Almonte Rail Wreck Kills 28. 119 Hurt Across Canada
In Almonte Ontario a Canadian Pacific troop train collided with a local passenger train killing 28 and injuring 119. Rescue workers freed trapped passengers as crowds gathered around the wrecked cars and emergency services prepared to treat the injured. An Ottawa investigation was started by the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada.
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Almonte
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Pembroke
Ottawa
Petawawa
Gisifiels
Puulieu
Almonte Oity
Board of Transport Commissioners For Canada
Munitions Gain Widens in November Output
Washington reports November munitions production rose 12 percent from October, led by planes ordnance and ships. War Production Board chairman Donald M. Nelson notes absolute gains exceed earlier gains as production expands across airframes, ordnance, vessels, and other munitions for North Africa warfare.
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Washington
United States
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
North Africa
Series Of Business Articles Starts Today
The News begins a six article series giving a new year business review by top men of the Department of Commerce. The first article features a look at the business year ahead with a portrait of Secretary of Commerce li Jones and his views.
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Department of Commerce
Commerze li
Jones
Swapped Island for Pack of Cigarettes
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Captain Charles Nissen of the Army in the South Pacific swapped a native chief for a pack of cigarettes. He noted the chief anticipated everything while Nissen observed three native girls sunning themselves on the beach. The island measures about one mile by two miles with coconut groves and blue lagoons. cigarettes cost 11 cents.
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Oklahoma City
Charles Nissen
South Pacific
Nissen
Frederick County Library Receives 200 New Books
The Frederick County Board of Education and Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt have donated about two hundred books to the C Burr Artz Library to support the school curriculum. The collection, primarily for elementary readers and vocational high school topics, will be on display for a week and borrowable after holidays. Miss Josephine Etchison, the librarian, notes ongoing need for more titles, especially in the children's section, which totals 2,000 volumes and requires at least 1,750 more to meet standards.
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Frederick County
Etchison
ODT Representative Here Until Thursday
Edward oR Gisburne district manager of the Office of Defense Transportation in Hagerstown says Samuel L King Jr of Hagerstown will be at the County Court House in Frederick until Thursday night. He is to aid commercial vehicle operators in filing appeals for more gasoline. King’s appointment as district examiner relates to the ODI plan to send examiners to truck operators appealing when their original certificates seem inadequate. An arrangement with OPA ration boards allows operators who claim their ODT mileage and fuel allotments are inadequate to obtain temporary trans port through December and January.
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Edward Or. Gisburne
Office of Defense Transportation
Hagerstown
Samuel L. King, Jr
Frederick
M. King
Gisburne
Second Double Holiday? Frederickson Debates 1943 Start
Frederickson residents weigh a second double holiday as Christmas memories linger. Some dry goods firms plan to close after New Year’s Day, while others remain skeptical. Post Office expects New Year’s Day to be a complete holiday with possible partial service. Christmas rush continues as parcels pile up from rail delays, with volunteers handling some deliveries. Governor O’Conor has not proclaimed a state holiday for Saturday, prompting many shops and offices to anticipate a half or full day off.
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Washington, D.C
Maryland
Virginia
Great Grandniece of Barbara Fritchie Dies
Miss Kittie Stover Quynn, 71, longtime Frederick resident and great grandniece of Barbara Fritchie, died at the Home for the Aged at 1:30 PM after a lingering diabetes illness. She was born in Frederick to John T. and Mary M. Hanshew Quynn, survived by a brother Charles W. Quynn, several nephews and nieces, and was a DAR member and Evangelical Reformed Church member. She spent most of her life in Frederick, except for years in Baltimore as a secretary, and entered the Home about four years ago.
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Kittie Stover Quynn
Home For the
Frederick
John T
Mary M. Hanshew Quynn
Charles W. Quynn
Dill Avenue
Barbara Fritchie
Whittler
Evangelical Reformed Church
Daughters of the American Revolution
Baltimore
Home For
Assembly May Start To Work At Once Baltimore
Baltimore December 28 The General Assembly is expected to begin work immediately after convening on January 6 legislative leaders said If reelected as presiding officers Senate President Arthur H Brice and House Speaker Thomas Conlon would appoint committees within 24 hours of the assembly convening.
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Baltimore
General Assembly
Bath
Arthur H. Brice
Kent
Thomas
Conlon
Senate
Water Rationing Grips Crowded Dakar Amid War
Dakar tightens wartime grip as American troops arrive and demand rises. Water, bread, sugar, milk and even aspirin are rationed to minimal levels. Private cars idle, bicycles and horse carts fill streets while locals seek scarce supplies and hope for rapid war progress.
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Joli Doe
Dakar
Rautomobile
Intia China
Japanese Parachute Resupply Attempt On Guadalcanal Reported
Washington reports the Navy confirms a Japanese force dropped supplies by parachute to Guadalcanal, but the drops were found, bombed, and strafed by U S aircraft. It marks the first known use of parachutes for resupply on the island, where Japanese efforts have been isolated since mid November. Tassafaronga and Kokumbona areas are noted as past transit points for reinforcements.
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Washington
Navy
Guadalcanal
Tassafaronga
Kokumbona
Solomons
Hoarding Fears Hit Ration Plan Announcement
Chicago December 26 an official of the National Retail Association warned that government plans to ration canned frozen and dried fruits and vegetables would prompt unfair distribution. Mrs Rose Marie Kiefer secretary of the National Association of Retail Grocers condemned officials for delaying action and giving hoarders a month to stockpile.
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Chicago
National Retail Association
Rose Marie Kiefer
National Association of Rettail Grocers
Smallpox Case in Lancaster County
In Kishacoquillas valley near Lewistown, 31 residents were noted ill with smallpox, marking the first reported case from the region in Lancaster County. Dr. S. J. Dickey of the State Health Department said several people had traveled to Lancaster County and are being observed, but he did not foresee a wider outbreak.
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Lewistown
Kishacoquillas
Vallex
Lancaster County
Wes
S. J. Dickey
State Health Department
Lancaster
Last Nippon Lines At Buna Are Falling
Allied forces press the Buna front in New Guinea driven from a coastal wedge and seizing key gun emplacements. P-38 fighters make their first front achievements, downing 15 Japanese planes as bombers and fighters clash overhead.
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Australia
Buna
New Guinea
Sananada Track
Buna Front
Billetin
Preparation For War Work Urged
Baltimore December 28 Royden A Blunt area director of the War Manpower Commission said the needs of our war plants remain the major manpower demand and urged workers in less essential industries to prepare for war work. He noted transfer of workers would speed up next month and training courses are available in universities colleges and public schools with placement in jobs after completion almost automatic.
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Baltimore
Royden A. Blunt
War Manpower Commission
Blunt
No Relaxation of Safety Regulations
Baltimore December 28 Public Service Commission executive secretary P Frank Marpér said calmly regulations governing operation of buses on state highways have not been relaxed despite greatly increased demand for transportation of war workers Harpers statement followed by Commissioner of Motor Vehicles W Lee Elgin that war workers were being transported in unsafe and poorly equipped buses.
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Baltimore
Frank Marpér
Public Service Commission
Harpers
W. Lee Elgin
Axis Army Nears a Decision at Misurata
Axis commanders face a critical choice as Rommel’s retreating African Corps nears Misurata. Montgomery reports engagement with Rommel’s rearguard west of Sirte while Allied air and ground forces close in. If Rommel abandons Misurata he could lose Libyan positions and risk a two-way push on Tunis and Bizerte.
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London
Keewin Rommiel
Misurata
Mussolini
Tripolitania
Tunisia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Cairo
Rompel
Wadi Bel el Chebir
Sirte
Buerat el Hsun
Rommel
el Agheila
Tripoli
Eighth Army
First Army
Tunis
Bizerte
Libya
Will Probated for Frederick Dairy Operator Rothenhoefer
The will of Charles F. Rothenhoefer, Frederick dairy operator who died by his own hand last week, was probated in the Orphans Court this morning. The estate, valued around 519,500, all goes to his widow for life with life estate to the dairy and real property. A $100 bequest goes to son C Roger Rothenhoefer. Upon the widow's death four shares go to Ruth Mets, Wes Mary Jones, Pauline Kvants, and Edgar Rothenhoefer, with guardianship provisions and employment terms for Herman Gubisch if needed. executor named as Mrs. Rothenhoefer. Will dated January 23, 1999, witnessed by William M. Storm and Hettye A. Heh.
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Charles F. Rothenhoefer
Frederick
Orphans Court
Annie Rothenhoefer
Excelsior Sanitary
Rothenhoefer
Roger Rothenhoefer
Ruth Mets
Wes Mary Jones
Paulne Kvants
Edgar Rothenhoeler
Russians Close on Stalingrad Front From Don Region
Soviet forces in the Don area moved within 45 miles of advancing units from Stalingrad, raising the threat of a joint Russian push that could envelop German positions. Reports described heavy German losses and widespread Russian advances toward Rostov and the Ukraine as battles raged along the Don and mid Don fronts.
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Stalingrad
Moscow
Jower Don
Kotelnikovski
Upper
Caucasus
Tatsinskaya
Likhaya
Rostov
Tatsinskeaya
Volga-Don River
Ukraine
De Gaulle Giraud May Meet En Route to North Africa
London reports De Gaulle plans a Washington visit to present a new French government blueprint before meeting Gen. Henri Giraud in North Africa. Aimed at uniting French elements and mobilizing forces, the talks may precede a broader reorganization of the French empire.
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London
Charlie DeGaulle
Washington
Roosevelt
North Africa
Henri Giraud
Jean Darian
Algiers
Germany
Vichy
de Gaulle
London Daily Mail
Jean Durlan
United States
Georges Catroux
Syria
Daily Mail
Giraud
D'Astier de la Vigerie
Churchill
Five Youths to Face Juvenile Court Hearings in Theft
Five youths about 13 and 14 years old were taken into custody by city police Saturday for alleged theft of 310 from Nicodemus Ice Cream Company plant. They were brought before probation officer Mrs. Michael E. Pue and slated for Juvenile Court hearings. Names given include Mehr and James Toms, Robert Stevens, Douglas Lydard, and Marshall Wetzel, all of West South Street and West Patrick Street. Police said the boys admitted involvement in the cash register theft and also confessed breaking into the Bively tan yard on East Patrick Street, where nothing was taken.
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Nicodemus
West Patrick Street
Allen Bartgis
Herbert Strawsburg
Sergt. R. O
Earl Sittig
East Patrick Street
White and Negro Service Men Clash in Vallejo District
A Marine patrolman fired a tommy gun to halt a riot involving about 400 service men in Vallejo California. The disturbances stretched through the weekend with about 200 men fighting in streets and bars near the waterfront amusements district.
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Vallejo
Calif
Cora
Airmen bombard Sousse harbor and Tunisia targets
Allied forces in North Africa report continued heavy naval and air strikes on Tunisia. Flying Fortresses with Lightning escorts bombed Sousse harbor and surrounding docks while warehouses were hit. Lightnings and P-40s damaged German reinforcements on roads. All aircraft returned safely.
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North Africa
Tunisia
Sousse
Stocks Turn Irregular After Early Strong Start
New York reports a mixed stock market with a decent start and scattered yearly highs. Activity remained moderate as belated tax offerings boosted volume, while early fractional gains and losses narrowed to a split market through midday.
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New York
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