Two U S Transports Lost In Solomon Islands Action
Two U S naval transports the George F Elliott and the Gregory were sunk or destroyed by Japanese air and warship attacks near Guadalcanal during the Solomon Islands campaign. The Elliott, formerly the City of Los Angeles, and the Gregory, a converted destroyer, were attacked as Marines landed and were abandoned after fires. About 57 American ships have been sunk or damaged in Pacific operations to date.
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George F Eliott
Guadalcanal
Gregory
Quincy Mass
Gregors
George F Elliott
Alameda
Calif
Baltimore Steamship Company
City of
Los Angeles
Navy
Solomons
Pacific
Missionary Meeting at Mt Pleacart Reformed Church
Regular trenthly gathering of Missionary Society to be held Sunday evening October 4 at 7 45. Program includes recitations readings and vocal solos with Mrs Greenbury Ecker Mrs Ruth Dixon Thomas Mrs Aerosmith and others, followed by addresses by Tramas anet Dore Delan ter and Betty Jane Reynolds, with Howard Gross in Middletown.
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The
Missionary Society of the
Mt Pleacart
West Coast Pt Prout Begins Air Corps Training
West Coast private Prout enlisted in the US Army Air Corps on August 24. After a brief stay at Camp Lee Virginia he was sent to McClellan Field California for further training. He is the son of Mia and Mrs Cleveland Trout of this city.
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Pt. Prout
US Arms Air Corps
Camp Lee, Va
McClellan Field
Calif
Mia
Cleveland Trout
Local defense plant worker fined for tavern assault
Bernard Kuhn of near Wolfsville, 30, was alleged to break a bee bottle over a tavern operator’s head in Smitspurg on September 7. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs after a hearing before Maegi lele EC Miller on September 30. Deputy Sheriff Lesiier Tsanogle arrested Kuhn, who is described as a local defense plant worker.
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Feiled
Assacli Hadgersians
Bernard Kuhn
Nea
Anti-Submarine Campaign Gains Effectiveness Across Atlantic
London reports Allied anti submarine efforts growing more effective as U boat packs face defense measures including smoke screens anti aircraft fire and fighter escorts. Officials note no interception of Nazi reconnaissance planes and suggest emphasis on improving morale through controlled leaks about U boat activity.
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London
Sadat
Cen
North Atlantic
United States
England
Heirs Fight Over Estate In Philadelphia Case
Orphans Court resumed hearings on the estate of eccentric Mrs Henrietta Schacfer Garrett as 26 000 potential heirs seek $17 000 000 unallocated from the late Mrs Garretts fortune. Proceedings follow June hearings involving the Kretschmar estates of Alabama and Illinois, with many claimants present and compressed testimony amid unfolding family claims.
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Philadelphia
Orphans Court
Henrietta Schacfer Garrett
Herman A Kretschmar
Okanville
Howard S. Kretschmar
Chicago
Kretschmars
Gareaue Fret Enieine
Family feud over forged Bible tied to vanished aunt
A Pennsylvania family story centers on a forged Bible used to claim wealth after an aunt disappeared. The narrative hints at fraud, perjury, and a fortune potentially worth $500000 annually, with hundreds drawn into the case as fraud allegations unfold.
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Pennsylvania
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Sunflex Caesia
Nicodemus Paint Store
North Court
Trederich
Pit
Harold Trout
American Institute of Laundering
Prates Areca Praltiats
S.le
Kemp
Val
Germany
Dad
Garrett
Murdea
Alpagora
Publiting
Kemp’s Men’s Store
U.S. War
Kemp ’S
Sportleigh Classic
Evchiive Fabrics
Nerican Woolen Co
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