U S Loses Two Destroyers In Solomons Battle
The Navy announced the loss of two destroyers the O'Brien and the Meredith in the Guadalcanal fighting. American airmen damaged a Japanese destroyer and stopped a cruiser with a bomb hit. US fighters downed several Zero fighters and two enemy bombers, with American losses. The Meredith and O'Brien were named for naval heroes, and details on commanders and origins were provided.
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Washington
Navy Tonight
O'Brien
Meredith
Guadalcanal
Navy
Solomons
U. S
Grumman
United States
Philippines
Ean
Boston Navy Yard
Sergi
Jonathan Meredith
Marine Corps
Tipoli
Brinnalielan
Jeremiah O'Brien
Harry Exsor Hubbard
Baltimore
Thomas Burrowes
Keyport
N. 1
New Tax Bill Becomes Law As FDR Signs It
Washington October 21 The new tax bill becomes law when President Roosevelt signs less than ninety minutes after receiving it from Congress. It sets individual rates from 19 percent to 82 percent with a six percent normal tax plus a graduated surtax and a five percent Victory Tax on income over 624 yearly. Corporate taxes rise to 40 percent with 90 percent excess profits tax after a 5000 exemption, and excises on liquor cigarettes and cigars rise November 1. The Treasury estimates an extra 6.881 billion dollars in revenue, with another bill planned to raise about 6 billion more in 1943.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Japanese report raid near Hopei Province in China
The Japanese North China Army announced three US B-24 Liberator bombers dropped several high altitude bombs in eastern Hopei Province China. Dorbei said the damage was negligible in a Peiping dispatch. No Allied confirmation appeared. if US FemilWs la. Chiefld adele attack it would be the first such northward aerial thrust in Japanese occupied territory.
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Tokyo
North China Army Command
Hopei Province
China
Dorbei
Peiping
Adele
Chiefs News Fragment: Mrs Hubbard’s Remark Sparks Action
Fragmentary report notes Mrs Hubbard speaking to include news of action. The quote hints at ongoing events after seventeen years of endurance, reflecting a resolve to take it and wait for more details.
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Meredith
War Necessity Certificates Committee aids farm truck owners
A county War Necessity Certificates committee organized to help farm truck owners obtain essential use certificates under ODT rules met Wednesday and will sit Friday and Saturday at 35 East South Street. The nine member panel led by acting chairman Aivene Coshes will assist applicants from 8:30 to 5:00, with officials noting forms come from Detroit and may be completed elsewhere. Only vehicles used more than half the time for farming fall under the committee’s jurisdiction and applicants must already have an application form received from Detroit.
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Aivene Coshes Regn
Actng
Coun
AAA
Ray H. Smith
Frederick
Pascal Renn
Feazaville
PB. D. Koors
Thurmontart S L Ermsberg
Knoxville
Howard T Smith
Irving E. Staley
C. Lease
ODT
Detroit
Detroit Ddt
Army Does Not Want Job Of Enforcing Prohibition In Camp
Washington Oct 21 Secretary of War Stimson opposed a Senate amendment to bar liquor sales within and around Army camps and adjacent communities arguing it would boost bootlegging and hurt morale. He warned enforcement would rest on the Army and hinder military efficiency despite calls from Senator Lee for a total ban on alcohol in camps and nearby towns. He favored education, supervision and restriction over flat prohibition to maintain morale and healthy recreation among soldiers.
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Washington
Congress
Hone Dry
Stimson
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Reynolds
Senate
Lee
D-Okla
Army
Scout Tenderfoot Investiture and November Plans
Tenderfoot investiture with Scout Executive Norman F. Ford was conducted by Boy Scout Troop 1 Grace Reformed Church as two youths' mothers pinned ranks. November 17 features astronomical study at Hood College observatory. Avery Simmons earns Tenderfoot after his brother Richard’s Eagle Scout rank. Several U. S. aircraft companies now employ more workers than the entire industry did three years ago.
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Norman F. Ford
Grace
Reformed
Hood College Observatory
Douglas Weddie
William Max Simmons
Earl Mercer
Young Simmons
Richard
U. S
Premier Hepburn of Ontario Quits Post
Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario resigns the premiership amid opposition to the Dominion Government and war effort. He is succeeded by Attorney General Gordon Conant, who Hepburn recommended. Hepburn will retire from public life after a short interim as provincial treasurer.
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Toronto
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
W. L. Mackenzie King
Gordon Conant
Hepburn
Conant
U-Boat Bases Attacked By Flying Forts In Daylight
In daylight raids from English airfields American Flying Fortresses hit Lorient and Maupertus in France, aiming at U-boat bases and aircraft hubs used with submarines. Mustangs and Mosquitoes supported from Holland to Germany with targets in Lathen and the Zuider Zee. No aircraft losses reported. raid marked the RAF’s second straight over Germany as Vichy France reported bombings.
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London
Europe
Atlantic
France
Lille
English Channel
Britanny
Lorient
Dortmund-Ems
Lathen
Hannover
Zuider Zee
Holland
Germany
RAF
Maupertus
Vichy
Answers To War Quiz Divisions On Page Five
Answers to war quiz itemizes facts on a 37th division insignia at Camp Shelby Mississippi at World War I outbreak. It cites Dr Hjalmar Procope a minister from Finland and notes gyrines as Marines.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Hjalmar Procope
Finland
Marinca
Indian posting thrills Brunswick sergeant’s family note
In India First Sergeant Rose son of Mr and Mrs Rose of Brunswick is stationed somewhere in India where he has been for about a month. Rose has served six years in the Army with two years in the Hawaiian Islands a year at Fort Meade and the rest in Texas. He reports the Indian people and especially their architecture as very interesting.
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Rose
5. Rose
Brunswick
India
Sergt
Hawaiian Islands
Fort Meade
Texas
Bergt
Japs Driven Back In Owen Stanley Mountains Save
General MacArthur's headquarters says Japanese forces in the Owen Stanley Mountains have been forced to retreat for a second straight day from defensive positions near Eora. Allied medium bombers damaged Macbisse in Timor and heavy bombers attacked Rabaul harbor and its drome. An enemy launch near Gasmata was sunk by Allied gunners. Lushan harbor was strafed.
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MacArthur
Australia
Owen Stanley
Eora
Macbisse
Timor
Port Darwin
Rabaul
New Britain
Gasmata
New Britain Island
Lushan
Kokoda
Wenture Atew
Red Fleet Sinks Romanian Destroyer and Three German Transports
The Soviet midnight communiqué reports a Romanian destroyer sunk in the Black Sea and three small German transports totaling 1500 tons sunk in the Gulf of Finland by the Red Fleet.
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Moscow
Red Fleet
Black Sea
Gulf of Finland
Cumberland Railroad Man Badly Injured
Charles Robert Lemaster a 20 year old Western Maryland Railroad man from Cumberland was injured in a morning wreck while on a westbound freight near Thurmont. He suffered a fractured skull and remained in critical condition at Frederick City Hospital. His wife of two months Pauline Brotemarkle and his parents were notified.
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Ment
Charles Robert Lemaster
Western Maryland Railroad
Cumberland
Frederick City
Pauline Brotemarkle
Charles N. Lemaster
Walter H. Minnick
Hagerstown
Lemaster
Minnick
Thurmont
Valley Road
Raymond
Bruce
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Burma
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Tulsa
Okla
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Charles W. Rose
Stanley Mountains
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Templeton
Best
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Cumberland Railroad
C.R. Lemaster
W. Md
Delphey
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C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
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