Coast Guards Foil Nazi Aid In Greenland
Four coast guard cutters battled German efforts in Arctic Greenland from July to October. The Externsteine was captured with 20 crew, a trawler sunk, and a radio station seized. Northland towed for repairs after ice damage. Koldewey island landing netted three officers and nine enlisted with weather gear.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Arctic
Greenand
Navy
Northland
Eastwind
Southwind
Liastwind
Little Koldewey Island
North Pole
Greenland
Storis
Earl G. Rose
Icebound Nazi Trawler Found After Battle for Shannon Island
The Northland located a 155 foot armed trawler crushed in ice during a series of actions with coast guard and army planes providing air cover. Nazi crew had abandoned the ship and likely lived on the ice packs before their retreat. Army and coast guards landed on Shannon island but weather halted further advance. reinforcements were needed.
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Coast Guard
Shannon Island
Northland
Higher Passenger Rates to Continue in Emergency Increases
The Interstate Commerce Commission extended the suspension of emergency railroad freight rate increases until January 1, 1946. The 10 percent passenger fare hike and the 3 to 6 percent freight rate rise were kept in effect, while a bid for higher freight rates was denied.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sally King Heads Roosevelt Keen Teen Klub Board
Sally King of Roosevelt school was elected president of the Keen Teen Klub board of directors. Barbara Butterfield Franklin was named first vice president, Doris Craven McKinley second vice president, Joyce Kucera Franklin secretary, and Patricia Pratt McKinley treasurer. The board will host one school per weekend with Keen Teen open Friday and Saturday nights from 8 to midnight. McKinley will host this weekend. Membership is open to high school students ages 14 to 18, with a 75 cent fee through May 15, 1945.
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Sally King
Roosevelt School
Keen Teen Klub
Barbara Butterfield
Franklin
Doris Craven
McKinley
Joyce Kucera
Patricia Pratt
Keen Teen
Germans Rearrange Brussels Library By Size
Brussels dispatch reports that after occupation the German occupiers abandoned subject based shelving and organized the city library by book size to create a sense of neatness and order rather than scholarly arrangement.
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Brussels
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