Pro Allied Bolivian Government Overthrown
The pro Allied Bolivian government of President Penaranda was overthrown in a coup by nationalist leaders. Victor Paz Estensoro headed the coup and took over the governor's palace. Penaranda and key ministers were arrested. The new regime vowed to honor the Atlantic Charter and maintain Bolivia's alliance with the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Paz
Bolivia
Enrique Penaranda
Nationalists Revolutionary Movement
United States
Penaranda
Miguel Candia
Antenor Ichazo
Pedro Arce Zilvetti
Victor Paz Estensore
America
Roosevelt
Detroit
Paz’ Estensoro
United Nations
Type Union Ordered To Explain Slow-Down
Washington December 20 The War Labor Board directed top officers of the International Typographical Union to appear at a hearing Wednesday to explain why members are authorized or encouraged to strike or slow down. After wage dispute certification with Washington newspaper publishers the board ordered printers to return to work and summoned union leaders and publishers for a 4 p m hearing to determine cause and effect while delaying verdict on merits until normal operation resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
International Typographical Union
Independent
Barn Lock In After Horse Is Stolen Reported
Washington reports that pre war fathers face delaying induction under a new draft law, aligning with an old rule about locking the barn after the horse is stolen. Selective Service shifts from War Manpower and McNutt rejects resignation rumors as boards must draft about 2 million more men by July 1, including many pre Pearl Harbor fathers. In Charleston, Vernon E. Johnson files as Republican candidate for State Auditor in the second entry this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Armed Services
Pearl Harbor
Charleston
W. Va
Vernon E. Johnson
Berkeley Springs
House of Delegates
Potomac Freight Lines Files With Commission
Potomac Freight Lines of Hagerstown filed articles of incorporation with the State Tax Commission and sought authority to issue 230000 dollars in capital stock to operate in the motor freight business. Francis H Urner, head of the new company, announced the purchase of the Busey Motor Line and said negotiations are under way with several other large local trucking firms.
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Hagerstown
Potomac Freight Lines
State Tax Commission
Francis H. Urner
Busey Motor Line
Flu Grippe Epidemic Reported in City and County
Dr Kefauver county health officer reports influenza grippe in epidemic form in city and county with many cases and some deaths. He cautions residents to avoid crowds, notes pneumonia rates are not high but rising, and says illness may be grippe or influenza. A Mt Airy death from pneumonia linked to influenza is reported. Rest and crowd avoidance are advised.
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E. €. Kefauver
Kefauver
Maryland
Mt. Airy
New Ration Regulation to Register Institutional Users
The county Rationing Board will conduct a January registration for several hundred institutional users to separate meals from refreshments. Cards are being mailed. forms become available early next year. Registration covers restaurants cafeterias night clubs taverns schools colleges hospitals and some church functions. The process aims to align food distribution by distinguishing meals from refreshments and to gather details such as whether bidders bake their own goods.
Senate panel urges wartime food aid to Nazi Europe
The Senate Foreign Relations committee unanimously urged the State Department to cooperate with Great Britain Sweden and Switzerland to develop a system for moving food supplies to the people in Nazi-occupied European countries.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Great Britain
Sweden
Switzerland
Fifth Pushes Beyond San Pietro In Nasty Battle
Allied reports say Fifth Army pushed two miles in western Italy beyond San Pietro after brutal fighting that secured the town. Eighth Army units on the east coast overran German positions, with tanks destroying enemy armor. San Pietro’s capture is described as the bloodiest fight in the Italian campaign and a key step toward Rome.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Italy
San Pietro
Eighth Army
U. S
Berlin Home For Corpses Amidruins After RAF Assault
Stockholm reports Berlin remains a ghost city a month after the RAF attack. Nazi plans reportedly include a 100 percent evacuation. Swedish correspondents describe Basements crowded with grieving, frightened residents as demolition echoes through streets and ruins. Towed walls pull down by captured tanks carry anti Nazi slogans.
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Stockholm
Berlin
RAF
Sharp Cut Ordered In Use Of Paper
Washington reports the War Production Board ordered deep cuts in 1944 paper use by newspapers magazines book publishers and printers to save 1 250 000 tons. The first quarter 1944 newspaper allotment cut 23 6 percent saving 206 709 tons from 869 296 tons used in 1941. An air horn test at City Hall was satisfactory. sirens also tested. Connie Mack Jr drafted after passing draft physical and ordered to report January at New Cumberland Reception Center.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Graphic Arts
Industry Advisory Committee
City Hall
Christmas Banquet by Frederick Tailoring Co at Hotel Frederick
About 250 attendees joined the eleventh annual Christmas banquet and dance of the jovial club of the Frederick Tailoring Company on Friday night at the Hotel Frederick. Music by Clark Sheetenhem and his orchestra accompanied the event. Local guests included Mayor Hugh V. Gillynger, former Mayor Lloyd C. Culler, FL Ross Myers, and Jacob Rohrback.
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Frederick Tailoring Company
Hotel
Frederick
Clark Sheetenhem
Hugh V. Gillynger
Lloyd C. Culler
Ross Myers
Jacob Rohrback
New Cold Wave Due To Strike Here Tonight
A sharp cold spell is forecast as 45 mph north-northwest winds sweep the city and county. December may become the driest on record with precipitation under 0.10 inch, while Fishing Creek water levels drop and Culler Lake ice remains thick enough for skating though weakened by cold and wind.
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Weather Bureau
Fishing Creek
Frank Weddle
Culler Lake
Can't Donate Bread For Christmas Baskets
Police report that no bread donations are possible this year for Christmas baskets due to government regulations. Companies that previously donated bread are contributing cash, and purchases of bread will be made to cover over 200 loaves. Christmas Eve distribution plans proceed with other arrangements.
Somervell Defends Canol Project as War Needs
Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell testified that the Canol Jail development in Canada at 730 million dollars was imperatively necessary due to the desperate war outlook in 1942. The report notes Miami Daily News offering a nine column standard newspaper size, a claimed first for American readers.
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CANOL
Washington
Brehon Somervell
Canada
Miami
Fla
Miami Daily News
Assault on Europe: Allied and Axis Plans Mapped
London reports Admiral Stark returns to Washington for final assault details on Hitlers fortresses while Gen Brooke and Gen Giraud prepare London invasion talks. Across the channel German counter invasion plans and Atlantic Wall defenses are being mapped by Nazi chiefs.
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London
Harold R. Stark
USS
Washington
Brazzaville
Henri Giraud
Andre Lemmonier
Philippe Marie Auboyneau
Vichy
Erwin Hommel
Karl von Runstedt
Paris
Christmas Meet Held at Frederic County Ministers Meeting
Rev Norman L Trott of First Methodist Brunswick spoke at the Frederic County Ministerial Association Christmas meeting at Evangelical Reformed church this morning. He argued the star symbolizes Christ's influence is rising, citing history, science, and faith testimonies. A luncheon at Hotel Frederick followed with a brief business session. 40 to 50 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman L. Trott
First Methodist Church
Brunswick
Frederick County
Bartek
Christ
Frederick
Compound Fracture Of Leg In Auto Accident
Mrs. D. Frank Haissey of near Westminster sustains a compound fracture of the right leg below the knee in an auto accident near Pips Creek cemetery. Her husband Mr. Haisley and son Roland, who was driving, were involved. Roland aided the car back onto the road. Mrs. Haisley recently recovering from a broken right arm. Mr. Haisley injured his nose and head. their son unhurt.
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D. Frank Haissey
Westminster
C. O. Sullivan
Frederick
Frederick City Hospital
Roland Haisley
Policeman and Wife Found Shot To Death
Baltimore December 20 4 Police Sergeant Ray B Chapman and his wife about 40 were found shot to death in their bedroom when a fellow officer visited to learn why the sergeant failed to report for work at midnight. Chapman lay on the floor with a revolver in his right hand.
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Baltimore
Ray B. Chapman
John Rusk
Chapman
Churchill's Condition Improves as Pneumonia Recedes
London reports Prime Minister Churchill's condition improves with a normal temperature and disappearance of pneumonia symptoms. A recent bulletin notes no pulse irregularities, suggesting steady recovery after his illness.
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London
Churchill
Maddie East
Japs Admit 4500 Killed At Tarawa In Final Charge
A Tokyo broadcast cited by U S monitors said Japanese forces on Tarawa and Makin in the Gilberts died heroically to the last man in their final charge on November 25. The garrison fell before overwhelming American forces estimated at 50 000, with 3000 Japanese troops and about 1500 naval service civilians killed. Rear Admiral Kenji Shibazaki was among the dead, praised for dying like a true Samurai and noted for his Order of the Golden Kite citation.
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New York
Tokyo
U.S
Tarawa
Makin Islands
Gilberts
United States
Associated Press
Kenji Shibazaki
Hideo Yano
Naval Press
Shibazaki
Nanking
Stocking Club Christmas Party Planned for 175 Children
Approximately 175 children will attend the Empty Stocking Club of Frederick Christmas party in Winchester Hall. The two o’clock program features singing, a Christmas story, string music, and carols. Santa, as Clifford M. Yinger, will distribute gifts including stockings, candy, fruit, nuts, and toys, with tablets and pencils for school-age attendees. The event, long supported by local women, benefits city children in need, led by club president Mrs. Roy L. Leatherman and a committee including Mrs. Warry D. Radcliff and Mrs. Norma Darner.
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Stocking Club of
Frederick
Winchester Hall
Robert L. Smith
Roy L. Leatherman
Warry D. Radcliff
Norma Darner
Eleanor Houck
Emma French
John D. Hann
Clifford M. Yinger
Darner
James R. Albin
George*b. Hoke
Frank Bonnell
Ezra D. Hoffman
Hann
Clara Bleckston
T. Clayton Dixon
Radcliff
Beall Optimistic on Republican Victory in National Election
Congressman J Glenn Beall of the Sixth Md District spent the weekend in Frederick and the county calling on friends. He attended Potomac Edison directors meeting at the hotel and, questioned on the outlook, voiced strong optimism about Republican chances in the coming national election. He planned to return to Washington this afternoon.
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J. Glenn Beall
Sexth
Frederick
Potomac Edison Company
Washington
Beall
Yugoslav Partisans Press Germans Across Six Sectors
Marshal Tito's headquarters released a communique stating P-Red-starred Yugoslav Partisans continue attacks despite winter snow across about six Yugoslav sectors, inflicting heavy casualties on German troops.
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London
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz
Tito
Nazis Forced Off Kherson Bridgehead By Rain
German radio reported the Kherson bridgehead was evacuated after the Dnieper froze, allowing Soviet forces to advance toward Polotsk and threatening rail junctions near Polotsk and Vitebsk as a new winter offensive pressed from the Nevel area.
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Kherson
London
Des
Adolf Eilers
Rusaan
Dnieper
Berlin
Nevel
Khersan
Prusseel
Au Ta Odes
Dniepec
Polotsk
Crimea
Nikopol
Moscow
Associated Press
Eddy Gilmore
Vitebsk
House panel aims to strip Vinson of rail wage cases
The House Interstate Commerce Committee moved to remove all railway labor wage cases from the jurisdiction of Economic Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson in Washington. December 201A reports the action as part of oversight and regulatory realignment affecting labor wage disputes tied to rail transit and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Fred M. Vinson
American Heavies Strike Nazis in Dual Daylight Raids
Allied bombers plus escorts hit Augsburg and Innsbruck in Germany and Italy targets at Foligno Perugia Arezzo and Terni while raiders bombarded Civitavecchia Pasman Island and Split. Losses included 16 Allied planes with 43 German planes shot down. some crews believed to land in friendly territory. Stock market spots show strength amid a relief rally as readers digest the day’s wartime briefing.
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Aled
Algiers
Augsburg
Mumech
Germany
Innsbruck
Brener Pass
Foligno
Perucia
Arezzo
Italy
Terni
Adriatic
Civitavecchia
Rome
Pasman Island
Split
London
Munich
Brenner Pass
Hitler
Nesty
North Sea
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Sai
Frederick Tailoring Co
Europe
Clnt Stark
Fressing
Vinson
France
U. S. Army Signal Corps
NEA
Camp Kohler
Calif
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