Probable Inductions Mark December Selective Service Roundup
Local Draft Board One mailed notices to seventy four registrants ordering final physicals and probable induction. White and colored registrants are listed with drivers Hooper and Hoffman among volunteers. New 4-H category to cover men over thirty seven is noted alongside restrictions on volunteer officers candidates.
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Selective Service
United Fire Company
Joseph O. Hooper
Arthur R. “Kelly” Hoffman
Third Service Command
Joseph Oscar Hooper
West South Street
Arthur Robert Hoffman
East South Street
The
Volunteers
Howard Luther Minnick
West Patrick Street
Arthur Bee Crum
East Seventh Street
Chesles Fagan Shipley
Roger Kenneth Yinger
East Church Street
Joseph Crouse
Knoxville
James Edward Adams
Point of Rocks
Charles Raymer Derr
Middletown
Ernest Melvin Speake
Frederick
Charies Waer Utias Jr
Patrick Street
Nathan Jacobson
South Market
Edward Ray Wachter
Jesse Willard Booker
Sidney Lamar Hahn
Carman Delber
Smith
Potomac Street
Brunswick
Mitchell Lee Mansfield
West
Fourth Street
Robert Franklin Kreh
Chester Meredith Kuill
Filla Avenue
Terrence Dudley Fleetwood
Ernest Joshua Roepp
James Wilford Null
John Anthony McCutcheon
Dale Ogle
Indianapolis
Lloyd Masser
Rosie
Hagerstown
Raymond LeRoy Shaffer
Charles Town
W. Va
Edward Walking Reid
North Market
Schnauffer Takes Oath As Associate Judge Here
Frederick County peers swear in Patrick M. Schnauffer as associate judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in a brief morning ceremony. He is 36, a former magistrate and State's Attorney, elected to a fifteen year term. Commissions arrived for multiple county officials. swearing in planned for others tomorrow.
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Patrick M. Schnauffer
Frederick
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Arthur D. Willard
Ellis C. Wachter
Schnauffer
William Schnauffer
Clara Schnauffer
Levin West
Brunswick
Jacob Rohrback
Sehnautter
Frederick City
State Board of Canvasser
Edward S. Delaplaine
Court of Appeals At
Annapolis
Clerk Wachter
Horace M. Alexander
Register of Wills
Roy L. Leatherman
George V.arnold
Charles G. Geisbert
U Grant Hooper
Orphans Court
T. Clyde Boutson Pinkney A. Richardson
J. Weslty Fahrney
Hooper
To Strip Japs Of Evil Power
London reports release of messages between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill pledging both nations to the utter defeat of Japan. Churchill calls the Pearl Harbor anniversary an infamous outrage and says joint strength will destroy Japan's aggressive power. Roosevelt says partial retribution has begun and that further strikes will intensify. Churchill vows Japan will be stripped of conquests and deprived of power.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Japan
United States
Pearl Harbor
Britain
U S Nationals Kept In Shum District
Reports from Chinese channels say hundreds of United States and British nationals remaining in Shanghai have been moved across the Whangpoo river to internment in the Pootung district. Pootung, a factory slum area opposite the International Settlement, is cited as the new location. Other reports mention about 200 Americans being arrested in the Shanghai area, including veteran missionaries.
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Chungking
United States
Shanghai
Whangpoo
Pootung
Heavy snows slow up Russ on East Front
Heavy snows and German counter-attacks hampered Red Army offensives along the eastern front but Soviet authorities said troops pushed ahead in slow-going assaults on German fortifications. Izvestia dispatch notes snowfall between the Don and Volga in the Stalingrad area with German defense works east of Vertiachy and Peskevata. The noon communique cites heavy German counter-attacks in the Stalingrad area and around Rzhev, with more than 3,000 Germans killed. Over 800 killed on Stalingrad sectors and nearly 2,000 on the central front west of Moscow.
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Moscow
Red Army
Izvestia
Don
Volga
Stalingrad
Vertiachy
Peskevata
Rzhev
Mt Pleasant Fire Threatens Business Block in Pa
Mt Pleasant Pennsylvania faces a major fire sweeping several main street shops including J C Penney Montgomery Ward and a five and ten store as firefighters struggle from a local shortage. Reaching beyond local units, crews from Greensburg Connellsville Scottdale Everson and nearby towns were called to assist as citizens manned hoses amid wartime shortages. A similar blaze occurred nearby in 1915. White House notes Batista will visit Roosevelt later today.
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Mt. Pleasant
J. C. Penney Company
Montgomery Ward
Greensburg
Connellsville
Scottdale
Everson
Market Does Better On Rail Trends And Leaders
The stock market advanced on balance as rail declines moderated and bidding picked up for various leading issues. The session reflected steadier demand across key sectors with some gains in prominent stocks.
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New York
Rails
Allies Hold Firmly To Heights At Tebourba
Allied forces report solid control of the heights above Tebourba as tanks clash in a third day of fighting south of the Tunisian town. Air strikes pound both sides as they battle for the decisive edge, aiming to cut off reinforcements and supplies to Bi zer te and Tunis.
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Tebourba
Franco Cites Mussolini in Madrid Address
Francisco Franco told the Third National Council of the Falange in Madrid that Spain lives in a new era and must fulfill its part. He praised Mussolini as an example of a just Fascist revolution and said the Spanish republic brought misery, while youth ensure continuity of the movement amid a war766
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London
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Spain
Franco
Third National Council of the Falange
Star Party
Mussolini
Europe
Air battle over Africa may determine air supremacy
Lt General Henry H. Arnold said North Africa shows a touch and go air superiority contest between Allied and German forces. He warned the long 3,000 mile supply line to Africa strains Allied air power while Germany may shift bulk of planes to the Mediterranean if needed. The outcome could decide air supremacy over the Mediterranean and possibly Europe.
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Washington
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
North Africa
Mediterranean
Europe
Arnold
James H. Doolittle
America
Africa
Harassed Quiz Kids Of Congress Queried About Questionnaires
Washington notes that Senator Byrd and 13 congressmen on the joint committee on reduction of non essential federal expenditures mounted a blitz of requests for copies of all questionnaires and forms from federal agencies. The panel invited public input while cataloging the mountains of papers, with examples showing absurd questions and laughter at the burden on citizens and staff.
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Congress
Washington
Byrd
Senator Byrd
D-Va
Churchill To Give Statement On Darian North Africa Policy
London December 8 Prime Minister Churchill will personally present the government's stance on Admiral Darlan at a forthcoming secret House of Commons session Foreign Secretary Eden told the Commons. The move signals high importance attached to the North Africa dispute amid U S and Vichy tensions and Bevin's UN council remark.
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London
Churchill
Ite
Jean Darlan
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Commons
Churchil
Britain
Aneurin Bevin
Laborite
Supreme Council of United Nations
North Africa
Bevin
United States
Africa
Darian
Great Britain
de Gaulle
Russia
Darlan
Vichy
Aigina
Dwight Eisenhower
Eden
Government costs worse than food prices says Farm Bureau chief
Edward A. O Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, charged that rising government costs threaten the public more than food prices. He attacked subsidies to curb retail prices and cited the New York milk shed where the government buys fluid milk and resells at a loss. He also noted a health issue in the North African war zone centered on water procurement.
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Chicago
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
New York
Son of Ex Kaiser Dies After Stroke in Potsdam
Berlin broadcast report says Prince Eitel Friedrich Hohenzollern, 59, second son of the late Kaiser Wilhelm, died in Potsdam after a stroke. Born July 7, 1883 in Potsdam, he lived quietly there and visited Doorn in the Netherlands where his father had died. He married Duchess Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg in 1905 and they were divorced in 1926.
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Berlin
Prince Eitel Friedrich Hohenzollern
Kaiser Wilhelm
Potsdam
Prince Eitel Friedrich
Doorn
Netherlands
Kaiser
Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg
Warden J McConnell Appointed Senior Air Raid Warden
Named senior air raid warden for Walkersville is Robert J. McConnell. District air raid warden Alton C. Whitmore had been acting senior warden for Walkersville prior to this appointment. Dummy anti tank practice tanks are about one third normal size and mostly wooden.
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Robert McConnell
Walkersville
Alton C. Whitmore
McConnell
Twenty French ships intact at Toulon Knox says
Secretary of the Navy Knox reported that of 75 French ships in Toulon harbor when Germans moved in, 20 remained afloat and intact, 51 were sunk or damaged or unaccounted for, and four escaped. He cited aerial reconnaissance data and listed vessels damaged or scuttled, including battleships Dunkerque Strasbourg and Prov ence, several cruisers destroyers submarines and gunboats.
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Washington
Knox
Toulon
Dunkerque
Strasbourg
Province
Vichy
Sutfern
Algerie
Algie
Guepard
Jerd~ Er
Tigre
Volta
Tantasque
Lehardie
Simoun
Elan
Gladiateur
Golo
Condorcet
Barcelona
Spain
Casablanca
Marsain
Algiete
Glorieu
Oran
Melvyn Douglas Enlists as Private in U.S. Army
Los Angeles reports actor Melvyn Douglas has enlisted in the U S Army in Washington serving three years as a Private with the medical corps. His wife Helen Gahagan Douglas confirms the enlistment amid a political uproar over a proposed Office of Civilian Defense post.
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Los Angeles
Dec
Melvyn Douglas
Washington
Douglas
U.S. A
Forbes
Office of Civilian Defense
Helen Gahagan
The
Medical,corp
Eisenhower Announces Pact on Dakar Use by Allies
General Eisenhower disclosed that Dakar in French West Africa would be used by the United Nations navies and air forces. Pierre Boisson granted rights to the port and ships, with Admiral Dar tan aiding. The move aims to curb German submarines in the South Atlantic and shorten flight deliveries to North Africa. Boisson pledged full cooperation under Darlan and to allow Allied airfields and port facilities.
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London
Tebourba
No Man's Land
Bizerte
Tunis
Ailes
Dakar
United Nations
Pierre Boisson
French West Africa
Jean Darlan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Eisenhower
South Atlantic
Britain
Eighth Army
el Agheila
Libya
la Goulette
Sfax
Tunisia
E— Dakar
African
United States
Freach West Africa
Jean Dar Tan
South
Atlentier
Boisson
French North Africa
Darlan
French Africa
Christmas Show at the Tivoli Saturday Morning
Frederick moviegoers can donate non-perishable food to fill Christmas baskets organized by the Police Department Salvation Army Federated Charities and the American Legion. The Tivoli presents six short subjects and Clown Magic by Tommy O Neill, with showtime 10 30 AM. Sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Warner Brothers the event marks the sixth year of the local effort.
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Police Department
Salvation Army
Federated Charities
American Legion
Forney
Tommy O'Neh
Frederick
Chamber of Commerce
Dee Tivoli
Junker Chamber
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U. S
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Mt. Pleasant, Pa
White House
Fulgentio Batista
Cuba
New York City
N. Y
Herbert H. Lehman
Herbert Hoover
Lehman
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Poland
Greece
NEA
Gen. Arnold
U.S
Arras
U. S. Army
Richelieu
France
Team Bart
Deckar
Gloire
Montcalm
Georges Leygues
le Fartingue
le Malin
le Terrible
Richelieu Ary
Tim
Tivoli
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