Five Jap Ships Sunk By United States Submarines
Navy said in communique No. 187 that in Aleutian actions September 27 28 two Japanese ships were probably sunk two damaged and five Zero fighters shot down. A submarine and a transport were listed as probably sunk with a transport and a cargo ship damaged. One US fighter was lost.
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Washington
Navy
Aleutian Islands
Aleutian
United States
Navy Department
North Pacific
Kiska
Attu
Public meeting to honor two weeks of scrap drive
A public meeting at eight tonight at the Court House closes a two week scrap drive in Frederick county. The drive has yielded 225 tons of scrap for the war effort, announced by Dr. David G. Everhart Sr. salvage chairman who remains in bed. Rev Dr Charles E Wehler presides with H Fenley French and James F Solley attending. Frederick Mayor Lloyd Co Culler and Mr French will present certificates and victory salvage buttons to volunteers.
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Court House
Frederick County
David G. Everhart
County Salvage Committee
Everhart
Earness
Charles E. Wehler
H. Fenley French
James F. Solley
War Production Board For
Maryland
Charles H. Conley
Frederick
Lloyd Co. Culler
French
Pilgrimage Sunday At 1.0.0.F. Home Frederick Md
The 16th annual Pilgrimage of the Odd Fellows will be held at the 1.0.0.F. Home in Frederick on Sunday. Harry E Fisher Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maryland will give an address. The program includes music by Taneytown Taner Lodge 28 Junior Band and Williamsport Methodist choir under Mrs Catherine Taylor with lodge talks. Luncheon served by Samaritan Rebekah Lodge No. 51 of Frederick.
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The
Odd Fellows
Frederick
Harry E Fisher
Grand Lodge of Maryland
Taner Lodge
Taneytown
Methodist Church Choir
Williamsport
Catherine Taylor
Samaritan Rebekah Lodge No. 51
Fred- O@l.cK
Market Report Steels Rally In New York Trading Day
Turn to steels in New York trading as buyers reentered metal issues after initial rough start profits. Prices improved with sizable volume and gains around a point. Most carriers edged ahead minor fractions late in the session as dealings slackened.
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Steels
New York
Boyers
New Iughs
Willkie Arrives in Chungking After Soviet Relay Flight
Wendell Willkie lands in Chungking after traveling from Kuibyshev via Urumchi Lanchow and Chengtu. He is greeted by Chiang Kai-Shek aides Gen Stilwell Ambassador Gauss and other officials. He notes a prior delay caused by a Japanese plane and jokes about dangers.
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Chungking
China
Wendell Willkie
Kuibyshev
Russia
Urumchi
Tihwa
Sinkiang Province
Lanchow
Chengtu
Chiang Kai-Shek
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S
Clarence E. Gauss
Roosevelt
Soviet Russia
Legislation Grows For Manpower Control Amid War Effort
Washington reports rising support among top war officials for manpower control legislation. At a closed War Manpower Commission session, members agreed to mobilize and allocate manpower across industry agriculture and the armed forces. Attending were Paul McNutt Donald Nelson Claude Wickard Lewis Hershey Robert Patterson and James Forrestal.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
War Manpower Commission
Allo Tate
Manpower Commission
Paul McNutt
Donald Nelson
Claude Wickard
Selective Service
Lewis Hershey
War
Robert Patterson
Navy
James Forrestal
Gas Taxes Down But Amusements Increase
Annapolis officials reported a drop in gasoline tax receipts for the 1941-42 fiscal year ending last Wednesday, but Comptroller J. Millard Tawes announced an unexpected rise in amusement tax collections.
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Annapelis
Maryland Tax Returns Count Reveals 1940 Figures
The Treasury reports 284,457 Marylanders filed federal income tax returns for 1940, saving taxes of 27,759,000. National totals show 14,788,159 Americans filed, with net income of 36,588,000,000 and total tax liability of 1,496,403,386, reflecting sharp year over year increases.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Wartime Plans By Frederick County Women's Clubs
The Frederick County Federation of Women's Clubs begins a county wide membership drive through October to expand wartime home front work. Projects cover clothing care and re fashioning, garden food production, canning and preservation, substitute materials for home furnishings, and thrift education. Additional topics include family morale, home management, taxes, inflation, bonds, and recreation to bolster community effort.
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Frederick County Federation of Rare
John Arthur Summers
Braddock Club
Esther Knowles
Frederick County
Winchester Hall
Adie Didle eRest
Harvest workers from Kentucky aid Washington county orchards
In Washington county orchards workers from Kentucky join conscientious objectors and penal farm inmates to ease the labor shortage in apple picking. The effort brings help to local orchards as harvest season proceeds.
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Hagerstown
Kentucky
Conscientious Objectors
Washington County
Air Raid Wardens Register For New Training Course
Air raid wardens must submit registration forms by Saturday night for the Civilian Protection School general course to begin next week. Seven of about 30 graduates from June’s course have been selected for the new program, with classes set at Elm Street School on Monday and Thursday evenings.
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OCD
Elm Street School
Pearl Harbor
Frederick County
Elm Street
James B Ranck
William M. Br
Alvida B. DeLashmutt
Catherine Weddie
Louise MecCormick
Hamilton Gale
John Gittinger
George Z. Best
Miss Dutrow
Brish
Clifford M. Yinger
Axis Shipping Is Blasted In Greek Port Raid
American heavy bombers hit a German ship at Pylos Greece, with two direct hits and near misses on others. Gen Montgomery said the British Army is readying for the next round in the battle of Egypt as dawn strikes aimed to erase a small Axis salient in the El Alamein front.
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Cairo
Pylos
North Africa
BL. Montgomery
Enghihavy
Egypt
Prioxs
Greek Peloponnesus
Montgomery
el Alamein Front
Nazis Using Full Reserve Power At Stalingrad
Moscow reports say Stalingrad shows fresh counter attacks inside and outside the city as German forces push with full reserve power yet fail to secure decisive gains. German broadcasts claim Orlovka in the northwest has fallen under encirclement, with breaches reported along the northern approaches.
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Stalingrad
Moscow
Volga
Red Army
White and Chandler duel in third World Series game
Ernie White of St. Louis and Spud Chandler of New York were named as the starting pitchers for the third game of the World Series set at Yankee Stadium. The travel train to New York carried the teams as the era of the classic series continued with both aces ready to square off tomorrow.
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New York
Ernie White
St. Louis
Customers Line Up To Purchase Coffee In Columbus
Col umbus Ohio October 2 Hundreds of persons lined up before a downtown chain store for coffee as the supply grew acute in Ohio. The line reflected a state wide run on coffee seen in larger cities with shortages at many stores. Merchants reported chain stores hardest hit with Columbus shops often out of coffee for days.
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Columbus
Ohio
West Coast man hunts for amnesia victim father after wreck
W L Haggard of Los Angeles travels to Frederick with J F Clark to continue search for his father William W Haggard a War Department civil engineer presumed lost after the Cleveland night express wreck. Bag and other items found at the scene are studied while hope fades.
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W. L. Haggard
Los Angeles
Calif
Frederick
William W. Haggard
War Department
J. F. Clark
Washington
Haggard
Cleveland Express
Topeka
Kansas
Woodley Place
Pittsburgh
Cambridge
Young Haggard
Lockheed Aviation
Glendale
Rocnville
Tacs
Francis L Haggard
Detroit
Sor
British Intercept Two Fleeing Vichy Ships
British and South African warships and planes intercepted two Vichy French ships that fled Madagascar during the invasion. Marechal Galliéni was escorted to a South African port while Admiral Pierre was scuttled after being seized from a Madagascar port earlier.
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Capetown
Union of South Africa
Madagascar
Marecha Gallieni
Pierre
Yiannis
Medadascar
Submarine offensives sink Japanese ships in Pacific
US submarines in the western Pacific reportedly sank five ships and damaged others in a two week period. The Navy tally now shows 74 sunk, 19 probably sunk, and 22 damaged or likely sunk across 115 ships. No Solomon Islands actions were released in today’s communique.
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Navy Department
Navy
Solomon Islands
Solomons
South Pacific
Frederick Housing Authority Accepts North Frederick Project
The Frederick Housing Authority formally accepted Lloyd C. Culler’s eight building low rent project of 68 apartments in North Bentz West Sixth West Seventh Street. Asphalt tile flooring work will start Monday and finish in about three weeks before tenants move in. The $238,888 contract began in July 1941 after delays from wartime shortages.
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Frederick
Housing Authority
Culler
RAF Bombs Flensburg During Night Raid
British bombers pounded the Nazi submarine yards at Flensburg and other targets. Seventeen planes were reported in last night’s operations resuming the aerial offensive against Germany after a seven night lull. Attacks also hit Axis shipping off the coast of Holland. The home front remained quiet with no reports during darkness.
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London
Flensburg
Cudst
Germany
Holland
German Losses At Stalingrad Mount
A Moscow broadcast cited by Reuters said German losses on the Stalingrad front had risen to 75 percent of the strength deployed in that battle.
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Stalingrad
London
Moscow
Reuters
Welfare Board Sheds Light On Able Bodied Aid Policy
Frederick County Welfare Board states it will not provide financial aid to able bodied persons while encouraging partially disabled clients to work as much as they can. Ruth Brown Jones says transition will be gradual and income must be reported. some partially disabled clients have begun finding jobs as job opportunities improve.
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Frederick
Tee
Encome
Senators Debate Costs Rise Amid Price Control Fight
Senators who debated new price and wage controls faced a fresh issue as the Senate restaurant raised most a la carte prices, reflecting higher costs during the argument.
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Washington
Senate
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Thal
Berlin
DNB
White
Chandler
Davis
Eimer Davis
Uiiee
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
OWI
Coflee
Pacific
Aino Ak Heor
Orp
Welfare Board
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