Nancy and Maastricht Fall to American Advance
American forces shattered the Siegfried line at three points as Nancy in Lorraine and Maastricht in Limburg ceded to the Patton and Hodges offensives. Nancy, on the Moselle near the Rhine, fell at 11 am with celebratory scenes as U.S. and Dutch interior troops entered. Maastricht, guarding the Meuse canal, fell after fierce penetrations north of Aachen.
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London
Nancy
Maastricht
Meruthe
Croek
Moselle
George S. Patton
Netherlands
Meuse Canal
Belgium
Aachen
Aneta
Buek
Limburg
France
Strasbourg
Rhine
Courtney H. Hodges
U. S. 1St Army
Yanks Crack Hitler Monument To Idol
London dispatch reports American doughboys tearing down the monument Hitler raised for Siegfried and Wagner inspired figures. The article notes Hitler’s love of Wagner music and the Siegfried wall named for the legendary hero who met a fatal end.
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London
Hitler
Wagner
Siegfried
Superman
Rebuilt French Fleet Returns to Toulon Base
The rebuilt French fleet arrived at Toulon the historic Mediterranean port where they had scuttled ships two years earlier to avoid capture by Germany. Led by the Lorraine, the battleship famed for two world wars, the line of ships entered the base amid planes, with Allied sailors saluting. Vice Admiral Hewitt and Captain Ansell observed from their vessels.
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Rome
Toulon
Mediterranean
H. K. Hewitt
France
Philadelphia
Walter Ansell
United States
Japanese Firms To Relocate From Tokyo Amid Air Raid Prep
The Japanese Comei agency announced that several thousand business concerns will move from Tokyo to other regions soon as part of a plan to decentralize the capital and reduce risk from air raids.
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Tokyo
New York
Comei Agency
German Radio Hints Fall Of Brest Is Near
London reports German radio announced the siege of Brest had climaxed with fortifications destroyed and garrison fighting to the last. Lt. Gen. Ramcke said ships in the harbor were scuttled and all installations destroyed, leaving only ruins for the invaders. Brest, Brittany, 80,000 residents, 500 miles behind Allied lines, under U S Eighth Corps assault.
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London
Brest
Hitler
Hermann B.ramcke
Brittany
Germany
U. S. Eighth Corps
Troy Houston Middieton
Pershing
Local Leaders At Party Rally In Maryland Campaign Launch
Democratic leaders from the county join hundreds from across the state to hear Robert E. Hannegan in Baltimore as the Roosevelt campaign formally opens in Maryland. Wm. Preston Lane and local campaign officials Harold F. Bester and EB. Stuart Bushong are among those travelling to the event.
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Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Baltimore
Hannegan
Chicago
Maryland
Wm. Preston Lane
Harold F. Bester
EB. Stuart Bushong
Democrats Plan Intensive Drive begins at Grice Building
The Roosevelt Tydings McMullen campaign HQ on North Jonathan street opens its first floor for voter registration guidance and information. John L. Ford, retired Yaidway mail clerk, leads Q A on registration and related inquiries. Harold F. Bester, county campaign chairman, announces committee appointments.
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Roosevelt-Tydings-MceMulen
Grice
Success At Last At Camp Ellis Library Book Returned
Officials at Camp Ellis library traced Pvt Ralph A Shiff man who borrowed a book last June and failed to return it. He moved to camps in Kansas and Texas by July and August, with reminders sent. yesterday the book titled How to Develop as Good Memory was returned.
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Camp Ellis
Ralph A. Shiffman
Kansas
Texas
Reds Storm Into Warsaw As Bridges Hold Hope
Moscow dispatches report Russian and Polish troops advancing toward Warsaw across the Vistula from Praga with four bridges standing. Pravda warns not to destroy bridges as they are needed. A force 30 miles south in Warka presses to outflank the capital. no crossings above Warsaw confirmed.
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Moscow
Warsaw
Vistula
Praga
Red Fleet
Pravda
Warka
Pfc Mullenix Wounded in Action in France
Pfc. Daren F. Mullenix aged 21 of 125 West Side Avenue was wounded in France on August 27. A telegram to his family says he is now in an English hospital and he would like to hear from friends. Address: Plant 4131 U.S. Army Hospital APO 594 Ward 1 B New York City.
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Daren F. Mullenix
West Side Avenue
France
U.S. Army Hospital
APO
Care
New York City
Slayer who spurned plea is executed in Chicago
Alvin Krause, 29, who rejected a plea offer for a guilty plea to three counts of second degree murder in return for an extra life term, was executed in the electric chair at Cook County jail. He was pronounced dead nine minutes after the current was applied. The death sentence followed a trial jury verdict convicting him of murdering a currency exchange cashier during a robbery.
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Chicago
Alvin Krause
Cook County
Krause
Premier Hackzell Stricken in Moscow in Critical Condition
Hanti Hackzell Finland's premier and Finnish peace mission head in Moscow is in critical condition after a paralysis strike last night. The report notes his position as premier and leader of the peace mission while in the Soviet capital.
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London
Hanti Hackzell
Finland
Moscow
Storm Leaves 11 Dead Heavy Damage In Wake
A west Indian hurricane left 11 people dead along 1600 miles of the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Southern New England. Winds reached 80 to 100 mph with ruinous rains, destroying buildings, severing lines, and uprooting trees, matching only the 1938 hurricane for violence in the region. Atlantic City and New Jersey resorts suffered severe damage as waves battered boardwalks and winds tore roofs from apartments.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Massachussetts
Maine
Atlantic
Long Isand
New England
Jersey
Atlantic City
I New Jersey
Miss Skiles Leaves Red Cross Post for McLean Gardens
Miss Gertrude Skiles executive secretary of the Washington County Red Cross chapter resigns after ten years, effective today. She departs September 18 for a new position at McLean Gardens in Washington DC. Mrs. J. C. Fylde praises Skiles for guiding chapter activities and aiding work for armed forces families.
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Gertrude Skiles
Washington County
Red Cross
McLean Gardens
Federal Housing Project
Washington, D.C
Skiles
Washington
J. C. Fylde
Pfc Banzhoff Seriously Wounded in France
Pfc Alvey G Banzhoff of Williamsport Route 2 was seriously wounded in France on August 29, according to his wife Mrs Virginia Banzhoff. Before service he worked at the Federal Silk Mill in Williamsport and attended the local high school.
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Alvey G. Banzhoff
Williamsport
France
Virginia Banzhof
Federal Silk Mill
Possible Dual Highway Reaches Myersville Suggestion
Dawson Horine of the Dual Highway Compilation Club says the War Production Board will reopen talks on finishing the road to Myersville about five and a half miles from Beaver Creek. He notes war workers and farmers travel daily to Hagerstown and that completion would aid Hagerstown as a regional buying center, with a formal proposal and meetings already in motion.
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WPB
Myersville
Dawson Hormne
Horine
Daily Mail
War Production Board
Beaver Creek
Horiie
Hagerstown
Middletown
State Roads Commission
31 Rescued From Grounded Freighter
In Rehoboth Beach Delaware thirty one crewmen of the 250 ton freighter Thomas Tracy were brought ashore in breeches buoys as a hurricane with 75 mph winds battered the coast. Coast guardsmen under Lt Comdr Car roll A Osborne fought gale conditions to transfer the crew from the stricken vessel about 100 yards off the boardwalk. The freighter later broke in two.
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Rehoboth Beach
Del
Thomas Tracy
Coast
Delaware
Damage at Ocean City after hurricane hit coast
Ocean City Maryland faced about 500000 dollars in damage as debris was cleared and utilities restored after a hurricane. Reports claim damage may exceed the 1933 and 1936 storms combined, with farmland and crops hardest hit as flooding, high winds, and a flooded boardwalk damaged businesses. A 74 year old Baltimore woman, Anna Scarborough, suffered a broken leg in a hotel fall and was hospitalized in Salisbury. Between 109 and 200 people were bus evacuated before the storm with about 50 remaining in Salisbury armory.
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Ocean City
Atlantic Coast
Coast Guard
Board Walk
Miss Anna
Scarborough
Baltimore
Salisbury
Second Blast Rocks Ordnance Depot At Hastings Neb
A second explosion at Hastings Naval Ordnance Depot today rocked Hastings and nearby areas nine miles away. An enormous smoke cloud rose from the plant as ambulances, fire crews, and police responded. the April blast had 8 dead and 34 injured, with 100000 pounds of explosives detonated. The depot spans 48000 acres and is designed to limit chain detonations.
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Hastings
Neb
Ordnance Plants
Hastings Main Street
Nebraska
MacArthur Lands at Morotai in Surprise Invasion
General MacArthur returned to the Philippines theater landing at Morotai with a carrier protected convoy. Allied plans aim to build air bases for attacks on the Philippines and sever sea routes to isolate two Japanese armies guarding the East Indies. The landings met minimal resistance as 10 enemy troops on Morotai were captured while supplies and fire cover continued.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Morotai Island
Philippines
East Indies
MacArthur
Halmahera Island
Moluccas
Morotai
Consolation Letters Reach Kin Of War Casualties
Bereaved kin find solace in War Department letters of recognition and consolation. Miss Glendora Gross of 412 Guilford Avenue received a note from Captain James G. Bar thanking her for her brother Pvt. Leland R. Gross, killed in action on August 20.
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War Department
Department
Glendora Gross
Guilford Avenue
Pvt
Leland R. Gross
Miss Gross
James G. Bar
Seventeen Divorce Suits Filed This Month In Court
Two new divorce petitions added to seventeen already filed this month. Lecandrew Peck seeks divorce from Edith G. Peck and Geraldine Naomi Bowen seeks divorce from Clarence Edward Bowen. Attorneys include C Welles Little. Pecks married in 1940 and Bowens in 1939.
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Lecandreweek
Edith G. Peck
Geraldine Naomi Bowen
Clarence Edward Bowen
Welles Little
Pecks
Bowens
Ann Dvorak and Leslie Fenton separate after long marriage
Hollywood note reports actress Ann Dvorak and husband Leslie Fenton have separated after many years of marriage. Dvorak says no divorce plans, while no further details were provided. Simultaneously, Maylene Dietrich arrived to entertain troops in Reykjavik, Teeland, with plans to perform for service members.
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Hollywood
Ann Dvorak
Leslie Fenton
Dietrich
Niceland
Reykjavik
Teeland
Maylene Dietrich
Maquis and Two U S Paratroopers Captured in Dijon
Dijon France Sept 14 five hundred Maquis and two American parachutists were reported captured in the industrial city though French armored forces had announced the seizure earlier. Capt William H. Pietsch a West Point graduate from Peach Lake New York and Master Sgt Robert Baird from West New York New Jersey had been dropped two weeks earlier with a French captain and arms for 300 Maquis on a mission completed before Dijon fell.
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Dijon
France
William H. Pietsch
West Point
Peach Lake
Westchester County
New York
Robert Baird
West New York
N. J
Germans Attack Hogland As Finland Breaks Ties
Stockholm report says German naval forces attacked Hogland or Suursaari in the Finnish gulf after Finland rejected a surrender ultimatum. Finnish communique states nine German ships were sunk or set afire while a Russian Baltic fleet blockade risk remains tied to the island.
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Stockholm
Hogland
Germany
Finland
Suursaari
Finnish Gulf
Votka
Narva
Estonia
Latvia
Thomas L. Dawson of Rockville Dies at 51 in New Jersey
Thomas L. Dawson, Rockville native and former Maryland Secretary of State, Montgomery County states attorney from 1920 to 1924, died of a heart attack in South Orange New Jersey while en route to a hospital. He was 51. Survived by widow Anne Davison Dawson, a daughter Mary Anne, and four sons Frasier Deter Dawson and others. Funeral plans not announced. He was a World War veteran and a Mason.
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Rockville
Thomas L. Dawson
Maryland
Nice
Montgomery County
South Orange
N. J
Dawson
Mary Anne Dawson
Frasier Deter Dawson
Paper Drive to Save Storage for County Records
Chicago dated report states Cook County department heads will discard 140 tons of obsolete records from 1871 to 1919 into waste paper salvage. Officials say removal will aid the campaign and reduce annual storage charges by thousands. A separate report notes a theft of four gold wedding bands with seven diamonds from Mariel rain in East Aventa.
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Chicago
Circuit Court Executive Committee
Cook
Mariel Rain
Arseniock
Eastaventa
Landings Follow Crushing Aerial Bombardment
U S Pacific Fleet HQ reports American assault forces landing on Palau and Morotai after a massive four day aerial bombardment that destroyed hundreds of Japanese planes and ships. Gen MacArthur and Adm Nimitz coordinate ships and troops, signaling a new phase in the Pacific campaign.
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Chas. H. McMurtry
U. S. Pacific Fleet
HDQS
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Palau Islands
Morotai
Manila
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific Command
Palau Group
Mindanao
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
U. S
William F. Halsey
Enlistment Of Eight 11-Year-Olds In Navy This Week
Chief John Millard announced eight youths were enlisted through the local Navy Recruiting dice at City Hall. The volunteers include Steven T. Priest from Hagerstown Rt. 4, Stanley L. Scadden Rt. 1, Fred M. Horst Rt. 4, Richard St. Clair 353 Ridge Avenue, James H. Follin 400 West Howard, Charles T. Ryman Burkittsville, Harvey R. Hoffmaster Knoxville, and Roger W. Bowser Fairfield. Enrollment quotas for five-year-olds were enlarged and more youths were urged to take the radio technician examination.
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Navy
City Hall
John Millard
Steven T. Priest
Hagerstown
Stanley L. Scadden
Fred M. Horst
Richard St. Clair
Ridge Avenue
James H. Follin
West Howard
Charles T. Ryman
Burkittsville
Harvey R. Hoffmaster
Knoxville
Roger W
Train Wreck That Never Happened Shocks Upper Sandusky
In Upper Sandusky Ohio sirens and about a dozen ambulances rushed to action after a night scare when a fast heavily loaded passenger train was routed on tracks used by another train. A dispatcher halted one train minutes before a possible head on collision and emergency crews stood by.
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Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Japanese Mosquitos Soon in Mass Production
Japanese Camet dispatch reported by U S government monitors that wooden aircraft surpassing the Mosquito bombers of the British air force would be placed in mass production in Japan in the near future.
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New York
U. S
Japan
Promotion of George Jennings Amid War Effort
George Jennings of Virginia Avenue Hagerstown has been promoted from first lieutenant to captain amid wartime service. The official notice, issued by military authorities, confirms the advancement and notes the continued duties and responsibilities in leadership roles.
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George Jennings
Virginia Avenue
Hagersusen
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Pfc
Mullenix
Slayer
Miss Skiles
Pfc. Banzhoff
Resort
Palau
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Mrs. Dawson
Anne Davison
Catlettsville
R. R
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