Naval battles near Formosa and Sibuyan Sea death tolls rise
Amid mid May to June 1942 clashes, Japanese losses mounted with one battleship one heavy cruiser sunk and four battleships heavily damaged. American forces reported multiple carriers damaged or sunk along with destroyers and cruisers in actions southeast of Formosa and the Sibuyan Sea. Nimitz and MacArthur described the encounters as decisive yet with American ships suffering notable damage.
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Midway
Samar
Sibuyan Sez Neval
Philippines
Nimitz
Formosa
Lerte
Samar Island
Sibuyana
MacArthur
Leyte Gulf
Nimaite
Princeon
Tth
Leyte
Philippine Sea
Adm
Mare A. Miri Nor’rack
Sibuyan
Sulu Sea
3Rd Fleet
Halsey Mitscher
7Th Fleet
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Philippine Sea Battle Inevitable Shift as Japanese Losses Mount
Washington reports indicate 14 Japanese carriers sent to the bottom while seven fell to U S forces in the Philippines Sea actions. Adm Spruance and Adm Halsey pressed a three day engagement turning afloat Japanese ships away toward Leyte Gulf amid heavy losses and narrowed carrier strength.
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United States
MacArthur
Halsey
Philippines
Nimitz
Gordon Walker
Layte
Walker
Leyte Gulf
San Pedro Bay
Game animals must be cleaned the same day killed
The guideline states that game animals should be cleaned on the same day they are killed to prevent spoilage and maintain meat quality. This rule emphasizes prompt processing to ensure safety and freshness.
Invaders Slam Shut Death Trap On Leyte Japs
Allied forces report a three pronged drive on Leyte aiming to trap Japanese troops. Carrier planes repelled a daytime Japanese air raid, shooting down 53 planes and destroying antiaircraft, while ground units repulsed night counterattacks. Burauen marks a key junction as MacArthur warns supply problems would become acute.
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Tacloban
Leyte
Masbate
Main Island
Leyte Gulf
Leyte Vetters
Douglas MacArthur
Burauen
Dulag
Doughboys
Allies Invasion of Walcheren Isle Reported Progress
Allied forces continued the offensive on Walcheren and South Beveland as armored thrusts north of s Hertogenbosch disrupted German retreat routes. German numbers on the Maas corridor potentially exceed 80,000, with German moves observed north of Tilburg and Breda signaling a possible retreat by von Model forces.
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Zorgen
S Hertogenbosch
Maas
Beveland
Walcheren
Dordrecht
Europe
Breda
Rotterdam
Geertruidenberg
Employment Office To Move
Stouffer noted the office opened in Hagerstown in August 1932, serving over a half million people and placing more than 60 000 in jobs. He added that many industries rely on the employment service trained interviewers and that the USES will continue with the new arrangements.
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Stouffer
Hagerstown
Focal
Home of Hagerstown Unemployment Office to Aid Veterans
The Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board will locate its Hagerstown office there with a special veterans section. A representative will assist all honorably discharged World War I and II servicemen and women seeking employment.
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Hagerstown
Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board
Reds Routs Warsaw Suburbs and Drives Toward Dabrowka
Reports describe Red Army forces advancing on a wide front up to twelve miles wide toward Lowiez a key rail junction southwest of Dabrowka. meanwhile German counterattacks stall in East Prussia around Gumbinnen and Goldap as occupation expands in Transylvania with Romanian troops taking towns including atu Mare and Carei. The Arctic theater credits Meretskov and the Red fleet for Izare of Xirkines iron district and naval base actions. Russians signal plans to march through Norway pursuing about 25 000 German troops from Peisamo district.
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Lowiez
Dabrowka
Warsaw
Poland
East Prussia
Gumbinnen
Goldap
Transylvania
atu-Mare
Carei
Izare
Xirkines
Murmansk
Arctic
K. A. Meretskov
Red Fleet
Norway
Peisamo
Audacity Beat Bold Jap Stroke at Surigao
Japanese attack on Surigao was repelled as Sprague's Wildcat Avengers, aided by a favorable southeast wind, launched aircraft from rear escorted carriers. General MacArthur reported planes drove off the attackers and forced retirement to the north.
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Kincaid
Surigao
Sprague
MacArthur
AFL Demands Decision on Little Steel Wage Formula
The AFL refuses to join certain War Labor Board wage cases until a policy decision is made on the Little Steel formula. George Meany says the federation will not participate in cases with demands exceeding the formula until the formula itself is resolved.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
War Labor Board
George Meany
AFL
APL
William H. Davis
WLB
Meany
WLB to Open Deliberations on Key Wage Cases
The War Labor Board is set to begin deliberations next Tuesday on several wage cases. Foremost is the United Steel Workers demand for a 17 cent an hour raise above Little Steel levels. The AFL seeks modification or elimination of the wage formula regardless of specific cases.
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WLB
United Steel Workers
AFL
Service News Highlights Local Servicemen in Europe and Training
In the Service continues with Sgt. Summers listed as top turret gunner on a B-1T Flying Fortress and former Fairchild Aircraft employee. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Veniah Summers and has the Air Medal for missions over Europe in Greenville Pennsylvania. On October 25 CPL John A Holliday husband of Mrs Cada Holliday of Hagerstown Maryland qualified as a Marksman at Camp Reynolds Pennsylvania where he serves in the Second Training Regiment.
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Greenville
John A. Holliday
Cada Holliday
Hagerstown
Camp Reynolds
Army service and training notes for Holliday and Marquart
Holliday has been in the army since December 1943 and trained at Camp Berkeley Texas where he worked as a baker before joining the service. Sat James B D Marquart former YMCA physical director at 310 West Side Avenue is hospitalized at Camp Pickett Ward Station Hospital Virginia after an emergency appendectomy.
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Holliday
Army Snce
Camp Berkeley
Texas
James BD. Marquart
West Side Avenue
Y.M.C
Camp Pickett
Ward Station Hospital
Virginia
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