Death of Frederick merchant H F Shipley at 68
H F Shipley a prominent Frederick City merchant died early this morning at 416 North Market Street after a long illness from angina pectoris. He would have been 68 in October. Survived by widow Mary Cramer Shipley and ten children, with many grandchildren, he was a leader in local business and civic circles. Funeral arrangements by C E Cline and Son.
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Harry Franklin Shipley
Frederick City
North Market Street
Mr. Shipley
Frederick
J. Frederick
Margaret Baer Shipley
Shipley
Otte Smith
Smith
Temple of Fancy
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Treine Fire Company
No. 2
King David Lodge
Sons of the American Revolution
Frederick Lions Club
Frederick County Fish and Gare Association
H. Ernest Schilds
York
Harry
Monroe Staley
Dorsey Franklin Shipley
LeRoy Moon
Edgar Merser
Sallie
Norfolk
Bianche Pley
Harry R. Sanders
George W
Roy L
Over 63 Club Organizes Airplane Spotters At Linden Hills
Members of the Over 63 Club report strong volunteer turnout to man a Linden Hills airplane spotter station. About 125 sworn-in observers will work under four army officials, with 24 hour coverage planned and sessions led by a local committee.
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Linden Hills
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Frands Scott Key Hotel
Army
Baltimore
Gambrill
Frederick Memorial Park Inc
R. Rush Lewis
Frederick
Re-If Ger Wtedt Velenkeit
Gripsholm Sees 150 Passengers Sent to Ellis Island
Government officials disclosed that about 150 passengers among over 1,400 repatriates aboard the Gripsholm were taken to Ellis Island for questioning. Officials offered no explicit reason, citing possible unsatisfactory papers or need for intensives. Ellis Island immigration hearings and a hospital are nearby as the ship continues processing arrivals from the Orient in exchange for Japanese and Thai nationals.
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Jersey City
N. JL
Gripsholm
Ellis Island
U. S
Orient
Stalingrad Workers Rally To Defend City Amid Siege Threat
Russian and German reports tell of heavy fighting near Stalingrad as fires rage from continued air raids. Soviet forces hold the Volga front with Red Army units and factory workers taking up arms to defend the industrial city against advancing German armor and warrants.
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Moscow
Don
Volga
Stalingrad
Red Army
Stalin
Grad
Red Star
Greater East Asia scheme fails as propaganda says AP
New York August 26 Associated Press reports Japan's plan for a cooperative East Asia resembling a new order has collapsed both politically and economically. Relman Morin, who was interned in Saigon at the war's start, says cooperation is uneven with some areas resisting quietly while others cooperate only under pressure.
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New York
East Asia
Relman Morin
Associated Press
Morin
Saigon
Indo-China
Gripsholm
Nmorin
Deen
Tokyo
Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Asia
Japan
Vaughn Meisling
Hongkong
Wang Ching- Wei
Hong Kong
China
Bataan
Corregidor
Emilio Aguinaldo
Thailand
Burma
Former County Man Dies In Archangel
Navy Department reports Fleet Bond Neighbours died August 16, 1942 and was buried in Archangel Russia. Son of the late Fleet and Anna Neighbours formerly of Buckerstown and Frederick. Frederick Boys High School 1915 and Virginia Tech 1919 graduate. He worked for Alcoa Steamship Co of New Jersey. Survived by sister Miss Mary F Neighbours Arcadia Lime Kiln half-brother Owen J Neighbours Wabash Ind and half-sister Mrs C Jasper Price Hratistown.
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Navy Department
Fleet Bond Neighbours
Archangel
Russia
Fleet
Jand Anna Bond Neighbours
Buckerstown
Frederick
Neighbours
Mary F. Neighbours
Arcadia
Lime Kiln
Owen J. Neighbours
Wabash, Ind
C. Jasper Price
Hratistown
Launching the Cruiser Boston at Fore River Yard
The Boston battleship with a historic name was launched today at Bethlehem Steel Fore River Yard in Quincy Massachusetts. Mrs Maurice J Tobin wife of Boston's mayor struck the champagne bottle in dedication ceremonies marking the vessel's entry into service.
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Quincey
Mass
The
New
Boston
Fore River
Bethlehem Steel Company
Maurice J Tobin
Bogton
Secret Allied Weapon To Come As Surprise To Germans
London Aug 264 Brig Gen G M Barnes head of the US army ordnance mission said Britain and the United States are producing a secret weapon that will surprise the Germans. He noted American and British arms are ready for a full sized army and praised new British weapons as eye openers. He urged greater use of women in munition work and said British output already shows 80 percent work by women on some anti tank gun parts. The mission will depart for Washington after coordinating Allied ordnance.
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London
United States Army Ordnance Mission
G. M. Barnes
United States
Barnes
U.S. War Department
Sever Loy
Itas
Britain
America
Ministry of Supply
Feneral
May
U. S
Washington
Stocks Ease Amid War News and Tax Proposals
New York on August 20 reported moderate stock selling as fears rose over the potential fall of Stalingrad and government plans for a 90 percent excess profits tax on corporate income plus a 33 percent combined normal and surtax.
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New York
Stalingrad
Treasury
Venezuela Extends Neutrality to Brazil in War Decree
Caracas announces that Venezuela will treat Brazil as a non belligerent automatically under a December decree. The policy extends neutral status to any American nation at war with the Axis, reflecting regional efforts to avoid direct conflicts in the ongoing global war.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Foreign Ministry
Brazil
Axim
Last Night Coldest Ever In August
Standing at a mutiny of 41 degrees, the official gauge in Frederick has pushed a new all time low for August, per records from a local weather observer spanning about fifty years. At least one local mint noted frost in the early hours. Last night’s low beat Monday night by several degrees. warmer weather is expected soon as the week progresses.
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Frederick
Hast
City Drives Scrap Drive to Help Our Boys
Frederick launches a one day scrap drive with four depots collecting old tires rubber shoes scrap iron and brass. Dr David G Everhart Sr notes early good turnout while officials urge more residents to contribute and scrap old trophies including a Spanish American War cannon. Depots at Richfield Colonial Gulf Esso and Texaco stations stay open through the day to weigh and pay for scrap.
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Frederick City
David G. Everhart
Frederick County
Carmion
Everhart
Mt. Olivet
American Legion
Ordnance Department
Philadelphia
United States
Richfield Colonial Service
Seventh and Market Streets
Gulf
West Patrick and
Jefferson Streets
Esso
South and
Market Streets
Texaco
East Patrick Street
Reports Of Allied Troops Gathering Worries Rome
Rome reports by Tribune de Geneve that Allied transports and warships gathering at Gibraltar and West African ports are seen in Italy as possible second front preparations. Some view them as reinforcing Atlantic convoys while others fear a surprise Mediterranean attack like Dieppe.
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Switzerland
Rome
Tribune de Geneve Sant
Gibraltar
Italy
Mediterranean
Dieppe
Two Vore Earthquake Shocks Recorded Near Fordham Univ
Moderate intensity earthquake shocks were recorded yesterday by the Fordham University seismograph. The two events occurred at 42427 pm and 43212 pm with no center estimated and the disturbance traced about 3,800 miles from New York in an undetermined direction.
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New York
Fordham Universis Sermograph
Aluminum workers vote on wage plan at several plants
Thousands of CIO aluminum workers in Pattsburga will vote Thursday at seven major Aluminum Company of America plants on whether to approve their local leaders action rejecting the War Labor Board’s recent decision denying a general wage increase.
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Pattsburga
CIO
Norrow
Aluminum Company of America
War Labor Board
Navy says battle results at Solomon Islands are encouraging
Washington reports six more Japanese ships damaged in the Solomons sea and air battle. Two destroyers and four miscellaneous vessels were hit by American aircraft, with one destroyer damaged overnight and others left burning after attacks on transports, cruisers, and destroyers near Guadalcanal. A cruiser was previously reported burning and a transport hit, the latter abandoned as enemy withdrew. The Navy said it is too early to judge the battle's outcome, but Guadalcanal forces are holding positions and inflicting heavy damage on Japanese forces as operations continue.
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Washington
Salomon Islanos
Navy Today
Guadalcanal
Ohe
United States
Tulagi
Solomons
Australia
Navy
Solomon Islands
U.S
Solomon
U S Weapons Are Superior In Desert Maneuvers
Col Edwin W. Pilburn returning from Africa and the Middle East asserts U S Army weapons, planes, tanks and vehicles match Axis equipment. He notes American crews outperform British crews using American tanks and claims every American crew has downed at least one German tank in Libyan combat.
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U.S. Army
United States Army
Edwin W. Pilburn
Africa
Middle East
Pilburn
U. S
Pulburn
British Planes Bomb German, Dutch Targets in Daylight Raid
British RAF bombers attacked targets in western Germany and Holland by daylight. Coastal Command bombers struck enemy shipping off the Frisian Islands, sinking two ships in a German convoy. Docks at La Pallice in the Bay of Biscay were bombed. one bomber did not return.
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London
RAF Bomber Command
Germany
Holland
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Frisian
la Pallice
Bay of Biscay
Reinforcements For Rommel Are Attacked
British planes scored direct hits on an Axis transport in the Mediterranean and attacked a land convoy moving reinforcements toward the front on the Salum Matruh road. The Egyptian front was quiet aside from harassment of patrols and working parties.
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Cairo
Mediterranean
Salum- Matruh Road
North Africa
RAF
Roosevelt Sends Condolence on Duke of Kent Death
President Roosevelt sent a condolence message to King George, Queen Mother Mary, and the Duchess of Kent on the Duke of Kent’s death. The White House did not release the text. Otis Rhoades of Frederick, son of Mrs. Charles M. Rhoades, is believed aboard the Gripsholm, a diplomatic exchange ship, with two a at Jersey City. Rhoades previously served as vice consul at Kobe, Japan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Duke of Kent
George of England
Mary
Duchess of Kent
White House
Gripsholm
Otis Rhoades
Frederick
Charles M. Rhoades
Jersey City
Rhoades
Kobe
Japan
Chinese Drive On Chubsien To Open Base To Bomb Japan
Chinese counter-attacks near Chubsien push toward Chekiang city as high command reports a “concerted attack” from north and west. The Chuhsien air field, built by 200000 laborers, stands as a strategic target, expanding Chinese control along the Chekiang Kiangsi railway to about 165 miles in a multi-front thrust from east and west.
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Chungking
Chubsien
Thal
Cheklang
Japan
Chuhsien
China
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Rhestall
Chekiang
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Charles E. Hudson
Counry
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Rocky Ridge
William M. Snyder
U.S. Army Fighter Command
John E. Franson
First Fighter Command
Maryland
Creagerstown
Mr. Snyder
Raymond Boller
Graceham
Berlin
Caucasus
Greater East Asia
Naa Bee
Indo- China
Fore River Navy Yard
Gen. Barnes
City
Scrap
Rommel
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