Showdown Near With Cornered Leyte Japs
General MacArthur's forces push through Leyte valley toward the island's northwest coast amid fierce fighting. The 24th Division nears Carigera Bay, after capturing Jaro, as Japanese reinforcements land and a possible confrontation with cornered Nipponese forces looms. Casualty totals show 24,000 Japanese and 3,221 American (706 killed, 270 missing, 2,245 wounded). A two mile long Japanese column was observed moving toward Carigara.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte Valley
1St Cavalry
Carigera Bay
Jaro
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Samar
Cebu
Ormec
Carigara Bay
Carigara
Burog
Britain to Offer New War Bond in 1950
London officials announced the sale of British national war bonds will end on November 6 to be replaced by the one and three quarter per cent exchequer bond 1950. Chancellor Sir John Anderson said the new bond would be issued at war and repayable at par February 15, 1950, with Britain’s wartime expenditures reaching about 16.0 billion dollars through September 2, 1945, including 8.1 billion for war services.
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London
John Anderson
Commons
Britain
Hitler
Holland
Haly
Costs More To Join Citizenry
The U S Department of Naturalization raises citizen fees to $11 from $7.50, with the declaration of intent fee up from $2.50 to $3 and the petition fee from £3 to $1. Applicants must now submit three photos. Clerk Edward Oswald reports a class of about ten civilians and several soldiers from a nearby army camp will be examined in naturalization court next Monday and Tuesday. Deputy Leister Cook will conduct proceedings.
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U. S. Department of Naturalization Today
Edward Oswald
United States
Oswald
Naturalization Court
Leister Cook
Army Discontinues Recruiting Doctors
Washington October 31 The army has ended recruiting civilian physicians while the Navy and other agencies continue physician recruitment for an urgent need. War Manpower Commission head Paul W McNutt cited about 3000 additional medical officers required. Public Health Service and Veterans Administration maintain doctor recruitment. Army medical staff around 47 560 doctors. Navy fewer than 13 000.
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Washington
Army
Paul W. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Navy
Public Health Service
Veterans Administration
Blue Cross Chicago membership climbs in 82 plan system
The American Hospital Association reported today that the 82 nonprofit Blue Cross plans for hospital care reached a total membership of 102000. One out of every eight Americans now pays their hospital bills in advance.
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Blue Cross Chicago
Orr
American Hospital Association
Blue Cross
Japanese Losses Mount as U S Pacific Fleet Sinks Three Cruisers
U S Pacific Fleet headquarters at Pearl Harbor reports 60 Japanese warships sunk or crippled after the second battle of the Philippines. Admiral Nimitz says carrier strikes hit a damaged heavy cruiser and two other cruisers near Manila, with about 1,000 pound bombs contributing to the losses as air raids press Luzon north of MacArthur's force on Samar.
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U.S. Pacifc
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Philippines
Nippon
America
Chester W. Nimitz
Hig
Luzon
Dougas MacArthur
Samar
Electors Names Not On Ballot
The Board of Election Supervisors explains no mistake in omitting presidential electors from the official ballot as published yesterday. The MoL on 1940 ballot was due to a longstanding legal change. Ballots ready for delivery by the printer by week’s end.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Chief Judges of Election
Two Day A Week Market In Effect
Municipal Marketmaster Richard Duffey announced this week that the market will operate only two days per week until May 1. Under the long running program, from November 1 to May 1 markets are held on Tuesday and Saturday. In summer, when counts of grown produce are available, markets run on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
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Richard Duffey
Child Recovers From Car Mishap
Eddie Davis six year old son of Mr and Mrs Linyd Davis of Fair grounds is about recovered from injuries from a Friday car accident near the North Mulberry street entrance to the Fairgrounds. He was treated at a hospital and later discharged after doctors found no broken bones.
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Eddie Davis
Linyd Davis
Fairgrounds
Mulberry Street
Democratic Women Will Hear Wickard in Baltimore
Democratic Women of Maryland plan their annual meeting in Baltimore with Mrs Claud Wickard wife of the secretary of agriculture as a special guest Mrs Brewer L Stouffer of Hagerstown will preside and Governor Connor will address the group during a dinner at the final session
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Baltimore
I United Democratic Women's Clubs ‘of
Maryland
Claud Wickard
Agriccunpture
Brewer L. Stouffer
Hagerstown
Local Boy Kills 7 Japs Honored for Valor
Pvt. Aldine C. Easton, son of Mrs. H. W. Easton of 215 East Franklin Street, is credited with seven enemy fatalities in Hol Tendie Datel News Guinee. He was cited by his commanding officer and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary conduct in action.
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Pvt
Aldine C. Easton
H. W. Easton
East
Franklin Street
Reds Break Into Hungarian City
London reports Russian troops broke into Kecskemet, Hungary’s fourth largest city, 69 miles southeast of Budapest, as battles along the Danube and lower Tisza near a climax. German sources say nine Russian and three Romanian divisions plus tanks and motorized forces attacked, with a counterattack later disabling 25 tanks. Kecskemet, a straggling city of about 3,000, lies near the Tisza and central Hungary.
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London
Kecskemet
Budapest
Berlin
Danube
Tisza
DNB
Kecske Met
Hungary
Duck Season Opens Here Thursday
Open season for wild ducks starts Thursday before sunrise and runs to January 10. Hunters must carry a Federal duck stamp and limit to ten ducks daily plus up to 15 gray mallards, pintails, and widfeons in combinations not exceeding ten other ducks or fifteen mallards. Reports say ducks have been seen on the Potomac River.
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Potomac River
Fatal Expectation in Kansas City Film Plans
Mrs. Bessie Huth Hagins aged 51 died of a heart attack in Kansas City after excitement over a Red Cross film project involving her daughter Lieutenant Elizabeth Jane Hagins, an army nurse stationed in Belgium, who was to appear in the film.
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Kansas City
Bessie Huth Hagins
Elizabeth Jane Hagins
Belgium
Red Cross
Democratic broadcasts fill Wednesday night schedule
A list of speakers sponsored by the Democratic National Committee airs across networks. James Mead from New York, Alben Barkley from Cynthiana Kentucky, Dorothy Thompson from New York, Sinclair Lewis, and a two hour block with Vice President Wallace and Secretary Dkes are slated with various sponsors and time slots.
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James M. Mead
New York
Democratic National Committee
Alben W. Barkley
Cynthiana
Dorothy Thompson
CBS
Sinclair Lewis
Democratic National
Wallace
Dkes
Pat Wallace
Churchill Warns Nazis May Not Be Beaten Until Next Summer
Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned in Parliament that Nazi Germany may not be defeated until next summer and Japan until the end of 1946. He urged retaining the nine year Commons coalition, cautioned against breaking the coalition, and noted conditions could change with Germany’s political upheaval. He warned against underestimating the task in the Netherlands and Italy, stressing military realities.
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Churchill
London
Otr
Commons
Germany
Japan
Britain
Victor F. Reel Wins City Plumbing Inspector Post
Victor F. Reel, named for the city plumbing inspector slot after a council tie, will assume the post this week. Mayor Richard H Sweeney presented Reel, and may legally cast the deciding vote in a tie. Reel, tied to Fridinger & Co. for 26 years, resigned his job and qualified after swearing in before Clerk Edward Oswald.
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Victor F. Reel
Richard Hsweeney
Reel
Lone
Johan W. Alanson
Fridinger & Co
Edward Oswald
Warns Workers Of Rights Loss In Washington County
Delegates from Hagerstown labor unions met at the CTAW hall to plan turning out Washington county workers and families for Roosevelt and MacMullen on November 7. Roy T. Miller warned against complacency and urged every registered voter to vote, saying benefits could be at risk if a Republican regime returns.
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Hagerstown
Ctaw Hall
Washington County
Roosevelt
Daniel F. MacMullen
Roy T. Miller
Mayland 1
The
Brotherhood of Railway Treinmen
Labor Unity Conference
Roosevelt-Fruman
McMullen
Tim
Miller
Truman And Wallace Rally At Madison Square Garden
Senator Harry S Truman arrived in New York to join Vice President Henry A Wallace at a Madison Square Garden rally for President Roosevelt. Truman said he was confident of a Democratic victory after talks with leaders and voters across New Mexico New Orleans St Louis Texas the Northwestern States Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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New York
Harry 3 .Truiman
Henry A. Wallace
Madison Square Garden
Roosevelt
Missouri
New Mexico
New Orleans
St. Louis
Texas
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Allergic to furniture polish shocks Mrs Willis
A Polish cleaner, Mrs John Willis, woke with a swollen face and nearly shut eyes after cleaning. Doctors conducted 53 allergy tests across various pollens before identifying furniture polish as the cause. She avoids the polish now and plans safer cleaning.
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Kansas City
John Willis
Farm Workers Released Only After Nov 15
County Agent Mark Miller announced that no Washington county farm workers will be released to industrial jobs before November 15 even if farm work ends sooner. He notes 100 farm labor openings exist now, but workers must accept another farm position if available. The policy shifts on November 15 and next March 14, 1845, when workers may switch back to industry or return to farms.
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Washington County
Mark Miller
Mister
Alley
Roosevelt Plans Radio Address and New England Stop
President Roosevelt will deliver a radio address from the White House Thursday night and make three New England appearances before his final major vote plea in Boston Saturday night, according to press secretary Stephen Barry. He is stepping up the tempo of his fourth term campaign with these events.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Stephen Barry
White House
New England
Boston
Mrs Kendle Receives Son's Purple Heart
Mrs Martha Kendle received the Purple Heart awarded to her son Pvt Donald F Kendle who was wounded in action in France on September 12. The award follows his service with the Hagerstown route LT unit.
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Martha Kendle
Hagerstown
Pvt
Donald F. Kendle
France
London blast wipes out small town in early morning
A London area blast destroyed a building in southern England, killing at least five people and injuring many more including children. Five bodies were recovered as rescue workers searched the wreckage.
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London
St PS Hombh
England
Jared
Black Pepper Scarcity Shocks Wholesalers and Public
Spice merchants warn of a severe pepper shortage as imports falter. They report only a fraction of 1941 supplies reaching markets due to Dutch Indies sources and a failed import ceiling ruling, raising prices and constraining retailers.
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Eust Indias
Faps
Supreme Court
Het
Jehanget
Srinders
Celine
Election Day Vehicle Carbuncle Asks For Voter Transport
County committees from Hemouble and Republican parties received instructions from the Washington County Board to arrange transportation for voters on Election Day November 7. Provisions require a signed authorization, car details, license year and model, and estimated passenger counts per trip.
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I Hemouble
Washington Cone Pty Raton Board
Coummittes
Informarion
Mrs St Clair Receives Son's Purple Heart Medal
Mrs St Clair of Sal Nig city receives the Purple Heart awarded posthumously or for wounds to her son Albert M St Clair. The award honors his service in France, noting his rank and the date of action around September 2 during wartime.
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Mrs. St. Clair
Son
Sal
Albert M.st. Clair
Getion
France
St. Clair Eo
Allied forces tally Western Front prisoner total
Supreme HQ Paris reports total Allied prisoners on the Western front at 637,544. By army the counts include American 1st 199,413 and 3rd 92,550 and 7th 50,916. French 1st 57,939. British 2nd 83,582. Canadian 1st 82,744. An extra 20,600 uncredited prisoners are noted, likely captured by French forces and added to the 21st Army’s pens. Counts cover up to Oct 27 for British and Canadian, Oct 28 for others.
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HDQS
Paris
7Th Army
1St Army
2Nd Army
Nazi Home Guards Mostly 55 To 60
A Red Star report cites Konstantin Hoffmann that Weinrich Himmler's German home guard is mainly aged 55 to 60, with about 120 900 to 135 000 boys age 16 making up a small portion. The piece notes many older veterans were wounded in the last war.
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Mgscow
Weinrich Himmler
Bomb raids hit Cologne as Berlin targets broaden
London dispatch reports more than 1,000 British and Canadian aircraft dropped 4000 tons of bombs on Cologne, described as the most heavily bombed of German cities. Mosquitoes also raided Berlin. two planes were lost and air fields across Germany were attacked by Lancasters and Wualifaxes.
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London
Cologne
Berlin
Satwiay
Germany
Borden Ice Cream Branch Opens In City
The Supreme Dairy on Center Street, run by David Beard, merges with Borden's Ice Cream Company to open a new outlet and distribution center in Iagerstown. The combined operation will use the Bor dento Ice Cream Company name at the same site with planned expansion and same staff.
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Supreme Dairy
Center Street
David Beard
Borden's Ice Cream Company
Iagerstown
Borden Company
Bor [Deto Ice Cream Company
Borden
Three New Divorce Suits Filed in City Court
Three new divorce suits were entered in court today, bringing the month's total to 38. Plaintiffs are Mary M Freshour vs William A Fresh, Aldine Ensminger vs Maraverites Ensminger, and Dolores F Rice vs Herbert J Rice, with attorneys listed for each.
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Mary M. Freshour
William A. Fresh
Ji. J. Allen
Aldine Ensminger
Maraverites
Ensminger
Throughttorney C.K. Hartle
Dolores F. Rice
Herbert J. Rice
Kyengh
Omer T. Wavlor
Third Delivery Of Ballots Tomorrow
The Board of Election Support announced that ballots will be delivered to the state tomorrow and state police messages will be here at five oclock in the morning. On receipt the ballots will be checked for registration district and precinct and filed in the registrar for counting on Thursday. Absentee ballots were made alert for Election Day.
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Board of Election
Sneciay State Police Messenges
Tira
Wren
Retreat Means Allies Soon To Get Use Of Antwerp
Allied forces close in as German 15th Army retreats from southwestern Holland across the Maas and HollandsDiep in motor columns. British and Canadian troops squeeze the Schelde estuary area and capture Sous Beveland, paving the way for turning Antwerp into a supply port for the push into Germany.
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London
Holland
Maas
Meuse
Schelde
Antwerp
Germany
Eindhoven
Courmierella Et Dannehe
West
Sous Beveland
Hopare
Woasewey
Waiehermy
Marowery
Dyer
Odds Favor FDR Stirs Opposition
Despite widespread betting odds favoring Franklin D Roosevelt local Republicans show little money on the line. Radio commentator Fulton Lewis cited odds 13 to 5 but remains skeptical of long shot gambles while nationwide chatter predicts a Roosevelt landslide. Democratic chairman James Hanigan rallied a crowd in Philadelphia urging a vigorous final week push.
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Roosevelt
Fulton Lewis
Philadelphia
Robert H. Tlannegan
Delha Clay
Hellevue-Strafford
Hanneaan
ER Gas Coupons Expire At Midnight
Coupon notice warns that non serialized ER Gas coupons expire at midnight tonight. Dealers will have time to pass the coupon and rebate offer before the stated deadline. The notice mentions a station and bank account context.
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Reds
City Post
B.R.T
Truman and
Mrs. Kendle
Shiro Makino
Leyte Island
Borden’s Ice Cream Branch
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