Tarawa Battle: Marines face fiercest Pacific assault
Carlson recalls the Betio landings as the heaviest Pacific operation. Destroyers shelled shore defences from 700 to 900 yards while Marines and raiders pressed past mine fields to seize the island. Japanese gun emplacements and fortified coconut-log shelters with coral fill resisted aerial and naval bombardment, demanding brutal close combat by the assault battalions.
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Marine Corps
Japan
Tarawa
Army
Navy
Carlson
Betio
Tarawa Atai
Makin
Jim Crowe
James Roosevelt
7Th Army Air Force
Betlo
Marines Secure island after fierce three day assault
The marine described a heavy defense by 4000 first line Japanese marines. He said assault troops mingled with the enemy and suffered high officer casualties. Despite heavy mortar fire they advanced from the water to three beachheads within 150 yards, securing the island after three days through determination and understanding of the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlson
Calomel
Doctor Seized In Draft Case In Baltimore Meeting
FBI says preliminary examination shows Dr. Hens helped Nauheim seek draft deferment by supplying misleading information. They met in Baltimore after a plan and a $2500 fee was arranged, then money was exchanged near a railroad station restaurant before Hens was arrested. Dr. Hens is married.
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Hens
Nauheim
FBI
Hes
Nanheim
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad Station
Dr. Hens
Dr. Heng
Youth Is Injured When Hit By Auto
John E. Martin a 34 year old male of 500 block Ridge avenue sustained a fracture of his left leg above the ankle when struck by an automobile near his home yesterday evening. A I Summers operator of the auto of 00 block West Washington street took the injured youth to Washington County Hospital and reported the accident to police. He said the boy darted into the path of the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Martin
John Martin
Ridge Avenue
A. I. Summers
Washington Street
Washington County Hospital
Bomb-Ravaged Berlin Blasted For Third Time
Berlin endured a third major air raid as nearly 1,000 Allied planes hammered the city. Reports say 39 aircraft were lost, 29 bombers, while 56 German fighters were destroyed. A Flying Fortress pilot said Berlin now looks defenseless to daylight attacks. London also faced alerts as the raid caused civilian casualties.
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Germany
Stockholm
Berlin
Air Ministry
Hamburg
Sweden
Reich
London Herald
Gottfried von Cramm
Unter den Linden
von Cramm
London
Doris Clopper Wins Maryland 4-H Victory Garden Bond
Doris Clopper of Leitersburg is among eight Maryland 4-H gardeners awarded a $25 war bond for their achievements in the 4-H Victory Garden contest. Her entry earned a blue award, qualifying her for the bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Clopper
Leitersburg
Maryland
Miss Clopper
Grouse Hunt Near Granteville Yields 14 Birds in 1½ Days
Eddie Semler a local high school coach and sporting goods dealer led a party to Granteville Garrett county where they bagged 14 mountain grouse in a day and a half of hunting in the mountains.
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Eddie Semler
Granteville
Garrett County
Former Editor Describes Berlin Bombing Flight Experience
A former Pas, Manitoba editor, now RCAF public relations officer, recounts a raid over Berlin aboard Canada’s first heavy bomber. The flight features searchlights, anti aircraft fire, fires in Berlin, and crew chatter as the aircraft nears the Dutch coast at 20 000 feet.
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Dispatch
Pas
Man
Royal Canadian Air Force
Berlin
R. J. Taylor
London
Malton
Ont
Hanover
John Astbury
Portage la
Prairie
Nick Leone
Toronto
Jerry Souaillard
Montreal
Elwood Houding
Vancouver
Lloyd Dyer Annie
Barrie
Industry Show Draws Crowds in Hagerstown Exhibit
After four days about 3,000 visitors toured the Potomac Edison showroom display in North Potomac Street featuring the Moller basic turret trainer and Maryland Welding exhibit. Fairchild Aircraft films, Colonial Hardwood Flooring, and public demonstrations draw crowds while local vocational classes plan to visit next week. Veteran reemployment efforts report veterans returning to jobs or retraining as deferments shift labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Maryland
Moller
Maryland Welding Company
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Fairchild
Harndood
Potomac Edison
Tech
Conference Opens in City for Cumberland Shenandoah Extension Meet
Thirty five extension and research workers in horticulture, insect and disease control gathered at Hotel Alexander for the Cumberland Shenandoah Conference opening yesterday. The event, last held in Hagerstown four years ago, aims to boost fruit production across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia with new ideas like the deblossoming spray. Officers elected include J W Leach and Dr R H Sudds of West Virginia University. Next year’s meeting will be in Martinsburg.
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Alexander
Cumberland-Shenandoah
Hagerstown
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
J. W. Leach
R. H. Sudds
West Virginia University
Martinsburg
R. D. Anthony
Penn State College
Harold Steiner
Arandisville
Horticultural Station
Post War Employment Shifts In Washington County
Postwar employment trends show expansion in service and non essential industries after the war as firms operate on skeleton crews. In 1940 records of the employment office show 3696 people employed in agriculture in Washington county, with a notable shift from farming to industrial work already underway.
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Brewer J L. Stouffer
Washington County
Natives He Met On Expedition Recognize FDR Son
Lt Col James Roosevelt of the U S Marine Corps praised the Butaritari landing by the 165th Infantry in the Gilbert Islands. He noted natives who he had met on a prior expedition recognized him and welcomed the returning force. The locals honored fallen Marines from last year’s raid and resisted the Japs, who denied them work and food.
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Pearl Harbor
James Roosevelt
U. S. Marine Corps
U. S. Army
Butaritari Island
Makin Atolls
165Th
Gilberts
Jimmy
Evans F. Carlson
Makin
Colombia Declares State of Belligerency With Germany
In Bogota the senate approved a government statement recognizing a state of belligerency with Germany after a German submarine sank the Colombian schooner Ruby November 17 in the Mediterranean. Foreign Minister Lozano said Colombia has no plan to deploy troops abroad but seeks closer participation with the United Nations.
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Bogota
Colombia
Senate
Germany
Ruby
Mediterranean
Carlos Lozano
Lozano
United Nations
Eleven Hurt In Wreck Of Union Pacific Train
SAN BERNARDINO Calif Nov 27 Eleven persons were injured none fatally in a collision between Union Pacific Challenger passenger train and a helper engine near Devore six miles east of here Two dining cars and a pullman derailed as the engine returning to San Bernardino after helping a long train over the Cajon Pass crashed into the Challenger Deputy Sheriff H C English said he was told the collision occurred when a switchman sent the helper engine from a siding onto the main line.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Union Pacific
Devore
Here
Cajon Pasa
Sherif H.C. English
Weather notes and quake strike in Turkey
At Keedysville the temperature fell to 30 degrees with rain or snow likely by day’s end per Weather Observer J A Miller. Cumberland reported rain at 9 30 am per State Roads HQ. A powerful quake hit Istanbul and Amya Tokat region, killing 30 and destroying hundreds of structures with fear of greater damage elsewhere.
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Asmgat
J. A. Miller
Turkey
Istanbul
Amya-Tokat
Dried beans price cut approved by price office
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration set new markup rules lowering dried beans by about two cents per pound. The change shifts from percentage to dollar cent markups and replaces per hundredweight packaging allowances with cents per pound allowances, effective nationwide in retail sales.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Price Agency
Degrees conferred at Montsarada Grange meeting
At Lappans Parish House the Montsarada Grange No. 404 accepted two new applications Glenn Shank of Sharpsburg Pike and Mr Hodges of Keedysville. Seven candidates received third and fourth degrees after two weeks of first and second degree work. Visitors from Leitersburg Grange and I Keller Shank spoke on the recent National Grange meeting in Grand Rapids Michigan. Plans were laid for the Pomona meeting at Hancock elementary school with Hancock Grange as host. The next regular meeting on December 6 will elect officers.
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Montsarada Grange
Lappans
Glenn Shank
Sharpsburg Pike
Hodges
Keedysville
Leitersburg Grange
I. Keller Shank
National Grange
Grand Rapids
Mich
Plang
Pomona
Hancock
Hancock Grange
Officials Return From Conference in Baltimore
Officials return from the University of Maryland Extension Service conference in Baltimore. Assistant County Agent Vernon Holter reports feed shortages and farm labor prospects were key topics. Home demonstration agent Ardath Martin presided the opening session. County Agent Mark Miller spoke on forestry and the pulpwood cutting demonstration at Clearspring and attends the Inter-State Milk Producers meeting in Philadelphia this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maryland Extension Service
Baltimore
Vernon Holter
Ardath Martin
Mark Miller
Clearspring
Philadelphia
Henry IV Seizes English Throne While Richard II in Ireland
The Duke of Lancaster takes the throne as Henry IV after forcing Richard II from power during his absence in Ireland, marking a pivotal change in medieval English rule.
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the Duke of Lancaster
England
Henry IV
Richard II
Ireland
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Kolinsky
Leiter Brothers
Kay
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