American Dive Bombers Enter European War Arena
As World War II widens, American dive bombers enter combat in North Africa. Carrier based planes struck Kasba Meridia near Port Lyautey, Morocco, with precision, reducing the Moorish fort to rubble while American troops nearby were unhurt. The fall of the fort preceded Port Lyautey’s capture, signaling a strong debut for U S dive bombing against German and Vichy targets.
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Wrualaske Gereete
United States
North Africa
Amercan
Kasba Meridia
Port Lyautey
Morocco
Port Lyauiley
Navy
Fifty Years Ago in The News December 5 1892 Titlow Lineman at City Plant
Fifty years ago Mr Samuel Titlow accepted work as a lineman at the city electric light plant, formerly with Frederick Electric Light and Power Company. Christmas trees are in demand and scarce with shapely trees fetching high prices. County Commissioners and clerk A L Eader to visit Baltimore County to review almshouse and other sites. Reynolds post officers elected with Captain Walter Saunders as Commander and others filling key posts. Juniors and Uniteds nominated future officers with Edward Koontz and B P Blackston named for presidents. elections set for January.
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Samuel Titlow
City Electric Light Plant
Titlow
Frederick Electric Light and Power Company
Anne
Board OF County Commissioners
A. L. Eader
Messrs. Co
Baltimore County
Reynolds Post
G. A. RK
Walter Saunders
Peter M. Eader
John H. Fleischman
James E. Duvall
Uniteds
Eiéctiuns
Edward Koontz
B. P. Blackston
Welfare Board
Boston
W. D. Rudy
Steven
Lcenses
William Wirts
Brunawick
J. Franklin
Charles N. Frusaour
Myersville
Bureau
Evangelital
Hood College
Twenty Years Ago Local Lemons From The News Columns
A Pen Mar man advertised for a wife and reported 188 replies with about 60 percent not money seekers. Chamber of Commerce debates a White Way on Market and Patrick streets and groove trolley treks along main streets. Thurmont Civic Club forms with Ada Crouse president and officers. City chlorine plant at Fishing Creek reservoir fixed after outage. Rain Wednesday night slightly eases dry conditions.
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PEN Mar
Chamber of Commerce
Market
Patrick Streets
Mato
Civic Club OF
Thurmont
Yee
Ada Crouse
F. Russell Young
Deisy Waesche
Tre City
Fishing Creek Reservoir
Washington debates national chairmanship in both parties
Today In Washington David Lawrence reports that both Republicans and Democrats face internal fights over who should lead their parties after World War II. Democrats split between Jeffersonian isolation and New Deal internationalism while Republicans wrestle between isolationist and international cooperation factions.
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Washington
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Willkie
Willki
Man About Manhattan Goes to Foreign Service Duty
George Tucker in New York reports his farewell notes as he prepares to join the foreign service. He details risks faced by staff, harsh travel conditions, and the gamble of leaving family behind while war headlines loom. He plans to write from overseas, with Cairo as a first stop, reflecting on Broadway’s changing center of gravity.
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George Tuckers
Manhattan
Foreign Service
Vila
Manhattan Scene
George Tucker
New York
Cairn
Country Els
Luf's Stuff Growing Conviction
An OCR fragment reflects on changing roads with fewer cars, distant traffic, and pedestrians treading a boulevard. The piece muses on rights, progress, and autumn imagery as life shifts from speed to quiet, mentioning Lufburrow and a sense of duty to savor sunlight.
Court News Property Transfers and Executions
Court notes record property deeds and executors transferring land to Mary Staley and others, with several names and counties cited. Multiple transfers involve Edgar H Harbaugh, John Rodkey, Mary Staley, and others, with dollar figures and living locations listed.
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Court News
Edgar H. Harbaugh
Mary Staley
Edgar H. Marbauch
Marty Staley
Edgar H. 3Baugh
Edgar Boraugh
George B. Garrett
John E. Rodkey
December Court draws listed by sires and names
December Court opening December 14. Friday draw afternoon lists sires and names including Y Boyer drawn for Roy O. Smith Hauvers District Ras E Einenbrote Taurment district Guy E Hobos for Taurment district D Writer Hooper for Lester Boyer Tuscarora Digis and others.
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Roy O. Smith
Hauvers Diss Trie
Guy E. Hobos
Ras
Saturday Chat The Girl About Town
A fragment from a 1940s local column touches on wartime life and daily concerns. It mentions fuel shortages, rationing, and community efforts as Frederick County and nearby regions adapt to war pressures while readers follow broadcasts, letters, and public notices.
Edsor’s Washington Column on Leaks in Politics
Washington column explains inspired leaks in cabinet shake up rumors. It details how insiders plant news, how reporters verify denials, and how the White House and press discuss the hoax amid Thanksgiving week. It notes labor, agriculture, and war food issues tied to policy chatter.
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avboNn
Washington
Iches-McNutt
Fanny
Harold Ickes
Labor
Asm
Paul
Tuneral V. McNutt
Interior
Madame Perkins
Ickes, McNutt
Perkins
Ickes
McMutt
Preas
A. F
Bill Green
Department of Agriculture
North Africa
Odds And Ends From An Editor Duties In A Brantley Paper
Editor Carl Broome of the Brantley Enterprise lists his duties in a detailed answer to a selective service questionnaire. The piece mixes humorous self description with a scan of newsroom tasks from writing headlines and proofs to soliciting ads, typing, pressing, billing, and even joking about rumors and checker games. The page also notes a Civil War ransom debt story about Frederick and its national circulation, comparing it with Chambersburg’s loss, and includes a Nebraska classified snippet and light humor about prayers and coffee rations.
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Sam
Carl Broome
Brantley Enterprise
Lingtype
Frederick
Philadelphia Bulletin
News-Post
Chicago
Inquirer
Chambersburg
Confederaié
Ana
Sanderson & Porter Seek Sandersons and Porters at Pine Bluff Arsenal
A letter of application from a porter in Pine Bluff Arkansas asks about pay and job details for Sanderson & Porter at the Pine Bluff Arsenal construction plant. The firm had advertised in the New Orleans Time Picayune seeking steamfitters welders plumbers engineers and contractors. Nearby, Lieut John T Quynn transfers to Douglas Georgia airport for Army Air Corps pilot training and discovers the field is run by a civilian company.
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Sanderson” Sanderson and Porter
Pine Blut
Ark
Sanderson & Porter
New Orleans
Time- Picayune
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Pine Bluff
John T. Quynn
Douglas
Georgia
Iaxwell Field
Ala
U.S. Army Air Corps
Acquaintances Meet at Airport Maintenance Crew
Similar to the local airport scenario, a group of four young men connected with the airplane maintenance staff gathered with him. The men named are Harry C. Zimmerman Jr Basil Lewis and Robert Lewis fromBradytock Heights and Robert W Mob erly of Frederick.
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Harry C. Zimmerman, Jr
Basil
Robert Lewis
Bradytock Heights
Robert W. Moberly
Frederick
Mind Your Manners and a UK pottery industry note
Mind Your Manners quiz asks if calls, condolence visits, selective invites, kissing at parties, and nudging are proper etiquette with answers: no to all five questions plus a suggested better greeting. A separate line notes concentration in UK pottery industry causing the shutdown of 200 of 300 prewar plants per the Department of Commerce.
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Ebetter
United Kingdom
Department of Commerce
Titanic disaster questions and answers from a quiz
The text lists Q A pairs about the Titanic date and deaths, skin drying tips with a cut surface, the Black Dragon Society of Japan, U S forces in North Africa history, and world language counts. It reads as a compilation of trivia Q A items from a period source.
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Black Dragon Society
Japan
Bible Quotation and Euripides Paradox Flash in Text
A compact verse pair contrasts David’s rise with the Lord of hosts guiding him and a Euripides line noting fortune aiding those with good judgment. The two references mingle biblical and classical voices to reflect on merit and providence.
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David
Euripides
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