Local Draft Calls 39 Fathers for Final Examinations
The first white pre Pearl Harbor fathers to be summoned for final physicals and probable induction from Draft Board One were notified on the second anniversary of U S entry into World War I. The list includes 39 registrants with many from this city and several local officials and business leaders among them. The volunteers and registrants are named with addresses, and the call is expected to be the last for December with potential service after Christmas.
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Pearl Harbor
Armed Services
United States
Marry O. Smith
Walkersville High School
Emory Y. Frye
Bank of Brunswick
Leslie W. Jenness
Gilmore R. Flautt, Jr
John S. Miller
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Harry C. Hartsough
Lawrence E. Fagan
Tojo Denounces Cairo Leaders as Presumptuous
Japanese Premier Hideki Tojo blasted Western leaders at the Cairo conference as presumptuous for seeking Japan’s status as a third-class nation. He said Allied propaganda is a strategic illusion masking their failures and cited the greater East Asia conference as firm resolve against the Anglo-Americans.
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New York
Cairo
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Tokyo
The
OWL
Tojo
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Greater East Asia
Rumanian Forces Capture Kerch Bridgehead in Crimea
Berlin reports the Kerch bridgehead area held by Russians has been wiped out after a three day battle, with about 2000 prisoners. German statements say fighting continues southwest of Kremenchug as Russians push through the Dnieper bend.
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London
Kerch
Crimea
Kremenchug
Dnieper Bulge
Black Sea
Perekop Isthmus
Dnieper
Moscow
Kiev
Red Army
Chernyakhov-Zorosten
Znamenka
Fritz von Mannstein
Pantayevka
Alexa
Frederick High students buy war bonds for Pearl Harbor Day
Frederick High School students raised 7 558 25 in war bonds and stamps on Pearl Harbor Day. Principal Charles W Willis notes most purchases were for students' own savings and many bonds were bought for parents. Freshmen led with 2 149 25 while sophomores, juniors, and seniors followed with 1 355 20, 2 398, and 1 655 80 respectively as the drive aims to reach 75 000 for a school plane.
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Frederick
Charles W. Willis
Printed Only To Show How They Are Lying London
Tokyo radio claim tallies Japanese military and naval losses at about 159000 over two years of war with the United States and Britain, versus 277000 American and 122900 British losses. It also says Allied ships sunk and damaged, including battleships, carriers, destroyers, and submarines, with Japanese losses listed.
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London
United States
Britain
Tokyo
Washington
Two Men Killed In B. and O. Accidents
Martinsburg West Virginia December 8. Two separate Baltimore and Ohio railroad accidents killed two men. One was 55 year old Champ Shepherd Payne a B and O section foreman. The other was 46 year old Paris Dinteman a laborer struck while walking along the tracks east of Martinsburg with his back toward the oncoming train.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Champ Shepherd Payne
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Paris Dinteman
B. and O
Dinteman
Old Fashioned Grippe Wave Reported in Baltimore
Baltimore physicians report a wave of the old fashioned grippe with fever chills muscular soreness coughing and occasional nausea spreading through the city. The symptoms echo a familiar winter illness noted as a routine health flare up.
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Baltimore
Redskins Deny Betting Links After Police Check
Washington Redskins owner George P. Marshall stated he asked police chief Edward Keily to review players' leisure time habits to clear them of gambling rumors. Marshall vowed five thousand dollars for proof and asserted no Redskins had frequented gambling houses or liquor bars. Coach Bergman blamed gamblers for circulating adverse reports amid upset losses.
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Washington
George P. Marshall
Washington Redskins
National Football League
Marshal
Redskin
Maj
Edward Keily
Kelly
Marshall
Philadelphia
Arthur J. Bergtan
Bishop Angus Dundean Accepts Washington Diocese Appointment
Rev. Angus Dundean of the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge Massachusetts accepted today appointment as bishop of the Washington Diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
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Washington
Angus Dundean
Episcopal Theological School of
Cambridge
Mass
Protestant Episcopal Church
Counties Face Mandatory Levy For Welfare Budget Increases
Maryland counties must fund 20 percent of administrative costs for local welfare boards as state rules require. The Attorney General confirmed counties must levy funds for old age assistance 50 percent matched by federal aid, and 35 percent for aid to the needy blind, with one cent levy for dependent children. General public assistance rises cited in county plans, with some counties seeing large increases. no budgets approved yet.
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Attorney-General
Maryland
Department of Public Welfare
Frederick County Welfare Board
State Department of Public Welfare
County Welfare Board
Mandamus Procerdin
Jo Milton Patterson
State Department
Bulgaria May Follow Italy
In Sofia many expect Bulgaria to break with the Germans and side with the Allies following Italy, according to Allehanda via Istanbul. Nervousness grows as Bulgarian ministers abroad return for conferences and a Russian mission visits Sofia, amid discussions of Balkans invasion.
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Stockholm
Sofia
Bulgaria
Italy
Allehanda
Istanbul
Balkans
Berlin
Moscow
Ankara
Master of His Castle in English Court Ruling
A Tonbridge magistrate ruled that a husband may decide who enters his home, including in laws, in a case where a wife sought separation while her husband worked out of town. The bench said a wife must accept that the husband is master in his own house.
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London
Tonbridge
Budget For City To Be Adopted Tonight
The Board of Aldermen meets as a Board of Equalization and Review tonight to set state and county assessments on arable property for municipal purposes. A local resident plans to appear regarding assessments. The session runs 7:80 to 8:30 p.m. in the aldermen room. It is unclear whether the budget and tax rate will be approved tonight or at the next regular meeting. The brief meeting is expected to cover few items.
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Board of Aldermen
Allies Move Stirs Hitler Paper
The Voelkischer Beobachter quoted by Berlin radio denounces neutral powers for their reactions to Allied Middle East conferences and predicts neutrals would reverse course if the political and military situation changes. It claims some neutrals are enthusiastic about the communiques and asserts Germans are disliked by neutrals while they condemn Allies’ misdeeds.
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London
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Berlin Radio Today
December stock advance led by rails continues in active session
New York traders pushed the December market higher with gains from fractions to more than two points. The early session showed lively bidding, then profit taking cooled prices, followed by a midday rise that favored carriers. By the fourth hour, prices neared the top.
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New York
Rails
Roosevelt May Confer With Franco
Secretary Hull said the State Department had no information on reports that President Roosevelt might meet General Franco of Spain. He responded to Cairo reports suggesting such a meeting could occur, noting no official confirmation.
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Washington
Hull
State Department
Roosevelt
Franco
Spain
Cairo
Cardinal O Connell Celebrates 84th Birthday in Boston
Cardinal William Cardinal O’Connell, 84, archbishop of Boston, marked his birthday as over 1.9 million parishioners in the archdiocese joined Holy Day masses for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. He began with an early Mass at his Brighton residence chapel and later officiated a solemn high Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.
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Cardinal O'Connel
Boston
William Cardinal O'Connell
Brighton
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Tax Bill Dilemma Delays Christmas Senate Decision
Washington December 14 Enactment of a new tax bill before Christmas hinges on Senate Finance Committee choice between accepting the House approved 2.14 billion dollar additional revenue total or pursuing the full 10.5 billion dollars sought by Secretary Morgenthau.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Morgenthaw
Owens Withdraws As Editor-In-Chief Of Baltimore Sun
Baltimore December 8 1939 John W Owens withdraws as editor in chief of the Baltimore Sun papers due to illness. He will still help shape editorial policy for The Sun and Evening Sun. Hamilton Owens succeeds as Sun editor, Philip Wagner takes Evening Sun post, Newton Aiken becomes Evening Sun editor. Also note that about 96 cents of each federal tax dollar funds war costs and interest.
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Baltimore
John W. Owens
Baltimore Sunpapers
Paul Patterson
The
Sun
Owens
Evening Sun
Hamilton Owens
the Sun
Philip Wagner
Newton Aiken
Forgotten man jailed without food in court pens
A janitor heard a voice asking when he would be taken to jail as an unnamed man, who had received a three month sentence earlier, sat forgotten in the prisoners pen at the county building court room without food or water overnight.
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New Haven
Conn
Polynesians Devout in Pacific Visit by 7th Air Force
Nov 25 segment recounts Lt James McKinney of Hawkinsville Ga working with Polynesian officers and waiters. A cake of soap caused confusion over bread and jam. Each morning the native leader greeted McKinney with a ritual handshake and prayer. Thanksgiving prep baffled the crew as they honored God’s gifts with simple phrases.
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U.S. Airforce
Pacific
James McKinney
Hawkinsville
McKinney
Messaters
Flying Artillery in Aircraft Adds Formidable Weapon
New York December 4 Major General L H Campbell Jr ordnance chief says flying artillery makes American airplanes the most formidable battle weapon in the air. He notes four years of work and reports from the South Seas on a major caliber weapon mounting a 75 mm gun on aircraft. He asserts supremacy in air warfare will grow as these weapons are used.
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New York
Dec
L. H. Campbell
United States Army Ordnance Chief
National Association of Manufacturers
Campbell
Ordnance Department
South Seas
Government War Bond Advertising Bill Dead
The House Ways and Means committee killed in effect legislation authorizing paid government newspaper ads to promote war bonds. In executive session the vote was 11 to 10 to table the measure, though Chairman Doughton warned someone may introduce a similar bill. Three related bills affecting ad spending in small city papers and second-class mail papers were discussed.
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Washington
Dec
House Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
Senate
House
Coughton
Storekeeper Slain in Baltimore Hatchet Attack
Baltimore. a 72-year-old confectionary storekeeper, Joseph Morstein, died of hatchet wounds after a holdup last night. Police Lt. Ezekial Williams said three customers, about to enter, saw a man with a hatchet and chewing gum box. Morstein was found unconscious behind the counter.
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Baltimore
Ezekial Williams
Joseph Morstein
Williams
Fifth Army Captures Summit and Drives Nazis From Three Villages
Allied forces under Lt General Mark Clark report the Fifth Army has seized the summit of lofty heights and routed German troops from Camino Acquapendole and Cocuruzza villages southwest of Mignano. British and American units push toward the Cassino road as Eighth Army makes coastal gains and crosses the More River amid heavy fighting and German counterattacks.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Fifth
Cassino
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Bernard L. Montgomery
More River
Airgam
Albert Kesselring
90Th Armored Grenadier
65Th
Germany
Lanciano
Chieti
Monastery Ridge
Mt Camino
Mt. Camino
Mt. Maggiore
Clark
Mignano
Lirci
Garigliano
Camino
Acquapendole
Cocuruzza
Camino Plain
U. S
Rome
Great War Still In Front Smuts Believes
Cairo dispatch reports Field Marshal Jan Smuts, premier of South Africa, telling 70 war correspondents that victory is forming yet a great war lies ahead. He cited Russia and the Far East and urged press role after the war to prevent a repetition of disaster. Execution postponed in Virginia murder case to February.
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Cairo
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Union of South Africa
Smuts
England
Russia
Far East
National Day of Prayer Proclaimed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt designates January 1 as a National Day of Prayer for strength and guidance amid widening warfare and obligations of rising victory, urging citizens to reflect on these duties in a period of global crisis.
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Washington
Roosevelt
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