Stage set for Alsatia Mummers Parade judging rules
Officials outline judging from the Public Square stand with final prize selections at 141 West Washington Street. Entries may compete in multiple divisions under broad policy. total cash prizes amount to 1406 with honorable mentions if needed. Seats for about two thousand spectators are being prepared beside the parade route.
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Hallowe'en
Alsatia
West Washington Street
Alsatia Club
Pa- Trade
Drum Corp
Fisat
Tom Cross
Hagerstown
Washington, D. C
City of Flint cargo voyage risked by British blockade
The City of Flint faces possible German handover and prize court action as Britain blocks the ship in the North Sea. A Soviet report questions crew control and cargo status of tractors and grain bound for Britain, with Danish radio noting earlier cargo release.
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Britain
Germany
Berlin
Flint
Study Plans For Flying Torpedo Demonstrates Televised Steering
The article explains a television guided torpedo concept using an iconoscope and nose lens to transmit a live image to the master plane’s cabin. The control engineer would steer the torpedo by viewing its path as if onboard, enabling precise targeting. If control is lost, the detonator would not ignite, preventing an explosion. Sanabria notes multiple torpedoes could be controlled from one master plane or ground station for air, land, and sea warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mus
Theft at Montgomery Ward reported in Frederick
A women's coat and two men's suits were stolen from Montgomery Ward on West Washington Street. A man and woman suspected fled in a cab toward Washington, then to near the House Office Building area. Paul G. Allen of Robinson NL was fined $100 for operating a vehicle under the influence by Magistrate Marty J. Snyder after an arrest in Funkstown.
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Montgomery Ward
West Washington Street
Washington
Frederick
Paul G. Allen
Robinson, NL
Marty J. Snyder
Allen
Funkstown
B. C. Bender
Senate imposes 20 minute limit on debate on embargo repeal
The Senate, after a lengthy neutrality debate, imposes a 20 minute cap on speech per amendment to speed a vote on the embargo repeal. President Roosevelt defends neutrality in a radio address. Opponents claim the limit weakens debate while supporters say it shows European war involvement would be avoided.
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Washington
Senate
Leatet Barkley
Barkley
Leutenants
House
Clark
D-Mo
United States
Roosevelt
White House
New York Herald Tribune
Youth Admits Many Thefts In Hancock
A 16 year old boy, Robert French of Hancock, confessed to multiple robberies in the town including a Wednesday night garage break in where $12 was taken from a car glove compartment. He also admitted to two grocery store robberies totaling $45, a high school locker raid, and a $10 shop theft. A 15 year old is also under arrest.
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Wayne Sellman
Robert Miller
Hancock
Robert French
Joseph D. Baker
Sellman
Trench
French
Grant Bowers
Hancock High School
S. W. White
Endurance Fliers Set New Air Time Record
Lancaster California October 27 Clyde Schlieper and Wes Carroll boosted the unlimited endurance flight record by surpassing 658 hours 33 minutes and expect to stay aloft about 30 more days. The Long Beach duo began from Marine Stadium September 29, hoisting fuel as they circled Rosamond dry lake to resist landing.
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Lancaster
Calif
Clyde Schlieper
Wes Carroll
Long Beach
Marine Stadium
Rosamond Dry Lake
Hunter
Humphrey Moody
Springfield
Fred
al Key
Meridian
Miss
Tommy Smith
Atlantic
Schlieper
Tonight's Partial Lunar Eclipse Near Totality
A partial lunar eclipse will occur tonight visible across North and South America. The maximum obscuration is about 9 percent of the moon’s diameter, with the event starting before midnight and ending at 3 18 a m tomorrow.
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North
South
America
Earth
Roosevelt Defends Neutrality Against Critics in Radio Address
President Roosevelt denounces critics of his foreign policy as false, stating the United States remains neutral and will not send American boys to fight abroad. He praises press coverage and warns against propaganda while outlining dangers from extremism and the need for a balanced democratic middle.
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New York
Roosevelt
United States
Senate
White House
New York Herald Tribune Forum
Congress
House of Representatives
Parking Rules For Hallowe'en Set For Night Parade
Police plan increased patrols with plain clothes officers to deter pickpockets while enforcing extensive parking bans for Halloween night. Restrictions include Washington street Walnut to Bug Terminal alley and multiple blocks on Walnut Prospect Potomac East Baltimore Oak Hill North Way Bethel Randolph East avenue and Church. Rules run from 6 p.m. until after the Alsatia Mummers Parade with restricted through traffic to emergency and official vehicles.
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Washington Street
Walnut
Bug Terminal Alley
Franklin
Washington
Prospect
Baltimore
Potomac
Maple Avenue
First Alley
Oak Hill
Point Io
Jonathan
Locust
Charles
Pennsylvania
Bethel
Randolph
East Avenue
Church
Pope Pius Seeks Justice and Peace in War Time
The Pope warns that denying God’s authority leads to chaos and war. He condemns unilateral treaty rescission and urges mutual trust, frank dialogue, and a just new international order as the war ends. Poland is singled out for sympathy as it awaits justice and peace.
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Pius
Poland
Pope Pius
City of Flint torpedo plot and voyage with German crew
The report details a German crew planning to blow up the vessel City of Flint with a hidden explosive in the engine room. The ship, traveling north in cold seas, avoided warships, put in at Port Tromsoe for water shortages, and its American crew were not mistreated by captors before liberation. John Adams, who died at 90, was noted as the longest serving president.
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City of Flint
City of
Fit
McConnochie
Flint
Port Tromsoe
Transoe
Navy Day finds fleet operating under virtual wartime status
President Roosevelt told naval leaders the United States must defend sea frontiers to keep peace as the Navy operates under near wartime conditions. The fleet shifts to greater shipbuilding and recruitment with plans for two more battleships and expanded forces by 1944.
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Navy Day
Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Edison
Pacific
Britain calls volunteers mobilize for war effort
Britain organized volunteers as bombing raids and actions against shipping continued. German surface raiders possibly slip through the Nord Sea blockade while a wrecked submarine with 50 to 60 bodies was found off Goodwin Sands near Kent. Deal heard gunfire but wreck visibility was limited. King George VI visited an ammunition factory showing interest in shell production by deaf mutes.
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Britain
Deutschland
Nord Sea
Goodwin Sands
Kentish
Straits of Dover
Deal
George VI
Tomatoes New Money Crop in Washington County Harvest
Between May 22 and June 1 the harvest period saw Tom Funkhouser deliver the first and haul the last load by October 4. He produced 288 640 pounds of tomatoes, 144.3 tons, an 18 ton per acre yield, earning 1 880 dollars and 235 dollars per acre over five months. Twenty six Washington County farmers grew over 200 acres for the Chambersburg plant with seven over ten tons per wire and an average 7.5 tons per acre. Nearby growers such as R a F Bayer, Chester A Price, Harry Keadle, John C Meyers, Aaron D Martin and Dr W H Wishard also posted 10 ton class yields.
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Chambersburg
Washington County
Ra F. Bayer
Chester A. Price
Hagerstown
Harry Keadle
Mapleville
John C. Meyers
Aaron D. Martin
W. H. Wishard
Harle Farm
Leitersburg
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Second National Bank
Arthur Dorsey
Randolph & Locust Sts
U.S
Russia
Rudy
Hamilton Corner
Lehers
Hallowe’en
God
Pope
John Adams
Congressional Navy Committee
Suner
Zacks-Mills Co
West
Champion Cattle
Esskay
Epskay
BUY Esskay
Isaac M. Saer
Abe Martin
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