British Lose 22 Bombers In Second Berlin Raid
London reports that twenty two heavy bombers are missing after a major nighttime raid on Berlin. The Air Ministry says Berlin was attacked by a strong force, bombs dropped and large fires started, with limited cloud and bright moonlight over the target. Enemy fighters engaged the British force, one German fighter is stated to have been destroyed. Fighter command crews also attacked targets in France Belgium and Holland.
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London
Berlin
Air Ministry
France
Belgium
Holland
Fun Drivers to Get Hearing on Pleasure Driving
Government edict leads to administrative hearings scheduled Wednesday night before the War Price and Rationing Board. About 35 cases reported by state police in Frederick and Washington counties, with roughly half a dozen city cases to be filed this week. Some amusements closing or operating part time due to the order.
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Frederick
Washington
Baltimore
OPA
Board
Western Maryland College Stars Reported Killed and Missing Overseas
Kenneth Gerald Bills known as Kenny Bills a western maryland college athlete star in football baseball and basketball has been killed in action in north africa. Home in Painted Post New York. Louis Lassalon another terror grid star is also in north africa. Lieut Harold Kopp of the class of 193? wrote from england to coach Dick Harrow. Capt William W Brattan class of 1936 from Elkton is overseas in england. Missing in action since the fall of Bataan are John Charles Fitzgerald and Leonard Carvel Graham.
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Kenneth Gerald
Kenny) Bills
Western Maryland
North Africa
Bills
Painted Post
N. Y
Louis Lassalon
Terror Grid
Harold Kopp
Dick Harrow
England
William W. Brattan
Elkion
Bataan
John Charles Fitzgerald
Leonard Carvel Graham
British Sink Two Axis Supply Ships
British naval communiques report sinking two Axis supply ships and damaging an escort vessel in the Mediterranean. A medium vessel and an escort craft were sunk or damaged, with British units unharmed. A second ship was sunk near Djerba, close to the Gulf of Gabes.
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London
Mediterranean Sea
Admiralty
Tripoli
Dierba
Gulf of Gabes
Young Strong Russ Army Now On Offensive
Eddy Gilmore reports from Rostov with the Red Army driving German troops back and encircling fronts. He notes Soviet tactics, mobile units, and the backbone role of artillery, plus the use of tanks and sleds. Troops are well clothed and fed, with Soviet drivers praised for speed despite rough roads.
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Eddy Gilmore
Red Army
Rostov
Moscow
Limpresa
Hitler
Stalin
Local War Price Board to seize unpaid kerosene coupons
The War Price and Rationing board announced it will act against city and county consumers who failed to deliver ration coupons to dealers after receiving kerosene or fuel oil on credit. Dealers must list nonpaying customers, who will then lose privileges as coupons are redeemed against outstanding IOUs. Deductions from nonhome fuel oil rations begin immediately, affecting several hundred cases and meant to finish by February.
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Abe Rans i Acne Agy
Walker Elected National Chairman
Chicago January 1847 Postmaster General Frank C. Walker was chosen as chairman of the Democratic National Committee to succeed Edward J. Flynn who resigned to become minister to Australia.
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Chicago
Frank C. Walker
Democratic National Committee
Edward J. Flynn
Australia
Enlists in WAVES Miss Eva Zentz to Train in Cedar Falls
Miss Eva Zentz daughter of Mr and Mrs Estee Zentz of Thurmont has enlisted in the WAVES and will be sent Tuesday to Town State Teachers College Cedar Falls Iowa for a five weeks indoctrination course. Since 1940 she has been an instructor in Home Economics at Emmitsburg High School after graduating from Western Maryland College.
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Eva Gentz
Estee B. Zentz
Thurmont
Town State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Towa
Zentz
Western Maryland College
Emmitsburg High School
Cowpens Carrier Launched at Camden Yard by Halsey Daughter
The aircraft carrier Cowpens, fourth carrier launched here in 20 weeks and a day, slid down the ways at the New York Shipbuilding yards in Camden. The launch was sponsored by the daughter of Admiral William F. Halsey Jr, commander of the South Pacific force, amid ceremony yesterday.
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Camden
N. J
Cowpens
New York Shipbuilding Corproration Yards
William F. Halsey, Jr
Brown Confirmed as Price Administrator by Senate
Washington January 18 The Senate confirmed President Roosevelt's nomination of Senator Prentiss M Brown of Michigan to be Price Administrator.
Manpower Inquiry Opens With House Hearings
The House Military Affairs committee will begin hearings on the Army manpower situation and future needs starting Wednesday. High-ranking Army personnel officials will testify first to assess whether to revise the draft system and grant the War Department exclusive drafting jurisdiction. A bill to shift Selective Service to a statewide board system is under consideration after last year’s House passage, but Senate rejection stands.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
House
Senate
Allied Air Losses in North Africa Reported
The 12th Air Force spokesman said U S airmen destroyed 194 Axis planes in North Africa through Jan 3 with 46 more down and 32 damaged during the week ending Jan 15. The report notes losses and ongoing air operations from Allied HQ in North Africa.
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North Africa
12Th Air Force
United States
Body found in chest under blood drenched bedding
Police report a man named Guy Bene Bowler, aged 47, was discovered last night wrapped in blood soaked bedding and placed in a cedar chest that he had given to his wife for Christmas in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Guy Benoni Bowler
Christman
Eighth Army Close to Tripoli After Libyan Drive
The British Eighth Army pushed across Libya toward Tripoli after breaking Rommel’s defenses at Buerat El Hrun, reaching near Ben Azzid about 100 miles from Tripoli. Montgomery’s forces advanced over 80 miles, with reports of clashes, Allied air strikes on coastal targets, and Axis claims of Allied tank losses and merchant-ship damage.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Libya
Rommel
Buegrat el Hrun
Tripoli
Misurala
Afrizan
Bernard L. Montgomery
Beni Uld
Beni Azid
Montgomery
Arca
Beni Alid
Tauorga
Bir Dufen
Rome
Tripolitania
North African
Rites Wednesday For Wife Of Gen Reckord
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Roe Reckord wife of Maj Gen Milton A Reckord commanding general of the Third Service Command will be held Wednesday. She died last night at Walter Reed Hospital Washington after a December illness and August operation. She leaves her husband and daughter Mrs H Frederick Jones. Born in 1883 she was active in the Red Cross and the Officers Wives Luncheon Club which she helped organize after World War II.
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Baltimore
Bessie Roe Reckord
Milton A Reckord
Third Service Command
Reckord
Waller Reed Hospital
Washington
H. Frederick Jones
John D. Roe
Towson, Md
American Red Cross
Officers’ Wives
Plane captures 140 Italians in North Africa
A single plane from Groupe Bretagne led by General Jacques Leclef halted near Fort Murzuch in central Africa and captured 140 Italian troops after machine gun fire exhausted its ammo. The pilot then threatened to open fire with his cannon harness, forcing surrender.
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Csiro
Jen
Groupe Bretagne
Jacques Lecle
Central African
North Africa
Murzuch
Triperi
Shell Hits Buckingham Palace Garden in Nighttime Blast
An anti aircraft shell aimed at a German bomber fell in Buckingham Palace garden last night. It destroyed a bed of Brussels sprouts and damaged a flower plot. No one was hurt.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Hurh
Bombing Raids Destroy Japanese Transports Off Rangoon
A US bomber fleet used a new technique to strike Japanese transports south of Rangoon, reportedly destroying one 7,000 ton vessel and damaging another 12,000 tons total in a swift raid. RAF and US air forces also hit targets in Burma and western China, with claims of multiple enemy planes shot down and bases damaged including Bhamo and Toungoo.
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United States
India
Rangoon
Lashin
Rathedaung
Burma
Toungoo
Chittagong
Allied Planes Attack Boulogne Area Under Heavy Fire
A strong Allied air force flew out over the Dover Strait toward Boulogne tonight as powerful explosions rocked the French coast. Anti aircraft fire from German defenses was heard, with some blasts shaking buildings on the English side of the Channel.
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Folkestone
England
Dover Strait
Boulogne
Channel
Strike Spreads as Anthracite Miners Walk Out Again
War Labor Board warned yet again as wildcat action expands in Pennsylvania coal fields. Five collieries closed and about 2,300 more workers joined the 12,500 already on strike in District 1, while District 7 banners walkouts for the second time.
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Wilkes-Barre
Padan
Peoples Liquidating Corporation Elects Board of Directors
The annual stockholders meeting of Peoples Liquidating Corporation elected directors for the coming year: Arthur C. Brown, Walter E. Burrail, G. Robert Gray, C. Upton Grosgnickle, J. Floyd Levell, Samuel E. McBridew, Hinton McSherry, Ernest R. Shriver and Claude A. Wilt. The board re-elected officers: President Hinton McSherry, Vice-President Ernest R. Shriver, Secretary Walter Burall, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer W. Eugene Sanders.
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L. C
Peoples Liquidating Corporation
Arthur C. Brown
Walter E. Burrail
G. Robert Gray
C. Upton Grosgnickle
J. Floyd Levell
Samuel E. McBridew
Hinton McSherry
Ernest R. Shriver
Claude A. Wilt
McSherry
Mr. Shriver
Burall
W. Eugene Sanders
Frances Geddes Dies. noted theatrical designer
Frances Waite Geddes, 37, wife of No man Bel Geddes and a noted theatrical designer, died in Doctors Hospital York, January IRa. The report records her death and her marriage to the famed designer.
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Mes, Gfobes
York
Jan
Ira —Mra
Frances Waite Geddes
Bel Geddes
Doctors Hospital
Berlin radio reports raid on Moscow region by German air force
London dispatch says Berlin radio announced that the German air force conducted a raid over the Moscow region last night. The report provides no details on damage or casualties.
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London
Berlin
Moscow
Bombers Pound Shortland Island Area in Solomons
American air power pounded the Shortland Island area and nearby targets in the Solomons with Flying Fortresses and Catalina patrols. Ground forces on Guadalcanal reported about 40 Japanese killed and prisoners taken as mopping up continued. Ballale Island saw repeated attacks with fires started.
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Washington
Dan
Shortland Island
Solomons
Navy
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Kahilina An
Catalina Patrol Bombere
Consolidated
PBYV
Katnll
Catalinas
Munda
New Georgia Islead
Ballale Island
Shortland
Ballale
United States
Tiny Ballate
Sland
Ballate
Les
Shortlandsland
Buin
Bougainville
Send-off For Selectees From Frederick And Vicinity
Frederick prepares a send off for 20 Selective Service men Tuesday afternoon with the American Women's Voluntary Services, the Office of Civilian Defense, the American Legion, and the Frederick High School band aiding the event. Music, coffee, doughnuts, and gift packages accompany departures at Winchester Hall and the Band Road station. organizers aim to sustain similar demonstrations for future departures.
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Frederick
Ince
Johnny
Office of Civilian Defense
The
American Legion
Winchester Hall
Raile Road
Walter F. Zeigler
OCD
AWVS
F. H. S. Vicory Corps
Royalist Plot Tied to Darlan Assassination Report
Reports from Algiers allege a Royalist plot linking Henri Count of Paris to the assassination of Admiral Jean Darlan on Christmas Eve. The young count, about four, has been in Algiers incognito for two months.
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Algiers
Henri
Paris
Jean Darlan
Conviction Of AMA Upheld By High Court
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the American Medical Association for violating the Sherman anti trust law. Justice Roberts wrote the majority opinion, extending to the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. Justices Murphy and Jackson did not participate. The case involved a conspiracy against Group Health Association Inc a nonprofit cooperative for government employees providing medical care and hospital services for monthly dues.
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Washington, Dan
Suepreme
American Medical Association
District For Columbia
Justice Roberts
Medical Society of the
District of Columbia
Murphy
Jackson
Group Health Association, Inc
Ine
Heaviest Rains Of Present Month Fall
The city and county saw the heaviest rain of the month this morning, easing dry conditions after seventeen dry days. Temperatures ranged near normal with a high of 61 in January and a Sunday low in the thirties. Fishing Creek reservoir stayed full with spillway flow, and sections of the YUE remained on Culler Lake over the weekend.
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Jeter
Mercury
Fishing Creek
Frank Weddle
Culler Lake
Market Pauses After Long Rise To Highs
New York trading today showed a breathing spell after a lengthy climb to highs not seen in over a year. Early indecision appeared as favorites edged up fractions while minor declines spread near the fourth hour and dealings remained slack.
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New York
MomThe Studo
Governors Invited to Sixth Annual Assembly in Baltimore
Baltimore January 181? Governor Herbert R. O Connor president of the Council of State Governments sent invitations today to governors and other state officials of the several states inviting participation in the council's sixth annual assembly in Baltimore January 74-24.
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Baltimore
Herbert R. O Conor
Council of State Governments
Seusagel
Council
Red Friesel Joins Up To Report For Active Duty
Pittsburgh reports 4% William H H Reds Frisel joins up as a football official. Quikin signs as lieutenant colonel in the U S Army and will report for active duty January 22 with the purchases division at Arlington Virginia. He was a captain in World War I.
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Red Friesel
Pittsburgh
William HH
Reds Friesel
Quikin
Arlington
Auto Fire Destroys Vehicle on Gas House Pike
The Independent Hose Company answered a 12 25 fire alarm today. An automobile at Ironstone Ridge on Gas House Pike was completely destroyed by flames except for the four tires.
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Auto Burns
Independent Hose Company
Ironstone Ridge
Pike
Red Army Drives Advance Around Voronezh and Donets
Soviet fronts push toward Ukraine and Kharkov as German lines retreat under heavy pressure. Advances along the Don and Rostov corridors threaten key targets including Kharkov and Rostov, with captured towns and garrisons reported from Voronezh to the Donets bend and Rostov regions.
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Moscow
Red
Voronezh
Nouthwest
London
Donets
Kamensk
Roslovy
Germany
Russia
Kharkov
Ukraine
Caucasus
Millerovo
Rostovy
Kalitvenskaya
Rostov
Red Army
Ens
Stalingrad- Novorossisk
Rostov-Baku
Stalingrad- Tikhortesk-Novorossisk
Salsk
Mount St Marys College Class Graduates 135th Cohort
More than 75 percent of the 46 new Mount St Marys College graduates prepare to report to officers' training schools. Bishop McNamara presided at graduation exercises. Albert Schmidt of Harrisburg awarded for highest scholastic average. Philip McDonnell valedictorian. Joan Conner salutatory speaker.
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Kamilaburg
Mount St. Mary's College
Armed Services
John M. McNamara
Albert 3. Schmidt
Harrisburg
Roger Zurgable
Emmitsburg
Philip A. McDonnell
Dunsmore
Joan E. Conner
Teaneck
House Rules Committee calls for FCC investigation
The House Rules Committee unanimously approved a resolution by Representative Cox to launch a congressional investigation of the FCC. A five member special committee would conduct the probe, with Cox likely as chairman, aiming to examine whether the commission seeks censorship over communications. The measure awaits House approval.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Cox
D-Ga
FCC
James L. Fly
House
iCox
Commission
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Tobrus
Britis
Gen
Shell
U.S
Bayes
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Dun
Ofleawae Ue
China
Chungking
Joseph W. Stilwell
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Yunnan
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