Two Garages Looted for $600 In Equipment Stolen
Robbers entered two Frederick garages overnight and took over $600 worth of tools and supplies including electric drill sander battery charger and emery wheel. They forced entry by twisting a lock and used a vehicle to load loot from Warfield and Neal garages. Investigations by Sergt Swomley and Deputy Rhoads continued as police linked the crimes to a broader spree hitting General Penn Refining and nearby stations with tires batteries and cash boxes disrupted.
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Frederick
East Patrick Street
Yeggs
Russell Warfield
Condon Tobacco
Warfield
Pennsylvania
Claude J
Hazen B. Neal
East Street
Neals
Daniel Swomley
Paul B. Rhoads
General Penn Refining Company
Standard Oil Company
General Penn
General Penn Station
Bascom Neal
Neal
Not A Dan Just Your Income Tax Statement
Washington January 11 the Internal Revenue Bureau began enclosing a statement with the March income tax form showing the 1942 bill and credits for pre inauguration pay as you go payments. Many taxpayers interpreted the statement as a demand and sent checks for the unpaid portion. The bureau did no tabulation but said thousands did so and the checks are being returned.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Fifth Army closes on Cassino as Allied push gains ground
Allied lines tighten around Cassino as Fifth Army pincers advance toward Cervaro and Mount Pedro. American forces cut toward Rome through Mi Rocchio and Di Piperia while Germans withdraw from mountain positions. Eighth Army reports patrol skirmishes. Liberator aircrews hit Skoplje rail targets with little resistance.
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Algiers
Cassino
Rome
Cervaro
Balkan
Sofia
Civitanova
Ancona
San Benedetto
Mi. Rocchio
Mount Pedro
Cerraro
Mount di Piperia
Eighth Army
Fifth Army
Balkans
Skoplje
Yugoslavia
Cities Report Coal Shortages In Baltimore And Philadelphia
Baltimore reports one hundred additional carloads of soft coal to meet city needs after dealers complain of shortages. SFA chief Daemler said shipments target those with no coal or less than a seven day supply as December shortfall nears 26,000 tons against a 60,000 ton quota. Philadelphia faces similar strain with over 200 dealers noting acute shortages and about 12,000 homes awaiting coal deliveries amid two week waits.
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Baltimore
Solid Fuels Administration
R. F. Daemler
SFA Anthracite Distribution Division
Arthur Hill
SFA
Philadelphia
Jan
Jap Fleet Seriously Crippled Says Halsey
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr announced the Japanese fleet is seriously crippled and urged continued pursuit until Tokyo is captured. He warned against peace until troops reach Tokyo, noting American air sea and land superiority and calling Japan’s 1944 offensive talk propaganda. He praised reserve officers and stressed unity of all naval personnel.
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Washington
William F. Halsey, Jr
Tokyo
South Pacific
Halsey
Pacific
Truk
Knox
Sliced Turkey Not Worth Five Dollars A Pound Says Byrd
Senator Harry F. Byrd complains to the Office of Price Administration about high sliced turkey prices. An inquiry led to charges against Abraham Ciran of Madison Avenue delicatessen, though the case cited violat ion of ceiling prices on bologna. Ciran pleaded innocent as his lawyers seek a delay awaiting a Washington witness.
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New York
Harry F. Byrd
D.-Va
Office of Price Administration
Byrd
Chester Bowles
OPA
Abraham Ciran
Madison Avenue
Ciran
Citran
Washington
Chicago Convention Nomination Starts June Twenty Fifth
Chicago January 11 Republicans chose to nominate their presidential and vice presidential candidates at a convention in Chicago beginning June 25. The decision follows a day of meetings and signals a focused party agenda for the summer nominating effort.
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Chicago
Bombers Hit Middle Germany In Noon Raid
Berlin radio reported strong units of U.S. four engined bombers attacked places in middle Germany at noon today. U.S. government monitors heard the broadcast.
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New York
Berlin
U.S
Germany
Banks Hold Annual Stockholders Meetings In City
The annual stockholders meetings at three city banks elected directors for the coming year with organizing sessions planned this afternoon. Farmers and Mechanics National Bank re-elected a slate led by Bennett and Crothers. Frederick County National Bank re-elected Carty, Carty, Mercer, McCardell, Miller, Myers, Smith, Smith, Zimmerman. Citizens National Bank re-elected Conley, Gambrill Jr, Baker, Baker Jr, H. Baker, Fisher, Ramsburg, Newman, Anders, Harbaugh. Other banks will organize later. unions in Union Bridge, Peppies Bank Libertytown elected directors last week and organized officers. Myersville Savings Bank elected Bittle, Bittle, Bit tle, Harp, Harshman, Kline, Leatherman, Rice, Stottlemyer, Waters, Wachtel. Walkersville Bank elected directors and organized officers with Nicodemus as president and Zimmerman as VP.
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Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
William B. Bennett
Robert B Crothers
Rob’j. E. Delaplaine
Daniel T. Dalrow
A. Hart Etchison
Albert Gilson
George W. Bittle
William L. Waters
Claude A. Stottlemyer
Renee&. Harp
William 8. Wachtel
Miss’ Sallie R. Marker
Chas
J. Bittle
Welty C. Harshman
William
Wachtel
Walkersville Bank
W. B. Bennett
Harvey R. Cramer
George P. Devilbiss
R. E. Delaplaine
George H. Graham
Simon J. Grim
J. Harold Hooper
Kent C. Nicodemus
Robert N. Nicodemus
R. Ward
Stauffer
Clayborne M. Zimmerman
Ray B. Zimmerman
K . Nicodemus
C. M. Zimmerman
SJ. Grim
J. H Hooper
Freda G. Kintz
Hearing Begins in Chevy Chase Merchandise Suit
Associate Judge Patrick J M Schnauffer and a jury began Circuit Court proceedings on a $1,853.98 suit over a merchandise deal. Plaintiffs are Mr. and Mrs. John B. Sheppard of Chevy Chase, defendants Walter Gibbs and Walter Gibbs Jr. of near Mt. Airy.
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Patrick JM. Schnauffer
John B. Sheppard
Chevy Chase
Walter Gibbs
Walter Gibbs, Jr
Mt. Alry
Ciano Shot To Death In Germany's Announcement
London reports the German agency DNS says Count Galeazzo Ciano was shot to death today after conviction on charges tied to voting to oust Mussolini. Four others, Marshal Emilio De Bono, Giovanni Marinelli, Carlo Pareschi, Luciano Gottardi, also executed. They were among 19 former Fascist Grand Council members convicted of treason yesterday.
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London
Galeazzo Ciano
DNS
Benito Mussolini
DNB
Ciano
Emilio de Bone
Giovanni Marinelli
Carlo Pareschi
Luciano Gottardi
Grand Council
Flu Epidemic Here On Wane
Frederick city and county health officer Dr. EL C Kefauver reports the grippe influenza epidemic is waning with fewer cases than in December. Still, pneumonia remains common among children and two scarlet fever cases near New Market, plus diphtheria in another New Market family, are the year’s only such cases. He warns against dumping waste on farms and along roads, urging use of the city incinerator or the dump near Frederick Brick Works for disposal and promising prosecutions for violations.
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Frederick City
EL C Kefauver
Kefauver
New Market
Frederick Brick Works
East South Street
Plenty Of Words No Oratory In Congress
Washington January 11 It is debated but a reporter says oratory is extinct in Congress Yet the record shows massive wordage daily with about 150900 words per session and a yearly publishing bill of 750000 for 41500 copies printed The House and Senate argue denounce eulogize fight defend and attack and read editorials and telegrams to fill the Record with words.
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Washington
Congress
Uncle Sam
Employment Ceilings For War Plants Across Regions
War Manpower Commission announces new employment ceilings for war plants in about 84 metropolitan areas. Under the plan McNutt says cooperation with Army Navy Maritime Commission and War Production Board will set labor budgets per area where a few plants dominate the field.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
WMC
Army, Navy, Maritime Commission and War Production Board
Russians Push Toward Rumania Rail Hub Amid Front Advances
Soviet spearheads drive toward the Odessa Warsaw railway as the Second Ukraine Army nears the Dnieper bend and fights to break the Smeta gap. German losses mount with about 50,000 killed in recent actions, while Vatutin’s forces cut lines feeding the rail corridor and press toward Sarny and Bereznec. Berlin reports claim fighting for Sarny continues and Rovno potential encirclement looms.
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Moscow
Rumania
Odessa-Warsaw
Bug River
Zhmer- Inka
Ukraine
Ivan S. Kanev
Dnieper Bend
Smeta
Kirovograd
Kerck
Crimea
Berlinakin
Sarny
Old Poland
First
Nikolai Vatutin
First Ukraine Army
Konews
Bereznec
Ludiipol
Konev
Vatutin
Red Army
Berlin
Stockholm
Vatutins
Rovno
Fourth War Loan Drive opens with higher individual quotas
Thirty six states receive raised goals for individual war bond sales in the Fourth War Loan drive, expanding the nationwide target to 3.5 billion for individuals while total objective reaches 14 billion. Corporations and large investors are expected to supply the remaining 8.5 billion. The September campaign raised 18.943 billion against a 15 billion goal. A second item reports Robert Frye, 23, injured by a falling sack at Farmers Co operative Association on East South Street, transported to Frederick City Hospital for treatment. injuries undetermined.
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Washington, Jan
Treasury
Farmers Co-operative Association, Inc
East South Street
Robert Frye
New Design Road
Frederick City Hospital
Frye
C. E. Cline &I .Sen
Roosevelt urges five point program for wartime economy
President Roosevelt proposed to Congress a five point plan including a national service act to mobilize labor for war production, a realistic tax law to curb profits, continued renegotiation of war contracts, a cost of living law to stabilize farm prices, and re enactment of the economic stabilization act to prevent price chaos. He warned of economic security as key to victory and urged action beyond politics.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Jie
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McDaniel
Westminster
William R. McDaniel
Western Maryland College
Ober Herr
Messagl
Pat
Clark
Middle Germany
Iciano
By James Marlow
George Zielke
Warsaw
Odessa
Smela
United Nations
Comfort
TWA
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