Frederick water rents exceed ninety five thousand in 1943
Frederick city annual water rent collections topped $95,450.64 for 1943, the largest sum ever secured. Water Rent Collector Harry C. Castle announced plans to issue shut off notices to many delinquent owners, with potential court liens to follow. Some 1942 figures and prior delinquencies are noted, while 1944 estimates were forecast at about $86,000.
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Frederick City
Harry C. Castle
Castle
Hugh V. Gittinger
Albert A. Schroeder
Conspiracy For Sale Of Diamonds Indictments Charged
A federal grand jury in New York City charged Leonard J. A. Smith an industrial diamonds dealer with conspiring to sell and export industrial diamonds in violation of the Trading with the Enemy Act. The indictments were announced by Attorney General Biddle.
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Washington
Beas
Leonard J. A. Smit
Indu
Biddle
Bulgarians Reported To Be Leaving Sofia
The Cairo radio said evacuation of Sofia the bombed capital of Bulgaria is under way on a large scale. It reported Monday raids caused damage to industrial districts and that the government and ministers were understood to be leaving the city.
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London
Cairo Radio
Sofia
Bulgaria
Boy Missing Since He Left For School
Kenneth B. Shaw fifteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Chester Shaw of West Patrick street has not been seen since Monday morning He reportedly rode a truck to Baltimore and may be in that city Baltimore police are searching The boy is familiar with Baltimore from prior hospital visits at Union Memorial and may be staying with a friend from that city His parents have toured the area seeking clues and expect to obtain the friend’s address from hospital records
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Kenneth B. Shaw
Chester Shaw
West Patrick Street
Baltimore
Revival Tents Follow Troops After Frontline Relief
Washington reports Fifth Army men in Italy move to a tent city by the Volturno river after relief from front lines. The War Department says revival tents provide showers, laundry, and new uniforms within hours. Quotes highlight pride and quick turnaround by quartermasters and volunteers.
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Washington
Fifth Army
Italy
Volturno River
War Department
Sol H. Abrahams
Winthrop
Mass
Cpl
Roland 5. Wells
Upper Marlboro
Capping Exercises At Hospital This Evening
The Frederick City Hospital School of Nursing holds capping exercises tonight at eight o clock in the Georgianna Houck Simmons Nurses Home. Miss Davena A Somerville, superintendent, will present the class and Miss Frances H Andrews, director of nurses, will award caps. Flor ence Nightingale lamps will be lit by Miss Grace Kepler. Music by the student nurse glee club directed by Mrs Lillian Bowers. Read among the class: Margaret L Boyer Mary Louise Boyer Virginia Fiez Anna K Foster Anna Louise Grimes Katherine Grove Catherine Harwood Frances Jones Margaret Klipp Madeline Kump Jane Metzger Hilda Moxley Betty Rhoderick Grace Rice Thelma Rice Jane Shoemaker Betty Jane Stone Mary Alice Urban Janice Wilhide.
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Frederick City Hospital
Margaret L. Boyer
Frederick
Mary Louise Boyer
Jefferson
Virginia Fiez
Rocky Ridge
Anna K. Foster
Rileyville
Anna Louise Grimes
Emmitsburg
Katherine Grove
Catherine Harwood
Walkersville
Frances Jones
Margaret Klipp
Thurmont
Madeline Kump
Jane Metzger
Myersville
Hilda Moxley
Mt. Airy
Betty Rhoderick
Union Bridge
Grace Rice
Thelma Rice
Charlotte Shankle
Jane Shoemaker
Betty Jane Stone
Mary Alice Urban
Janice Wilhide
Allied Bombers Batter Piraeus and Fifth Army Seizes Ground
Allied air forces pounded Piraeus, the Athens port, in a day and night double strike while the Fifth Army in Italy extended gains and took more high ground. German reports claimed Cervaro fell after heavy fighting as Bulgarian Sofia endured similar raids. fortress crews claimed multiple air victories and fires erupted in harbor areas.
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Algiers
Balkans
Piraeus
Athens
Greece
Fifth Army
Italy
Cervaro
Cassino
Rome
Fortress
Cromwell Says Wife Turned Him Out in High Court
Elizabeth New Jersey January 12 The defense for James H R Cromwell in Chancery Court alleged his wife Doris Duke Cromwell ousted him for an unnamed British parliament member. The attorney described alleged cruelty and humiliation, noting a domestic dispute tied to Duke Farms and travels to Honolulu London and Canada.
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Elizabeth
N. J
James H. R. Cromwell
Doris Duke Cromwell
James E. Toolan
Dougal Herr
Chancery Court
Duke Farms
Toolan
Doris Duke
Canada
United States
New Jersey
Network Of Modern Highways Proposed
President Roosevelt asked Congress to develop a national highway system of about 34 000 miles to modernize roads for future wartime defense. The plan estimates annual costs at 750 million dollars over several years.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
We Are Being Sold Out By An Ungrateful America
A Pacific naval lieutenant writes Rep. Compton denouncing strikes and internal enemies. He condemns Esquire magazine morale use, cites a dead sailor clutching an Esquire Varga girl, and laments internal betrayal while defending loyalty and country. He notes shipboard tensions from railroad and steel strike threats.
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Washington
Pacific
Compton
R-Conn
House
Esquire Magazine
Walker
America
Wei O
Sam Long
Sykesville Soldier Trains Chickens On Frontline Feed
Pfc. Harry Guy of Sykesville Maryland hatched a quirky tale from Egypt where he kept a mother hen with six chicks aboard a trailer in the Fifth Army. After receiving the hen as a gift from an Arab he fed and nurtured the brood for 21 days turning them into a traveling pet unit. The original hen five pullets and a rooster accompany his squad on campaign rations while Guy jokes about preferring fried chicken.
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Washington
Fifth Army
Africa
War Department
Pfc
Harry Guy
Sykesville
Guy
Large Oil Truck Burns After Collision Near Olney
A tractor-trailer carrying 4,500 gallons of fuel oil owned by Richard F. Kline was destroyed in Montgomery County near Olney after colliding with a passenger car driven by an unnamed woman. Driver John Crone of Middletown escaped with a bruised knee. The truck was en route to Laytonsville when the crash caused a fire. Investigators from Montgomery County police continued the inquiry.
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Richard F. Kline
Olney
Montgomery County
John Crone
Middletown
Laytonsville
Mr. Kline
Earl H. Cline
Radio Speech Shows Him A Good Editor
Washington January 12 A comparison of Roosevelt's message to Congress read in the House and Senate and his radio version to the nation presents the President as a capable editor. Congressional clerks delivered the speech quickly and clearly, reading about 4000 words in under thirty minutes, while the President narrated a shorter story on radio.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Congressional
Holt Declares For Governor Of West Virginia
Rush Dew Holt of Weston announces today as a Democratic candidate to succeed Matthew M. Neely as West Virginia governor. Holt is described as a former boy senator and a lone wolf New Deal heckler who once aligned with Neely and later opposed him.
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Rush Holt
Weston
W. Va
Rush Dew Holt
West Virginia
Lonewolf
New Deal
Matthew M. Neely
Market Handicapped by Key Issues and Leadership Gaps
The New York market was weighed down today by heavy issues and a lack of leadership, with overall declines and few gains as some specialists managed marginal progress amid cautious trading.
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New York
Woodbine National Bank Elects Directors and Officers
Woodbine National Bank held its annual stockholders meeting in Woodbine on Tuesday. Directors elected were Ray Brown John J Doherty W Albert Frank ilin D T Gaver Wm C Multinix Solomon Wolman. Officers named at the following organization meeting include Ray Brown president Wm Mullinix vice president John J Doherty vice president Millard M Rice cashier Mrs Margaret E Diammond teller and bookkeeper Ada P Franklin teller and bookkeeper. The president's report shows net additions to surplus and undivided profits of about 6000 after depreciation and dividends. total assets at year end stood at 947000.
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Woodbine National Bank
Woodbine
Ray Brown
John J. Doherty
W. Albert Frankilin
D. T. Gaver
Wm. C. Multinix
Solomon Wolman
Wm. C. Mullinix
Dent
Millard M. Rice
Margaret E. Diammond
Ada P. Franklin
Bumper Baby Crop In Two Years Of War
The Census Bureau reports a bumper baby crop in the last two years of war with about 1 000 000 more births than the previous two years of peace. The rise followed Pearl Harbor as new births accelerated about a year after the United States entered the war.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Pearl Harbor
Red Army Repels Heavy German Counter Attacks
Moscow reports the Red Army captured Sarny in prewar Poland as Soviet forces push westward toward Brest-Litovsk and the Odessa Warsaw railway. Red Star dispatches say heavy German armor and infantry were thrown in but the Soviet drive remained undefeated with furious tank charges repelled and German counter assaults smashed near Berditvhey and the Dnieper bend.
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Moscow
Red Army
Sarn
Brest-Litevek
Odessa-Warsaw
Ukraine
Red Star
Nikolai Vatutin
Odessa-Warsaws
Berditvhey
Red Ste
Formosa Raided Again by U S Air Force Bombers
The Tokyo radio reported Allied bombers attacked the Formosa coast at night, causing small damage. Formosa, Japan’s large island near China, had been struck on Thanksgiving Day by Maj Gen Claire Chennault’s 14th Air Force, destroying at least 31 enemy planes with no losses to the attackers.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Formosa
Japan
China
Claire L. Cheonault
14Th
U.S Air Force
Workman Jailed On Charge Of Assault
A workman at an Army construction site was jailed under $1,000 bond on assault and battery charges after an early morning investigation. Joseph Stagg, of 300 North Market Street, was identified by a Frederick girl who reported being attacked on Ninth Street after jumping from a car with Stage. Police cited a John Doe warrant sworn out by the victim. The case was handled by City Officer Denver Shook as detectives continued reviewing the incident for possible additional charges.
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Frederick
Joseph Stagg
North Market Street
Denver Shook
John Doe
Stagg
Ninth Street
Pacific War Council Meets With President
Members of the Pacific War Council, comprising representatives of the nation’s fighting forces, met with President Roosevelt in Washington for the first time since his return from the Cairo Teheran conferences.
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Washington
Pacific War Council
Roosevelt
Cairo
Teheran
Madrid collision kills 95, injures over 100 near Arevalo
A collision between the Madrid San Sebastian express and another passenger train near Arevalo, 75 miles northwest of Madrid, killed 95 people and left more than 100 injured, according to DNB German news agency reports from London.
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London
DNB
San Sebastian
Arevalo
Madrid
Hannegan Expected to Chair Democratic National Committee
Robert E. Hannegan of St. Louis now U S Commissioner of Internal Revenue is expected to succeed Frank C Walker as chairman when the Democratic National Committee meets in Washington January 22 to choose a convention site.
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Chicago
Robert E. Hannegan
St. Louis
U. S
Internal Revenue
Washington
Postminster
Frank C Walker
Democratic National Committee
Willkie And Dewey Lead In Republican Poll
Chicago January 2 The Associated Press survey of 106 Republican National Committee members shows Thomas E Dewey and Wendell Willkie leading the field with Bricker Stassen Taft Green Warren MacArthur and others also named Open minded voters total 23 with ballots taken in sealed boxes to gauge preferences and future convention chances.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell Willkie
National Committee
Associated Press
Thomas EB. Dewey
New York
Wendell Willkic
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Harold EB. Stassen
Robert Taft
Dwight H. Green
Miinois
Earl Warren
California
Douglas MacArthur
Dewey
Willkic
Republican Party
Body Thrown Overboard To Lighten Plane Load
A Liberator crew returning from France with one engine and nine aboard jettisoned their dead navigator into the English Channel to save the rest. Pilot Lt. Glenn E Jorfensen of Freewater Oregon said they followed his last course and survived as eight enemy planes attacked. The Conquest Cavalier was damaged after bombing northwest Germany and four wounded and two frostbitten crewmen faced drowning if the craft ditched.
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England
France
English Channel
Glenn E. Jorfensen
Freewater
Orc
Germany
Western Maryland College Man Killed on Bougainville
Capt. Joseph O Leair class of 1939 of Western Maryland College and U S Marine Corps captain was killed in action on Bougainville Island in the Southwest Pacific. He was a leading athlete and active in many student activities.
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Joseph O'Leair
Western Maryland College
U. S. Marine Corps
Bougainville Island
Southwest Pacific
Western Maryland College Bulletin
O'Leair
Open to compromise on food subsidy, Congress debates roosevelt message
In Washington on January 12 lawmakers weighed whether President Roosevelt signaled a possible compromise in the food subsidy fight even as his annual message avoided using the term subsidy. The debate reflected ongoing tensions over agricultural price support policies.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Congress
Nazis Claim 136 Planes Lost In German Bombing Battle
Nazism claimed 136 U S planes down in yesterday raid on western Germany part of a major air battle over Magdeburg and Berlin. U S communiques described a three hour running fight with strong German opposition and noted bomber escorts including Thunderbolts and Lightnings. Brig Gen Robert F Travis said only three minutes elapsed from first contact to end of the engagement.
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London
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Sweden
Eighth
Air Force Stil
Evening News
Schweinfurt
High Command
DNB
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Berlin
U. S
Magdeburg
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Walbertstadt
Aftenbladet
Robert F. Travis
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Balkan
Hitler
Wilhelm Listabae
Red
Sarny
Brest-Litovsk
Lenion
Poland
Moscow Radio
U.S
Workman
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Clintenine
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G. O. P. Committee
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William J. Conway
London Press
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Red Cross
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U S
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