Battle to open up Ruhr corridor advances amid crisis
British forces push from Eind hoven toward the Neder Rhine, seven miles through Deurne and Helmond, lifting a tenuous supply lifeline to Nijmegen. Germans repeatedly cut the corridor, with Elst held for days and refugees driven toward American lines near Aachen as U S forces face heavy artillery while pushing toward Duren on the Cologne road.
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Neder Rhine
Arnhem
Eindhoven
Deurne
Helmond
Nijmegen
Ssete Gnaray Panzer
Elst
Second Army
Aachen
No Man’s Land
U. S
Duren
Cologne
Average person walks about seven percent miles daily
The typical individual is estimated to cover roughly 18,098 steps per day, amounting to about 7 percent of a mile.
Home Of Accused Negro Is Burned In Maryland
In Preston Maryland a second fire of undetermined origin destroyed the two story frame home beside the burned beer parlor linked to Howard Hubbard accused in the Main street slaying of James M Davis a Preston restaurant operator. State troopers investigated both blazes while Hubbard his son and another youth were kept in Baltimore for safekeeping. The shooting occurred after a dispute involving Hubbard in a near traffic incident and a subsequent argument with another white man and Hubbard's son.
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Preston
Carroll C. Lerman
Easton
Howard Hubbard
Layman J. Redden
James M. Davis
Hubbard
Baltimore
Caroline County
Davis
Rush Relief To Crashed Clipper
Troops and relief parties push through the Ameyalco mountains to reach Pan American Airways Havana Clipper that ran out of gas in a storm. Reports state two dead and 10 injured among 19 passengers and four crew. Cuban correspondents Dr Jose Ignacio Solis and Dr Paul Alfonso Gouse named among the casualties, along with chief pilot Captain Ricardo Gonzalez Figueroa.
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Pebla
Mexico
Ameyalco
Here
Pan American Airways
Havana
Jose Ignacio Solis
Diario de la Marina
Paul Alfonso Gouse
el Mundo
Presidents Would Be Given Power To Veto Individual Items
Washington September 26 Senator Johnson urged constitutional limits on peacetime deficits and proposed an amendment to grant the President power to veto individual items in annual appropriations bills. He argued this would curb inflation and allow trimming federal spending without risking essential funding.
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Washington
Johnson
Dcole
Churchill Returns to London Cheered at Euston
Prime Minister Churchill arrived in London from the Quebec conference greeted by cabinet ministers. He stepped from the train with Mrs. Churchill as daughters Mary Churchill in ATS uniform and Mrs. Duncan Sandys kissed him. Crowds cheered as the party left for No 10 Downing Street.
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London
Churchill
Quebec
Euston Station
Mary Churchill
ATS
Duncan Sandys
No. 10
Downing Street
Churchill Returns to Commons Amid War Question Pause
Prime Minister Churchill was cheered as he took his seat in the House of Commons after returning to London. He avoided major war questions in anticipation of a fulldress statement set for Thursday, as MPs awaited guidance on ongoing global conflict.
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Gammons
London
PAP
Churchill
House of Commons
Reds Press Nazis Near Baltic Coast Amid Baltic, Polish, and Hungarian Fronts
Russian communique reports nine more Soviet gains east of Riga bringing forces within 40 miles of the Latvian capital while other columns reach 65 miles north and 50 miles northeast. The Germans hold a coastal corridor. Warsaw battles continue with Polish sources noting German retreat, and Moscow notes southern Poland advances including Berehy Gurne near the Czechoslovakian border.
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Nonish Gulf
Baltic Sea
Riga
Warsaw
Vistula
Red Army
Hungary
Moscow
Poland
Berehy Gurne
Maryland State Guard to Present Service Stars and Ribbons
Awards will be presented this week at Maryland State Guard drill nights at the State Armory. First and second year stars and service ribbons were awarded to Co B members last evening, with subsequent presentations to Headquarters Detachment and Co A. Presentations honor Lieut. Col. William P. Lane Jr, Major Crown D. Diehl, and several officers and enlisted men. qualifying requires 90 percent drill-night attendance.
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Maryland State Guard
State Armory
Co. B
Co. A
William P. Lane, Jr
Crown D. Diehl
I. R. BR. Black
HE. H. Koons, Jr
Franklin R. Miller
James P. Palmer
Daniel L. Sanders
Robert MecClear
Robert A. Thomas
Donald Byron
Lester S. McWilliams
William Rosa
Philippine Defenses Formidable, Say Japs
Tokyo radio said the fortification of the Philippines and nearby islands as air bases is completed and the defenses are truly formidable. The broadcast claimed the island fortresses have been fully reinforced by newly arrived aircraft.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Philippines
Autoist Accused Following Crash
Mrs Ida Rowland Smith of 1900 Black Virginia Avenue escaped injury in a head on crash with a truck at Virginia Avenue and Brighton Place. Bruce W Kimple of Ottanna Pa Route 1 was charged with reckless driving by Patrolman Charles Wolford. Rowland Smith was southbound. her car damage was about 250 dollars.
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Ida Rowland Smith
Virginia Avenue
Brighton Place
Bruce W. Kimple
Ottanna
Charles Wolford
Rowland
Woman Is Injured In Hotel Staircase Incident
Mabel Semler about 33 was taken to Washington County Hospital with a possibly broken back after Abner Smyre 33 admitted to throwing her down stairs from the third to the second floor of the Charles Hotel West Antietam Street. Officers faced difficulty removing the woman due to her condition. Patrolman Doornberger and Rickard detained Imnyre as the investigation continues.
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Mabel Semler
Washington County Hospital
Abner Smyre
Charles Hotel
West Antietam Street
Doornberger
Rickard
Imnyre
Semler Woman Shoe Attack Sparks Staircase Scuffle
A Semler woman struck a man with a shoe provoking his fury as he toppled her down the stairs, triggering a violent altercation. The incident details are partial, with authorities investigating the confrontation and its sequence.
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Semler
Cigar Shortage Deepens Amid War Demands
The cigar shortage in Hagerstown is blamed on Christmas parcel shipments to service men overseas and rising demand from friends and relatives. A local wholesaler notes that cut shipments and fewer workers in processing plants, including a Pennsylvania facility, keep supplies at rock bottom while retailers hoard for loyal customers.
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Hagerstown
Pennsylvania
Relief Supplies To Begin Moving To Italy And Balkans
Montreal reports UNRRA relief funds from a 11 day conference will begin moving into Italy and Balkan areas. The final plan increases aid to 47 million dollars for Italy and extends relief to refugees including many Jews, whether or not citizens, in Axis or Allied regions. Aid also reaches those in non invaded camps and aims to restart essential industries.
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Montreal
Italy
Balkan
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Sees Big Balance For Jobless Compensation
ANNAPOLIS Md Sept 26 Stephen C Cromwell director on the Unemployment Compensation Board estimated today that if both the European and Asiatic wars are over by November 1944 and April 1946 respectively the fund may save a balance of 36000000 dollars on
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Annapolis
Stephen C. Cromwell
Unemployment Compensation Board
Benefit fund payouts in 1947 milestone note
An official stated in April 1947 that all benefit claims were paid. Payments from the fund from March 31, 1945, to March 31, 1947, are expected to total about $106,000,000, against accumulations of $142,000,000 to date, leaving the largest balance.
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Mtother
Teera
R. D. McKee
City Hall
N. Potomac St
America
Valley Forge Distributing
Virginian Ave
Ater Trephan
Cheidt Brewing CO
Reds
Philippine
Zenith Radionic
Zenith Radio Corporation
DR. C. A. Brown
Sky On
Holland
U.S.A
S. C
Rudy
Fleisher’s
Pao
Birchcraft
Heywood-Wakefield
Thayer
Everly
Manbeck
Ai Rt
Balkans
Howard's
Baltimore St
Icodemus
Millys
Rea
Land O
Berkley Square
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