New Landing By U.S. Troops In New Guinea
Allied forces under Gen Douglas MacArthur landed veterans including the 32nd Division at Saidor on the New Guinea north coast with no opposition. Brig Gen Clarence Martin and Col Slade Bradley led the landing and ground assault to seize the airfield, while Japanese forces faced isolation as reinforcements were cut off. The operation followed earlier November December strikes and aimed to establish airfields for fighters and bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Saidor
Southwest Pacific
Clarence Martin
Slade N. Bradley
Cape Gloucester
Arawe
New Britain
MacArthur
Madang
Astrolabe Bay
Blucher Point
Finschhafen
Martin
Papua
Bradley
Wisconsin
Michigan
One Hurt And Truck Burned In Collision Near Brunswick
One man was injured and hospitalized after a collision near New Addition Brunswick when a sedan struck a parked pickup owned by James Printz of Burkittsville. The truck burned. Knoxville’s Gerald R. Himes, 20, suffered a fractured leg and head lacerations. He remained in Schnauffer Hospital in satisfactory condition. No charges yet. investigation ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Addition
Brunswick
Gerald R. Himes
Knoxville
Schnauffer Hospital
Corp
W. W. Corbin
James Printz
Burkittsville
Clifton A. Printz
Himes
Brunswick Fire Department
Joseph L. Himes
Lorraine Stewart
Brunswick, Corp. Corbin
Corp. Corbin
New Feed Advisory Committees Formed in Maryland
Maryland AAA forms new county feed advisory committees to allocate livestock feed ingredients for farmers dealers and manufacturers. State farmers benefit from a War Food Administration order requiring oil seed meal processors to set aside 20 percent of output for distribution through AAA and county committees. Maryland committee distributes share by livestock population and mixing history. small feeders may pool orders for 30 ton carloads. Farmers and mixers order through county AAA officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Maryland
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
War Food Administration
WFA
XAA
Saturn Year 1944 Forecast and Almanac Notes
Almanac forecasts a Saturn ruled 1944 with a leap year February 29 and early Easter. Notable dates include Washington’s birthday February 22 not 23, Memorial Day May 30, Flag Day June 14, Independence Day July 4 on a Tuesday, Columbus Day October 31, Halloween October 31, Armistice Day November 11, Christmas December 25 on a Monday, and two solar eclipses January 25 and July 20. A New Year’s Eve forecast notes cold damp weather and a year of political and global tensions. A family feud resumes in Yellow Springs as Warren S Harley is jailed after a pistol altercation with George Bartgis. The Walkersville Fire Company postpones its banquet due to grippe and colds. Visitation Academy delays commercial classes due to teacher illness until January 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturn
Mussolini
Cronus
Hitler
Tojo
Clotho
Lachesis
Atropos
Washington
Hallowe'en
United States
Yellow Springs
Warren S. Harley
George Bartgis
Harry Holsinger
Brandon Duvall
Barigis
Harley
Forty Three Flyers Die in California Fortress Crash
Debris from a four motor bomber fell across a wide area near Sacramento after plunging 3000 feet in a mid air breakup. Only Maj. James H. Wergen survived the fiery wreckage from Kingman Field Ariz. McClellan Field officials said next of kin notification would determine names.
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Bell Flying Fortress
Los Angeles
Mzec
Tacoma
Wash
Exin
MzClellan
Sacramentans
Lizried
Tesson
Maj
James H. Wergen
Kingman Field
Ariz
McClellan Field
Invites Strikers To Come With Troops On Landing In Pacific
A wartime column by a sailor aboard a South Pacific warship urges worker Striker readers to view the sacrifice behind battle calls. He describes landing waves on a dawn approach, the seven acres of white crosses, and shell shocked veterans earning $50 a month with room and board, urging sympathy over strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
South Pacific
Muncie
Ind
NEA Service
Kenneth Walsh
Arlington Cemetery
Valhalla
Sealark Channel
Mr. Striker
Tom Jones
Dick Brown
Harry Smith
Tropics
Sam
America
Free
Georgia
North Dakota
Ohio
Striker
Guadalcanal
Slacker
A. F
John L. Lewis
War Plant
Officers named for Capital District Kiwanis
Two Marylanders were named officers of the Capital District of Kiwanis International. W Melville Brown of Richmond Va was chosen head of the area including the District of Columbia Virginia and Maryland. Brown succeeded W Carey Wheatley of Lynchburg Va as governor. Lieutenant governors serving with Brown in 1944 include Claude B Hellmann of Baltimore and Clisby M Jeannette of Salisbury Md. Martin T Wiegand of Washington DC. NO HOLIDAY BIRTH Hospitals here and at Brunswick reported no new arrivals in the New Year. At Frederick City Hospital and Emergency Hospital attendants said there have been no new births. Schnauffer Hospital in Brunswick reported the stork on vacation with no newcomers since Christmas Eve. GIVEN NEW TASK Camp Pickett Va Jan 2 Appointment of Major John T Kibler former athletic director at Washington College Chestertown Md as assistant to Col Frank B Lammons Camp Pickett post com
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kiwanis International
W. Melville Brown
Richmond
District of Columbia
Virginia
Maryland
Brown
W. Carey Wheatley
Lynchburg
Claude B. Hellmann
Baltimore
Clisby M. Jeannette
Salisbury
Martin T. Wiegand
Washington, D. C
Brunswick
Frederick City
Schnauffer Hospital
Camp Pickett
John T. , Kibler
Athetic
Washington College
Chestertown
Frank B.lammons
Maryland Post Names Two Veterans to Civil Service Roles
Mandert was announced yesterday as a new appointee. Major Philip Ritchie Winebrewer of Frederick named post control officer. Both men are World War I veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandert
Philip Ritchie Winebrewer
Frederick
Pickett
Reconditioning schedule for Farm Machinery Repair shops
A three year program lists January to March as ideal for farmers to recondition and build farm equipment. The Frederick and Carroll counties shops run with various local instructors and times from 7 to 10 p m or 9 30 a m to 4 p m. Farmers supply materials. shops provide heat light equipment and instructors. Over 2600 machines reconditioned last year and 11900 jobs completed in welding forge work cold metal soldering and tool fitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Education
Frederick
Carroll Counties
Myersville
Kline
Guy C. Kline
Preston Sayler
New Windsor
Hesson
D. S. Coale
Woodbine
Evan's
Edward Fleming
Winfield
Winfield, Barnes’ Garage
Frederick County
Wolfsville Seaman Drowns Off Brooklyn
Samuel Crowe Sr a 36 year old merchant seaman from near Wolfsville drowned last Wednesday off Brooklyn. State Police notified his two year old son Samuel Crowe Jr learned Saturday. The wife and mother live in Baltimore. No details of the accident were released. A separate item notes a hotel party given by Mr and Mrs W Harry Haller for about 30 guests with several helpers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfsville
Samuel Crowe
Wolfsvile
Brooklyn
Samuel Crowe, Jr
Bruce A. Bruchey
Samuel, Jr
Seaman
Baltimore
Pikesville Barracks
Smithsburg
Brachey
Crowe
Sixteen Arrests Over New Year's Holiday
City police recorded sixteen arrests over the New Year holiday including disturbing the peace fighting assault and battery and intoxication. Names include Hammie Gill of Montevue the first on record. other arrestees include Ridgley King Otis Diggs Howard Speaks Charles Cooke G L Baker James Graler Robert Hill John R Brown Webster Lubey Wesley Mansfield Douglas Stone James Cramer Braddock Amos Rippeon and more with various officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammie’ Gill
Montevue
Gill
Frank Dorsey
Denver Shook
Harry Rentzell
John H. Stauffer
Walkersville
Ridgley King
Otis Diggs
Howard Speaks
Charles Cooke
G. L. Baker
James Graler
Robert Hill
John R. Brown
Webster Lubey
Wesley Mansfield
Frederick
Douglas Stone
Yellow Springs
James Cramer
Braddock
Amos Rippeon
Linganere
Sergi Dorsey
Boone
Martin Kanode
Shook
Harry Phillips
Norman Trump
Marion Carmack
Haugh
Baker
Luby
Mansfield
Use U. S. Sur gicals in wartime shift to domestic tools
The article notes a postwar shift in surgical instrument sourcing. Before the war 85 percent came from Europe or imported steel, but American Service hospitals worldwide now use materials manufactured in the United States, reflecting a strong domestic production push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Europe
United States
Draft Board calls sixty more men in Frederick County
Frederick County draft board two opened the new year with a call of sixty men to report for examination and probable induction at the Baltimore center within ten days. The list includes 50 white and ten colored selectees and features names from Monrovia to Baltimore with many from Emmitsburg Thurmont and Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Myersville
William Roy Hoover
Thurmont
Albert Norwood Stone
Bentz
Frederick
Victor James Kifer
George Reese Clabaugh
Ladiesburg
Chester Ray Brice
Emmitsburg
James Donald Stoner
Curtis David Topper
Roy Carlton Stine
Jefferson
Page Edward Routzahn
Harry Wilson Eyler
Harry Benjamin Morgan
Joseph Peter Cool
Wilbur Charles Dutrow
Howard Frederick Shire
Ray Melvin Dewees
Leonard Sylvester Kerchner
Patrick St
Charles Eutah Gilbert
Carroll Winfield
Smiths
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U.S
Visitation Academy
Fortress
California
Camp Cozy
Sailor
C. E. Cline & Son
St. Market St
Stockholm
Rome
Dagens Nyheter
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
Senate
Thomas
Utah
Senate Education Committee
Bender
Philadelphia
Chief Bender
Philadelphia Athletics
A's
Mee
C. C. Carty, Inc
Laurence Anthony Stitely
Mt. Airy
Fort Warren Draper
Ira Elwood Lewis
Hubert Wilbur Weagley
Lantz
Glen Leo Fox
Sabillasville
Sterling Allen Luther Leiss
Mathew William Morrisey
Union Bridge
Lyman Earl Myers
John Henry Watts
Monravia
Robert Allen Lewis
Willie Snowden
Rt. 2
Wamsville
Bernard Mathew Roberts
Libertytown
Roland McDonald Thompson
Lewis Raymond Hoy
Phebus Ave
James Nathaniel Turner
Mt St. Mary's College
John Sterling Chase
Chester Glenwood Crampton
Rt. 1
Claude Joseph Proctor Jr
Adamstown
David Alfred Shockley
Frederick and Harkles
Columbus Ambush
Dickerson
Montgomery County
Associated Press
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Roosevelt
Cairo
London
Mljet
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Dalmatian
Germany
Balkans
Lisle
New York
Hendrickson’s
Cardigans
Tweed
Plaid
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