Yanks Near Reich Border in World War II Push
The American forces pressed toward the German border near the Moselle river and about 35 miles east of Verdun, racing to reach the Siegfried Line before German fortifications could be manned. British and American units advanced toward Belgium and the Pas-de-Calais coast faced German withdrawals, with Vimy Ridge captured by the British and fears of a broader German retreat.
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Moselle River
Verdun
Siegfried Line
France
1St Army
2Nd Army
Belgium
Trent
Vimy Ricer
Flanders
Vimy Ridge
Armentiéres
Garrison Named Equitable Agent for Hagerstown Area
H M Garrison named agent for Equitable Life Assurance Society in Hagerstown and vicinity. He will work from his Tar Terrace home and oversee a five million dollar loan program for local homeowners. The firm notes past Equitable loans total over 270 million dollars in 43 years across 45 states.
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H. M. Garrison
Hagerstown
Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
Garrison
Tar Terrace
Equitable Company
Garr
Ustable
Equitable
Riots in Sofia Streets Continue Amid War News
Report from page one continuation describes reconnaissance activity in Sofia while the Red Army claims a dominating height near Praga in the Warsaw area. The bulletin notes Soviet advances cost German infantry and predicts eastern front static expectations. A Bucharest dispatch mentions a large demonstration as Romanian prisoners arrive from Stalingrad and suggests an armistice with Russia may be near.
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Red Army
Praga
Warsaw
Moscow
Reich
Stalin
Associated Press
Joseph Morton
Bucharest
Stalingrad
Russia
Romania
No New FSA Loans Seen Here This Year
State FSA Director John D. Leatherman said there will be no new farm ownership loans this year due to a backlog that leaves last year’s applications, about 20 times the loan supply, as the only potential cases. He reported growing difficulty locating family type farms at reasonable prices as price levels exceed long term earning power estimates. Virgil Dolly, the FSA representative for Washington county, works from the county agent’s office each Monday.
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FSA
Washington County
John D. Leatherman
Virgil Dolly
Local Quotations Furnished by Kilne Bros Renevola Prices
Kilne Brothers quote local prices at Renevola for farm produce and staples. Wheat at barn $1.43 per bushel. butter 25 cents per pound. ham old style. turnips onions tomatoes Lima beans crab apples sweet corn priced per bushel or per dozen in various bundles. Includes farm goods and produce notes for buyers and sellers.
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Kilne Bros
Renevola
Ordnance Display Opens Amid War Drive in Hagerstown
Major Roy Brown from Aberdeen Proving Ground visits Hagerstown to promote permanent postwar jobs and civilian roles at the vast installation. The display highlights captured ordnance and future development work at Aberdeen, with interviews at the U S Employment Office September 4–9 and housing plus free transport for qualified applicants.
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France
Aberdeen
Jay
Hagerstown Gas Company
Hagerstown
Roy Brown
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Philadelphia
Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Major Brown
Brown
A. M. Tatro
Civil Service
United States Employment Office
Pope Defends Private Property Rights Against Excessive Capitalism
Pope Pius XII, in a world broadcast from Vatican City on the war's fifth anniversary, defended private property as the cornerstone of social order and condemned unlimited corporate control. He urged peace based on Christian principles, noted force might be needed to avert future wars, and called for nations to share security and benefits with the vanquished in a new civilization.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Hit
Vatican Ratio
Europe
Arlington man dies from trolley collision injuries
In Baltimore on September 2 John Heaney of Arlington Virginia died from injuries from a collision between a trackless trolley and an automobile last night. He is survived by his mother Mrs Harriett Haney who was killed instantly. Four others were injured in the same crash and 17 more hurt in a nearby trolley-trailer truck crash five blocks away.
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Baltimore
John Heaney
Arlington
Harriett Haney
License License Decision Deferred by Board in Washington County
The Board of Liquor License Commissioners deferred ruling on the UAW CIO Local 42 club license to sell beer wine and liquor at a bar in the former Knights of Pythias Building West Franklin Street. The delay cited the chairman's absence to study testimony. A protest by Junior Fire Co and nearby residents was noted.
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Board of Liquor License Commissioners
Washington County
Uaw-Cio
Lcense
Knights of Pythias
Franklin Street
Liquor Board
Robert HH. McCauley
Junior Fire Co
CIO
Fire Company
D. A A. Wolfinger
Colonel Whitney Is Nazi Prisoner
War Department said Col. John Hay Whitney had been captured by the Germans. He was traveling in a jeep with officers in what was believed to be friendly territory. Whitney, a horseracing and polo enthusiast from a wealthy family, is married to Betsy Cushing, former wife of James Roosevelt.
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Washington
War Department
John Hay
Jock) Whitney
Whitney
Betsy Cushing
James Roosevelt
Tito's Army Advances in Yugoslavia Capture Dubei Be rane Savnik
A Yugoslav broadcast from Marshal Tito's headquarters reports partisan forces captured Dubei northwest of Uzice on the Sarajevo Nis railway and seized Berane and Savnik in Montenegro.
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Tito
London
Marshal Tito
Dubei
Uzice
Sarajevo-Nis
Berane
Savnik
Montenegro
Fashion booklet pattern ad with rear cover details
A fashion book advert offers shirtwaist dress patterns with button trimming for distinction. It lists 175 pattern designs across ages and sizes, pricing patterns at 7 cents or free with validation, and instructs buyers to include postal unit or zone numbers and to print the dress style number and size.
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Tistrates
Krug Urges Hammer Away At War Production Board
WPB chief J A Krug told 150 aides to crush the enemy with an endless flow of munitions and then stay on to restore civilian production. He warned against wartime controls delays while keeping staff changes to a minimum and not shaking up the organization.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
WPB
Donald Nelson
China
Krug
WFB
Bremen Bombed by Mosquito Bombers Invasion tale
British Mosquitos struck Bremen in the northwest German port causing heavy destruction overnight. The raid damaged dock facilities and the commercial center along a three mile stretch, following a previous August 25 attack that wrecked Atlaswerke shipyards and twenty Weser dock warehouses.
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London
Bremen
Atlaswerke
Weser
Auto With Baby In Rear Stolen Found
Woodstock police recovered a stolen car on the outskirts of Stratford after it was taken from a local street. A seven month old baby slept in the back seat. the child, Michael Gerofsky, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Gerofsky.
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Woodstock
Ont
Stratford
Here
Michael Gerofsky
David Gerofsky
Free fried chicken fed soldiers at Nashville station
Raincut picnic for National Life and Accident Insurance staff led President E. W. Craig to send surplus meals to Union Station. A soldier questioned the gesture, while a granted divorce proceeding listed Harry M. Patrave as the party.
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G. I. Joes
Nashville
Union Station
National Life and Accident Insurance Company
FE. W. Craig
Farm machinery rationing planned for Washington County
Washington county will ration farm machinery under the Agricultural Adjustment Act during the production year. The county rationing committee reports an allotment double the 1942-43 quota and nearly the 1943-44 quota, with an immediate need for 43 farm factors. Initial quotas cover nine machine types including manure spreaders, combines, corn binders, corn pickers, mowers, rakes, hay loaders, pickup balers, and tractors.
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Ington
Agricutural Justment
Washington County
Nazis breach Gothic Line near Pisa in Italy
Allied forces press the Gothic Line along the Tuscan coast with heavy resistance as US troops of Japanese ancestry reach the Pisano mass southwest slopes near Pisa. German prisoners quote Field Marshal Kesselring claiming the line must be held for three weeks before retreat toward Brenner Pass.
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Pisano
Pisa
Albert Kesselring
Brener Pass
Alow
Fo River
Brenner Pass
Amos Of Comedy Team Of Radio Is Married
Hollywood news notes that Amos of the radio duo Amos and Andy wed heiress Virginia Stoneham at a ranch ceremony near Sentia. Gosden, 40s, and Stoneham’s daughter Virginia, 14, served as a bridesmaid while Correll and Mrs. Correll attended.
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Amos
Comedy Team of
Radio
Hollywood
Pi—Freeman Gosden
Amos and
Andy
J Stoneham
Charles Stonehamt
New York Giants
Sentia
al. Stertay
National Bromne Company
Freaman Gosden, Jr
Hesman
Comin
Virginia Gosden
Charles P. Correll
Correll
Gosden
Leta &. Gosden
Diod
Over the Hump Washington Hints Lighter Draft Calls
Chairman Costello of a Hansa military subcommittee says selective service calls will be lighter from now on. He declares the armed services are over the hump.
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Washington
Costello
D-Cal
Hansa
Hec
Armed Services
Costelln
Car Recovered in Lancaster After Finkstown Theft
Howard J. Grove of Finkstown reported a Monday theft of a car, recovered last night in Lancaster, Ohio. Sheriff Baxeth said two boys, identities not learned, were in possession and may be returned for trial or prosecuted under the federal act. Richard Nonedale Winters of Smithshnns and Stephen O Krebs of Oak Till Avenue were placed on the Dean's List at Franklin and Marshatt Colleges.
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Howard J. Grove
Finkstown
Lancaster
John B. Baxeth
Richard Nonedale Winters
Smithshnns
Stephen O. Krebs
Lata Oak Till Avenue
Franklin
Msrehatt Caliess
Dieppe raid veterans praised by Germans in France
In Dieppe Sept 1 the Germans reportedly admired the bravery of Canadian, British and American participants in the raid two years earlier. A French cemetery keeper near Dieppe stated the Allies deserved to win that day as he described the graves and orderly upkeep by locals.
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Dieppe
Army of War Strength May Long Be Needed
Marshall proposed a peacetime citizen army with a reserve force ready to reinforce in emergencies. He warned against a permanent professional caste and urged keeping costs low while maintaining military efficiency through expert control. He outlined four goals for a non professional army: develop citizen leadership, minimal peacetime costs, public opinion influence, and tradition plus refinement to meet needs.
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Ing
Japan
Marshall
Improvements At The Fairgrounds
Pens to house several hundred sheep rise along the west side of the Poultry Building at the fairgrounds. Other upgrades include repainted entrances and office changes. The Bester Long Company will resurface drive and walkways next, with President A K Coffman supervising.
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Shipshane
Bester-Long
A. K. Coffman
Grant Music Head Leaves For Doctoral Study
Victor Marietta director of instrumental music in Washington county public schools has been granted a year leave by the local Board of Education to complete studies toward a Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University New York City He holds a master's from the University of Pennsylvania Mr and Mrs Marietta and their daughter Patricia will move from Mulberry avenue this week to New York to reside for the school year.
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Victor Marietta
Washington County
Board of Education
Columbia University
New York City
University of Pennsylvania
Marietta
Patricia
Mulberry Avenue
New York
Germans Admit Belgium Lost Amid War Unrest
A Berlin broadcast said wounded German soldiers filled Brussels, with unrest growing as Allied forces advance. American pilots reported Germans flooding areas in northern Belgium and southern Holland, a tactic linked to plans to flood the Low Countries. AP reports grim brutality in Plo mion where 14 French civilians were murdered and dismembered by a German garrison. Along the channel coast German coast guns engaged British ships near Dover. The Alaska coastline is 4,750 miles long.
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Pas- de Calais
Folkestone
Dover
Boulogne
Calais
Berlin
Brussels
Belgium
Holland
Low Countries
Associated Press
William Smith White
Plomion
France
Channel
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Aehfe Pest
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General Assembly
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Joseph J. Mish
Marys C
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Harry S. Myers
North Potomac Street
DR. W
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Lincoln
Chamberspurg
Grant Music
Alaska
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Run Ptee
R. D. McKee
Guy Hall
N. Potomac St
Ft Orth Potomac
Hagerstown Gas CO
Shockey’s
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