RAF Bombers Hit Berlin in Hour-Long Night Raid
London reports an hour long raid on Berlin by the RAF heavy bombers dropping incendiaries and high explosives. Firestorms lit the city center and rail lines as Berlin records casualties and salvage efforts begin amid German claims of two attackers shot down.
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London
RAI
Berlin
Air Ministry
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Essen
Ruhr
G. L Cheshire
Lancaster
Fann Gene Wen
England
Denschland Halle
Hitler
Lorient
RAF
Siemens
Betis
Alved
Alsnc
Channel
Folkesteine
Kentish
Dover Straits
Memorial Session Honors Late Judge Urner
A memorial session for the late Judge Edward S. Urner of Maryland’s Court of Appeals will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Frederick. Speakers include Attorney General William C. Walsh and bar association representatives Parsons Newman, William F. Prettyman, and Ralph Barton Jr. Acting Chief Judge D. Lindley Sloan will speak on behalf of the court.
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Marylands Court of Appeals
Doon
Hammond Urner
Edward S. Delaplaine
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Maryland
Frederick
Court of Appeals
William C. Walsh
Parsons Newman
Frederick Bar Association
William F. Prettytan
Rockville
Montgomery County Bar Association
Ralph Barton, Jr
Tralbingnan
D. Lindley Sloan
Cumberland
Bread slicing returns as war-time advice for housewives
Washington reports bakers urged housewives to slice bread carefully without a ready sliced product as a wartime measure. Officials say keep knife sharp use a gentle saw motion and slice from the loaf's side while officials aim to hold bread prices steady and limit bread variety under December orders.
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Washington
Wickards
2 Food Administration
Rod
Enlistments for WAACs At Frederick Post Office
Sergi Steven Zaharoff U S Army will be at the Frederick post office Saturdays from 10 to 2 to accept WAAC enlistments. Women 21 to 44 may join the WAACs and may write to the Army Recruiting station in Hagerstown for blanks and info. No male enlistments 18 to 33 inclusive allowed.
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WAACS
Sergi Steven Zaharoff
U. S. Army
Frederick
Army
Hagerstown
Miners vote split on returning to work in war era strike
In Wilkes barre district Pennsylvania a large majority of anthracite miners rejected a back to work ultimatum from the War Labor Board. 13 locals comprising 13200 voters chose to continue the walkout while 5400 members from six locals opted to return to work. The Tri District Committee and local leaders debated who must decide the next move as President Roosevelt faced possible government takeover. Andrew Yevchak resigned as Tri District chair amid calls to back the union line, while others urged compliance with the board and a faster return to production for the war effort.
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Wilken-Barre
Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
Tri-District General Mine Committee
Andrew Yevehak
District 1
Roostyell
WLB
Roosevelt
South Wilkes Barre
Hazleton
Min Deciston
Washington
Carl Kratz
South Wilkes-Barre
Tri-District
Wilkes-Barre
Louis Novitsky
Panther Creek
Lansford
John L. Lewis
Jerry Miller
Anhracite Board of Conciliation
Andrew Yevchak
Tri-District Committee
St. John's Hall
Mississippi Pvt Carroll heads to Camp Van Dorn
In Mississippi Pvt Carroll of Braddock Heights who was inducted in December is now stationed at Camp Van Dorn Mississippi.
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Pvt. Carroll
Braddock Heights
Army
Camp van Dorn
Mississippi
Dupont Chemist To Lecture At Hood College Hall
Dr. L F Livingston of Du Pont Wilmington will speak Tuesday at Hood College Brodbeck Hall at seven about speeding up research to develop chemical products for the war effort. He will show plastic light guiding rods, flame resistant fabrics, invisible glove cream, cellulose sponges, leather-like products, and water resistant fabrics. He stresses youth must realize war reaches home, factory, and farm. Livingston is UW graduate, ex UW and MSU teacher, former Agricultural Engineers president, Farm Chemurvic Council director, and American Forestry Association director. has spoken in Frederick clubs.
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L. F. Livingston
E F. du Pont de Nemours Company
Wilmington
Del
Brodbeck Hall
Hood College
America
Livingston
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin
Michigan State College
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Army Also Saving Gas in 1942 Across PA MD VA
The Third Service Area reports 1942 gasoline use by military establishments dropped 35 percent from 1941 while the population rose 59 percent. Major General Milton A. Reckord orders further cuts with shortages addressed by using mules for passenger transport in camps and strict pooling, dispatching, and inspections to enforce economy.
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Baltimore
Sailinat
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Milton A. Reckord
Drunken Driver Charged After Mt Airy Crash Injures Passenger
A woman passenger, Mrs Martha Baker of Mt Airy, was treated for shock and a head laceration after a collision with a light truck driven by Daniel Wilson near Mt Airy. Wilson was jailed in Carroll County on a $1000 bond for reckless and drunken driving. James Baker, husband of the injured woman, also involved in the crash. The sedan and truck were damaged and no hearing date had been set.
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Mt Airy
F. C. Badger
Martha Baker
Mt. Airy
Daniel Wilson
Carroll County
Wilson
James Baker
Weerfield Carage
Badger
Baker
J. Stanley Grabill
Submarine Capel Launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard
The submarine Capel will be launched at the Portsmouth Navy Yard Whele today, announced by the Navy. Mrs Isaac C Bogart of Chevy Chase Maryland, wife of Captain Bogart on active duty, will be sponsor, with Mrs C E Merce matron of honor and Newell C Ordway presenting a sponsor gift from Navy Yard employees.
Spectacular Nazi raid on London alarms city tonight
A small raiding force of German planes dropped bombs on London outskirts then fled as London's defenses fired a heavy anti-aircraft barrage. Four German planes were reported destroyed amid crowds seeking shelters and men and women aiding firewatcher duties.
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Ernest Agnew Lordon
London
RAF
Bertin
England
Midlands
Thames River
West End
Piccadilly Circus
Berlin
Alan Pas Rube Bete
Jas
Family 18 killed in Apex collision with train
Marvin Tunstall and his wife Cuba age 33 and their five children died when their car collided with a southbound Seaboard train two miles south of Apex North Carolina early today. The Tristalls were returning home from Apex when the crash occurred. The family included Ellen 15 Rev 8 Ray 6 Billy 5 and an infant. Also noted a statistic that 75 percent of Indians are farmers living in mud walled thatch cottages.
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Apex
C. Jan
Marvin ‘Tunstall
Cuba
Here
Ellen
Rev
Ray
Billy
Tristalls
Army Lieutenant Smith Dies in Apparent Suicide at Hampton Roads
Lieut. Smith son of the late Mr and Mrs John Francis Smith of Trederick is stationed at Hampton Roads Fort of Embarkation near Newport News Va He served in the US Army Signal Corps after commission at Fort Monmouth N J Before enlisting he worked for Wood Struthers and Co in New York City He later served with the Army Finance Division at Fort Benjamin Harrison and Fort Jay Mrs Smith and their young son resided at Hampton. Funeral services will be announced.
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Army Finance Division
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Fort Jay
Troublesome Issues Before Congress This Week
Congress faces tough clashes as Democrats weigh Rep Marcantonio on the Judiciary Committee and as Flynn’s nominee for Minister to Australia faces Republican scrutiny. Senators debate Brown’s Price Administrator confirmation and potential tax and spending measures. A destroyer escort vessel, U S S Flaherty, was launched in Orange Texas in honor of Ensign Francis C Flaherty.
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Dan
Congress
Marcantonio
Al-N
Judiciary Committee
Edward J. Flynn
Australia
Foreign Relations Committee
New York City
Jin
Flynn
New York
Sydney S Baron
Roosevelt
Baron
Wat
Senate
Prentiss M. Brown
Michigan
Price
Ferguson
Detroi
Brown
House Wars and Means
Doughton
D.-N.c
Orange
Tex
U. S
Five Allied Ships Sunk or Damaged in New Guinea Areas
Allied Headquarters reports five more Japanese ships sunk or damaged off Ra Baul New Britain. The noon communique says the Senananda road is cut and 123 Japanese slain. Bombing targeted Adaaipalty Island Madang wharf area and Fischhafen lay supply dump with large explosions and fires observed.
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Australia
Usita
Rabaul
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Senananda
Adaaipalty Island
Arizoina Island
Anr
Madang
New Guinea
Fischhafen
Ares
Lay
Arrangement in Charge of Harry E. Carty Ca
The text notes that arrangements are in charge of Harry E. Carty Ca. The fragment mentions a person and a place associated with duties or custody, suggesting a local or organizational role.
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Harry E. Carty
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