Fall Institute Led by Frederick Baltimore Church Women
Frederick and Baltimore church women will run the Frederick Council of Church Women Fall Institute at Calvary Methodist Church. About 60 guests are expected for the 12:30 luncheon with morning and afternoon sessions to follow. Highlights include devotionals by Mrs. Meek and Mrs. Neely, a study of On This Foundation by Miss Staib, and talks by Miss MacPhail and Miss Staib on language and Latin American neighbors.
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Frederick
Baltimore
Fall Institute
B W. Meek
Maryland Council
Elmer E Dizon
Harry Goedeke
MacPhail
Marion L. MacPhail
Hood College
Milton Lang
Zeitzler named chief of staff of Nazi army
London dispatch reports General Zeitzler has been chosen by Hitler to replace Franz Halder as Chief of Staff of the German Army. The Stockholm source notes Zeitzler, in his forties, rose from colonel and helped plan Von Kleist’s eastern drive. Halder and Von Bock reportedly dismissed over disagreements with Hitler on the Russian campaign.
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London
News Chronicle
Stockholm
Zeitzler
Ewald von Kleist
Adolf Hitler
Franz Halder
von Kleist
Hood College offers winter US history extension course
Hood College will offer a winter extension course in United States history taught by Miss Mary Castle Ott. Registered participants include Miss Frances Ahalt Middletown, Mrs Carlotta Hayes Frushour Braddock Heights, Miss Florence A Baker Myersville, Miss Dorothy M Kefauver Middletown, Mrs Charlotte Hume Adamstown, Miss Margaret Rabeck Frederick, and Miss EK Irene Mortis New Market. Classes meet Mondays at seven in Alumnae Hall.
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Hood College
United States
Mary Castle Ott
Frances Ahalt
Middletown
Carlotta Hayes Frushour
Braddock Heights
Florence A. Baker
Myersville
Dorothy M Kefauver
Charlotte Hume
Adamstown
Margaret Rabeck
Frederick
Irene Mortis
New Market
Alumnae Hall
Hood Collera
Scrap Drive Planned by Voiture 155 Leaders
At the regular Voiture 155 meeting in the American Legion Home, 40 and 8 planned a three Sunday scrap drive starting November 15 to aid the war effort. The drive will collect old autos, tinfoil, lead, rubber, copper, brass, and zinc, with November 15 22 and 29 set for pickup. Chef de Gare C Floyd Feete of Brunswick installed new officers including George S Rodock Jr as Chef de Gare and Thomas E Williams as Locale Correspondent.
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American Legion
Frederick
George 5. Rodock
C. Floyd Feete
Brunswick
George S. Rodock Jr
Thomas E. Williams
D. Ralph Zimmerman
Charles G. Hawes
John B. Mercer
Luke Duffey
Paul C. Bonsack
Charles Shipley
Robert E. Burall
Robert E. L. Putman
William Mohan
John R. Long
Harman L. Staley
Earl J. Fisher
Howard E. Schinder
J. Earl Gilbert
Aummonier
Edwin E. Stoffer
Seven motorists summoned on 35 mph victory speed law
Seven city and county motorists charged with violations of the Victory speed limit were summoned before the War Price and Rationing Board. Only three appeared. One non-appearing motorist sent a letter and was rescheduled. Two non-appearances faced possible referral to the State Rationing Board. An eighth case was sent to the State Board after a dispute over the charge.
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County War
State
State Board
Urges Postponement of Montgomery Charter
Alfred Bettman, Cincinnati zoning and planning expert, urges Montgomery County to postpone a charter form of government until unsound provisions of the Maryland constitution are removed by amendment. He responds to a request from J Bond Smith, general counsel for the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission and a candidate for a proposed charter board. Bettman cites that constitutional limits prevent local charter bodies from meeting for more than one month each year.
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Rockville
Alfred Bettman
Cincinnati
Montgomery County
Maryland
Bettman
J. Bond Smith
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Virginia
Nazis Planes Tied Down By U S And RAF
London reports that more than half of Germanys fighter fleet is held by U S and RAF operations on the western front and in North Africa. An RAF commentator credited American air offensives with forcing the German craft to stay west and noted evidence of a five percent reinforcement in the west.
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London
Germany
United States
Western Front
Haly
Libya
Malta
RAF
Stalingrad
West
Miss Rau Joins WAVES at Navy Recruiting Office
Sara Rau daughter of Dr and Mrs Rau 212 Rockwell Terrace was sworn into the Women’s Auxiliary Volunteer Service at the Navy recruiting office in Washington DC on Wednesday She volunteered in August and is ordered to Northampton Massachusetts for officers training school She will leave Frederick November 9 An instructor in making Red Cross surgical dressings since April 1941 she has been active in civil and war work locally
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Mass
Sara Rau
Land
R. M. Rau
Rockwell Terrace
Women's Auxiliary Voluntary Servicer
Navy
Washington, D. C
Miss Rau
Northampton
Frederick
Raw
Rea Cros
Seven U S Bombers Raid Hongkong Again
Tokyo radio reports seven United States bombers raided Hongkong this morning with no damage claimed and one plane shot down. The raid followed fires set by U S bombers at Hongkong docks Sunday night and the island’s main power plant was blasted the next morning.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
Hongkong
United States
Leonard Sachs Dies At 44 Former Loyola Coach
Leonard Sachs a 44 year old Loyola University basketball coach and former Chicago Cardinals player died unexpectedly last night in Chicago. He played in the National Professional Football League and later coached at Loyola. The obituary notes his ties to Chicago sports circles and his prior professional career.
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Leonard Sachs
Chicago
Loyola University Basketbent
Chicago Cardinals
Two Former Voters Lose Their Appeals
Two voters in Frederick County lost their appeals this morning to reinstate their names on the registration books after hearings before Associate Judge Stedman Prescott. Lewis H. Baker, a Baltimore shipyard worker, challenged a transfer notice from Burkittsville to New Market. the court ruled it had no authority to override statutory registration rules. Roland L. England, longtime New Market resident, disputed notice sent to his father's address, arguing his residence and voting history. The judge found issues with authority and residency definitions in the filings.
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Frederick County
Stedman Prescott
Prescott
Lewis H. Baker
Baltimore
Burkittsville
Hyamsville
New Market
Baker
Ijamaville
Liamsville
Walter E. Sinn
Leslie N. Coblentz
Roland L. England
New Market District
Poole County
England
Walter A. England
Chesapeake Bay
Calvert County
Man Lacks Permanent Residence Cited In Bay Area Lease
England admitted building a residence on leased land by the bay and engaging in boat rent, horse dealing, and carpentry. He travels state to work, visited his wife in Virginia, and his father’s home thrice in the past year. The Court urged voting where he resides to know public officials’ conduct, noting he lacks a fixed home here. Rosenstock represented the appellant, Coblentz for the New Market Board of Registry.
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Virginia
England
Benjamin B Rosenstock
Mr Coblentz
New Market Board of Registry
Vast RAF raid damages Milan and leaves thousands homeless
Bern reports a night raid on Milan damaged all industrial areas. Fire crews made hundreds of runs as fires numbered about 80 large and 300 small. Swiss dispatch said 5,000 people were left homeless with many victims still trapped and at least 11 killed at a city shelter.
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Bern
Milan
Two Quake Shocks Reported Near New York
Two fairly mild earthquake shocks were recorded by Fordham University seismograph about 2100 miles from New York in an undetermined direction. Shocks occurred at 65117 a.m and 6:34.27 a.m. (EWT) today.
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New York
Fordham University
Nazis Advance in Stalingrad as Soviets Halt Counter Attacks
German shock troops reportedly pushed along two streets in Stalingrad while Soviet counter strikes in the western Caucasus, near Tuapse, and around Novorossisk pressed the invaders back. Soviet Marines claimed 500 German deaths and seized documents in an attack on Novorossiysk area. Red Star noted heavy German gains came at high losses as Caucasus fighting intensified amid a push toward the Black Sea base.
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Mostow
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Tuapee
Red Star
Caucasian Black Sea Coust
Novorossisk
Tuapse
Black Sea
Red Fleet
Billy Mitchell's Son Dies Of Rare Disease
John Lendrum Mitchell aged 22 son of Brig. Gen William Mitchell died after a three week illness from a rare blood disease at Pine Camp New York. Capt. Jeving B Pugh announced with Mia Mitchell at his bedside as transfers and hospital care followed. Rose McMullin of Philadelphia reportedly provided a transfusion in this cautionary note on rare bloodstream illness.
Mitchell Native Remembered in Dedication Ceremony
Mitchell, a Washington native, enlisted in 1940 at Milwaukee where an airfield was dedicated to his father. He graduated from the officers training school at Fort Knox and served in the teak corps. He leaves his mother and two sisters, Alice and Elizabeth Mitchell, and Elizabeth is married to Navy Commander Paul E. Anderson of Alexandria.
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Mitchell
Washington
Ell
D. C
Milwames
Offeers
Fort Knox
Teak Corps
Alis
Hateet Anderson
Paul E. Anderson
Navy
Elizabeth Mitchell
Alexandria
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