Story Writer Fears His World War II Dispatch Won't See Light
William B. King reports from Tebourba as Allied forces face a German tank and infantry assault. The piece, written amid bombardment, describes encirclement of British and American units, air attacks by Junkers and P-38s, and efforts to relay copy before arrival of front-line relief.
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William B King
Tebourba
Tercely
London
Sve
William B. King
Tunis
Mateur- Diedeida
Alridge
Jerry
Medjez-El-Bab
Ned Russel
United Press
William H. Stoneman
Chicago Daily News
Jin Towh
Junkers
U. S. Army Air Force
Corp
John Lamdiak
Newark
N. J
Clint Rice
Knoxville
Djedeida
David W Rosen
Oakland
Calif
J. M. Shanley
Denville
John Krogstie
Edgeworth
Donald Koers
Detroit
Mich
Son in Australia Returns to Family in City
Mr and Mrs Herbert Frederick announce their son Sgt Frederick who enlisted in the Army three years ago has been in Australia for five and a half months. The family notes his return to their city residence.
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Herbert Frederick
Sgt
Frederick
Australis
All Construction Records Are Toppled
All construction records south of the Mason and Dixon line fell in November with a total of 252,683,000, the highest for the month on record. Through November 1942 contracts reached 3,765,720,000, driven by revived industrial construction and defense plant projects, with public building contributing most of the gain and largely government financed.
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Baltimore
Tas Record
Virginia Pic Fogle Joins 74th Medical Corps Abroad
In Virginia, photo caption mentions Thurmont native Fogle son of Mrs. Annie Fogle serving with the 74th Medical Corps stationed at Camp Portsmouth, Virginia.
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Pic. Fogle
Annie Fogle
Thurmont
74Th Medical Corps
Camp Portsmouth, Va
Tydings To Address Farm Bureau Meeting
United States Senator Millard E. Tydings will address the Frederick County Farm Bureau annual meeting afternoon session after a noon luncheon at Calvary Methodist Church parish hall. He is expected to discuss current Congress laws of interest to farmers. Luncheon attendance may exceed last year’s 675. Thomas S Anderson urged early card returns to confirm reservations and help planning. The morning session will resume in the Lerney of TN Atetante.
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United States
Millard E. Tydings
Frederick County
Farm Bureau
Calvary Methodist Church Parish Hall
Senator Tydings
Congress
Thomas S Anderson
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Anderson
TN Atetante
Three Prongs Penetrate Jap Forces At New Guinea Beach
Allied HQ reports Al lied forces under General MacArthur have driven at least three prongs to the sea along the northeast New Guinea coast near Buna and Gona. The breach isolates a Japanese pocket and maintains pressure elsewhere as air activity continues over the area.
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Australia
New Guinea
Buna
High Command
Douglas MacArthur
Gona
Aca
Police Officers Attend FBI Conference in Hagerstown
Frederick City and County officials and police attended the FBI quarterly conference in Hagerstown. E A Soucy, special agent in charge, noted Dr Charles M Beall Jr, FBI firearms instructor, spoke on disarming methods and arrests. The session included a film Techniques and Mechanics of Arrest and a discussion of the Selective Service Act.
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Frederick
FBI
Hagerstown
E. A. Soucy
Baltimore
Charles M. Beall, Jr
Washington
City Police
Arthur C. Poulsen
Herbert Strawsburg
Austin Heffner
Sherif
Horace M. Alexander
R. Paul Buhrman
Paul B. Rhoads
Alton C Whitmore
Florida incident details arrest and injury at night
Sergt Frank Dorsey led the investigation and arrest after a man cut Freeland in the thigh during a Sunday night incident. Freeland was treated at Frederick City Hospital where eleven stitches were needed to close the wound.
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Mae
Bee Denny
Sergt
Frank Dorsey
Freeland
Frederick City Hospital
Sergt. Dorsey
Soldier Recovers Lost Wallet With Forty Dollars
A Pittsburgh soldier on furlough loses his wallet in Frederick. Sheridan Barber, a local newspaper employee, finds the wallet containing forty dollars and the soldier’s name. Barber returns the wallet and mess ticket and refuses reward, calling the soldier a buddy.
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Sheridan Barber
Pittsburgh
Barber
Frederick
Jack Forney
Poland
Armed Service
Exchange of Messages Between Eisenhower and Darlan Reported
London dispatch says a cordial exchange of messages between U S Lieut Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and French Admiral Jean Darlan conveyed mutual wishes for victory and the resurrection of France. The Morocco radio noted a three way struggle for support among Darlan in North Africa De Gaulle in London and the Laval Doriot Deat group in Vichy and Paris.
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London
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jean Datlan
France
Morocco
Darlan
North Africa
Charles de Gaulle
Laval-Doriot-Deat Clique
Vichy
Paris
Twelve Die in Army Transport Plane Crash near Maxwell Field
Maxton North Carolina reports twelve Army personnel were killed when an Army transport plane crashed near Maxwell Field Alabama during a routine flight from Maddon to Maxwell. The plane and bodies burned with no survivors. Names of the dead were not released.
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Maxton
N.C
Maxwell Field
Ala
Maxdon
Maxwell
Montgomery
Nazis Order Italians To Evacuate Sicily
Reuters reports a Morocco radio broadcast said the German High Command ordered Italian civilians to evacuate Sicily. A strong German garrison would be stationed on the strategic island between Italy and Tunisia, a potential first step for an Allied invasion of Italy.
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Tarde Tec
Fip Reutere
Morocco
Sicily
Mediterranean
Italy
North Africa
Reuters
Tunisia
North
Africa
Victory Not a Hurry Up Job for U S Says Army Leader
Army deputy chief of staff Lieut Gen Joseph T McNarney warned that victory will not be achieved in a rush and that losses will be inevitable as US forces extend offensives into Europe and Asia. He spoke on a labor for victory broadcast with Navy and AFL leaders.
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Washington
America
Europe
Asia
Lwho
Joseph T. McNarney
Dakar
All America
MacNarney
Labor For Victory
American Federation of Labor
E W Mills
Navy
Bureau of Ships
AFL
William Green
McNarney
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