Two Atlantic Coast Line trains wreck in North Carolina
At Buie near Lumberton two crowded streamliners on the New York Florida run derailed in ice and snow early today. Between 50 and 76 are dead with scores more injured. Hospitals in Lumberton and Fayetteville received the injured as rescuers battled the winter night.
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Lumberton
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
North Carolina
Fayetteville
Buie
Coast Line
Red Springs
New York
Miami
Tampa
Fla
ACL General Headquarters
Wilmington
W. Fleming
Highsmith Hospital
Dr. Fleming
Rocky Mount
Frank Beljnap
William Myers
EWT
ACL
New Britain Invasion Near New Britain Island
Allied bombers dropped 356 tons of explosives on Arawe one harbor on New Britain Island as MacArthur announced an imminent invasion. Pre invasion raids continued with heavy damage and a pincers air attack using Bougainville airfield to soften the island for the operation.
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Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Japan
South Pacific
Arawe
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Bougainville
Solomons
Baltimore Man Dies in Hospital After Gun Wound
Herbert C. Forrester, 57, of Baltimore, died in West Baltimore General Hospital after being found with a bullet wound in his head and hanging by a rope from a garage rafter. Police found a small caliber rifle beneath his feet.
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Baltimore
Herbert C. Forrester
West Baltimore General Hospital
Auxiliary Equipment Distributed This Week
The national Office of Civilian Defense supplies three trailer type pumpers and related gear to Independent Junior and United volunteer fire companies. Each unit includes hoses ladders extinguishers and assorted fittings worth noting, with skid type pumps awaiting mounting trucks.
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National Office of Civilian Defense
United
OCD
Citizens Truck Company
Citizens Truck House
W. Bartgis Storm
Point Breeze Strike Sent To White House By War Board
The War Labor Board said it would refer the Point Breeze Md strike at the Western Electric plant to the White House. This move could lead to government seizure of the factory after an independent union struck when the board refused to order separate toilet facilities for Black and white workers. Also noted were wide scale U S air attacks on Japanese bases in China's rice bowl area and the Gialaho airfield near Hanoi announced by Lt Gen Stilwell's headquarters.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Western Electric Company
Point Breeze
White House
Chungking
U.S. 14Th Army Air Force
Chinese Rice Bowl Battle
Gialam
Hanoi
Joseph W. Stilwell
Paratrooper Delays Jump to Save War Bond
At Fort Benning Georgia on December 16 a paratrooper dangling from a 20 foot jump tower was told to relocate scrap paper to help instructors gauge wind drift and parachute control. After a delay the paper drifted down and the recruit burst away yelling that he was going to redeem his $50 war bond, the only asset he could find.
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Fort Benning
Convicted Of Driving Auto While Drunk In Rockville
John W. Lawson was found guilty of operating an automobile while intoxicated and fined 100 dollars and costs by Associate Judge Patrick M. Schauffer in Circuit Court. The sentence mirrored that given by Magistrate Edward J. Smith and was appealed. A second charge of reckless driving led to a suspended sentence. In a separate case, Harry E. Phebus was convicted of assault and battery on City Policeman Martin Kanade. the judge suspended sentence with a warning of possible future sentencing for any offense. State Police investigators testified Lawson was intoxicated when arrested near Buckeystown and Washington roads September 26. State's Attorney William M. Storm prosecuted.
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John W. Lawson
Rockville
Patrick M. Schauffer
Lawson
Edward J Smith
Schnauffer
Harry E. Phebus
Martin Kanade
Phebus
Corp
W. W. Corbin
Sergt
Charles W. Magaha
State Police
Buckeystown
Washington
William M. Storm
BE. Austin James
Phobus
Kanode
Kanade
Schnaufler
Kanodes
Walter E. Linn
House of Correction
Alton ¥. Bennett
Burned To Death While Her Son Visits Here
Mrs Elizabeth Baumgartner aged 73 mother of Dr E J Baumgartner died in Allegany Hospital Cumberland after clothes ignited from a gas stove in her Oakland home last night She died within four hours of admission Panic drove her from the home into zero weather a neighbor wrapped a mug about her to extinguish the flames Dr Baumgartner a leading Oakland physician was in Frederick Maryland at the time and was summoned to Cumberland
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Cumberland
Elizabeth Baumgartner
E. J. Baumgartner
Allegany Hospital
Oakland
Maryland and nearby states to get monthly air raid alerts
Brig. Gen Philip Hayes, commanding general of the Third Service Command, announced that Maryland and Virginia will have at least one surprise air raid alert each month and Pennsylvania at least one every two months. Alerts will be daylight or night, but not both.
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Baltimore
Philip Hayes
Third Service Command
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Hayes
Churchill Stricken With Pneumonia During Middle East Trip
London reports Prime Minister Churchill, aged 89, is suffering a patch of pneumonia in the left lung while in the Middle East. Deputy PM Attlee announced in the House of Commons that daily bulletins will be issued, with specialists attending Churchill and penicillin available if needed.
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London
Churchill
Clement Attree
House of Commons
Attles
Middle East
Downing St
Liverpool
England
Wales
Churchill Cllli
Casablanca
Roosevelt
Britain
Stalin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Inonu
Turkey
Cairo
Minist
Anthhony Eden
Commons
Eden
Teheran
Germany
Japan
Inonn
Attlee
Lord Moran
Brigadier Bedford
Pulvestall
Chucuill
Royal College of Physicians
Truck Collision Injures Pickup Driver Henry Jones in Maryland
A 1933 Chevrolet pickup owned by Henry Jones of Route 5 Frederick was struck by a larger truck driven by Thomas Jackson of Pittscai. Jones had parked on the roadside when Jackson veered off the road and rammed the pickup, damaging it. Jackson faced reckless driving charges and posted collateral for a slice court appearance Friday night.
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Henrt Jones
Frederick
Thomas Jack‘son
Pittsecai
Braddock Mountain
Harold Basco
Jones
Jackson
Allied air raid hits Brenner Pass and northern Italy rail hubs
Allied heavy bombers blasted rail facilities at Innsbruck Bolzano and the Fre nto regions while aiding advances along the Adriatic coast. The raid targeted Germany to Italy supply routes as British Eighth Army pushed toward Pescara and the Fifth Army seized Castel San Vinero. All planes returned safely amid highly concentrated strikes.
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Algiers
Arrfields
Athens
Brenner Pass
Innsbruck
Austria
Bolgano
Vrento
Italy
Aegean
Germany
Maly
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Pescara
Fifth Army
Castel San Vinero
Alfouena
Ortona
Orsegna
Berrati
Ortana
U.S. Air Force
Wounded Yank Writes Home From North Africa
Private Paul J. Liston of near Feagaville, misreported as killed, sends letters to his parents confirming a shrapnel wound in the ankle from a booby trap, mentions Purple Heart award and extended rest after service in combat in North Africa. He notes doctors, a hospital, and plans to rest, thanking the Lord for safety.
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Paul J. Liston
Feagaville
War Department
Joseph Liston
Plos
Liston
North Africa
Paul J
Senate Banking Committee Delays Food Subsidy Showdown
Washington reports the Senate Banking committee recommended a 60 day postponement of a Senate showdown on the food subsidy issue to allow compromise talks. The panel declined to accept either a pro or anti subsidy plan and urged Taft group efforts.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Taft UR
Ohio
Bari Harbor Sinkings Hit Allied Shipping At Bari
Seventeen United Nations merchant ships including five American vessels were sunk by German bombers in Bari Italy on December 2. About 1 000 casualties were reported with 387 American naval men among them. The attack disrupted Allied supplies in southern Italy though most cargo had already been discharged.
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Washington
United Nations
Bari
Italy
Stimson
Pearl Ambor
Nazis Claim Roosevelt Plane Was Forced Down
The German news agency DNB, via Lisbon, claimed President Roosevelt’s plane made a forced landing in the Azores on the way to the Cairo and Tehran conferences. No official confirmation of such a stop exists. The report said the landing occurred on Terceira Island after engine damage.
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Roosevelt
London
DNB
Lisbon
Portugal
Azores
Cairo
Teheran
Berlin
Terceira
Portu Guese Azores
Atlantic
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Churchill Is
SAIL
Northern
Yank
Pvt. Liston
Rabaul
Pacific
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