Schools Will Issue War Ration Book No 4 in County
The Frederick county Board of Education announced that War Ration Book No 4 will be issued at public schools on Thursday October 28 Friday October 29 and Saturday October 30 with issuance starting around 1 30 p m and continuing to about 9 p m on the first two days. Schools close about 1 p m on the issuance days. The Frederick county War Price and Rationing Board will cooperate, and further notices will name participating schools. Also reported were teacher appointments and transfers at Frederick High Parkay Thurmont New Market and other schools noting overall similar enrollment to last year yet some vacancies such as in Thurmont High School.
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County Board of Education
Eugene W. Pruitt
Frederick County War Price and Rationing Board
Board of Education
Alice K. Pauli
Frederick High School
Beverly Feaga Stupp
George Abdrecht
Parkway School
Alice Dodd
Diana Harrison
Thurmont High School
Lewistown
Lillian Kelly Hobdles
Dletown
Ami Mary Mack
Ebenezer
Helen Roberts
Horsey’s
Mildred J. Sharpe
Scrap Drive Highlights 938 Tons Collected at Meeting
City and county industries and officials praised WPE authorities at the auditorium for turning in scrap over the past year. J W Stewart noted 958 tons reported through July 31 and urged continued effort to meet the 1943 six month goal of 9.8 million tons for munitions and shipping. He warned of shortages for all paper and materials. A film "The Life and Death of the Hornet" was shown afterward.
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Indus
WPE
Yaic.a
W. Oal Brady
J. W. Stewart
Pinnadel 2
Acervon Says Roosevelt Aiming For Fourth Term In 1944
Acervon, former head of the Office of Price Administration, asserts Roosevelt intends to seek a fourth term in 1944 with a Republican House and a Democratic Senate. He predicts a contentious national political climate shaping the White House race.
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Acervon
Office of Price Administration
Roussvelt Wis
Mountbatten Takes Over Command In Southeast Asia
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in New Delhi to assume command of Allied forces in Southeast Asia. The appointment, announced after the Quebec Conference, defines his theater from Madagascar to Sumatra and includes Burma and French Indo China while MacArthur retains the rest to the east.
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Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Royal Navy
Mountbatten
Britain
George VI
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Burma
London
Madagascar
Sumatra
Indo-China
Thailand
Malaya
U. S
Stimson
Yom Kippur Set to Begin Friday at Sundown
Beginning Friday at sundown through Saturday the Jewish world observes Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement. In Frederick services at Beth Sholom and under Rabbi Israel Halpen, the day centers on self examination repentance and the undoing of wrongs.
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Frederick
Beth Sholom
Israel I. Halpern
Rabbi Halpen
Nis
Armed ‘Services
Kippur
Isaiah
Submarine Sinks Japanese Steamer Off Japan Coast
Allied submarine attacks off Japan's west coast sink the steamer Konron or Honden Maru, with over 500 aboard and only 72 saved. Rescue hindered by rough seas and communication problems as the ship sank near Oki Island in the Tsushima Strait. The episode underscores the perilous submarine missions into approaches to Tokyo.
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Associated Press
Japan
Tokyo
Shimonoseki
Honshu
Pusan
Korea
Domei
U.S
Oki Island
Tsushima Strait
Eat China Sea
Sea of Japan
Ofice of War Information
U. S
Tokyo Harbor
Stabbing Case Highlights Local Court Proceedings
A Frederick man testified in circuit court that a stranger stabbed him near a Point of Rocks tavern on the Fourth of July. James Gibson, charged with assault with intent to kill and other counts, claimed he acted in self defense. The jury returned a verdict of assault and battery with a hung verdict on related charges. The trial also covered a separate Hood College Campus Day program and other campus events.
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Hood
Frederick
Point of Rocks
James Gibson
Sheets
Katt
Sheels
Gibson
Joseph Kerrigan
Kerrigan
Gibeon
Giozon
Mack Kerrigan
For Yi Utepia
Etrigan
Gibon
Furi
Aviate
Jude Annulfer
Rodney W. Rippean
Jam C
Feaga
George W. Hudsard
John T. Rovizann
P. W. McKay
Uarry
T. Cline
J. Dorsey Gaither
Paul K
Olen H. Harrison
Mt. Airy
Clifton
Germans Loot Rome Art Treasures Reported by Madrid
A Madrid dispatch quoted by the London Daily Herald says Germany is looting Rome on a wholesale scale, removing paintings and air liftings of art treasures to their headquarters. The Spanish dispatch adds that Pope Pius XII sent secret documents to papal nuncios to be opened if the Germans imprison him.
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London
London Daily Herald
Madrid
Rome
Pius XII
Red Army Breaks Nazi Line In Velikie Luki Sector
Soviet forces surged in a new offensive in north central Italy? No, in northern front near Velikie Luki to breach German lines. Moscow dispatches cite fierce battles, Nevel rail hub targeted as first objective with infantry and tanks under air cover driving forward despite heavy losses.
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London
Ovi
Red Army
JY Towtay
DNB
Nevel
Leningrad
Warsaw
Vitebsk
Odezsa
Yankees and Cardinals In Third World Series Meeting
Fans packed Yankee Stadium for the third 1943 World Series game in New York as Hank Rofan rofrowy, Spud Chandler and Mort Cooper vie for a decisive win. George Stiraweiss returns to the infield while Frankie Crosetti backs up. Keller and Etten powered drives as the crowd hoped for a Yanks edge to the series.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
New York Yankees
St Louis Cardinals
Yanks
Hank Ro Frowy
St. Louis
Edge
Mort Cooper
Alpha
Bett Brazile
George Snuffy Stiraweiss
Frankie Crosetti
Bombers
Yankees
Vare
Spurgeon Spud Chandler
Rex
Charley Keller
Spud
Mick Etten
Lindell
Huge Global Map Used For Senators Report
The report details a large global map used in a Senate briefing. The panel discussed policy implications and the map served to illustrate international dynamics cited by officials.
Fire destroys county residence on Dorsey farm near Emmitsburg
An unoccupied dwelling on the Charles Dorsey dairy farm south of Emmitsburg was destroyed by an early morning fire. Damage estimated around 2000 dollars, with insurance covering part of the loss. the dairy barn and outbuildings survived and no furniture was present. The Emmitsburg Company responded to the call.
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Charles Dorsey
Sis
Emmitsburg
Emmitsburg Company
Mitsunte Vagilae
Enm
Berlin Reports Large Allied Naval Force Passes Through
Berlin radio said three aircraft carriers and six British destroyers left Calais and steamed into the Mediterranean. The convoy, reported from Algeciras, near Gibraltar, was to rendezvous with others as part of an Allied naval movement.
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Berlin
London
Catalar Uosterds
Mediterranean
Ayers
Informa
Algeciras
Gubraltar
Battle for Rome Opens As Allied Push Intensifies
Allied reports say Fifth Army nears Capua within three miles as German assaults target Termoli area near the Adriatic. Montgomery’s Eighth Army grapples with renewed enemy armor while naval and air units support the advance toward Naples and Rome.
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RAF
Termoli
Pescara
Adriatic
Alfedena
Rome
Eighth Army
Volturno
Naples
Mark W. Clark
Forth Army
Fifth Army
Calore
British Meet-Little Hope Reverse On Coo
British communique reports counter to German threat in Aegean as German forces push on for Crete and Rhodes. RAF bombers hit airfields on Raades Crete and Rhodes while ships attack Syros harbor. Mussolini’s government to move to northern Italy. Tokyo radio says Philippines will join Burma in Japan’s co prosperity sphere on October 14.
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Rome
Cura
Commaunique
Aegean
Coo
Tae Garman
Saninal
Maritza
Rhodes
Kattavia
Kasleili
Crete
Syros
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Benito Mussolini
Italy
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Freedom
New York
Tokyo Radio
Philippines
Burma
Japan
New “Co-Prosperity Saphere
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