Sledding, Snow Deluge Trigger Frederick County Crashes
Snow depths from three to 443 inches blanketed Frederick County Saturday night causing several auto crashes. Two people were hurt in a two car collision around 7:15 PM, while three cars collided at Market and East Thirteenth Street about 9 PM. Snow plows kept highways open though icy crusts lingered. Mary Titlow fractured her arm and Charlotte Haller sustained an ankle injury in separate crashes. Lutz was charged with passing when visibility was not clear. A taxicab and two other cars damaged on Market Street with no injuries reported.
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Frederick County
Market
East Thirteenth Street
State Roads Commission
County Roads Board
Brunswick
Frederick
Donald Gletoer
Sehnauffer Hospital
Mary Titlow
East Fifth Street
Charlotte Haller
Washington Street
Harry Holsinger
Grayson L. Lutz
Pearl
Clarence E. Haller
Haller
Miss Titlow
Frederick City Hospital
City On Proposed Air Mail Route To Serve 26 Communities
Representative Jennings Randolph announces daily air mail will reach Frederick via a new pickup route. All American Aviation plans to file with the Civil Aeronautics Board to cover 26 communities across West Virginia Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia. The plan includes a chart map and support from Maryland’s Glenn Beall. The company already operates two routes in West Virginia serving 34 cities and towns in its fifth year of operation.
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Frederick
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
All American Aviatroon
Randolph
Civil Aeronautics Board
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
J Glenn Beall
All American Aviation
Car Crash Damages Fence Near Mount Olivet Cemetery
City Policeman Benjamin F Phebus investigated a halted car incident on Route 24 near Mount Olivet cemetery. No charges were preferred. The driver was not identified as another vehicle ran off the road and damaged several fence posts and fencing.
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Benjamin F Phebus
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Eisenhower Arrives in Britain to Direct Western War Effort
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in the United Kingdom to assume duties directing the Allied western assault on Nazi Europe. He held talks with President Roosevelt and Prime Minister during travel from the Mediterranean. The U S War Department confirms he met with key leaders in Washington before his arrival. Separately an army ordnance expert notes the Bazooka rocket gun aided Soviet forces at Kursk and Orel against mass tank assaults.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Mediterranean
Britain
Hitler
Allied Expeditionary Force
United Nations
Dwight Disenhower
United Kingdom
Combined Chiefs of Staff
United States War Department
Eisenhower
Washington
Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
United States
Russia
Army Ordnance
Col
H. W. Miller
The
Ordnance Reserve
Kursk
Orel
Bazooka used by Red forces by June 1943
June 1943 record notes Red forces armed with the Bazooka. It implies rapid transfer of plans or components after initial field tests in North Africa in November 1942 and suggests timely delivery to the Russians.
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North Africa
Roosevelt fourth term belief fuels political chatter
Baltimore January 16 Senator Tydings said a universal belief in Congress holds President Roosevelt would seek a fourth term after his recent message. He noted the economic Bill of Rights in the address suggested returning to the presidency, while Congressmen expect Dewey as Roosevelt's Republican opponent.
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Baltimore
Tydings
Congress
Roosevelt
Maryland
New York
Dewey
100000 Tons Of Hay Sent To Six States
Drought relief shipments totaling 100000 tons of Government hay moved into Virginia West Virginia Maryland North Carolina Delaware and Pennsylvania from late September to January 14 under a program run by Southern States Cooperative for the Commodity Credit Corporation. Handling cost was under 35 cents per ton and over 150000 dollars will be returned to the Government. The program ends February 17 unless Congress extends it. The Notre Dame des Victoires church in Quebec City founded 1688 remains in use.
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Richmond
T K Wolfe
Wolfe
Southern States Cooperative
Commodity Credit Corporation
Virgin
West Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Congress
Four F's Face Labor Draft Weight Under National Service
Washington reports that about 3.8 million men and women labeled 4-F may be first affected if Congress enacts national service. Hearings on compulsory manpower control begin with a likely endorsement of the Austin-Wadsworth bill. Selective Service plans classifications to place single 4-Fs and other nonmilitary groups into the draft order.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Stamson
Francis V. Keesling, Jr
Selective Service
National iService
Armed Services
Istate
INSTALL OFFICERS FOR Frederick De Molay Chapter
The Frederick Chapter of De Molay installed its officers on Tuesday. New officers include Master Council Julius Jacobson, Senior Counselor Paul Fogle, Treasurer James Hane, Scribe James Hane, Chaplain William Renn, Senior Deacon Rodney Lentz, Junior Deacon Richard Meteal, Senior Steward David Putman, Junior Steward Joe Royal, Marshal William Snyder, Standard Bearer Wesley Emons, Sentinel Monroe Gaither, Orator LeMar O'Hara, Almoner Thomas Gosnell, Arch Preceptor Donald Brachey, and others Reuben Selar, Joe Kaufman, Charles Shook, Delphey Wandley, Carroll Rhoderick, and Wilbur Hammaker.
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Frederick
Waste Paper Campaign Opens in Frederick County
Salvage dealers kick off a wartime drive inviting youths 18 and under to collect waste paper through February 15. Top collectors win prizes of 10 750 3 and 250 dollars, with certificates issued by each dealer noting date name and amount collected to redeem rewards. The goal is to conserve paper for essential war needs and support plasma transport and other containers.
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Frederick County
David G Everhart
County Salvage
Derailment injures twelve on Sea Board Air line
In Jacksonville, Florida, twelve people were injured when the last four cars of the Sea board Airline Sun Queen train derailed ten miles north of the city while en route from New York to Miami. An official from the line in Norfolk said there were no fatalities and that twelve were taken to a Jacksonville hospital as investigators began examining the wreck with no cause given.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Seaboard
New York
Miami
Here
J. C. Wroton
Norfolk
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Peoples Service Drus Stores
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