Allied air victory amid Tunisian ground battle reported
American Flying Fortress bombers and Lightning fighters claimed 26 enemy planes shot down and 26 damaged with 10 percent Allied losses. US armored forces withdrew from Sened railway station in central Tunisia as British Eighth Army pressed Rommel’s rearguards.
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London
Sened
Tunisia
Gabes
Eighth Army
Marshal Rommmel
U.S
United States
North Africa
Jim Burchard
New York World Telegram
Newespaper
the Stars and Stripes
Walter E. Young, Jr
Edmonston Md
Buckeystown Man Killed In Train Crash At Crossing
Milton Keefer Ausherman sixty of Buckeystown was fatally injured when his truck was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio helper engine at a crossing near Buckeystown on Manor road. He died minutes later after the collision. The engineer A. Tabler cited poor visibility. fireman P. K. Kephart saw the truck approach slowly and shouted a warning. Ausherman was a longtime farmer and salvage businessman with Maryland Salvage Company. He survived by his wife eight children and three stepchildren, with nineteen grandchildren and several siblings. The body lies at the funeral home ahead of services Monday at Pleasant Hill Church of the Brethren.
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Milton Keefer Ausherman
Buckeystown
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Manor Road
Rusherman
William Houck
Ausherman
Houck
Tabler
Mt. Airy
Brunswick
P. K. Kephart
Boontboro
Lewis and
Ann C. Delaughter Ausherman
Pleasant Hill Church of the Brethren
Chester
Walkersville
Ernest
Gaithersburg
Nelle Stover
Hattiesburg
Miss
Milton Warfield
Frederick
Earl R. Ausherman
Highfield
Edgar G. Dennis
Ira Ausherman
Frederick Junction
Charles V. Harshman
New Market
Pearl Goodsell
Howard Zimmerman
Charles Rice
Urbana
East Church Street
Pleasant Hill
M. R. Etchison and Son
Maryland holds first midwinter commencement for year-round program
Among 265 graduates at the University of Maryland midwinter exercises, Lester Ports of Walkersville earned a degree in Agriculture, Richard Peck of Damascus in Arts and Sciences, Joseph Hoppengardner of Brunswick in Education, and Fitshugh Clark of Germantown in Engineering.
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Maryland
University For Maryland
Lester Ports
Walkersville
College of Agriculture
Richard Peck
Damascus
College of Arts and Science
Joseph Hoppengardner
Brunswick
College of Education
Fitshugh Clark
Germantown
College of Engineering
Nazis Face Encirclement In Don Basin and Caucasus
Soviet forces drive to trap German and Hungarian units in the Don basin and Caucasus. Red Army advances cut Krasnodar exits, threaten Rostov Kursk and Kharkov while Germans rush reserves to hold Cher rlines. Encirclement to Voronezh and Timashevskaya cited with possible sea escape routes.
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Moscow
Adolf Hiller
Red
Krasnodar
Rostov
Kursk
Kharkov
Caucasus
Starominskaya
Kantvskaya
Rostov-Baku
Yeisk
Don
Kraspyliman
Krasny-Liman
Ukraine
Voroshilovgrad
Voronezh
Stalingrad
Pravda
Black Sea
Sea of Azov
Novorossisk
Red Army
I. V. Tuleniey
Timashevskaya
Western Caucasus
Kerch
Crimea
High Command
Berlin
Jug Bridge Construction Under Way
Initial work on the Jug Bridge over the Monocacy river is advancing with M. J. Grove Lime Company representatives reporting progress. Concrete for the west abutment has been poured, a temporary wooden span is being built, and steel deliveries have begun as the project aims for completion despite wartime uncertainties.
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Jug
Monocacy River
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Monocacy
Renthas
AWVS to Give Toilet Kits to Inductees
An AWVS sewing room at 120 A West Patrick Street opens to produce folding apron toilet kits for departing Army inductees. The kits replace the old gift box of chocolate cigarettes playing cards and sandwiches and include shaving cream toothpaste toothbrush and other items. Inductee committee led by Mrs. Clifford M Ying er will prepare the kits two days weekly while the space is shared with AWVS thrift shop work the rest of the week.
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AWVS
Bnd
Clifford M. Yinger
West Patrick Street
George Tollenger
Roosevelt seeks four billion cash for Navy aid
President Roosevelt asked Congress for an additional four billion dollars in cash and 210 million dollars in contract authorizations for the Navy. The request aims to bolster naval funding and procurement amid national security concerns.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy
War Prisoners For Farming
Axis war prisoners may be used in the United States next summer to aid agricultural labor. J A Walker of the Food Production Administration said prisoners captured in Africa and Europe could be brought in to work in large groups for efficient guarding. They would mainly harvest and cultivate commercial vegetables canning and fruit crops.
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Washington
J. A. Walker
Lavor
Food Production Administration
Africa
Europe
Procter and Gamble Acquitted on Mail Fraud Charges
Boston report notes Judge George C. Sweeney ordered a directed verdict of acquittal for the Procter and Gamble Co and associated firms in a mail fraud case. A firm employee was fined, and a suspended sentence was given in the related actions. Ottawa mentions Canada banning manufacture of certain metal items in a Mother’s Compact case with the price board announcing new restrictions.
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Boston
George C. Sweeney
Procter and Gamble Co
Proctor and Gamble Manufacturing Co
Procter and Gamble Distributing Co
Tovree
Ottawa
Mother’s Compact
Canada
Bombers Hit Burma Bridge, U S Says
United States bombers scored direct hits on a strategic railroad bridge over the Irrawaddy near Mandalay in Burma yesterday, according to a communique announced today.
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New Delhi
United States
Irrawaddy
Mandalay
Burma
Guadalcanal Japs Fight Strongly Amid Coastal Clash
American troops on Guadalcanal faced the heaviest enemy resistance since their advance along the northern coast. Artillery, air attacks, and sniper fire tested U S forces near Cape Esperance and Bonegi river as Japanese troops retreated and then rallied amid cave defenses. Chungking marks a new Chinese holiday honoring anti extraterritorial treaties with the United States and Britain.
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William Hipple
U. S
Guadalcanal
Cape Esperance
United States
Savo Island
Bonegi River
Kokumbona
China
Chungking
Britain
U S Forces Down 17 Japanese Planes in Solomons
Guadalcanal reports two air raids as American and Japanese air forces clash. US fighters shoot down at least twelve Zeros and several bombers, with losses and rescues on both sides. In surrounding actions at Bougainville, Munda Point, and Shortland harbor, Japanese shipping sustains damage while American ships strike at cargo vessels and a destroyer.
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Guadalcanal
Solomons
Shortland Harbor
Vellawilt
Munda Point
Savo Island
Bougainville
Vella Gulf
Narre Whitaker
Toxana
Joe Voellmeck
Seattle
Guada
Andrews Assumes Command of US Forces in European Theater
Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews took command of United States forces in the European theater in London and announced an intensified bombing campaign against Germany. He pledged increased American air strength in the U K and a one night bombing start, signaling continued heavy daylight raids by U S Air Forces alongside RAF night operations. Andrews, 59, a Nashville native and West Point graduate, succeeds Eisenhower who leads North African operations. Also reports New York market rally with steel stocks lifting selectively as trading steadies.
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London
Frank M. Andrews
United States
Andrews
Middle East
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Azcocan
United Kingdom
Germany
RAF
USAAF
Nashville, Tenn
West Point
Frederick County Speeding Hearings Set For 35 MPH Limit
Seven Frederick county residents faced hearings before a special OPA panel led by former Judge Arthur D. Willard and William M. Storm for exceeding the 35 mile per hour speed limit. Hearings reviewed evidence to decide possible revocation of gasoline rations as some drivers claimed war work duties.
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Frederick County
OPA
Arthur D. Willard
William MM. Storm
Hive
James H. Working
Otiscity
Baltimore
William Houck
Braddock Hill
John T. Croghan
Wouck
Bradgock Hill
Anthony J. Cincotta
Brunswick
Bernard R. Baumgardner
Frederick
Thomas E. Pilsch
British Lose Only Three Planes In Wide Attacks
The RAF bombed Turin and the Spezia naval base in northern Italy and attacked Lorient in France. Only three bombers were reported missing in raids described as one of the RAF’s most sweeping campaigns. Weather was good over targets. Spezia raid was lighter with slight damage.
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London
RAF
Turin
Spezia
Italy
Lorient
France
Air Ministry
Lergely
Eircraft
Turin Lorient
Sper
Ruhr
Germany
High Command
Rome
Alps
Mussolini
Avian
Genoa
Hitler
Atlantic
Gen Smith Held On Driving Drunk Charge
Gen Holland M Smith U S M C was arrested on drunken driving charges amid a traffic incident in San Diego. A navy machinist was injured when Smith’s car struck a pedestrian and left the scene three miles from the accident site. The arrest was reported by police investigator Wayne Nettles.
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San Diego
Wayne Nettles
Holland M. Smith
Nettles
General Smith
Alvim J. Wilder
Navy
Fred Keily
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Bizerte
Seizts Heights
Keefer Ausherman
Helper
Frank Kharkov
Proctor and Gamble Company
U.S. Downs
Henderson Field
Steels
New York
Lake Chad
Jacques Leclerc
Equatorial Africa
Libya
Sahara
Lake
Chad
State Office
Tt seLedeertleage
E.R. Stottinius, Jr
French North Africa
Gen. Smith
Edward Henry Crockett
Associated Press
Admiralty
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