Caribou Sunk in Cabot Strait With 137 Lost
The Caribou ferry steamship was sunk in Cabot Strait on October 14 during an overnight run from North Sydney to Port Aux Basques. 137 people died, including eight U.S. service members and five American civilians. Canadian naval craft saved 10. Survivors described the submarine surfacing and the ship sinking amid chaos as lifeboats capsized. The disaster raised Allied losses in the Western Atlantic to 494 since December 7, 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Caribou
Cabot Strait
Canada
Newfoundland
North Sydney
N. S
Port Aux Basques
U. S
Benjamin Taverner
Channel
Associated Press
Atlantic
George Smothers
Toledo
Ohio
U. S. Navy
Turkey Improvement School Planned at University
The Maryland agriculture program announces a two day Turkey Improvement School at the University on Oct 21 22 led by Dr Morio A Jull head of Poultry Department with experts from USDA and Penn State. Topics cover wartime production breeding market outlook hatchability and disease control plus judging and breeder selection under supervision by University staff and funded by the Maryland State Fair Board with cash awards for judging proficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
One Idea Y Sou
Morio
A. Jull
Poultry Docurent
Joseph W. Kinghorne
Agricultural Marketing Service
J. S. Department of Agriculture
H. Bennett
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
H.R. Birt
W. H. Rice
Maryland
Jull
Charles S. Wiliams
J.£. Phillips
H. M. Deek
I. M. Moulthrop
Livestock Sanitary Laboratory
HB. H. Kauffman
Pennsylvania State College
Frank E., Moore
Washington
J. Marsden
U.S
Beltsville
Ie Poultry
Maryland Poultry Iprovement Board
Mary and State Fair Board
Ruth Edna Smith Becomes Mrs Williams in St John’s Ceremony
Ruth Edna Smith daughter of Dr and Mrs William Meredith Smith of Upper College Terrace married today in St John’s Catholic Church. Rev Henry J Schmitt of Racine Wisconsin officiated. Groom’s relatives include Harald A Williams of Baltimore and the Williams family papers note the groom is son of Mr and Mrs Harald A Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Ruth Edna Smith
William Meredith Smith
Upper College Terrace
St. John's Catholic Church
Henry J. Schmitt
Racine, Wis
Mr. Williams
Harald A. Williams
Baltimore
Apple Library Plans Friday Book Review Hour Childrens circle to meet at Apple Library
The Joseph Henry Apple Library will host the first in a series of Friday afternoon book reviews. Mlle Marguerite Treille will review recent books on foreign countries in Room 8 at 4 30. Tea will be served in the periodical room. Frederick Book Review Club and Hood Club members are invited with others to attend. An additional session is planned for November, with Miss Alberta Brown of Hood College visiting New York over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple Library
Joseph Henry Apple Library
Mlle
Marguerite Treille
Frederick Book Review Club
Frederick County Hood Club
Alberta Brown
Hood College
New York
Columbia University
Flood harms Maryland towns slow Potomac fall detours B&O
Flooded Potomac waters receded as B&O detoured passengers to Western Maryland and Pennsylvania lines. Cumberland and Allegany county faced about 100000 dollars in damage with 36 Main Street businesses flooded. Red Cross sheltered 300 people while typhoid serum was shipped to affected communities. Williamsport reported peak of 36.1 feet and rapid drop. Hancock hit hard. Peace Cross monument near Bladensburg fell to four feet of water but receded.
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Potomat
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Washington
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Homestead
Brunswick
Peace Cross Monument
Bladensburg
Cumberland
Red Cross
Ridgeay
Allegany County
Hancock
Washington County
Potomac
Williamsport
State Health Department
R. H. Riley
American Red Cross
Order Restricts Sale of New Farm Machinery
A temporary order restricting the sale of new farm machinery and equipment has been issued by Secretary of Agriculture Claude R Wickard. Effective Sept 17, the order follows a rationing system to be finalized in 1943 and delegates authority to the Department of Agriculture under OPA oversight. The plan aims to conserve steel and materials for war needs while supporting the Food-for-Free dom program. The ruling excludes repair parts and items ordered by governmental agencies as well as certain vehicle equipment.
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College Park
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Department of Agriculture
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
OPA
Wickard
Promotion of Allen G. Quynn Jr to First Lieutenant
Promoted Word reports the promotion of Allen George Quynn Jr of the Coast Artillery to First Lieutenant. He is the son of Captain Allen G. Quynn US Navy, now on Pacific duty, and Mrs Quynn of this city. A MIT graduate in April with a B S and Army commission via ROTC, he is stationed at Fort Preble Maine.
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George Dean
Frederick
Louise Patterson Coulehan
Cumberland
Hugh Albert Dean
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Dean
Hugh Dean
Park Avenue
Navy Training Center
University of Indiana, Bloomfield
Ind
Allegany County
Red Cross
Allen George Quynn, Jr
Coast Artillery
United States
Quynn
Allen G. Quynn
United States Navy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
R.O T. C
Lieut
Fort Preble
Maine
Flood survey notes greater flood crest in parts of town
Officials survey flood damage noting waters nearly matched the 1936 peak in parts of town while elsewhere receded. Red Cross aids evacuees as residents shelter in schools, transport limps through flooded routes, and several bridges remain closed. Losses include livestock unknown, with families displaced and relief efforts continuing.
Flood Rescue Details Across Brunswick Area Update
The report details rescues during the flood near Point of Rocks with the Smallwood family aided by Trooper Holsinger and Kline. Fairfax Miskell and his family were rescued earlier, while six Baltimore & Ohio freight crewmen were marooned on two locomotives and an oil car, later reaching safety after a timber wedged against a tree. Red Cross and city relief provided food and clothing as water rose over the canal towpath and railroad rights of way from Sandy Hook to Point of Rocks. The article notes 1939 Rhodesland had the lowest accidental death rate at 51.3 per 100000.
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Putman
Point of Rocks
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Preston Smallwood
Heater’s Island
Leeshireia
Heaters Island
Furnace Ford
Rush Harmon
Harmons
Blue Ridge Lines
Cumberland
Wancock
Winchester
Hagerstown
Shepherdstown Bridge
Berryville
Israel's Creek
Liberty Road
State Roads Commission
Mark
Brunswick
Harry Leftwich
Baltimore and Ohio YM. C. A
Potomac
Three Springs
Lilypons
Monocacy
Creagerstown
Bigg’s Ford
Reich's Ford
Gas House Pike
Ulan
Fairfax Miskell
Holsinger
Kline
Leesburg
Battleneck Me
Baltimore
H. M. Mitchell
W. M. Stoner
O. T. Waltz
Frederick
B. L. Higdon
Yarrowsbury
Higdon
Brunswick Yards
OCD
Sandy Hook
Harpers Ferry
Mr. Leftwich
Heelind
Teen Peow
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Canadian
Turkey
Fellons-Rogers Studio
Harold A. Williams, Jr
Henry J. Stahr
Hotel du Pont
Wilmington
Dela
William F. Sauer
Arthur C. Slade
St. John's Rectory
Beulah Munshower
Virginia Abrecht
Marie Hahn
Mallon
Doris Burrall
Monrovia
Jnarretts MacDonald
Uric Theater
James W. Anderson
West Seventh Street
War Department
Pvt
Woodrow Anderson
Russell O. Crist
The
Cpl
William R. Crist
Walter J. Davis
Dill Avenue
Fort Cimberland
Carlton Eppley
Walkersville
Panama City
Florida
Carlton S. Eppley
E R. Brengie
Peggy
Bobby
Lake City
Tenn
Thurmont
Ross C. Firor
Lundgren Hliss
Mary Jane Lundgren
Linganore Hills Farm
Elizabeth Zimmerman
Rosemont Avenue
Jean Gosnell
Miss Lundgren
Edwin Lundgren
Annabelle Lundgren
Philip Robert
Horace F. Kline
Charlotte Smith
Jacob Jones
South Street
Jo Ann
Bessie Irene
Gertrude Janes
Lester Boone
Eugene Wirts
Russell Frushour
Nancy
Roy Lambert
Annabelle Hildebrand
Donald and
Franklin
Charles Nusbaum
Shirley
Frank Hildebrand
Frank Hildebrand, Jr
Charles Hildebrand
William Hildebrand
Bessie Schilling
Antos R. Keller, Sr
Middletown
Amog R. Kelller, Jr
Geraldine Holder
Rohrersville
Frank R. Smith, Jr
Trail Avenue
Anna Marie Carmack
East Seventh Street
Bernard Gibson
Adamstown
Thelma Koontz
Margaretta Mossburg
Viola Main
Lucille Etzler
Margaret £. Esworthy
Mary M. Hamilton
Helena Brandenburg
Robert H. Hartman
C. Ralph Kline
Frank R. Smith
Harvey H. Carmack
J. Edward Shafer
Lucille Dixon
Bubbles
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Robert E. Putman
Daniel L Putman
Army Air Force
Perrin Field
Sherman
Texas
Sam W. Maples, Jr
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Thelma Graham
Katherine Myers
B.&o.r.r
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
New Orleans
San Francisco
St. Louis
Lester W. Ott
Clifford
Johnstown
Rogers Studio
Liewt
Aten G. Quynn
Rhodesland
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Frederick City
WM. R. Slemmer
Mer
Liberty Finance Corporation
N. Maractat
Frederick, Md
Doll Jewelry Store
South Market St
Walter E. Sinn
Ation
George Z. Best
Orphans’ Court of
Frederick County
Pinkney
A. Richardson
H. Irving Thomas
Democratic
Hiram G. Thomas
Lewis F. Kefauver
Wet Fourth Street
H.arving Thomas
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