Blizzard Hits Western Area Crippling Midwest and West
Freezing weather spread across the Middlewest as gales from the Rockies to the Mississippi caused deaths and property damage. Winds reached 80 mph in Wisconsin and 67 in Elmira while subfreezing temps covered the region. At least 24 fatalities were linked to the storm, with hundreds of thousands in losses. Crocker Mills Tennessee saw 150000 dollars in damage and 20 families left homeless. Snow blanketed the western half, crippling transport in Minnesota Nebraska Iowa South Dakota and Utah with three more deaths in Wisconsin.
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Middlewest
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Rockies
Mississippi
Rocky Mountains
Wisconsin
Elmira
N. Y
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Crocker Mills
Tenn
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Utah
Mail Early Is P 0 Plea For Christmas Parcels
Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson urged mailing Christmas parcels to foreign countries early this week. Instructions stress mailings should begin in November to ensure delivery before Christmas and note a 200 percent holiday mail surge. The copy of rules, packing and shipping guidance, and eligible destinations are available at the post office.
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Uncle Sam
Thomas M. Simpson
Explosive discovery under Tremont truck seat
John Laub found two sticks of dynamite rolling loose under the seat of his truck while hauling a load of explosives thirty days ago in Tremont Utah. He concluded they had slipped under the seat during transport.
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Tremont
Utah
John Laub
Maryland Weather Outlook With Rain Then Colder Likely
The Weather Bureau reports fair but colder conditions after coastrain tonight with increasing clouds. Chesapeake Bay sees moderate west and northwest winds over central and north portions, shifting to northerly in extreme south, with showers and a moderately cold Wednesday.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
November 22 Registration Opens for Eligible Voters
Those not on the county registration books may register starting November 22 and on subsequent Tuesdays and Fridays at the Board of Election Supervisors in the courthouse basement. Current registrants may transfer or change affiliations on or after November 22, by mail or in person, with a signed letter. Clerks are tallying last Tuesday’s election costs. checks likely arrive in a week or two.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Mother McCoy Dead Sailors Banker and Drug Store Owner
New York reports the death of Mother McCoy a longtime counselor and banker for sailors and one of the few women drug store proprietors in Chelsea Greenwich Village. She died yesterday at 64 born in Rome New York her vegetable tonic was famed among seamen for curing hangovers and she kept sailors pay during boisterous shore leaves.
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New York
Rome
N. Y
Missing Child Murray Upshaw Jr Found Dead In Woods
CARTERSVILLE Ga Nov 12 The body of Murray Upshaw Jr two year old missing since Friday was found in the woods near his north Georgia mountain home State Safety Commissioner Lon Sulli van said a state highway patrolman reported the child dead in the woods back of the Upshaw place Troopers went to the scene to continue the investigation Major Sullivan said no further information and he did not know the cause of death
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Cartersville
Murray Upshaw, Jr
North Georgia
Lon Sullivan
Upshaw Place
Sullivan
Clubwomen Becoming Soft Lazy Apathetic
Mrs. John L. Whitehurst of Baltimore told the State Federation of Women's Clubs that women could save democracy if they shook off apathy toward controversial problems. She urged clubwomen to speak up against Communism Fascism and other isms to eradicate them, while warning that women are becoming soft and politically shrinking from vital questions.
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Albany
John L. Whitehurst
Baltimore
General Federation of Women's Clubs
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Increase Noted In Attendance October 1940
Public attendance records for October 1940 show gains over October 1939 across all groups. Wilbur M. Phillips reports last month’s figures: one room schools 92.4 percent, two-room schools 94.3, graded schools 93.9, high schools 96.6, and colored schools 94.4, marking several percentage points higher overall.
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Wilbur M. Phillips
Board of Education
Charles Bronson Seger dies at 73 former rail and rubber leader
Charles Bronson Seger 73 former president of Union Pacific Railway and United States Rubber Company died in Lynchburg Virginia last night.
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Lynchburg
Charles Bronson Seger
Union Pacific Railway
United States Rubber Company
British Air Raids Hit Albanian Bases Behind Italian Lines
Athens reports British air raids against Albanian bases behind Italian lines. A communique says bombs destroyed a depot of combustible stores and a fire visible for miles near Durazzo. Valona and Durazzo facilities were targeted as Greek planes supported the front. The Italian invasion army faced continued retreat and Italian terror raids were condemned by the home security ministry.
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Athens
High Command
Durazzo
Albania
Valonia
Valona
Greece
Home Security Ministry
Skunk Declared Woodland Hero by Wildlife Institute
The American Wildlife Institute lauds a lone skunk as a woodland hero for aiding the Saratoga nursery's millions of seedlings. Scientists housed the animal in the finest quarters after it helped curb grub worm overrun on New York Conservation Department property.
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Washington
American Wildlife Institute
New York Conservation Department
Saratoga
Congress backs plan to raise debt limit and taxes
Washington on November 12 Congress shows support for Secretary Morgenthau’s plan to raise both taxes and the national debt limit to finance the defense program. Sen George of Georgia says an increase is inevitable as treasury officials discuss relaxing borrowing limits beyond 60 billion. Debate grows on session length and a broader tax base, with Speaker Rayburn suggesting delays until January and Rep Martin urging early tax study.
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Washington
Morgenthau
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Congress
Iie
Santa Claus Inc to Hold First Meeting Thursday
Santa Claus Inc the local group that plans Christmas for underprivileged children will meet Thursday evening November 14 in the Chalet Room of the Hotel Alexander at 7 30 o clock. Organizations wishing to assist with the annual project are invited to attend.
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Santa Claus, Incc
Hotel Alexander
Two motorists fined in city court for traffic offenses
Henry S Walters forfeited 6 45 to Magistrate Harry E Snyder this morning for exceeding 30 miles in a limited zone. Arthur Rothbard forfeited 6 45 on a reckless driving charge.
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Henry S. Walters
Harry E. Snyder
Arthur Rothbard
Former local newspaperman to report war from Berlin
Harry Flannery, once a cub reporter for the Daily Mail in Stagerstown, is selected by CBS to report on the war from Berlin. He studied at Notre Dame, worked as a radio news analyst for KMOX in St. Louis, and gained spread for his life story in yesterday’s New York Mirror.
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Harry Flannery
Daily Mail
Stagerstown
Berlin
Notre Dame University
KMOX
St. Louis
Columbia Broadcasting Company
New York Mirror
Harry
Roosevelt
Minor Parties No Threat Here in Washington County
Statistics from last Tuesday's election show minor parties posed no real power in Washington County. Communist Browder for President and Ford for VP drew 6 votes, with one in Rohrersville, Sandy Hook, and a Hagerstown precinct. Socialist ticket Thomas and Kreuger led with 9 votes, scattered across Smithsburg Ringgold Beaver Creek and Hagerstown precincts. Labor Party candidates Aiken and Orange earned 5 votes, and Communist TU Senate candidate Blumberg received 3 votes.
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Washington County
Browder
Ford
Smithsburg
Rohrersville
Sandy Hook
Hagerstown
Thomas and
Kreuger
Ringgold
Beaver Creek
Labor Party
Aiken
Orange
Lump in pillow hides $94 from mother’s gift
Wilbur Welles in Ogdensburg New York after three sleepless nights shows his wife a hard lump in his pillow. She discovers the lump is $94 in hills placed there by her mother 38 years ago.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Wilbur Welles
Welles
Hitler Meets Molotov in Berlin to discuss Balkans
Adolf Hitler received Soviet Premier Fyodor Molotov at the chancellery in Berlin as Moscow and Berlin began talks that could steer Axis policy in the Balkans. Molotov, arriving by train, arrived with a solemn welcome from Joachim von Ribbentrop and top Nazi officials.
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Bierlin
Adolf Hitler
Jaff
Molotov
Berlin
Balkans
Molotoff
Joachim von Nibbentrop
Anhalterestilio
Germins
Bellevue Castle
Smithsburg Boy Named Ensign Receives Navy Commission
Clarence I. Wolfe Jr of Smithsburg is among about 260 reserve midshipmen to be commissioned as ensigns Thursday. The ceremony will be aboard the warship Illinois in New York with Lewis Compton presenting the commissions. Wolfe, son of Rev. Clarence Wolfe, rector of St. Ann's Episcopal Church, Smithsburg, is among the first college men trained as naval officers and seeks active duty with the fleet.
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Clarence I. Wolfe
Smithsburg
Ife
Lewis Compton
Ilinois
New York
Young Wolfe
Clarence Wolfe
St. Ann's i Episcopal Church
Ross Street and Country Club Road Restoration Planned
The street department has begun work on one block of Ross street in the west end from Main avenue, to grade and lay stone. Another block of the Country Club road from Oak Hill avenue to Hamilton boulevard will be rebuilt, with work slated to start around December 1.
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Ross Street
Main Avenue
Country Club Road
Oak Hill Avenue
Hamiton Boulevard
Dentistry Pioneer Hana Mamlok Dies at 65
Dr Hana J Mamlok aged 65 a pioneer in modern dentistry and former head of the University of Berlin dental school died in New York last night. His career spanned reforms in dental education and practice with international influence across Europe and the United States.
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New York
Hana J. Mamlok
University of Berlin Dental School
Powder Plant Explosion Kills Three at Trojan Plant
Allentown Pa November 12 three men dead in a blast at the Trojan Powder Company plant at Troxels Crossing six miles northeast of Allentown. The building producing percussion caps was destroyed by the explosion heard miles away. Coroner Peters ruled it an unfortunate accident. The facility spans about 500 acres with dispersed buildings to limit fire toll and no injuries reported beyond the three dead. Detonators for commercial blasting were made in the wrecked building. Windows shattered in nearby homes and a local consolidated school near the site escaped damage.
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Allentown
Trojan Powder Company
Troxell’s Crossing
Here
National Defense
Alexander M. Peters
Tinre
Elizabeth Street Underpass Opens to Traffic Today
The Elizabeth street underpass is opened to traffic today announced by Charles Stump superintendent of streets. The boulevard from near the underpass to West Washington street remains unfinished while Elizabeth and Chase streets on the rail line south side are complete and north side traffic will use Elizabeth and Hutan streets. Southbound traffic will go via Cushwa alley and northbound via Mutaw and Elizabeth streets.
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Elizabeth Street
Charles Stump
West Washington Street
Elizabeth and
Chase Streets
Elizabeth and Hutan
Cushwa Alley
Mutaw
Elizabeth Streets
Britain Says Only 13 Merchant Ships Lost
London reports that in the week ending November 3 4, 123 British merchant ships totaling 65 609 tons were lost, with four Allied ships and one neutral vessel also sunk. Excluding the Empress of Britain, British losses totaled 23 261 tons while the enemy claimed 134 900 tons sunk. An Admiralty communique on a raider attack on a convoy is pending arrival of a survivor.
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London
Britain
Admiralty
Atlantic
Nazis Claim Seven Ships Sunk In Convoy Attack
Berlin reports seven ships totalling 44 000 tons sunk in an aerial strike on a British convoy southeast of Harwich. Five more vessels were severely damaged. The communiqué adds a long distance scouting plane sank a 2 500 ton steamer in the Atlantic and seaplanes bombed two more merchantmen of 14 000 tons.
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Berlin
Harwich
England
High Command
Atlantic
Fifteen Buildings Wrecked in New Jersey Blast
A massive explosion at the United Railway and Signal plant in Woodbridge New Jersey killed several people and injured many as 15 buildings were destroyed and nearby homes damaged. Police reported 16 dead 10 missing and 35 injured with hospitals admitting multiple victims. The blast shattered windows within a quarter mile and affected Bayonne eleven miles away.
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Midwest
Woodbridge
N. J
United Railway and Signal Corporation
Here
John Egan
Woodbridge Township
Trenton
Perth Amboy General Hospital
Rahway Hospital
Washington
Army and Navy
Middlesex Water Company
Signa
Bayonne
Italian Warship Is Hit By Bomb
Bombing planes believed to be British attacked Taranto, Italy's main naval base, damaging a warship early today. The Italian high command said six attackers were shot down, with some crews captured, and three other planes downed. Submarines also attacked British naval forces, damaging a large warship and sinking two steamers in recent days.
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Rome
Italy
Taranto
High Command
Gulf of Taranto
Mediterranean
Churchill quotes Chamberlain death as turning point hope
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Churchill said Neville Chamberlain died with confidence that victory was near, his only grief that he would not witness final triumph. He warned that long hard years lie ahead despite this turning point.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Lawson to face third parole review in defrauding case
Former Baltimore Police Commissioner William P. Lawson, serving three years for a conspiracy to defraud customers of his brokerage firm, will undergo his third parole hearing in Annapolis. Parole Director Herman M. Moser will review Lawson and 50 other convicts. previous hearings in February and July refused parole.
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Annapolis
Baltimore
William P. Lawson
Lawson
Herman M. Moser
Moser
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the Mirror
TU. S. Senate
Blumberg
George Layton Morris
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