Stilwell Recall Triggers China War Crisis
Washington reports that General Joseph W Stilwell is recalled to Washington creating a critical military and political crisis for Chiang Kai shek and the Chinese war effort. Allied planners face decisions in weeks that could determine China's ability to fight Japan as a broader East Asia strategy hinges on Stilwell's reassignment and high command shakeup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Congking
Chiang Kaishek
Japan
Philippines
East Asia
Weyl- Stilwell
White House
War Department
Pacific
Ex-City Councilman J Harry Schueler Dies at 82
Former City Council member for Ward I Three, J Harry Schueler died at his home 300 South Locust Street after a long illness at age 82. A Democrat, he served during Mayor Bowmah and Mayor Musey administrations. A pioneer cigar maker, he ran a stand at the Hagerstown Fair. Survived by wife Louie and siblings. funeral Wednesday at 2 PM at home with Rev J Edward Harris officiating. interment Rose Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Harry Schueler
South Locust Street
Schueler
Charles E. Bowmah
Reuben Musey
Hagerstown
St. John's Lutheran Church
Louie Schueler
C. V. Liefman
Ys. R. L. Schlotterbeck
Harrishurt
Charles Schueler
Akron
Ohio
J. Edward Harris
Rose Hill Cemetery
Death notices from Greencastle and surrounding areas
Obituaries report Bessie Catherine Rowe of Greencastle near Williamsport died at 62 from complications at home. Survived by husband Charles H. Rowe, son Charlies R., brother George Gossard, and four grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM from home then United Brethren church with burial Riverview cemetery. Additional notices include young Frederick resident Ellis Bernard Keller at 17 months, Rest Haven services. Jacob Franklin Stable of Amaranth PA, Zion Lutheran Church rites. John E. Vanehart 77 of Greencastle, service at A. E. Minnich funeral home and Antioch Church Needmore. Mrs Amanda Susan Remley Myers, widow of Charles Myers, died near Charles’ Mill aged 81 with multiple children and grandchildren, funeral at Leitersburg Lutheran Church. multiple survivors listed in terse local obituary column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Catherine Rowe
Greencastle Pike
Williamsport
Jerome and
Lavina Gossard
United Brethren Church of
Charles H. Rowe
Charlies R
George Gossard
United Brethren Church
Harry Kettler
Ellis Bernard Keller
Lawson
Helen Ann Keller
Frederick
Ronald Franklin
Mary Lou
Beverly Jane
Rest Haven
J. H. Schmidt
G. I. Rider
Hagerstown
Jacob Franklin Stable
Amaranth
Zion Lutheran Church
Bucks Valley
Lauren Murray
James O
Baltimore
Clyde V
Greensburg
J. Fred Winchell
Kenneth Ernstmver
Amanda Susan (Remley) Myers
Charles Myers
Earl Myers
Charles’ Mill
Leilersburg
Marsh District
Jacob Remley
Tellersburg
Harry C. Myers
Sharpsville
Maurice Sharr
Ottanna
William Piper
Waynesboro
Jaen Myers
John
Danicnesbore
Doris Shieffler
Nebraska
Leitersburg Lutheran Church
R D. Worman
One Man Army With Charmed Life Wins Medal Of Honor
Pvt. James H. Mills of Fort Meade Florida earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for a solo assault through entrenched Nazi forces. He advanced under heavy fire, silenced a machine gun and hand grenade threat, and repeatedly exposed himself to cover the platoon advancing. Mills' actions led to multiple surrenders and a successful assault.
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Rome
James H. Mills
Fort Meade
Fla
Mills
Colored Voters Rally In Baltimore On Monday Night
Prominent Baltimore lawyer Josiah Henry and civic leader Mrs Pearl Brown will address a rally of colored voters Monday November 6 at 8 oclock at Masonic Hall West Bethel Street. The event is sponsored by the Colored Democratic Club led by President Richard C. Miller. Henry supports Roosevelt and is famed as an orator. Brown is a active campaigner and noted speaker. The rally, open to the public, aims to mobilize the colored community.
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Josiah Henry
Baltimore
Pearl Brown
Masonic Hall
West Bethel Street
Colored Democratic Club
Richard C. Miller
Henry
Roosevelt
Brown
Miller
Company B Now Is In Germany
The 23rd Division, nicknamed Blue and Gray, has pushed into Germany after Brest and Saint Lo actions. Casualties are comparatively light as it fights across the final European battleground, maintaining its peerless reputation in the U S Army.
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Germany
Brest
France
D-day
Saint Lo
Vire
Funeral announced for Mrs Jeanette Flook of Boonsboro
Mrs Jeanette Flook widow of H Vincent Flook of Boonsboro died at her daughter Mrs Grayson Main in Middletown on Saturday afternoon after a two week paralysis illness. She was 73 and a Reformed church member with one grandchild surviving. Funeral to be held Tuesday at 2 30 p m at East Funeral Home with ministers Rev Paul Helm and Rev Donald Brake. interment in Boonsboro cemetery.
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Jeanette Flook
H. Vincent Flook
Boonsboro
Grayson Main
Middletown
George and
Indiana Recraft Smith
Reformed Church
East Funeral Home
Paul V. Helm
Donald Brake
Boonsboro Cemetery
De Gaulle Faces Crisis Over Arms Decree
Paris reports a growing nationwide backlash after De Gaulle’s order banning arms to all but regular troops and police aimed at Communist factions. The National Resistance Council challenged the decree, urging legal status for the Patriotic Milice and questioning the government’s authority. De Gaulle affirmed the decree, while friends of the resistance warned of protests across France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
de Gaulle
France
National Resistance Council
Friends of the National Resistance Council
Lane Predicts Maryland Vote In Sixth District Race
Lane forecasts Maryland counties Harford Carroll and Kent landing for Dewey column with estimates based on confidential reports. He says the President will carry Western Maryland’s Sixth District by 5018 votes and predicts Dan McMullen’s election in that district.
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Timore
Harford
Carroll
Dewey
Lane
OCC
Sixth
Maryland
Dan McMullen
DeweyAccelerate Drive In Closing Campaign Days
In Albany on October 3 Governor Dewey plans to accelerate campaign activity with a special legislative session to extend New York voting hours beyond seven. He will then head to Buffalo for his fifteenth nationally broadcast political address since Chicago.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
New York State
Buffalo
Chicago
More Than 44 Million To Vote In 1944 Election
State officials estimate that over 44.9 million persons will vote in the upcoming presidential election including about 3.85 million service members. The forecast ranges from a AP estimate of 44.1 million to a high of 47 million by other political figures, with registrations totaling around 60.8 million. Official figures note wartime dislocations and vary by state, with Missouri and other states contributing higher margins to the forecast.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Association For Pranchise Education
Wallace Kag
Calvin B. Baldwin
CIO
Associated Press
Missouri
South Carolina
Colorado
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Virginia
New Mexico
Mass Worker Meeting Tonight in Hagerstown
A mass meeting of delegates and members from all Hagerstown labor unions is planned for 7 30 PM at the UAW hall on West Franklin Street to arrange transportation to polling places on November 7 and explain gasoline procedures. Roy T Miller chairs the Hagerstown Labor Unity Conference urging turnout to back Roosevelt reelection and to inform workers of stakes and mobilize labor to vote.
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Hagerstown
UAW
West Franklin Street
Roy T. Miller
Roosevelt
Miller
Man sentenced to life for Maryland murder
Howard Hubbard Sr of Preston Massachusetts was found guilty in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court of first degree murder for killing Preston restaurant owner James Davis on September 21. He received a life imprisonment term in the Maryland penitentiary.
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Annapolis
Howard Hubbard
Preston
Hegro
Anne Arundel County
James Davis
Maryland
Heart Shield Bibles for The Man In Service Ad
Saums offers Heart Shield Bibles priced at 1.95 and advertises leather billfolds with lodge emblems service emblems and initials stamped in gold. The ad repeats the same lines, highlighting the items and the store at 21 Jonathan Street.
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Heart Shield Bibles
Saum's
Jonathan St
Saum’s
Jonathan St. Adv
Lest We Forget and the Farmer’s November Question
An editor writes that prosperity hides past hardships faced by farmers in Washington County during the 1930s. He contrasts 1932 bottoming crops and cheap meat with today’s prosperity under the New Deal, noting many farmers are mortgage free now. He asks what farmers will decide on November 7.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington County
Pennsy Driver Fatally Hurt Near Hancock
Lewis Petlock a 43 year old coal miner from Washington Pennsylvania was killed early Sunday when his car left Route 40 two miles east of Hancock struck a tree and overturned into a ditch His wife and other passengers sustained various injuries while state troopers and deputies investigated the crash The injured were taken to Washington County Hospital and authorities suspect sleepiness at the wheel
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Lewis Petlock
Washington
Route 40
Hancock
Sara. J. Petlock
Sadie Lilley
Alena Petlock
M. Conrad
W. Howard Horn
Petlock
Mont Alto
Washington County Hospital
Doornberger earns combat infantry badge for Guam actions
Second Lt. John A. Doornberger 25 husband of Doris Ann Doornberger 140 West Antietam Street Hagerstown receives the combat infantry badge for outstanding service and exemplary conduct with the 307th Regiment 77th Division during the Guam battle. He fought at Barrigada and was inducted April 1941, later serving in Newfoundland and Fort Benning before a March 1943 assignment to the 77th Division. He is father of John Michael Doornberger one year old. Prior to enlistment he worked at Rudisill's.
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John A. Doornberger
Doris Ann Doornberger
West Antietam Street
Hagerstown
307Th Regiment
77Th Division
Guam
Doarnberger
Doornberger
Barrigada
Newfoundland
OGS
Seriously Wounded Pvt Woodrow R Morris
Word received by his wife Mrs Lena C Morris of Lanvale Street says Pvt Woodrow R Morris was seriously wounded in Germany on October 10. He formerly served as a guard at Fairchild.
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Edwin C. Baker
Camp Croft
S. C
East Antietam Street
John C. Brewer
Camp Rucker
Alabama
Pvt
Woodrow R. Morris
Germany
Lena C. Morris
Lanvale Street
Fairchild
Memorial correction for fallen sergeant in France
A published notice corrects prior wording stating Sgt. Chester L. Bennett was with the Pennsylvania Railroad, not the W. M. Railroad, and notes he was recently killed in action in France. The correction clarifies his former employer in the official record.
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Chester L. Bennett
France
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. M. Railroad
Receives Wooden Shoes From Holland Miss Merle Younker
Hancock resident Miss Merle Younker has received wooden Dutch shoes from Holland sent by her cousin Sgt. Harry Shives stationed in Europe. One shoe bears nine battle sites from his service since leaving England, with Brest noted as the last.
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Merle Younker
Hancock
Holland
Sgt
Harry Shives
Sgt. Shives
England
Brest
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BIG Masquerade Dance Alley
Cash
Adv
W. G. Turner
People’s Jewelry
Washington St
Central Book Exchange
W. Franklin St
Exide
Reichard’s
W. Antietam St
Republican Headquarters
South Potomac
Frederick Street
Wilhelm Thumma Motor Co
John E. Vanehart
Greencastle
Harrisburg
Carrie Lanehart
A. G. Hoffman
Marshall
Clarence Mayhaugh
Howard Atherton
Aaron Lanehart
Charles Bishop
Needmore
A. E. Minnich
Antioch Church
Lanehart
Raymond L. Markley
Mr. Garland
McConnellsburg
Kraiss Funeral Home
Potomaes St
Goodyear
Rolin
Address Club
Company B
Daniel Mentzer
Community Finance Service, Inc
Earle's
General Acceptance Corporation
Jonathan Street
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Phons
Earl Neikirk
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Hagerstown, Md
Mass Worker
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Avenue
Pennsy
Helg
Ralph W. Martin
Join Knode
Martin
Jonathan St. Ady
Junior Fire Company
Joe
George Willes
Telstate
Hallowe’en
Baldwin Cafe
East Franklin Street
WJES
Walter Scott's Orchestra
Paul W. Grove
Melbourne
Woodland Way
Harry Poffenberger
William Poffenberger
McComas Street
Army Air Forces
Lawson Field
Fort Benning
U. S. Army Air Forces
Troop Carrier Command
Air Force
Pfc
Poffenberger
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Public Square
Arthur F. Detrow
Mer
Columbia College—The American School
S. M. Funk
Potomac St
SAUM
Value Center
Summit Ave
Courthouse
Democrats For
Dewey Meeting
Dr. Peregrin Wroth, Jr
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