Blake Case Removed To Montgomery For Trial
Associate Judge Stedman Prescott granted a change of venue in the Blake case, sending it to Montgomery County for trial. He cited potential unconscious prejudice from two years of newspaper coverage about Blake, a former labor organizer, as justification for the move. Blake appeared in court briefly. counsel argued publicity has produced bitter, anti labor sentiment locally. Indictments include sodomy, assault and battery and talc pretender.
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George Wilson Blake
Rebor
Stedman Prescott
Montgomery County
Blake
Joesi
Portland
Ore
Prescult
Prescott
Zimmerman
Slate
William M. Storm
Frederick
Brown Ready To Quit As Price Administrator
Washington reports Prentiss M. Brown informally discussed resigning as Price Administrator with President Roosevelt. Associates say he planned to resign but Brown had not submitted any formal notice. Staff indicated Brown intended to travel to Michigan and return to Washington mid next week.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Roosevelt
Price
Prentiss
M. Brown
Office of
Price Adminy
Brown
Giance
Mich
May Kreet Big Tank To Lift Pressure In Water Lines
Frederick city officials discussed a plan to build a million gallon elevated water tank 125 feet high near Linden Hills to relieve pressure and reduce power costs by drawing water from the Singapore filtration plant. The project aims to stabilize supply during droughts and outages, potentially boosting pumping capacity to 4 million gallons daily and reducing water bans for years. Mayor Gittinger planned a mountainside inspection trip with Aldermen to evaluate additional stream sources for a future mountain supply.
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Frederick
Board of Aldermen
Frank W. Rothenhaefer
Linden Hills
Singanore
Singapore
Russell H. McCain
Drouth
Futhermore
Ely
William J. Davis
Linganore
Fishing Creek
Davis
Hugh V. Gittinger
Voluntary Rationing Of Cigarettes Begins
New York reports formal rationing of cigarettes nationwide. The five top brands face quota systems. American Tobacco Co and Lorillard reserve right to curb excess orders. R J Reynolds allocates 70 percent of prior sales and Philip Morris 80 percent of August shipments.
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New York
Wall Street Journal
American Tobacco Co. P. Lorillard Co
Ligfelt & Myers
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Philip “Iorris& Co
Portal-To-Portal Pay Basis Faces Opposition
Washington October 21 coal operators challenged the proposed portal-to-portal wage agreement between United Mine Workers and operators as radical and a dangerous system. A hearing was held before the War Labor Board.
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Washington
Frost Sets Record Low Pattern for Month
The seventh Ortoner nick minimum under 32 was logged this morning with frost. The month’s minimum hit 30 degrees and frost appeared, marking that one third of month’s nights have fallen below 32, more typical of November.
Connally Resolution Approved by Senate Panel
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved without change the Connally resolution pledging the United States to join with free and sovereign nations to maintain world peace. Senator Shipsies said the panel rejected suggestions to strengthen and clarify the wording after a closed meeting.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
United States
Shipsies
New Piston Ring Upgrade Aids Allied Air Power
Baltimore reports reveal a new chromium plated porous piston ring used in Pratt and Whitney engines. The rings last four to five times longer than cast iron, keeping American bombers and fighters in action longer and disrupting Nazi estimates of Allied losses. Discovered by Hendrick Van Der Horst, the porous chromium ring research boosts U S aircraft maintenance and production.
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Baltimore
North
Africa
Mediterranean
Europe
United States
Koppers Company
Pratt and Whitney
Carle AM Vale Dig
Hollander
Hendrick van der Horst
Holland
van der Horst
America
Casualties Are Reduced in Volturno Battle
Secretary of War Stimson announced lower American casualties in Italy from September to early Volturno fighting. The latest tally: 879 killed, 3,047 wounded, 2,? missing and total 6,744, down from 8,307 reported October 17. The Volturno battle began around October 8 after Capua fell to General Clark's Fifth Army.
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Washington
Italy
Volturno River
Stimson
Capua
Mark W. Clark
Ate
War Fund Drive Progress in Frederick City
Frederick mayors campaign leader Glenn T Swisher reported this morning that $37,250 of the $23,750 goal in the national war fund drive has been raised in Frederick city. He warned the campaign is moving slowly and considerable effort remains to reach the target.
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Frederick
Glenn T. Swisher
Frederick City
Mr. Swisher
U.S.-Born Japs Led In Main Attack On Italy
Washington reports that US soldiers of Japanese ancestry led the main attack in Tunisia as the division fought toward Rome. Capt Tara Suzuki of Honolulu, a 16-year reserve officer, led the first row of action. The battalion, all born in Hawaii of Japanese parents, earned praise for endurance and courage under fire.
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Washington
Tunisia
Wa Nson
Rome
Hawaii
Fee
Italy
Tara Suzuki
Honolulu
Suzuki
War Department
Ernest Tanaka
Wailua
Oahu
George HL Zakimi
Hakalau
Tanaka
Zakimi
Former First British Sea Lord Dies At 66
London report says Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound died in London at age 68 after resigning as First Sea Lord due to ill health. He guided the fleet through four critical war years and shaped Britain’s modern policy. died while returning from the Quebec Churchill Roosevelt conference. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham succeeded him the next day.
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London
Dudley Pound
Dudley
Britain
Quebec
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Mediterranear
Tokyo Says Liberators Bombed Gilbert Islands
Tokyo radio reported by the FCC said six American Liberator bombers attacked Japanese installations in the Gilbert Islands yesterday. The broadcast minimized damage and did not report any downed aircraft.
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New York
Gilbert Tslands
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Editor William Alen White Improves After Mayo Clinic Operation
William Alen White, prominent Emporia Kansas editor, underwent successful surgery at Mayo Clinic. The operation was performed two weeks after a coronary hospital procedure, with White and his family hopeful for recovery as doctors monitor his condition.
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W. AL White
Minn
William Alen White
Emporia
Kans
Jean . L. White
Mayo Clinic
Morgenthau in Italy and Fifth Army visit Naples
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau traveled with the Fifth Army through Italy to Naples where Lt Gen Merk W Clark led praise for British and American troops and the AMG efforts in restoring the city.
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Morgenthat
Italy
Fifth Army
Hale
Torwarsd
Merk W. Clark
AMG
Naples
Progress Of Fifth Army Slowed By Terrain In Italy
The Fifth Army’s advance in the Italian front slowed due to difficult terrain and entrenched German positions. Lt General Mark W. Clark’s forces faced stubborn defenses as Montgomerie’s troops pressed high ground west of Campobasso and near Vinchiatura, while Allied air strikes targeted rail hubs like Nis to disrupt German supply lines.
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Paw Devae
Mark W. Clark
Firth Army
Bernard
Montigomers
Buése
Tourniles
Campobasso
Oration
Buese
Baranello
Ighs
Imedigima Boaurbers
Northwest African Air Forges
Nis
Yugoslavia
Nis Les
Belgrade
Sofia
Orient Express
Salonika
Skuplje
Northwest African Air Force
Metal Used To Sew Arm Leg Nerves POW Army Surgeons Report
Columbus Ohio October 21 UP Army surgeons use tantalum to repair arm and leg nerves damaged by bullets and reconstruct missing skull and facial bones. The metal can be drawn into fine wire and formed into plates and sheets to substitute bone. Ashford General Hospital surgeons report faster recovery with tantalum as it shows on X rays and causes no foreign body reaction. Major Woodhall cites successful repairs and calls the method a significant advance in treating nerve injuries.
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Columbus
Leo
Fifth Service Command
Army
Ashford General Hospital
Barnes Woodhall
Ashford
North Africa
Woodhall
Mapes Wortashall
Italian Officers In Sardinia Live In Luxury On Air Base
Dispatch from Sardinia reports Italian officers living in luxury at Guardia di Field, dining on chicken noodles and wine while Allied sailors observe lavish mess life. Bombed towns like Cagliari show ruins as American troops note Fascist salutes and crowded streets. Water shortages strain Sassari as crowds form for uniforms.
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Sardinia
Air Force
Colntiel
Stone
Sassari
War Prisoners Put To Work Across The Nation
Secretary of War Stimson announced measures to move 140000 prisoners of war to essential labor sites nationwide. About a quarter serve in Army maintenance and hospital roles while others work in construction, canning, brick plants, and agricultural harvesting from Georgia to New York and Texas. The plan aims to benefit both prisoners and the war effort, though exact job mix was not disclosed.
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Washington
Conteen
Tabor
Stimson
Tron Ole Machines
Georgia
Colorado
Texas
New York
Stimeon
Brunswick merchant seeks set aside appraisers award
Abram Kaplan, owner of a West Potomac street furniture store, petitions Brunswick court to overturn an appraisers’ award on wind storm damage to his $5,000 insured building, claiming the appraisal grossly undervalued loss and damages. He asserts the reported sound value of $27,000 and loss of $231.46 are erroneous and that further claims for repairs or payment were refused.
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Brunswick
Abram Kaplan
Alo West Potomac Street
Grangers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Wreserick County
Kaplan
Fenians Companys
Jacob Robhre
Stniden SF Buck
AMS
Monopoly Controls Anti-Rickets Vitamin D Notice
Fragmented OCR text references Vitamin D and anti rickets measures. Mentions a foundation and an $8,500 figure with sub committees and teeth growth prevention. Lacks coherent details and clear entities due to garbled source.
City Considers Selling Yule Trees From Filtration Grounds
Mayor Hugh Galtinger urges selling Linganore filtration plant trees to Frederick citizens at nominal cost as Christmas trees. He says the trees belong to residents and should be priced to cover cutting trimming and transport. Board backs proposal with conditions and calls for uniform price for all buyers.
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Hugh ¥. Galtinger
Frederick
Board of Aldermen
Siper
Maors
Great Fleet Of Bombers Hit Leipzig In War Action
British RAF announced a great force of bombers attacked Leipzig, the third largest German city, with a round trip of about 100 miles. The raid damaged factories and 700,000 population city as Allied air power pressed across western Germany, with the day ending amid intensified battles and roughly 20 German fighters shot down.
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Londo
Heipeig
Heeley
Germany
Nigat
German Wounded Reject Reports of Widespread Bombing
On the British hospital ship Atlantis near Gothenburg, Oct 20, many German war wounded and civilians repatriated deny Allied propaganda about Germany's home conditions. RAMC attendants and evacuees note most aboard come from bomber cities and distrust reports of deep bombing on inland cities such as Stuttgart and Munich.
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EDWE
Atlantis
Goetborg
Sweden
Britain
Brish Royal Amy Medical Corps
England
Atlantic
Fred Brown
RAMC
Hamburg
Bremes
Emden
Dortmund
Berlin
Hannover
Stuttgart
Munich
Weather forecasts under review for expand detail
Washington January 21 The question whether more complete weather forecasts can be issued is under consideration by military authorities. The censorship office has lifted general restrictions on weather information. the Weather Bureau does not release data in as great detail as before the war, and inquiry focuses on expanding current releases.
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Washington
Qet
Office of Censorship
Siti
Pre Weather Bureau
Famine Claims 25000 in Bengal Over Four Months
From Calcutta dispatch the Dails ail reports about a severe famine in Bengal with about 25,000 deaths in four months. The piece notes the scale of suffering across the Indian province and cites ongoing, desperate conditions.
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Calewla
Ail
Bengal
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