Red Army mauls Nazis retreating into Riga
Moscow dispatches report a Red Army pursuit driving Germans from northern Latvia toward Riga and the Baltic coast. The convoy along the coast to East Prussia remained open as air and ground forces wrecked German transport. Russians claim over 300 communities cleared in a three directional drive on Riga and most of Estonia is effectively liberated with few Germans left on Estonian soil. Front notes hint at renewed pressure on Hungary as the article continues.
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Moscow
Riga
Red Army
Latvia
Baltic
East Prussia
Red
Estonia
Hungary
Soil Conservation Survey Praises Washington County District
Department of Agriculture survey in Washington County highlights over 400 farmers' participation in soil conservation. West Virginia Extension Service state agent Russell H. Gist commends district efforts and notes Civilian Public Service Camps set a national standard. Gist says problems faced by the district were largely solved early. Stevenson cites the survey as evidence of postwar project potential.
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Washington County
Soil Conservation District
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Russell H. Gist
West Virginia Extension Service
Wilbur K. Steverson
The
Conservation Service
Gist
Stevanson
Potato Growers to Get Government Support
The county Agricultural Adjustment Agency says Irish potatoes grown in Washington county will be supported by a government loan program. Applications may be made until December 15. Loan rates for farm storage are $1.71 per hundredweight for U S No 1 and 63 cents per hundredweight for U S No 2. Upon delivery of potatoes to satisfy loans growers receive full government support price.
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The
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Washington County
U. S
No County Traffic Deaths In August Report
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission announced no traffic deaths in Washington County during August and four injuries from five accidents, with three incidents in Hagerstown. Maryland total August accidents reached 938 with 24 deaths and 498 injuries, up from July by 14 accidents and 3 deaths and 44 injuries.
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Washington County
Maryland Trafic Safety Commission
Hagerstown
Maryland
Germans In Warsaw Going Underground
Polish underground army chief Lt Gen Tadeusz Komorowski reported from Warsaw that German defenders were going underground, fighting from tunnels beneath the streets. Stubborn combat persisted in northern and southern Warsaw with heavy losses on both sides.
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London
Tadeusz Komorowski
Warsaw
Bor
Hancock Announces Postwar Plans for Jail and Library Complex
Hancock outlines postwar projects led by Mayor Omar N Carryer including a new jail water lines and paved streets plus a library community building and recreation hall to honor veterans. The Hancock War Memorial Foundation has raised about 10600 for the library complex designated as a memorial to Hancock veterans of all wars.
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Hancock
Omar N. Carryer
Hancock War Memorial Foundation
Hancock District
Dewey Endorsed Self Out Of Issue Says McKellar
Memphis September 27 Senator K D McKellar predicts a Roosevelt landslide in November saying Governor Dewey has endorsed himself out of an issue. He claims Dewey has endorsed everything Roosevelt stands for and expects the President to sweep the South and border states including West Virginia Kentucky Maryland Oklahoma.
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Memphis
K. D. McKellar
D-Tonn
Roosevelt
Dewey
McKellar
West Virginia
Arizona
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Maryland
McMullen Tours County Promoting Campaign
Daniel F. McMullen the Democratic candidate for Congress tours Cumberland county today greeting voters. He expresses sincere gratification over the fine reception and aims to meet laboring men and women supplying the war implements. He will visit the southern county and spend more days in the area, including Clearspring and Indian Springs.
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Daniel F. McMullen
Congress
Cumberland
McMullen
Clearspring
Indian Springs
Arizona Town Cleans Up Flood Damage
Thatcher Arizona residents begin cleanup after three days of heavy rain floods crop and property damage over 606000. Four miles of Southern Pacific tracks were washed out. Farmers and business people assess losses and restore listings while authorities survey the scene.
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Arizona
Thatcher
Ariz
British Near Reich Border In New Thrust
British and Belgian divisions push east toward the Maas river front near Nijmegen and Arnhem, battling within three miles of Germany. The wedge into Holland widens as the British 2nd Army advances toward Boxmeer and Kleve, with Belgium reaching the west bank at Wessem to Dilsen as Allied forces close the Maas line. Berlin claimed heavy British losses and a large number captured, while authorities hint at a news blackout lifting soon.
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London
Holland
Maas River
Germany
Nijmegen
Arnhem
Neder Rhine
Berlin
Boxmeer
Nijmeega
Kleve
Siegfried Line
Maas
Wessem
Dilsen
Wesgen
Eindhoven
Death closes book on slaying TELSA
Soldier Phil Kennamer, a paratrooper killed in France on Aug 15, ends the long public case of the 1934 Thanksgiving shooting of socialite John F. Gorrell. Kennamer had testified self defense in Tulsa, linking the trophy crime to a wave of trials and clemency petitions.
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TELSA
Okla
France
Phil Kennamer
John F. Gorrell
War Department
Franklin E. Kennamer
Gorrell
Kennamer
Oklahoma
Edward D. Burks
The
Tulsa World
Willkie improving. hospital stay shorter than expected
Wen dell Willkie is reported to be improving and is expected to be out of the hospital within two weeks. Dr. Benjamin Salzer said Willkie entered the hospital on September 6 for a rest after a stomach disorder.
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Willkie
Wendell Willkie
Benjamin Salzer
Private Merle O. Crampton Killed In Action In France
Pvt Merle O Crampton 20 son of Mr and Mrs Oliver Crampton Fairplay Rt 1 was killed in action in France on August 15 He had served eight weeks after wounds in Italy in April returned to active duty in June and took part in the invasion of Southern France He held the Purple Heart and had been overseas 11 months He enlisted March 1943 and prior to service worked at Victor Products Training was at Fort Jackson He is survived by his parents and brothers John W Raymond R Chester L of Hagerstown sisters Mrs Mary E Rager Fairplay Rt 1 Mrs Virginia Rager Hagerstown Mrs Martha Obrist Williamsport Mrs Dorothy Newley Baltimore and other relatives
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Pvt
Merle O. Crampton
Oliver Crampton
Fairplay
Rt. 1
France
Crampton
Italy
Victor Products
Fort Jackson
South Carolina
John W
Raymond R
Chester L
Hagerstown
Mary E. Rager
Fairplay Rt. 1
Virginia Rager
Baptists Plan Halfway Church Shelved By Zoning Restriction
Plans for a Baptist church at Halfway on Virginia Avenue were shelved due to a local zoning restriction despite state board approval and an option on adjacent property. A young minister was assigned and about 40 Baptists live in Halfway with more in Williamsport, as others urged a church to support community life.
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Virginia Avenue
State Board
Incal Baptist Church
Williamsport
Ny Baptists
Minimum Of 18 Months Needed To Crush Japan After Nazis Beaten
The Office of War Information says crushing Japan will take an absolute minimum of one and a half to two years after Germany’s defeat. The OWI notes the end of the European war may boost Japanese resolve and complicate Allied plans. Findings cite inputs from State War and Navy Departments and the Foreign Economic Administration.
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Japan
Washington
Germany
Office of War Inormation
OWI
United States
United Nations
Foreign Economic Administration
Japs Started Too Late In China Says Air Force Leader
Maj. Gen. Clare L. Chennault, commander of the U S 14th Air Force, said Japan tied up large forces and consumed supplies in southeastern China for future defense. He noted units moved from Manchuria and North China to seal internal lines, but faced strong air opposition. He added China was not fully equipped to resist and reiterated the Japan drive toward Kweilin started too late.
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Kunming
Clare L. Chennault
China
Japan
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Manchuria
Kweilin
14Th Air Force
Chennault
Shotgun Shell Supply Ample Confirmed by OPA
The Office of Price Administration reports shotgun shells are ample to meet normal demand for full box sales. The price for 12 gauge shells is $1.88 per box and 7 cents per shell in broken boxes. Farmers need not accept broken boxes at the higher per shell rate.
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Office of Price Administration
One Man Ambulance Kills Three Japs In Guam Action
Public relations Sgt Alvin M. Josephy Jr reports Marine Corporal Michael Miles Janic a 31 year old from Wall Pennsylvania nicknamed K O. Janic earned the nickname tough late Mike as he carried wounded men under fire in Guam. He single handedly killed two Japanese riflemen and saved another marine during a brush ambush before reaching the rear aid station. A wounded corpsman praised Janic saying that Janie is a tough guy.
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San Francisco
Michael Miles Janic
Fang
California
K.O
Wall
Max Baer
Janie
Marine Corps
USMC
Alvin M. Plosephy, Jr
Washington, D. C
Mike Janie
3Rd Marine Division
Pacific
Guam
Janice
Mike
Janic
Yes
Japan Four Million in Army Kept in War Plans
Washington reports from the Office of War Information claim Japan has 4,000,000 men in the army, 2,000,000 fit but undeployed, and 1,500,000 aged 17 to 20 undrafted. It adds Japan is producing about 11,400 to 15,000 airplanes monthly, and may sustain or slightly raise output as planes are destroyed.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Japan
Germany
Not A Superfort Lost In Raid
The large force of B 29s which struck Manchuria and occupied China yesterday returned to Chinese bases with no losses. They hit Anshan and Dairen industrial and dock targets, and also attacked Loyang and Kaifeng. Crews reported good results from Loyang and Kaifeng. cloud cover limited assessment of Manchuria results. Japanese broadcasts claimed 13 planes downed.
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Washington
Manchuria
China
War Department
Anshan
Dairen
20Th Bomber Command
Loyang
Kaifeng
Sinatra Loses Tie and Part of Shirt in Chicago
Frank Sinatra, en route from Hollywood to New York, stopped in Chicago to avoid a group of young girls. They found him at a restaurant and ripped off his tie and tore his shirt as they crowded around him for autographs after a street car ride to Joop.
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Chicago
Frank Sinatra
Hollywood
New York
Joop
Sinatra
Sugar allotments extended for home canners
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration authorized continued sugar allotments for home canners who sell their products. Eligibility remains limited to those who processed and sold such foods in 1941, now covering canning for sale of fruit spreads and other processed foods freed from rationing. No new supplemental sugar allotments have been authorized for home canning of ration free goods.
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Washington
Ofice of Price Administration
Navy enlists 17 year old Sandy Bottom in Pittsburgh
Sandy Bottom, 17, enrolled at a Navy recruiting station in Pittsburgh. Asked if his father would sign, Sandy returned with Rocky Bottom’s signature. The Bottoms hail from Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh
Navy
Sandy Bottom
Rocky Bottom
Scenery Jil
Ace Herschel Green Promoted in Rome
Rome reports Maj Herschel H W Green of Mayfield the leading American ace in the Mediterranean theater with 38 victories promoted to lieutenant colonel at Air Force headquarters. Green has flown 1108 combat missions and is noted for his wartime service.
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Rome
Fitienth Air Force
Herschel HW. Green
Mayfield
Green
Bombing Blitz Hits German Ports and Cities
British Lancasters and Fire-raising planes struck Karlsruhe and Frankfurt as Allied bombers hammered Western Germany for a third day. Officials estimated thousands of tons of explosives falling on six centers in 24 hours, with both ports and rail hubs set ablaze and two bombers shot down.
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London
Germany
Reich
Karlsruhe
Frankfurt
Rhine
Metz
Vluxenhours
Air Ministry
Postwar director role eyed by lawmakers in 1940s
Legislators who backed mobilization and postwar adjustment legislation suggest stabilization director could shape peacetime changes. Possible contenders include Fred M. Vinson Donald M. Nelson and Henry J. Kaiser, with Roosevelt to sign the bill creating the postwar post. The appointee may be as pivotal in peace as the Army Chief of Staff during war.
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Washington
Congress
Fred M. Vinsor
America
Donald M. Ne
Henry J Kaiser
Roosevelt
Army
Nazis Torture Kills Defiant French Actor
Paris report says Harry Bauer, a French film actor and resistance leader, died in 1942 from torture after vowing to die standing rather than kneeling. Bauer, jailed as a Jew, and his wife endured 115 days of detention with tied hands.
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Paris
Harry Bauer
Fir
Gestapo
Resistancea
Bauer
Layanp
Radio Approved For Calling Of Taxicabs
Washington radio regulators authorized taxi dispatching for the first time. Yellow Cab of New York received a license to operate the experimental calling system, enabling coordinated dispatching of taxicabs under FCC supervision.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Yellow Cab 4
Land
Allied Landings in Albania Fight German Withdrawals
Allied airborne and seaborne units landed in Albania to harass German withdrawal from the Balkans. Operations include destruction of the Himara garrison and actions along the Adriatic coast. British Royal Navy landing craft support Dalmatian Islands and Aegean actions aim to disrupt evacuations while bridges across the Danube to Budapest and Belgrade are rendered unusable.
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Rome
Albania
Balkans
Balkan Air Force
Adriatic
Himara
Allied
Dalmatian Islands
Aegean Sea
Melos
Aegean Islands
Mediterranean
Danube
Budapest
Belgrade
More Casualties Arrive at Newton D Baker Hospital
One hundred forty enlisted men and officers, casualties from overseas theaters, arrived at Newton D Baker General Hospital in Martinsburg over the past days. Convoys by air and rail brought patients from U S installations for specialized medicines. Included are ground, air and service forces, with litter and ambulatory cases.
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Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
United States
Army
Atlantic City man gives 31st pint of blood in charity drive
Samuel Halpern of Atlantic City New Jersey donated his 31st pint of blood in Philadelphia during a blood bank drive. He praised the facility saying it has the best doughnuts and called it the best blood bank he has hit yet.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Halpern
Atlantic City
N.J
Mudslinging to Cost GOP States Warned by Truman
Kansas City September 27. Senator Harry S Truman warned 350 AF of L representatives that mudslinging by the Copper lead Press and Dewey would cost the Republican party Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York. He declared a friend of labor is in the White House and urged union members to register to vote in November.
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Kansas City
Copperlead Press
Dewey
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Harry
Truman
White House
Thrice Lucky Find At Towanda Involving Ring And Clovers
In Towanda Pennsylvania Carl Sloat wandered into his yard and found a double four leaf clover a wedding ring and a peculiar V shaped potato in sequence. Constance Bennett and her fourth husband actor Gilbert Roland have separated citing irreconcilable differences after attempts at harmony failed.
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Towanda
Carl Sloat
Hollywood
Constance Bennett
Gilbert Roland
Sai
The Lemun Watch Theft Report From Eliza Path Street
Mae Bender of Eliza Path Street reported to police today the theft of a Benrua jadein artist watch from a bedroom in her home. The watch disappeared during the day amid unclear details and timing.
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Mae Bender
Elizapeth Street
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