Lieut Phelps Missing In Action From Raid Loss
Lieut John Kenneth Phelps is reported missing in action by the War Department after a raid over Germany and France on November 26. He had served with the U S Eighth Air Force and earlier earned his wings at Columbus Army Flying School.
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U. S. Eighth Air Force
Germany
France
John Kenneth Phelps
Benjamin Orman Phelps
Jefferson
Acton
War Department
Bremen
Pas de Calais
Cherbourg
Adjutant Generals Office
P. E. Co
Lieut
Phelps
Potomac Edison Company
Columbus
Miss
Camden
Bainbridge
Mississippi
England
U.S. Air Corps
North Sea
Eighth Air Force Command
Lieut. Phelps
Shortage Of Whiskey Creates Yuletide Boom In Neckties
New York reports a Christmas trend where neckties replace whiskey as gifts due to shortages. Department stores see brisk sales, with 400 five-dollar cravats snapped at Lord and Taylor. Manufacturers note a war-time boom driven by silk substitutes and luxury lines selling for 25 to 50 dollars.
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New York
Lord and Taylor’s
Bachrach
Sulka
Caarvet
D Arsac
Darsac
Smith Urges Byrd as Independent South Party Presidential Hope
South Carolina Senator Smith, a Democrat for 35 years, urged colleagues to form an independent Southern Democratic party to back Harry F Byrd for President. He said the South should mobilize behind a candidate of its choosing to secure a decent president and warned against a repeated “holy alliance” with Republicans. He spoke amid attacks on Byrd and the administration’s voting bill, aligning with Bailey's proposal for a regional party to wield electoral power.
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Washington
Ellison
D -Cotten
Edi Smith
South Carolina
South
Behid
Harry F Byrd
D-Vai
Gurley
D-Pa
Byrd
Smith
Senate
Bailey
DNC
Harry Byrd
Calvary Methodist Bible Class Holds Christmas Meeting
A Christmas Bible class gathering of Calvary Methodist Church, In His Steps, with Mrs Harvey Kester presiding, 20 members present. Reports approved, roll call and verses recited, Christmas creed read, Handy Basket items donated, fairybox gifts, social period, refreshments served, 1944 officers listed. Unrelated note on Chinese language syllables included.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Harvey Kester
Kester
Edward Pearl
Raymond Ford
Edith Radcliffe
Frank Main
J. J. Schmidt
Sunderestl
Charles Murmor
Mary Castle
Charles Dodd
Usher Hall
Truman, Lippy
Roy Haris
Strong Naval Forces Bombard Nauru Island and Jaluit
Washington reports strong naval forces bombed Nauru Island in the South Central Pacific while a Liberator sank a patrol boat at Jaluit and probably destroyed a medium freighter and two small vessels. Carrier aircraft and bombardment hit Nauru as part of ongoing heavy attacks on Japanese positions in the Marshalls.
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Washington
Nauru
Jaluit
Marshalls
Navy
Fleet Air Wing Two
Mille
Gilberts
Guadalcanal
Truk
Ask
Seventh Army Air Force
Births rise sharply in Frederick area over six years
Frederick and vicinity births increased 49 percent in six years with deaths steadier. Through December 1, 1943 births reached 799 with an estimated 75 to 80 more this month, likely pushing the year above 800, compared with 585 in 1938.
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Frederick
Pearl Harbor
Annual Warning Not To Cut Christmas Greens
Baltimore December 9 state forester Joseph F. Kaylor warned that pilferers of Christmas greens are across Maryland counties. Unauthorized cutting of holly mistletoe ferns moss and even Christmas trees is a misdemeanor with fines up to 25 or 90 days in jail or both. He urged landowners to post property to deter trespass for safety and forest protection.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Joseph F. Kaylor
Kaylor
Department of Forests and Parks
Notre Dame Leads All America Eleven Picks by Colliers
Four Notre Dame players and two Michigan standouts earn spots on Colliers Magazine fifty fourth annual All America team announced in New York. First team includes ends Pete Pihos Indiana Herb Hein Northwestern tackles James White Notre Dame Art McCaffray College of the Pacific guards Patrick Finley Notre Dame Mel Prejfulman Michigan center Cassimir Myslinski Army backs Angelo Bertelli Notre Dame Creighton Miller Notre Dame Robert Odell Pennsylvania William Dailey Michigan.
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New York
Notre Dame
Michigan
Colliers Magazine
Pete Pihos
Indiana
Herb Hein
Northwestern
Iackles
James White
Art McCaffray
College For the Pacific
Patrick Filney
Mel Pre Jfulman
Cassamir Myslinski
Army
Angelo Bertelli
Creighton Miller
Robert Odell
Pennsylvania
William Dailey
Butchering Accident Takes Junior Fire Driver From Duty
A Thurmont butchering mishap left Louis F. Esterly home with a badly dislocated shoulder and possible arm fracture. While operating a grinder, his left sleeve caught on a bolt, wrenching his arm and tearing clothing to the waist. He drove his car for treatment after the incident, while three hogs were butchered nearby by George Wisner. A cousin, Charles Wisner, was injured similarly weeks earlier.
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Thurmont
Louis F. Esterly
Moster Avenue
George Wisner
Esterly
Frederick
Wisner
Charles Wisner
Adamstown
Esterley to be replaced by Relief Driver Green
Esterley stated his position would be filled by Relief Driver Glen G. Green. A note on the term Aryan clarifies that in Germany it refers to language and has no link to a German racial heritage.
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Esterley
Glen G. Green
Germany
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Benne
Chrislinad
C. C. Carty, Inc
Patrick Street
Carty
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