Girl Flyer Trained Here Among 17 Killed in Omaha Crash
Omaha officials investigate the December 9 crash at the municipal airport that killed 17 aboard a Lockheed advanced trainer. The plane, based at Cimarron Field Oklahoma City, carried ferry pilots and was en route to Tinker Field Oklahoma. One victim, Verna Turner, had trained at Stevens airport near Lewistown and had taken flying lessons for two years. Marilyn Himes of Alexandria VA declined a ferry pilot position, later substituted by Turner before the fatal flight.
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Omaha
Army Air Force
Cimarron Field
Oklahoma City
Okla
Kansas City
Tinker Field
Dick Martin
County
Verna Turner
Stevens
Lewistown
Marilyn Himes
Joseph H. Himes
Prospect Hall
Himes
Alexandria
County tax rate to stay at present level in 1945
County Commissioners announced the 1945 tax rate will not rise above the current 1.14 per 100, though final approval awaits December estimates from the State Tax Commission. They expect school and welfare budgets to hold and foresee a large year end balance in the 310,000 emergency fund.
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State Tax Commission
County Roads Board
Pfc Easton Wounded in Germany in World War II
Pfc Earl P Easton was seriously wounded in infantry action in Germany on November 23 according to a War Department telegram received by his wife Mrs June Easton. A day earlier she had a letter from him dated November 23 from a hospital in Belgium saying he had been wounded. He is 21, Fredrick High School graduate 1940, employed by Modern Lighting Co. and has been overseas since September.
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Earl P. Easton
Germany
War Department
June Easton
West Fifth Street
Harry M. Easton
Motter Avenue
Holand
Frederick High School
Modern Lighting Company
Clarence Schrayer
Oscar Schrayer
Pleasant Walk
Middletown
Joey
Sehroyer Veda
Talks With Local Men Along Roer River Front
War correspondent Holbrook Bradley reports from an observation post on the Ninth Army Roer river line in Germany. He spoke with several men from Company A of the 115th Infantry including Sgt. Charles E. Shawver and First Sgt. Alton Shaff. Other veterans named were Ferrell Hensley Sis Lennis Pittinger James Johnson and Sgt. Shaff who tends the machine guns. Bradley notes German defenses remain strong with pocketed positions along the river.
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Ninth Army
Roer River
Germany
Holbrook Bradley
Sunpapers
115Th Infantry
Bradley
Charles E. Shawver
Dickerson
Alton Shaff
Company A
Sis
Lennis Pittinger
Thurmont
Ferrell Hensley
New Market
James Johnson
Frederick
Hensley
Snaif
Encircled Rome Forces Capture San Prospero
Eighth Army troops tighten ring on Faenza area by taking San Prospero on the Lamone west bank a mile and a half west of the Bologna Rimini highway. The advance is about three miles from Pideura as Allied HQ calls the fighting around Faenza, Imola, and Bologna particularly bitter.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Faenza
San Prospero
Lamone
Pideura
Imola
Po Valley
Bologna
Powder Plant Blast Shakes Oakland Area
A large explosion at the Hercules powder plant near Oakland occurred about 8 30 a m Pacific War Time. The blast shook buildings within 1.08 miles and was felt as far as the city. Initial reports were incomplete with a guard noting two workers near the magazine may be dead while others were injured by flying glass.
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Oakland
Calif
Hercules
Here
Public meeting to feature Whiteman and Washington speakers
Barbara Fritchey of Cuyahoga County War Finance asks about John Paul Jones and Daniel Boone heads publicity for a Cleveland event. Paul Whiteman of the underwriters group and George Washington of the Urban League are named as speakers for the meeting.
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Cleveland
Barbara Fritchey
John Paul Jones
Miss Fritehsie
Cuyahoga County War Finance Committee
Huey
J Jones
Youngstown
Daniel Boone
Paul Whiteman
George Washington
The
Urban League
Christmas Touch Felt In This City
Christmas displays and Santa visits mark the Yuletide season as Frederick residents anticipate peak holiday business. Merchants report brisk trade aided by mail early and gifts for service members sent ahead. The city plans to sell Christmas trees at Linganore and East Second Street with a no delivery policy and 15 tree discounts, while strict flameproofing rules curb decorative paper use to prevent fires and protect wartime supplies.
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Frederick
Hush V. Gittinger
Linganore
East Second Street
Tin Boonsboro
Harry Beacht
East Seventh Street
Chevrolet Autof
Frank Sevits
State Police
Elas Troops Concentrate Near Athens Amid Fighting
Leftist Elas forces mass north of Athens with 800 to 1,200 men besieging a Greek mountain brigade in a northeastern barracks. Mortars clash with British tanks as divisions 33rd and second Elas mobilize toward Hassia. A British ambulance driver was captured on the Athens Piraeus road. The EAM seeking ceasefire talks, Crete sees EOK and ELA guerillas move to avoid civil war. Helen of Greece’s Athens residence attacked.
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Athens
Elas
Hassia
Piraeus
Elevys
EOK
Helen
Greece
George
Budapest Sealed Off by Danube Front Near Vac
London reports Soviet push toward Budapest from the north as Russian forces advance along the Danube. Berlin cites continued heavy fighting and strategic aims to seal the capital north of the city near Vac. Separate items note a Maryland airman wounded in Germany, an arrest for stealing a Greyhound bus in Baltimore, and a fire at Oaklawn Park barns destroying eight racehorses.
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Vac
London
Stalin
Rodion Mali- Thovsky
Danube
Berlin
Touday
Transocean
Hatvan
Astad
Vienna
Moscow
Ukraine
Ercst
Malinovski
Csepel
Front lines advance across western and central Europe in World War II
Allied and U.S. forces push toward the Siegfried Line and Saar region. Canadian First Army holds Venlo area in Holland. American forces seize high ground between Julich and Duren on the Roer. The Third and Seventh Armies drive into Saarland and along the Saar, with French forces closing a gap near Mulhouse and Sarreguemines. Heavy house to house fighting continues at Sarreguemines as divisions press the encirclement.
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Associated Press
Rotty Villand
Germany
Venlo
Holland
U.S First Army
Julich
Daren
Roer
U.S
Sarregue
Siegfried Line
Saarlnutern
Saarbrucken
U.S. Seventh Army
Reich Frontier
First Army
Mulhouse
Colo
Sarreguemines
Bath
Saar
Sul
Saarlautern
95Th
Paris
Third Army
Supreme
Supreme Headquarters
Sue Pebe
Neuf Brisach
Rhing
Colmar
Cologne
Jilich
Thirty-Fifth
Suar
Sarregue Mines
Sarreinsming
Dillingen
Artillers
Siegfried
Sth
Rail Town Regained in Chinese Campaign
Chinese high command announced Shangssu, a rail town 18 miles south of recaptured Tuhshan, was retained as operations to clear Kwei chow province of Japanese continue. The Tuhshan sector is cleared of enemy remnants with pursuit to the south. Chiang Kai-Shek forces have ousted most invaders. General Chen Cheng said the retreating enemy is being pursued near Liming Pass northeast of Liuchai after defeat at Tubshan.
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Shunraku Hata
China
Hata
Chongking
Shangssu
Tuhshan
Kweichow Province
High Command
Kweiyang
Kwangsi Province
Kweichow
Burma
Kunming
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chen Cheng
Liming
Dawn
Kwangsi
Liuchai
Tubshan
Pfc Lee May May Lose Sight Of One Eye
Pfc William F Lee of Adamstown reports in a letter via Red Cross that he has been wounded in action in Germany and fears losing sight in one eye. He received the Purple Heart and says he is sending the eye home. Only source confirms prior wounding on November 8 with General Hodges First Army.
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William F. Lee
Adamstown
Oneye
Lee
Hodge
Germany
Jit
Red Cross
the Lenicher
D. W. Lee
Soviet Press Reports Greek Situation With No Editorial Comment
Moscow dispatch notes extensive Soviet press and radio coverage of the Greek situation today while avoiding any editorial commentary. The coverage focuses on developments and official statements without analytic or opinion content.
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Moscow
US Planes Raid Tokyo Reported By Jap Radio
The Associated Press says America planes raided Tokyo with one bomber over the capital and incendiaries dropped. A second sortie followed an hour later, plus an hour-long raid on the Seto Naikai coast. Tokyo gave no damage reports and noted a nerve-war tactic.
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Associated Press America
Tokyo
Sex Carey Today
Apanese Time
Takyu
Jan Hou Xox
Wang
Federal Communications “Commission
Inkuni Seal
Seta Naikai
Honshu
Shikoku
Kyushu
Kure
Japan Loses 13 Admirals in Tokyo Announcements
Japanese naval headquarters at Yokosuka announced 13 more admirals killed in air and sea battles linked to the American push to retake the Philippines. Vice Admiral Hideo Yano, previously a Navy press chief, had earlier disclosed seven deaths, bringing totals to 32 admirals since early September. Names listed include Vice Admirals Takehisa Tsuji mura Hideo Yann Yaemeshisata and Ichimatsu Takahashi Rear Admirals Senzaburo Tonomura Rinzo Kurosaki Kakua Kishigawa Saburo Ashina Migi Horiuchi Shigeri Takeshita Iwao Oka Masayasu Tsuji and Surgeon Rear Admiral Yukichi Odajima. Yokosuka remains the largest Pacific base.
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Ghana
Philippines
Yokosuka Naval Station
Hideo Yano
Navy
Tokyo
Federal Commmunications Commission
Domei
Takehisa Tsujimura
Hideo Yann
Yaemeshisata
Ichimatsu Takahashi
Senzaburo Tonomura
Rinzo Kurosaki
Kakua Kishigawa
Saburo Ashina
Migi Horiuchi
Shigeri Takeshita
Iwao Oka
Masayasu Tsuji
Yukichi Odajima
Yokosuka
Aomori
Iwate
Miyag
Fukushima
Karafuta
Kokkaido
Sae
Ponese
Filtration Plant Land Is Acquired Near Camp Detrick
A deed records sale of Worman farm land near Wor mans Mill to the United States government for about 4600 dollars. Parcels of 4.84 and 7.41 acres plus easements total purchase near Route 15. Sellers include Miss Mary W Worman and others. A second deed covers two tracts on Main Street in Myersville sold for about 4000 dollars. Also note: American planes raid Stuttgart yards with 1500 tons of bombs in a west and south attack.
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Worman
Worman's Mil
United States
Camp Detrick
Monocracy River
Route 15
Mary W. Worman
Anna M. Thanmias
Louis Lyrn
Harts Ry Warman
Baltimore
Myersville
Amory
Lorenzo
Wishful Thinking? Nazi Propaganda Broadcasts Reported
London dispatch reports propaganda broadcasts attributed to a U boat commander and an AI figure claiming recent visits to Hitler's headquarters. They allegedly stated that the Führer looks fresh and well as part of a propaganda campaign.
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London
Navi
Hitler
Mitler
Communists To Have Part In Government
Chiang Kai-shek has agreed in principle to the participation of the Communists in the national government and in directing military operations. The development follows changes including T. V. Soong becoming Acting Premier. Chou En-lai is expected back to Yenan to implement any agreed coalition and joint army direction.
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Chiangking
Dee
Issung Chiang Kai-shek
Ching
T. V. Soong
China
Tk Wag
Chou En-Lai
Yenan
Chungking
White Story Is Criticised In Pravda Attack
A Pravda commentator attacks American correspondent William White son of William Allen White for a trip to the Soviet Union he says aimed to spread calumny. White drew on his trip with U S Chamber of Commerce president Eric Johnston to critique Russian workers and industry in a forthcoming book.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda Today
William L. White
William Allen White
Kans. Gazette
Russia
David Zaslavsky
White
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Eric Johnston
Soviet Union
Zaslavsky
Pravda
Dashirsky
Chamber of Commerce
Watever
Johnston
Sforza Explains Quit of Badoglio Pact
Count Carlo Sforza said he abandoned his pledge to support Marshal Badoglio to avoid foreign opposition and due to fears of a new Poland style regime in Italy. He claimed his opposition aimed to safeguard national interests despite Britain backing Badoglio and Churchill's comments in Parliament.
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Rame
Carlo Sforza
U.S. State Department
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Sforza
Britain
Churchill
House of Commons
Badoglio
Saar Front Shifts as US Third Army Breaks into Saarbrucken
Paris reports US Third Army troops push house to house in eastern Saarbrucken after forcing a Saar valley advance. American units seize pillboxes in the Siegfried Line while eight Saar towns smolder from fighter bomber strikes and German defenses resist in Dillingen and Sarreguemines.
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Paris
Third Army
Sarregue
Saar
Saar Valley
Saarbrucken
Heavy Buying Sends Market Ticker Behind on Sat
For the first time in over six months heavy buying and selling orders briefly paused the ticker tape two minutes behind floor transactions. Volume surged to one of the largest Saturdays since last June, signaling brisk activity on the New York stock market.
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York
Exchange
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Louis Mountbatten
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