Heavy Blows Dealt Japs On Many Fronts
Five straight days of U S air raids target Marshall and Gilbert Island bases as Liberators of Maj Gen Willis H Wade's 7th Air Force hammer Jaluit and Tarawa. No Allied losses. minimal enemy resistance reported amid an anticipated Central Pacific offensive.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Central Pacific
Willis H. Wale
7Th Air Force
Jaluit
Marshalls
Tarawa
Gilberts
Allied Ground Battle Intensifies Around Rabaul
Allied forces push deeper into Bougainville and Buka in fierce jungle fighting on the Solomons and New Guinea fronts as ships bombard from under 200 miles to Japan’s base. At Empress Bay Marines and soldiers kill over 800 Japanese with about 100 Allied losses since November 1 invasion. Bombers and fighters sweep the coasts with little air opposition. Buka bases shelled for the second time.
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Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Solomon and
New Guinea
Japan
Bougainville
Solomons
Empress Bay
Buka
Hagerstown to join transcontinental air route plan
Transcontinental & Western Air places Hagerstown on proposed routes and seeks Civil Aeronautics Board approval to add daily passenger and freight service. If approved the airport would become a regular stop on the Washington to Columbus corridor, with short travel time to New York City and fares around 3.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc
Hagerstown
United States
Ito
Edward W. Place
Transcontinental
Civil Aeronautics Board
Place
TWA
Placa
Washington, D. C
Columbus
Ohio
New York City
New York
Hagerstpawn
Civili Aeronautics Board
Lancaster
Price
Haa
Army
Columbus-Washington
Washington
Hagerstown War Industries Show Opens at P E Store
Beginning tonight and through the weekend, thirty one local manufacturers display war products on North Potomac Street floor space in Exhibii 7a Hagerstown's Own War Industries Show. Free to the public, the exhibit opens Monday at 9:30 a.m. and runs daily through December 4, excluding Thanksgiving and Sunday, with Robertson and Stone promoting the display to show how local industry has shifted to war production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Edison Company
North Potomac Street
Hagerstown
War Industries
F. H. Robertson
P. E
Robertson
C. Vernon Stone, Jr
Preparing Turks For War Entry
Ankara dispatch reports Turkish efforts to ready the nation for possible war with the Axis as Turkeys Tanin newspaper runs an editorial seen as a preliminary mobilization step. Ambassador Saffet Arikan returned to confer with Ankara on Germany’s actions, with coverage continued on page 10.
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Ankara
Berlin
Germany
Tustanbul
Tanin
Axis
Saffet Arikan
Franz von
Criminal Court All Next Week
Thirty eight cases are booked for trial Monday opening day of criminal court. Nine on Tuesday thirteen on Wednesday and all criminal appeals on Friday. Thursday Thanksgiving Day will be a court holiday. Civil trials resume Monday November 29 through December 17. A jury today hears a suit for damages from timber cutting on a Downsville farm.
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Downs‘ville
Comptroller Links Liquor Shortage to Dealer Hoarding
Maryland State Comptroller J Millard Tawes suspects back door traffic and hoarding by some liquor retailers as the state faces a hard liquor shortage while 16 distributors report sales on par with prior years. Figures show dealers hold stocks yet ration sales to old customers ahead of holidays, with tax income down 33 percent since the fiscal year start. Roger V Laynor notes some dealers still carry larger inventories, while the Maryland Institute of Wine and Spirits Distributors says retailers get only 50 to 60 percent of last year’s supply. Public access to available stock is limited.
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Annapolis
J. Millard Tavyes
Maryland
Tawes
Dantary
Wees
Roger V. Laynor
Alcoholic Beverage Division
Comptroller’s Office
I. William Schimmel
Maryland Institute of Wine and Spirits Distributors, Inc
Wage Boost For 50,000 Aluminum Workers
Pittsburgh November 19 1942 a three day conference of Aluminum Workers of America CIO locals approved a general wage increase of 15 cents an hour for about 50 000 Aluminum Company of America employees. The plan calls for part of the raise to be paid in cash and the rest in war bonds to offset rising living costs since September 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Aluminum Workers of America
CIO
N. A. Zonarich
Marines Tear Down Jungle As They Advance On Bougainville
A captured Japanese infantry officer remarked that Marines are not great jungle fighters, but they tear down the jungle as U S forces push through Bougainville in the Solomons on November 17.
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U. S
Bougainville
Solomons
Delared
Fate Of Gomel Sealed By Red Victories In Ukraine
Soviet forces captured Rechitsa and Korosten severing rail links and trapping the Gomel garrison. Gen Vatutin and Gen Gokossovsky praised for forcing Uzh river crossings and wiping out a German regiment. Soldiers reported heavy losses, rail junctions cut, and enemy war materiel abandoned.
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Gomel
Moscow
Rechitsa
Korosten
Joseph Stalin
Nikolai Vatutin
First
Ukraine
Constantin Gokossovsky
Russia
Gomel- Zhlobin
Stalin
Red Army
Uzh
Lenin
grad-Odessa
Kiev-Warsaw
Pripet
Vatutin
Zhitomir
Fastov
Dnieper
Nikopol
Rokossovsky
Railroad Wreck Blocks Main Line
A coal freight engine ran through an open switch near Manbeck Bakery on the Western Maryland line and struck cars being shifted on a siding by a diesel from the local yards. Brakeman David Byers of 736 West Franklin Street sustained back injuries and lacerations and was taken to Washington County Hospital in fair condition. The crash buckled the tender and damaged the boiler. main east bound traffic was halted for hours while cleanup and repairs proceeded.
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Trafic
Western Maryland Railway
Manbeck
David Byers
West
Franklin Street
Washington County
Rabbit Sent By Air For Cancer Research
A rabbit named Herman is flown from Chicago to Johns Hopkins University in a special crate for a five hour trip to support cancer research. The rabbit, injected with Brown-Pearce carcinoma, will travel with care to ensure its health for scientists at Johns Hopkins and Michael Reese Hospital.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Herman
Tashit
Johns Hopkins University
Michael Reese Hospital
Johns Hopkins
Five Youths Here Enlist In Navy
Five 17 year olds were enlisted in the Navy this week through the local recruiting office and sent to a naval training base. Recruiter John H. Millard announced the names: Ralph Dorvier Hancock Donald J. Keller 834 Concord Street George J. Reichert Jr 320 Valley Road Carroll Smith Gapland Robert R. Smith 67 East Franklin Street.
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Navy
John H. Millard
Ralph Dorvier
Hancock
Donald J. Keller
Concord Street
George J. Reichert, Jr
Valley Road
Carroll Smith
Gapland
Robert R. Smith
East Franklin Street
Stork Works Overtime Here Has More Boy Babies Than Girls
Hagerstown shows a wartime baby surge with 916 births at Washington County Hospital in 1942-43, up from 713 in 1941-42 and 461 in 1940-41. Home births rise proportionally. 18% of fathers were service members and 24% of mothers were ages 30-45, suggesting older couples seek children amid prosperity.
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Stork
Hagerstown
Health Department
Washington County Hospital
Rabbit fever cases in Washington County report three infections
Health Officer Dr. W R Willard warns of tularemia, transmitted from rabbits and possibly other rodents. Three cases, two in the same family, show illness from handling raw meat. precautions include thorough cooking, wearing rubber gloves when skinning or handling rabbits, and avoiding dead rodents in fields. Tularemia remains uncommon but present in Maryland.
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Washington County
W. R. Willard
Urs Mz
Maryland
Local Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Prices For Week
The Ration Board today announced maximum retail ceiling prices for fruits and fresh vegetables in the Hagerstown area for the week beginning today. Prices include tomatoes 30 cents per lb, cabbage 4 cents lb, snap beans 26 cents lb, peas 28 cents lb, Calif carrots 12 cents per bunch, spinach 14 cents lb, Big Boston lettuce 14 cents each, iceberg lettuce 15 cents head, Hlaho potatoes 10 cents lb or less, potatoes 5 cents lb, Spanish onions 22 cents per 3 lb, yellow onions 20 cents per 3 lb, Calif table grapes 18 cents lb, bananas 13 cents lb, apples 10 cents lb, Florida oranges varying by dozen from 7 1/2 to 61 cents, large 33 8 cents dozen, medium 42 cents dozen, small 32 cents dozen.
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Hagerstown
Florida
Industrial Area Of Berlin Hit In Raid, Stockholm Hears
Stockholm reports large formations of RAF bombers struck Berlin mostly on the outskirts with fires seen. Nazi industry concentrates on Berlin fringes and Lund, Sweden, was hit by incendiaries and a single foreign plane. One woman injured by glass. a building burned. preliminary inquiry points to a British plane.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Lund
Dund
Germans Occupy Three Aegean Isles After Leros Loss
London dispatch reports Germany claims occupation of Ikaria Lipsos and Patmos in the Aegean as a follow up to the Leros defeat. Berlin says KarIa island was Italian garrisoned and German naval forces took 240 prisoners and seized arms. Additional prisoners were reported from Lipsos and Patmos.
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London
Aegean
Ikaria
Lipsos
Patmos
Leros
Mediterranean
Berlin
Karia
Samos
Leres
Dodecanese
All Farm Shops Now Operating In County
The Board of Education reports all eight county farm machinery repair shops are open and show attendance well above last year. With larger crews and upgraded equipment including welding outfits lathes and drill presses, heavier work and more repairs are expected. Superintendent B C Willis notes prior year achievements and urges farmers to bring machinery for repair or rebuild. shops will operate several evenings weekly through winter.
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Board of Education
B. C. Willis
No Butter Increase In Sight For Months
Washington reports that civilian butter supplies will not rise in the coming months despite a halt in government purchases until April. The Office of War Information notes a weak outlook for milk production next year due to feed shortages. The War Food Administration seeks voluntary priority for milk production in feed-shortage areas as basic civilian needs for evaporated milk tea cream and cheese stay barely met.
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Washington
Office of War Information
War Food Administration
Twin Mission Cost 32 Bombers Start Large Fires
London reports the largest RAF night raid on Berlin and Ludwigshafen with 700 to 800 heavy bombers. Incendiaries and high explosives caused major fires in Berlin and massive blasts in Ludwigshafen, as U S Flying Fortresses joined in Western Germany raids. The assault followed earlier Hamburg destruction and another Norway daylight strike, prompting talk of a sweeping new Allied bombing offensive in Europe.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Ludwigshafen
U. S
Hamburg
Air Ministry
RAF
Norway
Europe
Eleusis Airfield Destroyed as Allied Bombers Strike
Allied forces report fourth day of attacks over the Aegean. Flying Fortresses neutralize Eleusis airfield near Athens, destroying or damaging over a dozen enemy planes. Mitchell bombers hit Larissa airfield and rail links between Athens and Salonika, with additional raids on key railroad yards near Grosseto and Terni north of Rome.
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Algiers
Aegean
Eleusis
Athens
Larissa
Salonika
Grosseti and
Terni
Rome
Haly
Fairchild to Pay Dividend to Common Stockholders
The Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation board approved an initial 20 cent per share dividend for common stockholders, payable December 16. The company traces its origins to a present business organized by Tate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Comporation
Commo
Eee
Tate
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Criminal Court
G.I
Bougainville Island
Tom Heaton
W. M
Virginia Moore
Appleton
Wis
Naval Barracks
U. S. Navy
Aegean Isles
Robert Sturdevant
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