Five Men Report for Active Duty from Draft Board No. 2
A group of six inducted men were ordered to report for active Army duty. Harry F. Fraley of Thurmont shot himself in the foot with a rifle, delaying his departure. The incident, details of which are being investigated, occurred after Fraley joined five others at the draft board. The others were Charles R. Heiser, Melvin L. Putman, Richard R. Pryor, Howard V. Tull, and Fraley. Additional men, Alvey George Kline and Harry Leon Fulmer, passed physicals and were sent to Navy duty.
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Harry F. Fraley
Water Street
Thurmont
Draft Board No. 2
Fraley
Draft Board
Fort Meade
Board No. 2
Charles R. Heiser
Mt. Airy
Carroll C. Willis
Emmitsburg
Melvin L. Putman
Woodsboro
Richard R. Pryor
Sabillasville
Howard V. Tu
No Radical Change Seen in Postwar Baseball
Valdosta Ga Jan 7 The American Association president George Trautman said there will be no radical changes to baseball postwar but there may be changes in league alignment travel and schedule to favor rivals He plans a survey of minor leagues with submissions due by Jan 20 and aims to present a program for joint talks with the major leagues He noted many stars may not return after service but future stars are developing in army camps and hopes the game stays strong at home until veterans return.
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Valdosta
George Trautman
Trautman
American Association
State Trooper Ward Dismissed From Service
Baltimore January 7 found guilty of violations of merit system rules of the State Police Department. State Patrolman Thomas M Ward was ordered permanently dismissed from State employment by Walter D Owens employment commissioner Col Ober superintendent of the State Police charged Ward with five violations including incompetence insubordination conduct unbecoming a State employee and failure to be suitably armed. He was suspended without pay during an investigation of an altercation with an unidentified man on November 1 during which the man allegedly took Ward's money and police badge. State Police regulations require troopers to be available on duty and to be armed at times.
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Walter D. Owens
Col
Ober
Ward
Tate
Foolish To Assume Jap Fleet Afraid
Secretary of the Navy Knox said it is foolish to assume the Japanese fleet fears battle and will stay hidden. He asserted the enemy waits for better odds while American ships, planes, and men grow stronger. He noted Pacific operations show heavy Japanese losses and cited Cape Gloucester with 2,100 Japanese dead to 117 Americans. Admiral Halsey, visiting from the South Pacific, may discuss in Washington. Knox offered optimistic casualty ratios.
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Knox
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Central Pacific
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Solomons
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New Ireland
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South Pacific
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Halsey
Pacific
Stalsey
Cape Gloucester
Believes Bolivian Coup Fueled by External Forces
Secretary Hull stated that available information strengthens the belief that outsiders hostile to the American Republics aided and inspired Bolivia s revolution placing Major Gualberto Villarroel in power. He noted ongoing consultations with 18 nations to share origins of the uprising and to allow each country to draw its own conclusions before recognition. Argentina had already recognized Villarroel. most others planned to confer first.
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Hull
Bolivia
Gualberto Villarroel
Argentina
Axis
Villarroel
Thurston Home Is Burned Loss Exceeds 1500
Fire destroyed the residence and contents of Mr and Mrs Marshall Shube at Thurston Wednesday night. Blaze fueled the roof and building before Hyattstown firemen stopped it from reaching a nearby barn and outbuildings. Loss estimated over 1500. Shubes staying with Mr and Mrs Albert Strube at 712 North Market Street.
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Thurston
Hyattstown Fire Department
Shube
Albert Strube
North Market Street
Fishing Creek Reservoir Fills to Overflowing Night Vigil Observed
Water pours over Fishing Creek Reservoir spillway for the first time since last July as Water Superintendent William J. Davis and caretaker Frank Weddle watched from the breast of the 77 million gallon dam. In separate court sessions Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett sentenced Wilber Die Williams to four months in the House of Correction and gave James R. Jackson a suspended sentence with restitution for stolen sacks. Bruce Grable received a reduced fine after a late court session, with a prospective employer paying the balance. Grable faced charges of improper conduct with an eight year old girl. Additional matters saw 180 sacks worth $18 stolen from Rayhugh Delauter, traced to a local junk yard and cooperative, with Jackson at liberty after paying assessments. Williams may appeal. Jackson works in a Baltimore shipyard and Grable faced release to a dairy farmer under conditions. Yellow Springs, Monrovia, and nearby areas saw multiple drunkenness fines and collateral forfeitures.
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Frank Weddle
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Wilber “Die” Williams
House of Correction
James R. Jackson
West All Saints Street
Alton Y. Bennett
Bruce Grable
Route 2
Thurmont
Edward J. Smith
Grable
Jackson
Corp
W. W. Corbin
Paul B Rhoads
Rayhugh Delauter
New Market Jackson
Liberty
Williams
Bennett
Baltimore
Smith
Mrs Hoover Dies At 68 In Waldorf Towers
New York January 7 Mrs Herbert Hoover died suddenly tonight at about seven o clock in her Waldorf Towers apartment after suffering an acute heart attack Former President Hoover was with her at the time She was 68 years old Dr Ralph H Bools attended her and a family spokesman said no further information would be released at once Mrs Hoover had returned from California shortly before the holidays and the Hoovers kept an apartment in the Waldorf Towers for years.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Waldorf Towers
Hoover
Ralph H Bools
California
Hoovers
Richmond Resident Declares In Will Amid Probate Question
Robert F Bright a former Frederick banker and lawyer died December 18 in Richmond. His will valued at 480000 includes a codicil declaring residency in Richmond Virginia prompting probate questions. Maryland official requests transfer of probate to Frederick citing Bright’s last three national election votes. main beneficiaries are his widow Mary McCaw Bright and two grandsons.
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Richmond
Robert F Bright
Frederick
Ray L Leatherman
Register of Wits
Maryland
Bright
Mary McCaw Bright
Hearings Set by Presidential Board on Rail Unions Claims
A special three man board hearing unsettled claims of 15 railroad non operating unions began hearings scheduled to start next Monday. The board has 30 days from January 5 to report to the President. The group previously recommended small wage increases for 1,100,000 non operating workers amid ongoing overtime disputes.
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Washington
Maryland Canning Firms Seek Subsidies In 1943 War Effort
Baltimore report shows 101 Maryland canning companies filed for subsidies on 15,966,303 cases of canned vegetables for 1943. War Board committee says 143 plants eligible. 32 firms have not yet filed. Firms contract with growers at government-support prices or pledge acreage to keep canneries running at 75 percent capacity. Soil conservation materials ordered under AAA program will be charged to 1944 farm allowances.
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Baltimore
iPi
Maryland Bureau of Markets
Maryland
Department of Agricultures War Board
S B. Shaw
State Market Bureau
War Board Canning Crops
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
U. S. Department of Agriculture
30 Supply Barges Are Hit By Allies
Allied airmen in the South and Southwest Pacific sank or damaged 30 Japanese barges, killing or wounding about 100. The strike focused near Sio Sarong harbor Rein Bay and Rabaul as MacArthur reported. Fighting around Cape Gloucester quieted after fierce clashes and the Marines held their line while threatening the Cape Gloucester air drome.
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Douglas MacArthur
Sio
Sarang Harbor
Rein Bay
Rabaul
New Britain
Bergen Bay
Cape Gloucester
Kavieng
New Ireland
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South Pacific Command
Sel
Saider
Huon Peninsula
Kelanoa
M Keldin to attend Democratic dinner in Baltimore
Mayor Theodore R McKeldin will join the Concord Club Jackson Day dinner in Baltimore along with Gov O Conor and other Republicans. McKeldin says he accepted as city mayor not to signal party alliance while Howard W Jackson notes the invitation as honoring Andrew Jackson. F Murray Benson will be the principal speaker.
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Theodore R. McKeldin
Concord Club
McKeldin
Howard W. Jackson
Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Harry ©. Levin
Baltimore County
Herbert R. O'Conor
O' Conor
F. Murray Benson
Much Opposition In Germany To Nazis War
Marquis W. Childs reports from an American friends of German freedom meeting that widespread German opposition to the Nazi regime and the war exists. Returning travelers say 75 to 80 percent of Germans are disillusioned, yet they note the regime’s internal police force can suppress mass dissent with deadly force.
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Washington
Marquis W. Childs
St. Louis
Post-Disputch
Sweden
Germany
American Friends of German Freedom
Gerany
Jong
New Draft System Updates Induction Examinations
Washington January 7 Selective Service abolishes local board screening exams and shifts to pre induction physicals at induction stations with final exams at least 21 days before induction. Post induction furloughs end February 1.
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Washington
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Congress
Six Reasons To Oppose Federal Food Subsidy
Pomona Grange executive committee adopts a resolution opposing federal food subsidies. It urges raising producer food prices to cover higher production costs and lists six points, including consumer payment capacity, regulator in pricing, artificial subsidy nature, inflation impact, farmers’ desire to stand on their own, and concerns about socialization.
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Pomona Grange
Berlin Soldier Describes RAF Bombardment Like Frontline
In Madrid a German non-commissioned officer Karl Hampe said Berlin faced the front line through RAF air raids, comparing bombardment to trench warfare and calling the outside air raid shelter scene “hell.” He claimed the city suffered as much as the Russian front.
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Berlin
Madrid
Karl Hampe
Plane Output In December Behind Projections
December plane output totaled 8,802 units, 13 more than November, per the Air craft Production Board. Officials had anticipated 9,000, citing Christmas holiday delays. The year closed with 85,944 military planes, heavy bombers led the schedule, overall 95 percent of plan, boosting December daily average to 339 aircraft.
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Washington
Aircraft Production Board
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Wilson
Ini
Army
Navy
WPB
Romania Bans Civilian Train Travel on Main Lines
Bern report says Romania ordered a near ban on civilian rail travel on all main lines in response to Russian advances toward its border. The move aligns with withdrawal and defense plans amid the Soviet push in Eastern Europe.
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Bern
Switzerland
Budapest
Rumania
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