Allied forces seal Buna Gona pocket after major push
Allied commanders reported complete destruction of Japanese forces in the Buna area with remnants confined near Sanananda and Buna to be enveloped. In Buna and Giropa point areas snipers and pockets of resistance remained. Air forces hit Japanese shipping at Rabaul and attacked Madang and Lae targets while bombers destroyed a medium bomber and two fighters on the ground.
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Sanananda Point
Buna
Government Station
Sanananda
Gona
Giropa Point
Rabaul
Gasmata
Madang
Lae
De Gaulle Receives Early Reply From General Giraud
London reports a preliminary reply from General Henri Giraud to Charles de Gaulle’s proposal for a meeting on French soil to unite against the Axis. A spokesman said several days of further correspondence are needed to determine if leaders can meet. The Fighting French criticizes U S talks with Admiral Darlan.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
North Africa
de Gaulle
Speedh
Giraud
Germans Claim Sinking OF Ammunition Carrier
Berlin reported that a German U boat sank an 8,000 ton United States ammunition carrier from an Allied convoy bound for Oran Algeria. The broadcast cited La Linea Spain and listed a powerful British force including Formidable Furious Nelson Rodnes two cruisers and eight destroyers as moving into the Mediterranean. The High Command claimed the bomber Bone Algeria port also saw a 16,000 ton freighter sunk.
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Berlin
High Command
United States
Oran
Algeria
la Linea
Spain
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Formidable
Furious
Nelson
Rodnes
Bone
White Book Slams Army Navy Over Pearl Harbor Warnings
Washington public anger grows as the State Department white book links months of warnings to Hawaii security failures. Senator Connally and others say the Army and Navy bore responsibility for Pearl Harbor. Admiral Kimmel and Gen Short were relieved. court martial actions anticipated. A separate Maryland arrest ties to theft of gasoline ration books.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Navy
State Department
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
United States
Hull
War and Navy Departments
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Navy Departments
Hawaii
Husband E Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Walter C. Short
Hawaiian Military Department
War Departments
Brewster R-Moe
Taft
Ohio
Japan
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate
Army service accepted for Carroll county registrants
Westminster January 3 Registrants from Carroll County have been accepted for military service and left for Camp Fort George G Meade on December 29. Names include Kenneth Edward Cullison Hampstead Route 1 William Henry Switzer Edgar Miller Snyder William Murray Rigler Joseph Lawrence Harris Hampstead Levi Tilden Gray Mount Airy Clarence Webster Gray Mount Airy Route 2 Howard Ray Keefer Mount Airy Chauncey Nusbaum Clay Mount Airy Charles Edward Kenny Mount Airy Route 5 William Thomas Frederick Henryton Raymond Ruscut Costly Teny ton Harry Jacob Farrer Westminster Walter Roby Pickett Westminster Route 11 Emory Franklin Wagner Westminster Route 4 Franklin Barlow Hobbs Catons Arden Lee Ricketts Sykes dames Barl Thomas Sykes Mitlard Eli Amspacher Clyde Jackson New Bern volunteer officer candidate Smithsburg riot Deputies Kenneth Stangle and Howard Horn quelled a street fight. a wax disc of the verbal barrage was recorded for magistrate use if needed Maryland Leatherman named state director of Farm Security Administration regional director J H Wood announced the appointment and said Leatherman would move headquarters from Oaklawn to Upper Marlboro. Leatherman previously taught at Hancock High School for 12 years.
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Westminster
Carroll County
Seven Bombers Missing After St Nazaire Raid
Seven bombers are reported missing after a daylight raid on St Nazaire, a major German submarine base in the Bay of Biscay. The operation involved hundreds of Allied fighters and covered nearly 1000 miles round trip, with bomb hits observed but no confirmation of bomber types.
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Idy Ernest Agnew
London
St. Nazaire
Germany
Bay of Biscay
U. S
Romilly Sur Seine
Holland
Belgium
France
Air Ministry
Bomber Command
Bruges
Army Cooperation Command
Fighter Command
Isle of Wight
Air and Home Security
Focke-Wulf 190
Delinquents Face Action Under Draft Delinquency Orders
Washington reports selective service will launch aggressive action against draft delinquents from February 1. Men aged 18 to 43 who have failed to keep in touch with local boards face penalties up to five years imprisonment and a 10,000 dollar fine for missing classifications and registration cards. Local boards will notify and report noncompliance to U. S. district attorneys and update records to avoid further charges.
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Washington
Selective Service
Justice Department
U. S
Death of Wilson Keeney Found in Meadow Near Quarry
Wilson Lee Keeney, 24, of 117 East Fourth Street, was found dead in a meadow near the Seventh Street quarry Sunday afternoon by two local sportsmen’s dogs. The County Medical Examiner attributed death to acute alcoholism and exposure. Sheriff Horace Alexander removed the body to a funeral home for arrangements pending Tuesday funeral. Keeney, a Trinity Methodist member, is survived by parents Lewis Calvin Keeney and Hattie Potts Keeney and several brothers and sisters.
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Wilson Lee Keeney
East Fourth Street
Seventh Street
William M Bopst
North Market Street
Howard Stockman
East Sixth Street
Stockman
Arthur
Harry Routzahn
Boost and
Horace Alexander
Harry E. Carty
East Patrick Street
M. R. Etchison and Son Funeral
Tus
Frederick ‘Memorial Park
Keeney
Lewis Calvin
Hattie Potts Keeney
Trinity Methodist Church
Reverdy Keeney
Baltimore
Walter Keeney
Roy Keeney
Two Enemy Destroyers Blasted In Solomon Islands Raids
American air forces blasted two Japanese destroyers and heavily bombed Munda airfield on New Georgia Island during two days of raids. One destroyer was set afire and last seen burning. the other appeared to be sinking. Guadalcanal patrols killed 30 to 33 Japanese as Japs shelled positions for the first time in weeks.
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Washington
Munda
Solomon Islands
Navy
New Georgia Island
Etre
Solomons
United States
Guadalcanal
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