Twenty five motorists face gas loss in OPA hearings
Twenty five alleged violators of the 35 mile per hour OPA speed limit in Washington county will face suspension or revocation of gasoline rations if found guilty at hearings tomorrow night. Their names were submitted to the ration board after arrests by state city and county police over several months as part of the resumed OPA speed enforcement drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Washington County
Ration Board
Ration Office
Jaycee Flying Club Buys Three Seater Plane
President W. H. Noel Jr and the Junior Chamber of Commerce announced that the Jaycee Flying Club purchased a three seat cub cruiser aircraft to support ongoing club activities. The plane includes a 2 way radio and night flying gear for upcoming advanced instruction. Six members with solo flights are George Goodwin Lee Snyder John Young Harry Volmer Everett Dye and W K Noel Jr.
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W. Hh N Noel
Junior
Chamber of Commerce Flying Club
Jaycee Club
George Goodwin
Lee G. Snyder
John Young
Harry Volmer
Everett Dye
W. K. Noel, Jr
Clash Between High Students, Prisoners Of War Is Averted
In Peabody Kansas German POWs at Fort Riley were to exercise on a ground protested by high school players who feared the surface was hard. After tense exchanges no blows occurred and the prisoners were returned to camp. Several students carried rifles from a hunting trip, a coincidence noted by Lt Col Loyd H Shafer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody
Kans
Loyd’h. Shafer
Fort Riley
Seaman Found Dead in Refrigerator Car at Port
SAN PEDRO California September 26 A 20 year old seaman Orville Oliver from Tacoma Washington was found dead yesterday in a refrigerator car he crawled into a week ago to nap. The door clicked shut and he pounded it with a lumber piece hoping for air. A fire to stay warm suffocated him.
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San Pedro
Calif
Orville Oliver
Tacoma
Wash
Wallace grapefruit explorer praise creates Henry Walge
Raul Varela Martinez head of an agricultural experiment station in Palmira Colombia said Henry Wallace praised a grapefruit as a mixture of oranges and grapefruit during a visit yesterday. The station named its new product the Henry Walge in appreciation.
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Pullman, Wash
Henry Wallace
United States
Raul Varela Martinez
Palmira
Colombia
Henry Walgce
Auto Stolen In Boonsboro After Tire Theft
A Chevrolet coupe owned by Preston Luther Minnich of Boonsboro Rt. 3 was stolen early Saturday. The thief drove about two miles along Route 40 then stripped the car of three tires wheels a headlight spotlight mirror and a cowl light. Deputy Bruce Spicker investigates with several clues.
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Preston Luther Minnich
Boonsboro
Rt. 3
Route 40
Bruce Spicker
Six constitutional amendments on ballot with one local referendum
The coming election ballot lists six constitutional amendments and one local referendum on Sunday beer sales, with the President and Vice President, U S Senator, and Congressman as the other named offices. Amendments cover church land gifts, a five judge Court of Appeals, cross circuit judge assignments, Baltimore City State's Attorney salaries, Baltimore Redevelopment Commission, and constitutional amendment advertisements. Japanese reinforcements land on Peleliu joining garrison with little resistance.
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U. S
General Assembly
Court of Appeals
Baltimore City
Baltimore
Superforts Hit Manchurian Industrial City Again
U S Superfortresses attacked Manchuria with targets including Anshan and two other towns per the War Department. Tokyo radio named Anshan as a principal target while atmospheric interference obscured other town identifications. Further details were promised as information became available.
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Washington
U.S
Manchuria
War Department
Tokyo Radio
Anshan
FCC
Tokyo
Andan
Dairen
Penhsibu
Antung
Japan
Son Of Local Couple Killed In France Enlisted Here
Pvt. Omer L. Smith 21, son of Mr and Mrs Fleet Smith of 132 North Jonathan Street, killed in action in France on August 1 after having been listed missing. Former Waynesboro resident, he enlisted October 14, 1942, at the local recruiting station. Surviving are his parents and five brothers, two also in the Army.
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Omer L. Smith
Fleet Smith
North
Jonathan Street
France
Smith
Waynesboro
State Rent Director Says Rent Control In Washington County Successful
Lucien B. D. Gaudreau, Maryland rental control director, on a Hagerstown visit said rent control in Washington County has been very successful. He noted few violations, with occasional failures to register properties in rural areas. The compliance drive began weeks ago and targets preventing rent increases for military personnel at a nearby camp and Hagerstown war workers.
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Lucien BE. D. Gaudreau
Maryland
Hagerstown
Washington County
Guadreau
Rush On Here For Farm Deferments
Washington county farm workers at the rate of about 20 per day are applying for renewals of their deferments from military service. The extension service office now handles farm worker deferments for the Agriculture Adjustment Agency and expects the peak in applications to occur in about two weeks. Applicants must state six months of work in a unit formula set by Selective Service, and AAA investigators verify the statements with employers.
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Washington County
Extension Service
Agriculture Adjustment Agency
Selective Service
AAA
Nazi Tanks Knocked Out At Rate Of 100 Daily
New York report from London says NBC correspondent Robert St John stated that 1,000 German tanks were knocked out in ten days, an official announcement reported today.
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K. O
New York
NBC
Robert St. John
London
Alive Because Of Wife And Misfire
In Chicago a 57 year old Gustav Kissel wrestled a bandit attempting to grab his bottle backed by his 55 year old wife Adelaide. Mrs Kissel kicked the intruder in the groin causing him to drop a loaded .38 revolver which misfired three times during the struggle. Police found pin marks on the weapon.
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Chicago
Gustav F. Kissel
Adelaide
Mom
Nissel
Kissel
Gissel
October Draft Quota Is Heavy Not called for in Washington county
The State Draft official Captain C H Bryant said September did not reduce quotas. He explained monthly boards may not be called in every county and that low summer needs allowed calls to be concentrated. Hagerstown saw a late August heavy call, September was shipped, and October was slated for another. Quotas rely on local boards reports and service needs for replacements. Men under 26 and 26 to 28 without deferments are drafted and deferment rules favor younger workers. The weather forecast predicts a chilly night with a low around 4 and a high of 67.
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Washington County
C. H. Bryant
Bryan
Hagerstown
Maryland
Armed Services
Reds Press Final German Holdouts in Estonia Coast
Moscow dispatch says Soviet northern armies crushed the last German pocket in Estonia and prepared an assault on two Baltic Sea guarding islands Ristia and Oseldominate the Gulf of Riga and the Gulf of Finland. Leningrad army captured all major ports except Virtsu and Haapsalu fell six miles southwest of Tallinn. Parnu remained in Soviet hands as Baltic fleet joined efforts.
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Moscow
Russia
Estonia
Baltic Sea
Riga
Latvia
Ristia
Osel
Gulf of Riga
Gulf of Finland
Leonid A. Gogorov
Leningrad
Virtsu
Haapsalu
Tallier
Parnu
Helsinki
Rally Planned At Sharpsburg
The Women’s Democratic Club of Sharpsburg will rally Monday evening October 2 at the home of Mrs Lillian Thomas. Speakers include City Attorney Edward Oswald Jr and Judge Harvey N Miller of the Juvenile Court. Chairman Harold F Bester said plans aim to hold similar rallies in many county districts and campaign leaders meet daily to organize vote turnout.
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Women's Democratic Club of
Sharpsburg
Lillian Thomas
Edward Oswald, Jr
Harvey N. Miller
Harold F. Bester
County Campaign Committee
Bester
34 Divorce Suits Docketed To Date
Three more divorce petitions were entered in court today, bringing the total to 34 filed this morning. Named plaintiffs include Edythe Boyd Rohrer versus Stover Vincent Rohrer, Wm. Henry White versus Jane Kephart White, and James Edw. Overton Jr. versus Thelma June Overton. Filed through Attorney C. K. Hartie-
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Edythe Boyd Rohrer
Stover Vincent Rohrer
Wm. Henry White
Jane Kephart White
James Edw. Overton, Jr
Thelma June Overton
C. K. Hartie
Local Boy Wounded After Three Tanks Shot Out From Under Him
Sergeant Charles S. Jones of Hagerstown Maryland was wounded by anti tank fire near St Lo while serving in a tank battalion attached to airborne forces. He suffered a broken finger and multiple hits but remains in recovery at a U S Army hospital in England and will receive the Purple Heart. His unit supported infantry advances and he described engaging a Panther and a Tiger during the St Lo drive. Jones joined the army December 6 1940 and has two brothers serving overseas while his parents live in Hagerstown.
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Daily Maila U
England
St. Lo
Charles 5. Jones
Langale Street
Hagerstown
United States Army
Horton E. Hughes
Shawnee
Okla
Cuppebre
St. Saveur le Vicomte
Jones
James
Ft. Meade
Fort Knox
Ft. Bragg
N. C
John Jones
Jay
Kenneth
France
Glenn
Air Corps
New Mexico
Decisive Victory In Italy Seen As 8th Army Spans Rubicon
In Rome on September 26 Allied leaders hailed the Eighth Army crossing the Rubicon as a potential turning point toward a decisive victory in Italy. German counterattacks slowed progress while the Fifth Army advanced south of Bologna. British General Maitland Wilson lauded the Gothic Line’s destruction and the crossing’s strategic promise.
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Italy
Rubicon
Rome
Mediterranean
Caesar
Adriatic
Rimini
Bordonchia
Rubison
Bologna
Fifth
Henry Maitland Wilson
Harold Alexander
Dutch Native Who Mailed Letter To Spy Drop Seized
Dutch native and former American merchant marine captain Hendrikus Johannes Brackx was held by the FBI on a charge of conspiracy to commit espionage. Prosecutors say he was commissioned by the Fascist Italian government to obtain secrets from E. E. Conroy, head of the New York FBI, and he had been under surveillance since 1940 after studying espionage at Axis schools and mailing a letter to a spy drop in Switzerland.
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New York
U Pr
Lawrent
Hendrikus Johannes Brackx
Tnt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rodary E. E. Conroy
FBI
Brackx
Sentence Suspended In Watch Larceny Case
Wilbur Morris a 22 year old from Valmyta Pa was arraigned in city court on stealing a watch from his uncle and given a suspended one year sentence on good behavior. Albert Heard of the water department is home ill on North Potoman street. A Williamsport water conference scheduled for tonight was postponed.
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Wilbur Morris
Tre
Valmyta
M. Wv. B. Bostetter
Albert Heard
Water Department
Potoman Street
Williamsport
Red Devils Still Hold Say Germans
German factory workers will get only 15 minutes for midday meals to speed war production, the Voelkischer Beobachter says too much idling in restaurants and lunchrooms in factory districts prompted the curtailment.
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Madrid
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Hitler Headquarters, Goebbels' Home Hit In Recent Berlin Raid
MADRID, Sept 26 Allied bombers scored direct hits on the Reich Chancellery and Goebbels home in Berlin along with the Adlon hotel and the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger printing plant in a raid on Sept 15. A German traveler said the Chancellery was almost wrecked and Goebbels’ home badly damaged, though Goebbels survived in a bomb shelter. He described wartime Germany as a weary nation, driven by rigid official channels and black market coffee bribes.
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Madrid
Reichs Chancellery
Hitler
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Adlon
Lokal Anzeiger
Germany
Goebbels
Spain
Foreign Office
Lufthansa
Distribute Soldier Ballots For Upcoming Elections
Absentee ballots voted and held by the Secretary of State will be distributed to county Boards of Election Supervisors on October 1 October 15 and November 1 with final distribution before polls close. The secretary reports having fits ballots on hand and receiving about 500 daily. State policemen will deliver ballots to election boards and require receipts signed by at least two board members. ballots will be stored and not opened until election day.
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Secretary of State
Boards of Election Supervisors
William J. Mer Williams
Suite
Dewey Veto Claim Challenged by Magnuson in Seattle
U S Senatorial candidate Warren G. Magnuson charged Governor Dewey in Seattle with trying to create a false impression about President Roosevelt and the Smith Connally Act. Magnuson said Roosevelt vetoed the act but Congress overrode the veto and Dewey did not note that his party supported the override.
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Seattle
Warren G. Magnuson
Wasth
U. S
Thomas E . Dewey
Magnuson
Dewey
Roosevelt
Maxinson
German General Werenar Reported Killed on Front
New York dispatch September 28 reports General Werenar commander of an army corps killed in action on the Austrian front as broadcast by Berlin radio via the FCC.
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New York
Werenar
Aie
Berlin
FCC
Allied Force Closing In On Kleve And Arnhem
Allied and German reports clash as British airborne troops hold near Arnhem on the upper Rhine and British American forces push toward Leuve in a bid to break the Siegfried Line. Berlin claims a major push in Epinal Retournement and Belfort defenses as Eisenhower orders a news blackout to protect Allied sources.
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London
Supreme Headquarters
Dutch Arnhem
Ruhr
Upper Rhine
Leve
Siegfriedine
Reich
Holland
Germany
Berlin
Khar
U S
Epinal
France
Belfort
Arnhem
2Nd Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rauch And-Go-Battle
Allies Strike From Air Across Wide Holland Front
Allied air forces bombarded targets along the Eindhoven Nijmegen corridor and adjacent locations in Holland as British and American planes attacked German concentrations and supply lines. RAF Mosquitos and Spitfires provided support while Liberators hit Greek harbors and Yugoslav targets. raids caused fires and disrupted transport, with several German aircraft shot down.
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Landun
Arabenearea
Holland
Eindhoven-Nijmegen
Jon
Alanahrim
Rhine
Llauswigshafen
Lneseorield
Haliuu Fields
Salantis
Skaramanga
Pirgeus
Teehs
Laks
Mian
Vetons
Genoa
Bologna
Batkini
Yugoslavia
Whanla
Gree
No Fatalities In Latest Robot Attack
Report from RONDON states no fatalities after a robot attack. Officials say injuries were minor and contained, with responders arriving promptly. Military and emergency services coordinated to secure the area and assess residual risks.
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Paris
Etoile
Danielle Darrieux
Porfirio Rubirosa
FFI
Jaycee Flying Club
Seaman
Peleliu
Palau
Reds
Women's Democratic Club
Lanvale Street
English Hospital
Famed Lake
Pentagon Lagoon
Pentagon Building
Washington, D. C
Margaret Fitzwater
Kleve
Rondon
PacGerten
Mortti
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