Unsinkable Tirpitz Sunk by British Lancaster Bombers
London reports the 41,000-ton German battleship Tirpitz capsized and sank after three 12,000-pound earthquake bombs dropped by RAF Lancasters. The ship, last in Hitler’s navy, had been hunted for years as a threat to Arctic supply lines to Russia.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Tromsefjord
Lancasters
Tir
Tirpitz
Slater
Bismarck
Norway
Arctic
Russia
Far East
J. B. Tait
A. G. Willams
Britain
British
Air Ministry
Alfred von Tirpitz
United States
Royal Navy
S&rifisn
Hood
Greenland
Iceland
County Lions Club Marks Education Week
Middletown Lions Club observed Education Week with a supper at Middletown High School hosted by the home economics department led by Miss Virginia Abrecht. The event featured a debate on compulsory military training, student and faculty presentations, songs by senior girls, and performances by the glee club and piano soloists.
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County Lions Club
Middletown Lions Club
Middletown High School
Home Economics Department
Virginia
Geraldine Kline
Wolfsville
United States
Pauline Toms
Betty Ann Coblentz
Ethel Fawley
Wanda Holter
Christine Keller
Jean Roulzahn
Mary Anna Derr
Lena Thomas
Robert Eigenbrode
Braddock Heights
Lois Keller
Howard Doub
Myersville
Mrs Shook Leaves Estate To Children
In a will filed in Orphans Court the late Harriet A Shook leaves real estate valued at 3000 and personal property 200 to her children and grandchildren. Executor Frank C Shook reports six heirs: William E Shook, Frank C Shook, Clarence D B Shook, Amy R B Brown, Milton L Shook, Nora M Sig a safe, Lula M Kreitz and the children of John F Shook. The will dated September 19 1939 directs sale of estate and equal distribution among named heirs and to collect outstanding debts.
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Harriet A Shook
Frank C. Shook
Mtr
Holden S. Felton
William E Shook
Clarence DB. Shook
Amy RB. Brown
Milton Lb. Shook
Nora M Sigafoose
Lula M. Kreitz
John F. Shook
Testatrix
Divorce Opinion Filed In Granting Mrs Carey
In Equity Court Monday Chief Judge Delaplaine granted Mrs Jane C Carey an absolute divorce from Charles W Carey on desertion grounds. A cross bill by Carey was dismissed and he was ordered to pay permanent alimony of 60 dollars a month. Mrs Carey may resume her maiden name Jane C Snoots. Also signed was a decree granting Edward H Gaver an absolute divorce from Lorene Gaver with costs to be borne by the plaintiff. Lonaconing and Centerville reports note a wounded Private Robert G Grove and a 11 year sentence for Leonard Lockard in gun slaying case.
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Equity Court
Edward Delaplaine
Jane C Carey
Petersville
Charles W. Carey
Knoxville
Brunswick
Plaints
E. Austin James
Won't Abandon Imperial Preference Agreement
At a New York international business conference, British delegates insist on retaining Empire preference, signaling no immediate end to tariff protections after the war. US chairman Henry F. Grady argues against bilateral trade pacts amid fears of economic war. Britain’s Sir Peter Bennett says abolition of controls is hoped for years later but Imperial preference will be honored and negotiable. American delegates plan to respond later, not ready to support rapid postwar liberalization.
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Rye
N. Y
Great Britain
Henry F. Grady
United States
Peter Bennett
Winter Jobs For Prisoners Of War
More than 15,000 prisoners of war in the Third Service Command will receive winter work after harvest. Maj. Gen. Philip Hayes said many will be kept on farms until January with farming resuming in March. Others will cut pulpwood, process lumber, or work in non war related factories, with maintenance at military posts continuing. Branch camps in Westminster Maryland Timberville Virginia Stewartstown North East Pennsylvania closed. East Maryland camp moved to Cambridge. About 60,000 prisoners in Belgium awaiting justice with 45 commissions to advise on release or trial.
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Baltimore
Third Service Command
Philip Hayes
General Hayes
Westminster
Timberville
Stewardstown
North East
East, Md
Cambridge
London
Belgium
Mountain Peak Seized By U S Cavalry On Leyte Island
Advanced elements of the First Cavalry Division consolidate positions atop Mt Catabaran on Leyte with Hill No 2926 seized eight miles southwest of Carigara. Japanese divisions concentrate to break American encirclement around Ormoc as US forces push along the Pinamopoan Ormoc road amid artillery havoc and air activity.
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MacArthur
Philippines
First Cavalry Division
Mt. Catabaran
Pinamopoan- Ormoc
Leyte Island
Carigara
Ure
Nemy
Yamashita Line
Douglas MacArthur
Ocormoc
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Ormoc
Valencia
Pinamopoan-Ormoc
Leyte
Philippine
24Th Corps
96Th
Dagami
Associated Press
Fred Hampson
Hampson
Finamopean
Calvary
James Hutcheson
Juvenile Court Hearings Set for Corbett and Hill Children
Juvenile Court hearings are set for Friday morning before Associate Judge Patrick H Sehnaufter in Emmitsburg for Charles Kenneth Corbett and for Charles Marvin Clark Betty Hill near Burkittsville. Mrs William C Roderick probation officer requested the court commit the Hill children aged 9 to 13 to the Children's Aid Society due to parental neglect with the parents separated. Corbett was arrested October 17 on breaking and entering charges. his prior record is described as good.
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Patrick H. Sehnaufter
Charles Kenneth Corbett
Emmitsburg
Charles
Marvin
Clark
Betty Hill
Burkittsville
William C. Roderick
Children’s Aid Society
Four Hill
Children's Aid Society
No Cigarettes For U S Troops In Paris
Paris November 13 The American cigarette shortage reaches the European war theater. Enlisted men in Paris are told they will receive no cigarettes this week while officers face a five pack weekly ration. Front line supplies remain tight with some sectors cutting soldiers to two packs per week. American cigarettes diverted from Army stocks appear on the Paris black market at about 1.50 a pack as French civilian rationing limits locals to six packs a month.
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Paris
Bennet defeats Fish after cross-party support joins race
Augustus W. Bennet, backed by independent Republicans, Democrats and Labor, defeats Rep. Hamilton Fish in a bid for a 13th term as the news confirms the opponent’s concession. The scene captures Fish smiling at the moment of defeat per the NEA telephoto photo.
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Signal Corps
NEA
Florence Nightingale
Jean Coffey
Greenview
England
Miss Nightingale
Augustus W. Bennet
Hamilton Fish
Congress
Police Court Cases Heard Monday Night
Monday night hearings before Magistrate Allon Bennett yielded suspensions and jail terms for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Elmer J. Shelton, East Patrick Street, received a general suspension after three years overseas and a clean record, while Hammie Gill of Montevue was sent there for drunkenness with Armistice Day context cited. Forfeitures were listed for multiple motorists including Reid, McDonald, Grant, Kualini, Gray, Smith, and others, with fines and license issues noted.
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Elmer J. Shelton
East Patrick Street
Allon Bennett
Frank “Hammie” Gill
Montevue
Magstrate
Hammien
Howard Kelley
Eastern Shore
Cumberland
Charles Stine
Frederick
Paul F. Stambaugh
Willam Sport
Charlton Freight Lines
Shelton
Jke
Wes Ulscualgen
Amy
North Africa
Sicily
William G. Reid
Braddock Heights
William McDonald
Boyce
Harry Holsinger
Patsy Grant
Baltimore
Mt. Pleasant
Americus J. Kualini
Martinsburg
W. Va
S. F. Scinta
Eugene T. Gray
Tramsville
Charles E. Smith
Seneca
Sgt
W. E. O'Hara
Thomas Carty
Harry Lake
Jerome Hoffman
Leslie Rippeon
Irving Shankle
Robert L. Schroyer
Richard M. Booth
Elizabeth Hallman
Noah Compton
No tax cut likely delays postwar program plans
Senator George D. Gal of the Senate finance committee said prospects for substantial 1945 tax rate changes are remote. He urged delaying a postwar tax program until the European war ends, while keeping plans ready for quick action when the time comes.
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Washington
George D-Gal
Senate Finance Committee
Small Island In Palau Group Taken By Japs
Two hundred Japanese troops occupied Ngeregong Island eight miles northeast of Peleliu in Palau. U S Navy reports say Marines evacuated without casualties after a reconnaissance patrol on the islet. Japanese used storm cover and faced American destroyers and gunboats. American aircraft then bombed and strafed the islet sinking a barge and damaging installations.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Denges Passage
Fir Mark Island
Neeregong
Ngeregong
Peleiu
Palau Islands
Nimitz
U. S
Americcan
Qand
Submarine Darter Destroyed by Crew to Avoid Capture
Washington dated November 13 the Navy said the submarine Darter was destroyed by its crew after running aground in an undisclosed area to prevent capture. All 65 officers and men survived and escaped to an advanced naval base. It was the thirty third U S submarine lost since Pearl Harbor with 218 combat vessels total. Lieutenant Commander David H McClintock of Benton Harbor Michigan commanded the Darter and holds the Silver Star for submarine duty.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Pearl Harbor
David H. McClintock
Benton Harbor Midh
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Tromso Fjord
Ove Duliber
Mrs. Shook
Coast Guard
Vie
Suez
Mediterranean
U.S. Tou
Capetown
French West Africa
Atlantic Ocean
Italy
Sardinia
Turkey
Solkans
Egypt
Belgian Congo
Union OF Bouth Afric
Iran
Indian Ocean
Huss
Persian Gulf
Aegeah Isles
Dardanelles
Young Grove
Lonaconing
Robert G. Grove
Robert McGrove
Holland
War Department
Jean Roger Grove
Soldier Grove
Lefty Grove
Centerville
Noy
Leonard Lockard
Maryland
William
William A. Ttorney
Green Ridge
Paterson
N. J
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
North Jersey
Wright Aircraft Supervision Association
Saipan
Cpl
Frederick R. Brown
Bakersfield
Marines
Army
Marine Corps
NEA Telephoto
Mountain Peak
U.S
Abi
Nenotual
U. A. Lough and Son
South Market St
Ham Fish
Ric Rae
Evenia
Palau
U. 8
ALLEN
North Market ST
C.e.cline& Son
Frederick, Md
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