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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1944
Page
7
Washington reports that bans on iron and steel in about 1,200 civilian products will be eased this month, leaving roughly 300 items restricted. WPB plans a major Order M126 revision, with further controls possible in tight labor areas. Resumption of production for eased items may wait for material allotment and leftover stock use.
London reports a Polish spokesman saying underground fighters will become POWs if captured by the Red Army. Poland signals willingness to seek understandings but refuses to cede eastern territories for German western compensation. Moscow silent as Polish patriots push Russia to retain Western Ukraine.
Washington reports of missing service members sparked false telephone messages to families. The War and Navy Departments urged kin to trust only official telegrams and said the FBI is alerted. Two families, the Mullers of Brentwood and Ruth Renner Hall, received calls from "Miss Wainwright" claiming safety, later proven false.
Westminster January 7 The Carrol County Red Cross Chapter is producing 432 Army kit bags. Each bag will include a small sewing case and other useful articles. Volunteer sewers are needed to stitch the cases and there are still many bags to be made.
Dorothy Dix argues soldiers cannot expect home to stay the same. Change is inevitable as veterans return older and wiser, while wives and families adapt in many ways. He will face a home altered by time and love, and he should prepare for it now.
Chinese forces trained in America crossed to the east bank of the upper Chindwin River in a fresh offensive to clear the way for Burma Road progress. U S Army Air Force fighters and fighter bombers backed a four day attack starting January 1. The drive reportedly drove Japanese from the west bank at Yupbang and occupied eastern positions in rugged northern Burma's Hukawng Valley, about 100 miles northwest of Myitkyina. Myitkyina airfield was a bomber target with many hits. Allied bombers hit Akyab on January 2, RAF struck Heho and Prome yards, and Allied planes attacked rail, road and river links across Burma.
Hollywood gossip reports actress Joan Blondell will file for divorce from Dick Powell after his return from the east, with plans to finalize after discussions in January. They wed aboard the Santa Paula on September 19, 1936, and honeymooned in New York, later having two children Ellen and Norman with ties to Blondell's prior marriage and Powell.
Reports from London and Washington describe King Mihai in urgent talks with Romanian leaders as Romania weighs breaking from Germany amid Russian pressure near the Romanian border. Separately, Senator Millard E. Tydings leads Maryland Stockmen at the Lord Baltimore Hotel January 12 with talks on wartime meat programs. Water use in Hagerstown climbs sharply toward wartime needs. A Norfolk Navy AWOL case ends with local custody.
The American government had paid Civil War pensions totaling six times the war’s actual cost through 1917, highlighting vast long term financial commitments beyond the battlefield.
Washington notes a wartime shift from surplus to demand driven food needs. Debates over price subsidies pit farm groups against labor and consumer advocates. Western Maryland officials plan to reorganize the Western Shore County Commissioners Association to press legislative action while considering teacher bonus funding concerns.
Commissioners push state relief to cover welfare fund increases and county teacher bonus costs. Meeting set January 21 to seek relief and possible special session action by the General Assembly. Attending officials include A Grant Hooper and William M. Storm for Frederick County and S Keller Shank with Clarence Eldridge for Washington County. Beau Jack edges Lulo Costantino in ten rounds at Madison Square Garden after a rough start.
Visiting firemen from Middletown to Frederick joined local crew at 9:10 PM for a chimney fire at 212 South Carroll Street. Citizens Truck and United Engine responded as Middletown firefighters assisted with ladders and a booster stream under Foreman Ray Gladhill.
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