Two Day Tour Of Roads By Committees
Thirteen citizens from five farm and civic groups will study Frederick County roads over Thursday and Friday. The Roads Board announced the plan after a regular meeting. Committees from Pomona Grange, Farmers Cooperative, AAA, Chamber of Commerce, and the CEO will participate. Farm Bureau names pending. The study aims to show progress, plan future improvements, and gather written reports to guide the board.
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Frederick County
Roads Board
Pomona Grange Farmers Co- Operative Association, Inc
Automobile Club of Maryland
Committee For Economic Development
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County Farm Bureau
AAA
Chamber of Commerce
Roger H. Willard
Maryland
16 Southern Railroads Defy FDR's Committee
Washington reports 16 Southern railroads reject the Presidents Committee on Fair Employment Practice orders as unconstitutional and beyond its authority, claiming no power to direct promotions for negro workers. A follow up FEPC directive aimed at West Coast shipyard unions is also disputed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Southern
Committee On
FEPC
FEFC
Hey
Unpaid State Income Taxes Amounting to 646000
Annapolis December 13 Approximately 646 422 in State income tax receipts remained unpaid as the December 15 filing deadline neared for Marylanders 1943 returns. State Comptroller J Millard Tawes said the figure was less than ten percent of total income revenue and not a factor in the expected 88 5 million total. He noted September and December are windup periods and many taxpayers pay in one installment. He reported on November 3 that 272 000 of the balance was due from corporations and 872 000 from individuals.
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Annapolis
Tawes
Maryland
Fren
Household Fats Being Gathered For War Use
Baltimore reports officials forecast this week will yield the state’s largest fats collection for war needs. OPA notes issues with new ration stamps for fats as retailers hesitate to participate, misunderstand reimbursement, and face registration requirements for collectors and renderers.
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Baltimore
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Allen Failed Fleeing Nazis
An account from New York details two escapes from German custody in Italy by Pulitzer winner Larry Allen. After capture in 1942 near Tobruk, he describes a daring jailbreak, a train escape, a plunge into the Alps, hunger and cold, and a recapture 30 miles from Switzerland after being betrayed by an supposed Italian ally.
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New York
Italy
Larry Allen
Associated Press
Allen
Tobruk
Libya
Halian
Chieti
Germany
Alps
Switzerland
Three Small Forest Fires Over Weekend
Three small forest fires broke out over the weekend as State Forester Herman reported. A blaze a mile and a half west of Point of Rocks burned over nine acres on the Abrim Hemp property, started likely by a railroad locomotive. It was controlled by Warden William Pulten and railroad workers. Saturday saw two fires one mile south of Burkittsville, one quarter and one acre in size, extinguished by wardens and volunteers. Monday a fire one mile west of Mt Briar scorched a quarter acre, blamed on a neglected spark as woods remain very dry and susceptible to fire.
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Taree Snall
Hierman
Toms Large
Point of Rocks
Siaacres
Toms
William Pulten
Burkittsville
Mt Briar
Will Case Testimony Heard On Mrs Fogle Estate Probate
Orphans Court heard testimony on a purported will of Mrs May H Fogle of Libertytown in an estate valued between 20000 and 25000. Witnesses claimed the attestation and signing did not meet legal requirements amid questions of where and when the will was signed and who witnessed it.
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Orphans’ Court
May H. Fogle
Libertytown
Fogle
Hanson Fogle
Men Induction Ordered by Regular Draft Order in Maryland
Baltimore date line reports a new draft rule allowing non deferrable workers to be inducted in their regular order. Col Henry C. Stanwood, Maryland selective service director, says pre war fathers will not be drafted while others are available. He notes Maryland has already inducted or is processing all available fathers and hints at programs that may slightly reduce fathers being called.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Henry C. Stanwood
Selective Service
Stanwood
Forts Fly Far Into Germany During War Skyward Raid
American air forces penetrated deep into northwestern Germany in a bold raid with Thunderbolts and Lightnings for escort. Fifteen German fighters were shot down, five heavy bombers and two medium bombers failed to return, and crews faced intense flak on both legs of the mission. The attack possibly targeted Bremen Kiel Hamburg or Kiel submarine bases as weather aided the bomber force. In related news, penicillin is to be mass produced and available to military and civilian needs within six months per Surgeon General Norman T. Kirk.
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London
Deze
Germany
Frederick Anderson
Eighth
U. S. Air Force
Schippl
Amsterdam
Bremen
British
Air Ministry
Hamburg
Kiel
Britain
DNB
Berlin
Reich
Schip
Emden
New York
Norman T. Kirk
Army
Kirk
WOR
Injured Worker At Enterprise Printing Shop
Ernest 8B Stephens sustained a painful injury to his left arm when drawn into machinery gears at the Enterprise Printing Shop 70 South Market Street Monday afternoon. A physician treated him and his condition was reported favorable.
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Ernest
Stephens
Enterprise Printing Shop
South Market Street
Violations Of Gas Rations Charged In War Rants
Four persons including a woman face warrants from United States Commissioner C Welles Little for violating gasoline ration regulations. One man allegedly made false statements to obtain R books and sold them, while three others allegedly bought or accepted R books knowing they were obtained falsely. Names will be withheld until service. A volunteer OPA worker helped identify the man who obtained the books after noticing repeated applications.
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Hagerstown
United States
C. Welles Little
Office of Price Administration
Little
OPA
Japan Radio Review Warns of Ongoing War Struggles
Japanese radio review reports the war situation not under full control despite navy gains. It notes enemy advances toward Bougainville and the Gilbert Islands and urges total national effort to secure victory. It also mentions production boosts for aircraft and cautions about wartime propaganda.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Pacific
Bougainville
Gilbert Islands
OWI
Gilberts
Marshall Islands
Imperial Navy
Liberators Hit Marshalls and Buka in Pacific Air War
American bombers cripple Japanese positions on Jaluit atoll and Jakobina field as Seventh Army Air Forces report negligible losses. Australian forces push toward Lakona and Wareo on New Guinea s Huon peninsula while Bougainville airstrips receive heavy bombing. In Baltimore a divorce suit against Rear Admiral Yates Stirling is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. wife to bear costs.
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Washington
Central Pacific
Imeiji
Jaluit Atoll
Navy
Marshall Islands
Seventh Army
Southwest
Pacific
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Sow River
Douglas MacArthur
Lakona
Finschhafen
Wareo
Solomons
Bougainville
Buka
Liberator
Jakobina Field
Buia
Gusap
Ramu Valley
Baltimore
Adelaide ‘E. Stirling
Yates Stirling
Edwin T. Dickerson
Stirling
Dickerson
William J. Stocksdale
New York
Admiral Stirling
Third Exchange of Nationals Planned
Washington reports ongoing talks between the United States and Japan on a third exchange of nationals. Final decisions hinge on a Tokyo report about conditions in Japanese internment camps, notably Tule Lake in California where about 16,000 Japanese and Japanese-Americans are confined.
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Washington
United States
Tokyo
Tule Lake
Calif
Cold aids fruit in Virginia orchards
Winchester Virginia December 13 reports from horticulturists say sustained cold will help fruit growers. They note the period of moderately cold winter weather is essential to keep apple and peach trees dormant until spring, after an unusually mild spell prior.
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Winchester
Virginia
Patton Appears Unannounced in Cairo During War Talks
Gen. George S. Patton Jr and staff were seen in Cairo on an unexplained mission with representatives from the Greek and Yugoslav governments. The visit comes amid Allied planning discussions for operations through the Balkans and follows Eisenhower rebuking Patton for misconduct earlier. Roosevelt had spoken with leaders during his Sicily tour.
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Cairo
George S. Patton, Jr
U.S. Seventh Army
Europe
Balkans
Seventh Army
Sicily
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Patton
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Middle East
Persian Gulf
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Southern Railroads
Fdr
C. E. Cline & Son
Orphans Court
Margaret Mynes
Harry Greenholtz
Mrs Fogle
Joseph S. Knott
Urbana
Louise A. Knott
Leonard E. Brashear
Laytonsville
Lillie M Bras
Hear
William M Storm
Louise Marshall
Oscar R. Gosnell
West South Street
Fred A. Smith
Richard E. Zimmerman
John Henry Gilbs
Fannie Ms Martin
Catharine J. Favorite
U.S
War Food Administration
Earl F. Roberts
Brunswick
Eva May Roberts
Equity Court
Patrick M Schnauffer
E. Austin James
Frederick
Market St
CTA
Studebaker
Water Street
Mander
Hillside Motor CO
Liberators
Marshalls
Jaluit
Atoll
C. C. Carty, Inc
Patrick Street
Jack
ACK
Mom
Presto
Uncle Sam
B&o
All American
BR. B. White
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
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