Brightwell Sentenced To 5 Years In The Penitentiary
Associate Judge Prescott sentenced William Brightwell to five years and nine months for grand larceny involving about 1406 from farmer McComas Orme of Star Buckeystown. The same court gave John C. Main one year and six months for three petty forgery charges discovered through fraudulent checks. A later case saw Roy M. Shankle found guilty of drunk driving and jailed 35 days.
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Stedman Prescott
William
Bill" Brightwell
Frederick
Penitentiar
McComas Orme
John C. Main
Frederick Man
Maryland House of Correction
Main
Prescott
Alton Y. Bennett
Roy M. Shankle
Washington
Norman Dietz
Shankle
Dietz
Frederick Tavern
Edward Mackley
Mackley
Richard E. Harris
Mr Airy
A‘lee Ahalt
Locust Valley
Son-Support
Jesse Meron
Nar
New Midway
Italian General Killed in Egypt on Oct 13
The Italian high command announced General Alessandro Prodieri commander of the Brescia division was killed in action on the Egyptian front on Oct 13. The notice paid tribute to the courage shown by Prodieri and his troops.
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Rome
Alessandro Prodieri
Brescia
Prodieri
Draft Increase Across Nation Prompts 1.1 Million More Recruits
Washington reports Selective Service Director Lewis Hershey testified that by January 1 the draft will rise by 1.1 million to 1.1 million and 100 thousand. He urged lowering the draft age to 18 for access to teen male power and cited needs in agriculture and essential industries. Inductions rose sharply this year from 300,000 per month to about 400,000 in coming months with a projected 450,000 in November and December.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis “B. Hershey
House Committee
Hershey
General Hershey
Battle of Stalingrad Sees Stalemate With Localized Attacks
The Stalingrad battle maintained a stalemate as German tanks and infantry probe defenses, but Red Army lines held. Five German counterattacks northwest of the city were repelled, about 300 Germans killed, and German efforts aimed at the northern workers settlement blocked. Red Star also reported that Russia’s top fighters were being deployed in what officials termed a major effort.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Red Star
Russia
Russia Names Names Of The War Guilty
Moscow reports Soviet Russia approves Roosevelt postwar punishment plan and cooperates in identifying Axis leaders responsible for atrocities. Foreign Commissar Molotov names Hitler, Goering, Hess, Goebbels, Himmler, Ribbentrop, Rosenberg, and others and states Russia shares in European suffering.
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Moscow
Russia
Roosevelt
Vyacheslav Molotov
Stalin
Hitler
Goering
Hess
Goebbels
Himmier
Ribbentrop
Rosenberg
Eurepe
Germany
Trestle at New Sandy Hook Bridge Washed Away by Flood
Flood waters swept away the wooden trestle spanning the Potomac at Sandy Hook used by McGraw Construction. River levels peaked near eight feet above normal. Harpers Ferry and Riverton saw major rises threatening 1936-scale flooding. The loss delays bridge work as Shenandoah and Potomac crested.
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New Sandy Hook Bridge
Shenandoah River
Potomac
Harpers Ferry
Sandy Hook
McGraw Construction Company
Maryland
Virginia
Shenandoah
Riverton
W. Va
Cumberland
Point of Rocks
22 Avie Planes Shot Down Over Malta
British fighters shot down 23 Axis planes over Malta as RAF and Middle East HQ reported. Allied fighterm bombers hit targets in the Salam area and El Daba, with two direct hits on a large merchant vessel at Tobruk harbor. Rommel has returned to North Africa to resume command after a Berlin visit.
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Cairo
Malta
RAF
Middle East
Salam
el Daba
Tobruk
Rommel
Berlin
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Rent Stabilization Bill Passes House Washington
The House passed an anti inflation measure by oral vote directing the President to stabilize rentals nationwide and regulate hotel and rooming house charges. Also notes a daughter born to Sen. Reynolds and wife Evalyn McLean in Washington. Market report, stock activity described as uneven with limited leaders. Berlin alarmed as US moves to loosen alien restrictions.
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Washington
Senate
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
Reynolds
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Capital
Evalyn Washington McLean
Government to ration travel to curb civilian pleasure trips
Baltimore Oct 15 1942 all travel rationing moves and voluntary curbs are urged as a defense transport chief says 40 percent of rail passengers travel for pleasure. Director Joseph B Eastman cites 700 trucking and rail officials noting troop movements and war materiel distribution hindered. He says 400 million rail riders include 4 in 10 traveling for leisure and calls for intensified measures with 7.5 million troops planned.
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Baltimore
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Eastman
Tory
Sweetheart Janet Barry Picked by ACEU in Northern Ireland
An 18 year old Belmar resident Janet Barry is named the ACEU sweetheart in a Northern Ireland contest. The event drew many U S soldiers, with Barry pictured as a transatlantic microphone connecting to Corporal Albert Wexler of Asbury Park, Indiana.
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ACEU
Northern Ireland
Janet Barry
Belmar
Yanks
U. S
Nance, Corp
Albert Wexler
Asbury Park
Five Inches Of Water Paralyzes Cumberland Downtown
In Cumberland Maryland water five inches deep flooded Main Street and surrounding streets as rains swelled rivers. Traffic stopped and businesses moved to protect stock while city officials mobilized the State Guard for public safety. schools closed and evacuations occurred in Lonaconing and nearby areas.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Times and News
Times
Hyndman
Salvation Army
Island
Lonaconing
George's Creek
Cumberland Steels
Baltimore Street
Bedford
North Liberty Streets
City Hall
Thomas Conlon
Dwight H. Mohr
State Guard
O'Canor
Dwight H . Mohr
O'Coror
General Mohr
Wiis Creek
Potomac River
Mechanic Street
Paca
Green
Dingle Dace
Wille Creek
Battmore Street
Villa Creek
Trend In Our Favor Says Rickenbacker After Europe Tour
Captain V. E. Rickenbacker reported from Washington that the trend in the European air war is entirely in the Allies’ favor. He said the European theater will stay an air theater until superiority over the German air force and its aircraft industry are secured, adding there is no question of victory, only the timing. The War Department disclosure came from Secretary Stimson as Rickenbacker’s England survey compared Allied and German air strength.
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Washington
V. Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
War Department
Stimson
England
Army Air Force
Eight Months Late In Making Durable Goods
Cleveland reports economist Leonard P Ayres says factories would need nearly eight months to fill durable goods orders. He cites unfilled orders driving shortages and calls for centralized material allocations to prevent price increases and stockpiling. Ayres warns of future manpower control and a national service act. He notes rail freight remains high while highway freight may decline, signaling deeper wartime mobilization.
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Cleveland
Leonard P Ayes
Lemelbahtes Wa Phon
General Ayres
Cleveland Trust Co
National Service
Nazi Supply Ship Sunk In English Channel
London reports a German supply ship described as important was sunk in the English Channel early Wednesday by British light forces. The escort vessels suffered significant damage, and a separate naval collision near Guernsey involved a German R boat blown up and a torpedo boat damaged. The German high command acknowledged a loss of one vessel while claiming British losses.
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London
English Channel
Admiralty
Channel
Guernsey
Westbound Merchant Ship Torpedoed Off Metis Beach
A westbound merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk last Thursday night off Metis Beach on the south shore of the St Lawrence River. The attack occurred farther upstream than any previous U-boat strike in the area, authorities announced today.
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Metis Beach
Quebec
Lawrence
American Reinforcements Landed As Guadalcanal Battles Continue
Washington reports Japan ferried heavy war units to the Solomon Islands as American Army and Marine forces reinforce Guadalcanal. The four day combat period saw seven enemy ships including a damaged battleship and 33 planes destroyed or damaged, while U S forces sustain light losses.
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Washington
Navy
Solomon Islands
Avyima
Guadalcanal
U. S S
Army
Stimson
United States
High Ranking Japanese Officers Die In Pacific
In a Tokyo broadcast posthumous awards were given to top Japanese Army and Navy commanders for Pacific war actions. The list honors Vice Admiral Yukichi Yashiro and four other senior officers, plus 58 naval aviators and nine members of a special attack unit.
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New York
Tokyo
Japan
Yasukuni Shrine
Yukio Kato
Tateo Kato
Chigeki Usui
Kato
Toki3o
Malaya
Lotilla
Suiscide
Pearl Harbor
Army forces reinforce Guadalcanal and New Hebrides get Pacific moves
War Secretary indicates Army units are on route through the New Hebrides and Fiji toward Australia with substantial strength under Major General Millard F Harmon. Japanese efforts to retake Guadalcanal intensify as reinforcements land under cover of ships, while Allied forces maintain airfield defense and sea denial.
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Stimson
New Hebrides
Fiji
United States
Australia
Army
Ale Unita
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Slimson
Guadal Canal
Lhely Streagth
Millard F Harmon
Harmon
New Zealand
New Caledonia
Navy
Solditioroops
Amerioge
Seip
Newss
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Ceneral
Egypt
Avie
Raedia
Italy
Main Sts
Allegany County
Pacific
Arthur C. Poulsen
Washingston
Liovd C Culler
Poulsen
Thomas Alva Edison
Annapolis
Iland's Court of Appeals
Attorney General's Office
Malia
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