Farm Bureau votes down five year roads plan in county meeting
The Frederick County Farm Bureau rejected a resolution backing a five year post war roads plan aimed at improving about 200 miles of roads. Debate centered on local financing options and the plan's political implications, with leaders citing conflicts over roads board control and governor appointment powers. The session included questions on use taxes, property tax increases, and legality of proposed local taxes.
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Frederick County Farm Bureau
County Roads Board
Walter E. Burali
New Market
State Armory
Farm Bureau
Roads
Alvie M. Etzler
Burall
J. A. Engle
Roads Board
Engle
B. B. Rosenstock
Bureau
Rosenstock
Etz Jer
League of Women Voters
Resolutions Committee
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
OPA
Western Germany Hit By Mosquito Planes
RAF Mosquito bombers attacked objectives in western Germany last night with no losses, amid Typhoon attacks on targets in northern France by day. Air Ministry said RAF, Dominion and Allied fighters were over northern France on offensive patrol, shooting down one enemy aircraft for one Allied fighter lost.
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London
RAF
Germany
Air Ministry
France
Dominion
Ramsay Named Naval Head For Second Front War Plan
London December 29 Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay was named naval commander in chief under General Eisenhower, with Air Marshal Leigh-Mallory as air commander in chief. The pair were chosen after talks between Roosevelt and Churchill. Ramsay, 60, formerly second in command in the Mediterranean, commanded ships in the Dover patrol in the last war. Leigh-Mallory, 56, led Fighter Command and covered the Dieppe raid in 1942. Eisenhower’s invasion staff nears completion with Montgomery slated as British ground commander.
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London
Bertram Ramsay
Dwight D. Eisenhower
T. W. Leigh-Mallory
Air
Roosevelt
Churchill
Ramsay
Mediterranean
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Royal Navy
H. M.&. Broke
Dover Patrol
Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory
RAF
Air Force
Dieppe
Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Fordey
Stores urged to back 14 billion dollar war loan drive
Secretary Morgenthau appealed to store owners managers and clerks across the nation to support the $14 billion Fourth War Loan opening January 18 He said success will reassure troops at the front that those at home are fighting the war too The appeal aired on NBC via Retailers War Campaigns committee and national director Ted Gamble lauded retailers past efforts as the drive seeks 5.5 billion in individual bond purchases and immense war equipment funding.
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Washington
Morgenthau
America
War Campaigns Committee
Treasury
Ted Gamble
War Finance Division
Booby Birds Overrun Ascension Island Runway
Washington reports war hazard from nesting seabirds on Ascension Island near Africa. Army workers moved to deter boobies after terns were controlled by cats, then eggs were stolen and nesting sites wired with chicken wire. A bird expert advised the method, noting the boobies’ cleverness and confusing behavior of the illusive “filly-loo” birds.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Ascension Island
Africa
War Department
Army
North Pole
Remaining Unions Cancel Strike After War Department
Washington War Department announced that three remaining railroad unions the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen the Order of Railway Conductors and the Switchmen's Union of North America agreed to call off a strike set for tomorrow Their leaders signed a joint statement with Lt General Brehon Somervell after a conference The unions represent about 230000 railway workers and Roosevelt had ordered railroad operation by the Army Monday night to ensure wartime supply lines remains stable
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Washington
War Stimson
Brehon Somervell
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
H. W. Freser
Order of Railway Conductors
T. C. Cashen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Roosevelt
Alexander Surles
War Department Public Relations Bureau
Secretary of War
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Srearn Union of North America Today
General Somervell
Soviets Near Zhitomir in New Winter Offensive
Soviet forces under Gen Nikolai Vatutin advance toward Zhitomir and Korosten, key junctions on the Leningrad Odessa line, ten miles from Zhitomir with heavy guns shelling defenses. Units also retake Radomysi Brutislav and capture Zlobichi Bekhi as they push to recapture half the Kiev bulge gains.
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London
Nikolai Vatutin
Zhitomir
Korosten
Leningrad-Odessa
Kiev
Vatutin
First
Ukraine
Korositshev
Smolovka
Patrols Tighten for New Year Eve at Times Square
New York December 29 police will station 2 147 officers plus air raid wardens and firemen for Times Square New Year Eve. Police Commissioner Valentine ordered guards citywide to deter sabotage and hoodlumism near war plants. Sirens in Times Square are banned from 7 p m December 31 to 4 a m January 1. Ten loud speakers will warn the crowd of more than a million expected attendees.
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New York
Times Square
Lewis J. Valentine
Mussolini Reported Dead in German Hospital
London dispatch quotes a diplomatic source reporting Benito Mussolini died ten days earlier in a German hospital from long standing stomach trouble and acute mental derangement. The claim appears in a Madrid dispatch carried by the London Daily Mail.
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London
Madrid
London Daily Mail
Benito
Mussolini
Fire alarms blaze at Torrid Zone cafe in night district
Fire engines roared through New York’s club district to battle a blaze at the Torrid Zone cafe late last night. No injuries reported as crews fought the flames and secured the scene.
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New York
Enormous Task Lies Ahead To Equip Coming All-Out Assault
Charles E. Wilson of the War Production Board warned executives that 1944 will demand vastly larger arms production than 1943. He said civilian goods must rise, war materiel volumes will be tremendous to sustain Eisenhower’s Europe invasion, and that 9,000 aircraft this month are insufficient for the coming assault. The remarks came at a WPB Office of Operations meeting led by L. M. Bowles.
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Washington
Charles , E. Wilson
War Production Board
North Africa
Waly
Eisenhower
Europe
Wilson
Ing
WPB
Office of Operations
DPM
Africa
Italy
L. M. Boulware
WPD
Jap Air Force Paying Heavy Penalty To U S
The Japanese Air Force has paid a heavy price in the New Britain campaign with more than 230 planes shot down in the first two weeks of the invasion. Allied advances raise questions about Japan's air strength and readiness as Arawe Cape Gloucester and Kavieng losses mount.
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New Britain
Japan
Marshalls
Pacific
Arawe
Rabaul
Tokyo Tradio
Cape Gloucester
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Cape Haskins
Kavieng
New Ireland
Truk
Bari
Virginia Snow Covers Most of Old Dominion
The Associated Press reports snow fell across Virginia from a trace in the southeast to about four inches in the central piedmont. Heaviest accumulation occurred in the piedmont after yesterday's rain froze overnight, making travel hazardous in Richmond and Fredericksburg. Coastal areas including Norfolk Portsmouth Newport News and Suffolk saw only light coverage by 9 am. The Shenandoah Valley north and west of Richmond saw two inches or less with little icy coating.
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Associated Press
Old Dominion
Piedmont
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Newport News
Suffolk
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Staunton
Deeds Recorded For Several City and Farm Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office transferring properties to new owners. Ira R. Nicodemus and wife sold to Owen E. Ecker at 906 306 A and 308 North Market street for about 10500 dollars. G William Trout and wife sold to Gertrude B. Strine the 125 East Fourth Street property for roughly 3.90 dollars. George B. Eyler and wife sold to Charles W. Lackey a 110 acre farm on Bunker Hill road in Johnsville district for about 4600 dollars.
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Ira R. Nicodemus
Owen E. Ecker
North Market Street
G. William Trout
Gertrude B. Strine
East Fourth Street
George B. Eyler
Charles W. Lackey
Bunker Hill Road
Johnsville
Churchill Out of Danger Report Stresses No More Bulletins
London insiders read No. 10 Downing Street wording as confirmation that Prime Minister Churchill has made very satisfactory progress and is no longer in danger after pneumonia. The statement said no further bulletins are expected, signaling a stable condition following the Middle East attack illness.
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London
No. 10
Downing Street
Churchill
Middle East
Allied forces escort vast shipping through Mediterranean
Allied Headquarters reports that since the Allied landings in North Africa, the Northwest African Air Force has guided thousands of tons of shipping through the Mediterranean with minimal losses. The news release highlights sustained convoy protection and efficient logistics in the theatre.
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Allied Headquarters
Algiers
Northwest African Air Force
North Africa
Mediterranean
Eight Month Old Marsh Girl Struggles With Illness
Little Linda Marsh eight months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert P Marsh of Magnolia avenue was suddenly ill with capillary bronchitis Monday night. She remained in an oxygen tent at Frederick City Hospital but showed some improvement today and hope for recovery was held out.
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Linda Marsh
Robert P. Marsh
Magnolia Avenue
Frederick City Hospital
Hope
Canadians Forge Ahead In Snow In Italy
Canadian troops push north along the Cassino front through sleet toward Rome’s Adriatic port of Ortona. The Allied communique notes the eight day bitter struggle for Oriana is over as medium bombers strike Rome area targets including Ciampino and Centocelle. French Moroccan forces seize peaks in central sector while British troops repel a German attack near Garigliano mouth. Allied air forces hit Rimini and Vicenza. 20 German planes shot down for 11 Allied losses.
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Algiers
Vps
Ortona
Rome
Adriatic
Oriana
Ciampine
Cent
Villa Grande
Fifth Army
Garigliano
Rimini
Vicenza
Venice
Ciampino
Centecelle
Guldonia
Ortona Tomb for Soldiers and Civilians
Ortona lies in ruins after Canadian troops capture the town ending the Moro Valley battle. Debris fills streets, many dead remain unburied as Canadians assess next moves against a possible German withdrawal to rivers Arielli and Tesoro.
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Maly
Ortona
Adriatica
Mediterranean
Moro Valley
Sicily
Arielli River
Moro
Tesoro
Body Of Recluse Found Among Papers And Cash
Baltimore police discovered the body of Claudius E Bange, about 50, in a dilapidated house littered with thousands of employers, bread wrappers and old newspapers. The scene included $1,690 in cash and $3,000 in war bonds amid the clutter. The recluse had lived there alone since his mother died ten years earlier.
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Baltimore
Tne
Claudius E Bange
Germans Claim Two Commando Assaults on Sark
London reports Germans say two British commando raids occurred within three days on Sark in the Channel Islands, near Ike’s anticipated invasion route. The German account via DNB followed a Sunday claim of a joint British operation near Cap de la Hague. No confirmation from Allied sources.
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London
Sark
British Channel Islands
Daight D. Eisenhower
Thantau
DNB
Geran High Command
Snow and Cold Grip Middle West to Atlantic States
A fast moving storm drove heavy snow and severe cold from the central Midwestern states to the East Coast. Temperatures plunged, with readings from 21 to 6 below in places like Waynoka Oklahoma and 11 inches of snow in Clinton Missouri. Subzero in northern New England, freezing temps stretched to the Rio Grande valley, and a colder night eyed the Mississippi Valley before a gradual warmup.
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Chinase
Combras Tlicentral Buchana
West Vardinik
Virginia
Atlantic Vocal
Mercury
Spriegtlickd
AL Waynoka
Okla
Wicehlla
Khans
Cohumbia
Kyterton
Clinton
Columbia
Springfield
Quincy
Richmond
Ind
Richman
Indianapolis
St. Louis
West Virginia
New England
New York
U. S. Weather Bureau
Rio Grande Valley
del Rio
Tex
Laredo
Mississippi Valley
Thirty-One Men Drawn From Board One for Final Exam
Thirty-one men from Draft Board One area receive notices for final physicals and probable induction in January. The second January call includes fathers and sixteens from the city. Names and addresses of registrants span Frederick, Baltimore, Knoxville, Adamstown, and nearby towns, with routes and former residences noted.
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Armed Services
William Bernard Thomas
West
All Saints Street
James Edward Bowens
East
Charles Thomas Smallwood
Knoxville
Clarence Alton Cooper
Tee Street
John Lewis Jackson
Philadelphia
Frederick
Roger Edward Ambush
Tuscarora
Samuel Ray Palm
West Sixth Street
Charles Theodore Barton
Lincoln Apartments
Raymond Alexander Allen
Middle Alley
Charles Clifford Summers
East Street
Harry Osborne Maker
Klinehart’s Alley
Ernest James Armstead
New Haven
Conn
Lewis Edward Lee
Baltimore
John
Edward Overs
Adamstown
Charles Albert Dykes
Burkittsville
Herman Tanalius Daley
Ue Grange
Charles Sappington
Lincoln
Lewis Tohn Wils
William Or Brown
David Timbert Sprigg
West J
Brunswick
Austin Thomas Bowie
Ice
Elmer Leroy Dixon
George Carlton Hardy
Maynard Eugene Bow
Ans
Samuel Jones
Salisbury
Middletown
James Edward Moore
Klinchart’s Alley
James Waller Johnson
East Sixth Street
Wiliam Henry Morris
Henry Outerridge Weedon
Buckeystown
Addison Grafton
Franklin Pearce Queen
Washington
Avioner Sunk Carrying Far East Cargo
London report says an Avioner sunk in the Bay of Biscay by Coastal Command planes was en route from the Far East with cargo including edible oil rubber tin and tungsten destined for the blockade effort.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Bay of Biscay
Coastal Command
Far East
Fire guard suspended after false Christmas warnings
Washington civil defense headquarters suspended an air raid fire guard today after an inquiry into false warnings issued on Christmas night.
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Washington
Three Nazi Destroyers Sunk By Air and Ship Action
London reports a combined air and naval strike in southern waters off France sinking three German destroyers with others crippled. Axis coastal threats and a blockade runner were also sunk. British losses were not disclosed. This follows the destruction of the battleship Scharnhorst and signals a large scale, ongoing operation against German naval strength.
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London
Bay of
Air Ministry
Biscay
Cay
Bay of Biscay
France
Spain
Hitler
Scharnhorst
Arctic
Past Masters Association Holds Annual Meeting in Frederick
The Past Masters Association of Frederick County met Tuesday evening at the Masonic Temple. Degrees were conferred for incoming Worshipful Masters Paul Hoffmaster, E Bryan Rice, Samuel Bennett, and Bernard Selby. Officers elected: Marion Stull Miller, Right Worshipful Master. Lawrence Bentz, Senior Warden. James Falk, Junior Warden. Holden Felton, secretary. Paul Simpson, treasurer. A short address followed by a dinner was delivered by Harry Huether of Baltimore.
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Frederick County
Masonic Temple
Paul L. Hoffmaster
Columbia Lodge
E. Bryan Rice
Lynch Lodge
Samuel G. Bennett
Brunswick Lodge
Bernard H. Selby
Philanthropic
New Market
Marion Stull Miller
Lawrence E. Bentz
James H. Falk
Holden
Felton
Paul D. Simpson
Harry L. Huether
Dorie Lodge of
Baltimore
Nazis Watch Ship Movements At Gibraltar
Axis radios report heavy shipping at Gibraltar since the Salian invasion and boast of impregnable French invasion defenses. Vichy says a British cruiser and nine torpedo boats plus 58 merchant ships are in the harbor. Madrid claims a 77-ship convoy arrived from the Atlantic as Germany moves troops in France over Christmas and Paris radio warns invasion would be costly.
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London
Gibraltar
Vichy
Berlin
Madrid
France
Paris
Roosevelt Heads Stay In White House With Cold
President Roosevelt suffers a head cold and, per doctor Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntyre, will remain in White House quarters today. No official appointments were set as McIntyre noted he did not have a fever.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntyre
White House
McIntyre
New Nazi Plane Claim From German Radio
German radio asserted that the latest Messerschmitt fighter bomber matches the speed and maneuverability of the world’s fastest fighters and would be followed by an equally improved dive bomber, signaling a bold advance in wartime aviation.
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London
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Leigh-Mallory
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Jap Air Force
U.S
Harold Streeter
Eighth Army
Pescara
Middle West States
Past Masters’ Assn
Brrhive
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