Barrier In Teen Age Draft Bill To Be Dropped
Washington Oct 25 amid debate over a farm labor deferment amendment. The farm provision, approved 62 to 6, would defer workers in agriculture essential to the war effort until replacement is found. It would reclassify workers if they leave farming, keeping them from combat unless a local board allows. House conferees may support the measure despite opposition from some Senate and House members and War Department views. The House likely acts after elections.
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Washington
Senate
Tydings
D.-Md
Senate Conference Committee
House
Reynolds
D.-N.c
Thomas
Utah
Hall
Alabama
Ae Oer
Austin
R-Vt
Gurney
Hause
O'Daniel
United States
May
D.-Ky
Miliary Committee
War Departments
Stimson
Roosevelt
War Tire production authorized for distribution
Officials of the Kelly Springfield Tire Company announced that production of a new war tire had been authorized by the War Production Board. The tires should be ready for distribution when rationing regulations are formulated and must be used at speeds under 35 mph with proper air pressures. Rotation and reversed direction every 2000 miles are recommended for best results. In China, Japanese armored cars failed to break Chinese positions near Kinawa Chekiang. a Chinese flank attack restored the line after a 13 October train movement suffered 100 casualties.
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Cumberland
Kelly Springfield Tire Company
War Production Board
Mavement
Chungking
Kinawa
Chekiang Province
Japan
Ichang
Hupeh Province
Answers To War Quiz
Answers To War Quiz on UM Page Five notes terms about insignia paymaster duties and a Roosevelt statement to Congress. It discusses government property condition in the Army and salvaging or marking unserviceable items when destruction is impractical.
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Paymaster
Roosevelt
Congress
Induction Of Married Men Begins In December
Baltimore in October reports State Selective Service director Col. Henry Stanwood announces the induction of married men without children. By late November the supply of 1-A men will be exhausted, even as Washington guidance on married men with children is awaited. Inductions occurred for marriages deemed imminent, and any delay from new 18 to 20 year olds would be only a few weeks.
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Baltimore
Henry Stanwood
Selective Service
Stanwood
Washington
Congress
Switzerland
Fred
Reuters
Bernseidef Swiss
London
Italy
Milan
Luftwaffle
News Chronicle
Tamoerrow
Germany
Channel
O'Conor
Chanticleer
McKeldin
State Liquor Appeal Board
Tait
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Edward S. Aulaplaine
Frederick
W. Clinton McSherry
Seven Army Airmen Missing With Rickenbacker Flight
Washington October 25 Seven Army airmen are missing with Captain Eddie Rickenbacker on a Pacific flight. The War Department lists names only and reports no results from the wide search. The missing include Captain William T. Cherry Jr and seven others.
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Washington
Army
Eddie Rickenbacker
Pacific
War Department
Revew O
Hans Adamson
Air Corps
Navy
Rickenbacker
Southwest Pacific
Stimson
Henry H. Arnold
Adamson
Washington, D. C
William T. Cherry, Jr
Pilot
Fort Worth
Tex
James C. Whittaker
Burlingame
Calif
John J. Deangelis
Nesquconing
James W.reynolds
Port Jones
Alexander T. Kaczmarzyk
Aution
Genk
ANG
John F. Bartek
Freehold
N. J
Cherry
Scargey
France
Oahu
Hawaii
Americans Confident Of Ultimate Victory
An American morale officer from Au burn Alabama reports troops in the Middle East on the offensive are highly motivated and optimistic about victory. He praises the airmen and notes their humor courage and modesty while detailing their off duty activities and longing for mail from home. Also a note that fuel oil ration forms must be mailed by November 1 with local collection points in Baltimore city and county and other counties to obtain forms at designated schools.
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Middle East
Earle
Preach) Smith
Auburn
Ala
Smith
Baltimore
Eggieston
OPA
Baltimore City
Crabmeat Price Increases Authorized by OPA
The Office of The Administration authorized wholesale and retail price hikes for domestic canned crabmeat. Increases range from 2 to 7 cents per can, varying by product type, to ease the squeeze on wholesalers and retailers. Canner prices stay at March 1 levels.
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Washington
OPA
Marcy
Levela
Md Campaign Enters Into Home Stretch
Baltimore October 25 Gay OConor and Theodore McKeldin press toward the governor race stretch. OConor touts his record while McKeldin attacks the Chanticleer case and liquor board ties. Roadwork gains highlighted with bridges and miles built. Experiments in growing rice in Spanish Morocco noted.
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Baltimore
O'Conor
Carroll County
Westminster
Mec Keldin
Anne Arundel County
Annapolis
State Roads Commission
Susquehanna
Potomac
Pipe Creek
Ocean City
Spanish
Morocco
St Joseph's Church Faces 150th Anniversary Question
Emmitsburg’s St Joseph's Catholic Church may mark 150 years since its founding or wait for 1943 to celebrate the 100th year of the present building. The earlier church was built in 1793 and rebuilt in 1842 with construction led by Father McCaffrey.
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Emmitsburg
St. Josephs Catholic Church
Washington - Harrisburg
St. Joseph's
Matthew Ryan
Joseph
James Hughes
Neons
Macewn Oo
Blue Ridge Valley
Frederick
John Tehan
John McCaffrey
Mount St. Mary's
J. Oliver Hayden
Thomas Ryan
St. Joseph's College, Emmitsburg
Congregation of the Mission
Conewago
Hughes’ Brothers
John Hickey
Baltimore
Father McCaffrey
St Joseph's School
Five Men Huet Wreck Near Cumberland
Five railroad workers were injured when a Baltimore and Ohio freight engine collided with a westbound freight eight miles west of Cumberland Maryland. The crash derailed 18 cars and blocked the main tracks. Injured menare from Martinsburg West Virginia and Cumberland.
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Pinto
Baltimore and Ohio
Cumberland
Martinsburg
W. Va
Drunken Driver Held in Folice Court Hearing
Curtis E. Lee, colored, Route 2, jailed Saturday night awaiting a Folice Court hearing on drunken driving after a red light violation at the Square Corner. Weekend arrests followed by officers Sergt Frank Dorsey and Officer Norman T. Trump included Austin Arnold drunk on the street and Curtis West, colored, drunk and fighting on the street.
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Curtis E. Lee
Route 2
Folice Court
Lee
Ao Cees Tapas
Austin Arnold
Frank Dorsey
Norman T. Trump
Curtis West
Dor
Purcellville Fire Destroys John L Case Estate Barn
A 40 cow dairy barn and feed equipment were ruined in an early morning fire on the John L Case estate at Purcellville Virginia. The property is managed by Dorothy C Chamblin, daughter of Mrs Case. Six persons including a listed Bergt and Sittig face a police court hearing for disorderly conduct and public intoxication tonight before Magistrate Manuel M Weinberg.
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Virginia
Purcellville
John L. Case
German Typhus Gap Leaves Wehrmacht Unvaccinated
The Nazi Army and German population lack protection from typhus as OWI says a German Army medical expert bungled vaccine effort. Eastern Poland and Russia front areas remain unvaccinated amid disarray, with Dr. Herman Eyer blamed for choosing complex methods that blocked mass production.
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Poland
Russia
Europe
Owl
Herman Eyer
Institute For
Krakow
Eyer
Reichswehr
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Alps
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Maly
Tdeone
Hom
Savona
Genoa
Diy
Rome
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Rommel
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Monza
Novara
Satan Tc Warly
Mary
Bomber
Teaing
Netherlands
Fnter Command
Vichy
Morducon
Laval
O’conor
Best
Allen
Frederick County
Girl Scouts
Hendrickson
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Delphey
W. Patrick ST
Bennett
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Owi
Office of War Information
Bigelow Rugs
Carty
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Barry
Barry Spottess
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