Nazis Launch Heavy Assault In Holland
British forces face a German counterattack along a 10 mile front in West Holland after a heavy artillery bombardment. Field Marshal Von Model aims to relieve pincers while Canadian and British forces push west of the Schelde to open Antwerp. A landing near Hansweert failed as Canadian spearheads advance from the east.
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London
Walter von Model
Holland
Venlo
Roermond
van Model
Schelde
Antwerp
Beveland Island
Berlin
Hoedekenskerke
Price Panel Clears Two Of Three In Hagerstown Price Violations
Three cases concerning alleged OPA ceiling price violations in Hagerstown were heard by the Price Panel of the Ration Board. Two defendants were exonerated and the third referred to the Baltimore Enforcement Division for failure to appear. The dealer in a used truck was found not to have wilfully violated prices. a refrigerator part case found records supported the price. the appliance store case, due to nonattendance, was sent to Baltimore for action.
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Hagerstown
Ration Board
Baltimore
Abov
OPA Enforcement Division
OPA
Cold Snap Expected As Northwest Wind Hits Washington
A strong northwest wind brings freezing weather to Washington county tonight. Weather observer J A Miller at Keedysville notes a low of 36 degrees this morning and expects the coldest fall weather by tomorrow. He recalls October chills, mentioning a 2 inch snow event on October 30 eighteen years ago. Farmers have finished winter wheat planting and are husking corn.
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Washington County
Weather Bureau
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Mr. Miller
Sharrett Motors Reports Robbery
Sharrett Motors on East Baltimore Street reported a burglary last night. Sixty five gallons of gas and a flashlight were stolen from the garage, two vending machines were forced open but nothing appears missing. Patrolmen Wolford and N Smith investigate.
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Sharrett Motors
Baltimore Street
Wolford
N. Smith
Japs Admit More Warships Lost After Tokyo Broadcast
San Francisco reports Japan conceded further naval losses in a Tokyo radio broadcast. The acknowledgment includes an aircraft carrier and two cruisers plus destroyers, alongside previously announced ships. Japan also said one carrier was damaged and 126 planes failed to return.
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San Francisco
Japan
Tokyo
Blue
Burgess Meredith to Play Ernie Pyle in Film
Burgess Meredith, on the army's inactive list, will portray newspaper columnist Ernie Pyle in the film G. T. Joe. Producer Lester Cowan announced the casting at Holtwood October 27 and noted the project co stars.
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Holt.y Wood
Burgess Meredith
Army
Ernie Pyle
Lester Cowan
Grace Unit ed Brethren Board opposes Sunday beer sale
The Grace United Brethren church board issued a formal resolution at a last night meeting opposing Sunday beer sales and urging its members to vote against the measure on Tuesday November 7.
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Board of
Grace United Brethren Church
Child Duke Brooks flown to Johns Hopkins in critical condition
Five-week-old Robert Brooks of Cumberland was flown by local pilot Richard Carson to Baltimore for treatment of an enlarged heart. Physicians said the infant remained in critical condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Carson piloted the trip through fog and rain with the child's father aboard.
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Robert Brooks
Cumberland
Richard
Kit) Carson
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Carson
Famous church destroyed in Berlin raid
Berlin's Church of St Nicholas, an 1247 completion date and long noted for its tombs, was destroyed in a recent raid, the German Transocean agency reported. The church was regarded as the oldest building in Berlin.
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London
Berlin
Roosevelt Heads To Campaign Tour Across Battleground States
President Roosevelt departs for two days of campaigning through Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Indiana and Illinois as part of a bid with 95 electoral votes. His Philadelphia address at Shibe Park will focus on war policy with a Chicago speech expected to respond to Governor Dewey’s honesty in government remarks. He will also hold informal talks from his train platform in Wilmington.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Indiana
Illinois
Stephen Earry
Shibe Park
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
FDR urges big vote to speak for democracy world
President Roosevelt opened a two day campaign for electoral votes in five states and urged a large November ballot to champion democracy. He praised Wilmington labor for wartime contributions and urged voters to turn out on November 7. He mocked Republican rhetoric, recalling Lincoln and Douglas to critique current opponents.
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Wilmington
Del
Roosevelt
Long Missing Son Surprises Mother
In Wheaton Illinois a mother who waited six months for word of her missing Air Medal recipient son Edward L. Price 28 a gunner in a crash over Germany was stunned when he knocked at her door last Wednesday night saying hello mom He had bailed out in enemy territory and kept secret his location until the surprise reunion.
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Wheaton
Ill
Germany
Birdie Betzel
War Department
Edward L. Price
Auto Stolen From Franklin Street Rear
De Soto convertible coupe owned by Ross Cronise was taken from the rear of 53 West Franklin Street last night. Police report notes this is the first car theft in weeks in the area.
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de Soto
Ross Cronise
West Franklin Street
Roosevelt Campaign Broadcasts Across Cities Tonight
Radio listings show CBS and NBC feeds presenting President Roosevelt from Philadelphia Chicago and Hollywood. Sponsors include Business Men for Roosevelt and the Democratic National Committee with a 5 minute Humphrey Bogart segment from Hollywood and additional network announcements.
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CBS
President Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Business
Roosevelt
Ing
NBC
Blu
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Humphrey Bogart
Hollywood
Marines On Guam Kill Japs At A Ratio Of 34-1
Figures show that from August 9 to September 11 the Marines killed 1,583 Japanese with 47 Marines killed. In the period August 24 to September 11, 789 Japanese were killed with only three American deaths, an extraordinary ratio. Counts reflect enemy burials after resistance ended.
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Guam
Roosevelt address to be broadcast at Grice building meeting
Democratic Club members gather at the Grice building tonight for a special meeting chaired by Harold F. Bester to hear President Roosevelt speak from Shibe Park Philadelphia at 9 o clock. A radio will be installed and leaders will receive final instructions to boost turnout on November 7 and plan a rally next week. District and precinct leaders are to attend for last minute campaign guidance.
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Democratic Club
Grice Building
Roosevelt
Harold F. Bester
County Campaign Committee
Shibe Park
Philadelphia
Actress Weds Art Director Gibbons
Hollywood reports Hazel Brooks a 19 year old actress and Cedric Gibbons 49 screen art director had held a marriage license for two months before using it. They revealed they decided to marry while dining the previous evening and were wed by a justice of the peace. Gibbons had prior marriages to Dolores Del Rio and Gwendolyn Walker.
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Hollywood
Hazel Brooks
Cedric Gibbons
Gibbons
Dolores del Rio
Gwendolyn Walker
Wonder Drug May End Social Diseases
The U S Public Health Service said a penicillin report to be released in St Louis next month may predict eradicating syphilis and gonorrhea from communicable diseases. The findings will be part of the national postwar venereal disease control conference scheduled November 9 to 11.
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Washington
St. Louis
U. S. Public Health Service
East Prussians Fleeing Before Onrushing Reds
London report on October 27 says Gumbinnen evacuation accelerates as Red Army advances. Moscow says Grunweitschen Gud dino Shirgallen Amalienhof captured and Russians pressing toward Gumbinnen amid fierce hand to hand fighting with Nazi forces. Berlin notes large scale battles and heavy Nazi casualties along Kaunas Konigsberg highway.
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London
Gumbinnen
Moscow
Red
Grunweitschen
Guddino
Shirgallen
Amalienhof
Konigsberg
East Prussia
Red Army
Kaunas
Berlin
War Vets For F D R Committee Name County Chairmen
An aggressive campaign for President Roosevelt is organized by the Maryland War Veterans Committee across 23 counties. Joseph A. Cantrey is general chairman with Mrs J Bailey Mercer heading Women War Veterans and Richard Manning as secretary. William Preston Lane Jr and W Lee Elgin join the county advisory group, while Brewer L Stouffer becomes Washington county chairman.
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Roosevelt
Maryland War Veterans Committee
Maryland
Joseph A. Cantrey
J. Bailey Mercer
Women War Veterans
Richard Manning
William Preston Lane, Jr
W. Lee Elgin
Brewer L. Stouffer
Washington County
Veterans’ Group
Allies Pound Germans in Greece as Retreating Forces Pressed
Allied war planes kept a round the clock pounding of German troops retreating northward through Greece as ground forces and Greek guerillas harassed rearguards in the Larisa region. Three enemy road convoys in Albania were attacked and several vehicles destroyed. one Allied plane was missing.
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Rome
Greece
Larisa
Albania
Soldier Stockslager Wounded in Action in Germany
Pfc. Robert E. Stockslager, son of Mr and Mrs L C Stockslager of Hagerstown Rt 3, was slightly wounded in action in Germany on October 7, according to a telegram from the War Department received by his parents.
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Robert E. Stockslager
L. C. Stockslager
Hagerstown Rt. 3
Germany
War Department
Grove Firebug Confessed to Setting Four Fires
Richard C Grove 31 confessed to police that he set four recent fires causing over 140000 in damage He boasted of playing hide and seek with officers and said he would have burned the town down if not caught Neighbors helped trap him and state authorities retained former Greene Woltinger to represent him Grove served in the army signal corps and worked as a stock clerk on North Potomac Street in his residence on West Wilson Boulevard
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City
Richard Cecil Grove
William H. Peters
Grove
D. Angle Woltinger
North Potomac Street
Army
Signal Corps
West Wilson Boulevard
Pvt H R Palmer Killed In Action In Holland
Pvt Harry R Palmer aged 19 son of Mr and Mrs Fred R Palmer of Paper Mill road and Pang born boulevard was killed in action in Holland on October 5 per War Department telegram. He entered service September 1943 and went overseas May this year. He was in an infantry unit and survived by three sisters Rosalie Genevieve and Betty and his parents.
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Harry R. Palmer
Fred R. Palmer
Paper Mill Road
Pangborn Boulevard
Holland
War Department
Pvt
Palmer
Lappans School
Hagerstown
Rosalie
Genevieve
Betty
Sgt Frank E Bishop Wounded in Action in Germany
Sgt Frank E Bishop son of Mr and Mrs Frank E Bishop Sr of 1106 South Potomac street and husband of Wanda Day Bishop near Funkstown has been wounded in action for the second time since D Day this time seriously He was earlier slightly wounded June 7 in Normandy recovered and returned to the 29th Division He had been awarded the Purple Heart and sent the medal to his wife
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Frank E. Bishop
South Potomac Street
Wanda
Day) Bishop
Funkstown
Normandy
Set. Bishop
Hagerstown High School
Fairchild Aircraft
Germany
Derailment Blocks Harpers Ferry Bridge Traffic
A Baltimore & Ohio freight locomotive derailed on the Harpers Ferry bridge over the Potomac River late yesterday, halting Route 340 for over three hours. The engine toppled the side rail and hung over the river as state police rerouted traffic via Brunswick into Washington County until the bridge reopened. No freight cars left the tracks and they carried stone.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
Brunswick
Washington County
Well-Stocked Baltimore Guest Room Items Under Police Note
A guest at a downtown hotel in Baltimore died during dinner. Police found in his room thirteen full bottles of whisky and fourteen partials, eight hats, fourteen coats, two alarm clocks, two gasoline ration coupons and other items including ties, shorts, shoes, girdle, chewing gum, pants, decks of cards. He was undergoing treatment for a heart ailment.
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Baltimore
Yank Invaders Now Hold 40 Mile Front On Leyte
American doughboys drive a 40 mile invasion front on Leyte island and advance inland to liberate 15 more communities. The 10th and 24th Army Corps join to control Leyte's eastern coast from the northern tip to Dulag. Operations include tank-led advances, repulsed Japanese counterattacks on Samar, and air superiority with 76 Japanese aircraft shot down during raids.
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MacArthur
HDQS
Leyte
Philippines
Palo
Samar
Dulag
Tanauan
Taeloban
Leyte Valley
Buri
Resolution Supports F D R
A resolution backing the reelection of Franklin D Roosevelt will be presented to the AFL Central Labor Union of Washington county at its November 2 meeting for consideration and adoption. The resolution cites the crucial election period and argues Roosevelt is suited to complete wartime aims and lay groundwork for lasting peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
A. F. L. Central Labor Union
Washington County
A. F. L. Allegany Trades Council of Cumberland
AFL
Roosevelt
Millions Trained for War Production Reported
Washington on October 27 reports 3.76 million Americans have received special training for war production. The Office of War Information states this is to boost industrial productivity and expand the nation’s postwar capacity.
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Washington
Office of War Information
First Snow Grips New York On Start Of Day
The first snow of the season fell as a wind driven mix of rain and snow greeted New Yorkers commuting to work. Temperatures hovered around 41 degrees as flakes melted on impact.
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New York
Pio
Amazing Gamble Sinks Japanese Fleet Off Leyte
U S Pacific Fleet reports a bold gamble near Leyte Gulf paid off with the sinking or damaging of 27 Japanese warships including three carriers and 10 battleships. Admiral Kinkaid split his force to collide with two enemy fleets while Halsey’s forces struck from Formosa waters, as MacArthur’s landings continued.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal
America
Leyte
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Mindanao
Japan
Kinkaid
Adm
William F. Halsey
JrZs Srd
Formosa
Dean Schedler
Governor Names Advisory Group for Veterans in Washington County
Gov. Herbert H. O Conor announced appointments to the County Veterans Advisory Committee of Washington County. The appointees include J. Vincent Jamison Jr. and others, to coordinate with the Maryland Veterans Advisory Committee. The goal is to assist returning veterans in obtaining benefits and educational aid by providing local guidance and simplifying access to multiple agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert H. O'Conor
County Veterans’ Advisory—committee of
Washington
J. Vincent Jamison
Dom $S. Valentine
Leister Mobley Sheeman BE. Snodderly
Peter Buys
Earl D. Huvett
Hagerstown
David K. Cushna
Williamspark
O'Conor
Maryland Veterans Advisory Committee
Peking
Sovernor
Hagerstown Widow Claims Estate After Advertisements
Mrs Dorothy Louise Peddi cord of Hagerstown walked into the Frederick Wills Office to claim the estate of her late husband Harry A Peddi cord of near Mr Airy. She had been separated since 1957 and believed he still lived. The notice mentions locating the deceased’s heirs and related probate steps.
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Dorothy Louise Peddicord
Hagerstown
Frederick Register of Wills Ofice
Harry A. Peddicord
Airy
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Red Cross
Burgess
F.D.R
FDR
Big Vote
Thomas C. Kinkaid
7Th Fleet
U. S
H. R. Palmer
A.F.L
Allegany
Thomas C. Iinkaid
Leyte Gulf
Governor Names Advisory Group
Maryland Veterans’ Group
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