Dakar Falls Under Admiral Darlan United Commands
Paris and Algiers report French West Africa incl Dakar has come under Admiral Jean Darlan’s orders. The move follows Petain’s radio appeal to resist and ties Dakar’s defense to Allied forces as a strategic shift in North Africa amid Tunisia and Libya fighting. A flotilla, including the Richelieu, is based at Dakar, with forces estimated from 20,000 to 60,000.
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London
French West Africa
Dakar
Jean Darian
Daker
Hemisphere
Admiral Darian
Vichy
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Algiers
Marshal Petain
Petain
Darlan
Cctinac 220sGacannee
Fernand de Brinon
Paris
Pierre Laval
Palange
North
Africa
France
Dr. Brinon
de Branca
Tunisia
Libya
United Nations
British First Army
Tunis
Biverte
Ilnes
Africa Corps
Erwin Rommel
Tripoli
Rommel
Middle Mediterranean
Secretary of State Hall
Washington
Georges Robert
Martinique
Caribbean
South Atlantic
West Africa
Pierre Boisson
Barreau
French Africa
French Empire
Senegal
French Guinea
French Sudan
Ivory Coast
Dahomey
Mauretania
Niger
Ita
Derlan
Atlantic Coast
Cargeet
Sine Marseille
le Havre
Brazil
Richelieu
Gloire
Montcalm
Georges Leygues
Lhat
Marshal Pewattik Aave Mlol
United States
Sy Storm
Monrovia
Liberia
Berlin
Rome
Eisenhower
Answers to War Quiz Put On Page Four Four
The quiz item notes that Insigne is worn by Signal Corps members. It states a Flying Fortress costs $350000 requiring more than 13000 bonds. It mentions a depth charge of high explosive designed for submarine use.
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Signal Corps
Call For 68 Inductees From Frederick County Draft Board 2
Sixty seven inductees and one transfer were called Monday for the first December examination by Frederick County Draft Board No 2. The list includes men aged 20 to 43 from four groups. the fourth group over 45 is not summoned. Several reclassified men appear in the December call and some with collateral dependents are expected to be summoned next month.
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Frederick
Earl Thomas Strube
RFD
Thomas Charles Etzler
Mt. Airy
Carroll William DeBerry
Baltimore
Robert Hanson Ecker
LeGore
Carmel Eliott Kelly
Thurmont
John Albert Summers
Jefferson
Reginald William Long
Rocky Ridge
Earl Marcus Spong
Hagerstown
Francia L. Seiss
Harvey LeRoy Kaufman
Alvie Leo Wiles
W. Third St
Paul LeRoy Davis
Soda Pubes MatPherson
Russell Bruce Tracey
Smithsburg
George Washington Young
Mt Airy
Charles Merton Miller
New Windsor
Dewey James Shelton
Franklin Lamarr Martin
Raymond Roscoe Linton
James Henry Hoffman
State Sanatorium
William Emory Sauter
Ladiesburg
Barnard Thomas May
Dolor Meade Eyler
Emmitsburg
Dorsey Lee Oden, Jr
Earl Francis Sanders
Taneytown
George William Wireman
Walter Dowhey Main
James Ellis Shifflet
Samsville
Sheridan LeRoy Grimes
Charles Harrison Stitely
Ernest Laurence Wollard
Basil Lawrence Johnson
Franklin Robert Hitchcock
Woodsboro
Francis Felix Hemler
Brisco G. Piper
Snow
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Austin Theodore Windsor
Walter David Biddinger
Lewis Staley Smith
Walkersville
Ralph Norman Halfleigh
Union Bridge
George Nicholas Wolfe
Tante Rat
William Alonzo Smith
Lester William Boyer
John Ormand Cain
Raymond Lamar Haller
Marie Cleveland Baker
Lantz
Joseph Anthony Esworthy
Ralph Franklin Weant
Charley Mae Brown
Sabillasville
Draft Board No. 21
William Albert Cerankosk
Ebensburg
Pennsylvania
Brothers Now Overseas Spurrier Siblings Serve Abroad
The Spurrier brothers J George C J Spurrier and Willis M Spurrier, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Spurrier of 124 East Seventh Street, are now overseas. George, 13 27, enlisted a month after Willis, 24, and both are stationed abroad in England. Ray Spurrier, formerly in the City Register office, is among those serving overseas.
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J. George C. J. Spurrier
Willis M. Ro Spurrier
Roscoe Spurrier
East Seventh Street
George Spurrier
Willis Spurrer
Engend Stic
Vis Set
Oer
Ray
Office
The
City Register
Six Minor Cases Are Tried In Police Court
Magistrate Manuel M Weinberg disposed of six minor cases in Police Court last night. Defendants included John R Moore of Thurmont who received a five day suspended sentence for drunkenness. Harry K Smith fined $10 for drunk and disorderly conduct. Mary Doe for parking violation with suspended sentence. Virginia Blackston for drunken and disorderly behavior with a 30 day suspended sentence. Ralph Bowers for drunkenness with a five day suspended sentence. and Ralph who was cited for operating a vehicle with four headlights and fined $5. Several defendants forfeited collateral by not appearing.
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Manuel M Weinberg
John R Moore
Thurmont
Harry K Smith
South Street
Mary Doe
Virginia Blacks
Moxley
Ruby Snowden
Harvey Whipp
James Newman
Ernest & Stuart
Washington
Edward Joseph Noonan
Libert
Norman T
Ration Board Quarters Expanded at Frederick County
Expanded quarters in the old Church Street school house double the space for the Frederick County War Price and Rationing Board. An enlarged main office and north wing now allow 35 clerks and volunteers to handle cases more efficiently while keeping staff levels unchanged.
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Church Street
Frederick County War Price and Rationing Board
Office of Price Administration
Ration Board
Star
OPA
Board
Marines Push Back Japs on Guadalcanal Front
U S Marines drive Japanese toward Guadalcanal's northern tip amid heavy fighting and bombing. Navy reports show ground gains west of the Matanikau River near Henderson Field as troops advance gradually.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Navy
Australia
New Guinea
Matanikau River
Henderson Air Field
Army
Marine Corps
Point Cruz
U-boat Base Attacked By Flying Fortresses
London Navy reports 23 Flying Fortresses and Liberator bombers hit the German submarine base at St Nazaire on the French coast near the Loire. Four US bombers were lost as RAF fighters drove off German opposition in a follow up to a Stuttgart raid.
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London
Navy
U. S
St. Nazaire
Stuttgart
Germany
United States
Marshal Goering
Lille
St Nazaire
Loire
North Africa Allied Actions Report French Casualties
A Moroccan radio broadcast listed 490 French dead from November 8 to 10 during Allied operations in North Africa. Wounded were 969, including 72 officers, with 59 officers among the dead.
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London
Morocco
Radio Tonight
North Africa
December T sticker loan aids fuel for truck operators
Commercial vehicle operators who fled for but have not yet received ODT certificates may apply for December T stickers starting today. The temporary ration, issued as a loan, covers gas from December 1 to 31 and will be deducted from the operator’s ODT allotment when their certificate arrives.
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Jecal
Frederick
Emmittsburg
Brunswick
County War Price and Ration Board
ODT
Car Collision at All Saints and Market Streets
Police did not file charges after a minor collision at All Saints and Market streets Monday afternoon. Rufus Ddeger Dickerson agreed to cover all damages. Officer James B. Marks investigated and noted the incident.
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All Saints
Market Streets
Rufus Ddeger
Dickerson
Chris Contakos
Johntown
James B. Marks
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Sion
Harry Leppo
National Court of Honor
Boy Scouts of America
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James E West
Leppos
Augustus B McQuay
Alaska
Shepherdstown
Harry Lambright Snyder
Auditorum
McMurran Hall
Whs White
Arthur E Ruark
University of North Carolina
Snyder
Harry L. Snyder, Jr
Charleston
West Virginia Board of Education
Santiago
Chile
Juan Antonio Rios
Argentina
Egypt
Eddie Rickenbacker
Pacific
South Pacific
Hawaii
San Francisco
NEA
Jost
Robert L Griffin, Jr
NEA Radiophoto
Brothers Now Overseas
George C. J. Spurrier
Stal
Willis M. K. Spurrier
Ina
Best
ALLEN
Tagaer
Beton
Delphey
South Market
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directu
Carty
C. C. Carty, Inc
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