County Schools Budget of 419104 Presented for 1945
A county budget of 419104 dollars for public schools for 1945 was presented to the County Commissioners by the Board of Education. The total 1945 school budget is 728824 with 309720 from the State and a county outlay slightly less than this year’s. The plan shows raises for bus drivers and minor increases in operations and capital outlay, while teacher bonuses may shift depending on state funding and upcoming legislation.
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Board of Education
Eugene W. Pruitt
Congressmen In Grab For Choice Places
Washington December 5 Congress is in bump week as seniority drives shifts. Lame duck members seek new offices and better privileges while holdovers demand improvements. The capitol architect and staff scramble to implement changes before January.
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Washington
Dec
Congress
Capitol
Star
Reservoir Water Level Declines Over Weekend
The Fishing Creek reservoir water level fell slightly, about 16 feet below the top by noon today, down from roughly 14 feet 3 inches on Saturday. Officials also noted Singanore erzek nearly cleared up from rain and that pumping operations intensified today compared with last week.
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Fishing Creek
Singanore Erzek
Jungle combat contrasts from a native in the Indies
A Dutch East Indies observer notes three jungle fighters with a blunt view. He recalls an amphibian brigade bulldozing trees and compares Allied, Japanese, and American jungle warfare, concluding each nation’s style shifts as the war moves.
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Southwest Pacific
Dutch East Indies
Wife Sues for Alimony and Divorce Over Bed Abuse
Mrs Isabel P Tregoning of Woodsboro charges Charles H Tregoning of New London with cruel and inhuman treatment including nightly kicking causing injuries and weight loss. She says she fled February 28 after repeated threats with a shotgun and hammer attacks. she seeks absolute divorce and alimony while alleging disability. The court issued a temporary alimony of 75 dollars to her counsel and 20 dollars monthly.
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Equity
Isabel P. Tregoning
Woodsboro
Ty Bortusha
Sya
Tregoning
Montevue
Plane Plant Not Destroyed Saipan Report
Brig. Gen. Haywood Hansell stated the Musashima aircraft plant suffered substantial damage but was not destroyed in four Tokyo raids on November 24, 27, 29 and December 3. He cited weather and extreme winds hindering observation and bombing accuracy as factors.
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Saipan
Haywood Hansell
21St
Musashima
Tokyo
Hansell
Imbragu lia Appeals from Baltimore Cigarette Theft Conviction
Imbragu lla appealed the case to the highest court from his Baltimore City Criminal Court conviction for receiving 3 009 stolen cigarettes in December 1943.
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Imbraguglia
Annapolis
Baltimore City
Hitler in the best of health, says Berlin radio
Berlin radio dismissed rumors that Adolf Hitler is incapacitated noting he remains in full command of Germany’s military and political affairs amid ongoing speculation.
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London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
No Outside Influence In Italy Wanted
The United States told Britain and Italy it expects Italians to form their government without foreign influence. The State Department clarified there would be no opposition to Count Sforza joining a new administration, aiming to reassure liberated nations that great powers will not meddle in their internal affairs.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Italy
State Department
Great Britain
Count Sforza
English Bride To Reside Here In Frederick County
Mrs. Miller B Cassell Jr of London arrives in the city to meet her soldier husband’s parents Mr and Mrs M B Cassell and plan to make her home with them. Lieutenant Cassell, overseas with Company A from Frederick since October 1942, fought on D Day and in the Aachen sector. The couple wed in England September 19 1943 with John W Martz as best man.
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Miller B. Cassell, Jr
London
Frederick County
M. B. Cassell
West South Street
Cassell
Company A
Frederick
Normandy
Aachen
Dorothy Wilkinson
England
John W. Martz
Murray Faupel
Robert Brachey
Mandy Night
New York
Red Cross
German Hospital Ship Sunk by Allied Firelight Error
Rome reports aircraft of the Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force sank the German hospital ship Tübingen on November 18 during poor light while en route to Trieste. Allied headquarters offered regrets and said a full inquiry would proceed. The Tübingen carried no wounded at the time.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Tuebingen
Trieste
Headquartes
Liberated Peoples To Supply Most Of Their Own Needs, Roosevelt Says
President Roosevelt told Congress liberated peoples of Europe could supply 96 percent of their basic needs as UNRRA aid expands. He disclosed three month outlays totaling 4.26 million dollars with 800 million in allocations for food clothing and supplies. He warned relief work is just beginning and that many regions face severe hunger and displacement from Nazi oppression.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Vibes
Nazis Lose Ravenna in Italian Campaign Breakthrough
Allied lines report the capture of Ravenna by Eighth Army after a surrounding maneuver by Princess Louise’s Dragoon Guards and the 27th Lancers. The advance severed Route 16, cut the Ravenna Bologna railroad, and followed the fall of Russi and Godo as forces pushed east of the Montone and Lamone rivers.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Ravenna
Adriatic
Farl
Princess Louise
Dragoon
27Th Lancers
Russi
Gado
Godo
Bologna
Russians Drive Toward Austria From Balaton Front
Russian forces massed along Lake Balaton as Tolbukhin's troops push 12 miles closer to the Austrian border and 37 miles from Budapest. A Danube front column nears the capital while other units cut eastern suburbs and seize towns around Kaposvar. A second report notes two mild earthquakes in Saipan woke bomber crews.
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London
Hungary
Budapest
Lake Balaton
Feodor Tolbukhin
Previou Reparlea
Nagyharom
Moscow
Danube
Tolbukhin
Austria
Negybajom
Lake Tront
Snagvar
Tamasi
Russia Ept
Kaposvar
Lack Of Shells Costing Lives
Daily Mail dispatch from London cites a Western Front shell shortage costing American lives as US infantry face German tanks during a town assault. Noel Monk, Daily Mail correspondent with the Ninth Army, relays artillery requests and a colonel lamenting shells needed for the fight.
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London
Daily Mail
Noel Monks
U.S. Ninth Army
Man Charged With Stealing Wrist Watch
LeRoy Marsden of this city jailed on $4500 bond after stealing a wrist watch from Mrs. Alice Glessner of 21 East Sixth Street and selling it for 35. The watch was recovered. Additional arrests for loitering and disturbing the peace include William Thompson of Jamsville and Allen Baker, jailed on $85 and costs. Norman Stine of Frederick booked and jailed on $10 and costs. Hearings set for Wednesday evening in Police Court.
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Alice Glessner
East Sixth Street
LeRoy Marsden
Frank Dorsey
Dorsey
William Thompson
Lamsville
Allen Baker
Avenus
Embarrassing Moment Warns Off Duty Officer
Officer Charles Bell on school duty at Market and Fifth streets yesterday reached to pick up a glove when a tipping sound made him turn red. He rode home on his motorcycle to change pants after his prior pair ripped open in a conspicuous place.
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Oficer
Charles Bell
Market
Fifth Streets
Officer Bell
Resignation Offer Reported From Greek Premier Crisis
Premier George Papandreou offered his resignation as head of the Greek government amid a crisis plan for a coalition cabinet including center and right wings. Militia forces left police heartquarters in Piraeus as clashes continued and British troops prepared to reinforce to maintain order. Churchill vowed to use the British army in Greece if needed to prevent bloodshed and stabilize the country while American aid paused.
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Athens
George Papandreou
Suphoulix
EAM Cautional Liberation Front
Piraeus
Klas
Iapaikegu
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Greece
Associated Press
NBC
Marning
Lincoln MacVeigh
Lund
Wounded Soldier James R Castle Reported by War Department
James R Castle son of Mr and Mrs Gilmer T Castle 12 Jefferson Street is slightly wounded in action in France. Telegraph from War Department to his wife says he was wounded November 20 and recuperating at a base hospital. He served as an infantryman with General Patton s Third Army after two years training.
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Pfe
James R. Castle
Gilmer T. Castle
Jefferson Street
War Department
France
South Carolina
Kentucky
Laurence Lemmon
Germany
Lenmon
Ofors
James Lennon
Mit
Lisbon
Washington
Kensington
German demand sparks Paris radio warning moments in war news
SAZIS THREATEN London Dec 46 A German demand that the French government halt trials of alleged collaborators wither pain of reprisals brought a hint of counterreprisals from the Paris radio to the wartime bulletin.
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Sazis
London
Paris
American Forces Break Through Saarlautern Front
The 84th Infantry Division of the Third Army reports driving through Saarlautern and entering Siegfried Line defenses beyond the fortress city. Patton’s forces threaten Saarbrucken while bombarding its outskirts as shellfire continues. For bach and Sarrague mines are shelled from distances, with fighting continuing on the east bank of the Saar.
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Saarbrucken
Forbach
Sarrague
Saarlautern
Volkssturm
Pattou
Saar
Lorraine
U S Heavies Hit Berlin In Sharp Attack
American heavy bombers hit Berlin for the first time in two months, targeting industrial facilities and Munster railway yards. Liberator formations faced clouds but aided by Mustang and Thunderbolt escorts, delivering alongside Tepel factories as part of a broader strike following a 14 000 ton assault on key railroad centers.
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London
Berlin
Gay
United States
Strategic Air Forces
Fracyne
Munster
Mustang
Tepel
Gerd; von Rundstedt
Germans Told to Rely on Own Food Supply After Defeat
General Eisenhower warned Germans that they cannot count on military aid for food fuel or clothing. He urged preserving land, wood, seeds, and machines to prevent hunger as Allied forces advance and warned against Nazi scorched earth destruction.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Peeran Sboke Aeeteees Tak Uyak
Europe
Office of War Information
Senhower
Reich
Patton pushes east as Wehrmacht braces Siegfried Line
Allied forces widen Patton’s Saar crossing to over a mile and a half while pushing a mixed cavalry infantry unit inside Germany near Saarlautern. Third Army gears forward along a 50 mile front Merzig to Sarre Union as German resistance stiffens across the river. Patton’s bridge at Saarlautern holds after a heavy German shelling. Eisenhower reports stubborn opposition near Julich and minor gains near Lucherberg Luchem while Seventh and First Armies clear Vosges and Alsace.
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Patton
Loopilz Saar
Merzig
Saarlautern
Sarre Union
Germany
Roden
Fraulaufert
Saar
Forbach
Third Army
Siegfried Line
Ihen
Roer River
Cologne
Eisenhower
U. S
Julich
Inde
Lucherberg
Luchem
Brandenberg
Hurtgen
Trench First
Vosges Mountains
Alsace
Frontline Movements Across Western Front Report
The Canadian First Army spearheads into the Reich opposite Nijmegen while Nazis blow dykes near Arnhem. The British Second Army clears areas west of the Rhine in Holland and forces collapse of German resistance west of the Roer near Julich. The U.S. Third Army advances toward Duren and Saarlautern, shelling Saarbruckern on a 21 mile front. The Seventh Army pushes east of Saaren, ending sniper resistance inside Strasbourg. The French First Army edges north from Mutheanse toward Saaroruck as Sixth Armored advances beyond Sarre Union and Bath drives on Saarurucken from the southwest clearing western salients by the Saar.
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Associated Press
Reich
Nijmegen
Arnhem
Holland
Roer River
Julich
Duren
U.S
Third Army
Saarlautern
Saarbruckern
YU. S
Sarre Union
Bath
Saarurucken
Saar River
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