Battle Practise Reaches Critical Stage Across Three Corps
Lieut Gen Hugh Drum's first army of 3598 men conducts a large scale exercise with three corps in North Carolina and South Carolina. The 1st corps includes the 8th 9th and 30th divisions in contact with a simulated Red army. The 2nd corps handles retirement and pursuit maneuvers by the 28th and 29th divisions. The 6th corps flanks south in the Sandhills as the 26th Massachusetts and 44th New York New Jersey guards sweep toward the invasion flank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TLE
Camden
Hugh A. Drum
Broad River
South Carolina
Charles Fompson
Lloyd R. Fredenhall
28Th
Pennsylvania National Guard
Eeen
Virginia
Maryand
Sandhills
North Carolina
Karl Truesdell
Sixth Corps
26Th
Massachusetts
44Th
New York
New Jersey
Pinenrst-Abter
Five Americans Aboard Jap Ship
Tatsuta Maru departed Yokohama for the United States carrying five Americans and 300 American-born Japanese. About 250 of the latter are expected to disembark in Honolulu. The ship will be followed by two additional U S bound vessels.
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Tokyo
United States
Yokohama
Domei Agency
Honolulu
Man Is Bonded In Traffic Death
CHARLES TOWN West Virginia October 15 Harvey Dillon 28 of near Mountain Mission was released today under $500 bond for action of the next grand jury in the death September 14 of David Armstrong near Keys Gap. Dr G P M Morrison county coroner conducted an inquest yesterday into Armstrong 16 who died when a truck overturned on a curve.
Windsor Seamen Institute Hosts Visit in Maryland
Excerpt notes a visit from the British seamen’s institute to Baltimore from the Salona farm estate of General Henry Warfield. It mentions a question about which state transports the largest tree school children and cites North Ceistina with 888,802 public enrollments and 343,407 daily motor trips across 4,649 buses.
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Fety
British Seamen’s Institute
Baltimore
Salona Farm
Henry Warfield
Maryland
Ceistina
Moscow Under Siege as German Drive Intensifies
Moscow braces as Bryansk Vyazma encirclement battles near collapse release hundreds of thousands of troops toward the capital. Red Star claims Moscow in danger but vowed to be saved amid British air pressure on Germany. German spokesmen report counterattacks with heavy tanks while weather worsens roads and doused momentum.
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Bryansk
Vyazma
Moscow
Red Star
Red Army
London
Hitler
Germany
Kalinin
Britain
Red Air
Eet
Rzhev
Mozhaisk
DNB
Tula
Leningrad
Verdun
S. A. Lozovsky
Stalin
Boyce School Building Plans Stir Local Debate
In Clarke County, a 1941 dispute over a Boyce high school building and Berryville expansion dominated local meetings. The School Board proposed a $60,000 Boyce 9 to 11 room plan with a $15,000 loan, sparking opposition and a split vote. Despite bids far above $60,000, officials debated repairs vs new construction while urging cooperation to solve the emergency housing for students.
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Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Boyce
Berryville
Clarke County
Literary Fund
Richmond
Boyce Group
Mancation
Clarke County School Board
Raymond V. Long
State Board of Education
Clarke County Pool Board
Architete
Co. B. Carr
Clarke Co. School Board
Close Black Tomb Of Nicolai Lenin
Moscow reports the famous black tomb before the Kremlin walls has been closed. The glass case preserved Lenin’s body drew millions of pilgrims, with the last official line stating Lenin is alive in spirit. No clear link to the Moscow battle crisis is shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Nicolai Lenin
Kremlin
Lenin
A. Lozovsky
Nazis Ship Crew Held Without Bail
In Boston on October 15 the United States held the 20 man crew and one woman of the seized Norwegian fishing vessel Busko without bail. Navy authorities call the ship a supply vessel for a now disposed Nazi radio station in Greenland. Crew members, who claimed to be Norwegians, offered no details on future moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
Greenland
Prospects Bright For Cranberry Sauce
Boston reports prospects look bright for cranberry sauce ahead of Thanksgiving. Massachusetts, the nation's largest cranberry state, is estimated to produce 485000 barrels, up from 332000 last year and above the 10-year average of 412000 barrels, per the New England crop reporting service of the USDA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
New England
Fairbanks Plans Navy Commission to Serve Active Duty
New York Oct 15 Douglas Fairbanks Jr actor and Roosevelt envoy said he would go on active duty as a lieutenant in the navy within a fortnight. He has held a commission in the naval reserve for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
President
Ambassador Phillips Reports on Italy Conditions to Roosevelt
William Phillips American ambassador to Italy submitted a report on conditions in Italy to President Roosevelt after returning from leave. Paul Henri Spaak, foreign minister of the exiled Belgian government, paid a courtesy call on the President at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Phillips
Italy
Roosevelt
White House
Paul Henri Spaak
Strike closes parts flow halting jeep and car production
One strike off and others pending halt delivery of vital parts to Jeep and car makers. C I O strike at Midland Steel Products in Cleveland stops chassis frames, leaving Willys Overland Toledo short of material. Studebaker South Bend and Hudson Detroit suspend passenger car lines. Eight thousand idle at Hudson, six thousand at Studebaker. AFL metal trades workers strike Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula where 150 million ship orders stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Steel Products Company
Cleveland
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo
Studebaker Corporation
South Bend
Ind
Hudson Motor Car Company
Detroit
Hudson
Studebaker
A. F. L. Metal Trades
Ingalls Shipb,ding Corporation
Pascagoula
A A
Union in Protection Affirms Sign in Good Faith
Reported statement expresses commitment to a protection union allowing signing and a non-stroke clause in good faith. Implicit participants and supporting organizations unnamed. No dates or places specified in readable text. The focus remains on intent to protect rights and ensure fair bargaining.
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Nuon
Winchester Furniture
South Main &T
Berlin
House
Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
Lower
California
Chamber
Coleents
Japan
Privy Council
Hiroshito
Domei
Asahi
America
Haldeman’s
Manila
Timor
Netherlands East Indies
Darwin
Australia
Philco
Anderson
Fairbanks
Air Associates
Martinsburg
Harpers Ferry
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
RCA
Victrola
W. Boscawen St
Miles Music CO
Southern
Lady Baltimore
Amy
SEE Baking CO
Winchester
Groce
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