White House meets with King and Leahy on Pacific war
President Roosevelt hosts Admiral Ernest King and Senator Leahy in Washington to discuss strategic combat plans in the Solomon Islands as Japanese forces press on Guadalcanal. Rep Maas reports on conditions, with mixed signals about optimism.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Naval High Command
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Ernest J. King
Southwest Pacific
Solomon Islands
Rep
Maas
R-Man
Marine Corps
White House
House Naval Committee
Navy
Army
Marines
Douglas MacArthur
Milne Bay
New Guinea
James V. Forrestal
Knox
William D. Leahy
Malta Air Attacks Eased. Spitfire Downs Enemy
Valletta Malta October 26 reports air raids on Malta eased today with three alerts. A single enemy fighter was destroyed by a Spitfire confirming reduced combat activity in the waterway defense.
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Valletta
Malta
Nazi Barbarities In Poland Told Zontians By Mrs Warfield
Mrs. Gaither P. Warfield spoke to the Zonta Club at the Frasca Scot tifies hotel detailing Nazi actions in Poland. She described forced labor, deportations, deaths, and censorship, noting Poland’s villages, farms, schools, and professionals suffered under occupation. The account contrasted Polish suffering with a stark picture of life under German rule.
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Poland
Warfield
Gaither P. Warfield
Zonta Club
Frasca Scot Fies
New England
Englana Lis
Zontians
Russia
Reich
Germary
Georges McCleery
Charlotte Lakin
James W. Donnan
Henry R. Shoerazker
Samuel Rogenstock
Exie Baker
J. Bruce Hyatt
A G. Tracey
Albertine Hodgson
Elizabeth R. Lyle
Washington
Roger Brooke Taney
Ugx
Bentz Street
Seventh Street
Former Maryland Star Killed In Solomons
Former Maryland University football and track star Richard Duke Alexander was killed fighting with the U S Marines in the Solomon Islands. The 22 year old Laurel Springs New Jersey resident enlisted last year and starred as an end and punter for Maryland.
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College Park
Richard
Duke) Alexander
Maryland University
United States
Solomon Islands
Navy Departments
Alexander
Marine Corps
Laurel Springs
Maryland
West Nottingham
Associated Press
Heal
Nathaniel
Mecylaid
Weddings in Maryland and Virginia Split Across Two Obituaries
Mary Louisa Lewis and Walter H. Magruder wed October 7 in Cody Wye with Rev John F. McLaughlin officiating. The couple will reside at Fort Peck after November 1 where Magruder works for the War Department. Eleanor Spangler Kieffer White and Irvine Hart Rutledge wed at Zion church in Hagerstown with a reception at Greg Gables and a trip to Williamsburg following the ceremony.
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J. Edward Lewis
Clarksburg
Mary Louisa Lewis
Walter H. Magruder
John W. Davis
Dickerson
Thomas Hagruder
Cody
Wye
John F. McLaughlin
Christchurch
J. Webster Paxton
Arlington
Stanley Evans
Fort Peck
Mont
Scott R. Wagner
Henry L. G. Kiefer
Frederick
Robert Cantey White
Rockdale
Little Mice
Susan Bowman White
Greg Gables
Williamsburg
Local nuptials announced for Webb and Mitchell in wartime era notice
Jennie Eyler of Emmitsburg announces marriage details for her daughter Ya a loo Evi to Roland Sanders stationed at Camp Lee Virginia The ceremony was October 3 at Petersburg Methodist church Also Teinity Lutheran church Coninellaville hosted the service Rev Dr William H Hetrick officiating Mr Webb worked in Eastman Kodak auditing department since September 25 after military discharge Both couples plan to continue education at American University Washington DC and the groom has ties to the university system. A separate notice announces the wedding of Winifred Leljon Broadhurst of Wilmington Delaware to Pvt Ross Edgar Geisbert USMC The ceremony is set for Wednesday at Old St Barnabas Episcopal Church near Wilmington with a reception and plans to reside in Washington DC after Geisbert transfers from Portsmouth Virginia.
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Jennie Eyler
Emmitsburg
Hwi
Yaa Loo Evi
Roland Sanders
Camp Lee, Va
Petersburg
Teinity Lutheran Church
Con Inellaville
Willliam H. Hetrick
Webb
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester
N. Y
Ant Geelusigs
American University
Washington, D.C
Miss Mitchell
Mixx Winifred Leljon Broadhurst
Elmer R. Broadhurst
Wilmington
Del
Pvt
Ross Edgar Geisbert
United States Marine Corps
Rust R. Geisbert
Bunny Brae Farm
Frederick
Old St Barnabas Episcopal
Church
Washington
D.C
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Washington, D. C
Geisbert
Portsmouth
Bride Wears Lilac Wool Dress For Planned Nuptials
The article describes Edith Mitchell choosing November 14 for her marriage to Ernest Webb Jr. The bride elect wears a lilac wool dress trimmed with velveteen and a matching hat with a gardenia corsage. Mrs. Rutledge, a graduate of Hagerstown High School and Smith College, works at W F Prior Co in Hagerstown. Lieutenant Rutledge, moving from attorney to military law instructor at Edgewood Arsenal, studied at Mercersburg Academy Princeton University and George Washington University Law School.
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Rutledge
Hagerstown
J and Smith College
Northampton
Mass
W F. Prior Co
Edith M. Mitchell
Charles C. Mitchell
Cornellsville
Ernest C. Webb, Jr
Ernest C. Webb
East Second Street
Ask Relocation Of Ferry Post Office
About 150 Harpers Ferry residents signed a Camp Hill petition urging move of the local post office. Many households could not reach the Ferry due to a long steep hill and neighbors shared mail duties. Gas and tire rationing may worsen the situation, and the petition was sent to the Postmaster General in Washington.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Camp Hill
Washington
Question of Housing Arrangements on the Hill Sparks Debate
The text notes a Congress member Randolph being urged and discusses suitable quarters on the Hill. It highlights debate over a desirable location and the need for remodeling, stating owners may accept repairs given renter prestige and feasibility.
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Randolph
Sentenced For Theft Of Automobile Tires
Baltimore railroad brakeman Michael William Re rty was found guilty and sentenced to six months in the House of Correction for the larceny of two automobile wheels tires and hub caps at Brunswick before Magistrate Alfred R Jones. Rerty claimed intoxication and memory loss and denied removing the wheels from Benjamin Spitzer's car. Railroad police Lieutenant M E McGaha pressed the warrant with Chief Lee Merriman and Officer J T Thompson assisting.
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Brunswick
Alfred R Jones
Michael William Rerty
Carroll Street
Baltimore
House of Correction
Rerty
Branswien
M.A
Benjamin Spitzer
M. E. McGaha
Railroad Police
Lee Merriman
J. T. Thompson
Arrest of Rewty Leads to Housing Custody
Deputy Sheriff Paul B. Rhoads transported Revig to the House of Correction on Monday afternoon following an arrest.
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Rewty
Paul B. Rhoads
Revig
House of Correction
Local Frederick Soldiers Establish Overseas in England
Local soldiers from Frederick are now established overseas in England and may stay until a second front opens. Several photographs of Frederick men appeared in daily papers last week, and arrivals from Maryland included many city and county residents. Other locals report relatives have arrived safely in the British Isles.
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Unis
Frederick
England
Daly
Maryland
Frederick City
Britis Isles
Railroads Rally To Move Oil By Tank Car In War Time
A call to railroads mobilized swift action as tank car trains rolled toward Case to keep petroleum flowing. The Pennsylvania Railroad reports petroleum freight now about one sixth of its total car miles, a pinch hit effort to sustain Victory and oil shipments by sea resuming later.
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War Production Board
Pennsylvania Railroad
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