More Than 700 Attend Baltimore Methodist Conference
Rev. Dr. C Irving Benson of Wesley Church Melbourne urged leaders to make the church visible and believable. The Baltimore Conference opened a Crusade for Christ to renew congregations and raise 25 million dollars for rebuilding churches damaged in war. Bishop Charles Wesley Flint presided as Rev. Dr. J Manning Potts urged revitalization during the four hour session attended by 700 ministers and lay delegates. Luncheon for 400 delegates was hosted by Calvary Church women.
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C. Irving Benson
Wesley Church
Melbourne
Australia
Baltimore
Methodist Church
Calvary Methodist Church
Dr. Benson
Charles Wesley Flint
Washington
Benson
Canada
Drew University
New Jersey
J. Manning Potts
Virginia
Bishop Flint
Calvary Church
Major Hendricks Declared Dead After WWII Mission
Major Landon Clifford Hendricks B 17 Squadron commander is reported dead as of October 10. He earned the Air Medal with oak leaf, Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross and Silver Star. Survived by wife Margaret Shriver and son Landon Jr. plus five sisters and one brother. He was 24.
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Margaret Shriver Hendricks
Earl F. Shriver
Orlando
Fla
War Department
Landon Clifford Hendricks
Shriver
Edward S. Myers
East Third Street
Major Hendricks
381St
England
Anka Jam
Germany
Maj
Hendricks
North Sea
Norway
Kentucky
Landon Clifford, Jr
Mrs. Shriver
Biennial Census Work Starts With Frederick Schools
Frederick county school children today carry home biennial census questionnaires for all parents of children under 20. Parents are asked to fill and return promptly to help compile official county population figures. Children will distribute and collect the forms in their neighborhoods.
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Frederick County
Stats
Death toll hits anniversary as husband killed in France
Mrs William A Weigher of Chambersburg Pennsylvania marks her 11th wedding anniversary with roses from her husband, an Army private 33, who arranged their delivery before going overseas. A telegram from the War Department confirms he was killed in action in France.
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Chambersburg
William A. Weigher
War Department
Weigher
France
Maryland Campaign Stretch Before Tuesday General Vote
Maryland pre election politics heated as Democrats plan three major events ahead of Tuesday’s $1 general election vote. Senator Connally and Md. figures headline Baltimore rallies with Ickes and Lily Pons among speakers. Republicans hope Dewey visit sparks city support, while radio time and possible national broadcast are pursued. Orson Welles to MC Democratic rally with Boyer Robinson on Friday.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Tom Cumnany W.tex.s
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Metropolis
Ickes
Connally
O'Conor
Millard E. Tydings
Robertson
Tswade
New York
Republican
Dewey
Wily Pons
Orson Welles
Fifth Regiment Armary
Lily Pons
Charles Boyer
Bill Robinson
Free Press Returns To The Philippines
A two page handset paper titled The Leyte and Samar Free Philippines debuted with a lead story on the Naval victory of the second battle of the Philippines and an editorial by Gen. Carlos Romulo. The Leyte Samar Shimbun had existed under Japanese supervision before the war interruption.
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Acloban
Leyte
P. M
Freedom of
Philippines
Leyte and Samar Free Philippines
The
Carlos Romulo
Maper
P Plate
Royal Navy Sinks 31 Warships in Six Weeks Says Admiral
London reports that Lord Alexander told the Commons the Royal Navy sank 31 enemy warships and transports and 40 smaller craft. He noted 16 warships and merchant vessels were severely damaged and 15 smaller craft around Greece amid heavy German losses, with many ships carrying German troops.
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London
A. V. Alexander
The
Admiralty
Commons
Royal Navy
Greece
Dead man at controls blamed for destroyer damage
Eyewitness Alex Cann reports a dead man was at the bomber's controls during the Levne invasion incident aboard the Australia cruiser. The vessel, flagship of the Commonwealth in the Philippines, killed the captain and 18 others. Cann says it was not a self inflicted attack.
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Dean Man
Sydney
Australia
Alex Cann
Netherlands
Commonwealth
Philippines
Cann
Market Steady as Aircraft and Rails Lift Stocks
New York trading showed modest gains as aircraft and rail shares led slight advances. Market firmness kept prices around the unchanged to higher end with favored issues rising fractions to about a point.
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New York
Local Circuit Court Hears Punchboard Fine and Forgery Case
A 17 year old high school junior was fined 50 dollars in circuit court after pleading guilty to maintaining a punchboard with no money on it at a West Patrick street shop. Kenneth Shaw testified the officer believed the board lawful without money prizes. The judge noted the defense was weak and no suspended sentences for gaming offenses. Also sentenced: Boyd Sonifrank received 18 months for forging a check payable to Meredith Waltz. The court continued seven assault and battery cases from Knoxville area due to ill witnesses.
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Patrick M. Schnauffer
West Patrick Street
Kenneth Shaw
Richard F Zimmerman
Shaw
Patrick ‘Street
Sherman Boone
Land Boys
Boyd Sonifrank
Bethesda
House of Correction
Meredith F. Waltz
Waltz
Sonifrank
Allen Bartgis
Aoso
William M . Storm
Alton Y. Bennett
Schnauffer
Knoxville
Edward A. Dougherty
Herbert L. Dougherty
Clarence W. Kennan
William M. Runkles
Bertha V. Wirts
W. Jerome Offutt
E. Austin
James
Mr. Storm
Morgan R. Webber
Brunswick
Armed Services
D. P. Backes
Webber
Beachhead Across River Is Improved
Allied headquarters report improved beachhead across the Ronto river south of the Pu valley and Meldola cleared on the west bank. German counter-attacks south of Bologna by the Fifth Army were repulsed as American forces fought hand to hand.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Ronto
Fort
Meldola
Germany
Fifth Army
Bologna
Heaviest Fog Shrouded City Amid Halloween Pranks
The heaviest fog of the season shrouded the city this morning reducing visibility and slowing traffic, with no accidents reported. Officers noted window chalking and Roosevelt and Dewey graffiti, while Lewistown woke to an overnight Halloween spree with moved gates, fodder strewn townwide, and prank damage but no major injuries or arrests.
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CAA
Here
Frederick
Hallowe'en Celebrants
Roosevelt
Dewey
West Thirds Street
Market Street
City Hall
Lewistown
Paul Buhrman
Walkersville
Dewey Says Democrats Lack Understanding to Create Jobs
Enroute to Boston on November 1 Dewey told a Pittsburgh crowd that the current Democratic administration lacks understanding of how to create jobs for returning war veterans. He spoke to about 4,000 people at the station gathering and planned a nationwide broadcast in Boston to charge Congress and industrial groups.
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Dewey
Boston
Massachusetts
Leverett Salton
Thomas E. Dewey
Pittsburgh
New England
Dale 7 Sullivan
Congress of the Industrial Organizations
One Thousand Club
Allied landings on Walcheren press toward Antwerp sea lane
British and Canadian troops stormed the southern and western shores of Walcheren Island in a two pronged assault aimed at clearing the last German positions blocking the Schelde estuary and the Antwerp sea route. Flooding and heavy fire slowed progress as Germans retreated toward Rotterdam Arnhem.
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Landau
Walcheren
Antwerp
London
Berlin
Viissingen
Flushing
Lieveland
Schelde
Beveland Island
Bernard L. Montgomery
Nijmegen
Holland
Maas
Rotterdam
Arnhem
Neder Rhine
Lewis Wolfe Convicted of Wife’s Bludgeon Slaying
New York November 1 A Bible clutched in his hands 47 year old Lewis Wolfe cried aloud in despair after a jury convicted him of the bludgeon murder of his refugee wife The verdict carried the mandatory death penalty with no clemency recommendation and Wolfe denounced the judge as he spoke.
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New York
Lewis Wolfe
Louis Goldstein
London Workers Demonstrate Over Layoffs After Quotas
About 1,000 London aircraft workers demonstrated outside Parliament to protest layoffs at aircraft plants once quotas were completed. Guards kept the protest orderly as workers voiced their grievances and urged reopening of plants or extended job protections.
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London
Japanese Reach Kweilin North Railway Station
Chinese high command reports that Japanese forces have battled into the north railway station of Kweilin, a key depots center for southeast China, as of November 1.
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Kweilix Chungking
Kweilin
Key Defapen
Eoutheast
China
Chinese High Command
Rickey Buys 25 Percent Of Brooklyn Club
Branch Rickey and two associates acquire 25 percent of the Brooklyn National League baseball club as announced by club officials in New York.
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Rickey
New York
Brooklyn
Dodger
Branch Rickey
Red Army Drives Through Hungary Near Kecskemet
Soviet forces pound the streets of Kecskemet 44 miles southeast of Budapest as infantry and tanks sweep a 60 mile wide break between the Danube and Tisza rivers. Front dispatches say the advance has overrun hundreds of towns, captured thousands of prisoners, and pushed toward Budapest from multiple fronts.
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Moscow
Kecskemet
Red Army
Budapest
Danube
Tisca
Izsak
Hajdunanas
Explosion rocks Paris suburb after DeGaulle speech
An explosion hit a Paris suburb minutes after General Charles DeGaulle spoke on All Saints Day. Officials called it sabotage possibly linked to the speech. Air raid sirens sounded as blasts continued for two hours. The U S Air Force said no enemy planes were in the Paris area.
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Paris
Charles DeGaulle
DeGaulle
Ife
U. S
Roosevelt High Wins All Seniors Election at Frederick High
Frederick High School seniors conducted a mock primary showing Roosevelt 610 over Dewey 476 and Norman Thomas 4 for president while Tydings led 615 to Randall 383 for Maryland senate and Dean 453 for Maryland at large. Regular ballots used with amendments not voted.
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Cail
Frederick High School
Roosevelt
Dewey
Norman Thomas
Maryland
Tydings
Randall
Deanl
Munhc
Straggler and AWOL Sailors Handed To Camp Detrick
Clifford Monroe Wetzel and Norman A. Shankle were picked up as a straggler from the Navy and AWOL from the Army respectively and turned over to Camp Detrick authorities. In London Nov 1 Allied forces attacked a synthetic oil plant at Gelsen-Kirchen and targets at Hamm and Coblenz with heavy bomber escorts.
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Clifford Monroe Wetzel
Water Street
Daniel Swomley
George Hoffman
Navy
Camp Detrick
Norman A. Shankle
North Bentz Street
Allen Bartgis
Ralph Potts
Army
London
Gelsen-Kirchen
Cologne
Hamm
Coblenz
State meeting opens as Maryland P T A delegates convene
Hagerstown hosts the Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers annual convention with a day of addresses and discussions on improving educational standards.
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Hagerstown
Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers
British Patrols Reach Salonika
Allied forces push toward the Yugoslav border as forward patrols tighten pressure on German troops and Greek guerrillas in northern Greece. British troops have reached Salonika, with operations intended to clear German forces and stabilize occupied areas.
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Boing
Atso
Salonika
Greece
Marines Back In Philippines
The report notes Marine artillery units in Leyte as part of the initial Philippine invasion. Brigadier Bourke, a Second Division Tarawa veteran, urges massed firepower on concentrated Japanese targets as infantry advances from the Dulag beachhead drive westward. Artillery batteries shell scattered Japanese groups spotted by aerial observers.
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Philippines
Leip Erickson
Leyte
Phiippines
Gun
Paomas Rourke
Bourke
Severn Park
Dulag
Cologne Hit By 500 Planes Strikes Hit Industrial Cologne
London reports over 500 Lancasters and Halifaxes attacked Cologne last night two hours after a Rhine raid. The Allied air forces say Cologne houses more than 30 large priority factories and serves as a major Arsenal and traffic center for the western front.
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London
Cologne
Rhine
Ametican
Sir Farces
Siegfried Line
Hitler
RAF
Price of Enduring Peace service Friday at Calvary Methodist
Frederick Council of Church Women hosts a Friday 2 20 pm service in Calvary Methodist chapel with talks by Rev. Ralph E Shoher Rev W W Garrett and Rev W M Weaver on Relief and Rehabilitation Economic Independence and The Home Front World Community Day observes joint worship and study across Christian churches in the United States with a pledge to work for peace and a just durable world order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
W. M. Weaver
United States
United Council of Church Women
Council
Roosevelt praises youth unity in third international students day
President Roosevelt said the youth of America and the United Nations are fighting victoriously and discovering under fire their great common unity of purpose. He noted November 17 will be observed as the third international students day.
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Washington
Presiden Roosevelt
America
United Nations
Tokyo Air Raid Report Conflicting Hints From Tokyo Radio
The Associated Press notes Tokyo radio described a B-29 over the capital near 1 pm Tokyo time, then reported no attack. Reports spoke of four engine bombers over Tokyo, with incendiary fire guidance issued, while Washington said no aerial operations information existed. This marks the first such sighting since Doolittle in 1942, amid air defense warnings.
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Associated
Preas
Tokyo
War Department
Washington
Japan
Nipnonest
Marianas Islands
Capike
Tokyo Me
Federal Communications Commisssion
Kanto
Associated Press
James H. Doolittle
Marianas
Saipan
Air Défense Central
Tokyo Radio
Tinian
Guam
North America
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U.S
Crusade For Christ
Dewey and
Free Press
Senifrank
Keeskemet
Council of Church Women Service
Kanto Industrial
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