Six Jap Ships Hit in Far Western Pacific Raid
Pearl Harbor Nov 6 Navy reports a carrier task force raid damaged five airfields and sank a submarine chaser while possibly sinking a heavy cruiser. In Manila Bay and over Luzon the Saturday strikes destroyed 19 planes on the ground and shot down 58 enemy aircraft. American losses not yet tallied with ships and ground installations heavily damaged including Clark Field.
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U. & Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Manila Bay
Japan
Pacific
William F. Halsey, Jr
Third Fleet
Philippines Sea
Manila
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Samar
Chester W. Nimitz
Clark Field
Nimitz
U. S
Five Countians Ordered for Induction Then Sent to Baltimore
Induction orders were mailed to five Countians under 26 who are not fathers. They will be sent to the Baltimore induction center and assigned to various military branches. Names include Albert Wayne MecClear Emmitsburg Bernard Walter Shorb Thurmont Carroll Leslie Gross Ladiesburg Bruce Bryan Gouker and Charles Leonard Basare Smithsburg. Fifteen registrants and one transfer from Board Two went to Baltimore for pre induction physicals before active duty.
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Selective Service Board Two
Baltimore
Albert Wayne MecClear
Emmitsburg
Bernard Walter Shorb
Thurmont
Carroll Leslie Gross
Ladiesburg
Bruce Bryan Gouker
Charles Leonard Basare
Rt. 1
Smithsburg
Board Two
660000 Nazi Prisoners Captured Since D Day
Allied forces report more than 660000 German prisoners captured since D Day with the U S First Army at 200138. Twenty First Army Group lists 102523. Sixth and Ninth Armies note further totals as the Vosges push continues.
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Supreme Headquarters Allied
U. S. First Army
Sixth Army
Vosges Mountains
U.S. Third Army
U. 5
Seventh Army
Brittany
U. S
Ninth Army
Final Plea By Roosevelt Hits War Ends and Peace
President Roosevelt delivers a nationwide broadcast urging a final campaign push for victory and a postwar world peace organization. He appeals for unity at home and calls for victory in the war so armed forces can return soon to honorable jobs and a lasting democratic order. The address closes with a prayer for strength and justice guiding nations toward a just peace.
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Hyde Park
G &P
Roosevelt
Hiss
Democratic National Committee
Hudson Valley
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Bower
Large Part Of Vote To Be Cast Today In Frederick County
Voters are expected to turn out at 75 to 80 percent of registered voters with many away on war work or service ballots. Tydings Beall are projected to win Frederick County, margins vary from 1,000 to 2,000 in favor of Republicans and Democrats. Soldier ballots may not change results. service vote expected under 900.
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Frederick County
Millard E. Tydings
J. Glenn Beall
Dewey
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Board of Election Supervisors
Secretary of State
Annapolis
Pernodl
Conroy Harding Nuptials at St John’s Forest Glen
Miss Anais Ruth Harding daughter of Mrs Edward J Harding of Washington marries Lieut John Michael Conroy USNR of Frederick and Washington at St John’s Catholic Church Forest Glen with a reception at Hotel 2400 and a honeymoon trip to The Homestead Hot Springs Virginia.
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Conroy-Harding
St. John’s Church
Forest Glen
Anais Ruth Harding
Edward Joseph Harding
Washington
Mr. Harding
John Michael Conroy
USNR
Frederick
James G. Conroy
Camp Pickett
Joseph T. Kennedy
St. John’s Catholic Church
Louis R. Harding
Plainfield
N. J
William J. Kenealy
Jersey
Johanna Hill
Richard P. Whitty, Jr
Harrison Brand
Harding
Major Conroy
John N. _ Ditzler
H. M. Kiesel
P. Henry Needham
Harry A. Carragher
Hot Springs
Three Bloody Jap Attacks Beaten Back At Ormoc
General MacArthur's forces report beating back three night banzai assaults by Japanese near Carigara Bay and Ormoc As the 24th Division advances four miles toward Ormoc heavy artillery and long range batteries pound Japanese positions in the Ormoc Valley Local clashes are reported around Dagami and Pinamoppan amid reduced enemy air activity A farm stock sale near Taneytown realizes 7435 dollars in total receipts
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MacArthur
Philippines
Carigara Bay
Ormoc
24Th
Limon
Ormoc Valley
Leyte
Dagami
Leyte Valley
96Th
Visayas
Pinamoppan
Ormec Valley
Ormeco
Ormoc-Carigaira Bay
Stalin Names Japan and Germany Aggressors in Peace Plan
Premier Stalin labeled Japan and Germany as aggressors and urged a postwar armed peace organization to deter aggression. He warned Germany would seek a new war after defeat and stressed unity among free nations to secure lasting peace. Also notes two Frederick, Maryland servicemen honored with a Presidential Citation.
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London
Stalin
Japan
Germany
Moscow
United Nations
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Pacific
Hongkong
Singapore
Great Britain
U. S
Eighth Air Force
England
Charles K. Doll
Frank A. Doll
Frederick
Thomas W. Austin
Wallace Austin
Lord Moyne Assassinated in Cairo Ambush
Lord Moyne British resident minister in the Middle East was shot as he got from his car at home in Cairo. He died in a military hospital the same night. His chauffeur perished and the two gunmen were captured. The Egyptian government said the assailants were not Egyptians. Moyne had served since August 1942.
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Lord Moyne
Cairo
Middle East
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Halkcey
Ox Fibre Brush Co
CIO
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
Devenweig
Cone
Anesier Earl Smith
Berton Miner
Miners
Alice Lewise Cone
Smith
Watson E. Holley
First Methodist Church
ALLEN
North Market
Ric Rae
South Market
Jess Matin
Ras Vats
Bai Ovat
C.e.cline& Son
Brederick, Md
Sehvike Appeqet Pelsunay Yelure
Taw
Cavillas
English
North Sea
Moo of
H. B. Wenschoff
Taneytown
Ayrshire
Baltimore & Ohio
B&o
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