Planes expansion eyed as Army aims for 17,009 bombers
Washington reports expanded air program with auto industry aid to push to 17,009 bombers and a $2.09 billion request to Congress for 1942 production. New factories would supply 12 000 British orders, housing for defense workers, and revised Army recruitment standards.
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Washington
Army
Congress
United States
Great Britain
Morgenthau
Army Air Corps
Navy
Air Corps
Bread License Dispute Heads Toward Court Hearing
Hagerstown bakery owner Dr. J Walter Qarman secured an injunction stopping the city from enforcing a 100 dollar annual bread license fee. City attorneys say they are ready to proceed with a hearing as debates over licensing continue among merchants and council members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
J. Walter Qarman
Edward Oswald Tol
Mayer
Cornell Yeater
O Connor Plans Expanded Police Force in State Budget
Governor O Connor announced that higher State Police appropriations will allow expansion of personnel and facilities including a police teletype system. He cited six troopers honored for bravery and noted 100 troopers currently serve the entire state.
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Waterloo
O’conor
O'Conor
Charles A. Disjney
Harold ©. Carl
Paul J. Randall
Arthur Corlick
Charles Manuel
Randall
Dillinger
Maryland
Ranall
Sidney Thompson
Iasten
Gerald Peabody
Rev Fry Linn Urges Citizenship at Kiwanis
Rev Fry Gilbert Linn spoke on Citizenship Patriotism and Loyalty at the Kiwanis Club luncheon at Hotel Alexander. He urged Americans to defend the U S Constitution and support their nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Alexander
Fry Gilbert Linn
Jiann
United States
Ways
Davis
Viking
St. Mary's College
Hagerstown High School
Roosevelt campaign schedule expands to Pennsylvania and Ohio
President Roosevelt plans nationwide speeches with stops in Cleveland and Brooklyn as he bids for New York and Ohio electoral votes. He will also visit Rochester Batavia and Erie before returning, while confirming a potential White House return if world conditions require. He dedicated NIH’s Bethesda plant and restated opposition to socializing medicine or industry.
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Cleveland
Lyde Park
N. Y
Brooklyn
New York
Manhattan
Madison Square Garden
Rochester
Batavia
Buffalo
Erie
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Buckeye
Ohio
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Twit
Archbishop Spellman
Bethesda
National Institute of Health
Unrest Grows in France Amid Occupation and Allied Shifts
A French mood shifts from anti British to supportive of England as General de Gaulle gains backing and Churchill vows restoration for France. Nazi efforts to root out de Gaulle networks continue while sabotage rises in occupied bases. The public remains wary, not anticipating a revolt but a growing resistance.
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Laval
France
Roy P. Porter
Associated Press
Paris
England
de Gaulle
Franchman
Comimitete
Londo
Churchill
Gestapo
Cone
Reich
Road Conference Planned Here for Hagerstown Frederick Highway
Councilman Vernon M. Miller was informed that rights of way engineers would visit Hagerstown by Monday to discuss the new highway to Frederick. The city may pledge half of an estimated 25 000 for rights of way. The Roads Commission aims to build from the Hagerstown terminal to Antietam creek and, with extra federal funds, finish the concrete strip to Myersville within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon M. Miller
Ezra B. Whitman
State Roads Commission
Hagerstown
Hagerstown- Frederick
Roads Commission
Antietam Creek
Commission
Myersville
Two Hartin Auto Mishaps Reported in Hagerstown
Two separate accidents yesterday afternoon in Hagerstown left two people injured. William Diffenderfer, 16, suffered head injuries after his bicycle struck a car at South Potomac Street and Willow Lane. Otho Palmer, 28, was charged with operating after license expiration. Alma Frances Hoch, 27, sustained head injuries in a collision at Washington and Winter Streets involving John W. Gettel, 19, with Gettel charged with reckless driving.
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Hagerstown
William Diffenderfer
Potomac’ Street
South Potomac Street
Willow Lane
Grayson Doatnberger
Otho Palmer
East Howard Street
Palmer
Alma
Frances Hoch
West Side Avenue
John W. Gette
Franklin Street
Washington and
Winter Streets
Patrolnan
Charles Wolford
Gettel
Owen 5
Wolford
Potomac Street
William H. Hartford
Funkstown
Baltimore
Mill Streets
Thornberger
Turkiye Hint Russia Ally Rumors Amid Balkan Front
The dispatch describes conflicting Greek and Italian reports in the Balkan conflict. It notes Italian tank thrusts toward Salonika, Greek defense repulses, British raids on Naples, and fears of German moves from Romania toward eastern Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Balkan
Salonika
R.A
Italy
Naples
London News Chronicle
Mussolini
Belgrade
Pisaderia
Phiorina
Aegino
Tirana
Albania
Grecian
Mediterranean
Romania
Bulgaria
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Germany
Blind Mule Delays Train On Texas Trestle
In Temple Texas on November 1 a blind mule wandered onto a railroad trestle as a fast train approached. After the crew pleaded and waited for two hours the mule would not move. They shot the animal and the train finally passed two hours late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Tex
First Mississippi Bridge Rock Island Davenport Opens 1855
The Rock Island bridge at Davenport was the first railway bridge to cross the Mississippi River, opening in 1855.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Rock Island
Davenport
Lows
Stricken In Public Square Before Alsatia Mummers Parade
Clarence Hann aged 62 of Charles Town West Virginia suffered a heart attack in the Public Square shortly before the Alsatia Mummers parade. He was taken by police ambulance to Washington County Hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hann
Charles Town
Washington County Hospital
Divine and
Brown
Hann
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Crane
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Rev. Hann
Durham de Luxe
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Cushwa
Hartin
Ivar Holmquist
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Norway
Denmark
Christian
Russia
Ioannina
Janina
Caskey Baking Co
Summit Ave
Way-Side Furniture Mart
Bagerstown
Bugs — Stoven & Beller Garver
Mgr
Phone
Oases
Arthur Dorsey
Miller’s Furniture Store
Hughes Motor CO
Cord
Everly
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