Wake Island Heroics Told In Dramatic Memoir Clips
A vivid account chronicles Lieut. Col. Walter L. J. Bayler's Wake Island defense, Midway departure, and Guadalcanal service, highlighting radio work, fox hole life, and the gallant band of defenders. Other reviews cover Ira Wolfert's Tucker's People and Stillman Gode's Spanish at Light, plus Chile and Southeast American topics.
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Wake Island
South America
Walter L. J. Bayler
Padilla
Botus Merrill
Wake
Midway
Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal
Baylor
Hiss
Bayler
James P
Devereux
Uncle Sam
Soldier Bailey Baumgardner Transferred to Los Angeles
Baumgardner has been transferred from Fort Leonard Wood Missouri to Los Angeles California. Before leaving for California he spent a twelve day furlough with his wife Ruth Redmond and with friends and relatives in Frederick.
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Baumgardner
Fort Leonard Wood
Los Angeles
Calif
California
Ruth Redmond
Frederick
Offiers Elected by Frederick Ministers Association
The Frederick City Ministerial Association met Monday at the YMCA and elected Rev. Dr. Ralph E. Hartman as president, Rev. C. William Sprenkel as vice president, Rev. Henry Powers as secretary, and Rev. Harold C. Baer as treasurer. Retiring president is Rev. Samuel S. Johnston.
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Frederick City
Livability and marriage success hinge on pleasantness
A Beloved Bell Syndicate column argues livability in character, not virtue alone, drives success in life and marriage. It cites talent lost to poor bedside manner and couples who drift apart despite love, urging harmony, adaptability, and regular kindness to sustain partnerships.
Strength For Today by Earl L Douglass 2 D
One United States senator, raised in poverty, honors his mother who woke before dawn to prepare breakfast and walk him to the gate with a lamp, singing a Welsh song as he faced the early day. The narrative recalls a childhood marked by privation and maternal devotion.
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United States
Dark Night Memory and Hope in a Senator's Reflections
An elderly narrator recalls a family scene as night falls, a mother singing by lamp light guiding her son home. The passage quotes a senator on music and resilience, linking songs at night to faith that uplifts life from despair.
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Drscord
Babson
Spd
Medals Given to Gen Douglas MacArthur by Nations
In a historical record a quiz style list notes nations that presented Gen Douglas MacArthur with medals: the United States, Czechoslovakia, Poland, France, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Mexico, and Ecuador. It adds a series of Q and A examples addressing definitions of a convent, a gymkhana, cowhair uses, and the origin of the phrase hue and cry.
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Gen
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Czechoslovakia
Poland
France
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Mexico
Ecuador
Island raid reported near Rangoon and Calcutta
Liberator bombers of the tenth United States Air Force scored probable hits on military establishments on Diamond Island 140 miles southwest of Rangoon and about 723 miles southeast of Calcutta in a raid last Tuesday. Japanese signal installations were hit but detailed observation was precluded by haze.
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Island
New Delhi
United States Air Force
Diamond Island
Rangoon
Calcutta
From Mishap to Stardom Betty Grable's Breakthrough Story
In Hollywood Erskine Johnson recounts Betty Grable, once shy and embarrassed on stage, turning a failed audition into a chorus line break. Her early friends Pat O'Brien and Spencer Tracy, and fellow vaudeville hopefuls, endured poverty sharing meals and one suit. A talent scout later spotted Grable, launching her screen career.
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Tor ‘Angeles
Cchorus
Ullstrest
Navy
New York
El.r
Hollyawoord
Dinerner
Pat O'Brien
Spencer Tracy
Joe
Jimny Cagiey
Executors Notice and Public Sale Order In Maryland
Executors notice warns all claimants to present vouchers by November 27, 1943. It also includes a separate Orphans Court order approving the sale of real estate of Louis D. Getzendanner and lists the amount of sales as sixty one hundred dollars. The document names executors, attorneys, and court officials, and cites publication requirements for the order.
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Predenek County
Maryland
Charles E Clingan
Frederick County
Aaid
Charles £. Clingan
Louise M. Clingan
Amos A. Helter
Nisi
Orphans’ Court of
Frederickounty Maryland
Lowis D. Getzendanner
Orphans Court
Prederick County
Louis D. Getzendanner
T. A
Cine Uae
Ehardson T
Aout J. Welty Fahrney
Orphans’ Court
W. Dacy Gibson
Charles McC. Malas
Leatherman
Wee of Wills
Aapr
Iit Orphans
Materland
Harvey P Conner
W. Conner
Han Mo Stoum
Frederick Cousty
F Charles & Wilson
Pitsens
Marylaid
Joan Henry Gillis
Lillie
M. Humm
Richard Emmeregn
dApr G
Hay
Oreans Court
Fredenck County
F. Lester Smitil
Lsw
George I. Smith
Lillian M. Null
Tey Sebel Nett
Ars . Folaler
Executriz
Frederick
Equity
Olevia A
Rslghman
Arthur A. ‘Tilghman
Hattie Vo Swann
John B. Swann
John EB. Frazier
Sarah Frazier
William HH
Frazier
Sarah Wallace
Ulysses Wallace
Elizabeth Frazier
Melvin Howard
Osborne Howard
Allen Howard
William H. Frazier
Willan Menry Frazier
Rd Ler
Martha J. Frazier
A. Hattle Swann
Rame
East 6Th
John
Fragber
Sarah
Bo Gt Que St
Noel
Washington
Garfield
Point_of Rocks
Rockville
Margaret Howard
Olney
Montgomery County
William Henry Petar II
Leames
Hathe Swann
William Henry Frazier
Willam Henry Frazier
Point of Rocks
William Envy Fravier
John H. Smoot
Llayd Davai
John E Frazier
Saran Frazier
William Frazer
Ox County
Paul
Mary
Ellis C. Wachter
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Tucker
Fischer
Ira Wolfert
Courts of Justice
Courts
Wolfret
Ettvnn
Sewors
Clark Stillman
Alexander Gode
Crowell
Edgar Cirlin
Chile
Benjamin Subercaseaux
Macmillan
Ezequiel Padilla
Rio
Hitler
Stefan Zweig
Marié¢ Antoinette
Viking Press
Freud
Borgese
Yeats
Pirandello
Rolland
Anatole France
von Hofmannsthal
Rodin
Ravel
James Joyce
Toscanini
West Coast
Pyt Charles 1. Baumgardner
Magnate
Dolothy DIX Baym
Rushana
Hin
Jones
Mes Smth
E Bell Syndicate. Inc
Earl L. Douglass
India
P. L. Hargett
Earle’s Department Store
S. Klein’s Dress Shop
Hollander’s Auto Stores
Modern Lighting Co
Berger
Lahovitz Department Store
Hamburger’s
Keystone Shoe Stores
Henry
Princeton Shoe Store
Harry
McCrory’s
Barney's
Laubheim
Belle’s Hat Shop
Penney’s Frederick Cloak & Suit Store
Karl Jacobson
American Stores Co
A. & P. Super Market
Dutrow
U. S. Kresge Co
Rosenour
F. W. Woolworth Co
J. J. Newberry Co
Hollywood
Erskine Johnson
NEA Lila
Sweet Roxie O'Grady
Betty Grable
Ghaaiten
First Army AC Rcrur
We Corpe
A. Edward Sutherland
Barry Trivers
Emmet Lever
Julia Tat
Warner Tivoli
Colman Garson Random Y
Wtevres Leroy
Momet Frankli
Philip Dorn
Susan Peters
Henry Travers
Reginald Ewen Bramwell Fletcher
Mervyn LeRoy
wrVest
Tod, Y
Roy
Lester Cobterate
Attornes
Trpe
Orphans' Court
Lund
Tate
John W Null
dApr
Kieffer DeLauter
Ffatul
Kemsberg
KEY Hotel Bldg
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