Mangled Brunswick brakeman killed in yard accident
A Baltimore and Ohio brakeman, John David Carroll, 58, was run over and mangled by a freight car in the Brunswick yards this morning while shifting cars. He died at the scene or en route to a funeral home, with an autopsy possible. Carroll left a wife and several sons, and had worked about 30 years for the railroad.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Brunswick
John David Carroll
Paul B.rhoads
Carroll
C. H. Feete
Say Two U S Cruisers Lost
New York reports a Berlin broadcast claiming Japan lost a heavy cruiser and a light cruiser plus two destroyers in the Solomons. The U S Navy gave no such confirmation. Tokyo had not officially announced these losses. A separate Tokyo Asahi item cited sunken Japanese transports at Bantam Bay Java and salvage work.
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United States
Solomons
Tokyo
New York
Berlin
U. S. Navy
O'Brien
Meredith
Southwest Pacific
Dutch East Indies
Java
Asahi
Bantam Bay
Labor groups back Brooke Lee and candidates in district races
The Maryland and District of Columbia Industrial Union Council endorsed the Maryland Labor Unity Conference slate. It supports E. Brooke Lee in the Sixth District and also backs Rep. Thomas D Alesandro in the Third, Daniel Ellison in the Fourth, Governor O Conor, Attorney General William C. Walsh, and Comptroller Millard Tawes seeking reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland and District of Columbia Industrial Union Council
CIC
Maryland Labor Unity Conference
AFL
CIO
Thomas D'Alesandro
Daniel Ellison
E. Brooke Lee
O'Conor
William C. Walsh
J. Millard Tawes
Churchill wins 103.85 judgment over libel suit in New York
Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, defeats publisher William Griffin in a libel case. Griffin, NY Sunday Enquirer publisher, sought $1 million for a 1936 interview. Judgment for Churchill covers costs of defense, filed yesterday. Griffin did not appear in court. Griffin is under indictment in Washington on charges of conspiring to impair morale of the armed forces.
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New York
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
William Griffin
New York Sunday Enquirer
Griffn
Griffin
Washington
Saih
Army Training Plan Keeps Thanksgiving Christmas Active
Secretary Stimson said the Army will not let Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays delay training or induction schedules. No personnel will be ordered to recruit or be examined on Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Eve or Day. Normal furloughs between Thanksgiving and New Year’s will be restrictive but may extend by one or two days to allow time with families.
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Washington
Stimson
Point of Rocks Fights Aftermath of Potomac Flood
A week after the Potomac river flood Point of Rocks residents still deal with damp homes and limited occupancy. Lower sections return to interiors on upper floors while most businesses remain closed or barely open. Flood damages to buildings exceed last year though merchandise losses were smaller. Red Cross workers survey affected families as cleanup continues.
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Point of Rocks
Prighi's
Lawrence Sigafoose
Sigafoose
Preston Smallwood
Leesburg
National Red Cross
Red Cross
Britain Makes Youth Of 18 Liable To Service
London reports that Britain, facing potential American action, declared 18 year olds liable for military service. Labor Minister Ernest Bevin announced in the House of Commons that King George VI signed a proclamation forcing men who reach 18 into national service.
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London
Britain
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
George VI
Stocks Drifted Backward Amid Slow Market Action
New York stock prices generally leaned backward with little weakness seen early, scattered resistance near the fourth hour, and fractional declines prevailing. Trading was slow and rallying power was lacking at the start.
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New York
Darlan Heads to Dakar From Algiers In West Africa Move
Admiral Jean Darlan arrived in Algiers en route to Dakar as Allied actions in Liberia and the broader West African theater sparked international attention. Swiss and Bern dispatches note Vichy seeks calm while monitoring troop movements and defense preparations near the French Atlantic base.
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Vichy
Jean Darlan
Dakar
France
Vicky
Algiers
Liberia
Bern
Basler Nachrichten
Darlan
French Morocco
Switzerland
Pierre Lavall
Germany
Switzer
Land
West Africa
Africa
Daker
AOM
Admiralty
Atlante
Nine Nazi Fighters Shot Down By Forts
London reports United States Flying Fortresses destroyed nine enemy fighters in yesterday’s raid on the Lorient submarine base in France. The Eighth Air Force said the engagement began as Fortresses crossed the coast and Fortresses fought a continuous air battle with Fw 190s near Quinperje. Three US bombers are missing.
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London
United States
Lorient
France
United States’ Army Air Forces
Perows
Eighth Air Force
USAAF
Quinperje
Danish King Christian X Falls, Condition Worsens
Copenhagen broadcast reports King Christian X of Denmark injured in a horse fall and now lapses into unconsciousness with his condition described as worse. The October 22 update notes the deterioration and concern from officials.
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London
Copenhagen
Christian X of
Denmark
Some Flyers In Doolittle Raid May Be Held By Japs
Secretary of War Stimson said some American flyers from the Tokyo raid may have been forced down or captured by Japan after leaving Japan. He cited one interned in Russia and several forced down in China, with a few listed as missing. He noted Japanese broadcasts matched names in Army records and stressed adherence to the Geneva convention and humane treatment.
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Washington
Stimson
Tokyo
Japan
Russia
China
Red Cross
New York
James H. Doolittle
William J. Farrow
St. Jones Street
Darlington
D. C
Dean E. Hallmark
BC Way Avenue
Dallas
Texas
Jacob D. Deshazer
Crevan and
Sarerant
Snow Flurries Amid Stalingrad Siege Gains
Snow swirled over the Don Volga corridor as Soviet forces recaptured several industrial buildings in northern Stalingrad and launched a major trench raid northwest of the city with over two hundred German fatalities. The weather shift and renewed counter-attacks marked the 59th day of the siege, while the Soviet Information Bureau announced Axis ships sunk in the Black Sea and Gulf of Finland.
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Moscow
Don- Volga
Stalingrad
Russia
Pravda
Soviet Information Bureau
Fea
Black Sea
Red Fleet
Gulf of Finland
Chile adapts cabinet as axis agents banished
Chile under President Juan Antonio Rios forms a new cabinet led by Interior Minister Paul Morales radical party after three German nationals linked to espionage are banished to Quiriquina island and homes of suspected pro axis foreigners are searched. Foreign Minister Joaquin Fernandez selected to succeed Ernesto Barros Jarpa as tensions rise over Axis ties amid protests outside the U.S. embassy and a pledge to uphold continental solidarity.
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Santiago
Chile
Juan Antonio Rios
Paul Morales
Radical
Liberal) Party
Jose Arancibia
Morales
Quiriquina
Tabauso
Oitithe Amek
Macneite
Arancibia
Alfred Kleiber
Ludwig Russ
Wilhelm Dorbach
Fernandez
Joaquin Fernandez
Uruguay
German Riesco
Frantisco Solar
Foilan Ar Tiagada
Ernesto Barros Jarpa
Germany
Italy
Japan
Radical Party
Barros
U. S
Sumner Welles
Boston
Argentina
TOC
Claude G. Bowers
Welles
Rios
Parole Refused for Alfred Logan Alexander in Baltimore
In Annapolis on October 22 parole for Alfred Logan Alexander a 54 year old former Baltimore city employee serving three years for larceny of 1779 in city funds was denied by Parole Director Herman M Moser. Moser said the inmate had not profited by incarceration and was not ready for parole following testimony from Marie Bauernschmidt and City Collector Thomas G Young who opposed the parole. Alexander worked in the Baltimore Bureau of Receipts tax savings department before his conviction last year.
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Annapolis
Alfred Logan Alexander
Baltimore City
Herman M. Moser
Alexander
House of Correction
Morer
Marie Bauernschmidt
Baltimore
Thomas G. Young
Baltimore Bureau of Receipts Tax Savings Department
Fire hits Baltimore warehouse. $54,000 loss reported
Baltimore power box firm reports total loss around 54,000 after a six alarm fire swept its warehouse near Key Highway. Bertram H. Caizen, company president, says about 400,000 worth of paper stock burned and warehouse damage around 10,000. Fire endangered Bethlehem Steel yards for a time.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Power Box Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
Key Highway
Bertram H. Caizen
Chinese Preparing To Make Counter Offensive In War
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek told the People's Political Council that Chinese armies are preparing a counter offensive against Japan. He said Japanese power has peaked and Allied victory is certain, speaking at the opening meeting of the council’s third session.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
People's Political Council
Japan
Iaw
Chiasng
Ching
All Services Under Head Is Maas Idea
Washington reports Rep Maas of Minnesota urges immediate abolition of the Army Navy and Marine Corps in favor of a single coordinated force. He calls for merging War and Navy Departments and a unified war committee, with one commanding officer reporting to the President. Maas cites Pacific duty and seeks unity of command and uniforms.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Rep
Maas ¢Rminn
House Naval Committee
Pacific
Mass
Congress
House
Senate
Maas
Solomons
New Guinea
Knox
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Lieut Fahnestock Killed in Accident in New Guinea
Lieut Bruce Fahnestock, one of two American brothers famed for South Pacific travels before the war, was killed in an accident in New Guinea. Details were not released. He was buried with full honors beside Byron Darnton, as Sheridan Fahnestock attended the funeral.
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New Guinea
Bruce Fahnestock
South Pacific
Fahnestock
Sheridan
Byron Darnton
New York Times
Darnton
Sheridan Fahnestock
Australia
Japs To Put Prisoners To Work In War Plants
New York report says Japanese factories may hire prisoners of war as workers under a law published in the official gazette. Managements must house feed and supervise the detainees as if in war camps.
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New York
Held for espionage reported in Stockholm case
Stockholm dispatch says Swedish authorities arrested two men on espionage charges. The suspects include Hungarian warrant officer Imre Arthur Geroe and Swedish journalist Carl Cruste Eliseo, accused of imparting information to a foreign power.
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Berlin
Transocean
Stockholm
Imre Arthur Geroe
Pand
Carl Cruste
Eliseo
Curtailment Of Civilian Goods May Be Increased
Washington reports forecast deeper curtailment of civilian goods production as the War Production Board schedules essential civilian items like military weapons. Chairman Donald M. Nelson said a list of necessary civilian goods will be submitted to the Office of Civilian Supply. Officials note few further eliminations exist and hint at cutting service personnel to save materials. Nelson also halted construction not directly tied to the war effort.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Office of Civilian Supply
Theaters War Production Board
Roosevelt
WPB
Donald Nelson
Supplemental Gas Coupons Are Lacking
City and county motorists missed the Wednesday deadline for renewing supplementary ration books. Many face no coupons until renewals are processed by the War Price and Rationing Board with Red Cross and Civilian Defense help. Board offices stay open to four Saturday afternoon for issuing new supplemental books only. About 75 percent of renewal applications mailed last week have not returned. A2,500 books dated October 21 are void, and using or accepting such coupons is illegal.
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County War Price and Rationing Board
Anc
Rationing Board
The
Red Cross
Office of Civilian Defense
Rationing
Ilegal
Cooperation Tightens Pacific Command Across Solomons
Secretary Stimson said in Washington that Vice Admiral Ghormley and General MacArthur were in the closest possible cooperation along the Solomon Islands border, with Nimitz commanding the Pacific fleet and separate US forces under Dewitt Buckner in Alaska. MacArthur provides crucial support to Ghormley’s naval and air operations as bombers pound Japanese positions.
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Washington
Stimson
Solomons
Hubert L. Ghormley
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
MacArthur
Ghormley
Poothe
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Hawaii
Fiji
New Hebrides
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Navel
Christmas parcel deadline aids overseas service members
Postmaster Motter warns mailers to send Christmas parcels to armed forces overseas by November 1 to ensure delivery by Christmas. V mail and air mail use surges as residents mail gifts, with Do Not Open Until Christmas on wrappers. Domestic mail should depart 20 to 25 days before Christmas and war operations may reduce postal staff and transport, urging smaller catalog mailings in December.
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Guy K. Motter
Motter
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