Local Scrap Roundup To Continue For Four Days
The Red Cross Motor Corps and Frederick Salvage committee launch a four day city wide scrap drive starting Wednesday. Four trucks, each with two Motor Corps members, will canvass northeast northwest southeast and southwest sections, collecting old metal rubber canvas burlap and other convertible scrap to aid war production. If not finished by Saturday the drive continues next week.
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Red Cross Motor Corps
Frederick
Market
Patrick Streets
Motor Corps
F. Earle Shriner
Cluasies
Gynera
Bars
Dewan B. Rosenstock
C. Clifford Doll
Clarence C. Carty
Northwest
Emmett R. Bowlus
Charles 5. Houck, Jr
E. P., Thomas
Manuel Weinberg
Southeast
Helen Eader Johnson
Edgar K., Moore
David G. Everhart, Jr
Clinton K. Hughes
John L. Wilson
Southwest
Richard F. Nallin
Admiral Towers Heads Pacific Fleet Air Force
Rear Admiral John H. Towers was named Commander Air Force, Pacific Fleet, a newly created post. At 37 he becomes Vice Admiral, replacing as Chief of Aeronautics Rear Admiral John S. McCain. Towers will gain authority over carrier divisions, freeing Vice Admiral Halsey to focus on task force command.
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Washington
John H. Towers
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Air Force
Pacific Fleet
Knox
Air Command
Towers
John S. McCain
Carrollton
Miss
Pacific
William F. Halsey, Jr
Apple Butter Price Set to Rise nationwide
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will lift maximums on apple butter by about ten percent, allowing wholesalers and retailers to pass the increase to consumers. The move follows recent similar steps on canned and frozen fruits and will apply to jams and preserves based on the 1942 pack compared with 1941.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Pythians Open State Convention In Frederick City
The Grand Lodge of Maryland Knights of Pythias opened its annual convention in Frederick with about 140 delegates and 75 Pythian Sisters attending. Supreme Chancellor John Lee Smith from Texas arrived for sessions, with a public open meeting and a memorial service planned, plus a dinner and performances at the Pythian Castle and Temple.
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Grand Lodge of
Maryland
Knights of Pythias
Mountain City Lodge
Frederick
Pythian Castle
Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters
Pythian Temple
Grand Lodge
Pythian Sisters
John Lee Smith
Throckmorton
Texas
Smith
Francis Scott Key
Evelyn White
Edna Engle
Frostburg
Chantel Elu OS
Meabo
Cliy
Wilh
Mr. Smith
C. Thomas Summers
Richard E. Zimmerman
Margaret Harner
Jennie Smith
Lonaconing
Grand Temple
Grand Chiefs' Association
W. Merval Weaver
Frederick Presbyterian Church
Ruth D. Thomas
Summers
Odith
Cumberland
Edward Akere
Gettysburg
Axis Bombers Thwarted By RAF Fighters
Cairo reports long range RAF fighters forced Axis bombers to jettison bombs and suffer casualties while attempting to strike returning British warships from Tobruk raids. Communique confirms the action.
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RAF
Cairo
Tobruk
Poland War Drift Described by Rev Warfield at Local Club
Reverend Gaither Warfield spoke to Frederick Business and Professional Women and Zonta clubs at the Francis Scott Key hotel. He described Poland in 1949 as 35 million people with shortages, rationing, and fear as war loomed, detailing sieges, black market activity, and the fate of Jews. He urged Americans to support victory and defend freedom, ending with a call for faith that right will prevail.
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Gaither
Warfield
D. D
Frederick Business and Professional Women’s Club
Zonta Club
Francis Scott Key
Estelle Fellows
Louise Freeman
Business and Professional Women's Club
Dr. Warfield
Poland
Warsaw
Hitler
United States
Jowest
Europe
America
Amada
Roy L. Crum
Balance Of Striking Power Now Held By U.S.
Rear Admiral Blandy said United States forces hold the balance of striking power in the Western Pacific. He noted that we must not stay static and must push forward, while praising anti aircraft guns and noting supply lines as the Pacific's great problem.
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U.S
Washington
W. H. Blandy
United States
Western
Pacific
Blandy
Navy Ordnance
Knox
Japan
Pushjee
America
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Tulagi
World Series Opens September 30 In St Louis Or Brooklyn
Chicago dispatch reports baseball officials decide the first World Series game will be played Wednesday September 30 at either St Louis or Brooklyn, three days after the regular season ends. Commissioner Landis presides over the meeting.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Kenesatr Mountain. Landis
Canadian Dieppe Casualties Reach 3350
Ottawa reports total Allied raid losses at Dieppe last month amounting to 3350 Canadians dead wounded or missing. A casualty list was issued by the department of national defence confirms the figures.
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Ottawa
Dieppe
Department of National Defense
Soldiers from Thurmont and Frederick meet in England
Pvt. Ralph Kelly of Thurmont and Pvt. Francis Gaither Jr. of Frederick, now stationed in England, had not known each other before induction. Kelly wrote that he and Gaither, a Frederick native, spent Thursday to Saturday in London and had a fine time. Mr. and Mrs. Gaither received a cablegram and letter from their son after his arrival in England.
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Ralph Kelly
Thurmont
Francis St. Galther, Jr
Frederick
England
Armed Service
Pvt
Kelly
Francis Gaither, Jr
London
Nazis North Sea Base Hit by RAF Bombers
RAF bombers attacked Wilhelmshaven in the North Sea, setting fires at Germanys chief naval station. The attack, possibly hundreds of planes strong, left two raiders lost per the Air Ministry. Simultaneously, Bremen faced a heavy raid targeting U boat yards Focke Wulf plant and railways. The offensives broaden the September nightly raids against Axis targets.
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London
RAF
Wilhelmshaven
North Sea
Air Ministry
Germany
Bremen
Yables Tunneil
Focke-Wulf
Bucharest
Pioesti
Budapest
Berlin
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Airc
Charles Portal
Order Placing Ban On Fuel Oil Expires
Local fuel oil dealers awaited instructions as the expiration of the order prohibiting delivery during August 2 to September 15 loomed. The ban's end could allow unrestricted deliveries or a new restriction, with many dealers uncertain and customers reporting dwindling supplies amid prior summer limits.
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Petroleum Coordinators Office
Wien
American newsman reportedly prisoner in Tobruk raid
A Italian radio broadcast claimed an American journalist was taken prisoner in the Tobruk raid Sunday night. The possible captive is Larry Allen, a 34 year old Mount Savage native and Pulitzer prize winner, last heard from after British commando forces landed at Tobruk. George Palmer of United Press is the other accredited American in the area.
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New York
Talian
Tobruk
Larry Alien
Vient
Wal Pulllazer
Allen
George Palmer
United Press
British Mediterranean Reef
Palmer
Mount Savage, Ltd
Mediterranean
Lee’s Financial Operations Hit By McKeldin
Republican gubernatorial candidate Theodore R McKeldin accuses Democrat E Brooke Lee of unsavory financial dealings tied to the defunct Central Trust Company. The dispute centers on assets and judgments totaling hundreds of thousands and public endorsements impacting Western Maryland and Montgomery County voters ahead of the November 3 election.
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E. Brose Lee
Montgomery County
Congress
Theodore R. McKeldin
Central Trust Company
Harry W. Nice
Albert C. Ritchie
Ritchie
McKeldin
Brooke Lee
WBAL
Herbert R. O'Conor
William Curran
Baltimore
E. Brooke Lee
Cumberland
O Conor
EL Brooke Lee
Sixth Congressional District
Maryland
Katherine Byron
Lee
Coblentz
Baltimore City
Toontgomery County
F. Brooke Ler
Silver Springs
O'Conor
Byron
Stalingrad Station Falls to German Forces
German broadcasts report Stalingrad’s main railroad station has fallen into German hands, while Moscow says the advance continues and Russians hold out. The high command notes a victorious push is nearing its final phase amid heavy street fighting in the Volga city.
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Berlin
Stalingrad
Transocean
High Command
Volga City
Jurors to Get Supplemental Gas Rations at Court
County jurors summoned for the September term of Circuit Court will receive supplemental gasoline ration books if needed. The local Rationing Board interpreted the rules to ease the jury shortage, allowing B books for occupational driving to those with A books and no extra books for C book holders. Substitutes were drawn to replace excused jurors, with names listed for Frederick, Buckeystown, Urbana, Hanvers, Singapore and Braddock districts.
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Frederick
Faward S. Delaplaine
Arthur P. Ridgety
William S. Ray
Frank Roelkey
Clinton M. Rhoades
Buckeystown
Charles D. Stup i
Charles W. Harris
Catherine Anne R. Kline
Paul E. Grossnickle
Urbana
George H. Payne
John J. Willcom
Hanvers
Irving A. Kelbaugh
Charles C. Hurley
Singapore
Alvin L. Dudley
Isaac E. Nicademus
Braddock
Basil C. Lewis
John J. T. Summers
Stickers Awarded For Maryland V Home Campaign
Executive ARP director Robert France announced a V-home program across Maryland. Homes meeting aerial attack prep, rationing, and rumor-free criteria receive a red, white and blue V sticker signed by the district warden, to be displayed in a window. Separate note: Pittsburgh newspapers raised single-copy prices from 3 to 4 cents effective September 14.
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Baltimore
Robert France
Maryland
France
Pittsburgh
The
Sun-Telegraph
Post-Gazette
Press
Retreat Nears as Stalingrad Fights Redoubt Battle
Russian defenders held the hills above the Volga amid heavy bombing and Nazi assaults. The Red Army pressed the Moscow front offensive, reporting about 4,000 German casualties and the capture of a fortified town in three days of fighting. Despite sagging lines, gains were restricted to 300 to 400 yards per day while blocks of Stalingrad burned and workers kept factories running under fire.
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Moscow
Volga
Statinkrad
Red Army
Stalingrad
Nearly Half Of Jap Carriers Have Been Lost
Pearl Harbor report says the United States nears halfway to destroying Japan's carrier fleet. A 7,500-ton carrier, identified as the Ryuzyu, was probably sunk August 24 in a Solomon Islands battle with four bomb hits and one torpedo. Japanese losses included two destroyers and one submarine damaged, plus two cruisers, one battleship, and one transport.
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Clark Lee
Pearl Harbor
United States
Pacific
Solomon Islands
Associated Press
Navy
Midway
Coral Sea
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Adm
Pacific Fleet Air Force
Air Arm
Pythians
John W. Null
Paul B. Rhoads
Register of Wills
Navy Ordnance Chief
Britain
Rumania
Bulgaria
Larry Allen
O’conor
Maryland ‘V’ Homes
U. S. Navy
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