Dewey Enroute To Michigan For 10 Day Campaign
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey heads toward Michigan for ten days of grassroots campaigning after declaring in Louisville for a world security organization formed without waiting for peace. He plans brief train-end appearances until Sept. 18 and will confer with Gov. Harry F. Kelly and leaders of diverse groups. Dewey defended using force to prevent future wars and backed a postwar organization aligning with the Dunbarton Oaks plan, arguing swift, coordinated action is needed to reach a strong international structure.
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Dewey
Thomas EH
Michigan
Louisville
Lansing
Harry F. Kelly
Seattle
Wash
Pisto
Warren Moscow
New York Times
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
International Organization
Tional Federation of Women's Republican Clubs
Dunbarton Oaks
Washington
World Organization
Roosevelt Churchill Meet Near Quebec At Conference
Reports indicate a key Quebec meeting among Roosevelt Churchill with Robert Murphy newly named adviser on German affairs and Elmer Davis Director of War Information. Earlier Roosevelt hosted military leaders Marshall Arnold Leahy King as they discussed occupation economic control and the Pacific war while Dewey questions the timing of any Roosevelt Churchill talks.
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Robert Murphy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Murphy
Italy
Churchill
London
Quebec
Elmer Davis
War Information
Hawaii
Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
Henry H. Arnold
William D. Leahy
Ernest
King
Marshall
Eisenhower
Serliz
Stalin
Teheran
Pacific
Britain
Europe
Japan
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Louisville
Market Dealer Faces Warning Over Ceiling Price Violation
A Washington county auction heard a case where a dealer sold combined articles above their individual OPA ceiling, including an electric refrigerator and lamp. The seller refunded money after the purchaser returned the items. The case also noted a grocery store failure to post the OPA ceiling list, with the proprietor promising future posting.
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Washington County
OPA
Blackout Lifted Across South Africa Coastal Belt
Cape Town reports the nationwide blackout is fully lifted along the coastal belt. Civilian coastal defense corps duties have been suspended.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Armies Mass At Reich Gates Push Into Final Fortress
Allied armies close to the Siegfried line as German defenses extend north toward Cleve. Patton’s 3rd Army advances on supply by air while American air power targets German convoys. West allies occupy Belgian ports Oostende and Nieuwpoort and tighten noose along coast. dozens of V-1 sites found, no V-2 launches verified.
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Aachen
George S. Patton
3Rd
Supreme Headquarters
Hitler
Germany
Siegfried Line
3Rd Army
Moselle
Saar
8Rd
France
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Nieuport
Boulogne
Calais
Dunkerque
Zeebrugge
Russian Armistice Drive Through Bulgaria Reported
Front dispatches describe a Russian advance across Bulgaria with two major port captures Ruse on the Danube and Varna on the Black Sea. Kremlin broadcasts urge Hungarians to join Bulgaria in breaking with Hitler and note Bulgaria’s war participation reshaping Balkans.
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Romania
Ruschuk
Ruse
Danube
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Black Sea
Kremlin
Balkans
Adriatic Sea
Athens
Salonika-Nis- Belgrade
Turkey
Russia
Annual Training School To Be Held Here
The seventeenth annual Standard Leadership Training School will be sponsored by the Hagerstown Council of Churches and Christaan Education. Sessions run five Mondays in October at First Christian Church from 7:30 to 9:30 PM with devotional assemblies led by Rev. J Richard Bishop. Courses cover Understanding Our Pupils, Guiding Beginners in Christian Growth, Using Source Material for Juniors, How to Teach Youth, and Preparation for Christian Time Life. Miss Lola May is registrar. textbooks available from her at 82 Broadway.
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Hagerstown Council of Churches
Christaan ‘Education
First Christian Church
South Potomac Street
J. Richard Bishop
Christ’s Reformed Church
Crews Dropped By Parachute To Fight Northwest Fires
Portland Oregon September 8 Crews have been dropped by para chute to combat fires reported across the Northwest A hot Indian summer day spurred blazes in six Idaho locations threatening Sanders community and prompting farm evacuations An eight man team parachuted to a 60 acre fire in Lost Horse Pass northern Idaho Twenty parachutists were dropped into Chelan National Forests backwoods to tackle a 30 acre lightning blaze near timberlands deep in the canyon
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Portland
Ore
Northwest
Idaho
Sanders
Lost Horse Pass
Chelan National Forest
Dewey Accused Of Double Talk in CIO Critique
Sidney Hillman charged Gov. Thomas E. Dewey with deliberate double talk on foreign policy and vague domestic positions. In a prepared NY CIO convention address Hillman cited shifts on aid to Britain and Britain alliance, accusing Dewey of courting isolationists and internationalists alike and of contradictory stances.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Sidney
Hillman
Thomas E. Dewey
CIO Political Action Committee
National Citizens Political Action Committee
New York State
CIO
Cig-Pac
New York
Warren G. Harding
Dewey
PAC
Britain
Russia
Aged Recluse Leaves a Estate of 140000 in Cleveland
Mrs Lacey C Armstrong an 86 year old recluse who lived in a ten dollar room left more than 140000 after her death. Police found a bank book showing 40000 in deposits and stock certificates valued at about 190000 in her modest lodgings after a fatal fall.
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Cleveland
Lacey CG. Armstrong
Empire State head urges tenants avoid dangerous V Day actions
Alfred E. Smith, president of the Empire State Building, orders tenants to prevent anyone from throwing objects from office windows on V Day. Separately, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands arrived in England from Canada, per Aneta.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
England
London
Juliana of the
Netherlands
Canada
Aneta
Kennel Club Organizing In Washington County Area
Eighteen breeders across Maryland West Virginia and Pennsylvania plan a Cumberland Valley Kennel Club with headquarters in Hagerstown. The group will sponsor sanctioned matches and dog shows to revive interest in pedigreed dogs such as Great Pyrenees Boston bulls cocker spaniels boxers Scotties and Great Danes. Charter membership targets breeders of quality dogs with future plans for broader ownership inclusion and lectures and activities.
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Washington County
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Cumberland Valley Kennel Club
Hagerstown
Another Large Bass Is Landed in Potomac River
William Pettit of South Locust Street landed a five pound smallmouth bass at Shaffer's Landing on the Potomac. Pettit fished with light tackle using a large chub and noted a spirited fight. Teammate Herbert Whipp accompanied the trip. Nearby, Vernon M. Miller had recently caught a 4 1/4 pound bass at a similar location.
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Potomac
Shaffer’s Landing
William Pettit
South Locust Stree
Pettit
Herbert Whipp
Vernon M. Miller
Miss America Pageant Set Tonight in Atlantic City
Miss America of 1944 will be named tonight as three top contenders gain favor. Betty Jane-Rose listed as Miss Birmingham, Virginia Warren of Miami as Miss Florida, and Venus Raney of Washington DC, auburn-haired, are among the three favorites after three days of preliminaries in Atlantic City.
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Atlantic City
NX. J
Washington, D. C
Betty Jane-Rose
Birmingham
Virginia Warren
Miami
Florida
Strikes Hit Two Midwest Bomber Plants Slowing Production
Labor stoppages at Ford Willow Run in Detroit and the Dodge Chicago plant disrupted wartime output of B 24 Liberator bombers and B 29 Superfortresses. About 39 000 workers were kept from their posts due to disputes, with 30 1000 at Willow Run and 667 at Dodge Chicago leaving in protest over promotion criteria.
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Associated Press
Willow Run
Detroit
Chicago
Dodge
Polio Hits Fourth Time In Cearfoss District
Polio reports describe a mild outbreak with two infantile paralysis cases in Mt. Airy under Dr J Stanley Grabill. Maryland totals rise to 226 with 18 deaths as Anne Arundel and Montgomery report new cases and Baltimore County sees two. Dr C H Halliday notes some suspected cases were misclassified as other illnesses. Eleven Virginia polio cases push state total to 460 since June 1. John Albert Brown, 59, president of Socony-Vacuum Oil, dies in Montreal after abdominal surgery. New or virgin wool described as never used.
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Cearfoss
Mt. Airy
J. Stanley Grabill
Baltimore County
Baltimore City
Halliday
Virginia Health Department
Montreal
John Albert Brown
Socony-Valuum Oil Con
Royal Victoria Hospital
Quebec
Brown
Radio Exams In County Law Enforcement Upgrade
The Board of County Commissioners authorized installation of two way radios in sheriff cars linking with State Police senders. Deputies have taken or will take third class radio telephone operator exams, enabling instant contact with cruiser cars across the county once fully operational.
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Sheriff's Office
Board of County Commissioners
Washington County
Hannegan to Speak at Baltimore Campaign Opening
In Baltimore on September 15, Democratic National Committee chairman Robert E. Hannegan will address the opening of the city campaign for presidential and congressional candidates.
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Hannegan
Baltimore
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Baltimore City
Day Nursery Board Thanks August Donors
The Ha gerstown Day Nursery board expresses gratitude for August contributions from Edna Smith Mrs. Charles Everly Mrs. McLaughlin Mrs. Harry Rudy Mrs. Eugene Gordon and the Misses Joan and Nancy Gordon.
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Hagerstown Day Nursery
Edna Smith
Charles Everly
McLaughlin
Harry Rudy
Eugene Gordon
Joan
Nancy Gordon
Engineers to Meet at Hotel Alexander Next Monday
A Merylani Association of Engineers meeting is scheduled in Hotel Alexander Monday night. The assembly will discuss association affairs and upcoming projects with attendees from engineering disciplines.
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Merylani Association of Engineers
Hotel Alexander
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