Continuous Air Assault on Buna in New Guinea
American dive bombers led heavy raids on Buna as Allied forces tightened to seize the airfield. A-20s hit the Japanese airdrome amid 100 plus sorties while MacArthur commanded the push from multiple directions including Buna, Sanananda Point, and Gona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Schedler
New Guinea
Buna
United States
Jeve
Toye
Sanananda
Gona
Douglas MacArthur
Don Hall
Corpus Christi
Tex
Coast Guard Called To End Plant Trouble
Baltimore November 22 Coast Guard captain of the port C H Abel said no new developments in the Bethlehem Fairfield Shipbuilding Company labor dispute after a 64 man patrol was sent as a precautionary measure to guard the plant, a Liberty Ship producer. Union leaders John Green Philip H Van Gelder or both were to visit for talks. The intramural dispute centers on employment of negro workers, but the union says all available labor must be used. The guardsmen will be reduced to normal strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
C. H. Abel
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipbuilding Company
Coast Guard
Lucien Koch
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CSO
John Green
Philip H. van Gelder
Koch
Abel
Draft Board Names Leatherwood in Local Service List
Carroll county Draft Board One reports Wesley Goldsboro Leatherwood of Mt. Airy among the latest men accepted for military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Draft Board
Wesley Goldsboro Leatherwood
Mt. Airy
Boracis scid from Death Valley borax mined ore
Boracis scid, the common evolution, is prepared from borax mined in Death Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death Valley
Allied Invasion Routes Outlined For Europe Strategy
The article discusses Allied plans after North Africa showing four major invasion routes into Europe. It describes using the Mediterranean as a base for attacks through France or via the Alps, with Spain potentially shifting sides and a Balkan route into Central France. The pieces suggest timing with Rommel’s defeat and aim to outmaneuver the Axis with flexible land and sea operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Alps
France
Zinn
Africa
Marshal Rommel
Europe
North Africa
Mediterranean Sea
Spain
Gibraltar
Ling
Italy
Greece
Hitler
Rickenbacker Rescue Told After Pacific Ordeal
Pearl Harbor reports the rescue of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and seven others after more than three weeks adrift in rubber rafts in the South Pacific. The group survived by eating raw fish and sea birds, while Navy seaplane pilot Eadie located and guided their rescue. Rickenbacker praised faith and endurance as the flotilla drifted, with natives aiding after landfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Eddie Rickenbacker
South Pacific
Rickenbacker
William F. Badié
Army
Stimson
Regulation Talk Signals War Time Rationing Fears
Officials consider hoarding limits to curb panic buying and ensure fair supply. A proposed plan would require declarations of held goods and could strip ration coupons for excess hoarding, with penalties up to 30,000 dollars and ten years in prison. The Office of Price Administration seeks voluntary media cooperation to prevent speculation, while grocers face scrutiny over price changes masked by brand shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ney
Price Administration
OPA
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
English Pte Ramsburg Arrives With Army Forces
The mother Mrs Jesse Ramsburg of East Patrick Street has learned that her son Pte Ramsburg has arrived in England with Army forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsburg
England
Jesse Ramsburg
East Patrick Street
Lieut. Mause At Gibraltar
Lieut. Mause and family in Maryland receive a radiogram from son Lieut. John D. Mise, now with the American Air Force overseas in Gibraltar. Mise reports he is well and happy. the message dated November 13 is the first from him since October 10. The elder Mause, formerly a RAF pilot, joined the US Air Force on September 25 after training in the United States and England. He and two American buddies escorted bombers in raids over German-occupied territory, including Dieppe. He later flew for the Duke of Kent and described meeting him as memorable. During a US base visit in August, rationing was discussed and Mise observed Americans may not grasp war as home front citizens do. The trio and others were transferred to the AAF from RAF service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Mause
Myersville
Baltimore
Mause
Navy
John D. Mise
American Air Force
Gibraltar
Lieut
Baker Field
Calif
Dunkirque
United States
England
Jay Reed
Lee Gover
Dieppe
Myerneville
Duke of Kent
RAF
Scotland
Young Mause
Duke
Young Mouse
Fragmented notes on RAF loyalty and marriage license list
Excerpts recount a serviceman regretting leaving the RAF yet praising English companions and wartime phrases about national identities. The West Minster area lists marriage licenses for Paul V. Hahn with Agnes M. Six and others, including Wile bur Kelly with Mary Carson and Paul Clay with Doris Norwood, in Mt. Airy. The text also briefly mentions rope making among primitive peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Minater
Paul V. Hahn
Agnes M. Six
Union Bridge
Wilebur R. Kelly
Mary K. Carson
Emmitsburg
Paul B. Clay
Doris A. Norwood
Mt. Airy
Weather data snapshot from regional report
The 24 hour precipitation trace is recorded with 0.93 inches for November to date. Yesterday's high was 43, low last night 36. Sunrise is 4:04 and sunset 4:31. Moon rises tomorrow. rivers noted at Monocacy and Potomac, both clear. Knoxville region shows clear conditions.
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Tomarra
Monocacy
Coresville
Potomaé
Knoxville
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Mediterranean
Sudan
Algeria
Libya
SULG
Turkey
West Africa
French Equatorial Africa
ANGLO
Chetnik
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Egypt
Rickenbacker Party
TJ. S. Hero
James C. Whitaker
Burlingame
Alexander Kaczmarczyk
Torrington
Cherry
Eadie
Hans C. Adamson
Washington, D. C
John F. Bartek
Eddie
Addimson
Bartek
Whitaker
Island Hospital
Dontors
United States Navy
Army Air Corps
Jost
CPA
Arctic
Alaska
Adamson
Hollander
BE. Patrick
Potomac Edison CO
Robert F
Ramehire
Son
Dr. Edwards
Fon Minda
Moroline Petroleum Jelly
Rome
AL North Court
Pheae
Doll Jewelry Store
South Market St
Frederick, Md
Owes Melvin M. Engle Outern
American Timber Products
Max Wagenberg
P. D
Box Frederick, MD
Millsia Yard
Fair Ground Road
East
Chereksi
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