Fair Grounds to Store Frozen Cars in War Effort
Frederick Fair Grounds will house new passenger automobiles frozen from sales by a federal edict. The OPA ordered storage, with 300 plus cars expected, under lease handled by a local firm. Cars will be covered, drained, jacked up, and daily inspected, with access from several buildings. The six month lease may renew, and moving of current equipment will occur Monday.
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Office of Price Administration
Frederick Fair Grounds
John L. Shaw
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Board of Managers of
Society
OPA
Shaw
Fair Association
Charles Daugherty
Nazis Threaten Reprisals After Düsseldorf Raid
German radio said heavy reprisals will be launched against Britain with unprecedented scale bombers. Col. Gertz warned of counter raids as RAF strikes on Düsseldorf were described as devastating. No sign of major Nazi activity over Britain last night despite coast overflights. Alsab scratched from Pawtucket race on closing day, cancelling duel with Whirlaway.
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London
RAF
Duesseldorf
Britain
Col
Gertz
East Anglia
Stadium Gets Fight Between Louis and Conn at Yankee Stadium
New York reports confirm the heavyweight title bout between champion Joe Louis and Billy Conn will take place on October 12 at Yankee Stadium. The official confirmation arrived as boxing fans anticipated the high profile match.
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New York
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Yankee Stadium
Urged To Safeguard Second Front Plans
London report says press should guard speculation on second front operations while UN forces prepare for an assault on Hitler's Europe. A highly qualified source cautions against forecasting future military operations, though not implying a total ban on second front talk.
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London
United Nations
Hitler
Europe
Vote Tuesday in Montgomery County shows Clapp leads in eastern, western suburbs
Analysis by precinct shows Robert E. Clapp Jr winning the eastern and western suburban sections and Rockville with large margins, while H Keiffer DeLauter leads the north and central districts by a slim margin. Detailed precinct tallies list shifts across Laytonsville Clarkburg Poolesville Darnestown Gaithersburg Barnesville Damascus Olney Brookville and Rockville subareas.
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Montgomery County
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
Rockville
Central County
H. Kieffer DeLauter
Ms. Clapp
Montgomery
Clapp
Silver Spring
Wheaton
Takoma
Colesville
Potomac
Massachusetts Avenue
Fae
Bowers
DeLauter
Frederick County
Weinberg
Coblentz
Darnestown
South Gaithersburg
North Gaithersburg
Barnesville
Damascus
Olney
Bow
Former Local Girl joins WAAC training in Des Moines
Miss Helen Burck daughter of Mrs William Burck formerly of Frederick now in Baltimore has joined the WAAC and is stationed at the Des Moines Iowa training center She took the exam September 2 and was sworn in last Saturday then departed for Des Moines She was formerly employed at Ox Fibre Brush Co and is a Frederick High School graduate Deeds recorded show transfers including Wilson avenue property to Mr and Mrs Roth for about 6000 and Montevue Pike Basconets property to Mr and Mrs Robert for about 4300
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Helen Burck
William Burck
Frederick
Baltimore
WAAC
Des Moines
Iowa
Miss Burck
Miss Burek
Ox Fibre Brush Co
Frederick High School
Charles H. Remsberg
William P. Roth
Wilson Avenue
Frederick Properties, Inc
Robert
Montevue Pike
Basconets
Pilotless Curtiss plane crash kills multiple in Buffalo
Fireball from a pilotless Curtiss plane tore into a Curtiss-Wright building in Buffalo, killing ten and injuring thirty nine. Pilot J Bertrand Purnell parachuted to safety after the craft burned and spiraled from the sky. Victims include Francis Ryan and an unidentified man. injury toll rose as ambulances ferried patients to six hospitals.
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Buffalo
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Curtiss
Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division
N. Y
J. Bertrand Purnell
Parnell
Francis Ryan
Kenmore
Lester Glenn
U. S. Army
Paul Chase
Glens Falls
Martin Till
Frank Warda
Salvatore Palmeri
Carlson Raunh
Joseph Sciolino
Norman Sav
Oway William Davey
Purnell
Winston J. Dandreau
Substitute Jurors For September Court Opens Monday
Additional substitute jurors for the September term of Circuit Court were drawn in the presence of Chief Judge Edward S. Delaplaine. Names include Frederick William S. Ray, Melvin Engle, Charles W. Harris, Allen Bollinger, Paul Grossnickle, John Wilcom, Oscar Joy, Walter Poole, Marshall Warrenfeltz, James Leakin, Carl Clay, Samuel Eddins among others. Also 473 absentee votes reported from Marylanders in the armed forces, potential impact on the Democratic primary in the First district.
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Circuit Court
Edward S. Delaplaine
George L. Dean
Jackson
Marshall H. Warrenfeltz
Wheeler H. Smith
Johnsville
James W. Leakin
J. Irvin Rippeon
Woodville
Carl D. Clay
Charles W. Jones
Brunswick
Samuel H. Eddins
Lloyd E. Rodkey
Annapolis
Thomas E. Jones
Cartridge Plant Strikers Return To Their Jobs
Alton Illinois September 12 1944 About four thousand workers at the Western Cartridge Company East Alton plant ended a four day strike and returned to work under an AFL back to work order and an agreement between company representatives and union officials ratified last night.
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Alton
Western Cartridge Company
East Alton
AFL
William Green
Primaries End Coming Week
Washington reports the last week of voting before November contests. After two party primaries in five states and key state conventions, only Rhode Island conventions and three Louisiana House run-offs remain to close a notably apathetic campaign. notable races include Lodge challenge in Massachusetts Curley’s comeback bid in Massachusetts Kemp seeks Michigan House seat with Roosevelt kin connections.
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Washington
Maine
Connecticut
Mississippi
Rhode Island
Louisiana
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Michigan
Wieconsin
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
James M Curley
House
Dorothy Kemp
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Clare Booth Luce
Vivien Kellems
Clifford B. Wilson
Daniel F. B. Hickey
Roosevelt greets chart on tire life at varying speeds
Washington September 12 President Roosevelt urged wide publicity of a chart showing tire life dramatically declines with speed. The Baruch committee urged a national speed limit of 35 mph and the President planned to implement most recommendations Monday. The chart from the Society of Automotive Engineers War Board used 100 as normal tire life and mapped life at speeds from 20 to 80 mph.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Baruch Rubber Investigating Committee
White House
Automobile and Rubber Industries Committee
Society of Automotive Engineers War Board
Stephen Early
Monery
Baruch Committee
Star Spangled Banner Day Observed In Maryland
Governor O Connor proclaims September 1 as Star Spangled Banner Day marking the 128th anniversary of the national anthem. Lucy Monroe, the star spangled soprano, sings The Star Spangled Banner at Fort McHenry at dawn, with the Maryland State Guard band. A Blue network broadcast at 6 30 p m features the performance and the governor. another nationwide broadcast from Baltimore follows at 9 15 p m with Miss Monroe singing and the governor recounting Keys story.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
Francis Scott Key
Lucy Monroe
Fort McHenry
Key
Maryland
Baltimore
Miss Monroe
Forest Fire Service plans eastern Maryland headquarters
State Forester Joseph F. Kaylor announced the new Maryland Forest Fire Fighting Service will establish a divisional headquarters near this city. He called for volunteers to fill gaps left by CCC workers and regular forest wardens now serving in the armed forces. District Forester Sheldon H. Burns will oversee eastern Washington and Frederick counties from High Rock as division coordinator.
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Maryland Forest Fire Fighting Service
Joseph F. Kaylor
Kaylor
CCC
Washington
Frederick Counties
Sheldon H. Burns
High Rock
Air Lanes Jammed With Planes Bound For Tokyo
Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson told a Willow Run ceremony audience that air routes will soon be clogged from Willow Run to Tokyo and Berlin as four motor B 24 bombers produced at Willow Run fill the skies. He praised the Liberator and the Flying Fortress and warned that better bombers are coming as battles over German occupied Europe intensify.
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Metro
Robert P. Patterson
Trafic
Willow Run
Tokyo
Berlin
Patterson
Allied planes sink Japanese destroyer off New Guinea
General MacArthur reported Allied bombers slashed Japanese supply lines in New Guinea, setting a destroyer afire and forcing her to sink near Normanby Island. Bombers, including Flying Fortresses, supported ground troops as both sides regrouped for a possible Port Moresby battle.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Normanby Island
Milne Bay
Aeneung
Owen Stanley
Efogi
Lull in China reports narrow action on Suiyuan front
Chungking September 12 The Chinese high command says a lull has settled over all of China with only minor activity reported on the far northwestern Suiyuan front where fighting was limited to small actions.
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China Chungking
China Drt
Suiyuan
Lawrence Tibbett Jr and Edith Witte seek Los Angeles marriage license
Lawrence Tibbett Jr., 22, son of the opera star, poses with Edith Ernestine Witte, god-daughter of the late singer Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink, as they apply for a marriage license in Los Angeles.
British Forces Press Swiftly To Key Points
British and African troops push inland in Madagascar with minimal opposition as they advance toward Tananarive and other key points. A communique from Gen Sir William Platt notes unopposed northeast coast occupation at Vodemar, bridges slowed west coast advances, and progress toward Ambanja Mahaho and Majunga to Tananarive. The aim remains Madagascar’s removal as an Axis base while colonial radio coverage is described as restrained.
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London
Madagascar
Tananarive
William Platt
Vodemar
Merondava
Mahaho
Antsirabe
Majunga
Belsiboka River
Port Louis
Mauritius
Goebbels Admits RAF Raids Now Urgent War Factor
The BBC reported Goebbels in Das Reich says war is entering a more urgent phase and Germans must remove incendiaries from rooftops. He cites Cologne Hamburg Dusseldorf as examples and notes morale and daily life disrupted by RAF bombings.
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New York
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
BBC
CBS
Goebbels
Das Reich
Cologne
Hamburg
Duesseldorf
Oy Goebbels
RAF
Submarine claim on U S transports near Tasmania Sea
A German broadcast heard by CBS claims Japanese submarines sank two United States transports with 4,000 men aboard in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. The report also notes California truck routes requiring 976 gear shifts over a 139 mile Sierra Nevada highway stretch.
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New York
CBS
United States
Tasmayi Sea
Australia
New Zealand
Sierra Nevada Range
California
Still Arguing Over Rubber Policy Amid White House Debate
Washington, Sept. TH debate over rubber policy intensified as Senators Norris and Byrd clashed with Baruch committee over synthetic rubber production. A closed conference led by Senator Gillettto sought a plan to curb rubber from kerosene and alcohol. Roosevelt vetoed a similar measure and hinted at a new rubber administrator. The Baruch report urged universal gasoline rationing and centralized rubber control. Separate talks aimed to fund tire retreads and civilian auto fuel limits.
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Washington
Wardell
Mittee
Norris
Lid Nebl
Byrd
Cgellette
Lown
Gillettle
Agerlandure
Kerala
Roosevelt
Rubber Investigation Committee
Bernard M. Baruch
Cit
Bayruch
Four Powers urged to visit India in campaign for freedom
New Delhi Sept 12 A special committee of the Vindu Mahasabha the third largest Indian party proposed that Prime Minister Churchill and representatives of the United States Soviet Russia and China visit India to see conditions for themselves in its freedom drive. The press was critical of Churchill's India statement in Parliament and a Calcutta group led by Arthur Moore urged the British government to announce readiness to transfer full powers to the national government.
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New Delhi
India
Vindu Mahasabha
Churchill
United States
Soviet Russia
China
House of Commons
Calcutta
Arthur Moore
Calcutta Statesman
Willkie Arrives in Baghdad on Roosevelt Mission
Wendell Willkie landed in Bagdad today after tours of Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon and Palestine. The trip continues through Russia and China on a special mission for President Roosevelt.
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Willkie
Baghdat Bughdsa
Wendell Willkie
Iraq
Egypt
Turkey
Lebanon
Palestine
Russia
China
Roosevelt
Victory Eggs: Plastic Housings Guiding Bombers to Tokyo
A wartime note describes plastic housings for joop antennas used to guide U S planes toward targets in Japan. The device is claimed as effective for guiding bombers to Tokyo, highlighting technological efforts in aerial warfare.
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U. S
Tokyo
Soviet Hold Off Germans in Major Caucasus Battle
Stalin's defenders on a vast 1,300 mile Russian front checked a German push as winter loomed in the Caucasus. In Stalingrad fierce fighting continued with heavy armor and artillery. the city faced a perilous stand while Russian counterstrikes began on the Leningrad front near Sinyavino.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Volga
Joseph Stalin
Leningrad
Sinyavino
Tikhvin
Volkhov
Terek
Grozny
Caucasus
Weather Summary with September Precipitation Data
Weather data notes 24 hour precipitation at Raom index none. September to date 0.71 inches. normal September 3.05 inches. Yesterday high 79 degrees, previous year 78. last night low data missing. Sun sets 7:25 p.m., rises 6:49 a.m. Moon rises 9:48 p.m., sets 2:23 p.m. Stream conditions Potomac at Knoxville clear. Monocacy at Cernaville ease.
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Raom Indaxy
Knoxville
Clear
Cernaville
Eleas
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