Fire Company To Buy Bonds
Williamsport Fire Company voted at a special meeting to invest this year's carnival profits of 2500 in government war savings bonds. Purchases to date rise toward 6000. President Richard G. Hawken to handle the purchase. Carnival cited as highly successful with Lloyd Lemen and Maurice Miller credited for arrangements. The past month saw 25 new members bringing total to about 325, with nearly 100 in the armed services.
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Williamsport Fire Company
Richard G. Hawken
Lloyd Lemen
Maurice Miller
Armed Services
Autoist Acquitted of Drunken Driving
Otto F. Schumann, 38, arrested early today on a drunken driving charge, was found not guilty by Magistrate M W B Bostelter in city court this morning. Officers Blenard and Stains testified to seeing the man speeding, and when stopped he admitted taking a few drinks but denied being under the influence.
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Otto F. Schumann
M. W. B. Bostelter
Blenard and
Stains
Schumann
Amos Jones Given Year In Prison
Amos Jones, 45, convicted of larceny of a suit and raincoat, was sentenced to a year in the House of Correction by Magistrate M W B Bostetter in city court. He stole the garments from R W Oliver on North Mulberry Street and pawning them. He claimed Oliver gave him the cloth.
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Amos Jones
House of Correction
M. W. B. Bostetter
Jones
R. W. Oliver
Mulberry Street
Oliver
Second National Stock Sells Well at Public Auction
Two hundred shares of Second National Bank capital stock sold at public auction in front of the County Court House yesterday. The price ranged from 31.50 to 32 per share, with par value ten dollars. Proceeds were used to settle an estate.
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Second National Bank
Form Jewish Unit To Fight Germans
The British War Office announced that a Jewish brigade is being formed for active operation in a theater of war. Part of the force will consist of Palestine troops already in the British army.
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London
British War Office
Palestine
Fall Of Riga Looming Before Russian Drive
Moscow reports a major Baltic offensive driving German forces back toward Riga. Soviet troops reach six miles from the capital, with tank and motorized units probing defenses and artillery in action. In four days about 2,000 places fell as Bagramian’s 70 mile front advances.
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Moscow
Riga
Red
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Red Army
Baltic
Stalin
Ivan Bagramian
Kekava
Daugava
Dvina
Squirrels felled by four shots draw crowd in Neck
Mike Farrie and Paul Coombs, two local squirrel hunters, demonstrate near perfect marksmanship. A head-shot killed three squirrels with one shot, and a second shot dropped two more as an old squirrel crossed a limb, totaling seven game with four shots.
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Mike Farrie
Paul Coombs
Coombs
Farrie
Fascists' Properties Will Be Confiscated
Rome reports the Italian government seized the assets of the late Count Galeazzo Ciano and 96 prominent Fascists under a decree targeting Fascist profits Ciano, once foreign minister, was executed January 12 for his role in Mussolini's overthrow by the Fascist grand council.
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Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Ciano
Grand Council
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Who's Doing Hiring And On Whose Terms
Glasgow hotel ad offers a night clerk job with high pay and perks. Responses from Courier readers include jokes about taking the job, lounge chair comfort, advance pay, and requests for every other night off and Sundays off during hunting season.
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Glasgow
Mont
Glasgow Hotel
the Courier
Paul Campbell
Finland Faces Heavy Costs for Peace and Disarmament
London reports Finland accepts loss of industrial territory and heavy reparations as it prepares a new national existence. The armistice requires Finland to disarm German troops and hand them to the Allies, with Russian advances to the new frontier beginning tomorrow at 9 am. The Times notes Finland secured conditions less harsh than proposed in March.
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London
Finland
Ernest von Born
Moscow
Russia
Great Britain
von Born
London Times
Romania
Bulgaria
Europe
Used Cars Report Sought By Washington County Dealers
Washington county used car dealers were asked by the Ration Board to report inventories as of September 11. OPA hints that used autos may join the ration list amid shortages. The office notes heavy demand and 165 transfer certificates issued in August.
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Washington County
Ration Board
OPA
More Farm Workers Arrive In County Save Crops
Fifteen additional Jamaicans arrived at the Smithsburg Farm Labor Camp and fruit pickers were temporarily released by orchardists. County farm placement director Benjamin H. Holliday said the new workers should prevent major losses of vegetables, with beans likely saved though some tomatoes spoiled by wet weather. The county agent’s office sought another group of workers but expects low chances due to statewide shortages, as several days of rain hinder harvests.
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Smithsburg
Benjamin H. Holliday
Holliday
Finland Breaks Ties With Hungarian Croatian and Slovak Puppet States
Stockholm reports that on September 20 Finland severed relations with Germany’s puppet states Hungary Croatia and Slovakia, escalating wartime diplomatic realignments and signaling a shift in Axis influence in Eastern Europe.
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Stockholm
Finland
Hungary
Croatia
Slovakia
Blockade Crete To Foil Escape
The strong Allied blockade around Crete aims to halt the German garrison escape as sea and air attacks continue. Carrier planes from an Allied task force in the Aegean destroyed 11 German motor vehicles and wrecked a JU-52, with more vehicles hit next day. Aurora bombarded Melos and targeted a German wireless station. Dalmatian islands Mljet Korcula and Brac were freed by Yugoslav Partisans, British navy, Balkan air force, and Adriatic land forces.
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Rome
Crete
Aegean
Aurora
Melos
Argean
Terpsichore
Mljet
Korcula
Brac
Dalmatian
Balkan
Adriatic
Harrisburg Postwar Drive Urges Ham and Eggs Breakfasts
The Pennsylvania Agricultural Conservation committee promotes a dairy backed postwar campaign to boost egg consumption urging Pennsylvanians to make ham and eggs a daily breakfast.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Agricultural Conservation Committee
Shotgun Stolen From Porch on George Street
Harry B. Seal of 400 George Street reported a shotgun stolen from his porch today. A description of the gun was provided to officers.
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Harry B. Seal
George Street
County Cannery Seeks Extra Labor Amid Bumper Harvest
Southern Packing Company officials at Cavetown cannery report beans and tomatoes ripening rapidly due to warm wet weather. They appeal for more help, including Maryland prison heads, to harvest about 5000 bushels and meet military channel demand. Conscientious objectors have aided three nights weekly, but more hands are needed, especially at night, with Soil Conservation authorities considered.
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Southern Packing Company
Cavetown Cannery
Maryland
Cannery
Cavetown
Germans Hit London Again With Flying Bombs
For the third night in succession German forces struck London and southern counties with flying bombs. The blasts disrupted life as emergency services scrambled to to respond amid the ongoing air raid campaign.
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London
News of Allied successes broadcast from new OWI transmitters
Cincinnati reports three new short wave stations WLWL WLWS and WLWR each over 200000 watts began operation north of the city to relay Allied news and entertainment to Europe Africa and South America. Formal dedication will occur simultaneously in Cincinnati and Washington Saturday night.
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Cincinnati
Office of War Information
WLWL
WLWS
WLWR
Here
Europe
Africa
South America
Washington
Germany
OWT
Great Fair Opens With Record Crowds At Hagerstown
Thousands flocked to the Great Hagerstown Fair on opening day under overcast skies. President A K Coffman predicted crowds would top any previous Wednesday if rain held off. Acts included Art Dixon and the Melody Mustangs with the Broadway Revue and four circus acts. The Hollywood Hell Drivers thrilled attendees while yesterday’s turnout surpassed expectations with many praising this year’s exhibits.
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A. K. Coffman
Art Dixon
Melody Mustangs
Dixon
Hollywood Hell
Yanks Breach Gothic Line Near Florence
American Fifth Army breached the German Gothic line on a six mile front above Florence, moving within three miles of Firenzuela and taking Castel Guerrino and Lacroce as Brazilian, South African, British and Indian forces aided the assault. Front dispatches noted costly losses but no large breakthrough yet.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Gothic Line
Florence
Firenzuela
Castel Guerrino
Lacroce
Gothic
Stars and Stripes
Italy
Eighth Army
Rimini
Three Draft Delinquents Named at Local Boards
With nearly 10 percent of Washington county in the armed forces, three draft delinquents are on record at local Draft Boards. Board One lists Paul Clayton Symington and Harold Garntet Irvin. Board Two lists Acquin Franklin Ketterman. They have been posted at City Hall as unreported for classification.
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Washington County
Paul Clayton Symington
Harold Garntet Irvin
Acquin Franklin Ketterman
City Hall
New Way To Dislodge Japs On Peleliu Island
U S Marines on Peleliu Island uncovered Japanese cave defenses with a TNT charge that blew eight soldiers from a door while the Marines navigated booby traps and other fortifications along the central ridge north of the captured airport in Palau.
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U. S
Peleliu Island
Palau
Peleliu
Pablju
Nazi Chiefs Urged to Save Officers for World War 3
New York dispatch reports a secret Reich command document urging Nazi officers from company rank to generals to preserve the officer corps for a future war aimed at world leadership. The plan allegedly seeks to rebuild the German army and safeguard officers through retreat in difficult times.
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New York
New York Herald Tribune
Joseph Driscoll
Germany
Supreme Command
Reich
Driscoll
Danish Disorder Eases Amid Ongoing General Strike
Stockholm reports that street clashes in Denmark subsided overnight as crowds paused hostilities against German seizure of government buildings. The Free Danish council urged a nationwide strike through Thursday in protest the police force dissolution, while earlier reports described fierce fighting around Amalienborg palace and casualties among Nazi forces.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Copenhagen
Free Danish Press Service
Free Danish Council
Amalienborg
Christian X
War Veteran Slain After Argument in Whalerville
Berlin Md Sept 20 War veteran Orville G Cooper 45 a World War I veteran was shot to death last night in the doorway of his home at Whalerville after an argument with a former neighbor. John H Truitt 57 was captured today in an empty house near Whaleyville and jailed. State's Attorney William G Kerhin filed a murder warrant. Cooper a bachelor and former Salisbury taxicab driver was not related to his killer.
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Berlin
Orville G Cooper
Whalerville
Henry E. Onley
Edwin McGee
Samuel Sherwell
John H. Truitt
Whaleyville
Worcester County
Snow Hill
William G. Kerhin
Truitt
Cooper
Salisbury
Local woman fractures hip in Reading visit
Miss Mary L. Coxell residing with Mr and Mrs William Tobias of 26 Broadway fell at the home of Mrs Arthur Leader in Reading PA and sustained a fractured hip. She was removed to the Reading Hospital.
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Mary L. Coxell
William Tobias
Broadway
Arthur Leader
Reading
Coxell
Reading Hospital
Path Opening For Drive Across German Flatlands
British and airborne forces cross the lower Rhine in Holland five miles from Germany as a major invasion of the Reich appears likely. 2nd Army armor forms a long cut across eastern Holland, linking with airborne units near Nijmegen and Arnhem while the Siegfried line is outflanked. American and Allied columns advance toward Nancy Metz and Strasbourg, with Boulogne and Brest held by Allied forces. General Montgomery predicts victory this year.
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London
Lower Rhine
Holland
Germany
Reich
2Nd Army
Nijmegen
Waal Rhine
Arnhem
Siegfried Line
Nancy-Metz
Belfort
Nancy
Strasbourg
Bernard L. Montgomery
Hitler
Nearly Half Million Nazis Captured Since Start Of Invasion
London dispatch reports that over 464,346 German prisoners have been captured since D day June 6. The tally excludes Brest and Boulogne losses, with Brest garrison potentially adding about 12,000. U S forces by army totals include 186,090 from the 1st Army, 86,000 from the 3rd, 2,000 from the 5th, and 20,000 from the 8th. The 21st Army Group and British and Canadian forces have surpassed 73,000, Canadians contributing 52,571.
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London
France
Brest
Tottering Boulogne
Hermann Ramcke
U. S. 1St Army
U.S. 3Rd Army
US Ssth
RAF Bombs Ruhr Valley Industries in Major Night Raid
RAF heavy bombers struck Rheydt and Munchen Gladbach in a powerful attack on the Ruhr valley industrial belt. The raids targeted iron foundries and machine shops near Munchen Gladbach, about 16 miles east of Düsseldorf, while Rheydt lies near Cologne. The cities lie within 70 miles of the German front, in the zone of Allied probing of border defenses.
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London
Rheydt
Munchen- Gladbach
Ruhr
Munchen-Glaibach
Dusseldalf
Cologne
Gasoline Coupons Exhausted Delays for Applicants
Boand gasoline coupons are temporarily exhausted at the ration officer. Applicants for supplementary coupons have been agreed to wait for several days before making further inquiries about their applications.
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Uouchee Con
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N. Y
David
Gateway
Sweden
RAF
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