Two Thurmont residents die in trolley car crash
Two Thurmont residents are dead and four others seriously injured in a collision between a car and a trolley at the West Chester pike intersection. Victims include Mrs. Ray Keeney and her son Ira Keeney, with the driver Walter Keeney among the injured. The Keeneys are a prominent Thurmont family. Ira Keeney, former manager of the American Store, was among the deceased. other relatives are in Chester County Hospital. Details were initially vague with later reports confirming the high speed trolley collision.
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Thurmont
West Chester
Pike
Ray Keeney
Ira Keeney
Chester County Hospital
Walter Keeney
Mildred Wachter
Lewistown
Keeneys
Associated Press
Upper Darby
Wage Claims To Be Reconsidered By Emergency Board
Washington January 5 President Roosevelt ordered the reconvening of the emergency board to consider unsettled wage claims of 1,100,000 non operating railroad employees. The board headed by Judge Elwyn R Shaw will examine claims for additional pay in lieu of overtime with a 30 day report deadline and effective date 135 days after filing unless directed otherwise by the Economic Stabilization Director.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Elwyn R. Shaw
Springfield
White House
Shaw
Stocks Rise on Brisk Trading Despite Profit Taking
New York stock markets opened with a solid advance as steel and other industrial shares led the rally. Fractional gains near midmorning circulated broadly before profit selling cooled the advance. In Tokyo the Japanese cabinet approved a bill to expand land transportation to the maximum, per Tokyo radio cited by the FCC.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Drafting Of Railroad Men Meets With Protest
Washington January 5 J Mon roe Johnson of the Interstate Commerce Commission protested the drafting of railroad men saying the armed forces should return every man they have to avert a transportation calamity Testifying at a Senate Interstate Commerce Committee inquiry he urged railroads to operate at high speed to assure victory He warned a railroad strike would be a military catastrophe beyond expression
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Washington
J. Monroe Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Johnson
Reed
R-Ras
Invasions Carried Off Smoothly in Pacific Campaign
Eyewitness account notes three amphibious landings at Arawe Cape Gloucester and Saidor show Japanese on the defensive across the southwest Pacific. Only Arawe saw heavy losses in a small diversionary raid while Cape Gloucester yielded 200 enemy killed in a counterattack and about 1,500 Japanese deaths overall. The operations display near flawless teamwork among Navy Army and air forces.
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New Guinea
Sixth Army
Arawe
New Britain
Cape Gloucester
Saidor
Pacific
MacArthur
Bergen Bay
Reservoir Floods Ease. Frederick Water Works Benefit
Receding flood waters open roads in all directions after heavy rains. Frederick city gains water supply with minimal highway damage. Only major loss noted is M. J. Grove Co when temporary bridge framework on Route 40 across the Monocacy was swept away, estimated at 7000 to 8000 dollars. Route 26 at Ceresville reopened. Linganore filtration plant reports little or no damage. Water Superintendent Davis and City Engineer Rothenhoefer coordinate Singapore system addition with WPB and Health Board clearances sought in coming days.
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Frederick City
M. J. Grove Company
Jug Bridge
Monocacy
Route 40
Ceresville
Frederick
Israel Creek
Linganore Plant
Linganore
William J. Davis
Frank W. Rothenhoefer
Singapore
State Board of Health
War Production Board
Allies Push On In Italy as US Bombers Raid Balkans
Allied forces in Italy seized two key positions against strong German resistance as bombers struck into Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. Fifth Army near Sammucro ridge and Indian units southwest of Tommaso pushed forward, while U.S. Fifteenth Air Force hit Dupnitsa, Doboj, and Travnik. Fortresses escorted by fighters struck rail yards and a bridge, and an enemy Heinkel 111 and a Gotha glider were shot down during the return.
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Algiers
Italy
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Fifth Army
Vecyairo
Sammucro
San Vittore
Rome
Eighth Army
Tommaso
Adriatic
U. 15Th Air Force
Dupnitsa
Sofia
Doboj
Sarajevo
Travnik
Jerry
Harry L. Smith
Denton Road
Bethesda
Skinner
Claude A. Skinner
Pinehall
Ala
Smith
Travnnlik
San Vincenzo
Bassorano
Cassino
Pescara
Schweinfurt Attack Factor on Eastern Front
A Soviet commentator in a Moscow broadcast said the October 14 Schweinfurt raid, involving sixty U.S. bombers, struck a hard blow to Hitler’s war machine and aided the catastrophic retreat on the eastern front as Allied bombing targeted German war industries.
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London
Schweinfurt
Germany
Hitler
Mosco
U.S
Mail Delayed By Gasoline Coupon Mix-Up
Silver Spring, Md. Jan 5 Delays by the Silver Spring Ration Board in issuing gasoline coupons for post office trucks slowed mail dispatch. Only part of the Sunday night collection and dispatch went out as acting Postmaster Duke Collum states. Collum had requested gasoline rations on December 17 from K. P. Aldrich, First Assistant Postmaster General.
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Silver Spring
Duke Collum
Collum
K. P. Aldrich
Budgeted Provision for Estimated Fee Cost
The document notes an estimated fee cost of about $60,000 and states that provision has been made for this expenditure in the current year’s budget.
Berlin and Kiel Hit in Major Allied Air Attacks
Berlin endured a night raid by RAF Mosquito bombers and Western Allied forces carried out daylight strikes on Kiel and Muenster, with significant damage reported on the Kiel naval base. About 3,000 Allied aircraft, including American heavy bombers, attacked France and northwest Germany, losses totaling 25 Allied planes and several German fighters.
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London
Berlin
France
U. S
Kiel
Muenster
Germany
Air Ministry
RAF
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
North Africa Training Site Undergoes Allied Training
Allied headquarters in Algiers reports American British and French troops are training across French North Africa for future Mediterranean assaults. The region is described as one vast training center with camps in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Marine landing drills occur on coastal centers while inland units train in mountains bogs swamps and heavy woods.
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Allied
Algiers
French North Africa
Mediterranean
North Africa
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Atlantic
Willkie Predicted Republican Nominee by Tobin
Daniel J. Tobin, AFL Teamsters president, writes in the January issue of the International Teamster that Wendell L. Willkie will win the 1944 Republican presidential nomination and defeat the New Deal if the war ends by election day. He says war ending by then is unlikely.
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New York
Daniel J. Tobin
The
Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Wendell L. Willkie
International Teamster
Tobin
Democratic National Committee
Chinese troops surround Owchihkow to advance on city
Chinese forces have captured all villages around Owchihkow on the Yangtze north of Tungting Lake and are pushing toward the city suburbs, the High Command reported tonight.
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Owchihkow
Chungking
Yangtze River
Tungting Lake
High Command
Twining Takes Command of 15th Air Force In Europe
Maj. Gen. Nathan F. Twining arrives to command the 15th U.S. Air Force, directing strikes against Germany from the south in coordination with British actions. He succeeds Maj. Gen. James H. Doo little and emphasizes increasing pressure on the German military with strategic targets within range.
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15Th U. S. Air Force
Nathan F. Twining
Solomons
Bth
U.S Air Force
Germany
Britain
Twining
James H. Doolittle
Pacific
New Service Voting Bill Is Prepared
Senator Lucas proposes a new absentee voting bill for service members replacing a state-leave option. The plan would create a four member Federal Ballot Commission with limited powers to administer war ballots, which would be sent to Army, Navy, and then to 48 Secretaries of State. Local officials avoid commissions and no ballot validity review.
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Washington
Lucas
D-Il
Senate
House Elections Committee
Illinois
Green
D-Ri
Army
Navy
Commission
Invasion Of Marshalls May Come At Any Time
Washington reports the Marshall Islands campaign could begin soon as Navy Secretary Knox notes ongoing bomber raids since Gilbert island conquest are softening Marshall defenses. Japanese aerial opposition has weakened, with some missions meeting little to no resistance as U S forces prepare a major assault.
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Marshalls
Washington
Marshall Islands
Mandated
Navy
Knox
Gilbert Islands
Marshall
Hands Off On Bill By Anti-Saloon League
The Anti-Saloon League stayed on the sidelines as Congress debated prohibition. Dr George W Crabbe urged that a presidential order could meet the bill’s aims. A House Judiciary subcommittee will hear Bryson’s anti liquor proposal next week. Chinese forces in Chungking plan a possible counter offensive this year pending Allied support.
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Anti-Saloon League
Bill
Washington
Ansi-Saloon League of America
George W. Crabbe
League
Bryson
House
Chungking
Liang Han-Chao
Liang
China
Nazis Admit Kiev Front Split In Two On Eastern Front
Stockholm reports a German military spokesman acknowledged a deep penetration shattered the German defensive line in the Kiev sector creating two fronts, 360 and 480 miles long. The disclosure follows intensified Allied bombing and raises questions about a possible invasion and counterattack prospects.
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Stockholm
Kiev
Germany
Foreign Office
Berlin
Leese Named New Eighth Army Commander in Italy
Lt Gen Sir Oliver Leese replaces Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery as commander of the British Eighth Army in Italy. Leese, 49, a tank expert, led the 30th Corps in the North Africa campaign and has been in command for several days, with Montgomery moving to London under Eisenhower.
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Allied
Algiers
Oliver Leese J
Eighth Army
Italy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Leese
el Alamein
Egypt
Tunis
North Africa
Montgomery
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Reds Advance Into Poland Moral Crisis
London reports the Polish government newspaper in London says the Red Army advance into old Poland marks the war's most serious political and moral crisis. The Polish cabinet plans to publish its stance soon after a meeting in London. Allied opinion senses danger as people wonder if Russians come as liberators or invaders. The piece notes Europe will judge the US handling of Europe by Poland's fate and cites Poland's losses and quest for justice and security.
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London
Old
Poland
New York
United Nations
Europe
Danish anti Nazi author slain near Silkeborg
Copenhagen dispatches report Danish author Munck, known for anti Nazi writings, was found slain near Silkeborg in Jutland. Four men, believed Gestapo agents, went to his home at Deversee and abducted him.
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Stockholm
Munck
Silkeborg
Jutland
Copenhagen
Deversee
Willkie's Views Hit By Russian Newspaper
Pravda assails Wendell Willkie for an NYT article on Russia and the Baltic states. Dmitry Davsky accuses Willkie of muddying waters to gain support while warning the Baltic question is Soviet business and not for outside interference.
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Willkie
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Wendell Willkie
New York Times
Russia
Poland
Baltic States
Dmitry 4Avsky
U. S
Soviet Union
Tito: Nazis' Bosnia Push Smashed by Partisans
Tito announced that a prolonged German offensive in eastern Bosnia was crushed and Yugoslav forces retook territory including Vlasenica 30 miles northeast of Sarajevo. He said Partisans advanced in western Bosnia toward the Bosansky Move Prijedor Banja Luka railway and fought fiercely in Banja Luka. He also reported recapture of Pag island and driving back Germans near Crikvenica southeast of Fiume.
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London
Josip Broz
Tito
Bosnia
Vlasenica
Sarajevo
Free Yugoslav Radio
Bosansky
Banja Luka
Adriatic Sea
Doboj
Derventer
Travnik
Pag
Crikvenica
Fiume
Unrest Ripples Through Bulgaria Amid Bombing Raid
Allied bombers hit south of Sofia as German forces tighten grip and rumors swirl that Premier Dobri Bojilov may be ousted. A traveler says Bojilov remains in power as Germans assume many Sofia admin duties to curb unrest.
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London
Bulgaria
Dupnitsa
Sofia
Algiers
Berlin
Dobri Bojoliv
Associated Press
Istanbul
Bojilov
Reds Start New Ukraine Drive Mass Retreat Near Belaya Tserkov
Soviet forces under Gen. Vatutin drove deep into central Ukraine driving German units toward retreat while strong German counterattacks sought to hold rail and road routes from Belaya Tserkov to Tseretokovo and Odessa lines. Berlin and Moscow reports claim heavy fighting with encirclement risk around 600,000 Germans in the Dnieper bend as Berdichev falls and Russian spearheads advance from the southwest and west. In the north of the southern front Vatutin’s First Ukraine Army smashed German counterattacks west of Qulevsk, killing about 4,000 Nazy and destroying 65 tanks as they advanced into western Ukraine.
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Mascow
Nikolai Vatutin
Smela
Nova Ukrainka
Odessa
Belaya Tserkov
Zvenigordka
Ukraine
von Mannshin
Berdichev
Londoo
Zhitomir
Nasi High Command
Red Army
Ukraina
Kiev
Dnieper
Berlin
Vitebsk
Moscow
Dnieper Bend
Cherkasy
Belaya Tsarkov
Stalingrad
von Mannstein
Bug River
Rumania
Qulevsk
Vatutin
First Ukraine Army
New Mustering Out Pay Plan Evolved
Washington January 5 A new mustering out pay plan proposes discharged servicemen receive a guaranteed average minimum of eight dollars monthly for at least a year after release. Rep Ploeser noted details as the House Military committee prepares to act next Tuesday. The plan includes a top discharge payment of three hundred dollars plus a flat eighty or one hundred fifty dollar sum at discharge.
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Washington
Ploeser
R.-M
May D.ky
House Military Committee
Income tax blanks mailed to Maryland residents
George Hofterbert Maryland Collector of Internal Revenue said more than a million income tax blanks were mailed urging Marylanders to file promptly. March 19 is the deadline for filing returns.
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Baltimore
George _Hofterbert
Maryland
Internal Revenue
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