Historic Monroe and Bowie Papers Donated to Maryland Hall of Records
Annapolis officials receive a bundle of early nineteenth century documents including letters by James Monroe on rice paper with crown seal. The collection also includes Maryland Governor Robert Bowie papers, 1804 assembly resolutions, and seals in bees wax. The ribbonded documents note Bowie appointed Joseph Cooper Nicholson to dispose of stock valued around £80,000.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Hall of Records
Thomas Elmo Jones
Jones
James Monroe
United States
Monroe
Bank of England
England
Robert Bowie
State Assembly
Bowie
Joseph Cooper Nicholson
Morris L. Radoff
U S Training Port Workers
The War Department announced the formation and training of port battalions by the Army Transportation Corps to operate overseas ports and ensure fast handling of shipments. Training will be at Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania, with later instruction at embarkation points on ship-to-pier cargo handling and lighterage operations using land ships for demonstrations.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Army Transportation Corps
Indiantown Gap
Three Selective Service Classes Eliminated Accept Inductees
A group of men accepted for service will report September 1 to begin training. The list includes Arthur R Snoots Mehrl W Sul cer George E Eichelberger Calvin F Moler and others with 1-A and 1-B status. They travel to the induction camp and enter active duty while remaining off Army payroll and without Army medical care.
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Arthur R. Snoots
Mehrl W. Sulcer
George E. Eichelberger
Calvin F. Moler
Earl F. Nokes
John TI. Brown
Paul T. Foster
James W McBride
Kenneth W. Fox
Harry M. Shipley
William A. Mercer
Ear F Starner
James E. Routzahn
Glbert H. Hoover
Veronn G. Ritter
Harold H. Hoffman
Richard E. Shaft
Henry C Hoffman
Horace A. Sigafoose
Austin A Staley
Elliott C. Stine
Spener L Ramsburg
Lawrence C. Pearl
Edward Co. Nalley
Charles H Zergzler
Albert F. McCutcheon
Walter M. Robinson
Leroy G H Brightwell
Richard L. Murphy
Harry M. Hagan
Joseph T. Carey
Frederick County
Body Of Missing Negro Boy Not Found
Four guardsmen from Baltimore joined Sheriff Alexander and local officers in a quarry search for the missing boy. Efforts with grappling hooks reached forty feet while water depth and debris hinder efforts. Dynamite plans were discussed to raise the body, with new maps and a four-blast approach considered to locate the remains.
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Lime Company
Alexander
Durward W. Kettells
Sergi
Reno
BE Ct Seegeree
Nnoon
Kellells
Sgt Six
Culler Lake
Shank and Etzler
Admiral Horthy's Son Killed on East Front
Stephan Horthy, 38, son of Admiral Nicholas Horthy, regent of Hungary, reported killed on the Russian front where he served as a fight lieutenant with Axis forces. He recently left Hungary for active service, had been deputy regent. Known as a sportsman flyer, he once piloted a plane from Hungary to India and back. Local transit and railroad firms pause bus substitution to conserve buses amid a city move.
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Budapest
Stephan Horthy
Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
Young Horthy
India
Officers For Minute Men
Maryland State Guard battalion commanders were asked to submit names of Minute Men for officer appointments. Bug Gen Francis Perrott said recommendations go to Governor O Connor for commission. Each company will have a captain first lieutenant and second lieutenant. many temporary officers have prior training.
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Baltimore
Pais
Maryland
Bug
Francis Perrott
Coeners
O'Conor
Roosevelt Restores General Cable Plant to Private Control
Washington Aug. 20 President Roosevelt terminated the Navy possession of the General Cable Corp plant at Bayonne N.J. and returned it to private management. The action followed Navy recommendation after workers voted to strike in protest a War Labor Board pay increase denial. Mrs. May Parver, Frederick, was a recent Westminster guest, visiting Sergeant and Mrs. George Junior on West Green Street.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
General Cable Corporation
Bayonne
War Labor Board
May Parver
Frederick
Westminster
Sergeant
George Junior
West Green Street
Brazil Holds Germans There As Hostages
President Getulio Vargas ordered Germans in Brazil held as hostages following the sinking of multiple Brazilian ships by Axis forces. The government blamed Nazi spies for brazen troop move disruptions and a roundup of suspects continued in coastal cities as Brazil avoids a formal war declaration.
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Rio de Janeiro
Bage
Cuyaba
Getulio Vargas
Rio de Janéiro
Brazil
Wilhelm Koenix
Joaquim Salgado
Salgado
Axis
Time Not On Our Side, Officer Tesla Workers
Aug 20 Buffalo NY reports Army Air Force procurement officers urging speed in war production. Colonel Alonzo M. Drake notes the Army Navy production award recognizes excellence and demands no delay as builders of the Curths ship suit move to accelerate Axis efforts.
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Officer Tesla
Buffalo
N.Y
Curths Pg
Armys- Navy
Army Air Force
Hme
Army-Navy
Alonzo M. Drake
Deteolt
Willkie to Discuss Trip Plans with Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie meets with President Roosevelt to discuss plans for a possible trip to key fighting areas abroad as WWII progresses. The two leaders aim to coordinate policy on war aircraft and Allied support as tensions rise globally.
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Cuss
Lights Dimmed Along Entire West Coast
West Coast cities from Canada to Mexico dimmed or shaded outer lights last midnight under a wartime order to reduce submarine glare. The measure affected about nine million people across 100000 square miles, leaving streets in major cities dim and half lighted. A separate note mentions Baltimore planning draft bills on strikes tobacco marketing bootlegging and assessments after official deliberations.
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San Francisco
America
Pacific
Canada
Mexico
Baltimore
Legislative Council
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Army Air Forces
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Sweet Peas
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York State
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West Coast
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