Allies Massing For Big Push Into Germany
Allied forces prepare a major offensive into western Germany as paratroopers of the British 2nd Army and American units push from the Reichswald, securing bridgeheads and supply lines. Dempsey drives north to link up while German defenses along Arnhem and Nijmegen resist in a hard-fought corridor.
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Reichswald
Baek
Hlere
Rhine
Arnhem
Ihery
Dempsey
2Nd Army
Nijmegen
Antwerp
Turphout Canal
Americans and British advance near Turnhout and Aachen fronts
Front line dispatches report British troops entering Turnhout on the Antwerp Turnhout canal south of Eindhover and 16 miles from Tilburg as German positions retreat toward the Antwerp Turnhout line. Americans shell eastern Aachen areas while pursuing gains against stiff German resistance. A Siegfried line strongpoint near Rotgen is claimed wiped out.
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Antwerp
Meuse Schelde
Antwerp Turnhout
Turnhout
Antwerp-Turnhout
Eindhoven
Tilpurg
Aachen
Duren
Cologne
Rotgen
Allies Press On In Holland As Weather Hinders Supply Lines
Allied forces fresh from airborne operations in Holland press the German line while bad weather slows Hodges supply convoys. US First Army gains by threatening the 5th Army and disrupting defense plans as newly arriving German brigades fight with diminished spirit after shellings. American actions include repelling two minor counterattacks with about 40 percent enemy casualties.
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Hodges
Holland
U. S. First Army
5Th Army
Normandy
Yanks Take Epinal Ends German Hope in France
German dispatch claimed Epinal fell to American forces in May, as of Sept 25 the German news agency reported the French city, 33 miles southeast of Nancy, was in Allied hands.
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Epinal
London
DNB
Nancy
Break Back Of Jap Airforce In Philippines
Fifth fleet operations shattered the Japanese carrier air force in the Philippine Sea. American forces also gateheaded Peleliu in the Palau group, stopping a Japanese reinforcement convoy while Malakal harbor ships were shelled. Marines advanced on Peleliu and Angaur as Manila raids reduced enemy aerial resistance and opened a harbor crowded with ships. American planes lost were fewer than previous days amid an overall heavy Allied air and sea engagement.
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Fifth Fleet
Philippine Sea
Peleliu Island
Palau
Nimitz
Malakal
Palaus
Malakal Harbor
Koror Island
Japan
Singapore
U. S
Peleliu
Angaur Island
Manila
Cannot Eliminate Corporation Income Taxes Says Doughton
Washington says House Ways and Means chair Doughton says eliminating corporation taxes is not practical. He plans to convene joint committee after November 14 to begin peacetime tax revision, noting a profits tax would be required if corp taxes were removed. He adds corporations oppose such a move.
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Washington
Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
Joint
Senate
House Taxation Committee
Congress
Germany attacks on western defenses hit by aerial armada
London dispatch reports over 1,260 American heavy bombers with strong fighter escort targeting railway yards and other targets at Frankfurt Coblenz and Ludwigshafen. Frankfurt a major industrial center and arsenal Coblenz at Rhine Moselle confluence Ludwigshafen chemical hub nearby Metz siege.
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London
Frankfurt
Coblenz
Ludwigshafen
Germany
Main
Rhine
Luxenbourg
Diekirch
Moselle
Belgium
Metz
Calais
Reich
Youths To Face Larceny Charge
Two youths face larceny charges for allegedly taking 725 dollars from a concession stand at the fair grounds on Wednesday. James C. Horsley 22 of Leaksville NC admitted stealing the money and David W. Jones 16 of Smithsburg MD merely accompanied him. They were arraigned before Magistrate Harry B. Snyder held on 1000 bond each for November court action. Horsley said they spent Wednesday night in a Waynesboro hotel then went to Pittsburgh where he bought a 450 car. Police recovered 274 in one dollar bills on him. Seventeen other arrests were made during the weekend, mostly for drunkenness.
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Fairgrounds
Harrisburg
Hagerstown
Wayne Sellman
Clever Reynolds
James C. Horsley
Leaksville
N. C
John Crabdurh
David W. Jones
Smithsburg
Pittsburgh
Harry B. Snyder
Horsley
Jones
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
Policemen Don Fall Uniforms As Autumn Arrives
Autumn arrived as the police force donned fall uniforms over the weekend. Weather data from Chewsville shows a yesterday low of 45 degrees, two degrees cooler than Saturday. The day rose to 67, with Saturday at 64. At 9 PM, readings were 54 with clouds reducing frost chances.
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Mercury
D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
Cow Killed by Rifle Bullet in Sharpsburg Pasture
A stray high powered rifle bullet killed a $150 cow in the pasture of R and Baumgardner on Sharpsburg pike yesterday afternoon as several boys shot at birds and marks. State Police and Sheriff officers arrested four youths who admit participating. Sheriff Huyett reported 15 insulators shot off high tension lines in Fiddlersburg and vowed full prosecution of offenders.
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R. &. Baumgardner
Sharpsburg Pike
Mark
John B. Huyett
Fiddlersburg
Retailers Meet Friday to Tackle Bureau Program
The Hagerstown Retailers' Bureau plans its first post-summer meeting at Hotel Patterson Friday noon to cover business matters and kick off the fall luncheon series. Gilbert Miller, a local taxi driver, was arrested early Sunday at the Valley Inn by sheriffs on impersonating an officer after displaying a "special officer" badge.
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Hagerstown
Hotel Patterson
Gilber. Miller
Valley Inn
Sheriffs Offers
Miller
Maryland Postwar Plan Urges Tax Reform and Privatization
State planners in Annapolis urge a new tax policy, end wartime business restraints, and withdrawal of federal competition with private enterprise. Gov. O’Conor cites unemployment could reach 200000 by January and 376000 after Japan victory, with recommendations covering legal relief for contractors, demobilization, and postwar job retention.
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Annapolis
Maryland Commission On Postwar Reconstruction and Development
O’conor
Germany
Japan
The
Commission
Maryland
O'Conor
Invasion of East Prussia Brightens War Push
Moscow says Russian troops push from southern Poland through Lupkow Pass into Czechoslovakia have seized Humenne and advance toward Szczed Hungary. A Bucharest communique notes Russian and Romanian forces crossing toward Hungary, as German and Hungarian units face entrapment in eastern Slovakia and Transylvania. A Ro manian front dispatch claims German generals urge peace with Hitler.
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Khovysky
Moscow
Poland
Lupkow Pass
Czechoslovakia
Humenneé
Republic
Bucharest
Szczed
Hungary
Slovakia
Transylvania
Romania
Wehrmacht
Hitler
Hulzen
Central Army
South Ukraine
Aspirin ad touts speed and dependability
An old newspaper ad proclaims a faster acting, more dependable aspirin labeled as the genuine St. Joseph product, claiming it as the world’s largest seller with price references and promotional phrasing.
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St. Joseph
Yanks Break Gothic Line Reach Key Bologna Highway
Fifth Army troops smashed the Gothic line and closed to within 12 miles of the Via Aemilia, the Bologna Rimini highway, in the Po valley sector. Eighth Army faced stiff resistance as German paratroopers and armor held the northern plains entry. Clark's HQ said the Fifth Army destroyed in nine days what the Germans took nine months to build.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna-Rimini
Po Valley
Eighth Army
Broad Plains
Italy
Adriatic
Mark W. Clark
McMullen Announces County Tour After Rally Appearance
McMullen plans a county tour after a Democratic rally at the Grice Building. He had not sought public office before but impressed attendees with frank aims and strong public affairs knowledge. He aims to meet as many voters as possible despite limited time.
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Grice Building
McMullen
Beauty Of American Women Lingers Longer
Chicago dermatologist Dr. G Alexander Ward reports that the youthful beauty of American women lasts years longer than a decade ago. He notes the average face lifting age is 45 or later, compared with 38 a decade ago, attributing improvements to grooming, cosmetics, and better exercise and diet.
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Chicago
G. Alexander Ward
Ward
American, Cosmeticians National Association
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Philippines
Everly
East Prussia
Key Highway
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