Death Toll Tops 361 After Christmas Weekend
Fatalities reached 361 as the holiday weekend ended, with 219 motor accident deaths this year, down from 334 last year. California led with 45 deaths, followed by Minnesota with 8, and Alabama with 3. States list traffic and other fatalities across the nation amid rationing and lighter highway use.
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New Windsor Homemakers Hold December Meeting
New Windsor Homemakers Club met Monday December 14 at 8 o clock with 21 members and three visitors. Mrs John Young led in carols, then games, gifts, and refreshments. News includes members visiting family and friends, and a local accident. Sergeant Walter Hesson returned to Alabama after furlough. Oden Warner fractured a leg in a Sunday fall.
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New Windsor
John Young
Cora Stouffer
Eva Rhodes
Washington
M. D. Herd
Thurmont
John D. Englar
Westminster
Joseph L. Englar
Baltimore
Robert Gaddis
Marker Lowell
Wilbur Fleming
Grace Fisher
Ava Belle
Grant Devilbiss
Dolly Hyde
Earl Hyde
Oden Warner
William Smith
Ralph Coe
Mrs Caroline Chambers Dies Suddenly in Bolivar
Mrs Caroline Chambers age 68 widow of George Chambers of Bolivar died unexpectedly Thursday night while returning from a Harare Ferry Grade School event. She had been in declining health yet active. survived by daughter Edna Manuel O Bretn and granddaughter Barbara Manuel, sister Betty Littleton and five Noland brothers. Funeral at her sister’s home with burial at Harpers Cemetery Camp Hill.
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Bolivar
Caroline Chambers
George Chambers
Harere Ferry
Chambers
Edna Manuel O'Bretn
Barbara Manuel
Betty Littleton
Frank. Roy
Claude Noland
Bolvar
William
Washington, D. C
George
Luke, Md
Harpers Cemetery
Camp Hill
Louis M. Young
Charles Rose
Cumberland
George Jones
William A. Jewby
Arlington
G. E. Webb
J. W. Derry
Funerals in Washington Grove for Miss Emma A
Funeral services are planned for Miss Emma A in Washington Grove on December 28. The notice lists the services and local relatives, with brief details on burial arrangements and church affiliation.
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Washington Grove
Emma A.t
Funeral Rites For Lula Burdette Held In Rockville
Funeral services for Lula B Burdette 72 who died Thursday after a long illness were held Sunday at her home Rockville Burial in Forest Oak Cemetery Gaithersburg She was widow of Willis B Burdette former State Senator and longtime county schools superintendent A son Aubrey Burdette of Washington a sister Mrs Edgar Fulks Gaithersburg and two granddaughters survive
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Childs
W. Reuben Pumphrey
Rockville
Frank T. Tyler
St. John’s’ Episcopal Church
Olney
Howard County
Miss Childs
Montgomery County
Lula B Burdette
Forest Oak
Gaithersburg
Burdette
Willis B. Burdette
John W. Walker
Aubrey Burdette
Washington
Edgar Fulks
Counties Air Raid Precautions Declared Excellent
Baltimore report shows Maryland counties ready for air raids with five minute blackout capability and complete state staff. Col Henry S Barrett notes city cannot certify while Adrian Hughes cites half preparedness. Women contributed actively to the state system amid wartime losses to defense industries and Army.
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Henry S. Barrett
Maryland
Baltimore City
Barrett
Adrian Hughes
Civilian Defense Planning Committee
Blood-Donor Service Receives Mobile Unit Wagon
Baltimore chapter of the Red Cross gains a station wagon mobile unit donated by the Knights Templar of Maryland to support the blood-donor service. The vehicle will serve counties and the center at 8 South Calvert Street, with Dr Warfield M Firer as chairman receiving the gift from Grand Commander Harry Schroeder. Earlier, the Knights Templar donated an ambulance on Thanksgiving Day.
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the Red Cross
Knights Templar of
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Cal Jvert Street
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Miss Mary Vickers Weds Joseph D. B. King in Baltimore
The marriage of Miss Mary Clare Vickers to Joseph D. B. King took place Saturday at four in St. Michael and All Angels church Baltimore. Rev Don Frank Fenn officiated with the bride given in marriage by her brother William H. Vickery Sr. The bridal gown was white satin with Juliet sleeves. maid of honor Sarah Alden Simmons wore pine green velveteen. Bridesmaids in holly red velveteen carried red poinsettias. best man was Col King. Ushers included several naval officers and civilians. A reception followed at the bride's mother's home on Harvest Road, Baltimore.
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William H. Vickers
Mr. Vickers
Joseph D. B. King
John T. King
USA
Sarah Alden Simmons
Mary L. Law
Katherine Addison
Charles T. Turner
Virginia Markell King
Colonel King
Robert Johnson
Richard F. Kieffer
Lawrence P. Naylor
USMC
Richard Arnzen
USN
Fall River
Mass
William Hugh Harris
Hold State Guard Private In Shooting Near Conowingo Bridge
Elkton Maryland December 28 A Maryland State Guard private was held without bail in jail today in connection with the shooting of a 26 year old woman motorist near the approach to Conowingo bridge Saturday night Lieut Charles Durham and Corporal C S Jones identified the Guardsman as Stephen D Holley 18 of Port Deposit He was picked up at his home about three hours after the alleged attack and shooting A posse of 10 state policemen and a score of Cecil county residents formed quickly to search for the man named by Mrs Henry A Niesen of Lancaster Pennsylvania as her assailant
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Elkton
Maryland State Guard
Conowingo Bridge
Charles Durham
C. 5
Jones
Stephen D. Holley
Port Deposit
Holley
Ceri
Henry A. Niesen
Lancaster
Mrs Creed Injured in Garden Cabana Roof Collapse
Word has been received that Mrs Eugene Creed of Brad dock Heights sustained a severe back injury when the cabana roof in her garden fell on her. She was hospitalized after the accident and had been awaiting transfer to a nursing home last Saturday. Mrs Creed has spent several winters in South Miami.
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Eugene Creed
Braddock Heights
Suis Mian
Fia
Miami
Government questions tough to frame as WPB screens forms
Washington eye view notes that the War Production Board will vet and simplify questions in business questionnaires. James Clay Woodson, named industry advocate, will assess whether data requests justify the burden on firms, with the Office of Survey Standards able to veto forms. The piece contrasts WPB efforts with OPA practices to streamline and mask burdens, citing lawyers as resistant and a psychologist’s role in testing understandability.
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Hassta Thesta
Waerst
Holiday visits and personnel moves in Lovettsville area
Local residents report teachers and staff from Lovettsville and nearby Lincoln and Manassas High School desserts spending holidays with family. Notices include Second Lieut. George Edward Wire landing safely after sailing from San Francisco, Corporal Charles Wire of VPI Blacksburg home for holidays, Pvt. Pierce Hatcher in Chicago, and several faculty returning to homes in New Jersey North Carolina and Virginia. Richard Smith family relocates from Falls Church to live with parents.
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Margaret Grove
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Guy Grove
Margaret George
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Howard Fry
Rachael Kennedy
Thelma Fry
Kensington
George Edward Wire
San Francisco
Charles Wire
Blacksburg
Pierce Hatcher
Chicago
Freida Johnson
Calacabia
Honest Sam Installed as Head of Local 17 Union
Newburgh New York December 27 Samuel Muzzo known as Honest Sam was installed today as chief business agent of Local 17 International Hod Carriers and Common Laborers Union by a representative of the international president. Muzzo is on trial in supreme court on charges of misappropriating 9844 from the local, with about 1200 members employed on New York Citys 300 000 600 water project in the Hudson Valley.
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N. Y
Samuel Muzzo
Local 17
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Supreme Court
New York City
Hudson Valley
Army plane crash near Gainsville Va kills four
An Army plane on a routine mission crashed near Gainsville Virginia tonight killing all four aboard. Bolling Field officials said names would be released after next of kin are notified. A military board will investigate. Postmaster Williams resigns Gettysburg as of March 31 1943 to return to real estate brokerage.
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Jack Thornton
Sacramento
Fairfield
Washington
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Corte Teuie Avon
Gettysburg
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WAAC Auxiliary member stationed with 14th Training Regiment
In Washington Auxiliary Wales daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Wiles Frederick Route 2 now with the 14th Company 2nd Training Regiment Des Moines Iowa She recently served in Chicago IL and is a Frederick High School graduate.
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Charles Wiles
Frederric
Route 2
WAACS
14Th Company
2Nd Training Regiment
Des Moines
Iowa
Rartsy
Chicago
Frederick High School
Weather summary and railroad signals update
Weather data covers 24 hours to 1 a.m. and December totals with historical comparisons. Signals installed on the Baltimore and Ohio line between Point of Rocks and Frederick Junction aim to reduce past costly accidents at the Adamstown Hump. Edward Harmon was found drunk in Brunswick and sentenced by Magistrate Sherman P. Bowerson to seven days in jail.
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Point of Rocks
Frederick Junction
Adamstown
Brunswick
Edward Harmon
Sherman P. Bowerson
Raw Materials Allocated to United States and United Kingdom
The combined raw materials board announced allocations of vital North African resources to the United States and the United Kingdom. After meeting local needs, exports will follow a split: UK will receive iron ore, pyrites, phosphate rock, zinc ore, and lead. the United States will receive cobalt ore and cork.
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United Nations
French North Africa
United States
United Kingdom
North Africa
Unitad
Cork
Red Cross Prepares To Fill New Quotas
Red Cross Mee Production Service Corp to begin dis tiul for two new quotas for Army and Navy. Navy items include turtleneck sweaters helmets and watch cap. Army items turtlenecks sleeveless sweaters gloves and helmets. Shipment of 120 men shirts boys shirts 130 girls woolen blouses 80 operating gowns 60 men nightshirts valued at 693 dollars sent to Sea Girt New Jersey. Hospital quota to Nations Medical Center Bethesda will follow after wool arrives for stump socks. K tags for men overseas to be sent when articles for them are secured.
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Canada larger in area than United States when including Alaska
The total area of Canada is about three per cent larger than that of the United States including Alaska, indicating Canada edges the U.S. by a modest margin in land size. This comparison highlights country size as a geographic fact rather than political or demographic implications.
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