Balkan Drive Closing Trap On 2 Nazi Armies
Moscow reports Soviet forces press the Jelsxany region near Riga driving back German counterattacks with heavy tanks and assault guns. Berlin claims Russians near Riga within 14 miles as Red Army readies for a broader assault to crush two German armies in Latvia and Estonia.
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Moscow
Jelsxany
Riga
Berlin
Latvia
Estonia
Red Army
Free-Germany Committee
Warsaw
Vistula
Praga
Bor
Ballot requests total reaches 1470 as registrations continue
Nine more ballot requests brought total to 1470, all forwarded. Over 150 new voters registered. 19 in Williamsport. Many transfers issued. Eligible residents may register all week. office open Friday and Saturday nights until closing. Saturday is the last day to register.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Wiliamsport
Board
Japanese observers tied to stakes on Peleliu to prevent desertion
San Francisco dispatch reports Japanese artillery observers on Peleliu tied by arms and legs to stakes to stop desertion. The broadcast notes no part of the island is safe amid steady marine gains against heavy fire. A U S plane landed at Peleliu airfield after running out of fuel.
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San Francisco
Pereliu
Palu Islands
William Ewing
Western Pacific
Ewing
Peleliu
Dogs fill Gosport jail as stray roundup begins
In Gosport Indiana on September 1 the town jail houses 25 stray dogs, the first time the facility has been full. The town board ordered immediate pickup of all stray dogs as the roundup starts.
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Gosport
Ind
News Tip Prizes For Week Split
The Daily Mail reports weekly news tip prizes split among several items. A fatal Route 40 crash near Hancock, a dog attack on turkers, an alleged car thief, a large farm sale, and a local railroad man in a fatal crash are cited as prize topics. Tips are accepted weekdays 7:30 am to 1:30 pm.
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Hancock
Daily Mail
Hints Jap Airforce Nears Inner Defenses
Masanobito, a Japanese Comei news agency naval commentator, claimed the enemy nears Japan's inner defense line and that Japan must strike decisively. He asked whether Japan can replenish its air force before the enemy task force appears and if the U S fleet can reach the strategic point first, determining victory.
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New York
Masanobito
Comei
Japan
Ito
Tokyo
FCC
United States
UN relief head warns of shortages for Europe
Di rector General Herbert Lehman told the UNRRA conference that basic supplies are at the bottom of the barrel for war torn nations. Clothing for Europe and China will be scarce, with UNRRA planning to collect used garments in the United States on a large scale. Army salvage is the key source for men’s and boys’ clothing, and negotiations are underway with Canada to procure hundreds of thousands of salvage garments, including trousers jackets and overcoats.
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Montreal
United Nations
Herbert Lehman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Conference
UNRRA
Europe
China
Lehman
United States
Bequest to Library for Youth Vocational Books
Miss Laura C King former Hagerstown teacher bequeathed $100 to the Washington County Free Library to fund vocational books for children. The gift will finance a youth collection in the Young People's room on the library's first floor. King taught in Hagerstown public schools for 43 years and died September 5 at 77.
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Washington County Free Library
Laura C. King
Hagerstown
Miss King
Tide Of Palaus Battle Swings In Our Favor
U S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor reports swift American gains in the southern Palaus. The Swist Army Division holds about one third of Angaur after landing on the north and northeast sectors. The First Marine Division advances on Peleliu despite heavy Japanese artillery and mortar fire, holding the island's southwestern peninsula as it pushes northward.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Angaur Island
Peleliu
Navy
Palaus
Anguar
Pacific Feet
Germans Put Up Stiff Defense In North Italy Battle
Allied forces press against German positions across northern Italy as 5th and 6th Armies clash along a broad front. Canadian and Greek troops advance toward Rimini airfield near the Adriatic, while San Martino on Monte l Abate remains fiercely contested. German parachutists and Tiger tanks halt many British advances.
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Rome
Sth
Italy
Adriatic
Rimini
San Martino
Monte l'Abate
Stockslager Held On Coupon Charge
Albert L. Stockslager Jr. was held after a hearing before U S Commissioner C Wells Little on a charge of illegal possession of eight counterfeit gas coupons. Bond set at $1,000 for Federal Court action.
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Albert L. Stocrslager, Jr
U. S
C. Welles Little
Stockslager
Tito Forces Seize Son of Mihailovic
A Yugoslav broadcast said Marshal Tito’s Partisans captured the son of Gen Draja Mihailovic, whom Tito accuses of collaborating with the Germans.
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Tito
Mihailovic
New York
Draja Mihailovic
Democrats Rally Friday to Launch County Campaign
The Roosevelt Tydings McMullen campaign launches in the county with a rally at the Democratic Club in the Grice building. Eugene Casey, executive secretary to President Roosevelt, is the principal speaker, joined by Daniel F. McMullen. President Wm Preston Lane will preside. leaders urge party workers to attend as plans for campaign activities are outlined. Continued on page.
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Roosevelt-Tydings-McMullen
Democratic Club
Grice Building
Eugene Casey
Roosevelt
Daniel F. McMullen
Congress
Preston Lane
McCallen
Cumberland
American Legion
Cumberland Lawyer McMuhen Opens Campaign Rally for Congress
Daniel F. McMuhen, a Cumberland lawyer and publisher, will formally open his campaign for Congress with a Democratic rally in the county this Friday night.
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Daniel F. McMuhen
Cumberland
Congress
Italian Mob Kills Former Jail Chief
In Rome an angry mob killed a key witness after the trial of Pietro Caruso, the former Rome police chief. Allied authorities postponed the hearing to avert riots. The victim, Dr. Carretta, a former Rome jail director, was dragged from the courtroom, mauled, and drowned in the Tiber after being beaten with oars by pursuing assailants.
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Rome
Pietro Caruso
Carretta
Tiber
Caruso
U S Airmen Beaten in Bulgarian Prison Camp
U S airmen in a Bulgarian POW camp were beaten and threatened with firing squad to extract information. Bulgarian guards, aided by civilians, assaulted airmen who lacked food and medical care. relief came as Russians neared the border and Bulgaria withdrew from the war. 350 fliers were prisoners. 295 Americans.
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Bari
Italy
Bulgaria
Balkans
South Carolina
Opponent Of Lewis Is Ruled Off Ballot
Ray Edmundson of Springfield Illinois, leader of the beaten autonomy movement in the United Mine Workers of America, was ruled off the ballot for president by John L. Lewis at the convention. The ruling bars him as a candidate and as a delegate for not being in good standing and not employed around the mines. Officers will be elected by referendum in December.
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Cincinnati
Ray Edmundson
Springfield
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Edmundson
UMW
Marquis of Warrington Killed in Action in France
London reports the Marquis of Warrington husband to Kathleen Kennedy daughter of Joseph P Kennedy was killed in action in France on September 1. A 26 year old and heir to the Duchy of Devonshire he served as a captain in the Coldstream Guards. Also noted is a divorce suit filed today by Paul Ruffner against Mary Ellen Ruffner.
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London
Marquis of
Warrington
Kathleen Kennedy
U. S
Joseph P. Kennedy
France
Duchy of Devonshire
Coldstream Guards
Paul Ruffner
WK. Hartle
Mary Ellen Ruffner
Free Weigh Proves Costly In End
Kansas City story reports John Colt, a fellow farmer and Roy A. Roberts’ subordinate, attempting a “free weigh” at a highway scales. He is fined $14.15 after the scales show 600 pounds overweight for his license type.
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Kansas City
John Colt
Kansas City Star
City Desk
Roy A. Roberts
Colt
Highway Patrol
Hard Hit By Hurricane
The Cetlin-Wilson show at the Hagerstown Fair sustained equipment damage estimated at 20 000 to 25 000 in last Thursday nights hurricane that swept the eastern seaboard. Most equipment including tents and trailers was replaced with new gear and only one night was missed at the Trenton State Fair where the show was presenting when the storm struck. Three tents were torn and trees damaged some trailers but no injuries occurred.
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Hagerstown Fair
Seaboard
Trenton State Fair
Showers Forecast For Next 24 Hours
A southeast wind brought thick clouds over the valley at night and promised showers tonight and possibly tomorrow. Keedysville observer J A Miller notes light morning wind, several light showers today, with clearer Bureau forecasts for intermittent showers tonight and tomorrow. Farmers welcome the showers as pastures revive rapidly. The mercury dipped to 52 after a dry spell. Eden returns to London after Quebec conference.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Weather Bureau
Mr. Miller
Mercury
Smithsburg labor aid eyed as Jamaican workers shift
County officials sought relief from labor shortages by moving 15 Jamaicans from Dorchester to Smithsburg, with a possibility of 30 more. Centreville camp resisted a 50-worker request, citing higher local need. Officials canvassed other camps after local contingents proved insufficient to harvest beans tomatoes and fruits.
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Dorchester County
Smithsburg
Mark Miller
Vienna
Centreville
Washington County
Youths Leg Gashed As He Cut Corn
Mahlon G C Bauhman, 16, a farm worker at Noah Martin’s place near Maugansville, suffered a severe leg laceration when a knife used to cut corn slipped. He received four stitches at Washington County Hospital after the Saturday accident.
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Mahlon GC
Bauhman
Noah Martin
Maugansville
Washington County Hospital
Air Army Wins Round 1 In Flanking Move
Allied forces report air and ground advances across Holland and northern Germany as the 1st Allied Air Army secures momentum to open paths for invasion of the Siegfried line. British 2nd Army crosses the Schilde Meuse canal while U S forces near Cologne hold firm. Patton’s 3rd Army pushes east from Nancy toward Metz, with 20,000 Germans surrendering in mid France.
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London
Holland
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Air Army
Germany
Sigefried
Miles C. Dempsey
Lrom
Schilde-Meuse Canal
Air
Siegfried
Aachen
Rhine
Cologne
Mid
France
Loire
George 5. Patton
Moselle
Voges
Nancy
Metz
Mediterranean
Lure
Belfort
Upper Rhine
Pont de Roide
Montbelard
Paris
Wth
Switzerland
Alexander M. Patch
7Th Army
New Air Blows Fall On Reich
London reports a series of large air strikes on the Reich from the north and south following yesterday and last night raids. German radio notes two heavy bomber formations approaching Pomerania from the Baltic and Mecklenburg with another across western Hungary. RAF Lancasters hit a German ammunition dump in Holland near the landing zone as Bremen burned after the Mosquito strike. RAF losses were nil with two Nazi fighters down. Allied air activity mounted as thousands of Allied planes hunted German air force, bombed flak posts, barracks, gun positions and ports in a fiery prelude to the airborne army landings.
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London
Reich
Holland
Bremen
Pomerania
Baltic
Mecklenburg
Hungary
Airborne Army
P E Asks Approval To Redeem Bonds
The Potomac Edison Company of Hagerstown Maryland seeks SEC approval to redeem outstanding first mortgage and collateral trust bonds by issuing new ones at lower rates. It plans to sell about 16.98 million dollars of 3 1 4 percent first mortgage and collateral bonds due 1974, with proceeds plus treasury cash to redeem 11.98 million dollars of series E five percent bonds at 103 and 35 million of series F four and a half percent bonds at 107 1 4 percent. Approval sought by October 15 to invite bids on October 14.
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Philadelphia
Potomac Edison Company
Haxerstown
Securities and Exchange Commission
Treasury
Grand Opening Of 1944 Fair To Take Place This Evening
The 1944 Great Hagerstown Inter-State Fair opens at 3 o clock with the Wollywood Hell Drivers performing before the grandstand. The week features acts by Art Dixon and his Melody Mustangs, Broadway Revue, and other top attractions. Officials expect record crowds, with new mid-ray paving and enhanced exhibits.
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Hell Drivers
Art Dixon
Melody Mustangs
A. K. Coffman
Stounds
Expect Cut In Butter Supply This Winter
A Hagerstown creamery warns butter shortages due to milk diverted to other products and armed forces, with merchants likely rationing 50 to 60 percent of last year. Local retailers report voluntary rationing to curb sharp supply drops as country butter deliveries shrink and packers halt deliveries. Government price ceilings and lend-lease demands cited as contributing factors.
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Hagerstown
Agerstown Creamery
Foreign workers fight SS guard near Berlin report
The Volksender, calling itself the German people's rival, says foreign workers battled SS troops for three days after ambushing them near Berlin. The claim is reported from London dated September 1.
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London
The
Volksender
Rivla
Berlin
Eight Enemy Ships Sunk By Allied Task Force
ROMB Sept 18 An Allied task force including aircraft carriers has sunk eight enemy ships in the Aegean Sea off Greece. Three more vessels were damaged or sunk after attacks and another was damaged in the engagement.
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Aegean Sea
Greecs
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Army
5.C
Cetlin-Wilson Show
Air Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Seigfried Line
P. E
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