City Market Meat Dealers Charged With Violations
OPA charges meat dealers at City Market with ceiling price violations after Baltimore area investigators surveyed local conditions. Six stores were cited yesterday along with 26 in Hagerstown, while butter and egg pricing drew mixed reviews. Dealers will face summary hearings before the Price Panel next week. most merchants cooperated, but a few defied price controls. Public complaints spurred ongoing inquiries.
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OPA
Baltimore
City Market
Ration Board
Thomas Bittle
Ration
Bittle
Hagerstown
Gambling Probe Closes Bookies in Chicago Grand Jury
A Cook County grand jury halted most of the city's about 700 bookie operations after a 20 day probe into gambling. Handbooks and other forms of commercialized gambling stalled, with an estimated $50,000,000 annual betting volume linked to horses. Police leadership faces potential charges as four Chicago district captains and others are suspended.
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Chicago
Cook County Grand Jury
Chicago Crime Conmission
Federal Grand Jury
Virgil W. Peterson
The
Crime Commission
Peterson
Hugh McCarthy
Actress Calls Off Marriage To Mature
Hollywood reports Victor Mature ended his brief engagement to Anne Shirley, the couple had planned to wed soon. Shirley announced the wedding was off saying women can change their minds while Mature, then serving with the U S Coast Guard, was unavailable for comment.
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Hollywood
Victor Mature
Mature
Rita Hayworth
Orson Welles
Anne Shirley
Dr. C. N. Branin Dies Suddenly at 67
Dr. Charles Nelson Branin, a prominent local retired physician and former medical examiner for the Western Maryland Railway, died suddenly at his home at 918 The Terrace last midnight after a heart attack shortly after leaving a Masonic Temple meeting. He served as a captain in the U S Army Medical Corps during World War I.
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Charles Nelson Branin
Terrace
Branin
Masonic Temple
Western Maryland Railway Company
U. S. Army Medical Corps
No New Homes During October Report
Building permit records show no new dwelling permits issued in October for the first time since before the war. Twenty permits were issued, all for additions alterations and improvements with a few garages and chicken coops totaling under $15 000.
Move On In Germany To Oust Hitler Says Letter Smuggled Out
London report cites Aneta dispatch on a smuggled Reich letter by Erich Koch then gauleiter of Koenigsberg East Prussia. It claims circles fear Heil to be replaced by military dictatorship and urge unity against reaction to prevent a coup against the Fuehrer.
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Germany
Hitler
London
Netherlands
Aneta
Reich
Erich Koch
Koenigsburg
East Prussia
Fuehrer
Former Band Member Killed In Action in Europe
Second Lieut. John D. Culler aged 24, former Band Section member of the First Maryland Regiment, and later a co pilot of a Flying Fortress, is listed as killed over German territory during a raid. He had been missing since June 11, and his mother resides at Jefferson in Frederick County. He was the son of the late Ralph Culler, former Jefferson postmaster.
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John D. Culler
First Maryland
Jefferson
Frederick County
Ralph Culler
May Bring War Time Electric Iron Production to Market
Government may approve producing electric irons for civilian use after Pearl Harbor. OCR surveys show irons as a war-short item and a shortage in Hagerstown. Production planned by WPB to begin in Q2 1944 with an estimated 6.6 million needed, about one third built. Burnt-out irons will be rehabilitated to fill the gap. no strict rationing, trade-in or proof of need used for purchases.
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Hagerstown House
Office of Civilian Requirements
OCR
Pearl Harbor
War Production Board
WPB
Jap death by own action pilots have disappeared
Col. Don P. Hall, leader of the Wewak bombing raid, told North American workers in Corpus Christi that Japanese death by own action pilots have nearly vanished. He said the aggressive flyers are weary and that some have even flashed red lights in the tail cones to mislead pursuing Japs into thinking gunfire is behind them.
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Los Angeles
Don P. Hall
Wewak
Corpus Christi
Tex
Realty Market At Peak Here During Week
Real estate activity was exceptionally strong with demand exceeding supply for all property types in the week ending today. Total sales value approached $150000, including transfers of homes and parcels on Pangborn boulevard Indiana avenue Maryland avenue East Washington street Main avenue Oak Hill Maple and South Potomac with multiple tracts and a parsonage sale.
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Charles H. Shantz
Ray P. Webb
Pangborn Boulevard
John E. Horst
William H. Stum
Indiana Avenue
Edith V. Glass Beard
H. C. Beard
Fred B. Boward
Maryland Avenue
Lester L. Guillard
Abraham Pashen
Ida M. Guessford
Oak Hill Avenue
Maple
Church of Brethren
Mary K. Ruse
East Washington Street
Mildred L. Beeler
Aaron Shank
Main Avenue
Savilla A. Shupp
Norman E. West
South Potomac
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Ration Book 4 Registration Ends Across County
Registration for War Ration Book 4 concluded at 3 PM with only a minute fraction unregistered. Citizens queued since 9 AM as schools opened, many reporting exhausted supplies before noon. State Police rushed additional books from the courthouse. about 75 percent of residents were reported to have received books by yesterday evening.
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Washington County
Court House
Reward Offered After Prison Escapees Baled Hay
In Montgomery Alabama on October 30 a two pound steak dinner reward was offered to Richard Shack a trusted prisoner who borrowed a shotgun to stop two Kilby Prison escapees. He halted the fugitives after they fled from a prison farm where they baled hay. Two inmates remain at large.
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Montgomery. Ala
Kilby
Pitt Williams
Richard Shack
Williams
Freight trains collide injuring brakeman in Baltimore yards
In Baltimore on October 30 a collision between two freight trains in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards injured a brakeman. Eight cars derailed and three caught fire, burning overhead electric wiring near the Howard Street Bridge. Main line traffic between Baltimore and Washington was blocked for three hours. Traffic was rerouted over the Baltimore and Ohio tracks.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Howard Street
Ohin
Fifth Army Breaks German Line West of Mondragone Italy
Allied forces push from Regia canal across a three mile front taking Mondragone and pressing toward Mount Massico. American troops flank Mount Massico and seize Pietravicina as British Eighth Army advances near San Salvo. About 15 towns fall, heavy rains hinder progress, Mule transport used in mountains. Bomber raid targets Genoa industry including Ansaldo Steelworks.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Regia Canal
Mondragone
Mount Massico
Italy
Pietravaicano
Volturno
Capua-Rome
Eighth Army
Montemutro
Trigno
San Salvo
Massico
Genoa
Ansaldo
U M W Chiefs Facing Strike End Decision and Seizure Threat
President Roosevelt warned Monday action to end coal strikes or government seizure of mines could occur if miners reject War Labor Board proposals. idle soft coal miners exceeded 80,000 as WLB proposals awaited committee vote. Roosevelt pledged to act to ensure coal is mined for war needs. continuous coverage noted ongoing page continuation.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Miners’ Policy Committee
War Labor Board
WLB
William H. Davis
Tom
Woman crawls five miles then drives 35 to hospital after leg break
Canon City Colorado October 30 Lavenia Green age 35 ranchwoman turned cowgirl after two cowhands went to war was tending 150 head of cattle when a gate caused her horse to throw her breaking a leg. She then crawled five miles over rough terrain to her cabin and drove 35 miles to a hospital, recalling the ride as calm aside from near fainting at gate openings.
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Canon City
Colo
Lavenia Green
Explosives Company Head Is Sentenced
Gus tav H. Kann, Pittsburgh executive and former president of Triumph Explosives Inc., Elkton Maryland, was sentenced in Federal court to three years in prison and fined $2,000 for using the mail to defraud company stockholders. Judge W Calvin Chesnut released Kann on $5,000 bail pending appeal. Kann already faced a suspended three-year sentence on another mail fraud conviction involving the Elkton firm. Five other officials were fined.
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Baltimore
Gustav H. Kann
Pittsburgh
Triumph Explosives Inc
Elkton
W. Calvin Chesnut
Kann
Chesnut
Ship With Parcels For War Prisoners Lost At Sea
A Berlin broadcast said the Portuguese steamer Padua, carrying 11,000 bags of Red Cross parcels for prisoners of war, struck a mine off Marseilles and must be considered lost. The Associated Press recorded the broadcast.
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London
Berlin
Padua
Lisbon
Red Cross
Marseilles
Associated Press
Defer Sentencing Of Poultrymen
Federal Judge William C. Coleman deferred sentencing for three poultrymen who pleaded guilty to violating Office of Price Administration ceiling prices. He said he would hear government testimony on whether ceilings are ill conceived and onerous. The defendants, two New Yorkers and a Marylander, argued they faced only two choices raise prices above the ceiling or go out of business.
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Baltimore
Office of Price Administration
William C. Coleman
New York
Louis Spatz
Acme Poultry Company
Berlin
Poultry Pro
Chetnik Forces Still Hold Large Montenegro Areas
The Yugoslav government in exile reports four fifths of Montenegro and large parts of Yugoslavia are under Chetnik control led by War Minister Draja Mihailovic. Mihailovic forces also claim to have driven Germans from portions of southeastern Bosnia and Hercegovina.
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Cairo
Montenegro
Yugoslavia
Chetnik
Draja Mihailovic
Mihailovic
Bosnia and
Hercegovina
Paratroop Invasion Opens Choiseul Island Action
Allied headquarters report U S paratroops land on Choiseul Island as Japanese forces retreat from the remaining base holdings in the Solomons. Airfields in Choiseul and nearby Mono suffer heavy damage while hundreds of bombers and fighters strike enemy runways with little interference from Japan’s decimated air force.
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Southwest Pacific
Choiseul Island
Solomon Islands
Choiseul
Treasury
Mono
Japan
South Pacific
Bou
Berlin hears Russia given assurances of allied second front
A German radio report from Stockholm said American and British delegates at the Moscow tri power conference presented a detailed second front proposal with a fixed date. The broadcast claimed the Soviet negotiators favored the plan.
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Berlin
Russia
London
Stockholm
Moscow
Soviet Union
County Quota Of New Cars Reduced To 10
Washington county's November quota for new automobiles is cut to 10, down from 35 last month, as the state OPA and local Ration Board cite tighter stock and a dwindling three month supply. The adjustment reflects ongoing shortages reported by local dealers.
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Washington County
OPA
Wife Slayer Returned To Scene With Toy For Son
Wayne Lonergan, a Royal Canadian Air Force cadet, allegedly returned to the Beekman Hill apartment three hours after killing his wife Patricia Lonergan to leave a toy elephant for their son Billy. Police quoted his confession and said he first cut bloodstained clothes, then retrieved the toy from a friend's home before entering the building. A grand jury indicted him for first degree murder, finding the act wilful and with malice aforethought. Lonergan, held at City Prison, seeks state-funded defense. his wife was heiress to a multistate fortune and a $250,000 trust.
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New York
Beekman Hill
Wayne Lonergan
Royal Canadian Air Force
Lonergan
Patricia Burton Lonergan
Billy Lonergan
Mario Enzo Gabelline
Allied Airmen Aid Dalmatian Partisan Drive
Yugoslav guerrillas crossed the Hungarian frontier and fought on Hungarian soil in widening battles against German and satellite forces. Tito’s communique notes a 10 hour clash along the Dalmatian coast with 150 Nazi casualties and 20 Allied planes supporting operations near Ston, Makrovic, Split. An Italian fighter army of 30,000 trained by Tito is forming in northern Italy.
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London
Yugoslav Army of Liberation
Zargorje
Zagreb
Dalmatian
Josip Broz
Tito
Ston
Merkovic
Split
Klin
Germany
Adriatic
Italy
Verona
Twice Crushed By Pilotless Tractor In Field Accident
Roy Solner, 42, was severely injured in Michigan City Indiana after cranking a tractor that moved in gear under automatic steering. The machine circled the field and ran over him twice, fracturing his left hip and later injuring his right side before fuel exhausted. His wife found him hours later and summoned help.
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Michigan City
Ind
Roy Solner
Solner
Detroit Mayor Race Narrows In bitter nonpartisan contests
Detroit nears election day as Edward Jeckes seeks a third term and Frank Fitzgerald challenges him. The contest features sharp accusations over governance, race issues, and police protection amid forecasts of high turnout and a tense political climate.
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Detroit
Edward Jeckes
Frank Fitzgerald
Holyoke
Mars
Jeffries
Fitzgerald
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O.P.A
Solomons
C. N. Branin
W. M. Railroad
Canal
U.M.W
Sen
U. S
Choiseul Isle
Solomon Island Control
Altho
Fitzgerald Alan
Siegante
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