27 Aviation Cadets Die When Bus Hits Train
At Kingman Army Air Base the collision of a base bus with a Santa Fe freight train at the gunnery school entrance killed 27 aviation cadets and injured eight others. The bus carried 36 passengers and was described as out of control after the crossing flagman signaled. Among the dead was Alfred M. Kite of Waynesboro Virginia, identified by base officials.
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Kingman
Aziz
Jan
Tonwenty
Kingman Army Air Base
Santa Fe
Air Base
Army
C. L. Hickey
Needles
Calif
Alfred M. Kite
Ethie E. Kite
Waynesboro
Navy Patrol Ship Sunk In Collision Near Cape May
Philadelphia dispatch reports a Navy patrol ship named the St Augustine sunk after a late night collision with an unidentified merchant tanker 60 miles southeast of Cape May New Jersey. Coast Guard boats and six additional vessels were sent to the scene. survivors to be landed at area stations.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
Cape May
N. J
Fourth Naval District
Coast Guard
Naval District
St Augustine
Invasion Pep Talks Continue From Nazi Broadcasts
London reports the Berlin radio claimed the Atlantic coast from the Pyrenees to Narvik bristled with 7,7000 heavy guns and more than 3,000 heavy anti tank guns along with millions of land mines. A new heavy shore battery was described for shelling ships and bomber formations.
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London
Berlin
Atlantic
Pyrenees Mountains
Narvik
Norway
North Sea
New British Jet Plane Terrifies London Residents
In early tests over outer London, witnesses mistook the aircraft for a heavy bomb as a distant screech grew to a whistling note. The craft, soon named the squirt, produced a thunderous engine roar during subsequent flights.
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London
U S Should Keep Islands It Captures After War
Senator Albert B. Chandler of Kentucky urged retaining all captured Pacific islands after the war. He warned the nation would face further losses if the islands were abandoned and later retaken, stating the cost is paid in American lives.
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U. S
Los Angeles
Albert B. Chandler
Pacific
Draft plan to curb uncertainty in draft process announced
Washington announces a new plan to remove uncertainty for draft-eligibles by replacing local board screenings with pre-induction examinations at least 21 days before induction. It ends post induction furloughs of three weeks in the Army and one week in the Navy and starts immediate pre-induction testing for those in Class 1-A, with a phased extension of the wait period and reexaminations if 90 days pass without induction.
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Washington
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Reservoir Should Be Full Tonight
The Fishing Creek reservoir caretaker watched closely as rains last week raised water to within four inches of the spillway top. Forecasts call for colder weather with snow flurries, increasing clouds, and potential rain or snow on the coast Saturday, followed by much colder conditions Saturday night.
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Fishing Creek
Prisoners of War Proposed to Work in Coal Mines
Major W. W. Inglis of Glen Alden Coal Co proposes hiring prisoners of war from Italy and Germany to relieve Pennsylvania's anthracite labor shortage. He would pay regular wages during the production crisis as government officials seek to boost coal output.
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
W. W. Inglis
Glen Alden Coal Company
Inglis
Italy
Germany
Red Advance Covers 775 Airline Miles
London reports the Russian army has advanced 775 air line miles from Stalingrad since last February. The gain averages about two miles per day as they push toward the old pre war Polish frontier. A brief fire alert at 113 West Fifth street turned out to be a false alarm with minor smoke only. Magistrate Smith found Warren S Harley not guilty of assault in a feud stemming from a New Year’s Day altercation.
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London
Stalingrad
New York
Chicago
West Fifth Street
George Bartgis
Warren S. Harley
Yellow Spring
Edward J. Smith
Harley
Allied Troops Said to Land on Yugoslavia Coast
London reports roundabout claims of Allied specialist landings along Yugoslav coast with Zagreb and Zagreb rumors spurring cautious notes. Reuters says report may be German planted. no size details given. Tito forces clash in Banja Luka as German Second Tank Army sustains losses.
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London
Stockholm
Yugoslavia
Algiers
Reuters
Stockholms-Tidningen
Zagreb
Croatia
Budapest
Zurich
Seventh Armies
Italy
Bari
Josip Broz
Josip Broz (Tito
Banja Luka
Study Revolt in Bolivia Bolstered by 19 Nations Meets in Washington
Nineteen American nations opened a joint study on Bolivias December revolution and Villarroels rise to power. The group will decide on friendly recognition or measures to isolate Bolivia, with potential reexamining of Argentina relations due to neutrality in Axis matters. Also reported is the Petersville property sale at the Medora Gant estate. Paul B. Smith of Liberty bought about three acres and a frame dwelling for 3430 dollars. attorney H Kieffer DeLauter and auctioneer Emmett R. Bowlus handled the sale.
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Washington
Bolivia
Gualberto Villarroel
Inter- American Emergency Advisory Committee For Political Defense
Argentina
la Paz
Bollivia
Medora Gant
Petersville
Court House
Paul B. Smith
Liberty
H. Kieffer DeLauter
Emmett R. Bowlus
Woman threatens to have baby as ration delay ends fast
An applicant in Salt Lake City faced a promised delay for extra gasoline ration coupons to reach a maternity hospital. She declared she would have her baby there. Officials then sped up the procedure, and she left with a handful of coupons.
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Salt Lake City
Conditions Are Satisfactory At Several Jap Prison Camps
Washington reports from the International Red Cross describe conditions as satisfactory at Japanese prison camps holding American POWs. The Shanghai camp near Christmas planned a reduced dinner. other camps note improved health, heating limits, and adequate medical care.
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Washington
International Red Cross
Thomas (Dutah
Senate
Stimson
Shanghai Cap
Shanghai
Hoten
Mukend
Manchukuo
Philippines
Bataan
Corrigidor
Kwangtung Army
General Army Hospital
Red Cross
Not Opposed To Post War Road Planning
A Frederick County Farm Bureau leaders state at their annual meeting that they are not opposing postwar road planning. A letter by A M Etzler and T S Anderson to County Commissioner Charles G Geisbert clarifies that the bureau sought full facts before endorsing any plan and supports independent investigation of the Roads Board.
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Frederick County Farm Bureau
Frederick
A. M. Etzler
T. S. Anderson
Charles G. Geisbert
County Roads Board
Roger H. Willard
Roads Board
Kiwanis Club
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Convention
Etzler
Anderson
Willard
Frederick County Roads Board
Geisbert
Stettin Raid Reports 1000 Dead and Fires in Port
Eyewitness reports from Stettin describe extensive harbor damage and fires in five anchored ships after a RAF raid. A Morgan Tidningen note claimed 60,000 homeless. Simultaneous RAF Mosquitos struck western Germany and Marauder bombers hammered northern France. An air alarm rang in Bern, possibly signaling overflight by Allied bombers.
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Stockholm
RAF
Baltic
Af Stettin
Finland
Stettin
Morgan Tidningen
France
London
Germany
Bern
Switzerland
Navy Opens New V-5 Aviation Campaign
Baltimore announces a new Navy enlistment drive for V-3 aviation training open to 17 or 18 year olds who are high school graduates or seniors in good health and eager to fly. The program runs until February, allows current high school students to finish, and covers two years with eight months of college work plus flight training.
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Baltimore
Navy
Market Focus Shifts To Rails and Specialties In NY Trades
In New York on January 7 buyers concentrated on rails and specialty stocks while industrial and utility leaders drew little interest. Early mild irregularities gave way to scattered midday firmness and by late trading fractional gains appeared broadly distributed.
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New York
Baltimore Draft Board Denies McCormick Deferment
Baltimore January 7 P State OPA Director Leo H. McCormick remained 1-A after a local draft board denied a national OPA request for his deferment.
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Baltimore
OPA
Leo H. McCormick
Selective Service
Baltimore Draft Board
Office of Price
Mills Held On $5,000 Bond For Jury Action
Raymond Lee Mills 25 year old Silver Spring Army deserter and auto thief was held on a total $5,000 bond by Magistrate Alton Bennett for a grand jury action. He pleaded guilty to two December thefts, a Ridgeville garage theft and a Plymouth car theft, which was recovered. Detainers from Montgomery and Prince George's counties loom. next court term begins February 21. Mills expressed desire to regain freedom to return to work. Military authorities reportedly satisfied with civil action. Mills is said to have deserted from Camp Meade.
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Maryland
Raymond Lee Mulis
Silver Spring Army
Alton
Bennett
Frederick County
Mills
Oficers
District of Columbia
Montgomery
Prince George's
Ridgeville
D. C. Winebrewer & Son, Inc
Mails
Camp Meade
Triple Funeral At Thurmont
A Thurmont trio of Ray Keeney family members killed in a trolley car crash near West Chester Pennsylvania will be honored in a Sunday service. Ray Keeney 58 died in Chester County Hospital after the accident joining his wife Grace and son Ira who had previously died. The driver, 17 year old Mary Driscoll, is free on bond as the inquest is pending. Funeral arrangements place services at Thurmont United Brethren Church with burial at Blue Ridge cemetery.
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Ray Keeney
Thurmont
West Chester
Chester County Hospital
Grace Keeney
Ira Keeney
Keeney
Ira Mathias Keeney
Baltimore
Bertha Keeney
Baltlimore
Edith Keeney
Lewistown
Frederick City Packing Company
Mary Driscoll
M. L. Cenger and Son Funeral
Thurmont United Brethren Church
Ivan G. Naugle
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Three Firemen Hurt At $100,000 Blaze
Washington January 7 three firemen were injured fighting a blaze that gutted the A and W Hot Shoppe on Bladensburg Road. Harold Shaw the restaurant manager put the damage at 100000 and Chief E A Sweeney said the fire started in the basement. Philadelphia January 7 prisoners guard plants
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Washington
Bladensburg Road
Harold Shaw
E. A Sweeney
Bitter Street Fighting In San Vittore Suffages
Allied forces press their offensive along the 10 mile front as American troops storm three fortified strongpoints in San Vittore and seize Monte Maio near Viticuso. British push on Rocca D’Exvandro claim 79 more prisoners. cold, snowbound mountains hinder Eighth Army moves. San Vittore described as a miniature Stalingrad in fierce house to house fighting with no quarter asked or given.
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Algiers
San Vittore
Fifth Army
Via Castrina
Rame
Casino
Monte Maio
Viticuso
Venafro
San Pietro
Rocca D 'Exvandro
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Indiana
San Tommazo
Stalingrad
Halsey Declines To Predict War End At Conference
Admiral William F. Halsey refused to estimate when Tokyo would fall during a public press conference after returning to the mainland. He praised American forces, warned Japan about their resolve, and spoke amid the Army-Navy war conference with Gen. H. I. Arnold and other officials.
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Los Angeles
Tokyo
William F
South Pacific
Halsey
H. I. Arnold
Army Air Forces
West Coast
Plasma Used In New Treatment For Burns
Two Navy doctors report a new surface burn treatment using medicated human blood plasma applied directly to the wound. They say this method surpasses methods used in the past two years and complements the existing plasma uses for burn shock. Circuit Court hears a civil suit by Hillside Coal against New England Fire Insurance over damages from a plaintiff’s truck accident.
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Washington
Navy
Mother Nature
Hillside Coal Company, Inc
Frederick
New England Fire Insurance Company
Stedman Prescott
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Leslie N. Coblentz
Ithe Litigants
Nazis Hint Withdrawal From All Of Russia
Stockholm reports a German military spokesman signaled a possible full withdrawal from Russia as Soviet forces push along the front from Leningrad to the Black Sea. Vatutin’s force advances 10 miles into pre war Poland and drives a wide offensive toward vital Ukraine and Dnieper Bend lifelines, with the First Ukrainian Army shredding German lines over 175 miles from the Pripet marshes to Zhashkov. Snow and blizzards aid forward patrols and threaten German communications near Leningrad while Vatutin presses toward Rovno Shepetovka Vinitsa and Zhmerinka, key rail hubs and junctions east of Odessa.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Svenska Morgenbladet
Russia
Leningrad
Black Sea
Poland
Moscow
Nikolai Vatutin
Ukraine
Dnieper Bend
Pripet Marshes
Rakitno
Zhashkov
Belaya Tserkov
Nevel
Ivan Bagramian
Baltic
Vatutin
Dnieper
Kirovograd
Krivoi Rog
Rovno
Odessa
Warsaw
Philadelphia Strike Halts Navy Ship Building
A work stoppage at Cramp Shipbuilding Company halted production of invasion ships for the Navy for the second day in Philadelphia. About 6,000 workers gathered outside as gates reopened, with unions insisting they are locked out and will stay away until grievances are settled. Union leaders urged Navy seizure of the plant, drawing cheers from more than 2,000 employees who voted to continue the strike.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Army Corporal Held As Japanese Agent
New York January 7 An Army corporal named Arthur Read aged 32 held on eight thousand bail charged with being an unregistered agent of the Japanese. FBI says he served as radio commentator floor walker and a Chinese Army general at different times. Read was arrested on furlough from Camp Croft and held for Federal grand jury action by U S Commissioner Garret W Cotter.
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New York
FBI
U. S. Army Secord
Arthur Read
Camp Croft
U.S
Garret W Cotter
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Red Advance
Union
Losarsp
Archie
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