Western Maryland may discontinue early mail train
Rumor from reliable sources claims the Western Maryland Railway seeks Public Service Commission approval to end the Baltimore to Cumberland early morning mail train serving Thurmont and surrounding areas. If cut, mail could be rerouted via Baltimore Washington to Brunswick, with fuel and wartime mileage considerations noted. Additional trains on the route exist and local offices say no official decision has been made.
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Western Maryland Railway
Public Service Commission
Baltimore-Cumberland
Hagerstown and Frederick
Post Office
Hagerstown
Frederick Bay
Thurmont
Baltimore
Washington
Brunswick
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore-Camperiana
Western Maryland
Chamber of Commerce
Twice As Many U S Divisions Under McNair Report
Lt General Lesley J. McNair announced that U S divisions are more than double the count at year start and will expand to meet manpower limits through full agency operation. He noted service schools produced over 6 000 officers last month and expect 25 000 in three months as Axis foes remain tough.
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Third Army
Louisiana
Lesley J. McNair
U.S. Army
McNair
Continental
United States
Walter Krueger
Green Orders Strikers Back To Their Jobs
Washington Sept 11 William Green president of the American Federation of Labor announced he had ordered strikers at the Western Cartridge Company East Alton Ill to return to their jobs and accused the company of provoking the strike. Glass bearings no bigger than the head of a pin are replacing imported synthetic jewels for industrial dap.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Western Cartridge Company
East Alton
Ill
Roosevelt Says No Immediate Call for 18 and 19 Year Olds
President Roosevelt told a press conference there is no need to draft youths of 18 and 19 before year end under selective service. He cited ongoing training of available men and discussed potential legislation to mobilize younger workers, noting about 700,000 men are already enlisted in the Navy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Navy
Navy Department
Maryland OPA names new price executive in Baltimore
Philip R. Winebrewer of Frederick and Philadelphia will become price executive of the Maryland OPA office on September 15, succeeding Dr. Lloyd G. Reynolds who moved to the War Manpower Commission in Washington. Winebrewer has been senior business specialist in the price division and previously led a Philadelphia firm after a Frederick wholesale grocery career.
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Baltimore
Philip R. Winebrewer
Frederick
Philadelphia
Maryland
OPA
Lloyd G. Reynolds
War Manpower Commission
Washington
Winebrewer
John B. Murdock
Stewart Waring
Leo H. McCormick
The
Pythian Castle
Odith Rothmarkle
Cumberland
Jennie Smith
Lonaconing
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Joe Stephens
Prchegiea
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Smith
Earle
Richardson
Edward Richardson
Texas
American Legion
Knights of Pythias
Four Die In War Plant Blast At Hackettstown
An Essex Specialty Company explosion at its Hackettstown New Jersey war production plant injured five and caused about 10000 dollars in damage. Firefighters controlled a blaze within about 30 minutes. State police noted at least four fatalities and three to four believed dead. The mixing house where five workers were present was the blast site.
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Hackettstown
N. J
Essex Specialty Company
Army Explosives Branch
Army
Chicago
Fie
Washington
State Ration Board Chairmen To Meet In Baltimore
Maryland war price and rationing board chairmen will gather in Baltimore Monday to discuss rationing problems and future plans. State OPA Director Leo H McCormick said topics include organization, rationing, and the boards role in price fixing.
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Baltimore
Maryland
OPA
Leo H. McCormick
Farm near Walkersville sells at trustees sale for 21900
The Reverdy J. Wincbrewer farm of about 212 acres near Walkersville with a nine room house dairy and horse barns sold at a trustees sale in the Court House to Ephraim B. Zimmerman for 21900. Trustees Parsons Newman William M. Storm and Charles McC. Mathias conducted the sale with Emmett R. Bowlus as auctioneer.
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J. Wincbrewer
Walkersville
Court House
Ephraim B. Zimmerman
Parsons Newman
William M. Storm
Charles McC. Mathias
Emmett R. Bowlus
Maryland Plans Alerts and Blackouts for Civil Defense
Maryland officials approved unannounced alert and blackout procedures to be sent to Philadelphia for final approval. If approved, alerts will last 15 minutes and blackouts 30 minutes, with readiness for day or night use. 1941 traffic deaths rose with automobile, non collision, and pedestrian fatalities up.
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Baltimore
Maryland
First Fighter Command
Philadelphia
Col
Henry 5
Barrett
Bombing Raids Hit Duesseldorf and Western Germany
British bombers delivered a heavy assault on Duesseldorf and other western German targets. Nazi reports say 31 raf planes were shot down and civilian casualties occurred amid widespread fires and material damage including residential areas.
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London
Duesseldorf
Germany
RAF
Cologne
Rhine
Berlin
Budapest
Koengsberg
Reich
Koenigsberg
Moscow
Melvin Wins Fifth Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Post
In Anne Arundel County an official margin of 6,000 gave Ridgley P. Melvin the Fifth Circuit Chief Judge seat. Melvin defeated William H. Forsythe 7,702 to 1,702 in Anne Arundel, and circuit totals show Melvin 8,802 Forsythe 3,079. In the First District David J. Ward edged Dudley G. Roe by 73 votes. Wilbur Dulin beat Louis W. Phipps for the Senatorial seat. James Boylan was renominated and reelected despite partial margins.
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Baltimore
Anne Arundel County
Ridgley P. Melvin
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Anne Arundel
Melvin
William H. Forsythe
Forsythe
Howard
Carroll
Howard County
Melye
David J. Ward
Dudley G. Roe
Wilbur Dulin
Louis W. Phipps
James Boylan
John Wood, Jr
Boylan
Guard Your Property Hoover Tells Public
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover urged citizens to guard property amid rising thefts of automobile accessories and bicycles. He noted a 30 percent rise in accessory thefts and 27 percent in bicycle thefts in the first half of the year and urged greater police citizen cooperation during the war emergency.
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Hoover
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Roosevelt Eyes Rubber Rationing Tied to Monday Action
President Roosevelt aims to implement nearly all rubber policy recommendations by Monday including gasoline rationing and private driving limits. A new rubber administrator will head within the War Production Board, with production of synthetic rubber expanded.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Production Board
Mwe
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Gucte
German WWI rifle to be scrapped for war effort
Local resident Reno S. Harp plans to scrap a Mauser rifle from a World War I battlefield. Harp urges Frederick County residents to turn old machinery and scrap into proper war materials, noting vast amounts of unneeded metal in farms and equipment. He believes scrap could aid Allied forces and warns of possible loss if ignored.
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Reno S. Harp
Harling
Sponselier
Frederick
Shippensburg
Harp
France
Sponseller
Axis
Frederick County
Clapp's Mary Dominates Two Counties in Judgeship Race
Final official figures from Frederick and Montgomery counties show Assistant Attorney General Robert B. Clapp leading with 3, etc. margins. Sherman Bowers and Delauter trail, with Beall carrying Montgomery in the congressional race. Primary costs total 4,250.84, below 9,972 from 1938.
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Frederick
Montgomery
Gener
Robert B. Clapp
Lauls
Sherman PL Bowers
Bowers
HL Kirlfer Delauter
Leslie N. Coblents
Delauter
Manuel M
Clapp
de Lauter
Coblentz
Weinberg
Cobleniz
J. Glenn Beall
Montgomery County
Beall
Henry C. Triestey
Montgomery-Fredericl
Triester
Cook
Thos, E. Cook
Garry
O'Conor
O'Connor
Conk
Kennedy
Peddicord
Theodore McKeldin
McKeldin
West
Frederick County Board of Election Supervisors
Board of County Commissioners
West Coast Radio Stations Off Air
Radio stations in Los Angeles and San Diego went off air at dawn and did not resume until early morning. San Francisco received a preliminary alert from the Fourth Army for an unidentified target later identified as friendly, with the all clear issued shortly after.
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Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
Fourth Army
Stock market mixed as war news dampens buying
Bullish sentiment wavered in New York trading with little urgent selling. Brokers cited war news as not spurring buyers and weekend insurance trimming as a brake on trends. Congressional tax confusion and the anti inflation gun were noted as conservative factors shaping demand.
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New York
Squier Defeated in Elkton by Leffler in State Race
In Elkton on September 11 the colorful former General Assembly figure State Senator Cecil C. Squier lost his seat to Frederick H. Leffler, an Elkton newspaperman, by 14 votes.
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Squier
Elkton
Cecil C. Squier
Frederick H. Leffler
Yolea
Hitler Orders Stalingrad Taken At Any Price
Moscow dispatch reports Adolf Hitler ordered the immediate occupation of Stalingrad at any cost as German forces push toward the Volga stronghold. Red Star notes unprecedented Axis manpower and air power, while Soviet defenses fight fiercely and call for no retreat.
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Hitler
Moscow
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Volga
Hed Star
Red Star
Joseph Stalin
Volga River
Stalin
von Bock
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Crimea
Semeon Timoshenko
Oil Refinery Fire at Champlin Refinery in End Oklahoma
Firefighters from Champlin Oil Company brought a refinery blaze under control at the Champlin refinery in End Oklahoma. A spokesman said a hot water incident in an oil line caused oil to overflow at a landing dock, triggering explosions as six tank cars of gasoline ignited. The large 200000 barrel storage tank also burned.
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End
Okla
Champlin Oil Company
Can't Agree So They Will See Roosevelt
Senate and House leaders plan a conference with President Roosevelt on the cost of living bill after failing to agree on its details. The session aims to resolve differences and push legislation forward.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Senate
House
Roosevel
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