Deserter Mills Behind Auto Theft Ring Near Laurel
Army deserter Raymond Lee Mills who led a Christmas Eve jail break is still at large after a spree stealing three cars in Montgomery County and Laurel. His wife, jailed on accessory after the fact, is held on related charges as authorities pursue Mills across the Burtonsville area and beyond.
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Raymond Lee Mills
Liberty
Montgomery County
Burtonsville
Charles V. Main
Laurel
Mills
Sergt. Main
Rockville
D. C. Winebrewer and Son
Sergi
Main
Sergt. Mann
Offcers
Frederick County
Silver Spring
Paul B. Rhoads
R. Paul Buhrman
Basore
Bond
Dep Rhoads
Waterloo Barracks
Frederick
Winebrewer
Plymouth
D. C
Ira F. Ray
Oil waste report cites 25 percent excess use in Maryland
The Maryland Office of Price Administration said about one quarter of domestic fuel oil consumers burned oil above their allotted rate during the early winter months. The finding was released from Baltimore on December 28.
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Baltimore
Maryland Office of Price Administration
Germans Claim Ortona Port Evacuated Amid Street Fighting
Allied dispatches from Algiers report German forces evacuated Ortona as Canadian Eighth Army troops press street by street in a fierce defense along the Adriatic port. German quarters say they fell back to northern positions near the city while Canadian and Indian troops seize prisoners. American Fifth Army gains on nearby heights as patrols bolster Samucro positions overlooking San Vittore. Fierce fighting also erupts around Castel San Vincenzo and Monte Marrone as ridge lines and high points change hands.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
Ortona
Rome
Transocean
Adriatic
Berlin
Stalingrad
Pescara
Fifth Army
Samucro
San Vittore
Cassino
Castel San Vincenzo
Catenella Degli Mainardi
Monte Marrone
Fourteen More Leave For Army Camp
Fourteen area men from Draft Board One, after three weeks’ furloughs, will depart this afternoon by train to join the Army. Thirteen white soldiers head to Fort Meade, including Mahlon E. Rhoderick and Robert T. Kurtz, among others. one colored man, Edward B. Gray, goes to Camp Lee, Virginia. They assemble at Winchester Hall around 4 p.m. and depart soon after. Additional calls to meet January quotas are expected, with a second white call and a colored call likely. Some accepted for limited service will be sent to induction later, as quotas fill.
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Draft Board One
Army
Fort Meade
Mahlon E. Rhoderick
Robert T. Kurtz
Kenneth A. Arnold
John F. Gearinger
Henry H. Mack
Herbert F. Price, Jr
Harvey L. Blank, Jr
Thomas M
Baltimore
Lions Club Christmas Party Planned for Thursday
The Lions Club stages its annual children’s Christmas party at First Baptist church on Dill avenue from noon to two o’clock. Santa Claus will distribute gifts to each child, with hot dogs and orangeade provided. Capt. Glenn Stovall leads carol singing, and William H. Bartgis handles arrangements.
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Santa Claus
Roma
Martinsburg
W. Va
Lions Club
First Baptist Church
Dill Avenue
Glenn Stovall
William H. Bartgis
Draft board reports quota of twelve inducted in Clarksburg
Martinsburg report notes a quota of 12 inductees. one injured, one missing notice, and other delays. Of ten men at Clarksburg induction, seven were rejected and two sent to hospital for clinical study. One accepted.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Clarksburg
Denial Likely of $18 000 Welfare Increase by County
County Commissioners likely to reject an $18 000 rise in Welfare Board funds for 1944 after talks with State Welfare officials. General public assistance may be cut from the budget as rules are deemed non mandatory for that category. Board president Arnold was ill, delaying final action. rate may rise slightly above the current $1.12. Presidential year costs could push expenditures higher.
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County Welfare Board
Milton Patterson
State Department of Welfare
Welfare Board
George W. Arnold
Burkittsville
Patterson
Nazis Fall Back Before Yugoslavs Assault in Croatia
Tito reported fierce Partisan attacks in Croatia forced German troops to retreat. In western Bosnia the fighting increased with hundreds of Nazis killed near Livno and surrounding sectors as Partisans pressed offensives around Kladanj and Zivinice.
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London
Croatia
Josip Broz
Livno- Duvno
Bosnia
Clamoc
Livno
Broz
Tito
Kladanz
Zivinizar
Time Magazine Buys Large Stake in Radio Network
Time Magazine owner Henry Luce announced the purchase of a substantial portion of a national radio system in New York on December 28. The deal may enable Time Life and Fortune foreign news staffs to join the network, expanding the group’s news programming.
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New York
Time Magazine
Henry RB. Luce
Today
Time
Life
Fortune
Army Using Troops To Operate Railroads
Washington reports under President Roosevelt military action places railroads under Army control to avert a strike. Secretary Stimson outlines troops with railroad experience, seven railroad presidents appointed colonels, and advisory roles for Clement and Gross. Wages and labor conditions held in status quo as civilian management restored.
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Stimson
Somervell
Washington
Martin W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Skating On Culler Lake Ended By Thaw
City police report ongoing calls about ice on Culler Lake despite mild temperatures causing ice break up. Forecasters expect more rain and colder weather perhaps bringing the season's first snow. Water Superintendent Davis notes Fishing Creek water level remains low with about 10 inches of ice on the dam and water atop.
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Culler Lake
Youll
Fishing Creek
William J. Davis
Suspend Pork Rationing Ten Days Proposal
Washington report states a congressional group led by Senator Reed proposes a ten day to two week suspension of pork rationing to allow housewives to buy surplus. Reed argues packing houses are glutting and storage space is tight. He says the OPA's five points per person pork ration bonus is wholly inadequate.
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Washington
Senator Reed
R-Kan
Reed
OPA
U S Seeks Local Land in Frederick Maryland
The United States seeks to condemn a 52.97 acre Frederick Maryland tract owned by Robert Bright. He was given 10 days from January 11 to show cause why possession should not be taken, with immediate government control of unoccupied portions and possession of occupied parts by January 15. Bright died December 18. the action may proceed against his estate.
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Baltimore
Robert
Bright
Frederick
United States District Court
Charges Unions Broke Pledge
Rep. Smith of Virginia, coauthor of the Smith Connally act, accuses unions of repudiating their no strike pledge and calls for the act to gain teeth. He proposes stripping unions of bargaining rights for a year for strikes without 30 day notice, a provision cut in conference. He says the War Labor Board oversteps its powers issuing union maintenance orders.
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Washington
Smith
D-Va
War Labor Board
Special House
House
Senate House
2 More Newsmen Die In War In Pacific
Melbourne reports Australian United Press manager Brydon Taves and correspondent Pending Arthur Raynor were killed in a Cape Gloucester crash while covering the American landings at New Britain. Injured were Tan Morrison of the London Times and Hayden Lennard of the ABC. Taves had been in Australia since 1942 and Raynor also served for multiple papers.
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Melbourne
Brydon Taves
United Press
Arthur Raynor
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Tan Morrison
London Times
Hayden Lennard
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Taves
Australia
Diana Parnham
Raynor
Melbourne Herald
Sydney Sun
London Daily Mail
New Guinea
More Stooge s Nazi recruits fight with Germans
Nazi controlled Fascist radio reported that 14 000 Mussolini recruits are now fighting with Germany on the southern Italian front. The broadcast said 6 000 are in their own detachments and 8 000 have been placed in German units.
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New York
U.S
Benito Mussolini
Marines Captured Cape Gloucester Airstrip Front New Britain
Allied reports describe U S Marines driving toward the Cape Gloucester air drome in western New Britain. They seized ground near Bergen Bay and Tar Get Hill while artillery pounded enemy positions and tanks moved along the coast. On Arawe front, Sixth Army patrols withdrew after counter attacks but were driven back by strong American stands.
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New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Hil
Borwen Bay
Gloucester
Bergen Bay
Arawe
U.S. Sixth Army
Umtingatu
ABC
Guadalcanal
Solomon I Islands
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
Great Crescent
New Ireland
Japan
Solomons
Lower New Guinea
Rations Of Sugar Not To Be Changed
The Office of Price Administration announced sugar rations for housewives will stay the same through April 1. Sugar stamp No 30 becomes valid for five pounds over two and a half months, through end of March. Stamp No 29 expires January 15. Institutions like hotels and restaurants also keep current rations.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Not a Candidate Says McCormick in Illinois Primary
Chicago December 28 Col Robert R. McCormick editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune has advised an Illinois Republican leader that he is not to be considered a presidential candidate in the Illinois preferential primary next spring.
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Chicago
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Illinois
Prison laundry strike hits Idaho pen for day and a half
In Boise on December 23 1 e Can nel, inmates at the Idaho penitentiary laundry went on a brief strike over management practices. The Idaho Prison Board met but recessed without action after laundry superintendent Howard Johnston said the workers returned and would continue operating the plant serving two army bases.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho Penitentiary
Idaho Prison Board
Howard Johnston
Army
Soviet Push toward Rumania Cuts Rail Links in Ukraine
Moscow reports M Gen Niko lai Vatutin’s First Ukraine Army drives southwest of Kiev in a bold advance toward Romania and the old Polish border. The operation severs two German rail lines, puts Berdichev within 20 miles, and threatens the Dnieper flank as large Axis networks shrink.
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Moscow
Nikolai Vatutin
Ukraine
Kiev
Rumania
Dnieper
Vatulin
Andrushevka
Brusilov
Zhitomir- Odessa
Fritz von Mannstein
Berdichev
von Mannstecin
Zhitomir- Korosten
Poland
Vinnitaa
Zhmerinka
Warsaw- Odessa
Veheraishe
Vitebsk
Ivan C. Bagramian
Vitebsk-Polotsk
Orsha
Minsk
Steel Workers Back To Jobs
News wires report a widespread steel industry walkout of over 170000 workers ends after retroactive pay demands are granted in new contracts. Philip Murray of the CIO United Steelworkers orders plants to resume production following a War Labor Board directive and Roosevelt guidance. Wheeling plants schedule 3 pm shift resumption for about 20000 idle workers after talks.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
War Labor Board
Washington
Roosevelt
Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Steel Company
West Virginia
Ohio
United Steelworkers
Vatican bomber nationality remains unknown in Pope's broadcast
New York December 28 reports indicate the plane that bombed Vatican City on November 3 has its nationality known, though the attacker remains unidentified. Pope Pius XII called the act deliberately planned and dishonorably screened behind pilot anonymity. The Vatican radio broadcast was recorded by the Federal Communications Commission. Markets failed to celebrate the government rail seizure or steel strike halt, though reaction was serene.
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New York
Vatican Ciy
Pius XII
Vatican Radio
College of Cardinals
Federal Communications Commission
Destroyer And Coastal Ship Sunk At Gloucester
Secretaries Knox and Hill described the Cape Gloucester landings as costly for the Allies and noted the loss of a destroyer and a small coastal transport to Japanese air attack. The transport was only damaged according to the Navy. The incident marked American naval losses at 135 ships since the war began.
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Washington
Cape Gloucester
New Britain Island
Knox
Navy
Tokyo
U.S
Harry W. Hill
Tarawa
Makin
Japs Jittery Over Rabaul and Churchill Speech Planned
Japanese newspapers urged holding Rabaul despite critical air deficit and warned against underestimating its strategic effect. Mainichi warned conquest by the Americans would impact fighting on all fronts. In London, Daily Mail reported Churchill expected to speak soon on Eisenhower’s invasion setup.
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Rabaul
Berlin
New Britain P
Mainichi
Coun
Churchill
London
The
Daily Mail
Middle East
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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America
United States
Hagerstown and Frederick
Stooges
Associated Press
Cape Merkus
Vatican City
Admiral Hill
Hill
Liscome Bay
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