Milne Bay Battle Repels Japanese Thrusts
Allied forces smashed a Japanese spearhead at Milne Bay in a prepared ambush and saved Port Moresby. General MacArthur announced Japanese losses were heavy and remnants likely evacuated by night. The communique noted air support and strong Allied defense. other actions included Kokoda, Salamaua, and a naval strike at Rabaul.
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Kokoda
Port Moresby
Milan
Gona-Buna
Salamaua
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
MacArthur
Port Moreshy
Que
Milne Bay
Cyril Albed Etdacs
Middle East
Australia
Owen Tanier Range
Anks
Lae
Sala:t
Nts
Coral Sea
Buna-Gona-Kokoda
Petain speaks omits Dakar in unity address
Marshal Petain spoke to Legionnaires in Vichy France on the second anniversary of the Legion, denouncing treason and outlining a revolutionary program without detailing domestic policy or plans for sending workers to Germany. The talk touched on Dakar rumors and Berlin pressure over African stations as Brazil notes Dakar’s strategic position.
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Clermont Ferrand
France
Marshal Petain
Kuulege Wiel Nat
Caesar
Pierre Laval
French Legion
Charles
Legionnaires
Vichy
Germany
Dakar
Berlin
United States
Pasion
Azores
Canary
Cape Verde Islands
Africa
Brazil
Natal
Cul Ly Rodrigues
Brazi Force
Brasil
Stockholm
Laval
Memorial service held for Duke in Iver parish church
Aug 30 London reports the heavily veiled Duchess of Kent attending a memorial service for her husband at Iver parish church near their home. The Duke died last week in a plane crash in Xarth Scotland during a military mission to Iceland. Villagers crowded the church. the funeral was postponed to allow her attendance. Supplies and tanks had been landed.
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London
Duchess of Kent
Iver
Xarth
Scotland
Iceland
Warns Japan Must Be Crushed By America
Former Ambassador Joseph C. Grew, back from Tokyo, warns the Japanese will fight with all force until utterly crushed. He says Americans must make great sacrifices to avoid stalemate, notes Japanese atrocities, and asserts Tokyo will surrender only through complete defeat in battle.
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Washington
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Japan
Grew
Towne
Columbia Broadcasting System
Gripsholm
Toge
Roosevelt
Hirohito
Pearl Harbor
China
Treasury lends non monetary silver as war demand rises
Washington reports the Treasury has lent its entire non monetary silver stock of 1.350 billion ounces to industry for urgent war uses. Some refiners are using newly mined domestic silver under forward purchase contracts while postponing delivery of foreign silver. The Office of Price Administration orders a ceiling price rise to 45 cents an ounce for imported silver, up from 35 to 37.5 cents, after talks with Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warhington
Treasury
Imperus
State Department
Government of
Mexico
Spending Tax Idea Aims to Curb Inflation and Raise Revenues
Treasury plans for a wartime spending tax targetting individuals with more than a thousand dollars in annual income. The tax would be computed on total yearly outlays minus exemptions and could reach about 20 percent in higher expenditure brackets. Deductions include debt payments, government bonds, capital assets, and savers, with a postwar rebate option discussed.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate
George
D.-Ga
House
Althanak Gaaren
Morgenthau
A George
Five Per Cent Payment Is Being Made Today
The Middletown Holding Corporation authorized a pro rata five per cent payment to 5 of beneficial interest certificates, outstanding Aug 22. Totaling 23,487.21, the distribution is made at Middletown Savings Bank with checks mailed to certificate transferees not having accounts. Depositors at the bank will see credits, bearing interest from Sept 1, withdrawals allowed before Oct 1 with 40 days notice after. This is the eighth payment, totaling 237,096.68, seen as greater than what a receiver would have returned to depositors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Holding Corporation
G. Harlen Dinterman
Old
Middletown Savings Bank
Uolding Corporation
Jail Held On Drunken Driving Charge
Charles Hough of Frederick held in jail Saturday night in default of a $1,000 bond to face drunken driving charges after a collision with Gar ret Ramsburg on West Patrick Street around 11 50. He will be arraigned in Police Court tonight. Sergeant Frank Dorsey led the arrest. Archie Fletcher, colored, arrested Sunday on assault and battery, also charged with carrying concealed weapons and held on a $750 bond for tonight’s hearing. An empty pistol and cartridges found on Fletcher. Herbert L. Strawsburg and Officer James D. Marks assisted. Weekend arrests listed include Samuel Thowipaurns, Bernard Dixon, Maggie Smith, Joseph W. Ambush, Douglas Stone, Estelle Weedon, Elsie Russell, Jerome Null, with hearings set for Police Court tonight.
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Charles Hough
Frederick
Hough
Garett Ramsburg
West Patrick Street
Frank Dorsey
Archie Fletcher
Estella Fletcher
Fletcher
Lionil
Herbert L. Strawsburg
James D. Marks
Otcers
Samuel Thowipaurns
Carureu de Nens
Harry Phillips
Bernard Dixon
Braddock
Harry D. Stup
Maggie Smith
Dorsey
Joseph W. Ambush
Stup
Douglas Stone
C. v
Estelle Weedon
Oficer
Norman Dietz
Elsie Russell
Dietz
Jerome Null
Marshall H. Murray
Answers To War Quiz On Page Five Portugal Dining Terms
In a wartime quiz item from Corpus Christi Texas dated Aug 29, James W Schwartz of Frederick Maryland is reported arriving for aviation cadet training at the U S Naval Air Station after completing elimination training at a U S Naval Reserve Aviation Base. He will now proceed to further testing with the Air Corps Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
Curpus Christi
Texas
James W Schwartz
Frederick
Maryland
U. S. Naval Air Station
U. S. Naval Reserve
Auto wreck injures three near Middletown and Sandy Hook
Le vin Tribby of Knoxville crashed into a power pole on Route 340 in Sandy Hook shortly after midnight. His wife Loretta Tribby had six teeth broken and was treated for shock. Mary Nuce also of Knoxville sustained head and facial injuries. Both she and Loretta returned home after treatment at Scihnaufler Hospital Brunswick. State Troopers say Tribby was blinded by headlights. In a separate incident near Middletown, Clarence Shafer and Elmer Me engaged in a dispute at the Locust Valley road intersection. Police accuse Shafer of failing to keep right. a hearing is set for Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levin Tribby
Knoxville
Sandy Hook
Loretta Tribby
Igeli
Scihnaufler Hospital
Brunswick
Mary Nuce
Tribay
Immet
Clarence D. Shafter
Iddigtown
Elmer Bernard
Burkittsville
Locust Valley
Middletown
Houck
Shafer
Indians killed in police firing at railway clash in India
In Lucknow, nine people are believed dead after police opened fire on a mob of about 200 attacking a railway fatiga between Pundia and Hathras, near Delhi, according to a local communique. The incident occurred in North Central India and details are emerging from the report issued here.
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Lucknow
India
Pundia
Hathras Snyth
Delhi
Must Sacrifice To Win War Audience Told
Rev Dr Gaither P Warfield recently returned missionary from Poland urged Americans to sacrifice mentally and spiritually to win the present war in a Baker Park YMCA sermon. He outlined the Polish YMCA growth and noted its wider ecumenical, interconfessional role.
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Gaither P. Warfield
Poland
Baker Fark
Frederick Y. M. C. A
Warfield
Europe
Warsaw
M.C.A
YA. C. A
Br. Warfield
England
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Egypt
Palestine
India
Australia
China
Iran
Iraq
Dr. Warfield
Jesus
Our Fathers
R. Ames Hendrickson
Beverly Molesworth
Helen M. Zimmerman
G. E. Stovall
H. L. G. Kieffer
Henry Powers
Baker Begins Two Year Term For Embezzlement
Hagerstown August 30 State's Attorney Charles F Wagaman said Baker a former Washington County lawyer who practiced in the area for about 25 years will begin a two year term at the House of Correction tomorrow. His appeal from the court decision was denied and he had been free on bond pending action on appeal. He was disbarred after mal proceedings in Circuit Court August 17. He was indicted in February 1942 on two charges of embezzlement and tried before the Alleghany County Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
House of Correction
Circuit Court
Allegany County
Wagaman
Washington County
Allegany County Court
Advertising Costs Held Deductible in Tax Returns
New York aug 30 advertising costs including normal expenditures and those arising from war contingencies are deductible for corporate income tax. The explanation by the Treasury and the Bureau of Internal Revenue was released by the Association of National Advertisers after a conference with government officials. Paul B West notes confusion among business managers about deductibility across war-related work levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Treasury Department
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Association of National Advertisers
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Association
Paul B. West
Carroll County Woman Returns On Gripsholm
Miss Esther Hoffman, longtime secretary to the U.S. legation in Peking and Hongkong, returns to Westminster after nineteen years. She arrived on the Gripsholm exchange ship and had been held by the Japanese since January. Hoffman's prior service included seven years with the Military Intelligence Department in Washington. She was welcomed in New York by her sister Thelma Hoffman and Mrs. Gerald Brickett.
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Esther Hoffman
U. S
Pieping
Hongkong
China
Frank Hoffman
Westminster
Miss Hoffman
United States
Gripsholm
Far East
Legation
Military Intelligence Department
Washington
New York
Thelma Hoffman
Gerald Brickett
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Kas
Petain
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America
U.S
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Pacific
Indian Ocean
Tani
Semosa
Philippine Islands
Ndanaa
Marianas
Pala
China Sea
Guam
Rives Pagan
Saipan Rota
Caroline
Townsville
Sydnee
Solomon Islands
Ponape
Marshall
Spinpoint
Rbonin JS
Pacific Ocean
Midway
Gilbert
Weuru Ocean
Ellice
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Wat
Aly Ras
IE Seannine
Christjervis
Nnewr
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Caledonia
Samoa
Tutuila
Nls
Tonga
Norfolk
North Cape
Auckland
Ekermadec
Malden
Estarbuck
Penhayn
New Zealand
Fea Eatiu Rorotong
Britain
Iapan
Hawaii
Gilberts
Solomons
Marshalls
Marcus
Wake
Caribbean
Yueen
Portugal
Res New York
I Knoxville
William Houck
Harold Basore
Tribby
Baker Park
Hagerstown
Charles F. Wagaman
Victory Bicycles
Total Rationing Board
Delphey
New
Mak
Singer
Cc. C. Carty, Inc
EF. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Aln.a
Treasury Dept
Carroll County
The
War Department
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Devilled
Bennett
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