Wounded Have Good Chance To Recover At Rotary meeting
William B Bennett Jr described two years with the American Field Service overseas at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Francis Scott Key hotel. He detailed the wounded man’s journey from battlefield pickup to hospital care and discussed frontline medical logistics and conditions in Africa, the Middle East, and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willliam B. Bennett, Jr
Rotary Club
Francis Scott Key
Young Bennett
William B. Bennett
Lindbergh Avenue
Aun FS
Uotee Beh
Eighth Army
Africa
Middle East
S dc
Bennett
America
France
Ernest Hemingway
Cessor
Germany
A. F
Rotary
Willam B. Bennett
Ross Alexander
Wan Recessio
Amorings
Frederick
Rotatians
W. Dave Marton
Thomas E. Wiliams
Charles McC. Mathias
Rotary International
Great Britain
Ireland
Willam H .B Anders
Roger B. Wolfe
Louis L Wilson
Joseph D Baker
Charles W. Lough
A‘s WL
Hyssong. Jr
Churchill Hit by Sniper in Greece
Prime Minister Churchill visiting Athens to aid in Greece’s turmoil was fired upon by a sniper near the British Embassy. The bullet skimmed his bodyguard and struck a nearby young woman, as Churchill remained unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Greece
Athens
Minster
Ela
Oman
Hint Of Things To Come In Next Year's Christmas Cards
New York reports on business Christmas cards as a forecast of 1945 trends. Brown & Bigelow cite analysts, wartime themes, and patriotic tones guiding card designs for a postwar world, stressing quality service and enduring peace as central messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brown & Bigelow
Europe
Tater
Pacific
Brown & ‘Bigelow
Florida Stables To Keep Horses Training In Florida
Florida stables plan to keep horses in training despite a racing ban. Most major Florida stables will continue conditioning thoroughbreds, including yearlings, with Twilight Tear and the 25 Chrysler horses kept locally until late February, some sent to Virginia for breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Florida
Twilight
Tear
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr
Virginia
Electric furnaces forge high grade alloys for war industry
Electric furnaces produce high trade alloy steels used in bomber, battleship, and tank production.
Three Jap Destroyers Sunk By U S
General MacArthur announces in the Philippines that American air and naval forces sank three Japanese destroyers during the Mindoro operation. The clash on December 26 also involved bombing and torpedo strikes from Mitchells Thunderbolts and FPT boats, with a battleship and cruiser damaged and the Japanese withdrawing toward the China Sea. An additional 827 Japanese were killed in Leyte mopping up as pockets resist northeast of Palompon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General MacArthur
Headquarers
Philippines
the Central
China Sea
Mindoro Island
Douglas MacArthur
Mindoro
P. T
Leyte
MacArthur
Luzon
Palompon
Palompou
Tacloban
Clark Field
Fire Loss in Frederick County Reaches 172 000 This Year
Official estimates show Frederick County outside Frederick city recorded about 158 000 in fire losses with city losses around 14 000 for the 12 months ending December 1 1943. Major blazes included a 100 000 fire at Mt St Marys College and a 20 000 damage to E C Valentines property near Groves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Frederick County
Mt. St. Mary's College
Central Trust Company
E. C. Valentine
Groves
William T. Zepp
Reich
Knoxville
Gill
Thurmont
Frederick
Ralph Miller
Klinehart’s Alley
Iwo Jima Hit From Sea and Air Joint Attack Report
U S Pacific Fleet reports heavy bombardment of Iwo Jima from sea and air on December 26, part of a third joint attack. Liberators bombed air fields and defenses, two U S ships lightly damaged, and prior raids referenced including December 24 on Saipan. Lead shortages prompt War Production Board to cut civilian use of lead to 60 percent in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Iwo Jima
Valcano Islands
Chester W
Nimitz
U. S
Liberators
Little Island
Marianas
Saipan
Iwo
Marians
Washington
War Production Board
Simulation of Aerial Invasion of Luzon Draws Japanese Counter
A staged aerial invasion simulates a large Yank Air Force assault on Luzon at the war’s outset, with Japanese forces reportedly destroying part of the attacking airpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mindoro
Luzon
Ted
Big Three to Meet Shortly
London reports Prime Minister Churchill said President Roosevelt and Premier Stalin would review Greece soon. Churchill warned Greece must solve its differences or international trusteeship might be needed, and vowed British military action until a fair government is established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Broadcasting Company
Churchill
Athens
Hhe
Roosevelt
Stalin
BBC
John Nixon
Nixon
Anthony Eden
Greece
Elas
Tokyo Bombed Hour And Half By Superforts
Saipan December 27 reports describe a large force of B-29 Superfortresses bombing Tokyo for about ninety minutes, with one bomber lost and heavy anti aircraft and fighter resistance. Japanese claims of losses are unverified, while US accounts note significant fires and tough defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
21St Bomber Command
Saipan
Japan
Honshu
Haywood Hansell, Jr
New York
San Francis
Nagoya
U. S
Imperial
Domei
Diet
US. War Department
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W. B. Bennett, Jr
A.F.S
Rotary Meeting
Caer Ams
Icerman
Poland
Rek
Spain
el Regs
Bessarassa
Romania
EDS
Ukraine
Anzio
POLAN
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Bucharest
Fleesti
Bcart
Normandy
St. Lo
Hitler
Lied
England
Bug River
Bessarabia
Cernauti
Tartar Pass
Balkan
Aquila
Ortona
Ousta
Sikus
Bayeux
Cassino
Rome
Belgium
Bordeaux
souTh
Vich
Eisenhower
Paris
Cherbourg
Britain
Brussels
REDS
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Netherlands
Moos River
Aachen
Norway
East Prussia
Yarlsruhe
Dea
Vant
Rhine
Yale
Harel Street
Robert Frar
M. Schnouffer
Poole
Soe
E. Autt James
Ale
Ton ¥. Bennett
James
Capra
C.e.cline& Son
Florida Stables
U.S
Hendrickson
Allen
North Market
Frederick 5
S. Market
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