Invasion Drives Japanese From Samar and Leyte
General MacArthur’s invasion forces push through Samar as bombers hunt Japanese remnants. Filipino guerrillas aid the advance toward Manila, with Leyte airfields now used by land-based fighters. Barbologan falls to Sibert’s 10th Corps as more than 14,000 Allied casualties are reported in the campaign.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Samar Island
Manila
Leyte
Nippon
Bataan
Samar
Luzon
Barbalogan
Alas
Franklin C. Sibert
Polling Places Listed for General Election Tuesday
Voters are directed to a county-wide advertisement detailing polling locations for the general election on Tuesday November 7. Polls open at 6 am and close at 6 pm with few exceptions. locations largely mirror those from the May primary. The Board of Election Supervisors will be available for inquiries, and chief judges must report November 6 to sworn in ballots and supplies, then swear in other election day personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doub
Board of Election
Continued Scarcity Of Farm Labor Seen
Washington Oct 28 Brig Gen Philip G Brunton director of the War Food Administration predicted that farm labor scarcity will continue next year and after the war. He said there will still be a need for foreign labor on farms next year and noted he would seek a smaller appropriation for the WFA labor office for the 1945 calendar year. The 1944 appropriation was 80 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CPA
Philip G. Brunton
War Food Administration
WFA
Weeping Handkerchiefs Presented to Judge Donoghue Court
In Chicago on December 28 an additional dozen handkerchiefs were added to the supply for weeping witnesses in Judge Frank E. Donoghue's women's court. Two Big Sisters Society members presented the gifts after learning of the judge's difficulties obtaining enough handkerchiefs.
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Chicago
Get
Frank E. Donoghue
Women’s Court
Big Sisters Society
Donoghue
Allied landings seize Piscopi island near Rhodes
Allied troops landed from the British cruiser Sirius and occupied Piscopi, a small mountainous island in the Dodecanese northwest of Rhodes, on the night of October 28. Allied headquarters announced the occupation, noting Piscopi lies about 25 miles from Rhodes and was previously held by Turkey and now claimed by Greece.
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Rome
Sirius
Piscopi
Rhodes
Traly
Greece
Jap Fleet Smashed By Classic Naval Maneuver At Surigao
Allied warships used the Tsushima strike to crush a Japanese task force in the Surigao Straits off the Philippines. Rear Admiral J. Oldendorff said the fleet crossed the T, exploiting speed and leadership to overwhelm Nipponese ships and protect the Leyte beachhead amid heavy, precise fire.
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Russell Brines
Associated Press
Surigao Straits
Japan
Togo
Tsushima
Jesse Oldendorf
Leyte
Philippines
Tokyo
Mikado
Jellicoe
Togoso
Sushima
Porter Named Chairman of North American Cement Corp
Porter, former president of North American Cement, is named chairman of the board. Thomas J. Duarte, formerly executive vice president, becomes president of the corporation in today's announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
N. A. Cement Corp
Mercury Drops To 29 In Local Night Chill
Keedyville weather observer noted temperatures plunged to 29 degrees overnight, beating the fall cold spell of record earlier this season. Mr Miller recalled Monday's readings and mentioned no warmer day since. Snowfall was mentioned as possible in October, with prior snows reported in the area.
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J. A. Milles
Keedy
Ville
Mercury
Miller
Jap Fleet Loses 40 Warships in Pacific Smash
U S Pacific Fleet reports American planes and surface ships hunted Japanese warships after a crippling clash in the Philippines. Japan likely lost four ships, with its fleet strength reduced by half. six American ships were lost in three key engagements.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
South China
Sulu Sea
Princeton
America
Japan
Roosevelt Backed by State Official at Democratic Club Meet
W. Lee Elgin, State Motor Vehicle Commissioner, told a rousing Democratic Club gathering in the Grive Building last night that he supports President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He praised the President for sincerely seeking to make the United States and the world better, saying Roosevelt has helped all, especially the working man and woman. The former Hagerstown mayor urged truthful belief in the President’s efforts. (Continued on Page 10).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Lee Elgin
Democratic Club
Grive
Franklin D. Roosevel
United States
Hagerstown
Police seek 77-year-old Bruce Fisher missing near Greencastle
Mrs. Glenn Ogie of Greencastle asks police to locate her father Bruce Fisher, 77, who left home two days ago and may be bewildered. A description was given to officers to aid the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Ogie
Greencastle
Royal Poties
Bruce Fisher
Theft Reported Of Rock Chair From Porch
Mrs Nellie A Shank of Snyder reported to police this morning the theft of a rock chair from the front porch of her home The police warn that Halloween pranks are being looked at seriously and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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Nellie A. Shank
Snyder
Dpolice
Hallowe'en
Decorated flier laments limited sightseeing during war service
Lt Richard Sienger, highly decorated for Air Medal, a DFC and 82 missions on a B 17, returns home on leave. He notes he flew with the 7th Squadron of the 489th Bombing Group, faced weather delays, and recalls one harrowing mission when the Black Widow was crippled by flak off the rocket coast.
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Richard Sienger
Eurepe
France
Stenger
Beverly Maser
Antietam Heights
The
Pangbarn Corp
Edgar Stenger
Mercershire
Sterger
Greencastle
Columbia Basi Ss Mloge
England
489Th
Soya Company Buys Hershey Mill Property
The Soya Corporation of America took title to the Hershey Milling Company on McPherson Street. The $25,000 purchase was the week’s largest real estate deal as the market remained active with total sales near $150,000. Other transactions included Hassell to Friedell on Hamilton Boulevard and several farm and property transfers in Hancock, Sharpsburg, Cavetown, Williamsport, and Smithsburg districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soya Corporation of America
Hershey Milling Company
McPherson Street
Soya Corporation
Federal Milling Co
William T. Hassell, Jr
William J. Friedell
Hamilton Blvd
Gilmore Seville
Sallie Harris
Hancock
Frances P. Gaines
Helen F. Gaines
Sharpsburg
Williamsport
Charles (. Frey
B. Irvin Beck
Cavetown
Blanche J. Sharer
Wilbur L. Keefauver
Summit Avenue
Rachel B. Witsell
Samuel M. McDonough
Smithsburg
Aero Oil Company
Hoffman, Chevrolet
Sales, Inc
West Washington Street
Harold H. Hutson
M. Louise Geary
Fry Avenue
Mildred J. Reed
Wilbur
Water main break halts city water in Williamsport area
A break in the main water line cut service from Glenside avenue south to U1st section of railroad before 11 last night. Repairs began immediately and are expected to finish early this afternoon restoring supply to the affected sections. City water office reports heavy calls from residents while Hagerstown customers remain supplied from the Potomac River pumping station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
U1st
Raifway
Glenside Avenue
Hagerstown
Potomac River
Renairs
Westal
Nazi Torture Camp To Shelter Refugees
The largest concentration camp in the Netherlands near Vught, which claimed about 20 000 lives under German torturers, was being transformed into a refugee shelter by Allied civil affairs officials after the estate fell into Allied hands. Witness accounts describe extreme overcrowding and brutal beatings, with deaths and severe injuries among inmates during forcible confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
Pim
Aled Civil Af S
Vagnt
Myewlinesses
Argentina Seeks Pan American Ministers Conference
Buenos Aires reports Argentina asked the Pan American Union to convene a conference of foreign ministers of all American nations to determine its international status and seek an adequate solution. Memoranda forwarded allege Argentina has not fulfilled its international obligations, a matter of continental interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Oor
Argonne LaVormient
PansAmerican Union
Argentina
Divorce Granted to Virginia Sain in Sattan Case
Virginia A Sain was granted a divorce from Thomas A Sattorney Calvert Wo Tiare the complaintant in the case. The court issued the decree after reviewing the petition and related documents in the legality matter.
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Virginia A
Thomas A. Sattorney Calvert
Killed In Action Pvt Harry R Palmer Dies in Holland
Private Harry R Palmer, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Fred R Palmer of Paper Mill Road and Pangborn Boulevard, was killed in action in Holland on October 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry R. Palmer
Fred R. Palmer
Paper Mill Road
Pangborn /Boulevard
Holland
Sharpsburg Rally Tuesday by Roosevelt-Tydings group
A Wo men's Democratic Club backed rally in Sharpsburg Community Hall Tuesday evening October 1 will feature Mayor Richard H. Sweeney of Hagerstown and labor leader Robert B. Surder as speakers. State Senator E Stuart Ligheong will preside in Hutsell’s absence. crowd expected to be among the largest in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Democratic Club
Sharpsburg
Richard H. Sweeney
Hagerstown
Robert B. Surder
Alice Hutsell
E. Stuart Ligghong
Squthern
Wanted To See His Soldier Daddy
Four year old Jimmy Young of Corinth Mississippi rode a Memphis bound train alone seeking his soldier father Private Homer Young at Fort McPherson Georgia. He arrived in Memphis last night with no baggage or relatives and no ticket, traveling in the wrong direction until a railroad official helped. His family and grandfather Joan Brady learned of the boy’s plan after he reached Memphis.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jimmy Young
Corinth
Miss
Jimmy
Homer Young
Fort McPherson
Joan Brady
Peacetime Universal Military Training Split at Chamber
The Tragerstown Chamber of Commerce debated universal peacetime military training for youths. Board members split on the referendum supporting a universal training program for young men, with completion leading non-enlistees to reserve components. one member abstained.
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Tragerstown
Japs Raid Super-Fort Base in West China
A Japanese bomber force attacked a Superfortress base in West China last night. Fewer than a dozen planes penetrated defenses and scored three hits while the others were intercepted. Cargo planes and two tacts were damaged. two aircraft were driven off by fighter escorts.
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China
Roosevelt to Outline Postwar Tax Policy in Chicago
President Roosevelt, en route to Chicago, plans a postwar policy speech on an inducement tax to spur private industry and preserve full employment after the war. He spoke in Philadelphia last night criticizing some Republicans and recalling wartime preparedness. En route he will stop brief appearances in Fort Wayne Lima and Gary before arriving in Chicago.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Indiana
Illinois
West
Philadelphia
Fort Wayne
Ind
Lima
Ohio
Gary
Shibe Park
Sgt Cuddy Leads 200th Lib Crew In Italy Strike
S/Sgt Deryle C. Cuddy, son of Mr and Mrs James R Cuddy Sr of Hagerstown, gunner on a B24 Liberator with the 200th combat mission from southern Italy, helped strike a Nazi rail viaduct at Avisio on the Brenner Pass route. He is a 1940 Hagerstown High School graduate and holder of the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
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Italy
Deryle C. Cuddy
James R. Cuddy
St. Clair Street
Hagerstown
Avisio
Brenner Pass
Daily Mall
1Th Aaf
SySet. Cuddy
Sehool
S. Set
Cudidy
RAF
Dewey Smiles At Albany Station Before Syracuse Speech
Dewey arrived at Union Station in Albany en route to Syracuse for a campaign speech. A crowd gathered, faces showing Democrats with banners awaiting Truman. The Republican nominee’s smile faded as he learned Truman would not be present and sped on by special train.
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Albany
N.Y
Thomas EF. Dewey
Syracuse
Union Station
Sinilé
Senor S. Truman
Denis
Dewey
Trueman
Massa
Tsehise
Pincers Close on 40,000 Nazi Troops at Fortress Zoom
London dispatch reports Bergen op Zoom, once a key Dutch fortress called the key of Holland, captured by Canadian forces. The town, with 23,243 residents, lies beside the Zoom river near its confluence with the East Scheldt, and has a history of sieges and changing hands from 1588 to 1814.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bergen Op Zoom
Zoom
Netherlands
Holland
Gouru
Zoom River
East Shhelde
Ship named for Hagerstown eyed by groups
The Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce Mayors Council and the Alsatia Club petition the Maritime Commission to name a Victory ship City of Hagerstown. They cite Hagerstown’s war effort, rising commerce since 1542, culture and faith as reasons the name deserves consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Maryland
Berlin Bombed Twice After Goebbels Talk
Berlin faced fresh air raids soon after Goebbels announced a battle to the finish. Swift Mosquito bombers struck the capital, followed an hour later by a second wave, marking the sixth nightly assault this month. Western Germany also faced additional bombing with no losses reported.
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London
Berlin
Paul Joseph Gorbels
Goebbels
Efengse
Germany
These Yanks Lived Slept And Ate For 19 Days In A Tank
A soldiers’ account from the warfront describes Sherman tanks being cramped for 19 days constant movement and limited space. James Hose of Beaumont Texas recalls the endurance and the cramped steel interior as drivers and gunners stretched out on their seats. Tom Hartwell of Hartwell Georgia adds how snipers and the crew found ways to rest and eat while under fire. The story continues on page 10.
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Li James Hose
Beaumont
Tex
Muchelar
Tomas
Hartwell, Ga
Stagoam
Allied push closes on Maas bridges blocking Antwerp
British Canadian columns drive toward Moerdijk Geertruidenberg and Breda as German line falters along the Maas. Bergen op Zoom falls with little resistance and Dutch islands near South Beveland see Canadian infantry advance, while Antwerp’s great port is now blocked by a single battery at Vlissingen.
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London
Holland
Maas
Meuse
Bergen Op Zoom
Roosendaal
Croops
Breda
Tilburg
s-Merrogenbosch
Anyother
Walther von Model
Moerdijk
Geertruidenberg
Antwerp
Vlissingen
Flushing
Walcheren
Schelde
William F. Boni
Maag
Jpas
Beveland Island
Scarce and High Prices Mark Market Morning
Eyes scarce and prices high for eggs and produce. Farmers report old hens sold off and pullets not yet laying, pushing egg prices to up to 38 cents a dozen while most sell around 33 cents. Feed prices creeping, vegetables abundant with corn, beans, spinach, cauliflower, and peas offered. corn quality noted as poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pero
Jesus
Democratic Broadcasts Tonight From Chicago Face Roosevelt
A fragment notes a Democratic broadcasts night program led by the Democratic National Committee with mentions of radio or TV host figures and a nod to Hollywood star names. The readable text is garbled and lacks clear dates or full event details.
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NBC
Ala
Roosevelt
Chicago
Democratic National Ispons
Umphrey Bogart
Vendie
Hollywoot
Unclear wartime note on damages and debts at sea
Fragmentary text mentions serious wounds and names tied to a German context. References to Caesar, Bo, Rens, and a brother suggest a personal wartime incident. The readable portion hints at financial or debt concerns amid injury, but lacks coherent structure or identifiable events.
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Soya Company
Hershey Mill
Mayor Sweeney
Robert B. Snyder, Sr
Super-Fort
F.D.R
G.O.P
Sgt. Cuddy
Crack Squadron
Chamber of Commerce Petitions
Maritime Ship Naming Committee
Palenburg
Ane
Aoonn Oy
Bo Renster Brother
Phe Rees
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