Four Baltimore children die in West Lombard fire
Four children aged between four and 16 perished when a two and a half story home on West Lombard Street burned at 4:30 a.m. Norma Brandt, 16, saved a 20 month old by dropping him to a passerby as flames trapped the others. Paul Brandt and his wife, Mrs. Brandt, faced the loss of Lorraine 4 Shirley 12 Paul Brandt Jr 14 and baby Gary. Fire origin undetermined. gunshots were reported nearby.
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Baltimore
West Lombard Street
Norma Brandt
Paul Brandt
Lorraine
Shirley
Norma
Gary
Paul
Lawrence King
Southwestern Police District
Federal Buildings to Hold 68 Degree Heat This Winter
Washington reports Federal Works Administrator Philip B. Menny set 60 degrees as the basic winter temperature for federal buildings. A 68 degree target is to be maintained with humidity adjustments per Fleming's order, raising to 70 or lowering to 65 under humidity changes. The OPA also capped prices on grates and related parts to aid oil to coal conversions, plus installation cost ceilings.
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Washington
Federal Works
Philip B. Meny
Fleming
OPA
Japs Sentence 14 In Philippines To Death
Berlin dispatch reports Oct 1 that 34 persons were sentenced to death by a Japanese court martial in the Philippines for anti-Japanese activity and spreading enemy propaganda. A Camden, New Jersey hotel treasurer, Frank B Middleton, 67, died of a heart attack yesterday.
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Philippines
Berlin
Tokyo
Camden
N.J
Frank B. Middleton
Walt Whitman Hotel Corporation
Victor Talking Machine Company
Ferocious German Attacks Surge in Stalingrad Battle
The Izvestia front line report says German tank and motorized infantry divisions renewed ferocious assaults northwest of Stalingrad in a bid to seize the city core and reach the Volga. Soviet forces hardened for positional warfare while counterattacks and relief operations stabilize lines in the 47th day of siege.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Izvestia
Adolf Hitler
Volga
Terestia
Leningrad
Tula
Astrakhan
Tzvestia
Kalmyck Steppes
Semeon Timoshenko
Almos
Don-Volga
Pork Prices Slated to Fall Under OPA Rule
Washington Oct 10 The Office of Price Administration prepared an order to lower hog price ceilings by about 1 to 2 dollars per hundred pounds. An unnamed food official said OPA notified the Agriculture Department it plans to submit the measure to Economic Stabilization Director James F Byrnes possibly next week.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ariculture Department
James F Byrnes
Hood College Campus Day Features Class Themes
Hood College held its 24th annual Campus Day this afternoon in Hedson Memorial Theater at two. Each class unveiled a secret theme on college life with costumes in class colors and songs. The program opened with a Hammond organ recital by Henry T. Wade, featuring Anchors Aweigh and other standard works. The four classes entered in order Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Seniors with “Stepping Out From Hood” as the seniors theme, all wearing white and green basic costumes.
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Hood College
Hedson Memorial
Hood
Henry T. Wade
Anchors Aweigh
Zimmerman
Caisson
Robinson
Ischaikaowsky
Gershwin
Carter
Senire Soke
Twenty Axis Planes Shot Down or Damaged
Cairo reports Allied air forces destroyed or damaged twenty Axis planes in multiple attacks. American pilots claimed several fighters down including a Messer schmitt 109 by 2nd Lieut. William J. Mount of Osawatomie Kansas. British sources report ten Axis fighters downed.
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Cairo
William J. Mount
Osawatomie
Kansas
United States
Mount
Bengali
Mayor Culler Delays Information Transfer to Police Commission
Mayor Lloyd Culler said he is not yet ready to provide information from his investigation of the Police Department to the city Police Commission. He indicated the inquiry is not complete and may take some time. He noted some sources have not supplied the requested material.
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Lloyd C. Culler
Police Department
City Police Commission
1700 garments held amid county clothing stock dilemma
Frederick County officials wrestle with 1700 WPA era clothing pieces not yet distributed. Luther Baumgardner locked the Winchester Hall storeroom and objects to sending the batch to Baltimore. the Board of County Commissioners and Welfare Board meet to decide whether to retain for local use or dispatch funds for new supplies.
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WPA
Frederick
Winchester Hall
Arnold
Baltimore
Montevue
Lake Ladoga Claims of Nazis Counterfeit
Moscow reports that Soviet Information Bureau denounces German claims of wiping out seven Russian divisions south of Lake Ladoga as a Hitlerite counterfeit. It says Germans lost about 60,000 on the northern front and that the German casualty total on Sinyavino operations reached 69,009 with Soviet losses around 21,384.
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Moscow
Lake Ladoga
Soviet Information Bureau
Sinyavino
Lake Ladogz
Crimea
Stalingrad
Terek River
Pre-Induction Training Plans In Frederick Schools
A new pre induction training system will be added to Frederick and county high schools for upperclassmen, focusing on fundamentals of machines electricity and shopwork. Some courses may substitute radio and automotive mechanics for students with physics backgrounds, depending on staff availability. The plan aims to accelerate youth into wartime service while maintaining guidance and curricular adjustments.
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Frederick and County
Wradgs
Euigene W. Mruitt
Pruitt
Suabgate
Taavuetars
Walkersville
Liberty
Middletown
Brunswick
Sclrern Ing
Army
Frederick High School
John J. Seidel
State Department of Education
James J. Spitznas
Board of Education
Ralph Whitlow
Buckingham School For Boys
Buckingham
C. J. Bragan
Whitlow
Garrett County
Melvin H. Derr
Thurmont High School
Whillow
Sperry GL. Storm
Frederick
Grant Swank
Jefferson
Elora Smith
Brunswick West End School
Jefferson School
Mildred Stine
Elm Street School
Jefferson-Frederick
New Midway
Woodsboro School
Marie Ina Mackay
Brunswick High School
Edna Deshong
Burkittsville
Helen IL Ring
Empias Neal
Washington
Alce A. Dodd
North Market Street
Parkway School
Ruth Pedlow
Media
Thurmont and
Emmitsburg High School
Limit on tires per car to be set nationwide
Detroit reports a coming national tire rationing plan likely to cap tires at five per registered car. Applicants must swear ownership of five or fewer tires or willing to sell extras. Rationing would release about 6 million tires to support 20 million plus cars. Gasoline allowances would determine tire eligibility from reclaimed casings to new pre war tires.
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Detroit
Italian War Losses in September Reach Thousands
A Rome dispatch reports Italian high command figures for September: 1,875 killed, 5,431 wounded, and 5,632 missing across all Fascist armed forces. Heavy losses cited in Russia include the Malian army and militia with 1,054 killed and 4,320 wounded.
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Berlin
Rome
Russia
Navy planes sink destroyer in Solomons battle at Guadalcanal
Navy reports a Japanese destroyer was sunk and a destroyer and cruiser damaged when dive and torpedo planes attacked enemy warships aiding Guadalcanal landings. The action added to prior strikes in the Solomons, with Japanese losses rising to 245 planes and eight ships sunk or damaged in the campaign.
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Washington
Navy
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Solomons
Ad Marine Carps
Pacific Feet
Army
Marine Corps
Buka Island
Gizo Island
Rekata Bay
Shortland Island
Ruka
Hekata Bay
Gizo
Japs Salomons
Willkie Ends European Tour in China Aid Push
Wendell L. Willkie returned home from a fact finding trip spanning 13 countries. He urged a speedy second European front and increased Allied aid for China.
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Willkie
Chungking
Wendell L. Willkie
China
Stock Market Edges Higher As Rails Rally Late
New York stocks wavered with industrials showing fatigue early but gaining late as short covering and new buying lifted favorites. Rails rallied to multi point gains near year peaks with some grades reaching peak levels for the year.
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New York
Lewis urges labor unity for peace conference
Cincinnati news reports John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, calling for labor unity and saying his group would be glad to participate in any bona fide peace conference.
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Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
Vern Haughland Taken To Australia For Recovery
Associated Press war correspondent Vern Haugland was returned to Australia on October 10 after wandering for seven weeks through New Guinea jungles. He is weak but showing definite progress toward recovery.
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Australia
Vern Haugland
Associated Press
New Guinea
Australian Dies In Fight With Americans
An Australian enlisted man was stabbed to death and another wounded last night in Brisbane in a brawl with American soldiers. The origin was traced to the non-regulation manner in which one American wore his necktie.
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Brisbane
Australia
400 Strike At Busy Shipyard In Maine
About 400 welders and fitters walked out today at the war busy yard of the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation currently under investigation by Howes Merchant Marine.
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Maine
South Portland
South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation
Howes Merchant Marine
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