Precincts Shift In Frederick County Political Tilt
Frederick county precincts show shifts toward the Republican column after latest pre election registrations with New Market 2 Hangers 2 and Jackson moving Republican while Woodsboro 1 trends Democratic. Walkersville splits into two precincts with 363 Democrats and 3 Republicans. Frederick city remains largely Democratic except unreported Frederick 2 and Petersville 1. Final totals await all precincts.
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Frederick County
Board of Election Supervisors
New Market
Hangers
Jackson
Woodsboro
Walkersville
Emmitsburg
Frederick City
Liberty
Petersville
Jonnsville
Ballenger
Brunswick
Frederick 2
Froom
Blanchard Randall
U. S. Senate
Millard E. Tydings
Hague Says He Will Prove Edison Wrong
Jersey City Oct 18 Mayor Frank Hague says President Roosevelt will carry New Jersey for the fourth time with a vastly increased majority over 1940. Edison had told reporters Dewey would win. Hague vows Edison will be proved wrong when votes are counted. The statement followed Edison’s White House talks with Roosevelt and his claim that Hague’s machine alienates independent voters.
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Jersey City
N. d
Frank Hague
Charles Edison
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New Jersey
Edison
Hague
White House
Dewey
Tokio radio claims poor American Formosa attack strategy
In a broadcast cited by the Blue Network, Tokyo asserts American forces used poor strategy in the Formosa assault. It says President Roosevelt directed attacks against staff objections for political reasons, claiming the U S task force stayed out of land base bomber range. Admiral Nimitz denied the claims a day earlier. Propaganda contends the U S fleet towed crippled ships through oil slicks away from Formosa.
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San Francisco
Western Pacific
Tokio Radio
Blue Network
Formosa
Roosevelt
Staf
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
U. S
Berlin Radio Claims Secret Russian Front Weapon
A Berlin radio report describes Nazi forces on the Russian front using an electric machine gun called the death scythe. The broadcast labels it a new secret weapon.
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London
Berlin Radioé
War Fund Drive Sees Slow Returns in Frederick County
Reports slow on contributions as the Frederick County Community War Fund canvass enters its tenth day. Chairman Lincoln D. Engelbrecht urges city workers to finish reports by Thursday eve ning to prevent duplication when the Friday door to door drive begins. James H. Gambrill II notes rural districts lag due to scarce help and rainy weather, while Brunswick shows promise aided by B and O Railroad groups with employees donating at least a day’s wages. Immediate city returns are hoped to ease next phase for the women general canvassing team.
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Frederick
Wily
Utal Ule
E. L. Shelton
Gambrill
Engelbrecht
Eighty U.S. Planes Strike Manila In Three Waves
The Manila radio, intercepted by the FCC, reports eighty carrier planes attacked Manila this morning. Additional raids were conducted on Clark Field and Legaspi in three waves starting at 10 a m local time, with the date given as Tuesday in eastern war time.
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Associated Press
Manila
Clark Fields
Legaspi
Manila Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Roosevelt On The Record In New York Address
President Roosevelt will have his movements publicly on the record as he visits New York for a foreign policy address marking a first since the war began. Major Paxson, leading a German front battalion, is promoted from captain to major and writes home about busy days and hope for return. Court martial reports reveal a Royal Armored Corps officer refusing a command in Belgium, with findings pending. Knight Newspapers buys Chicago Daily News for 2.15 million, and Annapolis files an appeal against Maryland Court of Appeals reorganization amendment.
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New York
Robert E. Wannegarn
Roosevelt
New York City
Foreign Policy Association
Washington
George D. Paxson
Germany
Paxson
Emmitsburg
London
War Office
William Douglashome
Royal Armored Corps
Belgium
Earl of Home
Eton
Oxford
Russians Said to Have Reached East Prussia Front
Reported German and Soviet moves in East Prussia as Russian forces pressed toward Kalvarija and Schirwindt. Moscow hinted Russians invaded East Prussia while Berlin claimed troops recovered losses and held strategic towns near Insterburg. Offensive details remained unconfirmed.
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London
Get
Germany
East Prussia
Baltic States
Reich
Moscow
Naz
Murbalis
Lronvier
Junkers
Horder Ferther
Kalvarija
Schirwindt
Col
Ernst. von Hammer
Virbalis
Lithuania
Insterburg
Konigsberg
Baltic
Memel
Poland
Eastrussia
Kaunas
Mariamipole
Ivan P. Cherniakovsky
Wilno-Insterburg
Berlin
Sugar Shortage Persists Amid Mixed Influences
Washington reports a tight sugar supply with officials divided on the duration. Factors include a larger fruit crop, heavy demand for canning sugar, milk production, corn sweeteners replacement, an egg surplus, and a smaller beet crop. Refiners face manpower shortages as cane supplies shift to eastern refineries.
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Washington
Middlewest
War Food Administration
Cannir
Segi
Japanese Vessels Destroyed by U S Submarines Reported
Navy Secretary Forrestal announced 82 Japanese ships sunk or damaged by American submarines, including seven warships. He noted 3,080 Japanese planes destroyed by Third and Fifth Fleet air forces since June, with the latest submarine tally adding three destroyers three escorts and a minelayer among 25 merchant vessels.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
U.S
Linganore filtration project nears December finish
The Linganore filtration plant's new coagulation basin is now 100 percent complete and crews Engstrom and Wynn of Wheeling are pushing other upgrades. With a September end report showing 52 percent completion, officials expect completion by early to mid December as the roof goes on the Singanore building housing three new filters, accelerating treatment capacity for water from Singanore Creek.
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Linganore
Engstrom and Wynn
Wheeling
W. Va
Singanore Creek
Fishing Creek
Singanore
Severe Hurricane Pummels Havana and Florida Keys
Winds 140 to 160 mph lash Havana as a tropical storm moves into the Gulf of Mexico. The Weather Bureau warns hurricane force winds along exposed keys with very high tides and widespread damage reported near Havana Airport. Communications were cut in Pines land, and no casualties were immediately confirmed.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Keys
Keys
Florida
South
Pay American Airways
Pines
Jeland Canth
Cuba
Weather Bureau
Mysterious illness kills a mother and five children in Erie
In Erie Pennsylvania a mother Bertha M Wolfe 23 and her four sons Merlin 3 Emmet 4 Daniel 3 and Douglas 2 months were found dead after a meal of spaghetti and sauerkraut. Authorities pursued autopsies while assessing food poisoning as the likely cause. Detective George Barber reported the family fell ill after Monday night’s dinner and were found unresponsive by 340 p m. pathologist Dr E L Armstrong noted the children died too for food poisoning.
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Erie. Pa
Bertha M. Wolfe
Merlin
Emmet
Daniel
Douglas
George Barber
Howard M. Walte
Relstive
Wolfe
Barber
ODT Halts Car Service in Springfield Washington
ODT orders suspension of taxicab service in Springfield Illinois at 11 a m tomorrow by Earl T Amrine district manager Office of Diefence Tranportation for continuous violations of regulations. He says drivers reckless and cabs in bad repair halting most cabs except three of about seventy five thousand.
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Springfield
Earl T. Amrine
Diefence Tranportation
Illinois
Amrine
Drum and Bugle Corps Mails Christmas Parcels
The Drum and Bugle Corps of the Francis Scott Key Post No 11 American Legion mailed 16 Christmas packages to former members now serving overseas or eligible for full Legion membership. Names listed include Pfe John F Howard, Pfe John S Spurrier, and several others such as Seaman First Class E Robert Bowlus and Aviation Cadet Charles Rowe among the crew.
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Drum and Bugle Corps
Francis Scott Key Post No. 11
American Legion
Armed Forces
Pfe
John F. Howard
John 5
W. Spurrier
Ear
Johnson Fisher
Donald Wail
Austin I
Cologne Struck Again By Eighth Air Force
United States Eighth Air Force launched a fourth raid on Cologne in five days. About 300 Flying Fortresses and 100 escorting fighters attacked industrial targets and freight yards near Kassel and Cologne as part of a heavy daylight offensive.
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Cologne
Eighth Air Force
London
U. S
Torlay
Ihe
Ruhr
Kassel
Jug Bridge Near Frederick Progress Reported
The new Jug Bridge east of Frederick has deck and sidewalks poured but many tasks remain before opening to traffic. A. J. Lime Company crews finish balustrades and prepare approaches on both sides. Weather may affect completion, with hopes to finish before year’s end.
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Jug Bridge
Frederick
Tae A. J
Lime “Company
Japan’s Asia Drive Shapes Pacific War Strategy
An analysis outlines Japan’s counteroffensive in Asia and how a strengthened land push toward the Philippines and China could pressure Allied supply routes. It notes Japan’s reliance on manpower, coastal expansion, and the need for land forces under General MacArthur, with airlift lifelines from India shaping the conflict’s pace.
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Washington
Japan
Asia
China
Rags
Aoaeperere Foyeges
Philippines
Navy
Douglas MacArthur
Manchuria
Russia
Chiang Kai-Shek
India
Gould faces court martial over $7 million Army contract fraud
Pi Captain Joseph Gould aged 48, a former boxing champion James Braddock, will face court martial proceedings within two weeks on charges of fraud involving more than $7 000 000 in Army contracts. He has been detained since Sept 27 at Camp Shank. Braddock is not involved, according to Army officials.
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New York
Joseph Gould
James J. Braddock
New York Port of Embarkation
Army
Gould
Camp Shank
Braddock
Richard Bennett in Oxygen Tent Amid Heart Ailment
Richard Bennett, 72 year old actor and father of Constance and Joan Bennett, was placed under an oxygen tent last night and is being treated for a heart ailment at a Los Angeles hospital.
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Richard Bennett
Los Angeles
Constance
Joan Bennett
Divisions Named in Paris HQ Update
A recapitulation from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force in Paris lists divisions identified in a 1918 era order. Included are the Seventy issues and units such as the 7th 160th 83rd 96th divisions, with other named groups across the front noted in the official announcement.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Oef
America
Japanese Vice Admirals Die in Battle Report
London dispatch reports the deaths of three Japanese fleet vice admirals in battle including Alita Mitsunobe and Maratea. The Tokyo sources describe their deaths as a result of intense action during ongoing hostilities.
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London
Berlin
Tokyo
Alita
Ines
Maratea
Mitsunobe
Davis Case Before Court Over Will Probate Dispute
The Orphans Court considered admission of a 13 date paper writing as a second will to probate for the estate of the late Dayal F P Davis. Mrs. Pearson and other heirs argued the paper should not override the previously probated will which benefits the Davis heirs. Attorneys for Mrs. Pearson contended the petition lacked standing and timeliness, while W H Davis claimed no interest. arguments proceeded without witnesses.
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Orphans Court
Aid
Dayal
Davis
Miury Meehley Pearson
Wash- Uygtan
Ib Davos
Westminster
Mire Davin
Dacob Roliback
Id B. Davis
Market
Tom Talla Daas
Emmitsburks
Mr. Davis
Maryland
Pearson
Bayis
W. Clinton McSherry
Edward J. Smith
W. H. Davis
Sdune
Penn
Kyiso
Pacific War Interpreted by Harold Streeter 1944
Retrospective view credits joint actions of MacArthur Lemay and Halsey as pivotal in the Pacific theater. The piece notes land based air forces and carrier strikes linking operations from Philippines to Formosa and Mindanao, with Nimitz joining MacArthur in a growing allied approach.
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Harold Streeter
America
Pacific
United States
Formosa
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Curtis E. Lemay
China
Navalry
Adm
William F. Halsey
MacArthur
Halsey
Philippines
Lemay
Haley
Carrie
Manila
Luzon
Mindanao
Leyte
Formoss
Aleutians
Solomons
New Guinea
Chester W. Nimitz
Dutch New Guinea
Ban MacArthur
Nimitz
Halmaheras
Palau
Fire inquiry into warehouse blaze at Avers Brothers shop
Police Chief William Peters said authorities questioned a teenage boy and a four year old boy about a fire that gutted the Avers Brothers warehouse and damaged the Spielman paintshop last night in Haverstown.
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Haverstown
William Peters
Wind la
Avers Brothers
Spielman
Drive for Cologne Intensifies On Front From Aachen To Rhine
Allied reports say U S and British forces push toward Cologne after surrounding Aachen. Lt Gen Miles Dempsey’s Second Army seizes Venray and advances two miles toward the Reich frontier while Eisenhower vows a major assault to break the Rhine Ruhr line with intensified mopping up near Aachen and Metz. European theater communiques note progress around Bruyeres Le Thillot and across the Doorn Canal with heavy house to house fighting and stiff German resistance.
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London
Ika
Venray
Todas
Courtney Hodges
Amenean
Aachen
Berlin
Colognel
Prom Bereskens
Antwerp
Rhine-Ruhr
Miles C. Dempsey
Reich Frontier
Associated Press
Ned Nordauss
Canal de Doorn
Eisenhower
Tei
Cologne
U. 8
Third Army
Nancy-Sur-Moselle
Metz
Wes Gallagher
Vosges
Bruyeres
le Thillot
Ensign Robert Geist Fights Formosa Raiders
Ensign Robert Geist 23 of Reisterstown who trained at former Detrick Field joined the Navy Air Corps in 1942. He is credited with shooting down a Japanese plane during Formosa raids and is part of a carrier force praised for downing many Nipponese planes.
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U. S
Formosa
Robert Geist
Reisterstown
Detrick Field
Navy Air Corps
Ensign Geist
Associated Press
E. L. Geist
Marines
Army Air Forces
C. Walter Kleist
Frederick
Not Enough Men Left Now To Go Around
The Census Bureau reports about 1.7 million unmated men aged 20 to 34 in civilian life and about 4 million unmarr ied women in the same group. Women over 21 outnumber men by 620,009, signaling a historic feminine majority.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bobby Son
Pureau
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War Department
George Bruce Douglas
BIY Knox Paper
Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Knight Newspapers, Inc
Frank Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Phe Ne
Annapolis
Noah Hutlman
James FE. Boylan, Jr
Pettion
Maryland Court of Appeals
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Gulf
ODT
Nip
Joe Gould
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