City Eyes Power Options For Municipal Light Plant
The Board of Aldermen meets tonight to review Potomac Edison’s bid to supply all power for municipal use and possible standby ties with the utility to save fuel oil. Mayor Culler will report on fuel oil panel guidance urging reduced use of fuel oil, potentially cutting plant operation hours.
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Potomac Edson Company
Board of Aldermen
Potomac Edison
Lloyd C. Culler
Frederick County
S D Hedges Dies Suddenly Former Frederick resident dies in Maplewood
Solomon David Hedges aged about 60, longtime banking and catering executive, died suddenly at his Maplewood New Jersey home after influenza aftereffects. Born near Walkersville he worked in Frederick banks and later with Louis Sherry NY caterers. He leaves wife Cora M Carry daughter Catherine and son Clarence. Funeral Thursday in Maplewood with cremation and later interment in Frederick.
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Solomon David Hedges
Frederick
Maplewood
N. J
Florence Zimmerman Hedges
Hedges
Citizens National Bank of
Frederick Trust Company
State Bank Department
Louis Sherry
New York City
Juveniles Placed Under Judge Schnauffer in Frederick hearing
Associate Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer presided in juvenile court as he ordered three boys to report monthly for questioning on a canquet. He placed youths in parental custody, warned parents to cooperate, and kept in touch with Brish of Zim Street School to monitor conduct and prevent training-school placement.
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Frederick
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Schnauffer
William M. Brish
Zim Street School
Brunswick
Douglas R. Lydard
Robert Lee Stevens
Marshall J Wetzel
Lydard
Wetzel
Twe Greenhouse
Alfred JG. Zimmerman
John W. Ebert
Lloyd Stop
Nicodemus Ice Cream Company
George K. Birely and Sons Tannery
Brish
Braddock
Lloyd Roberts
Nannie K. Roderick
Roberts
Cour
Toms
Roderick
Stevens
Alen Bartgiz
Herbert Strawsburg
Bart Sittig
Alre
Lynard
M. Brish
Elm Street School
Esserrea
Oonsethie
Allen G. Stake
Pennsylvania
Snyder's
Bartgis
James Dinterman
Harry W Minnick
Marylane
House of Correction
Brunswick Court
German Merchant Vessel Sunk with Raw Materials
London reports a large German merchant ship allied with supplies for Germany was sunk in the Atlantic. Official confirmation stated the vessel carried raw materials and saw materials for German industry.
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London
Germany
Atlantic
Five Fronts Clash Across Russia In War Update
Allied forces in North Africa report air strikes aiding French and American troops in Tunisia while Russian forces drive toward encircling German units near Stalingrad. Red Army fronts threaten a trap as Don bend battles intensify amid winter operations and Allied Libya and Tunisia conditions shift with rain and air power impacting German strength.
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North Africa
United States Army Air Force
Tunisia
Kairovan
Chericheva
Fomdouk
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Nikolai F Vatutin
Don Bend
Stalingrad
Chernishkov
Chernishkovskaya
Union of the Two
Red Armies
Red Army
Libya
France
Norway
Greece
Crete
Illegal Traffic In Gas Ration Books Sparks Warrants
Hagerstown January 3 county investigator Wayne A Sellman said the Office of Free Administration would issue warrants today on numerous Alling station operators for illegal traffic in stolen gasoline ration books. The probe, described as the nation’s largest racket in ration coupons, covers western Maryland and nearby Pennsylvania. Some operators allegedly bought stolen books for 150 to 650 dollars and charged customers extra 30 cents per gallon using counterfeit coupons.
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Hagerstown
Wayne A. Sellman
Office of Free Administration
Salirrar
Maryland
Pennsylvania
U.S. Troops Seize High Ground Near Guadalcanal Airfield
American forces on Guadalcanal gained high ground near Mount Austen southwest of the airfield and repulsed six Japanese counter-attacks, with about 150 enemy killed. Patrols in other sectors added 20 more Japanese deaths and captured light weapons.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Toely
Navy
South Pacific
Munda
New Georgia
Mount Austen
Jap Attitude At Akyab Puzzles Allied Front
Dispatches from the Burma front say Japanese tactics near the India border are puzzling and it remains uncertain if the Arakan coast commander plans to defend Akyab or withdraw. British land forces push toward the port while Allied air power pounds it. ships have been seen arriving and departing, with unclear cargo.
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London
Jan
Burma
India
Arakan
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Reuters
Home Demonstration Agent Begins Work
Miss Jesse Hammerly starts duties as Frederick bounty home demonstration agent in Winchester Hall, taking over from Miss Florence E. Williams. She comes with 12 years as Roanoke county agent and will visit rural women's clubs across the county by mid January.
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Jesse Hammerly
Frederick Bounty
Florence E. Williams
Winchester Ha
Hammerly
Roanoke County
Public Health Nurse Begins Her Work Here
Miss Mary Regina McNamee RN joins the Frederick county health department as staff nurse, succeeding Martha Flynn who resigned in September to study at Catholic University. McNamee, from Mt. Savage, is a St Louis nursing graduate with a public health focus.
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Mary Regina McNamee
R.N
Frederick County
Martha Flynn
Catholic University
McNamee
Mt. Savage
St. Y. St. Lewis
Dr. George Crile In Grave Condition At Cleveland Clinic
Dr. George Crile is in grave condition at the Cleveland Clinic after two weeks of observation. The 78 year old eminent surgeon is hospitalized in Cleveland, as reports confirm his critical health status today.
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Crile
Cleveland
George Crile
Cleveland Clinic
Market opens with uneven drift as stocks slide
New York trading started with a rough spell as many stocks moved down after a decent early advance. Dealers reported slow activity and irregular declines prevailing through the session.
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New York
Attack Near Sanananda Point Aims to Drive Japs From New Guinea
Allied Headquarters in Australia reports a planned push to clear Japanese forces from Sanananda Point in southeastern New Guinea as heavy air and ground operations continue. Bombers strike Lae and surrounding nests while mop up actions in Buna Giropa advance with reported Japanese casualties.
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Australia
Sanananda Point
New Guineas
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
New Guinea
Sanananda Salient
Buna
Associated Press
Buna-Giropa Point
Jan
Buna Government Station
Ghopa Point
Bayonet Duel Fights in Tunisia End With 60 Germans Killed
Private Leonard Aaronson of Brooklyn recalls the Battle of Long Stop Hill near Medjez El Bab where about 60 German attackers pressed American lines. He and fellow troops bayoneted 25 of the Germans after they refused surrender in a brutal, close quarters clash six miles north of Medjez El Bab. Aaronson describes the clash as a fencing duel where instinct and drill guided each stroke as the remaining enemy surrendered or withdrew.
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Harold V. Boyle
Tunisia
Long Stop Hill
Medjez-El-Bab
Leonard Aaronson
72Nd Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Aaronson
Pont de Fahs
Gafsa
Arizona
Axia
RAF
Sardina
Sicily
Greece
Crete
Buzerte
Tunis
Sfax
Gabes
Souese
Middle East
Bone
Walther Nehring
Soutien Theiy
Sardinie
Tripoli
Hitler
Mediterranean
Europe
Norway
Russia
Japs Reported Massing Large Armada In Southwest Pacific
Melbourne papers publish a government statement that Japan is massing its largest armada yet into the Southwest Pacific and that Japanese aircraft from submarines scouted the Northeast coast. Navy Secretary Knox says enemy ships remain at Rabaul but no unusual concentration is evident.
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Melbourne
Southwest Pacific
Washington
Navy
Knox
Rabaul
New Britain
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Australia
Maa Appace
Santa Cruz Island
South Pacific
Leland FP. Lovette
Magaul
Hitler presses key Mediterranean bottleneck in Tunisia drive
A hardened German and Italian force braces along Bizerte to the Tripolitanian border as Hitler expands efforts to block the Mediterranean. The front sees heavy air and ground combat with Luftwaffe setbacks, Allied air superiority, and stiff resistance from French and American units.
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North Africa
Adolf Hitler
Mediterranean
Bizerte
Airc
Tunis
Tunisia
Tunks
Sardinia
Sicly
Sicily
Greece
France
RAF Bomb Raiders Hit Ruhr Plants In Second Night
London reports RAF bombers struck German industrial targets in the Ruhr for a second night. Two British planes were lost, while Berlin claimed four raiders shot down. The raid appears small compared with prior assaults, totaling around 40 aircraft.
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London
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Berlin
Iadian
Ford Rouge Plant Idle As Maintenance Men Leave Jobs
Detroit reports that a Ford spokesman said an undetermined number of maintenance workers quit overnight, causing idleness for more than 4,000 men at the Rouge plant. In Detroit back to work, Chrysler’s Jefferson Avenue plant saw 44 tank engine testers resume duties ending an unauthorized strike.
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Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Chrysler Corporation
Jefferson Avenue
Deland
DiMaggio Quits Quip Sparks Baseball Speculation
San Francisco January 5 Jae Dimaggio a Yankees center fielder said spring training won t concern me this year in a blunt remark and when asked if he was quitting baseball he replied I m not saying You can draw your town conclusions The remark stirs doubt about his future with New York National League spring camp begins soon with uncertainty surrounding the star outfielder.
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Dimaggio
Mat
San Francisco
Jae DiMaggio
New York Yankee
The
Examiner
Japs Fail to land at Guadalcanal report says
Secretary Knox said Japanese destroyers approached Guadalcanal last Saturday but did not land, unloading only some metal drums of supplies that drifted ashore. U S torpedo boats and planes sank drums. eight survivors attacked at Rendova and Shortland were the same ships seen near Guadalcanal.
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Washington
Knox
G Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Shortland Island
Navy
Oon
Rendova Island
Rendova
Shortland
Only Private Homes Excepted From Order In Baltimore
Jan 5 announcement from Leo H. McCormick State Director Office of Price Administration notes private homes heated by fuel oil that can be converted to coal will lose their fuel oil rations. Henderson instructed a prompt card on additional grants for convertible heating plants.
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Baltimore
uPi
Leo H. McCormick
Office of Price Administer
Ton
OPA
Leon Henderson
Marylanders Buy Normal Canned Goods as Prepping Ebbs
Reports statewide show public purchasing normal amounts of canned goods with little pre-rationing. Leo H. McGeemich, Maryland director of the Office of Privy Administration, stated today that preparations appear unneeded.
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Baltimore
Leo H. McGeemich
Maryland
Office of Privy Administration
Mid Today
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Africa
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