U S Flyers Shoot Down 49 Jap Planes In Five Days
Washington reports Army Navy and Marine airmen destroyed 49 enemy planes and damaged ships in five days across the Solomon and Aleutians without American losses. Guadalcanal actions included 23 bombers shot down and 18 escort fighters downed. Aleutian raids with Canadian support claimed fires on ships at Kiska and Bougainville areas, with multiple vessels sunk or damaged. In ground fighting, Marines held and expanded positions on Guadalcanal while selective strikes hit enemy shores and installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Solomon
Aleutian Islands
Army-Navy
Marine Corps
Navy
Guadalcanal
Buka Passage
Uphan End
Bayasingille Teland
Shortland Island
Tonolei Harbor
Bougainville Island
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Marine
Aleutians
Artoy
Kiska
Fircraft
Royal Canadian Air Force
Dutch Harbor
Fuel Rationing Divided Into Five Periods
Washington announces a five period heating season for fuel oil rationing with coupons numbered one to five valid only in their period. Advance use allowed during cold spells. Period dates vary by zone with periods starting Oct 1 and local boards to start Oct 15. Overlap and delayed use aid deliveries and tanking. Zones list tentative dates for Delaware Maryland District of Columbia Virginia to December 3 through September 80.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
OVA
Borrowine Romnane
Iran
Zone
Delaware
Maryland
Columbia
Virginia
West
Ohio
Indiana
Hainois
Missouri
Kansas
Kentucky
Brazil Declares Renerval Economic Mobilization
President Vargas signed a decree ordering a Renerval mobilization of Brazil including mobilization of human work. The measure names a coordinator to direct the effort and coordinate national labor and economic duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vargas
Brazil
Police Board Reorganizes in Frederick City
The Frederick City Police Commission reorganized Monday afternoon electing Dr Ignatius Bjorlee as chairman to succeed the late Dr Ira J McCurdy Roger B Rice became vice chairman and Roger B Wolfe was named secretary Storm confirmed last week as a new member attended the meeting and no date was set for a joint session with the mayor after conferring on the department's investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Storm
William M. Storm
Bjorlee
Culler
Walters Brothers in Country's Service
George E. Walters of 116 West Fourth street has no sons in the Army. Pvt. John Walters left for camp March 10, 1942 and now serves overseas. Pvt. Marry Walters was called July 20, 1942 and is attached to the Army Air Corps at Clearwater Florida. The News on Monday featured the Walters family amid wartime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Walters
West Fourth Street
John Walters
Pvt
Marry Walters
Army Air Corps
Clearwater
Fle
Board of Aldermen to discuss police chief appointment
The Board pressed Mayor Culler to seek a police chief with full authority and to arrange a joint session with the Police Commission. A special meeting was set for tonight to approve an agreement yielding revenue from Frederick Housing Authority properties, with Aldermen hopeful for timely chief selection and eligibility names from the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Culler
Police Commission
Frederick
Old Ornamental Light Pole Goes Into Scrap
City officials said Monday that Mrs. Janey Curay granted permission to remove a large curbside light standard in front of the Law Building on West Church Street for scrap metal salvage. A second outmoded light standard between Third and Fourth streets on North Market Street is to be discussed with its owner for wartime production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirs
Janey Curay
Law Building
West Church Street
Third
Fourth Streets
North Market Street
War Industries
Ship 15 Sunk in North Atlantic by Submarine Sinking
The Navy announced the torpedoing and sinking of a small U S merchant vessel named Ship 15 in the North Atlantic around mid September. Survivors were landed at an East Coast port for medical treatment and later return home. The attack underscores ongoing dangers to shipping lanes during the Atlantic campaign.
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Washington
Navy
United States
North Atlantic
Por
Answers To War Quiz On Page Five
Officer pictured is Lie Gen. Joseph W Stilwell Jr. 2. Pumpes are long stripes of cloth wound spirally from angle to knee for protection and support. Origin Hindu patti meaning band. 4, WPH Nelson OPA Fender son WMC McNutt WLB Davis BEW Wallace and Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Stilwell, Jr
WPH
Nelson Opa
Fenderson
WMC
McNutt
WLB
Davis
BEW
Wallace and Perkins
Willkie On Stalin A Personal View From Russia
Wendell Willkie, Roosevelt’s envoy, recalls two hours with Premier Stalin in Moscow. He notes Stalin’s businesslike mind and emotional stake in Russia’s fate, praising his dedication to shielding the homeland and envisioning a postwar world with peaceful growth under leaders’ chosen system. Also brief notes on Denton attorney DeWeese Carter’s Army commission and a quirky Churchill tidbit.
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Joseph Stalin
Wendell J. Willkie
Roosevelt
Wide World
Mr. Willkie
Russia
China
Moscow
Stalin
Hitler
Criminal Cases Set For October In Circuit Court
Trials for eighteen men indicted by the September grand jury and seven criminal appeals are scheduled in Circuit Court. Criminal cases run October 8 through 16, with specific defendants and charges listed including rape, embezzlement, forgery, larceny, and drunken driving. Appeals set October 15 cover convictions with fines ranging up to $500 for drunken driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Carlton Cook
Continental
Major Coox
Westminster
Foster P. Spring
Lucketts
Edward Greenfield
Manuel M. Weinberg
William Kirby
Sherman P. Bowers
Raymond Woods
Edward D. Storm
Brunswick
Harry Fry
Point of Rocks
Frederick
E. Austin James
Charles Walter Nusbaum
Bit
Pleasant
W. Jerome Offutt
William R. Brightwell
Roy Lee Yinger
Mr. James
Charles L. Havard
Alexander Henderson
Stephen Molody
Niles
Leroy Betts
Joseph Bussard
Dale Ford
Lester L. Gregg
Leroy Carroll
George Blake
Roy B. Kidd
Edwin F. Nikirk
Charles W. Marker
Hawaii training ends as Pvt Fogle ships to camp
Pvt. Fogle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Fogle of Walkersville, completed three months of Army training at Camp Wheeler Georgia and is now stationed in Hawaii. He enlisted in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt. Fogle
Winfield Fogle
Walkersville
Camp Wheeler
Hawaii
United States Army
Lonas and Associates Called for Trial in Court Session
Charles Martin Lonas L Edgar Betson Harry A Schultz and Charles C Johnson were called but not marked for trial as the court adjourned without verdict, listing these names among those present in the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonas
Charles Martin
L. Edgar Betson
Harry A. Schultz
Charles C. Johnson
Constable Wnares W Smith Birthday Quietly Observed
Constable Wnares W Smith of 512 Trail Avenue Frederick City and County marks his birthday quietly today. He dedicated over 30 years to law enforcement, helped organize the Maryland State Police, and spent a few years in Texas with the Rangers, remaining a lifelong Frederick resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constable Wnares W. Smith
Trail Avenue
Marion E. Smith
Texas
Rangers
Constable Smith
Frederick
State Police
Bailey to Face Trial For Wisconsin Slayings
Sparta Wisconsin September 28 District Attorney Leo J Goodman said Robert T Bailey 20 year old Army deserter who has admitted killing two Wisconsin women social workers will be brought into circuit court for trial tomorrow Bailey pleaded guilty to two murder charges at arraignment September 21 in justice court in connection with the rape slaying of Miss Neil J Pietrangeli and Miss Worothy Baun of Kenosha on September 7 Pigeons hatch eggs in pairs with smaller eggs forming male offspring and larger eggs forming female offspring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Leo J. Goodman
Robert T. Bailey
Wisconsin
Bailey
Justice Court
Neil J. Pietrangeli
Worothy Baun
Kenosha
Five Die In Plane Crash In Brazil
A Panair Do Brasil twin motor plane crashed in the mountains between Santos and Sao Paulo killing 15 people including two US citizens. The crash followed an unscheduled stop near Santos due to bad weather. The flight left Rio at 5 45 am and crashed near Pedra Branca ten miles from Sao Paulo.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Panair Do Brasil
Santos
U. S
Alto
Lineo de Paula Machado
Edward Adler
Philadelphia
United States
Norge
Zenith
Carl Fred Wilkins
U.S
Puerto Rico
Rio de Janeiro
Pedra Branca
Colgate inaugurates ninth president amid wide representation
Everett Case former assistant dean at Harvard Business School inaugurated as Colgate University's ninth president in Hamilton N Y September 24. Arsine Schmavonian Syracuse alumna represented Hood College. One hundred twenty one institutions from 31 states three Canadian provinces and the District of Columbia attended. Princeton's Harold W Dodds and Harvard's James C Conant were principal speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Hood College
Everett Case
Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration
Colgate University
Arsine Schmavonian
Syracuse
N. Y
Hood
District of Columbia
Harold W. Dodds
Princeton University
James C. Conant
Harvard University
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Solomons and
Salamon
U. 3 Navy
Ansonia
New York City
New York
Police Board
Ignatius Bjorlee
John W. Walters
Pvt, Warry
Walters
Willkie
By Wendell L, Willkie
Denton
DeWeese Carter
Maryland State Tax Commission
Price Administration Board
England
Winston Churchill
Allen
Market ST
E. Patrick Street
Charles F. Fogle
Ann Mneal
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Hendrickson
K Staurf
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