Scrap Drive In City Reaches Forty-Six Tons
Frederick resumes the scrap campaign with 13 tons 391 pounds collected in a day. Four Red Cross Motor Corps and Salvage Committee workers have raised 6 tons plus 391 pounds toward the forty-seventh. Trucks expanded to county routes Buckeystown Adamstown and Baltimore pike while northern city crews continue. The World War I cannon in Memorial Ground remains tied to Francis Scott Key Post trustees for disposition this week.
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Frederick
Red Cross Motor Corps
Eater
Buckeystown
Adamstown
Baltimore
Frost Nips Some Crops as Temperatures Dip to 35
Light frost formed in low sections across several counties with readings dropping to 35 in the city, the lowest September mark in nearly two years. In Unionville the mercury fell to 25 with light frost in exposed and low-lying areas while tomato plants in Carroll Creek vicinity showed minor damage.
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Carroll Creek
Unionville
Frederick
Lewistown
Weather Bureau
Motorists Turn Over New Leaf In Gas Books
Washington Sept 22 Motorists in the 47 gasoline rationed states can turn over a new leaf on their A ration books today if there’s a page left and begin using the second group of eight coupons. The first two month period of coupon rationing ended last midnight and any units remaining on the first page are invalid. The number 2 coupons must last the next two months the same four gallons as the number one coupons. The expiration date doesn’t affect the validity of the supplemental B and C books and motorcycle books.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
80 Per Cent Of Dailies Riding In Scrap Drive
Washington reports more than 80 percent of the nation’s daily newspapers have pledged to participate in the scrap collection drive. Richard W. Slocum, head of the newspaper scrap drive committee, told Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board that about 1,400 dailies have pledged cooperation and more are joining daily. The Sept. 4 meeting named newspapers as local leaders to boost scrap collection.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board Today
Richard W. Slocum
Slocum
Nelson
Navy’s sea power to shape global war, Vinson says
House Naval Affairs Chairman Vinson told reporters that Dieppe and the Solomon Islands are early signs of a world in which the United States builds overwhelming sea power. He cited Roosevelt’s request for a record Navy appropriation and predicted the expanded fleet, aircraft, and trained crews will enable Allied victory with global sea control and offensive reach.
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Washington
Dieppe
Solomon Islands
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
United Nations
United States
Europe
America
Berlin
Rome
Tokyo
Vinson Egid
United Statees
Navy
China
Russia
Ite Navy
Police Board Vacancy Delays Investigation Of Police
The City Police Commissioners remain short a member after the death of Chairman Ira J. McCurdy. The four active members await another appointment before a reorganization. Aldermen have not yet called a special meeting to address charges against the police department.
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Board of Police Commissioners
Police Department
Board of Aldermen
Ira J. McCurdy
Ignatius Bjoriee
British Run Into French Resistance Near Madagascan Capital
British forces advancing toward Tananarive from the northwest met strong French resistance 19 miles from the Madagascar capital. A Madagascar broadcast quoted by Reuters from Port Louis said the column had closed to half the distance from its previous position, with 37 miles remaining in a prior report.
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London
Tananarive
Madagascar
Reuters
Port Louis
Mauritius
Rules for Daytime Air Raid Alerts and Blackouts
Baltimore September 22 Col Henry Barrett state director of air raid precautions announced daytime alert rules governing traffic and public buildings with blackout rules unchanged. Regulations urge drivers to pull over when alarms sound while emergency vehicles may proceed. Public buildings theaters banks schools and homes have specific duties during alerts with general advice to stay calm seek shelter and avoid nonemergency calls.
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Baltimore
Col
Henry
Barrett
United States
Trafic
State Board of Education
Expect Japs To Make Big Drive For Solomons
Secretary of the Navy Knox said it is a safe and sound assumption the Japanese will launch major new attempts to reconquer the Solomon Islands. He stated we operate on that basis and warned against overconfidence. Knox, fresh from the American Legion convention, praised its actions and discussed universal military draft concepts as a wartime goal.
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Washington
Knox
Solomon Islands
American Legion
Kansas City
Jack Singer
International News Service
Pacific Fleet
Chicago Daily News
London
Frederick's Cooperative Concert Drive Opens War Campaign
Frederick's Cooperative Concert Association launched its 1942 membership drive at a Francis Scott Key hotel dinner led by president J Walker Carty. The drive aims to recruit a large worker base, run through Saturday, with HQ at the YMCA and Miss Edna Giesen directing. The campaign highlights wartime cultural needs and music as morale in America.
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Frederick
Edna Giesen
R. Ames Hendrickson
Miss Giesen
Columbia Concerts, Inc
America
INS Correspondent Missing in Pacific Action Report
INS reports its Pacific fleet correspondent Jack Singer is missing in action after a torpedo plane mission that allegedly sank a Japanese carrier. The Navy has not disclosed the battle location. P-Stock market mixed amid bombing news and Russian defense in Stalingrad amid broader economic concerns.
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New York
International News Service
Navy Department
Jack Singer
INS
Singer
House approves shortening West Point cadet course
Washington September 22 The House passed legislation cutting one year off the normal four-year course of instruction for West Point cadets and sent the bill to President Roosevelt for signature. The action shifts training timelines amid ongoing military preparedness discussions.
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Washington
West Point
House
Roozevely
Wreck blocks Poonsy Main Line near Perrymth Md
Philadelphia reports the Pennsylvania Railroad main line blocked by a derailment of 27 cars of a 8 car freight train near Perrymth Maryland. No injuries reported. Wreck caused by a transverse rail fissure. Nine freight cars derailed, track torn up, cattle killed, freight spilled. Damage estimated at 25000 to 30000 dollars. Trains rerouted via Baltimore and Ohio line. reopening unclear.
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Philadelphia
Pennnsylvania Rairoad
Perrymth
Cary
Ans
Ivistan
BE. S. Reed
Baltimore
Reed
AML
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wilmington
Del
Baltamore
May Paralyze Wheat Trade
Chicago September 22 grain men warned that federal price control and anti inflation measures could paralyze the private wheat trade. They argued that narrow price ranges and loan rules would push farmers to turn wheat over to the government, potentially placing about 800 million bushels under loans or government ownership by spring.
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Chicago
Napneceiar Elemen
Uhlmann Grain Co
Reopening of Maryland State School For the Deaf
The Maryland State School for the Deaf reopened this morning with nine o clock auditorium exercises. Dr Ignatius Bjor lee, superintendent, addressed staff and students. About 150 students are expected by week’s end, with enrollment likely to reach last year’s 175 once older students return. Three new faculty join: Miss Helen Shaggs from Cincinnati, Miss Edith Faust from Detroit, and Miss Metissa Stone from Lexington School for the Deaf New York who earned a Master of Arts at Columbia.
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Maryland State School For the Deaf
Ignatius Bjorlee
Helen Shaggs
Cincinnati
Ohio
Edith Faust
Detroit
Mich
Metissa‘ Stone
Lexington School For the Deaf
New Yorkey
Columbia University of New York
New Cars Stored At Frederick County Fair Grounds
New automobiles arrive at the Frederick Farr grounds for storage under an OPA plan approved by the Frederick County Agricultural Society Board of Managers. About thirty cars are moved into the pomological building first, then other buildings as spaces fill. Gasoline and oil are removed, vehicles are jacked up, and regular inspections will follow before they are hauled away.
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Frederick Farr
OPA
Board of Managers
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Recentile &Klan
Battle at Bayonet Point in Streets of Stalingrad
Hood College announces fall opening activities as freshmen arrive and are paired with upperclass mentors. Events include a formal convocation Friday in Brodbeck Mall beginning the college’s fiftieth academic year with remarks by President Henry J. State and introduction of Dean Belly Eckhardt May. New and returning students will register, attend placement tests, and meet faculty in Brodbeck Hall and other venues through the week.
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Ah Loud Callege
Ditmar
Coblents Hall
Brodbeck Hall
Alberta Brown
Brodbeck Mall
Mood
Henry J. State
Belly Eckhardt May
Tilda Marx
University of Missouri
Tusotti
Bates College
Lewiston
Teachers College
Columbia University
Pennsylvania State College
Gabrielle Asset
United States Navy
Keanold
Miss Kranold
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Two U S Ships In Convoy Lost In Battle
The Navy announced that two United States merchant vessels were lost in the Mediterranean during a August battle with Axis forces. One ship was torpedoed and sunk by a motor torpedo boat after a prior air attack. four gun crew members were killed. The second merchantman was scuttled by its crew to prevent capture after torpedoing.
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Washington
Navy
Tod
United States
Mediterranean
Kayley
London
Gir
Trachine Ans
Flu
Germans Hold Off as Battle Rages Through 29th Day
Red Star and Pravda report Stalingrad defense remains stubborn as Germans push to the Volga banks. Street fights intensify with bayonets amid rubble while Soviet forces repel assaults, destroy tanks and trucks, and claim ground nearby. Nine lines describe block-by-block combat, with Soviet claims of enemy losses and courageous defense by Red Army units.
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Stalingrad
Volgoin
Hed Star
Russia
Red Star
Volga
Red Army
Communist Party
Pravda
Mozdak
Central Caucasus
Information Bureau
Theodore Dreiser Barred As Speaker In Canada
Theodore Dreiser, aged 71, was barred from public statements in Canada after an interview in the Toronto Evening Telegram in which he criticized British leaders and praised Germany. Ottawa and Quebec authorities invoked section 22 of the Defense of Canada regulations to prohibit further speeches or statements. The action was announced by Justice Minister St Laurent through a Justice Department spokesman.
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Ottawa
Theodore Dreiser
Canada
Toronto Evening Telegram
Gordon Canet
Aetasts Gaialet Fe
Telegram
England
United Sta
Justice
St. Laurent
Justice Department
Defense of Canada
Freight Wreck Blocks Tracks Near Hancock
A east bound Baltimore and Ohio freight crashed into the rear of a preceding train six miles from Hancock causing the derailment of two cars and the second locomotive. No injuries reported. Traffic detoured over Western Maryland routes via Cherry Run to Green Ridge and surrounding lines.
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Hancock
Baltimore and Ohio
Thal
Andy
Carvier
Harry Wyatt
Maryland
Cherry Run
Wo Wa
Green Ridge
Matock
St. Ja
Baptism Hosts Many Relatives At Callas Infant Ceremony
Approximately 150 people attended the baptism of Wilpersang Johny Callas Jr. at Vindobona hotel Braddock Heights. Rev Joakim Papachristou officiated for Greek Orthodox church in Dallimare. Grandparents and relatives from Hagerstown York Frederick and Washington gathered, noting Mr Callas came to America in 1916 and has not heard from his Greek relatives since 1940.
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Wilpersang
Mro
Johny Callas
Wester Mary Hand
Pentells Demetrias
Vindobona Hotel
Braddock Weights
Joakim Papachristou
D. B
Dallimare
Louie Sevrotipanos
Hagerstown
Peter Samios
James Lambros
Join Nakopoulos
Andrew Cascimakis
York
Mabel Bishop
Bertha Loomis
Hook College
Harriett Shook
Frederick
Edgar Thomas
Jefferson
W. Bartgis Storm
James H. Falk
Washington, D. C
Karristore
Baltimore
Callas
America
Greece
Twenty Five Drowned Returning From Picnic
In Midland Ontario on September 22 twenty five men died when the launch carrying them home from a picnic sank near Beausaleil stand in Georgian Bay a search disclosed today.
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Midland
Ont
Beausaleil Stand
Georgian Bay
Fire Breaks Out On Merchant Vessel
Fire broke out in the two forward hatches of a merchant vessel tied at Staten Island. Four alarms were sounded as crews battled the blaze. The incident was released for publication by the Third Naval District.
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New York
Staten Island
Third Naval District
Two Planes Collide at Miami Airport Kill Two
Miami Fla Sept 22 At least two men were killed and one seriously injured when two planes collided on a runway at Miami 46th street airport. Both aircraft were destroyed by an explosion and ensuing fire.
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Miami. Fla
Miami
46Th Street
Everhart Jr Joins Dental Corps On October 6
De David G. Everhart Jr of North Court Street is called to Camp Cross Spartanburg DC on October 6 to report for duty with the Dental Corps of the United States Army. He enlisted in August and receives the rank of first lieutenant. He is to be accompanied by Mrs. Everhart.
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David G. Everhart, Jr
North Court Street
Renoh
Camp Cross
Spartanburg
D. C
Dental Corps
United States Army
Everhart
Architect Ralph Adams Cram Dies in Boston Hospital
Boston dispatch reports Ralph Adams Cram world famous architect of New Yorks Cathedral of St John the Divine has died in a Boston hospital at age 91. The renowned architect author and philosopher achieved prominence for his Gothic designs and scholarly writings.
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Boston
Ralph Adamas Cram
New York
St. John the Divine
Clark Would Broaden Probe of Petrillo Ban
Senator Clark D Idsho called for widening a congressional inquiry into the American Federation of Musicians over its ban on records and transcriptions for radio stations and juke boxes effective Aug 1. He warned the move threatens war time morale and urged lifting the order. Petrillo accused record companies of refusing negotiation, saying the strike harms both sides.
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Washington
Clark D.idsho
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Clark
Congress
James C. Petrilio
Federation
New York
Flying Fortresses Reported Leaving Gibraltar for Mediterranean
The Viehr radio said nine Flying Fortresses departed Gibraltar heading east while Reuters noted about 250 planes had reached Britain by sea and air in four days and continued into the Mediterranean war zones.
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London
Viehr
Gibraltar
Reuters
Britain
Rock
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Poonsy
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Hood College
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