Jap War Factories Damaged By Earthquake Report
Osaka Hamamatsu Shimizu Nagoya Shizuoka areas reported factory and home damage after a major Thursday quake that also generated a tidal wave. Domei and later reports cited light overall destruction with casualties. Tokyo reportedly untouched while reconstruction began promptly.
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Tokyo
Osaka
Japan
Domei Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Hamamatsu
Shimuzu
Shinmusu
Tokyo Net
Do-mei
Shizuoka
Shimizu
Nagoya
Nagano
Central Meteorological Observatory
Domei
Tela
Miye
Sea of
Enshu
Honshu
Nee
Shizucki
Better Cheaper Cotton Garments Urged by Consumer Groups
Washington reports consumer organizations urging a House Agriculture Committee cotton inquiry to push cheaper better garments made from cotton. Seven groups read views through Caroline F. Ware of AAUW, noting shortages, quality issues, and price pressures. Proposals include synthetic competition, tariff reductions, expanded research, and government financing to boost exports and new uses for cotton.
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Washington
Congressional
House Agriculture Postwar Planning Committee
Caroline F. Ware
American Association of University Women
Neves Sweey Bie
A. B. Cox
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
Government seizes Cudahy Brothers packing plants
President Roosevelt ordered the War Department to take over and operate the Cudahy Brothers Packing Company facilities at Cudahy Wisconsin due to a threatened work disruption. The action aims to secure supplies of fresh and canned meat for civilian and military use as the War Labor Board struggles to settle a dispute with the workers' union.
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Washington
Cudahy Brothers Packing Company
Cudahy, Wis
Roosevelt
War Department
War Labor Board
Bemes Workers’ Union
Wenesisy
War Interpreted By Kirkel Simpson Associated Press
Front line reports from the Aachen sector indicate German forces delaying a retreat while Allied forces press toward the Saar basin and Rhine. The Saar region, once vital for war industry, has lost most value as Allied forces control coal and ore sources, but remains a strategic screen for Rhine communications as winter offensives continue.
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Aachen
West Front
Roer
Erft
Rhine
Saar
Duren
Linnich
Meuse
Venloo
Ertt
Aachen-Arnhem
Saarbrucken- Rhine
Siegfried Line
Germany
Saar Basin
Lorraine
Ruhr
Saarland
Franco Russian Pact Hinted By Paris Officials
Paris officials predict a Franco Russian alliance before De Gaulle returns from Moscow. The plan mirrors a 20 year British Soviet military aid style pact with closer ties, possibly a Soviet delegation in Paris and outfitting French units with Russian materiel. Shells and rifle ammunition may see wartime production cuts starting January 1 as WPB weighs civilian and military needs.
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Paris
France
Soviet
Russia
de Gaulle
Moscow
Quai D'Orsay
Hingian
Cigil
War Production Board
WPB
Bookkeeper Charged With Stealing About 40000 Dollars
New York reports that Madeline Dunnigan 22 a bookkeeper confessed to stealing about 40000 dollars from her employer over a year. She allegedly raised salaries without consent and gave gifts to servicemen and friends while funding parents medical care and personal purchases. Arraignment set for tomorrow on grand larceny.
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New York
Francis X. Clark
Madeline Dunnigan
Clark
$100 Fine For Fast Driving
An automobile embezzler awaiting grand jury action faced a hearing in Magistrate Edward J. Smith's court on charges of exceeding 70 miles per hour while fleeing Frederick County officers. Kenneth Shultz of Brunswick, held on $1,900 bond, was captured near Poolesville after Montgomery County Police forced a wrecked car into a roadside ditch. He admitted the five mile start made speed testimony difficult. He was found guilty of speeding and fleeing. Other defendants, including Charles E. Geisler and Luther Williams, faced fines for trespass and assault and battery, with collateral forfeitures and town exit orders completing the docket.
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Edward J. Smith
Frederick County
Kenneth Shultz
Brunswick
Frederick
Sergt
Frank Dorsey
Shultz
Montgomery County
Shurtz
Charles E. Geisler
Urbana
Roger E. Geisbert
Luther Williams
Mt. Jackson
Geisler
Geisbert
E. J. Thompson
Washington
Clifford Smith
John W. Smith
Burkittsville
Feetterick Stake
Shookstown
Dale Ogle
Middletown
Middletown Soldier Is Slightly Wounded
Staff Sergeant Albert Vernon Shafer, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Shafer near Middletown, was informed by the War Department that he was slightly wounded in Germany on November 18. He had earlier learned he was injured in combat and had been moved to a hospital for treatment.
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Joseph E. Shafer
Middletown
War Department
Albert Vernon Shafer
Germany
Sergi
Shafer
Grover C. Gaver
Smithsburg
Pvt
Cecil T. Gaver
Leste
Heavy 24-hour rainfall boosts Frederick water but ends deer hunting
The area recorded the heaviest 24-hour rainfall since September 13 with about one and a half inches, lifting Fishing Creek reservoir five feet and threatening more gains. Linganore Creek flooded the filtration plant, forcing an overnight drain on mountain reserves as rain continued. Deer hunting was largely halted with eight to ten drenched hunters observed, no deer killed, and season ending today. State troopers and game wardens reported heavy rain in the mountains and limited deer sightings.
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Frederick City
Fishing Creek
Linganore Creek
den Benjamin F. Phebus
Pebus
Bruce A‘ Bruchey
Thurimont
Frank Weddle
Supremecenter Allied Supplies Reach Front From America
Paris reports United States armies in France now receive about 75 percent of their supplies directly from America due to fast port repairs. Rouen and Le Havre have been restored and handle more tonnage, with Antwerp increasingly used and Cherbourg retained. These ports bring supply lines 500 to 400 miles closer to the battle, aiding Eisenhower's winter offensive. Royal air force gyro gun sights enable engagement of enemy planes at over 400 meters with two adjustments needed.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
United States
France
Atlantic
America
Rouen
le Havre
Antwerp
Cherbourg
Eisenhower
Encouraging Results From New Drug Prostigmine
Washington reports a six month US Public Health Service study of prostigmine in 209 cases. Dr. Hermin Kabat said improvement appeared in 50 percent of patients with stroke neuritis chronic inflammation and other persistent muscular ailments. While too early to define a role, results are described as definitely promising.
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Washington
Hermin Kabat
United States Public Health Service
Kabat
USPHS
First GL Loans For Veterans Await Approval In Maryland
Baltimore reports the first of over 700 applications for Government loans under the GL bill is near approval. The VA guarantees the first 2000 of a loan to eligible veterans through approved lenders, with current focus on home loans. About 259 Maryland applications received. typical requests run 5,000 to 6,000 dollars. Eligibility requires 90 days service and honorable discharge.
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Baltimore
William L. Limsurg
Vetera Administration
Maryland
Veterans Administration
Limburg
Limourg
Belgian collaboration cases loom in Belgian courts martial
Brussels reports nearly 600 cases of alleged German collaboration under preliminary court martial review. About 150 condemned to death, two executed, and many top Belgian industrial figures expected to face trial in coming months. Some 71,000 suspected collaborators are jailed awaiting trial, with around 1,000 already released. A separate fire alarm story notes a chimney fire at 239 South Market Street, extinguished by United and Citizens fire companies after a call from ex-mayor Lloyd C. Cuiler.
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Brussels
Fed
United
Citizens Fire Companies
South Market Suic
Lloyd C.cuiler
Eighteen Months For Assault In Brunswick
Charles Leroy Sweeney 36 from Washington received eighteen months in the House of Corrections for assault and battery after striking Rayne Whipp of Brunswick with a beer crate and biting her ear during a restaurant melee. Bond set at 2500 pending appeal as witnesses describe a chaotic incident with Whipp seeking police.
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Howard Martvin Jones
Brunswick
Washington
House of Correation
Charles Leroy Sweeney
Rayne Whipp
Magiskate Jones
Jones
William Sphnanffer
Sweeney
Whipp
Merriman
War boom in babies ends in Maryland report
Maryland health officials report a slight drop in birth rate in the third quarter and in infant mortality, with a further decline expected due to many husbands in military zones. The bulletin notes a period of rapid increase from 1939 to 1943 may have ended amid wartime conditions. Grandson of Mt Alty residents killed in action in Belgium in November. A Prague resettlement note describes a planned new town for teetotalers non-smokers and vegetarians.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Department’ of Health
Minuters
Department
Ormoc push advances as U S troops close on outskirts
In the Leyte campaign, U S divisions break toward Ormoc outskirts as 32nd and 7th Divisions advance from north and southeast. Casualties rise, six small enemy ships sunk, paratroop attempts reported near San Pablo. Two Ferguson Co. workers injured when car skids on Route 13 near Catoctin Furnace.
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Camp Downs
Ormoe
U. S. 32Nd
Ormoc
Ormos
U. S. 7Th Division
Baloge
77Th Division
San Pablo
Leyte
Royal Arch Gunnison
Luzon
Legaspi
George Forster
NBC
77Th
Senate Bill Freezes Social Security Taxes At 1945 Levels
The Senate passed today and sent to an uncertain White House fate a bill freezing social security payroll taxes during 1945 at present levels.
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White House
Washington
Dee
Senate
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Robert Harris
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