German Alien Released And All Charges Are Dropped
Baltimore report states Heinzdeiter a von Von Schoenermarck, a German alien and former radio announcer, was paroled by federal authorities and all charges dropped. He faced charges for failing to register as an enemy alien and posing as a citizen. he had been held on bail after a July arrest. Authorities granted permission to use the alias Brandon Roberts while he pursued citizenship papers.
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United States
Bernard J. Flynn
Heinzdeiter A von von Schoenermarck
Fderal
Schoenermarck
Frederick
Bureu
U. S. Commission
D. A. Wolfinger
Hagerstown
Flynn
Heidelburg
Maryland
Brandon Roberts
New Chief Poulsen Opens City Police Leadership
Frederick's new chief of police Arthur C. Poulsen met with air raid wardens at Elm Street School and began a review of the department. Mayor Culler cited prior criticism, promised impartial leadership, and said the chief would assess working hours and use no favorites as he meets officers citywide. Board of Aldermen and Police Commission watched the introduction.
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Arthur C. Poulsen
Nnn Vent Mths
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OCD
Lloyd C. Culler
Bert Pelissier
Board of Aldermen
Poice Commission
Herbert Strawsburg
Board of
Alderwn
Police Commission
Italian Alpini Regiment Mutinies at Gorizia Front
Reuters reported from an Italian frontier dateline that an Alpini regiment mutinied at Gorizia in Northern Italy as it was ordered to the Russian front. The ringleaders were shot by Fascist military authorities and troops were embarked forcibly without arms.
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London
Reuters
Gorizia
Italy
Thurmont To Honor All In U S Service
Thurmont residents vote to erect a flag at the town square and place a post office plaque as a roll of honor for all Thurmont district men and women in military service. A committee will collect names and branches, with a second committee to fund and install the plaque.
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Guentiza Hore Company
Mont. L. C. Mackley, Company
Minute Men
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Thurmont Lions Club
Axis Planes, Ships Raked By Allied Bombers
Cairo reports heavy Allied air attacks over the Mediterranean and North Africa. United States bombers and RAF planes damaged Axis ships and shore facilities, costing at least four ships and inflicting heavy damage on camps and transport hubs.
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Cairo
Mediterranean
North Africa
Air Raid Wardens Complete Three Week Course
Between 125 and 150 city air raid wardens finished a three week general course at Elm Street School with an exam and questions on Civilian Defense. The program covered aims functions and branches with emphasis on the seventeen services of OCD and wardens roles.
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Elm Street
OCD
Independent Albania Proclaimed Amid Italian Fronts
The News Chronicle dispatch from Ankara says Albanian mountaineers have proclaimed an independent Albania and now fight Italians on three fronts. Skappari revolt threatens Italian control, with Duce sending planes, artillery, and infantry. Reuters adds Serb patriots seized Kijac and Mrkonitehgrad from Axis puppet forces, and villages west of Sarajevo were cleared of Italian troops.
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Ankara
Albania
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Duce
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Mrkonitehgrad
Sarajevo
Page Dies on 74th Birthday in Washington
William Tyler Page senior minority clerk of the House and 61-year House employee died in his sleep on his 74th birthday. Born in Frederick Maryland he began as a page boy in 1881 rising to a top authority on House procedure. He wrote The American's Creed and Page's Congress on a Handbook.
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House of Representatives
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Ana
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Maryland
Queen Leaves To Give Mrs. Roosevelt Welcome
London reported Queen Elizabeth, recovering from bronchitis, departed Balmoral with King George VI and their two daughters to prepare welcoming Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt in Southern England. Officials said no formal visit announcement yet, but sources expect Mrs Roosevelt soon after landing in England.
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Scotland
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England
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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No Request To Intern Hesss Wife London Oct 20
Richard Law told the House of Commons that no request had been received to allow Rudolf Hesss wife to join him in internment in England. He said any such request would be denied since Hess is a prisoner of war and not entitled to such facilities.
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Foreign Office
House of Commons
Rudolf Hess
England
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Fuehres
Germany
Navy explains solo missions and allied force cooperation
David Lawrence analyzes U S Navy operations and joint armed forces cooperation in a Page 4 feature. The report outlines strategic aims, coordination with allies, and recent practice exercises, highlighting leadership roles and interoperability efforts across services.
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Solomons
U. S
David Lawrence
Japs Have Not Yet Used Most Of Their Force In Solomons
Admiral King says the war will be long and hard with no miracles. He notes the United States fights a two ocean war with a remaining navy expansion soon and that Japan aims at a long protracted conflict. Reports of renewed naval bombardment and aerial combat mark intensifying activity around Guadalcanal.
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Ernest J. King
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Douglas MacArthur
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Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Grumman
Little Damage To Frederick County Roads After Flood
Frederick county roads and bridges escaped major harm from last week's flood. Officials from the State Roads Commission and County Roads Board report no bridge damage and only minor road washouts, mainly dirt pikes. Debris, including tree stumps and trash, blocked two country roads near Greenfield and Buckeye town bridge but crews pledged quick clearance as water receded.
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County Roads Board
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Greenfield
Buckeystown
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Robert E. L. Putman
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Virginia
Brunswick Bridge
Injuries Indicate Slugging By Nazis
Berlin reports King Christian of Denmark is in satisfactory condition after his fall from a horse on Monday. Doctors say injuries to the back of the head, lower lip, left ear, and left knee cap are expected to heal rapidly.
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Today First Meatless Tuesday In New York
New York reports the first meatless Tuesday in city restaurants and hotels. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia urged establishments and housewives to serve dishes without beef veal mutton lamb or pork.
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New York
New York City
FP. H. LaGuardia
530 Axis Subs Sunk Since War Began, He Says
London Oct 20 First Lord of the Admiralty A V Alexander said Britain has an actual record of attacks sinking or damaging over 530 Axis submarines since the war began. He spoke at Caxton Hall noting some attacks were by U S forces and excluding Russian and French actions before June 1940. He warned the U boat war remains Britain’s greatest problem.
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France
U S Plane Based In Iceland Claims U Boat Kill
London reports the United States Navy air forces from Iceland claim a Catalina bombing hit a submarine. After the attack the 52 crew members abandoned ship and boarded an Icelandic fishing boat, later captured by an Allied destroyer.
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United States Navy
Iceland
British Air Ministry
Ship Sunks near South America in October Submarine Torpedoing
A small U S merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine early in October in the Atlantic off the northern coast of South America. Survivors have landed in an east coast port, the Navy announced today.
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United States
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South America
Navy
Winchester Judge Found Shot To Death At Reservoir
Winchester Virginia October 20 Judge Philip Williams of the Fifth Virginia Judicial Circuit and the Winchester Corporation Court was found shot to death about 11 30 this morning near the municipal reservoir on a hill overlooking the city He was about 42 The body was found by City Engineer Captain Jack Brandon and water department employee Russell Porn They had been searching for Williams who family said had been missing since midnight Williams had been fond of walking for exercise The revolver lay near the body Williams had recently returned from Charlottesville where he had been hospitalized He presided over a session of the Clarke County Circuit Court at Berryville recently and had asked Judge May of Staunton to discharge his duties during his absence He was the son of the late John J Williams and Mrs Emily Gray Survived by his widow former Miss Gladys George of Winchester one son one brother R Gray Williams and a sister Mrs Richard Griffith all of Winchester He practiced law in Winston Salem after UVA and later opened an office in Winchester He served in the Air Corps in World War I He was a member of Christ Episcopal church and a past president of the Winchester Kiwanis club He was appointed by Governor Harry F Byrd succeeding the late Judge T W Harrison.
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Italy Reported To Arm Dalmatian Zone Fortifications
Moscow reports Italy is fortifying the Dalmatian coastal zone from Ragusa to Split to turn the area into a fortress. The German command at Belgrade objects, per Tass via Turkey. King Vittorio Emanuele recently toured Dalmatia and inspected works along the Adriatic coast.
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British Forces Overwhelm Vichy Garrison in Madagascar
London reports British forces moving south to complete Madagascar occupation have overwhelmed Vichy opposition. More than 800 prisoners and considerable equipment captured well south of Ambostira, according to a British East African communique issued today.
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Madagascar
Ambostira
Dr. Frederick Stock Dies Suddenly at 70
Dr Frederick Stock, longtime conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1905 and a key figure in American music since 1895, died suddenly today of a heart attack at the age of 70 in Chicago.
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Frederik Stock
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Advance Resumed as War Tension Mostly Steady Markets
New York stocks firmed after war anxiety and rail bond strains, led by steel shares. Broad buying appeared supported by the morning tone, with modest gains early in trading as pivotals edged up fractions to over a point near the fourth hour.
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New York
May Robson Dies At 78 Movie Star in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills California October 201- May Robson 78 veteran Australian born silage and screen character actress died at her home today. Despite failing health and eye sight she had been active in moving pictures until less than a year ago. At her bedside were her son and daughter in law Widlis Edoward Gere and her secretary companion Lillian Harmer who had been with her constantly since 1810. Her last feature was Joan of Paris made last year by RKO released early in 1942. Last winter she was before the cameras for the last time in a community chest short subject with Lionel Barrymore and Lew Ayres.
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Me Widlis
Edoward Gere
Lillian Harmer
RKO
Community Chest
Lionel Barrymore
Lew Ayres
House Passes Record High U S Tax Bill
Washington reports the House approved a record high wartime tax bill by a 130 to 2 vote after a compromise with the Senate. Treasury estimates show the measure would raise about ten billion dollars gross with eight billion net, bringing federal taxes in 1943 to roughly 27 billion. awaiting Senate action.
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Senate
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D-N. C
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City To Send Greetings To All Men In Service
The Board of Aldermen approved a proposal by Mayor Lloyd Culler to send Christmas greeting cards to every member of the duty service. The front features a Baker Park sketch by Helen Smith from College Avenue Bridge looking northeast with the park’s landmarks. The card includes the American flag and the last four lines of the Star Spangled Banner.
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Lloyd €. Culler
Baker Park
Helen Smith
College Avenue Bridge
Baker Memorial
Carroll Creek
Francis Scott Key
General Heinz Guderian Reported Killed on Russian Front
Reuters reported a Tass dispatch from Istanbul to Moscow said Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian, the Nazi tank warfare expert, was believed killed in the fighting in Russia. The dispatch noted his name and picture had not appeared in German publications for four months.
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Reuters
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Istanbul
Moscow
Heinz Guderian
Russia
Russ Holding Firm After Shelling By Nazi Guns
Autumnal storms push Stalingrad battle back to World War II tactics of artillery and infantry. Russians hold firm along battered lines as air war resumes full scale. Germans intensify three hour artillery barrages and close in on northern factory district, while reports claim occupation of an added block in northern suburbs.
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Don and
Volga
Stalingrad
Berlin
Court change urged for liquor appeal hearings by Paul M Little
County License Commissioner Paul M Little urged shifting appeals of liquor and beer rulings from the State License Bureau to the Circuit Court. He cites greater court knowledge of local areas and warns current setup creates two boards with one having last say. Governor O Conor plans inquiry into appeals, noting courts as better suited and apolitical. Little reports sixteen Bureau decisions in four years, nine affirmed and seven reversed.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
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Allegany County
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Ninety Two Occupations Regarded As Essential
Washington on October 20 92 occupations in communication services were declared essential to the war effort by national Selective Service officials. The list guides local boards in deferment eligibility for registrants with six months or more training and includes telephone telegraph newspaper radio paging newsreel and television repair facilities.
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National Selective Service
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