Great Hagerstown Fair Edges Through Overcast Day
Overcast skies fail to dampen crowds at the Great Hagerstown Fair as exhibits draw attention. President A K Coffman notes potential record crowds with fair weather, while tonight the Hollywood Hell Drivers perform after yesterday’s rain canceled the first show. Service members receive free admission.
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A. K. Coffman
Coffman
Bost
Hell Drivers
Art Dixon
Melody Mustangs
Japs Cracking Under Terrific Palaus Assault
American forces pressed land and air assaults on Peleliu and Angaur in the southern Palau Islands, driving back Japanese positions as casualties mounted. The Peleliu airdrome and nearby areas were now in American hands, while Marine units advanced through coral ridges after capturing Asias and nearby villages. Japanese defenders reportedly fortified caves and observation posts, and officers’ bodies were allegedly used in booby traps.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Peleliu
Anguar Islands
Palaus
Asias
Leif Hiickson
Associated Press
Angaur
List
Juke Box Robbed Of $100 In Cash
Ronald West reports a theft at his juke box on West Washington Street between 3 and 6 this morning. $100 in cash from the register and desk disappeared. detective Wayne Sellman has fingerprints and leads expected to arrest suspects soon.
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West Washington Street
Ronald West
Wayne Sellman
Sellman
Rain Continues as Showers Pile Up Across Region
The Weather Man predicts more showers for the next 24 hours, dampening plans for Fair officials. Edgemont reservoir remains under a quarter full while Hagerstown records less than 0.25 inch of rain in the past day and Edgemont mountain station logs 0.32 inch. Rain benefits pastures late apples and other late crops.
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Edgemont Reservoir
Hagerstown
Edgemont Mountain
Divorce Suits Docketed To Date
Two more suits for divorce were docketed today, bringing total to 25. Grace Irene Sisk seeks absolute divorce from Eldred J. Sisk and Doris Y. Butts seeks absolute decree from Charles R. Butts. Both cases filed through attorney C. K. Harile.
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Grace Irene Sisk
Eldred J. Sisk
Doris Y. Butts
Charles R. Butts
C. K. Harile
Dealers remove excess coal under 50 percent rule
New York reports that thirteen dealers were forced to take back 204 tons of anthracite coal delivered beyond the 50 percent limit. The rule restricts purchases to half the seasonal supply until October 1, as announced by the War Administration’s Solid Fuels Administration for War.
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New York
Solid Fuels Administration For War
Part Of Green Ridge Opened To Hunters
Maryland governor disclosed two thirds of Green Ridge State Forest in Alleghany county will open to hunting this year after a joint meeting of the Forestry Commission and the Game and Inland Fish Commission. Twenty thousand acres will be open while sixteen thousand remain closed for pulpwood cutting by war prisoners.
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Apolis
Ge O'Conor
Green Ridge State Forest
Allesgany County
Commission of Forests and Parks
Forestry Commission
Game and Inland Fish Commission
Green Ridge
Joseph F. Kaylor
E. Lee LeCompte
Fairplay Mother Receives Purple Heart Honor
Mrs. Roy L. Davis of Fairplay accepts the Purple Heart awarded in memory of her son Pfe Ellsworth Davis known as Babe. He was killed in action at Carong Italy on May 21. Davis entered the Army in August 1948 trained at Camp Croft South Carolina and went overseas in January.
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Roy L. Davis
Fairplay
Pfe. Ellsworth
Babe) Davis
Carong
Italy
Camp Croft
S.C
Don Tennehill Blurts Home On Radio Airwave
Miles City Montana dispatch reports radio announcer Don Tennehill ended a live sales pitch for a house with the line Good gravy, that's where I live prompting amusement and a brief media note on air personality restraint.
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Miles City
Mont
Don Tennehill
Don't Relax Until We Do plea from GI Joes
Paris dispatch reports Stars and Stripes warns Americans the war not won yet. Editorial features troops pinned in a ditch and urges homefront workers to stay alert and keep up efforts until victory. Soldiers would say if they quit, you may quit. until then, play along.
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Paris
Stars and Stripes
Finland Signs An Armistice With Russia and Britain
London dispatch reports the Moscow radio stating Finland signed an armistice with Russia and Britain. Terms not disclosed yet. negotiations had been ongoing since September 14. Finnish Parliament reportedly approved the terms in an early morning session after deputies met in a closed gathering.
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London
Moscow Radio
Finland
Russia
Britain
Soviet Information Office
Soviet Monitor
United Nations
Stockholm
Helsinki
Three War Correspondents Captured by Germans Near Chatumont
Third Army dispatch reports UPI war correspondent Edward W. Beattie and two other correspondents were captured by German forces near Chatumont on September 12. Beattie and a wounded colleague were said to be taken to Germany, while the third correspondent was released and returned to the Third Army press camp. Names of the other two are not released.
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Third Army
Edward W. Beattie
United Press
Chatumont
Beattie
Germany
Bible He Carried Over Heart Saves Life Of Local Soldier
Sgt Kenneth Jones of Hagerstown, infantryman, credited a Bible carried over his heart with saving his life when shrapnel tore into his chest during the invasion of France. A letter from brother Charles Jones details the near fatal wound and family losses in action, including the death of their father and a brother.
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Kenneth Jones
Hagerstown
France
Charles Jones
Harold T. Jones
North Mulberry Street
Ftc
Ray Jones
Ken
Sgt
Charles
Kenneth
Juwe
Jay
Charles Stanley Jones
Fate of German northern army near decision
Moscow reports say Red Army tightens grip on Baltic communications in a five day battle west of Jelgava. The German northern army group, over 20 divisions, risks being cut off if the lifeline from East Prussia fails to hold. Russian pressure targets the corridor to Riga and eastern Latvia and Lithuania as heavy infantry and tank assaults continue.
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Moscow
Red Army
Litvia
Stalin
Jelgava
Baltic
East Prussia
Latvia
Estonia
Riga
Lithuania
Ivan C. Bagramian
1St Baltic Army
Medal of Honor for Sgt Troy A McGill Heroic Defense
The War department announced the posthumous Medal of Honor for Sgt Troy A McGill a 30 year old cavalryman from Oklahoma who held a revetment on Los Negros island in the Admiralty Group against 200 drunk crazed Japanese troops. After his squad was wiped out he fired until his rifle failed then charged out to club the enemy with his rifle butt and was killed.105 Japanese dead were counted after the fight.
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Washington
War Department
Troy A. McGill
Oklahoma
Los Negros Island
Admiralty
Department
McGill
Task Force Cruised About Philippines But Japs Failed To Attack
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ar tumus Gates said air strikes on the central Philippines showed Japanese forces failed to strike back as the Palau Island invasion pattern is repeated. He warned pilots and air thought may have faltered as the fleet cruised within sight of land for the last days of operations. Prince David Mdivani marries Virginia Sinclair in Las Vegas, tying Georgia royalty to oil wealth.
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Philippines
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Artumus Gates
Palau Island
Air
Prince
Las Vegas
Prince David Mdivani
Mdivani
Tiflis
Georgia
Old Russia
Virginia Sinclair
Harry Sinclair
Nazis Ordered To Counteract Tales Of Hitler Rages
Rome dispatch reports a Nazi education officer in the German First Parachute Division ordered officers to deny and counteract claims that Hitler loses control and rages tearing curtains biting carpet and convulsing, noting witnesses say the Fuehrer remains above such loss of control despite public disappointments.
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Hitler
Rome
Adolf Hitler
Key Gothic Line Hills Captured
Rome Sept 19 The Fifth Army broke through strong Nazi fortifications and captured Monte Partone Monte Altuzzo and Morte Celli in the Gothic line about 20 miles northeast of Florence. Fierce fighting and heavy artillery met the advance as British Indian troops aided with flanking moves and German mortars and shells were heavily used. The drive puts American forces within 27 miles of Bologna as San Marino falls to Eighth Army pursuit along the Adriatic coast.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Monte Partone
Monte Altuzzo
Morte Celli
Florence
Tracrs
Eighth Army
Republic of
San Marino
Adriatic
Bologna
Po Valley
Miner's delegate beaten over convention dispute in Cincinnati
Joseph Sublinsky, a miner from Indianola Pennsylvania, reported two black eyes after a Cincinnati hotel room beating at the United Mine Workers convention. He said attackers demanded he change his view on the miners autonomy movement and Roosevelt support, then two others joined and he was knocked unconscious.
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John L. Lewin
Lew
Dewey
Pittsburgh
Joseph Sublinsky
Indianole
Cincinnati
United Mine Workers’ 'Convention
Miners’ Autonomy Movement
Roosevelt
Lublinsky
Indianola
Sublinsky
Found A Way
Portland motorists exploited a loophole to obtain twelve gallons by using four A coupons that expire on Thursday. The attendant warned the tank was nearly full but the driver persisted, started the motor again, and successfully claimed the full twelve gallons.
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Portland
Ore
New Ringworm Clinic Opens in Hagerstown Schools
The Health Department, with the LU S Public Health Service, plans a second ringworm clinic in Hagerstown schools once winter street facilities are ready. A clinic already operates at Antietam Street under federal supervision as officials seek a cure and curb spread. Since the Antietam Street clinic opened, new cases have risen slightly.
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Hagerstown
Winter Street
Health Department
Antietam Street
LU. S. Public Health Service
Jones Held on Larceny Charge Over Clothing Theft
Amos Jones, 45, faced city court for larceny of a suit and raincoat from R. W. Oliver on North Mulberry street. He was held under 900 dollars bond for a further hearing after Oliver testified Jones took the items yesterday and pawned them soon after. Oliver alleges the theft. Jones denies it.
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Amos Jones
R. W. Oliver
North Mulberry Street
Oliver
Jones
Crazy Nazis S S troops bayonet charge repelled near Nancy
A force of young German S. S. troops described as drunk or crazy charged southeast of Nancy yesterday and were slaughtered by U. S. forces. The attackers rushed American positions with frenzied cries, acting without clear leadership. Official casualty figures were not yet available.
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U. S
Nancy
Robot bombs strike London killing women and children
London reports from September 19 recount robots bombs from planes over the North Sea crashing into London and southern England. At least 13 people are dead including five-year-old Margaret Chumley and her family buried in the wreckage as evacuees defy appeals to stay at centers. Authorities warn against return.
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London
North Sea
England
Chumley
Margaret
Official Photographer Finds F D R His Most Patient Subject
Baltimore photographer Leon A. Perksie recalls his discreet mission to photograph Franklin D. Roosevelt. Porter, the Democratic national director of publicity, summoned him after midnight to a Poughkeepsie restaurant. A secret service escort led him to Rhinebeck and then Hyde Park as he prepared to shoot the president, with details kept secret until the moment of arrival.
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F.D.R
Baltimore
Leon A. Perksie
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Paul Porter
Roosevelt
Perksie
Porter
Atlantic
Yorksie
Poughskeepsie
Secret Service
Rhinebeck
Hyde Park
British Forces Take Eindhoven in Dutch Advance
British troops with airborne and glider support broke into northern Germany via a Holland push and captured Eindhoven, a major Dutch city, as the Rhine battle expanded with American armies pressing across southward defenses toward Colonge Strasbourg and Mulhouse. Berlin said more troops landed by air and glider for the third day.
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London
Holland
Germany
Eindhoven
Rhine
Brittany
France
Berlin
Germans seize all public buildings in Copenhagen
Copenhagen dispatches report German forces occupied government buildings including parliament and all police stations across Denmark in a lightning move shortly before noon. The Free Danish Press says the occupation order was issued at Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen three days earlier, with a staged air alarm to drive residents into shelters.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Denmark
Free Danish Press Service
Gestapo
Secret Service
Bombing Runs Strike Bremerhaven in Massive Allied Raid
London reports a night of heavy air action as 420000 fire bombs fell on Bremerhaven and Berlin faced its 179th raid. Bremerhaven lies at the Weber river mouth, 34 miles from Bremen, potentially a troop debarkation point if Norway retreats.
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London
Alled Allnes
Bremerhaven
Berlin
Weber River
Bremen
Norway
Committees Named to Aid WWI Veterans
The Morris Frock Post American Legion forms two committees to aid discharged veterans. Frank Brown and Brewer L. Stouffer named to the Employment committee to address job problems. Chester Stine named services officer to advise on G I Bill provisions and discharge benefits. A second committee on child welfare and rehabilitation of veterans is planned.
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Morris Frock
American Legion
Frank Brown
Brewer L. Stouffer
Chester Stine
G. I. Bui
Richts Am
Sehich
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Holand
1St Airborne Army
Rhine River
Siegfried Line
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Hindhoven
Tilburg
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