French Forces Penetrate German Territory In War Operation
Paris dispatch reports French troops reached German soil after contacting frontline units on the western front. Disorders were noted in Cologne, Dusseldorf, Essen and across Czecho Slovakia, with naval actions off Denmark reported by Copenhagen. France said land and air movements develop normally as operations continue.
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Paris
Germany
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Essen
Disarches
Copenhagen
Denmark
France
War Ministry
Bombs Strike German Fleet in Daring British Raid
London reports Great Britain claims a successful daylight raid against the German fleet at the Kiel Canal entrance. Royal Air Force bombers reportedly hit two battleships, while a prior night attack targeted northern and western Germany. The ministry of information states the strike aimed to deter aggression and seeks peace with the German people.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Royal Air Force
Ministry of Information
Kiel Canal
North Sea
Baltic
Parisians Routed From Beds By Air Raid Alarm
Paris woke to air raid sirens routing residents from beds and driving crowds into cellars as a moonlit city went underground. Artificial fog drifted over the city, then traffic and utilities resumed at 7 05 a m. Observers described scenes in vaults under the Seine and hotel corridors as residents and guests prepared for the alert.
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Paris
Manes
Tle da la Cite
Hotel Continental
Seine
Marriage Licenses Jump Over Holiday Weekend
Deputy Clerk Marty AL Shaffer reports 42 licenses issued since August 30, a notable rise for holidays this year. The weekend counts the strongest since the 48-hour waiting law took effect last December, signaling higher marriage activity locally.
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Marty AL Shaffer
Maryland Weather: Fair Skies Wednesday With Cooler Temperatures
Weather Bureau reports fair conditions across Maryland tonight and Wednesday with a slow rise in interior temperatures. Chesapeake Bay will be partly cloudy to clear with cooler nights and Wednesday seeing slowly rising temperatures, fresh northwest winds diminishing by midweek.
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Weather Bureau
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Bank of England Enforces Rigid Currency Limits
Foreign exchange dealers report the Bank of England has set firm wartime controls on sterling with Wall Street banks told to trade at about 4.02 dollars to buy and 4.00 dollars to sell, compared with 4.68 dollars two weeks earlier. Also, Mrs. Z B Miller of Virginia Avenue was discharged after hospital treatment for severe leg lacerations from a fall.
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New York
Bank of England
England
Wall Street
Z. B. Miller
Virginia Avenue
Tip Contest Highlights Local News Tips
A Smithsburg resident won first prize with a tip about a fatal shooting of a youth near the town. A second prize went to tips on a new airfield for Hancock and on illegal fishing, all submitted by local residents. Tips are accepted by the Daily Mail each weekday between 7:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
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Smithsburg
Hancock
Daily Mail
Two Polish Cities Taken by Germans
Germany announced the capture of Katowice and Chorzow in Silesia near the Polish border. The Polish towns, on the route to Krakow, were surrounded after prior attacks but were abandoned by defenders who did not destroy valuable steel mills. The move would grant Germany control of the region, with continued coverage on Page 10.
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Berlin
Germany
Katowice
Chorzow
Silesia
Krakow
Poland
Poles Resort to Strategy as Warsaw Faces Air Raids
In Warsaw on September 5 German planes attacked the capital twice while officials considered possible evacuation within hours. The city endured another raid though the populace remained calm amid intensified defense lines and distant bomb drops over suburbs and military targets.
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Warsaw
Schools Open Per Schedule Across City and County
Public schools opened per schedule this morning per Superintendent B J Grimes. City reports sizeable enrollment gains with little congestion. About 16000 pupils answered the call. St Marys Catholic School opened with record enrollment in both high and grade levels.
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B. J. Grimes
St. Mary's Catholic School
Fourth Ward Democratic Club Plans Nominations at Regular Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Fourth Ward Democratic Club will be held tomorrow night at o clock. The club will complete its first year since its organization and officers will be nominated at this meeting.
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Fourth Ward
Democratic Club
Cunard Steamer Rosnia Sunk by Submarine
The Cunard Line announced that its steamer Rosnia was torpedoed and sunk. Twenty three crew members were rescued by a Norwegian tanker after the attack near Liverpool.
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Liverpool
England
Cunard Line
Rosnia
Amsterdam hears rumble of guns in night sky
Amsterdam reports two nightly air incidents as foreign planes flew over the Netherlands. Anti aircraft batteries fired on one group near the city while another event saw over 50 shots fired in a 30 minute span around 5 am with no confirmed hits.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Sugar Hoarding Under Way Here
Fearing a repeat of wartime shortages, Hagerstown housewives buy sugar and flour to hoard. Wholesale sugar rose half a cent over the weekend while local brokers see only a general market rise and expect flour prices to climb as wheat soars amid the war.
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Hagerstown
Departing Staffs Greet Cordially in Dutch Frontier Station
The staffs of the German embassy to Paris and the French embassy to Berlin left their posts and met at Oldenzant in the Netherlands after exchanging trains. About 120 Germans from Paris arrived at 5:15 a.m. Ambassador Colondre and 30 others from Berlin also reached Olden call Monday night. Dutch soldiers guarded the quiet station as the two groups greeted each other warmly.
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Amsterdam
Paris
Berlin
Oldenzant
Colondre
France
Oldencall
Boy Returns To School After Major Surgeries
Raymond Pouer Jr. 15 begins classes in Chicago on September 5 after enduring 22 blood transfusions and six major bone surgeries since December 6. He battled osteomyelitis and recovered from a rare Staphylococcus infection, a medical milestone noted in the report.
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Chicago
Raymond Pouer Jr
Wrong Place in Vianapolis Police Arrest at State Fair
Reported in Vianapolis on Sept 5, William Jackson was arrested after wandering through a crowd of about 100000 at the state fair and selling whisky by the drink from a bottle. A New York broadcast of Pope Pius was canceled as of Sep 3 per NBC’s Rome representative.
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Vianapolis
William Jackson
New York
Pope Pius
Canc
NBC
Rone
Brooklyn
Irving Feinstein
Public sale backs high Edison stock near peak
Ten shires or rotomar Edison 7 percent stock sold for 116.30 per share at public sale in front of the courthouse this morning. Fred M. White was the announcer. The price approached an all time high for the issue.
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Ten Shires Or
Rotomar Edison
Fred M. White
Three Women Injured in Westminster Pike Crash
Three women were injured in an early morning crash on the Westminster Pike near Winstburg Maryland. Maude Yates and Nellie Risling suffered internal injuries and lacerations. Nora Bowers had bruises and shock. Yates and Risling were taken to University Hospital Baltimore. Bowers remained at home. Kenneth Bowers drove the car, William Wiles the truck. both drivers uninjured.
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Westminster Pike
Winksburg
Maude Yates
Hagerstown
Nellie Risling
Nora Bowers
Sharpsburg
Miss Yates
Risling
Schluter
Bowers
Wiles
Timonium Fair
Southern Shoe Company
Bell
Athenia Captain Reports Torpedo Hit and Shelling
Captain James Cook of the British liner Athenia, sunk Sunday, arrived in Galway detailing a torpedo strike that breached the gallley and engine room. He said a submarine surfaced and shelled the ship, with one shell carrying away the mast, as survivors volume 340 were rescued by the Knut Nelson. The captain and crew saw the periscope and a smoke ring over the water, with no panic among passengers amid uncertain casualty figures.
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Galway
Ireland
James Cook
Knut Nelson
Cook
Pool Closes For Season After Record Attendance
The municipal pool shut down last night for the season under manager William Heil. About 30,000 people paid to swim this summer, roughly 2,000 more than last year, with attendance helped by good turnout despite a cool July. About 75,000 visited the park facilities adjoining the pool, and out of state visitors rose notably.
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William Heil
Washington County dairy teams place at Timonium Fair
The Washington County teams finished eighth in dairy judging and fifth in demonstration at the Timonium Fair yesterday. Team members include Jane Palmer Marshall Kretzer Downey Harshman on the dairy cattle squad and Jane Mullendere Robert Grah on the demonstration squad. Montgomery won the cable judging contest and Baltimore County led the demonstration project.
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Washington County
Jane Palmer
Marshall Kretzer
Downey Harshman
Jane Mullendere
Robert Grah
Montgomery County
Baltimore County
Guard Tunnels Bridges Fort Lee
New York authority police were on guard today against possible sabotage of the 218 million system of Hudson river bridges and tunnels surrounding Fort Lee New Jersey as a precautionary measure following concerns of attacks.
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Fort Lee
N. J
New York Authority
Hudson River
Peril at Sea as Athenia Sinks After Submarine Torpedo
Ninety persons believed to have perished when the German submarine sent the British liner Athenia to the bottom in the Atlantic. Survivors arriving at Greenock described shells fired at lifeboats and a night of terror. Glasgow hospitals prepared for the injured while refugees faced exposure. One survivor named John McEwan from Glasgow spoke of the submarine surfacing and firing twice as lifeboats pulled away. Local reports quoted rumors of 90 deaths, with uncertainty about the final tally.
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Atlantic Ocean
Greenock
Scotland
Athenia
Glasgow
North Atlantic
Roy Barrington
Toronto
Knutt Nelson
John McEwan
Vesel
McEwan
Many Arrive From Europe On Transatlantic Ships
New York September 5 With 539 passengers crowded into improved quarters the United States liner President Roosevelt arrived from Europe today. She carried 125 extra passengers and 221000000 in fold. The Cunard White Star liner Samaria followed with 693 passengers from Europe, 245 Americans. The Bremen remains missing after departing New York last Wednesday night. The 20000000 ship’s stated destination was Bremenhaven, but Verd to Vera Cruz is suspected. The President Roosevelt displays a motor torpedo boat on deck. Passengers report blackouts and zigzagging, but officials deny convoy rumors. Queen Mary and Normandie still docked, sailings postponed.
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New York
United States
Roosevelt
Europe
Cunard
Samaria
Bremen
Bremenhaven
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Germany
Storms Break Heat Wave In Chewsville Area
Weather observer Dr. Paul Oswald reports electrical storms ended the heat wave in Chewsville. At 11 a.m. the temperature stood at 74 with yesterday's high of 86, and rainfall measured 0.72 inches. The day’s minimum temperature was 2.
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Paul Oswald
Chewsville
Army Planes Found Safe After Costa Rica Missing
Cristobal Panama Canal Zone Sept 5 Army authorities announced three United States Army planes previously reported missing over Costa Rica had been found with all personnel aboard safe. The aircraft, pursuit planes of the new P-36 were detached from a group of thirty flown from Marsh Langley and Selfridge fields to Panama. Bad weather forced them to make emergency landings.
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Cristobal
Canal Zone
United States Army
Costa Rica
Marsh
Langley
Selfridge Fields
Panama
Steel Tower Mystery Near Hagerstown Airport
A tall steel tower, erected last week along the Middleburg pike about a mile north of Hagerstown, prompts speculation at the airport. It is higher than the beacon tower at the southeast corner, powered, and lit by a red light at night. An attached ladder reaches the top, and workers have not revealed its purpose or government department responsible.
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Middleburg Pike
Hagerstown
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