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News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1942

Page

5

Inquest Held After Smithsburg Youth Death

Pennsylvania authorities suspend action in the death of 13 year old Mary C Pryor of Smithsburg following a fatal auto crash near Mount Alto State Sanitarium. An inquest is set for Wednesday at 3:30 pm in Waynesboro. Pryor died from a fractured skull crushed chest and internal injuries.

Pennsylvania Sutheritiee Marry C. Pryor Smithsburg Waynesboro Young Pryor Mount Alto State Sanatorium D. Shull Franklin County Pasaid Jou Ernest Shade Joseph Ditch, Jr Arthur Stouffer Harry McCain Pryor Paul Roy Cartee Smaithsburg Richard Pryor Earl Lee Ouker Antietam Road South Mountain Waynesboro Hospital

Nazis Use Fog To Attack Russ

Moscow reports describe German dive bombers tanks and infantry attacking under fog southwest of Stalin grad. Soviet forces deny lasting progress after initial gains and claim Russian counterattacks checked the assault. In the northwest sector Red Army advances overran a German trench line near Velke Luki and captured a hill. Military observers note heavy hand to hand fighting in fog with Germans suffering about 1 400 killed in a day and 1 600 total losses cited for the offensive.

Moscow Stalingrad Red Army Rzhev Velke Luki Rotelnikowzki Caucasus Volga London Don

Miss Ruth Michael Joins Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

Miss Ruth Michael of Radcliffe College Cambridge Massachusetts was initiated into Phi Beta Kappa by the Tufts Massachusetts Chapter on December 11. Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt Miss Mabel Daniels and four Radcliffe seniors also took part in the ceremony. Miss Michael daughter of Mr and Mrs Austin Michael 510 Trail avenue. Frederick She of Wellesley College English dept is a faculty member. Miss Michael is Hood College class of 1927 graduate.

Ruth Michael Tata Massachusetts Radcliffe College Cambridge Mass Franklin D. Roosevelt Mabel Daniels Boston Miss Michael Austin Michael Trail Avenue Frederick Wellesley College Hood College

Navy Probes Loss Of Liner President Coolidge

Secretary of the Navy Knox announced a thorough board of inquiry into the loss of the 21,834 ton liner President Coolidge while operating as an Army transport in the Solomon Islands area. He said there is no information the ship hit one of our mines and noted mines could be planted by Japanese submarines in the same waters. Fourteen hundred crew and troops were aboard. only four lives lost.

Washington Secretary of the Navy Knox Naval Board of Inquiry Coolrdge Solomon Islands Coolidge United States Army Navy Solomons South Pacific Stockton Calif J. Hugh Jackson American Presidents Line Kiwanis Club President Coolidge United States Navy

Japanese 30000 Pack Western Yunnan Front

Chungking reports Japanese forces in western Yunnan total 30 000 men with two more divisions possible for a deep strike into China along the old Burma road. Government officials and field correspondents note the move as a key strategic escalation in the frontier.

Yunnan Chungking China Burma

Christmas Party for Hood College Lutherans at Old Chapel

Hood College Lutheran students enjoyed a Christmas party Monday night at the Evangelical Lutheran church. The Women of the Church committee, led by Elizabeth Sponselier, organized games and refreshments with help from the Lutheran Student Association and Rev. C. Win Sprenkel.

Hood College Evangelical Lutheran Church Elizabeth Sponselier Lutheran Student Association Sprenkel Sponseilier Calvin Schildrecht William 34. Moore James Grece Bidke Chas K. Heck Grayson E. Bowers Clit‘toma Mc Vinger Ear FE Zeigler Harry T. James Frederick

Can't Run War By Having Mass Meeting

Dominions Secretary Clement Attlee said a supreme imperial war cabinet or Allied war council is impractical. He told the Royal Empire Society in London that war cannot be run by mass meetings as leaders cannot be absent nor grant plenary powers. Delegates would delay decisive action.

London Dominions Clement Attlee Imperial War Cabinet Supreme’ Allied War Council Aluce Royal’ ‘Empire Society of London

Stop Sunday Registration for 18 year olds Ends

State Selective Service ends Sunday registration for youths who turn 18 this year as local draft boards near the year end. Boards One and Two reported low turnout with 43 registrations so far. upcoming phases will cover youths turning 18 in September December November and December. Col Henry C. Stanwood said all men 37 or older are to be inducted as per the new rule, with no orders from Washington to change that.

Thie Vane Board Two Henry C. Stanwood Washington

After War Women Workers Need Will Persist Says Lecturer

Mrs Marguerite Zapoleon of the U S Office of Education spoke at Hood College on Vocation Opportunities for Women College Graduates in Brodbeck Hall. She urged continued female participation in teaching health clerical and industrial fields, noting postwar needs in education medicine and production and advocating training for new workers to sustain war gains.

Marguerite Zapoleon Hood College Brodbeck Hall Zapoleon United States Office For Education Washington Napoleon Gapoleor Gald Nist Jshe

Afterwar social aid urged by Mrs Zepoleon remark

Peacetime reconstruction calls for social workers and nurses in this and other countries. We will be needed after the war as much as during it, depending on how we manage the economy, Mrs Zepoleon said.

Plenty Of Liquor For Holiday Season He Says

Washington reports government experts see no liquor shortage this Christmas season despite war. Deputy commissioner says warehouses are full for about a year and a half. rationing and new carding systems planned. some states test voluntary plans while New York dealers push gradual measures.

Washington Dewert Ury Ohio State Liquor North Carolina

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