Dewey Faces Train Wreck Fame in Oregon Speech
Gov Thomas E. Dewey arrived unruffled after two escapes from serious injury as he prepared to address 7,000 at the Fortland ice arena. He attacked the idea of indispensable men and warned that peace must not hinge on a few leaders, contrasting Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin with his campaign themes of freedom and security.
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Fortland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
San Francesco
America
Oron Marrow
Dewey
Republic
New York
Roosevelt
Churchill
Great Britain
Stalin
Russia
United States
Potatoes priced for winter sale notice
Local market note offers potatoes for winter purchase with reference numbers 4-2 and seller W G Turner 66740 Aly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ratphdins and Cobbler
W.G. Turner
Aly
Thanksgiving Day On Nov 30 Favored
Washington officials report a House resolution by Rep Knutson to declare Thanksgiving Day on November 30 instead of the fourth Thursday. The measure aims to avoid state observance confusion since November has five Thursdays this year.
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Washington
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
Seid Knutson
Roosevelt
Thanting
Albany Vet Has Edge As Legion Commander
Edward N. Scheiberling of Albany, former infantry captain in World War I, is seen as the favorite to become national commander of the American Legion. The selection to succeed H. Atherton of Stockton will occur at the convention's final session on the 26th annual gathering.
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Chicago
Edward N. Scheiberling
Albany
Ettorney
En H. Atherton
Stockton
Legion
Death notices of Schlosser Kale and Eby in county paper
Deaths include Mrs Iola Stonebraker Schlosser aged 76 at Washington County Hospital after a yearlong illness. Surviving son Dr Roger Schlosser and nine grandchildren. service Friday at 230 pm at A K Coffman with Rev Scott Wasner. Rose Hill Cemetery. Also Mrs Mary Kale aged 72 at Washington County Hospital. husband Frederick S. and son Clyde S. survive. services Friday 2 pm at Minnich Funeral Home with Rev Dr J Edward Harms. Rose Hill Cemetery. Jacob M Eby native of Washington County lying in state at Reiffs Mennonite Church 9 to 20 m, funeral services by Amos J Martin and William Martin.
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Iola (Stonebraker) Schlosser
Victor P. Schlosser
Washington County Hospital
Cedar Hill
Downsville
Samuel and
Sarah Rebecca (Knode) Stonebraker
Zion Reformed Church
Roger 5. Schlosser
A. K. Coffman
Scott R. Wasner
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mary M. Kale
East Franklin Street
St. John's Lutheran Church
Frederick S
Clyde S
John A. Valentine
Rockyridge
Robert S
Taneytown
Miss Cotta Valentine
Minnich Funeral Home
J. Edward Harms
Jacob M. Eby
Washington County
Norfolk
Reiff's Mennonite Church
Amos J. Martin
William Martin
Appreciation note for sympathy after loss of Pvt Stine
Mrs Blanche B. Stine expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and Mayor Richard Sweeney for sympathy after the death of her son Pvt Jack D. Stine who was killed in France on June 10th.
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Richard Sweeney
Pvt
Jack D. Stine
France
Blanche B. Stine
First Big Raid Hits Philippines
Allied command reports a new phase in operations near Mindanao and the Palaus. Mitchell bombers attack Buayan air drome and piers. Angaur and Peleliu advances progress with Marine forces securing east coasts and repelling Japanese positions. Japan fears Morotai due to renewed strikes near the Philippines.
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Guinea
Morotai
Palaus
Ishings
Moreta
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Mitchell Meclumn
Buayan
Mindanao
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
List Division
Angaur
Peleliu Jisland
Reca
U. S
Palan Time
Peleliu
John Cooper
Combine
Cooper
Japan
MacArthur
RTERS
New
Fall of Riga Is Imminent Continues on Front Lines
Germans deny retreat as 3,000 fall in five days with 570 tanks and 390 planes lost on the front. Red Army captures Valga and Plavinas amid efforts to sever Baltic corridors. German counterattacks west of Jalgava repulsed while Baltic rail lines become crucial for supply. In Romania, Romanian Russian forces seize Timosoara near the Yugoslav frontier.
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Munique
Estonia-Latvia
Ivan Maslennikov
Baltic Army
Valga
Gulf of Riga
Estonia
Riga
Red Army
Plavinas
Jalgava
Latvia
Baltic
Romania
Timosoara
Belgrade
Former Police Chief Goes On Trial For Assisting Germans
Rome reports former Police Chief Pietro Caruso went on trial for aiding the Germans, facing charges of turning over 50 hostages for execution, forcing citizens into labor battalions, violating St Paul’s Church extraterritoriality, and sending staff to a German sabotage school. The court denied a postponement, and the hearing occurred at Palazzo Corsini amid tight security.
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Rome
Pietro Caruso
Palazzo Corsini
Donati Carretta
Egina Coeli
al Mobi
Belpce
Roberto Occhietto
Caruso
St. Paul's Church
Netherlands
Survey of Attitudes Toward Artificial Breeding
A survey of about 900 dairy cow owners in Washington county is being conducted this week by the county agent's office to gauge interest in artificial breeding. County Agent Mark Miller says the move follows a meeting of leading dairy herd owners with University of Maryland Extension Service experts. The plan aims to create a better grade of dairy cattle at lower costs, contingent on sufficient owner interest.
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Washington County
University of Maryland Extension Service
Mark Miller
Engineering Society Plans Plant Inspection Trip
The Southern Engineering Society will launch its fall program on Thursday September 21 with an inspection trip through the Frick Company plant in Waynesboro Pa. After tours of farms machinery and refrigeration equipment plants, visitors will hear lectures and then view a refrigeration equipment field demonstration at Waynesboro Ice and Cold Storage. The August meeting honored an outdoor picnic at Cold Spring Park Pa with over 159 members in attendance.
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The
Southern Engineering Society
Frick Company, Inc
Waynesboro
Waynesboro Ice and
Cold Spring Park
Phillies Acquire Two Wilmington Players
The Phillies announced the acquisition of catcher Joseph Antolick and pitcher Charles Ripple from their Wilmington Interstate League farm club. Antolick, 26, from Catasauqua, Pa., began with Bradford in the Pony League. Ripple, 22, from Whiteville, N C, has a 15 and 16 record for Wilmington this season.
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Philadelphia
Phillies
Joseph Antolick
Charles Ripple
Wilmington
Del
Cincinnati
Antolick
Cata Sauqua
R Pradford
Ripple
Whiteville
N. C
Ickes Demands UMWA Chief Live Up to Contracts
Secretary of the Interior Ickes challenged John L. Lewis to show commitment to contract terms as he pressed for miners to refrain from strikes during the war. The UMWA replied by calling Ickes’ remark an insult to every mine worker.
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Cincinnati
Ickes
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
S ¥Amis
Lewis
LMAW
U.mlw
Travel trouble to persist until Japan victory ends
Washington September 20 J Monroe Johnson defense transportation director said travel disruptions will stay acute through hostilities with Japan. He thanked editors and media for helping cut unnecessary travel and asked continued aid. Johnson warned October demand for military and civilian freight would be the greatest in history.
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Washington
Japan
J. Monroe Johnson
Defense Transportation
Associated Public Information Media
United States
Cranston Williams
American Newspaper ‘Publishers’ Association
Johnson
Harold J. Ryan
National Association of Broadcasters
Lend Lease Food Deliveries Drop Reported
The War Food Administration reports a sharp decline in lend-lease food shipments by the United States to 10 Allied nations in August compared with a year earlier. Total deliveries reached 50,095 pounds, down from 1,076,811.544 pounds the previous August and 52,851.964 pounds in July this year.
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Washington
United States
War Food Administration
Saums Ad Promises 17 Jewel Service Watch and Rings
A Saums advertisement from 21 Jonathan Street touts a 17 jewel service watch at low price and a selection of Adv. 14 KT wedding rings from $6.75, claiming over a hundred styles. The copy mentions Jonathan Street location and Soldier’s friend watch branding.
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Saum's
Jonathan St. Adv
Seene
Sauem’s
Jonathan S
Saums
Parents decry segregation of ringworm children in 1944 Hagerstown
In a Sept 18 1944 Editor's Mail Box letter a Maryland mother laments social stigma toward children treated for ringworm. She cites theater ushers, library bans, and school play areas, arguing cautious measures may harm affected kids and spread broader disease, urging humane policy.
Duck season opens in Washington state
Sept 20. Ducks season opens amid relaxed shooting regulations and ammunition limits. Dr Ira N Gabrielson head of the Fish and Wildlife Service called it the best season in 30 years as migratory waterfowl flights to the south were reported the greatest in three decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ira N. Gabrielson
Fish and Wildlife Service
Special Meeting Notice From South Flagerstown Fire Company
The South Flagerstown Fire Company will hold two special meetings on Friday at p. m. at its hall. Also advertised are men 14 karat wedding rings plain or engraved and highest cash price paid for old gold and silver.
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South Flagerstown Fire Company
Saum's
Jonathan St. Adv
News of Our Men in Uniform From the Front Lines
Advanced Headquarters Air Service Command announces Sgt. Joseph Bitner of Harperstown flew to a near front advanced airfield to bolster bomber and fighter operations in France. He is married to Hazel Mae Bitner of 530 Summit Ave. Also noted is Mrs. Michael Sarno reporting her husband’s promotion to staff sergeant serving with armored forces in France, son of Brooklyn residents Harry and (Mrs.) Sarno.
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Advanced Headquarters
Air Service Command
Rne
Joseph E. Bitner
Haperstown
France
America
Germany
U. S
Bliuner
Hazel Mae Bitner
Summit Avenue
Fairchild Aircraft
Michael Sarno
Sgt. Sarno
Harry Sarno
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mediterranean
Harold A. Messersmith
Hagerstown
Maryland
Europe
Messersmith
Joshua L. Messersmith
Corbett Street
Aleutian Islands
England
Pacific
Navy
Missing Marine war dog Peppy returns to camp after wound
The war dog Peppy once listed missing for three days on the Guam front line reappeared at camp with his handler Pfe Ben Goldblatt of Providence Rhode Island. The dog had just been in the jungles where he sustained a bullet wound to his left ear.
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Guam
Peppy
Marine Corps
J. F. Bryan
Jamaica
Pfe
Ben Goldblatt
Providence
R. I
U.S. M.C
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Iee
Savings & Loan Resn
North Jonathan
Tai
Robert — Salberta
Newman's Packing House
Smithsburg
Hagerstown Ice Co
Edge
Kraiss Funeral Home
N. Potomac St
Herald
Value Center Central Garage
Summit Ave
Value Center
Palau
AUMS
Jonathan Si
Reichard
W. Antietam St
Engineering Society
Heart Shield
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Avenue
Keystone i Public Square
General Acceptance Corporation
Jonathan Street
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
D. Earl Neikirk
Goodyear
Balto, & Locust Ste
Hagerstown, Md
Community Finance Service, Inc
Earle’a Dept Store
Washington, Co
Frederick Street
Wilhelm Thumma Motor Co
Roy G. Reeder
Keedysville
Pangborn Corp
Sarno
Lorraine Hovis
L. W. Bender
Potomac Avenue
Fifth Air Force
Southwest Pacific
Jacob
Jonathan St. Ady
Columbia College
M. Funk
South Potomac Street
Jeremiah W. Barnford Groh
Baer Brothers Cold Storage
West
Franklin Street
Mike Farrie
Madison Avenue
Washington Co
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
GMC
Commercial Small Loan & Finance Co
Court House
Green Lantern
N. Potomac Street
Peaches
Smokehouse
Jonathan Grimex
Golden
W. Church St
Zitzman
Arthur F. Detrow
Mer
Columbia College SM
Funk
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Public Square
Board of Election Supervisors
A. G Crankleton Electric CO
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