Patton Opens Deep Into Siegfried Line Across Saar Valley
American forces under Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr advance into the Siegfried Line, eight miles into the Saar valley and about a mile and a half into Saarbrucken’s approaches as Third Army shells disrupt the German stronghold. Texans of the 90th penetrate toward Saarlautern while German withdrawal appears evident along the Rhine and Roer fronts.
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Siegfried Line
Saar Valley
Paris
George 8. Patton, Jr
Germany
Saarbrucken
Saar
Saarlautern
Dillingen
Forbach
Hitler
Pachtener Buchwald
Merzig
Aachen
Third Army
90Th
Saar-lautern
Harry L. Twaddie
95Th
Brebach
Burbach
Arsenal
Upper Rhine
Roer
Cologne
9Th Army
First Army
Hurtgen Forest
Bergstein
Walkersville Tax Rate Up Five Cents in 1945
Walkersville increases its town tax rate from 35 to 40 cents per 100 dollars for 1945 to fund a 1000 dollar bond due that year. The move lowers municipal indebtness to about 6000 dollars, as Burgess and Commissioners acted today. Mount Olivet Cemetery Company names R Ames Hendrickson president succeeding Richard D Ross. new officers include G Hunter Bowers vice president William R Slemmer Sr secretary treasurer Cyril Klein superintendent. finance and grounds committees named. William M Storm named counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walkersville
Burgess and Commissioners
R. Ames Hendrickson
Frederick Merchant
Mount Olivet
Richard D. Ross
G. Hunter Bowers
William R. Slemmer
Cyril Klein
Grover L. Michael
Robert B. Crothers
Henry B. Ramsbureh
Less Fighting Now In Greece
Athens saw reduced clashes as British patrols extended through the city center while snipers troubled some residential areas. About 1000 Elas militiamen surrendered to British forces. reports said leftist control of Thrace and Macedonia existed per Paris radio unconfirmed. Maitland Wilson blamed extremists including deserters from German and Bulgarian armies for the fighting.
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Athens
Royal
Constitution Square
Elas
EAM
National Liberation Front
Paris
Thrace
Macedonia
Maitland Wilson
Greece
Mediterranean
U.S. and Britain Reach Statement on Greek Italian Issues
British Ambassador Halifax said the United States and Britain have achieved understanding on Greek and Italian political issues after a State Department meeting with Secretary Stettinius. He did not define understanding or confirm full agreement, but cited strengthened unity through closer consultation on issues of common interest.
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Washington
Dec
Halifax
United States
Stettinius
State Department
London
Italy
Greece
Britain
Red Cross Dressings Quota Nears Completion
Frederick city and county women combined to produce 240 two by two and 50 400 four by s eight dressings reaching a five month total. The Surgical Dressings committee praises workers for faithful effort and notes the workroom will close Saturday until a new quota is assigned. The Red Cross office at the Francis Scott Key hotel will stay open Monday through Thursday to supply materials and collect finished garments.
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Red Cross
Frederick City
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Spanish envoy denies Franco government resignations report
Paris dispatch reports the Spanish envoy categorically denying a Liberation claim that all or some members of General Franco's government had resigned.
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Paris
Liberation
Missimo Franco
Draft Boards Move to Increase Induction Readiness
Indications of more pre induction selective service exams emerge as local boards tighten scrutiny of deferments for registrants aged 26 to 29. State headquarters says the supply of men eligible for pre induction exams is depleted and calls for building up 1-A pools. Boards are urged to interpret 2-A and 2-B deferments strictly for war production and essential national work.
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Inco
Board One
College Christmas Vesper to Highlight Hood’s Program
Hood College presents its annual Christmas vesper in Brodbesk Hall Sunday at four for townspeople and 730 for students and faculty. The choir directed by J Alex Gilfillan performs the nativity tale in song with soprano Mary Gertrude Grimm and contralto Evelyn Stup featuring carols by Pargolesi Berg Elert and Handel with violin by Joseph Stephens and organ accompaniment by Henry Wade.
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Mary Gertrude Grimm
Evelyn Stup
Giovanni Pargolesi
Jane
Henry T. Wade
Sigfrid Berg-Elert
George Frederick Handel
Churchill Praises Eisenhower In Commons Speech
Prime Minister Churchill in the Commons lauded General Eisenhower as a remarkable American supreme commander whose wisdom and fellowship are admired and whose orders we have promised to obey.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Gen. Eisenhower
Third Ukraine Army Nearer To Budapest
Moscow dispatches report the Third Ukraine Army, led by Marshal Feodor Yozhukhin, closing in on Budapest with a hard right wing attack. Russian forces push a wedge west of the Danube as Nazi resistance stiffens with reinforcements from Vienna.
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Moscow
Des
Budapest
Feodor
Yozbukhin
Danube
Vicona
Budanest
County Allocates 1945 Welfare Budget at 1944 Level
The Frederick County Commissioners tentatively approve the same $43 862 24 welfare appropriation as 1944 for Old Age Assistance Aid to Needy Blind and Dependent Children, with no funds for medical care or broader General Public Assistance. The Welfare Board sought 10 224 48 for GPA for six or more persons and 13 759 74 for GPA supplements, but these were cut. The board notes GPA needs exceed 1944 by 14 433 33 plus 1 128 68 for aged medical care, while 17 cases under 65 previously counted with Old Age Assistance and 37 GPA cases plus 14 rejected 1944 reduce funding expectations for 1945. Open hearings report also mentions Senate Foreign Relations panel planning open hearings on four State Department appointees.
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Frederick County Welfare Board
Welfare Board
Ior
Cate
Social Security Board
Olidge
Counry
Churchill Defies Fees Confidence Vote Asked
The House of Commons approved the Churchill government by 279 to 30 in a confidence vote. Churchill defended Britain actions in Greece and Italy, rejected trust in Count Sforza, and insisted on continuing interventions in Europe despite opposition from Labour MPs.
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Churchill
London
Dev
Bas
House of Commons
Dec
Greece
Italy
Carlo Sforza
United States
Britain
Athens
Sforza
Belgium
Gen
Eisenhower
Brussels
Pierlot
DeGaulle
Europe
Laborite
Friends of Democracy
Bridgehead In Italy Enlarged By 8th Army
British and Polish troops pressed toward the Lamone river in rain and mud and captured Castel Raniero Olmatello and Pideura southwest of Faenza. The First Canadian Corps under Lt General Charles Foulkes is in action on the Eighth Army front and scored a breakthrough between the Lamone and Montone rivers leading to the fall of Ravenna.
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Rome
Lamone
Faenza
Castel Raniero
Olmatello
Pideura
Charles Foulkes
Eighth Army
Montone
Ravenna
Iwo Jima Hit Hard by U S Sea Air Bombardment
A large B 29 force dropped a record load of hazardous devices on Iwo Jima to disable airfields. The attack, coordinated with Navy surface ships and other aircraft, faced heavy clouds and encountered no enemy fighters or anti air fire. The Saipan based operation aimed to strike Japanese installations on Iwo Jima and involved subsequent carrier escorted Liberator missions.
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Washington
Iwo Jima
Rye Tonedane
Wis
Air Force
Saipan
Navy
Seventh Army Air Force
Fleet Airwing 1
21St Bomber Command
Chinese forces advance near Wanting and Kwong Ka region
Chinese high command reported counter attacks near Wanting Burma Road town as troops push toward Tushan, recapturing the railroad center 74 miles southeast of Kweryang in Kweichow. Earlier communique said Chinese forced repelled Japanese retreating from Sanho and advanced 12 miles after Sanho recapture.
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Chungking
Dec
Burma Road
Tushan
Kweryang
Kweichow
Chieatet
Sanho
Tusaan
Butican
Lipo
Kweiyang
Rule Of Justice Promised For Germany By Allies
General Eisenhower told the German people the rule of justice and equality before the law will be established by the Allied Military Government. Every person accused of crime will be given a opportunity to defend himself in open court.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Germany
Landslide Start and Damage Across Three Districts on Pearl Harbor Anniversary
The Associated Press reports Tokyo acknowledged an earthquake near the Sea of Enshu caused a tidal wave that inundated houses and sparked landslides. Hamamatsu Shizuoka Nagano areas suffered some damage with minor impact on structures and windows. shipping damage unclear. A prior Radio Tokyo brief noted landslides and cottage cracking in a limited area. World seismographs recorded the quake as among the greatest on record.
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Associated Press Radio
Tokyo
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Sea of Enshu
Hamamatsu
Shizuoka
Nagano
Shizuoka Prefecture
Nagoya
Dome
Earrier
Radio Tokyo
J. J. Shaw
West Bromwich
England
B 29 Guns Fire Without Human Hand On Controls
New York December report describes a fully electronic B 29 Superfortress system with gunners in a pressurized cabin controlling turrets via a computer brain. The unit can split fire or concentrate on a single target, with emergency override to command multiple guns. 12 missions with no losses. one aircraft fended off 79 Japanese fighters, shooting down seven.
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New York
Waldorf al- Loria
A. A
General Electric Company
Army
Air Technical Service Command
Thal
Fred
Pfe. Burdette Wounded in Germany Telegram Reports
Rodney L Burdette of Lewisdale was slightly wounded in action in Germany per War Department telegram. A Lewisdale merchant learned the news in the absence of Burdette’s wife, believed visiting her Virginia mother. The telegram gave only that he was wounded November 22. Burdette served about a year and is son of Mr and Mrs Millard Burdette of Damascus.
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Pfe
Rodney L Burdette
Lewisdale
Germany
War Department
Burdette
Virginia
Pfe. Burdette
Millard Burdette
Damascus
Five arrests reported by city police overnight
Five arrests were reported with charges including intoxication and disturbing the peace. Dale Ogie of Widdletown, Shookstown, John W. Smith of Burkittsville, and Clifford W. Smith of 105 West Fifth Street faced intoxication charges. John E. Thompson of Washington was charged with disorderly conduct. hearings were scheduled for tonight.
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Dale Ogie
Widdletown
Norman Trump
Frederick F. Stack
Shookstown
Sgt
Frank Below
Jait
John W. Smith
Burkittsville
Clifford W. Smith
West Fifth Street
Dorsey
Trump
John E. Thompson
Washington
Ben Phebus
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Texas Infantry
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Hood’s Little ‘Christmas
Ukraine
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
8Th Army
Iit
Pearl Harbor
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