U.S. Patrols Raid Arawe Inland Positions in New Britain
Allied Headquarters announced American patrols raided Japanese inland positions on Arawe peninsula in Southwest New Britain. Sixth Army pushed into enemy territory after artillery blasts, with no large Japanese force met. Air and naval bombardments continued around Rabaul and Cape St George as operations press on.
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New Gaines
Arawe Peninula
New Britain
Sixth Army
Douglas MacArthur
Arawe
Tokyo
MacArthur
New Guinea
Kapugara
Aleaishafen
Madang
Kavieng
New Ireland
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
Cape St. George
Cape Gloucester
Bergen Bay
Souvenir Hunters Warned Against Salvage Theft
State and city police warned against souvenir hunting from railroad wreckage en route to a government salvage depot. Chief Frederick Straley said larcenies from gondola cars near Frederick prompted guards to prevent further depredations. Theft of government property and receiving stolen government property may be prosecuted in federal courts.
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Frederick Straley
Frederick
United States
Barrett urges monthly air raid tests despite coast limits
Col Henry S Barrett, air raid precautions director for Maryland, warned that limiting tests in coastal areas to one every three months will erode civilian defense. He argued monthly tests are essential to keep organizations intact, noting a recent Maryland test boosted morale and that alerts should be held frequently.
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Baltimore
Henry S Barrett
Col Barrett
Maryland
War Department
Office of Civilian Defense
Washington
Carl Barrett
One Of Three Suspects Held In Frederick Robberies
A suspect in a series of garage and filling station robberies near Frederick has been held as an Army deserter since November 1940 and is to be turned over to Army authorities. Two other suspects were released. officers say they are continuing the probe and have not recovered stolen tools or merchandise.
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Frederick
Pearl Harbor
Barry William Wilt
Lily Pons
Mercer Jones
Dickerson
Frederick Brick Works
Wilt
Army
Wilk
Paul B Rhoads
Corp
Elwood O'Hara
Harold Basore
District Hearings For Draft Appeal Cases
Frederick County draft registrants in 2-A and 2-B working outside Western Maryland appeal district will have their folders reviewed by the district where employed. State offices will forward 2-A and 2-B folders to the nearest appeal district for verification, with checks extending to deferred workers in Baltimore Washington and beyond.
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Frederick County
Western Maryland Appeal Board
Frederick
State Selective Service
Baltimore
Total Boards
Pacific Coast
Deep South
Western Maryland
Carroll
Montgomery
Maryland
Baltimor
Washington
Arlington
District Appeals Board
Hagerstown
Occupation Deferment Parole Hearing Shrinks Youth Pool
Baltimore reports fewer than 1500 Marylanders aged 18 to 21 hold occupational deferments and the number will drop to a handful when a new Selective Service regulation takes effect February 1. Col Henry C Stanwood says exceptions will be very few and only for irreplaceable skilled wartime work. Maryland boards were told to reduce deferments over six months, making most deferments expire. The governor of Maryland granted pardons and paroles, including Evelyn Bajkowski, while the Parole Board considered twelve more cases.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Stanwood
Annapolis
O'Conor
Merman M. Moser
Parele Board
Evelyn Bajkowski
Womens
Frederick County
Cucut
William Warren Gantt
Calvert County
Moser
Bajkowski
Lewis Hurt
House of Correction
Joint meeting planned for homemakers and voters group
Members of the Federation of Homemakers Clubs of Frederick County were invited to meet at the MCA on January 25 with the League of Women Voters. Earlier notice said the Frederick Civic Club would meet next Monday at the YMCA.
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Federation of Homemakers Clubs
Frederick County
MCA
League of Women Voters
Frederick
12 Killed In Santa Fe Train Wreck At Novice Station
A passenger train rear ended another at Santa Fe station in Novice Texas causing at least 12 deaths and 40 to 50 injuries. Most victims were in a chair car on the lead train. Santa Fe officials say two soldiers were among the dead. JL Bothwell and Mrs Bothwell occupied a special car nearby, later demolished.
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Novice
Tex
Santa Fe
Dick Cooke
Abilene
Destroyer Brownson Sunk by Japanese Planes Identified
The Navy confirmed the destroyer sunk at Cape Gloucester New Britain on December 27 as the 2100 ton USS Brownson. Thirty survivors described from USS Saint Augustine after it sank near Cape May January 6. Next of kin notified for both losses. Commander Maher survived.
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Washington
Navy
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
S. S. Brownson
U.S. Saint Augustine
Cape May
New Jersey
Rownson
United States
Southwest Pacific
Bethlehem Steel Company
Staten Island
New York
Brownson
Joseph Benedict Maher
Woodmont
Conn
Ruth E Maher
Hampton
Saint Augustine
Fourth Naval District
Philadelphia
Real estate deals in New Windsor area reported
P B Roop of New Windsor lists weekly transfers including the Bittingers 146 acre Taneytown area farm sold to John and Elizabeth Getzendanner, Leppo couple from Westminster acquiring an acre farm, Hugh Hahn 150 acre Frizellburg farm sold to Harry Barrick of Rocky Ridge, with other transfers to Mr and Mrs Harry Barrick.
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New Windsor
P. B. Roop
Claud Bittinger
Taneytown
John Getzendanner
Howard County
Woodrow Leppo
Westminster
Harry Leppo
Hugh Hahn
Frizellburg
Harry Barrick
Rocky Ridge
Derailed Freight Cars Block Baltimore and Ohio Near Cooksville
Both east and westbound tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were blocked near Cooksville around 11 o'clock Thursday night when one empty and three loaded freight cars derailed and toppled. State Police at Randallstown Barracks said no injuries occurred though an ambulance was summoned.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cooksville
Randallstown
Leg Break After Mountain Ride Near Mountaindale
Charles Hewitt eighteen suffered a compound fracture of the left leg when his horse bolted as it returned to the stable near his Mountaindale home. Neighbors and Marion Rice carried him to a store to summon state troopers then he was taken to Frederick City Hospital in stable condition. Both bones were severed above the ankle according to officers.
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Mountaindale
Charles Hewitt
Cleve Hewitt
Ethel
Marion Rice
Rice
Harry Holsinger
Frank Scinta
Frederick City
Young Hewitt
Hearby
Hewitt
No Juvenile Delinquency In State's Rural Areas
4 H Club leaders in Baltimore at the state conference said rural Maryland youths are not delinquent. Dorothy Emerson noted忙youth on farms stay busy with chores and farming duties. Mylo Downey added farm boys aim to produce food for themselves and a fighting man, raising draft age questions.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Agricultural Society
State Farm Bureau
Dorothy Emerson
Downey
Farm Hand Is Injured In Carriage Accident On Gas House Pike
A 53 year old farm hand Barrier was seriously injured when a mule drawn manure spread veered and hurled him from the implement on the Gas House Pike farm. He suffered a fractured vertebra and was hospitalized at Frederick City Hospital in serious condition. Witnesses saw the mules charge across the field before the fall about 2 pm. Barrier, formerly of Pleasant, was living with his daughter near Gaithersburg and had planned a visit there before the accident.
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Barrier
Frederick City
George T. Brachey
Mr. Pleasant
Barkier
David Garnan
Gaithersburg
Garnan
Bruchey
Tt Farm
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