Christmas War Prayer Across Allied Lands In 1944
Allied nations prayed for a swift victory as World War II continued. US and British forces faced a grim clash on the Western Front while royal messages from King George VI and Queen Wilhelmina offered hope for liberation. In London workers struck the subway, disrupting Christmas travel as Americans celebrated in Burma, China, and elsewhere with trees and services.
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Associated Press
George
George VI
England
United States
Commonwealth
Europe
Veltaina
Netherlands
Prince Bernhard
Pope Pius XII
Pontificial Gregorian University
Rome
London
Belgium
Fire Plug and Milk Truck Crash Near College Avenue
On Christmas morning around 5 30 a fire plug at College avenue and Carroll Parkway was broken. Sergeant Dan Swomley accused a City garbage truck driver of the crash and of damaging a milk truck owned by J. Otg Ring near Frederick in a companion crash. No arrest reported. investigation continues. A garbage helper said Howard Williams, colored driver, hit the plug scene. Water line to hydrant was clear but not broken. The milk truck suffered minor damage at its parking place. Officers reviewed the sergeant's report amid conflicting claims. Paint Harris were allegedly found on the King vehicle linking it to the first wreck.
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College Avenue
Carroll Parkway
Dan Swomley
J. Otg Ring
Frederick
aGace
Howard Williams
Williams
King
Harris
She King
Vellisha
Leyte Samal Drive Ends In U S Victory
General MacArthur reports the Leyte campaign advancing with Palompon captured after a water assault. American forces claim decisive Japanese losses and a turning point in the Philippines liberation effort with massive air and naval support and Palompon’s seizure marking a major milestone.
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Leyte-Samar
U.S
Sand MarAathon
Mace Arthur
Leyte
Seventh Fleet
Ue Avgagt
Fifth Air Force
Marine Verity
Armierican
Darin
Ocate
Tith Division
Palompon Bay
77Th
Olivier
A.D. Bruce
Palompon
Lesit
Ten Soldiers Killed In Army Plane Crash Near Harrisburg
An Army transport plane crashed on Roundup Mountain near New Cumberland Pennsylvania at 4 27 AM killing ten soldiers and injuring fourteen. Firefighters cutting through woods reported a wing in a tree and engines on fire with survivors crying for help. Injured were transported to Harrisburg General Hospital and New Cumberland Army Reception Center Hospital as authorities withheld names pending official reports.
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Harrisburg
William Vogelsong
Jearby
New Cumberland
Reeser Summit
Tes
Habsburg Varelsong
New Cumberland Fire Company
Wang
Middletown Air Technical Service Command
Destina- Voce Et Base
Middletown
Tone
Harrisburg General Hospital
Cumberland Army Reception Center
Cusa- Oberland
Holiday Arrests Amid Riot Near Christmas Day Scene
Police prepared to label Christmas day events peaceful but four civilians were hospitalized after a late afternoon riot when four were arrested on South Market Street. John R. Ebert faces disturbing the peace charges after a brawl over a ten day bride and community money. Military authorities consider mayhem warrants. other arrests include two drunks unable to state names and several charged with intoxication and peace disturbances.
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West Sixth Street
Camp Detrick
John R. Ebert
North Market Street
Sergt
Dan Swomley
South Market Street
Camp Detrick Hospital
Begina
Ebert
Eberts
Sergi. Swanney
Allen Bartgis
James Nelson
Chapel Street
James Newman
Bath
Samuel Moore
Charles Keith
Charles Fogle
West Fifth Street
Sidney Scott
Lewistown
Garry Norwood
Middletown
John F. Cramer
Raymond Smith
New Market
Herbert Glaze
Airy
Nelson
James H. Gookins
Ft. Belvoir
Frank Dorsey
Meats Placed On Ration List Again
Washington dispatch reports new Office of Price Administration rules raise red points for butter and reduce meat and sugar allowances. Beginning December 31 five new red stamps TS through X5 and five blue stamps C2 through G2 become valid, each worth 10 points. About 3 percent of meats return to rationing on December 31. stamps valid tomorrow are limited.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Arimta Releates
Chester Biolgikl
Physical Standards For Service Stay High
Washington Dec 25. Physical standards for military service have not been lowered but reexamination may change some 4-F professional athletes to acceptable status. Byrnes instructed selective service to review professional sports qualifications, noting many 4-Fs are borderline due to past injuries. Local boards would check records. Army or Navy decide fitness after induction center exams. Grand Coulee dam’s concrete could build a New York to Seattle highway.
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Washington
Byrnes
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Crop Improvement Assn To Meet On January 10
The Maryland Crop Improvement Association will hold its annual meeting in Baltimore January 10. Maryland farmers will discuss ann tay driers and other topics with acting secretary John Magruder and University of Maryland extension agronomist. Participants include Ray W. Carpenter, Lloyd Balterton II, C Leare Bussard, Spence Dashiell, Oliver C. Jones, and Willis L. Cissel, who serves as association president.
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College Park
Maryland Crop Improvement Association
Baltimore
Ann Tay
Maryland
John Magruder
University of Maryland
Ray W. Carpenter
Selective Board Two to notice 41 registrants for preinduction exams
Forty one registrants including twelve fathers and 29 nonfathers will receive notices from Selective Board Two to report within ten days for preinduction physical examinations. The list includes Guy Albert Smeigh Union Bridge Thomas Stimson Hilton Baltimore Richard Coole Sappington Libertytown and others from Frederick Carroll and nearby towns as part of a stepped up call for inductions in the state.
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Selective Board Two
Baltimore Center
Guy Albert Smeigh
Union Bridge
Thomas Stimson Hilton
Baltimore
Richard Coole Sappington
Libertytown
Lewis Franklin Clabaugh
Thurmont
Joseph Andry Boone
Rt 2
Mehrle Newton Wachter
Rt. 1
Frederick
Clarence Pinkney Fritz
Earl LeRoy Alexander
Rockville
Lewis Elmer Smith
Lantz
Earl Martin Wagner
Hyattsville
George Robert Zimmerman
Charles Franklin Ford, Jr
Francis Elmer Fritz
Mt. Airy
William Edgar Fleagle
Sherman Franklin Hewitt
George Albert Eckenrode
Rocky Ridge
Edward Alton Dudderar
New Windsor
Richard Calvin Cook
Bernard Thomas Gosnell
Roger Lowell Valentine
William Murray Martin
Franklin Redmond
Paul Lemuel Doub
Myersville
David Webster Etzler
Charles Eugene Krietz
Sherman William Shuff
Herbert Brown Moxley
Harold Sylvester Dotson
Promotion of Eighth Air Force Bomber Crewman England
John C. Rice of Taneytown North Dakota promoted from staff sergeant to technical sergeant at an England base announced by Lt Colonel Robert W. Fish. A Walkersville High School graduate, Rice worked for Shriner Mig Co before enlisting in January 1943. His wife, Mrs. Mary Jane Rice, resides in Woodsboro Maryland.
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Eighth Air Force
England
John C. Rice
Roy Mort
Taneytown
Robert W. Fish
Walkersville High School
Sgt. Rice
Shriner Mig. Co
Army
Mary Jane Rice
Woodsboro
Twenty five Germans flee Papago Park prison camp
Twenty five German submarine officers and men escaped from Papago Park prison camp in Phoenix during the weekend. Col. William A. Holden said the group staged a demonstration celebrating Von Rundstedt's success and Christmas, then slipped away after a rainstorm and a sealed eight foot barbed wire fence. Six were recaptured. twelve were officers and the rest enlisted men.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Papago Park
Here
William A. Holden
von Rundstedt
Holden
Phoenix Gazette
Private Greenwood Witnessed Roosevelt at Camp Lejeune
Pvt. Robert E. Greenwood of the U S Marine Corps trained dogs at the War Dog Training Co. and saw President Roosevelt during a tour of Camp LeJeune North Carolina. He stood about thirty feet from the President and said the visit was a surprise to the troops. Greenwood has been in training for nearly four months and his wife Josephine Eagle, from Knoxville, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs S B Eagle.
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Robert E. Greenwood
U. S. Marine Corps
War Dog Training Co
Roosevelt
Camp LeJeune
N C
Pvt. Greenwood
Josephine Eagle
S. B. Eagle
Knoxville
Ray Greenwood
Walkersville
Yuletide Party Brings Cheer to Ballenger Grange Night
A Yuletide party at the Ballenger Grange in Feagaville featured a lighted Christmas tree, St Nick, gift exchange, and carols. Master David Derr led songs and Mrs. Russell Dudrow oversaw recreation. Elizabeth Derr won the scrambled words contest and William Howard Jr. won the guessing game. refreshments followed.
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St Nick
Ballenger Grange
Feagaville
David Derr
Russell Dudrow
Elizabeth Derr
William Howard, Jr
Fewer passenger and commercial tires allocated for January
Washington reports 200000 fewer civilian passenger tires for January lowering the total from 2,000,000 to 1,600,000. Small truck and bus tires drop from 280,000 to 216,000 and heavy truck and bus tires fall to 110,000. OPA cites General Eisenhower’s call for more tires to support invasion forces and urges full use of recapping facilities as many owners wait for new tires.
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Washington
OPA
Eisenhower
Food czar urged by GOP in postwar plan
Representative Jenkins of Ohio renewed GOP calls for a food czar with near unlimited authority to fix pricing and distribution. He chairs a 42 member food study committee and argued a single coordinator could streamline production processing and rationing, preventing overlaps and delays. He warned that after the war food would become the world’s top priority.
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Washington
House
Jenkins
Ohio
OPA
Four Women Hurt In Auto Accident
Four Carroll County women sustained injuries in three separate weekend accidents in neighboring counties. Frederick County driver LeRoy E. Martin, jailed for drunken and reckless driving, allegedly collided with a parked truck and downed a gate at the Mehring Farm near Taneytown. Witnesses included Robert Miller and Russell Lockingbill. Other injured include Juanita and Eimice Purdie of Westminster and Myrtle Swartzbaugh, all hospitalized with possible brain concussions or facial injuries. The report notes extensive damage and ongoing investigation by Trooper Williams, along with a second crash near Pleasant Valley and a later collision on Route 40.
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Carroll County
Frederick County
Charles E. Hollie
H. L. Williams
LeRoy E. Martin
LeGore
Hollie
Westminster
Charles Mehring
Keymar
Hore
Mehring Farm
Taneytown
Martin
Robert Miller
Russell Lockingbill
Juanita Purdie
Eimice Purdie
Route 7
Leland Memorial Hospital
Riverdale
Myrtle M. Swartzbaugh
Milton A. Katz
Pleasant Valley
Willliams
Westminster Fire Department
Donald R. Purdie
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington
Hilda L. Reindollar
Route 5
Pleasant Valley Road
Ellicott City
Bertha L. Reese
Union Bridge
St. Agnes Hospital
Mary E. Whittaker
Sykesville
Williams
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313Th Troon
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