Regulations For Christmas Packages For Boys Overseas
Regulations for Christmas parcels to armed forces abroad set weight limits and timing from October 1 to November 1. Send only one parcel per recipient per week, in sturdy boxes, with proper markings and censorship readiness. Include sender details and recipient rank, unit, and post office. use postal money orders for money gifts. postage prepaid with applicable third or fourth class rates.
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Oficisis
Army
New York
San Francisco
Navy
Marine Corps
USMC
U. S. Marine Corps
United States
Minister Sentenced To 10 Years For Espionage
Hartford report says Col Kurt E. B. Molzahn a Philadelphia clergyman and former German cavalry officer convicted of peace time espionage was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. He was found guilty by a jury last Friday after the government sought 20 years while the defense urged a one year term.
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Hartford
Conn
Kurt E. B. Molzahn
Philadelphia
Germany
Japan
Ver della and Bright Ann win Washington Park daily double
At Washington Park on August 23 Ver della won the first race at 19.60 and Bright Ann the second at 7.60 to yield a daily double payoff of 2 240 80 the season s second largest. Twelve winning tickets spread among about 12 000 fans as both horses won in photo finishes.
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Chicago
Washington Park
Verdella
Bright Ann
Woodcock on Inactive List in New York Command
Salisbury Aug 25 Brig Gen Amos W W Woodcock former commander of the Fifty-Eighth Brigade in the Twenty-Ninth Division was relieved from active service as commander of the metropolitan district of New York and placed on the inactive list A message from Major Gen J A Ulio Adjutant General of the Army said the inactive status does not reflect on his record Woodcock a Salisbury native born 1883 is a former prohibition administrator and once president of St Johns College Annapolis He also served as U S attorney at Baltimore and as Maryland Attorney General before leading the prohibition bureau He began legal practice in 1912 and served on the Mexican border in 1916 rising to lieutenant colonel and earned a France theater citation for bravery.
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Woodcock
Salisbury
United States
St. John's College
Annapolis
Baltimore
Et al
Maryland
Bureau of Prohibition
Flest Maryland
France
Japanese Gunboat Sunk by Allied Planes near New Guinea
Allied planes destroyed a Japanese gunboat and strafed two transports off New Guinea's southeast coast. The operation, involving fighters and bombers, also left 13 Japanese fighters destroyed on the Buna airfield and dropped eight tons of explosives on Rabaul in New Britain.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Lowman Islands
Buna
Rabaul
Japan
New Britain
Roosevelt Takes Question On Bennett In New York Race
At a Washington press conference on August 25 President Roosevelt ducked whether he would back John J. Bennett Jr as Democratic governor candidate in New York. He noted no congratulatory messages had yet been sent and teased a columnist’s call for silence when comments are unavailable.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John J. Bennett, Jr
New York
Bennett
James Mead
James A Farley
Dutch Airliner Falls Killing 13 Passengers and Crew
Willemstad Curacao Aug 25 A Royal Netherlands airliner en route from Paramaribo to Curacao crashed after reportedly taking off from Trinidad Saturday killing all 13 aboard The plane was found yesterday after loss of contact and it is believed a storm and lightning struck it This marks the first fatal accident in seven years for the KLM line in the Netherlands West Indies.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Dutch West Indies
Wouldn't Strike If They Saw Graves Of Dead
Portland, Aug 25. Senator Rufus Holman of Oregon said on return from Alaska that Japan has better maps and soundings than the Allies in the Aleutian Islands. He praised Dutch Harbor graves as the most impressive sight and argued Americans would not strike in war industries or profit from wartime contracts if they had seen those graves.
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Portland
Ore
Aleutian Islands
Rufus Holman
H.ore
Alaska
Dutch Harbor
Weather Summary for August Precipitation Updated
The report notes August precipitation to date 6.26 inches with normal 4.35 inches and actual 2.61 inches for August 1941. High yesterday Ta. Low last night 41. Sun sets 7 32 p m. Tomorrow sunrise 6 29 a m. Streams Potomac Knoxville Monocacy Cerneville clearing.
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Potomac
Knoxville
Cerneville
Only 136 WPA Workers Now In Washington Co
In Washington County Maryland the WPA rolls show only 136 workers remaining, the lowest since the agency began. Across the district just 444 workers remain, with most absorbed by defense and private industry. Four counties still employ WPA staff while eight have none, and only three defense projects operate locally at airport Showalter defense road and Camp Ritchie.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
WPA
Flings
Washington
Frederick Allegaty
Garrett
Showalter Defense Road
Camp Ritchie
Property Sale Recorded for Maple Park Block Transfer
Deed recorded in the clerk's office shows Newell B Devilbiss and wife sold property on the south side of 13th street in Maple Park to Jesse O Strine et al for about 84 200.
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13Th Street
Maple Park
Newell B Devilbiss
Jesse O Strine
Wartime primary politics stir Maryland voters in 1942
Annapolis Aug 25 1942 veterans and political hopefuls fill a crowded field as incumbents and challengers contest the Democratic and GOP nominations. Oliver Conor and Howard Jackson, longtime Baltimore figures, faced four rivals including Tom Cook Stephen Peddicord and John Kennedy in a race shaped by persistent voter apathy and the drive to avert another political blitz before the primary.
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Annapolis
Dave
ATN
Herbert Ro O'Conor
Howard W Jackson
Baltimore
William Gordy, Jr O
Salisbury
Langdale G Sasseer
Upper Marlboro
Conor
Jackson
O'Conor
Thomas E
Tom) Cook
Frederick
Stephen Q Peddicord
John Kennedy
Big Steel Workers Granted Wage Increase
The War Labor Board voted a cent hourly rise for 350,000 workers in five U S Steel subsidiaries, retroactive to February 15, and ordered union security provisions with dues checkoff and a daily minimum wage guarantee. The measure mirrors the earlier United Steel case, with unanimous board approval on wage and daily guarantee, employer dissent on union-security features. Bethel Busy Be...
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Washington
War Labor Board
Uos Steel Corporation
Uitte Steel
Am‘ployer
Panama Canal livelihoods noted in parish meeting report
In a church business meeting fourteen members and visitors answered roll call. Mrs Arthur Lambert and Mrs Gordon Palmer were appointed to select and buy gifts for boys from the church now serving in the armed forces. The next meeting is Sept 2 in the parish hall hosted by Mrs James Wachter. Almost one third of Panama’s population depends on the canal for its livelihood.
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Arthur Lambert
Gordon Palmer
Jesus
James Wachter
Panama
Panama Canal
Farm Auction Near Middletown August 27 1942
Public sale of farm including 3 head horses Barney Charlie Rock 16 milk cows and 7 other cattle two sets of harness farm machinery equipment from McCormick Deering tractors plows binders mowers and more. Dairy equipment household items and terms of six months credit on sums over 1000 otherwise cash. Auctioneer G Millard Derk Emmert Ro Gowlus. clerk Robert H Rouszohn.
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Middletown
Thunsday
Barney
Charlie
Rock
Cormick-Derting
McCormick Deering
Dellinger
Morson
Horné Barshear
Webber
Glen Gal Cana Washington
G Millard Derk Emmert Ro Gowlus
Robert H Rouszohn
Sale of Real Estate and Personal Property in Frederick Co Maryland
Auctioneered sale by power of attorney of Forrest E Roberts and Grace D Roberts real estate near Indian Springs Frederick County on September 4 1942 at 1100 am. Parcel 37 acres with two story six room house barn outbuildings and water spring plus orchards woodland and patches. personal property includes livestock farm tools vehicles and household items. payment terms cash for personal property and reduced price options for real estate with 30 day balance upon deed. Auction conducted by Richard E Zimmerman and Austin Mes. Ext R Dowlus, Auctioneer.
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Indian Springs
Plesant Hill Church
Seventh Street Pike
Tuscarora
Frederick County
Maryland
Forrest E Roberts
Grace D Roberts
David C Kipp
Teresa C Kipp
Usdersinged
Richard E Zimmerman
Austin
Grace D. Roberts
R. Dowlus
Veloso
Hoste
Frederick
Timonium
McCormick
John Derg
John Dere
Aten McCormick
Flint
Samuel Schwarta
Circuit Court
Court of Equity
Cour
Equity
Ralph Wo Boreder
Roy
Court House
Frederick Cy
Marsland
John Wo Lechtider
D.S
Chishan Winebrewer
Falio
Christian Winebrewer
Wift
McAleer
Washington Mj Market
Public Sale of Cattle Hogs at Clyde Smith Farm
Public sale announced at my farm on the road from Haughs Shio to Tjamsville three miles west of New Market Route 49 one mile from Tjamaville Saturday September 5 1942 at noon. 39 head of cattle including Guernseys and Holsteins some vaccinated for Unni disease bulls and heifers for service and four preferred herd animals. 25 head of hogs weighing 30 to 180 pounds. Terms cash. Property to be removed. Clyde Smith Tavamille Ma Clerk John Shaw
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SAL& Maying
Haugh
Clyde Smitht
Vameville
Pet Pette Gee John Shaw Cierk
Farm equipment sale and dairy herd near Conkaville Md
An auction near Conkaville Route 97 Greenwood Md on Tuesday September 1 1942 features dairy cattle including Jersey and Holstein cows and a registered Jersey bull. Also offered are milking equipment water heaters grain drills and a Dodge truck along with hay tools and farm machinery. Public sale includes additional property and household items with terms of sale cash or credit and a deposit.
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Conkaville
Gienwood
Touekeiep
McCormick
Tatang Neen
Uernsey
Hotein
Angs
Cayh
Mauritz Hallgren
Ignatius Bo
Sb Smallwood
Chek
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Walkersville High School
Andrey Clendenning
Martinsburg
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Frederick City Hospital
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Duchess of Windsor
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W. PO Pinkney West
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Bethel Society
Bethel
Leslie Wachter
Charles Stull
Wide World News
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Canada
Sigrid Arne
Gladwin Hill
West
Bill Boni
America
Howard W. Blakeslee
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George Zielke
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