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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1942
Page
1
Cairo reports British airmobile success and a pocketed Axis force along a narrow coastal sector near the Mediterranean. The British communique says Rommel’s troops failed to break out, while Allied airmen hit Tobruk ships and Crete airfields as observers note Montgomery’s careful advance.
Washington reports War Manpower Commissioner Paul McNutt said boards are drafting workers needed in war industries despite deferment directives. He announced sending Roosevelt the long awaited Mazar advisory committee report on manpower, opening possible executive action. An old motion picture film from occupied France must be delivered to no Germans for use in manufacturing chemical production.
United States heavy bombers attacked the Axis air base at Maleme in Crete with fires and explosions noted in the target area. American fighters provided top cover and broke up a formation of Messerschmitts in a dog fight over the Egyptian battle area.
The county War Price and Rationing Board announced registration for all fuel oil and kerosene dealers on November 3 to 6. Registrations occur at the local board offices and branch offices in Brunswick and Emmitsburg, with location guidance based on proximity. Dealers must supply capacity, stock on hand, past deliveries, storage status, and equipment details. coupons will be mailed if forms are submitted in person. The credit plan extension to November 15 aims to ensure coupons reach most consumers.
Mrs. Roosevelt toured a U S parachute troop base in southern England after spending the previous night with Queen Mary at her château. She breakfasted without eggs, then reviewed parachutists under Lieut. Col. Edson Raff and inspected their equipment along with other royal guests present at Queen Mary’s estate.
Berlin reports captured Alagir cutting off the Ossetic military road from Ordzhonikidze to Kutaisi and blocking the Ossetic route to the Caucasus oil regions. Soviet dispatches say Red Army fought fiercely to defend approaches to the Caucasus, with heavy engagements near Nalchik and Stalingrad, claiming gains and reporting casualties on both sides.
The American Legion Toy Committee reports the fourteenth annual toy drive yielded fewer than 500 toys, blamed on late truck start and poor public participation. A second collection will occur next Saturday for prepaid toy drop offs, with further drives planned in local toy stores after Thanksgiving to aid children of service members.
New York reports encouraging war news from the Solomons boosts stock market as the week and month begin with fractional advances. Steel shares lead with about a point rise late in the session while volume grows in low-priced issues.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to grant sweeping wartime authority to suspend laws interfering with free movement of people, property and information. He urged rapid, full war production and the elimination of peacetime restrictions to exploit global resources and meet unforeseen wartime challenges across the government and allied actions.
Voters and officials brace for a long count as polls open seven to seven with results likely by Wednesday noon. Amendments loom large. mail ballots from armed forces may tilt close races. Precinct changes due to flood impacts and a city holiday add to the complexity.
The Admiralty announced that one enemy supply ship was set on fire and a small vessel left sinking after a dawn engagement with an enemy convoy off the Sept Isles near the Brittany coast yesterday.
In the first wartime off year since 1918 millions will vote to decide the 78th Congress and state offices. Republicans seek gains in Senate and House, while Democrats defend seats and point to New Deal inheritances amid wartime leadership.
Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's China headquarters reports that on Oct. 28 U.S. Army Air Forces dive bombed Japanese shipping and installations in Kowloon harbor Hong Kong. Direct hits burned a freighter, near misses hit two others, an anti air position was silenced, and one U.S. fighter crashed in the harbor after likely being shot down by Japanese Zeros and fighters.
A proposed food administrator would resolve war era food needs amid tensions between production and supplies. Key figures include President Roosevelt, War Production Board's Donald M. Melson, and Secretary of Agriculture Wickard. Debates center on balancing civilian nutrition with military and lend‑lease demands and possible rationing.
The War Production Board prohibits platinum in jewelry as the war demands platinum for war needs including nitric acid and radio tubes. Existing platinum jewelry can be sold, but no new use in rings or other items is allowed.
Washington reports American submarines in the Far East sank a large passenger cargo ship two large tankers two medium cargo ships two small cargo ships and damaged a converted carrier set on fire and a destroyer plus a medium tanker total now 133 ships sunk or damaged since the war began. The communique notes several unannounced results including two large tankers sunk and one converted carrier damaged and set afire.
James H. Gambrill Jr a longtime Frederick County leader was elected chairman of the Frederick County Chapter American Red Cross at the October executive committee meeting succeeding the late Judge Hammond Urner. He has served on the chapter’s executive committee since its 1917 formation and was cited for meritorious service dating to 1919. The report details extensive Red Cross work for armed forces including hospital investigations, furloughs, mess age delivery, family relief, and service for service members and their dependents.
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