Yanks Across Europe Push Toward Rhine Front
Allied dispatches report American patrols penetrating toward the Rhine with claims of advances near Metz and the Luxembourg frontier. Meuse crossings, Pont-a-Mousson contact, and heavy shelling mark the pace as Belgian and British forces advance toward Namur Liege Gent and Gent while air raids hit Le Havre Brest and Cherleroi.
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Commercy
Pont-A-Mousson
Nancy
Miez
Betees Metz
Luxembourg
Verdun
Saarbrucken
Belgium
Courtney H. Hodges
Petersons Ointment for Eczema and Skin Itch Relief
A brief appeal promotes Petersons Ointment as a simple remedy for eczema itching pimples and red blotches. Claims quick relief from itching and improved skin feel and appearance. Also advertised as soothing for tired feet and cracked toes with a money back guarantee.
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Peterson
Tires And Chickens Stolen Report Draws Local Police
Eight newly recapped automobile tires were stolen from a Sharpsburg garage, and 45 chickens vanished from Hagerstown, prompting investigations by city police and the Sheriff. Deputies cited a broken garage window at H B Carnahan’s in Sharpsburg as the entry point. A resident on Liberty Street reported a wheel tire and tube theft, with suspects returning Monday before being scared away.
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Sharpsburg
Hagerstown
Bruce Spickler
H. B. Carnahan
Howard Smith
Liberty Street
Esther I. Long
Boonsboro-Keedysville
Demobilization priorities outlined for Pacific theater
The army details a four factor credit system to determine which soldiers are surplus and will be demobilized. Factors include service credit, overseas credit, combat credits for decorations, and dependent children. Most reductions target ground forces, with fewer losses in air and service units bound for the Pacific.
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Europe
Pacific
United States
Army
Actire
Japan
Pacific Theater
European
Army demobilization plan outlines discharge priorities
The army announced a phased demobilization. Troops with overseas combat experience will retain priority for discharge, while U S based personnel and those in the Women's Army Corps will follow a separate release formula. Wives of discharged soldiers may apply for discharge themselves. No changes were indicated after Japan’s capitulation.
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United States
Women's Army Corps
Japan
Nazis Destroy French Village
Survivors recount a massacre by the SS Das Reich Division in a French village. Elite guards blocked roads, forced women and children into a church and others into a school, then opened fire and launched phosphorus grenades. Bodies were buried in common graves as fires raged. locals and farmers confirm the accounts.
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Marchel
Limoges
Pierre Miford
Das Reich
Pyrenees
FFI
Gestapo
Removal of Most Production Controls After Nazi Defeat
WASTINGTON Sept 6 Allied policy aims to lift nearly all production controls after Germany falls, leaving manufacturers free to resume civilian output. J A Krug said war agencies back the plan to guarantee wartime needs against Japan while maximizing employment and speedily freeing 4 million workers. The program envisions substantial postwar shifts in industry as civilian production begins.
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Japan
Germany
Washington
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Krug
Army
Navy
Russians Near Yugoslav Border Thunder Advance Toward Budapest
Soviet forces pushed toward Nis and the Danube rail hub, threatening Bulgaria’s remaining link to Germany as Allied lines faltered in France. The drive split into a Balkan sweep toward Hungary while northern Poland saw a second day advance toward Wyskow and the Narew river as German resistance waned. Chalcography is a term used to signify engraving on copper and steel plates.
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Serbia
Romania
Nis
Bulgaria
Germany
Hungary
Europe
France
Low Countries
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Aegean Islands
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Macedonia
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Bosnia
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Red Army
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Marshal Tito
Moscow
Poland
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Warsaw
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Narew River
Youth Field Day Planned by Dairy Calf Club Members
Washington county 41 Dairy Calf Club members including the judging team meet at the county agent's office at noon tomorrow to attend a field day and judging session at Wilbur F Barkdoll Forestru farm near Guiney Pennsylvania. Frederick and Carroll county 4-H judging teams will attend and Barkdoll invites Ayreshire cattle enthusiasts. Countians may contact Assistant County Agent Vernon Holter for more information. The local Calf Club will meet at the Ralph McCauley farm on Cearfoss road Monday to finalize participation in the Great Hagerstown Fair.
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Washington County 41 Dairy
Wilbur F. Barkdoll
Ralph McCauley
Cearfoss Road
Two Men Injured in Highway Crash near Waynesboro
A transport truck and trailer collided with a passenger car and then struck a stone embankment near Waynesboro. The car was driven by Charles E. Martin, 77, of Waynesboro Route 2, the truck by David Souers, 32, of Hagerstown. Souers was treated at Waynesboro Hospital then transferred to Washington County Hospital with injuries to the knee, back, chest, arms and legs. Martin had minor injuries. The truck is owned by Masser Motor Company of Hagerstown.
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Waynesboro
Charles E. Martin
David Souers
Hagerstown
Souers
Waynesboro Hospital
Washington County Hospital
Martin
Masser Motor Company
Tiagerstown
Local Market Prices Reported by Kilne Bros
Kilne Bros furnishes local quotations on farm goods with prices at the barn for wheat, country bacon, lard, cabbage, apples, turnips, and onions. OPA ceiling notes appear for certain items such as chickens and lard, with prices ranging from 40 to 124 percent of base and apples between 150 cents and 200 cents per dozen.
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Kilne Bros
Bulgaria Asks For Armistice In War With Germany
Sofia rushed armistice efforts after the Bulgarian council of ministers met to direct terms against German troops. A disarming order aimed at Nazi soldiers fleeing into Bulgaria followed Bulgaria’s neutrality pledge as Moscow declared war. A foreign ministry official was sent to the Soviet legation to seek an armistice.
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Germany
Sofia
Bulgarian Council of Ministers
Romania
Bulgaria
Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Germans Retreat To Albert Canal
The German Communique said Nazi troops in the Antwerp area were retreating to the Albert Canal the last defensive waterway before Germany in that sector. The enemy claimed ongoing fighting in Antwerp and that forces were retreating in southern and southwestern France reaching Dipon and the Heights of Langres as ordered. West of the French Italian border they said attacks were beaten off.
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London
Antwerp
Belgium
Albert Canal
Germany
France
Dipon
Langres
Democratic Women Meeting Sept 21 in Baltimore
Maryland Democratic women from clubs statewide will map plans to raise campaign expense quotas at a Baltimore meeting on September 21. Mrs M Alice Canoles says funds go to a party campaign fund on National Democratic Women's Day September 27, with an expected Maryland total of at least 600 dollars, similar to last year.
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Baltimore
United Democratic
Maryland
M. Alice Canoles
Democratic National
Record of Guernsey dairy cow Franchester Knoll ton
The American Guernsey Cattle Club announced a completed official register for a two year old cow named Woodside Wall Fairstar. Owned by Fred Downey near Williamsport, she yielded 7,064.2 pounds of milk and 362.7 pounds of butterfat over ten months of twice daily milking.
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Guernsey
Franchester Knollton
Fred
Downey
Williamsport
Hag
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Woodside Wall
McMullen to Speak at Third Ward Democratic Club
Daniel F L McMullen of Cumberland Democratic candidate for Congress Sixth District will be the principal speaker at the Third Ward Democratic Club plenary at Hager Park this evening. Three new poliomyelitis cases reported in Baltimore area bring state total to 126.
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McMullen
Daniel FL McMullen
Cumberland
Sixth
Pleni
Hager Park
Baltimore
State Health Department
FDR Seizes Texas War Plants Over Labor Dispute
President Roosevelt ordered the Army to seize and operate two Hugh Tool Company plants in Houston Texas to prevent a threatened work stoppage arising from a labor dispute affecting about five thousand workers. The action follows a wave of labor unrest and aims to keep wartime production running.
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Roosevelt
Hugh Tool Company
Houston
Texas
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