U S Bombs Clark Field Again in Christmas Day Strike
General MacArthur announced heavy air action over Clark Field Philippines on Christmas Day with forty four tons of bombs dropped. Far Eastern Air Forces sustained fierce resistance from Japanese interceptors while escort fighters claimed numerous victories, boosting two day totals to seventy two enemy planes downed and adding to previous captures. Liberator bombers also struck Mindanao, Borneo, and Dutch East Indies targets as Palompon fell, sealing off Leyte’s last Japanese escape route and tallying broader campaign casualties.
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General MacArthur
Philippines
Manda
Far Eastern Air Forces
Manila
Clark Field
MacArthur
Thomas Magiere
Husvandimger Rahter
Manaoro
Case
Taciopana Field
Leste
Leyte
Mindanao
Borneo
Dutch East Indies
Palompon
Bombs Dropped On Honshu in First Month By 21st Bomber Command
Saipan dispatch reports that more than 3,000,000 pounds of bombs were dropped on Honshu targets in the first month of operations from the Marianas. General Hansell said the daily average exceeded 10,000 pounds, hitting urban industrial centers including aircraft factories. Major plants at Hatsukoch and Kokuchi suffered severe damage, while Mitsubishi facilities near Nagoya were struck on December 13 and 18. Two B 29s were lost over targets. oversea losses were light and most crews rescued. Hansell praised the B 29 as a magnificent weapon though acknowledging unfulfilled bombing accuracy and ongoing technical challenges.
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21St Bomber Command
Saipan
Navy
Japan
Marianas Islands
Honshu
Fer Unvu
Haneru
Aise
Hansell
Hatsocok
Ite
Kokuchi
Mitsubishi
Mainé
Nagoya
Transell
Money can't buy aspirin buys value at low price
An ad-style blurb touts Lester acting aspirin as better than pure remedies. It claims the product is more dependable than genuine aspirin and promotes a large 100 tablet bottle for 35. The language imitates old classified advertising with exaggerated claims and misspellings.
Death note ties to Lady Robin Hood tale and theft case
The note left by Oscar H Gropper before his death implicates Lady Robin Hood story events. Madeline Dunnigan, 22, secretary, faces grand larceny charges for allegedly funneling about $30,000 to give raises, while Clark reveals boosts to two employees. Dunnigan, jailed on bond, sobbed on learning of Gropper’s death.
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New York
Dee
Robin Hood
Oscar H Gropper
Gropper
Clark
Dunnigan
Christmas Party Plans By Local Church Groups
The Junior Aid of the Church of the Brethren and the Golden Rule Class will host a joint Christmas party at Mrs John Wrolfe’s home, 302 West Fifth Street, Friday at 7:30 PM. The Young People’s Department, led by President Robert James, MD of 276 West Fifth Street, will hold its Christmas party Friday evening at 8 o’clock.
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Church of the Brethren
Church School
John Wrolfe
West Fifth Stree
Young Peoples Department
Robert James
West Fifth Street
Truth Seekers
Calvary Methodist Sunday School
Maurice Sharrer
Trail Avenue
Howard Kemp
Perry Trimappe
Santa Claus
Christmas Program Tonight by Young People from Lecu Valley
The Young People from Lecu Valley Church of God present a Christmas program at Brunswick Church of God tonight at 7:30 PM.
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Lecu+ Valley Church of God
Brunswick Church of God
Boon
Three Planets on View This January Evening Sky
With the new year three planets appear after dusk Venus leads the display until about 9 00 pm or later. Saturn sits in Gemini with Procyon and Rigel nearby while Jupiter rises in Virgo near Leo and Regulus Deneb remain faint in Cygnus and Leo. Mercury can glimpse briefly before sunrise around January 12 and Mars stays hidden in Sagittarius.
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Suvacc
Venus
Dan
Sata
Gesu
Tyne
Lighan
Birh
Capella
Betelgeuse
Orion
Sas
Aldebaran
Taurus
Bull
Saturn
Pollux
Gemini
Regulus
Leo
Deneb
Cygnus
Jupiter
Virgo
Virgin
Sirius
Mercury
Mars
Holiday Arrests Docketed After Christmas Incident
Magistrate Alton Y Bennett heard three cases in Hagerstown after Christmas. William Blank and his brother Albert Blank faced drunk and disorderly charges and posted $10 and $15 collateral respectively. Troopers Basore and Myers reported the brothers’ arrest following a cabin wreck at a nearby camp. Separately, a vehicle driven by Western Campher overturned on Route 440 near Steers Hill, with a woman passenger. Campher and companion escaped injury as the car damaged guard rails and rolled once before stopping.
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Alton Y. Bennett
Wiliam Blank
Albert Blank
Cts
Harold Basore
Richard Myers
Bennett William Blank
Albert
Basore
Fire damages stove in eating estate restaurant blaze
A damaged coal oil stove in a Frederick eatery overheated and erupted in flames around 4:30 PM. The incident caused interior smoke staining and stove damage before staff extinguished the fire with chemicals. No injuries are mentioned.
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Norblaze
Mont
Frederick
Fishment
John Ray
British Planes Hit Japanese Targets on Sumatra
Southeast Asia Command from Kandy reports Royal Navy aircraft carriers attacked Sumatra on December 20. Avenger planes set fire to an oil tank and a gasoline tank at Belawan harbor while conditions limited observation. Hellcats and Corsairs later struck airfields around Sabang and Mealesbann on Sumatra’s northwestern tip.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Sumatra
Southeast Asia Command Headquarters
Avenger
Belawan
Hellcats
Sabang
Mealesbann
Thurmont Fire Officials Cite Minor Restaurant Damage
Thurmont Volunteer Fire Department officials said last night that only minor damage occurred to the town square restaurant after a Christmas afternoon incident.
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Thurmont
Troops Advance Toward Senio River With Rosetta Taken
Canadian, British and New Zealand forces push toward the Senio front after capturing Rosetta, 10 miles northwest of Ravenna. Germans expelled from positions east of the Canale Naviglio. Canadians reach within two miles of Alfonsine on the Ravenna Ferrara highway amid heavy snow and cold.
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Rome
Senio
Me Adeate
Rosetta
Ravenna
Faneza
Lamone River
Canale Naviglio
Alfonsine
Ravenna- Ferrara
Fifth Army
Bologna
Christmas party set by Mrs Sheeley for class meeting
Mae tree and other decorations create a Yuletide mood as Mrs Fred Sheeley of West Patrick Street hosts the class on January 25. She heads a committee with Mrs Markell Nelson Mrs Merr Adams and Stee ET ieem in charge of arrangements.
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General Acceptance Corporation
Third
Warker Streets
Frederick, Md
Pegasus
Catenin
S ‘Auriga
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LEXUS
Tega
James Stokney
Hoy Pe Ese
Tweesi
Jace Jouth
Braddock Hehts
Ois Sid Troile Bennce Ved S. Zeiler
North Cort Bt
Buckeystown
Campher
Berwyn
Tntaglio
Hemsberg S
Jvelry Steve
KEY Hotel Bldg
Alles
Baltimore
Nathan L.smith
Board of Estimates
Smith
Woodsboro Lutheran Sunday School
Gail Catshall
Charles Hahn
Kwo Kuess
Vor ‘Org
von Bs Virginia Boller
Catherine Shank
Maryland War Finance Committee
Maryland
Melvin M. Engle
Seiberling Tires
Frederick County
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Bell System
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