Navy Losses In Solomon Islands Night Battle Commanded By Japanese
The US Navy reports three heavy American cruisers Quincy Vincennes and Astoria were sunk in a night battle off Savo Island during the August 8 9 actions at Guadalcanal Tulagi. Canberra was damaged and abandoned. Most crew saved though heavy loss of life. Captains Moore Riefkohl Greenman noted as missing or saved.
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Ae Hyaan
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Solomon Islands
Navy
Tulagi-Guadalcanal
Quincy
Vincennes
Astoria
Canberra
Samuel N. Moore
Alexandria
FL. Riefkohl
Maunabo
Puerto Rico
William G. Greenman
Watertown
N. Y
Solomons
Savo Island
Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Savo
U. S
U. S. S. Astoria
United States
Solomon Islamaares
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Pori Darwin
Australia
New Zealand
New Hebrides
New Caledonia
Fi Islands
South
Memtern Solomons
Guadal
canal-Tulagi
Navy Department
Admiral King
U.S
Thaen
Farewell salute planned for old battleship Oregon
Portland plans a farewell salute to the historic battleship Oregon now doomed to scrap after a Navy order to break up the vessel for metal to ease a scrap shortage. The dreadnaught once dashed to Santiago in 1898 and helped bottle up the Spanish fleet, later retired and partially stripped. Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy, helped keep her loaned to Oregon.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Navy
Oiver Anchorage
South America
Santiago
Cuba
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tn Oregon
Funeral Directors Not Under OPA In Postwar Update
State Director A Len H McCormick informed McCormick Funeral Directors they need not post or file prices with the OPA. They had sought forms from the ration board before September 1, but none were available. forms were to be obtained from the State office in Baltimore with a return by September 10. A reply signed by the State director notes funeral directors are not under Service Regulations No. 165 and thus need not post prices.
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A. Len H. McCormick
OPA
Ration Board
Baltimore
Answers To War Quiz Questions On Pare Five
Gen Field Marshal Fedor Von Bock led the German drive into the Caucasus. Handling of the rifle involved prescribed motions and cadence to positions. Luxembourg touched off a wave of strikes and saboteurs.
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Fedor von Bock
Caucasus
Luxembourg
Youths Of 18 And 19 To Be Drafted Says Roosevelt
President Roosevelt urged drafting 18 and 19 year olds to accelerate victory and strengthen Allied force. He called for manpower rationing to keep workers in essential war jobs, warned Congress to act, and noted the need to boost farm labor and production while preserving overall war effort.
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Roosevelt
Washington
May
Q.ky
House Military Committee
Congress
Vinson
D.-Ga
House Naval Committee
Gurney
R.-S.d
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Truman
D.-Mo
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Tie
Final Registration For November Voting
Registration officials sit today at 59 Frederick County polling places to revise voter books. No new registrations accepted. transfers entered. Declared intentions to vote may be expressed. Deceased or relocated voters will be removed from the books. Officials note strong demand for strike-off sheets in rural districts.
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Frederick
Nouks
Frederick County 4-H Wins State Livestock Contest
Frederick County 4-H Club youths topped 12 Maryland counties to win the State livestock judging contest at the Baltimore Livestock Show opening. Richard Greenwood, James Trout, and Marion Hoffman of Walkersville and Adamstown led the team coached by Henry R. Shoemaker. Greenwood earned high individual honors with a $30 livestock purchase award, placing fourth in beef cattle, second in hogs, and fourth in sheep. Trout was sixth overall, and Hoffman earned $. The Chicago Nationals were canceled due to war, so the state title remains the peak achievement for now.
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Frederick County
4-Hi
Maryland
Baltimore
Chicago
Richard Greenwood
James Trout
Walkersville
Marion Hoffman
Adamstown
Greenwood
Henry R. Shoemaker
Trout
Howard
Queen Anne
Montgomery County
Frout
Young Trae
Hoffman
Emmitsburg High School Principal Cleared in Reckless Driving
In Emmitsburg Monday night A. L. Leary was found not guilty of reckless driving after witnesses said the 4 year old Charles L. Miller was hidden from view as the car backed from its parking place. The case was brought by State Trooper W. W. Corbin. other drivers faced charges and fines.
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A. L. Leary
Emmitsburg
Frank J. Campbell
Charles L. Miller
W. W. Corbin
William M. Storm
M. Wayne Cluck
Gettysburg
Paul Edward Eyler
Corbin
Jeffers Defies Pressure Group On Rayon Tire Shift
Washington reports former Union Pacific president William M Jeffers told the Senate Agricultural Committee he will substitute rayon for cotton in heavy duty tire cords despite pressure groups. He asserted the Army and Navy want rayon and vowed to push expansion even if cotton proves superior later. He challenged senators to stop him and growled at Colton O Smith while insisting the war effort required his course.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Army
Union Pacific Railroad
Senate Agricultural Committee
Smith
Jeffers
Navy
Cotion
Stewart Dtenn
French garrison join De Gaulle forces at London HQ
About 1950 French soldiers from Diego Suarez Madagascar joined General Charles De Gaulle. The London headquarters announced that roughly three quarters of the garrison, including 200 of 950 sailors and the remainder infantry and artillery, have aligned with De Gaulle. Diego Suarez naval base, seized in May by the Vichy force, is noted.
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London
Diego Suarez
Madagascar
Charles de Gaulle
Ars
Bi H
Roosevelt Columbus Day Statement on War Aims
The passage notes a travel experience free of campaign demands and publicity duties. It recalls a Columbus Day statement by Mr Roosevelt declaring the nation’s war objective as liberty for ourselves and liberation for others, reflecting political discourse of the era.
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Roosevelt
Indian Sunflowers and Huron Trade Goods
The Huron Indians cultivated sunflowers before Pewhawon arrived. They finished the Indians with hair oil food fodder thread and dye.
About Fish Cold Blooded Animals
Fish are cold blooded animals with body temperatures typically matching the surrounding water. This article explains how their metabolic processes adapt to aquatic environments.
Pershing's Favorite Mount Kidron Dies in Virginia
Gen Pershing's renowned horse Kidron a gray thoroughbred gelding that led the Paris victory parade in 1919 died at Front Royal remount depot Virginia. Bought from France in 1918 the mount served under Pershing until retirement in 1935 at age 31 marking a storied WWI era partnership.
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Washington
Joonn J. Pershing
Kidron
Paris
Front Royal
War Department
Army
Pershing
Regulations On Italian Aliens Lifted
U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle announced that effective October 19 Italian aliens will no longer be classed as alien enemies. Disloyal or dangerous individuals may still be arrested, but Italians will be free to participate in the war effort. He noted only 228 of 600000 were interned and suggested a citizenship bill waiving literacy tests for older Italians who arrived before July 1, 1924 and have lived in the U.S. continuously. The move follows widespread Italian opposition to Fascism and Mussolini, with Italians in America described as already aiding the war effort.
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New York
U. S
Francis Biddle
Carnegie Hall
Biddle
Congress
United States
Department of Justice
Italy
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Has Proof Axis Agents In Chile Tipped U Boats
Washington reports an authoritative source claims Axis agents in Chile aided submarine operations against Allied shipping. A Cuban radio spy allegedly relayed ship movements from a Chilean contact to Caribbean submariners, tied to remarks by Sumner Welles about Chile and Argentina as bases for hostile actions.
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Chile
Washington
United Nations
Cuba
Caribbean
Sumner Welles
Argentina
Welles
Rodolfo Michels
State Department
Juan Antonio Rios
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Axis
Rios
Alfredo Kleiber
Banco Germanico
Santiago
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