Reds Poise For Thrust Into Reich
Moscow dispatch says Red army units returned to their lines after a second East Prussia patrol and briefed on potential full scale thrust into German territory. Russian forces pressed Lomza outskirts and pushed toward East Prussia border, while Narew River stronghold neared fall and Warsaw ward Hungary actions were reported. Two German lieutenant generals captured in Bulgaria raise Nazi generals taken since June 23 to 43.
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Moscow
East Prussia
Red Army
Lesape
Lomza
Lower East Prussia
Narew
Warsaw
Hungary
Berlin
Transylvania
Danubian
Bulgaria
Gudgeon Submarine Overdue and Presumed Lost
The submarine Gudgeon with about 65 crew members is overdue and presumed lost, increasing U S submarine losses to 29 since the war began. Skipper Lt. Comdr. Robert A. Bonin is listed missing in action, noted for prior actions aboard Grayling. Bonin’s wife and father live in Milwaukee.
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Washington
Navy
Robert A. Bonin
Grayling
Bonin
Regis Barbara Bonin
South 29Th Street
Milwaukee
Michael J. Bonin
South 24Th Street
French Reserves Mobilized in Liberation France
London dispatch says Paris radio reports all French reserve officers and non commissioned officers in liberated France ordered to report immediately to military authorities as part of a broad manpower mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paria Radio
France
Nazi Fighter Ace Killed In Action
Berlin radio announced the death of Commodore Count Clemens von Schoenborn, a leading German fighter pilot, as he was killed in action. The report identifiers his status as one of Germany’s most successful aces.
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London
Berlin
Count Clemens von Schoenborn
Germany
Lane Predicts Sweep In State
William Preston Lane predicted a Maryland victory for Roosevelt and Tydings in November and for all Democratic congressional candidates. He said the party will launch an intensive campaign with meetings, radio broadcasts, and state headquarters work from Baltimore. Lane, Hagerstown Democratic chair, planned to meet national leaders in New York and spoke at a Baltimore precinct executives gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Preston Lane
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Tydings
Maryland
Congress
Germany
Japan
Lane
Hagerstown
Emerson
New York
Robert Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
China's First Lady Entering Hospital
Madam Chiang Kai-shek, wife of China's generalissimo, is undergoing diagnostic study at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York after arriving by special plane from Brazil. She was a patient there over a year ago.
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New York
Chiang Kai-shek
Generalissimo of
China
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Brazil
Salt Lake City Faces Prolonged Drought Record Risk
Salt Lake City could set rainfall records if it remains dry through Thursday and Saturday. The city has not seen rain for 54 days, threatening a 29 year drought record and a 70 year rainfall mark.
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Salt Lake City
Pacific Powers Realign for War in the Pacific
In Quebec Roosevelt and Churchill devote talks to realigning American and British forces in the Pacific and Asiatic theaters. The conference centers on Japan's swift destruction, with major advances like the Philippines attack shaping the strategic blueprints and Stalin absent. The two leaders meet at the governor general's residence while a parallel military conference continues at Chateau Frontenac.
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Quebec
Pacific
Asiatic
Japan
Philippines
Marshal Stalin
Australian Chief Denies Foreknowledge of Pearl Harbor
In Canberra Prime Minister John Curtin rejects a U S claim that Australia warned Washington about the Japanese fleet before Pearl Harbor. He says the charge is pure invention and that Australian cables contained no data on the fleet. Rep Haines of Indiana cited supposed evidence of advance warning.
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Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
Pearl Harbor
United States Congress
Washington
Curtin
Haines
Indiana
House
Greek Patriots Attacking Germans In Central Greece
New York dispatch reports from Cairo via British radio that Greek patriot forces now control the central Greek plateau and 40,000 armed Greeks are attacking retreating Germans. OWI notes about 100,000 Greek reservists waiting to strike when Germans reach their area.
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New York
British Radio Today
Cairo
OWI
London
German Plotter Met With Allies While In Stockholm
Stockholm report says Adam von Trott zu Solz, condemned for the July 20 plot, visited Stockholm in June to brief Allied representatives on German underground activity and gauge reaction. He reportedly met multiple Allied officials, two sessions totaling eight hours, without contacting the Russians. Berlin radio had claimed he used business trips to Stockholm to contact enemy powers.
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Stockholm
Adam von Trott Zu
Berlin
von Trott
Foreign Office
Women Urged To Take Big Part In Campaign
Democratic women of the county were urged to play a larger role in the current campaign. Campaign chairman Harold F. Bester told the Democratic Organization Women's Club that past contributions were strong and efforts should be greater now. Judge Harvey M. Miller noted social reforms under President Roosevelt and their impact on living conditions. Mrs. Sara Macias Stouffer presided and introduced the speakers.
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Harold F. Bester
Democratic Organization
Women's Club
Bester
Harvey M. Miller
Judge Miller
Roosevelt
Sara Macias Stouffer
Heavy Cannonading Signals Battle for Channel Ports
Heavy salvos along the French coast signaled a renewed fury in the battle for channel ports near Calais Cap Griz Nez and Boulogne. Gunfire rumbled all morning with noon explosions likened to ships broadsides or heavy bomb drops by Allied forces.
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Folkestone
England
Calais
Cap Griz Nez
Bolougne
Spray Gun Marauder Upsets Illinois Town
MATTOON, NL Sept 12 A mysterious night marauder armed with a spray gun has fired a gaseous substance into a dozen homes over two weeks. Police report mass hysteria as residents fear venturing out after dark while state and city authorities join forces to quell panic and prevent vigilante action. Victims report nausea and mouth burns. many alarms prove false as feargnawed citizens demand calm and avoid the streets at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattoon
Illinois
Thomas V. Wright
Wright
France's Major Port Seized By British Forces
American forces push into Germany in force after crossing the frontier at 6 10 p m as they drive across Belgium and into the Reich. The invasion links fronts from the North Sea to the Mediterranean and follows a ten day push through France and Belgium. Lt Gen Courtney Hodges leads motor borne infantry against the Siegfried Line as American tanks advance with audacious, well organized blows.
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Germany
Belgium
Reich
St. Mihiel
Seine
France
North Sea
Mediterranean
U. S
Liege
Metz
West Wall
Duchy of Luxembourg
Ardennes Forest
Schwarzwalder
Hockwald
Moselle
Rhine
Courtney H. Hodges
Hines Ex Tammany Boss Leaves Sing Sing Paroled
James J. Hines 67, once Tammany district boss and Schutz policy rackets protector, was released on parole after three years ten months. He left Sing Sing with his wife and two sons and will be parole restricted until December 14, 1948.
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Ossining
James J. Hines
Tammany District
Dutch Schultz
Sing Sing
Genevieve
James
Philip
Hines
State Division of Parole
New York City
Schultz
State Parole Board
Two Decrees Granted Absolute Divorces in Local Cases
Verna E. Stains is granted an absolute divorce from Lloyd S. Stains and Sally D. Wiltshire is granted an absolute divorce from Howard E. Wiltshire by Judge Joseph D. Mish. John J. Allen represented as attorney in both cases.
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Verna E. Stains
Lloyd S. Stains
Sally D. Wiltshire
Howard E. Wiltshire
Joseph D. Mish
John J. Allen
Air armadas smash into Germany from west and south
Allied air forces intensify pressure on the Reich as about 2500 American planes strike from the west and south. Mosquito and Lancaster raids hit Berlin and Armstadt while 15th Air Force bombs strike south Germany from Italian bases. One fighter missing on shuttle run. weather remains clear aiding rapid air campaigns.
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London
Germany
Rhineland
Moscow
Chemnitz
Leipzig
England
France
Italy
Berlin
Armstadt
U. S
Russia
U. S. Eastern Command
Red Air Forces
U. S. 15Th Air Force
South
Storm Moving Toward Coast
A great Atlantic hurricane drifts toward the United States as warnings may be issued. An army pilot reports winds between 90 and 100 mph near the storm center with zero ceiling and visibility. The sea is turbulent and the storm shows a definite westward movement, prompting possible hurricane advisories for sections of the American coast.
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Miamt
Fla
United States
Weather Bureau
American
German General Surrenders With 18000 Troops
French radio in Lyon reported to the FCC that a German general and about 18,000 troops surrendered to French Forces of the Interior units at Chateauneuf-sur-Cher in central France southwest of Bourges. The FFI commander liaised with American authorities. the general’s name was not released.
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New York
Lyon
Interior
Chateauneuf-sur-Cher
France
Bourges
Cher Department
Federal Communications Commission
FFI
McMullen to Attend Elks Outing Sunday
Daniel F. McMullen, Democratic candidate for Congress, will attend the Elks Lodge picnic this coming Sunday. The Cumberland lawyer and newspaper publisher will be on hand early, joining the ladies invited to the gathering. He plans to spend a week or two in the county as the national campaign progresses.
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Daniel F. McMullen
Elks Lodge
Cumberland
The
Elks
McMullen
Crown Prince of Luxembourg Returns with U S Army Escort
Crown Prince Jean of Luxembourg travels back to Luxembourg in a jeep carrying Americans in the Maginot Line area. Capt William Jesse James of Dallas, Texas drives, zigzagging across northern France and crossing a damaged trestle to deliver the royal passenger to the grand duchy’s capital.
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Maginot Line
Crown Prince
Jean of
Luxembourg
William “Jesse” James
Dallas
Tex
James
France
Grand Duchy
Le Havre Surrenders to Canadian 1st Army
Le Havre, France, yields to British troops under the Canadian 1st Army at 11:30 am. The German garrison commander, wounded, surrendered with his deputy. The port, France’s second largest, had endured heavy bombardment and siege as Allied forces push toward fall operations.
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le Havre
France
Haven of Grace
Seine
Showers Benefit Pastures and Crops Across County
Showers continuing through tomorrow, from a fifth of an inch, will aid late fall pastures and bring thousands of dollars to dairy farmers and livestock raisers in the county. Rain in Hagerstown totaled .23 inches overnight and .16 inches at Keedysville, with benefits to some early June field corn and late apple varieties like Yorks.
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Weather Bureau
Hagerstown
Keedysville
Democrats To Open Offices In Grice Building
Harold F. Bester, general chairman of the Democratic campaign for this county, announced that Roosevelt Tydings McMullen headquarters will be on the first floor of the Grice building with campaign literature soon. John L. Ford will run the headquarters occupying the former Snyder offices as committees are assembled for a soon announced program of campaign activities.
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Harold F. Bester
Roosevelt-Tydings-McMullen
Grice Building
John L. Ford
J. O O. Snyder
Bester
Missing Local Boy Returns Uninjured
Tech. Sgt. George Shinham son of Ralph Shinham Hagerstown Rt. 4 was reported missing in action but is now back at his base and unharmed according to a letter received yesterday by his father
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George Shinham
Ralph Shinham
Hagerstown
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Gudgeon
Brussels
F.D.R. Churchill
East Indies
Democratic Club
Tammany Boss
U. S. Army
Arl A. Spaatz
Holland
Swiss
Britain
Low Countries
Atlantic Coast
Grice Bldg
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