Train crashes into bus. nineteen dead near Detroit
A Grand Trunk Western passenger train struck a Detroit city bus at the Detroit Hamtramck line injuring and killing many aboard. Nineteen people died, including several teens, as bodies lay along the right of way for blocks. Officials called it Detroit street railway history’s worst crash.
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Detroit
Detroit Street Railways
Western
Chicago
William Fose
Fred A. Nolan
Detroit Ansportation System
Joseph Levinski
Mary Alla
Close
Hamtramck
Nan
Devit-Hamtramck
German pressure on Paris to seize French and foreign ships
The AP reports that on October 28 the BBC broadcast to the continent that Germany in Paris called on Pierre Laval to authorize the seizure of a large tonnage of French and foreign shipping bound for French ports.
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BBC
Paris
Pierre Laval
Commander Hogan Wins Praise For Wasp Work
Commander Bartholomew Hogan senior medical officer aboard the ill fated aircraft carrier Wasp received high praise from Captain Forrest P. Sherman after the ship was torpedoed on September 15. Hogan worked 48 hours without sleep treating the wounded despite injuries to himself. He was born in West Quincy Massachusetts in 1900 and joined the Navy Medical Corps in 1925. Hogan held posts at Chelsea Washington and Philadelphia naval hospitals plus duty on the USS Mississippi and USS Relief. He later served as chief of medical service at Annapolis Naval Hospital and was associate professor of psychiatry at Georgetown. He is married to Grace Gloninger and has two children.
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Washington
Navy Medical Corps
Bartholomew W. Hogan
Wasp
Hogan
Forrest P. Sherman
Pearl Harbor
Quincy
Mass
Tufts Medical College
Navy
Chelsea
Philadelphia
Tekssissippi
Relief
Annapolis Naval Hospital
Grace Gloninger
Emmitsburg
Bart Tonér
Thomas
Bartholomew Hogan
Guadalcanal
Boston College
Boston
West Quincy
Annapolis
New York
Honolulu
Naval Hospital
Georgetown Medical School
American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry
American College of Physicians
American Psychiatrict Association
Son writes home from Guadalcanal Island Solomons
Mr and Mrs O B Stitely of 606 Trail Avenue received a letter from their son Allen of the U S Marine Corps dated October 4 and postmarked New York October 24 stating he is on Guadalcanal Island in the Solomons area and everything is fine He has had no further word since the Solomon Islands campaign has become a focus of the US battle against Japan.
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O. B. Sttely
Trail Avenue
Allen
U.S. Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Solomons
New York
Stitely
United States
United Nations To Have Air Superiority Soon If Not Now
United States sources indicate that in the Southwest Pacific the UN will achieve air superiority soon if not immediately. They note the US Navy is outnumbered but expect numbers to even, with air power the decisive factor as US air strength rises while Japanese power declines.
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United Nations
London
United States
Southwest Pacific
United States Navy
Jong
Renew Work On Surgical Dressings in Frederick County
About 30 women gathered this morning to restart production of roughly 200000 surgical dressings for U S Army use, with September 82500 and October over 100000 quotas. Red Cross chairman Mrs Holmes D Baker urged more volunteers as rooms reopen in Frederick, Brunswick, Middletown and other towns, with instructors named for each site.
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Frederick County
National Red Cross
U.S. Army
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Jearly
Holmes D. Baker
Red Cross
Frederick
Brunswick
Myer Kaplan
Middletown
Page Gardner
Thurmont
Daisy Waesche
Walkersville
Kent Nicodemus
Asbury Methodist Church
A. G. Bourne
Adamstown
Roger Plummer
Elmer Michael
Seven Hurt In Bus And Truck Collision Near Bayview
Seven men were injured in a bus and truck collision 300 yards south of Bayview crossing on U S Route 13 this morning. Two were hospitalized. Six of the seven were sailors returning from leave to Norfolk operating base. The group sailed from Philadelphia and New Jersey.
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Cape Charles
Bayview Crossing
U. S. Route 13
Norfolk
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Japs Hit North India Airfields in Ground Attacks
New Delhi reports detail Japanese raids on American airfields in northern India. At least 10 fighters were destroyed or damaged on the ground, with two transports hit. In Assam’s Dibrugarh area, one American was killed and five wounded in a Sunday attack. Lieutenant Edward M. Nollmeyer of Everett, Washington, shot down a Japanese fighter alone during the engagement. A Tokyo claim of more planes destroyed was met with British denial stating no truth to the report of General Sir Harold Alexander’s plane being shot down.
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New Delhi
India
Efae - Meemgeiaiay Mitr
China
Thade
Edward M. Nollmeyer
Everett
Wash
Ivan
AEF
Linsi
Tientsin
U. S. Army
Dibrugarh
Assam
Tokyo
Chittagong
Tinsukia
AXIS
London
Harold Alexander
Middle East
United States
Australia
Navy
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal Field
Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Stewart Islands
Ocober 26
U. S
Solomons
Roosevelt
Washington Evening Star
Berlin And Rome Ought To Get Together On Their Figures
Berlin and Rome issued contrasting figures on the North African battle losses. German broadcasts logged 308 British tanks destroyed, while Italian broadcasts claimed 53 British tanks destroyed or captured and 22 planes shot down yesterday. The article notes the ongoing fierce struggle over a key position.
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Berlin
Rome
Egypt
Eighth Army Gains As Axis Defenses Are Pierced North Africa
Cairo dispatch reports United States fighters downing seven of 18 Axis planes in North Africa. British Eighth Army continued to breach Axis defenses in Egypt with heavy fighting and slow gains, while Allied air forces targeted concentrations and forward airfields. Capt. Thomas W. Clark became the first U.S. pilot with two confirmed Axis fighter victories in the battle, as Allied and Axis aerial combat intensified.
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Cairo
United States
Egypt
Rommél
DNB
Lewis H. Brereton
Brereton
RAF
Thomas W. Clark
Suffield
Conn
North Africa
Roy E. Whittaker
Knoxville
Tenn
Robert L. Metcalf
Hooker
Okla
Malta
Rasid
Tokyo Radio Cautions On Big Battle
Tokyo radio today claimed victory over American forces in the Solomons while warning that the battle is not yet finished. Naval quarters stressed the fight remains in progress and final results cannot be foreseen, calling it one of the greatest naval battles since the war began, despite more sober notes in a Comet dispatch.
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New York
Tokyo
Solomons
Driver's Term Is Reduced in DWI Case in Montgomery County
Associate Judge Stedman Prescott reduced Roy M. Shankle of Washington's sentence for operating a vehicle under liquor influence from 33 days to 14 days in Montgomery County Circuit Court this morning. He noted a local custom of imposing 30 day sentences and struck out the 35 day term. Shankle has already served 14 days and will be released tonight. The indictment against Henry Fry of Frederick and Point of Rocks for assault with intent to rape was continued due to a ill witness.
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Stedman Prescott
Roy M. Shankle
Washington
Prescott
Henry Fry
Frederick
Point of Rocks
Fry
Sink Sub That Sank The Wasp
Tampa reports survivor Jack H. Westbrook, 18, of the Wasp, recounts the Japanese sub sinking after torpedoes hit the carrier and a destroyer depth-charged the sub, breaking it in two as the bow sank. Also noted is a New York market update on steady but uneven recovery in steel shares.
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Tampa
Fla
U.S
Wasp
Jack H. Westbrook
Weathrook
Guadalcanal Airfield Battle Rages in Solomons War
Washington reports heavy fighting in the Guadalcanal theater as American and Japanese ships clash in the Southwest Pacific. Navy lists sunk and damaged ships, while land forces on Guadalcanal exchange gains and losses. Roosevelt and Knox offer cautious notes on outcomes.
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Washington
Southwest Pacific
Guadalcanal
Roosevelt
Knox
Navy
Deep Advance by 8th Army in Egypt Reported
London reports the British Eighth Army has pushed beyond several enemy strong points and is mopping up others. Reuters correspondent Ralph Walling telegraphed from the El Alamein line, indicating passage through Rommel’s forward defenses with Lieutenant General Montgomery’s forces.
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London
Eighth Army
Ralph Walling
Reuters
el Alamein
Marshal Rommel
B. L. Montgomery
Frost Narrows Cold Record as 23 Degree Low Holds
A killing frost blanketed the city and county with ice forming for the second morning in a row. The official low tied the October record at 23 degrees set in 1904, with only 22 on October 28, 1936. The coldest night since March 2, 1941, was 20 degrees. Many fragile fall flowers and dahlias suffered severe damage. The weather bureau predicted a warmer day ahead as the 8 am reading stood at 25 degrees.
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Weather Bureau
Steel Allocated For Oil Pipeline Reach From Texas
A Petroleum Coordination Office official said the War Production Board has allocated steel for the 850 mile oil pipeline from Norris City Illinois to the Philadelphia New York area. The line, costing about 60 million dollars, would be completed by next spring or summer.
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Petroleum Coordination ‘Office
War Production ‘Board
Texas
Philadelphia
New York
Norris City
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