40 More Jap Barges Sunk By U.S. Guns
Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific report sinking over 40 Japanese gunboat barges near Vila Lavella and in Vella Gulf during night actions. A Japanese gunboat was sunk, others damaged, as American ships pressed operations against evacuation efforts. Ground fighting on the Ramu River Valley neared Gusap crossing, with Allied forces advancing toward Lae.
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Southwest Pacific
Ngara Island
Vella Gulf
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Les
Vella Lavella Island
Solomons
Vila
Kolombangara
MacArthur
Ramu
New Guinea
Bena Bena
Interior New Guinea
Lae
Buka
Solomon Chain
P.T
Japan
Am Gir
Munda
Arundel and
Veila Lavella Islands
Kulumbangara
Apache favored with top weight in Capitol Handicap
Baltimore October 4 Belair Stud's sprinter Apache drew 126 pounds as top weight for the 7500 added Capitol Handicap. The six furlong race for three year olds and up heads a program at Laurel Park as Maryland's four tracks open a 30 day meeting with 29 stakes.
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Baltimore
Belair Stud
Apache
Capitol
Maryland
al- Cazar
Charles McLiennan
Laurel Park
Pimlico
Laurel
Bowie
Hayre de Grace
Lcst
Howe Stables
Woollord’s Farm
T. D. Grimes
Calumet Faris
Veronica Lake and Maj John Dethe End Marriage
Actress Veronica Lake cites temperaments and Hollywood woes as cause of divorce from Maj John Dethe, Army Engineers officer. They married September 26 1940 and have a daughter Elaine aged two. a second daughter died shortly after birth. Lake’s statement comes as they separate amicably amid career strains.
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Hollywood
Veronica Lake
John Dethe
Delle
Army Engineers
Elaine
Boyds Man Sent To Jail For Dizzy Driving
A Mt.air court session led to multiple drunken driving and other traffic offenses. James B. Webb of Boyds received 60 days in jail and fines. Carsten Bea Shear faced driving while intoxicated charges. other defendants from Frederick and surrounding towns dealt with forfeitures and penalties for speeding, no license, and related violations. State Trooper actions and witness accounts tied to a head-on collision near Cemetery Hill.
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Mag Strate Alton Y. Bennett
Carsten
Beashear
Route 4
Waere Te
Haque
James B. Webb
Bath City
Biasnear
Stites Alfornes
Wilidur
Storm
Té Yeourald Merchle Stull
Frederick
Betty Hoffman
Elmer Claybaugh
Thaimest
Raymond Haller
Frederick Junction
Harry Snauffer
Dea Mae
Dewey Comer
Warrisburg
Reckiess
Elmer J. Emerson
New Windsou
Russell M. Eldridge
Washington
David TL Biyanl
Purcelivile
Moratia G. Laskey
Union Bridge
Lowden Penn
Unionville
Lewis Brookman
Shenandoah Junction
WL Va
Floyd J. Messick
Baltimore
Bruce A. Bruchey
Michael Go Harns
Gailty
Wilbur F. Cook
Julian Harris
Maryland
Duvall
Jessup
McElfish
William Edgar Hartsock
Buckeystown
Late Ensign Schwartz to Arrive in Corpus Christi Thursday
Funeral arrangements for Ensign James Wm Schwartz US Navy son of Mr and Mrs Charles R Schwartz are announced. He was killed in a plane training accident near Corpus Christi Texas Saturday. Cadet Warren E Hand of San Diego was also reported killed.
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James Wm. Schwartz
US. Navy
Charles R Schwartz
Civ
Corpus Christi
Texas
Turday
Ensign Schwartz
Warren E Hand
San Diego Calif
Csenus Cherety
Three Old Liners Lost To Nation's Forces
College Park October 4 The University of Maryland football squad suffered a heavy blow as three starters were drafted. Coach Clarence Spears announced Ralph Fien and Jacopen end left for the Navy while Pat McCarthy end has orders to report for induction October 13. McCarthy caught Maryland's touchdown pass Saturday in a 13 to 0 win over Wake Forest.
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College Park
Get
University of Maryiend
Clarence Spears
Toach
Ralph Fienend
Dake Jacopen
Navy
Pat McCarthy
McCarthy
Maryland
Wake Forest
Danes Re Open Attacks On Nazi Plants
Danish patriots struck German power stations and war materiel factories in a campaign described as a militant response to the Jewish purge. Sabotage hit Broenderslev power station and a Nike site, with explosions at a troop barracks on the Skagerrak coast. Germany blamed Jews. Danish refugees warned the crackdown would intensify resistance as Jews faced house-to-house searches along the coast. Governor O Connor to speak to several civic groups at the Plate Scott Roy hotel Friday afternoon.
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Stockholm
Oet
Geman
Bar- Tach
Lea
Gellman
Denmark
Broonderslev
Jutland
Nike
Lockkon
Skagerrak
Agdinst
Sabubeurs
la Heroed
Faco Manufacturing
Wat
Peer Copenhager
Tadl
Thorr Muid
Geslapo
Danish
Copen-hagen
Deisingaer
Malmne
Scully
Sweden
Mile Strait
Flames From Car Wheels Before Wreck On The Limited
Philadelphia reports describe a near catastrophe when the Congressional Limited train appeared to have a hot box and caught fire moments before a wreck. Witnesses including a whistle blower and a factory inspector testified to seeing flames and warning passengers as the engine sped by.
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Philadelphia
Pdoocuus T Garri Beg Dbong
Congressional Limited
Tara
Todas
Alice Bruce
Menths
John J. Boyer
Limited
Fire response to stove incident at Purenen
Fire teams from Currens Truck, Junior Engine and United freetong companies were dispatched to 425 North Bentz Street Purenen to extinguish a stove fire. No water supply issue was needed as crews contained the blaze.
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Currens
United Freetong
North Bentz Sire
Purenen
Treasury Tax Plan Faces Doubts After Death of Key Figure
A newly proposed tax program would cut the government’s oversil lake from personal incomes by 40 percent, but Rep Dougnicn (D NC) said it’s too heavy a burden for taxpayers at this time. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee he warned tax bills would likely stall, with speculation that any bill this year would raise only about half of the administration’s request. Parts of the Treasury plan were called utterly defensible by critics.
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Wasmullian
Gelorer
Ines
Mo JR
Norling
Dougnicn
D-Nc
Dougnion
Fiouse Wass
Hersholt Retiring From Screen To Dedicate Time
Actor Hersholt plans retirement from film work to devote himself to duties of the Denmark-America Association, of which he is president. He says his duty to America remains paramount and notes he has a sister in Denmark.
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Angeles Wen
Nanishburn Agiur
Dean Hersholt
Wen
Denmark-cimerica
Associaton
Aaieiuea
Amerieg
Denmark
Medals For Members Of Ground Observers Corps
The Federal and State governments will award medals this week to 349 Frederick County ground observers and chief observers with 500 hours or more of duty. Wilbur W. Baker and Charles S. Hudson of Frederick coordinate area supervision under the First Fighter Command. Chief observers Bonis A. Aores Certo yany tt i Me Feaga J. H. Gambrill Jr Calvin W. Wachter and A. C. Whitmore will distribute the decorations to qualified observers in their posts.
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Patriotic Voluntary Service
Frederick
United States
Wilbur W. Baker
Unionville
Charles 5. Hudson
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
Baker and Hudson
Feaga
J. H. Gambrill, Jr. Calvin
W. Wachter
A. C. Whitmore
Higher Ceilings For Apples Reported O.K.
Representative Holmes said Jones signed today apple ceiling prices to growers, about 34 cents per 2 pound package above September’s tentative. Basic grower price set at 25.25 per 25 pound package for October F. C. B. shipping points with per pound adjustments by weight. War Food Administration approved a storage-season monthly increase. Holmes noted it helps keep growers in business.
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Washington
Holmes
Jones
Office of Price Ade Munistration
Ship Output In Decline
Rear Admiral Harold L. Vickery said September ship production was disappointing with 160 vessels delivered versus 164 in August. He noted Oregon Shipbuilding Corp in Portland set a record with 24 ships, while announcing upcoming Victory Ships will exceed 17 knots and be faster than Liberty ships, shaping postwar trade.
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Washington
Harold L. Vickery
Wds
Vickery
Maritime Commission
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
Portland, Ore
Edgar Kaiser
Booby Trap Found In General Clark's Naples Hotel
A 1700 pound German booby trap was found in a Naples hotel hours before Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark and other high officers were to establish Fifth Army headquarters. Engineers removed the device after inspecting the building. No explosions have been reported as yet and Italian-assisted engineers and sap pers have cleared many booby traps in Naples.
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Fifth Army
Naples
Mark W. Clark
Swiss Guns Killed 14 Americans
Bern, Oct 4. Military funeral services will honor 14 United States aviators killed in Switzerland last week by anti aircraft fire and a fight with German pursuit planes. The crews of two American bombers were downed. Attending will be US British and Iranian Ministers, Brig Gen Barnwell R Legge, and 78 American internees. In France patriots distribute tiny carved coffins with warnings to Nazi collaborators.
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Bern
Switzerland
Ragaz
United States
Sais3
Germany
Wiener Neustadt
Austria
Barnwell R. Legge
U. 5
Plenty of Coffee Boosts War Ration Outlook
Washington Oct 4 The Office of Price Administration denied any move to resume coffee rationing. Officials said rumors stem from War Ration Book Four stamps labeled coffee were printed before suspension and would be distributed later this month.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
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