Frederick Roads Board hears East West highway cost estimates
At a meeting in Frederick County the Roads Board discussed the Foxville Thurmont segment as part of a proposed east west road linking Hagerstown to Aberdeen and Philadelphia. Mr Childs cited costs of 65 000 to 75 200 dollars per mile and praised the local board as top in the state for efficiency and cooperation with state agencies. The board plans maps and figures to compare county progress.
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Gamenionion
Renée Comonionion
Éelefiina
Thurmesi
Feviedek County Roods Board
Menieg
Thurmea
Akeama
Roads Board
Beard
Childs
Frederick County Roads Organization
State Roads Commission
The
Planning Commission
Frederick
Frederick County Roads Board
Foxville-Thurmont
Hauvers
Thurmont
Brunswick-Point of Rocks
Hearing On Labor Bills On Wednesday
Baltimore Officials announce a public hearing on labor bills set for Wednesday morning before the Legislative Council with Assistant Attorney General Walsh expected to speak for the Marsland Council of Defense. An afternoon session will cover building and loan legislation and apprentices under 18 around dangerous machinery is among the proposed changes.
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Baltimore
Legislative Council
Thomas E. Conlon
Taw
William C Walsh
Council
Marsland Council of Defense
Con- Yon
Man in satisfactory condition after Sunday shooting near Nolands Ferry
Chapman Shores resident shot in the leg Sunday and listed in satisfactory condition at Frederick City Hospital. Doctors said an amputation planned for Monday was not performed. Howard Frye of the same community remains wanted for assault on Benjamin F Phebus and Durward W Kettells on a Potomac River island.
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Chapman Shores
Nolands Ferry
Frederick City Hospital
Howard Frye
Benjamin F Phebus
Durward W Kettells
Potomac River
Answers To War Quiz On Page Five
Lieut Gen Mark W Clark landed in Algeria on a secret mission paving the way for U S forces to enter French North Africa in November. The event was likened to the famed message to Garcia in the Spanish American War. R Lemington sank May in Coral Sea.
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Mark W Clark
Algeria
Cupsion
U.S
Censorship Of Letters Bared Ring Furnishing Oil To Nazis
Washington reports detail a ring that refueled Navy submarines off the Atlantic coast, shattered by intercepted messages, with officials testifying that censorship aids military secrecy. Attendees argued whether cross-territory censorship is legal, citing Pearl Harbor and Alaska as key examples of sensitive information being controlled.
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Washington
Atlantic
Office of Censorship
Ellis M . Zacharias
Naval Intelligence
Senate Judiciary Committee
United States
Congress
Byron Price
Army
Navy
Homer
Biddle
Jagar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Biddie
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Hawai
van Nuys
D-Ind
Riddle
Hoover
Pearl Harbor
Hayes
Kroner
Zacharias
Aleutian Islands
Switzerland
Germany
Japan
Price
Arms
FBI
McCarran
Dnet
Local Soldier Earns Expert Aerial Gunner Wings
John T. Hershberger graduate of Hare Higen Texas Army Gunnery School is now a Gunner Sergeant with silver wings. He is grandson of Mrs Fred Browning of this city and formerly lived at the Tower Apartments with his own Mrs Magella Hershberger.
Executors Finalize Accounts in Winebrewer and Shafer Estates
Executors of the estate of Arie Winebrewer filed first accounts totaling 100 442 94 with the Orphans Court and distributed 69 238 39. A third and final account by the surviving Shafer executors shows 20 080 74 under their consideration.
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Arie
Lauretia F. Shafer
F. Ross Myers
Benjamin L. Shaff
Peal Estate
A. &. Glvem
Children’s Aid Society
Utica Lutheran Church
Grade Reformed Church
Walkersville
Shafer
Ser Vediend Sie
Joseph ‘Eb. Shafer
Db. N
Theodore C. Shafer
William R Shafer
Elmer E Shafer
Carrie E. Shafer
Leslie Shafer
Annie M . Ridenour
Arthur Franklin Shafer
Mrs. Ridenour
S. Leslie Shafer
Privations in Nazi France Described by Warner Letter
A letter to Harry Warner Jr. from George H. Gallet recounts the summer hardships in Nazi-ruled France. Food and water shortages hit households hardest as crops fail, hydroelectric power drops, and gas is scarce. Gallet notes his wife’s struggle to feed the family while his brother remains a prisoner of war and their father is described as a war casualty. The message, censored in two countries, was sent by airmail via Lisbon before the occupation's completion.
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Hagerstown
France
Harry Warner
George H. Gallet
Gallet
Lisbon
Six German Spies Executed in Algiers Report
A Morocco radio broadcast said six German spies were executed at Algiers this morning with no further details provided. The report aired tonight, listing no names or locations beyond the execution site.
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London
Morocco
Algiers
Cattle Prices Break 50 Cents in Chicago Market Slump
Cattle prices today fell about 50 cents per hundredweight, the sharpest drop in months as meat packers adjust to the Office of Price Administration ceilings set to take effect Wednesday. Steers and yearlings mainly 13.25 to 15.50, with top choice at 16.40. heifers cows and bulls down 25 to 50 cents amid slow trading and delays in sale pricing. Receipts rose to 16,000 from 12,850, but one day's arrivals may not signal expanded shipments under the new ceilings.
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Chicago
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Nuto
Hood College alumnae attend New York meetings and party
Miss Mary Grace Helfenstein attended a conference of the American Alumni Council in New York City December 7 9 and on the preceding Saturday joined a Hood Club Christmas party at Mrs Robert Barkleys home, formerly Miss Katherine Traver of Frederick. Mrs Albert T. Poffenberger hosted Hood girls in New York Sunday afternoon Twenty Nine guests attended including Mrs Betty E May the new dean. Former Frederick residents also present included Mrs Elinor Markey Hughes Miss Margaret Wehler Mrs Sara Enright Rider and Miss Monica Haller.
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Mary Grace Helfenstein
Hood College
American Alumni Council
New York City
New Jersey Hood Club
Robert Barkley
Katherine Traver
Frederick
Albert T. Poffenberger
Hood Girls
Betty E. May
the College
Elinor Markey Hughes
Margaret Wehler
Sara Enright Rider
Monica Haller
Japs Are Stuck on Kiska After Allied Bombardment
Anchorage dispatch reports that Japaneses forces on Kiska remain trapped as they cannot escape the island. The article claims Allied actions have destroyed all Japanese aircraft and more than 20 vessels since occupation of the Aleutian island.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Aries
Kiska
Aleutian
Lend-Lease Silver For Coinage Use by Allies
Secretary Morgenthau said the Treasury will lend silver to Allied nations for coinage with a plan to return a comparable amount after the war. England and Australia shown interest. China or others may receive on same basis. He backs a clean slate on silver laws and possible industrial use rules. Baltimore: Col Henry C Stanwood says all men age 37 are subject to induction, no order to defer 37-year-olds, no change in 38th birthday status.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
America
United Nations
England
Australia
United Staies
War Production Board
Baltimore
Henry C. Stanwood
Selective Service For
Maryland
Stanwood
Steel pool formed by US UK and Canada for war output
London reports that a combined steel committee of the United States United Kingdom and Canada has been formed to squeeze every possible ton of steel from existing plants to fulfill combined war production.
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Steel Pool London
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
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French West Africa
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Libya
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Barry
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