Flood Waters Wash Away Bridge On Monocacy River
Heavy rainfall halted highway traffic across Frederick area on Monday and earlier. By noon all but Route 26 at Ceresville reopened as waters receded. The M J Grove Lime Company reported losses between seven and eight thousand dollars after the temporary Jug Bridge span on Route 40 failed. Water supply fears at Singapore filtration plant proved unfounded after brief anxiety. Official rainfall reached 2.82 inches, the heaviest since April of last year, with more rain possible as skies cleared slowly. Materials damage and mud accompanied the flood aftermath.
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M. J. Grove Lime Company
Jug
Israel Creek
Ceresville
Frederick
Bennett Creek
Jug Bridge
Route 40
Monocacy
Singapore
William J. Davis
Fishing Creek
Boys Have Learned That Life Is Cheap
Mrs Elea nor Roosevelt said war changes service men's outlook and civilians should understand them as they return home. She noted 18 or 19 year olds have seen death often and believe life is cheap, having learned what organized force can do and lost regard for human life. She added enemy treachery eroded trust from top admiral to private.
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New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Columbia University Institute of Arts and Sciences
Theater Managers Inducted Into Service In Frederick
Selective Service yesterday dealt a double blow to Frederick theaters as managers Louis C. Forney of the Tivoli and E. A. Crowther of the City Opera House were inducted into Navy and Army respectively. Both will report to Uncle Sam soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Louis C
Jack) Forney
Tivoli
E. A
Ted) Crowther
City Opera House
Uncle Sam
Lutherans Are Given Bequests In Sanner Will
The will of Miss Fannie Sanner of Middletown probated by the Frederick County Orphans Court disposes of a 40500 estate with 37000 personal property and 3500 real estate. Major bequests include 10000 to Women’s Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Church in America and 5000 to the Evangelical Lutheran Church Zion Middletown. Further gifts fund education for ministers, missions, and aging care, with residue shared between Zion Middletown and the National Lutheran Home for the Aged in Washington.
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Fannie
Sanner
Middletown
Frederick County
Orphans Court
Women's Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Church In America
Evangelical Lutheran Church Zion
Cemetery Board
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Zion
Theological Seminary
General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In the
United States
United Lutheran Church In America
Gettysburg
Board of American Missions
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland
National Lutheran Home For the
Washington
D. C
Gettysburg College
Home For
Frederick
National Lutheran Home For
Alma P. Lease
Jennie G. Lighter
Edward M. L. Lighter
Allo
D. Grayson Sanner
Stanley Vincent Sanner
Vernon Sanner
Mehrle Lee Ranneberger
Lee Ranneberger
Annie House
Martin House
George W. Kefauver
Robert H. Routzahn
D. Grayson Lanner
John L. Routzahn
Bulgaria Government Seen as Shaky Amid German Influence
London dispatches report Bulgaria's pro German cabinet under pressure and possibly fallen though Sofia communications are cut. Istanbul and Ankara sources anticipate revolts in Bulgaria and Romania within two weeks if Soviet advances continue, with Allied landings expected on the Adriatic. Aksam notes Sofia air raid casualties and mass population movement to nearby villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Bulgaria
Turkey
Dobri Bosilov
Istanbul
Sofia
Instanbul
Romania
Adriatic
Aksam
Budapest
Revolt Planned to Coincide With Allied Invasion
A Paris radio commentator said France is taking countermeasures to prevent a revolt timed to match the Allied invasion. The report, dated January 4, cites efforts to maintain order during wartime.
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London
Paris
France
Masaryk predicts Hitler to die before trial
Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovak foreign minister, told reporters in Washington that Hitler likely won’t live to face war crimes charges. He said Hitler may be killed by the military or die by his own hand, and argued Allied nations must help purge Nazi terrorists and rebuild postwar Europe with security.
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Washington
Jan Masaryk
Hitler
Masaryk
London
United Nations
Atlantic City
Prague
Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Rumania
Changes Made In Assignments Of Policemen
Mayor Hugo V. Giltinger praised cooperation as the 1944 first six months close. New police duty schedule announced by Chief Straley reshuffles many patrolmen including Swomley Dietz Rentzell Trump Trump and others with shifts across day, night, square, park, and radio duty, while no other personnel changes occurred.
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Hugo V. Giltinger
Frederick N. Straley
Daniel Swomley
Harry Phillips
Sherman Boone
Albert Colliflower
Norman Dietz
Northeast
Charles Butler
Northwest Beat
Benjamin Phebus
Harry Quinn
Denver Shook
Ralph Fetts
Square Corner
Charles Rentzell
Square
Norman Trump
Howard Tyergar
Steel Workers Contracts Expire No Strike Called
Collective bargaining contracts between the CIO United Steelworkers and six U S Steel subsidiaries employing about 200,000 workers expired at midnight. With one exception all units remained on the job as CIO President Philip Murray urged members to stay at work during negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers of America
U. S. Steel Corporation
CIO
Philip Murray
Tax collector notes odd double payments in Miami
Miami on January 4 reports F County Tax Collector H E Overstreet says he receives about seven duplicate checks daily from people who have already paid. He sends a bill then a receipt, and the payer returns a second check. He calls collections good, almost too good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
H. E. Overstreet
Overstreet
Tito's Forces Battle Germans in Banjaluka Fight
Nazi defenders of Banjaluka hold the Adriatic coast as Tito declares bitter street battles and Partisans have captured half the city after a New Year’s Eve surprise. They report storming the prison and town hall with over 220 German fatalities, while rail lines near Prijedor are damaged to disrupt enemy supply. Allied officers reportedly command many Tito divisions.
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London
Banjaluka
Yugoslavian
Adriatic
Josip Broz
Tito
Black House
Palace
Ranjaluka
Prijedor
Zagreb
Budapest
Stockholm
Tidningen
Japs Report New Raid On Marshall Islands
New York reports a Japanese agency broadcast claimed 14 U S B 24 bombers raided Taroa Island in the Marshall group yesterday morning. It said ground batteries shot down two raiders and that Japanese losses were nil.
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Marshall Islands
New York
Comei
U. S
Taroa Island
Marshalls
Bombers Hit Pas De Calais Emplacements In Night Raids
United States Marauder bombers heavily attacked military objectives in the Pas De Calais area in coordination with RAF Mosquito raids into western Germany. The day brought fire reports in Berlin as Reichskancellerei and Tempelhof buildings suffered damage and Swedish reports noted paralyzed city traffic.
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Western
Germany
Berlin
London
Jan
United States
Pas de Calais
France
English Channel
Air Ministry
Sweden
Reichschancellory
Reichschancellery
Great Tempelhof Airdrome
Air Opposition Weak Knix Air Opposes Marhall Islands
Secretary Knox reports American air forces continue to soften up the Marshall Islands with weak enemy air opposition. Raids target Wolff Kwajalein Mille Jaluit and other bases as Japanese incursions on Tarawa and Makin are repelled. Knox says most bombs hit water and enemy air strength remains weak in the South Pacific. Maj Gen Daniel Isom Sultan named deputy commander in chief of U S Army forces in China Burma India under Lt Gen Stilwell.
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Washington
Knox
Marshall Islands
Wolff
Kwajalein
Mille
Jaluit
Tarawa
Makin Island
South Pacific
Sultan
New Delhi
Daniel Isom Sultan
U. S. Army
China
Burma
India
Joseph W. Stilwell
Geese land in county yard. farmer awaits ruling
Austin Younkins of Ballenger Creek pike reports two or three wild geese landed in his yard before Christmas after a porch light attracted them. A Christmas dinner goose came from the flock, which numbered a dozen or more. He clipped the remaining birds and awaits State Game Department guidance on keeping them.
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Austin Younkins
Ballenger Creek Pike
State Game Department
Younkins
Benjamin Phebus
Jit
Geological Survey
Washington
Villa Perosa Bearing Plant Knocked Out By Fortresses
Allied air forces pounded northern Italy and the Turin rail yards in a major strike. U S Flying Fortresses knocked out the Villa Perosa bearing plant, main building 600 by 1,200 feet hit directly. Indian troops on the Eighth Army front advanced inland from the Adriatic as patrols probed San Vittore and nearby roads.
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Algiers
U. S
Villa Perosa
Italy
Turin
Eighth Army
Adriatic
San Vittore
Rome
Yugoslav
Splut
Sibenik
15Th Air Force
Img
Nathan Twioing
Berlin
Pistoia
Florence
Tomasso
Ortona
Tollo
Fifth Army
Mignano
Air War Turning Point Says General Arnold
General Arnold declares the air war is the war turning point and Allied bombers can cripple Germany once its fighter force is neutralized. He notes the U S Air Force now is the largest, with 2 385 000 personnel, and outlines aims to destroy fighter production and shoot down planes. He cites lend lease totals, night bombing capability, and 30 day weather planning advances.
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Washington
Jan
A. H. Arnold
Army Air Force
Royal Air Force
United States
Arnold
Army
George C. Marshall
U. S
U.S
Russia
Stalin Sees 1944 as Year of Allied Victory
Cairo dispatch reports Joseph Stalin sent a New Year message to Yugoslav Premier Radoslav Purice, stating 1944 will be a year of victory for the United Nations and predicting liberation of the Yugoslav people from Hitler’s tyranny. Purice leads King Peter’s government-in-exile.
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Stalin
Cairo
Joseph Stalin
Rashidar Purice
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Prohibition Hearings To Start Soon in Congress
Washington January 4 A House judiciary sub committee will begin hearings next week on national prohibition legislation. The measure would outlaw beverages over one half of one percent alcohol by volume and endure until demobilization ends. Proponents argue wartime efficiency. opponents fear effects on armed forces and voter voice. Petitions pour in. clerk estimates over 1,000 petitions and about 300,000 signers, with many anti bills filed during recess.
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Washington
House Judiciary
Hobbs
D-Ala
Don Reess
Bryson UD
S.C
Bever Akers
Congress
Rep. Rammspeck
Georgia
Bryson
House
William McDermott
War Production Board lifts razor restrictions
The War Production Board authorized production of razors and razor blades. It revoked limits on metal safety razors for civilians and ended the ban on straight razors, easing restrictions on safety razor blade fabrication nationwide.
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Washington
War Production Board
Urge Early Campaign for Presidential Conventions
Senator Vandenberg urged an early start to the 1944 campaign with June party conventions to aid absentee service votes. He argued nominations must be by July 1 to ensure servicemen can vote in November, and noted Michigan will hold a February session to ballot service personnel.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R.mich
Michigan
Nazis Reel Back Over Old Polish Frontiers
Red Star reports Gen Nikolai Vatutin's First Ukrainian Army advances into pre war Polish areas after capturing Olevsk and Novo grod Volynski, with Germans retreating toward Sarny and Kowel. Soviets cross old border near Korzec as they push from Olevsk along the Kiev Warsaw railway. 170 villages recaptured.
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Moscow
Red Star
Nikolai Valutin
Olevsk
Poland
von Mannstein
Novograd Volynski
Korsec
Red Army
Pinok
Nikolai Vatutin
Kiev
Old Poland
Novogrod- Volynski
Kiev Warsaw
Emilchino
Russia
Warsaw
Stocks drift after New Year mood stirs market
New York stocks held a tentative tone as traders eyed December tax selling. Moderate replacement demand helped stabilize prices and earnings reports supported bids, though buyers remained cautious about extending commitments.
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New York
Hyattstown Man Wounded in World War II Action
Corporal Edward C. Rippeon of Hyattstown sustained serious wounds on December 7 during combat with the U S Fifth Army on the road to Rome. A telegram to his parents and a December 17 personal letter from him report he was in a North Africa station hospital and “getting along all right.” He has served since July 25, 1942, and previously attended Rockville High School. His brother Corporal Orman Rippeon has served about a year and recently returned to Camp Maxey, Texas after a furlough at home.
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U. S. Fifth Army
Rome
Edward C. Rippeon
War Department
Jesse J. Rippeon
Hyattstown
Cpl. Rippeon
North Africa
Lalong
Rockville High School
Cpl
Orman Rippeon
Camp Maxey
Tex
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Straley
Mayor Lands Cooperation
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Oslo
Tromsoe
County Man’s Yard
Gen. Arnold
Fritz Erich von Mannstein
Sarny
Kowel
Lwow
Pins Marshes
Vatutin’sarmy
Dzerzhinsk
Zhitomir
Fritz von Mannstein
Svenska Dagbladet
Gorodnika
Sluch River
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