Smallpox Outbreak Spreads in Kishacoquillas Valley
In Lewistown Pennsylvania on December 26 physicians combat a growing smallpox outbreak among Amish farmers. Seven children and twenty adults, including three year old twins, have contracted the disease. Officials vaccinated about 1,200 people and aim for 1,000 more as quarantines and state guards remain in force. A woman from Ohio who attended an Amish wedding party of 235 guests is suspected of spreading the illness. Ohio health officials warn the Buckeye state may also be affected.
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Lewistown
Kishacoquillas Valley
Huntingdon County
Mifflin
H. E. Miller
Belleville
5. J. Dickey
State Department of Health
Ohio
R. H. Markwith
Columbus
Buckeye State
Pennsylvania
Cafe Owner Slain in Chicago Mob Ties Probe
Police investigated possible motives linked to remnants of the Capone mob after cafe owner Robert E. McLaughlin was found slain with three bullet holes to the head and neck. His car and closed tavern were located nearby, and fear from a past gang feud involving his brother Eugene Red McLaughlin, shot in 1930, looms over the case.
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Chicago
Capone
Robert E. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Eugene Red) McLaughlin
Defense Plant Guard Dies Of Stab Wounds
Greencastle Pa Dec 26 A defense plant guard Kilgore died of stab wounds on Christmas Day. State Policeman J A Walsh said Kilgore worked until midnight on Christmas Eve then was stabbed between 3 and 4 am. He was taken to a Hagerstown Maryland hospital, later died at home after his wife found him in bed about 11 am.
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Greencastle
Wiltaen
J. A. Walsh
Chambersburg
Kilgore
Hagerstown
Walsh
Four Wounded Two Beaten In Affray At Night Club
Great Falls Montana December 26 four civilians were wounded by bullets and two military police were beaten in an affray at a night club last night. All injured taken to hospitals and none in serious condition. Deputy Sheriff Ed Ugrin said witnesses reported the fight began after MPs ordered a civilian wearing a military style feather jacket to leave at midnight curfew for soldiers. Army officials launched an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Mont
Ed Ugrin
Army
Fire sweeps 2000-foot Army airport building at Camp Springs
A Christmas day fire devastated the 2000 foot administration building at Camp Springs Meadows airport in Prince Georges County Maryland. Only a telephone operator and a janitor survived as six fire companies from nearby towns battled the blaze. Valuable maps drawings and blueprints were reportedly lost though the building's one safe was removed.
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Washington
Army
Camp Springs-Meadoows
Prince Georges County
Weather figures show December precipitation and temps
The 24 hour precipitation ends at 8 am totals 0.26 inch with December to date at 1.68 inches. Excess 1942 precipitation through December 11 stands at 0.690 inch. Normal December precipitation is 3.25 inches for the year. December 1941 recorded 3.65 inches. Yesterday's high was 4 degrees, the low 34. Moon and sun times are listed with sets and rises for today and tomorrow.
Frederick Cotillion At Mey Hotel Tonteh
Frederick Cotillion Society holds a New Year cotillion at the Francis Scott Key hotel in Frederick. Joe Stephens and his orchestra provide music, with breakfast for members and guests in the Blue and Grey room at 2:30 AM. The event, on a reduced wartime scale, omits the pre-dance dinner and keeps decorations minimal.
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Frederick
Mey Hotel
Tonteh
Francis Scott Key
Joe Stephens
William E. Trail
Otho J. Keller
James H. Grove
James H. Gambrill
Roger Bran| Wolfe
Catoctin Club, Inc
Armed Services
Storage Tips for Lay-Up Your Car During War Time
Experts caution that storage may harm a car more than it helps. If laying up is necessary, ensure the car is mechanically sound, washed, waxed, lubricated, and stored in a dry heated building. Drain fuel and cooling systems, protect rubber and wiring, detach the battery for charging, and keep tires deflated in a cool place while the engine is sealed against pests and dust. Check insurance to possibly suspend collision coverage.
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Car Service Department
American Automobile Association
T. E. Alien
New York Motorist
Automobile Club of New York
AAA
Teast
Tne
Local Christmas Notices and Military Family Updates
Community holiday events fill the week as the Y M C A hosts a Christmas dance with 49 couples and Clark Sheetenheim’s orchestra. Various residents share Christmas gatherings and anniversaries, including naval reservists at Pearl Harbor and a Marine stationed at Quantico, with multiple families spending the holidays in Frederick and nearby towns.
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Triangle
Beta Hit
Clark Sheetenheim
Robert Hane
Food aid reduces home stores as 1942 lend lease fast tracks supplies
Washington reports that feeding troops overseas and aiding Allied civilians consumed a large share of 1942 domestic food. Households sacrificed pork, beef, eggs, butter and milk to support allies, while lend lease sent grain and other nutritious foods abroad to Russia Britain Malta and North Africa.
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Washington
America
Alfies
Armed Services
Russia
Great Britain
Malta
North Africa
Violent Christmas deaths tally across the nation
The Associated Press reports 178 violent deaths over the Christmas holidays, with traffic accidents causing 99 fatalities. By December 26 last year total deaths reached 413, including 334 automobile related. Fewer cars on the roads due to tire shortages and rationing likely reduced fatalities versus last year. California led with 27 accidental deaths, followed by Illinois with 19 and New York and Ohio with 15 each.
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Associated Press
California
Illinois
New York
Ohio
State Governments Council Will Meet in Baltimore
Governor O'Conor announced that more than 500 representatives from various states are expected at the Council of State Governments meeting in Baltimore January 24 to 26. He, as council president, called it the most important general assembly of the council ever held.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
Council of State Governments
Baltimore
O Conor
Council
Education Should Not Be Scrapped War Time Reminder
The National Child Labor committee warns in its annual report that war must not justify scrapping education for boys and girls. It urges against wholesale relaxation of child employment rules, as Courtenay Dinwiddie releases the year’s findings. A separate dispatch notes a fatal head-on crash in Woodside Delaware today, killing a New Jersey couple, their 2-year-old daughter Patty Jane Richards, and listing victims as Harry Muncey Richards and Beatrice Richards. New Zealand casualties in World War I reach 56,501 among overseas service.
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New York
National Child Labor Committee
Courtenay Dinwiddie
Woodside
Del
New Jersey
Harry Muncey Richards
Delair
N. J
Beatnice Richards
Patty Jane Richards
Appeals Court To Hear Case On Lipps Insurance Policy
Case involves an insurance policy of 1000 dollars once held by John Lipps and now in dispute after his 1983 assignment to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Judge Prescott dismissed the IOOF bill seeking proceeds, finding no control by Lipps after 1983, with appeals by IOOF and Lipps siblings pending. Attorneys Bennett, Joseph for IOOF. McSherry for Ada Lippe and Walter Lippe.
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Ato
Court of Apbeats
Stedman Prescott
Grand Sage
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
The
Maccabees
John T. Lipps
Thomas S. Lipps
John Lipp
Ada Lipps
Walles Daye
John Lipps
O. F
Prescott
Altem
Bennett
A.C. Joseph
LO O.F. W
Clinton McSherry
Walter
Ada Lippe
Stocks Are Bullish on Disappointing Trading Day
New York reports a brief stock Market session with a small turnout of traders yet a generally bullish tone toward favored issues. Investors showed cautious optimism amid limited activity and a tilt toward steady, peace-rated favorites.
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New York
Eyelash Paint Origin Traced to Arabic Term
The word aleghol derives from the Arabic particle as anc hel, describing an impalpable powder used in the East for painting eyebrows.
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Army Airport
New Guinea
F.C. Orin Sutton
Gona
Buna
Sutton
F. C
Allie Poole
Petersburg
Mich
Roy I. Hyndman
Prospect Hill
M. S. McKinney
Roanoke
Edward T. Graystoke
Park Avenue
Segrt
E. Leister Mobley
Trinity Lutheran Church
Wilson BP. Ard
Greystoke
Mobley
Laura Mae Hays
Slahr
Henry L Stahr
Martinsburg
W. Va
Rotary Club
Dr. Stahr
Hagerstown Hood Club
Ralph H. Fellows, Jr
West College Terrace
Johns Hopkins University
Fellows
Clarke-Jones
Samuel Creighton Jones
Dickerson
Myrna Livingston
Henry Thomas Clarke, Jr
Henry Thomas Clarke
Brookville
St. Mary's Carolic Church
Barnesville
Quartermaster Corps
Camp Lee
Virginia
Raymer Derr
Coblentz
Middletown
Mrs. Derr
Mrs. von Kerns
Boonsboro
Maude Waters Dittmar
Evangelical Reformed Church
South Market Street
Arthur Forney
William M. Brish
Thaddeus Biser
Rarymond R. Zimmerman
Nellie Himes
George T. Schroeder
Henry Wilson
Leonard Nothagle
Helen Culler
Elizabeth Herbert
Octavia Gosnell
Virginia _Remsberg
Evelyn Kefauver
Mary Frances Beniz
Margaret Myersa
Franklin Shipley
George
Slagle
Albert
Culler
Leroy Blumenauer
J. Welty Fahrney
James Hane
Dittmar
John Masser
Mt. Pleasant
Oscar Cline
Braddock Heights
Charles Dodd
Elmer Harper
Arlington
Robert Wilson
Paul Masser
Camp Pickett
Marie
Myrlee Dodd
Caroline Earnst
Pleasant
Serione Blanche
Faye Harper
Miss Earnst
Misses Dodd
East Third Street
Charles M. Dodd
Abrecht
Dodd
Orlando
Fla
E. Cobleniz Swank
Harvard University
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Mass
George P. Swank
Rosemont
Brunswick
Frank Anders
Kent. Gann
Thurmont
Lillian Knell
Lee J. Kelbaugh
New York City
Miss Lil
Lan Knell
J .Y. Pusey
John M. Bellis, Jr
Naval Pre-Flight School
Athens
John M. Bellis
John A. Shires and Son
Camden, N. J
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Betty Cutshall
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
Mrs
Gail Cutshall
Woodsboro
Trapp
Cooperative Concert’s Association
Frederick High School
We the People
Carl P. Gochnauer
Charles Gochnauer
Adamstown
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Grace Baumgerdner
North Market Street
Elizabeth H. Worthington
Fiji Islands
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Charles L. Worthington, Jr
Naval Reserves
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Islands
Miss Worthington
Mr. Worthington
Bruce Worthington
Pfc
William A. Schaeffer
Emma R. Schaeffer
Fort Bragg
N. C
Maxton Air Base
Maxton, N.C
Charles Fogle
Charles H. Conley
Jdr
U. S. Marine Base
Quantico
Jesse O. Strinej
Thirteenth Street
Mrs. W. N. Beall
George A. Smith
Union Bridge
el Metro National Monument
New Mexico
Frederick City
Contely
Coats
WM. KR. Slemmer
Mgr
Liberty Finance Corporation
N. Market St
Frederick County National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ca Eek
Arevent
Mve Atuoes
Maryland
Fark
Evergreen Point
Jimmy Hall
Merry Christmas
Remsberg’s Jewelry Store
MEX Hotel Bldg
Stokol
Geo. P. Devilbiss
Walkersville
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