Cocoanut Grove Fire Toll Cut as Inquest Opens
Boston officials revised the death toll from the Cocoanut Grove blaze downward to 440 with 172 injured after days of review. Fire officials testified about exits and extinguishers while victims’ stories emerged from the panic as Red Cross blood drives surged and rescuers recounted body riddled doorways and smoke filled rooms.
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Boston
Cocoanut Grove
Boston Committee On Public Safete
Charie
Buck) Jones
Gk Beta Waabis
Washington
Red Cross
Fire Department
FBI
Navy
Frank J. Linney
Fire Prevention Bureau
William Arthur Reilly
Jobn W. Bradley
Samuel Pope
Fre Department
Red Cross’ Boston Diood Donor Center
Answers To War Quiz On Page Five
Quiz page item lists figures and names including Gordon and a Chief Marshal for Britain. Reads like a puzzle entry with numbers such as 1.39 and 2,400 and 900. The fragment hints at wartime questions and a page reference.
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Psee
Gordon
Brit Widdie East
Buck Jones dies after nightclub fire in Massachusetts
Charles Frederick Gebhard known as Buck Jones the western film star dies at Massachusetts General Hospital after a night club fire at the Goccanut Grove in Van Nuys injures producer Scott Dunlap and many guests. The actor who rose from Oklahoma ranch life to stardom had a 2 million member Buck Jones Rangers and left a daughter with Odelle Osborne.
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Jones
Boston
Charles
Buck Jones
Massachusetts General Hospital
Goccanut Grove
van Nuys
Calif
Scott Dunlap
Odelle Osborne
Equestrienne
Maxime, Nhow
Noah Beery, Jr
Buck
California
Ringling Brothers
Price ceilings for coal may rise if longer hours used
Washington reports that Price Administrator Leon Henderson said coal price ceilings could be adjusted to cover higher production costs if the soft coal industry extends its 35 hour week. He stressed that adjustments require known added costs and warned against overnight changes. He noted joint work by industry committees, Interior Department, and OPA to obtain data and speed production.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Department of Interior
OPA
CPA
Caeao
Alot Wa Iie
Safe arrival of Corp Warfield in Northern Ireland
Mrs. Sue Warheld of Dickerson reports the safe arrival of her son, Corp. Warfield, somewhere in northern Ireland, according to a brief news item.
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Sue Warheld
Dickerson
Corp. Warfield
Northern Ireland
Welfare Board Seeks County Budget Boost For 1943
The County Welfare and County Board of Education seek higher appropriations for 1943 with the Health Department following 1842 figures. School officials request 10 000 more than 1842 funding, citing automatic salary boosts, biennial increments, and rising maintenance and bus costs.
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County Board of Education
County Welfare Board
Health Department
Welfare Board
Coats
Eugene W. Pruith
Howard R. Damuth
Board of Education
Pruitt
Frederick County
Kaiser Case Sparks Bureaucracy Critique by Bridges
Senator Bridges denounces a Labor Relations Board order citing Henry J. Kaiser as a prime example of bureaucracy delaying shipyard production. He urged Defense Investigating Committee to probe the matter and warned that union jurisdictional disputes now would disrupt wartime shipbuilding. Young seals gain weight rapidly in daily measurements.
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Washington
Bridges
R-Nh
Labor Relations Board
Henry J. Kaiser
American Federation of Labor
Defense Investigating
Truman Cdmo
National Labor Relations Board
Bridge
Civilians Urged To Support U S War Effort At Dinner
Brigadier General Francia Perrott urged civilian support for the war effort at a Sons of the American Revolution dinner in Baltimore. The Maryland Minute Men and National Society discussed loyalty, authority, and duties during wartime, with resolutions sent to national leaders and state branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francia Petrott
Lawrence Everhart
The
Sons of the American Revolution
Hotel Frederica
Perrott
Maryland State Guard
Sons of the Revolution
Foltery
United States
Tyne
Joseph H. Apple
Waren Keach Magruder
State Society
Maryland Society
Congress of the United
Maryland
George Sadder Robertson
Frank L Chapin
James Brown Marston
Baltimore
J. Noble Stockett
Skoud Diadiwauers Ead Gecers
Japs Crash Planes Defying Suicide Claim In Pacific War
Charles Mc Murtry reports on the Pearl Harbor era debate as planes from the Japanese Navy crash into Allied ships in the Pacific. He notes five attempts at crash-diving on October 26 near the Santa Cruz Islands, with two hits and varying fires, while most planes escaped, were not suicidal, and crews sought return to fight another day.
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U.S
Southwest Pacific
Iere
Santa Cruz Islands
San Francisco
Guadalcanal
Possble
Gasoline Rationing Urged By War Officials
Under secretary of War Patterson defended nationwide gasoline rationing set to start tomorrow saying it guarantees rubber supplies for military and essential civilian needs for 16 months. He noted Army cuts already made affect efficiency and safety. Senator Vandenberg denounced the plan as premature and impractical citing supposed poor arrangements and risk of chaos.
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Washington
Patterson
Army
Capitol Hill
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Study Farm Problems at Southern States Cooperative Board
A meeting of the board of directors of the Southern States Frederick Petroleum Cooperative was led by President J. A. Rogers. The group agreed farmers must plan production more carefully and advance their scheduling. They urged better labor utilization and greater use of manpower in slack seasons to lessen peak season requirements.
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Frederick Petroleum Cooperative
J. A. Rogers
Farmers May Pool Labor And Transport To Meet Victory Goals
In the current tire and Baseline situation neighbors may need to pool labor and transportation to keep produce moving to market and supplies to the farm. Larger production per unit on the farm will aid Food for Victory goals. Round table leaders named A. G. Elworthy of Frederick and E. J. Ruh of Baltimore, representing Southern States Cooperative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Elworthy
Frederick
E. J. Ruh
Baltimore
Southern States Cooperative
Tuberculosis Increase Reported in Belgium
The Belgian News Agency reported a rapid rise in tuberculosis cases, increasing by about 16,000 over four months. Registered cases climbed from 72,593 on March 2 to 88,503 on June 30, reflecting a sharp national health concern.
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London
Fekerzuless
Belgium
England Sgt. Schultz Stationed Far From Home
In England Sgt. Schultz son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Schultz Shookstown is stationed somewhere in England.
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Pfc. Munk
William P Munk
Route 5
Pacific Area
Quartermaster Corps
Sgt. Schultz
Mrs
Oscar Schultz
Shookstown
England
Engineer Guilty in Wreck Near Dickerson
Rockville December 1 A Montgomery County jury found railroad engineer Raymond Rufus McClelland guilty of manslaughter in the wreck that killed 18 near Dickerson on September 24 The verdict covered one count for Dr Frederick Hochstetter with a potential ten year sentence and focused on alleged violations of operating rules and signals.
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Rockville
Raymond Rufus, McClelland
Baltimore and Ohio
Dickerson
Eenstotter
Pittsburghittsburgh
Tence
McClelland
Ben G. Wilkinson
Charles W. Woodward
Stedman Prescott
Dickerson McClelland
Cleveland
Washington
Montgomery County Grand Jury
Wilkinson
Frederick Hochstetter
McCleland
Paul K. Partee
seve_al
Hitler Rehabs Schacht To Chart War End At Reich Front
German ex-finance chief Hjalmar Schacht returned to prominence at Hitler's request to draft an exhaustive study on how the war might end and its consequences for the Reich. Informants say Hitler supplied a new office and a staff of 20 secretaries for the project. Senacat, still in cabinet status, would guide the study assuming Nazi survival but consider losing Italy as an ally and a potential German defeat.
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Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Fuehrer
Schacht
Senacat
Italy
Not Barred From Slaughtering Hogs
Farmers are not prohibited from butchering their own hogs County Agent Henry Z Shoemaker said Monday denying reports of any order or contemplation. He noted inquiries about a supposed rule and urged farmers to retain meat only within the current voluntary ration program which allot 22 pounds per person per week.
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Henry Z. Shoemaker
Ice cream manufacture in UK halted to free materials
The Department of Commerce says ice cream production in the United Kingdom has been discontinued to conserve raw materials and to release coin storage space and transport facilities for more essential uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Department of Commerce
Murder Trial At Hagerstown Ends In Self Defense Claim
In Hagerstown on November 30 Edward B Blickenstaff 58 former Wolfsville resident faced a murder trial in Circuit Court defending himself on the charge of killing William M Stull last August 2 near Smithsburg. State witnesses included four families from the four family house where both men lived. A confession Blickenstaff signed with officers stated Stull came to his door intoxicated and invited a confrontation. He said Stull left vowing to return with a gun and when he returned was shot in the chest. The victim staggered about 35 feet before collapsing. The defense is led by Angie Weilfinger and Bruce Lightner with the jury reportedly to be deliberating after the day’s testimony.
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Hagerstown
Edward B. Blickenstaff
Wolfsville
D. Lindley Sloan
Tomor
Blickenstall
William M. Stull
Smithsburg
Charles Wagaman
Blickenstaff
Stull
Nevin
Deportation of 1400 Belgian Workmen to Germany
London reports that 1,400 Belgian workmen were deported to Germany from St Niklaas in eastern Flanders. The note appears in the Belgians displaced by the conflict, detailing this mass relocation and its regional origin.
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London
Germany
St Niklaas
Flanders
French Cabinet rejects German war demand after North Africa invasion
A Vichy diplomat quoted by the Associated Press describes a frantic 48 hour meeting in Paris as Germany pressed to declare war on the Allies. Laval resisted while Berlin warned of further action with troops around unoccupied zones. Hitler ordered the moves as events unfolded.
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New York
North Africa
Germany
France
Toulon
Associated Press
Europe
Africa
Vichy
Berlin
Laval
Pierre Laval
Adolf Hitler
Rockville Dentist Lt Gorsuch Reported Killed In Action
Lt. Gilbert Franklin Gorsuch formerly of Rockville is officially reported killed in action by the Navy Department. A University of Maryland graduate, he practiced dentistry in Rockville before enlisting in October 1941. He served at Norfolk, Virginia, before sailing. Survived by wife Grace Kathryn Gorsuch of Sparrows Point.
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Gilbert Franklin Gorsuch
Rockville
Navy Department
University of Maryland
Gorsuch
Norfolk
Grace Kathryn Gorsuch
Sparrows Point
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Rack Jones
Ameong
Linney
Stanley Tomaszewski
Pacific
Massachusettstate
William J Foley
Cee
Me, William FP. Munk, Jr
Ireland
Corp Williams, Warfield
T Wachers
Walkersville
Elm Street
Liberty School
Rocky Ridge
Harrisville
New Midway
Woodsboro
Buckingham
Kaiser
Petrott
Charles McMurtry
U. S
Sgt
Ralph Scholtz
Railroad Brotherhood
Hitler
Feilowe Rovers Photo Corp
James H. Feaga
Corp
Feaga
Harry Feaga
Feagaville
South Market
Allen
Carty
Cc. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Mé
Delphey
E. K. Atkinson
Esso
Mr. Atkinson
Mr. E. WK. Atkinon
WFMD
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