Pacific theater totals reveal Palau casualties and raids
The War Department release notes 7 417 U S and Palau casualties from Sept 25 to Oct 5 with 336 killed eight missing and 1 707 wounded amid fierce fighting in the Southern Palau area Japanese losses rise overall In New Guinea Liberator and Corsair air operations report strikes on Iwo Jima Peleliu and Balikpapan while Amboina and Ceram shipping face damage Also minor local crime report and a note on Howard Moss as most valuable player in the minor league season
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Vern Halgland
U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Ort
Palaus
Tde
Acain
Palau
First Marine Division
Slet Army
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Peleliu
Babelthuap
Koror
Grouna Ioeps Venlinuea
New Guinea
Balikpapan
Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Domei
Ga Agency
U. S
U.S. Time
Macarthur
Amboina Island
Philippines
Amboina
Ceram
State Police Scope Tied To Public Support Warns Col Ober
Colonel Beverl Ober of the Maryland State Police told the Lions Club that the force can only grow in impact with public demand. He cited the need for broad jurisdiction, rapid service, and coordination with local authorities, noting strong wartime staffing and training.
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Beverl Ober
Maryland
State Police
Sweer Tee
Eh US Worth
Accident and Calliston Statistics Bureau
Col Ober
Marsland
Uolic
Five Years For Theft Of School Bus
Clarence Denyers 17 of Ellicott City was sentenced to five years in the House of Correction after being found to have engineered the robbery of bus parts and the theft of at least five other automobiles near Ellicott City. James Stanbury 16 of Elkridge was sent to the Maryland Training School for Boys as an accomplice.
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Clarence Denyers
Ellicott City
Howard County
House of Correction
Louis W. Leimback
Ellicott
James Stanbuty
Elkridge
Deavers
Maryland Training School For Boys, Corp
James N. Simmons
State Police
RG Parrott
Black Dragon Leader Mitsuru Toyama Dies at 69 in Japan
The unofficial emperor of the Black Dragon Society, Mitsuru Toyama, died at his summer home near Tokyo after a life as a fanatical expansionist and anti-foreign agitator. Born in 187? he helped found the Black Ocean Society and influenced movements against Western powers, including aiding regional militarists and supplying arms to Emilio Aguinaldo. The death ends a controversial career linked to Japan’s prewar expansionism.
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Associated
Presa
Mitsuru Toyama
Japan
Tokyo
Comei
United States
Federal Communications Commission
Pearl Harbor
Black Dragon Society
FBI
Toyama
Korea
Black Ocean Society
Black Dragon
East Asia
Emilio Ruginaldo
Philippine
The
Russia
Army Air Forces Training 110000 Pilots Annually
The Army Air Forces are training 110000 pilots each year. In July 1939 the air arm counted 210 officers and men versus 2385000 at the year's start.
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Army
Ambulance Drivers Placed on Inactive List in War Effort
Thirty three of forty two emergency ambulance drivers are moved to inactive status by the OCD Drivers' Corps at the Court House. They surrender government equipment while 12 ambulances and various vehicles remain on call for emergencies. Several drivers are listed as killed or wounded in Europe and other theaters.
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OCD
Court House
Alton Y. Bennett
Charles Kemp
Carmy E. Reeder
Europe
Alaska
Brazil
Paciftor
Mary Murvan
Carlton W Molesworth
G Horton Peace
Elizabeth Sponselfer
Gilmore R. Flault
Howard Nusbaum
Richard Best
Dickerson
Potomac
Point of Rocks
Roger B. Wolfe
Clinton M Rhoades
Arnold Simmons
A W. Coran
Norman T. Trump
Russell W. Smith
Elwood T Whitmore
F. Russell Young
Walter 5. Forney
Vincent Magsio
Austin C. Thomas
Charles W. Lockard
J G. Noell
F Hammond Miller
G. B. Callan
A. G
Baltimore League Backs Bond Plan for Maryland Courts
The Baltimore League of Women Voters votes unanimously for the Bond plan to reorganize Maryland courts. Herbert M. Brune outlines the Bond Commission proposal for a five judge Court of Appeals with three from counties and two from Baltimore City, free from trial-court duties.
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Court of Appeals
Baltimore City
Annapolis
Baltimore
Baltimore League of Women Voters
Maryland
Herbert M. Brune
League
Carroll T Bond
Bond Commission
Plane Crashes Near Boyds. Pilot Safe and Uninjured
An Army single engine plane crashed on a highway near Boyds Thursday night. The pilot Captain W E Carson of Galveston Texas parachuted to safety. Rescue squads reported no injuries. The plane was en route from Winston Salem to Aberdeen. The crash was the third involving service planes in two weeks.
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Boyds
W. E. Carson
Galveston
Texas
Winston Salem
Aberdeen
Carson
Gaithersburg
Montgomery County
Army
Potomac River
Brunswick
E. W. Shry
Urbana
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