday November 1 at Red Cross Headquarters West Washington Street
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Dow Strader
American Red Cross
Carlisle Barracks
Carlisle
Washington County
The
Red Cross
Christ's Reformed Church
Strader
West Washington Street
Non-Available Shells Have A Ceiling Price
The notice states shotgun shells are unavailable but when available prices are fixed by the CPA. Local dealers report ceiling prices of 7 cents for shotgun shells, 10 cents for high calibre rifle shells, and 1 cent for 22 calibre rifle shells. The Ration Board claims no knowledge of the regulation though dealers know of it from trade journals.
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CPA
Arrested man jailed after second drunk charge in two days
Vincent S. Ott, 26, of Wilmington, Del., lacking funds, was arrested Monday night on a drunk and disorderly charge. He was found with $40 in cash when nabbed again yesterday. Before Magistrate Harry E. Snyder he received 20 days in jail. Snyder had suspended sentence yesterday on Ott’s promise to leave the city.
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Vincent S. Ott
Wilmington
Del
Ott
Harry E. Snyder
Snyder
Bainbridge recruits puzzled by fathers joining draft unit
At Bainbridge Naval Training Station a company of 135 recruits includes 42 fathers and grandfathers. Officers said the presence of so many veteran relatives created a curious scene as the unit coped with patriotic duty amid the hullabaloo of the draft.
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Bainbridge, Ma
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
German Propaganda Lets Bars Down on Eastern Front
Madrid dispatch quotes German sources praising Soviet strength on the Dnieper bend and Russia’s war production. Berlin spokesmen claim the Red Army is vast, largely home produced, with production beyond Allied grasp. The piece notes old Berlin theses urging Britain and the United States to fear Stalin’s strength.
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Charles S. Foltz
Madrid
Red Army
Berlin
United States
Britain
Marshal Stalin
Germany
Europe
Russia
Dnieper Bend
Urals
Typographical Error Prompts WAG Day Proclamation
A typographical error in Springfield Mass caused a misprint in a proclamation by acting mayor J Albin Anderson Jr. calling for observ ance of WAG Day urging women to enlist to relieve able young soldiers for more tactical duties.
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Springfield
Mass
WACS
J. Albin Anderson, Jr
Army Waiver Lets Giant Enlist at Fort Meade
John Clayton Sherrill of York Pennsylvania, six feet seven and a half inches, finally won a six foot six inch height rule waiver after five enlistment attempts spanning nearly four years. Arriving at Fort Meade he quickly shed civilian looks as oversized apparel flooded in, replacing doubt with uniformed presence. The Army’s size policy initially blocked him, but the exception proved sufficient to enlist him in.
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Fort George G. Meade
Army
John Clayton Sherrill
York
Sherill
Fort Meade
Starvation Claims 100000 Lives Weekly in Bengal
Indian journalist K Santhanam warned in the Hindu Standard Times that about 100000 people die weekly from starvation in Bengal. He said the toll would rise each week through December after studying the famine situation.
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New Dehli
Bengal
K. Santhanam
Central Legislative Assembly
Hindustani Times Today
Texas Couple Slain in West Texas Murder Mystery
In Littlefield Texas residents vow a $10,000 reward after Dr Roy Hunt and his wife are found bound to their bed with possible anesthesia. A town meeting raised $3,500 toward solving the case as police search for a single clue to the brutal killings.
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Littlefield
Texas
West Texas
Roy Hunt
A. C. Chessher
Remind Of Ration Registration Hours
The ration office reminds all that registration hours for Ration Book 4 are 3 to 8 30 p m today and tomorrow at city and county public schools. Hours will be the same on Friday. One person may handle the transaction for the entire family.
Stairway Collapse Kills Dozens in Izamal Church Parsing
Authorities say 48 people died and more than 80 were injured when a stone stairway in front of a church collapsed during an impromptu bullfight in Izamal, 40 miles from MADRID area. The accident occurred Monday, with prior death estimates ranging from 38 to 100.
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Madrid
Mexico
Izamal
Local Dealers Plead for More Coal From Ickes
Hagerstown coal dealers report dwindling bituminous stocks and no new shipments. They appeal to Secretary Harold Ickes for an allocation, noting truckers have left and public demand remains high while run of mine coal is available. Regional Philadelphia office says cooperation is possible as Great Lakes routes seasonally freeze.
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Hagerstown
Harold L. Ickes
Solid Fuels
Ickes
Philadelphia
Great Lakes
Pincers Close on German Army in Ukraine Front
Soviet troops press the Dnieper bend as Krivoi Rog comes under threat. Berlin reports a large withdrawal while Moscow claims a decisive pincers operation north and south of Melitopol with heavy German losses, amid a big tank battle toward Kremenchug. Severely cautious tone hints at imminent fall of Krivoi Rog.
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London
Krivoi Rog
Stalingrad
Dnieper Bend
Berlin
Melitopol
Smolensk
Kremenchug
Germany
Dnieper River
Karnovatka
Saksahant
Italy
Weseloye
Tough Wily Foe King Calls Japs on Navy Day
Admiral Ernest J. King described Japan as a tough foe willing to sacrifice life for hate and outlined plans to push back to Japan, speed their return, and disrupt their lines of communication. He noted Navy aims while Europe sees improved Allied fortunes as U-boats falter and Italy joins the anti Nazi fight.
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Indianapolis
Ernest J. King
King
United States Fleet
Navy Day
Japan
Europe
America
Italy
Grand Officers Visit St Bernard Commandery
Schuyler Blackburn, Right Eminent Commander of Maryland Knights Templar, will make the annual official visit to St. Bernard Commandery in this city tomorrow evening. He will be joined by other Grand officers. The meeting starts at 5 o'clock with officials to follow.
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Schuyler Blackburn
Baltimora
Grand Commandery of
Maryland
Knights Templlar
St. Bernard Commandery
Follswedt Sypthe
Massric
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Jersey Coast
W. M
Labor Board
Five Transportation Brotherhoods
Lewis
Runner
Pacific Area
Pocahontas
Homeland
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