MacArthur Announces Heavy Rabaul Bombing Raid
Allied forces struck Rabaul New Britain destroying nine to ten ships and sinking others at the harbor. One destroyer tender was directly hit while eight more ships were set ablaze or sinking. In New Guinea ground units closed in on Sanananda as bombers targeted enemy installations. One U S bomber is missing and six enemy fighters were shot down in the air clash.
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MacArthur
Rabaul
Australia
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Melbourne
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Sanananda
Papua
Fondouk
Kairouan
Cherichera
Africa
Bernard L. Montgomery
Libya
Middle East
Mountain Roads Open in County After Thaw and Wind
Mountain roads in the northwestern part of the county were dry and passable after thawing. State roads crews sprayed cinders on icy grades while ordinary traffic on the Blue Ridge Summit road from Thurmont resumed. Some unsurfaced country lanes in Rocky Ridge bogged after rains, forcing a doctor’s car to be abandoned for a horse drawn ride to reach a patient. Widespread wind and a sharp temperature drop followed, with subzero records and thick ice at Culler Lake. Special deputies in Montgomery County were appointed to protect property during the war, and a passenger plane evacuating Burma carried 74 people instead of 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ridge Summit
Thurmont
Rocky Ridge
Frederick City
Emmitsburg
Brunswick
Middletown
Walkeraville
Culler Lake
Rockville
Robert W. Farmer
Alvert C. Goodwin
William W. McGregor
Thomas C. Oxley
William H. Pearce
Montgomery County
Clayton E. Watkins
Walkersville Fire Company Elects Officers At Banquet
Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company held its annual election during a turkey dinner and colors dedication. 100 members attended as Ralph B. Zimmerman was chosen president and Ephraim Zimmerman vice president. C. C. Keeney secretary and Preston L. Hahn treasurer. New executive members include Pfeiffer and Dudrow alongside veterans, with Dr. Easterday surgeon and Rev. Connor chaplain. Visiting Frederick officials spoke on firefighting and equipment.
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Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company
Fhe
Frederick
Philip Beard
W. Merval Weaver
W. Bart
Is Storm
United Fire Co
Simon Cropper
Lor
University of Maryland
Astor C. Whitmore
F. Lester Smith
Maryland State Firemen's Association
Walkersville Fire Company
Ray Zimmerman
C. Ef, Easterday
Alvill Connor
Pfeiffer
Dudrow
Farmers Plead For Improved Highway Link
Farmers and property owners along the two mile dirt road from Fingerboard pike to Price's Distillery appealed to County Commissioners and Roads Engineer Roger Wileed Tie for an immediate upgrade. They described being marooned without mail, school bus service, or church access while the road thaws, urging a hard surface that would serve a large rural community. Officials offered no relief promise but acknowledged the need. Geisbert and Willard said they would present the petition to the Roads Board. Delegation members included M. W. Murphy, Dorsey Lawton, Charles Murphy, Fred Kelitz, Thomas W. McDonough, Wm T. Delaplaine, and Harry Burdette. They were told funds shortages and locality complicate year’s work, unless property owners and residents contribute toward costs. CHIMNEY FIRE A chimney fire at Claude Brightwell's residence was quickly extinguished by fire crews from Citizens and United companies. no damage reported.
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Geisbert
Mr. Wilard
M. W. Murphy
Dorsey Lawton
Charles F. Murphy
Fred Kelitz
Thomas W.W. McDonough
Wm T
De Gaulle Seeks Talks With Giraud On Unified France
MeGaulle may press for a meeting with General Henri Giraud to discuss a joint French leadership in North Africa. Aimed at uniting Fighting French factions under Allied oversight, talks center on forming a unified regime free of Vichy ties as Allied forces advance.
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London
Giraud
North Africa
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
de Gaulle
General Giraud
Algiers
DeGaulle
Vichy
Darlan
de Gaullists
Alles
Washington
United Nations
Harold MacMillan
MacMillan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert Murphy
United States
Tydings To Speak To State Farmers Jan. 14
Senator Millard E. Tydings will address Maryland farmers on manpower January 14 at a Maryland Farm Bureau conference. Reports by Farm Bureau president Philip Turner and secretary C Wise will be read. Dr. Roger Corbett will discuss farm prices and issues. The January 13 events include the Maryland Crop Improvement Association annual meeting with talks by federal and state agronomy experts.
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Baltimore
Millard E. Tydings
F. W. Parker
U. S. Department of Agriculture
H. R. Smalley
National Fertilizer Association
Washington
W. &. Kemp
John W. Magruder
Maryland Poultry Council
Maryland Tobacco Growers’ Association
Maryland Nurserymen’s Association
Associated Women of Maryland Farm Bureau
Wool Pool
NLRB Defers Kaiser Shipyards Case Over Bias Fears
Washington January 4 5 The National Labor Relations Board refused to disqualify two of its three members from participating in the Kaiser shipyards dispute after ruling they had prejudged the case. The decision was unanimous.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Kaiser Shipyards
Frederick County Audit Contract Awarded to Triesler Again
The 1843 audit contract for Frederick County was awarded to Robert C Triesler a certified public accountant from Hagerstown at a bid of 1473. The County Commissioners office announced the decision today. Triesler has performed the previous audits, and copies of the 1942 audit are now available.
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Deonke Nf
Frederick County
Robert C Triesler
Hagerstown
Triesler
Clark Heads U S Fifth Army In Africa
Allied Headquarters announced the United States Fifth Army had been activated with Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark in command. The move follows Clark s secret North Africa rendezvous and signals a large American force joining British units for the Tunis and Bizerte campaign.
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Allied
North Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
United States Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Dwight D Eisenhower
Tomah Pas Vy A
Chile Expected To Break With Axis Soon
A Buenos Aires source said the Argentine government believes Chile will sever diplomatic ties with Germany Italy and Japan soon. The informant noted Argentina would then be the sole American nation maintaining relations with the Axis. The Chilean Interior Minister Raul Moratti Beltrami had just left for Santiago after a U.S. and Brazil trip.
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Buenos Aires
Foren
Chile
Axis
Argentina
Americas
Germany
Italy
Japan
Raul Morates Beltrami
Santiago
United States
Brazil
Foreign Office
Enrine Ruiz-Guinazu
Two Arrests In Gas Ration Scandal
Two gas station operators, Lawrence Lee Sheffer and Guy E. Griffith, both of Hagerstown, were arrested on charges of illegally receiving gasoline ration books. Bond set at 1500 dollars each. The case stems from the December 26 theft of seven boxes of Raseline ration books from the local ration office. Also involved are three men linked to the theft and another suspect who confessed. Local investigators and state troopers are handling the ongoing case. more arrests were anticipated.
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Hagerstown
Jen
CPA
U. 5S
C. Welles Little
John Anthony Mitchell
James Junior Hines
Minik Tere Chuigtsitial
Cumberland
Clingerman
Argentine seeks Germany to hand over spy captain Niebuhr
Argentine Foreign Minister pressed Germany to hasten its reply to surrender Captain Dietrich Niebuhr for trial on espionage charges in the Argentine Supreme Court. The court had asked December 21 for waiver of diplomatic immunity. Berlin acknowledged receipt five days later but gave no reply. Diplomatic sources think Niebuhr may be expelled if trial cannot proceed.
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Argentina
Dietrich Niebuhr
Argentine Supreme Court
Foreign Office
Germany
Niebuhr
Berlin
Russ Church Offers Fund For Red Tanks
Moscow reports that a Russian Orthodox church subscription fund to build a Red Army tank column was welcomed by Premier Stalin and the army. Sergei the acting patriarch and Stalin exchanged messages about clergy and believers contributing to the Dmitri Donkey tank corps fund.
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Russ Church
Moscow
Red Army
Joseph Stalin
Sergei
Stalin
Kremlin
Dmitri
Velokhovsky Cathedral
Nikola Kilchinsky
Meter Demolished by Truck on North Market Street
A parking meter on North Market Street between Second and Third streets was demolished late Monday night or early Tuesday morning when a Boyer Transportation Co. truck from Knoxville, driven by Stanley R. Rhodes, backed into it. Police said damages will be adjusted.
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North Market Street
Second
Accordi
Boyer Transportaton Co
Knoxville
Stanley R. Rhodes
Frederick Post Office Reports Record 1942 Mail Volume
Officials announced a record year for Frederick post office business in 1942 driven by airmail and special delivery growth. Stamp sales in final quarter reached 39700 dollars, with total yearly mail nearly matching or exceeding 1941 in all months except two.
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Frederick
Roy McK. Harris
Harris
Guy K. Motter
Postofice
United States
VA. S
Alaska
Entertains Young Set at College Place Dance
Miss Ann Ford Meadows daughter of Dr and Mrs Stanley J Meadows entertained a group of her friends at a dance on January second at her home on College Place.
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Ann Ford Meadows
Stanley J Meadows
College Place
Former Head Of U S Secret Service Dies in San Diego
Richard L. Jervis aged 7 0 former head of the White House Secret Service detail for 26 years died in San Diego California of pneumonia He served as a Secret Service agent for 44 years and was an intimate friend of Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin D Roosevelt Jervis provided recollections of presidents noting their humor warmth and character in interviews
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San Diego
Calif
Jan
Richard L
Dick) Jervis
White Houe
Secret Service
Jervis
Theodore Roosevelt
Frank
Olin D. Roosevelt
Delphos
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilren
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Eight Killed In Ducktown Mine Blast In Tennessee
Eight men were killed and more than two dozen others endangered by a dynamite blast at the Tennessee Copper Company mine in Ducktown Tennessee. General Superintendent Lamar Weaver reported a routine detonation triggered a dust explosion interrupting a mine air fan. 14 miners suffered asphyxiation and were treated in Copperhill and Ducktown hospitals. Rescue teams began clearing the tenth level within an hour and air fans were restored to aid operations.
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Ducktown
Tenn
Tennessee Copper Company
Lamar Weaver
Iit
Weaver
Copperhill
Ducks Town
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U. S
Yoni
Burma
England
Sie Baegi
Mrs. Paeger
Steven- More
Walkersville Company
Claude Brightwell
East South Street
Citizens and United Companies
MeGaulle
Tydings
Buna Front
U.S
Reddy
Esterday
U. 5
Daisy
V-mail
U. S. Secret Service
Dick Jervis
White House
Roosevelt
Delphey’s
West Patrick ST
Allen
Market ST
Tates
Cc. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick Street
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