No Reduced In January Draft Call Is Expected
A 1944 draft bulletin notes January call unlikely to shrink, with Board One anticipating a heavier quota, possibly half from fathers. Frederick city area, white deferments limited, 1-A classifications rising, and camp inductions arranged. Alfred F. Brashears and Charles J. Proctor were sent to Camp Meade and Camp Lee respectively.
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Board One
Frederick City
Pearl Harbor
Camp Meade
Alfred F. Brashears
Charles J. Proctor
Camp Lee
Christmas Mail Light at Frederick Post Office
Christmas mail flows slowly through the Frederick post office with only a modest Yuletide volume. Officials note a rise in overall mailing and package traffic over the past week, and some cards reach distant destinations. Overseas cards must use sealed envelopes with first class postage or three cent stamps, or service members may not receive them by Christmas, especially those lacking return addresses.
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Frederick
Hint Of Withdrawal Before Fifth Army
Spitfire pilots report numerous demolitions near Cassino a key Cassino road junction on the Via Casilina. Allied HQ in Algiers notes mounting pressure from Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark's forces aided by a heavy aerial assault. Withdrawal hints arise as Italian front lines face sustained Allied offensives toward Rome.
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Algiers
Cassino
Casilina
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Buying Rules Market Steady Rise Extends Wednesday Upswing
New York December 2. Further buying ruled today's stock market proceedings and nearly all departments participated in an extension of Wednesday s upswing.
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New York
Conference Leak Sparks U S Newspaper Debate
Washington reports a press clash over premature release of news on the Cairo and Tokyo conferences. OWI chief Elmer Davis defends timing while critics urge simultaneous disclosure and question OWI's role amid foreign censorship and a Bayonne Times leak. The affair prompts Congressional scrutiny of OWI funding and press access.
General Marshall Moves Bed In North Africa Memoir
Soldiers guarding General George C. Marshall during the North African conference rushed to his room after loud screeching noises and found the general calmly moving his bed from one side of the room. He said the bed wasn’t placed correctly and he decided to shift it.
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Cairo
George C. Marshall
U.S Army
Army War Casualties Reach 94 918 to Date
Washington. Des. 2 reports that American army casualties from the war’s start through November 15 total 94 918, with total casualties for all services at 126 969. Navy Department figures bring Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard losses to 32 051, including 13 160 killed and 5 740 wounded. Stimson detailed Army losses as 14 321 killed, 32 690 wounded, 23 417 prisoners of war and 24 490 missing in action.
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Washington. Des
Stimson
Navy Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Gilbert Islands
Mary Stimson
Mark W. Clark
5Th
5Th Army
Marine Corps Coast Guard
Mother and two children die after plunge
In New York a widow Mary Lindsay Tomlinson age 34 and her two sons Michael Hiddingh 8 and John Hiddingh 6 leaped 15 stories to their deaths from a mid town hotel extension on December 2. Police report the mother recently married RAF Flight Officer David Tomlinson two months earlier and was despondent over being unable to join him in England. Guy Hiddingh, the first husband, was killed serving with British forces in Africa.
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New York
Henry Hudson
Mary Lindsay Tomlinson
Michael Hiddingh
John Hiddingh
West 34Th Street
Tomlinson
Guy Hiddingh
Subsidy Payments Reach 1990s Meat and Butter Sums
Commerce Secretary Jesse Jones announced the meat and butter subsidy programs have paid out 163,128,429 dollars for meat and 36,873,722 dollars for butter in the first six months of operation. Payments are administered by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Washington
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Army announces general officer promotions in London
London dispatch reports U.S. Army headquarters promoting Brig. Gen. Frederick L Anderson to major general and Col. Leon W. Johnson to brigadier general. The announcement dated December 2 confirms the reshuffle of senior officers.
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London
Frederick L Anderson
Leon W. Johnson
U.S. Army
Miami Herald Drops Most Ads Amid Print Pinch
The Miami Herald will eliminate virtually all advertising from its columns temporarily due to a newsprint shortage, effective Saturday in Miami Florida.
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Miami
Fla
The
Miami Herald
Plastics for Printing to Replace Metal After War
New York December 2 The American Society of Mechanical Engineers today predicted plastics would replace metal in printing electrotyping and stereotyping after the war. Army engineers surveyed most major United States internal transportation routes.
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New York
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
The
United States
Army
Indecisive Tank Battles Rage in Western Ukraine
Turbulent fighting in mud and slush near Znamenka and Cherkasy sees German armored divisions and Soviet forces clash on the Smolensk highway. Berlin reports intensified Soviet attacks southwest of Kremenchug while a Soviet battalion near Cherkasy is wiped out.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Seatch
Dnieper Bend
Znamenka
Berlin
Kremenchug
Cherkasy
Khiehev
Smolensk
Nikolai Akimov
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Italy
Greece
Norway
Red Army
Akimov
Kiev
Leningrad-Odessa
Dnieper
Second Front Being Talked By Big Three
Washington reports the Allied leaders Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin may discuss a second front as their top war aim. A coordinated western assault before mud seasons and a major eastern drive are seen as essential to defeat Germany this winter. The meeting likely in Tehran or Cairo involves top Allied decision makers.
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Washington
Germany
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Teheran
Tran
Persia
Cairo
Middle East
Associated Press
Chiang Kai Shek
China
Murder Trial Begins At Georgetown Del
In Georgetown Delaware on December 2 38 year old Warrant Officer Carl Frenchy Moulinie faced a life trial after prosecutors accused him of shooting his best friend Warrant Officer John Worthington and then asking Mrs Worthington if she would hate him for the act.
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Georgetown
Del
Carl “Frenchy” Moulinie
John Worthington
Liscome Bay Sunk In Gilbert Islands Action
The U S escort carrier Liscome Bay was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine during Gilbert Islands operations. Navy reports say Rear Admiral Mulnix and Captain Wiltsie are missing in action. This is the first carrier loss since U S entry and the first escort carrier sunk in over a year, with ten naval losses total so far.
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Washington
United States
Carrrier
Liscome Bay
Gilbert Island
Henry M. Muliinix
Irving D. Wiltsie
U. S
Battle of
Santa Cruz
Navy
Bracken Seeks Absolute Security for World News
London reports Brendan Bracken, British Information Minister, told Commons that World War II conference news should be released only after official announcements. He blamed press leaks on multiple nations and said conferences must be handled as absolute security events. He defended BBC Reuters disclosures as missteps and noted Allied frustration over persistent leaks.
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Washington
Congress
Office of War Information
White House
OWI
OWL
Elmer Davis
Davis
Rep. Carlson
R-Kans
Tokyo
Africa
Eisenhower
Brendan Bracken
Cairo
Reuters
Lisbon
Jersey
Bayonne
N. J
Times
United States
London
London Daily Telegraph
Reuters Dispatch
Ray Green
Concordia
Batde Empire
Europe
Carlson
Commons
North Africa
Bracken
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Roosevelt
Churchill
Iran
Marshal Stalin
Britain
Fortresses Attack Marseille Submarine Base
Northwest African Air Force flying fortresses attacked the submarine base and docks at Marseille in southern France today, Allied headquarters announced from Algiers in a special communique dated December 2.
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Allied
Algiers
Northwest African Air Force
Marseille
France
Hundreds Of Thousands Of U S Troops Ready To Go
Pacific war correspondent William L. Worden reports a vast upcoming Allied campaign against Japan, with hundreds of thousands of troops poised for orders. He notes island by island strategies, likely encirclement or bypass, and predicts the Japanese fleet will stay hidden while island hopping advances unfold.
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William L. Worden
Associated Fireas
Attu
Aleutians
Tarawa
Gilberts
Pacific
Japan
Great Britain
Toto
Indus
Kuriles
Central Pacific
Ike
Dirksen Seeks Republican Nomination for 1944
Representative Everett Dirksen announces his candidacy for the 1944 Republican presidential nomination. A petition supporting him is signed by 36 members of Congress, including 11 from Illinois, and forwarded with the formal announcement.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
R.hl
Congress
Ilinois
Railroad Officials See Low Civilian Holiday Travel
Baltimore reports railroad officials expect limited civilian travel over the holidays. Most reservations are from armed forces members planning to return home or their families, signaling a military driven travel pattern.
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Baltimore
Viscountess Churchill Found Dead in Bath Home
London reports Viscountess Churchill wife of the second Viscount Churchill and distant relative of the Prime Minister was found dead last night in a furnished Bath house where she lived alone.
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London
Viscountess Churchill
Viscount Churchill
Bath
Great Quantities Of Equipment Left Behind In Italian German Retreat
Allied dispatches from Algiers report the German retreat on the Adriatic front as the British Eighth Army broke through to seize large quantities of equipment and take over 1,000 prisoners. Montgomery's forces moved aggressively with heavy resistance, overrunning Rocca San Giovanni and Fossacesia while advancing toward Gasoli and Castle Frentano. US forces also pressed the enemy, capturing prisoners from the German 44th Infantry Division, a newly reconstituted unit with many Austrians.
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Algiers
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Italy
Pescara
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Rocca San Giovanni
Sangro
Montgomery
Fossacesia
Romagnoli
Castle Frentano
Gasoli
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
U.S
United States
Rome
44Th
Mediterranean
Stalingrad
News Unites Two Local Men In Naval Hospital
Lieutenant Stine, former Frederick Sears manager now at Oakland Naval Depot, visits Chief Petty Officer Urner in a California hospital after learning of his illness. Urner, recovering from a South Pacific hospital stay, is a News subscriber and says the paper helps him feel closer to home. About 70 soldiers from a nearby camp gather at the Court House as papers are prepared for naturalization proceedings before the Circuit Court.
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Stine
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Frederick
Oakland, Calif
Joseph W Urner
C. P. O Urner
Lieut. Stine
C. P. O. Urner
South Pacific
Naval Hospital
California
Court House
Circuit Court
Germans declare emergency in Trondheim after Gestapo official death
Reuters dispatch from Moscow quotes Soviet reports that Berlin has decreed a state of emergency in Trondheim Norway following the assassination of a Gestapo official there. The message indicates heightened wartime measures in the Nordic region amid ongoing hostilities.
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Trondheim
London
Reuters
Moscow
Stockholm
Norway
Propaganda Rumor on Gen Cheng Chen Circulates
New York dispatch notes Japanese propagandists spread word that Gen Cheng Chen, a top Chinese commander, resigned in disgrace after Yunnan Burma border reverses. The Cairo conferences record later showed his presence on Chiang Kai Shek's staff, contradicting the rumor. Berlin radio had also rebroadcast the Tokyo tale before Cairo's clarification.
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New York
Ractio
Gen
Cheng Chen
China
Yunnan- Burma
Tokyo
Gen. Cheng
Cairo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Berlin
Newsprint Quotas Approved for 116 Newspapers
War Production Board approves excess fourth quarter newsprint grants totaling 12 119 tons for 116 U S newspapers. Among recipients are The Sun Baltimore 315 tons Afro American Baltimore 80 tons Hearst Consolidated Publication Baltimore 318 tons.
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Washington
War Production Board Today
U. S
the Sun Papers
Baltimore
Hearst Consolidated Publication, Inc
Promotons Held Up Over Patton Probe
Washington action delays on 14 high ranking promotions as Sen Chandler and a military subcommittee conduct a further investigation into the soldier cuffing incident involving Lieut Gen George Patton Jr. The source text also includes stray garbled phrases about ducks and ponds.
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Washington
Chandler
D.-Ky
George §. Patton, Jr
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