Lone Sailor Inactivated Depth Bombs On Yorktown Recall
Six Yorktown survivors recount the final submarine attack on the carrier. A lone sailor stayed on Hammann to set depth bomb safeties, preventing blasts as men struggled in the water. Survivors express pride in officers and crew and recall late wartime duties and food aboard.
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Wendell Webb
San Francisco
Yorktown
A. B. Herbst
Birmingham
Ala
Joseph A. Biron
Norfolk
Canton
S. C
Lewistown Grange to Present Annual Booster Program
The Lewistown Grange will present its annual booster program on Thursday evening September 24 at 8 p m. The public is invited to attend the open meeting. A well balanced program is being prepared.
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Lewistown Grange
Anti Aircraft Shell Lands in Staten Island Garden
An anti aircraft shell accidentally discharged from a craft in New York harbor landed in the garden of Mrs Selma Dohlmar in Westerleigh Staten Island. No damage or injuries were reported and the Army released a statement confirming the incident and noting the shell exploded in mid air.
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New York
New York Harbor
Westerieign
Staten Island
Eastern Defense Command
Selma Dohlmar
Taten Island
Army
Yerident
Wasterleigh
No. 1 Coupons Good Till Monday Midnight
OPA warns gas station attendants that No 1 coupons expire Monday midnight and No 2 coupons cannot be used before Tuesday. Motorists warned their No 1 coupons will be worthless after Monday midnight. Eight No 2 coupons cover September 52 to November 21. War Department promotes Rawlings Sr Poole to major and notes his transfer to Chicago as safety assistant. Rome radio reports German torpedo boats sink ten Russian ships near the Caucasus with war material.
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OPA
War Department
Rawlings ‘Sr. Poole
Potomac Edison Company
Hagerstown
Chicago
Ill
Ordnance Department
London
Rome
Caucasus
Rradio
Chicago woman kills mother sister then takes own life
A 59 year old woman killed her ailing mother 87 and her sister Lena 57 then shot herself in a Norman Hotel apartment on Wilson Avenue. A note urged authorities to know the family suffered and she and the others faced a dark future. Police said all three likely suffered from wasting disease. The women had lived in the two room unit for two years with modest means.
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Chicago
Rita van Steenbergh
Christiane Bauer
Lena
Maywood
van Steenbergh
Carnival Company To Store Equipment In Local Center
War transport problems force Frederick to serve as winter quarters for a carnival. Zacchiani Bros will store about one hundred large tires and much equipment locally while personnel travel to Tampa for the usual Florida exhibition.
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Frederick
Zacchiani Bros
Tampa
Florida
Carnival move and class notices from Martinsburg page
An authoritative source reports the Varti val carnival exhibits in Martinsburg and plans to move to Tampa with contingent equipment, while defense transport regulations may restrict car and equipment use after November 1. Hugo Zacchiani stores major enttment assets here to save rubber and fuel for the Florida trek. Also, Suzannah Wesley Class notes from Doubs Methodist Sunday School recount meetings and officers, and a parole hearing update is given for Elmer F. Gruber. The Egyptians knew glass-making over 5,000 years ago.
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Martinsburg
W.a
Hugo Zacchiani
Tampa
Florida
Carnival
Defense Transportaion
Defense Transportation
Frederick
Suzannah Wesley
Doubs
Monroe Thomas
Walker Smith
Lawrence Waller
Elmer Michael
Funkhouser Gains 75 Votes in Kanawha County
In Charleston, Raymond J. Funkhouser netted 75 votes as a recount revised totals after a challenge to ballots in 19 precincts. Revercomb’s lead narrowed to 82 votes, with final figures showing Funkhouser 2,246 to 9,258 in one tally and Revercomb 9,352 to 2,265 in another.
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Charleston
W Va
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Kanawha
Funkhouser
Chapman Revercomb
Revercomb
Shepherdstown
Howard B. Lee
Reverscomb
Kanawha County
Deed Recorded for Residence Sale in Urbana Area
A deed was recorded in the clerk's office for the sale of the residence at 22 East Third Street near Urbana. Names listed include Mr and Mrs Clarence J. Ms Toads and Mrs Airy Viste Radetick with a consideration around $7,000 per revenue stamps.
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East Third Sireet
Clarence J
Toads
Airy Viste Radetick
Urbana
Murphy Returns to Supreme Court Duties
Justice Frank Murphy resumed his Supreme Court duties in Washington after three months of field and school service with the Army.
Legion Urges Members to Stay Home Amid Convention Strain
Kansas City September 17 The American Legion urged members to avoid the national convention as space and housing shortages loom. Officials worried attendance could swell beyond expectations despite advice to stay away. Uproar over travel and lodging reached hotels, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Housing Committee as plans to limit attendees faced uncertainty. National Commander Lyon W. Stambaugh noted a lighter program with more work and less fanfare than in past years while the revolutions committee handled hundreds of proposals on war-time topics.
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Kansas City
The
American Legion
Sof
Mie
James Young
Chamber of Commerce
Lepion
Dosse
Lyon WU. Stambaugh
Farno
N. D
Revolutions Committee
Edward L Blake
Ronceverty
Wo Va
Habeas denial in court over four year sentence claim
Chief Judge Edward S Delaplaine denied Schrader's petition for a writ of habeas corpus saying no sufficient reason was shown. Schrader, from Brunswick, is serving a four year term for larceny and contested the sentence as a suspended penalty rather than a conviction.
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Circmt
Julian F. Rbouehelle
Acton
Edward S Delaplaine
Chrk
Howard Schrader
Brunswick
House of Correction
Rade
Circuit Court
Arthur D. Willard
Delsplaine
Schiltler
Schrader
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Lone Sailor
Survivor
Carnival Company
Elmer EF. Gruber
Herman M. Moser
Cappello
Stokley’s Tomato Juice
Lima Beans
Calif
Bartlett
Sexee Williamson
Maryland
Legion
Key Hothl
Sofia
United States Navigation Bureau
Reeledeerie
Rakloe Fe
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