U S Bombs Yards Building Nazi Ships
London reports U S High Command raids against Le Trait shipyards on the Seine near Le Havre Rouen, with Flying Fortresses escorted by RAF US and Polish planes. twelve bombers took part as German Focke Wulf 190 fighters contested the raid. Two Allied fighters were lost and several German planes shot down. Vichy protest over Rouen raid cited as broader opposition to Allied operations in occupied France.
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London
United States High Command
England
Rouen
France
le Trait
RAF
U. S. Air Force
Seine Rives Oess Rover
le Havre
U. S
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U U. S. Army Command J
Great Britain
British
Air Ministry
Abbeville
Amiens
Europe
Dieppe
North Sea
Fire Training Meeting Enters Its Second Day
New Windsor Maryland August 25 A three day fire training session by the department of state forests and parks at Blue Ridge College continues with foresters game wardens soil conservationists and Blue Ridge faculty in attendance The opening urged volunteers including young men and older women to aid forest fire fighting Walter J Quick chief warned fall will be worst for woodland blazes and there will be no CCC workers to assist as in prior years
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New Windsor
Department of State Forests and Parks
Blue Ridge College
Blue Ridge
Walter J. Quick
CCC
Air Raid Warning Echoes at London Noon June
An air raid warning sounded in London this afternoon the first by daylight in a month. It appeared to be sparked by a lone scouting plane approaching the northern environs. People leaving work ignored the alarm aside from occasional glances skyward.
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London
Mountaindale Union Sunday School Outing
The Mountaindale Union Sunday School held an outing at Mountaindale in the picnic grove with games and contests until six. After a dinner in the woods auditorium prizes were awarded to Ruth Snook Edward Rice Ruth Geasey Rosella Rosewell Doris Jane Shull James Krantz Catherine Kipp and many attendees listed by name accompanied by family members and friends.
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Mountaindale
Luther T. Geasey
Marion Rice
Calvin Rice
Thomas Palmer
Welty Rice
Melvin Palmer
Lamar Rice
Charles Palmer
Keefer Stone
Father Powell
Harry Klipp
Warren Grushon
Gordon Palmer
George Rice
Thomas Stull
Chester Stull
George Stone
Clifton Burns
Joseph Snook
Matvella Gray
Dassie Marshall
Catherine Grushon
Sica Grushon
William Shufl
Harry Krante
Audrey L. Rice
Rosetta Rosewell
Madeline Rice
Marjorie Rice
Caroline Rice
Patsy Marshall
Nancy Marshall
Grace Rice
Margaret Rice
Alice Ann Liller
Janis Stull
Shirley Stull
Nancy Stull
Thelma Grushen
Dean Grushon
Lottie Snook
Grace Snook
Edna Snook
Ruth Snook
Charlotte iSnook
Patsy Shull
Doris Jane ‘Shull
Louise Shull
Virginia Rice
Alice Geasey
Ruth Geasey
J[clen Stone
Annie Mary Kranty
Ethel Kranty
Catherine Kupp
Gwynn Lee Kupp
Betty Irene Palmer
Nathalie Colbert
Betty Barthlaw
Jane Barthlow
Fana Mar Rie
George Snook
Alvin Barthlaw
Edward Rice
Thomas Geasey
Norman Stone
Merle Powell
Harold Powell
Raymond Powell
Franklin Krantz
James Krantz
Harold Rice
Lenard Rice
Johnny Wiles
Ray Gladhill
Luther Gladhill
Stephen Rosewell
Alvin Rosewell
Jane Powell
Wilford Rice
Glen Rice
Jessie Marshall, Jr
Delberk Stull
Charles Gilbert
Samuel Summers
Glen Summers
Gordon Franklin Palmer
Great Sea And Air Battle For Solomons
The Solomons battle grows in intensity as both sides clash at sea and air. U S Navy reports rising carrier damage from Japanese counter attacks while earlier actions near the landing zones saw heavy fighting and occasional air harassment. The two and a half week operation began August 7 with Marine forces securing positions and repelling enemy efforts to disrupt transports and landings.
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Navy
Japan
Army
Lids
Solomons
U S To Launch Its Largest Battleship Iowa Thursday
The 45000 ton Iowa will debut at the Brooklyn Navy Yard seven months ahead of schedule. Keel laid June 27, 1840. Five sister ships New Jersey Missouri Wisconsin Illinois Kentucky under construction. Sponsor Mrs Ilo Browne Wallace, wife of the Vice President, with guests including Mrs F D Roosevelt and Jean Wallace. Native Iowans Mr. and Mrs. Wallace reside in Iowa.
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New York
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Third
Naval District
New Jersey
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kentucky
Iowa
Ilo Browne Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James D. LeCron
Washington
Jean B. Wallace
Mrs. Wallace
Carroll County Teacher Appointments Revealed in Schools
The Carroll County Board of Education approved staffing for multiple schools. Principals, vice principals, and teachers are listed for Taneytown Harney Otterdale Uniontown Sykesville Woorbine Winfield New Windsor Elmer Wolfe Davies Bal Earl Palmer and Colored Schools Johnsville New Windsor Union Bridge with names of administrators and assistants.
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Abe Jonowlog
Allong
Carroll County
Carroll County Board of Education
Taneytown High School
George Shower
Guy P. Bready
Dorothy Kephart
Fred Fowble
Estella Yingling
Quentin Earhart
Arith J Houtson
Dorothy Brown
Thurlow Null
Tamsay Stonesifer
William Lane
Margaret Shreeve
Ellen Jordan
Esther Koutz
Novella Phillips
Leah Ann Stakem
Betty Gass
Harney
Alberta Lanner
Clara Devilbiss
Otterdale
Joseph Langdon
Uniontown
Franklin Gilds
Mildred Pittinger
Goldie Wolfe
Margaret Brilhart
Sykesville High School
John Wooden
Nevin Ports
Margaret Routzahlen
Eleanor Kephart
Elizabeth Harrison
Kathryn ‘Ipton
Edgar Weigle
Doris M. Hood
Virginia Sanders
Margaret Fleming
Lois Silverberg
Elizabeth Wheeler
Ivy Fowler
Loleta Callahan
Helen Hibberd
Elizabeth Wooper
Margaret Abrecht
Miriam Nottingham
Elmer Wolfe High
Carmen Delaplane
Olivia Rankert
Kathryn Wonn
Mary Ann Crawmer
Helen Carey
Emma Rimer
Artyokey Rigg Gebel
Davies Bal
Gilbert Martin
Doris Fowble
Myrle Beck
Dorothy Ryan
John Kroh
Marguerite Ruhns
Ethele Loy
Isabelle Harman
Helen Bankard
Frances Free
Earl Palmer
Blanche Butler
Dana
B. Morris
Olive Mount
Frankie Wetzel
Corrinne Watkins
Johnsville
Russell Hayward
Florence Reid
New Windsor
Margaret Brown
Union Bridge
Helen Costley
Nazi Anti-Aircraft Ship Sunk By British
London reports a German anti air craft ship was nearly certainly sunk in a night engagement off Flushing near the Netherlands. Four German ships fought four British light forces with the British sustaining no casualties. The admiralty added another German vessel was torpedoed by a British MTB and that further German torpedo boats were sunk by German patrol vessels while German forces returned to port.
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London
Flushing
Netherlands
Admiralty
Tattia
Legion Delegates to Cumberland for Maryland Convention
Delegates from Scott Key Post and six members of the Women's Auxiliary plan travel Wednesday or Thursday to Cumberland for the Maryland Department American Legion and Auxiliary convention. Debate centers on admitting current war servicemen to the Legion, a change requiring national approval and congressional action. Frederick attendees include Commander Clifford M. Yinger and G. Ernest Lipps among others, with the 40 and 8 engine on site and Jack Lipps driving it Wednesday.
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Sabes Ouf Digas Memies
Scott Key
Ame Legion
Cumberland
Maryland Department
American Legion
Legion
National Legion
National Organization
Congress
Frederick
Clifford M. Yinger
G. Ernest Lipps
George Rodock
William B. Burrall
G. Raymond Shipley
Wilbur B. Baker
Thomas E. Williams
J. Earl Gilbert
Calvin M. Engle
Auxiliary
KE. J. Fisher
Robert Burall
Walter Forney
George 5. Rodock
William Sherald
Camden Ramsburg
G. Ennest Lipps
Bauerland
Jack” Lipps
Oakland Site For Camp Too Distant
Annapolis Aug 25 Governor O Conor said the War Shipping Board objects to a proposed merchant seamen retreat near Oakland Maryland. A site in Patapsco State Park nine miles from Baltimore now used for conscientious objectors is under consideration. The board cited the great distance from Baltimore to the former CCC camp site, 18 miles from Oakland.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
War Shipping Board
Oakland
Patapsco State Park
Baltimore
Oona Tenaeted
Wor Shipping Board
Western
Maryland
CCC
Harvest prep and bridal shower in Hagerstown
Apple growers count on a strong harvest starting September first and El j betta peaches winding down this week. A bridal shower for Pauline Kolb was hosted by Mrs. Arthur Kolb at 312 East South Street with many local attendees. A dated note recalls rail travel costs, highlighting 1921 vs 1941 fares.
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Arthur Kolb
East South Street
Inlaw
Pauline Kolb
Miss Kolb
Carlton Toms
Howard Kolb
Lulu Toms
Earl Bussard
Walkersville
Ray Rippeon
Middletown
Harvey Rice
Frank Shaw
Martin Shipley
Charles Miller
Tresse Cooper
Georgette Boost
Floretta Lugenbee
Jane Cecil
Edna Toms
Florence Myers
Elsie Orndorff
Myrtle Newton, Brown
Shirley Bi Lorraine Shaw
Founey Crum
Franklin Shaw
State School to Open Soon on Local Campus
Pupils from the Maryland State School for the Deaf will arrive on the local campus September 20. Enrollment is expected to be about 180, similar to September 1941, with many small children anticipated. Three new teachers join the staff: Helen Saree, Edith Fauth, and Melissa Stone, replacing Julia Elling on leave and Francis G. Gyle who resigned.
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Maryland State School For the Deaf
Ignatius Bjorlee
Helen Saree
Cincinnati
Edith Fauth
Detroit
Mich
Melissa Stone
Lexington School For the Deaf
New York City
Julia T. Elling
Franis G. Gyle
California
Married Men Can Join Navy Says Officer in Baltimore
A Baltimore Navy recruiting officer stated that married men have a real place in the Navy. Selective Service announced draft notices for married men without children would start in October. Lieut K B Emmons described the Navy as an organization of experts with 49 job classifications and four petty officer grades for advancement.
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Baltimore
United States Navy
Selective Service
The
Navy
K. B. Emmons
Naval Service
Helsinki reports attack by Russians
Helsinki reported forty Russian planes attacked Helsinki and surrounding areas last night. A Finnish communique broadcast described the raid as causing the longest alarm of the year in the capital, with bombs falling outside the city and alert sirens sounding three times. A Stockholm broadcast cited a colossal Finnish anti-aircraft barrage against the raiders.
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London
Helsinki
Vichy
Stockholm
Discoveries Link Prostate Cancer Causes to Blood Test Aid
Baltimore reports researchers at Johns Hopkins Brady Institute headed by Dr. Richard W. Satterthwaite report clues to prostate cancer causes and a standardized blood test for the enzyme acid phosphatase. The work shows hormone imbalance from aging may trigger cancer and that removing part of the gonads or artificial hormones affect outcomes.
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Altun L. Blakeblee
Baltimore
Brady Institute
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Richard W. Satterthwaite
Paul C. Hodges
Charles
Huggins
University of Chicago
Satterthwaite
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