Frederick County Farm Bureau Backs Local Roads Board Change
A Farm Bureau meeting approved a resolution to return appointment power for the Frederick County Roads Board to the Board of County Commissioners with two members from the minority party. The measure, along with other resolutions, calls for restoring local self-government and a two party system in county affairs.
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Board of County Commissioners
Frederick County
Frederick County Farm Bureau
State Armory
Farm Bureau
Maryland
United States Employment Service
Frederick
Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc
Lewis
John L Lewis
Kee
Officials sworn in as air raid alert sounds in court
County officials took oaths at informal ceremonies in the Court House as a daylight air raid alert was sounded. Chief Judge Edward S Delaplaine was sworn in for a fifteen year term, Clerk Ellis C Wachter and deputies were sworn in, and Sheriff elect Horace M Alexander and deputies followed. The alert ended during the ceremony and remaining swearing ins were postponed to later.
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Court House
Edwards. Delaplaine
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Ellis C. Wachter
Delaplaine
Court of Appeals At
Annapolis
Wachter
Frederick County
Albert Y. Boileau
Arthur H Lambert
G. Oscar Rhoads
Jane Gaver
Martha Reynolds
Horace M. Alexander
R. Paul Buhrman
Paul B Rhoads
C Fred Knock
Roy L. Mumford
Katherine Alexander
Sylvia S. Alexander
Orphans Court
Register of Wills
Richardson
Pinkney A Richardson
T. Clyde Boutson
J. Welty Fahrney
Court of Appeals
O'Conor
Carroll T. Bond
Baltimore
Benjamin A. Johnson
Salisbury
O’conor
D. Lindley Sloan
Cumberland
Johnson
Edward S. Delaplaine
Frederick
Ridgely P. Melvin
C. Gua Grason
Towson
Stephen Collins
Chestertown
Ogle Marbury
Upper Marlboro
Bethlehem Steel plant in Johnstown closes during walkout
Six Bethlehem Steel Company departments at the Johnstown Pennsylvania plant halted operations today as a walkout by CIO United Steelworkers over the interpretation of President Roosevelt's wage freezing order. The shutdown affects plates intended for thirty destroyers a month and follows ongoing contract disputes.
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Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Company
CIO
United Steelworkers
Roosevelt
Second Snow Falls In Less Than Week
December's second snow in less than a week blanketed the city with half an inch to an inch of accumulation before skies cleared. Seaman Robert William Wallace, 20, of Allentown, Pa., son of Mr and Mrs D R Wallace and brother of Hood College publicist Mary E Wallace, served on the High Ty Sentt train transport torpedoed near Casablanca. His family has yet to learn details of his status as information remains unavailable. Wallace joined the service last June and trained at Norfolk, Va.
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Robert William Wallace
D. R Wallace
Allentown
Mary E. Wallace
Hood College
Casablanca
Wallace
Norfolk
Heavy Cruiser Crew Endures 84 Hours Without Sleep
Officers recount the Savo Island battle off Guadalcanal where their heavy cruiser fought Japanese forces. They describe firing volleys, spotting and sinking ships, and rescuing survivors while remaining alert for further threats as dawn revealed the debris of a fierce engagement.
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William Hipple
U.S
Savo Island
Guadalcanal
Six Groups Pool USO Funds For Servicemen Welfare
Six agencies forming the United Service Organizations pool funds to provide entertainment and comforts for servicemen, aiming to raise 32 million nationally with 15 thousand targeted for Frederick county. The drive supports USO programs, United China Relief, and War Prisoners’ Aid, including clubhouses, staff, concerts, lectures, and mobile units.
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United Service Organizations
Tnc
Frederick County
United States Service Organizations
Young Men's Christian Associations
National Catholic Community Service
Salvation Army
Young Women’s Christian Associations
Jewish Welfare Board
National Travelers Aid Association
USO
United China Relief
War Prisoners’ Aid Committee
United States
Rail Workers to Seek $3 Daily Wage Increase
Representatives of 350000 railroad operating employees announced today they would ask for a 30 percent increase in wages or a minimum raise of $3 a day from the nation’s carriers. The move signals a major pay rise push amid ongoing labor talks in Chicago.
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Chicago
Two German Officers Free After Prison Break in Ontario
Gravenhurst Ont Dec 9 two of seven German Air Force officers who escaped last night from a prison camp near here remained at large today as police led a broad search through northern and central Ontario.
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Gravenhurst
Ont
Here
Ontario
Turin Bombed Again by RAF Heavy Raid Over Turin
London reports a night strike by British bombers over Turin causing very heavy damage to the Royal Arsenal and Fiat works. One bomber was shot down with all seven crewmen killed. the raid was described as among the heaviest of the campaign with Italy citing civilian evacuations and unclear casualty totals.
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London
Alps
Turin
Royal Arsenal
Fiat
Britain
Mussolini
Italy
Bomber Command
OPA Assures Occupation Mileage For A Coupon Holders
The Office of Price Administration acted to assure eastern motorists their necessary occupational mileage despite the A coupon value drop from four to three gallons. An OPA ruling allows A book holders in states with three gallons to qualify for supplemental rations if they prove need for more than 90 miles of occupational driving monthly. The amendment retains the 90 miles for necessary family driving and does not alter that provision. Stocks were irregular in New York with few leaders extending yesterday’s gains amid war news and concerns over rates after Henderson Byrnes move.
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Washington
Duc
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Henderson-Byrnes
Allies Use Heavy Artillery and Planes in Tunisian Fight
Allied forces pressed the Tebourba front with heavy artillery and air power as Axis positions near Bizerte and Tunis faced renewed pressure. American pilots aided ground operations, while Allied command sought a fresh drive despite a brief forward-area lull and rising tank losses for the enemy.
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London
Tebourba
Bizerte
Tunis
Alfed
Matin
Ujatsia
Cairo
Tunisia
Libya
Lampedusa
Sicily
Riverto
Fire devastates Seacliff Women’s Wing in deadly blaze
In Wellington on December 9 a massive fire destroyed the women’s wing of Seacliff Mental Hospital. Thirty seven female patients perished in the blaze, one of New Zealand’s worst hospital fires.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Seacliff Mental Hospital
Foe Smashed Again In Effort To Take Reinforcements
Destruction of one Japanese warship and heavy damage to three others by American dive bombers and torpedo planes from Guadalcanal Ishind in the Solomons was reported. A sinking vessel and flames marked the morning after the December 3 attack as Japanese efforts to reinforce Guadalcanal were frustrated. Ten float planes were shot down, and losses included one U S dive bomber, one torpedo plane, and one fighter.
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United States
Sea Victory
Solomon Islands
Wiliam Hipple
Associated Press
Sago Island
Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Navy
Navy Department
Santa Isabel
New Georgia Islands
South Pacific
Halion J Lie
Guadallcanal
Frederick celebrates a smooth daylight air alert
Frederick city and county ran a daylight air raid alert that lasted about 18 minutes with a notably smooth operation. The yellow warning sounded at 10 08 and the red at 10 27, followed by an all clear once traffic halted and people sheltered.
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Publc
Maryland to Begin Draft Registration for 18 year olds
Baltimore December 9 Maryland draft headquarters issued instructions for next registrants. Men born July 1 1924 to December 31 1934 must register at local draft boards Friday through month end. Previously registered 18 and 19 year olds should not re register. If called for service during the latter half of the academic year a stay may be requested. students will not be deferred.
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Baltimore
Maryland
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