Peleliu first beachhead signals Palau strike toward Philippines
U S Pacific flotilla reports marine assault on Peleliu as part of a broader campaign to seize Palau and reach air bases within bomber range of Mindanao. Gen Douglas MacArthur and Adm Chester Nirmitz coordinate strikes from Peleliu Morotai and other Palau targets, with Marines of the First Division establishing a mile and a half long advance under Maj Gen William Rupertus.
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U. S. Pacific
FLENT
Pearl Harbor
Marine Heroes
Guadalcanal
Peleliu
Palaus
Davao
Philippines
Morotai
Mindanao
Adm
Chester W. Nirmitz
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
William H. Rupertus
Washington, D. C
Palau Islands
Japan
Mal. Makera
Moluccas
Fifty-Eight Voters Registered and Office Open Tonight
Fifty eight new voters registered at the Court House yesterday and a score or more transferred. The office stayed open until seven and will reopen this evening to issue transfers. The Supervisors dispatched 22 soldier ballots and received requests for four more this morning. Local registers sit in Williamsport this afternoon and evening to register and issue transfers.
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Court House
Williamsport
FDR and Churchill Meet Military Staffs as Parley Nears End
In Quebec on September 16, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill held a plenary session with their military staffs. A press conference to close the meeting was postponed until late afternoon, with official pictures of the second Quebec conference to be taken afterward.
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Churchill
Parley
Quebec
Roosevelt
German Parachute Officer Ace Killed
London Sept 18 German radio announced Capt Joachim Meissner a leading parachute officer was killed on the western front He was decorated by Hitler in May 1940 with the knight’s cross and was widely regarded as Germany’s ace parachute officer.
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London
Joachim Meissner
Germany
Western Front
Meissner
Hitler
Pleasant weekend forecast for Washington county region
A sunshiny weekend is in prospect with cool conditions tonight and warmer weather tomorrow. The mercury reached $4 yesterday, according to Reedysville weather man A Miller. Wounded in foot Laurence Dunn, 15, of 921 Hamilton Boulevard, was taken to Washington County hospital this morning after a hunting accident in which he shot himself. His condition is reported as good.
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Washington County
A. Miller
Reedysville
Laurence Dunn
Hamilton Boulevard
Washington County Hospital
New Charles Town General Hospital Planned at St Hilda’s Hall Site
The site at St Hilda's Hall in Charles Town will host the town's new general hospital. After accepting Raymond J. Funkhouser's offer to donate the site, plans call for a hospital costing about $150,000 to be erected there.
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St. Hilda's Hall
Charles Town
Manila Residents Warned To Prepare Air Shelters
New York dispatch reports Japanese controlled Manila radio urging residents to immediately build air raid shelters. The broadcast noted Manilans held an apathetic view despite daily Allied bombing reports from Mindanao. Open city status cited amid ongoing bombardment by Allied fliers.
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New York
Manila Radio
U. S
Protest Over Danish Prisoner Removals Sparks Copenhagen Clashes
STOCKHOLM September 16. All shops and newspapers closed at noon in Copenhagen in protest against removal of Danish prisoners from the southern Jutland town of Aверstev to Germany. Rail workers struck last night and riots with gunfire left several dead and 25 wounded.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Yverstev
Jutland
Germany
Fair Week Opens With Balloons and Big Shows
The city fair signals its approach with the balloon man selling colorful balloons at the business section while vendors and exhibitors rush to set up. Livestock tents fill the grounds as gates open late Monday for the grand opening at 5 pm with Hollywood Hell Drivers and circus acts and later Art Dix on and his Melody Mustangs bringing 25 acts including a Broadway revue.
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Pedler
Ags
Hollywood Hell
Art Dixon
Melody Mustangs
Mailbox rifling on Mau Gansville Road investigated
City and county police are investigating complaints that youngsters rifling mailboxes along Mau Gansville Road destroy mail. Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson told officers that carriers have received multiple resident complaints from students en route home from school. Intercepting or destroying U. S. mail is a serious offense.
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Maugansville
Thomas M. Simpson
U. S
Germans Refuse Finland Evacuation Deadline
London dispatch reports a German command communique stating German troops in Finland will continue to protect security against all attack and that evacuating forces by September 15 is impossible. The message from Adolf Ritter’s headquarters frames the move as a sustained deployment rather than withdrawal.
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London
Adolf Ritter
Finland
Tydings Makes His Stand Clear
Washington county Democrats praised U S Senator Millard H Tydings after he said he will not oppose President Roosevelt in November He spoke at the Maryland Democratic party campaign opening criticizing the Republican record from 1918 to today while acknowledging some domestic policy disagreements with Roosevelt.
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Washington County
U. S
Millard H. Tyding
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Maryland
Democratic Party
Tydings
Republican Party
Seventeen Divorce Suits Docketed This Month
One new suit and a decree of divorce were issued in court today. The new suit brings to 21 the total filed so far this month, docketed through Attorney Charlie W. Wolf, with Rose M. Downs seeking an absolute divorce from Howard L. Downs. The decree was granted to Paul Dewitt Wagner from Lana Jane Wagner, with Calvert K. Hartle as attorney.
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Charlies W. Wolf
Rose M. Downs
Howard L. Downs
Paul Dewitt Wagner
Lana Jane Wagner
Calvert K. Hartle
Beautiful Excuse For GI Drivers LYON
Nazis blasted bridges in a river city as they retreated. Residents use army trucks with traffic priority to cross the river by hitchhiking rides. GI drivers often find themselves carrying a passenger cargo described as launching femininity and cross the river several times daily.
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Lyon
Delared
Turkeys Killed by Dogs On Martin Farm Near Fountain Head Heights
Adin Martin reports thirty ten pound turkeys were killed last night on his Fountain Head Heights farm. Neighbors heard dogs but the flock of about five hundred birds was already badly damaged before help arrived. The event follows a series of losses impacting local turkey raisers.
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Adin Martin
Fountain Head Heights
Mr. Martin
Springfield lad's mixed tin can supper shocks parents
Master Bernard C. Sheehan, stationed in England, asked his Springfield parents for spaghetti and chow mein. They sent it in a tin can which he heated and found tasty. A second can arrived but contained pipe tobacco, causing disappointment.
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Springfield
Bernard C. Sheehan
England
Sheehan
Experience And Wisdom Needed For Nation Ahead
Wm Preston Lane Jr Democratic National Committeeman for Maryland urged in New York that the nation must keep President Roosevelt's strong and practiced hand at the helm. As Maryland campaign chairman he spoke after attending a conference of national committeemen and committeewomen and before heading to a state rally in Baltimore. He said people are having a hard time these days.
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Roosevelt
Wm. Preston Lane, Jr
Maryland
New York
Baltimore
Pvt. Hubert Mumma Reported Missing Found in Europe
Pvt. Hubert G. Mumma, reported missing in action on September 2 in France, has been located and is hospitalized in the European theater, per War Department notice to his parents Mr and Mrs Daniel G Mumma of Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Hubert G. Mumma
France
War Department
Daniel G. Mumma
Pennsylvania Avenue
Golden Shoes Bought With Coupon In Chicago
An unnamed Hollywood figure purchased gold studded shoes at a State street store. The tan calfskin men’s shoes appeared ordinary but contained gold slugs in the heels gold eyelets and gold tipped laces. The buyer paid two hundred dollars plus a ration coupon.
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Chicago
California
State Street
Nazi Women In Torture Staff At Majdanek Camp Revealed
London dispatch reports the Soviet Extraordinary Commission for German crimes says Majdanek near Lublin housed a torture staff including German women who tor tured women prisoners. The camp held 45 000 capacity with 1 380 000 bodies burned and 820 000 pairs of shoes found.
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London
Majdanek
Lublin
Moscow
Berlin
Italy
Himmler
Banner Week for Realty Shows Strong Local Sales
The local real estate market posted a robust week with aggregate sales near $125,000. Purchases included Susan T. Newcomer and Charles Newcomer transferring property on the east Funkstown pike for $6,360, Robert F. Forkner and spouse selling on Dale Street for $2,500, and Ruth E. Thomas selling the east Frederick Street parcel for $7,400, among others.
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Susan T. Newcomer
Charles &. Newcomer
L. Elizabeth Reach
Funkstown Pike
Robert F. Forkner
Glenn C. Weidner
Dale Street
Ruth E. Thomas
Scott A. Neibert
Frederick Street
Charles E. Dennis
George Hillyard Et al
Summer Street
Arthur E. Bair
Mary D. Lehman
East Avenue
Ella May Feese
James E. Feese
Hersz Kinek
Pen Mar
Reconversion Favorable In Washington County After War
TD Paul Shilling of the Ringerstown USES reports that Washington County will face few problems reconverting to peacetime production once the War Production Board approves. Hagerstown’s wartime diversification avoided retooling, reducing downtime. Firms in wood, machine, textile, and leather trades could expand into peacetime work, though WPA controls on essential materials limit current expansion. with a 40 percent end to war production expected, many issues ease.
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Washington County
War Production Board
United States Employment Service
Paul Shilling
Ringerstown
Hagerstown
Shilling
Litthter
Stlagerstown
WPA
Europe
WPRB
War Labor Board
Czech Forces Contact Russians in Slovakia Front
London reported Czech and Slovak forces in eastern Slovakia established contact with Red Army units. For the first time Czech planes joined the battle against German air forces, as Russian advances along the Vistula and toward Warsaw intensified.
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London
Slovakia
Red Army
Legion Drafts Demand For A Year Of Training
The American Legion pushed a plan for one year of military training for all able bodied youths, expecting rapid congressional action. Boston’s Michael T. Kelleher predicted favorable legislation as educators and armed forces leaders discussed integration with academic study at a closed session ahead of the national convention. Col Perry Brown of Beaumont urged Army and Navy compatibility with education and broad backing from educators.
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Chicago
American Legion Today
Michael T. Kelleher
Boston
National Defense Committee
Congress
Representa Ivs
Legion
Col
Perry Brown
Beaumont Tex
Universal Military Service Project
Army and Navy
Brunswick Man Dies in Route 40 Beer Truck Crash
Lester R. Payne aged 29 of Brunswick was killed instantly at 9 PM when his runaway beer truck crashed into a culvert on U S Route 40 between Hancock and Cumberland. Payne, a driver for James R Hahn of Frederick County beer distributor, reportedly jumped in an attempt to escape the machine but could not avoid the solid body, suffering skull and back fractures.
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Lester R. Payne
Brunswick
Hancock
Cumberland
Payne
James R. Hahn
Frederick County
Russians Attack Nazis In Finland
London dispatch reports German radio claiming Soviet troops are attacking in Finland. The broadcast says German disengagement movements in Finland are proceeding as planned despite attempts to impede the mavens.
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Finland
London
Puan
Patton’s Third Army Overruns German Battalions in France
U.S. General George S. Patton’s 3rd Army reports wiping out the 112th German Panzer Brigade and the 16th Infantry near Epinay with heavy casualties including 1,000 killed and 2,500 prisoners. Reports say Aachen breach widened as U.S. forces penetrate the Siegfried line and push toward the Rhine, with multiple wedges and a fourth border crossing noted.
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U. 8
Hd.s
France
George
Patton
Epinai
Wallendorf
1St Army
London
U.S
Aachen
Germany
Berlin
Rhine
Reich
Lammersdorf
U. S
Vosges Mountains
Nancy
Vosges
Moselle
Heavy crop losses blamed on labor shortage in county
County Agent Mark Miller reports severe bean apple tomato and peach losses across Smithsburg Chewsville Beaver Creek area due to lack of farm labor. He urged immediate dispatch of 30 Jamaican workers to Washington County and warned that Delicios apples and bean crops will shrink without help. In Hancock district war prisoners available, no complaints.
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Smithsburg
Chewsville
Beaver Creek
Iarm
Mark Miller
War Food Administration
Washington County
Miller
Cavetown
Hancock Plans For Victory Day Observance
Hancock arranges a quiet V Day observance with a religious service led by Rev. I. K. Jones as general chairman and Walter Jackson overseeing business men. Twelve fire siren blasts precede church bells, Boy Scouts form a line to march to services, and local businesses will close for the observance.
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Hancock
I. K. Jones
Walter Jackson
Banker To Work As Railroad Brakeman
Elkhart Indiana September 16 Russell L Hoak vice president of the First National Bank of Elkhart began work today as a railroad brakeman He volunteered to the New York Central Railroad to ease manpower shortages and will start as a freight brakeman on the Elkhart to Chicago run working weekends
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Elkhart
Ind
Russell L. Hoak
First National Bank of
Planes in China Rise in September Totals
The fokivo radio reported that American air operations in China increased from 299 last spring to 260 in September.
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China
London
Fokivo Radio
Tito's Rival Facing Capture Of Surrender
Bari Italy September 16 Gen Jaja Mihailovic Tito’s rival Yugoslav leader faces capture as German and Partisan forces close in Mihailovic and his Serbian Chetniks are between the two sides near the Morava river 200 miles south of Belgrade in Mihailovic’s three year civil war with Tito Mihailovic once led resistance before Tito’s rise and served as war minister of the Royal Yugoslav government
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Bari
Italy
Jaja Mihailovic
Tito
Mihailovic
Morava
Belgrade
Hancock Schools See Large Enrollment This Year
Hancock High School reports 271 students with 65 in elementary, totaling 336. The graduation class lists 23 members and the freshman class shows 4 percent. Principal Douglas M. Bivens oversees the district.
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Hancock High School
Fwehman
Douglas M. Bivens
Thump Nets Bear KALISPELL Mont Sept 8
Report describes an incident in Kalispell where a driver named Pete Sterner heard a loud impact as he rounded a corner. The vehicle suffered damage on one side, with notes about a black object and residue mentioned in partial, unclear text.
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Kalispell
Mont
Trek
Pete Sterner
Rineiack Rapa
Hurricane toll rises in Connecticut and surrounding area
Fragmentary OCR text reports heightened hurricane toll in Connecticut with references to casualty counts and paths. Details are unclear due to poor legibility but indicate ongoing assessment of damages and affected towns.
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Naval Base
Mangansville Road
Hannegan
Alice M. Canoles
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Center
William Freston Lane, Jr
Hotel Biltmore
Republican Record
Lane
Pvt
Hubert Mumma
Realty
Warsaw
Reputlse
Vistula
Praga
East Bank
Red Star
Western
Bug
Siegfried Line
HDQS
Allied Expeditionary Force
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