10 Dec 1942
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1942
Page
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Local Draft Board One spokesmen say the January selective service call will largely involve 20 year old registrants with few deferments for dependents. The 1-B group is being dissolved and a final 38th birthday purge depleted colored registrants. Registration for 18 year olds from mid 1942 begins tomorrow, with induction to follow and no volunteer help anticipated.
A Vichy radio dispatch quoted Prime Minister Tojo in Tokyo saying Japan can now face victory. The remark appeared in an interview with German and Italian journalists marking the first anniversary of Rome and Berlin declaring war on the United States, following Japan’s Pearl Harbor attack.
London dispatch reports crowds in Rome in front of St Peters shouting long live peace after Pope Pius XII led a Feast of the Immaculate Conception service. The Stockholm paper Dagens Nyheter printed the Rome dispatch via Reuters.
William C. Neidig of Frederick dies at 11 45 p m at 108 West Third street He was born August 22 1857 near Walkersville and married Emma Winebrenner in 1880 He directed Fountain Rock farm and served as a director and vice president of Frederick Brick Works He leaves two children and several grandchildren Funeral at Evangelical Reformed Trinity Chapel with interment at Mt Olivet cemetery
Berlin reports via Transocean say Infantry General Zeitzler becomes chief of the army general staff marking an announced shift in the Nazi high command. Zeitzler, ally of Himmler and former at Hitler's headquarters, was a colonel at the war’s start.
A federal grand jury in Harrisburg Pennsylvania said charges by U S Commissioner Sidney E Friedman alleging fraud and bribery at the $40 000 000 Mechanisburg naval supply depot were unwarranted and based on no fact The panel decided not to issue indictments to avoid hindering the ongoing investigation and was excused by Judge Albert L Watson until January.
Turin endured another heavy Allied air raid as Royal Air Force bombers struck the city on the Po last night. The Italian high command reported extensive damage and fires with 75 killed and 112 wounded from the prior raid, while observers noted cross channel flights and Swiss protests over neutrality.
Wheeling city finances show rising municipal salaries and falling deficits as the National Municipal League notes the 10.50 per thousand tax rate is the nation's lowest. City manager Robert L. Plummer credits seven years of balanced budgets and proportional representation from 1935 with a more representative government and improved public interest outcomes.
United States Twelfth Air Force bombed the port of Sfax in Tunisia in a night raid led by Major General James H. Doolittle's group. Medium bombers struck docks warehouses rail yards and oil tanks with fires seen for 75 miles. All planes returned safely.
Baltimore December 10 Leo H McCormick state director of the Office of Price Administration said traveling salesmen dealing in essential commodities would be permitted about 65 percent of their last year's mileage under a modification of the mileage regulation.
District air raid wardens and OCD personnel will convene for a demonstration on new German incendiary bombs now in use. The devices include a longer magnesi um shell, a seven inch TNT charge, and time fuses delaying explosions. In firefighting plans, wardens will wait for the blast before extinguishing any flames. A mass meeting may be held later with expert Simon Clopper of Maryland.
Soviet dispatches say the Red Army pushed seven miles into central front lines near Velikie Luki recapturing 13 settlements while German attempts to regain the initiative at Stalingrad falter. Ski troops and tanks, white for snow camouflage, probe Nazi communications as the central front extends northwest of Moscow from Rehev to Velikie Luki. Red Star notes Germans renew defensive fire in Stalingrad factory district as Russians target pill boxes and fortifications.
Dr. Vasili I. Komarewsky, Illinois Tech chemist, tells Sigma XI that completed synthetic rubber plants could meet U S military needs by October next year and yield lower cost, higher quality Buna rubber. He estimates 667000 tons by next October amid debate over material shortages and plant construction.
Delbert L Millam joins Frederick High School faculty to fill a vacancy since September. He has 14 years teaching in the Philippine Islands and will teach mathematics and biology. Millam earned an AB degree at Walla Walla College and a MS at Oregon State, previously teaching five years at Shenandoah Valley Academy in New Market, Virginia. He and his wife and two children reside on Wilton Avenue.
In a Paris speech to the Anglo-American Press Association General Charles De Gaulle urged that Admiral Darlan be dropped "as quickly as possible." The issue, tied to his high commission in French Africa, followed Churchill and Eden remarks in a secret Commons session and Roosevelt’s description of the arrangement as temporary. The piece notes the 1908 White House governors conference as context.
Allied forces poised to strike in Libya and Tunisia as air power grows. Reports say focus on the last 20 miles to Bizerte and Tunis amid patrols, air raids, and raids on enemy convoys near Lampe dusa Island.
Washington officials told the Newspaper Advisory committee that 1943 newsprint production would be about 24 percent below current rates due to shortages of manpower power transportation and critical materials. H S Whitaker of the War Production Board described the outlook as very conservative. WPB spokesmen signaled inevitable newspaper cutbacks.
New York reports selected stocks managed a small gain today with leaders showing little sign of rising power. Trading started decisively but near mid session fractional shifts left the market direction uncertain amid a quiet volume and a notable presence of low priced issues.
Teheran dispatch says Tranian soldiers and police fired on a crowd outside the national assembly building as students gathered. A few arrests were reported. no casualties were listed.
Frederick High School Victory Corps members have supported war work with stamps and bonds totaling 4 028.10 on Pearl Harbor Day and 73.70 for the USO drive. They handled 2 500 ration stamps letters and completed 4 000 draft questionnaires. Students prepare equipment for Red Cross Motor Corps and sew hospital items while training as fre watch ers and contributing to scrap drives under James E. Solt and Miss Margaret Besant.
Allied forces under General Douglas MacArthur announced the complete occupation of the Gona area in New Guinea, eroding the Japanese foothold near Buna. Curtin relayed the news from Canberra as Allied offensives continue with heavy air support and fresh gains around Buna and Port Moresby.
Judge Carroll T. Bond, recovering from a heart attack, took the oath of office as Chief Judge of Maryland's Court of Appeals while hospital bound. Governor O Connor traveled from Annapolis to Union Memorial Hospital to administer the oath amid attendance by Judge Benjamin A. Johnson and court chief clerk Maurice Ogle. Judge D Lindley Sloan continues temporarily as Chief Judge.
Washington reports the wartime office says Axis prisoners held in Canadian camps will be released December 12. In Frederick, bids opened for a 55000 dollar bond issue for the Frederick Housing Authority, aimed at funding white sand colored low rent housing, with awards pending final tabulation. A Berlin dispatch notes changes in Somaliland provisional governance by Brigadier General and a Vichy source.
Six short subjects will be shown at the annual Christmas show Saturday at 10 30 in the Tivoli Theater. The event, sponsored by the Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce and Warner Brothers, invites non perishables for Christmas baskets prepared by police, American Legion, Federated Charities, and Salvation Army. Entertainer Tommy O’Neil will present a comedy magic act on stage. The program includes Here Come The Cavalry Emil Colman a cartoon Conrad The Sailor Pole With The Goofy cartoon and Wabbit Troubles.
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