Marcus Island raid wipes out 80 percent of installations
Admiral Nimitz reported a Pacific Fleet raid on Marcus Island 100 miles southeast of Tokyo destroyed about 80 percent of military installations. A task force led by Rear Admiral Charles A. Pownall attacked at dawn September 1, with two fighters and one torpedo plane lost, several landing strips damaged, and fires still burning the day after.
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Pearl Harbor
Marcus Island
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Charles A. Pownall
Supreser
Misi
Tolland
Ruiaway
Hanga Fuc
Sland
Ae Naval
Marcus
Syed
Next Year's Hog Support Price Cut Announced by WFA
Washington reports a $1.25 per hundred pounds reduction in next year’s hog support price, effective October 1 1944. The rate for Oct 1 1944 to Mar 31 1945 is $12.50 per cwt. Chicago good to choice hogs 200 to 230 pounds at $13.75 for 200 to 270 pounds until Oct 1 1944. The WFA notes this aims to align prices with tighter feed supplies and to guide farmers planning next year’s farrowings, warning of lighter-weight marketing and fewer pigs if feed remains scarce. The piece also mentions American casualties in a separate line.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Chicago
WEA
Food Agency
Baltimore Officer Passes Up King's Lunch to Return Home
Lieutenant Colonel Matthew C. Fenton Jr. described his time in Britain as happy and morale high. He passed up a luncheon with the King of Norway to hurry back to the U.S. He praised the British and Red Cross for their hospitality, noted the air and aircraft activity, and discussed his upcoming reassignment to Fort Bragg as rotation of officers continues.
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Baltimore
Norway
Matthew C. Fenton, Jr
Wareland
Britain
U.S
Leutenant
Matthew
Thomas
Philip
Broxton Road
British Isles
England
J .Fenton
Carolina
Great Britain
Sons of Maryland
Grand Canyon
Maryland
Red Cross
Fenton
Fort Bragg
N. C
Field Artillery Replacement Center
William M. Pearce
Pearce
Neal H. Harper
Baltimore News-Post
Mitthew
C. Fenton
Haakon
P. G. Fenton
Thomas T. Fenton
Fenton Visits Echoes of War and Home Front News
The article recalls Lt. Col. Fenton's brief visit with his wife and sons, noting messages from soldiers overseas to families at home. It mentions Col. Ridgeley Warfield and several officers, and references Mrs. Fenton, formerly Miss Beatrice Trail of Feederick, who waited for him twice.
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Seph Moward
Tommy Dukeheart
Ridgeley Warfield
Asa Gardiner
David McIntosh
Rieman McIntosh
John P. Cooper
Fenton
France
Beatrice Trail
Feederick
Stories In Stamps: 100th Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue
September marks the release of the 100th edition of the Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, hailed as the bible of American philatelists. Scott Publications says part one of the 1944 edition and the combined edition are sold out to robbers and dealers. The catalogue began in 1867 by John Walter Scott with foreign stamps price lists. The first list covered foreign stamps and packets, with prices from 3 to 25 cents and a top price of $7.50 for Nova Scotia’s one shilling violet, now $275. By 1901 the book was pocket-sized at 658 pages, and last year two volumes totaling 1,600 pages listed world stamps. A New York bank advertises inflation-era German stamps to warn against inflation, noting Germans once paid 50 billion marks for a postage stamp, now catalogued at six cents mint.
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Scott
Announce
John Walter Scott
Nova Scotia
New York
Germany
Army post office to issue unique cancellation at Back the Attack exhibit
A complete Army post office unit operated by Army personnel will be featured at the Washington monument grounds September 8 to 26 for the Back the Attack show. Postmaster General Frank C. Walker says collectors can obtain the US Army postal services cancellation within continental limits. A cachet may be applied to covers mailed through this unit, with restrictions on payment. only up to ten covers per collector accepted.
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Army Post Office
Army
Washington Monument
Frank C. Walker
United States Army Postal Services
United States
Washington Monument Grounds
Washington, D. C
Reich Inventory Filed in Orphans Court
Inventories in the estate of the late Benjamin F Reich filed Wednesday by executor Parsons Newman show assets totaling $181 311 92 excluding real estate. Real estate appraisals have not yet been returned. The executor lists
Debts Reported Include Several Asset Categories
The report lists debts totaling 82000 dollars and 2 dollars 35 cents in current money, 114026 dollars 14 cents in stocks and bonds, and 2630 dollars 60 cents in personal property. The figures reflect asset and liability breakdowns as of the filing.
Driver pays fines for drunken and reckless driving
A driver from Ridgeville panicked into a fruit and vegetable roadside stand after a drunken and reckless driving incident. The man was convicted before Magistrate Vincent Tubman in Mt. Airy on Wednesday and paid 101.45 dollars for drunken driving and 26.45 dollars for reckless driving. State Trooper Bruce A. Bruchey led the case.
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Ceamer
Astry
Ridgeville
Vincent Tubman
Mt. Airy
Bruce A. Bruchey
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