Nazi D invasion plan outlined in recently found documents
Secret German orders from 1940 reveal a planned English invasion code named sealion. Two beachheads would link army group A with objectives from Ports mouth to Leatherhead and Caterham, then to Colchester and Severn estuary. About 12 divisions plus airborne forces would land, mirroring Allied Normandy.
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Mans
Army Group A
Portsmouth
Aldershot
Guildford
Leatherhead
Caterham
Gilbury
Thames Estuary
Kent
Sussex
Surrey
Aine
Colchester
Severn
Bristol
London
Mid- James
16Th Army
Normandy
Fon
Stores Open All Day Reverting to Full Wednesday Hours
The Hagers Town Retailers Bureau reminded the public that stores will stay open all day tomorrow and resume full daily hours. After Wednesday afternoons were closed since June, businesses will now operate all day each Wednesday starting this week.
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Hagerstown
Resume Airline Hearings Today
The Maryland Public Service Commission resumed hearings on four petitions for intrastate air service in Baltimore. Edward R. Fenimore of the State Aviation Commission is expected to testify on airport adequacy, with safety and engine type comparisons between twin and single engined planes debated. Pan Maryland Airways plans four passenger single engine planes and awaits insurer testimony, while Columbia Airlines advocates two engined planes as safer. Blue Ridge Lines and Red Star Motor Coaches have not yet presented firm outlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland Public Service Commission
Edward R. Fenimore
State Aviation Commission
Maryland
PSC
Pan - Maryland Airways, Inc
Aeronautical Insurance Company
Columbia Airlines, Inc
Blue Ridge Lines, Inc
Red Star Motor Coaches, Inc
Sewing Machines Available Next
NEW YORK September 25 Sewing machines for consumer use will be ready for distribution in sizable quantities by the end of November. Singer Sewing Machine Co announced today Demands for household sewing machines which have been accumulating for nearly four years can be only partially satisfied by all out production schedules during the next six months. By concentrating on a half dozen basic models and expanding production schedules as rapidly as re arrangement of plant and availability of materials will permit it is hoped to reach 1541 output levels by next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Japan’s Occupation May Last For Many Years
Reports from Tokyo note that occupation could extend for years as the Allied command presses questions on Pearl Harbor plans and Hirohito’s knowledge. Neobuguk Abe remains under guard at his Tokyo home, awaiting possible questioning or trial on the “want on” list.
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MacArthur
Pearl Harbor
Neobuguk Abe
Korea
Tokyo
Associated Press
Duane Hennessy
Aomori
Hirohito
Peark Harbor
Koichi Kido
Privy Seal
Roosevelt
U. S. State Department
Snake-Cult Pastors To Remain In Jail
CHATTANOOGA Tenn Sept 25 Tearfully refusing aid two snake cult preachers serve out 50 fines in jail at one dollar a day for breaching the peace while holding a healing service on a suburban lawn for the blind wife of a local homeowner. Judge Fleming said they were men of faith and conscientious in beliefs.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Martin Fleming
Ashe
G. W. Hensley
Tom Harden
Gens Tatum
Harden
Dolly Pond Church of
Famous Canteen To Administer Fund
The Hollywood Canteen will close Thanksgiving Day after three years of entertaining service men. It forms the Hollywood Canteen Foundation to administer a trust fund over 500000 pounds and will consider applications for worthy causes reflecting the canteen’s spirit.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Canteen
Hollywood Canteen Foundation
Shoe Rationing Up For Decision Soon
Washington dispatch reports the government will decide next weekend whether to end shoe rationing October 1. The War Production Board leather bureau urges termination while the OPA and WPB Office of Civilian Requirements seek September production data before committing. They fear continuing rationing to October 15 or November 1 may be best. An unrelated note mentions the 1778 Continental Congress act establishing the American Postal Service with Benjamin Franklin as postmaster general.
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Washington
War Production Board
Leather Bureau
OPA
WPB
Office of Civilian Requirements
Continental Congress
American Postal Service
Benjamin Franklin
Unveil Plaque In Memory Of F D R
President Truman spoke at the unveiling of a bronze plaque for Franklin D Roosevelt in Washington. He praised Roosevelt for risking his reputation on one war weapon, the atomic bomb, and urged world peace through brotherhood. Sculptor Selma Burke, 38, a Brooklyn Navy Yard truck driver, said artists should work outside studios in emergencies.
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Washington
Truman
Brotherhood of Man
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Selma Burke
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Labor Policy Faces Real Test in Labor Strikes
The labor policy faces a critical test as ration centers shrink in Toledo Detroit and Chicago threatening transport and winter fuel. A. Knight of the Oil Workers Union requests a Chicago conference with broad implications for CIO Auto Workers battles at General Motors Chrysler and Ford. The union seeks a strike vote for pay raises across 3.215 million GM Chrysler and Ford workers with potential nationwide petitions ahead. Other CIO unions including steelworkers unit clerical and rubber workers prepare to push wage gains as war demobilizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Detroit
Chicago
0. A. Knight
O10-Oil Workers Union
Cio-Auto Workers
General Motora
Chrysler
Ford Motor Company
Auto Worker Union
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Ford
Oil
Auto Workers
CIO
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
United Clerical Workers
United Rubber Workers
Interview With Emperor Hirohito Reveals War Strain
Kluckhohn reports in a detailed account that Emperor Hirohito received him calmly in a modest room at the Imperial Palace. The interview marks the first American to see the emperor since the war began and the first foreigner since Japan’s surrender to speak with him.
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Emperor Hirohito
Ministry of the Imperial Household
Imperial Palace
6000 Coal Miners In W Va On Strike
About 6,000 miners idle in northern West Virginia as supervisory workers push to enforce union recognition. The strike by United Clerical Technical and Supervisory Union took effect at 11 p m, though at least five Monongalia County mines continued operating.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Solid Fuels Administration
West Virginia
United Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Union
United Mine Workers
SFA
Monongalia County
Move to Halt Strike Spread Across Major Cities
Workers walked out nationwide crippling yards and plants from Oregon to Michigan. Elevators halted in over 2000 buildings including the Empire State and Woolworth. Detroit’s labor turmoil continued as Gov. Kelly ordered an investigation into the Kelsey Hayes strike. Oil firms and CIO oil workers met in Chicago as a broader wage dispute swelled idle totals and gas shortages pressed across six states.
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Empire State
Woolworth
War Labor Board
Detroit
Harry F. Kelly
Michigan
Kelsey- Hayes Wheel Company
Ford Motor Company
AFL
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
California
Cio
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Philadelphia-Camden
N. J
Navy
Western Cartridge Company
East Alton
Simmons Company
Kenosha
Wis
Department of Labor
Chicago
Oil Company
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Federal Conciliation Service
Texas
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
West Virginia
Union
CIO Uaw
Gulf
Socony-Vacuum
Cities Service
Globe, Shell
Standard of
New Jersey
Pure Oil
Sinclair
Union Oil of
Great Lakes
Stanolind
Review of 33500 military prisoners to clemency boards
Washington reports that about 33,500 military prisoners serving general courts martial sentences will have their cases reviewed by newly created War Department special clemency boards. Four boards have begun work alongside the main clemency board headed by Judge Sherman Minton, each including a civilian, a combat‑experienced army officer, and a JAG officer.
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Washington
War Department
Patterson
U.S. Circuit Court
Sherman Minton
Elvilian
Judge Advocate General's Department
Bosses Brace for Citywide Elevator Strike Paralyzing New York
About 15,000 elevator operators and maintainers walk off the job over pay cuts and union demands. Mayor La Guardia warned of a health emergency if spread to apartment houses and ordered replacement crews. Locals 32 B and 164 of the International Union strike after the War Labor Board refused severance pay vacation and holiday provisions while granting a reduced 44 hour week pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
la Guardia
Building Service Employes International Union
AFL
War Labor Board
Midtown Realty Owners Association
Realty Advisory Board On Labor Relations
WLB
Pipe Line Company President Heads Union Delegation
President O A Knight of the Pipe Line Company will lead the union delegation, directing the group in negotiations and representing the firm in forthcoming talks.
Protest Over Fire Alarm Test Time In Hagerstown
Western Enterprise Fire Company voted unanimously against changing the traditional 5 30 pm alarm test. First Hose Company began protests last Friday with others likely to follow as citizens join in. Mayor and Council set October 1 effective date, with no sign of reversal. The 5 30 signal historically summoned fire hall horses as a real alarm.
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Western Enterprise Fire Company
Hagerstown
Retailers Resume Monthly Meetings in Hagerstown
The Hagerstown Retailers' Bureau will resume its regular monthly meeting on Friday September 28 at Hotel Hamilton after a three month summer recess. Chairman A Harry Warne said routine business and reports will fill the session with no special speakers planned.
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Hagerstown
Hotel Hamilton
A. Harry Warne
Bureau
Weagley To Attend National Meeting
Roy F. Weagley Beaver Creek president of the Maryland Farm Bureau will attend the national American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago the week of December 17 as a delegate. Washington County Farm Bureau will send one delegate while others from the county may attend as visitors. Headquarters will be at the Sherman hotel and Mrs Weagley president of the Associated Women of the Farm Bureau will also attend.
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Roy
F. Weagley
Beaver Creek
Maryland Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Organization
Chicago
Weagley
State Farm Bureaus
Washington County Farm Bureau
Sherman Hotel
Weagly
The
Associated Women of the Farm Bureau
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Kays
Sas
Peo
Dicest Bank
Ops
Reuben Wiseman
Sunnyside
Calif
Army
U. S
Signal Corps
Home Builders Savings & Loan Assn
W. Washington St
Nunn-Bush
Bentz & Dunn
F.D.R
Valparaiso
Chile
Homma
Kuroda
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Shigenori Kuroda
Philippines
Yokohama
Winfield Freeman
Brooklyn
Max Desfor
N. Y
Caskey
Caskey Baking Co
R. M. Hays & Bros., Inc
America
Valley Forge Distributing
Virginia Ave
Hogeratown
Adam Scheidt Brewing CO Dt Daa
Enterprise
Thornton & Minor
Triangle Food Stores
Es Credit A
Axminster
Sterling
Stainness Steel Blades
Mats
Pollabing
Everly
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