Nazi Bomber Is Shot Down Over Iceland
Lieut. Joseph Shaffer and Elza Shahan received Silver Stars for extraordinary heroism in downing a German Focke Wulf bomber near Reykjavik after a month of combat in Iceland. The mission ended with the bomber exploding in the air and its crew killed as American pilots pursued it through dense clouds.
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Iceland
Reykjavik
Here
Lievi
Joseph Shaffer
Long Beach
Calif
Elzac Shahan
St. George
W. Va
Army
Shaffer
Shahan
Ore Aergeriatt Sa
S Dantaned
County Students To Take Part In Recital
County students perform in a Hagerstown recital under director Roger C Harp at St Johns Lutheran auditorium. The program Viennese Refrain features solo pieces and orchestral works with names of students and instruments listed.
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Roger C. Harp
Hagsitar Uisduciut
Tea
Boonsboro
Cavetown
Hagerstown
St. John’s
Leah Harve
Beachicy
Donald Pound
Mary Jane Guyton
Kathryn Grossnickle
Teddy Walker
Richard Ner
Donald Willard
William Willard
John Bari, Jr
Gerald Miller
David Boyer
Garl Bateman
Jack Gray
William Donaldson
Richard Degrange
Bobby King
Dicky Smith
Nevil Lewis
Anna Jane Lewis
Rober Kelley
Marvin Blickenstaff
Howard Weeks
Mr. Harp
Robert Burck
Jac Einbinder
James Peckett
Edna K. Hall
Asher Edelman
John Hill
William Nichols
Norman Kmicknalee
W. J Dean
Doris Weagley
Dick Roney Bernard
Regina Grover
Mark Frey
Harold Hicks
West Accoupa 8
Lucile Harshman
Esther Bidle
Modes of the Moment of the Alaska Gold Rush Boom Days
The article surveys fashion and social trends in the Alaska gold rush era, highlighting popular outfits, leisure activities, and daily life as prospectors flocked north. It notes how clothing, accessories, and styles reflected frontier optimism and rugged ingenuity.
Unemployment Claims Fall in Maryland As Benefits Shrink
Maryland shows steady idleness decline as unemployment claims drop. Four weeks to Aug 22 fall 44 percent from the prior period, five weeks to Aug 29 down 54 percent from last year. Total benefits paid in August reach 320,906, down 26 percent from July and 34 percent from August last year. Average weekly benefit near 11 dollars, with many claimants only partially employed due to seasonal plant changes. Local examiner notes few here receive checks presently.
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Maryland
Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board
Albert N. McCardell
State Board Upholds Poole License Revocation
George W Poole, operator of a Frederick County restaurant, surrendered his beer selling license after the State License Board sustained the revocation order by County Commissioner Paul M Little. The hearing followed Poole's appeal from the July 20 decision. The upheld revocation bars a new license for six months. Also notes livestock sale at Lewistown and birth statistics showing quad ruplets occur in 658,403 births.
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George W. Poole
State License Board
Frederick County
Paul M. Litttle
Poole
Frank P. Bratton
L. Franklin Purnell
Commissioner Little
Little
William M. Storm
Little Said
Baltimore Papers
War Time Open Offices And Navy Yard Launches In Annapolis
Annapolis reports Labor Day office openings limited to war effort agencies with the Draft Board and Court of Appeals open as usual. Governor O Conor will speak at noon naval yard exercises with two vessels launched and five keels laid. He will review troops at Fort Meade and urge participation in the Tuesday primary via radio. The article also notes a cream sponge cake recipe using two eggs.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
Court of Appeals
Annapolis Yacht Yard
Christopher
Neyson
Yacht Yard
Fort George G. Meade
Emil F. Reinhardt
Hats behind the Headlines
A vivid look at the Washington press culture noting reporters at the White House press conferences and the Associated Press role. It highlights APs vast local news staff, nationwide coverage, and the Hats behind the Headlines metaphor signaling trusted bylines and expert interpretation of Washington news.
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White House
Washington
Associated Press
Wide World
Washington News
Lemon Layer Cake With Cream Sauce Recipe Card
A step by step lemon layer cake with flour paste, lemon rind, and sugar. Separate yolks and whites fold to form batter. Bake two 8 inch layers at 350 F 25 minutes. Fill with lemon cream and finish with whipped cream sauce and confectioners sugar.
Countries Added to Defense Order Priority List
Czechoslovakia Free France Sleland and Turkey now appear on a government defense order priority list. The Cyprus fortress of Famagusta has walls fourteen feet thick, noted in the same report.
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Czechoslovakia
Free France
Sleland
Turkey
Famagusta
Cyprus
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Alaska
Glensider
Helene Garnell
Harry C. Stull
Lewistown
Stull
Steven
U. S. Army
Nicaragua
Central America
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Frederick, MD
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Williamson
Frederick, Maryland
Fredericktown
Beautiful
Mount Olivet
Mount Olivet Cemetery
New York, PS
N. Market Street
Hirsiumack
Waolll
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