Two Groups Of Married Men Placed In Same Draft Category
Local Selective Service boards reclassifying Class 3 registrants, grouping childless married men with working wives with those whose wives are not working. Categories include unmarried with no dependents, dependents such as parents, childless men with any wife status, and those supporting wives or children. Officials warn timing depends on quotas and complete reclassification.
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Selective Service
Board One
Board Two
Twe
Food Inquiry To Be Begun By Committee
Washington September 19 The Agriculture committee foresees an acute food shortage and the Senate Defense Investigating committee reveals inquiries into a drastic meat shortage next year. Rep Fulmer of South Carolina criticizes government indifference to the farm labor problem and urges urgent action. The House committee plans to begin its investigation next week.
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Washington
In Agriculture Committee
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Representative Fulmer
Ds.c
House Committee
Voluntary Payroll Deduction Adopted for War Bonds
Annapolis announces a voluntary payroll allotment plan for war bonds and stamps. Inauguration on October 1 for state employees with first deduction October 10 to October 15. Governor O Conor says plan devised by State Comptroller J Millard Tawes and Deputy Comptroller Joseph C McCusker. Agencies will maintain records to track participation while Mrs Edwin Hering and Mrs John Mariz return from Jacksonville Florida.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
J. Millard Tawes
Joseph
C. McCusker
More High School Boys Join Apple Picking Unit
A large volunteer group of high school boys joined adults to harvest about 60 bushels of apples at Hillcrest orchards west of Frederick, part of a 50,000 bushel crop. Officials say coordination with schools may allow early release or Saturday classes to boost labor during the harvest.
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Hillcrest Orchards
Frederick
Jorchards
Mountain View Orchards
Hillcrest
Mountain View
Charles W. Willis
E. D. McCain
McCain
Freerick
Winchester
Western Maryland trains discontinued between Baltimore and Gettysburg
The Public Service Commission approved Western Maryland Railroad's petition to discontinue the Baltimore Gettysburg daily round trip train. Service ends after 3 days notice posted in stations. current schedule shows 7:30 a.m. departure from Baltimore and 4 p.m. return from Gettysburg with local stops. Residents oppose closure. officials cite parallel bus service.
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Baltimore
Public Service Commission
Western Maryland Railroad
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Erasing Havoc in Spring Valley After 16-Foot Flood
Spring Valley Wisconsin, population 973, received temporary relief from sympathetic neighbors and the Red Cross as volunteers work to erase the havoc caused by a flash flood Thursday night that sent a 16 foot wall of water through the village.
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Spring Valley
Wis
Red Cross
Nearly Entire Jap Fleet At Buna Is Lost
New York dispatch reports Allied sources in Australia say Japanese forces at Buna suffered catastrophic losses with almost their entire naval contingent destroyed or sunk during the New Guinea campaign. CBS radio quoted the briefing as confirming heavy Japanese setbacks in the Buna operation.
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Buna
New York
Allied
Australia
New Guinea
Port Moresvy
CBS
Garner 33 Tons Of Scrap Here In Three Days
Red Cross Motor Corps scrap harvesters report 33 tons collected in Frederick in the first three days of a heavy scrap drive. Only the southeast section completed. southwest and northwest areas require more days. Trucks depart for the junk yard at four with weigh-ins after six each day. drive continues Monday.
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Red Cross Motor Corps
Frederick
Motorist Ditches Car to Avoid Wagon at Night Near Frederick
Glenn Castle of Middletown said he swerved to miss a four horse wagon that appeared on National Highway west of Frederick about 5:45 AM and crashed into a ditch. The car was damaged, no injuries reported. Wagon driver Walter Reeder of Frederick Route 5 was charged with operating a horse and wagon without lights and summoned to a September 30 hearing.
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Glenn Castle
Middletown
Frederick
Catoctin Country Club
Piont
Castle
Basehore
Walter&. Reeder
Route 5
Reeder
Sink Nazi Sub And Capture Its Crew Ottawa
The destroyer Assiniboine was officially credited with sinking a Nazi submarine in a western Atlantic battle. It killed the submarine's commander and captured the crew, described as one of a series of successful RN Canada actions against U Boats.
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Ottawa
Assiniboine
Royal Canadian Navy
Cuba sentences Nazi spy to be executed by firing squad
Havana Sept 19 A special Cuban tribunal sentenced Heinz August Luning a 31 year old German to death by firing squad for spying. Cuban police seized him earlier this month calling him one of the most important spies yet captured in America.
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Havana
Heinz August Luning
Luning
America
Part of Yorkshire Ordered Evacuated
The War Office said a considerable area in the east riding of Yorkshire facing the North Sea would be evacuated and the district taken over for military purposes. No further explanation was given. The Admiralty reported the British submarine Urge failed to return from an expedition and is considered lost with a crew of 27 aboard.
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London
British War Office
East Riding
Yorkshire
North Sea
Admiralty
Urge
Land
Stalingrad Holds Against Siberian-Train Reserves
German radio claims great clouds of smoke hindered assault as Soviet forces, including Siberian-trained reserves, resisted the Nazi siege. Berlin says torrential blood flowed through Stalingrad streets over the past two days.
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London
Stalingrad
Berlin
City Presses for Taxes on Low-Rent Housing Plan
Frederick residents consider taxing federally owned housing projects to recoup lost assessments. A Baltimore model suggests reimbursing the city under the Lanham Act, with discussions on applying the current tax rate and deducting services. City and county officials weigh cooperation agreements and court rulings before acting.
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Baltimore City
Reno
Harp
Reatturecy Stud Republican Reader
Lloyd C. Culler
Frederick Housing
Csts
Lin
Federal
Baltimore
Culler
Baltimore Ily
Marp
Frederick
Mr Harp
Baltimore Dispatches
Frederick City
Frederick Housing Authority
Edward J. Smith
Frederick County
William M. Storm
Maryland Court of Appeals
Annapolis
Snyder Mercer Nuptials This Afternoon At 4
Of interest in Frederick and Washington, D C is the marriage of Miss Ruth Audrey Mercer of 511 West Patrick street. The ceremony will be at four this afternoon at Evangelical Lutheran church with Rev. Snyder and assistants officiating. Attendants wear robe de style gowns and carry gladioli. Page Three continues.
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Frederick
Washington, D. C
Ruth Audrey Mercer
Grayson H. Mercer
West Patrick Street
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Mr. Snyder
Henry W. Snyder
Amos John ‘Traver
Mercer
Kathleen Mercer
Silver Spring
Charles, Zimmerman
Martha Schnebly
Hagerstown
Dona Belle Morris
Hampstead
Catherine Gray
Baltimore
Three Persons Drown In Magothy River
Annapolis reports three people drowned when a small motor boat capsized off Mazo Vista in the Magothy River. A fourth passenger, Mrs. Mary Kizah of Baltimore, was rescued and is described as in satisfactory condition at Annapolis Emergency Hospital. Police say two victims are possibly Mrs. Doris Welsh McArthur and Private William Neimeyer. the identity of the third is unconfirmed. Dragging operations by multiple town and county crews continued as the boat was recovered and search efforts persisted for the bodies.
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Annapolis
Mazo ‘Vista
Magothy River
Mary Kizah
Baltimore
Anne Arundel County
Ferndale
Doris Welsh McArthur
William Neimeyer
Fort George G. Meade
Annnapolis
West Annapolis
Orchard
Riviera
Kizah
Nazis claim 19 ships sunk in various oceans
Berlin says U boats sank 19 vessels totaling 160000 tons in ferce combat in the Caribbean, off Africa, in the USt. Lawrence and the Arctic. One tugboat was sunk and three other vessels torpedoed. The claim is unconfirmed with no time factor given for comparison to Allied reports.
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Berlin
Sread
Caribbean
Africa
Ust. Lawrence
Arctic
Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before
A distorted dispatch reports the first secretary of the Japanese embassy in Kuibeyshey Russia planned consults. The diplomat Fumia Miyagawa is expected to leave the Russian provisional capital on September 25.
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New York
Kuibeyshey
Russia
Transocean
Fumia Miyagawa
Submarine a Major War Problem, Knox Says
Secretary Knox told the American Legion convention that the submarine remains the United Nations’ chief challenge tied to a proposed second front in Europe. He warned defeat is possible unless the nation sustains anti submarine efforts and unity for victory. He urged wartime cohesion, raw materials supply, ally coordination, and support for Russia and China. He called for postwar unity to spare future generations from bloodshed.
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Kreene City
Knox
Europe
American Legion
United Nations
Pacific
Russia
China xxx
Legionnaires
Nazi Dead In South Russia 1 300 000
Moscow reports that German casualties in the south Russia drive reached 1 300 000 killed, announced by Sebateev deputy propaganda chief of the Communist party. In New York good recovery week for stocks ends with uneven results as transfers total around 150 000 shares.
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Russia
Moscow
Communist Party
R 2
Sebateev
New York
Substitute Jurors for Sentember Circuit Term
Substitute jurors were drawn in Urbana district to cover the pending term opening Monday. James M. Etchison replaces Alvin G. Quinn, who had substituted for James J. Gittings. Paul G. Geisbert takes the place of Homer E. Waltz, who had stood in for George H. Payne.
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Hoon
James M. Etchison
Alvin G. Quinn
James J. Gittings
Urbana
Paul G. Geisbert
Homer E. Waltz
George H. Payne
Supreme Effort Made To Halt Nazi Forces In Stalingrad
Reinforced Red Army troops clash inside the city as German divisions push toward Stalingrad’s heart. Soviet guns from the Karelian front to the Caucasus divert attention. Siberian troops join the firing lines while heavy bombardment and street fighting continue. Berlin broadcasts report large Russian attacks southeast of Lake Tlmen.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Central Caucasus
Voronezh
Staligrad
Wity
Siberia
Red Army
Volga
Berlin
Don
Mozdok
Terek
Red Star
Communist Party
Pravda
Berlin Radio
Lake Tlmen
Rubber For Essential Uses Coming New York
New rubber administrator William M. Jeffers said production of synthetic rubber would start swiftly to support civilian and military needs. He stressed rapid plant readiness and continued improvement, warning America cannot abandon wheels or risk the war by rubber shortages. Jeffers, also president of Union Pacific, is coordinating with Bernard Baruch, who called the appointment constructive.
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New York
Willian M. Jeffers
America
Jeffers
Westle
Washington
Union Pacific Railroad
Bernard M. Baruch
Roosevelt
Baruch
British Take Brickaville in Madagascar Action
London reports that Britain claims occupation of Brickaville on Madagascar east coast as a new landing. A British East Africa communique notes progress toward Tananarive from Majunga and Tamatave while no fresh landings are confirmed.
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London
Vichy
Madagascar
Brickaville
Tananarive
East Africa
Tanana Tive
Majunga
Tamatave
Mobile Ship Workers Return To Their Jobs
Mobile Alabama September 19 thousands of shipyard workers returned to work at the Alabama Drydocks and Shipbuilding Company after a two day lay off over a five cent ferry charge dispute. Brigadier General Ben M Smith commanding state troops reported about 60 percent of normal crews reporting for duty. About 10000 workers had left prior to the settlement reached.
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Mobile
Ala
Federal Maritime Commission
Alabama Drydocks and Shipbuilding Company
Ben M. Smith
Best Two Out Of Three If Race Ends In A Tie
New York September 19 A two out of three game series will decide the National League pennant if the Cardinals and Dodgers finish tied at season's end. The first game would be in St Louis on Monday night September 2, the second at Ebbets Field on Wednesday September 30, and the third if needed at Ebbets Field on Thursday October 1, delaying the World Series start to Saturday.
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New York
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis
Ebbets Field
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