Well Known Resident Dies At His Frederick Home
Charles Byerly Sr a prominent Frederick photographer aged 70 years 10 months and 17 days died at his home 210 East Second Street at 4 am after several weeks illness. He was survived by his wife Regina Eisenhauer Byerly two sons John Francis Byerly Sr and Corp Charles Byerly Jr and four grandchildren. The body lay at 6 East Patrick Street then to the East Second Street home for services Wednesday at 2 pm with private interment Mt Olivet Cemetery.
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Charles Byerly
Frederick
East Second Street
Mr. Byerly
J. Davis
Mary Markell Byerly
Old Frederick Academy
Jacob Byerly
J. Davis Byerly
North Market Street
Byerly
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Frederick Lodge
Regina Eisenhauer Byerly
John Francis Byerly
Washington, and
Corp
United States
Marion Reeves
John Francis
Henrietta Scott
Mary Barbara Byerly
East Patrick Street
Second Street
Mt. Olivet
Sforza Denies Churchill Pressured Him On Italian Crown
Rome reports Count Carlo Sforza accused Prime Minister Churchill of pressuring him to back King Vittorio Emanuele as Italy’s ruler. Sforza said he had no doubts about his stance toward the monarchy and denied authoring a letter to the U.S. State Department. Churchill silent on the claim as Britain weighs the dispute.
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Rome
Carlo Sforza
Churchill
Britain
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Ivanoe Bonomi
London
Sforza
Bonomi
U. S. State Department
America
Marsie
Water ban easing eyed as Linganore plant resumes full operation
Freder ick officials expect quicker relief from the strict water ban as Linganore creek filtration returns to full capacity of 2,000,000 gallons a day with future filter upgrades planned. Fishing Creek dam water rose slowly as added precipitation looms, while a light snow fell in Cumberland and surrounding areas.
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Frederick City
Linganore Creek
Fishing Creek
Cumberland
CAA
Midwest
Linganore
Hugh W. Gittinger
Frederick
Olewiler Is Back In Pen In Maryland Murder Case
Olewiler, 51, a life termisher from Tuscarora Maryland, was denied a writ of habeas corpus by Circuit Judge Frederick Lee Cobourn. He sought relief claiming unfair trial in Carroll County in 1931 and arrest without a warrant. The hearing remanded him to Maryland Penitentiary after testimony from Neal Park and Austin James. He was convicted of murdering Maurice Anglebower, Frederick fireman, shot at Noland's Ferry along the Potomac River.
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Bel Air
Harry C. Olewiler
Tuscarora
Tormer
Maryland
Olewiler
Neal Park
Westminster
Austin James
Frederick
Maurice Anglebowwer
Noland’s Ferry
Potomac River
Operational survey for November shows heavy Allied gains
Chungking dec 11 American air operational summary reports more than 1700 Japanese killed or wounded in November and over 30000 tons of enemy shipping sunk plus six naval vessels and 274 small craft. London dec 11 British Labor party votes to stay in Churchill coalition until victory but will fight next general election independently.
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Chungking
London
British Labor Party
Churchill
Europe
Japs Claim Sinking Of More U S Ships
Japanese plans claim sinking of two large transports a traiset or large destroyer and two landing barges in Surigao Strait southeast of Leyte. A second cruiser or large destroyer was said sunk. Six planes of the Tanshin unit reportedly carried out the attack, per a Japanese communiqué relayed by the FCC.
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Associated Press
Surigao Strait
Leyte Island
Philippines
Imperial
Federal Communications Commission
Tanshin Air Unit
Special Attack Corps
2400 U S Planes Hit Nazis Hard
London dispatch reports a massive allied air strike with 1600 American heavy bombers and 800 fighters targeting rail hubs and refineries in western Germany amid a coordinated raid including British Lancasters and Mosquitoes. The operation marked the largest four engined fleet yet and faced minimal German opposition due to winter fuel issues.
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London
Germany
U.S
Eighth Air Force
Reich
Ruhr
Osterfeld
Meiderick
Bruckhausen
Berlin
U. S
Fifteenth Air Force
Austria
Italy
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Japs Chased Out Kweichow
Chinese high command announced that Japanese forces were expelled from Kweichow province and driven back over the Kwangsi border. One Japanese force was swept back after recapturing Liuchai, leaving only the column along the Yuyun Ishan trail. Chinese forces advanced toward Antan near the Kwangsi Kweichow railway, with Hsiasu retaken near the border.
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Chungking
Kweichow
Kwangsi
Chiang Kai- Shek
Liuchai
Yuyun-Ishan
Antan
Driving To Squeeze Japs Out North Burma
General Sultan's forces advance toward Mandalay from Naba and Indaw as patrols spread across under 200 miles from Mandalay. The British 36th Division seized Nava, key junction on the Myitkyina Mandalay line, and Indaw four miles west in an unopposed move yesterday. Allied air forces hit retreat routes and railway targets in southern Burma.
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Delhi
Daniel I. Sultan
Burma
Naba
Indaw
Mandalay
Nava
Myitkyina
Mogaung
Burma-Thailand
Proclamation Warns Germans Against Underground Groups
A broadcast proclamation issued in the name of Gen. Eisenhower tells the German people to avoid joining underground military organizations. The eighth OWI issued message urges stamping out militarism and surrender of items of military significance such as weapons ammunition explosives and radio transmitters.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Office of War Information
Germany
Head Of All Japanese Naval Forces Is Killed
Tokyo belatedly announced the death of Vice-Admiral Chuchi Nagume supreme commander of Japanese naval forces in action on Saipan. The report raises the tally of Japanese admirals listed as lost since May 7, with Nagumo previously identified by Admiral Nimitz. The broadcast notes Nagumo was killed in July and posthumously raised to full admiral as part of imperial honors announced by the Navy ministry.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Chuchi Nagume
Saipan
Ishand
Nagumo
Chester W. Nimitz Nagumo
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Nimitz
Central Pacific
Marumantee
Navy Ministry
Chiuchi Nagumo
Federal Communications Commission
Counter Blows Defeated Near Faenza Front
Rome reports decisive Allied success repelling large scale German counter attacks against the Bridgehead west of the Lamone as Eighth Army troopers seize San Prospero and Pideura in bloody street fighting. Germans throw 90th Panzer Grenadiers into the assault to halt the Bologna Rimini road encirclement.
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Rome
Lamone River
Faenza
San Prospero
Pidcura
Pideura
Eighth Army
Bologna-Rimini
Six Point Duck Shot by Lieut Bohn in Garrett County
Lieut Nelson R Bohn of Frederick and Braddock Heights earned a six point duck near Oakland on Thursday afternoon, the sole bird taken by his party of four brothers Walter Don lald and Charles all from Baltimore. The 155 pound deer was felled at 154 o clock. Bohn, a former Eighth Air Force navigator, is returning from nine months in England. He holds the Presidential Citation and multiple ribbons. Effective today he leaves active service and will study law at the University of Maryland starting January 3. He is the son of Harry H Bohn and recently married Bettie Stultz, now living with her parents in Braddeck Heights.
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Oakland
Nelson R. Bohn
Frederick
Braddock Heights
Bohn
Walter
Donlald
Charles
Baltimore
Motter Avenue
Bettie Stultz
William Stultz
Braddeck Heights
Government agents patrol Delaware roads to enforce poultry ban
Government agents posted along Delaware highways to enforce a government order banning civilian live poultry purchases from the Delmarva peninsula until Army needs are met. The Wilmington WFA said agents from WFA and OPA are patrolling with state police ready to assist if needed. Cooperating air truckers, handlers and processors are aiding the effort.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Delmarva Peninsula
Wilmington
The
War Foods Administration
WFA
OPA
Russians Close In On Budapest From Two Sides
Soviet forces pressed toward Budapest from the north and south as Second Ukraine Army units stood east of the Danube. German reports said Erd was captured and Hungarian leaders fled toward Sopron. A broad offensive across Poland and toward Cracow was hinted in Berlin broadcasts.
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London
Budapest
Moscow
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Danube
Pest
Red Army
Vac
Ercsi
Erd
Hungary
Sopron
Berlin
Vistula
Baranov
Poland
Cracow
Great British Fleet Sent To Far East Waters
The Admiralty announced creation of a new British Pacific fleet to join US sea power in the drive against Japan. Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser will command the fleet, with the Far Eastern fleet centered in the Indian Ocean under Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Power. The plan envisions Fraser’s force operating with Nimitz in the Central Pacific and MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific, aiding Mountbatten’s push in Lower Burma and Malaya. Fraser arrives Melbourne for confirmation of command.
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London
United States
Japan
Admiralty
Churchill
Britain
Orient
Bruce A Fraser
Indian Ocean
East Indies
Malayan Peninsula
Singapore
Arthur J. Power
Fraser
Chester Nimitz
Central Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Lower Burma
Malaya
Slattery Resigns As Head Of REA
Washington Dec 11 President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Harry Slattery as rural electrification administrator. A White House announcement said Slattery submitted his resignation by letter early last week, effective at once. No reason was disclosed and no successor named.
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Washington
Roosevel
Harry Slattery
White House
Slattery
Jetter
Roosevelt
Statlery
G O P War Front Chairman On Tour Sees Tough Battling
Representative Thomas of New Jersey reports from Europe that war conditions differ from 1918, demanding continued civilian and material support. He stresses the need for heavy ammunition, tires, hospital ships, blood, chaplains, cigarettes, and better news from home to aid American troops and hasten their return.
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G O.P
War Front
Europe
G. 11
Joe
British Heavy Bombers Hit Greek Elas In Athens
British heavy bombers attacked Elas concentrations around Athens as the city endured a week of civil conflict. RAF bombers with Spitfires engaged, toll rising with hundreds killed and wounded. Sniper fire damaged the Grande Bretagne hotel and headquarter shells fell near British positions. Relief efforts stalled as unloading at Piraeus halted and UNRRA soup kitchens struggled to ease civilian suffering.
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Athens
Dee
JE Piuriolus
Nea Liles
Elas
Grande Bretagne Hotel
Constitution Square
Acropolis
Piraeus
Panylatirn
December Term Of Court Opens Today
The December term of Circuit Court opened with Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauber presiding. A petit jury was assembled and excused subject to recall. jurors listed include William J. Walker, Robert I Thomas, John R. Hutt, and others. Dockets were called with cases marked for trial, passed, or continued. State's Attorney William M. Storm said no criminal business would occur this term. pending criminals and criminal appeals were continued.
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Circuit Court
Patrick M Schnauber
William J. Walker
Robert I Thomas
John R. Hutt
William ¥. Anderson
Walter E. Biker
John E Morningstar
Oscar F. Gaver
Harry N. [Sanogle
H. Robert Gillelan
C. Elbert Grossnickle
Raymond B. Cashour
Walter B. Burall
W. Russell Arnsperger
Allen
William M. Storm
Allies Troubles Pleasing Germans Madrid Dec 11
Germans in cafes and night clubs express happiness over British and American clashes in Greece and mixed signals from London Washington and Moscow. They believe the Allied coalition against them is splintering as neutral powers remain silent and the Soviet stance unsettles them.
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Madrid
Greece
London
Washington
Whington
Athens
Europe
Moscow
Germany Gathers Forces for 1945 Counteroffensive
Reports from London and neutral sources say Germany is pooling forces for a 1945 counteroffensive. Hitler's regime reportedly tests V weapons including the V-2 and a new submarine design. Speer hints V-2 may target New York. jet-propelled raids and mobile V bombs threaten southern England and continental sites. Vessel innovations and high production rates fuel speculation of a renewed German push.
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London
Germany
England
Continental
Albert Speer
New York
The
Daily Mirror
Brussels
Luftwaffle
Earthquake Record From Solomon Islands Reported
New York dispatch notes a fairly severe earthquake recorded yesterday by the Fordham University seismograph. Rev. Joseph J. Lynch, seismologist, announced the reading as part of ongoing monitoring in the Solomon Islands.
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New York
Solomon Islands
Fordham University
Eeismograph
Joseph J. Lynch
First Army Advances In Snowfall Of Six Inches
In fresh snow the First Army infantry and tanks pushed a mile and a quarter into the Roer valley, driving Germans from Dhorn and Belite as Patton's Third Army fights inside the Siegfried Line near Dillingen, Saarlautern, and Hagenau. Seventh Army operations press the edge of Saarbrucken while 35th and 26th Divisions push toward Saar or Dillingen.
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Paris
Doc
Roer
Dhorn
Belite
Duren
Courtney TL Hodges
Mente
Rover River
Hagenau
Reichshoffen
Niederbronn
Obergeldh
Ewitz
Pier
Schophoven
Rve Peneey
Lucherberg
Third Army
Sarreguemines
France
Saarland
Saarbrucken
T U. S
Forbach
Dillingen
Sgt Shaff Nears Return Home for Recuperation
Sgt. Shaff of Frederick's Company A and Maryland Ninth Army men are slated for temporary duty in the United States for rehabilitation. Sun papers on December 9 reported the plan as a holiday surprise for Shaff's wife who hopes he may reach home for Christmas. Shaff, Silver Star recipient, has been overseas two years with Company A, Headquarters Company and the Band Section.
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Allen E Soan
Frederick
Ninth Army
United States
Holbrook Bradley
Sunpapers
Sgt. Shaff
Shaff
Set Shaft
Company A
Immediate Action On Draft Proposal
Washington telegrams from Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey announce immediate action to implement Byrnes manpower directive. Draft regulations will reclassify registrants who leave essential jobs into a class immediately available for service.
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Washington
Selective Service
Byrnes
Lewis B. Hershey
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