U S Armored Force Breaks Into Germany In Major Push
U S armored units advanced from Liège toward Eupen while 3rd Army fought for Thionville north of Metz. American and Allied forces describe a broad breakout from the Ardennes, crossing borders and entering the Reich for the first time since Napoleon era. The Eupen advance places forces five miles from the German border as British troops widen a breach along the Albert Canal in Belgium.
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Luxembourg
Koblenz
Rhine
Lower
Moselle
Reich
3Rd Army
Thionville
Metz
Peru
Liege
Eupen
Cologne
Germany
Aachen
Albert Canal
Belgium
Allied push narrows German pocket across western front
American troops press to Brest walls street by street while Germans resist in the Boulogne Calais Dunkerque area and along the Schelde pocket. Canadians advance north of Oostende pushing Nazi forces back to Blankenberge as Polish and British units tighten the net near Brugge Lokeren St Nicklaas and the Belgium border.
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Berlin
France
Brittany
Brest
Supreme Headquarters
Channel
Boulogne
Calais
Dunkerque
Schelde
Wissant
Sangatte
Cap Gris Nez
England
Oostende
Belgian
Blenkenberge
Brugge
Lokeren
St Nicklaas
Gent
Antwerp
Duich
Carrier Sweep Costs Japan 90 Ships 68 Planes
Allied task force under Admiral Halsey struck in Sarangant Bay Davao Gulf and near Cagayan Surigao sinking or likely sinking 16 small cargo ships one medium cargo ship one patrol craft and many sampans while burning two small cargo ships and at least 17 sampans Japanese air attacks were repelled with eight planes shot down and very light American losses No Japanese warships were reported damaged in the communique suggesting the Philippine fleet may still be recovering from prior battles.
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Adm
Chester Nimitz
Matina
Gagayan
Surigao
William Halsey, Jr
Third Fleet
Sarangant Bay
Davao Gulf
Cagayan
U. S
Marianas
Thornton & Minop Rectal Ointment Ad
An old clinic style advertisement touts relief for piles with rectal ointment and suppositories. It claims quick pain relief and soreness reduction, urging readers to purchase at area drug stores including Hagerstown and Middle kauff's Drug Store. It highlights a dollar offer and ten cent price points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton & Minop
Hagerstown
Middlekauff
Pacific Leaders Plan Top-Level Pacific War Strategy
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill prepare for a joint high level meeting with London and Washington chiefs of staff to chart a major Pacific strike. Discussions center on isolating the Dutch East Indies, shaping a path to reconquest, and deciding Japan’s fate with Allied plans and rationale examined. Stalin’s nonattendance fuels talk of Soviet role.
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Ing
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
London
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
Honking
China
Stalin
Russia
Pacific
Stephen Early
Welfare Budget Reduced for 1944 Welfare Budget
ANNAPOLIS Md Sept 12 The State Department of Public Welfare proposes a 1946 budget of 3 689 790 a cut of 160 874 from 1944 The plan cites May 1944 welfare caseload as the lowest on record and requests a contingency fund of 495 814 to cover potential postwar unemployment The request covers all forms of public assistance including old age aid dependent children the needy blind and general public assistance along with department administration and the new Child Welfare Bureau.
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Annapolis
State Department of Public Welfare
Walter N. Kirkman
Kirkman
Department
Child Welfare Bureau
Negro Accused of Stealing an Army Auto
Edward L. Penson, 25, colored, was arrested at his Jonathan Street home on a larceny charge after confessing to taking an Army automobile from Army Intelligence in Baltimore. He had been released from Roxbury Penal Farm last July and has three prior convictions. He was returned to Baltimore to await Federal Grand Jury action.
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Jonathan Street
Edward L. Penson
U. S
G. Welles Little
Wayne Sellman
John Draper
Charles Mades
FBI
Penson
U. S. Army
Baltimore
Sellman
Roxbury
Polio Case Reported In Washington County
Poliomyelitis has appeared in Washington county with diagnosis of a mild case in an 11 year old Maugansville girl. Dr. J A McCallum health officer confirmed the diagnosis after a morning home visit and noted the illness is very mild. The child lives several miles from the nearest polio victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Maugansville
J. A. McCallum
Vendors Close Downtown Stores On V Day Observances
Hagerstown retailers announce universal store closings on V Day as unions consider clerk work.117 shops had pledged to close awaiting Germany’s unconditional surrender. No parade planned by bureau or chamber. services urged and churches to remain open. celebration to follow after Japan’s surrender.
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Hagerstown
Bureau
Germany
Chamber of Commerce
Defense
Bureau Committee
A. H. Warne
City Park
St John’s Lutheran Auditorium
Japan
Washington County
Retailers’ Bureau
Knoxville Man Reported Safe From WWII Prisoner
Millard G. Darr of Knoxville reported safe after Romania switch to the Allies likely freed Axis confinements. The tail gunner, missing since August 10, was a Brunswick High School graduate, entered Army Air Corps in 1943, trained at Harlingen, and has been overseas since May.
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Romania
Asis
Millard G. Darr
Daisy B. Darr
Knoxville
Betty Cornelius
Brunswick
Set
Carr
United Nations
Sgt
Darr
Army Air Corps
Harlingen
Tex
Army Air Field
Brunswick High School
Washington
Reisner praises Fairchild cargo plane at Hagerstown airport
Lew Reisner of Tennessee Aircraft, Inc. witnessed the Fairchild cargo plane’s Sunday flight and praised it as the Real McCoy. He noted advantages over rivals and predicted great things for the ship. Reisner and his brother helped build early Hagerstown aircraft before the plant was taken over by Fairchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Reisner
Hagerstown
Fairchild
Reisner
Tennessee Aircraft, Inc
Reisner Brothers
Kreider-Reisner
Local WAC Plays On Baseball Nine Near Naples
American WACs enjoy baseball at overseas base near Naples. Mac’s WACs led by First Lieut Georgene McCauley defeated Capt Mae S. Simas’s Mac’s team. Spectators included front line troops recovering in a hospital, watching from benches and walls as GI vendors sold peanuts.
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Hilda M. Ernst
Wayside Avenue
United States Army
Naples
Wacs
Mac
WAC
Georgene McCauley
Lubbock
Tex
Pfe. Ernst
Mae S. Simas
Reno
Nev
Lee Bonara
Brooklyn
Local men take part in Brittany port action
At Brest, a great Brittany port held by Nazi forces, at least three Hagerstonians are mentioned by Holbrook Bradley in a Baltimore Sun dispatch yesterday. Capt. David Mentzer Capt. John Perkins and Sgt. John R. O'Brien are named among those battling the forces.
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Brittany
Brest
Holbrook Bradley
Baltimore Sun
David Mentzer
John Perkins
John R. O'Brien
Williamsport and town council discuss water source move
Williamsport buys water from Harrisburg as talks at the conference cover options including a reserve tank and standpipe. Mayor Richard G. Hawken notes that a local improvement would not aid distant industrial plants. G. Victor Cushwa led the delegation.
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Williamsport
Ha Rerstown
Richard G. Hawken
Parley Sought On Water Tank Plan
Williamsport leaders and citizens met with the Mayor and Council seeking a plan for a reserve water supply. A conference with the Mayor and Council and Board of Water Commissioners of Hagerstown was tentatively approved after recent water outages caused by leaks in the Potomac area.
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Williamsport
Coun
Board of Water
Commissioners of
Hagerstown
Potomac
Hagers
Vonors Show to Register Here
Hagerstown faces a shortfall in blood donor registrations as only 37 new names were added for next week's Mobile Unit visit. Officials urge prompt registration at 32 North Potomac Street or by phone, to meet a 1000 donor quota.
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Hagerstown
Red Cross
Potomac Edison
North Potomac Street
Jean Moscardini
Wilma Fichelberger
Randolph Schindel
Howard BE. Ilgentfritz
Julia Ecker
Lois Blenard
Letha Shatzer
Margaret Potts
Nora Alsip
David Smith
Harold Wyand
Jack 3. Ruse
Robert J. Griffith
William F. Krepp
Robert Shifler
James M
Hazel Alexander
Phyllis Beard
Marie Grove
Virginia Lawton
Elnore Lehman
Mary Lou Hoffman
J. A. Speicher
Jane Hodges
Edwin Reynolds
Nora Glenn
Clara C. McDowell
Clara B. McDowell
Joseph Shuck
Walter H. Conrad
Rosa B. Culler
Inez Miller
Clara
Fragmentary names surface in local notice
The readable fragments include names such as Lowack, J. Davie, odie, Anna Willard and Mrs Gilbert Plume, suggesting a community notice or personal listing with several individuals named.
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Iece Lowack
J. Davie
Odie
Anna Willard
Gilbert Plume
Meeting Opened by Maryland Association of Engineers
Members from all sections of Maryland opened a regular session of the Maryland Association of Engineers. Representatives from across the state attended as the group convened to discuss ongoing professional matters and standards.
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Maryland Association of Engineers
Hotel Alexander Meeting Discusses State Engineering Problems
Yudhlerly a feeling at the Hotel Alexander yesterday. C William Hetzer is president of the organization. The main purpose of the meeting is to discuss the State's engineering problems. Openiczs the convention, members participated in golf at Fountain Head Country Club followed by dinner served at the hotel yesterday evening. Business discussions will be carried on today.
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Yudhlerly
Alexander
C. William Hetzer
Fountain Head Country Club
Power from Knowledge Promises Health And Wealth
Thirty years ago Edwin J. Dingle, English geographer, traveled to Forbidden Tibet and found a power he says transforms life. He claims health, wealth, and recognition followed, and now offers a 9000 word treatise free to readers of this paper via The Institute of Mentalphysics Los Angeles California. Limited copies available. write promptly for a free book.
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Forbidden
Tibet
Edwin J. Dingle
England
Far East
Dingle
Institute of Mentalphysics
South
Hobart Blvd
Dept. K
Los Angeles 4
Calif
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Roy Collins
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Fay Holden
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House of Blue White Diamonds
West Washington St
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Andy Ovine
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Driscoll
Gloria Tern Wartha
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Milburn Stone
Douglass Dumbrille
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Ptc
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United States
Torcard
H. M. Garrison
Terrace
J. E. B. Sweeney
Headquarters
Rudy
People’s Store
W. Wash
Schindel, Rohrer & Co
S. Potomac St
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Caskey Baking Co
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
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