Maryland voters weigh seven constitutional amendments
Ballots across the state show varied support for pay raises for legislators, a juvenile court system, and condemnation procedure changes. Official counts from about 1,062 polling places favor some measures while others fail, with county results sometimes reversing city trends. The note also highlights McKeldin gaining momentum as Baltimore’s mayoral race unfolds.
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General Assembly
Harford County
Cecil
Harford
Kent
Somerset
Talbot
Baltimore
Worcester
Allegany County
Baltimore City
Theodore R. McKeldin
Submarine turns hospital ship. crew perform emergency appendectomy
An American submarine in the South Pacific reportedly became a hospital ship after a perilous emergency appendectomy. Five crew members, led by Lieut. Franz Hoskins, carried out the operation with only one member experienced in surgery. The patient survived and is convalescing. The event, described in a letter from Hoskins, notes the patient had a high fever and the operation lasted about two and a half hours. The officers quote the success and the urgency of the decision.
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Tacoma
Wash
South Pacific
Franz Hoskins
Lieut
Hoskins
Henry A. Hoskins
Answers To War Quix On Page Five
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a wartime quiz item about Navy bonds and a cryptic reference to bonds totaling eighteen. The readable bits indicate page five coverage with uncertain details and typographic errors.
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Navy
War Interpreted in British and Axis Voices
The piece surveys Allied and Axis positions in North Africa, noting British optimism and American caution. It highlights Rommel’s retreat near El Alamein, Italian and German forces reeling, and Cairo and London hopes to crush Axis cohesion while Turkish policy and Soviet views remain unsettled amid shifting fortunes in the Mediterranean theater.
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Egypt
London
Roosevelt
Stalin
North
Africa
Lapua
Italy
Gibraltar
Maly
Cairo
Rommel
el Alamein
Hem Itz
Cairo Iis
Axis High Command
Axis Bulletin
Rome
Vichy
Dates Set For Filling Ownership Certificates In Frederick County
Frederick County car owners face new ownership certificate requirements tied to federal gas rationing. A War Price and Rationing Board meeting on November 12 will decide when where and why to file. Forms are available at Church Street school offices and rationing offices, with local registration possibly delayed until after the November 32 meeting. The national date is expected around November 22, but dates may differ locally.
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Frederick County
War Price and Rationing Board
Church Street
Price and Ration Board
Maryland
Seven Women Killed In Plant Blast At Rochester Plant
Seven women died and ten others injured at the Rochester Fireworks Company plant in Perinton. The blast began when a powder tray was dropped or set down, igniting frayed sparks and spreading flames through the single-story building. Among the deceased were Evelyn M. Bigelow Evelyn Mandell Viola Close Mary Parsons Bertha Archembo and Evelyn Ellis all residents of nearby towns with Ellis newly hired minutes before the blast. Army Navy and FAA officials launched an investigation into the fatal incident.
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Rochester
Rochester Fireworks Company
Perinton
Albert Skinner
Evelyn M. Bigelow
Angelina Mandell
Viola Close
Mary Parsons
Bertha Archembo
East Rochester
Evelyn Ellis
Fairport One
Army
Navy
FAI
Kramgeke Company
Fined $10 After Shooting Dog
Gurney G. Gosnell of 429 East Street was found guilty in Police Court of discharging a firearm within city limits and fined $10 and costs. The incident followed the alleged shooting of Treve the mail car dog on October 29. Witnesses testified a gunshot was heard near Gosnell’s home. Treve was seen wounded shortly after. Magistrate Bennett questioned the animal cruelty charge and emphasized corpus delicti. Other cases included Frank Alexander jailed for drunkenness and several fines for public disturbances and traffic offenses.
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Gurney G. Gosnell
East Street
Alton Y. Bennett
Coats
Gosnell
Treve
Joel C. Engle
Engle
Irline Whitehill
West Second Street
Atlen
Bartgis
Paul Rhoads
Frank Alexander
Vernon Roderick
Frank Queen
James Hand
Alfred Stevens
Elmer
Charles Rhodoricn
New Market
Eas
Paul D. Green
Linke Kila
Clyde G. Hoke
York
Bares
Irving Shankle
Frederick
Nancy L. Firth
East South Street
U S Men Fight in Jungles in Long War to Beat Japanese
From the South Pacific front lines come tales of grim realism and stalled expectations. Marines on Guadalcanal recall the true cost of battle, reject 60 or 90 day victory talk, and warn that Japan’s defeat will require years of hard fighting beyond this outpost battle. The Guadalcanal campaign tests American strength and resolve as the war to push Japan back continues.
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U.S
Pearl Harbor
South Pacific Islands
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Japan
Errol Flynn Held On Three Rape Counts
Errol Flynn was held for Superior Court trial on three counts of statutory rape after a preliminary hearing. He was released on $1,000 bond and due in court November 23 for assignment of a trial date. The charges allege acts with Peggy LaRue Satterlee, 15, on a yacht in 1941, and with Betty Hansen, 17, at a Hollywood party. Flynn did not testify as cross examination focused on the photographer's testimony about a supposed shakedown and Flynn's statements.
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Los Angeles
Errol
Flynn
Superior Court
Liberty
Peggy LaRue Satterlee
Hollywood
Betty Hansen
Lincoln
Neb
California
Peter Stacknole
Thomas W. Cochran
Stackpole
Jerry Giesler
Murder Manslaughter charge for driver in Bruceville accident
Everett E Enenberger of Frederick faces a technical charge of manslaughter for the death of 2 year old Betty Frances Weishaar who was fatally struck when she crawled under his car in Bruceville on Thursday evening. The child died of a broken neck en route to a Taneytown physician's office. Funeral arrangements are set for Sunday at the Taneytown funeral home and Middleburg Church. The Weishaar family survives with parents two brothers a sister grandparents and a great grandfather.
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Everett E. Enenberger
Frederick
Bruceville
Randallstown Barracks
Betty Frances Weishaar
William F. Weishaar
Taneview
Carroll County
Taneytown
Vindication Sought as Two Girls Remanded to Juvenile Court
The speaker urges the American majority will prevail as two girls are remanded to the Juvenile Court pending the Superior Court hearing set for November 23.
Critical Industries Lose Men to Draft Says Officials
Local draft board observers warn dairy farms and key food producers are losing workers to induction. Employers should verify each key employee’s trade classification and draft status using Form 42-A, and file deferment requests promptly. Officials note many twenty year olds are being examined with no prior critical occupation deferment filed. A farm labor committee advises decisive action before induction.
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Frederick County
Bse
Selective Service Act
Farm Labor Committee
Write-in votes highlight small election canvas
William C Feaga led Tuscarora District write ins with six votes for Comptroller. Others ranged from one to two votes for various offices including Congress Governor and House of Delegates. Villanova crushed Town State 32 to 7 at Shibe Park. Soviet Union cited as world’s largest Arctic frontier.
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William C. Feaga
Tuscarora
Lawrence H. Dorsey
A. W. Ecker
James H. Falk
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
William H. B. Anders
Edward D. Storm
John P. Dennis
Jesse Shaver
W. B. Hill
Lon Fox
Katharine Byron
Congress
Joseph H. Reese
Marlin Gray
Leroy Lipps
Donald F. Remsberg
House of Delegates
Villanova
Philadelphia
al Postus
Town State
Shibe Park
Cyclones
Soviet Union
Arctic
City drains lake to remove large carp and turtles
Davia and a City Water Department employee trapped 14 large carp in Culler Lake this morning and began removing the rest. The lake has been drained to clear the big fish that muddle the water, with City Engineer W. Raymond Walter noting the largest catch at about thirty inches and fourteen pounds. Turtles in the lake were also being sought.
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William J. Davia
City Water Department
Culler Lake
W. Raymond Walter
Stalin Hints Russ Offensive and Weaker Germans
Premier Stalin announced the Red Army has put out of action more than 8,000,000 enemy officers and men and signaled an imminent counter offensive. He said Germany is weaker than last year and stretched to the limit while the Soviet forces bear the war’s full weight. The statements came in a November 7 order of the day marking the 25th anniversary of the Soviet revolution.
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Moscow
Stalin
Red Army
Germany
Europe
Communist Party
Allied Air Sweeps Hit Occupied France Targets
U S fighter planes and RAF bombers struck enemy targets in Occupied France from Cherbourg to Boulogne while bombers attacked Caen airfields. Eagle Squadron veterans escorted Boston bombers as Canadian, Australian, Polish, and Belgian pilots joined the raid. Ground fire did not halt the operations and a prior raid destroyed a gas tank at Bergen op Zoom.
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London
U.S
RAF
France
Caen
Eagle
United States Army Air Forces
Cherbourg
Bou- Terri
Mae
Air Ministry
Channel
Bergen Op Zoon
Scheldt
Holland
Martinsburg to host explosives plant site announced
Congressman Jennings Randolph informed Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce that the city will host a new explosives plant. The exact site is not set, but a over 200 acre area is expected. The plant will be part of seven operated by Explosive Products Corp, makers of smokeless and incendiary powder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Jennings Randolph
Chamber of Commerce
Martinsburg Journal
Explosive Products Corp
Daylight Air Raid Test Reveals Several Flaws in County
Frederick County conducted its first daylight air raid alert in nearly a year. OCD officials reported overall function but noted civilians violated rules and warned that prosecution could follow. Some wards like Walkersville reported missed red signals. elsewhere Walkersville and Brunswick showed cooperation while schools largely did not drill.
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Frederick County
OCD
Alton Y. Bennett
Henry S. Barrett
Associated Press
Walkersville
Brunswick
Bennett
Mt. Pleasant
Libertytown
Frederick
North Market Street
Elm Street
Frederick High
Parkway
Washington Street
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Berlin
Keigo Kiyoura
Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito
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Tropics
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Errol Flynn
Delphey’s
Patrick
OM. Close Ff
Russ
Best
ALLEN
N. Market ST
Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Carty
Armstrong
C.C. Carty, Inc
Patrick St
Hone
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