Chaplain Recalls Jap Attack on U S Carrier Near Guadalcanal
Norfolk dispatch details Chaplain Edward B Harp of Hagerstown Md describing a October 26 air strike on an American carrier about 250 miles northwest of Guadalcanal. The ship suffered multiple bomb and torpedo hits, fires, and casualties before sinking later that night after transferring 150 wounded to a destroyer.
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Norfolk
Apedo Pares
United States
Edward B. Harp
Hagerstown
Associated Press
Pacific
Navy
Chaplain Harp
Guadalcanal
Harp
City police distribute twenty five Christmas food baskets
City police reported distributing about 25 baskets to families in need after investigations by the department. About 100 more baskets were to be handed out that day to other families deemed worthy of help as officials thanked the community for support in the annual aid effort.
Cargo Planes To Be Built For Army Air Force
The War Department announced a contract with Andrew J Higgins of New Orleans to build an undisclosed number of cargo planes for the Army Air Force at the portally completed New Orleans shipyards. The project, funded on a cost plus fixed fee basis, will cost more than 3 million dollars and uses non strategic materials. Higgins previously claimed 1,200 cargo planes and proposed a manufacturing laboratory to produce aircraft accessories and wood alloy components for Army aircraft.
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Washington
Andrew J. Higgins
New Orleans
Army Air Force
War Department
Maritime Commission
Higgins
Air Forces Materiel Center
Wright Field
Ohio
Rubi DD Ce Eet
Army
Manufacturer forecasts high output and job mix for new plant
Miggine announced a government agreement and a plan for a new engine type. He claimed the assembly line would produce over ten planes daily at full scale. He estimated facilities cost around 340 million and a workforce of 50 000 with about 80 percent women.
Docks On Northern French Coast Bombed
British and Allied air units conducted raids on St Malo and Den Helder while other fighters swept Brittany and Normandy. The Air Ministry report said no enemy planes were shot down and no British losses occurred. The strikes followed overnight attacks on German rail targets in France and the Low Countries.
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London
Boston
St. Malo
France
Air Ministry
Southampton
Brittany
Normandy
Barher
Denhelder
Lincoln Apartments Shooting Shrouded In Custody Case
A bullet wound at Lincoln Apartments Monday night left a person injured amid a scuffle. police say one party was detained and held in jail since the incident. The investigation continues as authorities release few details about the weapon and motive.
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Lincoln Apartments
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Newple
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WM. K. Slemmer
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Liberty Finance Corporation
N. Market
Ten Boys
Sears Roebuck and Co
U.S. War Bonds
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Frederick, Maryland
Elizabeth Tonsi
John Toni
Frederick City Hospital
Ogunther Brewing Company
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