Curtail School Bus Routes To Save Rubber
A county Board of Education moves to cut bus routes to conserve tires and gasoline. Superintendent Eugene Pruitt says some double runs may end and older students could stand if safe. layoffs would not halt sports, as intramurals continue. Eastman urges districts to trim service and reduce stops to improve equipment use.
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Board of Education
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Eugene W. Pruitt
Transportation Director
Pruitt
Mec
Eastman
Tte
Hollis
Army seeks youths aged 18 to 19 for training
Major General James A. Ulio, Adjutant General of the Army, stated that the Army wants every available young American 18 and 19 years old for immediate training. He argued these youths possess the physical stamina required to win the war in a radio speech prepared for broadcast.
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Washington
James A. Ulio
Army
Ulso
Magnifying Glass Reads Letter in Major Cook Case
In circuit court this morning a magnifying glass examined a torn letter serving as the main defense exhibit in the Major Cook case. The document, written by Dorothy Hammond, relates to a charge of carnal knowledge involving a 13 year old girl. Cook pleads not guilty as defense asserts the girl’s story is untrue.
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Major Cook
Westminster
Cook
Dorothy Hammond
Stedman Prescott
Sherman P. Bowers
Hammond
Lincoln High School
Frederick County
Mt. Pleasant
Bowers
Holden
Felton
Edward D. Storm
Foster P. Spring
Lucketts
Spring
Brunswick
Car Wreck on Weverton Hill Involves Tractor-Trailer
A passenger car driven by Clarence E. Streight Jr of Brunswick collided with a tractor trailer driven by Paul Justin Kline of Berryville Virginia on Weverton Hill. Clyde Green suffered a head injury and was treated at Schnaufer Hospital after six stitches. Trooper Wilt reported Streight likely was speeding slightly when the curve was rounded.
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Clarence E. Streight
Brunswick
Paul Justin Kline
Berryville
Weverton Hill
Walter Wilt
Streight
Clyde Green
Irvin Hebb
Green
Schnauffer Hospital
Wilt
School Authorities Face Bus Shortage Coordination
Busses nearly exhausted, authorities urged to align future allocations with the Office of Defense Transportation conservation program through full cooperation and measures to ration transport during shortages.
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Office of Defense Transportation Conservation Program
U.S. Bombers Sink or Damage 37 Axis Ships in Med
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Maxwell said American air forces in Egypt destroyed or badly damaged 37 Axis ships since June. Bomb tonnage totaled 3,610,000 pounds in 110 sorties, with September seeing 969,000 pounds aimed at ships harbor facilities and desert supply lines.
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Washington
Ruzsell L. Maxwell
War Department
Egypt
Mediterranean
United States Army
Middle East
Maxwell
Robert P. Patterson
Lewis H. Brereton
Suda Bay
Crete
Navarino Bay
Denmark Moves Toward Nazi Occupation Under Herr Kanstein
A Tass dispatch from Stockholm reports Gestapo chief for Denmark Kanstein travels to Berlin amid rumors he will be named Reich commissioner, signaling Denmark’s potential loss of independence and integration into the Nazi order. A Geneva dispatch says Germany plans to Hitlerize Denmark soon, with parallel pressure on Norway and the Netherlands led by Terboven.
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Moscow
Taoss
Stockholm
Denmark
Kanstein
Berlin
Little Kingdom
Norway
Holland
Tass
Christian X
Geneva
Netherlands
Josef Terboven
Fight For Nomination Heard In High Court
Annapolis Oct 8 State Senator Dudley G Roe asked the Court of Appeals to order correction of ballots in the Dennis Wicomico district to exclude 138 Democratic votes from the canvass in his bid for the First Congressional district nomination. He appeals a county ruling after recounts and canvass left Rep David J Ward favored by 19 votes.
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Annapolis
Dudley G. Roe
Court of Appeals
Maryland
Dennis
Wicomico County
Roe
David J. Ward
D.-Md
Ward
Nazis Broadcast Japanese Advance On Guadalcanal
London report quotes a Tokyo dispatch claiming Japanese troops advanced against stiff American resistance on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. No independent confirmation or Tokyo broadcast has been heard to substantiate the claim.
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London
PA Geta
Tokyo
Guadalcanal
Salpmman Jeland
New American Guns Show Superior Performance Says Engineers
A committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at Aberdeen Proving Ground reports US weapons equal or superior to enemy arms after tests. They praised Army ordnance and scientists, labeled Brig. Gen. Barnes an outstanding ordnance engineer, and urged mandatory auto mechanics study in high schools to fix recruit shortage.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground
American Society of
Rochester, N.Y
Army Ordnance
G. M. Barnes
Chief of Ordnance
U.S. Army
Aberdeen
Housewife Sees Food Shortages Hit Frederick County Shelves
A Frederick County housewife notes wide shortages and rising prices across staples. Oranges up from 20–25 to 45 cents a dozen, butter around 44 cents a pound, bananas scarce at 60–65 cents a dozen. Canned goods vary from scarce to plentiful amid wartime fishing limits and transport issues.
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Frederick County
Radio Songs Used To Tip Off U-Boats
Washington reports the FCC is probing claims that radio announcers tipped off German U boats through song dedications and price juggling in ads. Chairman James L. Fly cited alarming rumors since the war began and urged scrutiny of international broadcasts and language stations in the United States.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
James L. Fly
Commission
House
United States
Fly
America
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Truck Fire Reported On High Knob Road
The Independent county engine was summoned about 205 o'clock this afternoon to a truck fire on the High Knob road.
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Independent County
High Knob Road
War Cost To U S Six Times That Of World War I
Washington reports an omnibus appropriation bill swelling defense outlays to more than six times World War I era totals. The measure funds Navy expansion with 14 617 new planes and 76 blimps, plus civilian defense, war information, housing, rubber from Guayule, and manpower programs.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Huimes
Navy
Army
James V. Forrestal
G. W. Anderson
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Naval
Office of Civilian Defense
Office of War Information
Guayule
War Manpower Commission
Office of Defense Transportation
United States
United Nations
Elmer Davis
OWL Chief
Hitler
France
Hiller
Davis
Pest
Publc
J. H. Towers
Bureau of Aeronautics
Pearl Harbor Story Hopes for Dec 7 Full Disclosure
Capt Leland P Lovette, Navy public relations director, says a full Pearl Harbor sneak attack story may be told on the first anniversary December 7. He cautions that immediate disclosure could have invited a second fatal assault and notes rumors abound while Secretary Knox's statement may be accepted as truth except for details on certain ships.
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Seattle
Otee
Leland P. Lovette
Navy
Thytson
Knox
Better Outlook For Saving Of Apple Crop
Weather and extra orchard help improve Frederick county efforts to save its large apple crop. Local groups assist in picking fruit. forecasts expect fewer losses than in other regions. The AMA buys only small US No 1 grade apples at $1.25 per bushel basket, with storage space shortages limiting purchases. Maryland committee includes Cahill, Delaplaine, Shaw, Warrison, McFasland, and Rossel.
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Frederick
Robertson
Clarke County
Virginia
Agricultural Marketing Administration
Winchester
Maryland
Maryland Apple Growers Industry Committee
Tragerstown
James R. Dushane
AMA
U.S
J. Andrew Cahill
Hancock
D. &. Rinehart
Smithsburg
W. T. Delaplaine
Frederick Russell C Shaw
Stewartstown
G. Hale Warrison
Bernd
Foyien
McFasland Berland
Spencer Rossel
Ricardy
Reprisals Threatened In German Prisoner Action
Britain warned of reciprocal measures after Germany bound British captives at Dieppe in what Berlin called a reprisal. The act, claimed to be in response to Nazis captured, violates Geneva precautions. The British government denies the Nazi claim. Navy Gets Cavalier Hotel In Virginia Beach Training Center For Atlantic Fleet Schools Knox approves transfer with effective October 12.
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London
Britain
Dieppe
Berlin
NAVY
Cavalier
Norfolk
Knox
Virginia Beach
Atlantic Fleet Schools
Fifth Naval District
Soviet Forces Push Deep Into German Left Flank at Stalingrad
Moscow reports Red Army tank crews broke into the fortified German left flank northwest of Stalingrad extending Marshal Timoshenko relief offensive. Soviet forces repelled German attacks inside the ruined city and northwestern sector as reports claim heavy losses for the enemy and continued Soviet initiative near Volga city.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
East
Volga
Red Army
Timoshenko
The
Steppes
Reg Star
Russ Iians
Red Stag
Stalin
Red October
Red Star
Workers' Quarter
Willkie Ends Five Day China Visit in Chungking
Wendell Willkie departed Chungking by plane ending a five day stay in the provisional Chinese capital. The next leg of his world tour through the Middle East and Russia was not announced. Censorship cloaked his progress from entry to departure.
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Chungking
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Middle East
Russia
China
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