Two Jap Bases Hit by Heavy U S Forces in Pacific Skirmish
Admiral Nimitz announced American naval forces attacked Japanese air bases on Tarawa Island in the Northern Gilbert group and Nauru Island west of the Gilberts. Reports say the assaults, likely by carrier planes, follow Marcus Island bombing earlier in September as Allied air action intensifies across the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Tarawa Island
Gilbert Group
Nauru Island
Giberts
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Pacific
Marcus Island
Yoxyo
Marcus Né
Nimitz
Southwest Pacific
South Pacific
Soscamoa Islands
MacArthur
Hallale
Bougainville
Ballale
Kahili
Lae
New Guinea
George C Kennesy
Fifth Air Force
Finchhafen
Huon Gulf
New Brisis
Darwin
Australia
Treland
Hansa Bay
New Genea
Wenak
Madang
Med.i
Guinea
Kaipait
Kimba Bay
New Britain
Rooke and
Ritter Islands
Vitiag Strait
Finschhafen
Bequest to Bible Society Payable From 1879 Estate
A $3000 bequest made in 1879 to the Young Men's Bible Society of Frederick County, Inc, is about to be paid. Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Baltimore will transfer property from Miss Sallie Ann Baer’s Baltimore ground rents, the life estate ending with Jacob Baer’s death in 1940, to the Bible Society once paperwork is completed. The estate’s executors and the trust company note an estimated value around $2900 plus $450 in rent since August 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Bible Society of
Frederick County
Life Estates
Jacob Shellman Baer
Life
The
Bible Society
Regis Wills
I. C. Connor
Safe Deposit and Trust Com
Pata
Euys
Trust Company
Young Men's Bible Society
Bultiman Bank
Miss Baer
Bahing details of life estates and religious society
An elderly life estate in 1940 ends with Baer’s death, leaving property to pass to the Young Men's Bible Society of Frederick County. Ames Hendrickson serves as president and Jesse C. Shaver as secretary. The will allows rents to pass in kind or be converted to cash. Residents include Samuel Warrene Yeoman third of TOIss USNCB stationed at Gulfport Mississippi and the Marrone family living with Frank and Mrs McCanner at 215 East Fifth Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Warrene Yeoman
Toiss United States Naval Construction Battalion
Tow
Gulfport
Marrone
Samuel Robert
Frank McCanner
East Fifth
Baer
Register of Wills
Young Men's Bible Society of
Frederick County
Fine County
Ames Hendrickson
Jesse C. Shaver
Bible Society
Two Killed In Auto Accident On Route 40
Miss Catherine Irene Folmer and her companion Alexander Shipley died in a Route 40 crash near Hagerstown. Folmer was wounded but survived initially, while Shipley and Folmer’s brother Earl Folmer Jr. died at the scene or shortly after. Police and medical examiners described the wreck and Folmer’s uncertain account of the drive from Baltimore toward Cumberland. Folmer, a former WAC now employed at Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, was identified as the surviving driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Catherine Irene Folmer
Miss Folmer
Alexander Shipley
Baltimore
Washington County
S. R. Wells
Shipley
Earl Folmer, Jr
Miss Folmer WaVeo
Cumberland
Russell Barnhart
Young Follmer
John Dougherty
Targets In France And Holland Bombed By Allied Planes
Allied air forces bombed targets in France and Holland throughout the day. U S Marauders hit the Lille Nazi fighter base while RAF Typhoon bombers attacked Merville and Woensdrecht airfields. RAF Mitchells struck near Bethune as escorts provided cover and six enemy fighters were shot down. Three Allied fliers reported missing. Berlin saw a respite as Mosquito bombers shifted to Rhineland targets and naval minelaying continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
English Channel
France
Holland
U.S
Lille
Merville
North-ern
Woensdrecht
Bethune
RAF
Dominion
Berlin
Rhineland
Wight
Germany
U S Navy builds mightiest sea force in world history
A Washington dispatch reports the United States now maintains the mightiest sea and air power in history. The Navy lists 14,072 vessels and 18,000 planes, with rapid production increases since 1940. Battleships, carriers, landing craft, and auxiliaries show heavy wartime expansion and rapid shift in emphasis as battles and campaigns unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Navy
Earth
Eass
Pearl Harbor
Guadalbees
Coral Sea
Midway
Pacific
Navy reports surge in wartime firepower and ship value
The Navy states fighter planes now fire in one minute five times the weight of their 1940 predecessors and anti-aircraft firepower has grown to around 100 times. With expanded production, ship value on the ways in July 1942 reached 1.8 billion dollars, while current construction in place stands at 3.2 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Standley Leaves By Plane For Washington
U S Ambassador Admiral William H Standley left Moscow by plane for Washington for consultations. He is 71 and unlikely to return to the Soviet Union, with speculation in London about possible participation in a three power Moscow conference. Hamilton remains as American chargé d affaires as Standley departs. Lipari island supplies nearly all Europe with pumice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow
York
Soviet Union
Church of England
Holy Synod
Russian Orthodox Church
Sergei
All Russia
Astrakhan
London
U. S
William H. Standley
Washington
Admiral Standley
W. Averell Harriman
Lend Lease
Central
Maxwell Js. Hamilton
Far Eastern Department
State Department
Police Ended Fight Between Negro and Soldier In Riot
Police halted a brewing riot as about 300 white and colored residents clashed after a South Pacific War veteran, a white soldier, fought a colored man named Raymond Jones on Piverand Half Street. The soldier was handed to Military Police and later sent home. no charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piverand Half Street
South Pacife
Camp Detrick
Walkersville
Phobus
Boone
Raymond Jones
Jones
Sergt
Frank Dorsey
Seven Die In Bus Train Crash Near Johnson City
A Greyhound bus bound for Chicago from Memphis collided with a Missouri Pacific train two miles south of Johnson City injuring at least 53 and killing seven. Coroner Lon W. Gasaway said most casualties were bus passengers while the train carried only six people. Notable injured included Dr. Luciano Milla Cisneros and his daughter Sofia Milla, with injuries described as slight. The bus was descending when it struck the train. the bus cab was crushed while the engine-baggage car toppled. Officials could not confirm bus occupancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Greyhound
Memphis
Tenn
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Here
Lon W. Gasaway
Williamson County
Marion
Ill
St. Louis
Luciano Milla Cisneros
Guatemala
Sofia Milla
Greyhound Bus Lines
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Nauru
Parler
Uncle Sam
Young Men’s Bible Society
Gulfport, Miss
Samuch Marrone
Massachusetts
James M. Car’or
Masachusetts
Boston
Rep. Curley
Engineers’ Group, Inc
Dak
Pic
Maynard E. Sier
Corg
Norman F. Sier
Weynard E. Bier
Capn Edwards Mare and Corp
Norman F. Siler
Los Angeles
Calif
Claude D. Sier
Ijamsville
Pvt
Wilmer D. Sier
England
Standley
Mediterranean
Lipari
Europe
Olbers
Berger’s
N. Market St
Frederick
South Market
Ilinois
Rocky Mountains
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Berger's
Lloyd C. Douglas
John P. Marquand
Brooklyn
Betty Smith
Louise Pierson
Robert Trumbull
R. Tregaskis
Hal Goodwin
MAYO
H. B. Clapesattle
Carty's Fun Fair
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
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