County War Fund Over Top By More Than 89 000
Frederick County again surpassed its goal for the County War Fund with a total of 60 446 90 raised, led by the city of Frederick with 41 867.62 and by the Industrial Division. The drive, chaired by James H. Gambrill III, netted generous gifts from the B and O Railroad and many county districts, with Camp Detrick contributing 2 426.68. Expenses stayed low at 334.91. The fund supports more than 30 war related benevolent groups and local social services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
James H. Gambrill, III
Lincoln D. Engelbrecht
Eugene W. Pruitt
Frederick
B. and O. Railroad
Brunswick
Camp Detrick
Frederick County Children’s Aid Sofiety Gift Scouts
Federated Charities
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts
Social Service Exchange
Gambrill
Frederick City
Robert B. Crothers
Otho
J. Keller
Ernest Helfenstein
J. E. Sehell
Nevin T. R. Waskey
Edw. Hartmann
Rev. W. M. Weaver
C. Cyril Klein
Irving M. Landauer
W. L. Hussong
A. G. Bourne, Jr
Ballenger
Tobias Zimmerman
Lower Braddock
E. D. McCain
Braddock Heights
Chas. H. Remsberg
John B. Funk
Brunswick Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Emnioves
Buckeystown
G. Frank Thomas
Burkittsville
S.A
Ausherman
Catoctin
Basil Grossnickle
Marshall Leatherman
Creagerstown
Floyd N. Wetzel
Emmitsburg
Lewis Stoner
C. J. Rowe
Hanoyers
Maurice Clark
J. Floyd Lovell
Jackson
Paul Hoffmaster
Jefferson
Edgar Thomas
Jonnsville
Jesse Nicodermus
Lewistown
Albert Powell
Libertytown
Chas. Smith, Jr
Singanore
J. D. Gaither
Ray Gladhill
New Market
Nor
Mr Pleasant
Keefer Main
Petersville
Miler Kaplan
Thurmont
Calvin Lohr
Tuscarora
Lewis Martz
Urbana
Wilson Bankies
Walkersville
Kent Nicademus
Woodstoro
Gail Catshall
Woodville
R. Molesworth
W. C. Powell
Seventh Army Enters Reich Near Karlsruhe Frontline Push Advances
U S Seventh Army crosses from Alsace into the Bavarian Palatinate near Karlsruhe and nears Mannheim and Ludwigshafen as combat widens. German lines along the Siegfried fortifications hold weak points while Balck rushes reinforcements and Devers orders countervailing moves along the Rhine front.
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Paris
Germany
Alsace
Palatinate
Karlsruhe
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Rhineland
French
Riviera
France
Roer River
Aachen
Cutsail Back in U S After Germany Wound Return
LeRoy B. Cutsail former Frederick grocer, wounded in Germany on October 9, is now a patient at Newton D. Baker Hospital Martinsburg West Virginia His wife Mrs Evelyn Staley Cutsail said he sustained a shrapnel wound to the arm while at the front He was evacuated to France then returned to the United States for hospitalization arriving November 25 He is said to be getting along well.
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Pfe
LeRoy B. Cutsail
Frederick
Germany
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Evelyn Staley Cutsail
Fairview Avenue
Pfc
Cutsail
France
New Baker Hospital
Seaboard Air Line Strike Forestalled by Mediation Board
Washington December action forestalled a strike on the Seaboard Air Line railway. An emergency mediation board named by President Roosevelt will hear the dispute between the carrier and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Under the railway labor act a 30 day period follows the board’s report to the White House. The board includes David J. Lewis Huston Thompson and Major General William H. Tschappat.
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Washington
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Roosevelt
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Railway Labor Act
White House
David J. Lewis
Maryland
Huston Thompson
Washington, D. C
William H. Tschappat
Virginia
Rationing Hits City Plan To Give Christmas Baskets
Frederick plans a reduced distribution of Christmas baskets to the needy for a second year. Police will compile recipients, aiming to stay under last year’s 140 baskets. Social Service Exchange coordinates to avoid duplication, with potential help from Salvation Army. Shortages raise issues of frozen chicken, need to buy potatoes and flour, and canning limits. Donations flow in from merchants as a Tivoli theater food drive funds the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Social Service Exchange
Hood College
Salvattion Army
Fred Straley
Waskils
Tivoli Theater
Heavy Christmas mail peak eyed at Frederick post office
The Frederick post office expects a heavy pre Christmas rush Monday with 30 000 to 95 000 pieces of outgoing first class mail daily and at least as much incoming mail. Stamp sales near record highs and daily receipts around 1200 dollars. Parcel post packages add to the load as staff shortages due to wartime impact daily operations. Rush may push parcel delivery past Christmas with the peak outgoing mail on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Roosevelt Creates Fleet Admiral and General of the Army Titles
President Roosevelt signed a bill creating five star ranks Fleet Admiral of the Navy and General of the Army. He named three admirals and four generals for the new ratings, including William D. Leahy Ernest J. King Chester W. Nimitz George C. Marshall Douglas MacArthur Dwight D. Eisenhower H. H. Arnold John J. Pershing. The bill allows one more admiral selection and sets five star pay with higher personal allowances.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William D. Leahy
Ernest J. King
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean
George C. Marshal
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Europe
H.H. Arnold
Fiee Army Air Forces
John J. Pershing
United States
Congress
Loosevelt
Baltimore Evening Sun Restricts Classified Ads For Conservation
The Baltimore Evening Sun announced it will omit almost all classified advertising from Saturday editions each week. Death and religious notices remain, along with a few special classifications, as part of a paper conservation effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore Evening Sun
All Seats Are Already Taken
Baltimore officials said reservations for the Christmas through New Year period were sold out or nearly exhausted across trains ships and planes. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reported Pullman bookings from December 19 through the holidays were sold out, airlines had almost no seats, and the Old Bay Line steamers to and from Baltimore to Old Point Comfort and Norfolk were fully booked for the period as servicemen expected to take leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pullman
Washington
New York
Old Bay Line
Germans Renew V Bomb Attacks On Southern England
London reports that for the thirtieth night in a row German forces launched V bombs against southern England last night, continuing the sustained bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Nimitz to Set Forward HQ As Pacific War Advances
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz will establish forward headquarters as Pacific operations push west toward Japan. He will oversee ground sea and air forces from a new center, with Guam and Saipan among discussed options. The move follows recent conferences with China and the Aleutians signaling strategic changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Guam
Saipan
Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean
Planes Hit Luzon as 400 Allied Carrier Aircraft Strike
Allied carrier planes, numbering about 400, hit Japanese installations on Luzon including Clark Field, while larger operations pushed across Mindanao Strait into the Sulu Sea. The carrier force under Vice Admiral McCain reported sinking several ships and damaging others, with many planes downed or captured in air defense. Local arrests and promotions in Maryland were noted alongside the military action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio Today
Mindanao Strait
Sulu Sen Thu
Luzon
Philippines
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Japan
Clark Field
Visayan
Lees le Uapikoe Aan
McCain
Navy
John
Luzon Island
Manila
Admiral McCain
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Subic Bay
Lingayen Gulf
Incendiary Bombs Hit Tokyo In Separate Raids
Japanese broadcasts claimed three US B-29s hit Tokyo around 3 30 am and one lone B 29 visited another area as atmospheric conditions hindered identification Osaka Kobe area targeted on the east coast of Honshu while a second site remained unnamed. Nipponese sources dismissed the raids as nuisance attacks and said Tokyo would reinforce air raid shelters and evacuation plans as authorities dig dugouts across the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
Wniual
Federal Commmunications Commission
Osaka
Kobe
Konshu
Japan
Domei
Canadian Troops Hold Bridgehead Northwest of Ravenna
Canadian Eighth Army troops established a bridgehead west of the Canale Naviglio and held it against strong German counter-attacks. The advance came after crossing the Lamone River near Ravenna, threatening the road center of Bagnacavalla three miles northeast of Faenza in the Po Valley. Heavy fighting continued with German resistance ongoing.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Canale Naviglio
Bagnacavalla
Lamone River
Ravenna
Faenza
Rail Centers Bombed Again by Allied Air Forces
London reports indicate December 15 raids across Hannover and Kassel by more than 640 U S Flying Fortresses, supported by 550 Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters from the Britain-based Eighth Air Force. The operation, conducted despite cloudy skies, followed a 48 hour lull and included another strike by U S Air Force units based in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. S
Hannover
Kassel
U. S. Eighth Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Taly
Reich
Batterea
Overour Aenea
Lynch Lodge Elects Officers At Regular Masons Meeting
Lynch Lodge No. 164 A F and AM elected officers at the regular communication in the Masonic Temple Thursday night. E Bryan Rice was chosen Worshipful Master Lewis H Martz Senior Warden James H Falk Junior Warden Paul D Simpson secretary Nevin T R Waskey treasurer William Herwig tyler Trustees named were J W J Carty Jacob Roehrback and A LeRoy McCardel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch Lodge No. 164
A. F
AL Masons
Masonic Temple
E. Bryan Rice
Lewis H. Martz
James H. Falk
Paul D. Simpson
Nevin T. R Waskey
Tyler
William Herwig
J. W. J. Carty
Jacob Roehrback
A. LeRoy McCardel
Churchill and Roosevelt discuss Polish frontiers and Polish government in exile
Britain’s Churchill urged a three power meeting with Roosevelt and Stalin to settle the Polish frontier at Germany’s expense. He warned against delays that worsen Polish divisions and pressed for a settlement with compensation to Poland. He also noted limitations of the London exile government and touted Mikolajczyk’s leverage. The Polish American Congress urged Eden to press Russia for a hands off policy toward Poland.
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Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Washington
Stottinius
Europe
Steining
Poland
London
Germany
Marshal Stalin
Britain
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Russia
United States
Potland
Polish Committee of National Liberation
Alrtaas
Lublin Committee
Mikolajczyk
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Brvscow
National Liberation Committee
Chicago
Polish American Congress
England
No Conference Likely Before Late January
Washington reports that there will be no Roosevelt Churchill Stalin conference before late January with February the earliest possible. Officials cite Roosevelt's budget message and January 20 inauguration as scheduling constraints while London talks of an imminent meeting fade. Ango American tensions and Russia's position temper expectations.
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Dolglas
Cornell
Associated Press
Washington
United Nations
Bate
London
Roosevelt
Congress
Churchill
Russia
Stalin
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U.S
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Eifel
Bienwald Forest
Rhine
Hermann Balck
Colmar
Strasbourg
Jacob L. Devers
Devers
Switzerland
Lauterbourg
Pfe. Cutsail
Seaboard Air Line
USS
Albert M. Gable
Ben Phebus
William Varco
Taney Apartments
Frank Dorsey
Martin Kanade
Auatin Old
Norman Trump
War Department
Hesbia Clarkson‘ Foster
Dickerson
Bridgehead
Triot
Sikorsk
Commons
Moscow
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