British and American Backing Fuel Madagascar Offensive
The British with U S approval opened a general offensive on Madagascar s west coast at dawn attacking Majunga Ambanya and Morondava with 18 warships and aircraft. Shelling preceded a planned major troop landing as French troops reported the British forces as powerful as at Diego Suarez. The U S State Department affirmed full Britain United States support for further Madagascar operations noting Axis danger if occupation is incomplete.
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Vichy
Madagascar
Majunga
Ambanya
Morondaya
Indian Ocean
Diego Suarez
Berlin
de Gaulle
Washington
State Department
Great Britain
United States
United Nations
Lack of material halts Frederick surgical dressings
National Red Cross shortages force Frederick county to suspend surgical dressing production, shutting the Francis Scott Key hotel workroom until further notice. Mrs. Holmes D. Baker said the move halts this afternoon’s 46,200 dressings toward the Army quota, though the office remains open for other business and resumption is hoped in a few weeks.
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National Red Cross
Frederick
Holmes D. Baker
Red Cross Surgical Dressings
Frederick County
Baltimore
Annapolis
Francis Scott Key
United States Army
IMM
Baker
Survivor of Wakefield fire to visit Frederick this weekend
Lieut. James H. Gillen, junior doctor aboard the naval transport Wakefield during its fire at sea on September 3, is expected to visit his sister in Frederick Friday or Saturday. Gillen, a Brooklyn native and Georgetown University medical graduate, has been in the Naval Reserve since 1940 and was attached to the Wakefield from its Navy inception. He reported from New York that all rescue operations were well carried out and is briefly in Washington, D. C., before his trip.
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Wakefield
Navy
Frederick
James P. Graham
Baltimore
James H. Gillen
Hner
Manhattan
Naval Reserve
Lieut
Gillen
Brooklyn
N. Y
New York
Heis
Washington
D. C
Georgetown University
Joseph F. Scherer
Banks To Close For Old Defenders Day
Frederick city and county banks will be closed Saturday in observ ance of Old Defenders Day The observance is confined only to Maryland and is observed only by the banks The post office will not take a holiday and stores city and county offices etc will remain open as usual.
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Frederick
Maryland
Mosquito Plague Leaves Frederick Hotter Than August
Frederick residents endured another warm night as 91 degree heat topped the hottest day in weeks. Mosquitoes plagued city and county, with children especially suffering while weeds and wet weather breed the pests. Residents count dozens bitten, hoping for cooler weather soon as rainfall remains scant and forecasts point to more showers.
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Frederick City
Frederick
Additional Sept jurors drawn for Circuit Court term
Central Judge Edward Delaplaine presided as substitutes were named for the September term of Circuit Court which opens September 23. Names include Rankin, Kennedy, Thomas, Moran, Valentine, Hammond, Smith, Engle, Albaugh, Burmer, Stocksdale, Waesche, Smith, Rippeon, Jones, Nicodemus, Summers and others serving in place of listed officials and jurors. Also reported is the death of Alfred Hugo Senoelikopi, 44, chairman of Niagara Hudson Power Corp, former NY Power & Light Corp chairman, in New York City. He dies at the Hotel Carlyle.
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Circuit Court
Edward 5. Delaplaine
Frederick Harper Rankin
W. L. O. Fisher
Ernest F. Kennedy
Jesse T. Poole
Conner M. Thomas
David Gordon
Buckeystown
William F. Moran
Charles D. Oland
Emtonsburg
Harry E. Valentine
George L
New York
Alfred Hugo Senoelikopi
Niagara Hudson Power Corporation
Carlyle
Buffalo
N. Y
New York Power & Light Corporation
Buffalo, Niagara and Eastern Power Corporation
Churchill defends India policy amid fifth column fears
London reports Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that widespread Japanese fifth column activity may underlie India's push for independence but that Britain's course remains dominion status and war effort aligned. He cited 1,000,000 volunteers and 40,000 in two months, while Gandhi's methods are said to be out of harmony with Congress leadership.
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London
Churchill
All-India Congress Party
House of Commons
India
United Nations
House
Congress
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Emanuel Shin
Nhranio Totharitn Peitie
Sir Stafford Cripps
Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi
Bee swarm disrupts Zimmerman campaign office
In the Cramer building at Church and Court streets the office of Richard E. Zimmerman, Frederick attorney and House of Delegates candidate, was invaded by a hive of bees. The insects swarmed inside and were sprayed with a bee knockout agent, leaving the floor littered with dead bees and a few remaining workers buzzing outside.
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Richard E. Zimmerman
Frederick
House of Delegates
Zimmerman
Cramer
Church and
Court Streets
Dulin Defeats Phipps For State Senator
Annapolis Sept. 16 Wilbur R. Dulin appears to have defeated State Senator Louis N. Phipps by about 250 votes and carried with him a Democratic ticket. Phipps organization won only one county contest with George E. Frank defeating Tremas Johnson for county commissioner from Annapolis. The 200 acre farm of the late Matilda D. J. Lee two miles south of Burkittsville was sold at executor’s sale for 16350 to Rostoe M. Gayer Irvington N J. The farm includes a six room dwelling, bank barn, dairy house and other outbuildings. Joseph Jenkins Lee was executor. Edward J. Smith attorney. John W Nuli auctioneer.
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Annapolis
Wilbur R. Dulin
Louis N. Phipps
Phiips
Dalins
Phipps
Senate
Anne Arundel
George E. Frank
Tremas Johnson
Matilda D. J. Lee
Rogaled
Burkittsville
Rostoe M. Gayer
Irvington
N. J
Joseph Jenkins Lee
Edward J. Smith
John W Nuli
Talmadge Loses In Go For Georgia Governor Seat
Atlanta reports show Eugene Talmadge trailing Ellis Arnall in the Democratic primary for Georgia governor. Unofficial returns from 1145 am indicate Arnall leading with 233 county units and 77 counties won, while Talmadge has 81 units from 47 counties and remains behind. The overall popular vote stands at Arnall 1,754,931 to Talmadge 119,951, though the vote count does not determine the nomination.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Arnal
Talmadge
Arnall
Washington Miliary panel weighs WAAC pay raise
Chairman May of the House Military committee convened to study placing WAACS on a pay base equal to the regular army. The army private currently earns 50 dollars monthly, while May notes a 21 dollar per month rate set when WAACS formed last May.
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Washington
May
D-Ky
House Miliary Committee
WAACS
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Congress
Roosevelt orders rapid action on Baruch rubber plan
President Roosevelt said he would implement the Baruch committee recommendations as fast as arrangements allow, including nationwide gasoline rationing and strict civilian driving limits. The panel warned of “discomfort or defeat” without immediate measures, urging expanded synthetic rubber, seven point program, stricter tire use, new gas rationing, and centralized national controls.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Karl F. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Styrem Jana
Slight Lead Reported For Rep Ward In Key District
Salisbury Times reports near complete Cecil county balloting shows Rep David J Ward leading State Senator Dudley Roe for the first district Democratic nomination. Early unofficial tallies vary by county with Ward edging Roe in Cecil by 1,395 to 1,218 and Roe claiming a narrow late lead elsewhere. Absentee servicemen ballots may decide final results. chief judge race also unsettled.
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Salisbury
Salisbury Times
Cecil County
David J. Ward
Dudley G. Roe
Worcester
Times
Ward
Roe
Cecil
Fifth Judicial Circuit
William H. Forsythe
Ridgiey P. Melvin
Anne Arundel County
Board of Election Supervisors
Anne Artundel
Forsythe
Anne Arundel
Melvin
Joseph M. Wyatt
John A. Meyer
Baltimore City
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