Managers Of Fair Elect May Hold Exhibit Again
Albert N. McCardell was elected president of the Frederick County Agricultural Society at the annual board meeting. Officers named include Alvey D. Young, Guy K. Motter, and Lee Ranneberger with talks about a fall Fair for the first time since 1941. Action pending January Pennsylvania Association meeting. grounds lease allows up to 30 days use. Also notes potential earlier timing for night shows and previous leadership under John L. Shaw. Census of hospitals mention from Vichy radio report on air raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert N. McCardell
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Board of Managers
Frederick
Mr. McCardell
John L. Shaw
Alvey D. Young
Guy K. Motter
Lee Ranneberger
Adamstown
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
D. Princeton Buckey
Clyde ‘W. Smith
Charles N. Daugherty
Pennsylvania State Association of Fairs
Reading
Mr. Young
Irving E. Staley
Pennsylvania Association
The
Agricultural Society
G. L. Baking Company
Shaw
No Mail, Elmer? Pvt. Davis Receives 72 Letters in One Day
Springfield resident Pvt. Elmer Davis, hospitalized in North Africa, informed his parents that he had received no mail for three months. Then he suddenly received 72 letters in a single day, bringing relief amid long separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Elmer Davis
North Africa
Fourth War Loan Quota Set for Frederick County
Frederick city and county quota for the Fourth War Loan Drive is $1,900,000. County Chairman W. Clinton McSherry announced the drive opens next Tuesday and runs to February 15. Banks will not purchase issues. committees are forming across the county and farms districts. The sale includes Series E, F, G bonds and a 24 percent 15 year Treasury bond new issue. Region 2 in Maryland totals 7,300,000 with neighboring counties Carroll Howard Montgomery and Washington. The third drive exceeded its $2,500,000 target with $2,579,000 sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
W. Clinton McSherry
McSherry
Frederick County
Carroll
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Jap Air Force Takes Terrific Licking By U.S.
Allied war communiqués recount sharp rise in Japanese air losses in 1943 with 2,594 Japanese planes shot down in the Pacific half year and Allied losses at 378. The piece notes rising Japanese production pressure, Rabaul raids described as turning point, and Allied air superiority expanding with operations from Wewak to the Gilbert Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph H. Heppe
Associated Press
Japan
Adm
William F. Halsey
Pacific
South Pacific
Washington
Hideki Tojo
Japanese Planes Shot Down In the Central, South and Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Keystone
George C. Kenney
Wewak
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Solomons
Gilbert Islands
mid-Pacific
Rubbish Gathers in Philadelphia Strike Reaches 10th Day
In Philadelphia on January 15 3000 public works employees intensified a strike amid a health officer warning that uncollected rubbish could trigger another influenza epidemic. They booed a proposal to renounce union leaders and return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philaelphia
Ieaders
Russians Press Drive Into Nazi Defenses In Pripet Marshes
Soviet reports say Rokossovsky's White Russian Army surged deep into the Pripet marshes toward Pinsk after capturing Mozyr and Kalinovichi. Vatutin's First Ukrainian Army widened the Kiev Warsaw front, crossing the Horyn river near Sarny and moving toward Rovno, with 30 towns seized and 3,000 Nazis killed.
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Moscow
Horyn River
Sarny
Kovel
Old Poland
Pripet
Pinsk
Red Star
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Sluch
Horyn
Nikolai Vatutin
Styr
Stochod
Mozyr
Kalinkovichi
Skrigalov
Pripet River
Rokossovsky
Soviet Union
Kotsury
Ukraiian
Kiev- Warsaw
Stepan
Rovno
Kiev-Warsaw
Dnieper River
Vatutin
Pripet Marshes
Novograd Volynski
Lower
Ukraine
Vinnitsa
Bug River
Tired Boy Back Home After Long Missing Journey
Kenneth B. Shaw, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Chester Shaw of West Patrick street, returned home last night after a five day absence that saw him walking up to twenty miles at a time through Baltimore Washington and Philadelphia. He rode in a truck for parts of the trip and slept in stations, nearly freezing one night. He said he planned to face punishment but his parents feel he has suffered enough. Taxi drivers Harold Lydard and Richard Jackson picked him up near Patrick and Market streets and brought him home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth B. Shaw
Chester Shaw
West
Patrick Street
Harold Lydard
Richard Jackson
Patrick and
Market Streets
Dog On 20 Bombing Missions En Route Home
Rebel the bull terrier who accompanied an air crew in New Guinea has completed more than twenty bombing missions. He is en route to Washington to reunite with his master's wife Mrs. Lillie Katz. A lieutenant carried an army order confirming the dog's combat record as the terrier began the final leg of his journey home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Rebel
New Guinea
Lillie Katz
Washington
Pacific
War Slows Local Mail Delays Due to War Losses
Postmaster Guy K Motter explains local mail delays from heavy losses of regular personnel to the armed services. Inexperienced replacements slow handling. readers urged to be patient and consider renting a post office lock box for earlier access from 4 am to 10:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy K. Motter
Armed Services
Ning
Why Receipts From Some Meters Are Low
A city audit shows many parking meters lag 65 to 70 percent behind neighbors in receipts over a long period. Mayor Hugh V. Gitlinger, after a study by Collector Elgin Hemp, says the lowest meters are near busy loading and unloading points used by merchants. The 30 minute no charge rule is being abused, and merchants are urged to cooperate to prevent violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh V. Gitlinger
Elgin Hemp
Shot and killed man tied to 1940 arrest in Franklin
The FBI notified the Sheriff’s office that Clay Cope, previously arrested here in 1940 for drunken driving and inadequate brakes, served three months in the House of Correction and was shot and killed in Franklin while fleeing an officer seeking to arrest him for disorderly conduct. Cope’s address is not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Sheriff's _ office
Clay Cope
House of Correction
Franklin
Cars Struck Pole In Harmony Grove Crash
A two car collision at Harmony Grove snapped a power pole leaving residents without electricity for a time. Poto Mac Edison linemen were notified and rushed to repair the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Grove
Poto‘mac Edison
French Break Through German Attacks Near Cassino
Allied communique from Algiers says French troops repelled five German counter-attacks on the Fifth Army front at Haly and advanced two miles toward Cassino. They captured Acquafondata and three nearby heights, widening the mountain flank near Cassino and surrounding Vilhreuso. Berlin claimed Acquafondata fell yesterday. Allied bombers hit Mostar airfield and Sibenik area in Yugoslavia.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Haly
Cassino
Acquifondata
Hts
Alphonse Jem
Rome
Vilhreuso
Berlin
Acquafondata
Adriatic
Mostar
Sibenik
Yugoslavia
Fourth War Loan Dinner At Hood College Monday
Hood College hosts a candlelight Fourth War Loan dinner at Coblenz Hall on Monday to kick off a drive running January 18 to February 15. The event includes a special menu, a wartime rally by college leaders, and sales of stamps and bonds during the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblentz Hall
Hoot College
Martha C. Carson
Hood
Youch
War Bond Sgroup Committee
Hood Coopera- Wevernment Association
Alvollege
Ellen MarsteHer
Uniontown
Francis Scott Key
Virginia Compton
Annapolis
Carol Glaser
Scranton
Jeanne Kirsietter
Philadelphia
Margaret Benson
Westminster
Peru detains conspirators in pro Nazi New Year coup
Lima reports that a number of conspirators including Germans and Japanese plotting a New Year pro Nazi coup have been detained and will be deserted while others are notified to leave the country. In Washington whisky sales at Montgomery county dispensaries are limited to one pint every 15 days per customer due to heavy purchases. New York buyers push rail securities with vigorous bidding lifting favorites fractions as stock turnover nears mid-September highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Washington
Montgomery County
New York
Absent minded taxpayers shed light on tax payments
Buchanan county official County Collector C. C. Van Aidle reports that 80 property owners in St. Joseph area paid taxes twice. The total amount involved was 1567 dollars, reflecting duplicate payments uncovered during checks conducted January 15.
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St. Joseph
Buchanan County
WS Oa
C. C. van Aidle
PT boats sink twelve Japanese barges near Saidor
Advance naval base at New Guinea reports U S PT boats patrolling the north coast wrecking twelve Japanese barges, many carrying troops, as Japanese evacuate trapped forces after the January 2 Saidor landing. Eleven barges were sunk in one night, a large barge with soldiers among the targets. An ammunition-laden barge exploded from precise PT gunnery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advancil
New Guinea
New Guineas
Sto
Saidor
Newsprint Surplus Keeps German Papers Plentiful Abroad
Lisbon reports U S shortages prompt puzzlement over Germany’s continental press. Berlin dailies arrive in Lisbon largely intact since 1939 with strong front pages and photos. German papers thrive in occupied areas while Romanian and Paris outlets show wear. Nazi controls appear to ration paper for propaganda amid textbook scarcities.
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Lisbon
United States
Europe
Berlin
Voelkischer Beobachter
Boersen-Zeitung
der Angrill
Minsk
Treacherous Joe From Dirty Tokyo in Flight Crew Mockery
An American bomber crew reports after hitting a Japanese airstrip in the Dutch East Indies. The pilot sent a dispatch joking that the air strip has lost face, while references in the piece name various mock nicknames tied to locations like Fak Fak Ambon and Dili.
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San Francisco
Southwest Pacific
Dutch New Guinea
Honest John
Ambon
Amboina Island
Dutch East Indies
Whistling Willie
Diliv
Dili
Portuguese Timor
Lousy Louie
Penfoe
Penfoci
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Langgoer
Kai Islands
Aneta
Netherlands
Australia
RAF Pounds Brunswick in Heavy Night Bombing Raid
London reports the RAF aimed at the Messerschmitt plant and Brunswick city, using 2,000 long tons of bombs in a heavy night assault. Mosquitoes struck Berlin while raids extended to Magdeburg and northern France. 38 aircraft were lost overall. One hundred Russian bombers joined the action against a German Black Sea convoy amid widespread Allied operations.
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London
Brunswick
Messerschimitt
Iplane
Air Ministry
Berlin
Magdeburg
France
United Nations
Norway
RAF
Oschersleben
Halberstadt
Bielefeld
Meppen
Percheron Statue Installed at Key Hotel in Frederick
The Percheron Association of Frederick County places Beauty VHT, mare owned by Huffman Brothers, on display at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Beauty VI won Sweepstake titles in 1939 1940 and 1941 and was Reserve Grand Champion American Bred Mare at the 1942 International Livestock Exhibition. The association plans its seventh annual Sale on March 20 and will inscribe the sweepstake owner’s name on a plate on the statue when the Frederick Fair opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percheron Association
Frederick County
Francis Scott Key
Huffman Brothers
Woodsboro
Beauty
Frederick
Frederick Fair
Verdicts Award Brunswick Mayor Council in Street Improvement Suits
Circuit Court Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer returned verdicts for the mayor and council of Brunswick in two suits to collect 194.60 each for Maple Avenue street improvements. William M Storm represented the town in both cases. Sherman P. Bowers defended Mrs Harrington while Mrs Virts appeared without counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of
Brunswick
Maple Avenue
Patrick M Schnauffer
G. W. Harrington
Ella Virts
William M Storm
Sherman P. Bowers
Harrington
Virts
Divorce Granted In City Court For Mrs Duvall
Chief Judge Edward S. Delaplaine signs an absolute divorce decree granting Margaret L. Duvall custody of three children. Roger D. Duvall is ordered to pay the costs. Attorneys Reno S Harpwell for the plaintiff and Sherman P. Bowers for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Delaplaine
Margaret L. Duvall
Roger D. Duvall
Nlaintif
Reno S Harpwell
Duvall
Shearman P. Bowers
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