Guadalcanal battle repels Japanese counterattacks
American forces repulsed several Japanese counterattacks on Guadalcanal as air patrols and ground fire kept enemy positions from threatening the airfield. Secretary Knox said Japanese casualties in three months of Solomons fighting are far higher than American losses, with Americans holding positions east of the airfield and preparing for possible renewed attacks.
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Washington
Guadalcanal Island
Solomons
Navy
Guadalcanal
U. S
Knox
Japan
United States
Roosevelt
Annual Music Festival Friday At Centennial Memorial Church
The senior choir of Centennial Memorial United Brethren church hosts a Friday festival on November 13 with a supper conference at six o'clock led by Prof. Raymond K. Hollinger of Hagerstown. The event features local choirs and guest harpist Riss Jean Lutz from Baltimore with organist Prof. Henry T. Wade of Hood College.
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Centennial Memorial United Brthfeit Church
Raymond K. Hollinger
Hagerstown
Hollinger
Baltimore
Miss Lutz
Mary Muller Fink
Peabody Conservatory
Harold T. Lutz
Lutz
Middletown
Boylan Wins Easily In Fifth Circuit Judgeship Race
Unofficial results show Democrat James E. Boylan Jr. defeating Theodore F. Brown for the Fifth Judicial Circuit judgeship across Carroll Howard Anne Arundel counties with 11,831 to 6,937 in three counties. Carroll totals were closer with Boylan at 4,868 to Brown 4,365 and tabulations in Mt Airy and other precincts reflect varied local margins as Republicans held county offices and voters split across the eight House posts.
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Fifth Judicial Circuit
Carroll
Howard
Anne Arundel
James E. Boylan
Theodore F. Brown
Westminster
Boylan
Brown
Carroll County
McKeldin
O’conor
Walsh
Whitworth
Congress
Baldwin
Norris
Dorsey
Shoemaker
Shipley
Spoerlein
Sponseller
Taylor
Register of Wills
Berwager
Grumbine
Board of County Commissioners
Norman R Hess
Emory A Berwager
Howard H. Wine
Bollinger
Hess
Hooper
Wine
Conaway
Matthias
House of Delegates
Barnes
Dodrer
Hahn
Benson
Leister
Smile
Ritter
Hoff
Erb
Green
Kephart
Bowers
Harman
Raver
Mt. Airy
O'Conor
Mt Airy
Whit
Smith
Rover
McKeildin
Ioconor
Speerlein
Taneytown
Precinst
McXeldin
Sponseiler
Grombine
Barces
U S Raid On Rangoon Docks Surprises Japan
New Delhi reports United States bombers struck the Kommadine docks and shipping at Rangoon, hit warehouses and a small ship from high altitude. The enemy was surprised, anti aircraft fire weak, no interceptions, all American planes returned to base.
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New Delhi
United States
Rangoon
Revival Campaign at Beihei Tabernacle Opens Sunday
The Beihei Tabernacle at West Ninth Street announces an evangelistic campaign led by Rev Bar clay B Brickley starting Sunday November 8 at 7 45 pm, continuing nightly with Rev LeRoy K Dodge delivering sermons, open to the public. At Yakima Indian Agency Washington, Indiana and Agency employees slash automobile driving by one third, adopting horses to save gasoline and rubber.
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Beihei Tabernacle
West Ninth Street
This City
Barclay B. Brickley
LeRoy K. Dodge
Yakima Indian Agency
Washington
Indiana and Agency
100 Mile Hour Winds Sweep Cuban Province
Winds ranging from 85 to 100 miles an hour lashed the north coast of Camaguey province threatening western Cuba. The Belen College observatory noted the disturbance moving west southwest. A 100 mph gust was recorded near Moran as the storm moved across the island. Florida storm warnings remained in effect as the system tracked toward the Caribbean, with precautionary measures kept in place from central Cuba to the Florida Keys.
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Havank
Camaguey
Cuba
Belen College Observatory
Moran
Florida
Miami
Fla
Florida East Coast
Caribbean
Melbourne
Florida Keys
Key West
Weather Bureau
Florida Straits
Election Signals On Liquor Issue From Tuesday Votes
Washington reports mixed local option results after Tuesday elections with no clear national shift on liquor policy. Wet and dry camps probe significance, Oklahoma Dry defeat of Senator Josh Lee stands out while Lee’s proposal to bar spirits sales in Army camps is stalled in Senate Military committee. Daniels urges immediate action to bring the measure to the floor.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
Oklahoma
Josh Lee
Lee
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Mexico
Reynolds
Military Committee
Play Day At Hood Welcomes Washington University Guests
Forty students from George Washington University joined Hood College for an afternoon program of tennis hockey and soccer starting at 2 15 p m. The Hood Athletic Association and Department of Physical Education organized the event under Mrs Maron G Smith with Miss Marion Smeb, a Chestertown senior, as president. Barbara Higbee of Margate NJ led general arrangements. The noncompetitive day aims to foster friendly sports and closer ties with neighboring colleges.
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George Washington University
Washington
D. C
Hood College
Hood
Hood Athletic Association
Department of Physical Education
Maron G. Smith
Marion Smeb
Chestertown
Barbara Higbee
Margate
Photographic Exhibit Highlights Mexican Life at Hood College
Fritz Henle’s Rolleiflex photographs of Mexico will be displayed in Hood College lobby from today through November 21. The collection emphasizes Mexican types, costumes, folklore and festivals. public viewing is invited. Miss Catherine Eichelberger, art assistant professor, will discuss “Mexican Crafts” in a Thursday talk sponsored by the Home Economies Club.
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Rolleiflex
Mexico
Hood College
Fritz Henle
Fortune
Life
National Geographic
Magazine of Art
Henle
Catherine Eichelberger
Community notices and births plus a wartime youth dance
Local brief highlights quiet wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Harry Best and births of Robert Adrian Shriner and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Douglass Howe. Family movements include Campbell relatives in Knoxville and Detroit travel notes. A Junior Chamber of Commerce poster campaign for a dance at the Key Hotel, with War Stamp references, and a Christian Endeavor meeting at Keysville Lutheran Church conclude the items.
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Lamana Schaffer
Elmer Schaffer
Manchester
Clinton William Smith
Legore
Keysville Church
Herbert Schmidt
Woodsboro
Robert Shriner
Woodwichere
Robert Adrian
Shriner
Armatha Bowers
Frances Campbell
Homer B. Campbell
Annie R. Campbell
Knoxville
Jaycee Zeal
Francis Scott Key
Clark Sheetenhelm
Chamber of Commerce
Keysville
Christian Endeavor
Keysville Lutheran Church
Mervin Fuss
Calvin Valentine
100000 Axis Troops Held In Egypt By British Forces
Axis troops in Egypt reportedly captured or trapped by British forces at Qattara and Axis positions in the south faced heavy Allied losses. Reports also claimed a convoy and the battleship Rodney moved from Gibraltar, though Allied confirmation was lacking.
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Egypt
Qattara
Rodney
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
1200 Pupils Begin F H S Ware Course
One thousand two hundred students start courses at F H S Ware, with radio classes planned pending staff. A typing course and an auto mechanics program under the Victory Corps are proposed, half funded by national efforts. Community involvement to begin after November 17, with an advisory council including Mayor Lloyd C. Culler and other civic leaders.
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Victory Corps
Roosevelt
Lloyd C. Culler
Alton Y. Bennett
David G. Everhart
Roger B. Wolfe
U. S. Committee
Chamber of Commerce
James H Gambrill, Jr
Red Cross
F. Earle Shriner
Charles E. Hudson
Joseph H. Himes
American Womens’ Voluntary Services
C. Thomas Summers
Hal Lee Ott
Clifford M. Yinger
American Legion
Womens' Motor Corps
Arthur C
Frederick area clubs and school leaders named in roster
A long OCR list names numerous local leaders and officials including club presidents Kiwanis Lions Rotary Zonta and Business and Professional Women along with Frederick High School administrators Victory Corps staff and student leaders. The roster includes church pastors principals superintendents and executive secretaries.
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Poulsen
Jienny R. Shoemaker
Melvig M. Engle
Kiwanis Club
Niemann A. Brunk
Lions Club
Charles McC. Mathias
Rotary Club
R. H. Fellows
Zonta Club
M Loutee Freeman
Business and Professional Womens’ Club
Clifford M Yinger
Jeadarnt Lybine Highs Miots Writ
Amos John Traver
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Charles W. Willis
Frederick High School
James E. Solt
Victory Corps
Margaret F. Besant
Thomas S. Anderson
The
Farm Bureau
Alvin G. Quinn
Frederick--To-M
James F. Zimmerman
Air Service Division
Beverly F. Stupp
Local Student Representatives Named for School Board
Tinia Nicodemus is named Junior Girls representative James Hane becomes Senior representative and Marie Castle serves as Freshman representative in the new student council lineup.
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Tinia Nicodemus
James Hane
Marie Castle
Ration Boards Here To Decide Replacements
Washington announces local rationing boards will decide replacements for tires and recapping under the gasoline rationing program starting November 22. Each board gets a class of certificates to authorize tire purchases or recapping, and if demand exceeds certificates, boards will use discretion to allot.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
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Cinton William Smith, Jr
Boy- Jan
Berweger
Hof
Tne
New Windsor
Svea Kel
Dulney
Sponséller
Tay‘Yor
Grumbing
iWine
Ship
Union Bridge
Mecheldin
Dorzey
Sponselier
Mathias
Barnés
Kepnart
Cuban Province
South America
Inter-American Affairs
Latin America
Julien Bryan
Harry Best
HA East Church Street
Douglass Howe
Brunswick
Howe
Mase Neary Kemp
Daughtar
Harry Kemp
North Market Street
Virginia Abrecht
Johny D. Abrecht
College Avenue
Bridge
Julia Montgomery
Harry D. ‘Baumgaraner
Detroit
E. P. Freeze
W.L. Cumberlidge
Clinton B. Willard
Mary E. Wallard
Weat
Patrick Street
Delbert C. Poole
Willard
Frederck
Pvt
John Edward Williams
Conrad Williams
U. S. Army
Technical School
Squadron
Air Force
Miami Beach
William Patty
Naval Air Base
Corpus Christi
Texas
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Pleasant
New York City
Schnauffer
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Junior C. E
Pulp Sa
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Axis
Bibles
Uae
American Timber Products Mak Wagenberg
Box Frederick
Fair Ground Road
Eng Geen
TREE
F. H. S. Ware
Frederick City
Wm, K, Slemmer
Mgr
Liberty Finance Corporation
N. Market $i
Mae Delat
Vember
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
R. Ames Hendrickson
Charles Wertheimer
Francis B. Sappington
William M. Storm
Raymond H. Bussard
Robert E. Delaplaine
C. Albert Gilson
Harry C. Schroeder
James Heinlein Harris
Horace C. Zacharias
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