Lend Lease Aid to Russia Hits High Monthly Level
The report shows 2.444 billion in aid and two shipments to Russia at a high level in August. It notes the United States sent more lend-lease planes to Russia than any other country and 57 percent of goods sent were munitions. The merchant fleet grew 250 percent since Pearl Harbor, adding five ships daily, while ship production struggles to provide trained crews. The President pledges UN power until unconditional surrender and vows stronger forces and aid to the front. Congress extended lend-lease with no new war debts and peace as the goal.
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Tyne
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Pearl Harbor
Congress
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United Nations
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Bailey Leads in Mississippi Democratic Gubernatorial Primary
Thomas M. Bailey held a large lead over former Governor Martin Sennett Conner in the Mississippi Democratic primary late last night. An official midnight tally from 1,484 of 1,691 precincts showed Bailey with 117,922 votes to Conner's 106,712, making a comeback unlikely with remaining precincts.
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Thomas M.bailey
Meridian
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Mike) Conner
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Drought Of 1854 Worse Than 1943
The piece notes that the 1854 drought was harsher than 1943, with months without rain, European food imports due to crop failures, a failed wheat harvest, scarce corn, and high corn prices. It cites Williams History of Washington County and predicts a better year in 1855.
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Eight In State Die Of Spotted Fever
Baltimore reports Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases and eight deaths in Maryland this year with 48 people affected. Dr. C. H. Halliday notes cases fall in September and October but more may occur, vaccines distributed with about 5,000 doses this year. fatalities skew toward the very old and very young.
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C. H.halliday
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Public Health Service
Nominees to Be Presented for Hagerstown Bureau Board
The Hagerstown Retailers' Bureau will present nominees for six executive committee seats at its Friday meeting. A nominating committee meets today to select candidates to present at noon at Hotel Hamilton, with voting set for Friday September 24 to choose the six finalists.
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Nazi Spy Plot Backfired As One Cooperates
Beaudec Grace Buchanan-Dineen a 3¢year-old cosmopolite with wide social ties is held on 50000 bond for giving war information to Germany. FBI says she cooperated with authorities after being discovered. J. Edgar Hoover confirms scrutiny by Army and Navy intelligence. Mrs Theresa Behrens and Dr Fred Thomas plead not guilty. All remain in custody awaiting further examination. Seaman Bertrand Hoffman in FBI custody in New York.
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Fred William Thomas
Detroit
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Yugoslavia
U. S
J. Stanley Hurd
Bertrand Steuart Hoffman
New York
WPB's Wilson To Make Awards
WPB Vice Chairman Wilson will attend a ceremony on the west side of Plant 2 to honor plant workers. Gail Mongan will receive an award for a milling machine improvement that cut six shifts to two, saving hours and tools. A tour of seven Fairchild plants will precede the event with portable microphones for live remarks. Brig. Gen Hopkine, Edward Place, and Theodore Quinn will join as guests. The moon's diameter is 2160 miles.
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No Fatal Crashes Here During July
Washington county Maryland reports seven injuries in fifteen automobile accidents last month. Hagerstown had seven accidents with three injuries while the rest of the county had eight accidents with four injuries. Statewide tire accidents totaled 999 with 32 deaths and 534 injuries, a 3.2 percent decline from July 1942.
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Red Cross Finds Sailor's Parents After Missing Months
A young sailor, Mason Everett, searched for his family after their Dearborn, Michigan origin and a lost address. He contacted Red Cross and local groups. after hours of sleuthing, Red Cross traced his parents and sister Carroll to Frederick Street, ending his long, exhausting search.
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Liquor Dealers Tighten Rationing Amid Cross State Traffic
Maryland officials express concern over liquor traffic into Virginia as state whiskey stores ration customers to one quart per month. Illicit sales fetch high profits and dealers face alleged price ceiling violations with prices varying beyond set limits.
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Maryland
Virginia
Youth Held for Grand Jury Action in Sharpsburg Break-In
Earl Benner, 17, of Sharpsburg, was arraigned before Magistrate John Hetzer in Williamsport on charges of breaking into Carnachan's Barage in Sharpsburg. He was held under a $500 bond for the November grand jury. Deputies Isanogle and Winters arrested him Sunday after he admitted taking about $16 from the cash register while Carnachan ate lunch.
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Beaver Creek Homemakers Picnic Attended by Sixty Five
Beaver Creek Homemakers of Groups 1 and 2 held their annual picnic Tuesday evening at Municipal Park on Frederick Street. About sixty five homemakers and their families attended for a community meal and socializing.
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Italian Cruiser Set Ablaze By Raid BombersOff Italian Coast
Allied bombers scored hits on an Italian cruiser off the Italian coast yesterday and left the ship burning. Allied night raiders again attacked the Naples area, focusing on the railroad yards, while fighter bombers struck communications in southern Italy.
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Social event awards given for evening games led by Miss Grossnickle
The evening games organized by Miss Helen Grossnickle concluded with prize awards for women men and children. The social committee led by Mrs. C J Startzman received thanks for arranging the event.
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C. J. Startzman
Third Junior High To Open In Hagerstown
The Washington Street Junior High will open September 13 in Hagerstown with an anticipated enrollment of about 450 students in grades 7 and 8 this fall. A ninth grade will be added next year, creating three junior highs: South Potomac Woodland Way and Washington Street. The West Washington Street School addition provides space for the new junior high.
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Funkstown
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Schools to ready buildings before September thirteenth
Painting of buildings at Downsville Keelysville Fairplay Dargap and Sandy Hook will finish within ten days or two weeks All school buildings are being cleaned thoroughly in preparation for opening of school Everything is expected to be in readiness prior to September 13.
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Commission And Wardens Are Sued In Maryland Case
Chapman Shores of Lucketts Virginia sues the State Game and Inland Fish Commission and two wardens in Frederick County Circuit Court seeking 25000 dollars. The wardens Benjamin F. Phobus and Durward W. Kettells faced the suit after a December clash with Shores and Howard Frye near Point of Rocks, during which Shores was shot and later amputated.
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State Game and Inland Fish Commission
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Chapman Shores
Lucketts
Benjamin F. Phobus
Durward W. Kettells
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Many Drowned As Tunnel Is Bombed
A Reuters dispatch from Zurich reports 18,400 people drowned when the Elbe tunnel under the Elbe river sands was hit during recent saturation air raids on Hamburg. The dispatch did not provide further details.
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Elbe tunnel built 1907 to 1914 used as air shelter
The passage describes a large air raid shelter tunnel along the Elbe, large enough for thousands, with entrances via elevators and separate shafts for cars and pedestrians. It notes a hypothetical hit could let river water flood the structure. It also mentions North Carolina suffering the highest Civil War fatalities among states.
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